http://www.linuxinsider.comLinuxInsider -- "Linux News & Information from Around the World"en-usCopyright 2009Fri, 24 May 2013 12:13:56 GMTFri, 24 May 2013 12:13:56 GMT2hourly12013-05-24T12:13:56ZECT News NetworkLinuxInsider -- "Linux News & Information from Around the World"ECT News Network2013-05-24T12:13:56Zen-usCopyright 2009http://www.linuxinsider.com/images/rss/lni_100x36.jpghttp://www.linuxinsider.comhttp://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/2c5b1a45/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C781210Bhtml/story01.htmGoogle has refreshed its music app. It's a big deal, because Google has introduced custom radio and an a la carte music streaming service, All Access, for an introductory price that's $2.00 cheaper than a la carte streaming leader Spotify. You can try the service free for 30 days, and if you start a trial by June 30, it will then cost $7.99 a month to continue.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/2c5b1a45/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664387788/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/2c5b1a45/kg/342-363/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664387788/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/2c5b1a45/kg/342-363/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664387788/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/2c5b1a45/kg/342-363/a2t.img" border="0"/>Fri, 24 May 2013 12:00:00 GMThttp://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/2c5b1a45/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C781210Bhtml/story01.htmPatrick NelsonReviews2013-05-24T12:00:00Z Google has refreshed its music app. It's a big deal, because Google has introduced custom radio and an a la carte music streaming service, All Access, for an introductory price that's $2.00 cheaper than a la carte streaming leader Spotify. Fee-based Spotify, Rdio and now Google Play Music All Access are different from free streaming mobile apps like Pandora and Slacker because they allow a la carte listening, rather than offering a curated stream. If you start a 30-day free trial by June 30, it will then cost $7.99 a month to continue.

]]>http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/2c4e3331/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C781170Bhtml/story01.htmThey say springtime is a season of rebirth and renewal. Not only have we seen the birth of Cloverleaf from the ashes of Fuduntu, but now Cinnarch has gone through a similar transformation. No real death was involved this time. Rather, the Arch-based distro decided to give the Cinnamon desktop at its foundation the proverbial boot, calling it "too much a burden to maintain/update going forward."<img width='1' height='1' src='http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/2c4e3331/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664349762/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/2c4e3331/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664349762/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/2c4e3331/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664349762/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/2c4e3331/a2t.img" border="0"/>Thu, 23 May 2013 12:00:00 GMThttp://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/2c4e3331/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C781170Bhtml/story01.htmKatherine NoyesCommunity2013-05-23T12:00:00Z They say springtime is a season of rebirth and renewal. Not only have we seen the birth of Cloverleaf from the ashes of Fuduntu, but now Cinnarch has gone through a similar transformation. No real death was involved this time. Rather, the Arch-based distro decided to give the Cinnamon desktop at its foundation the proverbial boot, calling it "too much a burden to maintain/update going forward." Instead, they've turned to GNOME, with the result that Cinnarch has now renamed itself "Antergos," a Galician word "to link the past with the present."

]]>http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/2c404dde/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C780A90A0Bhtml/story01.htmMidnight Commander is one of those original computing tools that keeps getting better with age. It may be old school, but its file managing capabilities keep it at the head of its class. Midnight Commander is a text-mode file manager that runs in a terminal. It uses a two-panel interface and a subshell for command execution. It is reminiscent of the Norton Commander file manager.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/2c404dde/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665285568/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/2c404dde/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665285568/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/2c404dde/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165665285568/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/2c404dde/a2t.img" border="0"/>Wed, 22 May 2013 12:00:00 GMThttp://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/2c404dde/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C780A90A0Bhtml/story01.htmJack M. GermainReviews2013-05-22T12:00:00Z Midnight Commander is one of those original computing tools that keeps getting better with age. It may be old school, but its file managing capabilities keep it at the head of its class. Midnight Commander is a text-mode file manager that runs in a terminal. It uses a two-panel interface and a subshell for command execution. It is reminiscent of the Norton Commander file manager that I used in my early DOS and Microsoft Windows days. It is also no stranger to the Linux desktop.

