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Connected Living Room Market – Latest Technology Research Report and Industry Analysis upto 2019

By
sagar kale
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The report titled ‘Connected Living Room – Global Forecast, Market Share, Trends, Size, Growth And Industry Analysis, 2013 – 2019’ delves into the contemporary concept of living rooms that are centered on advanced entertainment and communication devices. The report takes into account various dynamics that are expected to work in tandem so as to bring about a change in the devices and technologies in new-age living rooms.

Read More @http://www.transparencymarketresearch.com/connected-living-room.html

This report can be described as a comprehensive study of current trends in connected living rooms. With technological advancements rapidly taking place in this sector, this report is integral to the strategy of both established as well as incumbent market players.

It features end-to-end analyses of market propellants as well as inhibitors. The report provides users with accurate market projects for the years ahead. Besides a value chain analysis, the report also provides a market share analysis based on market segments and geographical markets.

The report also offers a statistics-based projection of the emerging trends in this market that will play a key role over the next few years. Developments that have taken place over the recent years are extensively analyzed in this report. Yet another highlight of this study is the use of Porter’s five force model analysis as well as detailed Company Profiles section that takes into account the strategies, financial standing, and strengths and weaknesses of leading names in this sector.

Market overview

The concept of a connected living room is relatively modern and entails the use of technological devices and gadgets that provide a combination of information and entertainment depending on the choices of the user. With a connected living room, a user can share photos, music, and videos enabled by devices such as smart televisions, set-top boxes, and personal computers.

According to the findings of this report, the market for connected living rooms is anticipated to witness healthy growth, with single-digit CAGR increase by the end of 2019. Some of the devices that constitute a connected living room are, plasma TVs, smart TVs, DVD players, OLED TVs, video recorders, audio and gaming consoles, among others.

There are a variety of factors propelling growth in the connected living rooms market. These include: a growth in the demand for digitization, the growing preference for advanced display equipment, and the emergence of novel technologies and platforms for sharing information and entertainment. At the same time, there are a few factors that have been hindering the market from reaching ideal growth figures. These factors include a lack of user-friendliness of these noticeably high-tech devices as well as their high costs.

First milestone of UCS 4.0 released

By
Maren Abatielos
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Univention has released the first milestone of its Enterprise Linux distribution Univention Corporate Server. New features:

  • based on Debian 7.6 aka “Wheezy”
  • new Linux kernel 3.16
  • a prerelease of Samba 4.2
  • the LDAP directory service now with the better performing MDB backend.

The milestone aims at channel partners, technology partners and interested parties who want to take a first look at the upcoming release of Univention Corporate Server (UCS) which will be released in November.

Further information at: http://blog.univention.com/technical-overview-ucs-4-0-preview/

Linux Debian with PXE and AOE server to install windows 7/8

By
Lee Clayton
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I wanted to be able to install Win7 over PXE but got a head acke when I read a few tutorials about it and thought to myself there should be a easier quicker way. Indeed there is using AOE (ATA Over Ethernet). I found a nice howto here but it is aimed at a Windows Server. I came up with a way to do this in Linux.

This will work on Debia Squeeze and Wheezy. I have not tried this with the Windows 7 CD, only tried this with my jump drive.

Software needed

  • Base system of Debian
  • DNSMasq – via APT
  • iPXE boot CD
  • Syslinux – via APT
  • vblade – via APT
  • Windows 7 or 8 in jump drive form

Install DNSMasq and Syslinux with apt — sudo apt-get install dnsmasq syslinux — Configure DNSMasq with nano or vi to your liking — sudo nano /etc/dnsmasq.conf –. You can use my config if yo wish.

interface=eth1
listen-address=127.0.0.1
domain=
dhcp-range=192.168.0.50,192.168.0.150,12h
dhcp-boot=pxelinux.0
enable-tftp
tftp-root=/tftpboot/
log-queries
log-dhcp
 
We also need to make the NIC to run a static address. As you can see I am using eth1 but you might be using eth0 so keep in mind yours might be different. To give your NIC a static address edit — sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces — here’s mine for a example.
 
allow-hotplug eth1
iface eth1 inet static
        address 192.168.0.1
        netmask 255.255.255.0
        network 192.168.0.0
        broadcast 192.168.0.255
 
Just make sure you use the correct IP subnet that matches DNSMasq. After editing the interfaces file you need to restart the device. — /etc/init.d/networking restart —
 
We can now move on to the PXE layout. The root directory I use is /tftpboot so i’ll use it in the tutorial.
create a new directory for tftp — sudo mkdir -p /tftpboot —  and also — sudo mkdir -p /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg —
Copy a couple of files from syslinux to the tftpboot directory — sudo cp /usr/lib/syslinux/menu.c32 /tftpboot — — sudo cp /usr/lib/syslinux/pxelinux.0 /tftpboot — After that we can create the default file for PXE — sudo nano /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default — Here is a simple setup I use.
 
