Reglue: Opening Up the World to Deserving Kids, One Linux Computer at a Time

By

-

July 29, 2014

They say you never forget your first computer. For some of us, it was a Commodore 64 or an Apple IIe. For others, it was a Pentium 233 running Windows 95. Regardless of the hardware, the fond memories of wonder and excitement are universal. For me, I’ll never forget the night my father brought home our first computer, a Tandy 1000. more>>

Microsoft Debuts Sharks Cove, a Costly Raspberry Pi Alternative

By

ZDNet

-

July 29, 2014

First teased during its April Build conference, the Raspberry Pi-ish device is the result of combined efforts between Microsoft, Intel and product manufacturer CircuitCo.

Read more at Enterprise Open Source Toolkit

Bright Computing Draws $14.5 Million to Expand Focus on Linux Clusters

By

OStatic

-

July 29, 2014

Bright Computing, a startup that works with companies that manage Linux clusters and is closely involved with Hadoop for mining Big Data, has picked up $14.5 million in Series B funding. Hadoop and other Big Data tools have been rapidly gaining popularity in enterprises and even smaller businesses, and clusters are the platforms where the large data sets reside and are processed.

Founded in 2009, Bright Computing specializes in management software for clusters and clouds used in high performance computing (HPC), storage, databases, Hadoop, and OpenStack.

Android Crypto Blunder Exposes Users to Highly Privileged Malware

By

ArsTechnica

-

July 29, 2014

The majority of devices running Google’s Android operating system are susceptible to hacks that allow malicious apps to bypass a key security sandbox so they can steal user credentials, read e-mail, and access payment histories and other sensitive data, researchers have warned.

The high-impact vulnerability has existed in Android since the release of version 2.1 in early 2010, researchers from Bluebox Security said. They dubbed the bug Fake ID, because, like a fraudulent driver’s license an underage person might use to sneak into a bar, it grants malicious apps special access to Android resources that are typically off-limits. Google developers have introduced changes that limit some of the damage that malicious apps can do in Android 4.4, but the underlying bug remains unpatched, even in the Android L preview.

OpenSUSE Factory Turns Into Rolling Release Distribution

By

Phoronix

-

July 29, 2014

OpenSUSE “Factory” up to now has referred to the development version of the openSUSE Linux distribution while being announced by SUSE today is that it’s also going to serve as an independent distribution under a rolling-release development model…

Health Care, Finance Sectors Lead IT Spending Growth

By

eWeek

-

July 29, 2014

Financial service organizations are hiking IT operational budgets by 5 percent at the median and capital budgets are up 2.5 percent, while another sector showing above-average growth in IT operational spending is health care, with budgets rising 3.6 percent at the median, according to a report from Consumer Electronics. Banks, insurers, and other financial service firms reported the strongest growth in both operational and capital budgets, the study revealed.

Steam OS Review – From a Linux User’s Point of View

By

Muktware

-

July 29, 2014

Steam OS images were made available for free download yesterday. I grabbed the images, created an ISO and booted a high-end system on it (it was a working Windows 8 desktop). Instead of automated install, I chose advanced install so I could see what was going on. It was a pure Debian installer experience.

Once you installed everything successfully and rebooted your system, you will be greeted with typical Grub and Gnome login screen and there are four options – default Xsession, Steam OS, Gnome 3 Shell and Gnome Classic. I chose Gnome Shell just for the sake of checking it out.

“The World’s Most Highly-Assured OS” Kernel Open-Sourced

By

Phoronix

-

July 29, 2014

The seL4 kernel that’s an advanced, security-enhanced version of the L4 micro-kernel has been open-sourced by General Dynamics C4 Systems and NICTA…

Internet of Things Big Security Worry, Says HP

By

ZDNet

-

July 29, 2014

HP found 25 vulnerabilities per device including everything from TVs to thermostats to home alarms and scales.

Read more at Enterprise Open Source Toolkit

Anti-X & Zorin 9

By

Robert Adams

-

July 29, 2014

Anti-X 14.2 is a pretty good distro, have been setting it my specifications.

When you install a new browser, iceweasel does not work. Then you have no access to setting up a printer. Anti-X is great for using g-parted and also unetbootin to make usb sticks and it is fairly quick. This distro is easy to install and run for a beginner or someone who is new to Linux

Zorin 9 is easy to set up and seems to run fairly smooth, that is what I’m using now. It’s stable with no glitches that I can find, so I reccomend this desktop over ubuntu or other desktops I have used. That said I have been using Linux for about six months, so guess I would be what you call a “NEWBIE” to the system, but it sure beats the heck out of paying Microsoft high dollar for a system that need upgraded every couple years that has become confusing to customers.

.