Gaurov Soni was proud to announce earlier today, March 30, the immediate availability for download of a new updated version of his BlackArch Linux computer operating system designed for penetration testers and security researchers. News ISO images of the BlackArch Linux distribution have also been generated and are available for download today.
The newly released BlackArch Linux 201… (read more)
The two companies claim their new technology offers up to three times the density of other 3D NAND competitors, with full production ramping up later this year.
Q4OS is a Linux operating system that implements a desktop environment that is very similar with the older Windows versions. The developer have just released a new update and they are now much closer to a much stable release.
The Q4OS have been working for a long time on this distro and they have made numerous updates to it, but they haven’t managed to turn a new leaf with a 1.0 release. This version has been eluding them, but they are getting closer. The launch date for Q4… (read more)
A look at special cases and uncooperative distributions – problem solving in Linux UEFI Multi-Boot
Improvements to the Spark-powered analytics platform from ClearStory Data are designed to increase the speed of data analysis and reduce data-preparation times.
According to a new policy issued by the Indian Government, all employees will have to use open-source software on their computers. The new policy encourages the adoption of open source software across all Indian Government offices, on both desktop and server stations, in order to reduce the costs for acquiring computer software.
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The Linux Mint developers are also working on the Cinammon desktop environment, so the distribution is not their entire focus. They are now trying to make it load faster and they say they already had some success.
Cinnamon is a very popular desktop environment that features a classic design that it’s easily recognizable by anyone. It’s a light DE, but that doesn’t mean that the loading time can’t be improved and this is exactly what the devs are working on. Making the entir… (read more)
It isn’t commonly known, but air-based disk drives need to breathe. But wait! Won’t atmospheric crud crash the drive? Here’s why drives need it and how it works.
The latest version of the stable Linux kernel, 3.14.37, has been released by Greg Kroah-Hartman, making this the most advanced long-term support version available for download.
LTS status for a Linux kernel version means that it gets updated for a long time, which in turn makes it ideal to implement in operating systems. Some developers prefer LTS kernels for their distro because they are proven to work over a long period of time, and they tend to be a little bit more stabl… (read more)
