• Sankuru Blog: A simple bytecode compiler with virtual machine, written in Php, for the EL language

    Updated: 2011-12-30 17:06:36
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  • Community News: Conference Call for Papers Reminders!

    Updated: 2011-12-30 15:56:52
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  • The Best of Linux.com Weekend Project from 2011

    Updated: 2011-12-30 14:50:03
    Weekends are for relaxing, spending time with friends… and tackling those tech projects that you never have time to get to during the week. The weekend project is one of the most popular features here on Linux.com, and we had a bumper crop of excellent projects in 2011. Here’ 10 of the best from 2011, which include everything from better ways to upgrade your system, to getting a leg up on Web projects.

  • Mark Story's Blog: New errors in PHP 5.4

    Updated: 2011-12-30 14:30:45
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  • Site News: Popular Posts for the Week of 12.30.2011

    Updated: 2011-12-30 13:09:00
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  • How Can We Help You? LinkedIn Linux Poll.

    Updated: 2011-12-29 18:24:09
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  • Project: PHP-Powered MyFcc.gov Portal Launches (Beta)

    Updated: 2011-12-29 17:58:27
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  • 10 Best Linux.com Tutorials of 2011

    Updated: 2011-12-29 17:31:37
    One of my resolutions for the New Year is usually “learn more” about things I’ interested in. Of course, that includes Linux. If you’e looking to learn more about Linux this year or next, you might want to check out some of the tutorials that we published throughout 2011.

  • Nikita Popov's Blog: Supercolliding a PHP array

    Updated: 2011-12-29 06:15:12
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  • Minecraft on Ubuntu; Finding and fixing errors

    Updated: 2011-12-27 21:20:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Neil's Open Source Linux Blog News , notes and resources on open source , Linux , and UNIX computers By Neil Johnson , Cadent Technologies . Corp Tuesday , December 27, 2011 Minecraft on Ubuntu Finding and fixing errors Now that Minecraft is outta beta , at version 1.0.0, it's time to get it running on Ubuntu with all the mods . The standard 1.0 version runs fine in Ubuntu 11.10, but I'm having some trouble with ModLoader , and therefore all the mods that in turn depend on . ModLoader My first task is to run Minecraft without any errors . To start I installed and ran Minecraft on Ubuntu using Alloc's Easy Minecraft Installer This creates a handy desktop icon on the account I used to run the install script . Of course , using this icon precludes seeing any

  • 10 Most Popular Linux.com Stories in 2011

    Updated: 2011-12-27 17:57:20
    Here it is, 2011 is almost at an end. As we get ready for 2012, we wanted to take a look at the stories that were most popular with Linux.com readers in 2011. We've pulled together a list of the 10 most popular stories from the year for you to enjoy over the holidays.

  • Open*Business: 2011 in Review

    Updated: 2011-12-26 14:00:24
    The principles of open source continue to have a huge influence on the science of management. Collaboration, transparency, community, and rapid prototyping are used frequently to describe management innovations that are taking place in companies around the world. We published a great collection open source business stories during 2011--here are...

  • LLVM 3.1 Will Enhance AVX & Bring AVX2 Support

    Updated: 2011-12-26 12:01:32
    While LLVM 3.0 has been barely out for one month and a release schedule for LLVM 3.1 hasn't even been plotted yet, there are already some new details about what this next release of the extremely popular open-source compiler infrastructure will offer...

  • Video: GPU Technology Conference Keynote

    Updated: 2011-12-26 12:00:04
    In this video, Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang keynotes the GPU Technology Conference in Beijing. Recorded Dec. 14, 2011.

  • Open*Business 2011 Best Images

    Updated: 2011-12-26 08:00:00
    What's your favorite Open*Business image from 2011? The visual components on opensource.com are an important element to the look and feel of our content. The images help set the tone for the site. The...

  • AMD A8-3870K - Radeon HD 6550D Graphics

    Updated: 2011-12-26 05:00:00
    A few days ago AMD announced several new A-Series APUs for desktops and notebooks. Knocking the Llano A8-3850 out of the top spot now for the A-Series is the A8-3870K, which was received by Phoronix just in time for some holiday testing of this updated APU.

  • Android Drivers to be Included in Linux 3.3 Kernel

    Updated: 2011-12-24 07:00:00
    Kernel maintainer Greg Kroah-Hartman has included a number of Android drivers in his development branch for the 3.3 Linux kernel. This will allow developers to boot the 3.3 Linux kernel on an Android device without requiring patches...

  • Configuring CAS On Ubuntu For Two-Factor Authentication With WiKID

    Updated: 2011-12-23 15:32:26
    Single sign-on is a great technology. Requiring users to login to multiple applications is huge hassle, encourages password reuse and simple passwords. Security needs to focus on usability. If you can make a user's life better while increasing security, everybody wins.

  • Are You Using Firefox 9.0? If So, Get the Updated Version 9.01

    Updated: 2011-12-23 15:28:50
    Only one day after releasing its Firefox 9.0 browser, Mozilla has delivered a version 9.01 update, in the wake of problems experienced by users on all three major platforms: Windows, the Mac and Linux. Various reports charactize the problems as crashes and instability at handling toolbars.

  • New Version of Composite C1 CMS Released

    Updated: 2011-12-23 15:24:00
    Version 3.0 of the content management system is the first major release since the code was open sourced in September 2010...

  • What's Up With The S3 Graphics Linux Driver?

    Updated: 2011-12-23 15:00:39
    Yesterday when writing about VIA Technologies preparing a new graphics open-source push, it made me curious where the S3 Graphics Linux driver is at today...

  • Ubuntu Tweak 0.6.0 Arrives for Oneiric Ocelot

    Updated: 2011-12-23 13:38:00
    Version 0.6.0 of the tool supports the recent Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" release and has a new design and tweaks for Unity...

