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How to Install Everpad 2.5.6 in Ubuntu 13.10. Everpad is an unofficial client application for Evernote. You can use it with GNOME, KDE or Unity.

Hectronic will soon begin sampling a Linux-compatible Qseven computer-on-module based on AMD’s dual-core, 1GHz G-Series SoC. Claimed as the first Qseven COM to use the new AMD SoC, the H6069 is equipped with 2GB of soldered DDR3 RAM and an optional 32GB SSD, and features dual display support, 12 Watt power consumption, and optional industrial […]

OpenStack Summit 2014 has generated open source cloud computing news from Cisco Systems, Canonical, Red Hat, HP, Mirantis, VMware and more. Will VARs and partners jump in?

A how-to video about keyboard layouts configuration in KDE 4.

In June, we have already reported about the Software company Leadwerks porting its game development toolkits Leadwerks 3 to Linux. This should not only help to promote Linux as a gaming platform but also as a platform for the game development.

Hectronic will soon begin sampling a Linux-compatible Qseven computer-on-module based on AMD’s dual-core, 1GHz G-Series SoC. Claimed as the first Qseven COM to use the new AMD SoC, the H6069 is equipped with 2GB of soldered DDR3 RAM and an optional 32GB SSD, and features dual display support, 12 Watt power consumption, and optional industrial temperature range operation.

You know Red Hat best as the leading business Linux company. You may not know that Red Hat also wants to become the top OpenStack cloud business.

Axiomtek released two rugged, Linux-ready box computers with IP40 compliance, anti-vibration support, and extended temperature ranges. The tiny rBOX610 is a din-rail computer built around a Freescale ARM9-based i.MX287 processor, featuring CAN buses and isolated Fast Ethernet ports, while the eBOX660-872-FL offers 3rd generation Intel Core processors, four gig-Ethernet ports, and dual display support. Rugged […]

The eBook "Instant Ubuntu" is a guide for newcomers to Ubuntu aiming to show potential users how to install Ubuntu and some of the features within Ubuntu. But Is it a worthy read?

This article discusses LXC, a lightweight virtualization technology built into Linux kernel.The virtual machine I describe uses a root filesystem build using debootstrap (apt-get install debootstrap). The procedure is simple and it should work on any Debian machine.

Higher education is not just about producing valuable workers, but about educating people to become thinking, lifelong learners who contribute in many positive ways to society, be that local or global.

With 14.1 we have brought new enhancements to the kernel and we have updated the package lineup. We also go back to the lighter radiance themes as the default and we have the ambiance and greybird themes for those that like the darker themes. Features: Xfce 4.11; Audacious for audio and VLC for video; Pinta 1.4 for image manipulation; GNOME Office as the default office suite; Chromium as the default browser; Thunderbird as the default mail client; Dates as the default calendar application; Contact as the system address book; Arandr for multi-monitor support, and more.

OpenWFD, a new open source project, could bring Miracast support for wireless display output on tablets, phones and PCs to Linux.

There are many tools which allow a group of users to collaboratively edit a document as a team. Etherpad is a web-based open-source document editor which enables you to collaborate on a document in real-time. Using Etherpad, a group of users can edit a text document via web browser simultaneously, and while doing so, one can see each other’s edits in real time.

The legal papers were filed by Rockstar Consortium, a patent troll owned by Microsoft, Apple, BlackBerry, Ericsson, and Sony. They hold 6,000 plus patents purchased in an auction for $4.5 billion from bankrupt Canadian telecom Nortel. Google had been bidding against Rockstar for the same patents, but dropped out after placing a $4.4 billion bid that didn’t hold up. Not long afterwards, Google bought Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion, in large part for its vast patent portfolio–just in case a patent war broke out.

MediaCore CE has been renamed to MediaDrop. MediaCore CE is the community edition of MediaCore, a Web application that powers a multimedia hosted platform targeted towards the educational market and run by MediaCore, Inc.

I spent the past year writing The Librarian’s Guide to Academic Research in the Cloud, a book which focuses on using and thinking about cloud services in an academic research context. I’m fortunate enough to belong to a union that negotiated research leave for new faculty, and that leave made the book possible. The content of the book might be interesting to Linux users (here is an excerpt), but I wanted to talk about the process for writing the book, which was very Linux-intensive.

Mahout components implement popular algorithms and can be unplugged easily when no longer needed.

Tizen is a fresh new project, but it has roots in several pre-existing platforms including the distributions Moblin, MeeGo and LiMo. According to the Tizen Association, "The mobile marketplace has undergone extensive change over the past few years.

Valve has confirmed that its operating system, SteamOS, will not be based on Ubuntu, as previously believed.