Jeremy Allison is a long-time free software advocate and a lead developer of Samba. He has given a talk on why Samba chose the GNU GPL version 3 on several occasions, and we wanted to highlight that talk again as part of our series.
Read more »
KDE Plasma Active: The Mobile Interface That Works
http://www.linuxpromagazine.com –
To express myself mildly, I'm not a fan of interfaces for mobile devices. At best, they seem clumsy makeshifts, tolerable only because nothing better is available. The only exception is KDE's Plasma Active, which not only works well on tablets, but, with its recently released version 3.0, remains the only mobile-inspired interface I can tolerate on a workstation
Read more »- Login to post comments
Will XP Users Shun Vista 8 in Favor of Ubuntu?
http://www.datamation.com –
Ubuntu is attracting new users every day. It enjoys an advantage with peripheral compatibility. And despite the software lock-in issue, one group of Windows users may be willing to try out a Windows alternative. These users are the ones who will be upgrading from Windows XP.
Read more »
- Login to post comments
How to install Z-Shell, awk, lua, nano, and more on your Android device without rooting it
http://www.linuxbsdos.com –
Want to do more than just touch, swipe, pinch and zoom on your Android smartphone or tablet? Want a powerful shell environment plus FFMpeg, ImageMagick, Sox, OggZ, GNU Awk, Sed, Grep, the LUA scripting language and a whole lot more on that Android phone or tablet without rooting it?
Read more »- Login to post comments
Installing Nginx With PHP5 (& PHP-FPM) & MySQL Support (LEMP) On Ubuntu 12.10
http://www.howtoforge.com –
Nginx (pronounced "engine x") is a free, open-source, high-performance HTTP server. Nginx is known for its stability, rich feature set, simple configuration, and low resource consumption. This tutorial shows how you can install Nginx on an Ubuntu 12.10 server with PHP5 support (through PHP-FPM) and MySQL support (LEMP = Linux + nginx (pronounced "engine x") + MySQL + PHP).
Read more »- Login to post comments
Linux More Viable Than Vista 8 for Gaming
http://www.muktware.com –
Some of the Valve's employees were present during the Ubuntu Developers' Summit and discussed the future of Steam on Ubuntu in particular, and Linux in general.
Read more »- Login to post comments
BackBox Linux 3 review
http://www.linuxbsdos.com –
Because it is based on Ubuntu, its installation program is Ubiquity, Ubuntu’s graphical installer. But the version of Ubiquity in BackBox 3 is the pre-Ubuntu 12.10 version, so full disk encryption and automatic LVM configuration are not supported.
Read more »- Login to post comments
Diaspora: Community-Driven, Two Months In!
http://blog.diasporafoundation.org –
About two months ago, we made the announcement that the project and its governance were being handed over to the community. Time has passed, the code is changing, and the project continues to thrive in new directions. I’d like to take a minute to explain the scope of what’s being done here.
Read more »
- Login to post comments
Virtualization With KVM On An OpenSUSE 12.2 Server
http://www.howtoforge.com –
This guide explains how you can install and use KVM for creating and running virtual machines on an OpenSUSE 12.2 server. I will show how to create image-based virtual machines and also virtual machines that use a logical volume (LVM). KVM is short for Kernel-based Virtual Machine and makes use of hardware virtualization, i.e., you need a CPU that supports hardware virtualization, e.g.
Read more »World’s smallest 4 megapixel USB3 vision camera and Tux, the Linux mascot
http://www.linuxbsdos.com –
Well, it just so happens that the company is no stranger to Linux, because their CURRERA-R series of machine-vision, smart cameras (integrated with an Intel-based personal computer) has support for Linux.
Read more »- Login to post comments
Ext4 data corruption on new kernels
http://lwn.net –
In short: ext4 users would be well advised to avoid versions 3.4.14, 3.4.15, 3.5.7, 3.6.2, and 3.6.3; they all contain a patch which can, in some situations, cause filesystem corruption. Investigation is underway.
Read more »
- Login to post comments
The Perfect Desktop - Xubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal)
http://www.howtoforge.com –
This tutorial shows how you can set up a Xubuntu 12.10 desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear: you get a secure system without DRM restrictions that works even on old hardware, and the best thing is: all software comes free of charge.
Read more »Installing Apache2 With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Ubuntu 12.10 (LAMP)
http://www.howtoforge.com –
LAMP is short for Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP. This tutorial shows how you can install an Apache2 webserver on an Ubuntu 12.10 server with PHP5 support (mod_php) and MySQL support.
Read more »- Login to post comments
LinuxCon Europe & Embedded Linux Conference Europe (ELCE) November 5-9, 2012 - Barcelona, Spain
https://events.linuxfoundation.org –
Keynote Sessions covering a range of topics including Embedded Linux, Cloud Computing, Community and more from speakers including Linus Torvalds, Mark Shuttleworth, Brian Stevens, Mårten Mickos and other industry leaders and visionaries.
Read more »VA lays roadmap to certify VistA for meaningful use
http://www.govhealthit.com –
The US Veterans Affairs Department is preparing a roadmap toward meaningful use certification of its VistA electronic health record version that is being updated and improved in the OSEHRA open source community.
Read more »- Login to post comments
