There's some more progress to report on with Wayland and Weston beyond the Wayland talks at last week's LF collab summit, including a video showing various GTK applications running within Wayland on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS...
http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTA4NTA
http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTA4NTA
I recently had occasion to explore some alternate screencast applications, since ogv files ceased playing back sanely on one of my systems. That issue was ultimately addressed by "upgrading" the video card in my aging Pentium 4 computer (with an old 128 MB nvidia card I got for $15). But not before I investigated some alternatives to recordmydesktop.
http://audaciousamateur.blogspot.com/2012/04/addendum-to-first-installment-alternate.html
http://audaciousamateur.blogspot.com/2012/04/addendum-to-first-installment-alternate.html
LLVM 3.1 is set to be released next month but will it offer up any performance improvements when paired with the open-source Mesa Gallium3D LLVMpipe driver for CPU-based OpenGL support? Here's some new benchmarks that were conducted over the weekend...
http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTA4NDc
http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTA4NDc
Development on the Linux 2.4 kernel is now officially over with no more maintenance releases being expected...
http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTA4NDg
http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTA4NDg
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Subject: Ironic: HP Cloud Uses Oracle MySQL to Counter Microsoft SQL Azure
How’s this for ironic: The new HP Public Cloud will promote MySQL databases as a service, essentially leveraging Oracle’s software to compete with the Microsoft SQL Azure cloud, among other public cloud database services. HP and Oracle essentially hate each other. [url=http://www.talkincloud.com/hp-public-cloud-twist-oracle-mysql-vs-microsoft-sql-azure/]But here's why HP embraced MySQL[/url].
http://www.talkincloud.com/hp-public-cloud-twist-oracle-mysql-vs-microsoft-sql-azure/
http://www.talkincloud.com/hp-public-cloud-twist-oracle-mysql-vs-microsoft-sql-azure/
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Subject: HP Public Cloud Launches With OpenStack, MySQL Components
Hewlett-Packard officially launched the HP Converged Cloud and HP Public Cloud strategies on April 10. The HP Public Cloud is built on OpenStack and will include a MySQL relational database service that competes with Microsoft SQL Azure and other cloud database platforms. [url=http://www.talkincloud.com/hp-converged-cloud-and-hp-public-cloud-details-confirmed/]Here are details[/url].
http://www.talkincloud.com/hp-converged-cloud-and-hp-public-cloud-details-confirmed/
http://www.talkincloud.com/hp-converged-cloud-and-hp-public-cloud-details-confirmed/
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Subject: Citrix kicks down door, breaks up OpenStack cloud party
Two years ago, Rackspace went after Amazon in a big way, launching an open-source cloud initiative called OpenStack. Since that time, more than 150 companies have signed up to the anti-Amazon party. Last week, however, one big participant decided to leave OpenStack to create an after-party that by many accounts fixes a slew of problems inherent in OpenStack's design-by-committee approach.
http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2012/04/10/cloudstack_vs_openstack/
http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2012/04/10/cloudstack_vs_openstack/
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Subject: New Aura Window Manager available in open source Chromium OS
Like the look of the new window manager on Chrome OS, Aura? Then you can build it in Chromium OS, the open source base to Google’s netbook OS
http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/news/new-aura-window-manager-available-in-open-source-chromium-os/
http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/news/new-aura-window-manager-available-in-open-source-chromium-os/
A while back, Canonical announced that it will no longer fund Kubuntu, the KDE Ubuntu flavor, thus making it a community-only Ubuntu flavor. But there is some good news for Kubuntu users: Blue Systems will start sponsoring Kubuntu starting with version 12.10 for which the development cycle starts in May.
http://www.webupd8.org/2012/04/kubuntu-finds-new-sponsor.html
http://www.webupd8.org/2012/04/kubuntu-finds-new-sponsor.html
You’re a vile one, Mr. Hess. You have sarcasm in your soul. You have all the subtle diplomacy of a lovesick Troll.
