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Open Jam leaves a mark with 45 game entries and 3 big winners

  • Opensource.com (Posted by bob on Nov 17, 2017 11:23 AM CST)
  • Groups: Games; Story Type: News Story
In early October 2017, the inaugural Open Jam, a video game jam focused on open source game development, took place. Creators were given 72 hours to build a video game from scratch using the best of the open source world. It was a fantastic weekend, with 45 games created and entered into the jam, and three outstanding entries making it to the final competition. Read on for a review of the event, lots of pictures, and heaping praise for the creators! read more

WordPress 4.9: This one's for you, developers!

  • The Register (Posted by bob on Nov 17, 2017 6:48 AM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story
'New editing experience' called Gutenberg coming too, but it might hate your plugins WordPress 4.9 has debuted, and this time the world's most popular content management system has given developers plenty to like.…

Top 10 Linux Tools

  • Datamation; By Matt Hartley (Posted by bob on Nov 17, 2017 5:17 AM CST)
  • Story Type: Reviews; Groups: Linux
One of the benefits to using Linux on the desktop is that there’s no shortage of tools available for it. To further illustrate this point, I’m going to share what I consider to be the top 10 Linux tools.

Software taking over, but hardware still has a role: Linux expert

  • iTWire; By Sam Varghese (Posted by bob on Nov 17, 2017 3:45 AM CST)
  • Story Type: Interview; Groups: Linux, SUSE
The tech industry is heading towards a stage where self service for standard IT requirements will become a norm, helped by the increase in software-defined infrastructure, a senior engineer from SUSE Linux claims.

Compact DAQ systems offer a choice of 12- or 16-bit I/Os

Advantech’s Linux-ready “MIC-1810” and “MIC-1816” DAQ computers offer 12- and 16-bit analog I/O, respectively, plus 24x DIOs, Intel CPUs, and 4x USB ports. Advantech’s MIC-1810 and MIC-1816 are digital acquisition computers that run Linux or Windows 7/8/10 on Intel 3rd Gen “Ivy Bridge” processors. If the aging CPU is a turn-off, keep in mind that […]

Why is collaboration so difficult?

  • Opensource.com (Posted by bob on Nov 17, 2017 12:42 AM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story
Many contemporary definitions of "collaboration" define it simply as "working together"—and, in part, it is working together. But too often, we tend to use the term "collaboration" interchangeably with cognate terms like "cooperation" and "coordination." These terms also refer to some manner of "working together," yet there are subtle but important differences between them all. read more

Wandboard.org launches i.MX8M-based SBC with RPi expansion

Technexion’s Wandboard.org unveiled open source “Wand-Pi-8M” SBCs that run Linux on a quad-A53 i.MX8M, and offer WiFi/BT, GbE, HDMI 2.0, and a 40-pin RPi link. Technexion and its Wandboard.org community project opened pre-orders on three successors to its i.MX6 based Wandboard and almost identical Wandboard Reload SBCs that tap NXP’s long awaited, quad-core, Cortex-A53 i.MX8M SoC.

After a year of intensely investigating password theft, here's what Google found

Hackers are constantly trying to break into Google accounts, so Google researchers spent a year tracing how hackers steal passwords and expose them on the internet's black market.

Raspberry Pi 3 clone offers Allwinner H2, H3, or H5 SoCs for $9 to $29

Libre Computer’s open source “Tritium” SBCs run Ubuntu or Android on Allwinner H2+, H3, or 64-bit H5 SoCs, and have an RPi 3 like layout and 40-pin header. Earlier this year, Shenzhen-based Libre Computer successfully funded its quad Cortex-A53 Amlogic S905X based Le Potato SBC on Kickstarter for $25 to $35. Now, the company has […]

How to Install Icinga 2 Monitoring Tool on Debian 9.2

  • Howtoforge Linux Howtos und Tutorials (Posted by bob on Nov 16, 2017 3:31 PM CST)
  • Groups: Debian, Linux; Story Type: News Story
In this guide we will discuss how to install and configure the latest version Icinga 2 web monitoring tool in Debian 9.2 release, in order to monitor all important network infrastructure devices, such as physical or virtual servers or VMs, routers, switches, firewall appliances and other network IoT devices.

