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Submission + - Increased Crop Yields Adding More CO2

Submitted by davidshenba
davidshenba writes: There are many researches that point to increased CO2 levels due to meat production. But now a new research points to increase in crop yields has a positive correlation with the raise in CO2 levels. The researcher notes that “This is another piece of evidence suggesting that when we (humans) do things at a large scale, we have the ability to greatly influence the composition of the atmosphere”.

Submission + - Russia is planing a new Space Station (rbth.com)

Submitted by ptr_88
ptr_88 writes: Starting from 2017, Russia may start deploying its own high-latitude orbital station, according to sources in the space industry. The project, developed by Roskosmos will feature modules previously planned for the International Space Station.

Submission + - openSUSE 13.2 released (opensuse.org)

Submitted by MasterPatricko
MasterPatricko writes: The latest version of the openSUSE distribution, 13.2, has been officially released. Key features include integrated support for filesystem snapshots, enabled by a switch to btrfs as the default file system, a new network manager (Wicked), as well as the usual version updates. This release includes seven supported desktop environments (KDE 4.14, GNOME 3.14, Xfce, LXDE, Enlightenment 19, Mate and Awesome) and even preview packages of Plasma 5.1, all presented with a unified openSUSE theme. Download LiveUSB and DVD images now from http://software.opensuse.org/132.

Submission + - ReactOS 0.3.17 Released (reactos.org)

Submitted by jeditobe
jeditobe writes: The ReactOS Project is pleased to release
version 0.3.17. A major new feature for this
release is the inclusion of NTVDM, which
provides support for a wide range of 16bit
applications, a long requested feature by the
community. NTVDM is still undergoing work but
we felt that it was ready enough to provide a
sneak peak to the wider community. In addition,
the leadup to the 0.3.17 release saw a very
impressive round of testing by the community.
Several regressions and bugs discovered in the
release candidates were promptly fixed and
incorporated into the final release. ReactOS is
quickly approaching a stage where what the
releases will offer is polish compared to previous
releases. That will be an important milestone, as
it is then that we can begin recommending to
people that they try using ReactOS for day-to-day
computing. We hope you look forward to it as
much as we do.
Users can select from a variety of images to test

Submission + - Terrorists used false DMCA claims to get personal data of anti-islamic youtuber

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: German newspaper FAZ reports (google translated version) that, after facing false DMCA claims by "FirstCrist, Copyright" and threatened by youtube with takedown, a youtuber running the german version of islam-critic Al Hayat TV had to disclose their identity in order to get the channel back online, in accordance with youtube policy. Later, the channel staff got a mail containing a death threat by "FirstCrist, Copyright", containing: "thank you for your personal data. [...] take care your house gets police protection!". As the staff had already suspected that "FirstCrist, Copyright" were in fact islamists, they had tried to convince youtube youtube to find another way, but in vain.

Submission + - NTFS now supported in ReactOS LiveCD [experimental, read-only] (reboot.pro)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: ReactOS, the open-source OS aiming for binary compatibility with Windows

Pierre Schweitzer of ReactOS shared, "ReactOS now supports reading files from NTFS volume. This was a long awaited feature people were asking for." A new ReactOS ISO re-spin is now available containing this support.

While ReactOS now has NTFS read support, it's still lacking write support.
NTFS support will NOT be included into the upcoming 0.3.17 release. As this support is a bit raw.

http://iso.reactos.org/ReactOS... download test iso

Submission + - Government Data Requests to Facebook up by 24%

Submitted by davidshenba
davidshenba writes: Facebook has revealed that government requests for user data has increased by 24% to nearly 35,000 during the first six months. Also content restrictions due to local laws increased by 19% in the same period. According to Facebook, they scrutinize every government request for legal sufficiency and "push back hard when we find deficiencies or are served with overly broad requests." Already Facebook is fighting its largest ever legal battle against a US court order to handover 400 users' data.

Submission + - Wormholes may not be limited to science fiction forever

Submitted by StartsWithABang
StartsWithABang writes: If you wanted to travel to the stars — to star systems beyond our own — you’d better be prepared to take your sweet time. Even at the speeds the Apollo astronauts traveled to the Moon, it would take millions of years to reach even the next nearest star beyond our own, Proxima Centauri. And yet, General Relativity admits an astounding possibility to short-cut the great cosmic distances by punching a hole in spacetime, connecting two far-separated events to one another through a cosmic bridge: a wormhole. What strikes us as the most fanciful of science fiction ideas may legitimately someday become science fact, and if it does, here's the physics of how it will work!

Submission + - Shift Work Dulls Brain Performance

Submitted by davidshenba
davidshenba writes: Scientists warn that working in unusual shifts can prematurely age the brain and dull intellectual ability. Three thousand people in France were given tests of memory, speed of thought and wider cognitive ability. People with more than 10 years of shift work history had the same results as someone six and a half years older. The brain naturally dulls as we age, but the researchers said working antisocial shifts accelerated the process.

Submission + - Trisquel 7 Released

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Trisquel 7.0 Belenos has been released. Trisquel is a “free as in freedom” GNU/Linux distribution endorsed by the FSF. This latest release includes Linux-libre 3.13, GNOME 3.12, Abrowser 33 (based on Firefox), the Electrum Bitcoin client and many more new features and upgrades. Trisquel 7.0 will be supported until 2019.

Interested users can check out the screenshots and download the latest release. The project also accepts donations.

Comment Tumbleweed User Here (Score 1) 24

by davidshenba (#48238509) Attached to: OpenSUSE Factory To Merge With Tumbleweed
I am a Tumbleweed user for past 2 years. It is a hassle free experience. Just "zypper update" can handle everything! Latest Kernel (as of now, I am running 3.17) with stability is what I want, which Tumbleweed delivers constantly! Switching to Tumbleweed is very simple. Just need to set those repos and do an update.

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