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• CDE - Helps You to Create Portable Linux Applications

  All about Linux

  24 Apr 2012 | 7:55 pm

  CDE (Code, Data, and Environment) is a packaging tool which allows you to identically replicate the execution of a program running on one Linux machine, on to another. Put succinctly, CDE aids you in creating portable Linux applications. It does this by packaging up everything the program needs to run together, which can then be transferred and executed flawlessly on a different Linux machine. Read more » For more news, tips, and reviews on all things Linux, Open source and Free software, visit Linux Help blog.

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  srlinuxx

  15 May 2012 | 10:57 pm

  Pixar's Toy Story 2 Was Nearly Lost Because Of A Linux Command US Supremes hammer final nail into Psystar coffin 125,000 Ubuntu PCs to land in Pakistani students' laps Wil Wheaton: ‘Yo Hollywood, Let Me Download Ubuntu’ Fedora To Remain Monogamist Towards GCC What's going on with Krita since 2.4 got released? Open Source Startup Inktank Sets Gaze On Ubuntu Server Linux Outlaws 265 - It Doesn't Affect Your Ball Control read more

• Wine-Mono: Marrying Mono With WINE

  Phoronix

  16 May 2012 | 2:16 am

  This weekend there was a new release of Wine-Mono, a project which marries Wine with components of Mono...

• Google Releases Chrome 19 Stable for Linux

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  Softpedia News (Marius Nestor)

  16 May 2012 | 12:20 am

  Google proudly announced last evening, May 15th, that they have unleashed the stable and final version of the Google Chrome 19 web browser for Linux, Macintosh, Windows and Chrome Frame platforms. Google Chrome 19 (the actual version is 19.0.1084.46) brings a lots of bugfixes and a few new features including tab synchronization technology... (read more)

• Breaking in a new laptop (again)

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  Scott Nesbitt

  15 May 2012 | 6:32 am

  A few months ago, I came to a pair of conclusions: 1) I had too many laptops, and 2) my main laptop (on which I’ve been doing much of my work for the last five years) was getting a tad long in the tooth. I needed to get rid of a couple of them, and replace my main one. Luckily, a couple of things worked in my favour. I was able to sell my Hoverboard and another older laptop on eBay. And thanks to the exchange rate favouring the Canadian dollar, I could get a new laptop from my vendor of choice for less than the list price. So I promptly headed over to the website of ZaReason and ordered a…

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• Gimp 2.8 Final Released

  4 May 2012 | 4:23 am

  Gimp 2.8 has been officially released. It includes over 35 new features that is sure to make even the hard core Gimp critic try it out. To get the full details of what is new, head over to Gimp Users website for a detailed tutorial giving insights into what Gimp 2.8 has to offer. If you want to try out Gimp 2.8, you will either have to wait for the next iteration of the Linux distribution you use, or download the Gimp source/binary from the Gimp website and compile/install it yourself. Fedora 17 beta includes Gimp 2.8 in its repository. So you can also download a live CD of Fedora 17 beta to…

• Xfce 4.10 Released

  28 Apr 2012 | 8:58 pm

  Xfce team has released version 4.10 of the Xfce desktop. There are few visually appealing changes in Xfce 4.10. Rather, the developers have concentrated on fine-tuning and polishing existing features. Notable changes in 4.10 are - A new application finder xfce4-appfinder re-written from scratch that combines the functionality of the old appfinder and xfrun4. It also allows creating custom actions matching a prefix or a regex pattern. Read more » For more news, tips, and reviews on all things Linux, Open source and Free software, visit Linux Help blog.

• Ubuntu Ups the Ante with 12.04 LTS aka Precise Pangolin

  26 Apr 2012 | 7:30 am

  Ubuntu 12.04 aka Precise Pangolin has officially been released. This is the next LTS version of Ubuntu. One week back, I had downloaded Ubuntu 12.04 (then in final beta) with an intent to try it out. After I installed it on my machine and started using it, I was very impressed. It is my opinion that the Ubuntu team has pulled off a success here. Unity interface which many people (including yours truly) were eager to banish to the boondocks has made a comeback. It is now simple to use, efficient, and beautiful. If what I experienced in Ubuntu 12.04 is to be believed, Ubuntu is on the right…

• CDE - Helps You to Create Portable Linux Applications

  24 Apr 2012 | 7:55 pm

  CDE (Code, Data, and Environment) is a packaging tool which allows you to identically replicate the execution of a program running on one Linux machine, on to another. Put succinctly, CDE aids you in creating portable Linux applications. It does this by packaging up everything the program needs to run together, which can then be transferred and executed flawlessly on a different Linux machine. Read more » For more news, tips, and reviews on all things Linux, Open source and Free software, visit Linux Help blog.

• Gimp 2.8 Review

  20 Apr 2012 | 7:48 am

  I had recently written about the anticipated release of Gimp 2.8 which brings revolutionary changes to the Gimp user interface and lots more under the hood. However, as of now, if you want to download and try Gimp 2.8 you have to do one of the two things, namely - Read more » For more news, tips, and reviews on all things Linux, Open source and Free software, visit Linux Help blog.

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• Hybryde Linux lets you switch Desktop Environment on the fly

  16 May 2012 | 12:00 pm

  Linux User & Developer: Newly released Ubuntu based distribution Hybryde allows you to switch between desktop environments without even logging out, and comes with Unity, KDE, and LXDE by default.

• Red Hat, IBM Counter VMware In Government Market

  16 May 2012 | 11:00 am

  The VAR Guy: Red Hat and IBM Corp. are countering VMware in the government market, promoting a secure virtualization platform on IBM x86 servers. But here's the twist: VMware has offered a similar level of security since at least 2010. Here's what you need to know.

• Apache Isn't Just About HTTP Anymore

  16 May 2012 | 10:00 am

  InternetNews: From the 'Most Successful Open Source Foundation' files

• Nautilus 3.4.2 Reduces Memory Consumption

  16 May 2012 | 9:00 am

  Softpedia: Nautilus 3.4.2 is part of the GNOME 3.4.2 upgrade, which will be available sometime tomorrow, May 16th, 2012. It is a maintenance release, bringing several fixes and a couple of improvements.

• Pondering the future of Skype

  16 May 2012 | 8:00 am

   ITWorld: Skype for Linux seems poised for movement after many months of stagnation. But with all the competition, is Skype itself about to fade away?

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• Creating An NFS-Like Standalone Storage Server With GlusterFS 3.0.x On Debian Squeeze

  Falko Timme

  16 May 2012 | 1:20 pm

  This tutorial shows how to set up a standalone storage server on Debian Squeeze. Instead of NFS, I will use GlusterFS here. The client system will be able to access the storage as if it was a local filesystem. GlusterFS is a clustered file-system capable of scaling to several peta-bytes. It aggregates various storage bricks over Infiniband RDMA or TCP/IP interconnect into one large parallel network file system. Storage bricks can be made of any commodity hardware such as x86_64 servers with SATA-II RAID and Infiniband HBA.

• NVIDIA GTX 680: Windows 7 vs. Ubuntu 12.04

  16 May 2012 | 12:32 pm

  Following up on the performance comparison earlier this month of comparing Intel Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge graphics between Windows and Linux, up today are the results of a comparison of Windows 7 to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS when using a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 "Kepler" graphics card.

• Google Releases Chrome 19 Stable for Linux

  Marius Nestor

  16 May 2012 | 11:45 am

  Google proudly announced last evening, May 15th, that they have unleashed the stable and final version of the Google Chrome 19 web browser for Linux, Macintosh, Windows and Chrome Frame platforms.

• I'm updating a CentOS 5 installation that hasn't been booted in three or four years

  Steven Rosenberg

  16 May 2012 | 10:58 am

  I'm putting an old laptop out to pasture that's dual-booting CentOS 5 and Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. And even though I'm updating both systems (for old time's sake, you might say), I'm turning to Lubuntu 12.04 for my next ancient-laptop Linux installation.

• Free Software, Open Source, FOSS, FLOSS – Same same but different

  Björn Schießle

  16 May 2012 | 10:17 am

  There are two major terms connected to software you can freely use, study, share and improve: Free Software and Open Source. Based on them you can also find different combinations and translations like FOSS, Libre Software, FLOSS and so on. Reading articles about Free Software or listening to people involved in Free Software often raises the question why do they use one term or another and how they differ from each other. But no matter which term we use, we should not allow people to split our community just because of different terminology. At the end most of us work on the same set of…

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• How to Encrypt Your Bash Shell Script on Linux Using SHC

  Ramesh Natarajan

  15 May 2012 | 1:02 am

  Q: How do I encrypt my bash shell script on Linux environment? The shell script contains password, and I don’t want others who have execute access to view the shell script and get the password. Is there a way to encrypt my shell script? A: First, as a best practice you should not be encrypting [...] Read More: How to Encrypt Your Bash Shell Script on Linux Using SHCGoogle+ : Add TGS to your Google+ CirclePurchase your copy of Bash 101 Hacks, Vim 101 Hacks, Sed and Awk 101 Hacks, Nagios Core 3 eBook.

• Intro to DOCSIS Architecture, CM CMTS Protocol for Cable Modems

  Himanshu Arora

  11 May 2012 | 1:02 am

  Fast data communication has become the basic need of todays world and Internet has become the heart of the communication ecosystem. Devices like mobile phones (whose purpose is voice communication) are having Internet connectivity and PCs, laptops etc (which are mostly  used for web surfing) are now also being used for voice communication. So we [...] Read More: Intro to DOCSIS Architecture, CM CMTS Protocol for Cable ModemsGoogle+ : Add TGS to your Google+ CirclePurchase your copy of Bash 101 Hacks, Vim 101 Hacks, Sed and Awk 101 Hacks, Nagios Core 3 eBook.

• Ettercap Tutorial: DNS Spoofing & ARP Poisoning Examples

  Lakshmanan Ganapathy

  10 May 2012 | 1:02 am

  Ettercap stands for Ethernet Capture. Ettercap is a comprehensive suite for man in the middle attacks. It features sniffing of live connections, content filtering on the fly and many other interesting tricks. It supports active and passive dissection of many protocols and includes many features for network and host analysis. Download and Install Download the [...] Read More: Ettercap Tutorial: DNS Spoofing & ARP Poisoning ExamplesGoogle+ : Add TGS to your Google+ CirclePurchase your copy of Bash 101 Hacks, Vim 101 Hacks, Sed and Awk 101 Hacks, Nagios Core 3 eBook.

• Linux Traceroute Command Examples

  Himanshu Arora

  9 May 2012 | 1:02 am

  There are scenarios in which one would like to know the route which a connection follows. By route here we mean the IP addresses of all the forwarding entities (like routers in between). Although there is no guarantee that the route will remain same for all the packets of a connection but usually it is [...] Read More: Linux Traceroute Command ExamplesGoogle+ : Add TGS to your Google+ CirclePurchase your copy of Bash 101 Hacks, Vim 101 Hacks, Sed and Awk 101 Hacks, Nagios Core 3 eBook.

• How to Install Apache 2.4.2 from Source on CentOS 6.2 with SSL

  Ramesh Natarajan

  7 May 2012 | 1:02 am

  If you try to follow the how to install Apache with SSL article that we discussed a while back, you’ll face an issue during “make” because of version compatibility between Apache 2.4.4 and APR utilities (Apache Portable Runtime Library) that comes with CentOS 6. We’ve explained in this article how to solve that issue to [...] Read More: How to Install Apache 2.4.2 from Source on CentOS 6.2 with SSLGoogle+ : Add TGS to your Google+ CirclePurchase your copy of Bash 101 Hacks, Vim 101 Hacks, Sed and Awk 101 Hacks, Nagios Core 3 eBook.