  • Calypso - CalDAV/CardDAV/WebDAV for Android and Evolution

    Updated: 2011-12-23 13:36:43
    Keith Packard announces the launch of a new calendar server project. "I started hacking at Radicale to see how far I could get. I changed the storage code to store one event per file, then added hooks to use git for change management. Then, I found a full vcalendar/vcard parsing...

  • Distribution Release: Bodhi Linux 1.3.0

    Updated: 2011-12-23 13:04:13
    Jeff Hoogland has announced the release of Bodhi Linux 1.3.0, an updated version of the project's Ubuntu-based distribution featuring the latest Enlightenment 17 desktop: "The Bodhi team and I are happy to announce our next update release - Bodhi Linux 1.3.0. While you will not find any earth-shattering....

  • Why The Radeon Gallium3D Performance Is Down

    Updated: 2011-12-23 12:26:30
    After yesterday's article about the Grinch that stole the Radeon Gallium3D performance, here's three offending commits since Mesa 7.10 that are causing the open-source Radeon Gallium3D driver to run slower than it should.

  • Some Mobile GPU Documentation To End The Year

    Updated: 2011-12-22 23:22:30
    There was a new documentation drop this week that consisted of data-sheets and other programming documentation for the 2D, 3D, and MPEG engines of a mobile GPU...

  • ISO Updates C Standard

    Updated: 2011-12-22 23:16:00
    The ISO has updated the standard for the C programming language. The new version of the specification, ISO/IEC 9899:2011, also known as C1X, increases compatibility with C++ and adds new functions...

  • 2012 Server Roadmap Forks at Power and Performance

    Updated: 2011-12-22 23:05:53
    Michael J. Miller writes that the 2012 server market will undergo more fragmentation with a renewed emphasis on HPC and the emergence of microservers thad draw less power.

  • The "White Label Office" Release Candidate

    Updated: 2011-12-22 15:45:20
    Team OpenOffice.org has muddied the office suite waters further with its announcement (with a longer version [PDF]) of "White Label Office," a release candidate consisting of OpenOffice.org 3.3.0 with a number of fixes applied. "By publishing White Label Office 3.3.1, Team OpenOffice.org is taking the first step towards a maintenance...

  • Breaking the Billion Barrier: Why Red Hat's Results Matter

    Updated: 2011-12-22 15:17:24
    Few software companies reach $1 billion in annual revenue. No company has done it with a portfolio that consists entirely of open source software. But if Red Hat delivers the expected results in early 2012, it will prove that a company can do right by the open source community and its investors. Given the 2011 third quarter results announced by Red Hat on December 19th, it's looking very likely.

  • Santa Raids VIA Tech For Open-Source Presents

    Updated: 2011-12-22 15:14:03
    Here's a very unexpected but welcoming surprise for the holidays: there's some source code that's about to be released by VIA Technologies...

  • Thunderbird 9.0 Arrives, Via Mozilla's Rapid Release Cycle

    Updated: 2011-12-22 15:10:10
    Mozilla has delivered the latest version 9.0 of its Thunderbird email and news client, a free and open source application that Windows, Mac and Linux users can take advantage of. You can get version 9.0 now, at this download site.

  • How To Fix Font Rendering In openSUSE 12.1 Gnome 3

    Updated: 2011-12-22 15:00:00
    I have been a long time Ubuntu user, using since 2005, when I met Mark Shuttleworth at a Linux event and interviewed him. But recently, due to my discomfort with Unity (which will be a great shell once it is fully matured, and there are quite a huge amount of Unity fans) I started using openSUSE with Gnome Shell 3 as prior to 11.10 Ubuntu was not supporting Gnome 3.

  • The Perfect Server - CentOS 6.1 x86_64 With nginx [ISPConfig 3]

    Updated: 2011-12-22 14:50:36
    This tutorial shows how to prepare a CentOS 6.1 x86_64 server for the installation of ISPConfig 3, and how to install ISPConfig 3. ISPConfig 3 is a webhosting control panel that allows you to configure the following services through...

  • KDE Delivers 4.8 Release Candidate

    Updated: 2011-12-22 14:44:27
    Just in time for some holiday testing, the KDE SC 4.8 Release Candidate is now available...

  • Ultra-compact PC offered with multiple expansion options

    Updated: 2011-12-21 21:49:02
    Habey announced two ultra-compact PCs with a choice of VGA or HDMI ports, plus SATA, gigabit Ethernet, and USB connections. The BIS-6624 features an Intel Atom Z510 (1.1GHz) or Z530 (1.6GHz) and adds CompactFlash and SD slots, while the BIS-6625 uses an Atom E640 (1GHz) or E660 (1.3GHz) and adds a third mini-PCIe slot....

  • Industrial PC has expansion slot, DIO, six serial ports

    Updated: 2011-12-21 21:24:53
    Lanner announced a fanless industrial PC that includes dual Ethernet ports, digital I/O, six serial ports, and dual video outputs. The LEC-2110 is powered by a dual-core Intel Atom D525 processor, accepts up to 4GB of RAM, has a CompactFlash slot, and is available with either a PCI or PCI Express expansion slot....

  • Linux-Powered Christmas Display Puts Rudolph to Shame

    Updated: 2011-12-21 17:47:53
    Most of us have holiday traditions, like celebrating with family, putting up decorations, or watching A Christmas Story over and over again. One of my favorite holiday traditions? Checking out the madness of Alek Komarnitsky's Linux-powered controllable Christmas lights.

  • Intel Shows Off Smartphones, Tablets Running 'Medfield' Chips

    Updated: 2011-12-21 15:46:14
    The company says that its chips will help Android handset makers improve performance and cut down on energy usage.

  • Ceylon Language Reaches First Milestone

    Updated: 2011-12-21 15:26:00
    A first milestone version of the JVM-native Ceylon programming language has been released, with the compiler, language module and runtime of the open source language now available...