DEFAULT menu.c32
PROMPT 0
MENU TITLE PXE Boot
TIMEOUT 100

LABEL Install Win7
MENU LABEL Install Win7
kernel ipxe.krn
initrd conf.ipxe

Just save and exit. Now download iPXE’s boot CD and mount it. — wget http://boot.ipxe.org/ipxe.iso — to mount it issue this — sudo mount -o loop ipxe.iso /media — cd in to /media and copy boot.cat and ipxe.krn to the root of the tftpboot directory. — sudo cp boot.cat ipxe.krn /tftpboot — unmount the ipxe.iso –sudo umount /media — Now we need a config file for iPXE to boot a AOE. — sudo nano /tftpboot/conf.ipxe — It should look like this

#!ipxe
dhcp net0
set keep-san 1
sanboot aoe:e0.1

In all tha was the hard part. The easy part is setting up AOE. Debian’s kernel has the module ready to go but has to be enabled. — modprobe aoe — now we need to add it to the modules file so it is loaded when the system boots. — sudo nano /etc/modules — Should look like this

# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded
# at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with “#” are ignored.
# Parameters can be specified after the module name.

aoe
loop

Now install vblade — sudo apt-get install vblade — Copy the Win7 or 8 USB jump drive using disk dump. I put mine in the /tftpboot/win7 directory. — sudo mkdir -p /tftpboot/win7 — — sudo dd if=/dev/sde of=/tftpboot/win7/win7.img bs=4M — It will take about five or ten minutes to copy. When finished we can start vblade. — sudo vbladed 0 1 eth1 /tftpboot/win7/win7.img — You can create a script or even issue it in the rc.local file to start everytime the system boots. All what is left is to restart DNSMasq and test it out with Virutal Box or a real system. — sudo /etc/init.d/dnsmasq restart —

Hope you’ll enjoy this tutorial.

Make Downloading Files Effortless

By
Steve Emms
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A download manager is computer software that is dedicated to the task of downloading files, optimizing bandwidth usage, and operating in a more organized way. Some web browsers, such as Firefox, include a download manager as a feature, but their implementation lacks the sophistication of a dedicated download manager (or add-ons for the web browser), without using bandwidth optimally, and without good file management features.

<A HREF=”http://www.linuxlinks.com/article/20140913062041384/DownloadManagers.html“>Complete article</A>

A low cost industrial single board computer base on TI Sitara AM335X processor

By
linda lin
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Forlinx Embedded(http://www.forlinx.net/), a company based in Baoding, Hebei, China specializing in embedded systems design and manufacturing, has recently launched OK335xS-II single board computer powered by Texas Instruments AM335x SoC which should be “the cheapest industrial Cortex-A8 board in history” as it sells for as low as 298 RMB or about $49.
Forlinx_OK335xS-IIOK335xS-II board is comprised of a baseboard and a CPU module soldered to the base board with the following specifications:
SoC – Texas Instruments AM335X ARM Cortex-A8 processor @ 800MHz with PowerVR SGX530 GPU
System Memory – 128M DDR3 + micro SD slot
Storage – 256MB SLC NAND Flash
Display I/F – LCD interface with support for LCD to LVDS and LCD to VGA, and resistive touchscreen interface
Connectivity – 1x 100M Ethernet
USB – 1x USB 2.0 host, 1x mini USB 2.0 device
Serial – 5x serial port (1x debug interface, 4x TTL port)
Expansions headers – 5 headers with access to
7x AD (2x for user, 1x for slide rheostat, 4x for resistive touch)
1x I2C, 1x SPI
1x I2S
2x CAN
3x PWM(1x backlight, 1x buzzer, 1x user expansion)
8x GPIOs
Misc – 2x LEDs, 3x user keys, boot and reset key, boot switch, battery for external RTC chip
Power Supply – 5V
Dimensions – 52 x 42mm (CPU module); 104.2 x 81 mm (Baseboard)
Operating Temperature Range – -40℃ to +85 ℃
Relative Humidity – 10%～90%
what ‘s more, 4.3”, 5”, 7”, 8”, and 10.4” LCD could be provided to work with the board, Wi-Fi can be added via SDIO or USB, and the boot switch is used to select between NAND or SD card boot.
Both Linux 3.2 and Win CE6.0 are supported, and the board apparently sells pre-loaded with Linux 3.2. WinCE OS will be officially released soon. “abundant documentation” with Linux and WinCE software manual, a Qt development guide, and various sample programs are provided. 

