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If the Terminator movies are to be believed, we are getting closer to the end of the world. It looks like the T-800 model is running Linux kernel 4.x and we already know that Linus Torvalds is thinking about releasing the 4.x branch soon.

There are about 130 sessions at SCALE 13x and a great majority of them are of interest to the beginner and/or intermediate user. A rule of thumb in attending a session is that if you’ve never heard of the software and/or you’d never have a reason to use it, you’re probably not a sysadmin and don’t need to attend. That’s of little consolation to most, because of the packed schedule.

Today we are pleased to announce the release of Black Lab Linux MATE 6.1. Black Lab Linux MATE 6.1 is a distribution of Black Lab Linux that utilizes the Mate Desktop environment.

Being a good open source citizen—that's where it starts. For Jon Cruz, navigating various technical opportunities over the years eventually led him there. Jon recently started working in the Open Source Group at Samsung where he works on the Wayland project as well as IoTivity, an infrastructure for the Internet of Things. read more

The first Release Candidate (RC) version of the forthcoming Tails 1.3 amnesic incognito live system has been officially released for testing, bringing three major new features and four minor improvements that are described for your reading pleasure in the next paragraphs.

Einstein? Pah! Computer code maps light beams Vid Boffins who worked alongside Hollywood film-makers on the Oscar-nominated sci-fi flick Interstellar reckon they have come up with new discoveries that reveal the "powerful effects" of black holes – all thanks to the computer code that was used for the movie.…

There are some specific use cases in which containerisation is the correct approach, but unless you can explain precisely why in your use case, then you should probably be using a hypervisor instead. Even if you're using virtualisation you should still be taking advantage of namespaces, and tools such as firejail can help when your application lacks native support for these features.

Repurpose old hardware with NAS4Free to use as a NAS server for backups and more

The base for your own custom Raspberry Pi-powered hardware utilises the compute module and an open circuit that you can modify yourself.

If you’re in the market for an ad blocker, you can now get uBlock from Mozilla’s extensions site to add it to your Firefox browser. uBlock can be a great alternative to AdBlock Plus and other ad blocking extensions since it seems to use less system resources.

Only ten days from today, on February 24, Mozilla will upgrade its ever-popular Firefox web browser to version 36.0, a release that won't bring the highly anticipated native HTML5 playback on YouTube, but will finally allow users to sync their new tab page’s pinned tiles across all of their devices where Mozilla Firefox is installed.

Writing localized applications involves a number of issues. 8th helps make it easier.

It was just a little while ago that the Linux world was shocked to find that CrunchBang Linux had died. The CrunchBang developer felt like it was time to move on, and so CrunchBang users were going to have to let it go and find a new minimalist distro for their computers…until now.

Arne Exton, the creator of numerous distributions of GNU/Linux, including the untroublesome and fast Exton|OS, had the pleasure of informing us today, February 14, about a new build for its MeX Linux computer operating system based on Ubuntu 14.10 (Utopic Unicorn), Debian 8 Jessie, and Linux Mint 17.1 (Rebecca).

Cutegram 2 has just been released, bringing a wide range of new features like support for multiple accounts, secret chat, proxy support, offline mode, camera button, support for searching through messages, support for sending text messages as documents using drag and drop, windowed mode, share media location, as well as an ever useful Delete History action.

If you are new to Linux then choosing the right distribution isn't easy. On the surface Linux Mint and Ubuntu don't seem all that different. This list gives you 5 reasons why Linux Mint might be the best option. There is a link within the article listing 5 reasons why Ubuntu might be the better option however.

Hello, open gaming fans! In this week's edition, we take a look at Steamworks SDK by Valve, mapping Twitch with Gephi, Open Source Virtual Reality, and more.

Valve has been taking its time while working on its SteamOS and Steam Machines. But this isn’t sitting well with those who live in pundit-land, and so the griping has begun that perhaps Valve’s Steam Machines are doomed or something like that. PC World is the latest site to jump on the “Steam Machines will never see the light of day” bandwagon.

Last year, we wrote about Rep. Blake Farenthold introducing a small, but important piece of copyright legislation, the You Own Devices Act (YODA), which just says that if you buy some piece of computerized equipment, you can sell it with any included software, without having to get permission from the software provider. As we noted, the reality is that this is just making it clear that the first sale doctrine applies to computer equipment too -- which shouldn't need a new law, but some tech companies (especially in the networking space) feel otherwise.

After much anticipation, we have decided to sponsor HackRU, a hackathon occurring on April 18-19th 2015 at Rutgers University (New Brunswick, NJ). As a hackathon attendee, I have noticed relatively little […]