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Arduino's first robotics kit is coming, and it rolls around like a Roomba

Posted May 20, 2013 - 12:57 pm

Arduino has already made it easier to build your own electronics projects. Now, the microcontroller board maker is about to enter the robotics market with what it calls the first official Arduino on wheels.
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How do you install Wordpress themes?

Posted May 20, 2013 - 6:13 am
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Bitcoin developer talks regulation, open source and the elusive Satoshi Nakamoto

Posted May 19, 2013 - 3:01 pm

With Bitcoin all the rage and startups popping up left and right, it's hard to know who's an expert in the virtual currency and who just has an opinion. Most people would put Jeff Garzik in the former camp.
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New tablet boots Ubuntu Linux, Android, and Windows 8

Posted May 17, 2013 - 10:48 am

Can't decide among operating systems? This tablet lets you have it three ways.
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7 open source projects to cut your teeth on (and the ones to avoid)

Posted May 17, 2013 - 10:47 am

If you've decided to contribute to an open source project, testimonials from experienced contributors will help. Seasoned open source contributors share what projects are good places to learn, and which ones are not.
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OX Text review: An in-browser word processor with big ambitions

Posted May 17, 2013 - 6:44 am

OpenXchange's new word processor, OX Text, is the first in a set of Linux-based productivity apps. Can it compete with Google Docs and Office 365?
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10 amazing Linux desktop environments you've probably never seen

Posted May 16, 2013 - 1:59 pm
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How to install Linux on a vintage 68K Mac

Posted May 16, 2013 - 1:49 pm

It's a difficult and time-consuming procedure with no practical purpose, of course, but when has that ever stopped us?
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So Long, Cinnamon: Cinnarch Linux is reborn as Antergos

Posted May 15, 2013 - 8:49 am

Regular PCWorld readers may recall Cinnarch, a Linux distribution I covered last fall that combined Arch Linux with the relatively new and alternative Cinnamon desktop environment.
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Which restaurants violate health codes and other insights from open data

Posted May 15, 2013 - 6:00 am

Open data initiatives are all the rage among governments around the world, meaning the answers to lots of interesting questions are at your fingertips
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Five new features in Firefox 21

Posted May 14, 2013 - 4:15 pm

A new 'Do Not Track' option and an expanded Social API are among the highlights to expect in this new release.
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Korora Linux 18 aims to deliver a friendlier Fedora

Posted May 13, 2013 - 1:11 pm

There's no doubt that desktop Linux has become increasingly user-friendly over the years, but it's equally true that some distributions focus more on ease of use than others do.
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What open source Hadoop coming to Windows means to IT

Posted May 13, 2013 - 12:17 pm

Hadoop is nearly synonymous with the analysis of big data. The Hortonworks Data Platform on Windows is significant as it means that companies lacking Linux expertise will finally be able to benefit from the big data analysis platform, which has been out of the reach of Windows shops.
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Canonical staff to get working Ubuntu phones by late May

Posted May 10, 2013 - 12:49 pm

Canonical on Wednesday announced its next moves on the way to market with a Linux-powered phone.
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The International Space Station goes Linux and RunRev goes open source

Posted May 10, 2013 - 11:58 am

On the ISS, Linux is in and XP is out and open source is the way of the future.
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Donald Trump gets into the crowdfunding business

Posted May 10, 2013 - 6:00 am

The Donald wants FundAnything to be like Kickstarter, only gaudier
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Linux code is the 'benchmark of quality,' study concludes

Posted May 9, 2013 - 4:12 pm

Coverity scanned 7.6 million lines of code in Linux 3.8 and found a defect density of just .59.
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Facebook to design an open source switch

Posted May 8, 2013 - 4:57 pm

As part of the Open Compute Project (OCP), Facebook's network engineering team is leading a project to develop an open source networking switch.
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Five things to like About Debian 7.0 'Wheezy'

Posted May 8, 2013 - 11:11 am

Speech-based installation and UEFI support are among many improvements in this updated Linux distribution.
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How Facebook aims to reinvent hardware

Posted May 7, 2013 - 2:39 pm

The company's Open Compute Project aims to provide an open source platform for building infrastructure of the future.
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Debian wheezes out Version 7

Posted May 7, 2013 - 2:05 pm

The latest version of Debian -- Version 7.0, codenamed "Wheezy" -- is now in stable release, bringing with it accessibility enhancements, a new version of the GNOME 3.4 desktop environment and support for multiple hardware architectures.
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Dell's Linux laptop has good hardware, decent toolkit

Posted May 6, 2013 - 11:28 am

Our Linux pros check out the decked-out XPS 13 'Developer Edition' laptop, preloaded with Ubuntu and other tools.
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Sizing up open source: Not so simple

Posted May 6, 2013 - 6:09 am

Choosing open-source software is more complicated than picking traditional software. Is your IT department prepared to contribute code fixes to the community?
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Free (with strings attached): Keeping track of open-source code

Posted May 6, 2013 - 6:08 am

Just about anyone in the office can introduce open-source code into the company's IT infrastructure. Yet CIOs face real dangers if they're not properly managing their open-source assets.
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Unix tip: Using Bash's regular expressions

Posted May 5, 2013 - 8:37 pm

Bash has quietly made scripting on Unix systems a lot easier with its own regular expressions. If you're still leaning on grep and sed commands to get your scripts to do what you need from them, maybe it's time to look into what bash can do on its own.
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