core – Jupiter Broadcasting

Supports the Linux(r) OS with direct output via HDMI
Dual HDMI output for switching between duplicated and extended desktop options
AES-NI hardware-accelerated encryption for efficient cryptographic performance up to 412 MB/s
Supports 4K hardware decoding and transcodes 4K H.264 videos on-the-fly or offline
Quickly find files using a real-time, natural search with Qsirch 2.1
NAS and iSCSI-SAN unified storage solution for virtualization
Supports VMware(r), Citrix(r), Microsoft(r) Hyper-V and advanced virtualization features
A hybrid approach to virtualization in one NAS: Virtualization Station & Container Station
Build a personal karaoke system with high-quality audio output with the new OceanKTV app

QNAP TS-453A 8G Virtualization

Virtualization Station allows you to host virtual machines (VM) on the TS-453A, and access them via a web browser or VNC. Virtualization Station supports multiple operating systems, fast VM creation, VM backup & restoration, VM import/export, snapshot, and Device Management for centrally managing VM. Virtualization Station uses SDN (Software-defined Networks) and allows the TS-453A and VMs to share the same LAN port. No longer constrained by physical network performance, high-speed Virtual Switches greatly increases data transfer between VMs as well as between VMs and NAS through the internal interface. You can also download VMs on demand from online VM markets and import them to the TS-453A without any complex procedures.

The TS-453A also features the game-changing container technology for server virtualization. QNAP Container Station exclusively integrates LXC and Docker(r) lightweight virtualization technologies, allowing you to operate multiple isolated Linux(r) systems on the TS-453A as well as download apps from the built-in Docker Hub Registry(r)

— PICKS —

Runs Linux

DIY ELECTRIC SKATEBOARD, Runs Linux – RASPBERRY PI POWERED – YouTube

Thanks to veritanuda for submitting this Runs Linux

Desktop App Pick

FreshRSS, a free, self-hostable aggregator…

A free, self-hostable aggregator… probably the best!

Spotlight

Flatdoc

Flatdoc is a small JavaScript file that fetches Markdown files and renders them
as full pages. Essentially, it’s the easiest way to make open source documentation from Readme files.

No server-side components
No build process needed
Deployable via GitHub Pages
Can fetch GitHub Readme files
Gorgeous default theme (and it’s responsive)
Just create an HTML file and deploy!

Stickers – Super Key Sticker with Any LAS Sticker While They Last!

— NEWS —

Some Disappointed Apple Fans Are Moving To Ubuntu Linux

Thanks to technology enthusiasts’ underwhelming response to Apple’s October event, a big flock of users turned to the famed Ubuntu laptop seller System76 whose website witnessed about 4-times more traffic than usual. As a result, System76 needed to upgrade the servers to keep up. It could be seen as a sign that users are looking at Linux machines as Mac-alternatives.

MacBook Pro (2016) disappointment pushes some Apple loyalists to Ubuntu Linux

Another fun one to write. I work alongside designers every day, and have next to zero… https://t.co/ojFTfFEYnU pic.twitter.com/SMkgqOiBR3

— Cassidy James (@CassidyJames) November 4, 2016

Ubuntu Core 16 delivers foundation for secure IoT

Canonical today released Ubuntu Core 16 for the Internet of Things (IoT), with regular and reliable security updates, and app stores for intelligent connected devices.

During this year’s Steam Dev Days, Valve was demoing SteamVR on Linux on Vulkan

Another talk about Unity on Linux
Chris’ Favorite part: https://youtu.be/WYdOQ_k6YvI?t=10m38s

Feedback:

Mail Bag

Name: Name: David L
Subject: New Linux Computer

As my father is soon looking at retirement he is going to lose access his work provided laptop. He has asked me for recommendations on a new machine. I’m considering the possibility of moving him over to Linux. He is technologically competent and not afraid of trying something new but is still more comfortable going with a well-known manufacturer. Immediately my first thought was the Dell XPS 13 as he is familiar with them and they also offer Linux support out of the box which is a huge plus as I can purchase the Windows version so that knows he has the option to fallback to Windows if he ends up not liking Linux. However, after looking into the device it appears that these machines are still affected by Content Adaptive Brightness Control (CABC) that can’t be disabled and coil whine issues. Outside of System76 machines is the XPS 13 still the go-to Linux laptop? Do you have any better recommendations? Thanks.

