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Linux kernel 3.2.2 Is Available for Download

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:36:54 -0500

Greg Kroah-Hartman announced last night, January 25th, that the second maintenance release of the stable Linux kernel 3.2 is available for download and all users should upgrade to it as soon as possible.

Linux kernel 3.2.2 brings lots of fixes, some new driver updates, especially for ALSA, and a couple of NFS, UBIFS, and CIFS improvements. Read More

How Open Source Licenses Affect Your Business and Your Developers

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:33:50 -0500

Copyleft licenses have been the most popular choice for new open source projects. Recently, however, developers and companies seem to be moving from the GPL in favor of less restrictive permissive licenses for open source projects. What's behind the trend and how does it impact your business? Read More

Thunderbird 9.0 Officially Lands in Ubuntu 11.10

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:31:17 -0500

After the official upgrade to Firefox 9 in Ubuntu 11.10 at the beginning of the month, Canonical announced on January 24th that the Mozilla Thunderbird 9.0 email client is now available on the official software repositories of the Oneiric Ocelot operating system. Read More

KDE 4.8 released with new features and improvements

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:27:05 -0500

KDE team announced the release of KDE 4.8 stable version. KDE 4.8 provides updates to KDE Plasma Workspaces, KDE Applications, and the KDE Platform. Amongst the new features and improved performance you will find:

KWin optimizations
6 Alt+Tab (‘Window Switcher’) layouts to choose from
Redesigned power management settings
Faster file loading in Dolphin
Gwenview improved image viewing abilities
A more stable KMail
Icon Tasks plasmoid, task manager
Introduction of ‘KSecretService’ – a new framework for sharing passwords and data between applications securely
KDE Telepathy communication software Read More

LinuxCertified Announces its next "Linux Fundamentals" Course w/Free Linux laptop!

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 19:09:05 -0500

This two-day introduction to Linux broadens attendees horizons with a detailed overview of the operating system. Attendees learn how to effectively use a Linux system as a valuable tool. They get familiar with the architecture and various components of the operating system, learn both graphical and command line tools, and learn to do basic networking. This class is scheduled for January 19th - 20th, 2012.

Do You Want Your OwnCloud?

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 23:40:11 -0500

The open source OwnCloud project enables users to set up their own cloud storage service, analogous in many ways to what the proprietary DropBox service provides today.

OwnCloud is becoming more than just an open source project; it's now a commercial entity too. Helming the new company as the CEO and CTO of OwnCloud is former Novell SUSE Linux CTO Markus Rex. Rex told InternetNews.com that the plan is to have commercial products and services in the first quarter of 2012. Read More

4 security features in Fedora 16

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 23:37:01 -0500

The security features in Fedora make it one of my favorite Linux distributions. And that is partly why it is in my list of the top 6 KDE distributions of 2011, even though it takes some tweaking to get it to the it just works state. I will take the security advantages of an operating system over any user-friendliness weaknesses, provided those user-friendliness weaknesses are not show stoppers.

Two of the four security features in Fedora 16 are enabled out of the box. The others are optional features that can be configured during installation. So, let us look at those two optional security features first. Read More

6 Best Free Android FTP Tools

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 23:25:24 -0500

File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a popular and time-honored method of transferring files to and from remote network sites and devices. FTP is built on a client-server architecture and uses separate control and data connections between the client and server applications. The FTP client connects to the FTP server, and enables the user to send and retrieve files from that server.

FTP is one of many different file transfer protocols that are used in computing. Other examples include the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), BitTorrent, the SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP), and Secure Copy (SCP). Read More

10 Indie Games for Linux part 1

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 23:21:07 -0500

In a former article regarding Linux games a reader commented that for Linux there are always the same title and nothing new really comes out.
So i’ve decided to explore a bit the indie game market and make 2 post about them, in this one i’ll show you 5 freely downloadable Indie games, in the next one i’ll post 5 game that must be purchased (but the costs are relatively low).

So today we’ll take a look at: dwarf fortress, epic inventor, abuse, smokin’guns and xonotic.
Online now part 2 with a review of: Towns, Eschalon, Survivors of Ragnarök, Atom Zombie Smasher and Steel Storm: Burning Retribution. Read More

Future of the Linux Desktop

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 23:15:16 -0500

With the end of another year inevitable talks of the year of the Linux desktop is emerging once again. But what I've seen so far is all pessimism. I believe that compared to last years there is much improvement in the chances of Linux desktop in some cases. But there is also one big problem, let's list them.

Gaming first; with the rise of indie gaming Linux is a much better place then it was a few years ago. Recent release of Desura and popularity of various indie bundles is testament to this. Moreover, gaming consoles' overtaking of PCs can only benefit Linux. So far, with regards of a year of Linux desktop, changes in gaming only improved Linux's chances. Read More

CentOS 6.1 has been released

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 01:02:56 -0500

On 9th Dec,2011, the team of the Community Enterprise Operating System [CentOS] team announced the availability of CentOS 6.1 in both architecture 32-bit[i386] and 64-bit[x86_64]. The CentOS is originally based on Fedora and available with many packages in their repositories. It is totally based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux so if you are in search of enterprise operating system then the CentOS is the best choice. Read More

Linux System and Network Administration Bootcamp W/Free Laptop!

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 05:20:58 -0500

LinuxCertified,Inc. a leading provider of Linux training, will offer Linux system administration bootcamp on December 17 - 18, 2011 near San Francisco (South Bay). This workshop is designed for busy information technology professionals and is designed to cover the most important Linux administration areas. All attendees get a free Linux laptop. Read More

CentOS 6.1 Is Now Available for Download

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 05:15:35 -0500

The new CentOS 6.1 operating system is based on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 distribution, and it brings all the features that are present in the RHEL distro, with which is 100% binary compatible.

CentOS 6.1 contains various yum changes and enhancements and was completely rebuilt using a brand-new build system and library checks, in order to confirm RHEL binary compatibility. Read More

Hewlett-Packard Plans to Turn WebOS Into Open-Source Project

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 05:03:23 -0500

Hewlett-Packard Co. will turn its WebOS software into an open-source project, aiming to get outside developers to embrace the struggling operating system it acquired in last year’s $1.2 billion purchase of Palm Inc.

WebOS will be offered under an open-source license, meaning developers and hardware manufacturers can tinker with it and bring their own versions to market, the Palo Alto, California- based company said today in a statement. Hewlett-Packard said it will remain active in developing and supporting WebOS. Read More

5 System Monitoring Tools for Ubuntu

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 20:16:04 -0500

Whether you’re resource-conscious, investigating a system slowdown, or, like me, plain nosey, Ubuntu makes it easy to keep an eye on CPU, RAM and other hardware information.
Below are five different ways to monitor system resource usage in Ubuntu – from indicator-applets to included applications… Read More