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Open Source Science: A Revolution From Within

(Nov 21, 2009, 16:02 UTC) (1237 reads) (0 talkbacks) (Posted by cschroder)
LinuxInsider: "It worked for software, so why not science? The open source science movement has been gaining momentum, and it's shaping the future of scientific research and discovery."

openSUSE 11.2-- Incremental Updates, Plenty of Polish

(Nov 21, 2009, 12:02 UTC) (1554 reads) (0 talkbacks) (Posted by cschroder)
LinuxPlanet: "With the purchase of SUSE by Novell many feared that the brand would be subsumed into the corporate borg and contaminated with proprietary add-ons. But openSUSE goes its own way, and the result is a sleek, reliable distribution with all the bells and whistles. Paul Ferrill takes it for a spin and reports."

Microsoft, other rivals slam Google Chrome OS

(Nov 21, 2009, 08:02 UTC) (3629 reads) (4 talkbacks) (Posted by cschroder)
Computerworld: "Microsoft Corp. is, predictably, not all that impressed by Google Inc.'s demonstration of its upcoming Chrome OS today, but neither were potential rivals who make Linux and instant-on operating systems."

Intel Linux Graphics Shine With Fedora 12

(Nov 21, 2009, 04:02 UTC) (1892 reads) (1 talkbacks) (Posted by cschroder)
Phoronix: "Intel's Linux graphics driver stack is often at the forefront of X.Org / Mesa innovations, from Intel being the first driver having in-kernel video memory management to being the first driver with mainline kernel mode-setting support to even being the driver that often first receives support for new OpenGL extensions in Mesa."

Editor's Note: Do It Yourself "Cloud"

(Nov 21, 2009, 00:02 UTC) (3204 reads) (4 talkbacks) (Posted by cschroder)
Last week I wrote "Cloud is Just Another Word for "Sucker". My objections to buying into this whole "cloud" services fad are three-fold: trust, reliability, and performance. But why not do-it-yourself? Linux has everything you need.

Google Chrome OS: First looks, first impressions

(Nov 20, 2009, 23:33 UTC) (3657 reads) (0 talkbacks) (Posted by cschroder)
Ghacks: "The very early stages of the REAL Google Chrome operating system has been released (and done so fully open sourced). It’s not an operating system you can (and should) be putting on a stand alone machine. Actually what has been released are VirtualBox and VMware images that can be booted in their respective virtual machines."

Kernel Log: Coming in 2.6.32 (Part 3) - Storage

(Nov 20, 2009, 23:03 UTC) (1801 reads) (0 talkbacks) (Posted by cschroder)
Kernel Log: "The kernel development team have enhanced various aspects of Btrfs, one effect of which is to significantly improve the experimental file system's write performance."

TV Mythos Renewed: MythTV 0.22 with Many Improvements

(Nov 20, 2009, 22:33 UTC) (1724 reads) (1 talkbacks) (Posted by cschroder)
Linux Magazine: "The MythTV hard disk recorder software is available in a new version that is based on Qt4 and supports new hardware and the VDPAU decoder."

Enhancing openSUSE 11.2: Adding Repositories and Packages

(Nov 20, 2009, 22:03 UTC) (1226 reads) (0 talkbacks) (Posted by cschroder)
Linux.com: "So you've got that shiny new openSUSE 11.2 system up and running. Now what? The default repositories have plenty of software, but there's much more for openSUSE in community and semi-official repositories that you might find useful."