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Submission + - Opera Releases a new version for Linux

Submitted by motang on Monday June 23, 2014 @02:42PM

motang writes: Opera released Opera 24 for Linux. Currently it is in testing (developer) mode, and only for 64bit Ubuntu, but hey it's a start since everyone thought Linux support was abandoned.

In my test it is pretty rough around the edges, only has ambiance theme as it has been hard coded, and all the window controls are on the right and not on the left like what Unity has. But it is a start.

Submission + - Open-Source NVIDIA Driver Steps Up Its Game & Runs Much Faster (phoronix.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 20, 2014 @04:56PM

An anonymous reader writes: With the Linux 3.16 kernel the Nouveau driver now supports re-clocking for letting the NVIDIA GPU cores and video memory on this reverse-engineered NVIDIA driver run at their designed frequencies. Up to now the Nouveau driver has been handicapped to running at whatever (generally low) clock frequencies the video BIOS programmed the hardware to at boot time, but with Linux 3.16 is experimental support for up-clocking to the hardware-rated speeds. The results show the open-source NVIDIA driver running multiple times faster, but it doesn't work for all NVIDIA hardware, causes lock-ups for some GPUs at some frequencies, and isn't yet dynamically controlled. However, it appears to be the biggest break-through in years for this open-source NVIDIA driver that up to now has been too slow for most Linux games.

Submission + - Why I Built OwnCloud on Open Source (linux.com)

Submitted by LibbyMC on Friday June 20, 2014 @12:50PM

LibbyMC writes: ownCloud Founder Frank Karlitschek explains why he built the file storage service as open source software.

"I believe that file storage is not just another web service or IT infrastructure. This is where people and companies store and manage their most important data. Because of that it is essential to have it as secure and safe as possible. With proprietary software you can never be sure if there are any back doors or other security problems with the software. Open source is the only option for file storage that is really safe and secure."

Submission + - Red Hat Assistant General Counsel Analyses Super Court's Patent Ruling (opensource.com)

Submitted by ectoman on Friday June 20, 2014 @10:33AM

ectoman writes: Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a groundbreaking decision concerning software patents, claiming that abstract ideas are not by themselves patentable. The ruling was a cause for celebration among those opposed to software patent abuse, like Red Hat's Vice President and Assistant General Counsel, Rob Tiller. Today, Tiller analyzes and offers some context for the Court's ruling, which "uses the traditional common law methodology of comparing one case to previous similar cases and harmonizing with those most similar."

Submission + - Microsoft outed for attempting to hire shills (brightsideofnews.com) 1

Submitted by kelemvor4 on Friday June 20, 2014 @09:41AM

kelemvor4 writes: On sites like Slashdot that large corporations such as Microsoft pay shills to post on their behalf. Here we have someone who Microsoft would have liked as a shill outing them for the practice. A Twitter employee named Paul Stamatiou outed the scheme in a tweet. Michael Arrington of TechCrunch fame also outed them for the same activity. However he went so far as to post a screenshot with the proof.

Submission + - QT 5.4 Features Announced

Submitted by chemdream78 on Friday June 20, 2014 @09:12AM

chemdream78 writes: QT Project has announced what's new and Deprecated in 5.4. New features are primarily OpenGL updates. 5.4's feature freeze is August 8th with a planned release date of October 23rd. Hopefully this list will grow before the feature freeze!

Submission + - 3D Printing By Karl Marx

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 20, 2014 @09:00AM

An anonymous reader writes: Karl Marx basically said those that control the means of production are those which have the power. As 3D printing has potential to empower local and distributive manufacturing, will we see some positive progress in our consumer led economies like the U.S and U.K? In particular, does addtive manufacturing hold out promise for improving trade deficits with Asia and a reducing environmental pollution caused by mass production and the supply chain. For more details see -http://www.3dprintwise.com/3d-printing-future/ . — It gets to the point of what has happened in our economies and what the future may hold.

Submission + - ownCloud Private Cloud Platform Wins in Education Market (thevarguy.com)

Submitted by Mcusanelli on Thursday June 12, 2014 @04:12PM

Mcusanelli writes: Eighteen German universities will deploy the ownCloud open source file syncing and sharing platform for building private clouds.

