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Wed Dec 31 1969 19:00:00 EST
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Subject: Unity WebApps Available In The Ubuntu 12.10 Official Repositories
The Unity WebApps feature has been available in Ubuntu 12.10 for some time, but besides the Amazon and Ubuntu One Music Store webapps which are installed by default, no other webapps were available for installation. Today, the webapps that were available in the preview PPA are available in the official Ubuntu 12.10 repositories, but as separate packages so you can install only the webapps you want and use.
http://www.webupd8.org/2012/09/unity-webapps-available-in-ubuntu-1210.html
http://www.webupd8.org/2012/09/unity-webapps-available-in-ubuntu-1210.html
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Wed Dec 31 1969 19:00:00 EST
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Subject: ASRock’s OMG provides parental control straight from the motherboard
From a security perspective, the most interesting feature of the UEFI Setup Utility is OMG (the Online Management Guard). It is a parental control system built into the motherboard. Neat.
http://www.linuxbsdos.com/2012/09/28/asrocks-omg-provides-parental-control-straight-from-the-motherboard/
http://www.linuxbsdos.com/2012/09/28/asrocks-omg-provides-parental-control-straight-from-the-motherboard/
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Wed Dec 31 1969 19:00:00 EST
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Subject: Wine 1.5.14 Improves Shader Compiler, GIF, JavaScript
It's time for another bi-weekly development Wine release for running Windows binaries on Linux and other operating systems...
http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTE5NTE
http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTE5NTE
Ubuntu Developer Center monthly publishes a list of the most downloaded commercial and free applications from the Ubuntu Software Center. In August, to no surprise, the majority of the applications in the list were games.
http://www.steamforlinux.com/?q=en/node/119
http://www.steamforlinux.com/?q=en/node/119
The Wine development release 1.5.14 is now available.
http://ubuntugamingproject.blogspot.it/2012/09/wine-1514-released.html
http://ubuntugamingproject.blogspot.it/2012/09/wine-1514-released.html
(Columbus, OH and Sacramento, CA, USA: September 29, 2012) The Linux Professional Institute (LPI), the world's premier Linux certification organization (http://www.lpi.org), announced during Ohio LinuxFest 2012 in Columbus, Ohio (OLF: http://ohiolinux.org) that LPI's Linux Essentials program measuring foundational knowledge in Linux and Open Source Software is now available in North America. Linux Essentials was initially released as a pilot program in Europe, the Middle East and Africa but due to popular demand has now expanded to North America.
http://www.lpi.org/news/lpi-announces-linux-essentials-north-america
http://www.lpi.org/news/lpi-announces-linux-essentials-north-america
With the recent release of the Unity 6.6 desktop for Ubuntu 12.10 Beta 2, benchmarks were done to see how the OpenGL gaming performance compares to that of Unity 6.4 from the earlier beta state of the Quantal Quetzal, plus the respective Compiz versions. At least for Intel Ivy Bridge graphics under some workloads, it looks like the Unity/Compiz updates are slowing down the GL performance even further.
http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=17932
http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=17932
The following tutorial will teach Ubuntu users how to install the latest Beta release of the popular Mozilla Firefox web browser on their systems.
http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-to-Install-Firefox-Beta-on-Ubuntu-Linux-295649.shtml
http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-to-Install-Firefox-Beta-on-Ubuntu-Linux-295649.shtml
Yes, that is an operating system that started life on mobile devices running on a desktop computer.
http://www.linuxbsdos.com/2012/09/29/oh-my-open-webos-running-on-an-hp-touchsmart-pc/
http://www.linuxbsdos.com/2012/09/29/oh-my-open-webos-running-on-an-hp-touchsmart-pc/
If you are having problems with getting good educational software that is affordable, then think again because Linux is here for you. Okay what a lot of people are not aware of is that there is a lot of wonderful educational software that can be used on the Linux operating system. Of course Linux as you may already know is open source and freely distributed, which means that it is also free. Now here is a list of the different educational software that you can use on the Linux operating system.
