Open Cloud Roundup: Top Stories of the Week

I'm pinch hitting on this weekly column for our Digital Content Editor Libby Clark just one more week before she re ... http://bit.ly/KOLYJk

Open API lessons for LinkedIn and Facebook

Code to play, not pay to play Open... and Shut  One of the cardinal rules of open source is reciprocity: you can ... http://bit.ly/LiRt1P

More Cloud Investment: Sonian Picks Up $13.6M For Cloud Archiving And Search

As more businesses and consumers sign up to services that operate in the cloud, so more companies working in this s ... http://bit.ly/LNxriK

A Conversation with the Community

As Mandriva is entering a new phase in its history it has started an important conversation with the community abou ... http://bit.ly/LNxqLD

Bodhi Linux 2.0 Alpha Arrives for Testing

The first pre-release build of version 2.0 of Bodhi Linux, a minimalistic Enlightenment-desktop-based distribution, ... http://bit.ly/LiRsek

New HPC500 Org Seeks Applicants

Clipped from: www.hpc500.com (share this clip) Intersect360 Research is seeking applicants for their new HPC500 org ... http://bit.ly/LNxnzD

Chrome OS Sells Out But in a Good Way

Lightweight Linux distributions have grown in popularity in recent years, but few have been as buoyant as Google's ... http://bit.ly/LNxpHI

Fedora 18 to Support UEFI Secure Boot

Microsoft will sign a shim bootloader which will allow Fedora to boot on Windows 8/UEFI Secure Boot systems. The re ... http://bit.ly/LiRp25

The 8 Cheapest Computers in the World [Computers]

Computers are more affordable these days than they ever have been. But what if affordable ain't affordable enough ... http://bit.ly/LiRp23

Calculating Day of the Week

For those of you playing along at home, you'll recall that our intrepidhero is working on a shell script that can ... http://bit.ly/KWVxCX

Get a Grip on Your Collections with GCstar

If your comic books are chaos, or your board game collection has gone out of control, GCstar might be the solution ... http://bit.ly/JQoBOv

Dell to Create its Own ARM Server Ecosystem

Dell is working on clusters of up-to-48 micro-servers and a Linux-based software environment, with the aim of creat ... http://bit.ly/LFYVTZ

The Cloud's Killer App? SAP's Bid to Own the Enterprise Social Space

If you measure the social activity inside enterprise-class networks, it may look like LinkedIn has a lock on the ma ... http://bit.ly/Ju9DfB

Moonlight Is Dead, So Is Silverlight

Migel de Icaza, the creator of Mono, and Moonlight has announced that Moonlight will no longer be maintained. ... http://bit.ly/Ju9Cs6

ARM Is Raised For The Linux 3.5 Kernel

There's a growing number of features coming about for the Linux 3.5 kernel. Covered so far has been the DRM GPU dri ... http://bit.ly/Ju9E36

Purported Google Tablet Benchmark Points to Tegra 3, 7-inch Screen

A benchmark has popped up on Rightware showing performance by a "Google Asus Nexus 7" tablet, lending even more cre ... http://bit.ly/Ksg0Uv

GENIVI 2 Compatible Automotive Platform from MontaVista

Embedded systems specialist MontaVista has revamped its Automotive Technology Platform for in-vehicle information ( ... http://bit.ly/KHykb0

Android 4.0.4 Rolls Out to Samsung Galaxy Nexus Phones

The latest Android update is finally reaching the Galaxy Nexus phone, courtesy of Verizon. ... ... http://bit.ly/KsfZ38

LibreOffice 3.5.4 Released, Faster Than Ever Before

The Document Foundation (TDF) has announced the relase of LibreOffice 3.5.4, the fifth version of the free office s ... http://bit.ly/KHykaM

High-Availability Storage With GlusterFS 3.0. ...

High-Availability Storage With GlusterFS 3.0.x On Debian Squeeze - Automatic File Replication (Mirror) Across Two S ... http://bit.ly/KsfYMz

The Linux Foundation Releases Free FOSS Component Tracker

As open source software continues to proliferate in businesses and large enterprises, it gets ever harder to track ... http://bit.ly/Ksg071

Hack and / - Password Cracking with GPUs, Part II: Get Cracking

Your hardware is ready. Now, let's load up some software and get cracking. more ... http://bit.ly/L2il6w

SUSE Turns 20, Ascends to the Cloud

Congratulations to SUSE on celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. The company has successfully evolved from a ... http://bit.ly/KF6EDJ

The Open Source Robotics Foundation (OSRF) Is Booting Up

For more than a decade, some of the more interesting work in the field of robotics has been driven by open source e ... http://bit.ly/LCkLI4

Canonical Releases EC2 Image for Ubuntu ARM Server

Canonical has released an Amazon EC2 image that allows developers to test their applications running on the version ... http://bit.ly/KY8SMQ

The Best Idea Sins: Jim Whitehurst on the Red Hat Meritocracy

There’s a Southern expression that goes, "Says easy, does hard." In this case, it’s easy to say that your compa ... http://bit.ly/KY8SMM

Why Zuck Will Go Soft for Facebook Phone - and Rebrand Android

Do some actual electronic engineering? Unlike Analysis  Facebook's attempt to recruit smartphone engineers is bei ... http://bit.ly/Kr4SaN

MongoDB Developer 10gen Raises $42 Million Round Led By New Enterprise Associates

10gen, the company behind the increasingly popular NoSQL database MongoDB today announced that it has secured a new ... http://bit.ly/KY8Sws

Fedora 17 Released

The Fedora 17 release is out. "Frankly, we believe this is the beefiest release ever -- chock full of condiments, m ... http://bit.ly/Kr4Qjj

Sony Flavoring its 2011 Phones with Ice Cream Sandwich

The company has begun rolling out ICS for the rest of its 2011 lineup not already sporting the latest Android 4.0 u ... http://bit.ly/Kr4OrJ

The Open Source Robotics Foundation (OSRF) Is Booting Up

For more than a decade, some of the more interesting work in the field of robotics has been driven by open source e ... http://bit.ly/Kr4PvD

Is Facebook Circling Opera Software for a Possible Buy?

While there is no word from Facebook yet confirming the rumors, there are multiple reports going around the web say ... http://bit.ly/KpVDas

Networking Poll

We'd like to know about your networking preferences. Please take a moment to fill out this quick poll, and compile ... http://bit.ly/KY1r8s

Does Your Device Support OpenCL?

Vincent Hindriksen from StreamComputing writes that it can be difficult to determine if your CPU supports OpenCL, s ... http://bit.ly/L8ykiZ

Better Power Savings With ZPODD On Linux

Intel continues to work on Linux kernel patches for ZPODD support... ... http://bit.ly/KXsYec

GameStop Rolls Out Android Tablets With Pre-Loaded Games To 1,600 Stores

Diversification is the key to longevity. With that likely in mind, GameStop just announced wide-spread availability ... http://bit.ly/KAswQK

Ars Gear: The Old Windows PC Resurrected with Ubuntu

I love buying gadgets, and I'm not one to deprive myself. My house has just about every piece of equipment I've eve ... http://bit.ly/LCipIx

Wine 1.5.5 Adds Support for Mono as an Add-On Package

The new development release of Wine includes support for installing Mono as a Wine add-on package as well as instal ... http://bit.ly/KXe33y

New Obstacle for Open Source on Windows 8

Microsoft has announced that, in future, the free of charge version of Visual Studio will only be able to create Me ... http://bit.ly/LnPclh

Top 5 Internal Drives: The State of Solid-State Drives

CNET editor Dong Ngo picks the best solid-state internal drives right now that are also reasonably priced. ... ... http://bit.ly/JZ9W84

Linux Gamers Are Going Crazy for this New Game

There's another Kickstarter-backed game that may be coming to Linux and it's causing Linux gamers to become extreme ... http://bit.ly/JZ9W7Y

