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Operating Systems Fresh News
- Enhanced commit privileges: Chris Rees (doc, ports)
- Binary Packages Are Available Again
Six months have passed since the November security incident which brought the Project's binary package building cap ... - January-March 2013 Status Report
The January to March 2013 Status Report is now available with 31 entries. - FreeBSDFoundation Announces Ed Maste as New Director of Project Development
The FreeBSDFoundation is pleased to announce Ed Maste's new role as the Foundation's part-time Director of Projec ...
[Courtesy of FreeBSD News Flash]
- Renaming a jail
How to rename a jail - Restoring an INOPERABLE 3Ware unit
Trouble in RAID land - grep, sed, and awk for fun and profit
Using tools for parsing log files - Bacula - copying a job; doing it better
One copy job is good. Three copy jobs is much better!
[Courtesy of The FreeBSD Diary]
- The FreeBSD Project
FreeBSD offers advanced networking, performance, security and compatibility features today which are still missing ... - DesktopBSD
A stable and powerful operating system for desktop users. DesktopBSD combines the stability of FreeBSD, the usabili ... - DragonFly BSD
An operating system and environment designed to be the logical continuation of the FreeBSD-4.x series. These operat ... - NYCBUG
"Nice bug" is the New York City *BSD users group. Notice the wildcard? Regardless of your favorite BSD flavor, be i ...
[Courtesy of drx: FreeBSD]
- Former Microsoft Windows chief: I was right to kill the Start button
- Fedora's Schrdinger's Cat Linux gives coders claws for thought
- Ubuntu's Shuttleworth: Microsoft no longer dominates PC biz
- Microsoft's Windows 8.1 secrets REVEALED ... sort of
[Courtesy of The Register - Software: Operating Systems]
- Jill Stein for President
- GNU-Darwin site blackout to protest #SOPA and #PIPA - #OpBlackout
- Concern about the 'Bill To Combat Online Infringement' - #eff #fsf #dmca #music #downloads #technology
- Spill onto Washington DC: Oil out of the U.S. Rally Labor Day Weekend
[Courtesy of The GNU-Darwin Distribution]
- Using the free Kerio Workspace Starter Edition at Home by Anthony Lawrence
- Troubleshooting Kerio Control installation by Anthony Lawrence
- Training your users to properly train Bayes by Anthony Lawrence
- Analyzing some affiliate marketing email spam for Bayesian poisoning by Anthony Lawrence
[Courtesy of Main News at A.P.Lawrence]
Others
- Apple under the gun as US e-book trial starts
Apple appears to face an uphill battle as it goes to trial Monday in New York on e-book price fixing charges brough ... - ARM targets $200 smartphones with new Cortex A12 processor
ARM is targeting mid-range smartphones and tablets priced between US$200 and $350 with a new low-power Cortex-A12 p ... - Microsoft CIO Tony Scott has left the company
Microsoft CIO Tony Scott has left the company after five years. - Here come the laptops and desktops with Intel's Haswell chips [9239693]
PCs that are cooler, smaller and faster were announced by computer makers Sunday in advance of Computex, with the n ...
[Courtesy of Latest from Computerworld]
- Microsoft adds new features to Windows 8.1 and restores start button
The company said a preview of Windows 8.1 will be released next month. - LG releases Nexus 4 White smartphone
Powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro processor and running on Android 4.2 Jelly Bean. - Mozilla and Foxconn to unveil Firefox OS devices
The new device is expected to be unveiled on 03 June 2013 - Apple's new iOS 7 to be flat, black and white
iOS 7 is likely to be launched in fall with a new iPhone
[Courtesy of CBR - Operating Systems News]
- Ode to 3GS
- The Curious Case of Google Hangouts History
- Google's Calorie Counter
- Bigger Thumbnails in Google Search for Tablets
[Courtesy of Google Operating System]
- Facebook open sources its Watchman tool for speeding up app builds
Further bolstering its reputation as a good open source citizens, Facebook has open sourced an in-house developed ... - Chambers: Cisco not looking to kill Microsoft-Skype deal
Cisco doesn't want to kill Microsoft's marriage to Skype -- it just wants a dowry. - Spam catchers catching spammers better
A year ago, the state of the spam-catching art was in dire straits. - Mozilla's asm.js uses JavaScript to improve Web performance
With its asm.js project, Mozilla is promoting a subset of JavaScript intended to improve Web application performan ...
