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HP Unveils ARM-Based Moonshot Servers

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eWeek
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The new systems ramp up ARM’s competition with Intel and give data centers greater compute choices.

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Preview: Radeon Gallium3D Performance For CS:GO On Linux

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Phoronix
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Following last week’s release of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive for Linux I published many AMD/NVIDIA GPU benchmarks of CS:GO. Those initial results were done using the proprietary AMD and NVIDIA Linux graphics drivers while starting today will be the open-source graphics driver results for this highly popular Valve game.

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LibreSSL: More Than 30 Days Later

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LWN
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Ted Unangst has posted an update on LibreSSL development. “Joel and I have been working on a replacement API for OpenSSL, appropriately entitled ressl. Reimagined SSL is how I think of it. Our goals are consistency and simplicity. In particular, we answer the question ‘What would the user like to do?’ and not ‘What does the TLS protocol allow the user to do?’. You can make a secure connection to a server. You can host a secure server. You can read and write some data over that connection.“

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Protect yourself from the big bad shellshock

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Istimsak Abdulbasir
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It has been announced on Wednesday, that a serious vulnerability has been found in the bash program installed on Linux, Unix and MacOSX systems. Because this bug is a hidden open-door to your system, hackers can gain access to your system from the internet, a run programs completely taking over the system.

This is a serious problem, that if not handled quickly, and properly, will cause serious damage to your computer and Internet infrastructures since most of the computers servicing the Internet are running a Linux or Unix OS.

Heed these warnings. Read these links thoroughly and make sure you update your Linux, Unix and MacOS X systems with the latest patch for bash. Start patching immediately.

http://www.zdnet.com/shellshock-better-bash-patches-now-available-7000034115/

http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/09/bug-in-bash-shell-creates-big-security-hole-on-anything-with-nix-in-it/

http://www.linux.com/news/enterprise/systems-management/789720-improved-patch-tackles-new-shellshock-bash-bug-attack-vectors

Cloudflare Just Added SSL Encryption to Two Million Websites for Free

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The Verge
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Last year, the web optimization network CloudFlare promised it would double SSL usage on the web in 2014 — and last night, the company made good on its promise. Overnight, CloudFlare deployed its Universal SSL feature, offering free SSL encryption to any site that opted in. All told, that meant two million new sites with the feature, effectively doubling encryption on the web overnight.

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Open, Open, Open: OpenDaylight Helium is Here

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OpenDaylight
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Everywhere you turn these days you hear the term “open” in networking. The idea of openness in networking has come a long way in the past year and it’s now considered the de facto standard way that we’ll achieve interoperability and innovation.

OpenDaylight is taking another step closer to helping the industry achieve the vision of SDN and NFV with its second software release called Helium announced today. It’s aimed at developers and users who are progressing on their journey to SDN. But the most unique thing about Helium is what it signifies for the industry. A year ago conversations around SDN were all about protocols or proprietary controllers. Today it’s all about openness. I fully expect to see many vendors announce and release products based on OpenDaylight Helium. Here is one early example, but be on the lookout for many more!

Andrew Lerner of Gartner pointed out on his blog that “[p]erhaps the biggest benefit of SDN is that it fosters long-term innovation in networking…”

Read more at OpenDaylight Blog

Shellshock Makes Heartbleed Look Insignificant

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ZDNet
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The new vulnerability in the Bash shell is the worst we’ve seen in many years. No software on critical systems can be assumed as safe.

Convergence and the Mobile Desktop

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Allen W. Jones
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For years I have been anxiously awaiting the arrival of ‘Ubuntu Edge’ or some similarly convergent distribution of Linux capable of running my Android applications as well as a full Linux desktop.

 

The idea of docking my smartphone (now phablet) to get a full Linux desktop including all the applications I am accustomed to using with all the responsiveness and flexibility that we have come to expect from mature distributions such as we get currently from the open source community, is from a business perspective, the return on investment that is necessary when investing into ever more expensive technology.

Consider the cost of a laptop, tablet, and desktop in addition to the smartphone and game console we already own. Whatever your personal mix, these technologies are already blurring the lines between themselves. To bring Linux mainstream has proven a challenge in the last decades, and in my personal opinion it is because Linux has failed to differentiate itself as the innovative leader it could or should be.

Here is an opportunity to leap ahead of the competition and get to market with a fully interoperable smartphone/phablet/tablet OS that brings the flexibility of Linux/Android to the existing hardware (HD/4K anyone?) that we own.

Enterprises are Moving to the Cloud

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Sam Stafford
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Cloud computing is growing rapidly. Businesses are moving to the cloud at an ever-increasing rate for many reasons. The agile ability to access applications from anywhere, anytime is a huge advantage for professionals. Dramatic cost savings are achieved by eliminating expensive hardware and software purchases, upkeep, and IT staff funding. Budgets are even improved by a reduction in overall power and utility bills when switching to the cloud. Many companies who have yet to make the switch are wondering if it will be worthwhile for them to consider.

Microsoft has recently announced that they will be ending support for the Server 2003 operating system. While this did not come as a shock to most, it most certainly served as a wake-up call. There are an estimated 2.6 million hot closets housing a Server 2003 operating system in businesses around the globe, and all will need to migrate over the next 8 months. The businesses will be faced with the decision: purchase brand new expensive hardware or look for an alternative solution at a much more affordable monthly rate. Cloud adoption is expected to climb dramatically during this time period as the hosted solution is more and more feasible, reliable, and secure.

As more and more businesses adopt cloud hosting services, studies and surveys are being conducted to determine satisfaction rates. Software as a Service (Saas) implementation is a huge decision for a company to make and therefore professionals are looking for the opinions of others who have already made the move. TechRepublic recently conducted a study of existing SaaS users, and the results were staggering. 91% of professionals surveyed report that their cloud computing solutions have either met or exceeded expectations.

These results are quite encouraging for businesses of all sizes who are considering making the move to the cloud. Software hosting is proving to be just as advertised and is benefiting businesses across the board. Many versions of business critical applications are available in the cloud. From SAP to your CRM of choice, QuickBooks hosting or Sage 50 hosting, all enterprise apps imaginable can be found in the cloud. This new data should help professionals make the decision to adopt a hosted software platform for their company’s applications and data.

Automating the Cloud: OpenStack Deployment

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ZDNet
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While installation and configuration of OpenStack clouds can be a complex undertaking, there are a number of open source cloud deployment tools available to help demystify this task.

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