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Hardkernel tweaks its popular Odroid-C1 Pi clone

Hardkernel launched a $37 Odroid-C1+ SBC that updates its $35 C1 with a full-sized HDMI, heatsink, I2S audio, and USB power, but keeps the quad-core SoC. Hardkernel’s Odroid project is shipping a replacement for its community-backed Odroid-C1 single-board computer, which debuted last December, and came in fourth place in this June’s LinuxGizmos/Linux.com Linux/Android SBC reader […]

Make Fedora 23 Beautiful – Contribute Your Wallpaper

  • Fedora Magazine (Posted by bob on Aug 12, 2015 8:46 PM EDT)
  • Groups: Fedora; Story Type: News Story
Fedora 23 development is moving on and the time to release is not long anymore, so it is time to open the submission phase for Fedora 23 Supplemental Wallpapers. What are supplemental wallpapers? Supplemental wallpapers are the non-default wallpapers provided... Continue Reading →

Bounce Around IRC with ZNC

In my discussion on IRC with "bkidwell" (see the Non-Linux FOSS article for more on our talk), we were discussing how we connect to IRC. My main method is to SSH in to my co-located Raspberry Pi in Austria and connect to a screen session I have running that is constantly connected to IRC with Irssi. This works really well for me, and I never miss messages when I'm away.

The State of Fedora: 2015 Edition

  • Fedora Magazine (Posted by bob on Aug 12, 2015 7:11 PM EDT)
  • Groups: Fedora; Story Type: News Story
Fedora’s third Flock conference kicked off Wednesday morning with a keynote by Matthew Miller, the Fedora Project Leader (FPL). How’s Fedora doing? Says Miller, “The actual state of Fedora is awesome, we’re doing very well as a project and it’s... Continue Reading →

Hydrogen: A software drum machine for Linux

  • Howtoforge Linux Howtos und Tutorials (Posted by bob on Aug 12, 2015 5:36 PM EDT)
  • Groups: Linux; Story Type: News Story
Hydrogen is the best open source drum machine that is available free of charge. It is an advanced piece of software that helps artists and producers compose groovy beats to accompany their music. Hydrogen is quite simple to use, features a lot of options and drum sets that can differentiate the sounds to meet the wide scope of requirements that derive from different music genres like rock, metal, pop, electronic and jazz.

Keeping your system secure with SELinux

  • Opensource.com (Posted by bob on Aug 12, 2015 2:45 PM EDT)
  • Groups: Linux; Story Type: Interview
Few things in the Linux world evoke a strong reaction like SELinux, the security enhancement for Linux. At LinuxCon, Susan Lauber hopes to soften that response and show people the light. In her talk "SELinux—it's all about the labels", Lauber will teach SELinux basics and describe why it's a must-run on your systems. In this interview, she tells us more. read more

LibreOffice community achievements

Recently the LibreOffice project released version 5.0 of their cross-platform office suite. The new release brings together a raft of features for a comprehensive office suite that runs across Linux, Windows, Mac, and increasingly the mobile space. Saying LibreOffice or OpenOffice to people can lead to interesting reactions. For some people, LibreOffice is the darling of the open source world, and for others, it is a crappy Microsoft Office alternative that they look down on. read more

The patent troll problem is not a new one

  • Opensource.com (Posted by bob on Aug 12, 2015 9:59 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
The patent troll problem is not a new one. In 1879, an inventor by the name of George B. Selden filed a patent on a horseless four-wheeled carriage, which he called the "Road Engine."

The basics of inline assembly for Linux on z Systems

  • IBM developerWorks : Linux (Posted by bob on Aug 12, 2015 9:02 AM EDT)
  • Groups: IBM, Linux; Story Type: News Story
Inline assembly allows software engineers to handcraft the assembler codes for the most performance-sensitive parts of their programs. This feature unleashes the hardware advantage of IBM z Systems as well as programmer ingenuity to realize the development of high-performance applications. The objective of this article is to discuss the basics of inline assembly feature supported by IBM compiler for Linux on z Systems.

Docker containers and the next generation of virtualization

This year, LinuxCon and ContainerCon attendees will have the opportunity to hear Jerome Petazzoni speak on Docker, Containers & Security: State Of Union. Jerome works at Docker Inc., where he helps others to containerize all the things. Jerome has worked in miscellaneous technical fields, including  VOIP, embedded systems, web hosting, virtualization and cloud computing.

Imploding Barrels and Other Highlights From Hackfest DefCon

This year marked the 23rd DefCon, the hacker conference that began as an informal gathering for hackers to meet in person and party in the desert. Since its beginning, it has grown from fewer than 100 attendees to reportedly more than 20,000 all of them jammed into two hotels this year-Paris and Ballys-to learn the latest hacks and swap techniques.

Fedora 23 Alpha released!

The Fedora 23 Alpha is here, right on schedule for our planned October final release. Download the prerelease from our Get Fedora site.

Oracle pulls CSO's BONKERS anti-bug bounty and infosec rant

While other IT industry heavyweights have embraced bug bounties and working with security researchers more generally, Oracle has set its face in the opposite direction in a blog post likening reverse engineering to cheating on your spouse.

FAIL: Windows 10 bulk patch produces INFINITE CRASH LOOP

  • The Register; By Gavin Clarke (Posted by bob on Aug 12, 2015 2:13 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Microsoft
Update KB3081424 reboots half way through the install. Microsoft’s first update to Windows 10 is bricking some users’ PCs.…

Diversity enriches middle school Linux user group

This article is co-authored by Mara Chai The Community School of Excellence (CSE) in Saint Paul, Minnesota, provides something unique to the open source world: a Linux club based in a Hmong charter school. One could say that our club, the CSE Asian Penguins, provides a dose of diversity to the Linux community, which does not have many Hmong participants (although we keep looking for them!). read more

Installing Lighttpd with PHP5 (PHP-FPM) and MySQL on Debian 8 (Jessie)

Lighttpd is a secure, fast, standards-compliant web server designed for speed-critical environments. This tutorial shows how you can install Lighttpd on a Debian 8 (Jessie) server with PHP5 support (through PHP-FPM) and MySQL as a database server. PHP-FPM (FastCGI Process Manager) is a new PHP FastCGI implementation with some additional features useful for sites of any size, especially busier sites. I use PHP-FPM in this tutorial instead of Lighttpd's spawn-fcgi.

Plasma 5.4 Beta Adds Shine

Today KDE releases a beta release of the new version of Plasma 5.4. This release of Plasma brings many nice touches for our users such as much improved high DPI support, KRunner auto-completion and many new beautiful Breeze icons. It also lays the ground for the future with a tech preview of Wayland session available.

Intel left a fascinating security flaw in its chips for 16 years -- here's how to exploit it

  • The Register (Posted by bob on Aug 11, 2015 1:03 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Intel
A design flaw in Intel's processors can be exploited to install malware beneath operating systems and antivirus – making it tough to detect and remove.…

An internship that harnesses the power of community

I was both nervous and excited to begin my intern experience at Red Hat. I followed a path slightly different from that of the typical intern, having worked previously in the corporate world and then spending time at home with my children. While I looked into my options for returning to work, I spoke with several people at Red Hat who were very open to meeting with me, encouraged my interest in marketing analytics, and provided me with other resources and contacts. The result of those conversations was this amazing opportunity to intern with Red Hat's marketing operations team. read more

Announcing the release of Fedora 23 Alpha!

  • Fedora Project; By Dennis Gilmore (Posted by bob on Aug 11, 2015 10:12 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Announcements; Groups: Fedora
The Fedora 23 Alpha is here, right on schedule for our planned October final release...

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