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Microsoft tells devs: Whatever you’re doing in Linux, Windows 10 will soon do it too

“Whatever it is that you normally do on Linux to build an application: whether it’s in Go, in Erlang, in C, whatever you use, please, give it a try on Bash WSL

Microsoft Azure bug put Red Hat instances at risk

The vulnerability was discovered by Irish software engineer Ian Duffy and reported to Microsoft as part of its bug bounty programme. Duffy discovered the glitch while working on a hardened RHEL image for use on both Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure.

Android security in 2016 is a mess.

if money is no object, my only sound advice can be to buy an iPhone. Apple is still shipping security updates, albeit on iOS 9, for the iPhone 4s which was released in 2011 (5 years ago). The iPhone 5 is still being kept up to date with iOS 10.

TING

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Core VLC Developer: ‘Noone Cares About Linux; OpenHMD Is a Joke’

Or also, that noone really cares about Linux. And, also, that we might need direct access to get powerful perf.

jbkempf comments on Core VLC Developer: ‘Noone Cares About Linux; OpenHMD Is a Joke’

Therefore, I have never ever ever said “Noone Cares about Linux”. This is the most stupid thing I’ve ever seen; especially outside of the VR context.

Debian putting everything on the /usr

Merging /usr is with a debootstrap compilation flag, --merged-usr.

Ubuntu Prepping Its 16.04 “Rolling HWE Kernel”

Ubuntu 16.04.2 and beyond will feature hardware enablement kernels back-ported from newer Ubuntu releases in order to allow new hardware to work on these older LTS releases, but now the Xenial Xerus is switching to a concept of a “rolling HWE kernel.”

You Can Now Package Your Apps as Snaps Without Bundling Their Dependencies

This is possible now because the latest ubuntu-app-platform snap build incorporates the standard Qt 5 libraries, the QML (Qt Meta Language) runtime, the Ubuntu UI (User Interface) toolkit, and their dependencies. The Oxide web engine library based on Chromium and related QML bindings is also bundled in the ubuntu-app-platform snap, so the new Snaps should now be significantly smaller.

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Fedora 25 images are now available in DigitalOcean! Read the Magazine here for useful tips: https://t.co/v8CYGBvlhq

— Fedora Project (@fedora) November 29, 2016

The New XPS 13 Developer Edition Lands in Europe, United States and Canada

Specifications — Next gen XPS 13 developer edition

Here is what the 6th generation developer edition (9360) features:

• 7th generation Intel(r) Core(tm)Processors
• Ubuntu 16.04 LTS preloaded. Augmented with the necessary hardware drivers (drivers are upstreamed to allow a variety of distros to work)
• Killer Wireless cards*

• InfinityEdge(tm) display, FHD (1920×1080) and QHD+ (3200×1800) versions available

  Killer cards are a branding of Qualcomm Atheros. Their Linux drivers are open source and the firmware is now upstream.

US Configurations

As was the case last time, the US is offering four configs. This time around we are offering the following (including one in Rose Gold):

• i5/8GB/128GB, FHD — $949.99
• i5/8GB/256GB, FHD — $1,349.99
• i7/8GB/256GB, QHD+ (touch) — Rose Gold — $1,599.99

• i7/16GB/512GB, QHD+ (touch) — $1,799.99

• New XPS 13 Developer Edition Lands in Europe, United States and Canada | Hacker News

A word of warning: German magazine c’t tests this laptop in its newest issue, using the pre-installed Ubuntu but also with Fedora 25 Workstation Edition (also with a Linux 4.9 development kernel), as well as Windows 10. The results regarding Linux compatibility are pretty bad:

• The battery lasts for 13h under Linux, which is not too shabby. However, it lasts a whooping 22,5h with Windows 10.

• The headphone port is very noisy with Linux. No noise whatsoever with Windows.

• WiFi performance is dismal in Linux. No problem with Windows.

• The HDMI port on the separately sold docking station does not work correctly with Linux.

netdata backends

netdata supports backends for archiving the metrics, or providing long term dashboards, using grafana or other tools

DalmatinerDB – A fast distributed metric store

DalmatinerDB’s performance relies heavily on taking advantage of facilities like ARC, ZIL, checksums and volume compression. Expecting those things to be handled on a filesystem level makes it possible to remove most of the code for caching, compression, validation from the application improving code simplicity, stability, and performance significantly.

