Microsoft to Open Source More of .NET, and Bring it to Linux, Mac OS X

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November 12, 2014

Microsoft is porting its server-side .NET stack to Linux and Mac OS X, and is making more of that stack available as open source.

Read more at Enterprise Open Source Toolkit

Why Samsung Should Dominate Home Automation

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Datamation

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November 12, 2014

Samsung could be the Apple of home automation – if only the company decided to truly focus on this growing market.

Mageia 5 Beta Released 1.5 Months Late

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Phoronix

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November 12, 2014

While Mageia 5 has been in an alpha state going back several months during the summer, the beta release of this Mandriva-derived distribution has finally materialized… one and a half months later than was originally anticipated…

A Proposed Policy to Remove Unfixable Packages from Ubuntu

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LWN

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November 12, 2014

In response to the recent ownCloud troubles, Martin Pitt has put together a proposal allowing for the removal of problematic packages from the Ubuntu repositories in the future. “In rare cases, an universe package becomes actively detrimental in stable releases: If it is unmaintained in Ubuntu and has unfixed security issues or got broken because of changing network protocols/APIs, it is better to stop offering it in Ubuntu altogether rather than continuing to encourage users to install it.” Comments are requested.

Shell Shock Vulnerability, Please Update Your Mandriva Products

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Mandriva

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November 12, 2014

At the end of september, the Shell Shock vulnerability was discovered and has raised a strong concern from all IT security services. Indeed, the flaw in the Unix bash shell exposes the majority of computers running Linux.

To protect your assets from this threat, Mandrivaâ€™s technical teams working on Pulse and MBS have published a patch.

We invite you to update your products, if you havenâ€™t done it yet.

If you are not covered by a support contract which allows you to obtain the required update of your product, donâ€™t worry, simply contact us by email :
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or by phone : +33 1 76 64 16 60.

Access all Open Hardware Summit 2014 Videos!

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The Linux Foundation

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November 12, 2014

Just one month after the Open Hardware Summit in Rome, all the videos are now available for you to see. Our cherrypicks suggestions goes to: Welcome by Addie Wagenknecht and Opening Remarks by David Cuartielles Eric Pan – Design From Manufacture Adrian Bowyer – Giving Manufacturing a New Life All Open Hardware Summit 2014 videos […]

Six Ways Android Still Beats the iPhone and iPad

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ZDNet

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November 12, 2014

The Android platform continues to enjoy significant advantages over that offered by Apple, and this is why it remains the platform of choice for business, BYOD, and power users.

Read more at Enterprise Open Source Toolkit

Turn Your Raspberry PI into an Oscilloscope with BitScope

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The Linux Foundation

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November 12, 2014

Let’s turn Raspberry Pi into an analogic/digital measurment tool with BitScope Micro, the most recent product of the BitScope tools generation. As hinted by the name, its calling is the measurement of digital signals. The software is available for the GNU/Linux, Windows and Mac/OS X platforms.

Recovering USB Key Data With Foremost

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The Linux Foundation

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November 11, 2014

The other day I was asked to help someone with a failing USB key someone had important data on. In Windows the key prompted the person to format the key, which they didn’t want to do since they had lots of data on the key already. In Linux dmesg showed the correct size of the key, but didn’t show any partitions. Under both operating systems the key appeared to be write protected so even if the end user wanted to format the key it wouldn’t partition or format under either OS. In the end we managed to recover over 1,000 files stored on the key using foremost.

Dev Board Runs Yocto Linux on Altera ARM+FPGA SoC

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LinuxGizmos

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November 11, 2014

Newark Element14′s “Lark Board” SBC runs Yocto Linux on Altera’s ARM/FPGA Cyclone V SX SoC, and offers USB Blaster II, camera, and expansion interfaces. The Lark Board, which sells for $940, is one of the more powerful ARM development boards you’re likely to find, at least if FPGAs are what you’re looking for. It’s designed […]