May 2015
IoT box supports internal RPi, Arduino shields, and more
Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Sunday 31st of May 2015 10:04:43 PM Filed under
A hackable “Zymbit Orange” IoT box offers internal RPi SBC, Arduino shield, Atmel Wingboard, wireless, and touch display options, plus cloud-based access.
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Tanglu 3 (Chromodoris willani) Beta released!
Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Sunday 31st of May 2015 09:55:22 PM Filed under

We are pleased to announce the beta release of Tanglu 3, which includes Tanglu-KDE, Tanglu-GNOME and Tanglu Core!
This beta release contains many exciting changes, including a new wallpaper.
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Linux 4.2 To Support The EFI System Resource Table
Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Sunday 31st of May 2015 09:50:33 PM Filed under
The Linux 4.2 kernel cycle that will soon officially commence will be adding support for the EFI System Resource Table (ESRT) in order to allow the updating of UEFI/BIOS on modern systems from the Linux desktop.
Also: Linux 4.0, Linux 4.1 Brings Performance Boosts For Some Intel Low-Power Hardware
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Transparent Alarm Clock Runs Linux
Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Sunday 31st of May 2015 09:41:50 PM Filed under

This alarm clock has everything: seven-segment displays housed in clear epoxy, a touch interface, battery backup, the ability to retrieve the time from an NTP server, and a web interface to change the clock’s settings over the network. That was a large part of [Benoit]’s decision to have the clock run Linux; the network capabilities add a lot of functionality to the clock like the ability to send commands to other devices at particular times. The clock runs on an Aria G25 SOM and has a custom case that looks very professional.
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Despite Bill’s Efforts, GNU/Linux Reaches New High In India
Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Sunday 31st of May 2015 09:29:50 PM Filed under

Like no other country on Earth, India is using GNU/Linux in school and at work far more than weekend warriors.
Also: Global GNU/Linux Page-views Share Reaches All Time High 2015-05-30
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Why Doesn't Everyone Love Linux and Open Source?
Submitted by Rianne Schestowitz on Sunday 31st of May 2015 07:26:12 PM Filed under

If Linux is so great, why has it not replaced Windows, OS X and other closed-source operating systems completely? More generally, why do people still write and develop proprietary software, if open source is a more efficient, user-oriented and secure way to code? Those are important questions about the big-picture significance and future of free and open source software, and they're worth thinking more about.
I do not mean those questions to sound pejorative, or dismissive of the idea that Linux and other open source software is actually good. Open source has distinct benefits for both users programmers and users, which make it superior in many ways to closed-source software.
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Android M vs. Android Lollipop: What Are The Sweet New Features And Changes?
Submitted by Rianne Schestowitz on Sunday 31st of May 2015 07:17:52 PM Filed under
Google has finally presented the much-anticipated Android M at the Google I/O 2015 conference. While Android 5.0 Lollipop was introduced before as a new interface and design, Android 6.0 codenamed 'Android M,' is now the company's most powerful OS release with several platform improvements. Here is the breakdown of the sweet new changes and features of Android M compared to Android 5.0 Lollipop.
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Google’s I/O 2015 Web App Released As Open Source
Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Sunday 31st of May 2015 09:25:40 AM Filed under


Now that the weekend is here, the after effects of this year’s android extravaganza that is Google I/O is still being fully digested. The announcements that came through will have repercussions going forward for the rest of this year, not to mention well into next year and beyond as well. Although, this year did not as many mega announcements as there was last year, there was still quite a few notable ones on offer. A few of the big headline points included the unveiling and releasing of the developer preview of Android M, as well as the announcing and brief explanation of Google’s next mobile payment platform, Android Pay. Of course, one of the surprise hits of this year’s event was the announcement (and subsequent release) of Google’s new photo service, which is now known as Google Photos.
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OpenDaylight is One of the Best Controllers for OpenStack — Here’s How to Implement It
Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Sunday 31st of May 2015 08:58:38 AM Filed under

The integration of OpenStack and OpenDaylight (ODL) is a hot topic, with abundant, detailed information available; however, the majority of these articles focus on explaining usage aspects, rather than how the integration is implemented.
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GNOME 3.17.2 Brings Automatic Brightness Switch, Support for More Hardware Sensors
Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Sunday 31st of May 2015 08:28:37 AM Filed under
On May 29, the GNOME Project, through Javier Jardón, had the pleasure of inform all users and developers of the GNOME desktop environment, which is used in numerous distributions of GNU/Linux, that the second milestone towards GNOME 3.18 is now available for testing.
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| Red Hat Hires a Blind Software Engineer to Improve Accessibility on Linux Desktop
Accessibility on a Linux desktop is not one of the strongest points to highlight. However, GNOME, one of the best desktop environments, has managed to do better comparatively (I think).
In a blog post by Christian Fredrik Schaller (Director for Desktop/Graphics, Red Hat), he mentions that they are making serious efforts to improve accessibility.
Starting with Red Hat hiring Lukas Tyrychtr, who is a blind software engineer to lead the effort in improving Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and Fedora Workstation in terms of accessibility.
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