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Lubuntu-Based LXLE 14.04.4 “Posh Paradigm” Linux OS Coming Soon with New UI
Dubbed Posh Paradigm, LXLE 14.04.4 promises to be a great release that brings all the cutting-edge GNU/Linux technologies, along with a new user interface to its dedicated users.
Best of all, it would appear that the major changes prepared by the LXLE team for the next major version, LXLE 16.04, will, in fact, be implemented in the soon-to-be-released LXLE 14.04.4 version.
“So instead of back tracking, the distribution tippy-toed to the edge with the latest LXDE core to bring the features necessary to implement the new LXLE user interface the 'Posh Paradigm,'” developers have explained.
And this move is one of the best the LXLE team could have done in the entire history of their GNU/Linux operating system, as users will now have all the features that were planned for the next version.
Anyone Can Now Port Ubuntu Linux for Raspberry Pi 3 with Ubuntu Pi Flavour Maker
Martin Wimpress, the leader of the Ubuntu MATE Linux operating system, had the great pleasure of informing Softpedia, just a few minutes ago, that he updated the Ubuntu Pi Flavour Maker tool introduced by us in December 2015 to support porting of Ubuntu MATE, Xubuntu, Lubuntu, and Ubuntu Server OSes for the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B.
It appears that Martin Wimpress had early access to the Raspberry Pi 3 board, thanks to the awesome people at the Raspberry Pi Foundation, so he had three days to update his Ubuntu MATE 15.10 (Wily Werewolf) operating system for Raspberry Pi 3, as well as to the powerful Ubuntu Pi Flavour Maker tool.
“The Raspberry Pi 3 is available. The Raspberry Pi Foundation sent me a unit on Friday night and I've been working with them over the weekend to make sure Ubuntu MATE, and other flavours, have day-1 support,” said Martin Wimpress.
Avnet signs European Linux Software Defined Networking deal
Avnet has announced a pan-EMEA distribution agreement with Cumulus Networks to offer “the industry’s first true full-featured Linux OS for networks” to customers and partners.
The agreement will drive innovation in open data centre networking, making software-defined networking (SDN) a reality, said Avnet.
Avnet will offer Cumulus Networks’ data centre network operating system software, Cumulus Linux, which can be integrated with hardware from multiple leading switch vendors. “This flexible, robust approach to data centre networking significantly reduces costs and complexity, which is paramount in the data centre environment,” said Avnet.
Open networking solutions based on Cumulus Linux are designed to allow MSPs and organisations of all sizes to leverage efficient data centre technology, providing customers with a choice of hardware and software elements to fit their individual needs.
Source: http://www.channelbiz.co.uk/2016/03/03/avnet-signs-european-linux-software-defined-networking-deal/
Converged PC and smartphone is the future, says Canonical's Mark Shuttleworth
Shuttleworth was at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona last week, where Ubuntu exhibited to show off its phones, tablets, and IoT (Internet of Things) initiatives.
Among the displays was BQ's Ubuntu tablet, which has both a tablet mode and a windowed mode that can be enabled when attached to an external display, keyboard and mouse.
“We’re showcasing Ubuntu as a converged OS,” said mobile product manager Richard Collins. “It’s one codebase that can go onto any device that has some kind of need for a display, one SDK that developers can use. We’ll do the magic to make sure that apps scale for the display. All of that has been engineered into our first tablet product. If you connect a mouse and keyboard, it is running a full Ubuntu PC.”
Ubuntu smartphones were also on display, destined for the Chinese market, from brands well-known in China, such as Meizu. Collins said that Chinese vendors wanted to build their own ecosystem, and that Ubuntu gave them freedom to do that.
Source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/03/03/converged_pc_and_smartphone_future_mark_shuttleworth/
Perl Vulnerabilities Closed in All Supported Ubuntu OSes
Perl doesn't get all that many fixes for vulnerabilities, but it happens from time to time. The Ubuntu maintainers have been quick to update the package, and it is now ready in the repos. Fixing the vulnerabilities and updating the system is a really good idea.