David

Name: Name: James S
Subject: Set GDM Orientation

I was able to resolve my GDM issue by doing the following: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GDM#Rotate_login_screen

Let me know if this works.

Call in: 1-877-347-0011

New Show: User Error

User Error | Jupiter Broadcasting

Catch the show LIVE SUNDAY:

— CHRIS’ STASH —

Chris’s Twitter account has changed, you’ll need to follow!

Chris Fisher (@ChrisLAS) | Twitter

Hang in our chat room:

irc.geekshed.net #jupiterbroadcasting

— NOAH’S STASH —

Noah’s Day Job

Altispeed Technologies

Contact Noah

noah [at] jupiterbroadcasting.com

Find us on Google+

Find us on Twitter

Follow us on Facebook

The post Qnap's Thick NAS | LAS 443 first appeared on Jupiter Broadcasting.

Internet of Knocks | TTT 250

chris — Mon, 27 Jun 2016 17:18:57 +0000

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video

Google has big plans for Fiber, Microsoft goes to court over Windows 10 auto-updates, Dropbox adds fancy new features & coding with physical blog.

Plus our Kickstarter of the week & much more!

Direct Download:

RSS Feeds:

Become a supporter on Patreon

Show Notes:

Links:

The post Internet of Knocks | TTT 250 first appeared on Jupiter Broadcasting.

Linux Wife, Happy Life. | LINUX Unplugged 92

chris — Tue, 12 May 2015 19:24:53 +0000

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video

We get an update on our resident Mac users switch to Linux & the challenges she’s run into. Ubuntu makes a deal with Microsoft and promises to ship snappy on the Internet of Things, but what the heck is a Snap package? And is it truly a transactional system?

Plus hints on how Debian PPAs might work, the world’s first $9 Linux rig & much more!

Thanks to:

Get Paid to Write for DigitalOcean

Direct Download:

RSS Feeds:

Become a supporter on Patreon:

Show Notes:

Pre-Show:

PlayOnLinux 5

Catch Up:

Linux Academy

Linux Academy | Linux and AWS Online Training
Angela – Antergos or Not?
Install iPod/iPhone support on Arch

pacman -S libmtp libusbmuxd usbmuxd libimobiledevice exfat-utils fuse-extaf

DigitalOcean

DigitalOcean: SSD Cloud Server, VPS Server, Simple Cloud Hosting

Ubuntu jumps into Internet of Things with Acer, GE, and Microsoft

That wasn’t a typo. Canonical and Microsoft, which were already working together on bringing Canonical’s Juju DevOps tools to Windows and bringing Windows Server to OpenStack, are working with DataArt on an IoT industrial predictive maintenance solution. It will combine the three companies’ IoT, cloud, big data, machine learning, and Docker efforts. To integrate all of this they’ll be using “Snappy” Ubuntu apps, DeviceHive, and Juju Charms. Microsoft will also use an Azure service to manage and capture machine data.

TING

Ting – mobile that makes sense

CHIP – The World’s First Nine Dollar Computer by Next Thing Co. — Kickstarter

C.H.I.P. is a computer. It’s tiny and easy to use.

C.H.I.P. does computer things. Work in LibreOffice and save your documents to C.H.I.P.’s onboard storage. Surf the web and check your email over wifi. Play games with a bluetooth controller. With dozens of applications and tools preinstalled, C.H.I.P. is ready to do computer things the moment you power it on.

C.H.I.P. is a computer for students, teachers, grandparents, children, artists, makers, hackers, and inventors. Everyone really. C.H.I.P. is a great way to add a computer to your life and the perfect way to power your computer based projects.

Runs Linux from the people:

Send in a pic/video of your runs Linux.
Please upload videos to YouTube and submit a link via email or the subreddit.

Support Jupiter Broadcasting on Patreon

The post Linux Wife, Happy Life. | LINUX Unplugged 92 first appeared on Jupiter Broadcasting.

