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It's an Annoyance for The Individual Computer User
Feb 11, 2014It's an annoyance for the individual computer user:You've updated your operating system,and now you need to reboot.This is so the computer can switch to the modified source code. Imagine,however,having to update and reboot hundreds or ...
Tags: individual computer, pc, MIT
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Google Is Making Its IaaS GCE Available as a Full-Fledged Commercial Service
Dec 4, 2013After running the service in preview mode for over a year, Google is making its IaaS (infrastructure-as-a-service) Google Compute Engine (GCE) available as a full-fledged commercial service. The company has established a service level ...
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Google Said Wednesday It Plans to Reward Developers
Oct 11, 2013Google said Wednesday it plans to reward developers for developing proactive security improvements for some of the most widely used open-source software programs. The program aims to “improve the security of key third-party software ...
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Oracle Has Ported One of Its Most Coveted Solaris Tools to The Linux Platform
Mar 5, 2013Oracle has ported one of its most coveted Solaris tools to the Linux platform, a real-time debugging tool called DTrace, though the company has made it officially available only for its own Oracle Linux distribution. With the release of ...
Tags: Oracle, Solaris tools, Linux platform
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Wind River Has Joined OSADL in a Moves Designed to Support Embedded Linux Applications
Mar 1, 2013Wind River has joined the Open Source Automation Development Lab (OSADL) in a moves designed to support embedded Linux applications. The OSADL's remit is to encourage development of open source projects in the areas of embedded systems ...
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Linaro Launched an Initiative to Develop Code to Run Routers, Switches and Others
Feb 22, 2013Hoping to extend Linux's reach to ARM-based networking equipment, the not-for-profit engineering group Linaro has launched an initiative to develop code to run routers, switches and other networking equipment. "As companies use ARM more ...
Tags: networking, networking equipment
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Linux Distributions to Be Installed on Windows 8 Computers
Feb 18, 2013Freeing the way for independent Linux distributions to be installed on Windows 8 computers, the Linux Foundation has released software that will allow Linux to work with computers running the UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) ...
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Software That Allows Linux to Work with Computers Running UEFI Was Released
Feb 16, 2013The Linux Foundation has released software that will allow Linux to work with computers running the UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) firmware, which all Windows 8 machines do. The Linux Foundation Secure Boot System solves a ...
Tags: Linux Foundation, software, UEFI, Windows 8 machines
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Microsoft Is Integrating The Widely Used Git Into Its Visual Studio IDE and TFS
Feb 1, 2013Once vehemently opposed to open-source software, Microsoft has warmed to the development model over the years and will now take the unusual step of incorporating an open-source program developed by Linus Torvalds into its own development ...
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Alan Cox Has Taken a Step Down From His Volunteer Duties
Jan 28, 2013Alan Cox, one of the chief contributors to the Linux kernel, has taken a step down from his volunteer duties, citing the need to attend to family matters. Cox contributed to Linux in various capacities since 1991, shortly after Linus ...
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Vendor Canonical Has Unveiled a Mobile Version of Its Ubuntu Operating System
Jan 5, 2013Linux operating system vendor Canonical has unveiled a mobile version of its Ubuntu operating system which, it says, will be available from 2014. Ubuntu for Phones is based on the Linux kernel and uses the Unity user interface that ...
Tags: Linux operating system, Canonical, Ubuntu, mobile
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The Linux Foundation Has Introduced a Possible Way
Jan 4, 2013Attempting to arrive at a solution to a complicated issue, the Linux Foundation has introduced a possible way that smaller Linux distributions can be run on machines using UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) technology. Linux ...
Tags: Linux, Boot, Computer Products, Linux and Unix
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Greg Warned Users That There Would Likely Be Only One More Version of That Branch
Dec 26, 2012In the release notes to Version 3.5.6 of the Linux kernel, maintainer Greg Kroah-Hartman warned users that there would likely be only one more version of that branch of the kernel, and that users should get ready to move to the 3.6 branch ...
Tags: Version 3.5.6, Linux kerne, kernel, 3.6 branch
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It's Been Less Than a Year Since I First Wrote About Bodhi Linux 1.2.0
Dec 26, 2012PC World - It's been less than a year since I first wrote about Bodhi Linux 1.2.0, but already the popular, Ubuntu-based Linux distribution has reached its second major milestone. During the intervening time Bodhi has crept upward from ...
Tags: Bodhi Linux, Linux distribution, new product, company news
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It's Been a Busy Few Months Lately in The World of Linux Distributions
Dec 26, 2012PC World - It's been a busy few months lately in the world of Linux distributions, and August appears to be no exception. Hard on the heels of the 19 new distros I wrote about the other day resulting from this month's "31 Flavors of Fun" ...
Tags: PCLinuxOS, "31 Flavors of Fun"project, Bodhi Linux, Damn Small Linux