Tiny Pluggable Linux ARM Computers Are Red-Hot

The new wave of fun geek toys is inexpensive, hackable, tiny Linux-powered ARM computers, and they're red hot. This ... http://bit.ly/JZ9VRw

The Portal Cube Shown On Open-Source Linux

Here's a video of the "Companion Cube" from Valve's Portal video game rendering on Linux... ... http://bit.ly/LvhDgt

Business Apps Are Becoming Integrated with Google Drive

Recently, Google introduced its Google Drive cloud storage service, and with it you can sign up for 5GB of free clo ... http://bit.ly/KQULwJ

Xoreax Software Finds Diamonds in the Cloud

Xoreax Software announced recently that diamond-producer Sarin Technologies has has adopted the company’s Incredi ... http://bit.ly/Kn4V5L

Open Recall: Fedora 17 on Mac, libusb Fork and an x86 Android Image

Open Recall is a new space on The H for those things which are too small to package as news but are worth the linka ... http://bit.ly/KTvYEe

Open Cloud Roundup: Top Stories of the Week

Our Digital Content Editor Libby Clark is away from the office this week, so I'm bringing you the Linux.com Open Cl ... http://bit.ly/KumKRm

Blowing the Cloud Wide Open: Box.net to Begin Negotiable Enterprise Licenses

The generally accepted definition of "cloud services" - even the one prescribed by the U.S. Government (PDF availab ... http://bit.ly/JGnJde

3D Supernova Simulations on Jaguar

In an effort to measure the size of the universe, researchers are using the Jaguar supercomputer at ORNL to simulat ... http://bit.ly/JZKld8

GCC Explorer - An Interactive Take on Compilation

Matt Godbolt announces GCC explorer, a web-based tool for exploring how code tweaks change the machine code emitted ... http://bit.ly/LIpayQ

Google+ on Android Gets its Turn at a UI Remake, Extra Hangout and Photo Features in the Bargain

Did you see the Google+ 2.0 update for iPhone and wonder if Google's attention had drifted away from its own baby? ... http://bit.ly/JGnGhH

Android Malware Genome Project Launched

Security researchers from North Carolina State University announced the launch of a new initiative – the Android ... http://bit.ly/LIpcqo

Google's Schmidt Pledges Raspberry Pi Linux Computers to U.K. Schools

As we've reported, the diminutive $25 Linux computer dubbed Raspberry Pi is attracting developers and tinkerers, an ... http://bit.ly/LIp9L9

SSL Fix Flags Forged Certificates Before They're Accepted by Browsers

Researchers have proposed an extension to the Internet's foundation of trust that's designed to root out fraudulent ... http://bit.ly/JGnI9k

How to Become a Finalist: Inspired by Linux T-shirt Design Contest

{lfnews} I'm inspried by a variety of things, both small and large: a really good cup of coffee, great art, contri ... http://bit.ly/KhNl3n

Backing Up on Linux with Duplicity

Recently, we covered syncing files to Amazon S3 using the S3 Tools. This time around, we're going to take a look at ... http://bit.ly/KCWxhu

OpenLDAP Everywhere Reloaded, Part I

Directory services is one of the most interesting and crucialparts of computing today. They provide our account ma ... http://bit.ly/Kp9ttd

LLVM 3.1 Compiler Infrastructure Released

After an unannounced delay, LLVM 3.1 and Clang 3.1 have been released, bringing a variety of improvements to the co ... http://bit.ly/JxIoqy

Core JRuby Developers Move to Red Hat

Engine Yard has announced that JRuby core team members Thomas Enebo and Charles Nutter are leaving the company to j ... http://bit.ly/JCXFjc

$35 Raspberry Pi Gets Camera Module

In a blog post Liz discloses that the foundation is working on an experimental camera which will be released later ... http://bit.ly/Jd7Uv3

Open Source Hardware: Fast and Malleable

SparkFun is not like BMW. We will never be the company to produce the luxury market version of breakout boards and ... http://bit.ly/KaEYrj

Samsung Galaxy S III Smashes Pre-Order Records in UK

Samsung separately said that the Galaxy S III design was not changed to get around Apple's lawsuit. ... ... http://bit.ly/JHGWB4

Pyroom Text Editor Does Minimalism the Right Way

Whether you are writing code or creating editorial content, a noisy computing environment often can silence your pr ... http://bit.ly/KLt7Bu

Rugged Android Tablet Redefines Tonka-Tough... and Ugly [Overkill]

Designed to be used by those who are actively getting shot at in warzones, not just those of us who are clumsy with ... http://bit.ly/KTNWqz

Canonical Makes Rare X.Org/Wayland Contribution

While Canonical is known -- and commonly criticized -- for not investing in making heavy, low-level upstream Linux ... http://bit.ly/KC0mDO

VIA Launches Android PC; Mini ARM-Based System

Ever more mini-computers with ARM SoCs, on which hobbyists can run Android, Linux or other operating systems, are e ... http://bit.ly/JqeAHm

China Blesses Googarola and Open Source, Too

"Openness" is not a term that jumps to mind when describing the Chinese government. Yet on Sunday when Chinese regu ... http://bit.ly/MkEiit

New Linux Kernel Adds X32 ABI, Btrfs Updates

It's been a "calm" release cycle, according to Linus Torvalds, but the 3.4 Linux kernel released on Sunday still ha ... http://bit.ly/MEq1ja

Lightspark update improves graphics capabilities

Version 0.5.7 of the open source Flash player implementation for Linux focuses on features used by Flash games by i ... http://bit.ly/KJ5uJF

Apache Hive Query Patterns: Generalized HiveQL Queries for Common Operations

Use these four Apache Hive query patterns to improve the process of developing Hive-based applications, enhance cod ... http://bit.ly/KbRmGy

Amazon Appstore For Android Now Lets Users Test Drive Apps Right On Their Devices

Unless an app you have your eye happens to have a free demo version to muck about with, there’s little one can do ... http://bit.ly/KvK1OD

ownCloud 4 Released

Version 4 of the ownCloud "personal cloud" system is out. "ownCloud 4 – built through active community support ... http://bit.ly/Jm7zaA

Google Closes Deal on Motorola Mobility [In Brief]

Google's CEO, Larry Page, has announced that Google has officially acquired Motorola Mobility. The process started ... http://bit.ly/JDkaKu

Seven Useful Resources for Linux Beginners

If you're new or relatively new to Linux, you may be looking around for good Linux resources and perhaps some tutor ... http://bit.ly/KQzOye

GitHub Reaches Out to Windows Developers

As of this week, GitHub is reaching out to Windows developers with the announcement of GitHub for Windows, a graphi ... http://bit.ly/L2jU6s

The 3.4 Kernel is Out

Linus has released the 3.4 kernel. Significant features in this release include the Yama security module, support f ... http://bit.ly/KsAfNh

Who Loves Ya, Linux Baby?