For more details, please visit www.forlinx.net.

Robot OS to Support Linux and Android on Snapdragon

By
LinuxGizmos
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The OSRF plans to add ARM support to the Robot Operating System (ROS), starting with the Snapdragon 600 running Linux in Q4, followed by Android in 2015. The Open Source Robotics Foundation (OSRF), which maintains the open source Robot Operating System (ROS) and oversees the ROS.org website, has announced the first formal support for an […]

Read more at LinuxGizmos

Install Git 2.1.0 on Ubuntu 14.04, 12.04 and LinuxMint 16/15

By
Rahul Kumar
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Git has released 2.1.0 version on Aug 15, 2014. Git is a free and open source distributed version control system . Git 2.1 comes with the number of noticeable changes than 1.9 versions. It is designed to handle a small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.

Read more at  http://tecadmin.net/install-git-on-ubuntu/

How to Build a Linux Media Server

By
Carla Schroder
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ZaReason mediabox

Just about any Linux makes an excellent media server because it’s lightweight and stable, so you can use whatever flavor you’re most comfortable with. Any Ubuntu variant (Ubuntu, Xubuntu, Lubuntu, and so on) is exceptionally nice to set up as a media server because they make it easy to get restricted codecs. I have Xubuntu running on a ZaReason MediaBox. This is a simple system for playing movies and music. It is not a DVR (digital video recorder), and it doesn’t need a TV tuner because I don’t have any broadcast TV. No cable, satellite, nor over-the-air even. Don’t want it and don’t miss it. But if that’s something you want you may have it, because Linux wants us to be happy.

The MediaBox is a little sweetheart that holds two 3.5″ SATA3 drives and a CD/DVD drive. Mine is powered by an Intel quad-core i5-4430 CPU and 4GB RAM, and it comes with a nice batch of ports. On the back you get:

 

  • 4 USB 3.0
  • 2 USB 2.0
  • 2 HDMI
  • 1 DVI
  • 2 Gigabit Ethernet
  • Optical Audio + S/PDIF audio out
  • 6 Analog Audio I/O
  • 1 PS2 Port.

 

It has a front panel with 2 USB 2.0 ports, and headphone and microphone jacks. It also includes Bluetooth and wireless B/G/N. Wireless G speeds (maximum 54 Mbps) are adequate for streaming movies, and N speeds (maximum 600 Mbps) allow you to comfortably stream to multiple endpoints, and to do fast file transfers. It runs from a 250-Watt power supply, and the CPU temperature never goes over 40C. A nice quiet little box that doesn’t need much room or use much power.

Of course, you can use any PC you want for your media server. A bigger case is more comfortable to work in, and has more room for drives and accessories. For best performance you want SATA 3 hard drives, and lots of audio and video ports to plug into. HDMI is great because it eliminates a lot of cabling; audio and video run over the same link, so you don’t need bales of RCA cables. (Do not pay a lot of money for cables! High-priced cables are scams.)

My home theater system is rather a hodge-podge: an older 5.1 surround receiver, an old 6-disc CD changer, a newfangled Sony Blu-Ray player with Netflix, Amazon, Pandora, Hulu, and a ton of other online services, the MediaBox, and a 42″ teevee. Only the TV, the MediaBox and the Sony have HDMI ports, so everything is connected via a nest of HDMI and RCA cables. It works.

All That Money and They Still Suck

The Sony box is useful for Amazon and Netflix video, because those are chronic pains on Linux. Today they work, tomorrow they don’t, and it’s enough to make me want to kick them because they built their empires on Linux and FOSS, but still scorn us. The Sony apps stink. It’s difficult to enter your logins because it seems that on-screen keyboards are mysteries to the app developers, and some of the apps require creating a Sony account to manage them. Which doesn’t add any useful functionality, but just more hassles. Don’t even get me started on the craptastic NPR app, to give just one example, which has like a million stations to choose from, and no way to search or bookmark. Once your apps are set up $deity help you if you want to use a different login. So, in my setup, the Sony box is a fallback for when the other services decide they don’t want to work on Linux. It’s many times easier to access them through a Web browser, so that is always my first choice.

