Don’t Forget One of Linux’s Best Features: How to Use Multiple Workspaces

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March 9, 2015

Windows users have long been jealous of workspaces—also called virtual desktops or multiple desktops—on Linux. But many Linux desktops have hidden this feature by default in recent years. Soon, Windows users will have multiple desktop workspaces enabled by default—and many Linux users won’t.

That’s crazy! Virtual desktops have long been one of the standout features of the Linux desktop, and it shouldn’t be lost. Here’s how you can get started with workspaces on Ubuntu’s Unity or another desktop environment today.

V4 Of KDBUS Posted For The Linux Kernel

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March 9, 2015

KDBUS didn’t make it for Linux 4.0 but version four of the KDBUS patches were posted today for review, which gives out hope we could see this in-kernel IPC interface based on D-Bus merged for Linux 4.1…

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The Project Ara of Tablets Has Arrived, It’s Called the Click ARM One

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March 9, 2015

You probably heard of Google’s Project Ara endeavor, which aims to allow users to build modular smartphones, based on their own preferences and needs.

In the same fashion, BLOCKs is also working towards a modular smartwatch. But what about a tablet built around the same principles?

Modular tablets are a thing now

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New Debian TC Members Appointed For Going Past The Systemd Fallout

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March 9, 2015

Last year following Debian’s decision to choose systemd as its init manager and then the init coupling vote, there ended up being three resignations from Debian’s Technical Committee: Colin Watson, Ian Jackson, and Russ Allbery. Those vacant seats have now been appointed by the existing TC members…

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Debian 8.0 Jessie Might Be Released In April

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March 9, 2015

It seems at the earliest is a possible release of Debian 8.0 “Jessie” in April…

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Kernel Prepatch 4.0-rc3

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March 9, 2015

The 4.0-rc3 prepatch is out. “Back on track with a Sunday afternoon release schedule, since there was nothing particularly odd going on this week, and no last-minute bugs that I knew of and wanted to get fixed holding things up.“

Wayland Security Module Gets Prototyped By Tizen

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March 9, 2015

Covered last year on Phoronix was LibWSM: Wayland Security Modules For Better Wayland Security. The Wayland Security Module library was presented last year at XDC2014 as a way of bettering the Wayland compositor security. While back then it was talked about as a possibility, a Tizen developer has been working on the WSM code to make it a working reality…

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ICO Regression Fixed by Canonical for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

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March 9, 2015

Canonical has just fixed a regression caused by an ICU update that was supposed to fix a number of vulnerabilities, for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. A new update has been issued and the problem has been corrected.

The USN-2522-1 update introduced a regression in ICU, which stands for International Components for Unicode library. The problem only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and LibreOffice Calc, but it was enough to prompt the developers to issue a fix for this issue.

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Google Reportedly Building Android for Virtual Reality Hardware

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ZDNet

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March 9, 2015

Mobile OS Android to be morphed into a platform for virtual reality applications?

Raspberry Pi 2: Raspbian (ARMv6) v Linaro (ARMv7)

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Steve Emms

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March 9, 2015

The Raspberry Pi Foundation make it pretty clear that Raspbian is the recommended operating system for the Raspberry Pi series of computers. Most of the Foundation’s documentation and support directs users to Raspbian. The downloads section of their website does list other operating system images. But there are many more images available, and one really piqued my curiosity; a Ubuntu 14.10 / Linaro 15.01 “developer” image. Unlike Raspbian, this image is compiled for ARMv7/armhf.

But this “developer” image has no official support. It is not supported by Linaro. Nor is it supported by the Raspberry Pi Foundation; it’s not even mentioned in the Downloads section of their website. You see, the “developer” image is created by Toby Wintermute, a software developer who lives in Victoria, Australia. He claims that this image should be quicker than Raspbian.

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