In a new
Linux Foundation training
publication titled
How Engineering Leaders Can Use the Yocto Project to Solve Complex Problems
, the Linux Foundation’s Director of Embedded Solutions, Rudi Streif, outlines some common challenges that plague engineering leaders who work with embedded products. As a 20+ year experienced embedded engineer, Streif walks you through some sp...
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Mint isn't just an outstanding Linux desktop, it's the best new desktop operating system of any kind available now.
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I recently spoke to Samsung's Ibrahim Haddad who is the head of the company's Open Source Group in Silicon Valley. He is leading efforts to find the best Linux and open source sofware talent to help Samsung maintain its market position and shares with us why this is a priority for the company, how they're finding this talent and what they're doing to attract and retain open source developers.
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Ferdinand Thommes has announced the release of siduction 13.1.0, a Linux distribution based on Debian's (once again unfrozen) "Unstable" branch. This is the project's first release that also includes an edition with GNOME 3. From the release notes: "We are very happy to present to you the final....
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Midnight Commander is one of those original computing tools that keeps getting better with age. It may be old school, but its file managing capabilities keep it at the head of its class. Midnight Commander (MC) is a text-mode file manager that runs in a terminal. It uses a two-panel...
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Microsoft's Skype division has released a new version of its proprietary voice, video and text messaging client for Linux that includes user interface improvements and fixes a number of bugs including a crashing problem when using the call window...
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Paweł Pijanowski has announced that the first beta release of SparkyLinux 3.0, a lightweight distribution based on Debian's "Testing" branch, is available for download and testing: "SparkyLinux 3.0 beta 1, code name 'Annagerman', is ready for testing. SparkyLinux 3 provides a few big changes, such as: over 20....
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In working to enhance the performance of the Btrfs file-system in cases where certain data/files are frequently used, a set of patches for providing hot relocation support has been posted...
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While the rest of Linuxdom was reading of the Debian 7.0 and Mageia 3 releases, the OpenMandriva gang have been hard at it trying to get their new distribution some attention. The OpenMandriva name was made official and an alpha was released into the wild. On May 6, João Patrício announced that the decision that an official name for the community Mandriva/ROSA distribution. As predicted, and is no...
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Rumors are swirling about what could be the first major move for Intel's brand new CEO.
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