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Oracle Database Express Edition 11gR2 is free for download and is available for variety of platforms including various distros of Linux and Microsoft Windows without needing a license. in this this guide will help you how to install Oracle Database Express Edition 11gR2 on Ubuntu Server 12.04

The general availability release of Fedora 17 "Beefy Miracle" for ARM hardware is now available...

If you are a computer user and have been around for a while on the internet, you must have heard about Linux already. Contrary to what many people believe, you do not have to go through the labyrinth of complicated command-lines in order to get an experience with Linux. In fact, you do not even have to install any fancy thing on your computer to try Linux. In this article, I will show you two easy ways to try Linux without the fear of crashing your computer.

We all know now that Steam is really coming to Linux. According to Gabe Newell, you can expect it this year. The ‘Steam-engine’ picked up additional locomotion yesterday when it brought developer David White on board. This is of course after being influenced my Michael Larabel, founder of Phoronix.

If you have tried Gentoo in the past but its compile times have put you off using it, maybe try again with Sabayon 9 KDE, which couples Italian elegance with Gentoo’s raw power…

Zorin OS is one of those distributions that attempt to bring something different to the Linux desktop. But what exactly does Zorin OS bring to the table? An Ubuntu-based distribution with a Microsoft Windows 7 theme. The objective is to make it easier for Windows users to switch to Linux.

SolusOS is currently the fastest-growing Linux distro. Just right after the release of its first version, Eveline, SolusOS has jumped from nowhere into the middle of the distro ranking chart on Distrowatch . And the SolusOS team didnt stop there, they have already worked on the next release of SolusOS. Last week, the team has released the Alpha 3 version of SolusOS 2 with many new things.

This tutorial shows how to combine four single storage servers (running Ubuntu 12.04) to a distributed replicated storage with GlusterFS. Nodes 1 and 2 (replication1) as well as 3 and 4 (replication2) will mirror each other, and replication1 and replication2 will be combined to one larger storage server (distribution). Basically, this is RAID10 over network. If you lose one server from replication1 and one from replication2, the distributed volume continues to work. The client system (Ubuntu 12.04 as well) will be able to access the storage as if it was a local filesystem.

New Deadline for openSUSE Summit papers to coincide with SUSECon’s Call for Papers, and more information about the Summit has been released

Isaac Joseph created a customized version of the Unity interface for the Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) operating system, called Unity Revamped.

Smartdevices Inc. announced the immediate availability for download of a firmware for its SmartQ T20 tablet device.

In the discussion last night about AMD not having any plans to suspend their proprietary Linux driver, John Bridgman of AMD shared some interesting information about AMD planning to provide a full execution stack in open-source form...

Today, Introversion Software has announced the immediate availability of “Uplink” for iOS devices, with an Android build coming soon. When it debuted in 2001, ”Uplink” was Introversion Software’s first commercial release and garnered the critical and financial success that put Introversion on the map as one of the best independent game developers in the industry.

A leading security researcher has suggested Microsoft's core Windows and application development programming teams have been infiltrated by covert programmer/operatives from U.S. intelligence agencies. If it were true it would be another exciting twist to the stories of international espionage, sabotage and murder that surround Stuxnet, Duqu and Flame, the most successful cyberwar weapons deployed so far, with the possible exception of Windows itself. Nevertheless, according to Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer of antivirus and security software vendor F-Secure, the scenario that would make it simplest for programmers employed by U.S. intelligence agencies to create the Stuxnet, Duqu and Flame viruses and compromise Microsoft protocols to the extent they could disguise downloads to Flame as patches through Windows Update is that Microsoft has been infiltrated by members of the U.S. intelligence community.

NVIDIA addressed the situation by saying "supporting Linux is important," and that it understands people's frustrations. So, it doesn't look like anything is going to change at Nvidia. Nvidia's support for Linux is interesting as the company joined the Linux Foundation in March this year.

It seems natural enough that SUSE Linux and SAP would be technical allies; both hail from Germany and both try to peddle business-grade software to enterprises. SAP, which has a huge installed base of Windows customers and a considerable number of Unix customers, cannot be seen to be playing favorites with its OS suppliers just because of nationalism. But it cannot stop – and would not stop – SUSE Linux, the commercial Linux distributor now owned by Attachmate, from making optimizations to its OS stack that make SAP apps run better.

(Sacramento, CA, USA: June 19, 2012) The Linux Professional Institute (LPI), the world's premier Linux certification organization (http://www.lpi.org), announced that volunteers from throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa completed the beta testing of LPI's new Linux Essentials exam--an innovative program measuring foundational knowledge in Linux and Open Source Software. Targeted at new technology users, the Linux Essentials program is set to be adopted by schools, educational authorities, training centers and others commencing in June 2012.

Chrome is an unknown little application made by Google -an insignificant technology company- that help us to browse World Wide Web. Currently Chrome runs in a small number of Personal Computers and Mobile Phones, in some Tablet devices and in a few TVs. Well I wasn’t completely honest, but you already know that, don’t you? :) What you might don’t know is how fast you can set up an application to the Chrome Web Store and make your Webpage easily discoverable by people.

Things appear to be moving along nicely in the Linux cabal at Valve Software as they work to enable Steam and the Source Engine on the Linux desktop. Here's another one of the new tenured Linux developers that will be starting soon.

Eucalyptus have announced that, with version 3.1 of the cloud software, they are returning to having a single open source product which will be developed in the open on Github