OS X Beats Windows and Linux in One Unexpected Area – Retro Gaming

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January 20, 2015

It’s all next-gen these days. Next-gen graphics and controllers, next-gen screens, next-gen distribution platforms… DLC?! The days of hardcore gaming are, unfortunately, behind us.

For those who’ve witnessed the evolution of console games first-hand – and I’m talking Tetris to Destiny – what’s happening right now is a joke. Everything is a remake, we’re all over the place with the storylines, the graphics are so good that we’re missing the subtext, DLC is fragmenting the experience worse th… (read more)

SDN Series Part VI: OpenDaylight, the Most Documented Controller

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The Linux Foundation

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January 20, 2015

Modular application development, in which a set of loosely coupled modules can be integrated into one large application, has been one of the most successful software development practices. The term “loosely coupled” highlights the fact that the modules are both independent and can communicate with one another. OSGI (the Open Services Gateway Initiative), a dynamic module system for Java, defines one such architecture for modular application development. The SDN controller OpenDaylight (ODL), which we will be discussing in this article, is one such controller (apart from Beacon/Floodlight) that is based on the OSGi architecture. ODL is an open-source collaborative project that focuses on building a multi-vendor, multi-project ecosystem to encourage innovation and an open/transparent approach toward SDN. We need to look at these terms, “open,” “multi-vendor,” “multi-project,” “innovation,” etc., in detail to really appreciate the strengths of ODL.

ODL is managed by the Linux Foundation and boasts broad industry support, with memberships covering over 40 companies, such as Cisco, IBM, NEC, etc. Projects focus on adding specific features to the controller. ODL is often touted as an open-source framework designed to “shape the future of SDN” – mainly because it provides an open platform for developers to contribute, use, and, in fact, even build commercial products. As put nicely by David Meyer of Brocade:

OpenDaylight can do for networking what Linux has done for the computing industry.

How OpenPOWER Went From Zero to 80 in Its First Year

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eWeek

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January 20, 2015

The OpenPOWER Foundation, an open development community created to leverage IBM’s POWER processor, capped off its first year and is looking ahead.

Secret to Desktop Linux Adoption

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Datamation

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January 20, 2015

If Linux is to see greater desktop adoption, one group of tech savvy individuals needs to take the lead.

The Linux Foundation Delivers 2015 Guide to the Open Cloud

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OStatic

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January 20, 2015

The Linux Foundation has issued its second annual “Guide to the Open Cloud: Open Cloud Projects Profiled,” which provides a comprehensive look at the state of open cloud computing. The foundation created the guide in response to investor calls it received where people were trying to understand which projects mattered.

This year’s report adds many new projects and technology categories that have gained importance in the past year. It covers well-known projects like Cloud Foundry, OpenStack, Docker and Xen Project, and up-and-comers such as Apache Mesos, CoreOS and Kubernetes. The purpose of the guide is to serve as a starting point for users considering which projects to use in building and deploying their own open clouds. Taking a deeper look into cloud infrastructure, the paper includes storage, provisioning and platform projects. New categories outline emerging cloud operating systems, Software-defined Networking (SDN) and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) technologies.

To download the full report, you can visit The Linux Foundation’s Publication’s website at: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/publications/linux-foundation/guide-to-the-open-cloud

You can also review the entire list in the online Open Cloud Directory on Linux.com at: http://www.linux.com/directory/open-cloud

HP Unveils a 12-inch Android Tablet That Looks Like a Giant HTC One

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The Verge

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January 20, 2015

HP wants to sell tablets that range from cheap and accessible to high-end and business-ready, and today it’s unveiling a number of new ones that fill in some of the more interesting gaps along that spectrum. Among those are two of the most powerful Android tablets that HP has yet introduced, a pair of Android and Windows tablets that are designed with stylus support, and a stylish new Windows convertible.

The two Android tablets are the headline of HP’s announcements today. There’s the 12.3-inch Pro Slate 12 and the 7.9-inch Pro Slate 8. Both look nice — almost like blown-up, tablet-sized versions of HTC’s One M8 — and both have relatively but not-quite-entirely modern specs, including a Snapdragon 800 processor and 2GB of RAM. The…

Microsoft Is Trying and Failing at Converging Platforms, Ubuntu Does It Right

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Softpedia

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January 20, 2015

Windows fans are worried that the desktop PC will follow too closely the design of Windows 10 for phones and tablets, and they are right to do so. This all plays out due to Microsoft’s plans for convergence, but it’s a twisted approach that only makes things more complicated than they should be.

Canonical announced a couple of years ago that they intended to follow a concept called convergence, and they were not the only ones. Unlike Canonical, which announced this openly, Microsoft and Apple… (read more)

Keith Packard Leaves Intel’s Linux Graphics Work

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Phoronix

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January 20, 2015

Longtime X developer Keith Packard has left Intel and their Linux graphics work in favor of picking up a gig at Hewlett-Packard…

Microsoft Is Taking a Beating from Linux-Powered Chromebooks

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Softpedia

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January 20, 2015

Microsoft is engaged in a silent war and it’s actually losing. They are fighting an enemy that is so insidious and so cunning that it’s actually hurting the company more than anything else. The enemy is called Chromebooks and they are using Linux.

Retailers from around the world have been offering cheaper Linux-powered laptops for more than a decade, but for some strange reason they never got off the ground. You would think that a laptop that comes with a free OS is a lot cheaper than one wit… (read more)

Canonical Unveils Ubuntu Place in the Internet of Things

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The Linux Foundation

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January 20, 2015

ubuntu-internet-of-things The Internet of Things promises to immerse us in a world of intelligent everyday objects, from tweeting table lamps to weight-watching kettles. Now Ubuntu is aiming to be the beating heart at the centre of the connected world. Canonical has today announced that Snappy Ubuntu Core â€”the smallest version of Ubuntu everâ€” will be available for smart devices. The company say the [â€¦]

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