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• Testing and Instrumentation

  jono

  15 May 2012 | 11:16 pm

  Recently I have been talking a little about building quality and precision into Ubuntu Accomplishments. Tonight I put one of the final missing pieces in place and I thought I would share in a little more detail about some of this work. Some of you might find this useful in your own projects. Before I get started though, I just wanted to encourage you to start playing our software and for those of you that had a crash when using certain languages with the Accomplishments Information viewer, I released a 0.1.2 update earlier that fixes this. Automated Testing As we continue to grow the Ubuntu…

• Accomplishing An Awesome App Developer Platform

  jono

  15 May 2012 | 12:51 am

  At the Ubuntu Developer Summit last week I delivered a plenary on the Tuesday called Accomplishing An Awesome App Developer Platform that tells the story of how the Ubuntu app developer platform enabled me to build the Ubuntu Accomplishments system that I designed with Aq. The presentation walks through the story of how we designed the system, and how everything was available in Ubuntu to create the client, back-end daemon, validation server, and desktop integration. I think it is a good example of how Ubuntu can help app devs to create interesting ideas and apps. I thought this might be…

• Ubuntu Community Accomplishments Collection 0.1.1 Released

  jono

  14 May 2012 | 3:12 pm

  I just released a new update for the Ubuntu Community Accomplishments collection. This new release (0.1.1) includes the following new community accomplishments: Accomplishments Contributor Attend LoCo Team Event Bug Squad Member Ubuntu Forums Council Member Ubuntu Forums Staff Member Imported an SSH Key Ubuntu Beginners Team Council Member Ubuntu Beginners Team Member Bug Control Member Ubuntu Forums Ubuntu Member Launchpad Profile Mugshot is now fixed too. Thanks to Silver Fox, Michael Hall, Matt Fischer, Rafal Cieslek, Angelo Compagnucci for contributing these additions! It is wonderful to…

• Precision and Reliability in Ubuntu Accomplishments

  jono

  13 May 2012 | 6:56 pm

  In the Ubuntu world we have some common values that are not just focused on freedom, but also in how we build Ubuntu. Values such as cadence, design, quality and precision help guide us in building the best Ubuntu that we can. These values continued to be common themes at the recent Ubuntu Developer Summit in California. Today our culture continues to involve important integration work that is a rich and interesting challenge, but this work has also been augmented by us building assurances around Ubuntu too; assurances such as regular releases (cadence), the reliability and quality of the…

• EA Games and Ubuntu

  jono

  8 May 2012 | 12:00 pm

  Electronic Arts are delivering two games into Ubuntu, Command & Conquer Tiberium Alliances and Lord of Ultima. They are currently available in the Ubuntu Software Center. While some may focus on the fact that these are loading web apps, the really exciting opportunity here is that EA have identified Ubuntu as an exciting channel to deliver their content. I would like to encourage our community to welcome EA to Ubuntu, and download and enjoy the games. Let’s not get side-tracked by the fact that these are web games and not native to Ubuntu: EA are dipping their toes in Ubuntu as a…

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• Google: No "shred of evidence" for Oracle patent claim

  Digg

  16 May 2012 | 1:34 am

  Google followed up with its closing arguments in phase two of the Oracle suit over Java, reiterating that it had no knowledge of Sun's patent portfolio Read more by Rachel King on CBS News' Tech Talk.

• Best smartphone ever? Apple’s Siri says Nokia Lumia 900

  Digg

  15 May 2012 | 11:37 pm

  Apple’s speech recognition software, Siri’s latest answer might leave its creators blushing. Apparently when asked what the best smartphone ever made is, it gives a surprise answer. No, it’s not rival Samsung’s Galaxy SIII but shockingly Nokia’s Lumia 900.

• Idiotic Copyright Comparisons in Canadian Parliament

  Digg

  15 May 2012 | 11:03 pm

  Politicians are always going the extra mile for their supporters, and nothing spells that out more clearly than this video, taken from the Canadian Parliaments discussion into C-11, the current attempt to give Hollywood what they want in Canada. In it, MP Dean Del Mastro tries to make a comparison for format shifting, and why it’s [...]

• Apple Resolves Siri Bug, Now Stating Nokia Lumia 900 Best Smartphone Ever

  Digg

  16 May 2012 | 3:46 am

  After having a long discussion on the report that Nokia accused Apple for overriding Siri’s report stating Nokia Lumia 900 is the best smartphone. Apple has fixed the bug that made Siri declare that Lumia 900 is the best smartphone ever.

• Review: Sony Xperia S

  Digg

  15 May 2012 | 11:29 pm

  The Xperia S is the first phone from the now single Sony ever since it acquired Ericsson stake in the company. You can tell from the spec sheet that Sony decided to start off with a bang and the Xperia S comes loaded with impressive items such as an HD display, 12 megapixel camera and a dual-core processor. But spec sheets don’t tell the whole story, which is why we are going to take a detailed look at how the phone is in real life.

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• KDE Commit-Digest for 6th May 2012

  mrybczyn

  13 May 2012 | 10:21 am

  In this week's KDE Commit-Digest, Frederik Gladhorn writes about the current state of development in KDE-Accessibility. As usual, there is also a change list that includes: Marble gets the first version of FlightGear position provider KPhotoAlbum saves the video length in a database; search for the length is also possible read more

• KDE Commit-Digest for 29th April 2012

  mrybczyn

  8 May 2012 | 11:21 am

  In this week's KDE Commit-Digest: Dolphin view can be synchronized with terminal location Konsole has two new profile options for copy & paste mouse behavior More search options in Dolphin with Nepomuk Google Sync Bookmarks implemented in rekonq read more

• LaKademy 2012 ‒ Artwork, Localization, Promotion, Development

  sandroandrade

  6 May 2012 | 9:23 am

  LaKademy is over. April 27th to May 1st were days of hard work, meeting old and new friends, having much fun while realizing how far crazy guy imaginations can go. It was a great summit and sprint. Compared to the first (and only one so far) Akademy-BR in 2010, there is clear evidence that we are making progress building a strong and mature KDE community in Latin America. We met in a lovely hostel in Porto Alegre, Brazil and were well taken care of during the event. read more

• Akademy Community Keynote: Agustín Benito Bethencourt (toscalix)

  tcanabrava

  6 May 2012 | 9:19 am

  Agustín Benito Bethencourt (aka "toscalix") recently joined the KDE e.V. Board of Directors. He will be presenting the KDE Community Keynote at Akademy 2012 in Tallinn. read more

• KDE Ships May Updates to Plasma Workspaces, Applications and Platform

  sebas

  3 May 2012 | 5:20 pm

  Today KDE released updates for its Workspaces, Applications, and Development Platform. These updates are the third in a series of monthly stabilization updates to the 4.8 series. 4.8.3 updates bring many bugfixes and translation updates on top of the latest edition in the 4.8 series and are recommended updates for everyone running 4.8.2 or earlier versions. As the release only contains bugfixes and translation updates, it will be a safe and pleasant update for everyone. KDE’s software is already translated into more than 55 languages, with more to come. read more

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• Average U.S. smartphone user has 41 apps on their device

  Brad Reed

  16 May 2012 | 10:43 am

  Nielsen has some interesting new data out today about Americans' smartphone usage.  The big takeaway: Americans love their mobile apps. Read more

• The big question: Does Google really know how to make an Android device better than anyone else?

  Brad Reed

  16 May 2012 | 10:10 am

  The Wall Street Journal today reports that Google is planning to release a slew of Nexus-branded devices from a host of different manufacturers.   Read more

• Tab syncing highlights the latest Google Chrome update

  Brad Reed

  16 May 2012 | 9:14 am

  The good news: The latest version of Chrome allows you to sync up tabs on your desktop PC with tabs on your smartphone and tablet.  The bad news: Chrome for Android is still in beta testing, meaning that it's only available on a limited number of devices. Read more

• Is The Jailbreak Community Contaminated By Leeches?

  Alan Shimel

  15 May 2012 | 4:34 pm

  I have spoken to many an open source developer who felt that many in the open source community were parasites. Primarily they mean companies who take open source code, profit commercially from it, but don't give anything back to the community. The facts are though that well over 90% (probably closer to 98%) of open source community members just consume open source product and contribute no code back...

• Installing and Running Liferay

  Wazi

  15 May 2012 | 10:19 am

  The Java-based Liferay intranet portal offers an organization’s users the ability to publish and collaborate on documents and web content, and offers social networking features.

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• mutt-kz: A new mutt fork

  Moparx

  15 May 2012 | 3:27 am

  I stumbled upon a relatively new fork of mutt recently called mutt-kz. It is a project which was created with the purpose of modernizing mutt by heavily integrating notmuch, a fast mail indexer, into the client. This integration provides mutt-kz with the ability to have full-text searching, tagging, virtual folders, and more. After compiling it and configuring the virtual folders and tags to my liking, I have to say that I am quite pleased with mutt-kz. It's now my defacto replacement for mutt on my machines. If you are interested, you can download the source code or learn more about it by…

• May 2012 Screenshot #2

  Moparx

  13 May 2012 | 7:55 pm

  Another screenshot for the month. This one of course featuring my Openbox install. Information: Wallpaper: eCO VIM color scheme: xoria256 Terminal colors: My config file. Compositing / Effects: Cairo Composite Manager Browser: uzbl Tags: Screenshot

• May 2012 Screenshot

  Moparx

  13 May 2012 | 4:45 pm

  Information: Plasma Theme: A combination of Amakage and nowardev 2 Icons: elementary USU Plasma Widget: Current Song Wallpaper: curtns Conky: My config file. Tags: Screenshot

• What podcasts does everyone recommend listening too?

  Moparx

  13 May 2012 | 1:00 pm

  Podcasts are an excellent way to pass the time and it has been awhile since I updated my list to include 'new' shows. What are some podcasts that you recommend listening too? The podcasts I currently listen too: 2600: Off the Hook (RSS) 2600: Off the Wall (RSS) Buzz Out Loud (RSS) Common Sense with Dan Carlin (RSS) Dan Carlin's Hardcore History (RSS) No Agenda (RSS) The 404 (RSS) The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe (RSS) The Skeptics' Guide 5X5 (RSS) this WEEK in TECH (RSS) Tags: Podcast

• I live!

  Moparx

  10 May 2012 | 4:48 pm

  Hello World, It has been quite a long time since I last posted on this site and I figured that I might as well attempt to revive it again. I've been pretty busy over the past few months with variety of things (Minecraft being one of the main culprits) and I didn't mean to take this long to post something, but time flies rather quickly it seems. My plan is to at least initially try to create a few posts a month and then try to build from there.

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• Hack and / - Password Cracking with GPUs, Part I: the Setup

  Kyle Rankin

  15 May 2012 | 2:54 pm

  Bitcoin mining is so last year. Put your expensive GPU to use cracking passwords. When the Bitcoin mining craze hit its peak, I felt the tug to join this new community and make some easy money. I wasn't drawn only by the money; the concepts behind Bitcoin mining intrigued me, in particular the new use of graphics processors (GPUs). With a moderately expensive video card, you could bring in enough money to pay off your initial investment and your electricity bill in a relatively short time. more>>

• An Introduction to Application Development with Catalyst and Perl

  Henry Van Styn

  14 May 2012 | 11:39 am

  Catalyst is the latest in the evolution of open-source Web development frameworks. Written in modern Perl and inspired by many of the projects that came before it, including Ruby on Rails, Catalyst is elegant, powerful and refined. It's a great choice for creating any Web-based application from the simple to the very complex. more>>

• Cryptocurrency: Your Total Cost Is 01001010010

  Shawn Powers

  9 May 2012 | 10:55 am

  Most people have heard of gold. Most people are familiar with dollars. For a handful of geeky folks, however, the currency they hope will become a global standard is digital. Whether it's a problem or not, the currency you use on a day-to-day basis is tied to the government. more>>

• HTML5 for Audio Applications

  Paul Freitas

  7 May 2012 | 4:16 pm

  HTML5 lets you play music through compliant browsers—no "cloud" required. more>>

• May 2012 Issue of Linux Journal: Programming

  Shawn Powers

  2 May 2012 | 12:22 pm

  Rubies, Pythons and Perls! It may sound like a new Indiana Jones movie or possibly a cheesy platform-style video game from the 1990s, but the title of this column actually refers to our focus this month—programming! Not that there's anything wrong with daring adventures in remote locations, it's just that all the red tape can be overwhelming. more>>

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• Kindle Cloud Reader on Ubuntu

  16 May 2012 | 1:14 pm

  Amazon has Kindle eBooks for both Windows and the Mac OS. With Kindle eBooks, users are able to access purchased books for the Kindle to be read from a Windows or Mac OS computer without a need for a Kindle device.

