Department Networking

Supermicro 10Gb Ethernet Switch Unveiled

Supermicro announces its SSE-X24S, a new high-performance, 10Gb Ethernet switch.

We look at SharePoint integration and show you how to manage Active Directory from Linux. But first, a special story on a dangerous new class of intrusion tools.

Protocols »

What’s New in Samba 4

In December 2012, the open source world received the first, and very long awaited, release of the Samba 4.x series.

Routing »

Software-Defined Networks

Even as the tech world works to figure out just what to do with the potential of cloud computing and big data, along comes a new bit of technology fueled by open source software: software-defined networks.

Troubleshooting »

Traffic Watch

Sluggish network connections can be nerve-wracking. Checking live statistics about network traffic can help pinpoint the problem. Iftop is a command-line system monitoring tool that can help you identify bandwidth hogs and keep traffic moving.

Wireless »

White House Supports Cell Phone Jailbreak

The Obama administration wants users to be free to unlock their phones without risk of prosecution.

Other »

TeamViewer Version 8 for Linux Released

TeamViewer v8.0 offers new features for easier remote administration.

Issue #151 / Jun 2013

Cover Theme: Brain in the Desktop
DVD: openSUSE 12.3

Highlights:

The Nepomuk semantic desktop has matured with the KDE 4 series. We look at how you can use Nepomuk to structure information about the files, folders, and applications on your system.... more »

Free Video Archives! CeBIT Open Source Forum 2012

The presentations were streamed live from CeBIT and are now available in the Linux New Media video archive!

CeBIT Open Source Forum 2012

New Blog Posts

- The Limits of Anonymity
- Suggestions for improving Yorba's crowdfunding campaign
- Until we no longer need lists


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News

Google and NASA Partner in Quantum Computing Project

Vendor D-Wave scores big with a sale to NASA's Quantum Intelligence Lab.
Mageia Project Announces Mageia 3 Linux

Many package updates and Steam integration highlight the latest from the Mandriva-based community Linux.
FSF Outs the World Wide Web Consortium over DRM Proposal

Richard Stallman calls for the W3C to remain independent of vendor interests.
Debian 7.0 Debuts

The new release supports nine architectures, 73 human languages, and zero non-Free components.
Alpha Version of Fedora 19 Released

Fedora developers release the first alpha version of Fedora 19, known as Schrödinger’s Cat, for general testing. The final release is expected in July 2013.
ack 2.0 Released

ack is a grep-like, command-line tool that has been optimized for programmers to search large trees of source code.
SUSE Studio 1.3 Released

SUSE

New features in SUSE Studio 1.3 include enhanced cloud integration, VM platform support, and lifecycle management.
Xen To Become Linux Foundation Collaborative Project

AMD , Citrix , google , Intel , Oracle

The Linux Foundation recently announced that the Xen Project is becoming a Linux Foundation Collaborative Project.
RunRev Releases Open Source Version of LiveCode

Android , Linux , Mac , Windows

Open source version of LiveCode is now available for developing apps, games, and utilities for all major platforms.
OpenDaylight Project Formed

Citrix , IBM , Microsoft , Red Hat , VMware

OpenDaylight is an open source software-defined networking project committed to furthering adoption of SDN and accelerating innovation in a vendor-neutral and open environment.