]]>http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/2c3399a7/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C780A790Bhtml/story01.htmGraphs are everywhere. You find them on websites adding social capabilities. Telecommunications companies use graphs to personalize customer services. Innovative bioinformatics researchers, and other organizations are adopting graph databases to model and query connected data. Neo Technology has pioneered graph databases since 2000.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/2c3399a7/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665245359/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/2c3399a7/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665245359/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/2c3399a7/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165665245359/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/2c3399a7/a2t.img" border="0"/>Tue, 21 May 2013 12:00:00 GMThttp://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/2c3399a7/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C780A790Bhtml/story01.htmJack GermainExclusives2013-05-21T12:00:00Z Graphs are everywhere. You find them on websites adding social capabilities. Telecommunications companies use graphs to personalize customer services. Innovative bioinformatics researchers, and other organizations are adopting graph databases to model and query connected data. Neo Technology has pioneered graph databases since 2000 and has been instrumental in bringing the power of the social graph to customers such as Adobe, Cisco and Deutsche Telekom.

]]>http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/2c27df61/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C780A760Bhtml/story01.htmLife is like a roller coaster, as the popular saying goes, filled with both ups and downs. Here in the Linux blogosphere we've certainly experienced our share of downs in recent months -- thanks in large part to a frustrating spate of FUD -- but lately the clouds have parted and the sun is shining on Linux with full force once again.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/2c27df61/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664656299/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/2c27df61/kg/342-363/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664656299/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/2c27df61/kg/342-363/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664656299/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/2c27df61/kg/342-363/a2t.img" border="0"/>Mon, 20 May 2013 12:00:00 GMThttp://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/2c27df61/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C780A760Bhtml/story01.htmKatherine NoyesCommunity2013-05-20T12:00:00Z Life is like a roller coaster, as the popular saying goes, filled with both ups and downs. Here in the Linux blogosphere we've certainly experienced our share of downs in recent months -- thanks in large part to a frustrating spate of FUD -- but lately the clouds have parted and the sun is shining on Linux with full force once again. To wit: Last week we saw our favorite operating system named the "benchmark of quality." Now, the cheerfest continues with no less than a confession from a Windows kernel developer.

]]>http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/2c0df8cb/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C780A550Bhtml/story01.htmI often run into issues playing video media on mobile devices. It's haunted me since the days of Windows Mobile on the Palm Treo -- remember those early smartphones? Believe it or not, it's still an issue years later with current tablets and smartphones. The problems that I've encountered have generally manifested themselves as either the file not playing or audio and video being out of sync.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/2c0df8cb/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664575674/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/2c0df8cb/kg/342-363/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664575674/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/2c0df8cb/kg/342-363/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664575674/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/2c0df8cb/kg/342-363/a2t.img" border="0"/>Fri, 17 May 2013 12:00:00 GMThttp://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/2c0df8cb/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C780A550Bhtml/story01.htmPatrick NelsonReviews2013-05-17T12:00:00Z I often run into issues playing video media on mobile devices. It's been something that has haunted me since the days of Windows Mobile on the Palm Treo -- remember those early smartphones? Believe it or not, it's still an issue years later with current tablets and smartphones. The problems that I've encountered have generally manifested themselves as either the file not playing at all due to type mismatches, or audio and video being out of sync. Some people live with these problems. I think it ruins the experience.

]]>http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/2c012729/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C780A510Bhtml/story01.htmThere are few things more gratifying to those of us here in the Linux blogosphere than seeing the many and varied virtues of our favorite operating system get officially recognized. It happens with increasing regularity these days, of course -- after all, there are so very many virtues to consider -- but recently an example emerged that has been warming FOSS fans' hearts ever since.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/2c012729/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664124775/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/2c012729/kg/342-355-363/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664124775/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/2c012729/kg/342-355-363/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664124775/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/2c012729/kg/342-355-363/a2t.img" border="0"/>Thu, 16 May 2013 12:00:00 GMThttp://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/2c012729/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C780A510Bhtml/story01.htmKatherine NoyesCommunity2013-05-16T12:00:00Z There are few things more gratifying to those of us here in the Linux blogosphere than seeing the many and varied virtues of our favorite operating system get officially recognized. It happens with increasing regularity these days, of course -- after all, there are so very many virtues to consider -- but recently an example emerged that has been warming FOSS fans' hearts ever since. "Linux code is the 'benchmark of quality,' study concludes" is the headline that started the ball rolling.

