Automotive Grade Linux Hits the Road

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July 1, 2014

eWEEK: The first release of Automotive Grade Linux (AGL) is out today, providing car vendors with an open-source platform on which to embed applications and features.

How Docker Used Open-Source Ideals and Excellent Timing to Become a Cloud Darling

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LinuxPlanet

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June 30, 2014

GigaOm: Ben Golub isn’t surprised that his startup Docker’s take on container technology has caused this much of a buzz throughout the tech industry; it just happened a whole lot sooner than he thought.

Android Wear Review: The Everything Inbox

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The Verge

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June 30, 2014

Pretty much everybody I know hates their inbox.

It’s not just email either, though it tends to take the brunt of everybody’s anger. There are dozens of apps sending us hundreds of notifications; managing all that incoming information is a genuine hassle. Looking at the notification center on our phones, it’s hard not to imagine some harried, 1930s office worker. His tie is loosened, sleeves rolled up, sweat beading on his forehead underneath a green visor as he looks at the metal tray…

Carrier Board Sold as Open-Spec, Cortex-A5 SBC

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LinuxGizmos

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June 30, 2014

Toradex’s “Viola” carrier board extends its Linux-ready Colibri COMs, and ships as a $69 open-spec SBC loaded with its Vybrid-based Colibri VF50 COM. Swiss embedded vendor Toradex has jumped on the trend of offering carrier boards for its computer-on-modules that can double as sandwich-style, open source single board computers. The Viola board is available separately […]

VNC Server Installation on CentOS 6.5

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Falko Timme

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June 30, 2014

VNC Server Installation on CentOS 6.5

This guide explains how to configure VNC-server in CentOS 6.5 server. It is a very convinient way of administrating the CentOS 6.5 with the help of GUI(Graphics User Interface). The GUI can be access any where with the help of the VNC-client on any OS. The basic condition is that the connecting OS must have VNC-clients installed in it.

MongoDB: A Showcase for the Power of Open Source in the Enterprise

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ZDNet

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June 30, 2014

Big trends in the No Design Database era and other takeaways from MongoDB’s first user conference.

Read more at Enterprise Open Source Toolkit

IT Spending to Reach $3.7 Trillion in 2014, but Growth Slows

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eWeek

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June 30, 2014

The devices market, which includes PCs, mobile phones, tablets and printers, is forecast to grow in 2014, but not as much as Gartner had predicted.

Linux 3.16 rc3

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LinuxPlanet

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June 30, 2014

Linus Torvalds:There’s perhaps relatively less driver updates than usual, with most of them being pretty small,

3 Open Source Content Management Systems Compared

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OpenSource.com

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June 30, 2014

Whether you need to set up a blog, a portal for some specific usage, or any other website, which content management system is right for you? is a question you are going to ask yourself early on. The most well-known and widely used open source content management system (CMS) platforms are: Joomla, WordPress, and Drupal. They are all based on PHP and MySQL and offer a wide range of options to users and developers alike.

To help you choose between these three excellent open source CMS platforms, I’ve written a comparison based on this criteria: installation complexity, available plugin/themes, ease of use, and more.

Easy File Comparisons With These Great Free Diff Tools

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Steve Emms

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June 28, 2014

File comparison compares the contents of computer files, finding their common contents and their differences. The result of the comparison is often known as a diff.

diff is also the name of a famous console based file comparison utility that outputs the differences between two files. The diff utility was developed in the early 1970s on the Unix operating system. diff will output the parts of the files where they are different.

Linux has many good GUI tools that enable you to clearly see the difference between two files or two versions of the same file. This roundup selects 5 of my favourite GUI diff tools, with all but one released under an open source license.

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