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• GNOME 3.28 Released — One major new feature for this release is automatic downloading of operating systems in Boxes, which takes the work out of creating and running virtual machines — just pick the operating system that you want to create a virtual machine of, and Boxes will now download and install it for you.
• GNOME 3.28 Release Notes
• Firefox 59 released — We launched an entirely new engine in November, made significant improvements to graphics rendering in January, and are continuing to post performance gains and add features with this release. On Firefox for desktop, we’ve improved page load times, added tools to annotate and crop your Firefox Screenshots, and made it easier to arrange your Top Sites on the Firefox Home page. On Firefox for Android, we’ve added support for sites that stream video using the HLS protocol.
• Firefox is a Snap
• Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ — Alongside a 200MHz increase in peak CPU clock frequency, we have roughly three times the wired and wireless network throughput, and the ability to sustain high performance for much longer periods.
• US city bans new Bitcoin mining — Plattsburgh, New York has imposed an 18-month moratorium on Bitcoin mining to prevent miners from using all the city’s cheap electricity.
• Let’s Encrypt rolls out wildcard certs — Free “wildcard” certificates to enable secure HTTP connections for entire domains. In addition to a new version of the Automated Certificate Management Environment (ACME) protocol, an interface that can be used by a variety of client software packages to automate verification of certificate requests.
• TechSNAP Episode 359
• Eric Raymond’s open source UPS — Last week, ESR opened up the work-in-progress on GitLab: the Upside project is currently defining requirements and developing a specification for a “high quality UPS that can be built from off-the-shelf parts in any reasonably well-equipped makerspace or home electronics shop”.
• Wil Wheaton runs Linux — But ab

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We share our early experiences with virtualization, then show you how Linux’s built-in enterprise grade virtualization curb stomps some commercial options. The discussion wraps up with examples of awesome hardware passthrough, and the major shift Linux has made possible.

PLUS: Chromebooks outsell Macs, the sad story of an important project fading away, the big choice facing Fedora & more!

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Virtualization

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libvirt

Libvirt is collection of software that provides a convenient way to manage virtual machines and other virtualization functionality, such as storage and network interface management. These software pieces include a long term stable C API, a daemon (libvirtd), and a command line utility (virsh). A primary goal of libvirt is to provide a single way to manage multiple different virtualization providers/hypervisors, such as the KVM/QEMU, Xen, LXC, OpenVZ or VirtualBox hypervisors

Virtual Machine Manager Home

The virt-manager application is a desktop user interface for managing virtual machines through libvirt. It primarily targets KVM VMs, but also manages Xen and LXC (linux containers). It presents a summary view of running domains, their live performance & resource utilization statistics. Wizards enable the creation of new domains, and configuration & adjustment of a domain’s resource allocation & virtual hardware. An embedded VNC and SPICE client viewer presents a full graphical console to the guest domain.

Boxes – GNOME Wiki!

UEFI in Virutal Machines, Meet OVMF

OVMF is an EDK II based project to enable UEFI support for Virtual Machines. OVMF contains a sample UEFI firmware for QEMU and KVM.

Using CPU host-passthrough with virt-manager

Since host-passthrough is the only reliably way to expose the full capabilities of the host CPU to the VM, users regularly want to enable it.

• Qemu OVMF PCI Passthrough stopped booting after most recent update / Applications & Desktop Environments

unraid – Virtualization Host

• 7 Gamers, 1 CPU – Ultimate Virtualized Gaming Build Log – YouTube

In our case, we created 7 discrete gaming systems capable of running concurrently and completely independently of each other – all running in a single tower.

• 8 (or is it 10?) Gamers, 1 CPU – Taking it to the Next Level! – YouTube

Another $30,000 worth of computer hardware.. But can it power TEN gaming rigs this time??

Proxmox – Powerful Open Source Server Solutions

• Storage: ZFS – Proxmox

How To

Server

• yum install kvm qemu-kvm python-virtinst libvirt libvirt-python virt-manager libguestfs-tools

• chkconfig libvirtd on

• service libvirtd start

• yum install bridge-utils

• Open Virt-Manager > click + > Bridge > br0 > Start Mode: onboot > Activate Now > Check eth0

Client

• Install virt-manager

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The NVIDIA DGX-1 Deep Learning System, Runs Linux

• GTC 2016 NVIDIA DGX 1, World’s First Deep Learning Supercomputer part 7 – YouTube

Desktop App Pick

Netdata – Real-Time Performance Monitoring

netdata is a highly optimized Linux daemon providing real-time performance monitoring for Linux systems, Applications, SNMP devices, over the web !