“Markus Vervier discovered that Perl incorrectly handled nesting in the ata::Dumper module. An attacker could use this issue to cause Perl to consume memory and crash, resulting in a denial of service,” reads the security notice.
This is just one of the vulnerabilities found and fixed. For a more detailed description of the problems, you can see Canonical's security notification. Users have been advised to upgrade their systems as soon as possible. If you haven't upgraded in a while, you might pull more than just the Perl patch.
The flaws can be fixed if you upgrade your system to the latest libpng12-0 package specific to each distribution. To apply the patch, users will have to run the Update Manager application.
Linux desktop gets MIPS processor
Baikal-T1 has two MIPS P5600 cores clocked at at least 1GHz.
“P5600 currently holds the highest CoreMark/MHz score among 32-bit CPU IP processors, making it one of the most powerful processors when it comes to performance per MHz and per watt,” claimed Imagination Technologies, owner of MIPS intellectual property.
The PC is called Tavolga Terminal TB-T22BT, runs the Debian 8 operating system, and can be configured as a workstation or a thin-client terminal.
Free software including LibreOffice - with similar function to Microsoft's Office - and the Firefox browser are available for Debian 8.
Pinguy OS 14.04.4 Is Now Based on Linux Kernel 3.13.0-79, Drops Closed Repos
Pinguy OS is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu, and the developers are using only the LTS version of the Canonical-built operating system. Since Canonical released their latest point release, Ubuntu 14.04.4, two weeks ago, it's now time to upgrade Pinguy OS as well.
It's interesting to see just how fast the Pinguy OS developers have moved after the launch of Ubuntu 14.04.4, especially since they have made some changes of their own. Canonical was a little bit late, and the debut of their point release was delayed, but that shouldn't be a problem.
Pinguy OS is built by the same people who are also making Pinguy Builder, an amazing tool that can be used to build your own distro from the version that you have installed. It's not all that well known, and the devs have been considering dropping it.
According to the changelog, HandBrake has been updated to version 0.10 to take advantage of the H.265 codec, the Linux Kernel has been updated to version 3.13.0-79, and the closed repos have been removed from the source list.
If You Like Fedora, You'll Love Korora
The Korora Linux desktop is a solid computing platform that's loaded with options to suit a wide range of user needs.
Korora 23 final was released last month. It's a Fedora-based distribution featuring many user-friendly enhancements as well as a choice of five desktop environments. Fedora is the community version of Red Hat Linux Enterprise.
Unless you are looking for bleeding-edge desktop environments, Korora gives you all the top contenders. You can run Cinnamon, GNOME, KDE, MATE and Xfce.
Korora's use-it-out-of-the-box philosophy is one of the reasons the distro keeps getting better. If you want a better, more user-friendly Linux distro that reaches beyond Fedora's enterprise appeal, you can't go wrong with any of Korora's five desktop versions. It leaves little for users to desire and makes choosing another distro unnecessary to get your preferred interface.
Source: http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/83193.html
Denver Post Pitches Canonical's Ubuntu Linux Open Source OS
Ubuntu and GNU/Linux got some good press recently from the Denver Post, which pitched the open source operating system as a healthy alternative to Windows and OS X on desktop computers.
The article, written by Tamara Chuang, focused on PCs from System 76, one of a handful of companies that sells laptops and desktops with Ubuntu pre-installed. It described the Ubuntu experience in exceedingly positive terms.
“With Ubuntu's user-friendly graphics, it looks a lot like Windows or Mac OS,” Chuang wrote. “Software programs like imitation Microsoft Office-like tools are free downloads. And you're not forced to upgrade, though Ubuntu does push out security updates when needed.”
The article also said Ubuntu “can be a better alternative to Windows computers.”
