Skylake, the follow-on to Broadwell, looks like it will be the most important processor update that Intel has released in a decade.
Intel ‘Skylake’ Spec Leak: Up to 41 Percent Graphics Boost
Kernel Prepatch 4.2-rc4
The fourth 4.2 prepatch is out for testing. Linus says: “I really wish that things were calming down, but it hasn’t happened quite yet. It’s not like this is particularly big or scary, but it’s also not at the stage where it’s really starting to get quiet and the bugs are really small and esoteric.“
Manjaro Linux Needs Your Help, Here’s How You Can Contribute
The Manjaro development team, through Philip Müller, posted an interesting article on the project’s website informing the entire Linux community that they need your help to contribute to the Arch Linux-based distribution.
According to Mr. Müller, the Manjaro Community is a bunch of great people, but the Manjaro Linux distribution still needs talented members who love to work in a gr… (read more)
Audio Programming with Open Source Languages
This article offers a roundup of my favorite free audio programming languages. They are all released under an open source license, and run on multiple platforms.
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POLL – 5 Best Linux Desktop Environments With Pros & Cons
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Everpad Client To Use Evernote In Ubuntu
This Week in Linux News: Linux Foundation Offers Discounts to India, RHEL 6.7 is Out, and More!
This week in Linux news, The Linux Foundation offers discounts on select training and certification materials to residents of India, RHEL 6.7 is out, and more! Keep reading for the top headlines from this past week of Linux news.
1) Starting now, if you live in India, you’ll be able to purchase the Linux Foundation’s LFS201 Essentials of System Administration bundle with included LFCS exam for 5,000 Rupees (~$79).
Linux Foundation Offers Cheaper Courses and Certifications for India – IT World
North Korea’s Red Star Linux Inserts Sneaky Serial Content Tracker – The Register
The Perfect Server – Ubuntu 15.04 (nginx, BIND, Dovecot and ISPConfig 3)
This tutorial shows the steps to install an Ubuntu 15.04 (Vivid Vervet) server with Nginx, PHP, MariaDB, Postfix, pure-ftpd, BIND, Dovecot and ISPConfig 3. ISPConfig 3 is a web hosting control panel that allows you to configure the installed services through a web browser. This setup provides a full hosting server with web, email (inc. spam and antivirus filter), Database, FTP and DNS services.
Why Android Auto May Not Be Worth the Wait (Yet)
Limited apps and software, combined with a mediocre messaging experience shows that Google still has some work to do with Android Auto.
Where AMD’s Catalyst Driver Does The Best On Linux
Earlier this week I finished up a 15-way AMD/NVIDIA graphics card comparison on Linux with the very latest proprietary Linux drivers. That earlier article focused on the OpenGL performance and simply put the Catalyst performance on the tested Radeon hardware was abysmal compared to NVIDIA’s Linux driver performance. However, there is one area where the Catalyst Linux driver really excels at performance and routinely beats out the green competition.