• boto 2.4.1

  16 May 2012 | 10:09 am

  The goal of boto is to support the full breadth and depth of Amazon Web Services.

• Top 10 Windows 8 Features #6: Secure Boot

  16 May 2012 | 6:09 am

  It's the single greatest dilemma of modern society: How much freedom would you trade to get more security - or vice versa? Since Windows XP became the most exploited operating system in history, Microsoft has taken bold moves - not all of them very popular, but usually very effective - to sever the routes of exploit.

• Upcoming Mozilla Marketplace lacks Linux support; open-source fix in the works

  16 May 2012 | 3:09 am

  Back in March, Mozilla outlined plans to further integrate web apps into Firefox to complement its upcoming Marketplace .

• Chrome now syncs tabs to Android

  16 May 2012 | 2:05 am

  As a warm-up for next month's Google I/O conference, the company has released an update to Chrome this morning that allows you to sync tabs across PCs and Android devices.

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• The Rise of Open Source

  Denis Pombriant

  16 May 2012 | 7:00 am

  SugarCon, the SugarCRM user meeting held in San Francisco a couple of weeks ago, did some important things for Sugar. It was a coming out party of sorts for a company with a distinct business model and strategy, namely open source. It was also validation of that strategy and, for many, a new realization of what open source means. In my discussions with CEO Larry Augustin and CTO and cofounder Clint Oram, I got a new sense of how pervasive open source really is in the software marketplace.

• Whatever You Want, Miro Finds It, Gets It, Plays It

  Jack M. Germain

  16 May 2012 | 7:00 am

  The Internet is a hub for acquiring music, video and a just about any other form of content. Miro is one of the most capable player apps that I have seen for all of this content. Keeping up with all of the various forms of content the Web has to offer can be a daunting task. The process is similar to what people do in the non-Internet world. For instance, we have TVs for watching broadcasts, radios for listening to local stations, VCRs for stored playback, DVD players for movies.

• Code Clues Reheat Google Tablet Rumors

  Richard Adhikari

  15 May 2012 | 7:00 am

  Murmurs about Google's supposed plans to launch its own tablet soon are growing to a roar. Source code from Google and Samsung indicate that a Nexus tablet is in the works, Slashgear reported. "It seems logical that it will be a Google Nexus device consistent with the Nexus smartphone, but the problem is there's nothing unique about the Nexus smartphone," suggested Andrew Eisner, director of community and content at Retrevo. The kernel codes Google and Samsung are working on are for Samsung's Exynos processors.

• Windows RT and the Dastardly Browser-Exclusion Deed

  Katherine Noyes

  14 May 2012 | 7:00 am

  Life is never dull here in the world of technology, but some weeks it's hard to remember that this is actually the real world, and not some epic tale of the battle between good and evil. We've seen plenty of examples of good pulling ahead in the struggle in recent weeks, of course -- the naming of our own Linus Torvalds as a laureate for the 2012 Millennium Technology Prize, for instance -- but there's never any shortage of dastardly deeds being committed, either. Case in point? Windows RT's apparent exclusion of any browser that's not Microsoft's own Internet Explorer.

• Google Drive for Android: Just About as Good as the Rest

  Patrick Nelson

  11 May 2012 | 7:00 am

  Keep Everything. Share Anything. When a company like Google uses a tagline that includes the words "share anything" for a Dropbox-like cloud file storage system, my immediate reaction is "with whom?" Google, after-all, is a company that's made its money delivering ads based on what it learns about our habits. There's been debate about this very question since Drive launched, and media reports have suggested, based on the Drive terms and conditions, that Google is claiming to license Drive users' files.

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• VMware Preps To Push More Mainline Kernel Code

  16 May 2012 | 4:33 am

  To further enhance the Linux virtualization experience with VMware products, the company is preparing to push the Virtual Machine Communication Interface and VMCI Sockets into the mainline Linux kernel...

• Wine-Mono: Marrying Mono With WINE

  16 May 2012 | 2:16 am

  This weekend there was a new release of Wine-Mono, a project which marries Wine with components of Mono...

• OpenChrome Now Defaults To EXA

  16 May 2012 | 2:09 am

  There's a new release of the OpenChrome open-source VIA X.Org driver...

• NVIDIA GTX 680: Windows 7 vs. Ubuntu 12.04

  16 May 2012 | 12:00 am

  Following up on the performance comparison earlier this month of comparing Intel Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge graphics between Windows and Linux, up today are the results of a comparison of Windows 7 to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS when using a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 "Kepler" graphics card.

• Fedora 18 Approves Controversial Feature

  15 May 2012 | 6:45 am

  At the FESCo meeting on Monday, aside from Fedora reaffirmining their commitment towards the GCC compiler, the FESCo members also approved some new features for Fedora 18. One of the approved features has already sparked the grievance of Lennart Poettering...

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• 10 hacks that made headlines

  16 May 2012 | 5:28 am

  LinuxSecurity.com: In our first Rogues Gallery, we looked at ten infamous social engineers -- con men who exploited human weaknesses rather than technical vulnerabilities.

• Apple Mac Flashback Trojan Gang Still Making Money

  16 May 2012 | 5:27 am

  LinuxSecurity.com: The prolific Flashback Trojan that has infected anywhere from a half a million to nearly 1 million Macintosh machines worldwide remains active despite Apple's emergency security update, and its owners continue to rake in revenue from the click-fraud operation -- possibly as much as $10,000 a day, according to new research.

• Wikipedia warns users about malware injecting ads

  16 May 2012 | 5:27 am

  LinuxSecurity.com: Visitors to Wikipedia who see advertisements on the site have most likely fallen victim to a browser-based malware infection, Wikimedia Foundation, the organization operating the website, said on Monday.

• Why you don't need a firewall

  15 May 2012 | 4:52 am

  LinuxSecurity.com: Once, firewalls were useful for certain types of attacks. Now they're more trouble than they're worth -- and create a false sense of security into the bargain

• Ethical hacking can help businesses improve security strategies

  15 May 2012 | 4:51 am

  LinuxSecurity.com: Businesses should consider adopting ethical hacking strategies to develop and add to their existing security practices, Frost & Sullivan has advised.

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  LinuxSecurity.com - Security Advisories

• Debian: 2472-1: gridengine: privilege escalation

  15 May 2012 | 9:17 pm

  LinuxSecurity.com: Dave Love discovered that users who are allowed to submit jobs to a Grid Engine installation can escalate their privileges to root because the environment is not properly sanitized before creating processes. [More...]

• Red Hat: 2012:0571-01: kernel: Moderate Advisory

  15 May 2012 | 12:22 pm

  LinuxSecurity.com: Updated kernel packages that fix two security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate [More...]

• Red Hat: 2012:0670-01: kernel-rt: Important Advisory

  15 May 2012 | 12:22 pm

  LinuxSecurity.com: Updated kernel-rt packages that fix two security issues and various bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.1. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having [More...]

• Mandriva: 2012:076: ffmpeg

  15 May 2012 | 4:30 am

  LinuxSecurity.com: Multiple vulnerabilities has been found and corrected in ffmpeg: The Matroska format decoder in FFmpeg does not properly allocate memory, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted file (CVE-2011-3362, CVE-2011-3504). [More...]

• Mandriva: 2012:075: ffmpeg

  15 May 2012 | 3:18 am

  LinuxSecurity.com: Multiple vulnerabilities has been found and corrected in ffmpeg: The Matroska format decoder in FFmpeg does not properly allocate memory, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted file (CVE-2011-3362, CVE-2011-3504). [More...]

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  Linux

• FreeBSD Device Drivers

  Joseph Kong

  30 Apr 2012 | 5:36 pm

  FreeBSD Device Drivers is the first and only book to teach readers how to develop device drivers for the FreeBSD operating system.

• Take Control of CrashPlan Backups

  O'Reilly Media, Inc.

  11 Apr 2012 | 7:35 pm

  You know not to put all your eggs in one basket, but are you backing up to only a single location? Our favorite backup service, CrashPlan, backs up your data silently in the background, storing it locally on a hard disk or another computer you own, offsite on a friend's computer (for the consumer version), or in the cloud. But thanks to CrashPlan's power, flexibility, and cross-platform interface, you may need additional explanation to get the most out of CrashPlan's best features. This ebook - created in collaboration with CrashPlan maker Code 42 Software - has all the behind-the-scenes…

• Take Control of CrashPlan Backups

  O'Reilly Media, Inc.

  11 Apr 2012 | 5:37 am

  You know not to put all your eggs in one basket, but are you backing up to only a single location? Our favorite backup service, CrashPlan, backs up your data silently in the background, storing it locally on a hard disk or another computer you own, offsite on a friend's computer (for the consumer version), or in the cloud. But thanks to CrashPlan's power, flexibility, and cross-platform interface, you may need additional explanation to get the most out of CrashPlan's best features. This ebook - created in collaboration with CrashPlan maker Code 42 Software - has all the behind-the-scenes…

• Linux Pocket Guide

  Daniel J. Barrett

  20 Mar 2012 | 3:38 pm

  If you use Linux in your day-to-day work, this popular pocket guide is the perfect on-the-job reference. The second edition has expanded from Fedora-only coverage to distro-neutral, with practical information on a wider range of commands requested by readers. For novices who need to get up to speed on Linux use, and experienced users who want a concise and functional reference, this guide provides quick answers.

• Programming Android

  O'Reilly Media, Inc.

  12 Mar 2012 | 3:38 pm

  What does it take to build well-engineered Android applications? Explore Android's core building blocks and APIs in depth with this authoritative guide (updated to cover the Ice Cream Sandwich version of Android), and learn how to create compelling apps that work on a full range of Android devices. You'll work with proven approaches to app design and implementation—including application frameworks that you can use as a starting point for your own projects.