• DalmatinerDB documentation
• Playing with DalmatinerDB

Essentially the main difference is that it relies on some very well tested software as the foundation. Clustering is a first class citizen and complicated compression and checksumming code is kept out of the database where ZFS can do it instead.

Currently Dalmatiner is a great database if you are looking for a reliable time series metrics store that scales and is 100% open source and not backed by a commercial company.

Managing devices in Linux

This month I cover some fascinating aspects of the /dev directory.

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Debian aims for reproducible builds of all packages. We’ll explain what that means & why other distributions might be jumping onboard with the idea.

Plus impressive early performance results under Mir & Gnome’s 3.18’s best features you’re not hearing about.

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• Cards Against IT

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• System XVI

System XVI is a modern take on service management. It aims to incorporate useful functionality while maintaining a modular design in the UNIX tradition.

Jose Macbook Linux feedback

From: Sean
RE: Jose Macbook Linux feedback

I’ve been running Linux on my macbook pro for about 4 years now, I just switched back to Fedora 22 from OpenSuse (been rocking Suse since 2007) and my macbook has never worked better.

The newer kernel 4.1+ finally has good hardware support for the keyboard backlight, thermal/fan controls, cpu scaling (yes Apple does their own crap for this) so battery life is still good.

One other thing that I’ve done to extend battery life is buy the Fluendo codec suite and switch to a gstreamer based video player, the fluendo codecs have much better video acceleration for video decoding, taking much of the load off the cpu.

Also, not all gstreamer video players are created equal; totem is still pretty heavy on the cpu, 24% on 1080p h.264 video, but something lightweight like MPV sits around 12%, and this is on a Sandy Bridge i5.

I haven’t tried Arch on here but I imagine getting a similar setup wouldn’t be too hard. I wish Jose the best of luck, don’t give up on Linux.

Name for the road show

From: Zek the Penguin
RE: Name for the road show

Hi Chris!

Was listening to Unplugged today and figured I’d make suggestions for the road show.

How about ‘Nation Migration’? ‘March of the Penguin’? ‘Roll Your Own’?

Just a few ideas. Hope it helps.

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Ubuntu Convergence Demo: X Apps Running on Mir Display Server

The video was filmed by Canonical at a recent developer sprint. The video was distributed internally to better demonstrate the progress made on the X.org compatability layer for Mir.

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How Debian Is Trying to Shut Down the CIA and Make Software Trustworthy Again

In response to the Snowden revelation that the CIA compromised Apple developers’ build process, thus enabling the government to insert backdoors at compile time without developers realizing, Debian, the world’s largest free software project, has embarked on a campaign to to prevent just such attacks. Debian’s solution? Reproducible builds.

Reproducible builds, as the name suggests, make it possible for others to reproduce the build process. “The idea is to get reasonable confidence that a given binary was indeed produced by the source,” Lunar said. “We want anyone to be able to produce identical binaries from a given source.”

A software package reproducibly built should be byte for byte identical to the publicly-available package. Any difference would be evidence of tampering.

Reproducible builds rely in part on David A. Wheeler’s solution to this problem, Diverse Double-Compiling.

“You need two compilers,” Lunar explained, “with one that you somehow trust. Then you build the compiler under test twice, once with each compiler, and then you use the compilers that you just built to build the compiler under test again.

“If the output is the same, then no backdoors,” he added. “But for this scheme to work, you need to be able to compare that both build outputs are the same. And that’s exactly what we are enabling when having reproducible builds.”

According to Lunar, 83 percent of Debian packages are now built reproducibly, and more join the party every day.

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Gnome 3.18’s Best new Features

• Gnome Terminal 3.18 comes two new great features! The first one is the…

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• Gnome Files 318 will disable recursive search on network locations, because of…

• GNOME 3.18 Will Feature Google Drive Support

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Developers are excited by Google’s announcement that Android will support Vulkan. We explain what Vulkan is, the issues developers face around openGL, & why Mike is a bit skeptical.

Plus market data suggest we’ve reached peak iPad & tablets are not selling. Is it worth creating anything but consumption based apps for tablets? We’ll debate.

Plus some audience submitted topics, Apple’s 30% cut, feedback & more!