  • VLC Media Player 1.1.13 Fixes Security Vulnerability

    Updated: 2011-12-21 15:16:00
    Version 1.1.13 of the open source VLC Media Player closes a hole that could be exploited by attackers to crash the application's process, possibly leading to the execution of arbitrary code on a victim's system...

  • How To Install RoundCube 0.7 For ISPConfig 3 On Debian Squeeze

    Updated: 2011-12-21 15:14:24
    This will guide you thru the installation of the latest stable version of RoundCube (currently version 0.7) and get it to work together with ISPConfig 3. This guide should work for most Linux distributions but may differ on some...

  • OwnCloud Emerges As Open Source Competitor to Dropbox, Box.net

    Updated: 2011-12-21 15:08:19
    If you've used popular cloud-based services for storing and sharing files, such as Dropbox and Box.net, you're probably familiar with how convenient they are, and how much they provide for free.

  • Mozilla's Renewed Deal with Google Showcases Google's Real Priorities

    Updated: 2011-12-21 14:50:55
    As December began, it was unclear whether Mozilla would renew its long-time deal with Google, through which Mozilla gains the lion's share of its revenues by steering users of the Firefox browser toward Google's lucrative search/ad ecosystem.

  • Twitter Releases TextSecure

    Updated: 2011-12-21 14:27:33
    Whisper Systems, just acquired by Twitter, has announced that it has released TextSecure - an encrypted messaging client for Android - under GPLv3; the source is available on Github. "We've always been interested in the ability for individuals and organizations to communicate freely and securely. In the year and a...

  • Red Hat's Quarterly Results Show Continued Growth

    Updated: 2011-12-21 14:05:00
    In the third quarter of 2011, the US-based open source specialist generated a turnover of $290 million with a net profit of $38.2 million...

  • Fanless Sandy Bridge PCs Offer Range of Expansion Options

    Updated: 2011-12-21 13:51:29
    Vecow announced six fanless PCs that support Intel's & Sandy Bridge& range of Core processors. The EC-5500 devices include dual drive bays and CFast slots, three or five Ethernet ports, Mini PCI slots, eSATA ports, plus options such as removable disks and digital I/O, according to the company....

  • Amarok 2.5 Released

    Updated: 2011-12-21 13:39:27
    Version 2.5 of the Amarok music player has been released. The headline features are GPodder.net podcast synchronization, a reworked USB mass storage module, and integration with the Amazon.com music store.

  • Intel shows Medfield-based Android phone and tablet prototypes

    Updated: 2011-12-21 05:35:27
    Intel has demonstrated smartphone and tablet reference designs equipped with its upcoming, low power & Medfield& Atom processor. Running Android 2.3 and Android 4.0, the prototypes received a positive appraisal from MIT Technology Review, which praised their & Blu-ray quality& video and a camera burst mode that can capture & 10 full-size eight-megapixel images at a rate of 15 per second.& ...

  • Rugged box computer features AMD processors, M12 Ethernet ports

    Updated: 2011-12-21 02:20:32
    MEN Micro announced a rugged box computer with a 1.5GHz AMD G-Series T52R processor and two gigabit Ethernet interfaces with M12 connectors. The & BC1& is equipped with 1GB of soldered DDR3 RAM, mSATA and SATA storage, and Mini PCI Express expansion, according to the company....

  • Rugged handheld sports 4.3-inch capacitive touchscreen

    Updated: 2011-12-20 21:23:51
    Winmate announced a rugged handeld computer that runs Android 2.3, Windows CE 6.0, or Windows Mobile 6.5 on a 720MHz Texas Instruments OMAP3530 processor. The S430T includes a 4.3-inch screen with capacitive touch and 800 x 480 pixel resolution, 512MB of RAM and 512MB of flash storage, a five megapixel camera, and IP67 dust and water protection, according to the company....

  • CentOS and Oracle release their Red Hat 6.2 clones

    Updated: 2011-12-20 21:02:09
    Only a week after releasing CentOS 6.1, the CentOS project finished up version 6.2 of its CentOS community version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), while Oracle launched Oracle Linux 6.2 -- a RHEL 6.2 clone that adds the company's Unbreakable Enterprise Linux kernel. Meanwhile, Red Hat released a beta of its long-lifecycle RHEL 5.8 platform and announced strong third quarter earnings....

  • Mozilla and Google Sign a New Deal

    Updated: 2011-12-20 19:17:04
    The Mozilla Foundation has announced that Google will continue to buy its position as the default Firefox search engine for the next three years. "The specific terms of this commercial agreement are subject to traditional confidentiality requirements, and we're not at liberty to disclose them."

  • Review: Galaxy Nexus is top Android phone, but you'll need big hands

    Updated: 2011-12-20 19:02:51
    Samsung's Galaxy Nexus is now the & king fish& of Android communicators in screen size, speed, and operating system functionality, according to this eWEEK review. But, its 4.65-inch screen makes the $300 device a challenge to hold by those whose hands are average-sized or smaller, the author adds....

  • Archos Honeycomb tablet to debut at under $200

    Updated: 2011-12-20 18:23:43
    Archos announced a seven-inch Android 3.2 (& Honeycomb& ) tablet due to ship in January for under $200. The Archos 70b is equipped with a 1.2GHz processor, and offers a 1024 x 600 capacitive touchscreen, 8GB of storage, HDMI output, and support for Google apps and Android Market, says the company....

  • CentOS 6.2 Released

    Updated: 2011-12-20 18:23:39
    The CentOS 6.2 release is out, surprisingly quickly after the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 release that it is based on, and less than two weeks after the CentOS 6.1 release. "All updates released since upstream 6.2 release are also released to the CentOS-6.2 mirrors. With this release we are...

  • Kindle Fire, Nook Tablet pushing Android tablet share to 40 percent, predicts IDC

    Updated: 2011-12-20 16:57:09
    Android tablet computers will grow from 32 percent global market share in the third quarter to an estimated 40.3 percent through the fourth quarter, reducing Apple's iPad share to 59 percent, projects IDC. The growth in Android tablets is due largely to the popularity of the low-cost Kindle Fire and Nook Tablet, says the study....