If there's anything important in this competitive world, it's the ability to tell one's friends from one's enemies. ... http://bit.ly/KsAfNj

Chemistry the Gromacs Way

In this article, I'm diving into chemistry again. Many packages,both commercial and open source, are available to ... http://bit.ly/JzDMis

NVIDIA Issues New 302 Linux Beta

Aside from releasing a stable Linux driver update last week, NVIDIA also pushed out a new 302-series Linux driver b ... http://bit.ly/LbaVwG

Samsung Galaxy S III Edges Closer to T-Mobile, ATT

The Bluetooth SIG indicates the Samsung Galaxy S III is coming to T-Mobile, ATT. ... ... http://bit.ly/K895i0

Google Chrome Beats Internet Explorer

Google Chrome has beaten Microsoft's Internet Explorer as the most popular web browser worldwide, for the first tim ... http://bit.ly/K4hToG

Open Source Machines: New Ideas Are Arriving

Bring up the term open source to many people, and they'll immediately think of community-driven software projects, ... http://bit.ly/KeYqmc

Ubuntu 12.04 Git'ed With Intel Ivy Bridge

As the Intel Ivy Bridge benchmarks being delivered on Phoronix and coming up in the coming days are frequently usin ... http://bit.ly/MsDz1c

Test Driving Fuduntu

In my talk at Linux Fest Northwest — and I say this often to anyone who will listen — I mentioned that there is ... http://bit.ly/JpqXSe

Weekend Project: Replace Active Directory with Resara Server and Samba4

Samba4 aims to be a drop-in Active Directory server replacement. It's still in alpha, so the easy way to try it out ... http://bit.ly/JphvhM

DealBook: Live Blog: Facebook's Market Debut

No other market debut has matched the frenzy created by Facebook. DealBook’s live blog will be tracking reactions ... http://bit.ly/JX06js

MK802 Micro-PC Runs Android 4.0 and Linux for $74

The computer is the size of a USB stick and features a 1.5GHz Cortex A8 processor with 512MB of RAM and a MALI400 G ... http://bit.ly/JX05fA

Google, Microsoft Said to be Creating New Cloud Services

The two rivaling software giants are rumored to be in a run-off to introduce new Infrastructure as a Service platfo ... http://bit.ly/KYdOn6

Fedora 17 Won't Be Released Until 29 May

The Fedora Project has pushed back the final release date for version 17 of its popular Linux distribution by one w ... http://bit.ly/Jn7mb5

Analysts: Nokia On Track To Burn Through Its Whole $6B Cash Pile In Next 2 Years

The Facebook IPO is expected to usher in a day of massive trading volumes on the markets, and some believe that mig ... http://bit.ly/JoZ0Kt

HTC Evo 4G LTE Shipments Now Delayed at Best Buy

The retailer is now alerting customers that their orders for the Evo 4G LTE are being delayed indefinitely since Sp ... http://bit.ly/LjOdYI

Samsung’s Galaxy S III Reportedly Racks Up Over 9 Million Pre-Orders Worldwide

As if anyone needed any more proof that the Samsung’s Galaxy S III would sell like (slightly more expensive) hotc ... http://bit.ly/JoYZGi

Windows Phone Edging Out iPhone in China, says Microsoft

Windows Phone has inched past the iPhone at ekeing out market share in the lucrative Chinese market. ... ... http://bit.ly/KYdu80

Delayed HTC EVO 4G LTE Might Finally Get Here May 23

HTC's One X and EVO 4G LTE are both held up in customs right now. Patent trouble. But according to updates folks wh ... http://bit.ly/JWp183

Android: What, Me Fragmented?

There are nearly 4,000 different types of devices running Android, OpenSignalMaps has found. More than 1,300 of the ... http://bit.ly/JPIm9i

Judge tells Apple and HTC to Start Talking Settlement

The order comes after two key HTC smartphones are stopped at the border as a result of their ongoing dispute. ... ... http://bit.ly/Lhh6EX

Open Cloud Roundup: Top Stories this Week

This week's open source cloud headlines yielded the not-so-suprising news that NASA will discontinue support for th ... http://bit.ly/KiLqIr

Android Skins Refuse to Go Away

After years of trying and failing to discourage manufacturers from adding user interface (UI) layers to Android, Go ... http://bit.ly/JjgluT

A New NVIDIA Linux Binary Driver Released

NVIDIA has released the updated 295.53 binary Linux display graphics driver for GeForce and Quadro hardware... ... http://bit.ly/L30z1F

What IT Pros Need to Know about Cloud

Cloud computing promises new career opportunities for IT professionals. In many cases, existing core skill sets tra ... http://bit.ly/Kw405z

Need a Resume Boost? Get Involved With an Open Source Project

There are a lot of excellent reasons to get involved with an open source project. You can learn a new language, imp ... http://bit.ly/J0DrjC

Nonfree DRM'd Games on GNU/Linux: Good or Bad?

A well known company, Valve, that distributes nonfree computer games with Digital Restrictions Management, recently ... http://bit.ly/J0Dtbo

Parties Agree How to Proceed in Oracle vs Google

The representatives of both parties have signed a brief that stipulates how the copyright infringement damages will ... http://bit.ly/JyXfk9

Linux Mint 13 Nears with Release Candidate

Version 13 of Linux Mint, code-named "Maya", is based on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and offers a choice of Cinnamon 1.4 or MA ... http://bit.ly/Lfw7qM

Report: Several Nexus Smartphones to Run Android Jelly Bean

According to The Wall Street Journal, Google is planning to launch Jelly Bean, the next version of its Android mobi ... http://bit.ly/KDsQ1X

iPad Mini to Debut During Second Half of 2012, Claims Report

New iPad mini intel suggests the tablet will hit the market in the third or fourth quarter as Apple has lined up su ... http://bit.ly/J2z9d0

Which Devices Have Ice Cream Sandwich?

It's mid-May -- do you know where your Ice Cream Sandwich update is? Six months after Android 4.0 made its debut on ... http://bit.ly/Lfw5z6

A Tale of Two Suites: Do We Still Need OpenOffice.org?

Would a rose by any other name still smell as sweet? Or would it, perhaps, end up sweeter? That, essentially, is th ... http://bit.ly/KTlO93

Android Rules the Smartphone Market, and Samsung Rides the Wave

It's official: Android smartphones are dominating the overall smartphone market. Researchers from Gartner report th ... http://bit.ly/LfvY6I

Marten Mickos: Eucalyptus Opens Up Under Agile Model

As part of our ongoing focus on open source cloud, we talked with Eucalyptus CEO Marten Mickos about the commoditiz ... http://bit.ly/IZOXNv

Apple Wants to Squelch Five Google Patents Issued to HTC

In its latest legal salvo, the iPhone maker has asked the ITC to dismiss five patents that Google issued to HTC las ... http://bit.ly/Kc6QrY

Hybrid Computing’s Radical Growth

Our GTC 2012 coverage continues as Dan Olds examines the growth of the CUDA environment from 150,000 downloads in 2 ... http://bit.ly/JwJfap

How to Sync Files to Amazon S3 on Linux

Amazon's Simple Storage Service (S3) has a lot to like. It's cheap, can be used for storing a little bit of data or ... http://bit.ly/IYzPih

Make TV Awesome with Bluecop

A few weeks back, I was whining that although DoctorWho was availableon Amazon Prime streaming, I didn't have any ... http://bit.ly/IYvhbz

Running OXID eShop Community Edition (Version 4.5.9) On Nginx (LEMP) on Debian Squeeze/Ubuntu 11.10

Running OXID eShop Community Edition (Version 4.5.9) On Nginx (LEMP) on Debian Squeeze/Ubuntu 11.10 This tutorial s ... http://bit.ly/KfYUEA

2012 Linux Foundation T-shirt Contest: Inspired by Linux

So much has happened recently in the Linux community to be inspired by. This is my second month as the Digital Cont ... http://bit.ly/JjJ5wN

MediaGoblin 0.3.0 released: See what's happening with this media hosting project

MediaGoblin, which released version 0.3.0 this month, is a free and open source media hosting platform. Chris Webbe ... http://bit.ly/JgJZAK

Distribution Release: Hybryde Linux 1

Olivier Larrieu has announced the release of Hybryde Linux 1, a desktop Linux distribution with one unique feature ... http://bit.ly/JrePEE

VMware Preps To Push More Mainline Kernel Code

To further enhance the Linux virtualization experience with VMware products, the company is preparing to push the V ... http://bit.ly/KP5S7y

Gartner: Phone Sales Declined 2 Percent In Q1 2012, Dragged Down By Slow Sales In Asia-Pacific