Next Gen Fedora | LINUX Unplugged 70

chris — Tue, 09 Dec 2014 22:07:07 +0000

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video

Fedora’s project lead joins us to discuss today’s Fedora 21 release, the possibility of the project switching to an Intel style Tick-Tock release & what Fedora 22 might look like.

Plus what the Ubuntu Snappy Core announcement means, why it’s a big deal & why it could be amazing for the desktop one day.

Then was 2014 the year Roku killed XMBC for us?

Thanks to:

Get Paid to Write for DigitalOcean

Direct Download:

RSS Feeds:

Become a supporter on Patreon:

Show Notes:

Pre-Show:

Yes, This Trojan Infects Linux. No, It’s Not The Tuxpocalypse

“The Linux Turla module is a C/C++ executable statically linked against multiple libraries, greatly increasing its file size. It was stripped of symbol information, more likely intended to increase analysis effort than to decrease file size. Its functionality includes hidden network communications, arbitrary remote command execution, and remote management. Much of its code is based on public sources.”

FU:

Best of Jupiter Broadcasting Submission Form
Runs Linux
Action Shot
Was 2014 the year Roku killed the XMBC dream for Matt and Chris?
Roku 3 is 5x faster and has a motion controller for games
Docker vs Rocket – A short comment

This project aims to create a desktop environment for GNU/Linux systems, mainly for those that runs in low performance devices such as old PCs, Raspberry Pi, embedded devices and others.

It is focused in modularity in order to be lightweight and adaptable, also there will not be fancy graphics. Another important aspect of this solution is the integration with the rest of the system. We aim to provide a desktop environment capable of integrate the different applications in your system.

Audacious music player. Winamp like player.

Fedora 21 is OUT!

Guest

MatthewMiller – FedoraProject

Fedora Project Leader

It’s here and it is awesome. Announcing Fedora 21!

It’s Here! Announcing Fedora 21! | Fedora Magazine

As part of the Fedora.next initiative, Fedora 21 comes in three flavors: Cloud, Server, and Workstation — whether you’re using Linux on your laptop, using Linux on your servers, or spinning up containers or images in the cloud, we have what you need to be successful.

First Look: Fedora 21 has something for everyone | ITworld

There is something for everyone

Even though Gnome is the default DE of Fedora there are many official spins of Fedora including KDE, Xfce, LXDE, MATE, etc.

The only difference, that I noticed, is that Gnome seems to get more love. Fedora picked popular, and more feature-rich applications over the default Gnome apps for the Workstation. For example, instead of shipping Epiphany it pre-installed Firefox.

Other spins offer a more vanilla experience of that desktop. In the case of KDE Spin you will get the entire stack of KDE software, such as Kmail, Konqueror web browser and Calligra Office instead of widely used apps like LibreOffice, Thunderbird or Firefox.

I have been using Fedora 21 RC on a test machine for over a week and I am quite impressed with it. If you are aspiring to become a software developer, Fedora would be a great distro to start with.

Need more motivation? Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux, runs Fedora on all of his machines.

Now go ahead and download Fedora from the official page.

Announcing Snappy Ubuntu | Cloud | Ubuntu

Ubuntu Core is a new rendition of Ubuntu for the cloud with transactional updates. Ubuntu Core is a minimal server image with the same libraries as today’s Ubuntu, but applications are provided through a simpler mechanism. The snappy approach is faster, more reliable, and lets us provide stronger security guarantees for apps and users — that’s why we call them “snappy” applications.

Snappy apps and Ubuntu Core itself can be upgraded atomically and rolled back if needed — a bulletproof approach to systems management that is perfect for container deployments. It’s called “transactional” or “image-based” systems management, and we’re delighted to make it available on every Ubuntu certified cloud.

Dustin Kirkland – Google+

Dustin Kirkland is Canonical’s Cloud Solutions Product Manager, leading the technical product strategy, road map, and life cycle of the Ubuntu Cloud commercial offerings.

It’s a Snap!

Snappy introduces transactional updates and atomic, image based workflows — old ideas implemented in databases for decades — adapted to Ubuntu cloud and server ecosystems for the emerging cloud design patterns known as microservice architectures.