5 Coolest Linux Terminal Emulators

  • Linux.com; By Carla Schroder (Posted by bob on Nov 16, 2017 2:17 PM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Linux
Sure, we can get by with boring old GNOME terminal, Konsole, and funny, rickety, old xterm. When you're in the mood to try something new, however, take a look at these five cool and useful Linux terminals.

Fedora 27 Atomic Host is available on multiple architectures

The Fedora 27 Atomic Host now supports multiple architectures! Along with the x86_64 architecture, Atomic Host is also available on 64-bit ARM (aarch64) and PowerPC Little Endian (ppc64le). Both aarch64 and ppc64le architectures receive Atomic OSTree updates in the same... Continue Reading →

Open Source Pioneer Munich Votes To Move All Remaining Linux PCs To Windows 10 In 2020

  • Fossbytes; By Adarsh Verma (Posted by bob on Nov 16, 2017 9:25 AM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Linux
As per the local reports, these moves are a result of the political scenario in Munich. In the past, city’s IT chief has also said that there isn’t any compelling technical reason to ditch Linux. In the wake of attacks like WannaCry, Green Party had already warned that a move to Windows 10 is too risky.

10 easy steps from proprietary to open source

  • Opensource.com (Posted by bob on Nov 16, 2017 8:11 AM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story
"But surely open source software is less secure, because everybody can see it, and they can just recompile it and replace it with bad stuff they've written." Hands up: who's heard this?1 read more

How becoming open and agile led to customer success

  • Opensource.com (Posted by bob on Nov 16, 2017 5:42 AM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story
A few years ago, I worked as a service manager at Basefarm, a European managed services provider. I was part of a team supporting customers with infrastructure and managed services. read more

Why pair writing helps improve documentation

  • Opensource.com (Posted by bob on Nov 16, 2017 3:14 AM CST)
  • Groups: Red Hat; Story Type: News Story
Professional writers, at least in the Red Hat documentation team, nearly always work on docs alone. But have you tried writing as part of a pair? In this article, I'll explain a few benefits of pair writing. read more

How to create better documentation with a kanban board

  • Opensource.com; By Heidi Waterhouse (Posted by bob on Nov 15, 2017 11:31 PM CST)
  • Story Type: Editorial; Groups: Community
If you're working on documentation, a website, or other user-facing content, it's helpful to know what users expect to find—both the information they want and how the information is organized and structured. After all, great content isn't very useful if people can't find what they're looking for.

Linux-on-i.MX6 Pico-ITX SBC has 40-pin GPIO header

Habey’s “EMB-2230” SBC runs Linux on an i.MX6, and offers LVDS and MIPI-DSI/CSI links, -10 to 60°C support, a 40-pin GPIO header, and optional PoE. Habey promotes its Pico-ITX (100 x 72mm) EMB-2230 SBC as being smaller and more expandable than its 3.5-inch (146 x 102mm) EMB-3200 SBC. Like the EMB-3200, the EMB2230 runs Linux on Dual Lite or Quad versions of NXP’s 1GHz, Cortex-A9 i.MX6 SoC, and is aimed primarily at panel PCs.

Perfect Fluxbox Desktop on Kali Linux

  • Howtoforge Linux Howtos und Tutorials (Posted by bob on Nov 15, 2017 7:48 PM CST)
  • Groups: Linux; Story Type: News Story
For my job, I need a portable Linux environment to run tests, so I often find myself using Kali Linux from a low resourced virtual machine, or booted from a flash drive. In this case scenario, having a lightweight desktop is as important as the tools themselves. This tutorial shows the installation of Fluxbox Desktop on Kali Linux.

Portable, open source retro game player runs Linux and Arduino

Clockwork’s hackable “GameShell” retro game console runs Linux on a quad -A7 SoC, and offers a 2.7-inch LCD, gaming controls, GPIO, and Arduino links. Hangzhou, China based Clockwork has surpassed its Kickstarter funding goal for a handheld GameShell device that is billed as “the world’s first modular, portable game console with a GNU/LINUX embedded operating […]

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