  • Linux Kernel Milestones in 2011

    Updated: 2011-12-20 16:21:35
    It's been a busy, busy year for the Linux kernel. A big version bump, 20th anniversary, and countless improvements may make 2011 the best year yet for Linux.

  • Puppy Linux 5.3.1 'Slacko' Review

    Updated: 2011-12-20 15:13:09
    Puppy is a lightweight distribution designed for old computers, and can be installed in about half a dozen ways, including CD/DVD, USB stick, ZIP drive and via hard drive.

  • Red Hat's Quarterly Results Shine, While Market Results Swoon

    Updated: 2011-12-20 15:11:56
    Yesterday, Red Hat reported strong earnings for the umpteenth quarter in a row, but its shares are tumbling in the stock market today. As we've reported before, with Sun Microsystems swallowed up by Oracle and Novell swallowed up by Attachmate, Red Hat remains the only public, U.S. company focused primarily on open source software.

  • Apache Software Foundation Lays Out its Plan for OpenOffice

    Updated: 2011-12-20 14:49:08
    All the way back in June, we covered Oracle's announcement that it would move OpenOffice.org to a community-based project overseen by the Apache Software Foundation.

  • Gnome 3.2 Arrives In Debian Unstable ("sid")

    Updated: 2011-12-20 14:39:11
    Another milestone for the Debian ecosystem and the Gnome 3.x desktop this weekend as the Debian unstable distribution ("sid") completed its transition to Gnome 3.2.1, with the migration of remaining Gnome 3.2 packages to Debian "sid" including gnome-shell 3.2.1-8.

  • MIT Developing MITx: Open Source Software for Online Education

    Updated: 2011-12-20 14:27:00
    In extending its online education projects, MIT is developing software to enable online training, student interaction and assessment. The software tools developed for the MITx project will be released as open source...

  • Poortvliet: openSUSE and ownCloud

    Updated: 2011-12-20 14:09:10
    Jos Poortvliet writes about ownCloud and the tools offered in openSUSE 12.1 to make ownCloud management easier. "The freedom of software and data is very valuable to the openSUSE Project and we would like to help you escape the deceptive arms of those who offer you some convenience in exchange...

  • JDBC Driver for Neo4J Bridges the SQL/NoSQL Divide

    Updated: 2011-12-20 14:00:00
    A developer at Neo Technology has published a JDBC driver for the Neo4j graph database which allows common SQL database tools to access the NoSQL database...

  • Apache: Open Letter to the Open Document Format Ecosystem

    Updated: 2011-12-20 13:59:39
    The Apache Software Foundation Blog is carrying and "open letter to the ODF ecosystem" meant to clarify the Foundation's plans for OpenOffice.org. "Our license and open development model is widely recognised as one of the best ways to ensure open standards, such as ODF, gain traction and adoption. Apache OpenOffice...

  • Apache Says OpenOffice 3.4 Planned for Early 2012

    Updated: 2011-12-20 13:44:00
    The Foundation says the project is making good progress and wants to be a neutral venue for collaboration. But it also reminds the community that it does value its trademarks and has not authorised third parties to use those marks for fund raising...

  • How-To: Run Your Qt Apps On Wayland Right Now

    Updated: 2011-12-20 13:00:49
    The plethora of Wayland news continues. Here's a guide on how to run Qt applications within the Wayland Display Server for those not waiting until the 2012 onslaught begins...

  • Cricket unveils contract-free, four-inch Huawei Mercury

    Updated: 2011-12-19 22:47:09
    Cricket Communications announced its most powerful Android smartphone, a four-inch Android 2.3 handset with a 1.4GHz processor and an eight-megapixel camera. Priced at $250 without contract and $55 per month in fees, the Huawei Mercury is the first U.S.-destined variant of the Huawei Honor, being released this month in a variety of global markets....

  • Automated test solution supports Android

    Updated: 2011-12-19 22:43:10
    Bsquare announced a new version of its test automation suite, now with improved intelligent text recognition and language capabilities. TestQuest 10 supports Android, BlackBerry, and Windows CE target devices; integrates into Visual Studio Professional 2010; and runs under 32- and 64-bit Windows 7 environments, the company says....

  • Managing Services on Linux with systemd

    Updated: 2011-12-19 19:52:26
    You've read all about systemd, the new Linux init daemon. You know what it does, and why. Now it's time to dig in and learn how to make it sit up and beg — or at least start, stop, and get information on services.

  • Flash memory makers team up for content protection scheme

    Updated: 2011-12-19 19:47:24
    Panasonic, Samsung, Sandisk, Sony, and Toshiba announced they'll collaborate on a content-protection scheme targeting SD cards and other flash memory devices. The & Next Generation Secure Memory Initiative& will involve PKI (public key infrastructure) and will be robust enough to protect HD video content, according to the companies....

  • Flash Player 11.1 released with Android 4.0 support

    Updated: 2011-12-19 18:48:49
    Adobe launched Flash Player 11.1 -- its final mobile browser plug-in for Android smartphones and tablets -- along with AIR 3.1. While it's set to give way to HTML5, Flash 11.1 adds support for Android 4.0 plus a variety of performance, stability, and device update enhancements, according to the company....

  • X.Org Server 1.11.3 Officially Releasd

    Updated: 2011-12-19 16:00:00
    X.Org Server 1.11.3 was released by Apple's Jeremy Huddleston prior to starting the weekend...

  • Linux 3.2-rc6: People Are Gaming My Release

    Updated: 2011-12-19 15:15:00
    X.Org Server 1.11.3 wasn't the only new piece of open-source software to be released on Friday, but Linus Torvalds also put out the Linux 3.2-rc6 kernel...

