A few days back I wrote about sub-surfaces coming to Wayland’s protocol after being a Weston-only feature for several months. For those curious about this Wayland feature, developer behind the code has written about this new feature at length…
PyPy 2.2 Released
Version 2.2 of the PyPy implementation of the Python 2 language is out. “Our Garbage Collector is now ‘incremental’. It should avoid almost all pauses due to a major collection taking place. Previously, it would pause the program (rarely) to walk all live objects, which could take arbitrarily long if your process is using a whole lot of RAM. Now the same work is done in steps.” There have also been improvements to the JIT compiler, the NumPy module has been split out, and various other changes have been made.
Ouya Goes White With New Limited Edition, More Expensive Microconsole

Underdog microconsole Ouya is facing increased competition with the release of the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 this month, but the company will have its own new hardware this holiday season with a limited edition white version of the tiny device. The new Ouya doubles the internal Flash storage of the base model to 16GB, otherwise the two machines appear to be identical. But that new color and extra storage come at a price: the white Ouya is $129.99, $30 more than the original. The limited edition is available for pre-order now for those in North America. However, it remains to be seen whether a new coat of paint will lure many consumers to the struggling console, especially with the added cost. While Ouya recently boasted that it now…
Raspberry Pi Carves Out 2 Million Sales
The $35 credit-card-sized computer reached its latest milestone the last week of October. [Read more]
Qualcomm’s Toq Smartwatch Coming December 2nd for $349.99

Qualcomm’s upcoming Toq smartwatch will be available from December 2nd. The company, better known for its processors that power most smartphones, will sell Toq directly from its own website, and no retail partners have been announced. The watch will interface with Android smartphones via Bluetooth and an app that will be made available from Google Play.
We’re Ready For The Release, Are You?!
We’re sure you are all anxiously awaiting the release of openSUSE 13.1, coming in 24 hours. Yes, just around the corner! So we want to remind you that you can help us promote the release, plan release parties and of course read the many articles we’ve written! So much to do both before and after the release…
Before the release
There is still preparation to do: a lot to read about the release -so you can tell your friends about it- and some work in order to promote the release. You are very welcome in helping us to spread the word in your blog and other places!
Canonical Criticizes Linux Mint’s Security, Called ‘A Vulnerable System’
Oliver Grawert points out that it is not necessary that security updates from Ubuntu get down to Linux Mint users.
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Google Drive for Linux? Patience, Patience…
A Linux version of the cloud-connected file system apparently is still on Google’s to-do list, but not a high enough priority for some people’s preferences. [Read more]
ASUS to Launch First Chromebooks Early Next Year
These Chromebooks are likely to be powered by Intel Haswell’s microarchitecture.
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How to Install Ghost Blogging Platform on Linux
Ghost is a relatively new blog publishing platform which started out as a £25,000 Kickstarter project. While WordPress is still the dominant blogging tool on the web, it has now evolved into a general content management platform with tons of third party developed features, and over time has become increasingly cumbersome and complex to maintain. […]
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