[Courtesy of InfoWorld News]
- Repair the Tip of a Shoelace with Melted Candle Wax
Next time the plastic tip of your shoelace starts to break, don't rush out to by new laces; fix it at home with a ... - Valet Remembers Where You Parked, Even if You Forgot to Open the App
Android: Whether you parked on a side street downtown or in a huge lot at a stadium, it's not always easy to find ... - "Does putting toilet paper on the seat actually help?"
Each Friday, great discussions happen over on Hackerspace's Open Thread. Here are some of the best topics discusse ... - Digitize Old Photos Better with the Negatives
Whether you're scanning old photos yourself, or sending them off to a scanning service, it's always better to use ...
[Courtesy of Lifehacker]
- Disposable VPN: Tor Gateways With EC2 Free Tiers
The established regime in Turkey (not to mention many other countries: take your pick) may not like any-to-many com ... - Pi to Go: Hot Raspberry Pi DIY Mini Desktop PC Project
MojoKid writes "Hot Hardware recently set out to design a custom mini desktop system with the popular Raspberry Pi ... - DoS Attack Forces EVE Online Offline
Resorting to the out-of-band messaging that is Facebook, CCP Games has announced that "At 02:05 GMT June 2nd, CCP b ... - Salvaging E.T. In Software, Instead of New Mexico
Yesterday, we mentioned a just-approved effort to uncover the remains of goods dumped by Atari in New Mexico decade ...
[Courtesy of Slashdot]
- Microsoft Security Advisory: Vulnerability in TrueType font parsing could allow elevation of privileges
- Microsoft Security Advisory: Vulnerability in SSL/TLS could allow information disclosure
- Microsoft Security Advisory: Fraudulent digital certificates could allow spoofing
- Microsoft Security Advisory: Fraudulent digital certificates could allow spoofing
[Courtesy of kbAlertz.com :: Windows Server 2008]
- Microsoft Security Advisory: Vulnerability in TrueType font parsing could allow elevation of privileges
- Microsoft Security Advisory: Fraudulent digital certificates could allow spoofing
- Microsoft Security Advisory: Fraudulent digital certificates could allow spoofing
- UuidCreateSequential API may return RPC_S_UUID_LOCAL_ONLY(1824) Error.
[Courtesy of kbAlertz.com :: Windows XP]
- Microsoft Security Advisory: Vulnerability in TrueType font parsing could allow elevation of privileges
- Microsoft Security Advisory: Fraudulent digital certificates could allow spoofing
- Microsoft Security Advisory: Fraudulent digital certificates could allow spoofing
- Microsoft Security Advisory: Insecure library loading could allow remote code execution
[Courtesy of kbAlertz.com :: Windows Vista]
- Added new theme:Nano Threat
- Added new theme:Cool Hotness
- Aston shell and Aston Menu 2.0.4.1 released!
What's new in Aston 2.0.4.1:* Quick fix for weather widget. it is displaying weather info for today and tomorrow on ... - Added new theme:Disney Max Blue
[Courtesy of AstonShell.com]
- Walkmac revisited: the inside story of the 'first' portable Mac
A rare piece of probably unknown (to most) Apple history: the first portable Mac - which wasn't the Mac Portable an ... - Disclosure timeline for vulnerabilities under active attack
Google is changing its disclosure policy for zero-day exploits - both in their own software as in that of others - ... - Camino browser no longer developed
"After a decade-long run, Camino is no longer being developed, and we encourage all users to upgrade to a more mode ... - Asus releases massive 31.5" 3840x2160 monitor
"Asus has just announced the cure for the common 20-something-inch 1080p display: a small TV-sized 31.5-inch monito ...
[Courtesy of OSNews]
Linux Fresh News
- Linux.com
An independent portal and directory that provides Linux information, news, tips, and reference material. - The Best Ubuntu Resources on the Web
Once again, I cannot hope to list all the resources for any particular topic. That's why I occasionally add links t ... - ONLamp: Linux DevCenter
An O'Reilly ONLamp Development Center that covers both Linux desktop and server distributions. Topics include admin ... - The Linux Foundation
A nonprofit consortium dedicated to fostering the growth of Linux. Founded in 2007, the LF sponsors the work of Lin ... - The Perfect Setup
Pick your distro, be it Fedora, Ubuntu, Debian, SUSE or Mandrake, if you want to build a server with all the essent ... - Ubuntu Linux
Ubuntu is a community developed, Linux-based operating system that is perfect for laptops, desktops and servers. It ... - SUSE Linux 10.0
Novell has released version 10.0 of its recently acquired SUSE Linux commercial distribution, built under its OpenS ... - Linux Journal
Since 1994 (wow), on newsstands and on the Web, LJ is a trusted source for news, articles and tutorials, tips and t ... - LAMP Lights the Web
Although decidedly bent on Linux, and Redhat in particular, the topic of this article is equally at home on FreeBSD ... - Slashdot: Linux
Linux news, for nerds.
