Review: Kubuntu 13.04

It is time to test the third sibling in the Ubuntu family, the one named Kubuntu. So far, we've had Ubuntu, which was somewhat bland. Then we also had Xubuntu, which worked like a charm, except for a kernel oops thingie affecting the entire range, a silly thing to coincide with the official release. The KDE version is next. … [Read More...]

Introducing the BeagleBone Black’s Linux 3.8 kernel

This guest column, BeagleBoard.org co-founder Jason Kridner introduces the BeagleBone Black’s cutting-edge Linux 3.8 kernel, up from the original BeagleBone’s 3.2 kernel. The 3.8 kernel gives the BeagleBone Black access to a new Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) display driver architecture, as well as full support for the Device Tree data structure introduced in Linux 3.7 [...] LXer … [Read More...]

Using Solr With TYPO3 On Debian Wheezy

Using Solr With TYPO3 On Debian Wheezy TYPO3's default search extension called "Indexed Search" is fine for small web sites, but if your web site is bigger (> 500 pages), it is getting very slow. Fortunately, you can replace it with a search extension that uses the ultra-fast Apache Solr search server. This tutorial explains how to use Apache Solr with TYPO3 on Debian Wheezy. HowtoForge … [Read More...]

The Cost Of Ubuntu Disk Encryption

It's been a while since last running any Ubuntu Linux disk encryption benchmarks, but thanks to recent encryption improvements within the upstream Linux ecosystem, it's time to deliver some new Linux disk encryption benchmarks. In this article are results comparing Ubuntu 13.04 without any form of disk encryption to using the home directory encryption feature (eCryptfs-based) and full-disk … [Read More...]

Video Review: openSUSE 12.3

What do you think openSUSE's target audience is?== A review of openSUSE 12.3 featuring the KDE desktop. Overall, a polished release with some powerful conf... Video Rating: 4 / 5 … [Read More...]



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Introducing the BeagleBone Black’s Linux 3.8 kernel

This guest column, BeagleBoard.org co-founder Jason Kridner introduces the BeagleBone Black’s cutting-edge Linux 3.8 kernel, up from the original BeagleBone’s 3.2 kernel. The 3.8 kernel gives the … [Read More...]

Samsung, carriers tout first Tizen mobes for late 2013

HTML5 seen as key to open source smartphone successTDC2013 You could be forgiven for thinking there's not much going on with Tizen, the Linux Foundation's open source mobile OS. It's been two years since the … [Read More...]

Build your own supercomputer out of Raspberry Pi boards

Who says you need a few million bucks to build a supercomputer? Joshua Kiepert put together a Linux-powered Beowulf cluster with Raspberry Pi computers for less than $ 2,000. LXer Linux News … [Read More...]

Pidora, Raspberry Pi’s Unfortunately Named Fedora Remix

If you're walking down the street in Russia and somebody yells out "Pidora", they might not be referring to the newly released distro for the Raspberry Pi. LXer Linux News … [Read More...]

Dietrich Schmitz Joins ECT News Network

Linux Advocate Dietrich Schmitz today accepted an offer to write weekly feature stories for ECT News Network. LXer Linux News … [Read More...]

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I will show you if and how openSUSE 12.3 can redeem itself. Naturally, we will go with the KDE desktop, because Gnome is not an option anymore. My test box will … [Read More...]

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One month after Rob Clark began developing his Freedreno Gallium3D stack for Qualcomm's Adreno A3xx hardware, he's beginning to achieve visual success. While … [Read More...]

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Handbrake, a free, open source video transcoder for Linux, Windows and Mac OS X, has been updated to version 0.9.9 recently, getting Blu-ray (PGS) subtitle … [Read More...]

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