It’s been a while since Intel last updated their open-source GPU Tools package, but they have now put out the intel-gpu-tools 1.4 release along with a commitment to push out new releases on a quarterly basis…
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Development Release: Frugalware Linux 1.9 RC2
James Buren has announced the availability of the second release candidate for Frugalware Linux 1.9, a general-purpose Linux distribution: “This is the second release candidate for Frugalware Linux 1.9. This release fixes a number of minor issues with the installer. A case where TAB would cycle through the….<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/distrowatch/BFai/~4/8h4bbcWa6Bg” height=”1″ width=”1″/>
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Live From LinuxCon: The CloudCast Podcasts on SDN, Gluster and OpenStack
The CloudCast hosts Aaron Delp and Brian Gracely are recording their podcast on site at LinuxCon and CloudOpen this week in New Orleans, sponsored by Citrix and Linux.com. Today they talked with Theron Conrey from TDS and John Mark Walker, Red Hat, about software defined storage and converged infrastructure; Joshua McKenty, founder and CTO of Piston Cloud about OpenStack and interoperability; and Jonathan Bryce, Lauren Sell, and Alan Clark about the latest news from OpenStack Summit, training and the user feedback survey.
Listen to the episodes, below, or visit www.thecloudcast.net for the full show notes. If you’re attending the conference, be sure to catch the hosts at their booth on the second floor for impromptu discussions on the open source cloud!
Gabe Newell Talks About Linux as the Future of Gaming; Teases “Steam Box” Hardware
The gamers among us waited… very… patiently… for Steam to come to Linux. This week, Valve co-founder Gabe Newell came to LinuxCon to talk about Linux, gaming, and how important open source is to the future of gaming, which given the audience, he described as “sort of like going to Rome and teaching Catholicism to the Pope.” In even better news, he also strongly hinted at a Steam Box announcement next week.
A company built on Linux sees the future of gaming
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