Sign of a maturing marketing flattening out, a lack of compelling devices, or a contraction in the economy? Gartner ... http://bit.ly/LbjY6j

Oracle Changes its Mind About Damages in Android Case

With the patent phase of the lawsuit now handed over to the jury for a decision, Oracle once again moved for infrin ... http://bit.ly/JTcL8j

Ten years of Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Red Hat is celebrating the fact that Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is now ten years old. The latest version of th ... http://bit.ly/IYN0AQ

The Rise of Open Source

SugarCon, the SugarCRM user meeting held in San Francisco a couple of weeks ago, did some important things for Suga ... http://bit.ly/LbjWLJ

OpenMobile to Let Android Apps Run on Tizen

Android apps could be run on the open source Tizen platform using OpenMobile's proprietary ACL (Application Compati ... http://bit.ly/KxFJKV

LG Unveils New User Interface for ICS Devices

The company says that the new user interface will be known as the Optimus UI 3.0, and run on top of Android 4.0 (Ic ... http://bit.ly/K9cCLd

Kdenlive 0.9 Improves Effects Workflow

Version 0.9 of the video editor includes a rewritten effect stack, a new automatic audio alignment function and var ... http://bit.ly/IY448O

Samsung Top Cell Phone Maker Though Apple's No Slouch

Samsung is outshining Nokia and Apple in mobile phone sales, but the iPhone maker saw its global market share more ... http://bit.ly/IYMWRM

Apache Celebrates Quarter of Growth

With a record 104 current top-level projects and 51 projects in the incubator, the Apache Software Foundation decla ... http://bit.ly/JGOjGL

HTC One X And EVO 4G LTE Held Up In U.S. Customs, Sprint Pushes Back EVO Release Date

Here’s hoping that you already managed to get your hands on an HTC One X, because it may be a while before they a ... http://bit.ly/IYMTW9

Google's Android Plan: Are Surprises In Store?

It was all the way back in August when Google announced plans for its biggest acquisition ever, agreeing to buy Mot ... http://bit.ly/KfCLWX

Marten Mickos: Openness is Winning in the Cloud

Open source cloud computing software startup Eucalyptus has had an eventful past few months:-       In March ... http://bit.ly/JmSvfk

Hack and / - Password Cracking with GPUs, Part I: the Setup

Bitcoin mining is so last year. Put your expensive GPU to usecracking passwords.When the Bitcoin mining craze h ... http://bit.ly/JI1RRG

Kdenlive 0.9 Released

Version 0.9 of the Kdenlive video editor has been released. Improvements in this release include the ability to ali ... http://bit.ly/JagvUl

Greenpeace Rains on Apple's iCloud (Again)

In its continuing campaign to pressure cloud providers to use cleaner energy, Greenpeace sets up a "pod" and projec ... http://bit.ly/JeQ7JK

MoboTap Inks Deal With KDDI, Dolphin Browser To Be Preloaded On New Japanese Android Phones

MoboTap‘s popular Dolphin Browser has racked up over 16 million downloads worldwide, but that hasn’t stopped th ... http://bit.ly/J6SblV

Oracle Sums Up: Google Chose Reckless Infringement

Oracle offered closing statements in the second phase of the trial, claiming Google infringed upon two patents rela ... http://bit.ly/JFEbge

Big Data is Worth Nothing Without Big Science

As with gold or oil, data has no intrinsic value, writes Webtrends CEO Alex Yoder. Big science, which bridges the g ... http://bit.ly/MhlLpE

Google Sums Up: No 'Shred of Evidence' for Patent Claim

Google followed up with its closing arguments in phase two of the Oracle suit over Java, reiterating that it had no ... http://bit.ly/L859l0

Android Continues to Conquer the World

Demand for phones with Google's mobile OS jumped across the world since around the start of the year, says research ... http://bit.ly/Mh5vFj

Samsung Galaxy S II LTE getting bite of Ice Cream Sandwich

The 4G LTE version of Samsung's popular phone is finally on the receiving end of the latest update to Android 4.0. ... http://bit.ly/L3HITD

Baidu-based Android phone launches with Windows Phone, iOS in mind

The company is reportedly considering bringing its Cloud Smart Terminal to iOS and Windows Phone 7, though it's not ... http://bit.ly/K351hC

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Hits 10-Year Anniversary

Today marks the tenth anniversary of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), and many people who have followed the rise of ... http://bit.ly/JeE7b9

Running OXID eShop Community Edition (Version 4.5.9) On Nginx (LEMP) on Debian Squeeze/Ubuntu 11.10

Running OXID eShop Community Edition (Version 4.5.9) On Nginx (LEMP) on Debian Squeeze/Ubuntu 11.10 This tutorial s ... http://bit.ly/L7LhhN

Linux Lacking from Mozilla Marketplace Launch

A bug report on Mozilla's bug tracking system indicates that the organisation does not plan to support its web appl ... http://bit.ly/L7Le5M

Lenovo LePhone S899t with ICS reportedly in the works for China Mobile

According to a recent leak on Chinese site PConline, Lenovo's reportedly working on an Ice Cream Sandwich slab with ... http://bit.ly/JZnP1k

Distribution Release: Chakra GNU/Linux 2012.05

Anke Boersma has announced the release of Chakra GNU/Linux 2012.05, an updated release of the project's rolling-rel ... http://bit.ly/L1ZA15

T-Mobile to Scoop Android 4.0 Update to HTC Sensation 4G

After a number of delays and a bit of finger-pointing, T-Mobile is ready to issue Android 4.0 to the HTC Sensation ... http://bit.ly/KiehhV

Wasteland 2 To Run On Unity Game Engine

Wasteland 2, the very successful Kickstarter game project as the sequel to the two-decade-old Wasteland RPG, will b ... http://bit.ly/JC9ngJ

Google Prices its Cloud SQL Offering, Solidifies Cloud Database Market

The cloud database market continues to solidify as Google puts a price tag on its Cloud SQL offering. With actual c ... http://bit.ly/KH9IzH

PowerTOP 2.0 Debuts for Power Management Goodness

Power consumption is a major concern for Linux users. If you're using Linux in the server room, reduced power consu ... http://bit.ly/Kas6wF

An Introduction to Application Development with Catalyst and Perl

Catalyst is the latest in the evolution of open-source Web developmentframeworks. Written in modern Perl and inspi ... http://bit.ly/KGIFEx

Siri Thinks the Best Operating System Is Linux [Apple]

We knew Siri doesn't think the iPhone is the best phone in the planet. Now we also know that, if you ask Siri what' ... http://bit.ly/JdKcxX

Goodbye, Exynos: Benchmark Points To Dual-Core Processor For Verizon’s Galaxy S III

Samsung confirmed well in advance of the Galaxy S III’s official announcement that their new flagship Android han ... http://bit.ly/JdKdlI

Precision and Reliability in Ubuntu Accomplishments

In the Ubuntu world we have some common values that are not just focused on freedom, but also in how we build Ubunt ... http://bit.ly/JXAwcU

Ubuntu Developer Summit 12.10 Recap

The weeklong Ubuntu Developer Summit for the Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" wrapped up on Friday in Oakland, Califo ... http://bit.ly/KlYAbS

Fifth Debian 6.0 Squeeze Update Released

The developers at the Debian Project have announced the release of the fifth update to version 6.0 of their popular ... http://bit.ly/JqrMjW

PulseAudio 2.0 Makes Better Use of Modern Hardware Features

The new version offers improved jack detection support and can reduce the power requirements of audio output via al ... http://bit.ly/KmtulD

How Money Matters When Luring Developers to RIM, Windows Phone

From financial guarantees to business support, companies are working hard to get developers to look beyond iOS and ... http://bit.ly/Jelwdc

