60658351
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sfcrazy writes:
The ISOs approved for Linux Mint 17 aka Qiana stable release are already uploaded and available for download. The release hasn’t been announced yet but here’s your chance to install and enjoy the latest version of the popular Ubuntu derivative! 32 and 64-bit versions of both the Cinnamon and MATE variants are available.
60592033
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sfcrazy writes:
Valve has announced that its Steam Machines won’t be available in the market anytime in 2014. The company delayed the release due to ongoing work on the Steam Controller. Valve’s Eric Hope explains on Steam Forums why the work on controller is causing the delay: “We’re now using wireless prototype controllers to conduct live playtests, with everyone from industry professionals to die-hard gamers to casual gamers. It’s generating a ton of useful feedback, and it means we’ll be able to make the controller a lot better. Of course, it’s also keeping us pretty busy making all those improvements. Realistically, we’re now looking at a release window of 2015, not 2014,"
60546677
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sfcrazy writes:
Developers need access to device running the platform for which they develop. Nexus was Google’s reference device and now Mozilla is coming out with its own device. Mozilla has opened pre-order for Flame, its Firefox OS reference devices, from everbuying.com for $170 including free shipping.
60280391
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sfcrazy writes:
Welsh schools are moving away from traditional computers to GNU/Linux based Chromebooks. Gowerton School in Gowerton Village, which serves over 1,135 students, is one of those schools which have migrated to Chromebooks. The move, according to Google, makes them “one of the first schools in Britain to embrace cloud technologies.”
60274251
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sfcrazy writes:
China has banned use of Windows 8 in government offices. Windows 8 is the latest version of Windows which is already facing hard time due to its revamped user interface. Chinese decision is a major blow for Microsoft which is struggling to find its place in the post PC era as Windows market shares are declining and it’s hard core partners are adopting Linux based Chrome OS. The move comes at an interesting time as the US government has filed criminal charges against China accusing them of economic espionage.
60267455
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sfcrazy writes:
Looks like it’s time for Open Source community managers to mover on. In the month of April openSUSE community manager announced that he was leaving SUSE to join ownCloud and now Jono Bacon, the community manager of Ubuntu is leaving Canonical. Jono will be joining the XPRIZE Foundation as a senior director of community. XPRIZE focuses on solving major problems facing humanity, according to Jono.
Jono is not leaving Canonical due to the negativity surrounding thee company due to some controversial decisions they made. Jono himself was caught in on controversy when he called Richard M Stallman’s stand on Ubuntu’s privacy as a childish, but he was quick to apologize.
60255577
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sfcrazy writes:
Chen, Ping-Hsun (penk), a software developer from Taiwan is working on an Open Source mobile operating system, called SlateKit, targeted at tablets. Chen says that “SlateKit Base is a small Linux distribution (binary compatible with Ubuntu 14.04 amd64), with specially configured Qt 5.2.0, Mesa 10.0.1, two web engine/renderer: the default QtWebKit, and Oxide, which based on Chromium/Blink.”
60158991
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sfcrazy writes:
Chromecast is a great device, and concept, however it is more or less limited to Google’s Chrome browser. That seems to be changing, Mozilla is working on bringing Chromecast support for its Firefox browser. Mozilla Meeting notes from 14 May clearly states Chromecast support for the browser,
Second screen
Work week in SF, making good progress. Hoping to have Netcast and Chromecast support landed by the end of the week.
59861017
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sfcrazy writes:
Typically Apple launches a new model in September, but it looks like the company would launch the device a month earlier. Rumors are floating tha Apple may launch the next iPhone, iPhone 6, in August. Reuters spotted Taiwanese news site, Economic Daily News, claiming that we may see the iPhone 6 in August this year.
59797831
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sfcrazy writes:
‘May the fork be with you’ is a term we often hear in the free software community as it’s extremely easy to take the code and fork it to scratch your etch. What’s really difficult (and that’s something really counts) is to actually come together, collaborate and merge code-base to create something which helps more people, which is not just about scratching your own itch, but to do something which benefits more and more people. LXDE and Razor-Qt communities have merged their efforts to create what they aptly call LXQt. The communities have announced LXQt 0.7.0, the first release of LXQt, the Qt Lightweight Desktop Environment.
58970875
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sfcrazy writes:
WordPress users can now rejoice as the much awaited 3.9 arrives with some really stunning improvements. Writers and bloggers will now enjoy the brand new visual editor which is fully redesigned and looks more or less like Google Docs. It’s very mature, user-friendly and elegant looking. It has improved image management as well has HTML5 support for themes.
58701727
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sfcrazy writes:
As people were wondering NSA’s role in Heartbleed, it turned out that the agency was aware of the bug for the last two years and has been exploiting it to spy on people. If the reports are true and NSA was aware of the bug and instead of getting it fixed it let extremely critical info of US citizens exposed to cyber criminals then NSA does need more oversight from the government. NSA is not going to get a very ‘heartwarming’ response from the world for this. We need to start asking our lawmakers (who are more concerned whether they are good sell for Koch Brothers are not) when did ‘putting American’s security at risk became an act of ‘protecting nation’s security’?
58305795
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sfcrazy writes:
Chromebooks have been the best selling devices on Amazon.com for the last two years and now according to a study by ABI research an “estimated 2.1 million Chromebooks shipped in 2013 with nearly 89% of total shipments reaching North America.” The research showed that ” ultraportable segment, which is powered by the Windows 8 operating system and includes the versatile 2-in-1 configurations, saw minimal growth during 4Q 2013 even with the holiday season.” The bottom line is no one is buying Windows PCs anymore. More and more users are switching to smartphones and tablets and these users are picking Android, hurting Microsoft twice.
58247819
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sfcrazy writes:
Google new for Ubuntu fans and critics. With Unity 8 there won't be any 'search everything' home scope, if one wants to see Amazon results then they will have to use Amazon scope. In a nutshell, the controversial 'search everything' home scope is gone which was sending data to Canonical servers and instead it will become the 'Application scope' which will show applications. It will show installed apps as well as apps available for download — makes perfect sense.
There will, however, be a 'search everything' scope called 'scopes' where if you search it will work more or less like the previous (current) home scope and will show results from different sources using the 'Smart Scopes' service being developed by Canonical.
I think this move, after systemd, shows Canonical has started to make right descisions.
58244859
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sfcrazy writes:
openSUSE and KDE teams are working on creating four KDE SC repositories for openSUSE which will enable users to get the the kind of experience they want. Users can stick to the default repos that come with openSUSE if they want to use what openSUSE offers. Those users who want to stay updated with the latest KDE SC releases can use the “KDE:Current” repository which will always remain updated. 3rd repo “KDE:Distro:Factory” will offer KDE packages which are being tested and prepared before they are pushed to the ‘Current’ repo. The fourth repo "KDE:Unstable:SC" will offer early builds as they are being devloped.
