Review: Kubuntu 13.04
May 21, 2013 By Michael Perks Leave a Comment
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...]
Pidora, Raspberry Pi’s Unfortunately Named Fedora Remix
May 24, 2013 By Michael Perks Leave a Comment
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...]
Using Solr With TYPO3 On Debian Wheezy
May 23, 2013 By Michael Perks Leave a Comment
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...]
Linux 3.10-rc2 Kernel Takes In A Few Extra Pulls
May 24, 2013 By Michael Perks Leave a Comment
The second release candidate for the Linux 3.10 kernel is now out there. Torvalds released 3.10-rc2 on Monday with a few extra pulls that he wouldn't have accepted later on in the release cycle... Phoronix … [Read More...]
Video Review: openSUSE 12.3
April 23, 2013 By Michael Perks Leave a Comment
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...]
Today’s Linux News
Pidora, Raspberry Pi’s Unfortunately Named Fedora Remix
May 24, 2013 By Michael Perks Leave a Comment
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
May 24, 2013 By Michael Perks Leave a Comment
Linux Advocate Dietrich Schmitz today accepted an offer to write weekly feature stories for ECT News Network. LXer Linux News … [Read More...]
BeagleBone Black ships, climbs Device Tree with Linux 3.8
May 24, 2013 By Michael Perks Leave a Comment
BeagleBoard.org has begun shipping its faster, cheaper “BeagleBone Black” SBC with a Linux 3.8 kernel, supporting Device Tree technology for more streamlined ARM development. The $ 45 BeagleBone … [Read More...]
Zorin OS 7 Release Candidate out now
May 24, 2013 By Michael Perks Leave a Comment
Pre-release version of Zorin OS 7 Core available for testing, the RC including Linux Kernel 3.8 and an overhauled graphical interface LXer Linux News … [Read More...]
Digia launches Boot to Qt technology preview
May 24, 2013 By Michael Perks Leave a Comment
Digia launched a technology preview of Boot to Qt, a commercial offering that provides "a fully-integrated solution for the creation of slick user interfaces on embedded devices." The current version of Boot to … [Read More...]
Featured Linux Reviews
Review: Ubuntu 13.04
April 25, 2013 By Michael Perks Leave a Comment
The Canonical developers seem to present more work onUbuntu touch to be employed than with traditional Linux distribution: The technical innovations that … [Read More...]
Review: openSUSE 12.3
April 15, 2013 By Michael Perks Leave a Comment
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...]
Featured Linux Hardware
KTAP Released For Linux Kernel Dynamic Tracing
May 24, 2013 By Michael Perks Leave a Comment
Version 0.1 of KTAP has been released to provide a new scripting dynamic tracing tool for the Linux kernel... Phoronix … [Read More...]
Linux Desktop Security Could Be A Whole Lot Better
May 24, 2013 By Michael Perks Leave a Comment
The security researcher that uncovered a host of X.Org security issues went beyond just evaluating the X.Org libraries and looked at other Linux desktop … [Read More...]
Featured Linux Howtos
Video Transcoder `HandBrake` 0.9.9 Released With Blu-ray Subtitle Support, More
May 23, 2013 By Michael Perks Leave a Comment
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...]
How To Use Multiple PHP Versions (PHP-FPM & FastCGI) With ISPConfig 3 (Ubuntu 13.04)
May 23, 2013 By Michael Perks Leave a Comment
How To Use Multiple PHP Versions (PHP-FPM & FastCGI) With ISPConfig 3 (Ubuntu 13.04) Since ISPConfig 3.0.5, it is possible to use multiple PHP versions on … [Read More...]
Featured Android
New Android malware sends incoming messages to blackmailers
May 23, 2013 By Michael Perks Leave a Comment
It seems like Android is starting to get hit more frequently with malicious malware and this time the trojan can accept incoming messages and pass them onto … [Read More...]
BlackBerry, Nokia, Apple could be hurt by flood of ‘good enough’ Android phones
May 23, 2013 By Michael Perks Leave a Comment
While strong early sales for the Galaxy S4 and the HTC One have been making news lately, the real story for Android may be how well it does with lower-cost … [Read More...]