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Off the Beat * Bruce Byfield
Desktop Trends in 2013 Bruce takes some time to look at LinuxQuestions' Member Choice Awards for trends. This year they suggest some interesting trends on the desktop.
Tin Hats vs. Red Hat * Bruce Byfield
Ordinarily, I avoid anything to do with Roy Schestowitz and TechRights. The interaction is rarely worth the seemingly compulsive abuse that I inevitably receive. However, Schestowitz's recent claim that Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) includes a back door for the NSA is an exception – especially since the story has been picked up by FOSS Force, where, despite the site's skeptical coverage of the claim, its latest poll shows that 34% believe the story, and 27% don't know what to think.
Productivity Sauce * Dmitri Popov
Monitor Your Server with Linux Dash Linux Dash is a new addition to the growing list of server monitoring utilities.
Keep Tabs on Income and Expenses with My Expenses for Android Several traits set My Expenses apart from the myriad of other expense-tracking apps for Android.
Paw Prints * Jon "maddog" Hall
To Have a Warranty or Not to Have a Warranty ... That is the Question Recently the Affordable Care Act (ACA, otherwise known as "Obamacare") has dominated the news of the United States. Whether you are for it or against it makes no difference to this blog post, but there are a lot of similarities between health insurance, car insurance, and computer system warranties that make for an interesting comparison.
ADMIN HPC * http://hpc.admin-magazine.com/
Monitoring HPC Systems: What Should You Monitor? By Jeff Layton
One goal of HPC administration is effective monitoring of clusters. In this article, I talk about writing code that measures processor and memory metrics on each node.
The Lua Scripting Language By Oliver Frommel
Is this powerful but simple scripting language big enough for Big Data?
ADMIN Online * http://www.admin-magazine.com/
Logging with systemd By Thorsten Scherf
In most cases, log messages are managed by a Syslog server. The Fedora project wants to take a new approach in the future, which is to come from systemd's journal.
PostgreSQL 9.3 By Bernd Helmle
The new PostgreSQL 9.3 release introduces several speed and usability improvements, as well as SQL standards compliance.
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TUXEDO Computers Unveils Linux Laptop Featuring AMD Ryzen CPU
This latest release is the first laptop to include the new CPU from Ryzen and Linux preinstalled.
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XZ Gets the All-Clear
The back door xz vulnerability has been officially reverted for Fedora 40 and versions 38 and 39 were never affected.
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Canonical Collaborates with Qualcomm on New Venture
This new joint effort is geared toward bringing Ubuntu and Ubuntu Core to Qualcomm-powered devices.
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Kodi 21.0 Open-Source Entertainment Hub Released
After a year of development, the award-winning Kodi cross-platform, media center software is now available with many new additions and improvements.
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Linux Usage Increases in Two Key Areas
If market share is your thing, you'll be happy to know that Linux is on the rise in two areas that, if they keep climbing, could have serious meaning for Linux's future.
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Vulnerability Discovered in xz Libraries
An urgent alert for Fedora 40 has been posted and users should pay attention.
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Canonical Bumps LTS Support to 12 years
If you're worried that your Ubuntu LTS release won't be supported long enough to last, Canonical has a surprise for you in the form of 12 years of security coverage.
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Fedora 40 Beta Released Soon
With the official release of Fedora 40 coming in April, it's almost time to download the beta and see what's new.
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New Pentesting Distribution to Compete with Kali Linux
SnoopGod is now available for your testing needs
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Juno Computers Launches Another Linux Laptop
If you're looking for a powerhouse laptop that runs Ubuntu, the Juno Computers Neptune 17 v6 should be on your radar.