Linux 3.4 Approaching with Calmed RC7

A calm seventh release candidate for Linux 3.4 presages a release of the new Linux version next weekend... ... http://bit.ly/L158Jf

Patent Phase of Oracle vs Google Trial Winding Down

In Oracle's trial against Google, the patent phase of the lawsuit is coming to an end. Meanwhile, the parties are t ... http://bit.ly/LJzxPf

Calxeda Demos ARM Server Running Ubuntu at UDS

The ARM server manufacturer has unveiled a new server unit at the Ubuntu Developer Summit. The machines are designe ... http://bit.ly/LJzvH3

One Year Post-Launch, E La Carte Has Put 20,000 Of Its Tablets In 600 Restaurants Worldwide

It’s been a year since E la Carte launched its customized tablet for restaurants, which brings menus, wine li ... http://bit.ly/JqrKsw

Innovate or Imitate? Where Linux Lags, Where Linux Leads

In which we debunk the silly canard that Linux does not innovate, but merely imitates. And as a free bonus, suggest ... http://bit.ly/K9gMml

Oracle vs Google Moves on to Patent Issues

Oracle's lawsuit over Google's alleged copyright and patent infringements in Android has moved to the patent stage. ... http://bit.ly/IRQclF

No Tablet News Yet From Nokia, But It Is Launching Its E-Reader Reading App

There are still some big question marks over what Nokia plans to do in tablets — a market where it is now possibl ... http://bit.ly/K9gL1Q

BCache For The Linux Kernel Still Being Tackled

BCache for the Linux kernel is still being worked on and is now up to its thirteenth revision prior to being merged ... http://bit.ly/IRQc56

Linux I/O Scheduler Comparison On The Linux 3.4 Desktop

At the request of Phoronix readers, and that the default I/O scheduler may change, here's a comparison of the CFQ, ... http://bit.ly/IYQ6s2

Why We Need to Keep Talking About Women in Tech

The conversation about getting women into the tech industry is far from over, and unfortunately, vicious sexism is ... http://bit.ly/JqmYHQ

Ubuntu 12.10 Images Available

Daily images of Ubuntu 12.10 are now available for testing. ... http://bit.ly/M4sOlz

HP Moves Into Public Beta with its Cloud Services

While Citrix's moves ahead with CloudStack and its abandonment of the OpenStack cloud computing platform dominated ... http://bit.ly/KVOQ4g

Debian Administrator's Handbook Released

The open source book teaches the essentials of system administration using Debian and is available free of charge a ... http://bit.ly/IYH4eN

Guidelines for Starting Your Very Own Open Source Project

Are you thinking of launching an open source project? Doing so successfully and rallying community support can be m ... http://bit.ly/KQRQPZ

CTIA Wireless 2012 Wrap-Up

Oh, how we will miss New Orleans. It's been a long and busy week in the Big Easy as tens of thousands of calories w ... http://bit.ly/KNCCRD

Talend Updates Data Tools to 5.1.0

Talend has updated its Open Studio products to 5.1.0, with enhanced XML support for its Data Integration software, ... http://bit.ly/JrWB2C

At Citrix Synergy, Citrix's CloudStack Strategy Spreads Out

This week, the Citrix Synergy conference is going on in San Francisco, with lots of news related to Citrix's CloudS ... http://bit.ly/JJxHfF

CTIA 2012 sees Android Ice Cream Sandwich Take Root

Smartphone announcements were limited, but signal the steady adoption of Android ICS. ... ... http://bit.ly/JjRZxT

ConnMan 1.0 Released For Linux Networking

Aside from Intel's Open-Source Technology Center finally releasing PowerTOP 2.0, developers at the company have als ... http://bit.ly/J5DqKN

Open Source Cloud Top Stories of the Week

This week's open source cloud headlines featured doomsday predictions about the consequences of the Oracle and Goog ... http://bit.ly/INUDxU

Piston Cloud, the Red Hat of OpenStack Cloud Computing?

With the recent buzz around the OpenStack project, momentum behind open source cloud development is building. We’ ... http://bit.ly/JifxCn

Piston Cloud, the Red Hat of OpenStack cloud computing?

With the recent buzz around the OpenStack project, momentum behind open source cloud development is building. We’ ... http://bit.ly/ITchiz

The Next Generation of Open Source Software Procurement Models

One year ago, the new Swedish framework agreement for the procurement of open source became active. Five suppliers ... http://bit.ly/KpWmaZ

Red Hat Outlines Strategy For OpenShift PaaS Solutions For Enterprise

Red Hat has outlined its strategy how it plans to evolve OpenShift to address enterprise PaaS requirements. ... http://bit.ly/J3rdpZ

Qualcomm: We're Ready for Quad-Core 'ARM' Race

Qualcomm says it provides dual-core chips that match rivals' quad-core performance. And its own quad-core silicon i ... http://bit.ly/LZhaZb

Samsung Starts Android 4.0 Rollout for Galaxy Note, Reports Say

According to reports, the Galaxy Note update is being downloaded in the Netherlands and Germany, though Samsung has ... http://bit.ly/JZs0Ip

To GNU or Not to GNU? That Is the Question

There's no denying the incendiary nature of the topic of desktop Linux, which tends to gets rehashed in heated deta ... http://bit.ly/ILYJRX

CyanogenMod Gives 7.x Branch Status Update

CyanogenMod developer Abhisek "ciwrl" Devkota has detailed the project's plans for the 7.x branch of the popular mo ... http://bit.ly/JZs0Ib

Do Robots Need a Linux or a Mac OS to Thrive?

Willow Garage sets its open-source software free to attract software developers and help make robots commonplace, b ... http://bit.ly/JBxJbO

Google Drive will Provide Storage Rescue for Chrome OS

Following years of rumors saying that Google would launch a cloud-based storage service to compete with players suc ... http://bit.ly/KTbwlI

Rocks Mamba Release Unites CentOS 5 and 6 Code Base

The lastest version of Rocks Cluster Distribution now supports both the CentOS 5 and 6 based versions of the distri ... http://bit.ly/KcXfoU

Notes from the Ubuntu Developer Summit

At UDS, Canonical's VP of OEM Services claimed that Ubuntu will be installed on 5% of all computers next year. The ... http://bit.ly/J0Ckq8

Public Policy: The Big Opportunity for Health Record Data

A few weeks ago Colin Hansen - a politician in the governing party in British Columbia (BC) - penned an op-ed in th ... http://bit.ly/KFB4c6

Member Profile: Open Source Founder and Android Fan Anthony Favre

Anthony Favre used Linux for the first time as a student in 1997 and has since started two companies that specializ ... http://bit.ly/Jg5n3p

Public Policy: The Big Opportunity for Health Record Data

A few weeks ago Colin Hansen - a politician in the governing party in British Columbia (BC) - penned an op-ed in th ... http://bit.ly/KFB4c6

Precise Pangolin: Ubuntu Grows Up

The latest edition of Canonical's Ubuntu 12.04 desktop operating system shows considerable maturity. Precise Pangol ... http://bit.ly/LeFBPe

Distribution Release: SolusOS 1

Ikey Doherty has announced the release of SolusOS 1, an inaugural stable release of the project's desktop Linux dis ... http://bit.ly/IUsEfs

Cryptocurrency: Your Total Cost Is 01001010010

Most people have heard of gold. Most people are familiar with dollars. For a handful of geeky folks, however, the c ... http://bit.ly/JylF8A

The Rise of Object-Based File Systems for HPC

Comparing various aspects of Lustre and PanFS, Anil Patrick R from TechTarget India looks at objects-based file sys ... http://bit.ly/KFqnWZ

OLPC Gets Backing in Australia

For years, the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) initiative drew major headlines even as promises made by the initiative' ... http://bit.ly/JfVDWS

Dell and Red Hat Sign OEM Partnership

The companies have signed a deal though Dell's OEM Partnership Program that will provide IT service providers with ... http://bit.ly/IYhvM6

Calligra Suite, the Promising Not-An-Office Suite

Once upon a time there was KOffice, all full of unrealized potential. And then it was forked as Calligra Suite. The ... http://bit.ly/IL5UyT

PHP devs lob second patch at super-critical CGI bug

If at first you don't succeed, compile, compile again The developers of PHP have released updates to thwart fresh a ... http://bit.ly/KM644T

As Expected, Google Asks for New Trial in Oracle Case

The company told the court, according to FOSS Patents, that it wants a mistrial and the ability to hold a new trial ... http://bit.ly/KQyD0c

Development Release: Mageia 2 RC

Anne Nicolas has announced that the sole release candidate for the upcoming Mageia 2 is now ready for final testing ... http://bit.ly/JdE7rC

Spire.io: A New Platform For Serverless Apps That Work On Web Mobile

What do you do when you’re a consumer apps company with apps that never hit the big-time, but whose development f ... http://bit.ly/IY3NZt

The Web vs. the Cloud: Which Metaphor Survives?