  • Cracks in the Foundation (PHP Advent)

    Updated: 2011-12-19 15:00:00
    The 2011 PHP Advent site has an article by Gwynne Raskind on the challenges facing PHP and how they are being addressed. "PHP has always been an evolving, almost-organic language. It has been rewritten from the bottom up at least four times, with massive internal changes to the engine at...

  • Grails 2.0 with More Cloud Support and NoSQL Connectivity

    Updated: 2011-12-19 13:30:00
    The Grails development team has released version 2.0 of the Grails web framework. After nearly a year of development, the second major release sees major changes in the areas of user experience, cloud, IDE and NoSQL support...

  • Razor-Qt: A New Qt-Based Desktop Environment

    Updated: 2011-12-19 13:00:00
    Razor-Qt is a new Qt-based desktop environment for Linux systems...

  • Setting Up Unison File Synchronization Between Two Servers On Ubuntu 11.10

    Updated: 2011-12-19 12:00:00
    This tutorial shows how to set up file synchronization between two Ubuntu 11.10 servers with Unison. Unison is a file-synchronization tool similar to rsync, but the big difference is that it tracks/synchronizes changes in both directions, i.e., files changed...

  • Distribution Release: Chakra GNU/Linux 2011.12

    Updated: 2011-12-19 10:00:00
    Phil Miller has announced the release of Chakra GNU/Linux 2011.12, a KDE-centric desktop distribution originally forked from Arch Linux: "The Chakra development team is proud to announce the third and final release of 'Edn', Chakra GNU/Linux featuring Linux 3.1 and KDE 4.7. Edn has followed the KDE 4.7....

  • The 3.2-rc6 Prepatch is Out

    Updated: 2011-12-19 09:00:00
    Linus has released the 3.2-rc6 prepatch. He was a bit grumpy about late merge requests, but sees the series calming down soon. "We're at -rc6 now, and while I can see myself doing an -rc7, I probably won't do an -rc8 unles something bad pops up. There doesn't seem to...

  • How To Connect Your Android Device To Linux (Ubuntu, openSUSE)

    Updated: 2011-12-19 08:00:00
    Android now uses MTP instead of mass storage which means you can't just plug your Android device to your Linux box and access the content. 

  • A Second Snapshot Of X.Org Server 1.12

    Updated: 2011-12-18 23:15:00
    One month has passed since the first X.Org Server 1.12 snapshot was released, but now a new development version has landed...

  • Development Release: Frugalware Linux 1.6 Pre 2

    Updated: 2011-12-18 23:00:00
    Development Release: Frugalware Linux 1.6 Pre 2 Miklós Vajna has announced the availability of the second pre-release of Frugalware Linux 1.6, a general-purpose community distribution designed for intermediate Linux users: "The Frugalware developer team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware Linux 1.6pre2, the second technical preview....

  • McRae: Pacman Package Signing - 4: Arch Linux

    Updated: 2011-12-17 14:17:09
    Back in March 2011, LWN examined package signing (or the lack thereof) in the Arch Linux distribution. Things have advanced considerably since then. Allan McRae has now posted the fourth in a series of articles about the adoption of signed packages in Arch. "The Arch repos have been gradually preparing...

  • ATX board supports Sandy Bridge CPUs, 32GB of memory

    Updated: 2011-12-16 21:12:50
    Aaeon announced an ATX motherboard with an Intel Q67 chipset, supporting Intel's Core i7/i5/i3 processors. The IMBA-967 supports up to 32GB of DDR3 memory, offers dual display support with available VGA, DVI-D, and HDMI outputs, provides a variety of PCI and PCI Express slots, and offers I/O including gigabit Ethernet, SATA, USB 2.0, and serial ports, says the company....

  • Tiny SBC offers single- or dual-core G-Series chips

    Updated: 2011-12-16 19:54:42
    Axiomtek announced the upcoming availability of a 3.93 x 2.83-inch Pico-ITX single board computer (SBC) powered by either a single-core AMD G-Series T40R or dual-core T40E, each clocked at 1GHz. The Pico100 supports up to 4GB of DDR3 memory, features dual displays via an LVDS interface and either DisplayPort or VGA, and offers SATA, gigabit Ethernet, USB 2.0, and serial connectivity....

  • Open Source Challenger to Dropbox and Box.net: ownCloud

    Updated: 2011-12-16 19:00:00
    The file sharing, synchronization market led by Dropbox is a popular target these days. For many companies, it's a chance to horn in on a growing market and carve out a piece of the pie for themselves. For open source projects, it's a chance to return control of personal data to the user. For the folks behind ownCloud, it's both.

  • Tor Experiments with IPv6

    Updated: 2011-12-16 15:28:00
    Tor, the anonymising network, includes initial support for IPv6 in its latest version, 0.2.3.9-alpha...

  • Tier 3 Takes on Microsoft in the Cloud with an Open Source Platform

    Updated: 2011-12-16 14:55:38
    Could workloads and business processes based on Microsoft's .NET framework represent an entry point for new open source cloud computing platforms? Apparently Tier 3 believes that's the case. The company has taken VMware's Cloud Foundry PaaS-based cloud platform, which we covered here, forked it into a new Iron Foundry cloud computing platform, and contributed Iron Foundry to the open source community.

  • Ubuntu Disabling the Sun Java JDK Browser Plugin

    Updated: 2011-12-16 14:09:56
    Ubuntu has sent out an announcement that it will be pushing a security update that disables the Sun JDK browser plugin on all machines. It seems that there are several security issues with this plugin, but, due to a change in licensing by Oracle, it is no longer possible to...

  • PearOS Review: Polish Of Mac, Power Of Linux

    Updated: 2011-12-16 14:05:21
    One of our Facebook fans, Ashwin Dexter Winongo, requested a review of PearOS. That's how I came to know about Pear OS. Never heard of it before. I headed to the site and found the latest version was released yesterday. I downloaded it, put it on a USB and ran it on my Dell XPS.

