There’s Already Talk Of Fedora 21 Being Delayed

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June 11, 2014

Fedora 20 was released last December and the Fedora 21 schedule puts the next release as no earlier than mid-October, but there’s already a call for delaying this next version of Fedora Linux…

The first Tizen based Samsung Z (SM-Z910F) smartphone coming to the UK, hopefully soon.

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The Linux Foundation

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June 11, 2014

The UK Online electronics retailer MobileFun have listed the Tizen based Samsung Z (SM-Z910F) as a unlocked smartphone on their site, with a release date to be confirmed. We are expecting a Russian launch event soon and MobileFun have confirmed directly to Tizen Experts that they are looking at stocking the Samsung Z in the near future, and will also be looking at selling a range of accompanying accessories. The Samsung Z includes the brilliant new operating system Tizen.

IBM Ramps SoftLayer Infrastructure for Government

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ZDNet

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June 11, 2014

The SoftLayer data centers in Dallas and Ashburn will initially have capacity for 30,000 servers.

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A Brilliant Secure SSD that Apple Should Have Designed

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ZDNet

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June 11, 2014

There’s a new Kickstarter campaign for a brilliant SSD with a host of features that will have Seagate, WD and Toshiba kicking themselves that they didn’t think of first. Will it succeed?

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Which Country has the World’s Best Coders? There’s an Axe for That

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ZDNet

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June 11, 2014

The first world coding championships have been held in Finland, with the winning team collecting thousands of euros – and an axe.

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Add-ons Turn Raspberry Pi Into Robot Controller, Drone Autopilot

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LinuxGizmos

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June 11, 2014

Mikronaut launched a “RoboPi” robot controller for the Raspberry Pi, while Emlid tapped Indiegogo for its Pi-ready “Navio” shield for drone autopilots. LinuxGizmos receives tips about Raspberry Pi shields and other add-ons all the time, but relatively few appear to be sufficiently professional to merit coverage. Two new entries that appear to fit that description […]

What Docker 1.0 Means for OpenStack

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OpenSource.com

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June 11, 2014

At the sold-out DockerCon on Monday and Tuesday of this week, there were plenty of big announcements. But the biggest of which was Docker going 1.0. Whether or not it now meets every need for production workloads is a hotly-debated topic, but there’s no doubt that this milestone is an important step in getting Docker into the datacenter.

Mozilla and Spreadtrum Get Closer to $25 Firefox OS Smartphone

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ComputerWorld

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June 11, 2014

The Mozilla Foundation and chip maker Spreadtrum have partnered with two Indian vendors to launch ultra-low-cost smartphones in the next few months. Spreadtrum said the phones could cost just US$25.

CMake 3.0 Released

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Phoronix

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June 11, 2014

Version 3.0 of the CMake build system is now available with various improvements over CMake 2.x…

What is a Good Text Editor on Linux

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The Linux Foundation

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June 11, 2014

Want to launch a heated debate among Linux aficionados? Ask them what is their favorite text editor. In the open source community, choosing a software to write text with, and potentially to write code with, is such an important decision that choosing a football team or a game console is less dangerous. But anyone new […]
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