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Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 Released

Just shy of one month since releasing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 (and one day past CentOS 7), Red Hat has announced today their latest major software launch: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5…

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Global Hunt Begins for #HiddenTux: Find Tux and Win

At least 10 stuffed penguins are hidden around the world and are waiting to be found and adopted by you. hidden tux photo 400x400

As the Linux mascot, the Tux penguins represent freedom, collaboration and innovation and are what hundreds of thousands of people from every region in the world use to identify themselves as supporters of Linux . Now, you can show your support by finding tux and tweeting your “selfie” with the Linux mascot to @linuxfoundation with hashtag #hiddentux. Nearly one million Linux developers, sysadmins and enthusiasts will witness these pictures and inspiration across The Linux Foundation social channels and web properties.

Follow @linuxfoundation on Twitter and watch for clues that will help you find one of these 10 #hiddentux plush animals. When you tweet your picture with the #hiddentux hashtag you will receive two free tickets to the LinuxCon and CloudOpen event nearest you and be featured in a video later this year or in early 2015 that compiles all the pictures taken by people around the world with their #hiddentux. Plus, you get to keep your new furry friend and add it to your Tux collection.

HiddenTux TorontoThe first #hiddentux was located just 15 hours ago in Toronto, Canada and the first picture has been tweeted. Compeition is going to be fierce! We’ll be in touch, @topherbreezy, with your prize.

This global treasure hunt is inspired by the recent #hiddencash craze that started in San Francisco in Mayand has spread to other cities like San Diego, New York, London, Fresno, Baltimore, D.C, and more.

The #hiddentux campaign aims to bring together the Linux community in celebration of the operating system that is helping to solving the world’s most complex problems, from One Laptop Per Child to CERN, the Human Genome Project, the Open Prosthetic Project, Local Motors and much, much more. We also hope it will help shine a light on Linux fans and supporters in different places all over the world.

Confirmed locations where Tux will be hiding include Japan, the U.S., the South Pacific, Europe and South Korea.

The first city and location of #hiddentux for which we’ll be sharing clues today on Twitter is New York. So all of you New York Linux fans be looking out, or if you happen to be in the Big Apple over the next couple of weeks, keep an eye on @linuxfoundaton and you could clinch the win from the NY locals! 

 

Linux 3.16 Is Looking Good For ARM Hardware Support

The Linux 3.16 kernel is set to debut with a fair amount of new ARM hardware / SoC enablement, which in turn will soon benefit Fedora ARM users seeing as they are likely to lock onto this new version for the Fedora 21 release…

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Samsung: Does it Need a Mobile Makeover?

The big question is whether Samsung can duke it out with lower-cost players and compete at the low-end of the market. At the high-end of the market there are also concerns. The Galaxy S5 has a design that is too similar to the S4 to warrant a big upgrade cycles. Tablet growth is slowing so that’ll hurt Samsung too. When Apple comes out with a larger iPhone, Samsung will also have issues. Smartwatches aren’t likely to save the day either

Bottom line: Samsung, Android’s lead dog, has a multi-front war in the smartphone market. It will have to develop different tactics going forward.

The Impact of the Changing Datacenter

We all recognize that the tech industry is moving away from physical systems and the software they run. We’re now looking at a world in which processing, storage, and networking are seen as resources to be provisioned, orchestrated and then re-provisioned for the next task automatically.

After speaking with a number of industry luminaries, such as Andrew Hillier, CTO of CiRBA, and Boris Renski, Vice President and Co-Founder of Mirantis, it’s clear that the tech industry has begun to think about IT resources in a different and far more flexible way.

Ubuntu Touch Passes 100k App Downloads Despite No Handsets on Sale

More than 100,000 apps have been downloaded from the Ubuntu for devices software store, despite physical hardware running the OS yet to go on sale.

Canonical say that number â€œrepresents new app installs and updatesâ€, making the 100k figure the cumulative total of applications downloaded, installed and subsequently updated.

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Samsung, Intel, Dell Form Open Interconnect Consortium

The consortium will seek to define connectivity requirements to ensure the interoperability of billions of devices projected to come online by 2020.

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Inside the LG G Watch and Samsung Gear Live Smartwatches

The iFixit team have their hands on an LG G Watch and a Samsung Gear Live smartwatch, and the teardown reveals some similarity between the two devices — an inside dominated by a Li-Ion battery, and a design that’s surprisingly easy to open.

For small devices, the LG G Watch and a Samsung Gear are surprisingly easy to pop open to repair, earning them a repairability score of 9 and 8 out of 10 respectively (where 10 is the easiest to repair). There are no thick goopy adhesives or tamper-resistant screws to deal with — although if you’re thinking of delving inside you must be prepared to handle some tiny screws.

NVIDIA 340.24 Linux Driver Has G-SYNC Support, FXAA Control

Succeeding last month’s NVIDIA 340.17 Linux driver beta is now the first official release in the 340.xx driver series for Linux / Solaris / BSD. The NVIDIA 340.24 driver was released this morning with new features but is heavier on the fixing side…

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Distribution Release: IPFire 2.15 Core 79

Michael Tremer has announced the release of IPFire 2.15 Core 79, the latest stable release of the project’s specialist Linux distribution for firewalls: “IPFire 2.15 Core Update 79 is finally arriving with many bug fixes and enhancements. Among the big changes with this update are lots feature enhancements….

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