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Download free Christmas Tux 2016 wallpaper for Linux
A fan of Linux has created a beautiful Christmas Tux 2016 wallpaper that you can download for free. You can also get a couple of other Christmas Tux wallpapers from previous years, as well as some other gorgeous wallpapers from his wallpaper archive page.
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IBM OpenWhisk Serverless Platform Now Generally Available
IBM is pushing forward with its OpenWhisk platform, which enables what is commonly referred to today as a 'serverless' or event-driven approach to computing. IBM first opened up OpenWhisk as a beta in February and is now making the platform generally available.
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Dell EMC joins The Linux Foundation's OpenSDS Project
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SDN Vendor PLUMgrid is No More; Some Assets Acquired by VMware
The first time I wrote on PLUMgrid was June 2013, when the company emerged from stealth with $10.7 million in funding and a dream to enable the Software Defined Networking (SDN) market. Three and a half years later, that dreams is dead as Plumgrid is gone with some of its assets and employees joining VMware.
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Linux & Open Source News Of The Week — “Biggest Ever” Linux Kernel 4.9, Ubuntu Bug, And Mint 18.1
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xf86-input-synaptics is not a Synaptics, Inc. driver
This is a common source of confusion: the legacy X.Org driver for touchpads is called xf86-input-synaptics but it is not a driver written by Synaptics, Inc. (the company).
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10 years of Debian
Today marks the 10-year anniversary of my first contribution to Debian GNU/Linux.
I will not recount the full history here but my first experience with Debian was a happy accident. I had sent off for a 5-CD set of Red Hat from The Linux Emporium only to discover I lacked the required 12MB of RAM. Annoyed, I reached for the Debian "potato" CD that was included gratis in my order due to it being outdated at the time…
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12 Months, 12 Images: This Was Ubuntu in 2016
There were a number of big Ubuntu news stories in 2016, as you’re already aware. But a number of smaller events and milestones throughout the year help to put the Linux distribution’s year into a broader context.
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SmartPhone App: News Express available in Tizen Store
Another good news app News Express, short and crisp news from a native app, by MrijuanaInc Studio Pvt. Ltd. launch in Tizen Store today. Read your new in Hindi or English languages. Various news categories available:
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Smartphone Game: Color Switch makes it way to the Tizen Store
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NVIDIA SHIELD Android TV to come in 2 sizes, new controller
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Microsoft Bolsters Performance of SQL Server Database on Linux[Ed: This headline is a lie. There is no "SQL Server Database on Linux". It runs on DrawBridge (Windows).]
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Apple's not very good, really quite poor 2016
As they drift off for their one- or two-day vacations shortly, will Apple's senior executives be patting themselves on the back? Or will they be slapping themselves on the forehead?
Apple's 2016 was garlanded with the usual hype, but not somehow with the usual excitement.
Perhaps you're excited by profits. Most real people, however, simply want to witness, feel and enjoy something that, to them, feels both new and exciting.
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