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  Toolinux

• Sortie de PostgreSQL 9.2 beta

  Toolinux

  15 May 2012 | 5:40 pm

  L'accent est mis sur les performances à l'occasion de cette sortie en version bêta. La sortie officielle de PostgreSQL 9.2 est attendue pour l'automne 2012. - Logiciels

• Manuel à jour pour Grisbi version O.8.9

  Toolinux

  15 May 2012 | 5:24 pm

  Cette mise à jour prend donc en compte les nouvelles fonctionnalités de Grisbi 0.8. - Logiciels

• Le piratage de logiciels concerne 50% des utilisateurs... en Belgique

  Toolinux

  15 May 2012 | 5:18 pm

  Plus de la moitié de tous les utilisateurs informatiques en Belgique reconnaissent qu'ils piratent des logiciels selon une étude menée par la fameuse Business Software Alliance (BSA), qui regroupe une foule d'éditeurs commerciaux de logiciels. - Revue de presse

• CMSDay à Paris le 14 juin

  Toolinux

  15 May 2012 | 5:18 pm

  Le CMSday propose plus de 20 tables rondes et ateliers autour de la gestion de contenu open source. Le programme complet de la journée est en ligne. - 06. Matériel

• Cloud : Endpoint Protector ajoute la Protection de Contenu

  Toolinux

  15 May 2012 | 5:15 pm

  La Prévention des Pertes de Données pour des services cloud comme Google Drive et Dropbox fait maintenant partie d'Endpoint Protector 4.1. - Services

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  jonobacon@home

• Testing and Instrumentation

  jono

  15 May 2012 | 11:16 pm

  Recently I have been talking a little about building quality and precision into Ubuntu Accomplishments. Tonight I put one of the final missing pieces in place and I thought I would share in a little more detail about some of this work. Some of you might find this useful in your own projects. Before I get started though, I just wanted to encourage you to start playing our software and for those of you that had a crash when using certain languages with the Accomplishments Information viewer, I released a 0.1.2 update earlier that fixes this. Automated Testing As we continue to grow the Ubuntu…

• Accomplishing An Awesome App Developer Platform

  jono

  15 May 2012 | 12:51 am

  At the Ubuntu Developer Summit last week I delivered a plenary on the Tuesday called Accomplishing An Awesome App Developer Platform that tells the story of how the Ubuntu app developer platform enabled me to build the Ubuntu Accomplishments system that I designed with Aq. The presentation walks through the story of how we designed the system, and how everything was available in Ubuntu to create the client, back-end daemon, validation server, and desktop integration. I think it is a good example of how Ubuntu can help app devs to create interesting ideas and apps. I thought this might be…

• Ubuntu Community Accomplishments Collection 0.1.1 Released

  jono

  14 May 2012 | 3:12 pm

  I just released a new update for the Ubuntu Community Accomplishments collection. This new release (0.1.1) includes the following new community accomplishments: Accomplishments Contributor Attend LoCo Team Event Bug Squad Member Ubuntu Forums Council Member Ubuntu Forums Staff Member Imported an SSH Key Ubuntu Beginners Team Council Member Ubuntu Beginners Team Member Bug Control Member Ubuntu Forums Ubuntu Member Launchpad Profile Mugshot is now fixed too. Thanks to Silver Fox, Michael Hall, Matt Fischer, Rafal Cieslek, Angelo Compagnucci for contributing these additions! It is wonderful to…

• Precision and Reliability in Ubuntu Accomplishments

  jono

  13 May 2012 | 6:56 pm

  In the Ubuntu world we have some common values that are not just focused on freedom, but also in how we build Ubuntu. Values such as cadence, design, quality and precision help guide us in building the best Ubuntu that we can. These values continued to be common themes at the recent Ubuntu Developer Summit in California. Today our culture continues to involve important integration work that is a rich and interesting challenge, but this work has also been augmented by us building assurances around Ubuntu too; assurances such as regular releases (cadence), the reliability and quality of the…

• EA Games and Ubuntu

  jono

  8 May 2012 | 12:00 pm

  Electronic Arts are delivering two games into Ubuntu, Command & Conquer Tiberium Alliances and Lord of Ultima. They are currently available in the Ubuntu Software Center. While some may focus on the fact that these are loading web apps, the really exciting opportunity here is that EA have identified Ubuntu as an exciting channel to deliver their content. I would like to encourage our community to welcome EA to Ubuntu, and download and enjoy the games. Let’s not get side-tracked by the fact that these are web games and not native to Ubuntu: EA are dipping their toes in Ubuntu as a…

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  taint.org: Justin Mason's Weblog

• Links for 2012-05-15

  dailylinks

  15 May 2012 | 6:58 pm

  Digital Rights Forum – Online Privacy : ‘The Digital Rights Forum is a public debate on the important issues surrounding digital rights, with each event designed around the general over-arching topic of digital rights, puls a more narrowly focused subject. On Friday, the 18th of May, the forum will tackle the issue of Online Privacy. With our lives ever more integrated with the web and social media, staying safe online is becoming an increasing concern to everyone. From mobile apps to websites and email, protecting our personal information and online privacy has never been more…

• Links for 2012-05-14

  dailylinks

  14 May 2012 | 6:58 pm

  Welcome to Life: the singularity, ruined by lawyers – YouTube : ’some portions of the experience, such as the sky, may be replaced by personalised advertising.’ Uploading your consciousness in the age of copyright maximalism, as Nelson Minar put it (via Nelson) (tags: via:nelson grim-meathook-future future singularity funny copyright advertising)

• Links for 2012-05-13

  dailylinks

  13 May 2012 | 6:58 pm

  An IDE is not enough : Very thought-provoking response to that ‘Light Table’ demo which went round the aggregators a couple of weeks back. ‘The fundamental reason IDEs have dead-ended is that they are constrained by the syntax and semantics of our programming languages. Our programming languages were all designed to be used with a text editor. It is therefore not surprising that our IDEs amount to tarted-up text editors. Likewise our programming languages were all designed with an imperative semantics that efficiently matches the hardware but defies static visualization.

• Links for 2012-05-12

  dailylinks

  12 May 2012 | 6:58 pm

  Chronon DVR for Java : “record entire execution of your Java app; play it back on any machine”. Other features: time-travelling debugger — step backwards, jump to any point in execution, designed for long running programs; post-execution logging — add log statements after the program has run, and see what it would have logged. Looks extremely nifty, but I wonder how big those recording files get… (tags: debugging via:peakscale eclipse chronon dvr java coding logging jvm)

• In Dublin? Hear me talk about AWS network monitoring!

  Justin

  11 May 2012 | 8:46 am

  Reminder to Dublin-based readers — next week, Amazon (my employers) will be putting on Under the Hood at Amazon, billed as ‘A night of Beer, Pizza and Cloud Computing for Software Developers’. I’ll be speaking at it. It’s partially a recruiting event, but even if you’re not looking for a new job, please come along. It’s also useful for us to talk about some details of what we’ve been doing in Dublin, since we’ve been operating to date with a pretty low profile, and in reality there’s some very interesting stuff going on here……

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  LWN.net

• Lotus Symphony code for OpenOffice coming soon

  corbet

  16 May 2012 | 1:21 pm

  IBM has announced that the paperwork has been signed and that the contribution of the Lotus Symphony code to OpenOffice will happen shortly. "The successful delivery of Apache OpenOffice 3.4 has enabled us to finalize our grant with the the Apache Software Foundation and initiate this new phase of effort within the community. This is about envisioning a future for Apache OpenOffice that builds on the best code we can offer together with the best developers who have mastered it." For those wondering about what this code offers, there is a Symphony Contribution wiki page describing the most…

• Security advisories for Wednesday

  ris

  16 May 2012 | 1:00 pm

  CentOS has updated C6: kernel (denial of service). Debian has updated gridengine (privilege escalation). Fedora has updated bind-dyndb-ldap (F16; F15: denial of service), F16: samba4 (remote code execution), F15: kernel (unfiltered netdev rio_ioctl access by users), and F15: expat (denial of service). Gentoo has updated connman (code execution). Red Hat has updated RHEL6: kernel (denial of service) and MRG2.1: kernel-rt (multiple vulnerabilities).

• [$] Tasting the Ice Cream Sandwich

  corbet

  15 May 2012 | 3:46 pm

  Owners of Android handsets can be forgiven for feeling frustration over how long it took to get an update from the 2.3 "gingerbread" release. Google's flat-out effort to improve tablet support led to a 3.0 ("honeycomb") release that was not deemed suitable for handset use—or for open-source release. It was only with the 4.0 "Ice Cream Sandwich" cycle that all that new code became available for handsets—sort of. Six months after the 4.0 release, your editor finally got his hands on a device that can run it; what follows is a review of sorts.

• Tuesday's security updates

  ris

  15 May 2012 | 12:24 pm

  Gentoo has updated chromium (multiple vulnerabilities). Mandriva has updated ffmpeg (ES5.0; 2010.1; 2011.0: multiple vulnerabilities). openSUSE has updated gnutls (denial of service) and coreutils (command injection). Ubuntu has updated quagga (multiple vulnerabilities).

• Kdenlive 0.9 released

  corbet

  15 May 2012 | 8:44 am

  Version 0.9 of the Kdenlive video editor has been released. Improvements in this release include the ability to align multiple video tracks using the audio stream, a rewritten effects subsystem, improved importing of online media, and a number of usability enhancements.

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  Linux

• FreeBSD Device Drivers

  Joseph Kong

  30 Apr 2012 | 5:36 pm

  FreeBSD Device Drivers is the first and only book to teach readers how to develop device drivers for the FreeBSD operating system.

• Take Control of CrashPlan Backups

  O'Reilly Media, Inc.

  11 Apr 2012 | 7:35 pm

  You know not to put all your eggs in one basket, but are you backing up to only a single location? Our favorite backup service, CrashPlan, backs up your data silently in the background, storing it locally on a hard disk or another computer you own, offsite on a friend's computer (for the consumer version), or in the cloud. But thanks to CrashPlan's power, flexibility, and cross-platform interface, you may need additional explanation to get the most out of CrashPlan's best features. This ebook - created in collaboration with CrashPlan maker Code 42 Software - has all the behind-the-scenes…

• Take Control of CrashPlan Backups

  O'Reilly Media, Inc.

  11 Apr 2012 | 5:37 am

  You know not to put all your eggs in one basket, but are you backing up to only a single location? Our favorite backup service, CrashPlan, backs up your data silently in the background, storing it locally on a hard disk or another computer you own, offsite on a friend's computer (for the consumer version), or in the cloud. But thanks to CrashPlan's power, flexibility, and cross-platform interface, you may need additional explanation to get the most out of CrashPlan's best features. This ebook - created in collaboration with CrashPlan maker Code 42 Software - has all the behind-the-scenes…

• Linux Pocket Guide

  Daniel J. Barrett

  20 Mar 2012 | 3:38 pm

  If you use Linux in your day-to-day work, this popular pocket guide is the perfect on-the-job reference. The second edition has expanded from Fedora-only coverage to distro-neutral, with practical information on a wider range of commands requested by readers. For novices who need to get up to speed on Linux use, and experienced users who want a concise and functional reference, this guide provides quick answers.

• Programming Android

  O'Reilly Media, Inc.

  12 Mar 2012 | 3:38 pm

  What does it take to build well-engineered Android applications? Explore Android's core building blocks and APIs in depth with this authoritative guide (updated to cover the Ice Cream Sandwich version of Android), and learn how to create compelling apps that work on a full range of Android devices. You'll work with proven approaches to app design and implementation—including application frameworks that you can use as a starting point for your own projects.

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  Computerworld Blogs - Linux & Unix

• Ubuntu Linux 12.04 download: Precise Pangolin

  IT Blogwatch

  27 Apr 2012 | 5:00 am

  Ubuntu Linux 12.04 LTE is ready to download. Saddled with the moniker Precise Pangolin, it's said to be an excellent choice for business desktop and server users who want to break free from the shackles of blah, blah, blah... you know the drill. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers wonder if they really want to use an OS named after a scaly anteater (albeit an accurate one). read more

• Apple CEO Tim Cook: PC app innovation is dead, killed by the iPad

  Preston Gralla

  15 Feb 2012 | 11:02 am

  Software innovation on PCs is dead, killed by the iPad and Android, Apple CEO Tim Cook claims. He adds that tablets will outsell PCs and Macs, although didn't give a date for when that will happen. read more

• Want to reform Apple's labor practices? Pay more for its products.

  Preston Gralla

  14 Feb 2012 | 7:25 am

  Apple's announcement that it's asking for an outside audit of how workers are treated at Chinese factories that produce its products is a potentialy good first step towards possibly reforming labor practices. The truth is, though, the only way those factories will treat their workers properly is if you're willing to pay more for products from Apple and many other electronics makers. read more

• U.S. and EU are OK with Google buying Motorola

  IT Blogwatch

  14 Feb 2012 | 4:54 am

  U.S. and European regulators have permitted Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) to buy Motorola Mobility (NYSE:MMI). It looks like la GOOG is almost ready to consumate its love for the smartphone-and-set-top-box-maker. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers weight the pros and cons of the deal. Not to mention: Animals doing people things... read more

• Why Windows on ARM won't suffer from the Android fragmentation problem

  Preston Gralla

  13 Feb 2012 | 9:37 am

  When information about Windows on ARM (WOA) was released last week, one important detail was overlooked -- in essence, each WOA device will require its own customized version, including drivers and firmware, unlike the Windows on PCs. While it may seem as if this might lead to fragmentation as on Android, that won't happen with WOA. read more

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  Robert Love

• University of Florida CISE: Now More Than Ever

  Robert Love

  25 Apr 2012 | 5:00 am

  By now you've likely heard the proposal that the University of Florida plans to drastically restructure its Computer Science department, CISE. While the details are not as provocative a picture as the Forbes article paints, the proposal is still bad for the university and its students (read the actual proposal). Also, as an alumnus, the proposal is, frankly, embarrassing.At a time when the United States needs more STEM graduates than ever, universities ought be doubling down on their Computer Science programs. I encourage you to write to the university. Even if unaffiliated with Florida, this…

• Google+

  Robert Love

  28 Feb 2012 | 8:30 am

  This being 2012, I'm not blogging much. I apologize. I have, however, been playing around on Google+. It offers an opportunity to do longer form posts—more akin to a blog—than, say, Twitter. I am enjoying it; perhaps you will too. Follow Robert Love on Google+.

