The upcoming open-source OpenStack Juno cloud platform will now support more databases and database features.
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Features Coming This Winter With Xen 4.5
The first release candidate for the forthcoming Xen 4.5 is imminent ahead of the project’s plans to do the stable release in December. For those not keeping up to speed with Xen development, here’s a brief look at some of the changes expected for Xen 4.5…
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Linux 3.18 Has PCI Support For 64-bit ARM
Going back two years with the Linux 3.7 kernel was the initial 64-bit ARM support and now eleven kernel releases later the initial enablement is still being battened up. With Linux 3.18 there’s finally PCI support for ARM64…
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How To Configure SSL In Tomcat
To secure the communication to and from your Tomcat servlet container you should use SSL. Usually there’s an Apache or Nginx in front of Tomcat to serve external clients’ request and this web front server is also supposed to provide SSL connectivity. However, this is not always the case and Tomcat may be accessed by clients directly so the SSL should be installed on Tomcat.
Furthermore, even if there’s a dedicated frontend, the communication between that frontend and Tomcat should be also secured with an SSL, especially if the two servers are in two different networks and there is a chance of network sniffing. The latter is not only a good security practice but often a requirement such as for the PCI SSC Data Security Standards.
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Development Release: Smoothwall Express 3.1
Following six release candidates spanned over 16 months, today Neal Murphy announced the final release of Smoothwall Express 3.1. This is an updated version of the project’s specialist distribution for firewalls. From the release announcement: “The Smoothwall community are pleased to announce the release of the long-awaited Smoothwall….
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Distribution Release: Lunar Linux 1.7.0
Stefan Wold has announced the release of Lunar Linux 1.7.0, a source-based distribution with a complete application management system: “You better believe it, the day you all have been waiting for has finally arrived. The Lunar team proudly announce the final release of Lunar Linux 1.7.0, code name….”
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Changes So Far For The Linux 3.18 Kernel
While we’re just one week in for what’s expected to be a longer than usual merge window, here’s a look at the top work so far for the Linux 3.18 kernel…
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Btrfs In Linux 3.18 Has RAID Recovery/Repair Improvements
Chris Mason at Facebook sent in his Btrfs pull request on Friday for the Linux 3.18 kernel…
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SteamOS: Desktop vs. Big Picture Mode Benchmarks
Curious if running Linux games via Steam’s Big Picture Mode causes a performance impact over a conventional desktop session? Here’s some benchmarks…
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An Affordable Open Source Quadcopter: EconoCopter
A custom, affordable, open source quadcopter for the masses! “The idea all started when we were trying to get into the hobby of quadcoptering (I made that up!). Our problem was that there were no affordable quadcopters that were open source or easy to fly. There was the DJI Phantom (easy to fly but […]
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