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Android Lollipop is out, but almost no one is using it

The latest Google Play Store operating systems results are in and after six weeks out Lollipop hasn't even reached 0.1 percent of users yet.

CES 2015: The Linux penguin in your TV

All those new Smart and 4K TVs you're seeing at CES? Almost all of them have Linux in one form or the other powering them up.

CES 2015: Linksys 1200AC, an inexpensive, open-source 802.11ac Wi-Fi router

Want 802.11ac Wi-FI speeds at an affordable price and with open-source software under the hood? If that's you, then you're going to want to check out Belkin's Linksys 1200AC.

Open source carries software-defined storage forward

Software-defined storage will come into its own in 2015, and open-source software will carry it there.

Bad, bad Internet news: Internet Systems Consortium site hacked

The ISC site, home to the world's most popular Domain Name System program BIND, appears to have been infected with malware.

Linux and open source 2014: It was the best of years, it was the worst of years

There was great news and there was awful news in the world of Linux and open-source software during 2014.

Free software GNU/Linux laptop in development

  • ZDNet; By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols (Posted by sjvn on Dec 18, 2014 11:34 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: GNU, Linux
There are lots of Linux laptops, but none that have the Free Software Foundation's blessings. That may change.

Rackspace joins OpenPOWER

  • ZDNet; By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols (Posted by sjvn on Dec 17, 2014 7:08 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Developer
What's one of the parent companies of OpenStack and a top private-cloud hosting companies doing in OpenPOWER? Helping to push open-source from software into hardware.

Parallels adopts Docker in next Cloud Server release

Parallels was working on containers before they were cool, and now the company is adding Docker support to Parallels Cloud Server

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 Beta is here

  • ZDNet; By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols (Posted by sjvn on Dec 12, 2014 8:18 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Red Hat
Doesn't it seem like RHEL 7 just came out the other day? Well, brace yourself, the next version is already on its way.

Best Linux Desktop of 2014: Linux Mint 17.1

  • ZDNet; By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols (Posted by sjvn on Dec 9, 2014 10:38 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Reviews; Groups: Mint
The new version of Mint may be the best Linux desktop ever. Heck, it maybe the best desktop operating system ever, period.

Setting up Linux Mint 17.1 for the first time

Getting Linux Mint to work is simple.

NSA partners with Apache to release open-source data traffic program

The National Security Agency has released a new open-source program for data network interoperability.

SUSE gets live patching

  • ZDNet; By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols (Posted by sjvn on Nov 25, 2014 1:46 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: SUSE
Using SUSE Linux means never having to say 'reboot'.

Open-source IaaS: OwnCloud 7 Enterprise Edition arrives

  • ZDNet; By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols (Posted by sjvn on Nov 21, 2014 4:16 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Cloud
Want to make the most of your existing storage infrastructure on a private cloud? You should consider ownCloud 7 Enterprise Edition.

Six Clicks: The six fastest computers in the world

  • ZDNet; By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols (Posted by sjvn on Nov 20, 2014 2:55 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
In November 2014, the top six supercomputers all run Linux, but that's about the only thing they have in common.

Despite losing Google as its cash cow, Mozilla isn't dead yet

  • ZDNet; By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols (Posted by sjvn on Nov 20, 2014 6:24 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Editorial; Groups: Mozilla
Mozilla's deal with Google was ending. With it went most of the browser maker's income. But now a new deal with Yahoo promises new life for Firefox.

Linux still owns supercomputing

  • ZDNet; By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols (Posted by sjvn on Nov 19, 2014 12:18 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: HP, IBM, Linux
In the latest Top500 supercomputer ranking, Linux once more totally dominates the fastest of all computers. I know, I know, what a shock right? :-)

The open-sourcing of Microsoft

  • ZDNet; By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols (Posted by sjvn on Nov 17, 2014 3:57 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Editorial; Groups: Developer
Microsoft is finally getting real about open-source software. No, I'm not being sarcastic.

OpenStack: Distribution or service?

  • ZDNet; By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols (Posted by sjvn on Nov 7, 2014 7:46 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Cloud
OpenStack cloud technology is getting very popular, but how should your business use it: By deploying an OpenStack distribution in your servers or data center, or by using it as a service from a service provider?

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