4MParted 12.0 Beta Is a Small Tool for Disk Partitioning

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April 6, 2015

4MParted, a Linux distribution based on the 4MLinux and GParted, has been upgraded and is now ready for download and testing.

4MParted is built by the same developer who also does the 4MLinux OSes, so you know that it’s going to be a small tool. Unlike the 4MLinux distros, this is just the GParted that boots inside the running OS. There are no desktop environment and no other apps. It’s great if you just want to make some changes to the structure of the system from outside…. (read more)

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The State of the Lustre Community

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April 6, 2015

Another year has passed and, with it, more growth for Lustre and the community around it. This year, as well as welcoming many new HPC sites to the community, we also delight in the evidence of activity from non-traditional Lustre sites and users.

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Testing Plasma 5 On openSUSE, KDE Switching Plans

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April 6, 2015

Talked about recently were the KDE Plasma 5 transition plans for openSUSE and coming out today are more details on the planned switch…

Unity 8 Won’t Be Very Different Visually from Unity 7

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April 6, 2015

Unity 8 is not ready for regular use, but Canonical is improving it all the time. Users need to know that despite all the important changes and improvements announced for the Unity 8, it won’t be terribly different from the current implementation.

One of the things Canonical learned the hard way is the fact that you don’t radically change the desktop environment and hope that you made the right call. The company changed the desktop from GNOME 2 to Unity, for reasons that ca… (read more)

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Systemd Works On More Btrfs Functionality

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April 6, 2015

With the systemd developers pursuing their vision for how distributions/software should be distributed, more Btrfs specific functionality is being added to the init manager…

Apache Spark’s Success: Overhyped or Preordained?

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April 6, 2015

Belief in the quality of a platform tends to self-fulfill. Will that be the case with Apache Spark? Vendors seem so far ahead of customers on Spark that it’s almost worrisome.

Ubuntu Touch Update with Battery Life Improvements and Indicator Overhaul Coming Soon

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April 6, 2015

Ubuntu developers are working hard to improve the battery life the Ubuntu Touch operating systems, and they are preparing for the launch of a new major update that should provide better performance in this regard.

The battery life of a mobile device is a very important aspect, and some users have reported issues with the battery, especially for Bq devices that are now in the wild. When you buy a phone, you don’t expect it to drain while it’s not doing anything, but that’s e… (read more)

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Ubuntu MATE 15.04 to Provide First Class Compiz Integration

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April 6, 2015

The Ubuntu MATE developers are preparing for the launch of the latest 15.04 branch of the operating system. One of the features to be present in Ubuntu MATE 15.04 is Compiz integration, and one of the developers has put together a video showing all the cool stuff to be available.

Proper Compiz support is one of the things requested by the Ubuntu MATE community right from the beginning, and the developers made that happen with a lot of work and patience. In fact, Ubuntu MATE… (read more)

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Ubuntu Touch Is Probably the Only Mobile OS Shipping with a Firewall by Default

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April 6, 2015

Ubuntu for phones has been officially released and it’s running on Bq phone in the wild, not to mention the thousands of Nexus 4 devices, but not many people know that it also comes with an integrated default firewall.

A default firewall is not something that you usually find in mobile operating systems. Sure enough, you can install firewalls in other OSes that were built for mobile use, but it’s not the same thing. Some of the Ubuntu users might remember a firewall called … (read more)

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Problems Booting Linux in UEFI Mode

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April 4, 2015

There have many articles on problems booting a Windows machine with Linux as a dual-boot and some with Linux as only OS. Although many answers have been given, most only work under special circumstances, and vary by motherboard MFG.

The problem is with the newer Firmware within the Bios Boot console. I had an HP 400-224 PC with Windows Pre-installed. After trying many Tips and Tricks, I stumbled upon an answer that worked for me and its easy !!!

This is how to get GRUB 2 to come up at each reboot on any store bought Windows machine dual-boot, or standalone with Linux.

1. Download newest version .ISO of UBUNTU Live LTS or MINT Live LTS to your desktop.

2. Burn .ISO to a DVD using a good burning program that verifies success.

3. Load the Live cd onto your desktop (of course, change boot order in Bios to boot from CD first).

4. Install the Live Linux onto a USB stick (8gb or above). DO NOT change any partitions, just select erase entire drive and let install program complete. Remove CD

5. Reboot and go into Bios. Disable SecureBoot and FastBoot. Make sure both UEFI and Legacy are open and boot order for each is CD, USB, HDD. Remove any instance of Linux in the boot orders. Save settings and exit. Grub 2 will come up and give you all options for booting including BOOT FROM HDD).

6. Make sure it will boot to your USB, then go back into BIOS and change boot order of UEFI to boot from HDD.

7. YOU ARE DONE !!! and now have linux on a bootable Flash Drive and HDD !!!!