How to disable Network Manager on Linux

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December 23, 2015

Network Manager is a feature-rich network configuration service which is used by default in most Linux desktop environments nowadays. It provides automatic configuration of (wired/wireless) network interfaces, as well as VPN, mobile broadband and even Bluetooth connections. Network Manager is smart enough to automatically switch to the best (or the most recent) connection network, and […]
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Run Windows applications on Linux with Crossover 15

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Falko Timme

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December 23, 2015

Codeweavers has released a new major version of Crossover, the popular Microsoft Windows compatibility layer which is now based on Wine 1.8. The software is commercial and it costs around $40, but there is also a two-week trial version which is fully functional and can be downloaded for free. For this quick guide, I will be using the latter to show how you can install, set up, and run Windows executables with Crossover 15.

9 Biggest Open Source Stories of 2015

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The Linux Foundation

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December 23, 2015

2015 was an extremely good year for open source, in general. Enterprise customers embraced open source at an unprecedented rate. Not only that, arch rivals came together to work on shared technologies like Cloud Foundry and OpenStack. And we saw traditional proprietary companies like Microsoft and Apple release their software as open source. It was an exciting year.

Here are my picks for the top 9 open source stories of the year.

Excellent Kore 2.0 Android App for Kodi Finally Arrives

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Softpedia

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December 23, 2015

Kore is a dedicated Android app that can be used to control the Kodi media hub. A new major and stable version has been released for it.

The community is waiting for the big Kodi 16.0 “Jarvis” release, but in the meantime, we can enjoy a great Android app that can be used to control this media hub. We wrote about the Beta version that was made available a couple of weeks ago, but it looks like the work has been completed.

10 Ways to Leverage Cloud Capabilities in 2016

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The Linux Foundation

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December 23, 2015

delpixart-istock000078468745small More and more enterprises are putting cloud technologies to work–but they’re still missing out on key opportunities. Here are some ideas to consider for the year to come.

In 2015, industry research showed that 88% of enterprises were using some type of cloud technology. Despite this, there are still ways to utilize the cloud that are relatively unexploited by a majority of businesses. Here are 10 of them.

There Are Probably More Than 1 Billion Ubuntu Users, Canonical Lead Explains

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Softpedia

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December 23, 2015

Dustin Kirkland, one of the top leaders of the Ubuntu project, explained in a rather lengthy and comprehensive open letter to the community that Ubuntu is probably used by more than a billion people.

Following a report from Phoronix, which stated that Canonical probably failed its goal of having 200 million users by the end of 2015, Dustin gathered all the data that he could find and summed it up at the end. It turns out that a large part of the world is using Ubuntu, and there are probably a lot more people out there who use Ubuntu, voluntarily or not.

How to Use AMDGPU PowerPlay On The Linux 4.5 Kernel

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Phoronix

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December 23, 2015

phoronix While Linux 4.5 brings support for PowerPlay in the AMDGPU DRM driver to allow the modern discrete Radeon graphics cards to run much faster thanks to re-clocking, this major feature isn’t being enabled by default for Linux 4.5.

AMDGPU PowerPlay for graphics cards like Tonga and Fiji isn’t enabled by default with the code in DRM-Next for Linux 4.5. There are basically two steps needed to ensure there is working AMDGPU PowerPlay support on 4.5.

2015 Was a Good Year for Creating the World’s “Missing Maps” With OpenStreetMap

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OpenSource.com

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December 23, 2015

life world map The Missing Maps project, which launched in 2014, aims to literally and figuratively put more than 20-million at-risk people on the map using OpenStreetMap (OSM) as a platform. We need to fill in “missing maps” before the next disaster strikes, ensuring the maps have detail sufficient for emergency responders to hit the ground running.

OpenStreetMap is an open and free source of geographic data. Anyone with a username can add, edit, or update data, so the Missing Maps project is community driven and focuses on local knowledge. Remote volunteers around the world use satellite imagery to trace features, such as roads and buildings.

Development Release: Tails 2.0 Beta 1

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DistroWatch

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December 23, 2015

This the distribution’s first version based on Debian GNU/Linux 8.0 and it comes with the GNOME Shell desktop in “Fallback” mode. From the release announcement: Tails 2.0 will be the first version of Tails based on Debian 8 ‘Jessie’. As such, it upgrades essentially all included software.

openSUSE Edu Li-f-e Linux Based on Leap 42.1 Now Available for Download

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Softpedia

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December 23, 2015

opensuse-edu-li-f-e-linux Jigish Gohil had the great pleasure of announcing the release and immediate availability for download of the openSUSE Edu Li-f-e 42.1 operating system targeted at schools and educational institutions.

As its version number suggests, openSUSE Edu Li-f-e 42.1 has been based on the openSUSE Leap 42.1 computer operating system, which means that it inherits all of its features and software. However, openSUSE Edu Li-f-e (Linux for Education) includes a broad range of education applications for both students and teachers.