• Paris in Diorama

  Robert Love

  17 May 2011 | 8:00 am

  A week in Paris in the Spring. Pour être jeune et dans l'amour. I made some dioramas:Passerelle Debilly, Paris, FrancePalais de Chaillot, Paris, FranceChamp de Mars and École Militaire, Paris, FranceSee also my dioramas from around Spain.

• Kindle 3 Kernel

  Robert Love

  1 Oct 2010 | 11:00 am

  I really dig the Kindle 3. The small improvements add up to a significant improvement in usability. As my friend Chris put it, "as soon as I turned it on I realized I did the right thing."For the curious, I got ahold of the Kindle 3's source code and generated a patch against 2.6.26 (I did the same for the Kindle 1's kernel).The patch is big and noisy, but here's what stands out: Ingo's RT kernel, which converts most spinlocks to priority-inheriting mutexes, removing most regions of non-preemption in the kernel; ARM architecture updates; driver for the Atheros AR6002 802.11a/b/g device;…

• Google Instant

  Robert Love

  9 Sep 2010 | 6:00 am

  Google Instant, which we announced yesterday, is at its best after you have used it for a bit, and allowed the interactive experience to refine and improve how you search.But, for me, the simplest sell is searching for the weather. Last week, you might have searched for weather 02116 (and a decade ago, you'd have watched the evening news). Today, you hit w:Try it out on google.com.

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  Softpedia News - Linux

• Google Releases Chrome 19 Stable for Linux

  Softpedia News (Marius Nestor)

  16 May 2012 | 12:20 am

  Google proudly announced last evening, May 15th, that they have unleashed the stable and final version of the Google Chrome 19 web browser for Linux, Macintosh, Windows and Chrome Frame platforms. Google Chrome 19 (the actual version is 19.0.1084.46) brings a lots of bugfixes and a few new features including tab synchronization technology... (read more)

• Chakra GNU/Linux 2012.05 Has KDE SC 4.8.3

  Softpedia News (Marius Nestor)

  15 May 2012 | 1:54 am

  The Chakra Development Team, through Anke Boersma, proudly announced last evening, May 14th, the immediate availability for download of the Chakra GNU/Linux 2012.05 operating system. Dubbed Archimedes, Chakra GNU/Linux 2012.05 is the third maintenance release for 2012 and it is powered by Linux kernel 3.2.8 and KDE Software Compilation 4.8... (read more)

• Download Debian 6.0.5 Squeeze

  Softpedia News (Marius Nestor)

  14 May 2012 | 6:01 am

  The Debian project proudly announced a couple of days ago, May 12th, the immediate availability for download of the fifth maintenance release of the Debian 6 Linux operating system. Debian 6.0.5 brings fixes to various security issues, as well as improvements to some serious problems. Some of the packages included in the previous versions of the distrib... (read more)

• Softpedia Linux Weekly, Issue 199

  Softpedia News (Marius Nestor)

  12 May 2012 | 6:01 pm

  The following Linux-based operating systems have been announced last week: Puppy Linux 5.3.3 Slacko, SolusOS 1, Salix OS 13.37 MATE and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Business Remix. In other news: Ubuntu Developer Summit for Ubuntu 12.10 took place this week in Oakland, USA, where Mark Shuttleworth talked about the present and future of the Ubuntu OS. Softpedia Linux Blog ne... (read more)

• Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Business Remix Officially Released

  Softpedia News (Marius Nestor)

  10 May 2012 | 4:25 pm

  Canonical proudly announced a few minutes ago, May 10th, the immediate availability for download of the Ubuntu 12.04 Business Remix operating system. Do you remember Ubuntu Business Remix? Of course you do, it was introduced by Mark Shuttleworth and Canonical a few months ago, on February 10th, 2012, with the motto “Time co... (read more)

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  Prakash Advani's Blog

• Insight into Enterprise Cloud Storage

  Prakash

  15 May 2012 | 9:14 pm

  It may be known to some as the Dropbox-for-the-enterprise, but Box.com could be forgiven for insisting on its own identity. With more than 120,000 customers, including 82 percent of the Fortune 500, the company has made a name for itself as one of the leaders in the enterprise cloud storage and data management space. Read More. Related posts: Enterprise and Private Cloud Solutions – Conversations in the Cloud Recently published postcast on Ubuntu Cloud. This was recorded at... Test drive your own private cloud If you want to test drive your own private cloud,... 10 cloud startups to watch…

• My article in Times of India: Is Linux ready for your PC?

  Prakash

  15 May 2012 | 2:51 am

  In the battle of the desktop operating systems (OS), there are only three dominant players left – Windows, Mac and Linux. At some point, Windows was cast as the platform for the common man, Mac as the one for the artist, and Linux as the geek’s playground. Linux found favour in powering servers, supercomputers, large businesses and even stock exchanges. And Google even used it as the platform to build its popular Android mobile operating system. But in the desktop and notebook space, it still failed to gain traction. There’s an image associated with Linux that can be…

• Samsung Galaxy SIII is here

  Prakash

  4 May 2012 | 3:56 pm

  After having a very successful Galaxy S II, now samsung has come up with SIII. It is Samsung’s flag ship brand and they seem to make no compromise in the configurations. Here is what is cool. Quad-core 1.4 GHz 4.8 inch display Super AMOLED Resolution 720 x 1280  with 306 ppi pixel density, close to Apple’s retina display Gorilla Glass 2 for extra tough screen MicroSD Slot 16/32/64 MB in built memory 1 GB RAM WiFi and WiFi Hotspot 8 MP Camera 1.9 MP front facing camera Android 4.0.4 Related posts: Samsung Galaxy S Plus Samsung Galaxy S Plus is for those who can’t wait... HTC…

• Ubuntu 12.04 LTS is now available for Download

  Prakash

  26 Apr 2012 | 7:59 am

  Ubuntu 12.04 LTS is here. This is the first time Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Desktop) will be supported for 5 years. Torrent is preferred method for me. Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Torrent Links Direct Downloads Ubuntu Desktop 64-Bit Edition Torrent Main Server Ubuntu Desktop 32-Bit Edition Torrent Main Server Ubuntu Server Edition 64-Bit Torrent Main Server Ubuntu Server Edition 32-Bit Torrent Main Server Other Links: CD images + Alternative CD. Ubuntu Core – Just 35 MB  of pure Ubuntu. Have fun Related posts: Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot is now available for download Ubuntu 11.10 is here, The 64-bit…

• Zotac Nano now available

  Prakash

  25 Apr 2012 | 7:39 am

  For those who got excited with the Zotac Nono, you can now buy it and build your media center/small PC. Ideal for loading Ubuntu/XBMC. Config: AMD Fusion processor: Dual Core 1.6 GHz DDR3 Expandable memory (1 slot) WiFi Bluetooth 3.0 2.5″ hard rive bay (laptop hard drives) USB IR receiver  and remote control Ports: Gigabit Ethernet 2 USB 3.0, 1 USB 2.0 HDMI Display port eSATA IR for remote control Related posts: Palm size Media center: Zotac Nano Zotac has come up with even smaller media center the... Toshiba R835 an affordable light-weight laptop Toshiba’s Portege R835-P56x is an…

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  OSNews

• Windows 8 Release Preview to include multi-monitor improvements

  16 May 2012 | 1:04 pm

  "Microsoft has greatly improved its Windows 8 multiple monitor support in the Consumer Preview version of the operating system, but the company has fine tuned this even more with the upcoming Release Preview. Mark Yalovsky, a member of Microsoft's User Experience team, has taken to the company's Building Windows 8 blog to detail a number of important improvements in the Release Preview, including improved mouse targeting on shared edges and the ability to launch Metro apps on any monitor. Although the post in question has been mysteriously removed by Microsoft, we managed to secure the…

• WSJ: Apple moves toward larger iPhone screens

  16 May 2012 | 6:39 am

  "Production is set to begin next month for the screens, which measure at least 4 inches diagonally compared with 3.5 inches on the iPhone 4S, the latest phone from Apple, the people said." Cue the usual suspects twisting and turning to change the very fabric of space-time so that instead of 3.5" being the optimal size, 4.0" will be the optimal size. Sit back, relax, and enjoy the show.

• Google to expand Nexus program

  16 May 2012 | 4:26 am

  "Google plans to give multiple mobile-device makers early access to new releases of Android and to sell those devices directly to consumers, said people familiar with the matter. [...] The expansion of direct sales marks a bid to exert more control over key features and apps that run on Android-powered phones and tablets, thus reducing the influence of wireless carriers over such devices, these people said. Wireless carriers typically handle marketing and sales of devices and thus can exert some control over the services that run on them." So, an expanded Nexus program that includes several…

• Alsup: "I've written [...] code like rangeCheck a hundred times before"

  16 May 2012 | 2:35 am

  A bit of a fascinating little surprise in the Oracle vs. Google proceedings yesterday. As it turns out, judge Alsup... Has done, and still does, a lot of programming, and hence, he knows just how silly the whole rangeChek issue is. Addressing Oracle's lawyer, Alsup notes: "I couldn't have told you the first thing about Java before this problem. I have done, and still do, a significant amount of programming in other languages. I've written blocks of code like rangeCheck a hundred times before. I could do it, you could do it. The idea that someone would copy that when they could do it…

• Register for the HP Discover Conference

  15 May 2012 | 1:57 pm

  OSNews sponsor Hewlett-Packard is extending an offer to OSNews readers who register for the upcoming HP Discover conference: "This is HP's largest global conference for customers and partners attracting 10,000 IT executives, managers, architects, engineers, and solution experts from around the world. Join them to network and explore pivotal technology developments, best practices, and strategies." Readers can get a $300 discount on registration by using this link and using the discount code: "BLOG."

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  tuxmachines.org

• Linux at 21: A new Linux Foundation t-shirt contest

  srlinuxx

  16 May 2012 | 12:31 pm

  zdnet.com: Got design chops? Love Linux? Want to go to LinuxCon in San Diego or Barcelona, Spain later this year on the Linux Foundation’s dime? read more

• Should Canonical Can Ubuntu?

  srlinuxx

  16 May 2012 | 12:30 pm

  techzim.co.zw: To succeed on the desktop, Linux needs to penetrate the office. Unfortunately, there is no such thing as a single Linux to go up against Windows 7. Instead there is a highly fragmented field of hundreds. read more

• Whatever You Want, Miro Finds It, Gets It, Plays It

  srlinuxx

  16 May 2012 | 12:28 pm

  linuxinsider.com: Miro is an aggregator and viewing app that does it all. It's a BitTorrent client and a fully-featured podcast catcher. It's handy at finding and downloading many types of online media. Its built-in HD video player handles a large variety of file types. read more

• today's leftovers:

  srlinuxx

  15 May 2012 | 10:57 pm

  Pixar's Toy Story 2 Was Nearly Lost Because Of A Linux Command US Supremes hammer final nail into Psystar coffin 125,000 Ubuntu PCs to land in Pakistani students' laps Wil Wheaton: ‘Yo Hollywood, Let Me Download Ubuntu’ Fedora To Remain Monogamist Towards GCC What's going on with Krita since 2.4 got released? Open Source Startup Inktank Sets Gaze On Ubuntu Server Linux Outlaws 265 - It Doesn't Affect Your Ball Control read more

• Ubuntu 12.04 on a high-end laptop

  srlinuxx

  15 May 2012 | 10:40 pm

  dedoimedo.com: After rather successfully reviewing Precise Pangolin on my T61 with SSD, I decided to expand the testing to other machines I have. Most importantly, I wanted to see how well this latest LTS edition of Ubuntu behaves on my higher-end laptops. read more

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  FreeBSD News Flash

• January-March, 2012 Status Report

  12 May 2012 | 3:00 am

  The January-March, 2012 Status Report is now available with 27 entries.

