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BSD Magazine issue 2010-09: BSD and Linux

Gerard — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:10:46 +0000

The BSD Mag September issue is about BSD and Linux The following articles can be found in this issue: Installing a Citrix Client on FreeBSD As our computing needs change, so does our criteria for selecting an operating system. Today, my job and my family are in different cities. Writing shellcode for Linux and *BSD A [...]

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More Android tablets break cover

Linux for Devices - RSS Feeds — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:59:47 +0000

Navigation device manufacturer Rydeen Mobile Electronics announced a seven-inch, Android-based tablet called the & gPad GCOM701& at last weekend's IFA show in Berlin. Also at the show, Foryoudigital demonstrated its five-inch, Android-powered MX10, and Enspert announced that it built the & Identity Tab& Android tablet recently released by Korean carrier KT....

PC-BSD Q&A in this Week’s DistroWatch Issue

Gerard — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:56:33 +0000

Jesse Smith from DistroWatch recently asked DistroWatch readers to submit questions about PC-BSD. The questions, with Dru Lavigne’s answers, can be read in this week’s issue of Distrowatch. The questions asked were: What is your opinion on the differences between the BSD license and the GPL, and how it works for how BSD does things? Why would a developer choose [...]

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FreeNAS 8 alpha snapshot ready for testing

Gerard — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:35:34 +0000

Warner Losh from iXsystems announced the availability of a FreeNAS 8 alpha build today. The iXsystems engineering team has moderized FreeNAS in a number of ways. We wanted a platform that was more extensible than the current m0m0wall-based framework allowed. We wanted to create a platform that could be expandable by modules (possibly not even [...]

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NVIDIA Puts Out A Major Beta Linux Driver Update

Phoronix — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:16:10 +0000

It was just one week ago that NVIDIA released a stable Linux driver update, but today for those wishing to live on the bleeding edge of NVIDIA's proprietary Linux driver development, the first beta release in the 260.xx series is now available for testing. The NVIDIA 260.19.04 Linux driver brings a lot to the table...

Android to duel Apple iTunes in music

Linux for Devices - RSS Feeds — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:28:17 +0000

Google's music service plans are crystallizing in talks with music labels on plans for a download store and a digital song locker to challenge Apple iTunes in the digital music market. Google is moving forward with plans to release an Android-based Google Music site by the end of the year to compete with iTunes, say reports....

Automating your Android Phone with SL4A

LinuxPlanet — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:07:28 +0000

In the first installment of this article we looked at getting Google's Scripting Layer for Android (SL4A) downloaded and installed on your Android phone. We examined the basics of writing scripts using Python and even included a short script to set a few of the profile settings. This time we'll take a look at some of the sample scripts found on the SL4A website and talk about how you might write a script of your own.

Ohio LinuxFest Proves Real FOSS Diversity

LinuxPlanet — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:05:47 +0000

The annual Ohio LinuxFest is a genuine grass-roots community event. It is one of the most fun and most worthwhile Linux fests, and one of the most welcoming-- everyone from brand-new Linux users, people curious about Linux, to wizened gurus and everyone in between are welcome.

UT3 For Linux Is Laid To Rest By Epic’s Mark Rein

Phoronix — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:47:30 +0000

Back in May we reported that Epic Games finally admitted that UT3 for Linux would likely never materialize. This first person shooter was released back in 2007 and was supposed to have a Linux client that was to be ported by Ryan "Icculus" Gordon. He was working on this Linux client as recent as last year, but it never was released and no other information was provided by Epic Games, Ryan, or other sources. In May we heard from Epic's Steve Polge that the Linux client would likely never materialize. Today we have been passed along a note from Mark Rein, the VP of Epic Games and creator of the Unreal Engine...

Android-based TV launched as Samsung mulls similar devices

Linux for Devices - RSS Feeds — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:36:30 +0000

Sweden-based People of Lava has begun taking pre-orders for its & Scandinavia Window to the World& line of Android-based HDTVs, and the platform apparently impressed observers at the IFA show. Meanwhile, Samsung is considering making Android-based TVs too, says an industry report....