Solus: A welcome ground-up break from the Linux herd
The Linux world is full of spin-offs, clones and branded distros. The most famous lineage is Mint, based on Ubuntu, which is in turn based on Debian. What's less common is entirely new distros, starting from zero and building their own stack.
That's exactly what Solus has done. That's not to say Solus doesn't, like any software, stand on the shoulders of giants, it’s just that Solus stands on a few less shoulders than others.
The Solus project recently hit the 1.0 milestone and then quickly followed that up with a 1.1 release. If you're looking for something new, including a desktop that's entirely its own, Solus is well worth a look.
Solus is designed to be user friendly, but minimalist. You won't find tons of graphical bling or any experimental “HUD” or “Shell” interfaces. Instead, Solus offers a clean, well-designed desktop experience that sports a flat, modern look and a healthy dose of its own take on the desktop experience.
Source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/03/08/solus_linux_review/
Canonical Wants Your Feedback on Snappy and Snapcraft in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Canonical is preparing to unleash the major Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) operating system this spring, on April 21, 2016. Snappy/Snapcraft are an important part of the upcoming long-term support (LTS) release, so they would like to get the pulse of the community.
“Snappy and Snapcraft are shaping up very nicely for their 16.04 release and quite a few of you have been working with them already. While the team is still busy getting everything ready, we would like to get your feedback and hear what your experience was like and how you feel about 16.04.”
Therefore, if you have five minutes to spare on answering a few questions about your experience with the latest Snappy and Snapcraft technologies in the Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) operating system, go ahead and take a look at Canonical's new survey and help the devs figure out what else they need to improve for the final release.
FSF demands the W3C reject Encrypted Media Extensions proposal
For years, our Defective by Design campaign and the anti-DRM movement have been fighting media and proprietary software companies who want to weave Digital Restrictions Management into the HTML standard that undergirds the Web. Winning this is a top priority for us – the DRM proposal, known as EME (Encrypted Media Extensions), would make it cheaper and more politically acceptable to impose restrictions on Web users, opening the floodgates to a new wave of DRM throughout the Internet.
The battle is coming to a head as EME approaches a final vote by the Web's standardization organization, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). We need to make our voices heard now – the W3C is convening March 20-22 and is scheduled to discuss the proposal.
Source: https://my.fsf.org/civicrm/profile/create?gid=183&reset=1
Canonical Impresses With Ubuntu Core And Low-Power Mobile Devices
We saw three surprising things at Canonical’s booth at Mobile World Congress 2016, and each has to do with conversion. By “conversion,” I mean a mobile device equipped with Ubuntu Core – a shared code-base that enables apps to run on mobile and desktop, whether designed for touch, or mouse and keyboard input – that can connect to an external monitor and see the apps optimized for the larger display.
If that sounds a lot like Microsoft’s Universal Apps and Continuum, that is because it’s the same concept. But as Microsoft is struggling to finish and polish its software, Canonical went ahead and did it better.
What Canonical is doing here is all the more impressive because of the issues Microsoft appears to be having in implementing its own convergence experience for mobile devices using Windows 10 and Continuum. Windows 10 for phones is still not finished, and as Collins noted, “The mobile version [of Windows 10] has the ability to display certain apps to a desktop, but still remains a mobile OS at its core.”
Canonical itself still has some work to do. More apps need to get the convergence treatment, and we need to see more available devices, Further, getting video-out capabilities on these higher-end Ubuntu phones is crucial–there's no two ways about that–and adding dual-display support for both phones and tablets will take the experience to a more compelling level.
Even so, Canonical has proven that its work with Ubuntu Core and the “convergence” paradigm is impressive and promising.
Source: http://www.tomshardware.com/news/canonical-ubuntu-core-convergence-mwc,31359.html
OnePlus Lets Ubuntu Take A Stroll On The OnePlus One
OnePlus seems to have achieved something rather cool on the software front. They've partnered with Canonical, the people who make the popular Linux desktop distribution Ubuntu, in order to bring the mobile version to the original OnePlus One. Neat! OnePlus made the announcement on Google Plus.