Submission + - HP Just Unveiled The Machine - A New Type of Computer (businessweek.com)

Submitted by pacopico on Wednesday June 11, 2014 @08:43AM

pacopico writes: HP Labs is trying to make a comeback. According to Businessweek, HP is building something called The Machine. It's a type of server that will use memristors for memory and silicon photonics for interconnects and ship possibly by 2017 (good luck). As for The Machine's software, HP plans to build three open source operating systems, including a new one from scratch and its own versions of Linux and Android. The new computer is meant to solve a coming crisis due to limitations around DRAM and Flash. About three-quarters of HP Labs personnel are working on this project.

Submission + - Apple to be Investigated by the EU over Tax Affairs

Submitted by mrspoonsi on Wednesday June 11, 2014 @06:38AM

mrspoonsi writes: The European Commission is to open a formal investigation into Apple, Starbucks and Fiat in relation to tax arrangements with three EU countries. The firms' arrangements with Ireland, the Netherlands and Luxembourg will be investigated. Announcing the move, tax commissioner Algirdas Semeta said that "fair tax competition is essential". Last year, a US Senate investigation accused Ireland of giving special tax treatment to Apple. The European Commission will look at whether the companies' tax affairs breach EU rules on state aid. Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia said: "In the current context of tight public budgets, it is particularly important that large multinationals pay their fair share of taxes." Countries in Europe cannot allow certain firms to pay less tax than they should, Mr Almunia added.

Submission + - Civilization V Officially Available on Linux for SteamOS (aspyr.com)

Submitted by jrepin on Wednesday June 11, 2014 @05:58AM

jrepin writes: Aspyr Media, in partnership with 2K and Firaxis Games, announced that the critically acclaimed Sid Meier’s Civilization V, and all available expansion packs and downloadable content, is now available on Linux for SteamOS. The title includes Steam Play support. This release of Sid Meier’s Civilization V on Linux targets SteamOS and features support for Valve’s upcoming Steam Controller.

Submission + - Cisco opposes net neutrality (computerworld.com.au)

Submitted by angry tapir on Tuesday June 10, 2014 @06:18PM

angry tapir writes: All bits running over the Internet are not equal and should not be treated that way by broadband providers, despite net neutrality advocates' calls for traffic neutral regulations, Cisco Systems has said. Some Web-based applications, including rapidly growing video services, home health monitoring and public safety apps, will demand priority access to the network, while others, like most Web browsing and email, may live with slight delays, said Jeff Campbell, Cisco's vice president for government and community relations. "Different bits do matter differently. We need to ensure that we have a system that allows this to occur."

Submission + - Docker 1.0 Released

Submitted by Graculus on Tuesday June 10, 2014 @01:08PM

Graculus writes: Industry heavyweights line up at inaugural DockerCon user conference to support Docker as the de facto standard for Linux containers. Docker, the company that sponsors the Docker.org open source project, is gaining allies in making its commercially supported Linux container format a de facto standard. Linux containers are a way of packaging up applications and related software for movement over the network or Internet. Once at their destination, they launch in a standard way and enable multiple containers to run under a single host operating system.

Submission + - Solving logic puzzles in FORTRAN 1

Submitted by dr_blurb on Saturday June 07, 2014 @04:25PM

dr_blurb writes: Computational nanoscientist Surendra Jain has written solvers for Sudoku, Killer Sudoku, Samurai Sudoku, Calcudoku, Kakuro and many other logic problems.

The page (called "Classical Geek") has all source (in Fortran 90) as well as compilation and running instructions. This is further proof that FORTRAN is still very much alive. Is it the most suitable language for this type of logic puzzle solver?

Submission + - Mesa 10.2 Improves Linux's Open-Source Graphics Drivers (phoronix.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 07, 2014 @03:52PM

An anonymous reader writes: Mesa 10.2 was introduced this week as the new shining example of what open source graphics (and open source projects in general) are capable of achieving. The latest release of this often underrepresented open source graphics driver project has many new OpenGL and driver features including a number of new OpenGL 4 extensions implemented, the reverse-engineered Freedreno driver now poses serious competition to Qualcomm's Adreno driver, an OpenMAX implementation was added for Radeon video encoding support, Intel Broadwell support now works better, the software rasterizer supports OpenGL 3.3, and many other changes are present.

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