Schaller: Red Hat Joins Khronos

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April 17, 2015

At his blog, Christian Schaller announces that Red Hat has joined the Khronos Group, the consortium behind (among other things) the OpenGL standard. Schaller notes that “the reason we are joining is because of all the important changes that are happening in Graphics and GPU compute these days and our wish to have more direct input of the direction of some of these technologies. Our efforts are likely to focus on improving the OpenGL specification by proposing some new extensions to OpenGL, and of course providing input and help with moving the new Vulkan standard forward.“

Egg-Shaped Linux Mini-PC Targets Emerging Markets

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LinuxGizmos

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April 17, 2015

An “Endless Computers” Kickstarter project is pitching a Celeron-based PC for emerging markets starting at $169, featuring a new “Endless OS” Linux distro. A San Francisco based startup called Endless Computers, is close to its $100,000 goal on Kickstarter. Funding packages for its Linux-based Endless Computer start at $169 with 32GB, moving to $189 when […]

Wine 1.7.41 Works More On Kernel Job Objects, MSI Patches

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Phoronix

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April 17, 2015

Two weeks ago Wine 1.7.40 added kernel job object support (after previously being a feature of Wine-Staging) and now with today’s v1.7.41 release this Windows feature has been further improved…

Microsoft shutters its standalone Open Tech open-source subsidiary

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ZDNet

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April 17, 2015

Microsoft’s three-year-old Open Technologies subsidiary is ‘rejoining’ the company, officials say, as its goals have been achieved.

This Week in Linux News: New Linux-GoPro Drone, Linux 4.0, and More

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April 17, 2015

Chris Anderson, CEO of 3D Robotics This week in Linux news, details of the new Linux-GoPro Drone from 3D Robotics are shared, Linux 4.0 is released, and more. Here are five of the most current headlines in Linux news.

1) Chris Anderson, CEO of 3D Robotics and keynote speaker at Collaboration Summit 2015, talks about the drone manufacturer’s latest, GoPro-equipped release.

3D Robotics Solo Quadcopter Drone May be the Ultimate GoPro Accessory– CNET

2) Linux enthusiasts will find Nvidia’s proprietary and binary-only graphics cards unacceptable.

Nvidia’s GTX 900 Cards Lock Out Open-Source Linux Devs Yet Again– The Register

3) Version 4.0 of the Linux kernel brings stability, live kernel patching, and more.

Linux 4.0 Is All About Stability (Also: Reboot-Free Updates)– The VAR Guy

4) A Linux user encountered the “blue screen of death” previously thought to be a Windows-only issue.

The Blue Screen of Death in Linux?– IT World

5) Smart TV boxes will now allow users to run Android with other operating systems.

TV Boxes Running Android Alongside Linux and Windows Are Here– AndroidHeadlines

New Major OTA Update for Ubuntu Touch Released

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Softpedia

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April 17, 2015

Canonical has finally released a third OTA update for Ubuntu Touch, and users should start receiving them in the next few hours.

Ubuntu developers have been working on this update for quite some time, and it’s been postponed for a few days due to some small issues. In any case, the new update is finally here, and Ubuntu Touch users, including owners of Bq phones, should get it anytime now.

Besides the numerous fixes and improvements that have been implemented in this lat… (read more)

The Netherlands Wants to Have More Open Source and Less Vendor Dependency

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Softpedia

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April 17, 2015

The Dutch Parliament has determined that vendor dependency is a much greater risk, and they have voted on a resolution that would encourage the government to also look at open standards in ICT procurement.

More and more governments are now looking to free themselves from vendor dependency, but what does that mean exactly? For example, when a government or the local administration decides to adopt, say, Microsoft products, they do more than just get some applications. At som… (read more)

Linux 4.1 Has Improvements For The Multi-Queue Block Layer

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Phoronix

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April 17, 2015

The latest good stuff for the Linux 4.1 kernel are the block core improvements, which mostly are focused on improving the multi-block block layer (blk-mq)…

Ubuntu 15.04 Is Coming, to Upgrade or Not to Upgrade

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Softpedia

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April 17, 2015

Ubuntu 15.04 (Vivid Vervet) has hit final freeze, and users will now be confronted with an important choice, to upgrade or not to upgrade.

Canonical publishes new Ubuntu version every six months, and users always experience the same conundrum, to upgrade or to keep the old version and continue with it until the distro reaches end of life. As it stands right now, there are three supported Ubuntu distros, 12.04 LTS, 14.04 LTS, and 14.10. The first two will continue to receive… (read more)

Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure Lead IaaS Market

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eWeek

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April 17, 2015

While AWS is used by the majority of enterprise IaaS customers, Microsoft Azure is the next most likely IaaS vendor to be evaluated, a recent survey finds.