]]>http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/2bf387eb/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C780A40A0Bhtml/story01.htmHybrid cloud technology is garnering much attention of late -- whether for cutting-edge development and the continuous integration and release processes achieved through devops, or for traditional enterprise-proven approaches to infrastructure and applications. There's more to hybrid clouds than hype. The growth outlook for all types of cloud computing is strong.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/2bf387eb/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664180408/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/2bf387eb/kg/342-363/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664180408/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/2bf387eb/kg/342-363/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664180408/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/2bf387eb/kg/342-363/a2t.img" border="0"/>Wed, 15 May 2013 12:45:00 GMThttp://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/2bf387eb/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C780A40A0Bhtml/story01.htmJay LymanEnterprise2013-05-15T12:45:00Z Hybrid cloud technology is garnering much attention of late -- whether for cutting-edge development and the continuous integration and release processes achieved through devops, or for traditional enterprise-proven approaches to infrastructure and applications. There's more to hybrid clouds than hype. The ability to manage different infrastructures and applications across a range of cloud computing environments allows organizations to align their many applications, initiatives and units with whichever cloud environments make the most sense.

]]>http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/2bf320bf/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C780A310Bhtml/story01.htmGnome-Pie could be one of the best user interfaces for accessing menus on any Linux desktop. It is a radial visual application that keeps your hands on the keyboard or the mouse to quickly launch any application. Launching frequently used programs could not be easier or more fun. Gnome-Pie brings functional eye candy to the menu interface.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/2bf320bf/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664085029/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/2bf320bf/kg/342-363/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664085029/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/2bf320bf/kg/342-363/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664085029/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/2bf320bf/kg/342-363/a2t.img" border="0"/>Wed, 15 May 2013 12:00:00 GMThttp://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/2bf320bf/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C780A310Bhtml/story01.htmJack M. GermainReviews2013-05-15T12:00:00Z Gnome-Pie could be one of the best user interfaces for accessing menus on any Linux desktop. It is a radial visual application that keeps your hands on the keyboard or the mouse to quickly launch any application. Launching frequently used programs could not be easier or more fun. Gnome-Pie brings functional eye candy to the menu interface of any Linux desktop environment. Much like the launcher add-on Synapse I reviewed recently, you can use it to either supplement or ignore the built-in Linux menu system.

]]>http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/2be633e5/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C780A190Bhtml/story01.htmJason Huggins took Web browser and website testing to new levels. Pushed by several Aha! moments, he recognized a pressing need for automation in applications testing. He also discovered that no existing proprietary software provided cross-platform features. What did not exist in a marketable box, Huggins built as an out-of-the-box open source solution using the Selenium software he created.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/2be633e5/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665006258/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/2be633e5/kg/342-363/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665006258/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/2be633e5/kg/342-363/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165665006258/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/2be633e5/kg/342-363/a2t.img" border="0"/>Tue, 14 May 2013 12:00:00 GMThttp://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/2be633e5/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C780A190Bhtml/story01.htmJack M. GermainSoftware2013-05-14T12:00:00Z Jason Huggins took Web browser and website testing to new levels. Pushed by several Aha! moments, he recognized a pressing need for automation in applications testing. He also discovered that no existing proprietary software provided cross-platform features. What did not exist in a marketable box, Huggins built as an out-of-the-box open source solution using the Selenium software he created. In August 2008 Huggins launched Sauce Labs to advance his Selenium Project.