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• Vulkan Android Support Incoming

• Rich Geldreich’s Tech Blog: Things that drive me nuts about OpenGL

• WWDC 2014 Metal for iOS 8 – YouTube

Google's adoption of #Vulkan for Android graphics should ensure that all Linux-based platforms standardize on Vulkan. Yay Google!

— Tim Sweeney (@TimSweeneyEpic) August 10, 2015

• Have we Reached Peak iPad?

• Thirty Percent

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• Presumption of stupidity

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We chat with the chief technology officer behind Mycroft, an open source artificial intelligence for everyone. Then discuss Android’s adoption of Vulkan and the major impact it could have on desktop Linux & the nice new Linux exclusive features coming to Firefox.

Plus we revisit file syncing under Linux & discuss the really great options that have cropped up recently.

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• Mycroft: An Open Source Artificial Intelligence For Everyone by Joshua Montgomery — Kickstarter

Uses natural language to control Internet of Things. Built on Raspberry Pi this whole home A.I. plays media, controls lights & more.

Catch Up:

Kali linux 2.0 Released

We now find ourselves smack in the middle of the most significant release of Kali since 2013. Today is the day that Kali 2.0 is officially released.

Kali Linux is a Debian-based distribution oriented toward penetration testing and related tasks; the 2.0 release is now available. “There’s a new 4.0 kernel, now based on Debian Jessie, improved hardware and wireless driver coverage, support for a variety of Desktop Environments (gnome, kde, xfce, mate, e17, lxde, i3wm), updated desktop environment and tools – and the list goes on. But these bulletpoint items are essentially a side effect of the real changes that have taken place in our development backend. Ready to hear the real news? Take a deep breath, it’s a long list.” At the top of that list is that Kali is now a rolling distribution.

GNOME Announces Search for Executive Director

The GNOME Foundation is looking for qualified candidates for the position of Executive Director of the GNOME Foundation. The Executive Director is critical for the Foundation, the public face of GNOME, the liaison to the GNOME Advisory Board

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Syncing Under Linux Revisited

• Ubuntu One file syncing code Open Sourced | Ubuntu Insights

Today, we’re happy to be open sourcing the biggest piece of our Ubuntu One file syncing service.

• Release Notes for 17 July 2015: SpiderOakONE 6.0

• Syncthing

Syncthing replaces proprietary sync and cloud services with something open, trustworthy and decentralized. Your data is your data alone and
you deserve to choose where it is stored, if it is shared with some third party and how it’s transmitted over the Internet.

• tinc wiki

• Run your own Firefox Accounts Server — Mozilla Services

The Firefox Accounts server is deployed on our systems using RPM packaging,
and we don’t provide any other packaging or publish official builds yet.

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Android Developers Blog

In order to address some of the sources of CPU overhead and provide developers with more explicit control over rendering, we’ve been working to bring a new 3D rendering API, Vulkan(tm), to Android.

• Gnomes per second in Vulkan and OpenGL ES – Imagination Blog

• Rich Geldreich’s Tech Blog: Things that drive me nuts about OpenGL

Here’s a brain dump of the things that sometimes drive me crazy about OpenGL.

• Metal for Developers – Apple Developer

Metal provides the lowest-overhead access to the GPU, enabling you to maximize the graphics and compute potential of your apps on iOS and OS X.

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Meet Alphabet, the new conglomerate absorbing Google. Then we spend sometime celebrating Android’s adoption of Vulkan.

Plus Oracle’s security chief demands you stop looking for flaws, veggies in space & more!

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• Low-overhead rendering with Vulkan
• Nvidia To Show Off Vulkan On NVIDIA GPUs & An OpenGL Linux Graphics Debugger | GamingOnLinux

• Oracle security chief to customers: Stop checking our code for vulnerabilities | Ars Technica

• Veggies in Space: Astronauts Sample Freshly Grown Lettuce – YouTube

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The FCC Chairman makes it clear, he plans to push for Title II classification of the Internet. Is Net Neutrality going to save us all? We’ll debate & discuss the mounting counter battle.

Plus Valve is about to reveal their openGL replacement & we take a look at an open source device that’s NSFW.

