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Hidden Options in Ubuntu 15.04 Can Make It Much Better

Ubuntu 15.04 is a complete operating system and can be used just as Canonical has intended, but some very interesting options and features are hidden inside the OS and the not usually accessible, unless you install a couple of applications.

Ubuntu is generally a very customizable operating system and numerous changes can be made, but many of these options are not accessible by default and users need to install at least a couple of applications. To make things clear, some th… (read more)

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Ubuntu 15.04 Offers Faster OpenGL For AMD Radeon GPUs On Open-Source

Intel Haswell Linux users are greeted by relatively modest performance changes with Ubuntu 15.04 while those using AMD Radeon graphics cards on the open-source R600 and RadeonSI Gallium3D drivers have much more to look forward to when upgrading to this week’s release of Ubuntu 15.04. Here’s some Ubuntu 14.10 vs. Ubuntu 15.04 OpenGL benchmarks for a range of AMD Radeon graphics cards.

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This Week in Linux News: VMware’s New Linux OS, Citrix Joins OpenStack and More

Falkland Islands PenguinsThis week in Linux news, a LinuxCon veteran shares 6 reasons why people with disabilities should use Linux, VMware announces its new container-friendly Linux OS, and more. Here are 5 top headlines from this week.

1) DCOS (a Linux system/application manager from Mesos) announced the addition of Kubernetes, revealing increased container-conciousness.

Mesos Adds Kubernetes, Containers to Data Center Management System– InfoWorld

2) Linux Foundation member and virtualization leader, Citrix, is now a corporate sponsor of the Openstack Foundation.

Citrix Joins OpenStack, Aims at Interoperability in the Cloud– The Inquirer

3) Spencer Hunley, open source assistive technology enthusiast and autistic professional, shares why Linux is a good match for people with disabilities. 

6 Reasons People With Disabilities Should Use Linux– OpenSource.com

4) VMware’s new Project Photon is a lightweight Linux OS for containerized applications.

VMware Introduces New Open Source Projects To Enable The Microservices Future– Forbes

5) New vulnerability could allow hackers to crash devices via a malicious wireless peer-to-peer network name.

Wi-Fi Software Security Bug Could Leave Android, Windows, Linux Open to Attack– Ars Technica

There’s Now More Than 1,100 Games On Steam For Linux

It was just last month I wrote about there being more than 1,000 games on Steam for Linux/SteamOS. Recently, Steam crossed the 1,100 games milestone; over one hundred additions in just over one month!..

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Ubuntu Kylin 15.04 Continues the Process of Conquering China

Ubuntu Kylin 15.04 (Vivid Vervet), the Chinese Linux distribution developed in collaboration with Canonical that’s based Ubuntu, has been released and is now ready for download.

Ubuntu Kylin is slowly making a name for itself in China, and it’s already a long-lived distro. Many promising open-source operating systems have come and gone in China, but very few have managed to consistently provide updates and new versions. Canonical is new to the Chinese market, but it’s makin… (read more)

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The Turing Phone Is Super Durable and Ultra Secure

Alan Turing was a British pioneer in computer science who gave the name to one of the most complex tests a machine has to undergo so that scientists can determine its ability to exhibit intelligent behavior equivalent to, or indistinguishable from, that of humans.

So that’s why we were immediately interested when we heard there was a company called Turing Robotic Industries (TRI) that developed a smartphone, lovingly called the read more)

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Btrfs In Linux 4.1 Has Fixes For File-Systems Of 20 Terabytes & Up

It’s nearing the end of the Linux 4.1 kernel and Chris Mason has now sent in his pull request of Btrfs file-system updates for this next kernel update…

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Raspberry Pi 2 Is the Cheapest Way of Streaming Steam Games to the TV

Valve already announced that it’s launching a $50 (€46) device called Steam Link that will help users stream games from one computer to the TV, but that’s already possible with Raspberry Pi.

Valve wants to take over the living room, and one way of doing that is by providing users with a simple, clear way of streaming their games from the PC to the TV. Sure enough, this can be done easily with an HDMI cable or by moving the PC closer to the TV, but who wants to have all that… (read more)

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Webmin 1.740 Released – A Web Based System Administration Control Panel for Linux

Webmin is an open source web based system configuration application for Linux system administration. With the help of this tool we can manage internal system configuration such as setting up user accounts, disk quotas,…

 
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How to install Arch Linux with Full Disk Encryption

This tutorial explains the installation of Arch Linux + XFCE Desktop with Full Disk Encryption.

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