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The first beta of the upcoming OpenMandriva 2014 has been released, improving on the alpha and on course for release in two month's time

This week, we look at Cisco's billion dollar cloud bet, get a look at IceHouse, the latest version of OpenStack and define Database as a Service.

So, you all heard about Facebook buying Oculus Rift right? I considered doing an article last night, but I decided to let my own and everyone else's hot heads cool down a bit.

Yes, there is an answer to that question for self-published authors

The 2014 Red Hat Certified Professional of the Year Award recognizes the work of Jorge Juarez Acevedo in migrating from Unix to open source Red Hat Enterprise Linux server technologies.

The TYPO3 CMS project has a long history as open source project, with its foundation going back as far as 1997 when it was initially developed by Danish Kasper Skårhøj. Currently, the TYPO3 project has a solid foundation in Europe. Large cooperations like Deutsche Bank, Airbus, Air France, as well as, universities and non-governmental organizations like Food and Agriculture Organization, Greenpeace, and Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons run on the TYPO3 CMS.

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Every major Linux desktop nowadays comes with a default screensaver program, which then can be used to lock the screen for security purposes. The screen lock option is typically configurable, and you can change settings like inactivity period or screen lock delay. You may want to adjust these settings based on your typical work environment. […]Continue reading... The post How to control screen lock settings on Linux desktop appeared first on Xmodulo. Related FAQs: How to disable touchpad on Debian or Ubuntu Desktop How to create desktop shortcut or launcher on Linux How to find screen resolution in Linux desktop environment How to take a screenshot while desktop menu is open on Ubuntu How to launch a GUI-based desktop program from command line in Linux

"When you go to a store and buy an electronic gizmo, does it ever occur to you that you could make one yourself? Or even that it would be FUN to make one yourself?" This is how John Baichtal's Arduino for Beginners: Essential Skills Every Maker Needs begins, and that same curiosity and ingenuity flows through the entire book.

Zorin OS 8 "Gaming" edition is now available. Zorin OS is an Ubuntu-based Linux distribution designed especially for newcomers to Linux. It has a Windows-like graphical user interface and many programs similar to those found in Windows. Zorin OS also comes with an application that lets users run many Windows programs. The distribution's ultimate goal is to provide a Linux alternative to Windows and let Windows users enjoy all the features of Linux without complications.

The Apache CloudStack 4.3 open-source cloud platform adds new hypervisor, SSL and dynamic computing capabilities.

Nvidia unveiled a $192 Linux-based “Jetson TK1″ SBC based on the 2.3GHz quad-core Cortex-A15 Tegra K1 SoC, and demoed its use in a self-driving Audi. The Jetson TK1 is a more advanced version of Nvidia’s earlier, Tegra 3-based Jetson automotive development platform. Instead of being limited to automotive duty, however, the Jetson TK1 also is […]

Anyone can download it for free – we did, it's all there Retro-computing fans got a treat on Tuesday when Microsoft donated the source code of MS DOS 1.1 and 2 to the Computer History Museum (CHM), along with the first version of Word for Windows.…

There's not a whole lot that has changed in this distribution in a year. Of the things that have changed, most are positive, and the negative ones are not showstoppers by any means, which makes me even happier about this distribution than I was a year ago!

CompuLab unveiled an SODIMM-style COM and related SBC based on a dual-core, 1.5GHz Cortex-A15, TI OMAP5432 SoC, and supported with Linux and Android OSes. CompuLab’s “CM-T54″ computer-on-module is its most powerful ARM-based COM yet. Although the module lacks the quad-core option of the company’s Cortex-A9 Freescale i.MX6 based CM-FX6 COM, it advances to a more […]

This is the 2nd part in my series of interview style articles attempting to find out about Linux from the developers point of view. Shane Remington and Kendall Weaver are part of the Peppermint OS team. Find out why Peppermint stands out from the crowd and how it all started.

antiX MX-14 is available. "MX-14 "Symbiosis" is a special version of antiX developed in full collaboration with the Mepis Community and using the best tools and talents from each distro. It is a midweight OS designed to combine an elegant and efficient desktop with simple configuration, high stability, solid performance and medium-sized footprint. The base depends on the excellent upstream work by Linux, Debian, and Xfce. MX-14 also incorporates the independent and innovative development products Whisker Menu, simsu and gottet, QupZilla Browser, smxi and inxi."

This is an overview of 20 movie players available for Linux. Except the popular ones like VLC or Totem, I also overviewed several TV applications and several movie players for the terminal, which use ASCII characters for visualization, which is a really interesting option.

One of the biggest updates ever to a major language finally ships, delivering many new and very interesting features.

Apache HTTP server could be made to crash if it received specially craftednetwork traffic.