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The Linux app store is your safest friend

One of the cool features that Android and IOS have developed are application stores. Application trust is vital. When you download a program from those apps stores, you are getting something trusted, stable and frequently upgraded.

Something also integrated this same concept. Linux is another system that delivers a system that allows you to download and install programs that are designed to work with that system. There is no guessing if the program is safe to install. If it is not available in Linux’s app store, don’t pay it too much attention it. Install only if vitally needed.

Ubuntu created a very user friendly app store for downloads, “Ubuntu Software Center”. Before you Google, check the products in your local store first.

 

http://greplinux.com/blog/2014/02/23/whats-different-about-linux-programs/

Stable Kernel Updates

Stable kernels 3.15.5, 3.14.12, 3.10.48, and 3.4.98have been released. All of them contain plenty of important fixes.

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Fedora Gets A Kernel Playground Repository

The latest Fedora Copr repository established provides a “kernel playground” whereby currently out-of-tree and/or experimental kernel features are enabled for developers and enthusiasts to try out…

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How to Choose Vendors for Massive IT Changes

Business is facing technological changes the likes of which it has never seen. The time to get ready is now.

Read more at Datamation

Superclass: 14 of the World’s Best Living Programmers

 It seems like there are lots of programmers out there these days, and lots of really good programmers. But which ones are the very best? Even though, there’s no way to really say who the best living programmer is, that hasn’t stopped developers from frequently kicking the topic around. ITworld has solicited input and scoured coder discussion forums to see if there was any consensus and, as it turned out, a handful of names did frequently get mentioned in these discussions. Based on that input, here are 14 people commonly cited as the world’s best living programmer, including Linus Torvalds.

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Firefox Might Finally Be Moving Closer To Better KDE Integration

For KDE desktop users unhappy with the level of integration with Mozilla’s Firefox web browser, the situation might finally be changing…

Read more at Phoronix

Early Reviews of Android Wear Reflect Promise for the Platform

This week, following much talk about it coming out of the Google I/O conference, there are a lot of discussions arising about Android Wear and whether it will become the next big mobile platform. Some early smartwatches running the open platform are appearing, and some reviewers are really liking them. Just as you once didn’t carry a smartphone, and then did, are you on the cusp of owning an open source smartwatch?

 

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Inbox: Announcing an Open Source Platform for Email Applications

For most of us, email remains a primary way to communicate and stay organized. In fact, it’s so central to most of our work and play that it is surprising that there aren’t more applications designed to work with email. That’s the thinking behind a new startup called Inbox, which is developing email platform to compete with old protocols like IMAP and SMTP. It will work with Gmail, Yahoo Mail, Microsoft Exchange and other platforms, and its core engine will reportedly be open source.

 

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Development Release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.11 Beta

Red Hat has announced the availability of the beta release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.11. This is expected to be the last release of the 5.x series of RHEL whose 10-year support cycle will terminate in 2017. From the release announcement: “When Red Hat Enterprise Linux….

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Quarterly Tablet PC Shipments to Fall for the First Time Ever

For the past several years, tablet PCs and smartphones have been the primary growth driver in the smart device category, but that cash cow might be running dry.