2012
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Nov 27, 2012
Check out how Obama saved $14.5 mn through open source
"Four more years. This happened because of you. Thank you," Obama tweeted soon after he defeated his Republican rival Mitt Romney in a closely contested 2012 US presidential poll. read more...
Nov 26, 2012
Raspberry Pi programmers get Code Exchange and Minecraft
Fans of the cheap computing platform now have a code exchange, complete with tutorials, as well as an official port of the popular Minecraft game. Meanwhile, a five-megapixel camera board is also on its way, and the results of a kids coding contest are out. read more...
GNOME: Can this Linux desktop be saved?
After taking a design path that sent many of its users running to other desktops, GNOME seems to be giving its users what they want: a GNOME 2.x style desktop. But, is it too late? Will GNOME fans come back? read more...
Nov 22, 2012
Linux Foundation support for booting Linux on Windows 8 PCs delayed
Thanks to Microsoft's implementation of secure boot, installing Linux on Windows 8 PCs is tricky. Unfortunately, the Linux Foundation's plan to address this problem has been stalled. read more...
Google promotes 'Take Action' campaign for free, open web
Google argues that some governments want to use the ITU meeting in Dubai next week as an opportunity to "increase censorship and regulate the Internet." read more...
Nov 20, 2012
Chasing the compliance dragon is holding back security tooling
Developers have everything they need to create the security-based systems of their dreams, but they're too busy chasing compliance regimes that distract them from breaches, according to Sourcefire founder Martin Roesch. read more...
Nov 19, 2012
Samba 4 now planned for release on Dec 11
The first open source Active Directory server with SMB3 support, now due in mid December, is ideal for business desktop and storage needs. Samba 4 was a big beneficiary of antitrust orders forcing Microsoft to open up key protocols. read more...
Market confidence in cloud soars, especially among service providers, says North Bridge survey
To learn more about where the cloud business has been and where it’s going, BriefingsDirect sat down with Michael Skok, Partner at North Bridge Venture Partners. The interview is conducted by Dana Gardner, Principal Analyst at Interarbor Solutions. read more...
Nov 15, 2012
The BIG browser benchmark: All the latest browsers tested
The BIG browser benchmark -- where the leading browsers are pitted against five of the toughest benchmark tests -- which browser will be triumphant? read more...
Education for the real world: Open course on open source NoSQL databases
Back in March of this year, the University of Albany Student Chapter of the American Society for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) organized its second Open Source Festival. read more...
Nov 13, 2012
Five More Common Myths Around Open Source Adoption
There are numerous myths out there about Open Source software which continue to spread despite lack of evidence. Here, we debunk five more of the most common. read more...
Sep 27, 2012
Red Hat's Q2 mixed relative to expectations
Red Hat CFO Charlie Peters said the second quarter marked "a significant ramp-up in investments in our nascent storage business." read more...
Jul 31, 2012
Is GNOME “Staring into the abyss?”
A leading GNOME developer thinks the once popular Linux/Unix desktop interface has lost its way. read more...
Jul 30, 2012
Nexus 7? Wait: Google's Motorola Xoom + Jelly Bean is coming soon
Google launched Android 4.1 on the Asus-developed (but Google branded) Nexus 7 in part to reassure OEMs that they will be treated equally in the aftermath of its Motorola Mobility purchase. Maybe Google really did spend $12 plus billion for the Motorola patents, but users are still awaiting the more full featured iPad2 killer from Google. Will it be Jelly Bean on Motorola's Xoom? read more...
Jul 24, 2012
Peppermint OS Three: The real-deal desktop cloud Linux
More and more operating systems are integrating the cloud into the desktop, but Peppermint OS really marries the desktop and the cloud. read more...
Jul 23, 2012
Facebook exec: Celebration "premature" until OEMs open source their x86 systems
Since unveiling its Open Compute Project and data center designs in 2011, Facebook's Open Compute project has been rallying OEMs to support and build open, interchangeable components. At Oscon 2012 today, the project's chief urged developers to accelerate the trend of open source hardware by refusing to buy "gratuitously differentiated" systems. read more...
Jul 19, 2012
A first look at Dell's “Sputnik” Ubuntu Linux developer laptop
Dell will be shipping a high-powered laptop for developers this fall, and here's what it's going to look like. read more...
Jan 30, 2012
Microsoft seeking open-source expert to help put Linux on Azure
Microsoft is moving steadily ahead with its plan to enable Linux to run on its Windows Azure cloud platform. read more...
Jan 26, 2012
Beyond the desktop: Ubuntu Linux's new Head-Up Display
Following on the heels of changing its interface from the GNOME 3.x shell to Unity, Ubuntu is proposing a new, radical change to the desktop Linux interface: Head-Up Display. read more...
HP publishes timeline for making webOS open source
HP execs explain that the shift to commit webOS to open source is a “decisive step” towards meeting its “goal of accelerating the platform’s development.” read more...