• nethogs: Linux ‘net top’ tool

NetHogs is a small ‘net top’ tool. Instead of breaking the traffic down per protocol or per subnet, like most tools do, it groups bandwidth by process.

Spotlight

systemd GUI: systemd-manager

This application exists to allow the user to manage their systemd services via a GTK3 GUI. Not only are you able to make changes to the enablement and running status of each of the units, but you will also be able to view and modify their unit files, check the journal logs. In addition, systemd analyze support is available to display the time it takes for systemd to boot the system.

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Chromebooks outsold Macs for the first time in the US

Google’s low-cost Chromebooks outsold Apple’s range of Macs for the first time in the US recently. While IDC doesn’t typically break out Windows vs. Chromebook sales, IDC analyst Linn Huang confirmed the milestone to The Verge. “Chrome OS overtook Mac OS in the US in terms of shipments for the first time in 1Q16,” says Huang. “Chromebooks are still largely a US K-12 story.”

• lykwydchykyn comments echo Chris’ thoughts perfectly

Fedora just missed rebasing on the goodness that is Linux 4.6

• Fedora 24 ships June 14, 2016

And because of that, it looks like Linux kernel 4.6 will not be the default for the Fedora 24 operating system, which will ship in less than a month, on June 14, 2016, with the latest maintenance release of the Linux 4.5 kernel series. However, the chances are that Linux kernel 4.6 will be shortly released to the stable channels for users to upgrade their current kernel after Fedora 24’s official release.

Linux kernel 4.6 was announced by Linus Torvalds on May 15, 2016. It promises to offer users a new distributed file system, OrangeFS, support for the USB 3.1 SuperSpeed Plus (SSP) protocol, Out Of Memory task killer reliability improvements, support for Intel Memory protection keys, the Kernel Connection Multiplexor, as well as 802.1AE MAC-level encryption (MACsec) support.

Moreover, Linux kernel 4.6 ships with support for the BATMAN V protocol, an online inode checker for the OCFS2 file system, dma-buf, support for cgroup namespaces, and support for the pNFS SCSI layout. The first GNU/Linux distributions to adopt the Linux 4.6 kernel branch are Gentoo, Arch Linux, and SparkyLinux, and openSUSE Tumbleweed should join them in the coming weeks.

lm-sensors project dead?

It’s been a year since the last LM-Sensors release and the project isn’t as vibrant or active as it once was while the project site has been down for a while now and it doesn’t appear to be coming back.

Mattermost continues to bring the heat to Slack

Mattermost 3.0 offers a long awaited features: multi-team accounts, Japanese language translation, and full width display, plus upgrades to apps for iOS, Android, Windows, Linux and Mac, emojis, and we have new integrations for Outlook, Ruby & Rust.

Introducing Mycroft Core – Mycroft

We are pleased to announce that Mycroft Core 0.6 Alpha is available for download today. Mycroft Core is a lightweight, portable piece of software written in Python. You can run it on anything from a Raspberry Pi to a gaming rig.

Mail Bag

• https://slexy.org/view/s26VoSpJhR

• Why screen lockers on X11 cannot be secure – Martin’s Blog

• Circumventing Ubuntu Snap confinement
• xorg – Why is X11 a security risk in servers? – Ask Ubuntu
• X11 is horribly insecure, each subuser should get its own X11 server in a container. · Issue #31 · subuser-security/subuser · GitHub

• The Wayland Situation: Facts About X vs. Wayland – Phoronix

• https://slexy.org/view/s2kxsRnQk5

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• Chris’ call out for the community to help him with his background

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The Co-creators of a Linux distribution that allows you to harness some of the most powerful open source security software join us to discuss bringing Enterprise grade security to the masses.

Plus building your own ideal Linux laptop, the Yolla Tablet surprise & more!

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SELKS project Interview

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Open Source | Stamus Networks

Stamus Networks believes in the innovative power and flexibility that Open Source Software posses. It also offers independence and great adaptability — critical when building security products you can trust. But taking from the community is not enough if you want more common good to emerge. This is why Stamus Networks makes its best to contribute back to the Open Source idea.

The main part of our contribution back to Open Source is our two projects SELKS, a live and installable ISO implementing a ready to use Suricata IDS/IPS, and Scirius, a web interface dedicated to Suricata ruleset management.

SELKS is both Live and installable Network Security Management ISO based on Debian implementing and focusing on a complete and ready to use Suricata IDS/IPS ecosystem with its own graphic rule manager.

From start to analysis of IDS/IPS and NSM events in 30 sec.