A recent list of what are frequently called the "most valuable Web startups" is topped by the following six entries ... http://bit.ly/J8bf1k

It’s Official: HTC’s EVO 4G LTE To Hit Sprint Shelves On May 18

Pre-orders for Sprint’s new EVO 4G LTE have been open for a few days now, but Sprint has finally gotten around to ... http://bit.ly/J0sRJ0

Apache Releases New OpenOffice Build, Promises Faster Upgrades

New graphics focus and more to come from IBM additions The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) has released an updated ... http://bit.ly/JuYjRt

Unity 2D To Go Away In Ubuntu 12.10

It appears that Unity 2D -- the Qt non-accelerated desktop version of the Ubuntu Unity desktop -- will be abandoned ... http://bit.ly/JuYjRn

Plum Mobile Llineup at CTIA 2012 Hands-On

Little-known Plum Mobile appeared at CTIA with the four dual SIM Android sets pictured above and the Might, a Galax ... http://bit.ly/K9JeIF

Hive and Hadoop for Data Analytics on Large Web Logs

Developers can use Apache Hive and Hadoop for data analytics on large web logs, analyzing users' browsing patterns ... http://bit.ly/JXlJBd

Big Data, Cloud Knowledge Key in IT Jobs Market

As a global community, we are creating and sharing more information than ever before. And, most of that activity is ... http://bit.ly/IJ3UY3

Samsung, Qualcomm Start Up Alliance for Wireless Power to Take On Qi

Wireless power has until now been closely associated with the Wireless Power Consortium's Qi standard. There's now ... http://bit.ly/IIyVLG

Graphical Tool Makes Compiling CyanogenMod Easier

The CyanogenMod compiler lets users download source code for CyanogenMod ROMs directly from GitHub and compile it f ... http://bit.ly/IIyTmQ

10 Best Practices for Mobilizing Enterprise Applications

These tips can help smooth the transition when an enterprise application development project becomes a mobile devel ... http://bit.ly/JcQtMU

Andreas Jaeger Wants SLED Team Input for openSUSE

Most users are familiar with the various developmental models used for Linux distributions. Smaller projects rely u ... http://bit.ly/IShQP5

Developers Nervous About Oracle Verdict in the Android-Java Case

If the jury finds that APIs can be copyrighted, it could have wide-spread implications for the software industry. ... http://bit.ly/KCPMRh

Tizen Developer Phone Appears, Complete with 4.3-inch Screen and Dual-Core CPU (video)

Not satisfied by the currently available mobile OS options? Tizen could be your next option, and Samsung just took ... http://bit.ly/IZXdi3

Node.js Update Fixes Information Disclosure Vulnerability

The Node.js developers are advising all users to upgrade to the latest 0.6.17 stable release as this addresses an i ... http://bit.ly/IG2Vmk

Certification for LibreOffice Service Providers

The Document Foundation, the organisation behind the development of the open source office suite LibreOffice, has a ... http://bit.ly/KKfXjh

Mixed Signals in IT's Great IP War

Recent news that Microsoft and Barnes Noble agreed to partner on the Nook e-reader line rather than keep fighting ... http://bit.ly/KKfZHT

Third-Gen iPad Slows Android Tablet Onslaught, For Now

The third generation iPad, featuring a 2048 x 1536-pixel Retina display and four processor cores, has once again ra ... http://bit.ly/IZX8uK

Nepal and the Impact of Open Source

Nepal is one of the poorest countries in the world with many gender, educational, and digital divides. Yet it is gr ... http://bit.ly/IG2XdS

JumpTap: Kindle Fire Usage Has Declined After Holiday Boost, iPad Back To Pre-Fire Launch Levels

The Kindle Fire from Amazon has stolen a march in the tablet world, with some estimating that it now makes up more ... http://bit.ly/KiGOFZ

Virgin Mobile Announces HTC EVO V 4G, its First 4G Phone

Sprint subsidiary Virgin Mobile gets its first 4G smartphone in the HTC EVO V 4G. ... ... http://bit.ly/JQ58ec

ATT CEO Might Not Know How His Android Phones Get Updated [Video]

It's not easy out there for a carrier these days. Apple and app developers are swimming in cash, while you bear the ... http://bit.ly/JbGNCJ

Nichols, Jacobson: Controlling Queue Delay

Kathleen Nichols and Van Jacobson have published a paper describing a new network queue management algorithm that, ... http://bit.ly/JQ5ba0

Apache OpenOffice 3.4.0 Debuts

Version 3.4.0 of the open source productivity suite is the project's first update since 3.3.0 from January 2011 and ... http://bit.ly/JbGNml

Dell Announces Prototype Development Laptop with Ubuntu

Dell is experimenting with an Ubuntu-powered laptop aimed at cloud and mobile developers. The project is part of an ... http://bit.ly/JQ5b9U

Fedora 18 To Get User Mode Migration, Xfce 4.10

While Ubuntu developers were listening to Mark Shuttleworth talk about Ubuntu 12.10, also happening at the same tim ... http://bit.ly/JkSfgK

HTML5 for Audio Applications

HTML5 lets you play music through compliant browsers—no "cloud" required. more ... http://bit.ly/IUNQA4

HTML5 for Audio Applications

HTML5 lets you play music through compliant browsers—no "cloud" required. more ... http://bit.ly/K7hrZk

HTML5 for Audio Applications

HTML5 lets you play music through compliant browsers—no "cloud" required. more ... http://bit.ly/Ja3HKC

HTML5 for Audio Applications

HTML5 lets you play music through compliant browsers—no "cloud" required. more ... http://bit.ly/Izbqkg

Hands-on: Testing the GIMP 2.8 and its New Single-Window Interface

Over at ars technica Ryan Paul takes the GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) 2.8 release for a spin and looks at ... http://bit.ly/K7eW9i

IDC: Explosive Growth Expected for Hadoop, MapReduce-Related Revenues

The market for software related to the Hadoop and MapReduce programming frameworks for large-scale data analysis wi ... http://bit.ly/KgChnd

Oracle Gets a Chance to Rewrite Software Law

By raising the prospect that programming interfaces called APIs can be copyrighted, Oracle could trigger new legal ... http://bit.ly/KgCk2w

Google Guilty of Infringement in Oracle Trial; Future Legal Headaches Loom

Ars technica reports on the confused verdict in the first phase of Oracle v. Google, where Google won most of the a ... http://bit.ly/Jc7JAu

HTC One X spills its source code, but only for the quad-core half

Not to be derailed by the "restricted" bootloader found on its US variant, One X users elsewhere can now potter aro ... http://bit.ly/KgCgjn

Open-Source Cloud Frameworks: A Work in Progress

Here's a look at the growing list of open-source platform-as-a-service providers and how IT managers can decide whe ... http://bit.ly/JXmWG9

Open Source Enables High-Volume Searches

With the explosion of unstructured data, companies are looking for more options for enterprise search. Here's a loo ... http://bit.ly/K6u0UP

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ARMv7 Linux Performance Gains

Earlier in the Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" development cycle I noted some performance improvements happenin ... http://bit.ly/IPM7xS

Lenovo to Invest $800 Million into New Mobile Device Development Facilities

The world's second (or third) biggest PC manufacturer has announced plans to invest $800 million in a new mobile pr ... http://bit.ly/ICr7WH

Reports Say Developers Still Favor iOS Over Android

It's no secret that in the fierce battle going on between Android and Apple's iOS platform, winning over developers ... http://bit.ly/JbFUZ1

Collaborative Classroom Computer Programming with JavaWIDE

In this interview, Dr. Jam Jenkins, Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Valdosta State University and creato ... http://bit.ly/IPM59b

Who's Afraid of a Big, Bad Hacking Story?