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FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler: This Is How We Will Ensure Net Neutrality

After more than a decade of debate and a record-setting proceeding that attracted nearly 4 million public comments, the time to settle the Net Neutrality question has arrived. This week, I will circulate to the members of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) proposed new rules to preserve the internet as an open platform for innovation and free expression. This proposal is rooted in long-standing regulatory principles, marketplace experience, and public input received over the last several months.

Broadband network operators have an understandable motivation to manage their network to maximize their business interests. But their actions may not always be optimal for network users. The Congress gave the FCC broad authority to update its rules to reflect changes in technology and marketplace behavior in a way that protects consumers. Over the years, the Commission has used this authority to the public’s great benefit.

AT&T previews lawsuit it plans to file against FCC over net neutrality | Ars Technica

AT&T seems resigned to the near-certainty that the Federal Communications Commission will reclassify broadband as a common carrier service in order to enforce net neutrality rules. But it isn’t going to let the decision stand without a legal challenge, and the company is already telling the world what it’s going to argue in court.

“I have no illusions that any of this will change what happens on February 26,” when the FCC is expected to vote, AT&T Federal Regulatory VP Hank Hultquist wrote in a blog post yesterday. “But when the FCC has to defend reclassification before an appellate court, it will have to grapple with these and other arguments. Those who oppose efforts at compromise because they assume Title II rests on bullet proof legal theories are only deceiving themselves.”

Toshiba releases super-secure Encrypted USB Flash Drive with hardware-based encryption

“Available in 4GB ($95), 8GB ($112), 16GB ($140) and 32GB ($200) capacities, the Toshiba Encrypted USB Flash Drive uses a built-in mini-keyboard to authenticate access, incorporating a rechargeable battery so the user can enter a secure code before plugging into a USB port. Users simply enter their secure PIN and plug the drive into any USB 2.0 port on a compatible device. Once access is granted, the drive ‘unlocks’ the media, permitting clearance to all of the content stored on the drive. When the drive is removed from a USB port, the drive automatically re-locks and encrypts the stored media”, says Toshiba.

Serious bug in fully patched Internet Explorer puts user credentials at risk | Ars Technica

A vulnerability in fully patched versions of Internet Explorer allows attackers to steal login credentials and inject malicious content into users’ browsing sessions. Microsoft officials said they’re working on a fix for the bug, which works successfully on IE 11 running on both Windows 7 and 8.1.

The vulnerability is known as a universal cross-site scripting (XSS) bug. It allows attackers to bypass the same origin policy, a crucially important principle in Web application models that prevents one site from accessing or modifying browser cookies or other content set by any other site. A proof-of-concept exploit published in the past few days shows how websites can violate this rule when people use supported versions of Internet Explorer running the latest patches to visit maliciously crafted pages.

glNext: The Future of High Performance Graphics (Presented by Valve)

Join us for the unveiling of Khronos’ glNext initiative, the upcoming cross-platform graphics API designed for modern programming techniques and processors. glNext will be the singular choice for developers who demand peak performance in their applications. We will present a technical breakdown of the API, advanced techniques and live demos of real-world applications running on glNext drivers and hardware.

KICKSTARTER OF THE WEEK: The Mod – Multivibrating Open-Source Dildo | Indiegogo

The Mod is a great vibrator. It’s made from 100% silicone.
Its three powerful motors create amazing sensations, ranging from a lovely low
frequency rumble to patterns that move up and down the shaft. It is USB rechargeable,
and its built in buttons make it easy to control vibration patterns and
intensities.

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Ryan C. Gordon aka Icculus joins us to discuss past, present and future of Linux gaming. Plus the fundamental technology challenges facing Linux gaming, the hope for SteamOS, and much more.

Then – Red Hat’s internal politics burst out into the spotlight, John C. Dvorak trolls Linux users….

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Runs Linux

Evergreen State Fair, Runs Linux

• Photos – Google+

• An Introduction to SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) | DigitalOcean

Desktop App Pick

Braid

Braid is a puzzle-platformer, drawn in a painterly style, where you can manipulate the flow of time in strange and unusual ways. From a house in the city, journey to a series of worlds and solve puzzles to rescue an abducted princess.