[Courtesy of drx: Linux]
- Mozilla teams up with Foxconn - Tablet?
From the Moz Tablet dept.: Mozilla is working with Apple hardware-maker Foxconn to release a mobile device running ... - Aussie Government Proposes OpenDocument As the Standard Format
From the Interop dept.: The Australian government chief technical officer wants some views on proposals for the of ... - Vastly Improved Raspberry Pi Performance With Wayland
From the Raspberry dept.: While Wayland/Weston 1.1 brought support to the Raspberry Pi merely a month ago, work ha ... - NetBSD 6.1
From the Upgrade dept.: The NetBSD Project is pleased to announce NetBSD 6.1, the first feature update of the NetB ... - Chrome 27: Speed Tweak +5%
From the Speed Tweak dept.: ...The speed improvement is thanks to the introduction of smarter behind-the-sce ...
[Courtesy of OSDir.com]
- database problems
Hi everybody, unfortunately we had a server crash tonight which corrupted our database. Repair is not possible so ... - We have a +quot;Qtest Mobile App Port Contest+quot; winner!
At the end 59 Qt applications were ported to MeeGo and Symbian and submitted for the contest. All the applications ... - 4 weeks and 2 contests
Only 4 weeks are left for participating at the "Qtest Mobile App Port" contest. http://qt-apps.org/news/? ... - Contest deadline extended
Several developers approached me and asked for more time to port their applications. So we extend the deadline of t ... - Win 10.000,- EUR at the +quot;Qtest Mobile App Port+quot;
Welcome to the Qtest Mobile App Port! As developers of applications using Qt, you already know how great it is to w ...
[Courtesy of KDE-Look.org News]
- Alkano 0.1 (X11 Mouse Theme)
Alkano 0.1 (X11 Mouse Theme)This is my first X11 mouse theme multi-sized in 64, 56, 48, 40, 32, 24 and 16 pixels. I ... - bFish 0.3 (X11 Mouse Theme)
bFish 0.3 (X11 Mouse Theme)I've been watching my cursor theme and has been very popular, so I decided to make some ... - Fish 0.1 (X11 Mouse Theme)
Fish 0.1 (X11 Mouse Theme)I've been watching my cursor theme called "bFish" has been popular, so I decide ... - Chakra Linux ^_^ 1.0 (KDE Wallpaper 1920x1200)
Chakra Linux ^_^ 1.0 (KDE Wallpaper 1920x1200)[read more]job recommendations:[more jobs] - Faenza Icons for LibreOffice 4.0.3 0.3.4-e (KDE Icon Theme)
Faenza Icons for LibreOffice 4.0.3 0.3.4-e (KDE Icon Theme)The package includes a guide of installation . ....... ...
[Courtesy of KDE-Look.org Content]
- Ayttm ' Unified instant messenger client
Ayttm is an instant messaging (aka chat) client that provides all-in-one chat functionality for several major insta ... - Cutter ' Disconnect routed IP connections
Cutter is an open source program that uses the FIN-ACK-RST packet technique described above to abort TCP/IP connect ... - Automatically restart SSH sessions and tunnels Using Autossh
autossh is a program to start a copy of ssh and monitor it, restarting it as necessary should it die or stop passin ... - TuxOnIce ' Revolutionise the way you start your Linux System
TuxOnIce is most easily described as the Linux equivalent of Windows' hibernate functionality, but better. It saves ... - Handbrake 0.9.9 released and PPA installation instructions included
HandBrake is a tool for converting video from nearly any format to a selection of modern, widely supported codecs. ...
[Courtesy of Ubuntu Geek]
- Ubuntu Ohio - Burning Circle: Burning Circle Episode 115
This week's episode talks about hurricane season, the LoCo-wide activity proposed by the Leader in a recent e-mail, ... - Javier L.: Proposal: AskUbuntu en espaol / AskUbuntu in Spanish
ltimamente se ha estado discutiendo la posibilidad de agregar internacionalizacin[1] en los sistemas de Pregun ... - Victor Tuson Palau: [Ubuntu QML] F22 Dogfight Beta
So a few months later, the game I was working on has now got to Beta stage. Since last time, I have added a few ext ... - Jelmer Vernooij: Migrating packaging from Bazaar to Git
A while ago I migrated most of my packages from Bazaar to Git. The rest of the world has decided to use Git for ver ... - Jackson Doak: The Ubuntu PC Case Mod
Since my current case modsare nearly finished (i still need a pump and the final photoshoot), i'm going to try ...
