Fedora Developer Announces New Partition Manager

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Linux Magazine

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September 9, 2014

New tool will look like GParted but support a wider range of storage technologies.

Mozilla Releases a New Firefox

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Linux Magazine

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September 9, 2014

The Mozilla Foundation has released a new version of the Mozilla Firefox web browser. Firefox 32 is available through the Firefox website, and the new version will be making its way into Linux repositories and distro releases over the next few weeks.

Intel’s Core i7 5960X Is Fast & Wonderful Under Linux

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Phoronix

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September 9, 2014

After my first X99 motherboard burned up in a strange situation, since yesterday my Core i7 5960X Haswell-E system started working wonderfully with Linux after using a different motherboard. I’ve been hammering the system hard for the past day and no X99/i7-5960X issues have come about (albeit I’ve refrained from doing any overclocking or DDR4 tweaking yet) and this high-end $1000+ (USD) CPU is running great under Linux…

Citrix Cloud Leadership Changes May Be a Reaction to OpenStack’s Momentum

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OStatic

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September 9, 2014

When Citrix bought Cloud.com in 2011, it became the primary sponsor of the CloudStack cloud computing platform, and Citrix has had a remarkable level of success in the cloud. It also deserves credit for contributing the CloudStack platform to the Apache Software Foundation, and in this post, I took note of the fact that Citrix officials touted CloudStack as far and away the most widely deployed open source platform in the cloud.

However, the success of OpenStack has changed things, and there are some reports going around that significant leadership changes at Citrix focused on the cloud computing group may signal trouble…

To be clear, the open source CloudStack platform that Apache now oversees is a different branch from the commercial one that Citrix oversees. The open source version from Apache is moving forward, but it’s unclear what Citrix may be making of the momentum that OpenStack has.

Amazon Brings Prime Instant Video to All Android Phones

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The Verge

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September 9, 2014

Amazon is finally giving Android users a way to watch movies and TV shows from Prime Instant Video on their phone. That should be pretty good news for Amazon Prime subscribers, as they’ve long been able to stream onto most other major platforms — the iPhone included — while Android has remained left out.

Raspberry Pi-Powered In-Car Computer Project Shifts Up a Gear

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The Linux Foundation

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September 9, 2014

After watching classic TV shows such as Knight Rider and Street Hawk in his youth, IT professional and Raspberry Pi enthusiast Derek Knaggs was inspired to create a low-cost in-car computer using a Raspberry Pi.

The Pi sits in the centre console of his Ford Focus, wired to the display of an Xtrons DVD player (optional) as well as two TFT screens in the rear headrests. Control is via a Xenta wireless keyboard with mouse touchpad, while a smartphone can be used as a wireless hotspot to give the Pi an internet connection on the move.

Rumors Of An Imminent Enlightenment E19 Release

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Phoronix

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September 9, 2014

There might be an E19 release real soon.

The Enlightenment camp most recently released E19 RC3 as the latest development version of their lightweight but powerful window manager. E19 is a huge update in that it has its standalone Wayland compositor, better HiDPI support, and many other features. E19 is quite a feature-packed release.

Moto 360 Smartwatch Powered by a Four-Year-Old Processor

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ZDNet

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September 9, 2014

A teardown of Motorola’s new flagship Moto 360 smartwatch reveals it is powered by a four-year-old processor – the same silicon that powered the company’s first smartwatch released in 2011 – and a battery with 10 percent less capacity than the advertised specs.

Read more at Enterprise Open Source Toolkit

Git Bounty Wants To Help Open-Source Programmers Get Paid For Bug Fixes

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TechCrunch

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September 9, 2014

If youâ€™re using open-source software, youâ€™ve probably come across a bug that you want to fix but donâ€™t have the expertise to do it yourself â€” and the original author isnâ€™t all that interested in fixing it. With Git Bounty, which was dreamed up by a team of French Canadians (and one Frenchman) from Montreal at our Disrupt SF hackathon this weekend, you can incentivize open-source programmers to fix those bugs for you. Git Bounty lets you pick a bug you need fixed, set a reward and then publicize it.

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The hackers (Angus MacIsaac, Adam Burvill, Anton Shevchenko, Nathan Boiron, Martin Coulombe), which all work together at Montreal development shop Osedea, told me that they came up with the idea on Friday night before the event.

Diesel Black Gold Brings You a New Samsung Gear S Fashion Device

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The Linux Foundation

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September 9, 2014

The Tizen Samsung Gear S is a thing of beauty and has already been adorned with Swarovski crystals, but fashion doesnâ€™t stop there. Samsung has teamed up with Diesel Black Gold on a bracelet that will be shown off at the Spring â€™15 show later on today.

The Diesel Black Goldâ€™s interpretation is said to be decidedly more downtown with an up-to-date feel. The inspiration was by the creative director Andreas Melbostad and the material of choice was Leather.