• Braid (video game) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Braid is a platform and puzzle video game developed by Number None, Inc. The game was released on August 6, 2008 for the Xbox 360‘s Xbox Live Arcade service. A Microsoft Windows version was released on April 10, 2009. Hothead Games ported and released the game to Mac OS X on May 20, 2009 and the PlayStation Network on November 12, 2009. A Linux port, created by Ryan C. Gordon, was released December 14, 2010 as part of the second Humble Indie Bundle.

• Get Braid on the Humble Store.

• Braid’s Linux Version Is Finally Heading To Steam

• Get LIMBO on the Humble Store.

Weekly Spotlight

GParted — Turns 10

The first public release of GParted was version 0.0.3 on August 26th, 2004. Over the past 10 years, much
has happened. Following are some statistics:

• Over 300 people have contributed to GParted
• Many GNU/Linux distributions now include GParted
• Translators have worked to make GParted available in over 50
  different languages
• GParted is used in over 220 countries around the world
• There have been over 17 million downloads from Sourceforge
  alone

Ting App Pick

• App of the Week: Yo!
• Yo – It’s that simple.
• Yo | FauxShow 182

— NEWS —

Red Hat CTO unexpectedly quits, amid rumors of executive ‘friction’

No-one among the rank and file at Red Hat seem to have seen this coming. In a move the Linux giant’s staffers said was “shocking” and a “punch in the gut,” long-time Red Hat chief technology officer Brian Stevens has resigned.

Sean Michael Kerner at eWeek says Red Hat CTO Resigns for New Opportunity – not friction.

I’ve heard from my own sources that Stevens is not leaving due to any internal wrangling or politics at Red Hat, but rather to pursue a new opportunity that he simply could not turn down.

Reasons for Red Hat CTO departure still a mystery

The only additional statement from Red Hat is a remark that Stevens was “leaving to pursue another opportunity.” While Stevens did not reply to inquires, sources stated that he’d been biding his time waiting for the right opportunity.

JOHN C. DVORAK: Linux Has Run Out of Time

Time has run out for there to be a must-have killer software package on Linux. Anyone writing such an application writes it for Mac or Windows, because that’s where the customers are. All the super applications for Linux are on the server side and that ends the discussion. Yes, this could change someday. But that someday is not on the horizon.

Right now Linux on the desktop remains a cheap curiosity, that is kind of fun to play with when you are bored.

Screencheat Out OCT 3rd

Screencheat is a split-screen multiplayer FPS where everyone is invisible and you have to cheat to win. Remember when looking at your friends’ screen in Goldeneye was frowned upon? Well those days are gone and in Screencheat, we encourage it!

Hand of Fate on Steam

Deckbuilding comes to life in Hand of Fate! An infinitely replayable series of quests – earn new cards, build your deck, then try to defeat it! In a cabin at the end of the world, the game of life and death is played. Draw your cards, play your hand, and discover your fate.

Ryan C. Gordon (aka icculus)

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Our top 10 hopes and expectations from Google I/O 2014. Is this the year Google pushes developers on design, will Google+ take a backseat and more.

Plus our followup includes the challenges facing openGL, why the Nexus program will die, coping with information overload and getting your confidence back.

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• Inside Metal: How Apple plans to unlock the secret graphics performance of the A7 chip

Metal as a technology applies to the GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) of Apple’s new 64-bit A7 Application Processor used in its newest iOS devices: iPhone 5s, iPad Air and Retina iPad mini.

• Information Overload

• Confidence Issues

Dev Hoopla:

Google IO 2014: 10 things we expect

Google IO 2014 is officially scheduled to kick off at 9 a.m. Pacific on June 25

• We haven’t heard about Android@Home since 2011, I think. Hopefully they’ll make something as inexpensive and intuitive as Chromecast was to the Nexus Q.

• LG Google Smartwatch

• New Nexus Tablet?

• ChromeOS tablet?

• Android Silver?

• A less expensive Chromebook Pixel.

• Google+ integration up the yin yang? Or a pull back from G+?

• Will Google push developers for better App design?

• Is this the year Google really focuses on design?

Netflix Will Shut Down Public API Support For Third-Party Developers On November 14

Netflix is getting a lot stingier with the way that third-party developers can use its content, announcing that it will stop supporting its public API by the end of the year. In a letter to API partners, Netflix VP of Edge Engineering Daniel Jacobson announced that it would retire the public API program effective November 14.

