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Get serious with scientific computing in Linux by learning to use NumPy. NumPy is a Python-based open-source scientific computing package released under the BSD license that serves as a free yet powerful alternative to proprietary packages (such as MATLAB) that come with licensing fees. The numerous built-in data analysis tools, extensive documentation, and detailed examples […]Continue reading... The post How to use NumPy for scientific computing in Linux appeared first on Xmodulo. No related FAQ.

Cinnamon 2.4 will come with many cool features, one of which will be desktop slideshows. Yep, it’s being available on other desktop environments, but it’s never too late to have a feature like that.

Here at FOSS Force we’re proud to be associated with Ken Starks. We’re proud because of the great articles he writes advocating Linux. We’re also extremely proud that he was chosen to be a keynote speaker at this year’s Ohio LinuxFest. But most of all, we’re proud because of his big heart, which he expresses through his work through Reglue, the nonprofit he founded in 2005 to give Linux computers, and training on how to use them, to financially disadvantaged school children in and around the Austin, Texas area where he lives.

LXer Feature: 02-Nov-2014

In the LXWR this week we have a UK retail chain denying warranties to users who install Linux, a big Drupal advisory, China's plans to replace Windows with Linux by 2020 and Microsoft loves Linux, for real? Enjoy!

To schedule tasks in Linux there are two useful tools that are worth knowing about, at and cron. In this guide I am briefly going to touch upon these two commands and then I am going to show you the Everyday Linux User way which I find to be much easier.

Linux has a good range of open source software which helps users to organise their e-book collection, catch up on a novel, and to create, validate and publish their own e-book.

This is a Debian-based OS with Cinnamon.

Welcome to the October edition of Linux Software Releases. In this installment we start with a networking application, qtmib MIB browser. Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is a widely used protocol for monitoring the health and welfare of network equipment (eg. routers), computer equipment and even devices like UPSs. I begin with a short introduction of this project and continue with the list of the projects released during October 2014.

Hello again folks! Today I bring news that Double Action a new shooter than can be played in first or third person has arrived for Linux, and it's bloody funny.

The Elive team is proud to announce the release of the beta version 2.4.0. This new version includes: new Linux kernel 3.16; Reiser4 (stable version) officially included in the installer; Terminology 0.7.0; included tutorial by Yann Esposito about learning to use Vim superpowers. This version of Elive includes officially Reiser4 (with all known bugs fixed) - you can enjoy an extremely fast system by using the LZO real-time compression mode, which makes your data use less space on your hard disk. This is good for people who want to save space on their hard disks, but it also makes your hard disk mechanism require less space to travel when reading the data. This means that your hard disk will become magically double fast or even three times faster.

EFF recently learned about a patent that covered a method of filming a yoga class. We reviewed the patent and discovered that it was just as ridiculous as it sounded.

For a programmer, good API documentation is worth more than a library of programming textbooks. If you are an avid developer, you probably want to make your life easier by keeping all necessary API documentation right at your fingertips. Most IDEs provide brief tooltips or IDE-specific ways of incorporating API documentation. However, these are mostly […]Continue reading... The post How to browse and search API documentation offline on Linux appeared first on Xmodulo. No related FAQ.

MYIR unveiled two Linux-ready COMs based on the TI Sitara AM335x SoC, each offering -40 to 85?C operation and supported by their own carrier boards. Like the MYC-AM335X computer-on-module announced back in January, the MCC-AM335X-Y and MCC-AM335X-J COMs are equipped with the Texas Instruments Sitara AM335x system-on-chip, built around a Cortex-A8 core. The new models […]

Motorola has announced that it is now officially under control of Lenovo, closing the deal that was announced at the beginning of the year.

The PCLinuxOS Magazine staff is pleased to announce the release of the November 2014 issue.

Most of the mainstream angst directed towards Windows 8 and 8.1 in the U.S. has to do with the Modern UI and little things like the lack of a Start menu. But while hopes are high that Windows 10 will be the OS everyone wanted Windows 8 to be, China's concerns run much deeper than the UI. As such, China reportedly plans to undergo a "de-Windowsifying" process in which its systems will be move to a state-endorsed version of Linux by 2020.

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.

Point-of-Sale (PoS) devices have increasingly gone portable, such as the Linux-based USAT ePort G10. Now a startup called Poynt, formed by former Google Wallet and PayPal executive Osama Bedier, has unveiled one of the most advanced — and coolest looking — mobile terminals yet with its Poynt Smart Terminal. The device features both merchant- and customer-facing touchscreens, both with higher resolution than typical PoS devices, and offers a wide variety of wireless and imaging payment technologies.

Mirantis 6.0, available now as a technical preview and for production use within three months, brings Sahara, NFV and the other new features from OpenStack Juno to the company's open source cloud computing distribution.

Samsung now claims there's another reason it stopped paying Android patent licensing fees to Microsoft: antitrust issues.