A First-Timer’s Guide to Getting Started with Open Source Code and Communities

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January 19, 2016

OPENHERE purple So, you want to start using that open source thing.

You’ve been reading Opensource.com and there’s a package that you’re excited about. You’d love to give it a try and maybeâ€”just maybeâ€”find a way to contribute to the community that made it (if, you know, it turns out as awesome as that article you found says it is). But where to start?

First-time installations

Every package is a little differentâ€”some run on different operating systems than your home machine, some have different dependencies, some expect a certain minimum level of technical expertise.

Development Release: Zorin OS 11 RC

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DistroWatch

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January 19, 2016

Artyom Zorin has announced the availability of the first development build of Zorin OS 11, an Ubuntu-based desktop distribution made for Linux beginners. This release, based on Ubuntu 15.10, features improved artwork and several new applications: “We’re excited to announce the release of the Zorin OS 11 beta. This is a pre-release version which we created to get your feedback on what we have built so far. With Zorin OS 11, we’ve focused on improving the overall desktop…

IoT Security: $1-per-Thing To Protect Connected Devices

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The Linux Foundation

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January 19, 2016

Locking down the Internet of Things won’t be cheap. Here’s the math. Exactly how much will it cost to secure “Things” connected to the Internet over the next five years? Two recent Internet of Things (IoT) forecasts from industry analysts can help answer the question.

Gartner, Inc. forecasts that 6.4 billion connected Things will be in use worldwide in 2016, up 30 percent from 2015, and will reach 20.8 billion by 2020. Research firm MarketsandMarkets forecasts that the global IoT security market is expected to grow

How to Install VestaCP on CentOS 7

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Falko Timme

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January 18, 2016

VestaCP is a Free Open Source Control panel for server systems. It can help ease the burden of common system administration tasks such as website creation, database deployment and management, and more. This guide will help you get up and running with VestaCP on your CentOS.

YouTuber Builds Working BASIC Programming in Minecraft

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The Linux Foundation

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January 18, 2016

Many people who play Minecraft limit themselves to using its building blocks more or less for their intended purpose, whether it’s by building simple houses or creating sprawling, unforgettable underwater wonderlands. Yet YouTuber SethBling has repeatedly found them well-suited to higher callings. For his latest project, he used command blocks to cobble together a functional interpreter for the BASIC programming language that works within the confines of vanilla Minecraft’s existing ruleset.

Google Fixes Cryptographic Key Security Issue in Go Programming Language

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Softpedia

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January 18, 2016

google-fixes-cryptographic Google has published version 1.5.3 of the Go programming language to address a security issue (CVE-2015-8618) in the math/big package that leaked one of the RSA keys used in TLS-encrypted communications.

RSA is a cryptographic algorithm that encrypts data and generates two keys, one for encryption, one for decryption operations. RSA is used for TLS/SSL computations. According to the Google advisory…

Ocean: The Linux Web Server That Fits in Your Pocket

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ZDNet

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January 18, 2016

Ocean may look like a smartphone, but it is in fact a fully functional Linux-powered web server that you can fit into your pocket.

Want a portable Linux-powered web server that will fit into your pocket? Look no further than Ocean. Ocean has been designed from the ground up for portability, and features an integrated battery that allows you to run web and Bluetooth applications in places where direct power is limited. The device is approximately the size of an iPhone 6, and can easily fit in your pocket.

Updated Android Malware Steals Voice Two-Factor Authentication

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The Register

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January 18, 2016

Malware-makers are stepping up the assault on Android handsets and are now quietly redirecting phone calls to steal voice-based two factor authentication details.

An update to the Android.Bankosy trojan horse means it not only locks down handsets but steals data from hacked devices. Symantec threat-throttler Dinesh Venkatesan says the trojan malware opens a backdoor which turns on unconditional call forwarding and silent mode…

Xen Orchestra 4.12 Brings New VM Features

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Phoronix

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January 18, 2016

Version 4.12 of Xen Orchestra is now available, the open-source project built around XenServer. The Xen Orchestra 4.12 release brings new features and is one of the few remaining before focusing on Xen Orchestra 5.

The release today of Xen Orchestra 4.12 brings two main features:

4 Questions To Ask Before Open Sourcing a Project

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OpenSource.com

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January 18, 2016

seeds pods gettingstarted One of the most common tasks in any company’s open source department is evaluating internal software to see if it would be a good candidate to give back to the community. When performing this task at PayPal, we found it useful to take each potential open source project through a vetting process originally framed by Danese Cooper that seeks to answer four primary questions: