My Name is Brian and I Build Supercomputers in My Spare Time

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June 3, 2014

When we saw pictures of Brianâ€™s cluster we were impressed and when we shared these with the community, it became apparent that we were not the only ones! It didnâ€™t take long before curiosity got the better of me and I decided to get in touch with Brian to find out moreâ€¦

Hi Brian, can you tell me about the Parallella cluster you are building.

Iâ€™m building a low-power general purpose compute cluster. I want it to be able to take advantage of standard distributed system packages so that thereâ€™s a familiar developer model. The Parallella boards are great for computation but since they have relatively limited storage and memory, I added two Intel NUCs. Each NUC has 1x Intel i3, 16GB RAM, 120GB SSD, 802.11ac WiFi and are also pretty low-power.

Critical New Bug in Crypto Library Leaves Linux, Apps Open to Drive-by Attacks

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ArsTechnica

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June 3, 2014

A recently discovered bug in the GnuTLS cryptographic code library puts users of Linux and hundreds of other open source packages at risk of surreptitious malware attacks until they incorporate a fix developers quietly pushed out late last week.

Maliciously configured servers can exploit the bug by sending malformed data to devices as they establish encrypted HTTPS connections. Devices that rely on an unpatched version of GnuTLS can then be remotely hijacked by malicious code of the attacker’s choosing, security researchers who examined the fix warned. The bug wasn’t patched until Friday, with the release of GnuTLS versions 3.1.25, 3.2.15, and 3.3.4. While the patch has been available for three days, it will protect people only when the GnuTLS-dependent software they use has incorporated it. With literally hundreds of packages dependent on the library, that may take time.

Another View: APIs are Not the Be-all and End-all to Enterprise Computing

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ZDNet

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June 3, 2014

APIs may be delivering an incredible array of business services. But in the end, they are another tool in an ongoing evolution.

Read more at Enterprise Open Source Toolkit

Samsung’s Tizen-Based Z Handset Poses Future Challenge to Android

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eWeek

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June 3, 2014

The Samsung Z is the company’s first smartphone model running the Tizen OS that was developed in-house. Here’s a look at the device’s key features.

Intel Core i7 4790K Should Be A Great Linux-Friendly CPU

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Phoronix

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June 3, 2014

Intel will begin shipping the Core i7 4790K “Devil’s Canyon” processor this month and thanks to Computex now getting underway we’re able to publicly talk about this high-performance chip…

Chromebooks Head for Nine New Countries, with Cloud Computing in Tow

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OStatic

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June 3, 2014

In a blog post constructed as rhythmic verse, Google has confirmed that Chromebooks–portable computers running the Chrome OS platform–are coming to nine new global regions: Norway, Denmark, Chile, Mexico, Spain, Italy, Belgium, New Zealand, and the Philippines. As we’ve reported, Chromebooks are becoming more popular and are also introducing a lot of users to using cloud applications, storage in the cloud and other cloud-centric concepts. It’s becoming clear that Google sees a number of niche and emerging markets as promising for Chromebooks.

Google’s verse blog post states:

“So we’d like to say our Hellos, to our new global Chromebook fellows….Stay safe with your data stored in the cloud, A smart pick like Chromebook will make your mom proud.”

Red Hat Names New Fedora Linux Project Leader

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eWeek

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June 3, 2014

Matthew Miller takes over for Robyn Bergeron to lead the next Red Hat community Linux distribution.

Distribution Release: Tango Studio 2.2

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DistroWatch

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June 3, 2014

Tango Studio is a Debian-based Linux distribution featuring an extensive collection of free and open-source software for sound, video and graphics editing and creation. A new stable version was released earlier today: “Six months after the release of the first version, we are pleased to announce the release….

Bergeron: Introducing the New Fedora Project Leader, and Some Parting Thoughts.

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LWN

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June 3, 2014

In a lengthy message to the fedora-announce mailing list, outgoing Fedora Project Leader (FPL) Robyn Bergeron has described the role of the FPL and why turnover in that position (and other, similar leadership roles) is desirable. She also announced that the new FPL will be Matthew Miller: “Of course, Matthew is no newcomer to the Fedora Project, having been around since the *LITERAL DAWN OF FEDORA TIME* — he was an early contributor to the Fedora Legacy project, and helped to organize early FUDCons in his area of the world, at Boston University. Since joining Red Hat in 2012, he’s been responsible for the Cloud efforts in Fedora, and as the previous wrangler for that team, I was thrilled when he came on board and was willing and able to start driving forward some of the initiatives and wishlist items that team was working on. What started out small has since grown into a vision for the future, and I’m confident in Matthew’s ability to lead the Fedora Project forward into its next 10 years of innovative thinking.“

How To : Install/Upgrade to Linux Kernel 3.14.5 in Ubuntu/Linux Mint Systems

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YourOwnLinux

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June 3, 2014

“The Linux Kernel 3.14.5 is now available for the users and all the users of 3.14 kernel series must upgrade”, announced Greg Kroah-Hartman.This Linux Kernel version comes with plenty of fixes and improvements. This article will guide you to install or upgrade to Linux Kernel 3.14.5 in your Ubuntu or Linux Mint system.

Fixes

net-gro: reset skb->truesize in napi_reuse_skb()
ipv4: initialise the itag variable in __mkroute_input
ipv6: gro: fix CHECKSUM_COMPLETE support
ip_tunnel: Initialize the fallback device properly
batman-adv: fix local TT check for outgoing arp requests in DAT
batman-adv: increase orig refcount when storing ref in gw_node
batman-adv: fix reference counting imbalance while sending fragment
batman-adv: fix indirect hard_iface NULL dereference
net: gro: make sure skb->cb[] initial content has not to be zero
bonding: fix out of range parameters for bond_intmax_tbl
net: phy: Don’t call phy_resume if phy_init_hw failed
rtnetlink: wait for unregistering devices in rtnl_link_unregister()
ipv6: fix calculation of option len in ip6_append_data
net: avoid dependency of net_get_random_once on nop patching and many more.