  • ownCloud Adds Commercial Services and Support

    Updated: 2011-12-16 14:00:00
    The open source online storage project has raised funding to form a commercial organisation and plans to maintain the open source product while adding commercial services...

  • Clutter/Cogl Running On Wayland Master

    Updated: 2011-12-16 12:21:07
    The Clutter tool-kit and Cogl (Clutter's OpenGL component) have been updated to work against the latest Wayland Display Server code-base...

  • New GPU Cluster at Bielefeld University to Crack Quantum Chromodynamics

    Updated: 2011-12-15 23:59:22
    Bielefeld University announced this week that it will install a new GPU hybrid supercomputer in 2012. Used exclusively for Quantum Chromodynamics, the hybrid system will be equipped 400 Tesla GPUs 400 GPUs with a cumulative peak performance of about 500 Teraflops. We are delighted about the opportunity to prove our...

  • Finding Out Package Dependencies With apt-rdepends On Debian/Ubuntu

    Updated: 2011-12-15 23:47:40
    Sometimes you need to find out all the dependencies of a package. This tutorial explains how to use apt-rdepends to recursively list all dependencies of a Debian/Ubuntu package.

  • FOSDEM12 Cross-Distribution Devroom: (Last) Call for Participation

    Updated: 2011-12-15 23:28:40
    FOSDEM is the biggest event organized by and for the Free and Open Source (FOSS) community. Its goal is to provide developers a place to meet, come together and share and discuss ideas. The event happens 4-5 February 2012 in Brussels, Belgium. And there will again be a cross-distribution mini conference at FOSDEM this year. By organizing a mini conference where all distributions participate...

  • Via announces Android support for x86 SBC

    Updated: 2011-12-15 23:22:54
    Via Technologies demonstrated Android 2.2 on an Em-ITX single board computer (SBC) equipped with a 1.2GHz dual-core Nano X2 E processor. Running Android on an x86 platform offers increased I/O, performance, and cost-saving advantages for embedded applications such as in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) and interactive kiosks, Via claims....

  • Distribution Release: Kororaa 16

    Updated: 2011-12-15 23:21:00
    Chris Smart has announced the release of Kororaa 16, a Fedora-based distribution with separate KDE and GNOME editions, both featuring a number of user-friendly enhancements: "It was a little while in coming, but it was worth the wait! It is my pleasure to announce the release of Kororaa....

  • Ubuntu One Gains Music Web Streaming

    Updated: 2011-12-15 23:10:00
    In addition to using the Android and iOS apps, users of Canonical's Ubuntu One managed file storage and synchronisation service can now stream their music via the web...

  • Qt 4.8 tackles threading and performance issues

    Updated: 2011-12-15 20:20:49
    The newly independent Qt Project announced a new release of its Linux-ready cross-platform development framework. Qt 4.8 adds Qt Platform Abstraction for easier porting of Qt to different windowing systems, threaded OpenGL support, multithreaded HTTP, optimized file system access, and a browser update to QtWebKit 2.2.1, says the project....

  • Meshcentral.com - Now with Websockets!

    Updated: 2011-12-15 17:11:12
    A few months back, I had added support for web sockets in Meshcentral.com, up until now it's only been used for noVNC, the all-Javascript VNC client and nothing else. Web sockets allow for full two-way communication between the server and the web browser for almost all browsers except Internet Explorer (this will be fixed in...

  • Do Users Want Automatic Updates to Firefox?

    Updated: 2011-12-15 17:10:45
    If you're a Google Chrome user, you may greatly appreciate the fact that updates to the browser--which many observers predict will eclipse Mozilla Firefox in global market share next year--are automatically pushed. In other words, Chrome users get transparent updates, which differs from how Firefox and other browsers approach moving users to new versions.

  • Enabling Compiz On Linux Mint 12 (GNOME 2)

    Updated: 2011-12-15 16:45:23
    This tutorial shows how you can enable Compiz on a Linux Mint 12 Lisa desktop (the system must have a 3D-capable graphics card - I'm using an NVIDIA GeForce 8200 here). With Compiz you can use beautiful 3D effects like wobbly windows...

  • ELC and OSCON seek conference submissions

    Updated: 2011-12-15 16:45:12
    The Linux Foundation's CE Linux Forum (CELF) workgroup announced a call for participation (CFP) for this year's Embedded Linux Conference (ELC), to be held Feb. 15-17, 2012, in Redwood Shores, California, with submissions due Jan. 6. O'Reilly Media, meanwhile, issued its own CFP, due Jan. 12, for its Open Source Convention (OSCON) 2012, scheduled for July 16-20, 2012 in Portland, Oregon....

  • Galaxy Nexus ships on Verizon, bringing 'Ice Cream Sandwich' to U.S.

    Updated: 2011-12-15 16:41:59
    Verizon Wireless began selling Samsung's Galaxy Nexus smartphone for $300 on contract Dec. 15, allowing those awaiting the coveted gadget to exhale. The Galaxy Nexus offers a dual-core, 1.2GHz processor, 4.65-inch Super AMOLED display, 32GB of storage, dual cameras, and an NFC (near field communication) chip -- but Verizon won't let the latter support the Google Wallet payment service....

  • Holiday Gift Ideas for Linux Users

    Updated: 2011-12-15 16:06:54
    The holidays are almost here, and for a lot of people that means gift giving. Getting gifts, of course, is the easy part. Finding the right gift is the hard part. If you're shopping for your favorite Linux user, or you're a Linux user shopping for others, we've got a bunch of fun ideas to help you round out the shopping list.

  • NVIDIA 2011 Driver Year In Review

    Updated: 2011-12-15 15:56:18
    After re-testing every AMD Catalyst driver from 2011, the tables have now turned to do the same for the NVIDIA binary graphics drivers from 2011 as the year comes to an end.

  • Gnome Shell Ubuntu aka Gubuntu Is Coming!

