Windows 8, 8.1 Overtakes XP on New Netmarketshare Numbers

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December 1, 2014

Netmarketshare seems to have continued its rebalancing act, and today’s numbers show Windows XP plunging again while Windows 8/8.1 continues its newfound success…

Overall, Windows has actually increased its market share this year, from 90.74 to 91.48 percent, on Netmarketshare’s numbers. Both Mac OS X (down from 7.66 to 7.27 percent) and Linux (down from 1.59 to 1.25 percent) have lost a little ground. I think the differences are too small to be meaningful.

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Kernel Prepatch 3.18-rc7

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LWN

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December 1, 2014

The 3.18-rc7 prepatch is out. Linus seems happy enough, despite the persistent lockup problem that has defied all debugging attempts so far. “At the same time, with the holidays coming up, and the problem _not_ being a regression, I suspect that what will happen is that I’ll release 3.18 on time in a week, because delaying it will either mess up the merge window and the holiday season, or I’d have to delay it a *lot*.“

Hands-on with Linux Mint 17.1 Cinnamon and MATE

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ZDNet

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December 1, 2014

Cinnamon and MATE, UEFI and Legacy Boot, I’ve tried them out and here are my results.

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8 Ways to Contribute to Open Source Without Writing Code

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OpenSource.com

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December 1, 2014

Talking to developers and reading about open source I often get the feeling that the general notion is that open source is just about code and commits. Put another way, “If you don’t make commits for a project you are not contributing to it.” Or so they say. That notion is far from the truth in my eyes. Let me tell you why.

Google Glass Will Return in 2015 With Intel Inside, Says WSJ

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The Verge

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December 1, 2014

2015 will see Google launch a new model of its Glass headset, which will be powered by an Intel chip and offer longer battery life than the current Explorer Edition, according to The Wall Street Journal. Google Glass has already been through a couple of small iterative upgrades — one to add compatibility with prescription lenses and another to double the RAM — but the shift to a new processor could signal a more thorough overhaul of the entire wearable.

Limited battery life and a forbidding, four-figure price tag have militated against Glass’ widespread adoption up until now. With a more modern processor and a refreshed design, it could see consumer interest rekindled, though Intel seems more interested in promoting Glass as a workplace…

What is a Good Free Control Panel for VPS

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The Linux Foundation

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December 1, 2014

Anyone with a reasonable level of Linux skills knows that no control panel can beat the plain-old command line interface for managing a virtual private server (VPS). One can still argue that there is a place for a good server control panel though, due to the streamlined interface for getting routine administration tasks done easily […]
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Maximizing the Performance of Your Enterprise Cloud

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ZDNet

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December 1, 2014

Whether investing in private or hybrid cloud architecture, it’s important to understand and avoid common pitfalls in cloud design to optimize the performance of your enterprise cloud.

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Jack And Jill Are Google’s New Compilers For Android App Developers

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The Linux Foundation

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November 30, 2014

Android has gone through quite a few changes during its short 6 years of life. The Android that drives most of the world’s smartphones of today would be almost unrecognizable to what was launched in late 2008. We’ve seen massive visual changes, expansion to almost every conceivable form factor, and a completely fleshed-out content ecosystem for multimedia and apps. As the operating system matured, some elements have successfully grown with it, and others have become dead weight.

Jack And Jill Are Google’s New Compilers For Android App Developers was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

4 Cutting Edge Web Browsers

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Steve Emms

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November 30, 2014

This article highlights interesting open source web browsers that are in a very early stage of development. They have very different target audiences. Fifth is based on the WebKitFLTK web library, and seeks to retain the best features of Opera, but add a new few features. Dooscape uses the QtWebKit as its engine, and offers an intuitive interface. The latest major release of Emacs includes a built-in web browser, eww. The final web browser featured in this article is also distinct. Breach is a modular browser written entirely in Javascript. All four web browsers are released under an open source license.

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Linux Mint 17.1 Cinnamon Officially Released

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Chris7mas

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November 29, 2014

Codenamed “Rebecca”, the Linux Mint 17.1 Cinnamon edition has been released, and brings many new improvements, featuring a brand new, more stable and polished Cinnamon then ever, a Ubuntu 14.04 software base and Linux Kernel 3.13.

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