War Thunder MMO Combat Game Is Coming To Linux

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June 16, 2014

Several Phoronix readers have been writing in with word via a video recording that War Thunder is coming to Linux. War Thunder is an online multiplayer combat game that’s currently in open beta for all major (non-Linux) platforms…

ARM Announces ‘Lab in a Box’ for Universities

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ZDNet

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June 16, 2014

ARM’s ‘Lab in a box’ aims to boost the development of audio systems and smart home devices.

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Microsoft’s Secret Android Patents Revealed by Chinese Government

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The Verge

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June 16, 2014

Microsoft has been licensing access to part of its patent portfolio for several years now, offering device makers protection from litigation related to Android and Chrome OS. While Microsoft boasts than more than 70 percent of Android phones sold in the US are covered by licensing agreements, the company has never listed what patents are infringed by Android. Instead, Chinaâ€™s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) has now revealed a list of more than 300 patents and applications held by Microsoft that formed the Chinese approval of the Nokia deal recently.

The list includes 73 standard-essential patents, but thereâ€™s also 127 patents that Microsoft claims are implemented in Android. Some on the list, as Ars Technica notes, include patents that…

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KVM Virtualization in Ubuntu

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Venkat Nagappan

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June 16, 2014

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Debian Testing: FreeBSD 10.0 vs. Linux 3.14 Kernels

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Phoronix

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June 16, 2014

Debian GNU/kFreeBSD remains an interesting port of Debian that pairs its GNU user-land with the FreeBSD kernel. With the Debian testing code for Testing / Jessie 8.0 is the new FreeBSD 10.0 kernel. The benchmarks today at Phoronix are comparing Debian GNU/kFreeBSD to Debian GNU/Linux using the latest 7.5 Wheezy release along with the latest testing code.

CyberPower PC Syber Steam Machine to Ship as Windows 8.1 System

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ZDNet

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June 15, 2014

Like the Alienware Alpha, this living-room PC will make use of Steam Big Picture Mode while it waits for Valve to finish tweaking its Steam Controller and SteamOS.

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Call for Papers – Tizen Developer Summit Shanghai 2014

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The Linux Foundation

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June 15, 2014

Last november we had the Tizen Developer Summit in Seoul, Korea. The 2nd Tizen Developer Summit was a regional, technical conference for: â€œTizen developers, App developers, ISVs, Platform designers, Operators, OEMs, Hardware vendors, Software vendors, Open source enthusiasts, and anyone engaged in Tizenâ€ This time, the Asia Tizen event is being held in Shanghai, China in late October 2014, and the Call for Papers is now open until the 15th of August.

The program committee are looking for talk submissions on the use and development of Tizen in the following areas: Application development and deployment: Upcoming and popular applications (development stories, sharing experiences, etc.) Use of the Tizen API and SDK (tutorials, news, tips and tricks for making great applications, development tools, and helpers) Strategies for developing applications for Tizen devices using HTML5 or Tizen Native Design guidelines and User Experience (different Tizen profiles, form factors, crossing the boundaries between them, and differentiation) Deploying Tizen apps worldwide, including monetization, internationalization, and localization Device development and use of Tizen profiles: New devices or profiles and product development stories (experiences, process, challenges, differentiation) Improvements and developments in Tizen hardware adaptation (performance, power, Linux kernel developments, porting process, etc.) Information around supported hardware platforms (tutorials/introductions, improvements/developments, and challenges) Platform tools and process

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Internet of Things to Increase Shortage of Security Professionals

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eWeek

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June 15, 2014

With a global deficit of 1 million information-security workers, companies need to find and train security specialists, as well as everyday workers, Cisco said.

The New Features To The Linux 3.16 Kernel

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Phoronix

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June 15, 2014

Linus Torvalds will most likely be releasing the Linux 3.16-rc1 kernel today, now that the merge window has been open for two weeks and the feature pull requests are coming to an end. Here’s a concise look at the new features and improvements to be found with the Linux 3.16 kernel…

Development Release: Deepin 2014 RC

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DistroWatch

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June 15, 2014

Chen Xiang Bang has announced the availability of the release candidate for the upcoming Deepin 2014, an Ubuntu-based desktop Linux distribution from China: “Deepin 2014 RC – pursuing perfection never stops. Do not install, use and evaluate in a virtual machine. It is strongly recommended that you install….