Maru Is an Android OS on the Phone and Debian Linux When Connected to PC

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February 8, 2016

maru- A new project named Maru promises to provide users with a full Android Lollipop experience on the phone and switch to a Debian Linux distro when connected to a monitor and peripherals. This project is still in the Beta stages.

A phone that is powered by Android and magically transforms into a Linux desktop when connected to an external display has been tried before. It was called Ubuntu for Android, and it was one of Canonical’s earliest attempts at some sort of convergence between the mobile and PC worlds.

Distribution Release: MakuluLinux 10 “Xfce”

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February 8, 2016

Jacque Raymer has announced the release of MakuluLinux 10 “Xfce” edition, a new version of the project’s Debian-based distribution for the desktop: “More than 12 months in the making, Makulu 10 Xfce does not disappoint. The focus on this build was stability, speed, social integration, key features that really make it unique and noticeable.

A Significant Fork of CloudStack is Making Waves

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February 7, 2016

It’s official: There is now a significant fork of the CloudStack cloud computing platform.

If you don’t know its history, CloudStack had more momentum a few years ago as an open cloud platform than OpenStack has now. Citrix, which owned it, passed the open source CloudStack platform to the Apache Software Foundation, and CloudStack continues to advance and is widely used.

How to set up Apt caching server on Ubuntu or Debian

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February 7, 2016

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Docker Engine Hardened with Secure Computing Nodes and User Namespaces

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February 6, 2016

Enterprise systems need enterprise-grade security. With this in mind, Docker Inc. has updated its core container engine with some potentially powerful security measures.

Docker Inc. has described this release as â€œhuge leap forward for container security.â€ The company also added a plethora of networking enhancements to Docker 1.10, released onThursday. Perhaps the two most notable security-related additions are the addition of secure computing mode (seccomp), which is a Linux kernel feature, and the ability for containers to recognize user namespaces.

This Week in Linux News: UNICEF Funds Open Source Tech for Children, Ubuntu Convergence Arrives, and More

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February 5, 2016

unicef This week in Linux news, UNICEF funds open source technology for children, Canonical announces long-awaited Ubuntu tablet, and more! Stay in touch with the latest Linux and open source news with this digest.

1) UNICEF will award funding to support software projects that are creating or improving technologies designed to help children.

UNICEF Aims to Drive Open Source Innovation that Helps Children– The VAR Guy

2) Google and Microsoft might be generously helping the open source community, but there are real strategic reasons for their open source projects, too.

What’s the Real Reason Microsoft and Google are Releasing Open Source?– InfoWorld

3) A report from the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation ranks nations based on the impact their economic and trade policies have on global tech innovation.

Countries Making the Most Impact on Tech Innovation– ITWorld

4) Canonical has announced its first ever Ubuntu tablet, promising that the device is just a keyboard and mouse away from a full desktop experience.

Canonical’s New Ubuntu Tablet Can Also Be your PC– The Verge

5) IBM further invests in the race to commercialize blockchain technology in financial markets.

IBM Buys Into Digital Asset Holdings, a Blockchain Tech Company– Security Intelligence

The Xen Project’s Lars Kurth on the Promise (and Debugging) of Unikernels

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February 5, 2016

A few weeks back, Docker made waves in the container community when it announced it had purchased Unikernel Systems, creators of the MirageOS unikernel operating system. Although Docker had praised the unikernel for its small footprint, superior security, others had raised questions about how the technology would be used in production.

To learn more about unikernels, we spoke with Lars Kurth, who is the chairman of the Xen Project Advisory Board.

The Talos Secure Workstation Is A High-Performance Libre System

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February 5, 2016

Raptor Engineering is working on the Talos Secure Workstation, which is being advertised as a high-performance, open-to-the-firmware system that is much better than the commonly antiquated “freed” x86 systems. However, getting a high-performance, free software friendly workstation doesn’t come cheap…

APT (Advanced Package Tool) 1.2.2 Brings Back Build-Dep Command

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February 5, 2016

apt-advanced-package APT (Advanced Package Tool), a set of core tools inside Debian that make it possible to install, remove, and keep applications up to date, has been upgraded once more, and a few important changes and improvements have been made.

APT is an acronym for Advanced Package Tool, and most of the Linux users have heard of it, even if they don’t use Debian or any Debian derivative. It’s one of the most important packages in any distribution, and it’s been around for a very long time.

Deep Introduces deepSQL and Combines SQL with Cloud

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February 5, 2016

Deep Information Sciences is unveiling a new solution that combines a MySQL-compliant database with cloud- and resource-awareness. Called deepSQL, the solution aims to help companies meet real-time customer demands while providing the automated scalability to capitalize on unforeseen business surges.

Features include fast HTAP performance at scale, is built on an architecture that can handle complex environments, … and supports cloud automation frameworks such as VMware vCloud Director, Vagrant, and Chef.