It's been a cheerily good spring for FOSS fans here in the Linux blogosphere, so we may perhaps be forgiven for our ... http://bit.ly/JrpzQD

Build Your Business Around LibreOffice, LibreOffice Certification Program Announced

TDF Certification is an opportunity for sponsors, TDF members and third parties, to build a business around LibreOf ... http://bit.ly/JPtyJ6

GCC 4.6/4.7 vs. LLVM-Clang 3.0/3.1 Compilers

With LLVM/Clang 3.1 due out next week, here's a look at the compiler performance of the GCC 4.6 and 4.7 compilers c ... http://bit.ly/JjlIHO

GIMP Updates with a New Interface, Layer Groups, and More [GIMP]

Windows/Linux: The free image editing tool GIMP has received a big update to version 2.8 that includes an overhaul ... http://bit.ly/IHF6OD

Verizon Announces HTC Incredible With 4G LTE and Ice Cream Sandwich

Verizon Wireless subscribers will soon be able to get their hands on one of HTC's newest Android 4.0 devices, the D ... http://bit.ly/Iysln0

MediaGoblin's One Year Anniversary: What's Next?

The GNU MediaGoblin project was announced just a year ago. The project, to build a decentralized, free software med ... http://bit.ly/JYDHo5

GIMP 2.8 Released: Watch Out Photoshop

The GIMP project has announced the release of the most awaited version 2.8. This version brings the much talked abo ... http://bit.ly/IB0t47

The Day TuxPaint Became Contagious

I work at a public library with 28 Linux stations made publicly available in four separate rooms. The room in which ... http://bit.ly/IK2Oee

NVIDIA 295.49 Fixes Linux Performance Regression

While NVIDIA this week put out their first 302.xx series beta Linux graphics driver, yesterday they also released t ... http://bit.ly/Kluk3a

Apple, Samsung Have a Hammerlock on Smartphone Profits

The iPhone maker has captured almost three-quarters of all profits, leaving Samsung with a quarter and little for a ... http://bit.ly/IyFArx

Galaxy S III Serves Up Big Dollop of Ice Cream Sandwich

Samsung launched the Galaxy S III smartphone in London on Thursday. The device will run Android Ice Cream Sandwich, ... http://bit.ly/JI8CDL

OBS, Complete Open Source Build System: Adrian Schröter

OBS is IMHO the only really complete open source build system which brings all parts to do reproducible distributio ... http://bit.ly/IyFzEf

Ubuntu's New Enhanced Menu Project

This month has had quite a number of surprises (Steam coming to Linux), releases (Ubuntu 12.04) and the upcoming Ub ... http://bit.ly/IyFC2D

HTC Exec: We Didn't Have Much Time With ICS When Making Sense 4, But Our Skin is Still Better

HTC's Drew Bamford is a long-time defender of the Sense UI, but in a fresh interview he's switched tactics and rush ... http://bit.ly/IOY1CR

How To Set Up Apache2 With mod_fcgid and PHP5 On Ubuntu 11.10

How To Set Up Apache2 With mod_fcgid And PHP5 On Ubuntu 11.10 This tutorial describes how you can install Apache2 w ... http://bit.ly/Kluc3v

Using DisplayLink USB Graphics On Ubuntu 12.04

Here's the first shot at using a USB-based DisplayLink graphics adapter with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS... ... http://bit.ly/J1mdEG

Nokia, Execs Hit With Class-Action Suit Over Disappointing Lumia Sales

Attorneys at Robbins Geller Rudman Dowd leveled the lawsuit against the mobile firm yesterday on behalf of shareho ... http://bit.ly/IK2Fra

Microsoft Finds Information Leak and Closes Critical Windows Holes

On its May Patch Tuesday, the company plans to close 23 vulnerabilities, including several holes in Windows. Micros ... http://bit.ly/KzV5v7

Top Open Cloud Stories This Week

Open cloud news this week brought with it some new competition, some reflection on existing competitors and some un ... http://bit.ly/Kxrvq2

LibreOffice 3.5.3 Released

The Document Foundation announced the latest release of their popular Open Source office suite today, LibreOffi ... http://p.ost.im/p/epTKeV

Amazon Cloud Drive Updates for Windows and Apple Desktop

Playing catch-up in competitive cloud market After a wave of cloud storage announcements, Amazon has updated its Cl ... http://bit.ly/JPZwTd

HTC One X hints at iPhone 5 challenges

Getting a fast, next-generation Apple chip into the iPhone 5 isn't cakewalk. ... ... http://bit.ly/IYJO8Z

Google: Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich Gaining Ground

According to newly updated figures from Google, Android 4.0 and 2.3 are gaining ground, while 2.2 "Froyo" and 2.1 " ... http://bit.ly/JWekU0

Open Build Service Version 2.3 Released

Open Build Service is a generic system to build and distribute packages from sources in an automatic, consistent an ... http://bit.ly/IYQS3U

Android Client for ownCloud Released

The developers of the ownCloud file synchronisation software have released version 1.0 of their Android client. The ... http://bit.ly/IurFmy

Version 2 of Open Compute Specifications Released

The Open Compute project has released version 2 of its specifications for energy-efficient data centres. AMD and In ... http://bit.ly/IGCrXE

ArchBang Linux 2012.05 Released, New Versions to be Quarterly

The new version of the Linux distribution, the project's first in six months, adds a number of new packages as well ... http://bit.ly/JWebzZ

Ubuntu Linux 12.04: Microsoft's Worst Nightmare?

Well there's a new kid in town here in the Linux blogosphere, and it's already caused quite a stir. It's one of the ... http://bit.ly/IxiWi9

Programming Languages 'Do Not Enjoy Copyright Protection,' EU Court Says

The European Court of Justice rules that programming languages are not copyrightable in a case that closely paralle ... http://bit.ly/IYJwPs

For Windows 8 Tablets, a Weak Forecast

Don't look for tablets sporting Windows RT to have a big impact in the next year or two, says NPD DisplaySearch -- ... http://bit.ly/IYJwin

Android Malware Now Spreading Through Hacked Web Sites

Malware is now being targeted to Android devices via compromised Web sites, a first in the mobile world, says secur ... http://bit.ly/Ip62ik

Electronic Arts At Ubuntu Summit; Linux Games Coming?

The news has been quick to spread today that Electronic Arts will be making a brief presentation at the Ubuntu Deve ... http://bit.ly/Kx7yzK

Electronic Arts At Ubuntu Summit; Linux Games Coming?

