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How to run Linux on a Chromebook

  • ITWorld; By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols (Posted by sjvn on Jan 28, 2014 9:52 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Tutorial; Groups: Debian, Ubuntu
Want to run Debian or Ubuntu on your Chromebook? With Crouton, you can do that.

Red Hat ups its virtualization and cloud game

  • ZDNet; By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols (Posted by sjvn on Jan 23, 2014 5:14 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Red Hat
Red Hat introduced its latest OpenStack-based cloud service and its new virtualization program.

PiPad: The Raspberry Pi tablet

You can't buy a PiPad, but you can turn your Raspberry Pi into a tablet with some odds and ends and elbow grease.

Can Android desktops disrupt the PC market?

  • ZDNet; By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols (Posted by sjvn on Jan 21, 2014 3:35 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Editorial; Groups: Android
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes & Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols debate about how much of an impact, if any, Android desktops are going to have. As you might have guessed, Vaughan-Nichols thinks Android PCs may prove to be a very big deal. Kingsley-Hughes... not so much.

UK's security branch says Ubuntu most secure end-user OS

  • ZDNet; By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols (Posted by sjvn on Jan 17, 2014 7:43 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Ubuntu
CESG, the UK government's arm that assesses operating systems and software security, has published its findings for ‘End User Device’ operating systems. The most secure of the lot? Ubuntu 12.04.

Convirture announces easy-to-use Hyper-V management platform

Managing virtual machines and hypervisors can be a real pain. Managing multiple ones across multiple platforms is even worse Convirture is easing the headaches.

Apache Foundation and Linux Foundation join forces for ApacheCon

  • ZDNet; By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols (Posted by sjvn on Jan 15, 2014 2:50 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Apache
No, it's not a joke. The Linux Foundation has joined forces with the Apache Software Foundation, the grandfather of open-source development groups, to help run ApacheCon.

Red Hat incorporates 'free' Red Hat clone CentOS

For almost a decade, expert Linux users who didn't need the Red Hat Enterprise Linux support used its clone CentOS instead. Now, Red Hat has adopted this community Linux. Don't panic! You still won't need to pay for it.

Could an Android desktop replace your Windows PC?

  • ZDNet; By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols (Posted by sjvn on Jan 6, 2014 10:45 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Android
HP and Lenovo are betting that Android PCs can convert both office and home Windows PC users to Android.

The Windows killer: Chromebook

  • ComputerWorld; By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols (Posted by sjvn on Jan 3, 2014 1:34 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Editorial; Groups: Cloud, Community
Could the Chromebook knock out Windows on the desktop? Don't bet against it. Chromebook sales numbers have come out of nowhere a year ago to challenge Windows.

5 top Linux and open source stories in 2013

  • ZDNet; By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols (Posted by sjvn on Dec 24, 2013 3:13 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Editorial; Groups: Linux
Linux, open source software, and the open source method quietly grew stronger over all areas of computing during 2013.

Ferocious Fedora 20 review: Cutting edge Linux still as sharp as ever

  • ZDNet; By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols (Posted by sjvn on Dec 21, 2013 4:06 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Reviews; Groups: Fedora, Red Hat
If you want to a bleeding edge desktop or server Linux, then Fedora is the Linux distribution for you. If you want to play it safe, try something else.

OPPO N1: The first CyanogenMod Android smartphone is on its way

CyanogenMod, the alternative Android operating system, finally has a smartphone to call its own: The OPPO N1.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 4.0 is here

  • ZDNet; By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols (Posted by sjvn on Dec 19, 2013 10:04 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Red Hat
This new release of RHEL OpenStack Platform 4.0 comes with Red Hat-hardened OpenStack Havana.

Google joins Open Invention Network patent commons as a full member

  • ZDNet; By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols (Posted by sjvn on Dec 18, 2013 6:08 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
Google joins IBM, NEC, Novell, Philips, Red Hat and Sony as a full member of the Open Invention Network open-source and Linux patent protection organization.

Let the Linux gaming begin! Beta Steam Machines are shipping and SteamOS is ready

  • ZDNet; By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols (Posted by sjvn on Dec 13, 2013 12:40 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Games, Linux
OK, chances are you're not going to have a Steam Machine, but SteamOS will be here for anyone with the right hardware soon. Here's what it looks like you're going to need to run it. ?

AllSeen Alliance adopts open-source framework for the Internet of Things

  • ZDNet; By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols (Posted by sjvn on Dec 11, 2013 3:05 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
The Linux Foundation will be guiding consumer electronic players to one, universally compatible system of the Internet of Things.

IBM will be bringing KVM Linux virtualization to Power in 2014

KVM, the long a popular x86 Linux virtualization technology, will appear in IBM's Power architecture in 2014.

Valve renews Linux commitment, Microsoft and Sony should worry

  • ZDNet; By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols (Posted by sjvn on Dec 4, 2013 7:04 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Games
Valve has joined the Linux Foundation, making Steam Machine prototypes looking more and more like serious competition for Microsoft's Xbox One and Sony's PlayStation 4.

Red Hat is OpenShifting into the cloud

  • ZDNet; By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols (Posted by sjvn on Dec 4, 2013 7:48 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Red Hat
Best known for its Linux distribution, Red Hat's introduction of OpenShift Enterprise 2 shows that the open-source giant has its eyes on the cloud.

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