HP Opens Up Its Switches to OpenFlow
(Feb 5, 2012, 14:00 UTC) (2086 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
EnterpriseNetworkingPlanet: HP is taking the bold step of being the first major vendor to offer full commercial support for open source OpenFlow software defined networking technology.

Open Source Tackles Healthcare In Places Microsoft Can't
(Feb 4, 2012, 15:00 UTC) (3106 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
WIRED Enterprise: "First created in 2004, OpenMRS is now used in countries across the globe, including Rwanda, Mozambique, Haiti, India, China, and the Phillipines."

Moving from Windows to Linux: Easy Steps and Resources
(Feb 4, 2012, 07:02 UTC) (4045 reads) (4 talkbacks) (feedback)
OSTATIC: "There are a number of free resources available for Windows users who want to take the Linux plunge. In this post, you'll find our updated collection of several of them that can make moving to Linux very easy."

The Best Filesystem for an external hard disk of 1TB with cross platform support
(Feb 3, 2012, 22:03 UTC) (6406 reads) (9 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linuxaria: "Which Filesystem should I use with this big disk ?"

Android, Tizen and the End of Java
(Feb 3, 2012, 19:04 UTC) (4221 reads) (4 talkbacks) (feedback)
The Power Base: "I wanted to call this piece Life, the Universe and Everything. Allow me to explain."

Hardening Postfix For ISPConfig 3
(Feb 3, 2012, 18:01 UTC) (1506 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
HowtoForge: "The goal of this tutorial is to harden the mail server postfix used by ISPConfig for internet mail servers where authenticated users are trusted."

Is Facebook's IPO an exit strategy?
(Feb 3, 2012, 17:04 UTC) (3006 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
Consumerization: BYOD: "I think Facebook’s IPO comes at a time when Facebook is on its way out–out of our lives and out of our gadgetry–for good."

PCLinuxOS KDE 2012.02 Has Been Officially Released
(Feb 3, 2012, 16:03 UTC) (2324 reads) (2 talkbacks) (feedback)
Softpedia: "PCLinuxOS KDE 2012.02 is powered by Linux kernel 2.6.38.8bfs, optimized for maximum desktop performance, and the KDE SC 4.6.5 environment."

GhostBSD 2.5 review
(Feb 3, 2012, 15:01 UTC) (1915 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
LinuxBSDos.com: "The latest edition, GhostBSD 2.5, based on FreeBSD 9, is the project's fourth release, and was made available for public download on January 24 (2012)."

Webopedia Term of the Day: What is Debian Goodies
(Feb 3, 2012, 14:04 UTC) (1440 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Webopedia: "Debian Goodies is a set of utilities that work with Debian packages and provide more information than you can get out of the standard APT (Advanced Package Tool) utilities."

Microsoft Vows to Fix 'Broken' Code In Open Source Cloud Project
(Feb 3, 2012, 13:10 UTC) (2471 reads) (3 talkbacks) (feedback)
Cloudline: "Microsoft says it is committed to making good on its OpenStack promises just as it did with Hyper-V and Linux."

Five most downloaded extensions of awesome (gnome) shell
(Feb 3, 2012, 11:03 UTC) (3573 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
Justin Stories: "The gnome shell extensions are a great to way to customize your awesome shell."

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin Alpha 2 Released
(Feb 3, 2012, 10:01 UTC) (3397 reads) (4 talkbacks) (feedback)
Web Upd8: "Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin alpha 2 is available for download, we'll do a recap of all the changes since the previous milestone (alpha 1)."

Red Hat unveils 10-year support plan
(Feb 3, 2012, 06:03 UTC) (1598 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
LinuxDevices: "Red Hat has extended the life cycle of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 and 6 from seven to 10 years."

Open source software should be used to secure public sector systems, IT bosses are told
(Feb 2, 2012, 23:02 UTC) (2079 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
The Inquirer: "Ian Levy, technical director at the Communication Electronics Security Group (CESG) said local authorities need to realise the organisation supports the deployment of non-proprietary software for security purposes."

Raspbmc - XBMC Linux Distribution For Raspberry Pi Announced
(Feb 2, 2012, 15:03 UTC) (2894 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
Ubuntu Vibes: "A specific Linux distribution Raspbmc is being developed by Stm Labs which is specially optimized for Raspberry Pi."

Textbook of the Future: The hardware
(Feb 2, 2012, 13:02 UTC) (2827 reads) (6 talkbacks) (feedback)
Tech Broiler: "So the iPad and iBooks Textbooks are too expensive and also too proprietary. That much is a given. What do you replace it with?"

The Perfect Database Server: Firebird 2.5.1 And FreeBSD 9
(Feb 2, 2012, 11:02 UTC) (1775 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
HowtoForge: "Here is the guide on installing Firebird 2.5.1 from FreeBSD 9 Ports and creating your first test database."

Nano quadrotors demonstrate complex swarm behavior
(Feb 2, 2012, 07:04 UTC) (2638 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
Geek.com: "A new video posted by the GRASP Lab shows that development of quadrotors isn’t slowing down."

