Distribution Release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4

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February 21, 2013

Red Hat, Inc. has announced the release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.4, the latest update of the company’s enterprise-class operating system: “Red Hat, Inc., the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, today announced general availability of the next minor release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux…

Talk Of Improving Qt’s Multi-Threading Abilities

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Phoronix

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February 21, 2013

Sparked yesterday was a discussion among Qt developers about improving the tool-kit’s multi-threading API…

Archos To Soon Launch Its First Android Phones

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Muktware

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February 21, 2013

The new smartphones could arrive as early as May this year.

MonoDevelop vs. Xamarin Studio IDEs

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Phoronix

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February 21, 2013

In writing yesterday about Xamarin 2.0 it wasn’t clear the relation between the new Xamarin Studio integrated development environment and MonoDevelop IDE that Xamarin had been pushing up to this point for Mono development. Now there’s some clarification out of the Cambridge company…

IBM Rolls out MobileFirst, Eyes Role as Enterprise Mobility Enabler

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ZDNet

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February 21, 2013

Big Blue increasingly sees the mobile enterprise as the equivalent of its e-business, analytics and smarter planet efforts.

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In Search of Linux’s Greatest Moment

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LinuxInsider

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February 21, 2013

There’s no denying that Linux has had a lot of great moments since the turn of the millennium, and Linux Girl has done her best to highlight each and every one of them — at least over the past six or so of those years. Recently, however, the question was the subject of a new poll that prompted vigorous debate. “September 23, 2008, when T-Mobile announced the very first Android powered phone, the G1,” offered Linux Rants blogger Mike Stone.

Mageia 3 Release Pushed Back

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The H

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February 21, 2013

There will be an extra beta and more time to test the next version of Mageia as the developers aim for a more stable and up-to-date release.

Mandriva Unveils the Mandriva Business Server, Its New Enterprise Platform

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February 21, 2013

Paris the 21^st of February – Mandriva S.A. introduces the Mandriva Business Server its new server offering for professionnal customers. Mandriva Business Server is a versatile and full-featured server solution for the private and public sector customers who seek to maximize their I.T. Investment : intranet set-up, documents storage and back-up, users management, instant messaging, website deployment, file access and sharing…

This is an important milestone for Mandriva S.A. , as the Mandriva Business Server stands out as an easily deployable and usable solution for customers without specifically trained resources to manage it. The Mandriva Business Server is as such very different from the other enterprise Linux distributions, and offers a complete professional solution matched with transparent and attractive support and maintenance services.

Git Tips and Tricks

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Wazi

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February 21, 2013

You only need a basic command of Git to make the source code management utility incredibly useful. But Git offers a range of commands and options that can make your workflow run even more smoothly. Here are a few Git tips and tricks to make this tool even greater than you already thought it was.

Aliases in git

There are undoubtedly a few Git commands that you use regularly – git checkout, git commit, and git status, for example. You can reduce the number of keystrokes you type to invoke them by using Git aliases. Git stores its aliases (and some other config options; see below) in the file ~/.gitconfig. You can edit this file to add alias lines…

Intel Pushes Atom-Based MinnowBoard Developer Hardware

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February 21, 2013

Linux kernel developer and Intel employee Darren Hart has announced the MinnowBoard, an “open hardware” design based on an Intel Atom E640 CPU that is supposed to be easily adaptable to the requirements of developers.