While EXT4 didn’t see any exciting changes for the Linux 3.16 merge window, the XFS and Btrfs file-systems are continuing to receive a great deal of upstream improvements…
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Ubuntu 14.10 Server Decides On BCache, Other Improvements
Improvements to Ubuntu Server for the 14.10 release were discussed this morning during the second day of the Ubuntu Online Summit…
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Linux Hiring Frenzy: Why Open Source Devs are Being Bombarded With Offers to Jump Ship
Seven out of 10 Europe-based Linux professionals have received calls where they were pitched new positions in the past six months, and a third said they had received more calls than in the previous six months. One in three are looking to move anyway, and over half of them said it would be fairly or very easy. Salary is the biggest reason to move jobs, followed by work-life balance and the chance to gain additional skills….
The Linux Job Report has been produced for the last three years by the Linux Foundation and Dice but this is the first time that a specific report on European skills has been separated out of the worldwide report. Some 893 Linux professionals responded to the survey across Europe.
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Will Linux Ever Be Regarded as an Equal to Windows and Consoles at E3?
Linux is slowly becoming a gaming alternative, but it’s still a long way from consoles and Windows. How long will it take to see Linux represented at the E3 Expo in full effect, just like all the other platforms?
Making predictions is very hard, especially about the future. This simple statement from physicist Niels Bohr explains very well why it’s difficult to anticipate what will happen in the world of technology. Some things evolve faster than we can predict and others seem to stagnate.
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There’s Already Talk Of Fedora 21 Being Delayed
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…
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The first Tizen based Samsung Z (SM-Z910F) smartphone coming to the UK, hopefully soon.
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.
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IBM Ramps SoftLayer Infrastructure for Government
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
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
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
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 […]
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