Exciting New Terminal Emulators

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August 10, 2014

Even though Terminator meets all my needs, I am always on the look out for new terminal emulators that might offer a different way of working. In this article, I explore three new terminal emulators. Each of these open source applications are a long way from the finished article. The software featured here are not stable, not feature complete, and should not be used in a production environment. But they have real potential.

A Set of Stable Kernel Updates

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LWN

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August 8, 2014

The 3.15.9, 3.14.16, 3.10.52, and 3.4.102stable kernel updates are available; each contains the usual set of important fixes. Greg warns that there will only be one more 3.15 update, so 3.15 users should be thinking about moving on.

The Wacom Input Driver Gets Enhanced With Linux 3.17

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Phoronix

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August 8, 2014

The input subsystem pull request has been submitted for the Linux 3.17 merge window…

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Smartphones, PC Refresh Drive Worldwide IT Market

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eWeek

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August 8, 2014

The U.S. IT market will increase by 4 percent this year, and Western Europe will maintain a 2 percent growth rate overall, according to IDC.

Does Having Open Source Experience on Your Resume Really Matter?

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OpenSource.com

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August 8, 2014

“Code is the next resume.” These words by Jim Zemlin, executive director at The Linux Foundation tell profoundly about how our technology industry, and the many businesses that depend on it, are transforming. The unprecedented success of open source development methodology in the recent past raises some fundamental questions about the way the businesses are designed, the structure of the teams, and the nature of work in itself.

Rockchip Publishes A DRM Driver For Their SoCs

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Phoronix

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August 8, 2014

Separate from the new DRM driver to be found in Linux 3.17 that was written about earlier, there’s another new DRM driver published this week that has yet to hit the mainline Linux kernel…

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AMD releases FirePro S9050, S9150 server GPUs to rumble with Nvidia Tesla

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ZDNet

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August 8, 2014

The new cards take aim at the high-performance supercomputing market with up to 16GB GDDR5 memory and 2,816 stream processors.

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Linux 3.17 DRM Pull Brings New Graphics Driver

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Phoronix

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August 8, 2014

David Airlie of Red Hat has sent in his major feature pull request for the Linux 3.17 merge window. This DRM subsystem update does introduce a new DRM driver, but there isn’t any changes for Nouveau as part of this change set…

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How to Prevent Automated Cloud Fraud: Black Hat

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eWeek

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August 8, 2014

It’s possible to build a cloud botnet using free trials, but thanks to a new effort from security firm Bishop Fox, there is now a framework to limit the risk.

Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS Released

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Phoronix

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August 8, 2014

The fifth point release to the two year old Ubuntu 12.04 LTS is now available…

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