Intel Driver Modes-Set Rework Hits 81 Patches

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Phoronix

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July 13, 2012

Daniel Vetter’s re-work of the Intel DRM driver mode-setting code has now expanded to 81 patches in size…

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Nokia Restructures China Operations, Shuts Down Offices

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CNET

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July 13, 2012

The company will close offices in Chengdu and Shanghai, while expanding its remaining offices in Beijing and Guangzhou, according to the Wall Street Journal. [Read more]

Debian Wants To Work With Its Offspring (Ubuntu)

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Phoronix

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July 13, 2012

Earlier this week at DebConf there was a discussion about Debian derivatives so that Debian’s offspring could share their experiences and also for the Debian developers to share various derivative-related initiatives. Some friction between Debian and distributions based upon it (namely Ubuntu) were exposed…

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Solaris 11 Struggles Against Linux Distributions

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Phoronix

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July 13, 2012

For some interesting benchmarks to share before the start of the weekend, here’s some recent test results conducted at Phoronix that’s comparing Oracle Solaris 11 Express, Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, CentOS 6.2, Debian GNU/kFreeBSD Wheezy, and Fedora 17.

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Entangle: Controlling Your DSLR Camera From Linux

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Phoronix

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July 13, 2012

Entangle is an open-source program that allows for “tethered shooting” from Linux with digital SLR camera. A major update to Entangle last weekend introduces new features…

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Linux Mint 13 “Maya” KDE RC Released

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The Linux Foundation

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July 13, 2012

The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 13 KDE RC.

Linux Mint 13 KDE

New features at a glance:

For a complete overview and to see screenshots of the new features, visit: “What’s new in Linux Mint 13 KDE“.

Important info:

Quicktime playback in Firefox
Boot hangs on systems with b43 wireless cards
Moonlight

Make sure to read the “Release Notes” to be aware of important info or known issues related to this release.

System requirements:

x86 processor (for both 32 & 64-bit versions)
x86_64 compatible processor (for the 64-bit version)
512 MB of system memory (RAM)
5 GB of disk space for installation
Graphics card capable of 800×600 resolution
CD-ROM drive or USB port

Download:

Md5 sum:

32-bit: 5e073bc7b5207cc90078830e89b8d750
64-bit: 29ce72b534edd404c616320b26cffb51

Torrents:

HTTP Mirrors for the 32-bit DVD ISO:

Argentina Xfree
Australia AARNet
Australia Internode
Australia Western Australian Internet Association
Australia Yes Optus Mirror
Austria Goodie Domain Service
Brazil Universidade Federal do Parana
Canada University of Waterloo Computer Science Club
Czech Republic Silicon Hill
Denmark klid.dk
France Gwendal Le Bihan
France Ordimatic
France RTS Informatique
Germany Copahost
Germany GWDG
Germany NetCologne GmbH
Germany University of Munich
Greece Hellenic Telecommunications Organization
Greece National Technical University of Athens
Greece University of Crete
Greenland Tele Greenland
Iceland Siminn hf
Indonesia idREPO
Indonesia Universitas Pasundan Bandung
Ireland HEAnet
Italy GARR
Kazakhstan Neolabs
Latvia University of Latvia
Lithuania Atviras kodas Lietuvai
Luxembourg root S.A.
Malaysia Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Open Source Mirror
Netherlands Triple IT
Netherlands Tuxis Internet Engineering
New Zealand Xnet
Poland ICM – University of Warsaw
Portugal CeSIUM – Universidade do Minho
Romania ServerHost
Russia Yandex Team
Serbia University of Kragujevac
Singapore NUS – School of Computing – SigLabs
South Africa University of Free State
South Korea KAIST
Spain ComunidadHosting
Sri Lanka Lanka Education and Research Network
Sweden DF – Computer Society at Lund University
Sweden Portlane
Switzerland SWITCH
Taiwan NCHC
Taiwan TamKang University
USA dschauer.com
USA Linux Freedom
USA mirrorcatalogs.com
USA Secution, LLC.
USA University of Maryland, College Park
USA Yellow Fiber Networks

HTTP Mirrors for the 64-bit DVD ISO:

