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Introducing the 3.3 and 3.4 Linux kernels

In March 2012, version 3.3 of the Linux kernel was released (followed in by version 3.4 in May). In addition to a plethora of small features and bug fixes, several important changes have arrived with these releases, including the merging of the Google Android project; merging of the Open vSwitch; several networking improvements (including the teaming network device); and a variety of file system, memory management, and virtualization updates. Explore many of the important changes in versions 3.3 and 3.4, and have a peek at what's ahead in 3.5.

Windows 8 Secure Boot: Two Linux Distros Respond

Controversy has been raging over Microsoft's Windows 8 Secure Boot plans ever since they were first revealed last fall, and there's still no sign that that will change anytime soon. Now the leading Linux distributions are beginning to respond with an outline of how they plan to deal with the restrictions imposed by Microsoft's plans.

Softpedia Linux Weekly, Issue 205

  • Softpedia; By Marius Nestor (Posted by hanuca on Jun 24, 2012 8:38 AM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story
Welcome to the 205th issue of Softpedia Linux Weekly!

Easily Share Files Over Local Network Using 'NitroShare'

  • Ubuntu Vibes; By Nitesh (Posted by Dart on Jun 24, 2012 7:47 AM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Linux
NitroShare makes it easy to share files across a local network. You have to Just install the application on each machine you want to use for sharing files and then simply drag-and-drop files on to the share box or use the indicator menu to send files.

Nvidia Employee Asks How They Can Improve Linux Support

It seems that recent comments made by Linus Torvalds and the loss of deal from China have made the people at NVIDIA take Linux more seriously and amend their attitude towards it. Recently an Nvidia employee asked in the Kernel Summit mailing list what could be done differently to make the Linux support better.

Ubuntu 12.10 Prepares To Improve Linux Performance

While there's still over three months to go until Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" will be officially released, for many computers this release will be faster than its predecessor, Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.

KDE To Become More Social

We have good news for KDE users who want better integration with social networking services such as Facebook, Twitter or identica. Soon you will have your favorite social networks at your fingertips thanks to Marty, a developer working on his Google Summer of Code project.

Linux for Users: Text Entry and Other Widgets that Make GUI Shell Scripting Easy

  • http://unixb4coffee.hubpages.com; By unixb4coffee@gmail.com (Posted by unixb4coffee on Jun 24, 2012 3:59 AM CST)
  • Groups: GNU
Typing user input for shell scripts can be harder than it sounds. The, "xentry," program, which is one several GUI shell utilities in the Xshell package, can make the job a lot easier.

openSUSE and Identity

Currently Linux, as a worldwide community, faces strong fragmentation. Not all of us use KDE, or Gnome, or a graphical interface at all. At the end of the day these communities are the ones creating new software, new widgets, and new graphics. Eventually these fragmentation or macro-collaboration environment is unable to achieve "collective individuality." This means that because of the different influences that happen in a Linux environment, collectively we cannot achieve a strong branding and differentiation. We cannot stand out because all of us want to stand out. Our software or contributions speak the language and mind of its creator, except in a Linux environment, anyone can be a creator.

Upcoming Linux Benchmarks For July 2012

Here's some of the Linux benchmarks being planned for next month, plus it's time to seek any new Linux / open-source test requests and other feedback...

Intel Keeps On PCI Express D3 Cold Power Savings

It looks like for the Linux 3.6 kernel there will finally be D3 Cold power-savings support for PCI Express devices under Linux...

The reasons behind Gnome-Shell’s new face

  • WoGue; By alex diavatis (Posted by wogue on Jun 23, 2012 11:18 PM CST)
  • Groups: GNOME
Gnome-Shell in 3.6 will release a new face, with two major changes. First one and most controversial is the removal of the categories and the second one is the addition of a new application discovery button. Find out why.

ECS Z77H2-A2X Ultimate Golden Edition Extreme

Now that a majority of the key Linux performance areas have been covered on Phoronix as it pertains to Intel's Ivy Bridge in dozens of different articles since its April launch date, it's time to say a few words about the "Panther Point" motherboard that was used for many of these Phoronix tests: the ECS Z77H2-A2X Ultimate Golden Edition Extreme.

New screenshots of SolusOS 2

Screenshots of SolusOS 2, Alpha 5 version

Linux Kernel 3.4.4 Is Available for Download

Greg Kroah-Hartman announced yesterday, June 22nd, the immediate availability for download of the fourth maintenance release for the stable Linux 3.4 kernel series.

NVIDIA GeForce OpenCL Performance Comparison

A while back I performed an OpenCL performance comparison against a range of AMD Radeon graphics cards. In this article, the table has turned as the OpenCL results on NVIDIA's GeForce graphics cards are examined...

Deepin Software Centre: GUI Software Frontend Done right

  • http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com; By Gary Richmond (Posted by scrubs on Jun 23, 2012 5:37 PM CST)
  • Story Type: Reviews; Groups: Ubuntu
Newcomers to Ubuntu will only really know about installing software via the Ubuntu Software Centre. Synaptic is no longer bundled by default (though still available) but all us, veterans and newbies alike, should also consider installing Deepin. It's similar to Ubuntu's tool but it has some really nifty and useful features.

read the Review at Free Software Magazine.

AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz - Is It Worth It On Linux?

In its battle against NVIDIA's Kepler, yesterday AMD released the AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz graphics card. Here's some thoughts from a Linux perspective...

Thunderbird 13 Officially Lands in Ubuntu

Canonical announced last evening, June 21st, in a secuirty notice, that the Mozilla Thunderbird 13 email client landed in some of their supported Ubuntu distributions.

The H Roundup for the week ending 23 June

In the last seven days: RHEL 6.3 arrived, Google donated $300,000 to the OSU Open Source Lab, and Linus Torvalds told NVIDIA what he really thinks. Also, Glyn Moody examined privacy concerns and open source mapping, and Eberhard Wolff looked at the new Vert.x web framework

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