"A lot of development work is happening on systemd with just the
recent couple of weeks seeing over 200 commits. With the most recent
work that has landed, the networkd component has been improved with
new features. Among the additions are IP forwarding and masquerading
support (patch). This is the minimal support needed and these settings
get turned on by default for container network interfaces. Also added
was minimal firewall manipulation helpers for systemd's networkd. The
firewall manipulation helpers (patch) are used for establishing NAT
rules. This support in systemd is provided by libiptc, the library
used for communicating with the Linux kernel's Netfilter and changing
iptables firewall rulesets. Those wishing to follow systemd
development on a daily basis and see what is actually happening under
the hood, can keep tabs via the systemd Git viewer."
-- source: http://linux.slashdot.org/story/15/01/14/2030259
Cheers, Peter
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Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ
http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174
"After plenty of speculation and an abort launch in Russia last year,
Samsung has finally managed to release its first phone powered by the
Tizen operating system. The Samsung Z1 is coming to India initially,
where it is available to buy for 5,700 INR — that’s around $92 — from
today. The Z1 is an affordable device, both in price and specs. It
packs a four-inch WVGA PLS screen, and is powered by a 1.2 GHz
dual-core processor and 768 MB RAM. There’s a 3.1-megapixel camera on
the rear, and a limited VGA camera on the front. The phone runs
version 2.3 of the Tizen operating system, and comes with 4GB of
on-device storage which can be expanded by up to 64GB via a micro SD
card. It supports dual SIMs, as is commonplace with devices in India."
-- source: http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/15/01/14/2023220
Cheers, peter
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Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ
http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174
"Robinson's build uses a Raspberry Pi A+, a USB hub, battery,
touchscreen, charger, backlit keyboard, and a few other random parts.
The whole thing is housed inside of two, 2.5-inch plastic hard drive
enclosures that are connected with a piano hinge. You'll need some
extra tools like a drill, a soldering iron, and some wire cutters, but
otherwise Robinson's guide is pretty straight-forward. "
-- source: http://lifehacker.com/make-a-handheld-linux-terminal-with-a-raspberry-pi-16…
Cheers, Peter
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Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ
http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174
This article
<http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/feature/1649635/sgi-advances-linux-hpc>
is from a few years ago now, but it stuck in my mind about how running
Linux on a proper supercomputer is little different from how it works on
your own PC. Standard commands like “lspci” and “more /proc/cpuinfo”
work exactly the same, except their output does go on a bit longer
when your machine has 4096 cores, and peripheral attachments to match.
And all done with a stock-standard Linux kernel:
Goh was keen to mention that whatever SGI does to the Linux kernel,
it does after making sure that any changes it makes will be
accepted by the Linux kernel maintainers. Apparently getting the
number of cores limit increased to 4,096 was something that he and
his colleagues had to personally convince Linux founder Linus
Torvalds to accept. According to Goh, convincing Torvalds was
"tougher than designing the hardware".
"Hardware hacker and security researcher Samy Kamkar has released a
slick new device that masquerades as a typical USB wall charger but in
fact houses a keylogger capable of recording keystrokes from nearby
wireless keyboards. The device is known as KeySweeper, and Kamkar has
released the source code and instructions for building one of your
own. The components are inexpensive and easily available, and include
an Arduino microcontroller, the charger itself, and a handful of other
bits. When it's plugged into a wall socket, the KeySweeper will
connect to a nearby Microsoft wireless keyboard and passively sniff,
decrypt and record all of the keystrokes and send them back to the
operator over the Web."
-- source: http://it.slashdot.org/story/15/01/13/183226
Cheers, Peter
--
Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ
http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174
"I have been developing some applications to use in small businesses
using Windows and SQL Server. I would like to move on and start doing
the same thing in Linux. I have looked at several
Frameworks/Databases/Development environments and I really don't know
what is the best/simplest/fastest to learn approach. I use VS and C#
mostly, although I could easily go back to C++. I found Qt and GTK+
are the most common frameworks, but they seem to lack controls that
deal with datasets and stuff (sorry, spoiled by the .net form
controls), but I also know that I could use Mono in order to make the
jump. I would have no problem on moving to MySQL, as I have done quite
a lot of work on that side, and I would like to stick with the
traditional client server application, as I find it easier to
maintain, and a whole lot more robust when it comes to user
interaction (web apps for POS applications don't seem to be the right
way to go in my view). Any suggestions/comments/recommendations?"
-- source: http://developers.slashdot.org/story/15/01/13/1525235
Cheers, Peter
--
Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ
http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174
"There was a time when new Linux distributions popped up on what
seemed like a daily basis. They came and went so fast, you might have
completely missed their short lives. That’s not so much the case these
days. Linux distributions arrive a bit less frequently and, when they
do finally arrive, tend to have a bit more staying power.
Why is that? My guess would be that the stable of standard
distributions has become so strong, it’s hard for competition to stand
up to the likes of Ubuntu, Arch, Mint, Fedora, SUSE, and Debian. That
doesn’t mean, however, that new distributions don’t try to take down
the mighty standard bearers. In fact, there are a few distributions
that could give those kings and queens of Linux a run for their money
this year. Which ones, you ask? Let’s take a look at what I believe
will be the distributions to watch in 2015."
1. Evolve OS
2. SparkyLinux GameOver Edition
3. Korora
4. Ozon OS
-- source: http://www.linux.com/news/software/applications/801303
Cheers, Peter
--
Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ
http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174
"The risks they pose range from denial-of-service attacks, changing
the fingerprint certificate, client authorization without verification
message for a DH (Diffie-Hellman) certificate, client accepting the
use of a temporary RSA or a handshake that leads to removing the
forward secrecy from the ciphersuite."
-- source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Eight-Security-Vulnerabilities-Patched-By-Op…
Cheers, Peter
--
Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ
http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174
"Ubuntu GNOME 15.04 (Vivid Vervet) is just one of the many official
Ubuntu flavors and its developers have been working to implement the
latest version of GNOME 3.14.
One of the problems faced by the Ubuntu GNOME developers is the fact
that their project is not in sync with GNOME, which puts a little bit
of pressure on them. For example, they have been criticized for not
having the latest GNOME desktop in Ubuntu 14.10, even if that
particular piece of software was released after the feature freeze."
-- source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-GNOME-15-04-Finally-Gets-GNOME-3-14-4…
Cheers, Peter
--
Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ
http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174
"There is a new idea out there, proposed by Shawn Wilkinson, Tome
Boshevski & Josh Brandof, that if you have unused disk space on your
HD that you should rent it out. It is a great idea and the concept may
have a whole range of implementations. The 3 guys describe their
endeavor as: "Storj is a peer-to-peer cloud storage network
implementing end-to-end encryption would allow users to transfer and
share data without reliance on a third party data provider. The
removal of central controls would eliminate most traditional data
failures and outages, as well as significantly increasing security,
privacy, and data control. A peer-to-peer network and basic encryption
serve as a solution for most problems, but we must offer proper
incentivisation for users to properly participate in this network."
-- source: http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/15/01/11/181208
Cheers, Peter
--
Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ
http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174
