Contents

• GNU/Linux
  • Distributions
  • Devices/Embedded
• Free Software/Open Source
• Leftovers

GNU/Linux

• Major Change Takes Place at HeliOS Project

  In 2007, I became a good friend of Don Davis. Don has done much for the Free Software community, either initiating or participating in several films and documentaries about Linux and Open Source.
  
  He is also the founder of REGLUE - Recycled Electronics and Gnu/Linux Used for Education.
  
  Don's organization had almost exactly the same mission as HeliOS. Don is now a Doctoral Candidate at Texas State University and the requirements of his studies have left him little time to do little else.





• Desktop

  • First Linux Mint PCs go on sale

  
  
  




• Server

  • Why IBM Is Trying To Surf The Linux Wave With Power Systems

    If you are wondering why IBM is all hot-to-trot with its new PowerLinux machines, which are Power Systems servers tweaked to only run Linux and with lower hardware and software prices than regular Power Systems iron that runs AIX and IBM i, then you need look no further than the latest server numbers from IDC. Sales of Linux-based machines shot up like a rocket, thanks to some big supercomputer and hyperscale cloud deals and are outpacing the market substantially.

  
  
  

  • Is this the end of Windows Server?

    Well, probably not quite yet – just look at how long it’s taken Unix to die in the data centre. However I can’t but feel that Microsoft’s announcement this week, that they will now be supporting Linux under Azure, represents a fundamental shift in the balance of power of server operating systems.

  
  
  



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  Kernel Space

  • Linux 3.5 Can Massively Boost AMD Radeon Graphics Performance

  
  
  

  • Graphics Stack

    • Open-Source R500 Driver Can Compete With Legacy Catalyst

    
    
    

    • DRI2 Offload Slaves, Output Slaves For September

    
    
    
  
  
  




• Applications

  • The 'Leet Text Filter Toys Of Linux

  
  
  

  • Proprietary

    • Netflix and Linux, What are Your Options?

      I have only recently discovered Netflix and signed up without thinking there may be issues playing back the streaming media on Linux. I have done many searches on the subject and found some interesting discussions and the only solution that seems to work.

    
    
    
  
  
  

  • Instructionals/Technical

    • How to Setup Squid3 as Transparent Proxy on Ubuntu Server 12.04

    
    
    

    • Installing KVM Guests With virt-install On Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Server

    
    
    

    • Wallbase.cc commandline bash wget downloader

    
    
    

    • How to: Take screenshot of the login screen in Ubuntu and Linux Mint

    
    
    

    • Making sense of memory usage on Linux

    
    
    

    • How to install Flash player on Fedora 17

    
    
    

    • 8 Linux Commands: To Find Out Wireless Network Speed, Signal Strength And Other Information

    
    
    

    • How To Configure Ubuntu To Update Through Proxy - Ubuntu 12.04/11.10

    
    
    
  
  
  

  • Wine

    • Wine 1.5.6 released

    
    
    
  
  
  




• Desktop Environments

  
  
  

  • GNOME Desktop

    • Biweekly report #2

      this is my second update on my Summer of Code project. As planned in the previous report, I spent the past two weeks implementing notification integration in the lock screen, and this is the result...

    
    
    

    • The long hard road towards GNOME 3.6 -issue 190

    
    
    
  
  
  



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  Distributions

  
  
  

  • New Releases

    • Softpedia Linux Weekly, Issue 203

      €· Announced Distro: Kororaa 17 Beta €· Announced Distro: Snowlinux 2 Cinnamon €· Announced Distro: Ubuntu 12.10 Alpha 1

    
    
    
  
  
  

  • Red Hat Family

    
    
    

    • Fedora

      • Dangerous Concessions: Red Hat, Fedora and the Secure Boot Shocker

        "This certainly gives me a bit of concern because it puts Microsoft in the position of controlling the hardware and being a gatekeeper on what can be installed," explained Google+ blogger Kevin O'Brien. "IS there any evidence that they have ever had this kind of power and *not* used it to crush their competition?" O'Brien wondered. "I hope the anti-trust authorities look into this."

      
      
      
    
    
    
  
  
  

  • Debian Family

    • Browse like Bond: Use any computer without leaving a trace with Tails

    
    
    

    • Derivatives

      
      
      

      • Canonical/Ubuntu

        • Ubuntu 12.10 Looks To Use Intel SNA Acceleration

        
        
        

        • How to run Ubuntu Linux on the MK802 $74 PC-on-a-stick

          The MK802 is a tiny PC that looks like a USB thumb drive. While it ships with Google Android 4.0, it’s actually pretty easy to convince it to run an alternate operating system. In fact, if you have a properly prepared microSD card, all you need to do is insert the memory card, turn on the MK802, and it will boot Ubuntu 10.04 Linux.

        
        
        
      
      
      
    
    
    
  
  
  




• Devices/Embedded

  
  
  

  • Phones

    • Project Magenta is Linux-based mobile OS that aims to replicate iOS on generic hardware

    
    
    

    • Project Magenta is ambitious Linux-based mobile OS

      Where most of the excitement exists today when it comes to operating system advancements is not in Windows and Mac. Nope, it’s within the intensely competitive space that contains Android and iOS. And just like any strong and exciting segment in the consumer electronics industry, this market is now the target of a new initiative that wants to push its way to the front of the pack.

    
    
    

    • Is Media Explorer following MeeGo to the graveyard?

      Media Explorer is a media center originally target for MeeGo, but also is the first real native GNOME 3 multimedia box powered by Clutter and Mx.

    
    
    

    • Android

      • Android smartphone activations hit 331m in Q1 2012, says report

      
      
      
    
    
    
  
  
  

Free Software/Open Source

• Banking on open-source software

  COMPUTER engineer Musa Ngog has high hopes of winning funding from KTS Group’s inaugural Sarawak Youth Talent Discovery (SYTD) project with his plans to create public awareness of computer software piracy and educating users on better alternatives to getting much-needed software — for free.





• "Evaluating the harm from closed source"

  For those of you with a more philosophical best, Eric S. Raymond has posted an interesting essay, "Evaluating the harm from closed source".





• Evaluating the harm from closed source





• Web Browsers

  
  
  

  • Chrome

    • Running Chrome with less memory: disable extensions

    
    
    
  
  
  




• Openness/Sharing

  • Free as in Bach: Open Goldberg Variations released

  
  
  

  • Open Access/Content

    • Kahn to MIT graduates: Open content is the future

      Open education innovator Sal Khan, MIT alumnus and founder of Khan Academy, gave the commencement address at MIT graduation ceremony on June 8, a speech that included both a nod to the power of open education as exemplified by MIT's OpenCourseWare program and Khan's own web site, and an homage to the importance of the unique academic community that is MIT.
      
      Khan spoke eloquently of the inspiration he drew from MIT's 2001 announcement to make all of its courseware openly available on the web. "MIT announced ... that it was going to take knowledge and resources that used to be behind the wall of elite institutions and not charge for them but give them away for free to the world ... When I read that press release, I had never been so inspired. I had never been more proud to come from this community."

    
    
    
  
  
  




• Programming

  • Open Source Languages - Pros and Cons

    Many developers love to use open source software for the variety of benefits that come along with it. Some of the most popular open source languages used include C, PHP, Javascript, and C++. Although many people code using these languages, are there any major reasons not to use them? Let’s take a look and find out.

  
  
  

Leftovers

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  Finance

  • Goldman Sachs Hires Single Morally Decent Human Being To Work In Separate, Enclosed Cubicle

  
  
  




• PR/AstroTurf/Lobbying

  • Scott Walker and Ted Kaczynski in the Heartland