Interview

• Peter & Eric co-founders of SELKS

• Open Source | Stamus Networks

Stamus Networks believes in the innovative power and flexibility that Open Source Software posses. It also offers independence and great adaptability — critical when building security products you can trust. But taking from the community is not enough if you want more common good to emerge. This is why Stamus Networks makes its best to contribute back to the Open Source idea.

The main part of our contribution back to Open Source is our two projects SELKS, a live and installable ISO implementing a ready to use Suricata IDS/IPS, and Scirius, a web interface dedicated to Suricata ruleset management.

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Scientist who are creating nanobots, Runs Linux

Sent in by Ionut

Meet Professor Brad Nelson, a pioneer in the field of nanorobotics who’s developing tiny robots to go places almost beyond our imagination.

Desktop App Pick

Virtual Machine Manager

The virt-manager application is a desktop user interface for managing virtual machines through libvirt. It primarily targets KVM VMs, but also manages Xen and LXC (linux containers).

Weekly Spotlight

Tails

Tails is a live operating system, that you can start on almost any computer from a DVD, USB stick, or SD card. It aims at preserving your privacy and anonymity,

Our Past Picks

These are the weekly picks provided by the Jupiter Broadcasting podcast, the Linux Action Show.

This site includes a separate picks lists for the “Runs Linux”, Desktop Apps, Spotlight Picks, Android Picks, and Distro Picks.

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Useable Specs FSF Laptop

The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today awarded Respects Your Freedom (RYF) certification to the Libreboot X200 laptop. The RYF certification mark means that the product meets the FSF’s standards in regard to users’ freedom, control over the product, and privacy.

Libre Office for Android

The free app allows you to view Open Document files (.odt, .odf, etc.) and a number of alternative and proprietary file formats, including the ubiquitous .doc and .docx, on an Android smartphone or tablet. The app is available to download from the Play Store today.

Yolla Tablet Returns to Indiegogo

The Jolla Tablet, has returned to Indiegogo.com. After the successful first phase of our Indiegogo campaign in Nov-Dec last year, we’re now moved to the next phase, and continuing our campaign on Indiegogo at least until the end of February 2015.

Open Lunchbox Project

Open Lunchbox is the latest project attempting to do an open-source laptop design. Open Lunchbox is trying to do their laptop project in a modular, open hardware design.

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Special guest Noah is in studio & We look at Android’s huge 2014, and recent Bitcoin volatility. Then, as long time VirtualBox users, we discuss the future of the project.

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Android Shipped 1 Billion Smartphones Worldwide in 2014

According to the latest research from our WSS (Smartphones) service, global smartphone shipments grew 30 percent annually to reach a record 1.3 billion units in 2014. Android accounted for 81 percent of all smartphones last year and shipped over 1 billion units worldwide for the first time ever.

Microsoft to Invest in Rogue Android Startup Cyanogen – Digits – WSJ

People familiar with the matter say Microsoft is putting money into Cyanogen, which is building a version of the Android mobile-operating system outside of Google’s auspices.

Microsoft would be a minority investor in a roughly $70 million round of equity financing that values Cyanogen in the high hundreds of millions, one of the people said. The person said the financing round could grow with other strategic investors that have expressed interest in Cyanogen because they’re also eager to diminish Google’s control over Android. The identity of the other potential investors couldn’t be learned.

Prosecutors Trace $13.4M in Bitcoins From the Silk Road to Ulbricht’s Laptop

In Ulbricht’s trial Thursday, former FBI special agent Ilhwan Yum described how he traced 3,760 bitcoin transactions over 12 months ending in late August 2013 from servers seized in the Silk Road investigation to Ross Ulbricht’s Samsung 700z laptop, which the FBI seized at the time of his arrest in October of that year. In all, he followed more than 700,000 bitcoins along the public ledger of bitcoin transactions, known as the blockchain, from the marketplace to what seemed to be Ulbricht’s personal wallets. Based on exchange rates at the time of each transaction, Yum calculated that the transferred coins were worth a total of $13.4 million.

Does VirtualBox VM Have Much A Future Left? – Phoronix

It’s been a long time since last hearing of any major innovations or improvements to VirtualBox, the VM software managed by Oracle since their acquisition of Sun Microsystems. Is there any hope left for a revitalized VirtualBox?

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Fedora 20 has arrived and we’ve put it through its paces. Is this the ultimate Linux workstation for those who want to ride the cutting edge? Or are there a few too many rough edges on this well intentioned distribution? Tune in to find out!

Plus: Some of our favorite tools built into Fedora 20, the good news from Kdenlive, a re-spin of SteamOS…

AND SO MUCH MORE!

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