• New committer: Isabell Long (doc/www)

  26 Apr 2012 | 3:00 am

• New committer: Jeremie Le Hen (src)

  22 Apr 2012 | 3:00 am

• FreeBSD 8.3-RELEASE Available

  18 Apr 2012 | 3:00 am

  FreeBSD 8.3-RELEASE is now available. Please be sure to check the Release Notes and Release Errata before installation for any late-breaking news and/or issues with 8.3. More information about FreeBSD releases can be found on the Release Information page.

• New committer: Devin Teske (src)

  18 Apr 2012 | 3:00 am

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  OpenBSD Journal

• Rthreads Hackathon Part the Fourth

  16 May 2012 | 1:18 am

  Philip Guenther(guenther@), the man who got this hackathon rolling, takes the time to organize his post-its: Sometimes you go into a hackathon knowing exactly what you're going to tackle and it all follows the plan. No, wait, that never happens. There's always something that comes up that ends up eating more of the hackathon than you would have expected. Read more...

• OpenSMTPD Meets SQLite

  14 May 2012 | 2:04 am

  Gilles Chehade(gilles@) gives us a preview of an upcoming OpenSMTPD feature: During the r2k12 hackathon in Paris, Marc Espie committed SQLite to OpenBSD's base system. This has the side effect that OpenSMTPD can start using it and while we agreed that we did not want it as a strong dependency, the backends API allows us to make it a soft dependency that can be removed without breaking the daemon if someone *really* does not want SQLite linked. Today I decided to give it a try and implement a SQLite backend to the map API. About ten minutes later (yes, really ten minutes !), I had a working…

• SSH Mastery Released

  14 May 2012 | 2:02 am

  The editors are a bit late to the party, but are pleased to belatedly announce the publication of SSH Mastery: OpenSSH, PuTTY, Tunnels, and Keys . From the author, Michael W. Lucas: Secure Shell (SSH) lets systems administrators securely manage remote systems. But most people only use the bare minimum SSH offers. Used properly, SSH simplifies your job. You can order the book from the OpenBSD online store, or from a number of other outlets. Mr Lucas explains how, as well as the book, below the fold. Read more...

• Rthreads Hackathon Part the Third

  8 May 2012 | 11:13 pm

  Still more reports coming in from r2k12: asynchronous DNS resolving, code slavery, and 3rd-party bugs; read on! Read more...

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  Debian-News.net - Your one stop for news about Debian

• Updated Debian 6.0: 6.0.5 released

  cj2003

  13 May 2012 | 7:23 am

  The Debian project is pleased to announce the fifth update of its stable distribution Debian 6.0 (codename `squeeze’). This update mainly adds corrections for security problems to the stable release, along with a few adjustments for serious problems. Security advisories were already published separately and are referenced where available. Please note that this update does not constitute a new version of Debian 6.0 but only updates some of the packages included. There is no need to throw away 6.0 CDs or DVDs but only to update via an up-to-date Debian mirror after an installation, to…

• The Debian Administrator’s Handbook is available

  cj2003

  11 May 2012 | 4:37 am

  We’re pleased to announce that — after 5 months of work — the Debian Administrator’s Handbook is now available, both as a beautiful 495-page paperback and as an ebook (PDF, EPUB, MOBI formats). Thanks for your support – we’re also linking to the handbook here from Debian-news.net. Read more here

• How To Back Up MySQL Databases With mylvmbackup On Debian Squeeze

  cj2003

  10 May 2012 | 1:45 pm

  mylvmbackup is a Perl script for quickly creating MySQL backups. It uses LVM’s snapshot feature to do so. To perform a backup, mylvmbackup obtains a read lock on all tables and flushes all server caches to disk, creates a snapshot of the volume containing the MySQL data directory, and unlocks the tables again. This article shows how to use it on a Debian Squeeze server. Read more here

• NoMachine & LXDE Installer for Ubuntu/Debian

  cj2003

  8 May 2012 | 12:15 pm

  This is the first in a line of tutorials I am working on for less experienced linux users to effectively use their VPS. I’ve been tinkering with a little script that some of you might find helpful, it’s designed to install LXDE and NoMachine on a fresh VPS installation. Read more here

• Encrypt Your Data With EncFS (Debian Squeeze/Ubuntu 11.10)

  cj2003

  8 May 2012 | 12:13 pm

  EncFS provides an encrypted filesystem in user-space. It runs without any special permissions and uses the FUSE library and Linux kernel module to provide the filesystem interface. It is a pass-through filesystem, not an encrypted block device, which means it is created on top of an existing filesystem. This tutorial shows how you can use EncFS on Debian Squeeze/Ubuntu 11.10 to encrypt your data. Read more here

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  GnomeFiles.org Apps

• Free Partition Repair 4.0.1.6 (GTK Other Software)

  16 May 2012 | 7:23 am

  Free Partition Repair 4.0.1.6 (GTK Other Software)Free partition repair software is used to provide reliable and professional option for novice users to successfully restore corrupted or misplaced media files from external HDD, erased due to unsecure device handling in much safe and secure manner.[read more]job recommendations:[more jobs]

• Online Chat Software 4.0.1.5 (GTK Mail Application)

  16 May 2012 | 7:14 am

  Online Chat Software 4.0.1.5 (GTK Mail Application)Company website www.ddisp.com provides Online Chat Software that facilitates users to improve products marketing by communicating with live customers at reasonable price. Professional support executives provide a good customer support by using live chat program at affordable cost. Online chat software provides cost effective chat environment to solve multiple queries of various clients and website visitors by answering with real time chat. Download live chat program for interacting your service agents in real time and helps to promote…

• Pen Drive Recovery 4.8.3.1 (GTK Development Environment)

  16 May 2012 | 6:51 am

  Pen Drive Recovery 4.8.3.1 (GTK Development Environment)Popular pen drive recovery program is able to regain all damaged data in original format without any lose of images. Easy to install and run drive lost snap restore software easily restores all files of different format from formatted USB drive.changelog:Best lost data rescues pen drive recovery application allows user to retrieve their beautiful scrap, memorable images, important office document, audio, video, clip etc within a fraction of time. USB drive lost images restoration utility is widely used by different user to regain all…

• Bulk SMS Software 7.0.1.3 (GTK Chat Application)

  16 May 2012 | 6:26 am

  Bulk SMS Software 7.0.1.3 (GTK Chat Application)www.bulksmssoftware.net launches reasonable priced Bulk SMS Software which forwards thousands of text messages to group of users without establishing any internet connection. Professional Bulk SMS Software enables you to increase the profitability and audiences towards your business by market your business services, product details, site offers through bulk SMS broadcasting over a large network and does not exceeded your budget as well as priceless time. Highly configured group message sending application provides you complete, fast and reliable…

• Link Building 4.0.1.5 (GTK System Tool)

  16 May 2012 | 5:40 am

  Link Building 4.0.1.5 (GTK System Tool)Company offers Manuals link building service that improves and makes higher ranking of customer web in Google and other search engines for specific key phrases. So you will get more traffic using data doctor Manual Link Building Services with better position of your website on search engine in less time. www.linkbuildingseocompany.com delivers manuals link building services to generate website traffic on internet and provides advance technique of submitting your software information using manuals deep link submission. Now you can choose low price manuals…

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  My Technology Guide: Windows, Mac, Linux, Internet, Software, Review

• Chrome 19 Stable Syncs Tabs On All Your Devices Running Chrome

  Mezanul

  16 May 2012 | 5:30 am

  Google Chrome Stable Channel updated to Chrome 19 for Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome Frame. According to the Google Chrome Releases blog, Chrome 19 has a number of new features including tab sync. When you sign in to Chrome 19, all open tabs are synced (please note that Google is gradually rolling out tab sync features to all [...]Continue reading Chrome 19 Stable Syncs Tabs On All Your Devices Running Chrome at My Technology Guide © Copyright 2009-2012 My Technology GuideRelated Posts Google Chrome Stable Updated [Security] Google Chrome Stable Version Update 7.0 [Including Offline…

• Download OS X Lion 10.7.4, Fixes FileVault Vulnerability [Direct Links]

  Mezanul

  9 May 2012 | 10:07 pm

  Apple has released OS X Lion 10.7.4 update that features a number of security fixes, general improvements and Safari browser update. If you’re running OS X Lion 10.7.3 or earlier, just run the Software Update app and download 10.7.4 update. With the latest update the Cupertino company have fixed the FileVault vulnerability, which left users’ [...]Continue reading Download OS X Lion 10.7.4, Fixes FileVault Vulnerability [Direct Links] at My Technology Guide © Copyright 2009-2012 My Technology GuideRelated Posts Apple Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Now Available for Download Apple Mac OS X…

• Apache OpenOffice 3.4 Makes Official Debut

  Mezanul

  8 May 2012 | 7:11 pm

  On Tuesday, May 8, 2012, the Apache Software Foundation announced the availability of the official version of Apache OpenOffice. It is the first official version from the Apache Software Foundation since Oracle donated it to them last year in June. Apache OpenOffice 3.4 offers improved performance and quality with a number of new features and enhancements. [...]Continue reading Apache OpenOffice 3.4 Makes Official Debut at My Technology Guide © Copyright 2009-2012 My Technology GuideRelated Posts Oracle Donate’s OpenOffice.org to Apache Foundation, TDF Responds OpenOffice 3.2.0 Final…

• Game Downloader: Updated, Brings New Features, Now Playing Games Is More Fun [Windows]

  Mezanul

  8 May 2012 | 5:45 pm

  Playing games is always a great way to relax yourself and have fun. Now, you can increase the level of fun and further enjoy playing 100′s of new free games without the trouble of searching for them. Game Downloader for Windows is a small open source portable game download client that lets you download open source, indie [...]Continue reading Game Downloader: Updated, Brings New Features, Now Playing Games Is More Fun [Windows] at My Technology Guide © Copyright 2009-2012 My Technology GuideRelated Posts Pokki Brings Awesome Web Apps, Games To The Desktop SSDownloader: Directly…

• Microsoft Security Bulletins For May 2012 Released, Patches 23 Vulnerabilities

  Mezanul

  8 May 2012 | 1:29 pm

  Microsoft has wheeled out the security patches for May, 2012′s Patch Tuesday. The Patch Tuesday for May 2012 covers 7 security bulletins to fix at least 23 documented vulnerabilities found in Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, .NET Framework and Silverlight. Out of the seven bulletins, three are rated as “critical” because of the risk of remote [...]Continue reading Microsoft Security Bulletins For May 2012 Released, Patches 23 Vulnerabilities at My Technology Guide © Copyright 2009-2012 My Technology GuideRelated Posts July’s Patch Tuesday: Four Bulletins Will Fix…

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  Linux

• Who is the biggest control freak of them all?

  16 May 2012 | 1:59 am

  When it comes to computing, especially operating systems, the trend seems to reducing the amount of control the end users have over their operating system environments [stares hard at garden gnomes]. Of course with any Linux based system you can always pop the hood to access the internals however...

• Has Microsoft ruined computer education?

  3 May 2012 | 12:00 am

  I have noticed that as the years have gone by there are less and less computer savy people around. Sure they know how to "use" computers and electronic equipment but they do not know how to make the computers do what they want. They are more of a "monkey see, monkey do" mentality. This is not fro...

• antiX M12.0 Test 2 - Preparing for another winner!