    Updated: 2011-12-15 15:47:53
    Ubuntu is undoubtedly one of the most user-friendly Linux-based operating system. Yes, user-friendly is a relative term. For a home user who is not very well versed with technology Ubuntu can be extremely easy. However, Unity changed (?) something.

  • Qt 4.8 Now Available; New SDK to Follow

    Updated: 2011-12-15 15:33:00
    Qt 4.8 is now available for Windows, Mac and Linux. This will be followed next month by a new version of the SDK...

  • U.S. House Discusses SOPA Bill Today, As Tech Opponents Express Opposition

    Updated: 2011-12-15 15:11:24
    The U.S. House of Representatives has set aside time today to discuss the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), as we covered here. Members of the House Judiciary Committee will debate the proposed legislation, and Judiciary chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) will reportedly try to address strong concerns from the technology community about the bill.

  • Intel SNA Acceleration Performance On Ironlake

    Updated: 2011-12-15 15:07:02
    Wondering how Intel's SNA acceleration architecture is performing for Ironlake hardware? Here's some benchmarks...

  • Pidgin IM Client 2.10.1 Fixes Crashing Vulnerabilities

    Updated: 2011-12-15 15:02:00
    The maintenance and security update to the open source instant messenger application addresses four denial-of-service vulnerabilities that could be exploited by an attacker to terminate the application...

  • Intel puts single exec in charge of unified mobile efforts

    Updated: 2011-12-15 00:16:14
    Intel is ramping up its efforts to move into the tablet and smartphone spaces via a reorganization that is bringing together four divisions to create a mobile and communications unit. It will be headed by Mike Bell, an Intel executive who worked on iPhone development while at Apple, according to reports....

  • Is Your Company New to Open Source? Here's Where to Start

    Updated: 2011-12-14 22:49:20
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  • Atom-based box PC offers both PCI and PCI Express expansion

    Updated: 2011-12-14 22:49:09
    Axiomtek announced a four-slot, fanless PC equipped with a single-core D425 Intel Atom or dual-core D525, each clocked to 1.8GHz. The IPC924-212-FL supports up to 4GB of DDR3 memory, provides a choice of four PCI slots or two PCI slots, one PCI Express x16, and one PCI Express x1 slots, and offers CompactFlash, SATA, gigabit Ethernet, USB, and serial connectivity....

  • DIN-rail PC supports x86 with 600MHz Atom E620

    Updated: 2011-12-14 22:48:10
    Nexcom announced an Intel Atom-powered PC designed for DIN-rail mounting. The NISE 90 includes two gigabit Ethernet ports, three serial ports, eight-channel digital I/O, three USB 2.0 ports, and CANbus support, according to the company....

  • Nine-inch Android tablet sells for $280

    Updated: 2011-12-14 20:11:41
    E-Fun announced a nine-inch Android 2.3 tablet for $280. The Nextbook Premium 9 is equipped with a 1GHz Rockchips RK2918 processor, 4GB of storage, a two-megapixel camera, and a 1280 x 800-pixel capacitive display, says the company....

  • Nine-Inch Android Tablet Sells for $280

    Updated: 2011-12-14 19:11:41
    E-Fun announced a nine-inch Android 2.3 tablet for $280. The Nextbook Premium 9 is equipped with a 1GHz Rockchips RK2918 processor, 4GB of storage, a two-megapixel camera, and a 1280 x 800-pixel capacitive display, says the company....

  • Pogoplug gains USB 3.0, SATA ports

    Updated: 2011-12-14 18:09:11
    Pogoplug announced a new version of its Linux-based file-sharing and backup device. The Pogoplug Series 4 adds more local storage options, including two USB 3.0 ports and a SATA port compatible with Universal Storage Module-compliant devices such as SeaGate GoFlex hard disk drives....

  • Pogoplug Gains USB 3.0, SATA Ports

    Updated: 2011-12-14 17:09:11
    Pogoplug announced a new version of its Linux-based file-sharing and backup device. The Pogoplug Series 4 adds more local storage options, including two USB 3.0 ports and a SATA port compatible with Universal Storage Module-compliant devices such as SeaGate GoFlex hard disk drives....

  • PDNSD HowTo - A DNS Caching Personal Server (Fedora 16)

    Updated: 2011-12-14 16:59:23
    PDNSD is a non authoritative caching DNS server. It maintains a disk cache of the queries that your system performs and subsequent queries will be faster from the cache. It is safe enough to be used on a personal Unix/Linux...

  • Facebook 'HipHop VM' Juices PHP Speed Pill

    Updated: 2011-12-14 16:43:10
    Aim to bust engineers out of edit-reload-debug dungeon Facebook hopes to shave seconds off of its PHP web pages loads and juice its servers' performance with an execution engine for the C++ code transformer it cooked up last year.…...

  • Nmap Network Probing Cheatsheet

    Updated: 2011-12-14 16:41:32
    This article, Nmap Network Probing Cheatsheet, originally appeared on Wazi, a free source for news, information, and articles on open source software. Nmap is a powerful utility for scanning your network and discovering all kinds of information about who is on it and what they’e doing.

  • Media player box runs Android

    Updated: 2011-12-14 16:30:43
    Nixeus Technology announced an Android 2.2-based multimedia player selling for as low as $160. Offering 1080p playback, web browsing, and third-party Android app downloads, the Nixeus Fusion XS Network Media Player includes a dual-core, 900MHz Marvell Armada 1000 system on chip (SoC), an Ethernet port, dual USB 2.0 ports, an HDMI port, and audio I/O....

  • Shelling Your New Linux System

    Updated: 2011-12-14 16:24:51
    New Linux users may have been tempted to jump in with both feet after hearing about the customization options and security offered by the number one open source operating system.

