Microsoft to Announce the First Azure Stack with Ubuntu Linux Technical Preview

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January 27, 2016

This Friday, January 29, 2016, Canonical and Microsoft will be unveiling the first Technical Preview of the Azure Stack with the Ubuntu Linux operating system.

According to Canonical’s most recent press release, today Microsoft has announced the first Microsoft Azure Stack with Ubuntu Technical Preview as a collaboration between the Redmond company and Canonical to bring the latest cloud services to its demanding customers. Based on Microsoft’s Azure public cloud model, the Azure Stack promises to allow organizations to deliver the best Azure cloud services from the company’s datacenter, and thanks to Canonical’s Ubuntu Cloud operating system…

How to install KVM on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Headless Server

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Vivek Gite

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January 27, 2016

Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) is a virtualization module for the Linux kernel that turns it into a hypervisor. How can I install KVM, setup guest operating system as the back-end virtualization technology for non-graphic Ubuntu Linux 14.04 LTS server?

You can use KVM to run multiple operating systems such as Windows, *BSD, Linux distro using virtual machines. Each virtual machine has its private disk, graphics card, a network card and more.

Walmart Launches OneOps, An Open-Source Cloud And Application Lifecycle Management Platform

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TechCrunch

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January 27, 2016

OneOps-AM Walmart (yes, that Walmart), is launching a new open source DevOps platform for cloud and application lifecycle management. OneOps, which was developed byWalmart Labs, is meant to help developers write and launch their apps faster and make maintaining them easier. The company first announced its plans to open source the service last year….

According to Walmart, one of the key benefits of the platform is that it works with multiple public and private cloud platforms out of the box. These include Microsoft Azure, Rackspace, AWS and CenturyLink Cloud, as well as any OpenStack cloud (Walmart was an early adopter of OpenStack and is still one of its largest users).

5 Keys to Project Success on GitHub

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OpenSource.com

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January 27, 2016

github-universe Community-driven software development is becoming the new path to brand and project success. You would be advised to pay attention to this surging trend: With more than 27 million projects currently on GitHub, the ever-increasing popularity of community-driven development is evident.

So, how do you go about engaging this global force of tech wizards?

As co-founder of RethinkDBâ€”an open source, scalable JSON database designed for real time Internetâ€”I’ve got some thoughts on that…

OpenAMP Heterogeneous Multicore Standard Targets Linux

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LinuxGizmos

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January 27, 2016

mca openamp block-thm The MCA announced its Open Asymmetric Multi Processing Framework (OpenAMP) for Linux multicore development, with support from Mentor Graphics and Xilinx.

The Multicore Association (MCA) formally unveiled its open source “Open Asymmetric Multi Processing Framework” (OpenAMP), and announced a working group to establish standardization of the multicore development framework. The working group will expand and document the specification for Linux, and collaborate with the OpenAMP open source community.

Tails 2.0 Gets GNOME Shell As Default Desktop Environment And Debian 8 “Jessy” Upgrades And More

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Mohd Sohail

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January 27, 2016

Tails 2.0 is one of the most popular Linux distributions based on Debian.Tails is Live CD/USB that aims to provide freedom by making its users anonymous on the web. All the applications’ traffic such as Internet browser, email client, IM etc. is sent through the Tor network that is very hard to trace. Recently Tails team released Tails 2.0 with some major changes, some security fixes and lots of other improvements. Read At LinuxAndUbuntu

http://www.linuxandubuntu.com/home/tails-20-gets-gnome-shell-as-default-desktop-environment-and-debian-8-jessy-upgrades-and-more

Big Switch Unveils Free Version of Its SDN Software

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eWeek

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January 27, 2016

The new Community Edition of Big Monitoring Fabric and Big Cloud Fabric is aimed at accelerating adoption of Big Switch’s SDN offerings.

Big Switch Networks officials are looking to accelerate the adoption of the company’s software-defined network products by offering free versions of its software products.The company on Jan. 26 introduced the Community Edition of its Big Monitoring Fabric and Big Cloud Fabric software offerings that officials said will give businesses a taste of what Big Switch’s products can do and hopefully enticement them to buy the more robust commercial versions.

Kodi Media Hub Is Being Ported for Steam Link

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Softpedia

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January 27, 2016

Valve launched the Steam Link SDK and opened the platform for developers. A Kodi port for Steam Link is already in the works.

One of the first things that have been suggested when the Steam Link SDK was released by Valve was a Kodi port and it made sense. Since the Steam Link is a rather powerful device, Kodi is the perfect media hub that can be ported for that architecture. In fact, Kodi already works on ARM devices, so it’s a not a big stretch.

BackBox Linux 4.5 Security-Oriented OS Comes Preinstalled with New Hacking Tools

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Softpedia

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January 27, 2016

backbox-linux-4-5 The developers of the BackBox Linux operating system have announced the release and immediate availability for download of the BackBox Linux 4.5 release, which promises to bring a new kernel and lots of updated packages.

According to the release notes, BackBox Linux 4.5 comes preinstalled with Linux kernel 4.2 and adds various new and special tools, such as Automotive Analysis and OpenVAS, which promise to make a big difference as far as the overall performance of the system is concerned.

“Unikernels Will Send Us Back to the DOS Era” – DTrace Guru Bryan Cantrill Speaks Out

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The Register

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January 27, 2016

Some heralded Docker’s acquisition of UK-based Unikernel Systems last week as the golden dawn of a post-container era. Others showed healthy skepticism.

One person firmly in the latter camp is Bryan Cantrill, who typed up a long blog post on why he believes unikernels are “unfit” for production. Cantrill is chief technology officer of San Francisco-based Joyent, which builds software to manage containers across whole data centers.