  1 May 2012 | 9:04 am

  I've helped out testing and promoting antiX for at least a couple of years now, and I've used it since it was first created in 2006. In this article, I explain some of the reasons I like using it so much.

• Which Debian-based Linux distributions work best for me and why

  28 Apr 2012 | 7:32 pm

  In this article, I review the Debian-based software that I use, which of them work best for me, and why I like them.

• more siduction

  17 Apr 2012 | 8:43 am

  Yesterday, I wrote a blog note about siduction, asking "What will it seduce?" Today, I'll just add a few comments to my blog from yesterday.

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  Linux notes from DarkDuck

• Update in Compiz for Xubuntu 12.04 post

  15 May 2012 | 4:43 pm

  Few days ago I published a guest post from Emery Fletcher about Compiz for Xubuntu 12.04. That post listed packages which you need to install in order to make Compiz up and running. Also, there was a method of starting Compiz. Unfortunately, my own experience with Xubuntu 12.04 showed that the list was not comprehensive. That's why I updated the post today. I also included the recommendation how to automatically start Compiz in Xubuntu 12.04.

• Puppy Slacko: different, but the same

  14 May 2012 | 5:59 pm

  Most of my readers probably know, that apart from this blog, I also run Buy Linux CDs site. You can order CDs with Linux distributions there, and they will be sent to anywhere in the world. There are not a lot of orders, I must admit. But sometimes I do get orders. A recent one was very interesting for me, because it allowed me to come back to my old friend, and see how it has changed in the last few months. So, an order came from the Buy Linux CDs site. This order was for the Puppy Linux disk. Because I have not tried Puppy for quite a long time now, I decided to use the CD for my own review…

• Changes in the ZorinOS Contest Rules

  13 May 2012 | 5:02 pm

  Have you heard about the contest which is currently running for all the Linux lovers, especially for fans of Zorin OS? If you have not heard of it, then you have missed a lot. Zorin OS team, Linuxaria and Linux notes from DarkDuck are giving prizes for the best Linux- or ZorinOS-related stories. The contest was announced on the 6th of May and was planned to run for 2 weeks. I am happy to announce that contest has been extended to 1 months. You can submit your stories until the 6th of June, and organizers will decided who gets the prizes on the 8th of June. Good luck, everyone!

• Installing Compiz on Xubuntu 12.04

  9 May 2012 | 6:03 pm

  I have been a fan of Compiz for a couple of years and I usually install it on each of my distro-hopping adventures. Somehow, it just doesn't seem right any more for a window to simply vanish, rather than exploding, slithering off in pursuit of the cursor, or retreating to the perspective vanishing point. And of course I insist on the option of turning the desktop into a colorful ball that spins around on command. This addiction to eye candy I pursue even at the expense of loading down otherwise ultra-light desktops like LXDE or my current favorite, Xfce. Installing Compiz is almost always a…

• New design of buylinuxcds.co.uk site

  9 May 2012 | 12:23 am

  Apart from running this blog, I also run site www.buylinuxcds.co.uk. This is kind of commercial arm of this blog. Buy Linux CDs site allows you to order disks with your favourite distributions, if you cannot create them by yourself for whatever reason. buylinuxcds.co.uk was initially hosted on Yola, but term of the hosting ended. As a result, I decided to move the site to another hosting provider, and to another platform. The move has been recently completed. Now buylinuxcds.co.uk runs on Free Open Source content management system Joomla! with  FatFreeCart as shopping widget. I…

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  Ubuntu Musings

• Breaking in a new laptop (again)

  Scott Nesbitt

  15 May 2012 | 6:32 am

  A few months ago, I came to a pair of conclusions: 1) I had too many laptops, and 2) my main laptop (on which I’ve been doing much of my work for the last five years) was getting a tad long in the tooth. I needed to get rid of a couple of them, and replace my main one. Luckily, a couple of things worked in my favour. I was able to sell my Hoverboard and another older laptop on eBay. And thanks to the exchange rate favouring the Canadian dollar, I could get a new laptop from my vendor of choice for less than the list price. So I promptly headed over to the website of ZaReason and ordered a…

• A review of The Linux Command Line

  Scott Nesbitt

  7 May 2012 | 5:23 am

  That’s part of an Twitter conversation I had with Cathy Malmrose of ZaReason. She makes a good point, and I bet the same could be said for people anywhere. In fact, I know several Linux users who are blissfully ignorant of the command line and still get a lot out of their distros. But for some people (myself included), a knowledge of the command line, no matter how cursory, is indispensable. Time and time again the command line has either saved me time or saved my bacon — you might recall a recent example of that. It doesn’t take much to learn the basics of the command line…

• Getting to know ownCloud

  Scott Nesbitt

  1 May 2012 | 5:23 am

  Online storage and syncing. It’s a popular service, but one that’s also very contentious. Many people want to use these types of services, but are very wary of putting their data into the hands of others. Still, services like Dropbox, Google Drive, SpiderOak, Box and numerous others are popular and growing in popularity. If you want share and sync your files, but want to keep control of your data, then you’ll want to check out ownCloud. It’s an Open Source, web-based app that you can install on your own servers that gives you I gave ownCloud a close look in 2011. While…

• A few links of interest

  Scott Nesbitt

  18 Apr 2012 | 9:21 pm

  Who cares about software freedom? We all should 12 LibreOffice Writer features that top Word Is it wrong to make a profit from FOSS? A look at the 1% Linux myth Ubuntu on the small business desktop? In Marseilles, definitely! No related posts.

• Using pygmynote

  Scott Nesbitt

  20 Mar 2012 | 8:49 am

  Information. We all deal with more than a bit of it daily. Notes, links, ideas, tasks, quotes, snippets, and interesting files. And how we deal with those pieces of information varies from person to person. Some of us store them in text or word processor files. Others use one or more online tools. Some of us even use reliable, old fashioned paper. But no matter how you collect your information, managing it is always a chore. And while there are a number of Open Source tools for effectively managing your information – like Piggydb – why not turn to the command line? One excellent command…

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  Linux And Friends

• James Bond Girls – Then and Now!

  linuxandfriends

  10 May 2012 | 9:11 pm

  I love James Bond spy stories. I have read all of Ian Flemings James Bond books and watched all the movies ever released. In my opinion, the reading the books provide a better experience than watching the movies. The eternally sanguine face of 007 even in the face of death is a quality that has glamorized the world of spies and captured peoples imagination. And speaking of James Bond, the beautiful ladies who play the role of either heroines or vamps in the movies cannot be ignored. Ever wonder what changes age has wrought on these beautiful ladies who acted in James Bond movies ? Look no…

• MyNotex – A Simple Note Taking Software for Linux

  linuxandfriends

  12 Apr 2012 | 3:29 am

  I love to take notes. A good note taking strategy will allow you to learn your subject better, in a smaller time frame. Good notes also help you to brush up your subject at a later date. There are lots of note taking tools available – free or otherwise. MyNotex is a free note taking software that runs in Linux. It is available in the repositories of most Linux distributions. In Ubuntu, you can install MyNotex from the Ubuntu Software Center, or from the command line as follows : $ sudo apt-get install mynotex It is  available in Fedora repositories too. MyNotex Interface MyNotex note…

• Acer LCD Monitor Review – P166HQL

  linuxandfriends

  21 Mar 2012 | 1:00 pm

  This is a review of a low cost, really nice, Acer LCD Monitor – the P166HQL which has a 15″ screen. A few days back, my old LCD monitor started malfunctioning. So I decided to buy a new monitor for my PC. The one I eventually bought was Acer P166HQL LCD monitor. Read on for the details. Acer LCD Monitor - P166HQL The monitor is sleek, good looking and light weight (1.52 Kg). Acer P166HQL is not a 17″ LCD monitor but a 15″ one. This is what you will find inside the box. The exact specifications of the LCD monitor are as follows. P166HQL Specifications Driving system…

• WordPress Tips – How To Show Content Only On The Home Page

  linuxandfriends

  9 Mar 2012 | 11:42 pm

  This is a WordPress tip on how to show content exclusively on the home page.  Some times you may want to show specific content – such as links to web resources, or text, only on the home page (front page) of your site. Here is how you do it. WordPress has got an inbuilt PHP function to show content only on the home page of your site. This function is called is_home(). And the actual code you have to use for displaying specific content only on the home page is as follows. <?php if(is_home() && $post==$posts[0] && !is_paged()) { ?> //You can add your content to be…

• Tokyo Sky Tree – World’s Tallest Broadcast Tower

  linuxandfriends

  5 Mar 2012 | 1:35 am

  World’s tallest broadcast tower called Tokyo Sky Tree is nearing completion  in Japan. This tower which is being build on reclaimed land in Tokyo is considered to be earthquake resistant. Experts say this broadcast tower can withstand earthquakes of magnitude 8.0 on the Richer scale. The Tokyo Sky Tree is scheduled to be inaugurated in May 2012. A few years back, Dubai built the world’s largest skyscraper named Burj Khalifa. Tokyo Sky Tree at 634 meters (2080 feet) is not as large as the Burj Khalifa (829 meters). But Tokyo Sky Tree tops the list of the tallest free standing…

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  Tour Without Leaving

• No updates due to constant updates

  minitour

  7 May 2012 | 6:16 am

  I haven’t been writing anything about my experiences with Linux and Android. The reason for that? I’ve been constantly updating (my Linux system, that is)! Rolling Linux Sometime ago, I installed Chakra Linux on my decrepid laptop. I haven’t tried anything else since I did. I now have the latest programs that matter to me. I’m not in a constant struggle to plan my next install six or eight months down the road. Isn’t that a refreshing thought? I’ve always been interested in rolling-release distributions. Granted, the Chakra Project should be considered a…

• Linux world: the few things I have noticed lately

  minitour

  3 Feb 2012 | 12:54 am

  Reviewing the blogs and news websites dedicated to all things Linux, I haven’t seen much to be excited about. Maybe it’s just me – satisfied with what I have right now. I focus on developments related to the Linux desktop: the only thing that I could benefit from. So far, these are the projects that, I believe, Linux users should watch. 1. Cinnamon – the best thing since Caramel Macchiatto? LinuxMint 13 with Cinnamon as its only environment. Now that’s an OS I might use! 2. Ubuntu 12.04 LTS – an OS I might install on a computer owned by someone who…

• I like a lot of choices, but only if they actually work

  minitour

  10 Jan 2012 | 6:20 am

  If you’ve been following this blog, you should know that as much as I would like to try as many Linux distributions as I possibly can, I only have one aging laptop to play with right now; one that I feel is nearing the end of its useful life. Experimenting with different distributions and desktop environments is mostly fun, but it’s not a luxury I can have. In 2011, I’ve installed and manipulated Debian 6, Mint (its various incarnations), CentOS 6, SL 6, PCLinuxOS, openSUSE, Sabayon 7 and a few other distributions. It was quite strange that I ended the year with Ubuntu on my…

• Predictions for 2012 (Linux, general tech and personal)

  minitour

  2 Jan 2012 | 1:54 am

  I’m tired of predictions, just like most people. But having said that, some things are worth thinking about. In my case, the things that might happen in 2012 can affect my next phone purchase, the next Linux distribution I’ll be using or if I’ll ever be lured into becoming a tablet user. Trivial things for most people, I know, but very important for a geek like me. 1. Linux will remain Linux: rewarding when it works, stupid as hell when it doesn’t. 2. People will continue to buy Android devices in droves without actually knowing how to unleash the full potential of…

• 10 signs you’re bored

  minitour

  12 Dec 2011 | 2:00 am

  1. Your OCD hasn’t been bothering you for while, and yet you’re feeling the signs that it’s going to start distracting you again. 2. Dieting has become a hobby, and for you, it feels like starving yourself is a better activity compared to everything else. 3. A Linux fanatic stops being interested in anything related to the OS. 4. You ignore great opportunities passing you by, simply because you feel too lazy to act or react. 5. A gadget freak stops wanting new gadgets. 6. You think watching an episode of House M.D. will make your day. 7. You start tolerating intolerable…

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  Practical Technology

• Linux at 21: A new Linux Foundation t-shirt contest

  sjvn01

  15 May 2012 | 5:23 pm

  The Linux Foundation, in honor of Linux’s 21st birthday is having another t-shirt competition. So, if you really love Linux, can make cool t-shirt designs (That leaves me right out), then this contest is for you! This year the theme is “Inspired by Linux” and calls on people from around the world to create a [...]

