Help Wanted: openSUSE Review Team

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August 28, 2013

The openSUSE Review Team is interested in adding 1 to 2 new members to the team. This person will review submissions to opnSUSE Factory that will improve the quality of the product and add great new functionality to the already awesome openSUSE distribution. Details of the tasks performed by the members of the Review Team can be seen on the openSUSE Review Team wiki page and the associated openSUSE Factory Submissions portal.

Ideally we want to add a non-SUSE employee from the community, but all qualified candidates will be considered. (Dominique â€œDimstarâ€ Leuenberger would really appreciate some more non-SUSE folks on the team. Who can blame him?!)

HTC Reportedly Working on Custom OS for Chinese Market

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The Verge

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August 28, 2013

HTC is working on a mobile operating system for the Chinese market that offers deep hooks into regional services like Weibo, reports the Wall Street Journal. While it’s unclear whether the OS will be built from scratch or, more likely, on top of the open source Android OS, the company reportedly plans to launch the new software before the end of the year.

The rumor reflects the growing importance for China at HTC and within the mobile industry more broadly. According to the WSJ, the company’s Chinese market share grew from 2.6 percent in Q1 of this year to 6 percent in Q2, a massive increase. Likewise, the world’s top PC maker, Lenovo, is now selling more mobile devices than computers, largely on the back of its massive smartphone…

Finding the OS Version & Distribution in Linux

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The Linux Foundation

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August 28, 2013

When supporting systems you have inherited or in environments that have many different OS versions and distributions of Linux. There are times when you simply don’t know off hand what OS version or distribution the server you are logged into is.

Luckily there is a simple way to figure that out.

Ubuntu/Debian

$ cat /etc/lsb-release 
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=13.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=raring
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 13.04"

Nouveau Driver Ported To Work On ARM, Tegra

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Phoronix

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August 28, 2013

The open-source Nouveau graphics driver for reverse-engineered NVIDIA hardware support now has initial support for the ARM architecture and as part of that initial enablement for NVIDIA graphics on Tegra SoCs…

A New Campaign For A Fully Open-Source Computer

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Phoronix

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August 28, 2013

A new crowd-funding campaign seeks to produce “the first truly free and fully open-source computer utilizing only non-proprietary hardware and software under the GNU General Public License.”..

NVIDIA/AMD Still Reportedly Working On Mir Drivers

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Phoronix

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August 28, 2013

During the first day of the latest virtual Ubuntu Developer Summit, there were some brief remarks made concerning the state of the NVIDIA and AMD Catalyst binary drivers in supporting the Mir Display Server for Ubuntu…

openSUSE 13.1 to be Next Evergreen Release

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OStatic

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August 28, 2013

Several distributions continue to support some their releases with bug fixes and updates after a set maintenance period. Some call it Long Term Support but the openSUSE folks call it Evergreen. Wolfgang Rosenauer, systems engineer and software developer, yesterday announced “that openSUSE 13.1 will be the next Evergreen release.”

Evergreen is a community project to prolong the life of selected releases of OpenSUSE by providing updates and fixes beyond official support dates. Previous Evergreen releases include versions 11.1, 11.2, and 11.4. 13.1 is due to be officially supported for 18 months until May 2015 and Evergreen postpones its end of life November 2016 or another 18 months.

US Government Says Android is a Malware Magnet Thanks to OS Fragmentation

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The Verge

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August 28, 2013

Android’s persistent fragmentation problem isn’t just a Google problem, but a federal government concern too. A new study issued by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) says that Android devices expose US agencies to a significantly greater malware threats in large part because so many devices run outdated versions of the mobile OS. Of the malicious attacks documented in the study, 79 percent took place on an Android device. Meanwhile, Apple’s iOS received just 0.7 percent of the recorded malware threats.

Melbourne IT Explains How Hacker Carried out NY Times Cyber Attack

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CNET

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August 28, 2013

Newspaper’s domain name registrar says someone took over a reseller account on Melbourne IT’s systems to take down New York Times web site. [Read more]

Intel Ships High-Powered C++ Compiler for Native Android Apps

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The Register

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August 28, 2013

Drop-in replacement for GCC promises better performance

Intel has released the Intel C++ Compiler v13.0 for Android OS, its first attempt at delivering an optimizing C/C++ compiler designed specifically for Google’s mobile platform.…