Linux 3.15-rc3 Kernel Is Now Available With Normal Changes

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Phoronix

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April 28, 2014

The third weekly test release to the Linux 3.15 kernel is now available…

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IBM Launches Cloud Marketplace

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ZDNet

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April 28, 2014

The tech giant said the app exchange is a digital front door that opens up its in-house services portfolio, along with those of its partners, to enterprise clients.

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Ubuntu 14.04 On Amazon EC2: Xen PV vs. HVM

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Phoronix

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April 28, 2014

A common benchmark request at Phoronix lately has been to compare the Xen PV (para-virtualization) performance to Xen HVM (Hardware-assisted virtualization). Well, now that Ubuntu 14.04 LTS has been released, here’s some benchmarks from within Amazon’s EC2 compute cloud when comparing Ubuntu 14.04 Server PV and HVM instances.

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Updated roadmap for Univention Corporate Client (UCC) 2.0

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Maren Abatielos

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April 28, 2014

There is an updated roadmap for Univention Corporate Client 2.0 in the Univention Wiki showing all the highlights for this major release on schedule for June:

Go to:
http://wiki.univention.de/index.php?title=UCC_2.0_Development

Intel’s P-State Driver Is Getting Better Tuned For Performance

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Phoronix

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April 27, 2014

The Intel P-State driver that’s found in modern versions of the Linux kernel as a replacement to the older CPUfreq code is getting tuned for better performance while boasting greater power-savings…

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Stable Kernels 3.14.2, 3.10.38, and 3.4.88

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LWN

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April 27, 2014

Greg Kroah-Hartman has announced the release of the 3.14.2, 3.10.38, and 3.4.88 stable kernels. As usual, they contain fixes throughout the tree and users should upgrade.

Sailfish On The Nexus 4 Now Works For Audio Phone Calls

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Phoronix

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April 27, 2014

A new update was recently released for Jolla’s Sailfish OS for running on Google’s Nexus 4 smart-phone…

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Distribution Release: Voyager Live 14.04

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DistroWatch

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April 27, 2014

Rodolphe Bachelart has announced the release of Voyager Live 14.04, a Xubuntu-based distribution with a customised Xfce 4.11 desktop and a large number of usability improvements designed for power users and multimedia fans. Some of the new features of this release include: new light and dark themes, as…

20 Command Line Tools to Monitor Linux Performance

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Tecmint

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April 27, 2014

It’s really very tough job for every System or Network administrator to monitor and debug Linux System Performance problems every day. After being a Linux Administrator for 5 years in IT industry, I came to know that how hard is to monitor and keep systems up and running. For this reason,…

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Distribution Release: Parsix GNU/Linux 6.0

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DistroWatch

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April 26, 2014

Alan Baghumian has announced the release of Parsix GNU/Linux 6.0, a distribution based on Debian GNU/Linux 7.0 and featuring the GNOME 3.10 desktop: “We are happy to announce the immediate availability of Parsix GNU/Linux, 6.0r0 code name Trev. This version ships with GNOME Shell 3.10.3, and Linux 3.12.17….