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Android market share is dropping in the US
According to the most recent report from comScore, an analytics company, the market share of Android has been dropping in the past few months. And interesting enough, Iphone market share is rising.
Linux System and Network Administration Bootcamp
LinuxCertified,Inc. a leading provider of Linux training, will offer weekend Linux system administration bootcamp on April 20th - 21st, 2013 in South Bay (CA). This workshop is designed for busy information technology professionals and is designed to cover the most important Linux administration areas.
Ubuntu - Raring Ringtail - hits beta, disables Windows dual-boot tool
Ubuntu 13.04, scheduled for release on April 25, is now available for testing in its second and final beta release. Nicknamed "Raring Ringtail," Ubuntu 13.04 is one of the final releases that's just for desktops and servers. By this time next year, Canonical intends to release a single version of Ubuntu targeting all form factors, including smartphones and tablets.
Lubuntu 13.04 Beta 2 Comes with New Artwork
Canonical announced today the release of the last testing version for its upcoming *buntu Linux operating systems, including Lubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail).
The Dell Alienware Linux Desktop Lands for Gamers
Gamers are the people that push PC hardware forward. Now for the first time a major Gamer PC vendor is offering Linux and it's loaded for max fragging. Dell's Alienware division is now out with its X51 Ubuntu PC and it's the sweetest Linux rig we've ever seen from Dell (or any other major tier 1 PC vendor).
A lot of improvements in 0 A.D. Magadha
The game developer Wildfire Games has recently released a new version of the free real-time strategy game 0 A.D. Magadha. The new alpha version includes a variety of improvements and so achieves a further milestone on the way to the final game release.
As much as I love the Chromebook Pixel, here's what I would change
I've had the extreme pleasure of playing with the Chromebook Pixel this week. It's an absolutely gorgeous piece of hardware, but it's not perfect. Here's what I would change.
Upgrading Bodhi Linux to 2.3.0
This isn’t a major upgrade. I’m sure there are some bug fixes and minor enhancements, but it mainly upgrades some essential software, such as the Linux Kernel, Enlightenment window manager, Midori browser, Terminology terminal emulator and Ubiquity, the Ubuntu default installer used by Bodhi. In addition, this update adds eCcess, a new system tool, and includes a slew of new themes for dressing-up the desktop.
Embedded Linux video repositories
Developers of embedded Linux- and embedded Android-based system software are well aware of the benefits of open-source software and its collaborative community of developers. One key resource is the growing abundance of free video tutorials and demonstrations amassed on the websites and YouTube channels of embedded-Linux and embedded-Android oriented projects, organizations, and companies.
Linux Kernel 3.8.6 Is Now Available for Download
Greg Kroah-Hartman announced a few minutes ago, April 5, the immediate availability for download of the sixth maintenance release for the stable Linux 3.8 kernel series.
Alienware X51 deploying with Ubuntu!
It's the Alienware X51. No doubt it will come to many as a shock, as it did to myself. It would seem Dell wants to get serious with Linux gamers, and more specifically with Ubuntu gamers. This is great news!
Windows 7 & Windows 8 vs. Ubuntu 13.04 & Fedora 18
Last month Phoronix published Intel OpenGL benchmarks showing Windows 8 outperforming Ubuntu 13.04 with the latest Windows and Linux drivers from Intel. I also showed that even with the KDE and Xfce desktops rather than the default Unity/Compiz desktop to Ubuntu, Windows 8 still was faster on this Intel "Ivy Bridge" platform. The new benchmarks to share today from this Intel Ultrabook are the Windows 8 and Ubuntu 13.04 results but also with performance figures added in from Microsoft Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 x64 and Fedora 18.
LinuxSecurity.com: Multiple vulnerabilities has been found and corrected in sudo:
A flaw exists in the IP network matching code in sudo versions 1.6.9p3
through 1.8.4p4 that may result in the local host being matched
even though it is not actually part of the network described by the
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Open payment system for Firefox OS
Mozilla has released an early draft version of a payment service API, enabling Firefox OS app developers to process purchases. The API design is in part based on Google Wallet, but the WebPayment API will remain open to being used for a wide range of payment service providers.
Debian gets served by Bytemark
The Debian Project has announced that Bytemark Hosting has donated a fully populated 16 server blade HP BladeSystem with HP Modular Storage Arrays containing 57TB of storage. The new server, which will make its home at Bytemark's new data centre in York, is said to be worth £150,000 per annum in commercial terms. Bytemark said that they have relied on Debian on their servers since they started the company in 2002 and said it "was always an embarrassingly good deal".
Apache OpenMeetings hits first Open Source Top Level Project Release
This week the Apache OpenMeetings project released version 2.1 of its open source web conferencing platform. The OpenMeetings 2.1 release is the first release of the project since it graduated from the Apache Incubator to become a topApache OpenMeetings level project, in December of 2012.
5 Links for Developers and IT Pros 4-5-13
This week, we explore why your code could work and still suck, define the open source cloud, and offer 10 BYOD best practices.
The Linux Inside Stigma
Linux Advocate Dietrich Schmitz highlights the success of the Google Chromebook to underscore in his view a serious Linux brand image problem.
Rackspace takes the patent fight to a troll
The cloud and hosting company says that IP Navigation has wrongfully accused it of infringing three patents and broken agreements over disclosure of what those patents actually were
Gift One, Get One - Redux
Fantasy author Thomas A. Knight brings back his Gift One, Get One promotion for his birthday this year, and adds a number of other great fantasy novels to the pool. Give any one of these great fantasy novels as a gift, and get one free, and we all love getting something for free, right?
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