$270 Spark Linux tablet is powered by (and generates funds for) KDE Active Plasma
You?ve got a ton of choices right now if you?ve started shopping for the perfect tablet to meet your needs. But which one do you pick? Should you stick with a big brand name? What if you?re a staunch supporter of free, open source software? Is there amore
Spark Linux tablet revealed: modest specs and Plasma Active for ?200 ($264)
The Spark is a modestly-specced enthusiast tablet that's just been announced, and it's aimed at those who want to run applications on Linux-based open hardware. The creators say it's the first tablet to come with Plasma Active pre-installed ? anmore
Top five open source social networking platforms available in the market
"In this era of technology and internet, social networking sites are getting more and more popularity. People are spending hours in front of them. For creating a social media website a platform is necessary, to make this easy came the social networkingmore
VeriSign Growing Revenues and Domain Name Base
"A key focus for VeriSign in 2012 is getting their agreement with ICANN and the U.S. Department of Commerce renewed. VeriSign last renewed its deal with ICANN to operate the .com registry in 2006. VeriSign has administered the .com domain name space onmore
Calibre 0.8.37
The Lyrics Screenlet allows you to download and display synchronized lyrics of mp3 playing in an audio player. About Screenlets: Screenlets is the name of both a set of independently-developed widget applications and the widget engine which runs them.more
KDE Telepathy releases first beta version
The KDE Telepathy team has made the first beta release of the new KDE Instant Messaging suite. This 0.3 release coincides with the release of KDE Workspaces, Applications and Platform 4.8. KDE Telepathy (click for larger) In the 3 months since KDEmore
KDE Commit-Digest for 8th January 2012
In this week's KDE Commit-Digest: Aurorae goes QML, ClientGroup becomes scriptable in KDE base Calligra sees work on footnotes, all interactive painting tools are threading-friendly; Kexi introduces Simple User Feedback Agent Rekonq adds about:tabs,more
Softpedia Linux Weekly, Issue 184
The following Linux-based operating systems have been announced last week: Chrome OS Linux 1.8.1017. In other news: The openSUSE Project announced the official release schedule for the upcoming openSUSE 12.2 operating system; Spain?s Extremaduramore
Shutting Down Linux Properly & Recovering After an Improper Shutdown ? Linux System Admin Training
If a Linux system is not working properly and it ?hangs? or if it loses power (due to a power failure or some other reason) ? then the system has not been shut down ?cleanly? (or ?properly?). If a Linux system was not shut down cleanly,more
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Linux Mint 13 gets back to desktop basics
Bucking the trend of increasingly experimental desktop interfaces, the developers behind the Linux Mint are adopting a simpler desktop for the next version of the open-source Linux distribution. Linux Mint 13 will feature an entirely new usermore
Linux on POWER
$ mount /dev/mtdblock/0/3 on / type cramfs (rw) none on /dev type devfs (rw) proc on /proc type proc (rw) /dev/mtdblock/0/1 on /opt/extucode type jffs2 (rw) /dev/mtdblock/0/1 on /etc type jffs2 (rw) /dev/mtdblock/tmpram/tmpram on /tmp type jffs2 (rw)more
Postgres-XC A PostgreSQL Clustering Solution
Distributed tables: A table is distributed on a given set of datanodes using strategies like hash, round-robin, or modulo partitioning. Every row of a distributed table resides on a single datanode. Multiple rows can be modified or written in parallel tomore
Video: Ubuntu Linux On Asus ...
Your rooted Asus Transformer Prime can now run Ubuntu Linux! Although the Transformer Prime comes with a locked bootloader, hackers have found ways to run Ubuntu Linux on the world's first tablet with quad-core processor. The Ubuntu running Transformermore
Is WebOS the Next Desktop Linux, Java or Symbian?
HP is taking WebOS open source with the hope that it can attract developers by providing a write-once-run-everyplace platform. However, Rob Enderle writes, history hasn?t been kind to operating systems as only few survive, but while WebOS has risks itmore
Penguin Poised for Windows Azure as Microsoft Seeks Linux Expert
It seems like Microsoft is slowly approaching its goal to make Linux available on its flagship cloud platform, Windows Azure, according to a new report. The report on ZDNet revealed that Microsoft is all set to allow customers to have persistent virtualmore
Btrfs To Go Production-Ready In Oracle Linux
"Btrfs, the quite promising next-generation Linux file-system that's been in-development for years by Chris Mason and others, is about to take on a big role within Oracle's Enterprise Linux distribution. During his talk last week at the SCALE 10x LAmore
Linux Mint sticks to the classic desktop flavour
Bucking the trend of increasingly experimental desktop interfaces, the developers behind the Linux Mint are adopting a simpler desktop for the next version of the open source Linux distribution. Linux Mint 13 will feature an entirely new user interface,more
Video: Ubuntu Linux On Asus Transformer Prime!
Check out the video of Asus Transformer Prime running Ubuntu Linux... Your rooted Asus Transformer Prime can now run Ubuntu Linux! Although the Transformer Prime comes with a locked bootloader, hackers have found ways to run Ubuntu Linux on the world'smore
Canonical HUD Brings Apps to Life on Ubuntu Linux Desktop
"The HUD isn't just a new version of Microsoft?s hated Bob interface or contextual search, according to Canonical. "The goal is to go further and get more understanding about all the different things that applications can possibly do," John Lea, Ubuntumore
The Linux Foundation Releases 2012 Enterprise Linux User Report
Big data and the cloud, two important IT trends, are fueling new deployments of Linux, according to The Linux Foundation. The non-profit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux has just released its latest report on Linux adoptionmore
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.0 Now Available
Red Hat has announced the global availability of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.0, with expanded capabilities for both its server and desktop virtualization management tools and its Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) hypervisor. With Red Hatmore
Comment on What Are Your Six Go-To Android Apps? by appstore
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2Better IMAP for Linux's Mutt Mail Client
OfflineIMAP for Better Mutt Linux server admins know that a great mail client is a crucial tool, and Mutt is one of the best. Joe Brockmeier introduces a tool to improve Mutt's handling of IMAP messages. Mail is the lifeblood of system administrators.more
People Behind Debian: Josselin Mouette, founder of the Debian GNOME team
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