  • ownCloud Transforms Into A Company, Appoints CEO, CTO

    Updated: 2011-12-14 16:16:53
    ownCloud, the open source file-sharing project which enables individuals to create their own local cloud, has evolved into a company. Former SUSE/Novell executive Markus Rex is joining the company as its first CEO and CTO. ownCloud has more than 350,000 users around the globe. The company is opening its a HQ...

  • GIMP 2.7.4 Arrives for Testing

    Updated: 2011-12-14 15:59:00
    Version 2.7.4 of the image editing software includes changes to the user interface and bug fixes. Depending on the bugs found, the developers say that 2.7.4 "could be the last version before 2.8 release candidates and 2.8 itself"...

  • European IT Authorities Want Better OOXML in Libre/OpenOffice

    Updated: 2011-12-14 15:37:00
    IT authorities want to improve LibreOffice and OpenOffice.org by getting better interoperability with OOXML implemented, and they are working with the Open Source Business Alliance to make it happen...

  • Mini-PC ships with G-Series CPUs, configurable I/O modules

    Updated: 2011-12-14 00:04:00
    AndersDX has begun distributing CompuLab's Linux-compatible fit-PC3 mini-PCs in Europe, two weeks after CompuLab started shipping them from its online store in Israel. The fanless devices offer dual-core AMD G-series processors, up to 8GB of DDR3 memory, plus proprietary expansion modules, Mini PCI Express slots, and both HDMI and DisplayPort video outputs....

  • Tiny modules use low-power Vortex processors

    Updated: 2011-12-13 23:53:23
    DSL (Datasound Laboratories) announced two little SOMs (system on modules) employing & under-two-Watt& DMP processors. The VDX-200RD-PCI-B combines an 800MHz Vortex86DX processor, PCI expansion, and up to 512MB of RAM, while the VDX-304-PI-B has a 300MHz Vortex86SX CPU, PCI/ISA expansion, and up to 256MB of memory, the company says....

  • Android-ready ARM mini-HTPC costs $130, uses just three Watts

    Updated: 2011-12-13 18:07:33
    Solid-Run is shipping an open source mini-PC platform for developing Android TV and media center apps. Measuring 2.17 x 2.17 x 1.65 inches and consuming less than three Watts, the CuBox runs Android 2.2 or Linux 2.6 on an 800MHz Marvell Armada 510 CPU, has 1GB of DDR3 memory and a microSD slot, and includes eSATA, USB, infrared, S/PDIF, HDMI, and gigabit Ethernet interfaces....

  • Facebook, Google apps lead Android app popularity

    Updated: 2011-12-13 16:39:52
    Android Market, Facebook, and several Google applications are among the most popular apps accessed via Android smartphones, according to Nielsen. The research showed remarkable consistency among three age groups ranging from 18 to 44, although Pandora and YouTube did better among the younger users and Angry Birds was more popular among the oldies....

  • CentOS turns 6.1, still trails Red Hat by a lap

    Updated: 2011-12-12 22:51:41
    CentOS 6.1 has arrived to bring the features of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 to those who can live without a Red Hat subscription. CentOS 6.1 offers almost all the non-proprietary portions of RHEL 6.1, including virtualization performance optimizations, enhanced development and monitoring tools, and YUM package management enhancements....

  • Qualcomm chips can bump existing smartphones to dual cores

    Updated: 2011-12-12 20:12:05
    Qualcomm announced new chips that will let smartphone manufacturers upgrade existing designs to dual cores with no other hardware or software changes. The MSM8625 and MSM8225 run at up to 1GHz, include integrated 3G modems, and will work as drop-in replacements for the existing MSM7x27A and MSM7x25A devices, the company says....

  • HP made the right move on WebOS, but what's next?

    Updated: 2011-12-12 16:36:35
    Faced with the unsavory alternatives, HP made the right choice in releasing WebOS to the community under open source license, says this analysis by eWEEK's Chris Preimesberger. Even if WebOS ends up dying on the open source vine, befriending the development community should have long-term public relations benefits, and the company gets a juicy tax break, too....

  • Linux-based Wi-Fi router warms up to Macs

    Updated: 2011-12-12 05:54:00
    Netgear announced the first of its Linux-based Wi-Fi routers to offer Mac-specific features such as native support for Apple's Time Machine backup and Bonjour automated networking technology. The $120 Wireless Extreme for Mac and PC features four gigabit Ethernet ports, a gigabit WAN port, a USB 2.0 port, DLNA streaming, and a broadband usage meter....

  • How not to do a CI controller? – Tips to develop CodeIgniter Controllers

    Updated: 2011-12-11 09:00:16
    I cam across a post that was actually a small tutorial on CodeIgniter. The tutorial had what ever it requires to write a basic controller. I am picking up the same post and adding my comments … More→

  • More Android 4.0 tablets tipped, including a Cortex-A15 model

    Updated: 2011-12-09 22:31:41
    Coby Electronics says it will unveil five tablets running Android 4.0 (& Ice Cream Sandwich& ) at the CES show in Las Vegas, with shipments due in 1Q 2012. Meanwhile, Samsung is readying an Android 4.0 tablet for early 2012, offering 2560 x 1600 resolution and based on its Cortex A15-based Exynos 5250 processor, and Toshiba is prepping an & Excite& tablet running Android 4.0 on a TI OMAP4430 for February release, say reports....

  • HP spins off WebOS as open source project

    Updated: 2011-12-09 20:36:29
    HP announced it is relaunching its Linux-based WebOS mobile operating system as an open source project. HP will continue to sponsor WebOS, but it will be available publicly under an open source license, soon to be joined by WebOS' Enyo application framework, says the company....

  • Renault tips Android IVI system, seeks app developers

    Updated: 2011-12-09 18:15:14
    Renault announced an in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) system that will arrive in its Renault Clio 4 and Zoe cars in 2012. R-Link is built around a seven-inch touchscreen tablet -- reportedly running Android on a Texas Instruments ARM processor -- and will feature TomTom navigation, telematics controls, multimedia, speech recognition, and an open SDK for third-party app developers....

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