Infographic Showcases Top 10 Supercomputers

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August 25, 2013

Clipped from http://www.americanis.net/2013/ais-infographic-10-fastest-supercomputers/

AIS brings us this infographic showcasting the worldâ€™s 10 fastest supercomputers as ranked by the TOP500 list.

The TOP500 project ranks and details the 500 most powerful (non-distributed) computer systems in the world. The project was started in 1993 and publishes an updated list of the supercomputers twice a year. The first of these updates always coincides with the International Supercomputing Conference in June, and the second one is presented in November at the ACM/IEEE Supercomputing Conference. The project aims to provide a reliable basis for tracking and detecting trends in high-performance computing and bases rankings on HPL, a portable implementation of the high-performance LINPACK benchmark written in Fortran for distributed-memory computers.

Distribution Release: OpenMediaVault 0.5

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DistroWatch

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August 25, 2013

Volker Theile has announced the release of OpenMediaVault 0.5, a major update of the project’s Network-Attached Storage (NAS) solution based on Debian GNU/Linux: “Today I am proud to release OpenMediaVault 0.5 (Sardaukar) after a long time of development. The following changes and new features have been implemented: complete…

Proposing A Wayland System Compositor Protocol

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Phoronix

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August 25, 2013

There’s been mixed talks in the past about having Wayland serve as a system compositor while on Friday a new proposal was initiated in terms of planning a Wayland System Compositor Protocol…

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A Run Down Of VT Switching On Linux

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Phoronix

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August 25, 2013

David Herrmann, the student developer working on DRM Render Nodes this summer and has been a longtime proponent of killing the Linux kernel console, has written at length about VT (virtual terminal) switching on Linux systems…

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Development Release: Pardus Linux 2.0 RC2 “Community”

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August 25, 2013

Ortanca Samuray has announced the availability of the second release candidate for Pardus Linux 2.0 “Community” edition, a Debian-based distribution with a choice of GNOME and KDE desktops: “Pardus Community 2.0 RC2 is ready. Pardus Community 2.0 RC2 is released and available in four flavors – GNOME (x86,….

Clasen: GNOME 3.10 Sightings

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LWN

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August 23, 2013

After releasing GNOME 3.9.90, which is the first beta of the 3.9 development branch, Matthias Clasen reflects on what is coming in GNOME 3.10. New features include a combined system status menu, some changes to control-center, the new Maps application, and more use of “header bars”. “Our previous approach of hiding titlebars on maximized windows had the problem that there was no obvious way to close maximized windows, and the titlebars were still using up vertical space on non-maximized windows. Header bars address both of these issues, and pave the way to the Wayland future by being rendered on the client side.“

2.4GHz Haswell COM Takes Fedora to Extremes

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LinuxGizmos

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August 23, 2013

Acromag announced a ruggedized COM Express module based on Intel’s 4th Generation Core i7/i5 (Haswell) CPUs, clocked at 1.6 or 2.4 GHz. The COM Express Type 6 module runs Fedora Linux, supports up to 16GB onboard RAM, and boasts thickened PCBs, SODIMM lock-downs, and heat dissipation solutions to protect against shock, vibration, and temperature extremes. […]

X.Org Foundation Loses Its 501(c)(3) Status

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Phoronix

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August 23, 2013

The X.Org Foundation has lost its 501(c)(3) non-profit status and is now seeking new options, including possibly joining a larger organization…

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DRM Render Nodes For Linux Move Close To Rendering

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Phoronix

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August 23, 2013

David Herrmann continues his GSoC summer project of implementing DRM Render Nodes support and as part of that VMA Access Management for the Linux kernel…

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Oculus Rift Virtual Reality Could be Heading to Android

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The Linux Foundation

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August 23, 2013

Although all the recent gaming news may have been focused on next-gen consoles at Gamecom, one big piece of news which may have been overlooked is that the Oculus Rift, a virtual reality headset currently in development for the PC, could be heading to Android.

For those of you that havenâ€™t been following the Rift Kickstarter project, simply put, itâ€™s a real 3D head mounted display, complete with head tracking, which encompassed your entire peripheral vision. The aim being to totally immerse players in the gaming world.