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Bridging the Gap Between OpenStack and Python

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Consistency—a necessity when it comes to any large-scale, open source project. Sharing source code and libraries between the different components of OpenStack is critical to its rapid evolution and fast-paced development. The Oslo program is what holds it all together and brings consistency to OpenStack. We wanted to learn more about Oslo and what is does for OpenStack. So we asked the program lead to share his thoughts.

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Free “Intro to Linux” Course – Coming Summer 2014

On March 6, the Linux Foundation announced  it is building a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) program with edX.

Kernel Prepatch 3.14-rc6

The 3.14-rc6 kernel prepatch is out. Linus says: “There haven’t been any huge problems, but there’s been quite a few small bumps that shouldn’t happen this late in the release cycle. And rc6 is noticeably bigger than rc5 was, as well. So I’m really hoping that the upcoming week will be calmer, because otherwise I’ll start thing rc8 and even rc9.

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Google’s Coding Internship Summer Program Reaches 10th Year

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What’s new for Google’s Summer of Code (GSoC) internship program this year? For one, GSoC accepted 190 mentoring organizations, which is more than any other year. The very first GSoC program began in the summer of 2005, so this year also marks another milestone—they’re 10th year anniversary.

What is likely to remain the same this year is the overwhelming response from students from all over the world who want the chance to work on free and open source projects with mentoring organizations that Google has hand-picked.

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10 Useful Interview Questions on Linux Services and Daemons

Daemon is a computer program that runs as a background process and generally do not remains under the direct control of user. The parent process of a daemon in most cases are init, but not always. In Linux, a Service is an application that runs in a background carrying out essential task or waiting…

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The Performace Impact Of Linux Disk Encryption On Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

For any Linux laptop users or those concerned about their data’s safety on production systems, I highly recommend utilizing disk encryption for safeguarding the data. However, what’s the performance impact like these days? In this article with the current development snapshot of Ubuntu 14.04 LTS on a modern Intel ultrabook we’re looking at the impact (including CPU utilization) of using an eCryptfs-based home directory encryption and LUKS-based full-disk encryption on Ubuntu Linux.

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Ojuba

Ojuba is a most common distro in Arab world. It isn’t only a Fedora-Based distro but also a big project that works hard to be always better.

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So Ojuba project manage many projects that make changes, Ojuba contribute in Fedora iself and in many big open source projects as KDE,MATE,VLC,Wine and others.

These projects as Thawab the fastest searching library, Occ one of high personalaty control panel, Hijra best algorithm to calculate Hijri calender, Mimic the multimedia convertor, and many many others.

Ojuba with other Arab open source partners as LinuxAC,ArabEyes,Helal and professional programmers like Dr.Khaled Hosny and Taha Zarroki, make Linux more common in Arab world.

Ojuba future of Linux in Arab World.

Linux Benchmarks Of Intel’s Quark X1000 On The Galileo Board

For those curious about the performance of Intel’s “Quark” x86 SoC for very low-power applications, including wearable devices, here’s some benchmarks of Debian on their Galileo development board…

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The IT Staffing Crunch: A Man-Made Crisis

IT professionals are frustrated, IT employers are frustrated. Recognizing the true value of essential skills will increase corporate focus and professional satisfaction..

TinyKeep Announced for Linux

The monsters aren’t just scripted to attack, but they are kind of like AI controlled players with their own traits and behavior.

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