The news has been quick to spread today that Electronic Arts will be making a brief presentation at the Ubuntu Deve ... http://bit.ly/IGC6UY

Mozilla Plans War on Fragmentation, Reveals Unified UI Design for Windows 8 and Mobile Devices

Mozilla has shown off ideas for future versions of Firefox as it becomes less of a traditional browser and more of ... http://bit.ly/InzTZK

Upcoming Linux Hardware Tests, Benchmarks

Here's a look at some of the interesting Phoronix articles, open-source Linux benchmarks, and other coverage coming ... http://bit.ly/Kbs5zd

Letter to the Mandriva Community

Dear Community, as promised, here is a short update on what has been reached and where we’re going. The echo from ... http://bit.ly/IGXW9y

Nouveau NV10-NV20 Can Now Handle S3TC

While still not available by default, the Nouveau NV10/NV20 Mesa DRI driver can now handle S3TC texture compression ... http://bit.ly/IJWA8K

Maximal: A New Open-Source License...

Some user, after having communicated with Richard Stallman, decided to write a new open-source license. This new op ... http://bit.ly/In9bAz

LMMS Is a Fearsome Music-Making Machine

Music lovers have numerous strong choices for organizing and playing their collections of songs on the Linux deskto ... http://bit.ly/In98og

Distribution Release: ArchBang Linux 2012.05

Willensky Aristide has announced the release of ArchBang Linux 2012.05, a lightweight Arch-based desktop distributi ... http://bit.ly/KqRD5h

System 76 Launches Ubuntu 12.04 Laptops

System 76 has launched two new laptops pre-loaded with Ubuntu 12.04 -- 14.1" Lemur Ultra and 15.6" Pangolin Perform ... http://bit.ly/IJWb6e

Ubuntu 12.04 vs. Windows 7: Intel Sandy/Ivy Bridge Loses On Linux

Here's a comparison of the Ubuntu 12.04 LTS versus Microsoft Windows 7 performance when it comes to using Intel San ... http://bit.ly/In8S8F

History of Open Source in Government

It is difficult to imagine the Federal government moving in one well-coordinated direction on any matter, and so it ... http://bit.ly/KantJM

Nokia Cites 45 Patents in Lawsuits Against HTC, RIM, Viewsonic

The company says that the patents relate to everything from power management to application stores. The suits were ... http://bit.ly/IChxJ0

Poettering: The Most Awesome, Least-Advertised Fedora 17 Feature

Lennart Poettering writes about the Fedora 17 multiseat feature. "With this code in Fedora 17 we cover the big use ... http://bit.ly/JT5fIQ

May 2012 Issue of Linux Journal: Programming

Rubies, Pythons and Perls!It may sound like a new Indiana Jones movie orpossibly acheesy platform-style video ... http://bit.ly/KqRoXW

Google's New BigQuery Commoditizes Big Data Analytics

Google is moving the goalpost significantly in the market for big data tools, at least for organizations that can w ... http://bit.ly/IYe0Tp

The 2012 Top 7 Best Linux Distributions for You

It is the mystery of mysteries, the one that ranks up there with the Gordian Knot, crop circles, and how many licks ... http://bit.ly/IXQBkX

Apple vs Samsung: Who's the King of the Smartphones?

Apple is still the top smartphone maker in the U.S., according to the folks at NPD Group, outshining Samsung during ... http://bit.ly/IXyewr

LibreOffice 3.5.3 Update Arrives with Fixes

The maintenance update to the office suite fixes more than 60 bugs found in LibreOffice 3.5.2. The Document Foundat ... http://bit.ly/JprCT2

Tutorial: The Perfect Desktop - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin)

The Perfect Desktop - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) This tutorial shows how you can set up an Ubuntu 12.04 (P ... http://bit.ly/JeMLBH

Mandriva Receives Reprieve, Future Still Uncertain

In his usual man-of-a-few-words manner today, Jean-Manuel Croset, Mandriva COO, announced that enough funds have be ... http://bit.ly/IEXh8K

Ubuntu Accomplishments Lens Released

Yesterday I announced the first Ubuntu Accomplishments release. It is wonderful to see so many of you trying the sy ... http://bit.ly/IDtC0N

comScore: Android Tips the 51% Mark in US Share, iPhone Nips its Heels With 31%

The March smartphone market share tally for the US is in from comScore, and it paints a familiar picture that's ros ... http://bit.ly/IxcSIn

Building a Better Beer Tap with Android and Arduino

Drinking beer that has been poured straight from the tap is one of the best ways to enjoy the adult beverage. Beer ... http://bit.ly/K0KJqB

Xamarin Ports Google's Android To Mono C#

Xamarin, the Mono company, has ported Google's Android source-code to C# that can be used with Mono. Hello Mono-dro ... http://bit.ly/K0CKtO

Samsung Canada Starts Rolling Out ICS, Android 4.0 Upgrade

Android 4.0 upgrade is coming to GALAXY S II, GALAXY S II LTE, GALAXY S II LTE HD, GALAXY S II X, GALAXY Note, GALA ... http://bit.ly/IENtLM

Getting Started with Embedded Linux and the Yocto Project

It can be tough to get started with an embedded project, even for experienced developers, and the large number of c ... http://bit.ly/ITWf66

Three Ways to Web Server Concurrency

Multiprocessing, multithreading and evented I/O: the trade-offs in Webservers.A Web server needs to support con ... http://bit.ly/Ilsryi

Yocto 1.2 Released

Version 1.2 of the Yocto embedded distribution builder is available. New features include a new version of the HDB ... http://bit.ly/Ipj9Cv

Android's New Ally Against the iPhone: Ubuntu

Strong sales of the iPhone 4S are putting renewed pressure on Android to innovate. Ubuntu for Android could give th ... http://bit.ly/IFdb12

Bright Computing Brings Cloud Bursting to HPC with New Release

Today Bright Computing announced that is has released Bright Cluster Manager 6.0, a ground-breaking upgrade that Cl ... http://bit.ly/IFdb0U

Can an iPad Be Used to Promote Free and Open Source Software?

I have many Linux-using friends who have no plans whatsoever to buy an iPad, and I respect them for having that sta ... http://bit.ly/ITlrcN

Development Release: CrunchBang Linux 11 R20120430

Philip Newborough has announced the availability of the first public testing build of CrunchBang Linux 11, a lightw ... http://bit.ly/IoDgAD

Study explains how retailers stop Linux from entering the market

A white paper published by the Portuguese Open Source Business Association analyses the factors that prevent deskto ... http://bit.ly/KoQICn

Is RIM's market share headed below 5 percent?

According to one analyst, RIM may only be able to hold onto 5 percent of the mobile market share by the time BlackB ... http://bit.ly/IrfHbT

ANI Testbed a 100-Gigbit Highway for Science

Linda Vu from Lawrence Berkeley Labs writes that the Advanced Networking Initiative (ANI) has created a 100 Gbps ... http://bit.ly/JGbpMk

Samsung pulling away from Apple in smartphone market

The company scored 29.1 percent of the smartphone space last quarter, easily outpacing Apple's 24.2 percent market ... http://bit.ly/IoDfwD

Quotes From The Linux Foundation Enterprise End User Summit

For the past two days, we've held our annual Enterprise End User Summit at the New York Stock Exchange. Besides the ... http://bit.ly/JAkGqM

Making an Easy-To-Setup $50 Linux Multi-Seat Computer

While it's improved a lot recently, in the past setting up a multi-seat computer has been a pain in the ass with a ... http://bit.ly/KoJPku

Red Hat launches OpenShift Origin

Red Hat has announced the release of its OpenShift "platform as a service" system as the open-source OpenShift Orig ... http://bit.ly/IPjXyA

Tizen Reaches 1.0, Ready for Mobile Device Makers

The Tizen mobile device operating system has reached version 1.0, complete with SDK, and ready to provide a baselin ... http://bit.ly/In3uGk

In Pictures: Linux Foundation Enterprise End User Summit

The Linux Foundation's Enterprise End User Summit kicked off yesterday in New York. The event this year is hosted a ... http://bit.ly/KoCoK1