http://linuxaria.com/article/linux-is-full-with-educational-software?lang=en
http://linuxaria.com/article/linux-is-full-with-educational-software?lang=en
Chris Wilson has released yet another xf86-video-intel 2.20.x driver. This time around, the 2.20.9 point release brings back X-Video Motion Compensation (XvMC) and also fixes a critical bug...
http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTE5NTY
http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTE5NTY
Keith Packard has outlined plans for "DRI-Next", the improvements to the Direct Rendering Infrastructure that were brewed earlier this month at XDC2012 Nürnberg...
http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTE5NTI
http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTE5NTI
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Wed Dec 31 1969 19:00:00 EST
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Subject: Kickstarter for iControlPad 2 - open source controller w/ keyboard and gaming controls.
The project has reached the halfway point and is on it's way to reaching it's target with 900~ pledges so far.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1703567677/icontrolpad-2-the-open-source-controller
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1703567677/icontrolpad-2-the-open-source-controller
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Wed Dec 31 1969 19:00:00 EST
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Subject: C development on Linux - Packaging for Debian and Fedora - XI.
You're already in the know regarding the C programming language. You got the taste of it and felt like you want to go further and write your own. Or maybe help the community and package that favorite software of yours for the distribution you like and use. Regardless of the situation, this part of the C development series will show you how to create packages for two of the most popular distributions, Debian and Fedora. If you read our articles so far and you have some solid knowledge of the command line, and you can say that you know your distro of choice, you're ready.
http://how-to.linuxcareer.com/c-development-on-linux-packaging-for-debian-and-fedora-xi
http://how-to.linuxcareer.com/c-development-on-linux-packaging-for-debian-and-fedora-xi
Ubuntu has developed itself out of the hearts and minds of many users, myself included. So, what do I do now?
http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2012/09/29/which-linux-do-i-turn-to-in-my-hour-of-need/
http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2012/09/29/which-linux-do-i-turn-to-in-my-hour-of-need/
A revised patch-set was published a few days ago that can make meta-data operations for the Btrfs file-system approximately 20% faster. The latest patches build upon what I wrote about in February with A Patch That Can Make Btrfs 5~10% Faster. The idea comes down to providing an extent buffer cache for each i-node so that the item doesn't need to be searched from the root of a B+ tree everytime, thereby making searches quicker. The earlier patch wasn't merged but now it's up to a second version consisting of three patches and a stated 20% performance improvement for meta-data operations.
http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTE5NTU
http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTE5NTU
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Wed Dec 31 1969 19:00:00 EST
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Subject: Using mod_spdy With Apache2 On OpenSUSE 12.2 (x86_64)
SPDY (pronounced "SPeeDY") is a new networking protocol whose goal is to speed up the web. It is Google's alternative to the HTTP protocol and a candidate for HTTP/2.0. SPDY augments HTTP with several speed-related features such as stream multiplexing and header compression. To use SPDY, you need a web server and a browser (like Google Chrome and upcoming versions of Firefox) that both support SPDY. mod_spdy is an open-source Apache module that adds support for the SPDY protocol to the Apache HTTPD server. This tutorial explains how to use mod_spdy with Apache2 on OpenSUSE 12.2.
http://www.howtoforge.com/using-mod_spdy-with-apache2-on-opensuse-12.2-x86_64
http://www.howtoforge.com/using-mod_spdy-with-apache2-on-opensuse-12.2-x86_64
A patch has emerged that provides "AutoFDO" support for the GCC compiler for automated feedback-directed optimizations...
http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTE5NTc
http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTE5NTc
That's right, the long wait is finally over and a new stable release of Slackware has arrived! Since our last stable release, a lot has changed in the Linux and FOSS world.
http://www.slackware.com/getslack/torrents.php
http://www.slackware.com/getslack/torrents.php
The software developers have released version 14 of the oldest still-maintained Linux distribution, with kernel version 3.2.29. Slackware 14 includes numerous updated components such as the Xfce 4.10 and KDE 4.8.5 desktop interfaces
http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Slackware-14-0-Linux-distribution-has-arrived-1720515.html/from/rss
http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Slackware-14-0-Linux-distribution-has-arrived-1720515.html/from/rss