As of next month, Canonical’s Ubuntu One file-syncing service will be 3 years old. Since its introduction it has evolved considerably and taken some unexpected turns. At this juncture, then, it seems appropriate to ask: What is Ubuntu One, exactly? What makes it different and where is it headed in the future? [url=http://www.thevarguy.com/2012/04/17/sizing-up-canonicals-ubuntu-one-service/]Read on for some thoughts[/url].
http://www.thevarguy.com/2012/04/17/sizing-up-canonicals-ubuntu-one-service/
http://www.thevarguy.com/2012/04/17/sizing-up-canonicals-ubuntu-one-service/
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Subject: Danny Pop: Give me my Linux and computers back!
Somewhere around 2002 I put my eyes on a "Linux special" edition of a popular computer magazine containing no less than 5 Mandrake installation CDs. I called in a geekier friend of mine and spent the whole afternoon reading the huge instructions leaflet and performing all the required steps. I was very, very excited and eager to explore the new possibilities. But...
http://linuxblog.darkduck.com/2012/04/danny-pop-give-me-my-linux-and.html
http://linuxblog.darkduck.com/2012/04/danny-pop-give-me-my-linux-and.html
As of next month, Canonical’s Ubuntu One file-syncing service will be 3 years old. Since its introduction it has evolved considerably and taken some unexpected turns. At this juncture, then, it seems appropriate to ask: What is Ubuntu One, exactly? What makes it different and where is it headed in the future? [url=http://www.thevarguy.com/2012/04/17/sizing-up-canonicals-ubuntu-one-service/]Read on for some thoughts[/url].
http://www.thevarguy.com/2012/04/17/sizing-up-canonicals-ubuntu-one-service/
http://www.thevarguy.com/2012/04/17/sizing-up-canonicals-ubuntu-one-service/
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Subject: EasyStroke : Easy Tool to Control Ubuntu Desktop with Mouse Gestures
Easystroke is a Mouse gesture-recognition application and mouse gesture manager for Ubuntu and Other Linux distribution. it allows user to control ubuntu application with hand drawn mouse gestures or Draw on the Screen. Easystroke work on Tablet PCs, it can be used equally well with a mouse, pen, or even your fingers if you have a touch-sensitive screen.
http://ubuntuportal.com/easystroke-easy-tool-to-control-ubuntu-desktop-with-mouse-gestures/
http://ubuntuportal.com/easystroke-easy-tool-to-control-ubuntu-desktop-with-mouse-gestures/
Patches were published today that introduce pinging support for Wayland clients, in an attempt to determine if a client is dead or alive. Should a client not respond to the ping request, the Wayland client's surface is faded-out...
http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTA4ODM
http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTA4ODM
Open source software company Inverse released the version 3.3 of PacketFence - a fully-featured network access control (NAC) solution running on Linux.
http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/165483/index.html
http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/165483/index.html
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Subject: Did The NVIDIA 295.40 Linux Driver Fall Off A Cliff?
While the NVIDIA 295.40 Linux graphics driver closes a high-risk security vulnerability, there's many reports coming in that the proprietary driver's performance has effectively fallen off a cliff and also caused stability issues...
http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTA4ODQ
http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTA4ODQ
A review of Aura, the new desktop concept for Chrome OS. Chrome is an intriguing but very limited OS that needs to figure out who its audience is [he]mdash[/he] especially given the price of Chromebooks.
http://www.mylinuxrig.com/post/21143411441/a-review-of-aura-for-chrome-os
http://www.mylinuxrig.com/post/21143411441/a-review-of-aura-for-chrome-os
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Subject: Raspberry Pi review – the price is right, but the software is not…
It is selling faster than they can make it, with global demand proving insatiable, but can the Raspberry Pi live up to the hype? Gareth Halfacree reveals all…
http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/reviews/raspberry-pi-review-the-price-is-right-but-the-software-is-not/
http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/reviews/raspberry-pi-review-the-price-is-right-but-the-software-is-not/
How do you get an IPV6 tunnel working over OpenVPN? This post shows you how.
