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Fanless Pico-ITXe SBC runs Linux on quad-core Eden X4

VIA’s “EPIA-E900” SBC uses VIA’s own Eden X4 processor, and debuts a reincarnated “Pico-ITXe” form-factor featuring MXM-based PCIe and multi-I/O expansion. VIA’s new EPIA-E900 single-board computer introduces a second generation of the Pico-ITXe form-factor that VIA demoed at an Embedded Systems Conference back in October 2008. Although this Pico-ITXe re-spin has the same name, it […]

Linux Voice looks back at Fedora Core 1

Linux Voice magazine periodically releases older issues of their magazine under a CC-BY-SA license so the entire Linux community can read, share and use the articles they publish (the also donate 50% of their profits to the Free Software community).Today,... Continue Reading

Chrome OS is not dead, insists Google veep in charge of Chrome OS

Merger of Android and Googly platform is probably still a goer. The Google exec running both Android and Chrome has tried to pour cold water on the story that Mountain View is merging its mobile platforms.

Top 5 Halloween edition: Python IDEs, Raspberry Pi hamster project, and more

In this week's Top 5, we highlight open source security, problem solving Linux problems, a Raspberry Pi project for hamsters, an artist who loves Linux, and the most popular Python IDEs.

Samba Server installation on Ubuntu 15.10

  • Howtoforge Linux Howtos und Tutorials (Posted by bob on Oct 30, 2015 8:54 PM EDT)
  • Groups: Ubuntu, Linux; Story Type: News Story
This guide explains the installation and configuration of a Samba server on Ubuntu 15.10 with anonymous and secured Samba shares. Samba is an Open Source/Free Software suite that provides seamless file and print services to SMB/CIFS clients. Samba is freely available, unlike other SMB/CIFS implementations, and allows for interoperability between Linux/Unix servers and Windows-based clients.

Tor Project launches encrypted anonymous chat app to the public

The Tor Project has launched the beta version of Tor Messenger, an easy-to-use encrypted message client for those concerned about their privacy and potential surveillance.

The top 6 new guides for working with OpenStack

  • Opensource.com (Posted by bob on Oct 30, 2015 5:05 PM EDT)
  • Groups: Cloud; Story Type: News Story
With so much going on in OpenStack, the open source cloud computing project, it can be difficult to keep track of what's new and to learn how to use it. Fortunately, there are a lot of resources out there to help, including third-party training, listservs, IRC channels, and of course the official documentation. read more

F23 is Go! Plus, internships, Atomic job opening, a Fedora book, and systemd total conversion.

  • Fedora Magazine (Posted by bob on Oct 30, 2015 3:10 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Fedora
Fedora 23 release is GO! After last week’s schedule adjustment, and a last minute panic where we discovered that the installer wasn’t actually showing help when you pressed the help button (thanks everyone who scrambled to fix that!), we’re on schedule for a release on Tuesday, November 3rd.

Why systemd is a practical tool for sys admins

  • Opensource.com (Posted by bob on Oct 30, 2015 1:28 PM EDT)
  • Groups: Mobile; Story Type: Interview
I met Alison Chaiken at LinuxCon 2010 in Boston, not long after she joined Nokia as a Meego technical consultant. A few months later, I interviewed her about her role at Nokia and her predictions about where open source technology was headed in 2011. She predicted an increasing role for cameras and microphones in mobile. "Cameras and microphones are used deliberately to take photos and record voice commands, but in the future they will be always on, gathering ambient data about the environment of users on the go," she said. read more

Rugged wireless-enabled COM runs Linux on i.MX6UL

  • LinuxGizmos (Posted by bob on Oct 30, 2015 11:33 AM EDT)
  • Groups: Linux; Story Type: News Story
CompuLab’s SODIMM-style “CL-SOM-iMX6UL” COM runs Linux on an i.MX6 UltraLite SoC, and offers up to 32GB eMMC, WiFi/BT, and industrial temperature operation. CompuLab’s CL-SOM-iMX6UL joins a handful of computer-on-modules that, over the past several months, have adopted the new, IoT-oriented i.MX6 UltraLite system-on-chip that Freescale unveiled in late May. The Ultralite shifts from the i.MX6’s […]

Netflix containerises its open source effort in Docker non-shocker

  • The Register (Posted by bob on Oct 30, 2015 8:42 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
This whole microservices caper looks less like a House of Cards every day Video-streamer and junior filmed entertainment production house Netflix has updated its open source policies, with a notable change being a decision to release code pre-packaged in Docker's container formats.…

A road trip into the Free Software Foundation's early days

  • Opensource.com (Posted by bob on Oct 30, 2015 7:45 AM EDT)
  • Groups: GNU; Story Type: News Story
On my 21st birthday in 1998, I received a phone call from Richard Stallman, founder of the GNU Project and Free Software Foundation (FSF), to tell me the root password of the GNU Project's web server. read more

Google will merge Android and Chrome OS by 2017: report

  • ZDNet | Linux and Open Source RSS (Posted by bob on Oct 30, 2015 6:14 AM EDT)
  • Groups: Linux, Android; Story Type: News Story
For years, people have wondered when Google would combine Android and Chrome OS. That day appears to be coming.

How Microsoft will cram Windows 10 even harder down your PC's throat early next year

Redmond upgrades upgrade to 'recommended update' Microsoft will download Windows 10 to PCs via "recommended" Windows Update early next year.…

Innovative Finnish mini-PC runs Linux on Tegra K1

Solu Machines will soon surpass its Kickstarter funding goal for a smartphone-like mini-PC with a Linux based, cloud oriented OS and a novel UI stack. Kickstarter funding packages start at $388 for the Solu, which would join a fairly short list of mini-PCs with pre-installed Linux, and an even smaller group of ARM-based Linux mini-PCs. […]

Big mistake, Google. Big mistake: Chrome OS to be 'folded into Android'

Ad giant about to perform mashup we all knew was coming Google is reportedly going to "fold" Chrome OS into Android, effectively killing off a secure, lightweight desktop OS in the process.…

000webhost hacked, 13 million customers exposed

Free website hosting service 000webhost has suffered a data breach which has placed the service's security practices under scrutiny. 000webhost is a free web hosting service which supports both PHP and MySQL, catering for millions of users worldwide. On Wednesday, the firm told users in a Facebook message that the company had suffered a databreach on its main server.

Still fuming over HTTPS mishap, Google makes Symantec an offer it can't refuse

Google has given Symantec an offer it can't refuse: give a thorough accounting of its ailing certificate authority process or risk having the world's most popular browser-Chrome-issue scary warnings when end users visit HTTPS-protected websites that use Symantec credentials.

RoboVM: Open source? Sorry, it's not working for us

'Almost no meaningful contributions' as code goes proprietary. The team behind RoboVM, an iOS compiler of tools for mobile Java applications, says that making its core product open source has not worked and that current and future versions will be proprietary.

Fanless 3.5-inch SBC runs Linux on dual-core Bay Trail

Axiomtek’s fanless “CAPA848” SBC runs Linux on an Intel Bay Trail Celeron N2807 processor, and offers up to 8GB of onboard RAM and -20 to 70°C operation.

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