This release has largely been about paving the way forward for MediaGoblin's future and restructuring under the hood. Nonetheless, a good number of awesome features got implemented for this release.
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LibreJS
http://lduros.net –
Loic J. Duros has written an extension for Mozilla Firefox (and derivatives) that aims to fix the issue of non-free JavaScript Richard Stallman has written about in The JavaScript Trap. The extension is in beta test phase and more interested people are invited to take a test drive and comment.
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OpenGL ES 2.0 using Android NDK
http://blog.beuc.net –
I started writing a minimal GLUT-compatible wrapper to run the OpenGL wikibook C++ samples using the Android NDK, and I'm making progress :) The Android NDK is getting nicer with Android 2.3, though it still feels less supported than Java apps (e.g. the resize events seem buggy and the keycodes header is incomplete...). Nonetheless, it's nice to be able to write C++ portable apps.
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Encrypted Linux on USB key
http://balau82.wordpress.com –
Guidelines to have encrypted Debian system on a USB flash key, to take with you during your travels. The solution uses LUKS to encrypt the root filesystem.
Read more »Firebird SQL Project Newsletter, Issue 2
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The second issue of Firebird SQL Project newsletter was delivered to all subscribers. This issue includes announcements of official Firebird channels at YouTube and SlideShare, the full list of materials from Firebird Conference 2011, and also digest of recent community news.
You can read the second issue online.
10 Indispensible NOC Tools for Linux and BSD
http://h30565.www3.hp.com –
With luck, you rarely need these ten tools to run your Linux-based data center. But when disaster looms, you will be glad you have these utilities – most of them free – in your toolbox directory. Some of them even help hapless Windows users.
Read more »How to configure add array on HP servers with hpacucli command
http://www.optilabs.eu –
Sometimes you need to add a new array on HP Servers on running system (you can't boot SmartStart DVD to run Array Configuration Utility). In that situation you need to configure the array with command line utility called hpacucli.
Read more »Qt 4.8.0 Released with Threaded OpenGL, Multithreaded HTTP
http://labs.qt.nokia.com –
Qt Platform Abstraction (QPA) restructures the GUI stack to enable easier porting of Qt to different windowing systems and devices. Threaded OpenGL enables us to render OpenGL from more than one thread concurrently. HTTP requests are now handled in a separate thread by default. The file system stack received some heavy lifting under the hood. The result is better I/O performance.
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On distributing binaries
http://www.koch.ro –
Thomas Koch correctly argues that many software developers don't care about security. To make his point a bit less theoretic he's collected examples of compromised downloads or servers in recent months. Security is always something to think about.
Read more »Catch Firebird Database events with Node.js
http://www.king-foo.be –
In this post, I’ll try to explain how you can use Node.js to catch events on Firebird.
Read more »Debconf in Nicaragua in July 2012
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The location and date of the annual Debian developers conference have been announced, the event will be held in Managua, Nicaragua in July 2012. In addition to a full schedule of technical, social and policy talks, DebConf provides an opportunity for developers, contributors and other interested people to meet in person and work together more closely.
Read more »Making UEFI Secure Boot Work With Open Platforms
https://www.linuxfoundation.org –
"This document is intended to describe how the UEFI secure boot specification can be implemented to interoperate well with open systems and to avoid adversely affecting the rights of the owners of those systems while providing compliance with proprietary software vendors’ requirements."
Read more »White Paper: Secure Boot impact on Linux
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"Canonical, together with Red Hat, today publishes a white paper highlighting the implications of these requirements for users and manufacturers. The paper also provides recommendations on how to implement “Secure Boot”, to ensure that users remain in control of their PCs."
Read more »How To Create User-Friendly PHP Script Installation
http://calendarscripts.info –
A tutorial explaining how to create a web based script installation that keeps users happy
Read more »Set up Qemu&Spice&Libvirt 0.9.6 USB Redirection on Ubuntu 11.10
http://bderzhavets.wordpress.com –
I’ve just built locally and uploaded to Launchpad Libvirt 0.9.6 via Debian Unstable, applying standard set of Ubuntu’s patches updated for 0.9.6. It allows follow http://planet.spice-space.org/ update VM’s XML profile under /etc/libvirt/qemu/ as suggested in second blog entry of Hans de Goede manage VMs via virsh or Virt Manager having USB redirection support active in Spicy’s sessions.
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