Telegram Desktop Native App for Linux Is Simply Awesome

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December 4, 2014

A large number of people are using Whatsapp on their phones, but a very good alternative for that app is Telegram. The main difference is that the Telegram devs have also released a desktop client for the Linux platform, that is also open source.

It might not seem like much, to have a desktop client for a messaging app, but we would all love to have something from Whatsapp. On the other hand, Telegram is a less known app, but it’s just as good (if not better some might say). Now, less known still means it has dozens of millions of downloads for the mobile platform and that is a lot.

Fedora 21’s Performance Is Close To Ubuntu 14.10

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Phoronix

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December 4, 2014

Fedora 21 is due out in a few days and as such I’ve been busy extensively testing and benchmarking this first Fedora Linux update in a year. To not much surprise given the close package versions to Ubuntu 14.10, Fedora 21 isn’t performing very differently from the Ubuntu Utopic Unicorn…

IBM Opens Watson Analytics to Public Beta

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eWeek

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December 4, 2014

After an early beta of IBM’s Watson Analytics pulled in 22,000 early testers, Big Blue is now opening the service to everybody.

Introducing the SGI UV 300 Big Memory Supercomputer

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insideHPC

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December 4, 2014

“SGI has been delivering scaleable shared memory systems for over 2 decades. The 7th generation SGI NUMAlink7 technology is being delivered in the SGI UV 300, launched at SC14. A single UV 300 chassis (5U) provides 4 Xeon E7 processors, up to 96 DIMMs, and 12 PCIe slots. Connecting 8 of these units together in a single rack, using NUMAlink7 interconnect, then creates a huge pool of resources, up to 480 cores, 24TB DRAM, which can be extended with additional PCIe devices for highest performance FLASH in the industry, as well as compute acceleration with Intel Xeon Phi and visualization capabilities – all in a single system!”

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Using ownCloud to Integrate Dropbox, Google Drive, and More in Gnome

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OpenSource.com

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December 4, 2014

I was looking for an easy way how to have all my online storage services, such as Google Drive and Dropbox, integrated with my Linux desktop without using some nasty hack, and I finally have a solution that works. I’m here to share it with you. This is not rocket science really, all I did was a little bit of documentation reading, and a couple of clicks.

Three Seats Available for openSUSE Board Elections

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openSUSE

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December 4, 2014

Elections to fill three seats on the openSUSE Board are set to begin in the coming weeks and candidates are needed to fill these three positions.

Individuals who apply for an openSUSE Membership will be able to vote during elections and run for candidacy.

Candidates elected to the position will serve a 24-month term. The terms of Robert Schweikert and Kosta Koudaras’ will expire and the seat of Peter Linnell, who was appointed as a replacement for chairman Richard Brown, will need to be filled.

Juniper Embraces Linux for Junos and Open Compute for New Switch

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Enterprise Networking Planet

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December 4, 2014

The Open Compute Platform launched its networking effort in 2013 in a bid to disrupt the business model of big networking vendors. One of those big vendors is Juniper Networks. Today, in a surprising move, Juniper announced that it is embracing the Open Compute Platform with its own open hardware switch, the OCX 1100.

The promise of the Open Compute Project’s networking effort is a “white box” for networking gear: networking equipment built on open hardware specifications that are not tied to specific operating systems. Juniper historically has built its own hardware, with its own silicon, and then used its own Junos operating system on top. Though Open Compute might on the surface appear to be directly competitive with the Juniper business model, Jonathan Davidson, SVP and GM, Security, Switching and Solutions Business Unit at Juniper, disagrees.

Read more at Enterprise Networking Planet.

How to Configure a syslog Server With rsyslog on Linux

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The Linux Foundation

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December 4, 2014

A syslog server represents a central log monitoring point on a network, to which all kinds of devices including Linux or Windows servers, routers, switches or any other hosts can send their logs over network. By setting up a syslog server, you can filter and consolidate logs from different hosts and devices into a single […]
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Linux Foundation Reveals 2015 Lineup, Adds New Events

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LinuxGizmos

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December 3, 2014

The LF released its 2015 schedule, with new storage and containers events, plus a “Drones, Things, and Automobiles” theme for the Embedded Linux Conference. The Linux Foundation (LF) has announced its 2015 conference dates, including the Android Builders Summit + Embedded Linux Conference North America, scheduled for March 23-25. The nonprofit group chartered with hosting […]

AMDKFD Is Present For Linux 3.19 In Open-Source HSA Start

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Phoronix

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December 3, 2014

The AMDKFD driver, which has been under development in the public spotlight for the past few months as a necessary piece to having AMD HSA open-source support on Linux, will premiere with the Linux 3.19 kernel…