AMD Radeon Catalyst Benchmarks On SteamOS

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Phoronix

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December 19, 2013

Here’s some quick dual AMD Radeon graphics card tests with the Catalyst driver of Valve’s SteamOS beta…

Open-Source libCEC Advanced For HDMI CEC Support

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Phoronix

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December 19, 2013

The open-source libCEC library continues to advance in providing better support for the CEC bus in HDMI so that Linux boxes can more easily interact with CEC-enabled A/V devices…

Japan’s Iosys Clones the iPhone 5c, Slaps on Android

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CNET

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December 19, 2013

What’s the next best thing to a real iPhone 5c? Japan’s Iosys believes it’s an iPhone 5c look-alike running Android. [Read more]

Taking Stock of 2013′s Crowdfunded Linux Devices

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LinuxGizmos

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December 19, 2013

What’s the latest status on all those cool embedded Linux and Android Kickstarter and Indiegogo projects of 2013? Most are moving forward, but delays are a common problem. Crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter and Indiegogo have emerged over the last two years as a prime launch path for embedded Linux and Android devices. Sometimes it’s hard […]

AMD Catalyst 13.12 GPU Driver For Linux Released

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Phoronix

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December 19, 2013

Nearly one month after the last Catalyst 13.11 beta release, the Catalyst 13.12 Linux driver has finally surfaced. For ending out the year we have this last major AMD Catalyst Linux update with no new features but there are many bug-fixes…

OpenLogic Provides Pre-built Open Source Stacks on Amazon AWS Marketplace

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Wazi

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December 19, 2013

OpenLogic has released pre-built AMIs of your favorite open source stacks on the Amazon AWS Marketplace.^]

These stacks provide several configurations of the most popular open source software, packaged into native formats, and pre-installed so end users can have their infrastructure up and running at the push of a button. There are currently 50 combinations to choose from, including software such as Apache, NginX, Tomcat, MySQL, and PostgreSQL. Stack variations are provided on both CentOS and Ubuntu, so the most popular and stable operating systems are covered.

Latest Stable LibreOffice 4.1.4 Released

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OStatic

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December 19, 2013

The Document Foundation today announced the release of LibreOffice 4.1.4, the latest in the stable family of the popular office suite. This update is recommended for anyone using the 4.1 branch, especially those receiving professional support from certified developers. The announcement quotes Thorsten Behrens saying, “When we launched the project, the growth of the ecosystem was a top priority. Today, the large number of migrations to LibreOffice – backed by professional support – show that we were right. There is a bright future in front of us.”

Intel Reportedly Eyes Future 18-Core ‘Broadwell’ Chip

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CNET

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December 19, 2013

What kind of high-performance silicon is Intel planning in the not-too-distant future? A site that covers chips says that future includes an 18-core processor. [Read more]

Google joins Open Invention Network Patent Commons as a Full Member

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ZDNet

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December 18, 2013

Google joins IBM, NEC, Novell, Philips, Red Hat and Sony as a full member of the Open Invention Network open-source and Linux patent protection organization.

Read more at Enterprise Open Source Toolkit

How to Install SteamOS in VirtualBox

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Softpedia

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December 18, 2013

As you already know, the SteamOS Linux has been officially released on December 13 and is based on Debian GNU/Linux operating system, using GNOME as its (optional) desktop environment.

SteamOS is very easy to install if you have the right hardware components, which involves a UEFI-capable computer with a powerful video card for playing games. However, as Valve did not publish an ISO image of SteamOS, many have encountered difficulties in installing the system.