This Wink Doesn’t Come With a Smile

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February 6, 2013

Wink, a software package for creating tutorial and presentation screen shots, works reasonably well when it works at all. However, getting it to run may not be worth the bother, given the better alternatives available. Wink’s premise is a good one for anyone who needs to create a show-and-explain presentation on how to do things with a computer. Wink lets successful users capture screen shots of the actions they take on the desktop, wrap them into an animation, and export them as Flash, PDF or executable files for handy playback.

When Open-Source Eats Itself, We Win

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February 6, 2013

Lessons of the Nginx v Apache slug fest

Open … and Shut For years the headlines have been about open source cannibalising proprietary software. But what happens when open source starts to cannibalise itself?

KDE 4.10 Packages Available for openSUSE

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February 6, 2013

While Arch Linux users are waiting for the mirrors to sync openSUSE users can upgrade to KDE 4.10 and enjoy the new features and performance enhancement the new features offer.

GNOME Developers Plan “Linux Apps”

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The H

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February 6, 2013

The GNOME developers are planning to implement an application format that will allow Linux programs to be installed as easily as smartphone apps. A sandbox model is to isolate the “Linux apps” from each other and from the rest of the system.

Why I Said Goodbye to the Gnome Desktop

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ZDNet

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February 5, 2013

It’s finally time for me to leave the Gnome Desktop, thanks to Gnome 3. Fortunately for me, the MATE desktop is a continuation of the Gnome 2 Desktop, and as of Fedora 18, is integrated into the Fedora repository; it’s also fairly easy to install.

Read more at Enterprise Open Source Toolkit

Piston Cloud Gets $8 Million of Funding from OpenStack-friendly Partners

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OStatic

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February 5, 2013

Slowly but surely, Piston Cloud has gained a reputation as a company strategizing around the OpenStack open cloud computing platform and how it can serve enterprises. And now, the company has announced that it has raised $8 million in Series B financing following a $4.5 million Series A round in July 2011.

Notably, Cisco–a high-profile OpenStack backer–has joined a group of investors committing the funds. “The investment will be used to fuel product development, meet the needs of Piston Cloud’s rapidly expanding customer base and further deliver on the company’s vision for mass adoption of OpenStack,” Piston Cloud officials announced.

Cisco Systems Inc., Data Collective and Swisscom Ventures join Divergent Ventures, Hummer Winblad and True Ventures as principal investors in the latest round of funding.

Fedora 18 for ARM Released

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LWN

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February 5, 2013

The wait for a Fedora 18 build for ARM systems is over. “The Fedora 18 for ARM release includes pre-built images for Versatile Express (QEMU), Trimslice (Tegra), Pandaboard (OMAP4), GuruPlug (Kirkwood), and Beagleboard (OMAP3) hardware platforms. Fedora 18 for ARM also includes an installation tree in the yum repository which may be used to PXE-boot a kickstart-based installation on systems that support this option, such as the Calxeda EnergyCore (HighBank).” See the release announcement for more information.

It’s Official: Dell Being Taken Private for $24.4B

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CNET

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February 5, 2013

The computer giant today confirms that CEO Michael Dell and investment firm Silver Lake are paying $13.65 a share in cash. Microsoft contributed a $2 billion loan. [Read more]

Ouya Preorders Start Today; Retail Availability Set for June

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CNET

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February 5, 2013

The Android-based console will be available for $99.99. An extra controller will go for $49.99. [Read more]

Oracle Releases MySQL 5.6 To Improve NoSQL, Performance

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February 5, 2013

While there’s many in the open-source community that remain unhappy with Oracle, including the direction of the MySQL database server to the point that Fedora will now ship MariaDB instead, MySQL 5.6 was released this morning by the software giant.