Fedora Is Still Looking For A Diversity Advisor

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July 1, 2015

Back in March there was the announcement of Fedora looking for a diversity advisor as a volunteer position to help promote diversity within this popular Linux distribution. Unfortunately it looks like their initial search didn’t yield any suitable applicants so they’re back to looking for more people interested in that position…

IT Skills Gap Negatively Impacting Businesses

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eWeek

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July 1, 2015

Seventy percent of IT leaders point to a lack of skills as the biggest issue when seeking quality candidates, according to the TEKsystems survey.

Best Android Tablets for Work and Play: July 2015 Edition

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ZDNet

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July 1, 2015

It is no exaggeration to say that there are hundreds of different Android tablets on the market to choose from, but if you filter this down to “best” tablets then this list boils down to only a handful.

The End of IT Consumerization

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ZDNet

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July 1, 2015

Mass PC adoption spurred a virtuous cycle of higher volumes, lower costs and ease of use that have benefitted enterprise IT for decades. But it’s over. Here’s why.

The 1TB UbuTab Tablet with Ubuntu and Windows Scam Is Unfolding

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Softpedia

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July 1, 2015

The UbuTab is a tablet that was supposed to ship with either Windows or Ubuntu, and had some pretty sweet hardware specs, including 1TB of storage space. As some of the users have suspected in the first place, this is very close to being confirmed as a scam.

A lot of users have expressed their concerns re… (read more)

How to Migrate Ext2/Ext3 File Systems to Ext4 on Linux

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Falko Timme

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July 1, 2015

The Linux file systems Ext2 and Ext3 have now gone outdated. It’s the time to convert the old file systems to the latest one, EXT4. The Ext4 filesystem is faster and more reliable than the previous versions. Don’t worry! You dont have to reinstall the system; you can simply convert your existing file system to EXT4 by keeping the stored data unaffected.

Development Release: Simplicity Linux 15.7 Beta

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DistroWatch

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July 1, 2015

David Purse has announced the availability of the beta release of Simplicity Linux 15.7, a lightweight Puppy-based distribution for netbooks and desktops. Due to unresolved issues, the “Desktop” edition is only available in a 32-bit build for now. From the release announcement: “Simplicity Linux 15.7 beta is now….

Watch: Mark Shuttleworth Talks About Telco and NFV Technologies

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Softpedia

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July 1, 2015

The Movilforum website had the great pleasure of interviewing Mark Shuttleworth, CEO of Canonical and founder of the world’s most popular free operating system, Ubuntu Linux.

In the quite short video interview, Mark Shuttleworth reveals the fact that Ubuntu is extremely useful for developers on the cloud and server. He thinks that all these technologies will transform Telco in a good way.

The Cano… (read more)

Identity Management – What you Need to Know (Benefits and Solution)

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Maren Abatielos

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July 1, 2015

Identity management is one of the keywords in IT and everyone knows, at least roughly, what it is and that every business should have that. But what is it exactly and what are the real benefits for enterprises setting up a central identity management (IdM).

James Barton from pascom (system house) explains this very well in his latest blog post in the Univention blog. He outlines all corporate benefits that will make your business much more productive and safe, illustrating this by the example of the integration between the IT infrastructure management solution Univention Corporate Server and the VoIP telephone system MobyDick.

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Working On The Go – How You Stay Productive and in Control of Your Data

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Maren Abatielos

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July 1, 2015

Kevin D. Korte, President of Univention North America, posted the second article in his series about his first year’s experiences in the United States. He talks about the difficulties you can encounter from working on the go and gives valuable advice of how you can always ensure access to relevant data while assuring that everything will be synchronized, merged and saved in the end.

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