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LibreOffice 3.5 arrives

Posted February 14, 2012 - 11:29 am

The Document Foundation on Tuesday announced the availability of LibreOffice 3.5, which it described as the third major release of the open-source productivity suite derived from the OpenOffice.org codebase.
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What's the big deal about Hadoop?

Posted February 14, 2012 - 10:49 am

Hadoop is all the rage, it seems. With more than 150 enterprises of various sizes using it -- including major companies such as JP Morgan Chase, Google and Yahoo -- it may seem inevitable that the open-source Big Data management system will land in your shop, too.
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FSF asks web devs to ID JavaScript code

Posted February 14, 2012 - 10:28 am

The Free Software Foundation wants web developers to insert license info within sites to avoid what Richard M. Stallman calls "the JavaScript trap."
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Linux: Where the jobs (and bigger salaries) are

Posted February 13, 2012 - 5:13 pm

Numerous studies have emerged over the past few years indicating that Linux skills are a hot item in the IT hiring market, but on Tuesday the Linux Foundation will publish a brand-new report suggesting that the search for such talent is taking on a new level of urgency.
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Move to mobile will bring big changes for Linux

Posted February 13, 2012 - 12:12 pm

Linux is free, Linux is ubiquitous. What cxould that mean for distributions, interfaces, and the future of mobile platforms?
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Sabayon Linux 8 debuts with a dash of Cinnamon

Posted February 11, 2012 - 7:55 am

The Linux Mint project has made quite a splash in the Linux world over the past few months, not just for the growing popularity of its user-friendly operating system but also for the launch of Cinnamon, its brand-new desktop alternative.
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HP TouchPad kernel released, tinkerers rejoice

Posted February 11, 2012 - 7:00 am

Did you happen to pick up a HP TouchPad, but wish you'd been among the select few with the gadget running Android instead? Since the accidental Android drama, HP has decided to release the kernel and General Public License (GPL) for its tablet, much to the joy of the hacking community.
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Free Web tool consolidates data on code vulnerabilities

Posted February 10, 2012 - 12:59 pm

Enterprise coders can now use an open source Web application that lets them consolidate software vulnerability data from a range of scanning and test tools. With a centralized view, and reporting and management tools, ThreadFix speeds the work needed to fix software bugs and vulnerabilities, including those in proliferating mobile apps.
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Ubuntu, Debian top community poll

Posted February 10, 2012 - 8:00 am

The 2011 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards have been tabulated, and the results show some surprises.
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Cloudscaling to offer OpenStack private cloud platform

Posted February 9, 2012 - 6:51 pm

Cloudscaling plans to introduce on Monday an OpenStack-based platform that enterprises can use to build private clouds.
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Eight features Windows 8 borrowed from Linux

Posted February 9, 2012 - 3:24 pm

Microsoft has always been accused of stealing left and right from the open source community. Is this holding true today?
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20 popular Ubuntu Linux apps you may want to try

Posted February 9, 2012 - 3:01 pm

As Ubuntu Linux continues to grow in popularity, most discussions of it tend to focus on the basics of the operating system itself, including especially details about its desktop environment and user interface.
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Apache Software Foundation to outsource event management

Posted February 9, 2012 - 9:49 am

Faced with declining attendance and revenue numbers, the Apache Software Foundation is seeking to hand off management of one of its semi-annual ApacheCon events.
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Java roadmap: Oracle's two-year plan

Posted February 9, 2012 - 8:00 am

The company is planning aggressive moves for the critical software platform in the next few years. Here's a rundown.
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Weave open-source data visualization offers power, flexibility

Posted February 8, 2012 - 11:03 am

When two Boston-area organizations rolled out an interactive data visualization website last month, it represented one of the largest public uses yet for the open-source project Weave -- and more are on the way.
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Oracle stakes claim in R with Advanced Analytics launch

Posted February 8, 2012 - 8:03 am

Oracle is hoping to carve out a prominent place in the world of R, the open-source statistical modeling language with roots in academia but an increasingly high profile in enterprise IT shops. It announced a new Advanced Analytics product on Wednesday that ties R to its database and family of software-hardware appliances.
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Ready for another Linux tablet? Meet the rugged Trimble Yuma

Posted February 7, 2012 - 8:56 pm

February seems to be shaping up to be the month of Linux tablets. Just last week we saw the announcement of the forthcoming Spark tablet running Mer Linux and KDE, which has caused plenty of excitement among Linux fans.
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Fixing a broken Ubuntu upgrade

Posted February 7, 2012 - 5:08 pm

About a year ago, I moved into a new office, far away from a network wall jack, and decided to put my computer's wireless card to work. It was a nice solution that worked well. That is, until I upgraded from Ubuntu 11.04 to 11.10. Here's how I fixed it.
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Getting started with the Ubuntu command line

Posted February 7, 2012 - 4:47 pm

The command line is an efficient way to perform complex tasks accurately and much more easily than it would seem at a first glance. Here's what you need to know to get started
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SUSE hits the big 2-0

Posted February 7, 2012 - 8:30 am

2012 will be the year of the lizard, as SUSE Linux steps up to celebrate two decades as the world's oldest commercial Linux entity.
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The future of hypervisors

Posted February 7, 2012 - 7:36 am

The world of hypervisors is complicated by the fact that there are proprietary and open source tools, each with different strengths and weaknesses.
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Canonical aligns Kubuntu as community flavor

Posted February 6, 2012 - 8:28 pm

The Kubuntu flavor of Ubuntu is being realigned to community-only status, as in-house Canonical developers are shifted away from the project.
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Install VLC in Linux Mint or Ubuntu

Posted February 6, 2012 - 3:22 pm

VLC is one of the best media players available anywhere. Here's how to add it to your Ubuntu or Linux Mint system.
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Install Cinnamon on Ubuntu or Linux Mint

Posted February 6, 2012 - 3:18 pm

Here's how you can easily add the Cinnamon fork to your Ubuntu or Linux Mint system.
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Install Orion theme in Ubuntu 11.10 or 12.04

Posted February 6, 2012 - 3:14 pm

Here's how you can add the attractive, light theme Orion to your Ubuntu 11.10 or 12.04 system.
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