[Courtesy of Planet Ubuntu]
- Digital currency firms rush to adopt anti-money laundering rules
By Emily Flitter and Brett Wolf NEW YORK/ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - These are unsettling times for digital currency busi ... - Eating the Dog Food ' Starting a Linux Machine on HP Public Cloud
Stephen Spector - Some states push back against new school standards
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) ' Some states are pushing back against a set of uniform benchmarks for reading, writing and ... - Should We Genetically Engineer African Orphans?
The images that come to mind when you read the words 'African orphan' are of distended bellies, scrawny legs, a ... - Army of Underwater Vehicles to Unravel Ocean Mysteries
SAN MATEO, Calif. ' Mr. Spock may think space is the final frontier, but Earth's deep oceans are just as mysterio ...
[Courtesy of Linux/Open Source News Headlines - Yahoo! News]
- DesktopLinux.com acquired ...
DesktopLinux.com's publisher, Ziff-Davis Enterprise, has been acquired by a Californian company -- as yet undisclos ... - Red Hat unveils 10-year support plan
Red Hat has extended the life cycle of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 and 6 from seven to 10 years, with RHEL 6 ... - KDE 4.8 adds adaptive power management, new windowing tricks
Version 4.8 of the KDE desktop environment and software bundle was released, featuring improved, adaptive power man ... - Ubuntu 12.10 will bypass menus via predictive search
Canonical unveiled a search-oriented Head-Up Display (HUD) interface that will debut in Ubuntu 12.04. Aiming to red ... - Red Hat, Ubuntu, and Arch Linux patch Linux kernel exploit
Canonical, Red Hat, and Arch Linux have released patches that fix a vulnerability in Linux kernels 2.6.39 and above ...
[Courtesy of DesktopLinux.com]
- i need this urgently
dear all i want to study rhce . plz provide the details of rhce-latest version, excercises. thanking you - Fedora 19 beta& rhythmbox
Hi, I installed the 64 bit beta at the weekend and it mostly works. I have a problem with rhythmbox though. Firstly ... - LXer: Linux Mint 15 Olivia MATE review
Published at LXer: Last year, I installed and wrote a review for Linux Mint 13 Maya, the MATE version. It had wo ... - Jeff's Boring Intro
Hi. I have some programming experience, but only in doing things like scripting (think, VBScript, that kind of thin ... - Need help running program in background in BASH
Somehow, I managed to create a program - in C, if that matters - which solves a math differential equation (don't w ...
[Courtesy of LinuxQuestions.org]
- Microsoft adds new features to Windows 8.1 and restores start button
The company said a preview of Windows 8.1 will be released next month. - LG releases Nexus 4 White smartphone
Powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro processor and running on Android 4.2 Jelly Bean. - Mozilla and Foxconn to unveil Firefox OS devices
The new device is expected to be unveiled on 03 June 2013 - Apple's new iOS 7 to be flat, black and white
iOS 7 is likely to be launched in fall with a new iPhone - HTC One to have stock build version of Android
The new smartphone is expected to be free from any third-party skins or software
[Courtesy of CBR - Operating Systems News]
- Distribution Release: antiX 13
- Distribution Release: Manjaro Linux 0.8.6
- Distribution Release: Vinux 4.0
- Distribution Release: Chakra GNU/Linux 2013.05
- Distribution Release: Linux Mint 15
[Courtesy of DistroWatch.com: News]
- A first installment of a GNU Status Repo...
A first installment of a GNU Status Report is available. This is a partial revival of the original GNU's Bulletin, ... - Savannah was down for a few days recentl...
Savannah was down for a few days recently due to a password compromise and then a disk failure. Also, some Apache ... - US citizens: Stop the Internet blacklist...
US citizens: Stop the Internet blacklist bill. Sign the petition at http://demandprogress.org/blacklist, and see th ... - Interested in free video formats? We nee...
Interested in free video formats? We need your help! The FSF is looking for a few volunteers willing to commit an a ... - The June issue of the Free Software Supp...
The June issue of the Free Software Supporter is out -- you can read it and subscribe to receive future monthly iss ...
[Courtesy of What's New at GNU]