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Second Beta Release of Ubuntu Kylin 13.04 Is Available for Download
Submitted by l33tdawg on Mon, 2013-04-08 07:45
Ubuntu Kylin 13.04 Beta 2 was also released today, April 5, along with all the others Linux distributions that are part of the Ubuntu family.
Ubuntu Kylin is a new flavor of Ubuntu Linux, and Raring Ringtail (version 13.04) will be its first ever stable release. Today’s final testing version fixes last minute bugs, such as an updated PM2.5 API in the China Weather Indicator, and saving note issue with the Chinese Calendar.
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Bullseye from 1,000 yards: Shooting the $17,000 Linux-powered rifle
Submitted by l33tdawg on Mon, 2013-04-01 08:41
My photographer, Steve, squints through a computerized scope squatting atop a big hunting rifle. We're outdoors at a range just north of Austin, Texas, and the wind is blowing like crazy—enough so that we're having to dial in more and more wind adjustment on the rifle's computer. The spotter and I monitor Steve's sight through an iPad linked to the rifle via Wi-Fi, and we can see exactly what he's seeing through the scope.
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Big business buys into big Linux
Submitted by l33tdawg on Thu, 2013-03-28 10:08
The Linux Foundation and Yeoman Technology Group surveyed 355 IT staffers who work for enterprises with sales of more than $500 million and/or 500+ employees. Guess what? They found — as the foundation reveals in its 2013 Enterprise End User Report, Linux Adoption: Third Annual Survey of World's Largest Enterprise Linux Users in the most recent quarter (4Q12) — that big business loves big Linux.
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Richard Stallman says Ubuntu Linux is 'spyware'
Submitted by l33tdawg on Mon, 2013-03-25 16:02
Richard Stallman has asked a South American free software association not to promote Ubuntu Linux at its events because it "spies on its users" by collecting its users' desktop search activity and selling the data to Amazon.
Canonical released Ubuntu 12.10 last October with Amazon search integrated into its Dash desktop search function.
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There is Ubuntu, There is Linux and Then There are Others
Submitted by l33tdawg on Thu, 2013-03-21 09:51
The Microsoft Windows users of the world are beginning to experience the pain of the new release of the Microsoft’s flagship operating system, Windows 8.
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