Ubuntu 11.10, 10.04 Desktop and 8.04 Server Reach End of Life

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May 9, 2013

All versions of Ubuntu 11.10, the desktop version of Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS, and the server edition of Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS reach their end of life today. Canonical recommends users upgrade as soon as possible.

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Development Release: Proxmox 3.0 RC1 “Virtual Environment”

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DistroWatch

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May 9, 2013

Martin Maurer has announced the availability of the first release candidate for Proxmox 3.0 “Virtual Environment” edition, a Debian-based distribution designed for running virtual appliances and virtual machines: “We just released Proxmox VE 3.0 RC1 (release candidate). Its based on the great Debian 7.0 release (Wheezy) and introduces….

Flexible Administration with Puppet’s Facter and Templates

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Wazi

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May 9, 2013

One of the strengths of Puppet, the IT automation application, is the flexibility it offers administrators to manage multiple servers through the use of customized templates and remote system facts, which are essentially variable values from remotely managed nodes. Thanks to this flexibility you can administer each Puppet node with instructions tailored for its specific environment – something you cannot do with simpler multiserver administration tools.

As I talk about how to administer nodes with Puppet, I’ll assume you are already acquainted with the software and have a working Puppet environment configured. If not, read Multiserver administration with Puppet to get started.

Ouya Delays Retail Launch Until June 25th to Ensure it Can Meet Demand

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The Verge

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May 9, 2013

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Ouya has revealed it will delay the retail launch of its Android-based gaming console by three weeks until June 25th. In an interview with Ouya CEO Julie Uhrman, Polygon reports that the self-imposed delay is to ensure that the company has enough units to “satisfy all the early orders,” and to make sure there’s enough stock ahead of its public launch. According to Joystiq, Ouya has also listened to early feedback on its controller design, expanding the button holes to ensure that they no longer stick — something we noted in our review of the console.

Gabe Newell and Eben Upton to Keynote LinuxCon

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The H

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May 9, 2013

Valve Software boss Gabe Newell and Raspberry Pi Foundation founder Eben Upton have been announced as keynote speakers for the Linux Foundation’s LinuxCon and Cloud Open conferences in New Orleans.

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Ceph Improves Red Hat Support in New Release

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The H

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May 9, 2013

The new release of the Ceph distributed object, block and filesystem storage platform is now packaged for Red Hat Enterprise Linux, switches to a new deployment system, and has enhancements for billing integration.

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LibreOffice 4.0.3 now Gatekeeper Compliant

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The H

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May 9, 2013

The third maintenance release of the 4.0 series of the open source office suite delivers 100 bug fixes and improvements. Additionally, the binaries for Mac OS X are now signed to pass the operating system’s Gatekeeper security system.

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Mozilla’s Firefox OS Will Also Appear on High-End Phones

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ComputerWorld

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May 9, 2013

The upcoming Firefox OS will appear on higher-end smartphones, and not just entry-level handsets, with Sony expected to release a premium device running the operating system, a Mozilla executive said.

Linux 3.10 Kernel Integrates BCache HDD/SSD Caching

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Phoronix

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May 9, 2013

After being in development for more than one year, BCache was finally merged on Wednesday into the mainline Linux kernel code-base. BCache serves as an SSD caching framework for Linux by offering write-through and write-back caching through a newly-exposed block device…

Development Release: Pinguy OS 13.04 Alpha

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DistroWatch

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May 9, 2013

Antoni Norman has released an initial alpha build of Pinguy OS 13.04, a an Ubuntu-based distribution with a customised GNOME 3.8 desktop: “Pinguy OS is still being activity worked on. There has been a release for 12.10 and a 13.04 release is being worked on at the moment…..