Mark Shuttleworth » Announcing Ubuntu Core, with snappy transactional updates!

This is in a sense the biggest break with tradition in 10 years of Ubuntu, because Ubuntu Core doesn’t use debs or apt-get. We call it “snappy” because that’s the new bullet-proof mechanism for app delivery and system updates; it’s completely different to the traditional package-based Ubuntu server and desktop. The snappy system keeps each part of Ubuntu in a separate, read-only file, and does the same for each application.

Runs Linux from the people:

Send in a pic/video of your runs Linux.
Please upload videos to YouTube and submit a link via email or the subreddit.

New Shows : Tech Talk Today (Mon – Thur)

Tech Talk Today Today | Jupiter Broadcasting

Support Jupiter Broadcasting on Patreon

Post-Show

Documented for all, the very moment Chris jumped the shark. In a sacrifice so great, it could only be made for his art, a shocking revelation is made.

GOgroove FlexSMART X2 Bluetooth Wireless In-Car FM Transmitter with USB Charging , Music Control and Hands-Free Calling – Works with Apple , Samsung , HTC , LG , Sony & More Smartphones , Tablets , MP3 Players: Car Electronics

The post Next Gen Fedora | LINUX Unplugged 70 first appeared on Jupiter Broadcasting.

Let’s Get RAID | BSD Now 36

chris — Fri, 09 May 2014 09:25:39 +0000

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video

This week on the show we\’ll be showing you how to set up RAID arrays in FreeBSD. There\’s also an interview with David Chisnall – of the FreeBSD core team – about the switch to Clang and a lot more.

Sit back and enjoy some BSD Now – the place to B.. SD.

Thanks to:

Direct Download:

RSS Feeds:

– Show Notes: –

Headlines

OpenBSD 5.5 released

If you ordered a CD set then you\’ve probably had it for a little while already, but OpenBSD has formally announced the public release of 5.5
This is one of the biggest releases to date, with a very long list of changes and improvements
Some of the highlights include: time_t being 64 bit on all platforms, release sets and binary packages being signed with the new signify tool, a new autoinstall feature of the installer, SMP support on Alpha, a new AViiON port, lots of new hardware drivers including newer NICs, the new vxlan driver, relayd improvements, a new pf queue system for bandwidth shaping, dhcpd and dhclient fixes, OpenSMTPD 5.4.2 and all its new features, position-independent executables being default for i386, the RNG has been replaced with ChaCha20 as well as some other security improvements, FUSE support, tmpfs, softraid partitions larger than 2TB and a RAID 5 implementation, OpenSSH 6.6 with all its new features and fixes… and a lot more
The full list of changes is HUGE, be sure to read through it all if you\’re interested in the details
If you\’re doing an upgrade from 5.4 instead of a fresh install, pay careful attention to the upgrade guide as there are some very specific steps for this version
Also be sure to apply the errata patches on your new installations… especially those OpenSSL ones (some of which still aren\’t fixed in the other BSDs yet)
On the topic of errata patches, the project is now going to also send them out (signed) via the announce mailing list, a very welcome change
Congrats to the whole team on this great release – 5.6 is going to be even more awesome with \”Libre\”SSL and lots of other stuff that\’s currently in development

FreeBSD foundation funding highlights

The FreeBSD foundation posts a new update on how they\’re spending the money that everyone donates
\”As we embark on our 15th year of serving the FreeBSD Project and community, we are proud of what we\’ve done to help FreeBSD become the most innovative, reliable, and high-performance operation system\”
During this spring, they want to highlight the new UEFI boot support and newcons
There\’s a lot of details about what exactly UEFI is and why we need it going forward
FreeBSD has also needed some updates to its console to support UTF8 and wide characters
Hopefully this series will continue and we\’ll get to see what other work is being sponsored

