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SlateBook x2: Tegra 4-powered Android hybrid

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The Tegra 4-powered SlateBook x2 running Android Jelly Bean (4.2.2) is the latest split-personality portable computer from HP. Detailed hardware specs have not be made available, but we do know that if will have an IPS panel with a screen resolution of 1920×1200, USB and HDMI ports. read more...

permapage | score:9977 | -finid, May 16, 2013

ROSA Desktop Fresh LXDE alpha preview

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Since this release is the first alpha edition, it is not feature complete, but some important components are already in place, while some others have yet to be implemented. A short list of the main features that are already in place follows read more...

permapage | score:9952 | -finid, May 13, 2013

Apache OpenOffice: Help pick a new logo

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The six entries are shown below. If you did not participate in the original survey, this is your chance to have an input. I did not participate in the original survey, but if I did, the order that these images are shown below shows how I would have rated them, from highest to lowest. read more...

permapage | score:9906 | -finid, May 12, 2013

A backdoor in all Internet products and services?

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Now they want to step it up a notch and compel popular Internet companies and social networks like Facebook and Google to give law enforcement agencies real time monitoring capabilities of all online communication. read more...

permapage | score:9893 | -finid, May 3, 2013

Windows 8: The most important reason to switch to Linux

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Since we don’t have the political clout to bribe (lobby) our elected officials to break the unholy alliance between Microsoft and hardware vendors, educating Windows users on the benefits of using Linux is the best we can do – for now. read more...

permapage | score:9887 | -finid, May 2, 2013

ARM-based EMB-2500: Like Raspberry Pi, but much better

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With the EMB-2500, SATA storage connectivity has come to an ITX form-factor, single-board SoC computer. read more...

permapage | score:9885 | -finid, April 30, 2013

CoolShip Android all-in-keyboard computer

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But this one is unlike other Android units. It’s not in a USB stick, but in a keyboard with most of the connectivity of a standard desktop or notebook computer. read more...

permapage | score:9842 | -finid, February 26, 2013

4 gui applications for installing Linux from USB key

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With this article, four of the best graphical applications that Windows users may use to transfer most actively-developed Linux distributions to a USB key, and, therefore, use it to install the Linux distribution to a computer that does not have an optical drive are presented. read more...

permapage | score:9814 | -finid, April 2, 2013

Multiboot Linux distributions from one USB key

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On Windows, however, Your Multiboot Installer (YUMI) makes the process as easy as can be. YUMI is one of the applications I wrote about in 4 gui applications for installing Linux from USB key. read more...

permapage | score:9763 | -finid, April 3, 2013

Infotainment systems: The next generation

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Just thought I share a video about the Parrot ASTEROID Smart, a vehicular infotainment systems device from Parrot, a technology outfit based in Paris, France that makes wireless devices and applications. read more...

permapage | score:9734 | -finid, April 4, 2013

Riak Cloud Storage released under Apache 2 license

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Riak CS offers a highly available, fault-tolerant storage, with support for large objects (up to 5 GB) and multipart uploading, an API and authentication system that is S3-compatible, multi-tenancy and per-user reporting. read more...

permapage | score:9716 | -finid, March 29, 2013

Google Reader axed. Is FeedBurner next?

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Parts of the FeedBurner service have already been eliminated. For example, the FeedBurner API and AdSense for Feeds have been retired. read more...

permapage | score:9703 | -finid, March 30, 2013

Deploy Piwik Web Analytics on OpenShift Online

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If you have a Web hosting account, but not enough resources to host Piwik, OpenShift Online presents an alternative platform to host it on. OpenShift Online is a cloud computing Platform as a Service (PaaS) provided by Red Hat, Inc. read more...

permapage | score:9699 | -finid, March 26, 2013

LibreOffice migration guide

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So that’s where a migration guide becomes necessary. LibreOffice migration guide, published by The Document Foundation, helps organizations understand why they need to migrate, how to begin the migration process, and steps to take during the process. read more...

permapage | score:9688 | -finid, April 1, 2013

Fedora 16 security features

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The security features in Fedora make it one of my favorite Linux distributions. And that is partly why it is in my list of the top 6 KDE distributions of 2011, even though it takes some tweaking to get it to the it just works state. I will take the security advantages of an operating system over any user-friendliness weaknesses, provided those user-friendliness weaknesses are not show stoppers.

Two of the four security features in Fedora 16 are enabled out of the box. The others are optional features that can be configured during installation. So, let us look at those two optional security features first. read more...

mail this link | permapage | score:9678 | -finid, December 14, 2011

Kali Linux is now available for download

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With Kali, the distribution’s developers made the switch from an Ubuntu base to a Debian base. So, Kali is a Debian-based distribution for security gurus or those aspiring to be. read more...

permapage | score:9668 | -finid, March 30, 2013

Kali Linux 1.0 review

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Where BackTrack was based on Ubuntu and used a GNOME 2 desktop environment, Kali Linux 1.0 is based on Debian and uses a customized GNOME Shell. read more...

permapage | score:9665 | -finid, March 29, 2013

webOS: The latest Linux distribution

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The source or cause of the joy is none other than the announcement from HP that webOS will be, in their own words, a “pure open source project.” Awesome! Did I see this coming? Yes, sir! Did I influence HP’s decision? Perhaps.

Ok, alright, that last one is a stretch, but back on August 19 2011, after HP had announced that it “will discontinue operations for webOS devices, specifically the TouchPad and webOS phones,” I suggested in a blog post (see what HP should do with webOS), that “to not let webOS be a failed distribution, here’s what I think HP should do with webOS – make it a free, Linux distribution, such that the relationship between it (HP) and webOS would be akin to that between Red Hat and Fedora, or Canonical and Ubuntu.” read more...

mail this link | permapage | score:9644 | -finid, December 12, 2011

Enlightenment E17

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The latest release, Enlightenment version 0.17 or E17, was released late last year. I’ve been playing with it for a few weeks now, and so far, I’ve been impressed. There are still has some very rough edges, but it’s very usable. read more...

permapage | score:9622 | -finid, January 23, 2013

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and 12.10 beta 2 on Intel Ivy Bridge system

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Since I just built a new system with a Core i3 3220 processor, one of the low-end models, I decided to see what the heck is going on between the Linux and Ivy Bridge. read more...

permapage | score:9615 | -finid, October 7, 2012

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