Google Deliberately Weakens Open Source Android As It Hopes To Dominate With Android One

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October 3, 2014

When you are the underdog in the smartphone world, you look for every advantage possible to get market share. That was the case when Google was looking to establish Android as an alternative to Symbian OS and Windows Mobile. Itâ€™s free, hereâ€™s the code, knock yourself out, was the implication from Mountain View.

Now that market share is clearly with Google (IDC estimates it at 85% for Q2 2014) the question is no longer how to get the OS established as the mass market mobile platform of choice, but about maximizing the revenue generating possibilities for Google. So how does Google deal with the legacy of the first â€˜free as in speechâ€™ strategy, namely the Android Open Source Project?

How Netflix Handled the AWS Reboot

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The Linux Foundation

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October 3, 2014

On Sept 25th, 2014 AWS notified users about an EC2 Maintenance where “a timely security and operational update” needed to be performed that required rebooting a large number of instances. (around 10%) On Oct 1st, 2014 AWS sent an updated about the status of the reboot and XSA-108.

While we’d love to claim that we weren’t concerned at all given our resilience strategy, the reality was that we were on high alert given the potential of impact to our services. We discussed different options, weighed the risks and monitored our services closely. We observed that our systems handled the reboots extremely well with the resilience measures we had in place. These types of unforeseen events reinforce regular, controlled chaos and continued to invest in chaos engineering is necessary. In fact, Chaos Monkey was mentioned as a best practice in the latest EC2 Maintenance update.

Master the Cloud with Free OpenStack Training Tools

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OStatic

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October 3, 2014

But many organizations are struggling with launching and maintaining OpenStack deployments. If you’re looking for free resources and tutorials for mastering OpenStack, this post will provide many good choices.

First, you may want to take a look at what the Data Center Knowledge site offers. It has surprisingly easy to follow and rich video demos and explanations of the OpenStack platform. If you’re totally new to the OpenStack cloud platform, look into Data Center Knowledge’s OpenStack 101 video, which comes originally from Rackspace and NASA. As the site notes: “Rackspace, one of the original founders of the OpenStack project along with NASA, published this video that gives quick primer on OpenStack, what it is and who uses it. This 6-minute video, which is part of an ongoing series on OpenStack, introduces the cloud OS and dives into it from a high level to give you the basic understanding of this disruptive technology.”

Tizen Smartphone Powers a Robot Using WiFi and NFC

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The Linux Foundation

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October 3, 2014

The following is quite an Interesting project that was created by some university students, who are members of the Dokuzen project. They used a Tizen Smart phone to communicate with a Raspberry Pi board, which in turn allowed it to control a Robot!

The Tizen Smart Phone had OS 2.2.1 on it and communicated using WiFi and NFC to a Raspberry Pi board running Raspian, there was also a Windows PC that was connected using WiFi. Using input device / control events in the Tizen Linux they were able to control mouse and keyboard events.

VMware Bolsters SDN Efforts With Execs from Cisco, Big Switch

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eWeek

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October 3, 2014

The company, which went into SDN in a big way with its 2012 buy of Nicira, reportedly has hired Big Switch’s co-founder and a Cisco veteran.

A Multi-Year Effort Has Started To Better Document Intel’s DRM/KMS Driver

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Phoronix

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October 3, 2014

One of the most frequent reasons we hear when it comes developers not getting involved with the open-source Linux graphics driver development (or even just driver bug-fixing) comes down to the high barrier to entry due to a lack of comprehensive documentation, etc. As one step towards improving the driver documentation situation, Daniel Vetter has begun a long process of documenting the Intel (i915) DRM/KMS kernel driver…

Indian Developers Redesigning Linux Kernel With OOP, C++ Support

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Phoronix

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October 3, 2014

Meet BOSSMOOL, an effort to redesign the Linux kernel by adding object oriented abstractions, introducing a device driver framework with C++ driver support, and other changes…

7 New Tips, Tricks, and Tutorials for OpenStack

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OpenSource.com

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October 3, 2014

Interested in building an open source cloud using the latest and greatest that OpenStack has to offer? You’re not alone. We’ve collected some of the best howtos, guides, tutorials, and tips published over the past month into this handy collection. Take a look, get ready to learn, and when you get stuck, remember that he official documentation for OpenStack is your friend, too.

IBM’s New Server Plan: Take on Intel, Ride OpenPower

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ZDNet

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October 3, 2014

Now that IBM has sold its Intel-based server business to Lenovo, Big Blue is taking the gloves off and trying to take business from the chip giant by positioning its Power8 processors as a more open option.

Read more at Enterprise Open Source Toolkit

Elementary OS ‘Freya’ Is Worth the Wait

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LinuxInsider

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October 3, 2014

Elementary OS is a new style Linux distro that wraps its own sophisticated desktop design around a solid Ubuntu core. This distro first appeared in 2011. Its developers released the second major version, Elementary OS Luna, last year. The latest weeks-old beta release of what will be the third major version, called “Freya,” shows that Elementary OS continues to offer Linux users a dependable alternative to popular desktop options. Despite its name, Elementary OS is anything but rudimentary.