Mirantis Delivers OpenStack Express Private Cloud-as-a-Service

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June 10, 2014

Mirantis, which has been expanding its bets on the OpenStack cloud computing platform throughout 2014, has announced the availability of Mirantis OpenStack Express, an on-demand private Cloud-as-a-Service for enterprises. “The new web service enables companies to stand up private clouds and make them available to developers and end users in minutes,” the company claims. The news comes directly on the heels of Mirantis’ and Canonical’s announcement of a joint collaboration to offer private cloud solutions based on Mirantis OpenStack and Ubuntu.

With Innovative Cooling, New HP Apollo Systems are Tailor-Made for HPC

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insideHPC

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June 10, 2014

This week HP rolled out a new lineup of density-optimized servers with innovative cooling technology. Tailor-made for the HPC market, the Apollo Series combines a modular design with innovative power distribution and air- and liquid-cooling techniques for extreme performance at rack scale, providing up to four times more performance per square foot than standard rack servers.

Gentoo Linux Installation Guide with Screenshots – Part 2

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Tecmint

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June 10, 2014

As a previously mentioned in my last tutorial about Gentoo Linux Installation is a long and difficult process which requires extra time but in the end your system will look and perform exactly in what manner you want it, so will continue directly from where we left off last time. Requirements…

Manjaro 0.8.10 Adds Support For Plymouth, SDDM

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Phoronix

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June 10, 2014

The Arch-based Manjaro Linux distribution is out with its 0.8.10 update for its flagship Xfce version plus their editions for KDE, Openbox, and minimal “net” environment…

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Samsung Chromebook 2 Review

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The Verge

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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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