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CentOS 7 KDE: not for home users
Submitted by Rianne Schestowitz on Wednesday 25th of May 2016 09:39:45 AM Filed under


Whom can I recommend CentOS to? Probably to people I mentioned in the very beginning of this article: students who want to dedicate their life to system administration. You need to learn how to search for the answers, how to do things manually. That is your profession. That is your bread. CentOS gives you a brilliant opportunity to learn all of that along with learning the system itself.
But CentOS is not for home users who want things done quickly and easily, I'm afraid.
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Solus OS
Submitted by Rianne Schestowitz on Wednesday 25th of May 2016 09:30:25 AM Filed under
For the seasoned users among you, chances are you may have previously heard about the development of the Solus operating system – for both good and bad reasons. For those less aware of the behind-the-scenes antics, you might want to check out our full interview with its founder, Ikey Doherty, back in LU&D 162.
Following on from a successful launch, the project looks to offer a stable, and alternative, take on the more common GNOME-based distributions. Without doubt, Solus’ most distinguishing feature is its unique graphical interface: Budgie. The Budgie desktop has been written from the ground up, enabling easy integration into other distros and is essentially an open source project in its own right.
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Major CoreOS Linux Alpha Vulnerability Patched
Submitted by Rianne Schestowitz on Tuesday 24th of May 2016 06:37:36 PM Filed under


A major vulnerability in CoreOS Linux Alpha has been patched, with the issue limited to versions 104x.0.0 of the distribution.
In the blog post Major Remote SSH Security Issue in CoreOS Linux Alpha, Subset of Users Affected the CoreOS Security Team described the issue saying:
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CentOS-Based NethServer 7 Linux Adds Active Directory Integration in Third Alpha
Submitted by Rianne Schestowitz on Monday 23rd of May 2016 06:15:23 PM Filed under

Today, May 23, 2016, Alessio Fattorini has informed Softpedia about the release and immediate availability for download of the third Alpha build of the upcoming NethServer 7 server-oriented operating system.
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Solus Operating System Now Provides Out-of-the-Box Support for 32-bit Apps
Submitted by Rianne Schestowitz on Monday 23rd of May 2016 12:05:22 AM Filed under

The Solus developers are having the time of their lives these days as part of a new, online event called Solus Hackfest 1.2, where the operating system's developers are trying to implement new features to the upcoming Solus 1.2 release.
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Pinguy OS Developer Wants to Pull the Plug On His Ubuntu-Based Operating System
Submitted by Rianne Schestowitz on Thursday 19th of May 2016 09:35:05 PM Filed under

Just a few minutes ago, Antoni Roman, the developer of the Ubuntu-based Pinguy OS GNU/Linux operating system wrote a short blog post on the distro's website to inform the community that he wants to pull the plug on the entire project.
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Free Software Hyperledger News
Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Thursday 19th of May 2016 04:22:33 PM Filed under

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Apache Foundation Founder Named Hyperledger Executive Director
There's a new man in charge of the Hyperledger Project, a group of more that 30 companies working together to build an open standard for distributed ledgers across industries.
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Hyperledger Project Announces Addition of Eight New Members
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The Hyperledger Project Welcomes 8 New Members
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Apache Wizard Brian Behlendorf to Head Hyperledger Project
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Founding Member of the Apache Software Foundation Joins The Hyperledger Project
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Internet Heavyweight Joins Open-Source Blockchain Consortium
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More On Red Hat Launching Blockchain Open Source Initiative
In April, Red Hat announced the OpenShift initiative to aid financial services industry in building hosted blockchain applications. Red Hat would manage container application deployment with OpenShift Dedicated support for financial institutions interested in experimenting with the blockchain.
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Red Hat’s OpenShift Commons Crosses 200 Members in More Than 40 Countries
Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, today announced that OpenShift Commons has surpassed 200 members across more than 40 countries and key industries, including private and public cloud service providers and customers and partners in the banking and finance, higher education, and public sector. OpenShift Commons is an open source community spanning multiple projects where customers, partners, and contributors collaborate and share best practices about adopting container platforms at scale. The OpenShift Commons community is designed to bridge multiple upstream projects that are incorporated into OpenShift Origin including Kubernetes, Docker, Ansible, Project Atomic and more.
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Founder of the Apache Software Foundation Joins Linux Foundation to Lead Hyperledger Project
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New GNU OS
Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Thursday 19th of May 2016 06:37:59 AM Filed under

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GNU Hurd 0.8 & Mach 1.7 Released
The GNU Hurd adjoined by the Mach micro-kernel are out with their first new releases of the year.
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GNU Hurd 0.8, GNU Mach 1.7, GNU MIG 1.7 released.
We're pleased to announce new releases!
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Indus' Android-based OS races to become second most popular in India
Submitted by Rianne Schestowitz on Wednesday 18th of May 2016 08:17:03 AM Filed under

Most articles trumpeting Indus' epic feat of becoming the second most popular OS in India after Android either don't understand operating systems or deliberately obfuscate the fact that it is nothing but an optimized Android OS.
That said, this homegrown company, originally known as Firstouch, has achieved something remarkable by tweaking Android in such a manner as to grab a 5.6 percent market share in just under a year, outstripping Chinese juggernaut Xiaomi's MIUI OS (thrid at 4.1 percent), Cyanogen (fourth at 2.8 percent), Apple's iOS (fifth at 2.5 percent) and easily beating offerings from behemoths Microsoft and Samsung (Tizen), both seventh at 0.3 percent.
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ReactOS 0.4.1 Released
Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Tuesday 17th of May 2016 08:14:00 AM Filed under

The ReactOS team is proud to announce the release of version 0.4.1 a mere three months after the release of 0.4.0. The team has long desired an increased release tempo and the hope is that this will be the first of many of faster iterations.
Due to the brief period of time between the two releases, 0.4.1 is ultimately a refinement of what was in 0.4.0. That is not to say that there are no new features of course, and a few highlights of both categories are listed below.
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