Understanding Open Source Licensing
(Feb 2, 2012, 03:17 UTC) (3806 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
PC Quest: "We demystify the major licenses from an enterprise perspective"

Firefox 10 and Thunderbird 10 Arrive on Ubuntu 12.04
(Feb 1, 2012, 23:02 UTC) (3505 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Softpedia: "Canonical updated its default web browser and email client to Firefox 10 and Thunderbird 10, respectively."

The open source behind gov.uk revealed
(Feb 1, 2012, 21:03 UTC) (2824 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
The H Open: "The new beta version of the gov.uk web site should give proprietary software vendors and contractors pause for thought, as it is almost entirely built on or with open source."

Mint's Cinnamon: The Future of the Linux Desktop? (Review)
(Feb 1, 2012, 14:00 UTC) (4303 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
ZDnet: Can a back to the past Linux desktop win more fans than GNOME 3.x, KDE 4.x, or Ubuntu’s Unity or HUD? I think so.

Making Music on Linux; It’s A Thing
(Feb 1, 2012, 11:00 UTC) (2993 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
MyLinuxRig: There are lots of ways to model amps and pedals. Apple’s GarageBand is probably one of the most popular consumer avenues. But I wanted to try and implement something on Linux, despite the near constant refrain that Linux doesn’t do audio production well.

Tiny Core Linux 4.2 is a complete operating system in 64MB or less
(Feb 1, 2012, 06:04 UTC) (3441 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
Liliputing: "Tiny Core is a light-weight Linux distribution focused on providing a fast, small, but usable operating system."

Sick of Ubuntu's bad breath? Suck on a Linux Mint instead
(Jan 31, 2012, 21:03 UTC) (5244 reads) (3 talkbacks) (feedback)
The Register: "The result is not, surprisingly, a Frankendesktop of horrendous proportions, but something quite usable."

How to install Ubuntu the way you've never done it before
(Jan 31, 2012, 20:03 UTC) (6021 reads) (4 talkbacks) (feedback)
DarkDuck: "Have you ever installed any GNU/Linux distribution? Have you ever installed Windows? Have you noticed the difference? I think you know what I am talking about..."

Ubuntu 12.10 Developer Summit Sponsorship Open
(Jan 31, 2012, 19:01 UTC) (1708 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Softpedia: "The sponsorship for the upcoming Ubuntu Developer Summit 2012 event is now open for submissions."

Canonical Adds Unity Settings in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
(Jan 31, 2012, 18:09 UTC) (3478 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
Softpedia: "It looks like Canonical is trying hard to make it more user friendly by adding new functionality and allowing users to easily configure it."

Women in Tech: Manuela Hutter sees endless possibilities
(Jan 31, 2012, 17:03 UTC) (1672 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Between the Lines: "Introducing Manuela Hutter, Interface Developer at Opera Software. Her profile is the first in a new Women in Tech series."

Meet Bill Gates, the Man Who Changed Open Source Software
(Jan 31, 2012, 16:01 UTC) (5504 reads) (7 talkbacks) (feedback)
Wired Enterprise: "The meeting took place a week before Bill Gates retired from Microsoft, and the topic was open source software."

IBM to realign Symphony with Apache OpenOffice
(Jan 31, 2012, 14:03 UTC) (2636 reads) (2 talkbacks) (feedback)
IT World: "IBM is indeed dropping production of its Lotus Symphony office suite, ending a five-year run on the Microsoft Office alternative."

Miro Internet TV: Internet TV for Ubuntu Desktop
(Jan 31, 2012, 13:01 UTC) (3000 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linuxaria: "Miro, first launched in 2005 then revamped in 2007 (it was first launched as Democracy Player), is written in Python."

Lower the U.S. national debt by expanding the government's use of Free Software
(Jan 31, 2012, 12:06 UTC) (2072 reads) (2 talkbacks) (feedback)
White House Petitions: "The U.S. federal government is being taken advantage of by many unscrupulous software vendors who charge the government far more for proprietary software."

Pentaho Open Sources Big Data Capabilities with Kettle
(Jan 31, 2012, 10:00 UTC) (1622 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
EnterpriseAppsToday: Transforming application data to work with Hadoop and other Big Data frameworks is about to get easier, thanks to Pentaho’s Kettle 4.3 release.

How I Manage Bandwidth Using Trickle On Ubuntu
(Jan 31, 2012, 08:00 UTC) (2844 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
UbuntuPortal: Trickle is a portable application bandwidth shaper lightweight. It can run in collaborative mode 'together with trickled' or in stand alone mode.

Red Hat Quietly Joins the OpenStack Effort
(Jan 31, 2012, 01:00 UTC) (5530 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
ReadWriteWeb: Word is that Red Hat refused to sign on to OpenStack when it was announced, because it didn't like the governance model.

3 Reasons Why Gnome Shell Is Better Than Ubuntu’s Unity
(Jan 30, 2012, 22:00 UTC) (6168 reads) (9 talkbacks) (feedback)
MakeUseOf: There’s absolutely no denying the fact that there has been a lot of bickering between people about which desktop environment is the best.

On Switching to Arch Linux
(Jan 30, 2012, 20:00 UTC) (4600 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Mike the Coder: So you’re thinking about switching to Arch..

Updated Debian 6.0: 6.0.4 released
(Jan 30, 2012, 19:00 UTC) (2283 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Debian: The Debian project is pleased to announce the fourth update of its stable distribution Debian 6.0 (codename "squeeze").

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