http://www.technichristian.net/2012/04/16/ipv6-over-openvpn-tunnel.techni
http://www.technichristian.net/2012/04/16/ipv6-over-openvpn-tunnel.techni
Fantasy and Open Source Author Thomas A. Knight runs us through his recent experience with Linux Mint 12 and the new window manager, Unity.
http://thomasaknight.com/blog.php?id=56
http://thomasaknight.com/blog.php?id=56
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Wed Dec 31 1969 19:00:00 EST
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Subject: Rackspace Declares War Against Proprietary Clouds
When Rackspace launched new cloud services on OpenStack this week, the company essentially declared war against proprietary cloud computing platforms and closed systems. [url=http://www.talkincloud.com/rackspace-declares-war-against-proprietary-cloud-platforms/]Here's why[/url].
http://www.talkincloud.com/rackspace-declares-war-against-proprietary-cloud-platforms/
http://www.talkincloud.com/rackspace-declares-war-against-proprietary-cloud-platforms/
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Wed Dec 31 1969 19:00:00 EST
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Subject: Reading Between the Linux Contributor List's Lines
The recently released Who Writes Linux kernel contributor list reveals that some of the usual supporters of Linux -- Red Hat, SUSE, IBM, Intel, Oracle -- remain firmly behind the open source OS. There has also been a lot of attention on the other contributors, which now include Microsoft. What I find most fascinating about the Linux contributor list are the contributors that show some new direction and potential for Linux, in this case the processor players.
http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/74879.html
http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/74879.html
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Subject: Implement strong WiFi encryption the easy way with hostapd
hostapd, the Host Access Point daemon, provides strong WPA2 encryption and authentication on Linux-based wireless access points. It is fairly simple to configure, supports WPA2-Personal and Enterprise, and also provides a unique modification to WPA2-Personal that makes it both strong and simple to administer.
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-wifiencrypthostapd/index.html
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-wifiencrypthostapd/index.html
Fedora 17’s Beefy Miracle finally hits Beta, after a two-week delay to the original release. The Beta includes GNOME 3.4, GIMP 2.8, and Linux Kernel 3.3...
http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/news/fedora-17-beta-is-now-available/
http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/news/fedora-17-beta-is-now-available/
KDE4 Activities are misunderstood, which is unfortunate because they are powerful, fast tools for organizing complex workflows. So what's the point, who needs them, and how do you use them?
https://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/564826-kde4-activities-for-fast-efficient-workflow
https://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/564826-kde4-activities-for-fast-efficient-workflow
A look at the new features in Fedora 17, including some screenshots.
http://eyeonlinux.com/2012/04/17/fedora-17-sneak-peek/
http://eyeonlinux.com/2012/04/17/fedora-17-sneak-peek/
In my past several articles, I've looked at various packages to do all kinds of science. Sometimes, however, there just isn't a tool to solve a particular problem. That's the great thing about science. There is always something new to discover and study. But, this means it's up to you to develop the software tools you need to do your analysis. This article takes a look at the GNU Scientific Library, or GSL. This library is the Swiss Army library of routines that you will find useful in your work.
http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/science-gnu-way-part-i
http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/science-gnu-way-part-i
Valve is currently exploring possibilities for "wearable computing" and they're also getting into blogging...
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Phoronix/~3/JKODCqvS5bw/vr.php
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Phoronix/~3/JKODCqvS5bw/vr.php
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Subject: How to setup and expand a replicated Glusterfs 3.2.4 volume on Debian 6.x
In this tutorial I will describe how to setup and expand a replicated Glusterfs Volume on Debian Squeeze. Glusterfs is a clustered, scalable network file system licensed under the GNU GPL. Glusterfs should be able to handle petabytes of data anbd thousands of clients – may be I will try that later .. In my tutorial I will use only four storage server and one client.
http://www.frederikkonietzny.de/2012/04/how-to-setup-and-expand-a-replicated-glusterfs-3-2-4-volume-on-debian-6-x/
http://www.frederikkonietzny.de/2012/04/how-to-setup-and-expand-a-replicated-glusterfs-3-2-4-volume-on-debian-6-x/