Samsung Chromebook 2 Review

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June 10, 2014

Two years ago, Samsung made the first great Chromebook. It was thin, and light, and had good battery life, but most of all it was a different kind of computer. Chrome OS wasn’t like Windows, which can do absolutely everything on earth including a laundry list of things that only confuse and overwhelm most users. It was designed to be simple, functional, and focused. “It’s just a web browser” wasn’t a problem, it was progress.

As Samsung releases its successor, the Chromebook 2, things…

The Intel DRM Graphics Driver Improvements For Linux 3.16

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Phoronix

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June 10, 2014

Intel has lined up many graphics driver changes for Linux 3.16 and if you haven’t been up to speed with all of our Linux 3.16 coverage, here’s a concise overview of the Intel i915 DRM graphics driver changes for this next kernel version…

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International Team of Scientists Open Sources Search for Malaria Cure

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OpenSource.com

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June 10, 2014

In late November 2012, the Open Source Malaria (OSM) team gained a new member who lived and worked almost 1700 kilometers away from the synthetic chemistry hub at the University of Sydney. Of course, collaboration across continents is not unusual for scientists, but until recently, recruitment in less than 140 characters certainly was.

KDE 4.13.2 Desktop Update Released

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Phoronix

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June 10, 2014

The latest monthly point release update to KDE 4.13 is now available…

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Understanding and Writing ‘Linux Variables’ in Shell Scripting – Part 10

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Tecmint

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June 10, 2014

The Linux shell scripting language has always been a hot topic and will always be in the future. The Shell Scripting Language is magical and its so easy to do a program in scripting language as in any other Language. However, it needs an in-depth knowledge of what we are doing …

MIPS For Linux 3.16 Gets Big Changes

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Phoronix

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June 10, 2014

The MIPS architecture pull for the Linux 3.16 merge window pull is full of prominent changes for this next kernel version…

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Radeon Squeezes A Few More Changes For Linux 3.16

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Phoronix

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June 10, 2014

Alex Deucher has sent in another pull request for the DRM-Next code targeting the Linux 3.16 kernel…

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Take advantage of lossy quality in the browser cache?

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Per Lindholm

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June 10, 2014

The idea is to have an option to replace big images in the cache folder with smaller ones of lower quality, different format or resolution. When I looked at my browser cache. The space were mainly filled with .png images. Because this was a poor choice of format for photos I would like to store certain images above a threshold in a .webp format as a replacement in the cache. I think this allows for much larger covering cache for the same size.

Tiny Open-Source Module Aims to Make IoT Apps Easy

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LinuxGizmos

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June 10, 2014

WeIO is sampling a tiny open source board, running OpenWRT Linux on an Atheros/MIPS module, that enables IoT applications controlled entirely via HTML5 code. Billed as “The Web of Things for Creators,” the fully open source, GPL3-licensed WeIO module is notable for its HTML5 programming interface and Python-based Tornado web server. Together, these let you […]

Intel GPU Tools 1.7 Released For Linux

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Phoronix

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June 10, 2014

For developers and debug-willing Linux enthusiasts, the Intel GPU Tools 1.7 open-source release is now available…

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