OpenSSH without OpenSSL

The OpenSSH team has been hard at work, making it even better, and now OpenSSL is completely optional
Since it won\’t have access to the primitives OpenSSL uses, there will be a trade-off of features vs. security
This version will drop support for legacy SSH v1, and the only two cryptographic algorithms supported are an in-house implementation of AES (in counter mode) and the new combination of the Chacha20 stream cipher with Poly1305 for packet integrity
Key exchange is limited to elliptic curve Diffie-Hellman and the newer Curve25519 KEXs
No support for RSA, DSA or ECDSA public keys – only Ed25519
It also includes a new buffer API and a set of wrappers to make it compatible with the existing API
Believe it or not, this was planned before all the heartbleed craziness
Maybe someday soon we\’ll have a mini-openssh-portable in FreeBSD ports and NetBSD pkgsrc… would be really cool

BSDMag\’s April 2014 issue is out

The free monthly BSD magazine has got a new issue available for download
This time the articles include: pascal on BSD, an introduction to revision control systems and configuration management, deploying NetBSD on AWS EC2, more GIMP tutorials, an AsiaBSDCon 2014 report and a piece about how easily credit cards are stolen online
Anyone can contribute to the magazine, just send the editors an email about what you want to write
No Linux articles this time around

Interview – David Chisnall – theraven@freebsd.org

The LLVM/Clang switch, FreeBSD\’s core team, various topics

Tutorial

RAID in FreeBSD and OpenBSD

News Roundup

BSDTalk episode 240

The original BSD podcaster Will Backman has uploaded a new episode of BSDTalk, this time with our other buddy GNN as the guest – mainly to talk about NTP and keeping reliable time
Topics include the specific details of crystals used in watches and computers to keep time, how temperature affects the quality, different sources of inaccuracy, some general NTP information, why you might want extremely precise time, different time sources (GPS, satellite, etc), differences in stratum levels, the problem of packet delay and estimating the round trip time, some of the recent NTP amplification attacks, the downsides to using UDP instead of TCP and… much more
GNN also talks a little about the Precision Time Protocol and how it\’s different than NTP
Two people we\’ve interviewed talking to each other, awesome
If you\’re interested in NTP, be sure to see our tutorial too

m2k14 trip reports

We\’ve got a few more reports from the recent OpenBSD hackathon in Morocco
The first one is from Antoine Jacoutot (who is a key GNOME porter, and gave us the screenshots for the OpenBSD desktop tutorial)
\”Since I always fail at actually doing whatever I have planned for a hackathon, this time I decided to come to m2k14 unprepared about what I was going to do\”
He got lots of work done with ports and pushing GNOME-related patches back up to the main project, then worked on fixing ports\’ compatibility with LibreSSL
Speaking of LibreSSL, there\’s an article all would-be portable version writers should probably read and take into consideration
Jasper Adriaanse also writes about what he got done over there
He cleaned up and fixed the puppet port to work better with OpenBSD

Why you should use FreeBSD on your cloud VPS

Here we have a blog post from Atlantic, a VPS and hosting provider, about 10 reasons for using FreeBSD
Starts off with a little bit of BSD history for those who are unfamiliar with it and only know Linux and Windows
(Spoiler) the 10 reasons are: community, stability, collaboration, ease of use, ports, security, ZFS, GEOM, sound and having lots of options
The post goes into detail about each of them and why FreeBSD makes a great choice for a VPS OS

PCBSD weekly digest

Big changes coming in the way PCBSD manages software
The PBI system, AppCafe and related tools are all going to use pkgng now
The AppCafe will no longer be limited to PBIs, so much more software will be easily available from the ports tree
New rating system coming soon and much more

Feedback/Questions

All the tutorials are posted in their entirety at bsdnow.tv
The Tor and mailing list tutorials have gotten some fixes and updates
The OpenBSD router tutorial has also gotten a bit of a makeover, and now includes new scripts for 5.5 and signify
Send questions, comments, show ideas/topics, or stories you want mentioned on the show to feedback@bsdnow.tv
If you\’ve got something cool to talk about and want to come on for an interview, shoot us an email
If any listeners have a collection of old FreeBSD or OpenBSD CDs, we\’d love for you to send in a picture of the whole set together so we can show it off
Watch live Wednesdays at 2:00PM Eastern (18:00 UTC)
We will be at BSDCan next week – be sure to say hi if you run into us!

The post Let's Get RAID | BSD Now 36 first appeared on Jupiter Broadcasting.