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In Ubuntu environment, there are several ways for the kernel to get upgraded. On Ubuntu desktop, Software Updater allows you to check for and update to the latest kernel on a daily basis. On Ubuntu server, the unattended-upgrades package takes care of upgrading the kernel automatically as part of important security updates.

Philip Müller, creator and lead developer of the Manjaro project, announced earlier today, September 12, the immediate availability for download and testing of the first Alpha build of Manjaro Linux Xfce 15.12.

Programming is often perceived as having a steep learning curve. This is, in part, because coding can be quite unforgiving with lots of information to remember. It is not a simple activity such as surfing the net, or formatting paragraph text. But programming something fun does not have to be difficult. With the right software, kids can build anything they imagine, and create something amazing.

The development cycle of the next major version of the great Linux kernel, the core component of each and every GNU/Linux operating system, kicked off on September 12, 2015, with the first RC (Release Candidate) build.

In this week's edition of our open source news roundup, we take a look at the Internet Big Bounty, a smart robotic spider powered by Snappy Ubuntu Core, and more open source news. Open source news: September 6 - 12, 2015 read more

Cyanogen's CEO says the coming Cyanogen Android distribution will include MIcrosoft's Cortana built into the base OS platform.

The Indian Patent Office's recent guidelines declaring that software and business methods are patentable in India has set off alarm bells across the software product industry. The patent office for the first time made a clear interpretation of the Patents (Amendment) Act, 2002 to mean that if a software has novelty, is inventive or tangible, and has proper technical effect or industrial application, it can be patented. The guidelines serve as a reference for officers in granting patents.

ZenPhoto is free and open-source standalone content management system (CMS) for creating gallery focused websites. ZenPhoto is feature rich PHP based application and it has everything you need to manage your own photo galleries. In this blog tutorial we will install ZenPhoto on CentOS 7 VPS with Apache, MariaDB and PHP

Advantech’s new 3.5-inch SBC based on Intel U-series 6th Gen Core CPUs will feature 4K video, three display outputs, dual GbE, SATA, and modular expansion. Following Intel’s launch of its 6th Gen Core (“Skylake”) processors last week, there was a wave of third-party announcements of computer-on-module (COM) and single-board computer (SBC) products that integrate the […]

VIDEO: Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Canonical, discusses the need for private cloud and why virtualization alone is not enough.

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

Row over lab work versus real-world installations. Developers of encrypted databases and security researchers are at loggerheads about a study that property-preserving encrypted databases may be vulnerable to attack.

Randa greetings from the VDG - Hahmulookin? The Randa Meetings are happening now in the Swiss Alps. More than 50 people are giving their time to improve KDE software and innovate new value for users. The theme of this sixth edition of the Randa Meetings is Bring Touch to KDE............

Freescale unveiled a Linux-based 10Gbps, residential WiFi gateway reference design based on its quad-core QorIQ LS1043A SoC and a Quantenna 802.11ac router. The Linux-based QorIQ LS1043A residential gateway is “the industry’s first 10Gbps Internet plus 10Gbps Wi-Fi enabled home gateway solution,” claims Freescale Semiconductor. The design was co-developed with Quantenna Communications, which is supplying its […]

In this week's Top 5 articles of the week: Alternatives to Gmail, the Free Software Foundation today, how to teach big data to students, the world's first open digital camera for film, and an interview with Klaatu about Human Interface Guidelines (HIG). Top 5 articles of the week 5. Human Interface Guidelines (HIG) for the Unix shell read more

The Docker 1.8.2 release is now out provide the second incremental update to Docker 1.8.x since the initial 1.8.0 release on August 12. As was the case with 1.8.1 this is a bug and stability update

At a time when software patents seem to be on the retreat in the US, India has perversely decided to move in the other direction, as reported here by The Economic Times:

On Monday, September 7, I kicked off the second week of the Open Organization book club. This week, our topic was "Chapter 2: Igniting Passion," in which author Jim Whitehurst describes several strategies for igniting passion in your organization. read more

OpenWrt is a GNU/Linux distribution for embedded devices that has been designed to work on routers and a few other platforms. This is a new maintenance release, and it's available for download.

Rackspace joins Canonical's Ubuntu Certified Public Cloud (CPC) program, will now offer Ubuntu across their platform, including public and private clouds, OnMetal, as well as dedicated and hybrid environments.