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Tips for building your own maker workspace

  • Opensource.com (Posted by bob on Oct 7, 2016 12:21 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
I firmly believe that in the absence of any intentional organizational strategy a person's workspace becomes a reflection of their mind. Like bits of knowledge stored in the brain, tools and assets instinctively find themselves organized in a way that feels right to the individual. read more

Superb Mini Server(SMS) version 2.0.9 released

Superb Mini Server finally got a new updated version release after a long time period.Yes, After a long awaited time,the previous version of SMS(Superb Mini Server)2.0.8 which was released back in 2015,now in 2016 got a new release of SMS 2.0.9. Even if the releases are less-frequent,this slackware based distribution really makes a good amount of users,who works with servers,mostly looks at this fellow distro,because of set of applications available and the environment is completely perfect for those who love to work with the web-server based developments and managements.

Why public libraries need to support open source

  • Opensource.com (Posted by bob on Oct 7, 2016 9:52 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
People turn to public libraries for answers, and a lot of times libraries are superb at providing them. But when it comes to providing answers about open source, libraries have an uneven track record. What can we do to make this better so that more people can turn to their public library to learn about open source software, hardware, and principles? read more

How to Install WhatsApp on linux

WhatsApp is a cross-platform mobile messaging app which allows you to exchange messages world wide without paying for SMS also we can exchange unlimited images, video and audio media messages.

KDE Student Programs announces Season of KDE 2016-2017

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.

6 Common WHM/cPanel Problems

WHM/cPanel is a great hosting control panel that eases the server administration dramatically. It has a very easy and straightforward interface for everyday use.

A New Mental Model for Computers and Networks

One of the great works of geekdom is Neal Stephenson's In the Beginning Was the Command Line, an essay-length book that came out in 1999. As with Linux, the code was open. Still is.

Promoting Cybersecurity Awareness

  • The Mozilla Blog; By Denelle Dixon-Thayer (Posted by bob on Oct 7, 2016 3:14 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Editorial, Security; Groups: Mozilla
We are happy to support National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM), a global effort between government and industry to ensure everyone has the resources they need to be safer, more secure and better able to protect their personal information online.

Prominent Pro-Patent Judge Issues Opinion Declaring All Software Patents Bad

Well here's an unexpected surprise. A lawsuit brought by the world's largest patent troll, Intellectual Ventures, and handled on appeal (as are all patent cases), by the notoriously awful Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) may have actually killed off software patents. Really. ... But the part that has everyone chattering is the concurring opinion by Judge Haldane Mayer, that says it's time to face facts: Alice killed software patents. And Mayer is not some newcomer.

New adds 2D renderer, targets 16MB RAM Linux systems

Qt 5.8 will include IoT-oriented “Qt Lite” technology that enables fine-grained configuration and supports small-footprint IoT gizmos without OpenGL. The Qt Company announced a Qt Lite project that aims to extend the Qt development framework to smaller footprint Internet of Things devices with as little as 16MB RAM and flash.

Dell Launches Its New Ubuntu-Powered XPS 13 Developer Edition Laptop in US and EU

  • Softpedia; By Marius Nestor (Posted by hanuca on Oct 7, 2016 12:22 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Ubuntu
Dell just launched its new XPS 13 Developer Edition laptop in the US and European markets, and, as usual, they're partnering with Canonical to deliver you the best Ubuntu Desktop experience as possible.

Docker Debuts Infrakit Open Source Toolkit for Self-Healing Infrastructure

The Docker Engine and dockerfiles have helped to usher in a new container revolution in how applications are packaged and run. Now as container Dockerworkloads increasingly enter into full-scale production deployments, the challenge is around scale-out and management. With Docker 1.12, Docker first integrated its Swarm clustering engine and now the new InfraKit toolkit will help scale-out efforts even further.

OpenStack Newton Debuts With Improved Container Features

The latest release of widely deployed open-source cloud platform improves security, virtualization and networking.

How to configure failover and high availability network bonding on Linux

  • Howtoforge Linux Howtos und Tutorials (Posted by bob on Oct 6, 2016 9:30 PM EDT)
  • Groups: Linux; Story Type: News Story
This tutorial explains how to configure network bonding on Linux server. Before I start, let me explain what network bonding is and what it does. In a Windows environment, network bonding is called network teaming, this is a feature that helps any server architecture to provide high availability and failover in scenarios were one of the main ethernet cable has a malfunction or is misconfigured.

Putting the Personal Back in Personal Computing

  • Medium; By Steven Ovadia (Posted by steveov on Oct 6, 2016 8:33 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Editorial
Technology is personal. We don’t think of it that way, because it’s comprised of impersonal things, like hardware and programming code, but if you think about it, our relationship to our technology is downright intimate. People type their secrets into computers and sleep next to phones and tablets. But too often, we don’t treat technology as something personal. Too often, it’s treated as something inevitable over which we have no control.

The Evolution of Open Source Networking at AT&T

  • Linux.com; By Greg Whelan (Posted by bob on Oct 6, 2016 7:36 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Linux
For many years AT&T has been on the forefront of virtualizing a Tier 1 carrier network. They’ve done so in a very open fashion and are actively participating in, and driving, many open sources initiatives.  Their open initiatives include Domain 2.0, ECOMP, and CORD, all of which are driving innovation in the global service provider market.  Chris Rice, Sr.

PVS-Studio is now friends with Linux

The development team of PVS-Studio static code analyser started Linux support.

How open source is enabling the digital art age

  • Opensource.com (Posted by bob on Oct 6, 2016 5:42 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
When I was in college, software development seemed much more difficult. I went to school for electrical engineering, so many of the courses dealt with programming tiny computers in assembly language. There were complicated toolchains, expensive compilers, and thousand-page manuals that described how to set the registers so that these chips would even operate. read more

Windows 10 market share fell in September

Not by much and we know mass enterprise adoption is still to come Microsoft may have used its Ignite conference to trumpet Windows 10 now running on 400 million devices, but the operating system's market share went backwards in September according to two of three traffic-watchers we track each month.…

Linux is a new frontier for young developer

When I was 17 years old, I started using Linux because I wanted a desktop that resembled my brother-in-law's Gentoo laptop, which used the KDE environment. Instead, I got the now-nostalgic brown and orange GNOME 2 environment because I'd installed Ubuntu. (Ubuntu has since changed its color palette.) read more

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