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/consumerization/the-grinchdroid-who-stole-my-power/308?tag=mantle_skin;content
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/consumerization/the-grinchdroid-who-stole-my-power/308?tag=mantle_skin;content
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Wed Dec 31 1969 19:00:00 EST
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Subject: Verio Promotes Citrix CloudStack Amid OpenStack Showdown
Verio is partnering with Citrix CloudStack to launch Cloudn, a cloud services platform that’s available now exclusively to partners. Verio joins a growing list of cloud services providers that are backing Citrix CloudStack, an open source cloud platform that is widely considered a rival to OpenStack. [url=http://www.talkincloud.com/verio-promotes-citrix-cloudstack-to-cloud-services-partners/]Here are details[/url].
http://www.talkincloud.com/verio-promotes-citrix-cloudstack-to-cloud-services-partners/
http://www.talkincloud.com/verio-promotes-citrix-cloudstack-to-cloud-services-partners/
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Wed Dec 31 1969 19:00:00 EST
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Subject: New Government Agency Built from Ground Up with Open Source
One recently established government agency had the luxury of building its IT infrastructure from the ground up, and it chose open source software whenever possible. It also is open sourcing its custom code as a way of giving back to the community.
http://www.real-user-monitoring.com/government-agency-built-from-ground-up-with-open-source/
http://www.real-user-monitoring.com/government-agency-built-from-ground-up-with-open-source/
A 15 month study of 319 primary schools in rural Peru by the Inter-American Development bank (IDB) has concluded that the One Laptop per Child project is not enough, at least on its own, to improve educational outcomes. This is believed to be the first evaluation of OLPC that looks at student learning and was performed by taking 320 schools of which 210 were randomly selected to get OLPC-XO laptops.
http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/OLPC-alone-not-enough-to-improve-education-1518291.html
http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/OLPC-alone-not-enough-to-improve-education-1518291.html
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Subject: First look: Qt 5 makes JavaScript a first-class citizen for app development
The Qt development toolkit is undergoing a major overhaul. The developers behind the project announced the availability of the Qt 5 alpha release this week. It's a key milestone on the path to the official launch of Qt 5, expected to occur later this year.
http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2012/04/an-in-depth-look-at-qt-5-making-javascript-a-first-class-citizen-for-native-cross-platform-developme.ars
http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2012/04/an-in-depth-look-at-qt-5-making-javascript-a-first-class-citizen-for-native-cross-platform-developme.ars
"We announced in November that we would be taking Ubuntu to a lot of new devices," said Peter Goodall, product manager for Canonical. "We've been very popular in the PC desktop and server space. We have done really well. We realized that to take Ubuntu into the next generation, we needed to move beyond the traditional PC and server and move into devices like tablets, TVs and even cars."
http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/74822.html
http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/74822.html
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Subject: Synchronize VxWorks Data with Enterprise Databases Through ITTIA DB Sync
VxWorks developers can take advantage of the advanced features, cross platform flexibility, compliance with ANSI standards, and SQL offered by ITTIA DB SQL for building mission critical applications.
http://www.ittia.com/news/press/2012/apr/vxworks-enterprise-database-sync
http://www.ittia.com/news/press/2012/apr/vxworks-enterprise-database-sync
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Wed Dec 31 1969 19:00:00 EST
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Subject: Will the Raspberry Pi usher in a new generation of Linux users?
If you have not heard of the new Raspberry Pi yet, then you surely will soon enough. The new budget computer has just passed its Conformité Européenne testing, so now it can be stamped with the commonly seen CE mark and sold throughout Europe. A limited number of units were sold before the device was certified, and distribution was halted until the Pi passed the quality control tests. The distributors of the Raspberry Pi also took the time to make sure that the device meets all the regulations enforced by Australian, Canadian, and US supervisory bodies. So now the new Raspberry Pi, starting at the mere price of $25, is ready to be unleashed upon the world, but what does this mean for Linux users and developers?
http://linuxaria.com/article/will-the-raspberry-pi-usher-in-a-new-generation-of-linux-users?lang=en
http://linuxaria.com/article/will-the-raspberry-pi-usher-in-a-new-generation-of-linux-users?lang=en
I like to think that Linux is about a flexible an operating system as you can find. But it can be easy to forget just how flexible it is. We can get ourselves stuck in our computing habits and stick with the old and familiar. And sometimes, just trying something new can sometimes seem daunting and just not worth the effort.
http://www.unixmen.com/201204-linux-do-it-your-way/
http://www.unixmen.com/201204-linux-do-it-your-way/
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Subject: Kubuntu Gets New Backer, Parting Ways With Canonical
While some KDE users running Kubuntu were concerned following Canonical's decision to drop support for Kubuntu following the 12.04 LTS release, there's a new backer of the Kubuntu project outside of Canonical.
http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTA4NTM
http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTA4NTM
One of the world's largest research charities, the Wellcome Trust, is to support efforts by scientists to make their work freely available for all. The Trust is to establish a free, online publication to compete with established academic journals. They say their new title could be a "game changer" forcing other publishing houses to increase free access.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17668722
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17668722