]]>http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/2bd90c0b/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C780A150Bhtml/story01.htmIf Canonical has shown anything over the past few years, it's that it's not afraid of doing things differently. Ever since the arrival of Unity in Ubuntu 10.10's netbook edition back in 2010, it's been clear the company is "marching to the beat of its own drum," as they say, with a growing focus on mobile and convergence. Well, last week brought yet another example of Canonical's independent-mindedness.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/2bd90c0b/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664414465/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/2bd90c0b/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664414465/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/2bd90c0b/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664414465/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/2bd90c0b/a2t.img" border="0"/>Mon, 13 May 2013 12:00:00 GMThttp://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/2bd90c0b/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C780A150Bhtml/story01.htmKatherine NoyesCommunity2013-05-13T12:00:00Z If Canonical has shown anything over the past few years, it's that it's not afraid of doing things differently. Ever since the arrival of Unity in Ubuntu 10.10's netbook edition back in 2010, it's been clear the company is "marching to the beat of its own drum," as they say, with a growing focus on mobile and convergence. Well, last week brought yet another example of Canonical's independent-mindedness when the company announced its decision to create a brand-new package format and installer.

]]>http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/2bbfad6e/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C779940Bhtml/story01.htmMy first question to the desk clerk at a hotel in a strange country is no longer, "What time does the restaurant close?" It's more often, "Where I can get a SIM card?" $2-a-minute voice and $10-a-megabyte Internet roaming in many parts of the world make acquiring a local card a must. I recently had a pleasant first morning in an Egyptian town center haggling for a data-only 3.75G SIM card.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/2bbfad6e/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165663824587/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/2bbfad6e/kg/342-363/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165663824587/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/2bbfad6e/kg/342-363/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165663824587/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/2bbfad6e/kg/342-363/a2t.img" border="0"/>Fri, 10 May 2013 12:00:00 GMThttp://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/2bbfad6e/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C779940Bhtml/story01.htmPatrick NelsonReviews2013-05-10T12:00:00Z My first question to the desk clerk at a hotel in a strange country is no longer, "What time does the restaurant close?" It's more often, "Where I can get a SIM card?" $2-a-minute voice and $10-a-megabyte Internet roaming in many parts of the world make acquiring a local card a must. I recently had a pleasant first morning in an Egyptian town center haggling for a data-only 3.75G SIM card. I paid -- or rather overpaid -- about 30 bucks for 4 MB, which was plenty for a week's Skype calling, Dropbox photo uploads, and continuous Web browsing.

]]>http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/2bb411ae/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C779920Bhtml/story01.htmWell it's spring storm season in many parts of the world, so it should come as no great surprise that we've had some storms here in the Linux blogosphere as well. The latest example? None other than an intriguing poll about paying for Linux. Could you, would you, do you pay for Linux? the poll asked. The question had barely hit the airwaves when the stampede began.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/2bb411ae/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165663986490/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/2bb411ae/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165663986490/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/2bb411ae/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165663986490/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/2bb411ae/a2t.img" border="0"/>Thu, 09 May 2013 12:00:00 GMThttp://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/2bb411ae/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C779920Bhtml/story01.htmKatherine NoyesCommunity2013-05-09T12:00:00Z Well it's spring storm season in many parts of the world, so it should come as no great surprise that we've had some storms here in the Linux blogosphere as well. The latest example? None other than an intriguing poll about paying for Linux. Windows 8 typically costs about $80, and OS X double or more -- and they come with almost no software, the poll noted. Linux distros, on the other hand, cost nada. So, the poll asked, could you, would you, do you pay for Linux? The question had barely hit the airwaves when the stampede began.

]]>http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/2ba96924/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C779730Bhtml/story01.htmThe latest release of Canonical's Ubuntu Linux distro, version 13.04, or Raring Ringtail, comes with a big yawn factor. I get a growing sense that the company's rejections of users' criticisms of Ubuntu's native Unity desktop portray Canonical as Microsoft in a penguin suit. Regular Ubuntu users of previous versions will be satisfied with the new release.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/2ba96924/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164876825957/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/2ba96924/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164876825957/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/2ba96924/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/164876825957/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/2ba96924/a2t.img" border="0"/>Wed, 08 May 2013 12:00:00 GMThttp://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/2ba96924/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C779730Bhtml/story01.htmJack M. GermainReviews2013-05-08T12:00:00Z The latest release of Canonical's Ubuntu Linux distro, version 13.04, or Raring Ringtail, comes with a big yawn factor. I get a growing sense that the company's rejections of users' criticisms of Ubuntu's native Unity desktop portray Canonical as Microsoft in a penguin suit. Regular Ubuntu users of previous versions will be satisfied with the new release. It does not change or fix much. Experienced Linux users will probably continue to skip it because of its Unity desktop limitations.

