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NFS is a distributed file system protocol built on top of Sun's RPC (remote procedure call). NFS is popularly used to share directories and files in LAN network environments, and is also adopted in many Network Attached Storage (NAS) systems and cloud storage backends. In a typical NFS deployment, an NFS server exports part of its local file system as NFS shares, and one or more remote NFS clients mount and access exported shares within their own file system.

The source code release of the 2D drawing package Toonz as OpenToonz is ready for download from github at: https://github.com/opentoonz/opentoonz

Ubuntu Kylin 16.04 LTS Beta 2 has been released as part of today's Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) Final Beta, bringing a complete redesign of its Unity user interface.

Hello, open gaming fans! In this week's edition we take a look at what's new in the world of Linux gaming. Open gaming roundup for March 20-26, 2016 Tomb Raider coming to Linux Feral interactive announced the Tomb Raider reboot is coming to Linux this spring. Join them on March 30 at 6 p.m. GMT on their Twitch channel for a live demo. read more

Now that everyone is enjoying Linux kernel 4.5, the time has come for early adopters to take Linux kernel 4.6 for a test drive.

Google said that since Windows, Mac and Linux users prefer to launch their apps from within Chrome, it is discontinuing the app launcher.

Staring and screaming at Xcode – 11/10, would watch again Remember when soccer's governing body FIFA spent $30m making a film about itself starring Tim Roth and Gérard Depardieu?…

Moritz Bunkus announced the release of MKVToolNix 9.0.0, the open-source MKV (Matroska) manipulation software.

At SXSW Interactive 2016, I had the amazing chance to attend a panel of visionaries talking about lack of women in the tech industry. The panel included: Michelle Mandansky, Laura Weidman Powers, Trae Vassallo, and Megan Smith. read more

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By design Unity launcher is placed at the left side of Ubuntu desktop and has remained immovable ever since it was introduced to the public in 2010. Ubuntu users who wanted to have Mac OS X-style launcher have had to either replace Unity launcher with an alternative dock such as CairoDock or Docky, or even switch to a more customizable desktop environment such GNOME.

Today we would like to inform you about the first maintenance release of the GTK+ 3.20 toolkit for the recently released GNOME 3.20 desktop environment.

In this week's edition of our open source news roundup, we take a look at Toonz animation software's open source release, Apple's CareKit, a GNOME usability study, and more!

While the GNOME desktop environment has its fair share of detractors, there are some who appreciate its simplified approach, so the recent release of the latest version is an eagerly anticipated event.

As an alternative to the Raspberry Pi 3 for a low-cost 64-bit ARM (AArch64) development board is the PINE 64, which was successfully Kickstarted as a "$15 64-bit single board super computer" that generated more than 1.7 million dollars. The PINE 64 is still shipping out in limited quantities for now, but the folks behind this project were kind enough to send over a sample of their PINE 64 1GB SBC for some benchmarking.

The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the final beta release of Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Desktop, Server, Cloud and Core products. You can now move the launcher bar from the left side of the screen to the bottom. It requires a hidden terminal command, but it’s now an officially supported feature! Terminal: gsettings set com.canonical.Unity.Launcher launcher-position Bottom

In Ubuntu Linux ‘notepadqq’ is the alternate of notepad++. In other words we can say that notepadqq is Notepad++ for Ubuntu Linux.

eInfochips has opened pre-orders on a tiny, wireless-rich “Eragon 820” COM and development kit that run Linux or Android on a Snapdragon 820 SoC. The eInfochips Eragon 820 is the second computer-on-module we’ve seen based on Qualcomm’s high-end quad-core 64-bit Snapdragon 820 system-on-chip after Intrinsyc’s 82 x 42mm, SODIMM-style Open-Q 820 COM, which similarly comes with a development kit.

Something I have been speaking about with Topware since 2013 is finally going to happen! Two Worlds II is getting a major engine upgrade, with new DLC and SteamOS & Linux support too.

ValentFX is Kickstartering an open source FPGA-based and Linux-driven “KiwiSDR” BeagleBone Cape, that does 10KHz to 30MHz software-defined radio processing. ValentFX has surpassed the 75 percent mark on its way to raising $50,000 on Kickstarter for its $199 KiwiSDR cape, which is due to ship in October. The campaign is also offering a $299 kit […]