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How to create a software RAID-1 array with mdadm on Linux

  • Xmodulo (Posted by bob on Sep 16, 2014 8:21 AM EDT)
  • Groups: Linux; Story Type: News Story
Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) is a storage technology that combines multiple hard disks into a single logical unit to provide fault-tolerance and/or improve disk I/O performance. Depending on how data is stored in an array of disks (e.g., with striping, mirroring, parity, or any combination thereof), different RAID levels are defined (e.g., RAID-0, […]Continue reading... The post How to create a software RAID-1 array with mdadm on Linux appeared first on Xmodulo. Related FAQs: How to backup a hard disk on Linux How to clean up disk space on Linux How to set up a Samba file server to use with Windows clients What are useful CLI tools for Linux system admins How to manage LVM volumes on CentOS / RHEL 7 with System Storage Manager

Infosec geniuses hack a Canon PRINTER and install DOOM

Security researchers have demonstrated a hack that allowed them to get into the web interface of a Canon Pixma printer before modifying its firmware to run the classic 90s computer game Doom.

New features for OpenStack networking, web dashboard improvements, and more

  • Opensource.com; By Jason Baker (Posted by bob on Sep 15, 2014 11:19 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Roundups; Groups: Cloud
Interested in keeping track of what's happening in the open source cloud? Opensource.com is your source for what's happening right now in OpenStack, the open source cloud infrastructure project.

How network virtualization is used as a security tool

When people think of network virtualization, the advantages that come to mind typically include faster provisioning of networks, easier management of networks and more efficient use of resources. But network virtualization can have another major benefit as well: security.

Emulate Ubuntu Touch

Aid development for and generally test out Canonical’s own phone and tablet OS using the Ubuntu Touch emulator

Better font support in LibreOffice on Fedora

Fedora and LibreOffice developer Caolán McNamara recently blogged about some fonts (specifically some fonts for OSX) not showing up in the font chooser in LibreOffice on Linux. It turns out […]

Freenode IRC users told to change passwords after securo-breach

  • The Register; By John Leyden (Posted by bob on Sep 15, 2014 12:50 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Security
Freenode's IRC server was compromised and passwords were likely sniffed by unidentified hackers, prompting a warning to users that they should reset their passwords as a precaution.

How to lobby for open source and Linux in schools

  • Opensource.com (Posted by bob on Sep 15, 2014 11:28 AM EDT)
  • Groups: Linux; Story Type: News Story
About eight years ago, I started lobbying to bring more Linux and open source software to high schools and higher IT vocational institutions in the Netherlands and Belgium. Here's how I did it and what you can learn from it to do the same where you live. read more

Open source datacenter computing with Apache Mesos

  • Opensource.com (Posted by bob on Sep 15, 2014 9:34 AM EDT)
  • Groups: Apache; Story Type: News Story
Apache Mesos is a cluster manager that provides efficient resource isolation and sharing across distributed applications or frameworks. Mesos is a open source software originally developed at the University of California at Berkeley. It sits between the application layer and the operating system and makes it easier to deploy and manage applications in large-scale clustered environments more efficiently. It can run many applications on a dynamically shared pool of nodes. Prominent users of Mesos include Twitter, Airbnb, MediaCrossing, Xogito and Categorize. read more

How to monitor online prices on Linux

  • Xmodulo (Posted by bob on Sep 15, 2014 7:40 AM EDT)
  • Groups: Linux; Story Type: News Story
Anyone who does a bit of online shopping knows that one of the most important rules to get the best deal possible is to look for the product you want on multiple shopping platforms. For example, buying a used book on Amazon is easy, and buying the same on eBay might be cheaper. You also […]Continue reading... The post How to monitor online prices on Linux appeared first on Xmodulo. Related FAQs: How to speed up directory navigation in a Linux terminal What are useful CLI tools for Linux system admins

WikiLeaks names NSW Police as FinFisher malware customer

  • ZDNet; By Chris Duckett (Posted by bob on Sep 15, 2014 5:45 AM EDT)
The NSW Police and Singapore's PCS Security Pte Ltd have been named as buyers of FinFischer malware, along with the intelligence arms of the Hungarian, Italian, and Bosnian governments... Singaporean company PCS Security is alleged to have parted with €3.2 million for FinFisher malware, which is claimed by WikiLeaks to be able to operate under all major desktop and mobile operating systems, namely Windows, OS X, Linux, Android, iOS, BlackBerry, Symbian, and Windows Mobile.

New “Do-it-yourself” Era in Network Equipment

  • Korea Bizwire (Posted by bob on Sep 14, 2014 1:57 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Linux
SK Telecom will develop in-house the open-source and x86 server-based network switch. Once the network switch is developed by early next year and in place in the company’s data centers, it is expected to open a new “do-it-yourself” era for network equipment.

Before Apple Watch: the timely history of the smartwatch

  • techradar; By Gary Marshall (Posted by bob on Sep 14, 2014 2:37 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Reviews; Groups: Linux, Mobile
Smartwatches have been the next big thing since 1982. But 2015 is going to be different: when the Apple Watch drops early next year it's going to start a whole new wave of wearable tech. And if that doesn't? Well, we've got smartwatches to look forward to from pretty much everyone else.

CLion: A New Cross Platform C/C++ IDE

CLion provides intelligent support for the C/C++ programming languages and is "seamlessly integrated" with the well-known CMake build system. As readers will know, CMake is a family of tools designed to build, test, and package as it controls the software compilation process using simple platform and compiler independent configuration files.

Minecraft up for sale, GOG from the command line, and more

  • Opensource.com (Posted by bob on Sep 13, 2014 12:34 PM EDT)
  • Groups: Games; Story Type: News Story
Open source games roundup Week of August 7 - September 13, 2014 In this week's edition of our open source games news roundup, we take a look at the big Minecraft news, download some GOG games from the command line, and Hack 'n' Slash. read more

Robot OS to support Linux and Android on Snapdragon

The OSRF plans to add ARM support to the Robot Operating System (ROS), starting with the Snapdragon 600 running Linux in Q4, followed by Android in 2015.

FUDCon LATAM, Activity Days, and Restructuring Fedora Leadership

Fedora is a big project, and it’s hard to follow it all. This series highlights interesting happenings in five different areas every week. It isn’t comprehensive news coverage — just quick summaries with links to each.

Cortex-A5 SBC offers mainline Linux support

Emtrion’s new SBC uses Atmel’s Cortex-A5-based ATSAMA5D36 SoC and offers HDMI, 2x Ethernet, a battery charger, -40 to 85°C operation, and draws less than 300mA.

Debian: 3021-2: file: Summary

This update corrects DSA 3021-1, which introduced a regression in the detection of a some "Composite Document Files" (CDF), marking them look as corrupted, with the error: "Can't expand summary_info".

How Google's tiff with certificate authorities can impact you

Miffed certificate authorities are calling on Google to give websites more time to upgrade the security used in browser-to-server communications before displaying warnings in Chrome.

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