June 2017
Android Leftovers
Submitted by Rianne Schestowitz on Friday 30th of June 2017 11:43:41 PM Filed under
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Sharp's latest Android One device for Japan has a whopping 4 day battery life
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Notification importance controls won't work for most apps in Android O, and Google is fine with that
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OK Google voice command is broken on Android Auto, but a fix is coming soon
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Data-draining malware targeting Android users found in Google Play Store
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YouTube for Android TV gets its first update in over a year with massive redesign
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Latest Clonezilla Live Stable Update Includes a Lite Server, Linux Kernel 4.11.6
Submitted by Rianne Schestowitz on Friday 30th of June 2017 11:37:35 PM Filed under
Clonezilla Live and GParted Live developer Steven Shiau is pleased to announce the release and immediate availability for download of a new stable version of his widely-used Clonezilla Live project.
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Arduino-compatible robot dev kit includes RPi 3 and Tinker Board add-ons
Submitted by Rianne Schestowitz on Friday 30th of June 2017 11:32:40 PM Filed under
Husarion unveiled an Arduino-ready “Core2” robotics board for web based prototyping, plus a Linux-ready “Core2-ROS” that adds an RPi 3 or Tinker Board.
San Francisco based robotics firm Husarion, which has previously launched an industrial picker robot called the RoboCore, has gone to Crowd Supply to pitch a new Husarion Core2 prototyping platform for the robotics maker community. The $89 Cortex-M4 based Core2 controller board, which includes an ESP32 WiFi adapter, is also available in a version that runs Linux and Robot Operating System called the Core2-ROS. The ROS version replaces the ESP32 with a WiFi-ready Raspberry Pi 3 or Asus Tinker Board SBC.
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Six Things to Do to Secure Your Linux System
Submitted by Rianne Schestowitz on Friday 30th of June 2017 07:21:22 PM Filed under

Tuesday's Petya slam dunk by the bad guys, which may or may not have been a state sponsored swipe at Ukraine, was only one of several wake-up calls during the last couple of months for the folks taking care of IT security.
At least they should have been wake-up calls, but by the carnage left behind it looks as if a lot of folks have been operating their server rooms on autopilot. Not only were there patches at the ready to plug the vulnerabilities Petya used to do whatever it did (other than the fact that it probably wasn't ransomware, what it did hasn't been entirely sorted out yet), but I've heard credible first hand reports from several largish corporations that didn't have available backups.
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8 Best Linux Distros For Programming And Developers (2017 Edition)
Submitted by Rianne Schestowitz on Friday 30th of June 2017 06:08:23 PM Filed under
Linux-based operating systems are often used by developers to get their work done and create something new. Their major concerns while choosing a Linux distro for programming are compatibility, power, stability, and flexibility. Distros like Ubuntu and Debian have managed to establish themselves as the top picks. Some of the other great choices are openSUSE, Arch Linux, etc.
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RPi 3-like Le Potato SBC showcases fast Amlogic S905X SoC
Submitted by Rianne Schestowitz on Friday 30th of June 2017 04:51:16 PM Filed under

Libre Computers’ $25 to $35 “Le Potato” is an RPi 3 clone that runs Android 7.1 or Linux 4.13 on a quad -A53 S905X. There’s no WiFi, but you get HDMI 2.0.
A Shenzhen based Libre Computer Project from Shenzhen Libre Technology Co. Ltd. has gone to Kickstarter to launch the first of a series of “Libre Computer Boards” called Le Potato. The project has so far received less than $4K toward its $25K all or nothing goal, with the campaign due to finish on July 24. However, if the project doesn’t fund, “we will utilize our other pre-prepared financing option and go directly to retail,” says the company.
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Important CentOS 7 Linux Kernel Security Update Patches Five Vulnerabilities
Submitted by Rianne Schestowitz on Friday 30th of June 2017 04:47:47 PM Filed under

CentOS maintainer Johnny Hughes recently published a new security advisory for user of the CentOS 7 operating system series to inform them about an important kernel security update.
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Android Leftovers
Submitted by Rianne Schestowitz on Friday 30th of June 2017 04:41:27 PM Filed under
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9 Android-inspired features in the iPhone
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Moto M Reportedly Receiving Android 7.0 Nougat Update in India
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Google’s new Android app makes it easy to save mobile data on the go
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New Firewall Claimed to Better Protect Android Devices From Threats
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ASUS ZenPad 3S 10 (Z500M) gets Android 7.0 Nougat OTA
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Fandango now offers Android Pay checkout, $3 off any movie this month
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Canonical Promises Smooth and Easy Unity 7 to GNOME Shell Migration for Users
Submitted by Rianne Schestowitz on Friday 30th of June 2017 04:33:58 PM Filed under
Canonical's Will Cooke is today reporting on the latest or upcoming improvements that the Ubuntu Desktop and Snappy team plans to implement in the Ubuntu Linux operating system.
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Is Ubuntu set to be the OS for Internet of Things?
Submitted by Rianne Schestowitz on Friday 30th of June 2017 04:05:57 PM Filed under
The Internet of Things has enjoyed major growth in recent years, as more and more of the world around us gets smarter and more connected.
But keeping all these new devices updated and online requires a reliable and robust software background, allowing for efficient and speedy monitoring and backup when needed.
Software fragmentation has already become a significant issue across the mobile space, and may threaten to do so soon in the IoT.
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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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