May 2013 - wlug - list.wlug.org.nz

Debian 7 "Wheezy" released
by Peter Reutemann 05 May '13

05 May '13

"Up front, the new release brings a GNOME 3 front end to the community-driven Linux distribution, but the big changes are behind the scenes with multiple architecture support and cloud-enabling packages." -- source: http://h-online.com/-1856723 Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174

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The IPython Notebook
by Peter Reutemann 02 May '13

02 May '13

"The IPython Notebook is a web-based interactive computational environment where you can combine code execution, text, mathematics, plots and rich media into a single document. These notebooks are normal files that can be shared with colleagues, converted to other formats such as HTML or PDF, etc. You can share any publicly available notebook by using the IPython Notebook Viewer service which will render it as a static web page. This makes it easy to give your colleagues a document they can read immediately without having to install anything." -- source: http://ipython.org/notebook.html Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174

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The Perfect Desktop - Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail)
by Peter Reutemann 02 May '13

02 May '13

"This tutorial shows how you can set up an Ubuntu 13.04 desktop 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." -- source: http://www.howtoforge.com/the-perfect-desktop-ubuntu-13.04-raring-ringtail Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174

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Android and Linux Nanosats Shine Bright in Open Source Space Race
by Peter Reutemann 02 May '13

02 May '13

'Three Android-powered NASA "PhoneSat" nanosatellites deorbited and burned up in the atmosphere on April 27 after successfully completing their six-day mission. Meanwhile, the Android- and Linux-powered STRaND-1 nanosat, which was launched by the U.K.'s Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. and Surrey Space Centre on Feb. 25, is still orbiting, but has yet to phone home.' -- source: http://www.linux.com/news/embedded-mobile/mobile-linux/716910-android-and-l… Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174

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AMD's Open Source Linux Driver Trounces NVIDIA's
by Peter Reutemann 02 May '13

02 May '13

"In a 15-way graphics card comparison on Linux of both the open and closed-source drivers, it was found that the open-source AMD Linux graphics driver is much faster than the open-source NVIDIA driver on Ubuntu 13.04. The open-source NVIDIA driver is developed entirely by the community via reverse-engineering, but for Linux desktop users, is this enough? The big issue for the open-source 'Nouveau' driver is that it doesn't yet fully support re-clocking the graphics processor so that the hardware can actually run at its rated speeds. With the closed-source AMD Radeon and NVIDIA GeForce results, the drivers were substantially faster than their respective open-source driver. Between NVIDIA and AMD on Linux, the NVIDIA closed-source driver was generally doing better than AMD Catalyst." -- source: http://news.slashdot.org/story/13/05/02/1421258/amds-open-source-linux-driv… Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174

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Lightworks for Linux now in open beta
by Peter Reutemann 01 May '13

01 May '13

"EditShare has opened the beta programme for the Linux version of its Lightworks editor for public testing. Lightworks is one of the oldest video editing packages still being developed, its initial release dating back to 1989." -- source: http://h-online.com/-1854081 Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174

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