Cisco announces Google Android tablet device
Cisco Systems today unveiled the Cius, a 7 inch touchscreen tablet computer that runs the Android OS, and is sure to be compared to the Apple iPad.
Trinity KDE: KDE 3 Zombified or Resurrected?
Several weeks ago, I ended a comparison of the KDE 4 and 3 desktops by saying "Unless a project takes over KDE 3 development, sooner or later it may become unusable with the latest generation of computers." What I had missed — free software being a large place where events move at near-light speeds — was that a project had already taken over KDE 3 development. It’s called Trinity KDE, and is organized by Timothy Pearson, who has been releasing Kubuntu releases that use KDE 3.5 for some time. According to Facebook rumor, he has been planning to revive KDE 3 for some time.
The Linux Chronicles, Part 1
Last Autumn I volunteered to review Windows 7. But in the following weeks, I found Linux to be preferable in many ways. This is pretty significant progress, and outside the ‘community’ has gone largely unnoticed, too – I haven’t seen all that many Ubuntu stories in the Wall Street Journal. But what comes next is going to be pretty challenging for everyone involved – and that’s what I’ll look at here. But first a bit of history, starting with a confession.
Cross Compiling Qt
On of the great aspects of Qt is that it is cross platform. Not only across desktops, but also across devices. The Qt make tool, qmake, can be configured to cross compile for different architectures using different compilers and different settings. How to do all this is reasonably straight forward, but you need to know how to get started. When you’ve downloaded and extracted Qt you find yourself facing a configure script with loads of options. Trying to get control of them all can feel overwhelming the first time, so it is good to know what is about to happen.
GNU HURD – Altered states and lost promise
The HURD was meant to be the true kernel at the heart of the GNU operating system. The promise behind the HURD was revolutionary – a set of daemons on top of a microkernel that was intended to surpass the performance of the monolithic kernels of traditional Unix systems and in doing so, give greater security, freedom and flexibility to the users – but it has yet to come down to earth.
Manage hundreds of machines from a single interface the easy way with KontrolPack
KontrolPack is a cross-platform network controller. You can manage your computers and execute the same shell commands on them regardless of the operating system. On top of this, it provides an easy interface that can be used to view your LAN activity and manage your network without difficulties
How We Are Using Btrfs To Find Regressions Incredibly Fast
In previous articles I have hinted that at Phoronix we are working to take advantage of the Btrfs file-system within the Phoronix Test Suite and Phoromatic to provide an interesting feature that will further expand our automated testing capabilities, but how does this file-system come into play? Well, here is what’s being worked on and it should be of terrific value to many people. One of the features of Btrfs not found in other Linux file-systems (like EXT4) is support for copy-on-write snapshots / sub-volumes. With this Btrfs snapshotting support is the ability to mount different snapshots in a very easy manner and since they are copy-on-write, the disk storage requirements are not extreme
Cisco unveils Android-based mobile collaboration tablet
Cisco announced an enterprise-focused tablet based on a 1.6GHz Intel Atom, using Intel’s upcoming x86 Android port. Due in the first quarter of 2011, the Cius offers a seven-inch touchscreen, 32GB of flash, 3G and 802.11 a/b/g/n communications, a 720p-capable front-facing videocam, a five-megapixel still camera, plus an optional HD audio docking station equipped with a telephone handset.
Install Linux Without Burning An ISO To CD/DVD – Use The ISO Downloaded To Your Hard Drive
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Install Linux Without Burning An ISO To CD/DVD – Use The ISO
Downloaded To Your Hard Drive
I am describing here a method to install Linux without using a DVD ROM
or CD Drive; I have checked it myself.
There are many ways to do so
you can install Linux by
1) booting from the network;
2) having an ISO image on your hard disk;
3) booting from USB;
4) installing a linux system from scratch by building your own.
Beyond the Cloud: The Comprehensive Flexibility of FOSS May Bring Clearer Skies
The cloud values Internet-based computing above all else, but maybe the comprehensive flexibility of FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) would provide a better vision for the future of computing?