How Android Handset Manufacturers Will Respond to the iPhone 5s

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September 11, 2013

What Apple has added to the new iPhone is a good predictor of what Android handset makers will be focusing on over the next year or so.

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Watch LinuxCon/CloudOpen Keynotes Via Free, Live Video Stream

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Jennifer Cloer

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September 11, 2013

Linux Foundation T-shirt? Check. My customized schedule of keynotes, sessions, workshops and evening events? Check. Stuffed penguin? Check. (Don’t ask).

It must be time for LinuxCon and CloudOpen! We’re really excited to see everyone there – from Linux developers and SysAdmins to IT managers to business executives, as well as our sponsors and members.

While these events represent the largest gathering of Linux and cloud professionals in North America, we know that from year to year some people aren’t able to attend. That’s why we will again make our keynotes available via a free, live video stream.

The stream is available only during the keynotes, which includes these amazing speakers:

Jonathan Bryce, executive director of OpenStack Foundation, will talk about “Developers: The New Superpower.”
Candy Chang, TED senior fellow and Artist, will talk about the power of community.
Chris DiBona, Google’s director of Open Source, will present “What Five Years of Android Has Meant.”
Brian Aker, fellow at HP, will share his thoughts on “Why Open Source Matters.”
Kevin Kelly, digital visionary and founding executive editor, Wired Magazine, will present “The Technium.”
Brad McCredie, CTO and IBM fellow, will talk about “Linux, Cloud and Next Generation Workloads.”
Gabe Newell, co-founder and executive director of Valve, will talk about the company’s perspective on Linux and gaming.
Dirk Hohndel, Intel’s chief Linux and open source technologist, will talk about mobile computing and the role of HTML5 in his keynote titled “The New Frontiers.”
Linux creator Linus Torvalds will be joined by Linux kernel developers Tejun Heo, Red Hat; Greg Kroah-Hartman, The Linux Foundation; and Sarah Sharp, Intel.
Eben Upton, founder of Raspberry Pi Foundation, will talk about Raspberry Pi and “Shiny New Toys.”
Jim Zemlin, executive director at The Linux Foundation, will reveal new information about Linux, open cloud and collaboration.

So get into your Netflix-style binge watching mode, and start building your own watch-from-home or watch-from-the-office schedule here:http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/linuxcon-north-america/program/schedule Then, sign up for the video stream first thing Monday to get in on the opening day keynotes.

If all this doesn’t already have you pumped up, just take a look at this.

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How to Choose the Best Linux Server for Your Business

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IT World

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September 11, 2013

There may only be dozens of Linux servers, compared to over a thousand Linux desktops, but it’s still not easy picking the right one for your enterprise. Let me help. With over twenty years of Linux experience, I know a thing or two about Linux servers.

I think the single most important factor in choosing a Linux server is how experienced (or not) your IT staff already is with Linux. While Linux expertise is easier to find than it used to be, there’s still nothing like enough Linux IT professionals out there.

Intel Launches Bay Trail Tablet Processors: Here’s What You Need to Know

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The Verge

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September 11, 2013

In May, we told you how Intel’s new Silvermont cores could power phones and tablets you might actually want. Now, we can give you an idea of how those tablets might perform and how much they might cost. Today, Intel’s formally launching its first Silvermont processors, the 22nm Atom Z3000 “Bay Trail” series of chips, and the company’s clued us in on practically everything you’d need to know. We even took a prototype tablet for a spin. Let’s bring you up to speed on what Bay Trail is all about.

Last year there were three varieties of Windows tablets, and none of them quite hit the mark. Windows RT devices like the Surface RT had long battery life, but their ARM chips could be quite slow and wouldn’t run traditional Windows desktop…

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Two Tech Pundits Predict Big Changes Coming in the Cloud

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OStatic

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September 11, 2013

According to Canonical’s Mark Shuttleworth and Frank Baitman, the CIO of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the cloud industry is heading straight for some big sea changes. This week, Shuttleworth told The Wall Street Journalthat some countries may soon offer cloud vendors privileged status enabling them to guarantee data privacy to customers. Meanwhile, Baitman is reportedly convinced that the cloud industry is in dire need of standardization.

EXT4, F2FS File-System Performance On Linux 3.12

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Phoronix

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September 11, 2013

In this article are some preview performance benchmarks of the EXT4 and F2FS file-systems on the Linux 3.12 kernel that’s still in early stages of development…

Intel and XMir

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LWN

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September 11, 2013

Reverting a patch, at least one that isn’t causing a bug or regression, is often controversial. Normally, the patch has been technically vetted before it was merged, so there is—or can be—a non-technical reason behind its removal. That is the case with the recent reversion of a patch to add XMir support to the Intel video driver. As might be guessed, rejecting support for the X compatibility layer of the Mir display server resulted in a loud hue and cry—with conspiracy theories aplenty.

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Enlightenment E18 Updated Against Wayland Changes

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Phoronix

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September 11, 2013

Enlightenment E18 has been revised with its Wayland client application support so it’s in compatibility with the latest Wayland Git changes…

Development Release: SolusOS 2 Alpha 9

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DistroWatch

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September 11, 2013

Ikey Doherty has announced the availability of the ninth alpha release of SolusOS 2, a Debian-based desktop Linux distribution that “mixes innovation with old ideals”: “I am pleased to announce the release of SolusOS 2 alpha 9. Please note that this is intended for developers and testers to….

Wireless Aside, Cr OS Linux Delivers the Best of Two Worlds

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LinuxInsider

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September 11, 2013

The Cr OS Linux distribution is an interesting blend of the Cinnamon desktop with a special edition of the Chromium Web browser. The approach Cr OS Linux (pronounced “Cros Linux”) takes gives you a taste of Linux Mint with a chaser of a not-quick pure Google Chrome OS. Cr OS is a fully functional Linux distro. It has its own repository and package manager to provide software updates. I was generally pleased with Cr OS. Its lightweight design does not have many of the advanced features that tend to bog down Linux Mint.