• Red Hat celebrates 10 years of Red Hat Enterprise Linux

  sjvn01

  15 May 2012 | 4:01 pm

  In 2002, Red Hat was perhaps the biggest of the Linux distributors, but the biggest? SUSE and Caldera–before its went over to the dark side and became Darth SCO–were also contenders for the top spot. Behind them, now struggling Linux companies such as Mandriva and deceased businesses Progeny Linux, which tried to take Debian Linux [...]

• Will the Google Chrome Web browser come to Apple’s iPads and iPhones?

  sjvn01

  15 May 2012 | 3:59 pm

  Macquarie (USA) Equities Research, a global provider of banking, financial, advisory, investment and funds management services, is speculating that Google will be bringing its popular Chrome Web browser to Apple’s iPad, iPhone and iPod iOS. Will Google do this? And, perhaps the more important question, “Will Apple let them do this?” Macquarie’s analysts argue that [...]

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  LinuxNov.com

• Geary | A Lightweight Email Client For Gnome Desktop

  mhnassif

  6 May 2012 | 8:17 pm

  Yorba software group announced the new lightweight email client for Gnome desktop called “Geary”. It comes with a simple and organized user interface to ease the way you browse/read your emails. Also it’s written in Vala programing language. Geary Email Client Features Supports Gmail, and yahoo web mail services. IMAP server support. Viewing and composing HTML emails. Replay to all and forward emails. Optional spell checker “To deactivate it from the preference window”. Keyboard shortcuts. Organizes emails into conversations. Mark email as unread. Star emails.

• Add Classic Menu Indicator To Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin Panel

  mhnassif

  6 May 2012 | 4:41 pm

  The classic menu indicator is now available to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin and the earlier releases Oneiric and Natty as well. It will add a quite similar Gnome classic menu with sub menus for applications and system settings menus. You can install it using the official PPA or just download the DEB package down below. Run Terminal, then type sudo aptaddrepository ppadieschtesting sudo aptget update sudo aptget install classicmenuindicator Here’s the DEB package for who don’t want to add additional repository. Download PPA and the deb package works on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise…

• [How To]: Disable The Guest Account On Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin

  mhnassif

  6 May 2012 | 3:58 pm

  Guest account is a paswordless account which allow users to get access to Ubuntu with limited access to some features such as all partitions including the file system partition are not accessible or modifiable except the home directory for the guest user. Here in this tutorial I will show how disable the guest account from the LightDM on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin. [How To]: Disable The Guest Account On Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin Open your favorite terminal emulator or the default one “Ctrl+Alt+t”, I use “Terminator” We will need to edit the lightdm.conf…

• MagPI A Dedicated Magazine For Raspberry PI

  mhnassif

  5 May 2012 | 3:37 pm

  MagPI is a new dedicated magazine for Raspberry PI will be released monthly for free. This magazine aimed to provide a variety of tutorials, articles, how to setup your Raspberry PI and much more. It has been written by many volunteers with many levels in mind. Check more information about the first issue of MagPI down below. MagPI issue 01 includes an introduction about “what’s Raspberry about”, hardware development with Raspberry PI by connecting some electronic components such as “servo motors, diode LEDs, and sensors”. Also includes some tutorials for how to…

• KDE 4.8.3 Plasma and Applications are Available for Kubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin

  mhnassif

  5 May 2012 | 1:41 pm

  KDE is a free and open-source advanced desktop environment. It provides a Plasma workspaces and variety of applications for different cross-platforms. Now the latest KDE plasma and applications version 4.8.3 is available to update for Kubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin and for Ubuntu Precise derivatives as well. KDE 4.8.3 brings several bug fixes, improvements to the plasma workspaces which improves the desktop environment stability and some changes to KDE applications. Check the full list changes for this release and the Release Notes for the major release KDE 4.8. [How To]: Update to KDE…

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  OMG! Ubuntu!

• [How To] Make Chrome Use Native Notifications in Linux

  Joey Sneddon

  16 May 2012 | 8:26 am

  If you use any web-apps or websites in Chrome that provide notification pop-ups on your desktop then you’ll know how out of place they look in Ubuntu. For although Chrome’s notification ‘toasts’ are consistent across all three major operating systems – that is they look and behave the same on Windows, Mac and Linux – they are, unlike, say, Windows, where there is no unified notification system, at odds with the way Ubuntu users are used to seeing their new e-mail, chat or tweet alerts. For example, here is a Chrome notification on the Ubuntu desktop as…

• Ubuntu 12.10 Renaming ‘Update Manager’ to ‘Software Updater’

  Joey Sneddon

  15 May 2012 | 5:37 pm

  The question of how best to present and enable software and system updates to users of Linux has resulted in different distributions doing things their own way. The Ubuntu-based Chinese distro Linux Deepin, for example, integrates software updates directly into its Software Center. But Ubuntu uses a Update Manager – a tool that is fairly straightforward to use, but often seen as intimidating by newer users unsure of all the information it insists on presenting by default. For Ubuntu 12.10 the ‘Update Manager’ tool has been retitled to ‘Software Updater’ –…

• Wil Wheaton: ‘Yo Hollywood, Let Me Download Ubuntu’

  Joey Sneddon

  15 May 2012 | 1:46 pm

  Having boldly gone where no-one had gone before, it was no surprise to learn that actor Wil Wheaton is concerned about the erosion of ’Net Neutrality‘ – the principle that all web traffic, users and means of access should be treated fairly and without favour. Illustrating this point in a post on his blog this weekend, the famed Star Trek actor rallied against the perception pushed by the Entertainment industries that ‘torrent traffic = piracy‘. “One of the things that drives me crazy is the belief in Hollywood that bittorrent exists solely for stealing…

• Spotify For Linux Adds Tumblr Sharing, Playlist Radio Streams

  Joey Sneddon

  14 May 2012 | 2:12 pm

  A minor update to the Spotify Preview for Linux client is available to download. A handful of new features are present in the release, which was originally intended to appear at the same time as the Windows and Mac builds. Sadly, a last-minute build error pushed this back a few days – but kudos for the intention, right? So what’s new? Playlist streams will be a familiar concept to users of Last.FM or Tomahawk. When listening to an track or album you can hit the ‘playlist radio’ button to begin listening to an auto-generated stream of similar music. The algorithm…

• Skype Release Minor Bugfix Update for Linux Client

  Joey Sneddon

  14 May 2012 | 6:48 am

  It lives! Skype have issued a small bugfix update to the static package of their Linux client. The hotfix patches a ‘serious vulnerability’ with the ‘libpng library’ present in the static package of the VoIP client. The issue does not affect any other versions of Skype 2.2 for Linux (i.e. the version available in the Ubuntu Software Center). What is the static package of Skype? It ‘contains executables not linked against any dynamic libraries’, said to be useful ‘when you don’t want to handle dependencies issues.’ Despite this it…

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• Microsoft blocks Chrome and Firefox in Windows 8

  Ayush Goyal

  13 May 2012 | 8:52 am

  You can listen to high pitch cries of Microsoft with this attempt to save Internet Explorer from hitting the dumps. It tends to do so by not improving own product but suppressing others making use of its monopolistic position. This time they are restricting competitor browsers like Firefox and Chrome in ARM version of Windows

• How to connect Ubuntu Server to Dropbox account

  Chankey Pathak

  11 May 2012 | 12:09 am

  I was looking for a solution to share some of my files in my Ubuntu server to others and while thinking of “cloud computing” at that time, I am thinking if i can try to share my files by linking my box to my existing dropbox account or not. Thus, i give a try and

• Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) released!

  Chankey Pathak

  26 Apr 2012 | 8:05 am

  Imagination is as vital to any advance in science as learning and precision are essential for starting points. – Percival Lowell The Ubuntu team is very pleased to announce the release of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Long-Term Support) for Desktop, Server, Cloud, and Core products. Codenamed “Precise Pangolin”, 12.04 continues Ubuntu’s proud tradition of integrating the

• How to install GIMP 2.8 RC1 on Ubuntu 12.04

  Chankey Pathak

  11 Apr 2012 | 2:03 am

  GIMP 2.8 RC1 was released on April 8, 2012. The details of this new release are on the official site. Here in this article I’ll show how to install GIMP 2.8 on Ubuntu 12.04. A PPA for GIMP is now available, we’ll use it for easy installation of GIMP 2.8 RC1. Open up your terminal

• Kubuntu breaks up with Canonical, Blue Systems is the new sponsor

  Ayush Goyal

  10 Apr 2012 | 12:29 pm

  Kubuntu found new home. Kubuntu will now no longer be sponsored by Canonical. The new sponsor of Kubuntu will be Blue Systems. Blue Systems has been there for other KDE projects as well as distros, LinuxMint and NetRunner. They would have to deal with trademark issues which might lead to change in name. If KDE

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• CloudCache Giveaway

  Benjamin Kerensa

  15 May 2012 | 2:04 pm

  As many people know I am a fanatic when it comes to web optimization and if my blog is taking more than a second or two to load I’m freaking out because I know how important load times are to end-users and that a few milliseconds could mean loss of a potential reader or new connection. But more importantly load times also play a major role in how search engines rank you in results because in turn they consider slow loading websites to be of lesser quality to their users and rank accordingly in their algorithms. I have been a big fan of the folks at NetDNA which offer the service MaxCDN…

• Quantal Quetzal is here

  Benjamin Kerensa

  4 May 2012 | 11:29 am

  On my second attempt to upgrade 12.04 to 12.10 I can report that things were successful and so far limited bugs but I guess that is to be expected since not to much work on 12.10 has occurred so far. Will you upgrade to 12.10 before it hits Alpha 1? I have ran each release prior to Alpha 1 and have had limited issues and if you want to join me in running bleeding edge (highly discouraged and especially if you are using PPA’s) then you can simply run the following from terminal: sudo sed -i ‘s/precise/quantal/g’ /etc/apt/sources.list sudo apt-get update && sudo…

• Why OpenPhoto will defeat Picasa and Flickr

  Benjamin Kerensa

  3 May 2012 | 6:54 pm

    If you have been living in a cave for the past few months then you would have missed the success of OpenPhoto which started as a Kickstarter project to liberate your photos and is now a full fledged Mozilla WebFWD project with a team of seasoned developers* that are leveraging their expertise and the contributions of their community to compete with the likes of Flickr and Picasa. But lets look at a few reasons why OpenPhoto will defeat Picasa and Flickr as the Photo Management platform of choice for many users… Freedom OpenPhoto is Free Open Source Software that anyone can…

• Ubuntu 12.04 Listening Party [Video]

  Benjamin Kerensa

  28 Apr 2012 | 2:07 pm

  If you missed the Live Ubuntu 12.04 Listening Party (Live Q&A) yesterday then set aside some time to watch it today and listen to Canonical Developers, Linaro Developers and Ubuntu Community Leaders discuss the work that went into 12.04 and also answer questions from the community.

• Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Release Today

  Benjamin Kerensa

  26 Apr 2012 | 3:40 am

  For many in the Ubuntu Community today marks many months of hard work on Ubuntu 12.04 which is our LTS (Long Term Support) Release. So lets have a look at some of the changes you can expect to see in hopefully just a few hours. Major Changes First LTS version to come with Unity and GTK3 (instead of Gnome2 and GTK2) First LTS with Substantial Multi-Arch Support Implementation of HUD (Heads Up Display Interface) Rhythmbox becomes Default Media Player Unix group for sudo has changed from “admin” to “sudo” for compatibility with Debian and sudo itself. The System Setting’s…