David Cortarello has announced the release of Kwort Linux 4.1, a lightweight CRUX-based distribution with Openbox and a custom package manager called kpkg.
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Development Release: Mageia 5 Alpha 1
Anne Nicolas has announced the availability of the initial alpha release of Mageia 5, the project’s upcoming version due for a final release in the second half of December.
Manjaro Linux Developers Experience A Mass Exodus
It seems all of the Manjaro Linux developers might have parted way with the distribution’s development except for the project leader…
New FreeBSD Core Team elected
The FreeBSD Project is pleased to announce the completion of the 2014 Core Team election. The FreeBSD Core Team acts as the project’s “board of directors” and is responsible for approving new src committers, resolving disputes between developers, appointing sub-committees for specific purposes (security officer, release engineering, port managers, webmaster, etc …), and making any other administrative or policy decisions as needed. The Core Team has been elected by FreeBSD developers every two years since 2000.
New FreeBSD Core Team elected
The FreeBSD Project is pleased to announce the completion of the 2014 Core Team election. The FreeBSD Core Team acts as the project’s “board of directors” and is responsible for approving new src committers, resolving disputes between developers, appointing sub-committees for specific purposes (security officer, release engineering, port managers, webmaster, etc …), and making any other administrative or policy decisions as needed. The Core Team has been elected by FreeBSD developers every two years since 2000.
To Linux Foundation SysAdmin Ryan Day, Elegance is the Best Tool
Ryan Day is one of nine Linux Foundation system administrators, and is part of the global team that supports developers working on collaborative projects. In this Q&A, the first in a series of profiles of Linux Foundation sysadmins, he describes a typical work day, talks about his favorite tools, his nightmare scenario, and how he spends his free time.
Odroid Hacker Board Jumps to Faster Octacore SoC
The Odroid project launched an “Odroid-XU3″ open source SBC based on Samsung’s HMP-ready Exynos5422, which mixes four Cortex-A15 and four Cortex-A7 cores. Hardkernel’s Odroid project announced pre-orders for the Odroid-XU3 at $179, with shipments starting on Aug. 18. The open-spec single board computer is the fastest of over a dozen…
An Open Source Community for Internet of Everything Interoperability
Today a small group of companies announced an effort to address IoT interoperability. We are happy to see our industry peers affirming the goals and objectives the AllSeen Alliance made six months ago about needing a common interoperable language for the Internet of Everything.
Security Company Says Your Data Can Easily be Recovered from ‘Wiped’ Android Phones
Software maker Avast is calling the security and thoroughness of Android’s factory reset feature into serious doubt today. The company says it purchased 20 used Android smartphones online and set out to test whether personal user data could be recovered from them. Each phone had been reset prior to being…
Linux Poetry Contest’s 1st Winner Admires Btrfs
Congratulations to Alan Bruce, the first winner of our Linux poetry writing contest. Bruce has won a free pass to LinuxCon and CloudOpen North America, Aug. 20-22 in Chicago, for his poem “btrfs.”