Keep an iPod rockin' with Rockbox open source jukebox firmware. Installation is easy, and you can even play Doom.

Mobile World Congress: The good, the bad, the ugly and the boring.

How much of the mobile Internet market will open source get? Vendors at the Mobile World Congress lined up behind Android, LiMo, and Symbian.

Mastering OpenOffice.org Base. Creating basic databases and tables.

The WebGUI 7.6 open source content management system has arrived. It's well-liked for for Intranets and smaller web sites.

Ten tips to reduce open source software risks. Proper security and meticulous inventories are good focus points for enterprises.

Sometimes porting a bit of code to another platform or piece of hardware isn't about the ported code delivering new features to the device. Sure, sometimes it's about opening the device to a specific application, and sometimes it's just about opening the device up to a new development approach. Sometimes the idea is to push the code (and the device) further, to learn -- because you can.

Sometimes these ports don't get all that far. Four years ago I managed to get Linux running on an iPAQ through online tutorials. I've long since sold the hardware, and "running Linux" meant a command line, and a basic X windows environment. Functional? Not really. Fun? Wouldn't have done it otherwise.

More recently, the 2.6 Linux kernel has been ported, and is running with some basic functionality on the iPhone. The Linux on the iPhone Project says that while this port is a first draft missing many drivers, the kernel boots on first and second generation iPhones and first generation iPod Touches.

Three years after its last major release, Rockbox 3.0 is now available. This popular app is a great open source solution for replacing the firmwear on many types of portable media players including Sansa, iRiver, Archos, and iPod.