Linux Today - Infrastructure

LinuxBSDos: This alpha release, like the other end-user releases, uses the Fresh code name, and ships with bleeding-edge software and the latest or close-to-the-latest Linux kernel.

Linux BSDos: The Tegra 4-powered SlateBook x2 running Android Jelly Bean (4.2.2) is the latest split-personality portable computer from HP.

FOSS Force: Today we're going to discuss three security plugins that I think are essential.

Linux Line: We've seen several Linux tablets emerge over the past year or so, but examples with triple-boot capabilities are much less common.

GigaOM: Google's support for the Bluetooth Smart Ready platform in Android is one step forward for the radio technology’s dominance in the internet of things. But the Bluetooth SIG has a lot more up its sleeve.

Linux.com: If you’ve ever dreamed of working directly with Linux creator Linus Torvalds, Greg Kroah-Hartman, Ted T’so or any of the other Linux luminaries...

ServerWatch: Scale Computing is scaling up its server business with a new HC3x server.

Linuxaria: Step to step guide on how to setup  OpenDKIM with postfix on Debian GNU/Linux to send signed email from your VPS.

OSTATIC: It's been just a week since KDE 4.10.3 was announced, but 4.11 is already reaching its first milestone freeze.

Datamation: For a few years now, the great debate between Chrome and Firefox has raged on. Which browser is faster? Which is easier to install?

OSTATIC: Now, of course, we know that there are several open source smartphone strategies in the works that will be coming to fruition this year.

ZDNet: The Android smartphone market generates US$5.3 billion in operating profits for the quarter, and Samsung contributes US$5.1 billion of that figure.

The Next Web: Mozilla is expanding the list of partners using Firefox’s Social API feature. The additions include Cliqz, Mixi, and MSN Now. Weibo, which was part of the Nightly release, is notably missing.

Raw Story: The underlying code, given the name DeadDrop, will be open-source, and we are very glad to be the first to bring it out into the world, fully implemented.

Enterprise Networking Planet: The OpenFlow protocol stands at the center of the Software Defined Networking (SDN) revolution and at the center of OpenFlow is the Open Networking Foundation (ONF).

Softpedia: Rygel 0.18.2 is the second and last maintenance release for Rygel 0.18 and it incorporates numerous fixes, all in order to make Rygel a more stable and reliable release.

OSTATIC: The core of the talk seems to be that the kernel is too inefficient in how it handles threads and packets to maintain the speed and scalability requirements for web scale computing.

Unixmen: "I am having problems in connecting the Galaxy Tab to ubuntu vis usb cable"; this is a common question around the web and specially in android forums.

Linux User & Developer: The Raspberry Pi foundation have also release a video on how you can go about setting up your camera.

OSTATIC: Warren Woodford announced this past weekend that development on SimplyMEPIS 12 has reached Beta quality and thus he has released a test image.

Open Logic: How do we get to a point where FOSS use in the enterprise incorporates a thorough and appropriate understanding that backs a FOSS policy that is tailored to the realities and practicalities of that particular business?

Enterprise Networking Planet: What is the intersection of the open source cloud, SDN and the Internet of Things?

The Register: Start-up RangeNetworks is hoping that the combination of low cost and transparent software will allow it to break into the notoriously locked-down cellular network market.

PC Mag: If you're a Google Gamer – as in, Android gamer – then there's a bit of good news in store for you.

Packetfence.org: Packet Fence 4.0 introduces a brand new modern, fast and responsive web administrative interface.

The VAR Guy: Canonical, on its official blog, is promoting the latest release of the Ceph distributed storage system, titled Cuttlefish.

TechCrunch: Facebook didn't realize just how important widgets, docks, and app folders were to Android users, and that leaving them out of Home was a huge mistake.

OpenSource: Facebook is at the forefront of creating greener ways to operate their servers that contain everything that makes the website run for its millions of users.

Linux Drops: View real-time data and statistics from any logfile on any server with SSH, in an intuitive and entertaining way.

OSTATIC: Python's gui scripting support is very good. To get started, I grabbed a basic skeleton from YoLinux that popped up a box for text entry.

OSTATIC: The Document Foundation announced their latest update to 4.0. Blender 2.67 brings new features like cartoon and 3D capabilities. And KDE received its latest monthly updates fixing 75 more bugs.

Webopedia: Raring Ringtail is the Ubuntu codename for version 13.04 of the Ubuntu Linux-based operating system.

OpenLogic: Not so long ago (in a galaxy not so far away...) free and open source software was met with two prevailing attitudes. One was resentment, possibly fueled by fear, that could sometimes rise to the point of hostility.

CNET: Google should unveil a new version of its mobile OS next week. Here's some of what we may see this time around, and also down the line.

Scribbles and Snaps: The Sharpen tool in digiKam offers three sharpening methods: simple sharp, unsharp mask, and refocus.

Linux-Line: By the end of this month Canonical plans to equip its employees with early versions of its widely hyped "Ubuntu phone" for testing and refinement.

CNET: Android had a wide lead over Apple in smart mobile devices, according to Canalys' first-quarter figures.

ServerWatch: Moving from bare metal to virtualization and private cloud server infrastructures is not always an easy task.

Enterprise Networking Planet: In a town built on gambling, your safest bet this week is likely on Ethernet.

Network World: Last place you want to see a Windows error message: Las Vegas hotel elevator, 20th floor.