If you'll recall, there was a big buzz around a mobile version of Ubuntu about two and a half years ago, made more notable by the quite wise decision to build user-flashable files for popular Android phones in the same manner as Android ROMs. (Ubuntu is also available on a few commercial phones, most notably the upcoming Meizu Pro 5.) Now there's a public build available for the OnePlus One for those who want to try out the Ubuntu take on mobile computing.
Canonical Recommends Open-Source AMDGPU and Radeon Drivers for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS will not support the AMD Catalyst proprietary graphics driver for AMD GPUs (Graphics Processing Units), which is known to the community as the fglrx driver. Instead, Canonical recommends users using the open-source Radeon and AMDGPU alternatives.
According to the Ubuntu developers, who go to all the trouble of backporting the latest kernel code from the upstream Linux 4.5 kernel branch for the open-source AMDGPU and xf86-video-ati AMD Radeon graphics drivers into Ubuntu 16.04 LTS' Linux kernel packages, AMD has put a lot of effort into the video drivers.
Marcher Trojan Uses New Tactic to Infect Android Users
A fraudulent Adobe Flash installer package is a pathway to infection and potential financial losses by way of the Marcher Trojan.
Security firm Zscaler is warning about a new variant of the Android Marcher Trojan that is using Adobe Flash and adult content sites as a way to trick users into becoming infected and giving up financial information.
There are a lot of different vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash—in fact, Adobe just updated for 23 new vulnerabilities this week—but the new Android Marcher Trojan isn't using an authentic version of Flash or exploiting vulnerabilities that Adobe has already patched. Rather, the Android Marcher Trojan uses a fake version of an Adobe Flash Player installer to infect users.
“The majority of the Marcher Trojan downloads that we are blocking in the cloud are from porn sites,” Deepen Desai, head of security research at Zscaler, told eWEEK. This appears to be a popular social engineering tactic where the user is prompted to install the Flash Player update to view the porn video and the attack cycle can start with an email or SMS.“
Source: http://www.eweek.com/security/marcher-trojan-uses-new-tactic-to-infect-android-users.htm
Fighting cyber attacks with artificial intelligence
The next frontier of anti-virus software is leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to not only predict what threats are out there, but to also actively fight back before they strike.
This is according to American-based Cylance's chief marketing officer, Greg Fitzgerald, speaking at the NetEvents Press and Analyst Summit in Rome, Italy.
The company says it is “revolutionising cyber security through the use of AI and machine learning to proactively prevent advanced persistent threats and malware”.
Cylance announced it is expanding into the Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) with the establishment of a London-based team led by Evan Davidson, former enterprise sales director at FireEye. It also established a channel partnership with CoreSec Systems, which supplies cyber security and networking solutions in Sweden and Denmark.
Source: http://www.itweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=150902
HP Linux Imaging and Printing 3.16.3 Arrives with Support for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
The development team behind the HPLIP (short for HP Linux Imaging and Printing) project, an open-source initiative to bring the latest HP printer drivers to GNU/Linux distributions, has released the third maintenance build in the 3.16 series.
HP Linux Imaging and Printing 3.16.3 has just been announced today, March 18, 2016, and it includes initial support for Canonical's upcoming Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) operating system, thus providing drivers for the latest HP printers and scanners to Ubuntu Linux users installing the new OS.
Another interesting change in HPLIP 3.16.3 is the fact that the RPM packaging for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x series of operating systems has been discontinued, but recent releases of RHEL are still supported. Detailed installation instructions are provided by the project's maintainers on the official website.
The Linux Foundation and edX offer free cloud infrastructure MOOC
Understanding cloud technologies tops the list of most important skills for any developer, sysadmin or emerging DevOps professional. If you don't believe me, just try to hire a cloud expert. Good luck!
