New ServicePlace Expands the Mandriva Ecosystem, Provides a More Compelling Experience

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July 30, 2013

Paris the 30th of July : Mandriva S.A. announces the release of a new version of its ServicePlace.The Mandriva ServicePlace is a hub for professional applications and services that extend the existing capabilities of the Mandriva Business Server.

This new Mandriva ServicePlace sports a brand new interface that enables a more compelling experience for customers. Its combination of tiled design and new colours will provide customers with clearer choices and enhance their overall experience of the ServicePlace.

Interview: Simplifying HPC with the IBM Very Large Memory Appliance

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insideHPC

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July 30, 2013

IBM recently rolled out what they are calling a Very Large Memory Appliance based on ScaleMP software. To learn more, I caught up with ScaleMP’s CEO, Shai Fultheim.

insideHPC: What is the IBM Very Large Memory Appliance and what is the problem it is designed to solve?

Shai Fultheim: IBM is addressing environments and applications where a user needs Terabytes of main memory to quickly gain insight into very large datasets for analytics, genome assembly, or transactional data. Some would call it Big Data – but this term is too confusing. The IBM Very Large Memory Appliance delivers up to 7.5 TB in a single system, ready to go. There is no need for complicated programming, administration or management in order to get access to very large memory requirements. The details can be found at scalemp.com/appliances/ibm.

Darling: Wine for OS X Applications

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OStatic

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July 30, 2013

The latest in the “interesting, but perhaps misguided” department, Darling is a project that aims to build a WINE-like environment for running OS X applications on Linux. As with many projects that deal with reverse engineering proprietary systems, Darling faces significant challenges. However, if Darling is successful, the Linux desktop would have access to some of the best desktop applications available. Darling is still in very early stages; if you believe in this vision, I’m sure there is a place for you to help in moving the project forward.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Gets Cozy With MongoDB

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ComputerWorld

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July 30, 2013

Easing the path for organizations to launch big data-styled services, Red Hat has coupled the 10gen MongoDB data store to its new identity management package for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) distribution.

Android Fragmentation Surges, But is That a Bad Thing?

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CNET

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July 30, 2013

App developer Open Signal saw 11,868 distinct Android devices over the last few months. While this kind of diversity may be a pain for developers, it surely gives users a lot of choice. [Read more]

Apache Releases OpenOffice 4.0

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Linux Pro Magazine

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July 30, 2013

The great open source productivity suite settles into its new home with a new look and a little help from IBM.

Creating a $99 Parallel Computing Machine is Just as Hard as it Sounds

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ArsTechnica

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July 30, 2013

Adapteva

Ten months ago, the chipmaker Adapteva unveiled a bold quest—to create a Raspberry Pi-sized computer that can perform the same types of tasks typically reserved for supercomputers. And… they wanted to sell it for only $99. A successful Kickstarter project raised nearly $900,000 for the so-called “Parallella,” and the company got to work with a goal of shipping the first devices by February 2013 and the rest by May 2013.

As so often happens, the deadlines slipped, but Adapteva has done what it set out to do. Last week, the company shipped the first 40 Parallellas and says it will ship all 6,300 computers ordered through the Kickstarter by the end of August. Anyone who didn’t back the Kickstarter can now pre-order for delivery in October.

The first version of the board was finished in January, but it cost $150 to produce. “After that it was iterating time after time to get the bill of materials down to something we wouldn’t be losing $50 per board on,” Adapteva CEO and founder Andreas Olofsson told Ars.

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Ubuntu Desktop To Drop PowerPC Support

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Phoronix

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July 30, 2013

The Ubuntu desktop images for the IBM PowerPC architecture are set to be eliminated…

How to Clone/Backup Linux Systems Using – Mondo Rescue Disaster Recovery Tool

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Tecmint

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July 30, 2013

Mondo Rescue is an open source, free disaster recovery and backup utility that allows you to easily create complete system (Linux or Windows) Clone/Backup ISO Images to CD, DVD, Tape, USB devices, Hard Disk, and NFS. And can be used to quickly restore or redeploy working image into other systems,…

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Cross-Device Synchronization For DMA-BUF Still Coming

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Phoronix

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July 30, 2013

Cross-device synchronization support for DMA-BUF is still being worked on for a future Linux kernel release…