Like many recent Linux releases, Mageia's installer supports btrfs, a copy-on-write file system with built-in support for subvolumes, filesystem-based RAID 0/1/10, online resizing, etc.
It is still under development, and not yet recommended for use in a production, but it is already the default file system on MeeGo, and is slated to be the default on Fedora 16.
Read more »The Wine development release 1.3.23 is now available. What's new in this release. Support for stubless COM proxies on x86-64. Builtin dxdiag now outputs real information. Monochrome bitmap format in the DIB engine. Beginnings of a true shell Explorer builtin. A number of new D3DX9 functions. More support for Indic text shaping. Various bug fixes.
Read more »KDevelop is a free, open source Integrated Development Environment. After two eventful months the KDevelop team is happy to announce the immediate availability of KDevelop 4.2.3. This is a stable release which fixes dozens of bugs.
Read more »KDE has released a release candidate of the upcoming 4.7 release of the Plasma Desktop and Netbook workspaces, the KDE Applications and the KDE Frameworks, which is planned for July 27, 2011. With API, dependency and feature freezes in place, the KDE team's focus is now on fixing last-minute showstopper bugs and finishing translation and documentation that comes along with the releases.
Read more »"We recently received an e-mail from a lead developer of a certain popular GNU/Linux distribution (we can't say which one), questioning our ethics in relation to sales of Live Flash Drives. With permission, I will share with you what the concern was and our opinion and solution"
Read more »This tutorial shows how you can set up a Fedora 15 desktop (GNOME) that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear: you get a secure system without DRM restrictions that works even on old hardware, and the best thing is: all software comes free of charge.
Read more »Mozilla recently made headlines by saying (in no uncertain terms) that they would not be providing security fixes for the recently released Firefox version 4. This has caused some concern in the enterprise, who are no doubt aware (thanks to the recent activity of Lulz Security and Anonymous) that security is not something that can be taken lightly.
Read more »You are not in Azeroth anymore! Ever since the March 1, 2011 release of RIFT, Mac and Linux users have secretly wondered if they would be let into the World of Telara. Wonder no more dear Mac and Linux users...
Read more »Beginners can enjoy powerful image editing features, batch conversion, and much more with Converseen, a graphical front end for ImageMagick.
Read more »Where cloud storage fails is when you just need to get access to one or two files, and your local application does not have any functionality for accessing files stored online. I find myself in this situation all the time with a few OpenOffice documents that are synced with a Dropbox account, but the Dropbox account itself is not synced with all the devices I use.
Read more »This tutorial describes how you can set up an development environment for building Android apps on an Ubuntu 11.04 desktop using Eclipse, the Android SDK, and PhoneGap. I will describe how to build Android apps from the command line with PhoneGap and from the GUI with Eclipse and PhoneGap and how to test them in an Android emulator and on a real Android device.
Read more »Which GNU/Linux distribution a person prefers is a very individual choice. Some people like distributions that give them total access: the freedom to do whatever they want. Others want a desktop OS that will hold their hand if they run into problems.
Read more »Synopsis: Mimi makes a copy of a Beethoven Symphony with a giant copy machine. Trouble starts when Eunice erases Beethoven's name and writes in her own. This makes Eunice look like an ass. Searching the Internet (itself a giant copy machine) confirms that Eunice is a liar.
Read more »You may be using Linux at home or in an office environment, but often we still need to provide access to Windows desktops. Begin Linux has taken you though setting up a SAMBA Domain Controller and File Server on openSUSE 11.4. In this tutorial, again using openSUSE 11.4 we will take the time to look at adding in Print Server capabilities.
Read more »Almost any IT related job requires interacting with an operating system at some point, and between them Windows and RedHat Linux cover a large portion of the market.
Obviously your choice of certification will depend largely on the equipment you are working with, but with that disclaimer aside, which certification is should you be most proud of?