This course won't turn you into an expert, but it will at least get you on your way. It provides a primer on cloud computing and DevOps software. It will cover next-generation cloud technologies like Docker, CoreOS, Kubernetes, and OpenStack. The course will also provide an overview of software-defined storage and networking solutions and a review of DevOps and continuous integration best practices.
The class is not exclusively focused on open-source cloud software. Mark Hinkle, The Linux Foundation's VP of marketing and a cloud expert in his own right, told me at the Great Wide Open conference, that it covers the fundamentals of cloud computing irregardless of platform.
AMD Releases Radeon GPU-PRO Beta Driver for Ubuntu Linux with Vulkan Support
The new driver has been named AMD Radeon GPU-PRO by AMD, and it is currently targeted at AMD R9 series of GPUs (Graphics Processing Units), such as AMD Radeon R9 380X, AMD Radeon R9 380, AMD Radeon R9 285, AMD Radeon R9 M395X, AMD Radeon R9 Fury X, AMD Radeon R9 Fury, and AMD Radeon R9 Nano.
Being the first public Beta release and all that, the AMD Radeon GPU-PRO driver software has been made available only for the Ubuntu Linux platform. The package contains an installation script and Debian packages (.deb) for the Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS (Trusty Tahr) operating system.
“This driver is intended as beta level support for use solely with Vulkan applications and as such some driver functionality has been removed. This is including, but not limited to, support for other Graphics APIs, Radeon Settings and other Radeon Software driver features,” says AMD in the release notes.
The driver currently supports the Vulkan 1.0, VDPAU, OpenGL 4.5, GLX 1.4, and OpenCL 1.2 APIs (Application Programming Interfaces), offers basic display and power management features, supports both the ADF (Atomic Display Framework) and KMS (Kernel Mode Setting) technologies, and includes a GPL-compliant kernel module.
Ubuntu being pulled into “game changing” areas – Canonical CEO
Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Canonical, said developers are now targeting the company’s Ubuntu platform for “game changing” areas such as Network Function Virtualisation and Internet of Things.
Last month, the company significantly boosted its convergence strategy, unveiling the first Ubuntu-powered tablet, from European vendor BQ, following earlier launches in the smartphone space.
Speaking to Mobile World Live, Shuttleworth said it was a “nice step” to include a tablet as part of its convergence story, as he opened up on how the demand for Ubuntu was beginning to grow.
Edubuntu Linux will skip the Ubuntu 16.04 LTS release
Edubuntu is a version of Ubuntu Linux designed for schools, students, and folks generally interested in education. Formerly known as Ubuntu Education Edition, the operating system is based on Ubuntu, but includes a suite of apps aimed at teachers and students.
The first version of the operating system was released in 2005, and the last major release came in 2014, when the developers decided to only offer new versions alongside Ubuntu’s LTS (Long Term Support) releases every two years instead of the more frequent releases which come out every six months.
Now it looks like the Edubuntu team has decided to slow the pace even further: Ubuntu 16.04 is coming in April, but Edubuntu will stay on version 14.04 indefinitely.
The developers plan to continue supporting Edubuntu 14.04 through April, 2019, which is when the “long term support” promise would normally end anyway.
Source: http://liliputing.com/2016/03/edubuntu-linux-will-skip-ubuntu-16-04-lts-release.html
Money talks: Linux Foundation pours funds into R language
The Linux Foundation-backed R Consortium, created to support the math-and-statistics-centric R language, will soon put its money where its mouth is.
The consortium is prepping several new projects designed to advance the language, its implementations, and the culture of development around it. In addition to defining standards and practices for R, this includes funding R-related projects the consortium believes will be a boon to the community.
Seven projects got the thumbs-up from the consortium to receive a total of $200,000 in grant funding. Most prominent among them is a project to develop a unified framework for distributed computing in R – a common method to run R applications across compute clusters.