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Quick Look: Bodhi Linux 1.2
A quick look at Bodhi Linux 1.2, including a gallery of images.
T-Mobile spawns high-end Android phones with 42Mbps HSPA+ and NFC support
T-Mobile announced two smartphones that run Android "Gingerbread" on a dual-core, 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon, feature eight-and two-megapixel cameras and near field communication (NFC) radios, and support the carrier's 42Mbps HSPA+ 4G network. T-Mobile's version of the Samsung Galaxy S II offers a 4.5-inch Super AMOLED Plus display, while the HTC Amaze 4G supplies a 4.3-inch display as well as high-end camera features....
Ubuntu Friendly Hardware Certification Program Maturing
If Canonical had its way, OEMs would make sure Ubuntu ran well on their hardware before shipping it. But most OEMs don’t, so Ubuntu developers have resorted to the next best thing: crowd-sourcing hardware validation to users via the Ubuntu Friendly program, which is almost ready for prime time. Here’s the scoop.
Getting your hands dirty : installing and using Gentoo
If you ask around about Gentoo, chances are you will get mixed reviews : some will say it's a waste of time, others will say it's only for ubergeeks, yet others will tell you it's the only way, but no one can deny the power that Gentoo offers in terms of choices and speed. Gentoo is a rolling release distribution, which means it has no release numbers and it's updated continuously.Gentoo is also a source-based distribution, which means that everything you install you must compile first.
TLWIR 19: Intel, Openindiana and a Message to Redmond
As always, the free software community and the technology world in general are in a constant state of flux. Once you get used to the way that things operate, you can be certain that they are going to change. A lot of surprising events occurred recently: Intel teamed up with Google, Microsoft teamed up with Arm, and a controversy brewed over whether Windows 8 will lock out GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, and other free operating systems. The world of free software is NEVER boring.
That Whole Windows 8 Secure Boot Ruckus
It was recently announced that Windows 8 would support a shiny new feature that is known as "secure boot". In case you have been living with your head under a technological rock for the last couple of weeks, this feature would allow hardware vendors would have the option of only allowing operating systems signed with their secure key to boot on the hardware.
What to Do When Your Android Phone Won’t Sync With Banshee
Today I ran in to the problem of getting my Android phone to sync with Banshee in Fedora 15. No matter what I did, my Android phone wouldn’t show in Banshee’s devices list. I fixed it (yay!) and now here’s some tips on what to do if your Android phone won’t sync with Banshee.
Tor and the BEAST SSL attack
Today, Juliano Rizzo and Thai Duong presented a new attack on TLS <= 1.0 at the Ekoparty security conference in Buenos Aires. Let's talk about how it works, and how it relates to the Tor protocol.
Short version: Don't panic. The Tor software itself is just fine, and the free-software browser vendors look like they're responding well and quickly. I'll be talking about why Tor is fine; I'll bet that the TBB folks will have more to say about browsers sometime soon.
There is some discussion of the attack and responses to it out there already, written by seriously smart cryptographers and high-test browser security people. But I haven't seen anything out there yet that tries to explain what's going on for people who don't know TLS internals and CBC basics.
Short version: Don't panic. The Tor software itself is just fine, and the free-software browser vendors look like they're responding well and quickly. I'll be talking about why Tor is fine; I'll bet that the TBB folks will have more to say about browsers sometime soon.
There is some discussion of the attack and responses to it out there already, written by seriously smart cryptographers and high-test browser security people. But I haven't seen anything out there yet that tries to explain what's going on for people who don't know TLS internals and CBC basics.
Mozilla Firefox 7 Released | Reduces Memory Usage | What’s New
Mozilla Firefox 7 has been released. The new release fixes some stability issues and several bug fixes. Mozilla Firefox 7 available to Download for Linux, MAC OS X, and Microsoft windows. Also available to install on Ubuntu “Natty, Oneiric” using PPA.
Generating Code from DSLs
The Xtext framework takes DSL syntax and generates Java source code removing the need to create your own executables
Meeting the KDesktop from Alt Linux
What do you know about Russia?
Vodka? Bears on the streets? Siberia?
Any more stereotypes?
Let me give you another one: Linux.
Yes, Linux!
Download Official Firefox 7 and Thunderbird 7 for Linux
Ladies and gentlemen, dear readers, Mozilla unleashed a few minutes ago (September 28th) the final and stable version of the highly anticipated Mozilla Firefox 7.0 web browser and Mozilla Thunderbird 7.0 mail client for Linux, Windows and Macintosh operating systems.
Five topnotch replacements for GNOME 3 or Ubuntu Unity
You’ve heard the talk, the complaints, and the scathing reviews. Both GNOME 3 and Ubuntu Unity have been met with a hailstorm of bad publicity — so much so that people are turning away from adopting Linux — at least Linux that uses either of these two desktops. So if you want to switch to Linux but you don’t want to use either of these desktops, what can you do? Well, I’ll give you five what-to-do’s that will ease the troubled Linux desktop selection.
Survey says: Innovators prefer Android
According to market analyst Nielsen’s August market data, more than half (56 percent) of the smartphones acquired over the most recent three months ran Android. Perhaps the market analyst’s most interesting observation, though, is that innovators prefer Android to iOS by a margin of 40 to 32 percent.
Linux users, start your engines
In the '60s, John Cooper took the staid Mini and enhanced its performance to make the Mini Cooper. Around the same time, Carroll Shelby took Ford Mustangs and made them a fire-breathing, track scorching legend. In that same vein, some Linux developers are taking mass produced, mainstream distros and adding high performance changes to them, creating pixel-burning distros worthy of racing stripes on the hood and flames on the fenders.
Will Patent Wars Eventually Have Impact on Mobile It?
The courts are increasingly getting involved in mobile technology as patent and trademark infringement lawsuits proliferate. It could have an impact on IT as court decisions and patent trolling lead to market uncertainty (which is probably the idea).
What Can Your Team Learn from a Bike Shed?
In October 1999, Poul-Henning Kamp sent an email to the FreeBSD mailing list with the subject line A bike shed (any colour will do) on greener grass.... In that long note, he explained Parkinson's Law of Triviality, which is also known as bikeshedding or the bicycle-shed example.
Will Oracle Turn MySQL Into 'Crippleware?'
Since Oracle obtained MySQL in the Sun takeover, many FOSS folks have been wary of Oracle’s plans for the open source database, a wariness that wasn’t eased by Oracle’s handling of the OpenOffice/LibreOffice split. When a couple of weeks ago we learned that Oracle has added three commercial extensions to MySQL, many figured that was the beginning of the end of MySQL as a free and open project.
Giada: Hard-Core Live Looping
Live DJs chasing a simplistic but attractive application are going to love Giada. At the same time, Giada also covers something I've been wanting for a year now, which is a way to trigger individual samples from a computer keyboard simply in real time.
That Was the Breach That Was
The attack on Kernel.org last month was "a big wake-up call," according to Green Armor's Joseph Steinberg. "This breach could have been astronomically worse. If the attack had been carried out with more sophistication, the attackers could have done a lot worse damage than they did. The gut feeling is that it is more of an accidental intrusion."
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