]]>http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/2b9d3691/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C77960A0Bhtml/story01.htmLuke Kanies has a passion for the Puppet language he created. He always wanted to start a software company with Puppet as its foundation. The problem he faced was how to make the open source model support his software innovation without getting lost in the process. After eight years as founder and CEO of Puppet Labs, Kanies has succeeded in avoiding the danger lurking nearby.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/2b9d3691/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164876700190/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/2b9d3691/kg/342-363/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164876700190/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/2b9d3691/kg/342-363/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/164876700190/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/2b9d3691/kg/342-363/a2t.img" border="0"/>Tue, 07 May 2013 12:00:00 GMThttp://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/2b9d3691/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C77960A0Bhtml/story01.htmJack M. GermainBusiness2013-05-07T12:00:00Z Luke Kanies has a passion for the Puppet language he created. He always wanted to start a software company with Puppet as its foundation. The problem he faced was how to make the open source model support his software innovation without getting lost in the process. After eight years as founder and CEO of Puppet Labs, Kanies has succeeded in avoiding the danger lurking nearby for all open source companies. Puppet is an open source configuration management tool written in Ruby.

]]>http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/2b91a128/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C779560Bhtml/story01.htmWell the FUD continues to flow fast and furious here in the Linux blogosphere, where local pharmacists have recently noticed a sudden surge in demand for blood pressure medications. No sooner did Linux fans begin to calm down after the recent attack on open source in general, in fact, than a fresh report arrived from down under that caused tempers to flare up all over again.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/2b91a128/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164876750253/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/2b91a128/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164876750253/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/2b91a128/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/164876750253/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/2b91a128/a2t.img" border="0"/>Mon, 06 May 2013 12:00:00 GMThttp://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/2b91a128/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C779560Bhtml/story01.htmKatherine NoyesCommunity2013-05-06T12:00:00Z Well the FUD continues to flow fast and furious here in the Linux blogosphere, where local pharmacists have recently noticed a sudden surge in demand for blood pressure medications. No sooner did Linux fans begin to calm down after the recent attack on open source in general, in fact, than a fresh report arrived from down under that caused tempers to flare up all over again. "ME Bank picks 'cheaper' Microsoft stack over Linux" is the title of the report, and the result has surely violated physicians' "calm and quiet" orders for numerous blogosphere residents.

]]>http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/2b788de9/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C778910Bhtml/story01.htmWith tablets possibly on track to overtake PCs within a few years, one might wonder just how that's going to happen. Can tablets really perform as well as PCs in professional environments? I for one am still unpacking my laptop when it comes to power applications like imaging. Well, Adobe claims it now delivers its core Adobe Photoshop functionality in an app for Android tablets.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/2b788de9/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164876583828/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/2b788de9/kg/342/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164876583828/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/2b788de9/kg/342/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/164876583828/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/2b788de9/kg/342/a2t.img" border="0"/>Fri, 03 May 2013 12:00:00 GMThttp://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/2b788de9/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C778910Bhtml/story01.htmPatrick NelsonReviews2013-05-03T12:00:00Z Can tablets really perform as well as PCs in professional environments? I for one am still unpacking my laptop when it comes to power applications like imaging. Well, Adobe claims it now delivers its core Adobe Photoshop functionality in an app for Android tablets -- and looking at the feature specs, it might be on to something. I decided to take expensive Adobe Photoshop Touch out for a hard-nosed run, and I wasn't just going to be fixing a few vacation snaps.

