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...]
http://thevarguy.com/open-source-application-software-companies/red-hat-openstack-linux-virtualization-cloud-triple-play
May 24, 2013 By Michael Perks Leave a Comment
OpenStack, the open source cloud platform, has hundreds of backers. But like Linux, multiple OpenStack distributions may emerge on the market. That could trigger customer confusion and indecision. Enter Red Hat (NYSE:RHT), the leading provider of corporate Linux solutions. I'm betting Red Hat will gradually repeat that success with OpenStack. Here's why. LXer Linux News … [Read More...]
Pinguy OS 13.04 (Final, Yet Beta) Released With GNOME 3.8
May 24, 2013 By Michael Perks Leave a Comment
Pinguy OS 13.04 (based on Ubuntu 13.04) beta has been released recently, this being basically the final 13.04 version because Pinguy has decided to keep the 6 month releases as betas and only the LTS will be considered stable.The non-LTS releases will be using bleeding edge software, like XBMC 13.0 alpha or GNOME 3.8 / GNOME Shell 3.8 that's included in Pinguy OS 13.04, which isn't included by … [Read More...]
Intel Shows Off GNOME3-Based Tizen Shell
May 24, 2013 By Michael Perks Leave a Comment
At the Tizen conference this week in San Francisco, Intel showed off an Intel Ultrabook running their next-generation Tizen 3.0 platform that's using a shell/desktop derived from GNOME 3.x... 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...]
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http://thevarguy.com/open-source-application-software-companies/red-hat-openstack-linux-virtualization-cloud-triple-play
May 24, 2013 By Michael Perks Leave a Comment
OpenStack, the open source cloud platform, has hundreds of backers. But like Linux, multiple OpenStack distributions may emerge on the market. That could trigger customer confusion and indecision. Enter Red Hat … [Read More...]
Handheld SDR Transceiver runs Linux on ARM/FPGA SoC
May 24, 2013 By Michael Perks Leave a Comment
Epiq Solutions announced a handheld software defined radio (SDR) device with an RF transceiver that tunes from 300MHz to 3.8GHz, plus a built-in 1PPS GPS. The Matchstiq Z1 is built around a Linux-ready iVeia … [Read More...]
5 Links for Developers and IT Pros 5-24-13
May 24, 2013 By Michael Perks Leave a Comment
This week we look at the 7 best open source projects for newbies, why a bad app could be worse than no app and programming languages you should skip. LXer Linux News … [Read More...]
Transparency Camp event report and review of new tools
May 24, 2013 By Michael Perks Leave a Comment
I got bitten at camp this weekend, but indifference would have been the only relevant repellant and thankfully, I'm allergic to that. Here's what I learned as a first-time camper.Transparency … [Read More...]
Is Google Code In Trouble? No More Open Source Downloads For You
May 24, 2013 By Michael Perks Leave a Comment
Google Code got started back in 2006 as an alternative open source code hosting repository and google codecollaborative development site. At the time of its creation, I had thought that it would competitive … [Read More...]
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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
AMD RadeonSI Gallium3D Begins Simple CL Demos
May 24, 2013 By Michael Perks Leave a Comment
The open-source AMD RadeonSI Gallium3D driver is beginning to work when it comes to running simple OpenCL programs on the Radeon HD 7000 series graphics … [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 … [Read More...]
Featured Linux Howtos
How To Install Emerald In Ubuntu 13.04, 12.10 Or 12.04 [PPA]
May 24, 2013 By Michael Perks Leave a Comment
Emerald Window Decorator development may have stopped and the package is no longer available in the Ubuntu repositories for a few releases, but there are users … [Read More...]
Setting Up A Subversion Repository On Linux
May 24, 2013 By Michael Perks Leave a Comment
Setting Up A Subversion Repository On Linux In this tutorial I'll explain how to setup a subversion repository for PHP Javascript development. The SVN … [Read More...]
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Call of Duty: Ghosts also coming out on PS4
May 23, 2013 By Michael Perks Leave a Comment
Activision took up a lot of time at the Xbox event yesterday, enough to make some fans believe Call of Duty was going completely Xbox. Infinity Ward decided to … [Read More...]
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...]