If you’re wondering why I even bought the Sony player, well, sometimes I wonder too. I bought it before I had a media server, and it was cheap, around $100. I don’t know if I’ll ever play an actual Blu-Ray disc. Blu-Ray sounds wonderful: high-definition video (1920×1080 pixels), and it stuffs as much as 50GB of data onto a single disk. But it is encumbered by copy protection and patents, and of course the copy protection was broken long ago. Terry Hancock, who is developing a free alternative to Blu-Ray called Lib-Ray, characterizes Blu-Ray as “A ridiculously overcomplicated set of technologies whose purpose is primarily to prevent you from watching their movies.” Blu-Ray is so locked-down that producers like Terry cannot release a non-DRM Blu-Ray disk. The Oatmeal has my all-time mini keyboardfavorite take on “piracy”: I Tried To Watch Game of Thrones and This is What Happened.

Having Everything

Having a full Linux distro on a big screen is wonderful. I can run any program, Web surf, see books really big, and do anything I can do on a normal PC.

I use a tiny little SMK wireless keyboard with touchpad to control the MediaBox. Sometimes I’ll plug in a full-sized keyboard to the front USB port for more complicated tasks such as a system upgrade, or run an SSH session from my laptop. Because it’s Linux I can do all these things.

Software

Linux has all kinds of good multimedia software, and my three mainstays are XBMC, VLC, and K3b.

I use XBMC for watching movies that I have ripped from DVD. It’s nice to have them all stuffed onto a big hard drive. I’m also working on storing my music CDs on the MediaBox. Once upon a time my living room was full of racks of CDs and DVDs. It’s tidier having them put away out of sight. XBMC runs on Android, iOS, Mac, and Windows. If you have two XBMC servers on your network they can share media libraries. You can use XBMC as a DVR, and it records both Internet TV, and streams from a TV capture card.

VLC is excellent for playing music and movies, and it also plays Internet and LAN streams. It rips and converts pretty much any audio or video medium, and records any stream that it can play. Anything VLC can’t handle is probably broken.

Brasero and K3B are easier than VLC for ripping CDs and DVDs. Nearly all DVDs are copy protected, which of course was broken years and years ago, so you need libdvdcss to rip them. You also need it to play movie DVDs on Linux. Sure, wanting to play our movies on Linux makes us criminals, but I’m not sorry.

Of course there is a lot more good multimedia software on Linux: MPlayer, Totem, Amarok, Banshee, Rhythmbox…you may use whatever you want.

Making it Work

Making all of this stuff work can be a bit of a chore, but trust me it’s no worse than wrestling with something like the Sony box and its bundle of apps craptastic. XBMC has been around a long time, and consequently has amassed a good body of documention.

XBMC Wiki Manual includes information on all kinds of remote controls, from programmable remotes to smartphone apps, small home theater computers like the Boxee Box, ASUS Chromebox, and Apple TV 1, and using XBMC as a PVR/DVR.

Ubuntu Restricted Formats is a complete guide to playing all media on your Ubuntu PC

Our own Jack Wallen wrote How to Install the Netflix Streaming Client On Linux.

Amazon video is still a moving target, so when I figure out a reasonably reliable way to play it on Linux I shall share with you.

10 Things You Need to Know About the Hot DevOps Trend

By
eWeek
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DevOps results in faster software/application deployment and quicker problem detection. Here are misconceptions about transitioning to DevOps.

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BMW Shows How to Remote Control the BMW i3 Electric Car With a Tizen Smartwatch

By
The Linux Foundation
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  The car is not simply something that you sit in to get from A to B. Now it is technically an extension of you and integrates with your wrist. Previously we have shown you OnStar remote controlling a Chevrolet car, well now at IFA 2014 it was BMW’s turn to show off their BMW i3 electric car, and also show what Samsung Gear 2 and Gear S users could do with their Tizen based Smartwatches.  

All you need to do is download and install the application that is compatible with the Samsung Gear 2, Gear 2 Neo, Gear S and potentially the Galaxy Gear, now you can begin remote controlling your car, presuming the car also has a data connection. For the Gear 2 / Gear 2 Neo you obviously need the device to be paired with a Smartphone for data, but the Samsung Gear S can use the 3G data capability of the built in SIM card slot and communicate directly with the car, bringing a new level of autonomous tech freedom to your wrist.     The BMW App shows you the cars battery level so you can judge when you need to top up your electric car, and also has a set of icons

 

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