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New Linux Kernel 4.8 -- Plus a Kernel-Killing Bug

After nearly exactly two months, Linus Torvalds released kernel 4.8 into the wild on Sunday, October 2nd. Torvalds dubbed 4.8 Psychotic Stoned Sheep, probably inspired by the news that a flock of woolly ruminants ate some abandoned cannabis and, high as kites, run amok in rural Wales, striking terror into the hearts of the locals.

4 open source alternatives for Google Calendar

  • Opensource.com (Posted by bob on Oct 6, 2016 11:53 AM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story
For many of us, our calendar is our lifeblood. Without it, we would be lost, perhaps both literally and figuratively. While some people can get away with a wall calendar or a paper day planner to organize their schedule, a whole lot of us have turned over the process of managing time allotments to a digital calendar. In truth, most of us are juggling quite a few calendars from both our work and personal lives, and often a few other organizations that we're involved with, including anything from non-profits to tech meetups to social clubs. read more

KDE Student Programs announces Season of KDE 2016-1017

KDE Student Programs announces the 2016-2017 Season of KDE for those who want to participate in mentored projects which enhance KDE in some way. Projects from past Seasons of KDE include new application features, the KDE Continuous Integration system, new reporting for developers, as well as a web framework, porting and a plethora of other work.

i.MX6 UL COM has a carrier board with Raspberry Pi style expansion

The Armadeus “Opos6UL” COM runs Linux on an i.MX6 UL SoC, and has eMMC, optional wireless, extended temp support, and a carrier board with RPi-style I/O. French embedded manufacturer Armadeus Systems, which last year shipped an APF6_SP computer-on-module with an i.MX6 and a Cyclone V GX FPGA, has now unveiled a more modest, but similarly […]

Open Source Pros Confident in Europe Job Market

Open source careers may be even more in demand and rewarding in Europe than the rest of the world, according to new data from the 2016 Open Source Jobs Report released today by The Linux Foundation and Dice.

So You Think You Know Linux User Management

  • Linux.com - Original Content; By Carla Schroder (Posted by bob on Oct 5, 2016 11:04 PM CST)
  • Story Type: Tutorial; Groups: Community, Linux
Sure, managing users and groups on a Linux system is Linux 101. Not even that, it's Linux pre-school. But maybe this roundup of tips and tricks will show you something useful you didn't already know.

Tips from a software engineer for a balanced life

Kent Dodds is a busy, busy guy. He's a full stack JavaScript engineer at PayPal, hosts JavaScript Air, co-hosts React30, is an instructor on Egghead.io, is a Google Developer Expert, and spends a lot of time on Twitter and GitHub.

How to easily access YouTube and Vimeo content in Linux using Kaku

  • Howtoforge Linux Howtos und Tutorials (Posted by bob on Oct 5, 2016 3:32 PM CST)
  • Groups: Linux; Story Type: News Story
Usually, people choose one service (YouTube in most cases) and stick to that for their daily usage, and it's hard to persuade them to use any other service once they get used to the one they have chosen. However, there are some software applications that make this whole process of trying different services less complicated and time-consuming. In this article, we will discuss one such application - dubbed Kaku - that supports multiple services including YouTube, Vimeo, and SoundCloud.

What If a Company Consistently Says No to Open Sourcing Their Code?

  • Linux.com; By Libby Clark (Posted by bob on Oct 5, 2016 2:35 PM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Linux
There are four essential questions a company should ask before it decides to create an open source project, according to Duane O'Brien, open source programs evangelist...

How to champion your committers

  • Opensource.com (Posted by bob on Oct 5, 2016 11:43 AM CST)
  • Groups: Red Hat; Story Type: News Story
A number of companies today proudly wear the open source badge to show their dedication to various projects, particular communities, or simply the idea of free software licensing. Many have gone down the Red Hat business route, creating a revenue model based on support and services, while others have built their business around proprietary features and add-ons to open source projects. Business models vary, but what all successful open source companies have in common is the ability to maintain healthy relationships. read more

Tips from a software engineer for a balanced life

Kent Dodds is a busy, busy guy. He's a full stack JavaScript engineer at PayPal, hosts JavaScript Air, co-hosts React30, is an instructor on Egghead.io, is a Google Developer Expert, and spends a lot of time on Twitter and GitHub. read more

Google melts 78 Android security holes, two of which were critical

Chinese hackers thanked for help finding flaws Google has crushed 78 Android security flaws in its October bug blitzkrieg, repairing critical core Android services along the way.…

Solving the Linux kernel code reviewer shortage

Operating system security is top of mind right now, and Linux is a big part of that discussion. One of the questions to be solved is: How do we ensure that patches going upstream are properly reviewed? read more

Official Arduino IoT dev kit has WiFi hub and 25 sensor modules

  • HackerBoards (Posted by bob on Oct 5, 2016 5:03 AM CST)
  • Groups: Cloud; Story Type: News Story
Arduino LLC launched an ESLOV IoT Invention Kit, featuring an Arduino compatible WiFi hub device and 25 modular sensor devices, united via an Arduino Cloud. At the World Maker Faire New York, where Arduino LLC and Arduino Srl announced the settlement of their legal dispute, as well as plans to merge by the end of […]

Open source compliance specs advance at LinuxCon

  • HackerBoards (Posted by bob on Oct 5, 2016 1:14 AM CST)
  • Groups: Linux; Story Type: News Story
The Linux Foundation announced the SPDX 2.1 and OpenChain 1.0 specs, which aim to clarify and standardize open source compliance and management. At LinuxCon Europe in Berlin, the Linux Foundation announced two new releases from different groups attempting to standardize open source license tracking, compliance, and supply chain management. The Software Package Data Exchange (SPDX) […]

Moreutils For Your Linux Shell Tool Set

  • Linux.com - Original Content; By Paul Brown (Posted by bob on Oct 5, 2016 12:17 AM CST)
  • Story Type: Tutorial; Groups: Linux
I have this book -- a Spanish edition of Stephen Coffin's seminal manual, Unix System V Release 4: The Complete Reference. You can open it on any of its 700+ pages and bet your bottom dollar that the commands on the page will work in a modern-day Linux. Well, except where teletypes and tape storage are involved. Said like that, you may think the *NIX command line hasn't changed a lot since the early 1990s. This is not entirely true.

ISPConfig 3.1: Automated installation on Debian and Ubuntu

As you might know, ISPConfig is one of the best free open source hosting control panels available to manage Linux hosting servers in single and multi-server environments. Today you will see how to deploy and install this amazing control panel with the ispconfig_setup script.

Buggy code to the left of me, perfect source to the right, here I am, stuck in the middle with EU

  • The Register (Posted by bob on Oct 4, 2016 4:40 PM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story
European project to clean up software hits halfway point Midway through SUPERSEDE, the EU three-year project backed by €3.25m in funding to make software better, software still sucks.…

Avoiding quality assurance disasters with openQA

Proper quality assurance can save lives and money. (Anyone remember the Ariane 5 explosion in 1996?) That's why the openSUSE and Fedora communities heavily rely on openQA, a fully automated and open source test framework. OpenQA is primarily used to test different Linux distributions, but applications can also be installed on top of it to test desktop environments like GNOME and KDE. read more

Lenovo exec: Nope, not building Windows Phones

'Not convinced Microsoft is committed long term to the OS' Lenovo will not build smartmobes running on Microsoft’s Windows operating system because it doubts the software giant’s long term commitment to the market.…

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