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Subject: Qomo Linux 4.0 Beta Released; New Repository Page Launched
OnSeptember 24th, the 4.0 Beta version of Qomo Linux, the communitydistribution of Linux-ren, was distributed. it is a grand new distribution thathas been developed from the scratch by the Qomo team, for several months.
http://www.linux-ren.org/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=67716&fromuid=65210
http://www.linux-ren.org/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=67716&fromuid=65210
Android may not be as fully open as many FOSS fans would like it to be, but the fact remains that it's essentially the poster child for Linux's success in the mobile world. So it was with some dismay we looked on at the impromptu battle that sprang up recently between Google and Acer over Alibaba's Aliyun OS.
http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/76257.html
http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/76257.html
Canonical announced today, September 27th, that the second and last Beta version of the upcoming Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) operating system is now available for download.
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-12-10-Beta-2-Brings-an-Improved-Unity-295257.shtml
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-12-10-Beta-2-Brings-an-Improved-Unity-295257.shtml
The latest achievement within the Wayland camp is wlterm, a native terminal emulator...
http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTE5Mzc
http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTE5Mzc
The maker of an industrial control system designed to be used with so-called smart grid networks disclosed to customers last week that hackers had breached its network and accessed project files related to a control system used in portions of the electrical grid.
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/09/scada-vendor-telvent-hacked/
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/09/scada-vendor-telvent-hacked/
Quite a few options existas far as Android tabletsgo. Some of them are great choices for personal entertainment and mediaconsumption. Google's new Nexus 7 is a powerful little beast designed toserve up media from Google Play. Amazon's Kindle Fire is a great devicefor tapping Amazon's extensive content offerings.
http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/zatab-zareasons-open-tablet
http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/zatab-zareasons-open-tablet
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Wed Dec 31 1969 19:00:00 EST
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Subject: Secure Webmail Access Thanks to Zarafa YubiKey Two-Factor Authentication Integration
Two-Factor Authentication Integration Announced Today
http://download.zarafa.com/zarafa/press/20120927_zarafa_yubikey_press_release.pdf
http://download.zarafa.com/zarafa/press/20120927_zarafa_yubikey_press_release.pdf
The second beta release for the forthcoming Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" Linux distribution is now available for testing...
http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTE5MzY
http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTE5MzY
Netflix has a long history of keeping their customers under thumb, is it time the community fight back?
http://www.thepowerbase.com/2012/09/a-closed-netflix-hurts-everyone/
http://www.thepowerbase.com/2012/09/a-closed-netflix-hurts-everyone/
The Inverse team has just released SOGo v2.0 which features native Outlook compatibility using OpenChange and Samba4. This means Microsoft Outlook 2003, 2007 and 2010 can talk directly to SOGo - just like if it was a Microsoft Exchange server. No plugins are required in Outlook to make this work.
http://www.sogo.nu/
http://www.sogo.nu/
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Wed Dec 31 1969 19:00:00 EST
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Subject: Launchpad the first (?) bugtracker used to raise a polemic
Or should I say: “grep -R doesn’t automatically search amazon” ? This is becoming the most popular bug on launchpad, and if you are an Ubuntu user perhaps you have already seen it, for all the others..this is an interesting “bug” on a feature request, this is the original text of the bug posted by the user akeane
http://linuxaria.com/article/news/launchpad-the-first-bugtracker-used-to-raise-a-polemic?lang=en
http://linuxaria.com/article/news/launchpad-the-first-bugtracker-used-to-raise-a-polemic?lang=en
Gigolo is a natty front-end for managing remote filesystems using GNOME Virtual File System (GVfs or GIO). Should you be interested in getting it?
http://linuxblog.darkduck.com/2012/09/gigolo-juggling-remote-filesystems.html
http://linuxblog.darkduck.com/2012/09/gigolo-juggling-remote-filesystems.html
This tutorial describes how to create Android applications with Eclipse. It is based on Eclipse 4.2 (Juno), Java 1.6 and Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). The great thing with Android programming is that all needed tools are free and you can use Linux, Windows or Mac operating systems. We're going to install and configure the following software in order to start Android programming:
http://www.inforbiro.com/blog-eng/android-development-environment-setup/
http://www.inforbiro.com/blog-eng/android-development-environment-setup/
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Wed Dec 31 1969 19:00:00 EST
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Subject: pfSense - Squid + Squidguard / Traffic Shapping Tutorial
In this tutorial I will show you how to set up pfSense 2.0.1 up as an Internet Gateway with Squid Proxy / Squidguard Filtering. I will also show that you have to configure some extra features of pfSense like traffic shapping with squid. This type of configuration would be useful for people who want to set up wireless hot spots or Internet cafe's etc.
http://www.howtoforge.com/pfsense-squid-squidguard-traffic-shaping-tutorial
http://www.howtoforge.com/pfsense-squid-squidguard-traffic-shaping-tutorial
While the new AMD Trinity APUs are what's exciting and being benchmarked at the moment, here are some updated compiler tests from earlier this month on an AMD FX-8150 Bulldozer system...
http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTE5Mzk
http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTE5Mzk
Semiconductor start-up Adapteva has announced its kickstarter plan to create an open-source experimentation board with a massive amount of parallel processing power.
http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/news/adapteva-announces-raspberry-pi-competitor/
http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/news/adapteva-announces-raspberry-pi-competitor/
There's new improvements within the wonderful open-source APITrace utility for better profiling OpenGL games/applications...
http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTE5Mzg
http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTE5Mzg
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Wed Dec 31 1969 19:00:00 EST
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Subject: Parallella, A $99 Supercomputer Running Ubuntu
The Parallella is a new pocket sized computer based on the Epiphany multicore chips developed by semiconductor start-up Adapteva.
http://www.ubuntuvibes.com/2012/09/parallella-99-supercomputer-running.html
http://www.ubuntuvibes.com/2012/09/parallella-99-supercomputer-running.html
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Wed Dec 31 1969 19:00:00 EST
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Subject: MartUX: OpenIndiana Reviving Sun SPARC Hardware
MartUX is a new OpenIndiana/Illumos-based Solaris distribution for reviving SPARC hardware support. MartUX_OpenIndiana is based upon OpenIndiana oi_151a, which was released for x86 hardware one year ago, but this LiveDVD distribution release is focusing upon SPARC hardware support. This is the first SPARC release of an OpenIndiana / Illumos distribution.
http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTE5NDY
http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTE5NDY
This week we look at 2013 CIO priorities, how some companies are missing the mark with Agile and bringing Android mobile apps to Windows.
http://blog.ness.com/spl/bid/82583/5-Links-for-Developers-and-IT-Pros-9-28-12
http://blog.ness.com/spl/bid/82583/5-Links-for-Developers-and-IT-Pros-9-28-12