Wayland 1.3 Release Candidates Are Now Out

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September 23, 2013

Kristian Høgsberg has put out the first test releases of the forthcoming Wayland 1.3 release and reference Weston compositor…

How to Synchronize Files Between Two Servers

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September 23, 2013

Suppose you have a collection of files which are replicated on two different servers. The two replicas are then modified independently, and you want whatever changes made in one replica to be propagated to the other automatically, so that both replicas remain in sync. There are several file mirroring tools on Linux, such as rsync […]
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Remote Command Execution with SaltStack

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The Linux Foundation

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September 23, 2013

A few weeks back I wrote an article Getting started with SaltStack; that article covered Configuration and Package Automation with Saltstack. In Todayâ€™s article I am going to cover SaltStackâ€™s Remote Execution abilities, a feature that I feel Saltstack has implemented better than other automation tools.

Running a command in a State

If you remember from the previous article SaltStackâ€™s states are permanent configurations. Adding a command in a Salt state is used when you want to have a command that is run after provisioning a server, run every time Salt manages the state of the system or run when certain conditions are true.

Linux Mint Debian Update Pack 7

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Linux Mint

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September 23, 2013

Introduction

Update Pack 7 was released as the â€œlatestâ€ update pack today. If youâ€™re not using Linux Mint Debian, please ignore this post.

If you experience issues or if youâ€™re going through the update at the moment, donâ€™t hesitate to connect to the IRC chatroom (irc.spotchat.org, #linuxmint-debian)

Ten years of Fedora

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LWN

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September 23, 2013

It has been ten years since Michael K. Johnson announced: “Red Hat and Fedora Linux are pleased to announce an alignment of their mutually complementary core proficiencies leveraging them synergistically in the creation of the Fedora Project, a paradigm shift for Linux technology development and rolling early deployment models.” One decade and nearly twenty releases later, Fedora has clearly accomplished quite a bit; it will be interesting to see what the next ten years will bring.

Observations From NSA Open Source Industry Day

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OpenSource.com

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September 23, 2013

I attended the NSA Open Source Industry Day in Maryland this year and thought I’d summarize what did and didn’t surprise me. We’ll see if these observations prove controversial or helpful! More importantly we’ll see if organizations can effectively manage, govern, and secure their applications given the reality of open source, agile development practices, and component-based development.

Distribution Release: Chakra GNU/Linux 2013.09

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September 22, 2013

Neophytos Kolokotronis has announced the release of Chakra GNU/Linux 2013.09, a major new update of the Linux distribution that always features the latest KDE desktop: “The Chakra project team is delighted to announce the first release of Chakra Fritz. ‘Fritz’ is the name of a series of Chakra….

Penguins in Space! Asteroid Mining and Linux

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ZDNet

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September 22, 2013

No, Planetary Resource isn’t kidding. It’s working on using Linux, open-source software, and commercial off-the-shelf hardware to build the first robotic asteroid miners.

Read more at Enterprise Open Source Toolkit

Taking Android Fragmentation to the Next Level

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ZDNet

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September 20, 2013

Cyanogenmod is going pro, turning into a real company. There’s a lot that’s good about this, but it will exacerbate the biggest problem Android has.

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Distribution Release: Kwheezy 1.2

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September 20, 2013

Euan Thoms has announced the release of Kwheezy 1.2, a Debian-based distribution with a pre-configured KDE desktop and a selection of software applications for everyday tasks: “Version 1.2 is now available from the download page. This release has three main focuses. Stabilizing the installer, Linux gaming and removing…