]]>http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/2b6d7544/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C77940A0Bhtml/story01.htmThere's been no shortage of gloom and doom here in the Linux blogosphere lately, what with Fuduntu's demise, a fresh round of anti-FOSS FUD, and even criticisms of Linux distros' girth. So it was with particular joy that Linux bloggers received the news about the all-new BeagleBone Black.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/2b6d7544/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164876592466/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/2b6d7544/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164876592466/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/2b6d7544/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/164876592466/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/2b6d7544/a2t.img" border="0"/>Thu, 02 May 2013 12:00:00 GMThttp://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/2b6d7544/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C77940A0Bhtml/story01.htmKatherine NoyesCommunity2013-05-02T12:00:00Z There's been no shortage of gloom and doom here in the Linux blogosphere lately, what with Fuduntu's demise, a fresh round of anti-FOSS FUD, and even criticisms of Linux distros' girth. So it was with particular joy that Linux bloggers received the news about the all-new BeagleBone Black. "BeagleBoard.org on April 23 will officially announce a faster 1GHz version of its hackable, open-source BeagleBone SBC for only $45," read the report, and in no time at all every patron down at the blogosphere's Punchy Penguin Saloon was sitting up in rapt attention.

]]>http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/2b658136/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C779170Bhtml/story01.htmAs the geek world drools over the first 13-megapixel smartphone camera -- the Android-driven Samsung Galaxy S4 -- we take a look at the current state-of-play in the must-have camera app genre for Android. Ready, set, go. Occasionally an app comes along that blows everything else away.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/2b658136/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164876691003/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/2b658136/kg/342/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164876691003/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/2b658136/kg/342/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/164876691003/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/2b658136/kg/342/a2t.img" border="0"/>Wed, 01 May 2013 18:45:55 GMThttp://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/2b658136/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C779170Bhtml/story01.htmPatrick NelsonReviews2013-05-01T18:45:55Z As the geek world drools over the first 13-megapixel smartphone camera -- the Android-driven Samsung Galaxy S4 -- we take a look at the current state-of-play in the must-have camera app genre for Android. Ready, set, go. Occasionally an app comes along that blows everything else away. This one unfortunately, you've got to pay for. However, the $2.99 Camera Zoom FX from Androidslide is the ultimate high-quality Android camera imaging app.

]]>http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/2b625190/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C779190Bhtml/story01.htmPencil is an advanced drawing and animation tool that creates traditional, hand-drawn 2D animations and static sketches. Think of this animation/drawing application as an Etch A Sketch with colored sand on steroids. Pencil creates both bitmap and vector images. Finished animations can be exported as a PNG image. Animated sketches can be exported in several handy Flash or Movie file formats.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/2b625190/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164876509832/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/2b625190/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164876509832/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/2b625190/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/164876509832/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/2b625190/a2t.img" border="0"/>Wed, 01 May 2013 12:00:00 GMThttp://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/2b625190/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C779190Bhtml/story01.htmJack GermainReviews2013-05-01T12:00:00Z Pencil is an advanced drawing and animation tool that creates traditional, hand-drawn 2D animations and static sketches. Think of this animation/drawing application as an Etch A Sketch with colored sand on steroids. Pencil creates bitmap and vector images. Finished animations can be exported as a PNG image. Animated sketches can be exported in several handy Flash or Movie file formats. Pencil is a very impressive drawing tool. It imitates hand-drawn animation techniques. However, getting it installed was no easy task.

]]>http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/2b587224/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C779120Bhtml/story01.htmCAST Software is a software analysis and measurement firm that uses an automated approach to capture and quantify the reliability, security, complexity and size of business applications. A main company objective is increasing software assurance around reliability and security of applications delivered to the U.S. government.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/2b587224/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164876648039/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/2b587224/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164876648039/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/2b587224/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/164876648039/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/2b587224/a2t.img" border="0"/>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:00:00 GMThttp://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/2b587224/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C779120Bhtml/story01.htmJack GermainEnterprise2013-04-30T12:00:00Z CAST Software is a software analysis and measurement firm that uses an automated approach to capture and quantify the reliability, security, complexity and size of business applications. A main company objective is increasing software assurance around reliability and security of applications delivered to the U.S. government. Part of its drive for better software assurance utilizes fact-based transparency into application development, sustainment and sourcing.

