Those who remember, or at least know, the good old days of Pocket PCs, PDAs, and, particularly, the Psion Series 5, might get a kick out of this new crowdfunding venture. UK startup Pocket Computer has gone to Indiegogo to present the idea of a sort of revival of that line of devices.
Category: Ubuntu
pylinkirc 1.1.1
PyLink and any bundled software are licensed under the Mozilla Public License, version 2.0 . The corresponding documentation in the docs/ folder is licensed under the Creative Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
11-year-old Linux kernel local privilege escalation flaw discovered
“Another privilege-escalation vulnerability has been discovered in Linux kernel that dates back to 2005 and affects major distro[s] of the Linux operating system, including Redhat, Debian, OpenSUSE, and Ubuntu. Over a decade old Linux Kernel bug has been discovered by security researcher Andrey Konovalov in the DCCP implementation using Syzkaller, a kernel fuzzing tool released by Google.”
How to add an extra second hard drive on Linux LVM and increase the size of storage
I just bought a brand new 250GB SATA disk and I want to add a new disk to my existing LVM volume to increase its size total size to 500GB. How do I add a disk to LVM and extend an LVM volume on Linux operating system? Linux volume management creates an easy to use layer over physical disks.
Kontron partners with Canonical to enable universal OpenStack-based virtualized services
Kontron , a global provider of cloud and carrier-class integrated infrastructure platforms, announced today the launch of a commercially available SYMKLOUD OpenStack Platform. In collaboration with Canonical, Kontron exercised a complete validation of Ubuntu OpenStack on SYMKLOUD hardware, and will fully support and manage the platform’s life cycle in alignment with each new open source software release, starting with Mitaka.
How to create your own Linux Distribution with Yocto on Ubuntu
In this article, our focus is the creation of a minimal Linux distribution using the Yocto project on the Ubuntu platform. The Yocto project is very famous in the embedded Linux world because of its flexibility and ease of use.
Is it too late to move from Windows XP to Windows 10?
Q: Do you know of a place I could get my 9-inch Dell Computer updated to Windows 10? It has never been used. It has a Windows XP operating system so you know how old it is.
How to enable KVM virsh console access for Ubuntu Linux VM
However, I am unable to use the command: ‘virsh console vm’. How do I setup and enable console access in order to gain shell access on the newly created Ubuntu Linux 16.04 LTS VM? Activating the serial console in the Ubuntu Linux 16.04 LTS guest is an excellent way to log in and solve problems.
typtop added to PyPI
TypToP is a password checking scheme that learns from your mistakes in typing login password and let you log in to your laptop with small typos. If you install this software and want to participate in our research study, please fill in this `this short survey `__.
Ubuntu smart home platform for Raspberry Pi
Canonical, openHAB Foundation and Azul Systems have launched the snap packaging of openHAB 2.0, a free open smart home platform that acts as a control hub for home IoT setups. The smart home software can be used with different hardware ranging from a PC to Raspberry Pi.
Letting Travis keep a secret
More and more packages, be it for R or another language, are now interfacing different application programming interfaces which are exposed to the web. And many of these may require an API key, or token, or account and password.
anca added to PyPI
Anharmonic.net provides tools to measure anharmonicity in the form of higher-order statistics and its variation as a function of time, build a story board representation of the simulations to identify key anharmonic conformational events, and identify putative anharmonic conformational substates and visualization of transitions between these substates. ###Dependencies and Installation notes Anharmonic.net has been developed using Python 2.7. It depends on a few Python packages, including: * numpy, scipy stack * MDAnalysis * mdtraj A standard Python distribution such as Anaconda should ease the installation process, since one can use the conda package manager to install all these pre-requisite packages.
More Linux on my new notebook: Fedora, Linux Mint and Ubuntu
Hands on with four more Linux distributions on my ASUS X540S – including both Linux Mint 18.1 and Linux Mint Debian Edition. In my previous post I installed openSUSE Tumbleweed, Manjaro and Debian on my shiny new ASUS X540S notebook.
Wine 2.0 is here — run Windows software on Linux and macOS
One of the big hurdles for people looking to switch from Windows to Linux or macOS is a dependence of software that requires Microsoft’s operating system. This is becoming less of an issue, however, as more and more programs become cross-platform.
unmessage 0.1.0
While every effort has been made to make sure unMessage operates in a secure and bug-free fashion, the code has not been audited. Please do not use unMessage for any activity that your life depends upon.
Glances 2.8
Glances is a cross-platform monitoring tool which aims to present a maximum of information in a minimum of space through a curses or Web based interface. It can adapt dynamically the displayed information depending on the user interface size.
Jelastic Yoda 4.9.5: Improved User Experience with Solid Platform
Jelastic announced 4.9.5 release, that is mainly focused on the platform polishing and includes a wide range of bug fixes, UI and API improvements, new and updated stacks support. Jelastic, Inc. , cloud platform for developers offered as a public, private, hybrid or multi-cloud on infrastructure of hosting providers worldwide or on-premise, launched a new version of the product named Jelastic Yoda 4.9.5. The release is targeted on polishing of the already available features and fixing the bugs reported by customers.
Windows 10 Gets A New Linux: openSUSE
An anonymous reader writes: ” Running Linux binaries natively on Windows … that sounds awesome indeed,” writes Hannes Kuhnemund, the senior product manager for SUSE Linux Enterprise. He’s written a blog post describing how to run openSUSE Leap 42.2 and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 on Windows 10, according to Fossbytes, which reports that currently users have two options — openSUSE Leap 42.2 and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 .
Ubuntu-Based Ultimate Edition 5.0 Gamers Distribution Is Out for Linux Gaming
Using the latest Xfce 4.12 desktop environment, which offers users a lightweight interface perfectly engineered for playing games, Ultimate Edition 5.0 Gamers is also based on Canonical’s Ubuntu 16.04 LTS operating system, meaning that it ships with the long-term supported Linux 4.4 kernel.
SpeechRecognition 3.6.0
See Notes on using PocketSphinx for information about installing languages, compiling PocketSphinx, and building language packs from online resources. This document is also included under If using CMU Sphinx, you may want to install additional language packs to support languages like International French or Mandarin Chinese.
Dell ‘accidentally’ leaks upcoming XPS 13 9365 2-in-1 convertible Windows 10 laptop
If you need a Windows 10 laptop, you really can’t go wrong with the Dell XPS 13 — it has great specs and exceptional battery life. Heck, the company even sells a version pre-loaded with Ubuntu , making it a popular choice for Linux users too.
Megalithic Burials, Banished Words, Twitter, More: Sunday Buzz, January 1, 2017
In development: a database of megalithic burials . “The study linking archeology, biology and history would lead to building a database to provide information on disease process, and, more importantly, to indicate conditions that could have led to the development, maintenance and the changing manifestations of disease through time.”
Adafruit_BBIO 1.0.1
Please read the changelog anytime you update the library!** **The PWM Duty Cycle range was reversed in 0.0.15 from 100 -0 to 0 -100 . Please update your code accordingly.** **Adafruit’s BeagleBone IO Python Library** This is a set of Python tools to allow GPIO, PWM, and ADC access on the BeagleBone using the Linux 3.8 Kernel and above .
mercurial_keyring 1.1.7
Mercurial Keyring is a Mercurial extension used to securely save HTTP and SMTP authentication passwords in password databases . On your first pull or push to HTTP url , you are prompted for the password, just like bare Mercurial does.