Argentina Xfree
Australia AARNet
Australia Internode
Australia Western Australian Internet Association
Australia Yes Optus Mirror
Austria Goodie Domain Service
Brazil Universidade Federal do Parana
Canada University of Waterloo Computer Science Club
Czech Republic Silicon Hill
Denmark klid.dk
France Gwendal Le Bihan
France Ordimatic
France RTS Informatique
Germany Copahost
Germany GWDG
Germany NetCologne GmbH
Germany University of Munich
Greece Hellenic Telecommunications Organization
Greece National Technical University of Athens
Greece University of Crete
Greenland Tele Greenland
Iceland Siminn hf
Indonesia idREPO
Indonesia Universitas Pasundan Bandung
Ireland HEAnet
Italy GARR
Kazakhstan Neolabs
Latvia University of Latvia
Lithuania Atviras kodas Lietuvai
Luxembourg root S.A.
Malaysia Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Open Source Mirror
Netherlands Triple IT
Netherlands Tuxis Internet Engineering
New Zealand Xnet
Poland ICM – University of Warsaw
Portugal CeSIUM – Universidade do Minho
Romania ServerHost
Russia Yandex Team
Serbia University of Kragujevac
Singapore NUS – School of Computing – SigLabs
South Africa University of Free State
South Korea KAIST
Spain ComunidadHosting
Sri Lanka Lanka Education and Research Network
Sweden DF – Computer Society at Lund University
Sweden Portlane
Switzerland SWITCH
Taiwan NCHC
Taiwan TamKang University
USA dschauer.com
USA Linux Freedom
USA mirrorcatalogs.com
USA Secution, LLC.
USA University of Maryland, College Park
USA Yellow Fiber Networks

Enjoy!

We look forward to receiving your feedback. Thank you for using Linux Mint and have a lot of fun testing the release candidate!

Over 1 Million User Credentials Compromised in Android Forums Hack

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The H

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July 13, 2012

Phandroid, a popular Android news blog, has confirmed that its Android Forums site has been compromised and that a database containing the private data of more than 1 million of the site’s users was accessed

How a Looming Talent Gap Will Crush Enterprise Hopes for Big Data

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ReadWrite

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July 13, 2012

Large enterprises are putting a lot of money and effort into making sure they have the latest and greatest in Hadoop and other big data infrastructure tools, but it turns out their IT teams are far from prepared to actually use those tools once they are in place.

That’s one observation from Jeremy Howard, president and chief scientist of Kaggle, which uses crowdsourcing techniques to provide statistical and data analytic services for clients.

“A lot of companies don’t know how to find data scientists, and don’t understand data science,” Howard explained. “These enterprise companies can’t implement a proper data analytical solution because they have no data talent.”

Part of the problem is an overall lack of big data skills in the United States. In May 2011, the McKinsey Global Institute laid out the numbers: “By 2018, the United States alone could face a shortage of 140,000 to 190,000 people with deep analytical skills as well as 1.5 million managers and analysts with the know-how to use the analysis of big data to make effective decisions.”

Howard sees the problem reflected in his company’s clientele. Initially, Kaggle worked with smaller, highly capitalized startups, but now finds itself working with larger enterprise companies.

Startups Do Big Data Better Than Enterprises

The startups, it turns out, are much better equipped to handle big data than the enterprises.

“The startups are usually much closer to the data they’re analyzing,” Howard explained. “They know their stuff, and that knowledge is more centralized within a smaller organization.”

Enterprises, in contrast, are much broader and knowledge intimacy is much more distributed, he said.

Another Microsoft Windows Phone Exec Legs It to Amazon

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The Register

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July 13, 2012

Is a Kindle-like phone in the works?

Another Microsoft Windows Phone executive has jumped ship for Amazon.…

Distribution Release: Finnix 105

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DistroWatch

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July 13, 2012

Ryan Finnie today announced the availability of Finnix 105, a live CD distribution for system administrators based on Debian’s testing branch: “I am pleased to announce the release of Finnix 105, a major architectural update to the Finnix series. Finnix 105 brings major organizational changes to the build….