]]>http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/2b4d9e38/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C7790A60Bhtml/story01.htmIt's a well-known fact that statistics can be manipulated to suit virtually every occasion and purpose, but every once in a while an example comes along that illustrates that rule with breathtaking clarity. Case in point? Two recent surveys on the topic of FOSS that came out in the very same week.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/2b4d9e38/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164016474135/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/2b4d9e38/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164016474135/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/2b4d9e38/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/164016474135/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/2b4d9e38/a2t.img" border="0"/>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:00:00 GMThttp://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/2b4d9e38/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C7790A60Bhtml/story01.htmKatherine NoyesCommunity2013-04-29T12:00:00Z It's a well-known fact that statistics can be manipulated to suit virtually every occasion and purpose, but every once in a while an example comes along that illustrates that rule with breathtaking clarity. Case in point? Two recent surveys on the topic of FOSS that came out in the very same week. One suggested Linux was taking over the software world. The other concluded that Linux caused problems for the vast majority of enterprises that used it.

]]>http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/2b34e52d/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C778940Bhtml/story01.htmCanonical has released Ubuntu 13.04, also known as "Raring Ringtail," on the desktop. However, the release failed to thrill many reviewers, whose complaints included the point that Canonical had left out several features, including privacy protection and the Windows-based Ubuntu Installer.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/2b34e52d/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164016414468/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/2b34e52d/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164016414468/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/2b34e52d/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/164016414468/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/2b34e52d/a2t.img" border="0"/>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:00:00 GMThttp://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/2b34e52d/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C778940Bhtml/story01.htmRichard AdhikariSoftware2013-04-26T12:00:00Z Canonical has released Ubuntu 13.04, also known as "Raring Ringtail," on the desktop. However, the release failed to thrill many reviewers, whose complaints included the point that Canonical had left out several features, including privacy protection and the Windows-based Ubuntu Installer. "In the reviews that I looked at, the main complaints were that Canonical had essentially dumbed down Ubuntu and made it more difficult to customize and personalize," commented Charles King, principal at Pund-IT.

]]>http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/2b28b8ca/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C778850Bhtml/story01.htmThe size of Linux's waistline has long been the focus of recurring attention here in the Linux blogosphere, even drawing occasional criticism from Linus Torvalds himself. Recently, however, a fresh weight-related complaint was made -- not about the kernel itself, but about today's Linux distros.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/2b28b8ca/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164016362004/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/2b28b8ca/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164016362004/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/2b28b8ca/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/164016362004/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/2b28b8ca/a2t.img" border="0"/>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:00:00 GMThttp://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/2b28b8ca/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C778850Bhtml/story01.htmKatherine NoyesCommunity2013-04-25T12:00:00Z The size of Linux's waistline has long been the focus of recurring attention here in the Linux blogosphere, even drawing occasional criticism from Linus Torvalds himself. Recently, however, a fresh weight-related complaint was made -- not about the kernel itself, but about today's Linux distros. "Linux fatware? These distros need to slim down" was the title of the InfoWorld piece that got the conversational ball rolling, and it's sparked quite a lively discourse.

]]>http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/2b1bcb46/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C778610Bhtml/story01.htmIf you are looking for a fast, reliable, trouble-free, lightweight PDF viewer, and you stumble upon xPDF in your distro's app listings -- keep stumbling. Chances are it will not run on your Linux configuration. In theory, xPDF is a promising alternative to PDF viewers available for the Linux desktop such as Adobe PDF Viewer, Okular and Evince. It is a fast and light application that does not exhibit sluggish performance.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/2b1bcb46/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164016342108/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/2b1bcb46/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164016342108/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/2b1bcb46/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/164016342108/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/2b1bcb46/a2t.img" border="0"/>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:00:00 GMThttp://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/2b1bcb46/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C778610Bhtml/story01.htmJack GermainReviews2013-04-24T12:00:00Z If you are looking for a fast, reliable, trouble-free, lightweight PDF viewer, and you stumble upon xPDF in your distro's app listings -- keep stumbling. Chances are it will not run on your Linux configuration. In theory, xPDF is a promising alternative to PDF viewers available for the Linux desktop such as Adobe PDF Viewer, Okular and Evince. It is a fast and light application that does not exhibit sluggish performance in handling bulky PDF files. Another nice attraction is its cross-platform roots.

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