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FCC sets September 15 the deadline for the net neutrality ruling

  • the next digit; By Wayne Murphy (Posted by bob on Aug 17, 2014 11:53 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
The net neutrality saga continued today as well as the FCC made September 15th the final day for public opinions. It was just yesterday that the Federal Communications Commission asked for an explanation for their act of slowing down the internet for specific kind of data. According to the recent reports, the FCC has for the time being officially postponed the implementation of the new set of rules.

Linux Foundation Releases Program for LinuxCon, CloudOpen and Embedded Linux Conference Europe

  • Linux (Posted by bob on Aug 17, 2014 9:59 AM EDT)
  • Groups: Linux
The speakers and sessions planned for this year’s events showcase how leaders in diverse industries are using the power of open source and collaboration to innovate and advance technology for all. The open source principles espoused by Linux and other projects have grown and expanded to now be used in many other areas including healthcare, manufacturing, data science and more.

How to install Linux on a computer without DVD drive

  • ghacks.net; By Martin Brinkmann (Posted by bob on Aug 16, 2014 2:24 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Tutorial; Groups: Linux
The -- very old -- laptop of a friend of mine died the other day and I offered to give her my old laptop as a replacement. Problem was, an old version of Windows was installed on my old laptop which I had to get rid of. Since I did not have any spare Windows product keys at the time, I decided to install Linux on the device instead. While the main reason was that I could do so without paying a dime, it would improve the overall system security as well which is always a good thing. Since I'm not really a Linux guy, I had to do some research on how to get Linux on the device. Turns out, it is pretty simple and straightforward.

Here is what you need for that:

PiratePad logs of Flock talks

  • Fedora Magazine (Posted by bob on Aug 16, 2014 2:53 AM EDT)
  • Groups: Fedora; Story Type: News Story
Many of the Flock talks were logged in PiratePads. We’re hoping to gather a list of them all, so if you have a link to one not listed here, please […]

Samsung SmartThings pickup could mean new role for Tizen

  • LinuxGizmos (Posted by bob on Aug 15, 2014 9:09 PM EDT)
  • Groups: Linux; Story Type: News Story
Samsung is acquiring home automation firm SmartThings, setting up the potential integration with Tizen inside an upcoming Linux version of the SmartThings hub. As TechCrunch predicted a month ago, Samsung announced an agreement to acquire SmartThings. In July, TechCrunch pegged the sale at $200 million, which if true would be a steal compared to the […]

Friday Fun! OpenTTD – An open source simulation game based on Transport Tycoon Deluxe

With a little hunting, you can find some fantastic games on Fedora if you look. Recently, I unearthed OpenTTD and have been having a great time playing it! I haven’t […]

WhoaVerse for social communities, built on open source

  • Opensource.com (Posted by bob on Aug 15, 2014 8:05 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
WhoaVerse is an open source platform for creating social media communities where users apply democratic principles to shape the content. read more

What are useful CLI tools for Linux system admins

  • Xmodulo (Posted by bob on Aug 15, 2014 7:08 AM EDT)
  • Groups: Linux; Story Type: News Story
System administrators (sysadmins) are responsible for day-to-day operations of production systems and services. One of the critical roles of sysadmins is to ensure that operational services are available round the clock. For that, they have to carefully plan backup policies, disaster management strategies, scheduled maintenance, and security audits. In most cases, end users are oblivious […]Continue reading... The post What are useful CLI tools for Linux system admins appeared first on Xmodulo. Related FAQs: How to speed up directory navigation in a Linux terminal How to set up MailScanner, Clam Antivirus and SpamAssassin in CentOS mail server How to close an open DNS resolver How to set up Samba as a Primary Domain Controller How to set up a Samba file server to use with Windows clients

Free from XP (with Fedora)

Linux New Media has published a special edition magazine called Free From XP, which features a DVD with Fedora 20 Desktop Edition and the LXDE Spin, and includes articles from Fedora contributors about getting started with our favorite distro.

Why isn't all government software open source?

  • Opensource.com (Posted by bob on Aug 14, 2014 10:03 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
The federal government is the single largest purchaser of code in the world. So why is this code—taxpayer-funded and integral to the day-to-day working of our democracy—so often hidden from public view? There are two sides to answering that question: Why does the government so often build on closed platforms, and once built, why isn't the code released to the public? read more

Upgrading libraries to open source Koha system

  • Opensource.com (Posted by bob on Aug 14, 2014 8:09 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Interview
For Careers in Open Source Week here at Opensource.com, I thought I would turn to the people I work with everyday to see how open source has changed their view on things. I interviewed Melissa Lefebvre who joined our Koha support team almost a year ago after working on Evergreen, another open source ILS system, for four years as Project Manager at Bibliomation, Inc., a large public and school consortium in Connecticut. read more

Flock Followups, 1-week Slip for F21, LinuxCon NA (5tFTW, 2014-08-12)

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. This article summarises the five things for August 12th, 2014:

Linux-based controller mixes Atom SoC with Kintex-7 FPGA

NI’s new 4-slot CompactRIO control system combines a dual-core Atom E3825 with a Kintex-7 FPGA, and features industrial temperatures and NI Real-Time Linux.

IndieBox: for Gamers Who Miss Boxes!

There are lots of cool ideas on the Internet that never really make it out of the "startup" phase. IndieBox has been around only for a few months, but I really, really hope it catches on.

Everyday I help libraries make the switch to open source

  • Opensource.com (Posted by bob on Aug 13, 2014 9:36 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
I’ve been lucky. My career has always involved open source software. read more

Professors embed students directly into open source communities

  • Opensource.com (Posted by bob on Aug 13, 2014 7:42 AM EDT)
  • Groups: Sun; Story Type: News Story
The sun could not have been shining any brighter in Philadelphia on May 28, 2014. But in the basement of Drexel University's Rush Building, home to the school's College of Computing and Informatics, matters were a bit more hazy. read more

Red Hat spruces up 2011's enterprise Linux with RHEL 6.6 Beta

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7 hit general availability in July, but that doesn't mean Shadowman has stopped polishing the version 6 branch of its flagship Linux distribution, despite it being nearly four years old.…

Khronos unveils OpenGL 4.5, broadens OpenCL 2.0 language support

New SPIR spec makes compute kernel compilation a breeze. Siggraph 2014 As the 41st Siggraph computer graphics conference kicks off in Vancouver this week, industry standards body the Khronos Group has announced updates to two of its most important specs.

Hackers Unveil Their Plan to Change Email Forever

The creator of an ultra-secure email service once said to be used by Edward Snowden unveiled his next project at a major hacker conference Friday: he and others like him want to change the very nature of email forever.

Understanding copyright and its use today

We live in an age of ever-expanding copyright law. The length of time that elapses before a creative work enters the public domain is now so long that many items published early last century are still protected by copyright.

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