66153569
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sfcrazy writes:
In a nutshell openSUSE 13.2 is an impressive release with many new features, such as Snapshots, systemd and Btrfs, for users. openSUSE has become such a reliable distribution that it is hard to find any flaw in it. It continues to get better, more polished with each release.
66105275
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sfcrazy writes:
Mozilla, the organization behind the open source browser Firefox, is launching a brand new web browser targeted specifically at developers. As the market share of Firefox browser is falling, with Google Chrome taking over, Mozilla seems to be looking at new market segments. They launched an open source mobile operating system Firefox OS, then announced an OS for Raspberry Pi, called Foxberry Pi, they are working on a Chromecast like streaming stick and now they are building a browser for developers. The browser seems to be a by-product of what all Mozilla has been doing with Firefox and Firefox OS. They have created a lot of tools to enable developers create around Firefox. These tools, if enabled, make the consumer browser bloated and a bit complicated for casual users to use, at the same time making it hard for a developer to use with all those bells and whistles for a consumer. Taking those tools and package them in an in-house fork of Firefox makes a lot of sense for consumers, developers and Mozilla.
65946023
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sfcrazy writes:
LibreOffice is enjoying some serious adoption. CloudOn, a US-based company has launched a document editor for Apple’s iPad which is based of free and open source LibreOffice. The company says in a press statement that the app offers a, “new experience for creating and editing mobile documents with a gesture-first doc editor that removes all the clutter, overload and lag of yesterday’s tools. Now people can intuitively create and collaborate on thoughts, ideas and information in ways that fits with the way they work.”
65943581
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sfcrazy writes:
Kubuntu, one of the official Ubuntu flavours, that tries to offer the vanilla Plasma experience has decided to switch to Plasma 5 as the default desktop environment for 15.04. Jonathan Riddell, the project leader of Kubuntu, says that the development version will be called Kubuntu Vivid.
65863741
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sfcrazy writes:
ownCloud packages on Ubuntu repositories were pointing at older, insecure packages. When an ownCloud developer approached Canonical developers he was told that packages can't be removed as its maintained by the community and unless someone steps up and do something older, insecure packages will remain on the server. Which is quite a shocking approach leaving user vulnerable just because no one is there is 'remove' the insecure packages. The ownCloud devel was a bit surprised with this approach. Finally Kubuntu developer stepped up and fixed the problem.
65757779
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sfcrazy writes:
The two projects will merge to become a single release. The release will follow the development cycle of Factory but take the more appealing name ‘Tumbleweed’. Though Factory won’t disappear; it will remain the name of the development process where openSUSE’s new developments are integrated. It will become a ‘development project’ for creating the ‘user-ready’ Tumbleweed.
65544981
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sfcrazy writes:
We may finally see the patent reform that this country dearly needs, thanks to the nomination of Michelle Lee as the next head of the United States Patents and Trademark Office (USPTO). Michelle Lee is an ex-Googler and a vocal supporter of patent reforms.
65513123
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sfcrazy writes:
It seems to be the beginning of the end of the cable television in the US. Yesterday entertainment giant HBO announced they will start offering Internet subscription without requiring any cable subscription. Today CBS, yet another leading TV network, announced their move to the Internet. The most interesting aspect this ‘shift’ is net neutrality. With more TV networks moving to the web, how will it affect the net neutrality? Will they sign up deals with ISPs, similar to Netflix, and weaken net neutrality to dismiss competitors or will they become an ally and lobby for the net neutrality? HBO is owned by Time Warner, the cable company so it was not surprising when Time Warner CEO supported the idea of fast lane and 'paying' ISPs for content. Is it bad news for the internet that traditional cable companies are going online?
65313625
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sfcrazy writes:
Netflix can be run on Linux now without any tweaks or work-around what so ever. I just noticed it when I installed a new Ubuntu system (14.10), with Chrome Beta 39.x and out of curiosity opened Netflix. It worked flawlessly. No agent switcher required anymore.
65296849
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sfcrazy writes:
The openSUSE community has just announced the release of the first ‘release candidate’ of openSUSE 13.2. According to Kostas Koudaras of openSUSE, “This previous Beta release was a blast with almost 10.000 downloads. The community responded to the call and we had lot of eyes looking for bugs in openSUSE 13.2 Beta1. Many of them have been already squashed and openSUSE 13.2 Release Candidate 1 is here to prove it.”
65239055
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sfcrazy writes:
KDE Plasma was using in Hollywood movie Gravity and now it is spotted in yet another Hollywood blockbuster Hobbit.
65236805
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sfcrazy writes:
Google is finally getting its two operating systems Chrome OS and Android to 'talk' to each other. Till now Chrome OS devices didn't support MTP so Android users were not able to plug in their devices to Chromebooks and access files (though they could do that through apps like AirDroid). Google has pushed an update to the stable channel of Chrome OS which brings MTP support to Chrome OS devices (sans Chromeboxes).
65136289
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sfcrazy writes:
The primary reason behind using a procedural language like C for writing the Linux kernel was efficiency. However, this resulted in higher degree of dependencies (or coupling) among different parts of the Linux kernel and makes it difficult to maintain. A touch of object-oriented design may make things easier.
65095099
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sfcrazy writes:
The KDE Community has released the second beta of Plasma 5. The release is intended for enthusiasts and testers. KDE’s desktop Plasma is getting heavy makeover with the version 5. It not only brings a refined look and feel, but also improves the performance manifold as it moved to newer technologies like Qt5, Baloo and brand new modular libraries also known as Frameworks.
65042769
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sfcrazy writes:
Adobe is bringing its the king of all photo editing software Photoshop to Linux-based Chrome OS. Chrome OS powered devices such as Chromebooks and Chromeboxes already have a decent line-up of ‘applications’ that can work offline and eliminate the need of a traditional desktop computer. So far it sounds like great news. The bad news is that the offering is it beta stage and is available only to the customers of Creative Cloud Education program, residing in the USA. I have a full subscription of Creative Cloud for Photographers and LightRoom, but even I can’t join the program at the moment.