The decision to shutdown its API seems a long time coming. Launched six years ago, the API originally provided third-party developers a way to access and point to content that users could get from Netflix in its streaming and DVD catalogs.

That helped the company grow, as subscribers could use third-party apps to check the availability of titles, reserve DVDs, and even link directly to streaming content on the web.

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• Brackets 0.40 Release (Find Exclusion Sets) – Brackets Blog

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Mike and Chris share their raw reactions from Apple’s WWDC Keynote, including Mike’s big concerns about Swift.

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• Apple Introduces iOS 8 | TechCrunch

• Apple meets Dropbox head-on with iCloud Drive | The Verge

• Apple officially introduces iOS 8 “Healthkit” platform & “Health” app | 9to5Mac

• iOS 8 will allow users to install systemwide third-party keyboards | 9to5Mac

• Apple announces new Siri features, including Shazam integration and “hey, Siri” always-on mode | 9to5Mac

• Apple announces HomeKit, an SDK for controlling your home from your iOS device – The Next Web

• Apple Opens Up Touch ID To All Apps | TechCrunch

• Apple – Press Info – Apple Announces OS X Yosemite

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The battle lines have been drawn and the assault against upstart is in full force. We’ll discuss the heat being put on Canonical, the CLA, and upstart with our virtual LUG.

Then we’ll bust some Linux switching FUD that’s been popping up with more and more Windows users fleeing the sinking ship.

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• Why Google Bought Nest: A Theory

Nest always thought of itself as a robotics company; the robot is just hidden inside this sleek Appleish case.

Look at who the company brought in as its VP of technology: Yoky Matsuoka, a roboticist and artificial intelligence expert from the University of Washington.

• The Innovative Little Guy Results

The War Against Upstart

• Linus Torvalds: Any CLA is fundamentally broken

\”To be fair, people just like hating on Canonical. The FSF and Apache Foundation CLA\’s are pretty much equally broken. And they may not be broken because of any relicencing, but because the copyright assignment paperwork ends up basically killing the community. Basically, with a CLA, you don\’t get the kind of \”long tail\” that the kernel has of random drive-by patches. And since that\’s how lots of people try the waters, any CLA at all — changing the license or not — is fundamentally broken.\”

• Matthew Garrett: Not all CLAs are equal

So why do people object so much when Canonical do it? I\’ve written about this in the context of Mir before, but it\’s worth expanding on the general case. The FSF\’s copyright assignment ensures that contributions to GPLed software will only be distributed under GPL-style licenses. The Apache CLA permits the ASF to relicense a contribution under a proprietary license, but the Apache license allows anyone to do that anyway.

In contrast, Canonical ship software under the GPLv3 family of licenses (GPL, AGPL and LGPL) but require that contributors sign an agreement that permits Canonical to relicense their contributions under a proprietary license. This is a fundamentally different situation to almost all widely accepted CLAs, and it\’s disingenuous for Canonical to defend their CLA by pointing out the broad community uptake of, for instance, the Apache CLA.

• Lennart Poettering – Google+ – Shutting down is hard.

Shutting down is hard.

I am sorry for piling on, but here\’s an interesting aspect of Upstart I\’d like to shed some light on. Not necessarily because it is hard to fix, but simply because it is quite interesting.

Upstart (as it stands now) will eat your file system.

• Lennart Poettering – Google+ – So it appears that the Debian ctte discussions are now…

The existance of mountall on Upstart, and the non-integration of /etc/fstab into the Upstart rule set, results in a lot of additional shortcomings: mountall is a one-time thing for the boot process, all context of file systems, devices and mounts is lost, after it ran, and the file system state is henceforth assumed static. Which of course is not how systems work these days…

This design flaw is one of the things we noticed when we looked into Upstart in detail before we decided to start systemd. 4 years later, nothing has changed, the Upstart design still cannot cover this…

FUD Busting:

• fm87 comments on Microsoft employees reportedly call Windows 8 ‘the new Vista’

Linux is not a replacement for Windows for 99.999% of users

• Blame FUD for Microsoft\’s Dominance in Schools

\”It might even be illegal for us to remove Microsoft Office or Windows from previously purchased computers, due to the vendor agreement the school district signed with Microsoft.\”

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+ This will create a \"Steam standard\" that non-Steam distros can follow to garuntee compatability.