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Entroware Apollo: Linux Macbook Killer | LAS 406

chris — Mon, 29 Feb 2016 01:41:51 +0000

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Has Entroware built the ultimate 13 inch Linux laptop? We put their Apollo through our battery of tests & review this good looking Skylake powered Linux portable.

Plus Microsoft buys the folks behind Mono, Canonical might have a ZFS fight on their hands & more!

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Apollo by Entroware

Core I/O Details:

1 x HDMI
1 x USB 3.0 Port
1 x USB 3.1C Port
1 x USB 2.0 Port
1 x 2-in-1 Card Reader
1 x Audio Output

Dimensions (W x D x H):
325mm x 219mm x 18mm

Weight:
1.42Kg (inc. battery)

Battery:
4 Cell Lithium-Ion (6300mAh)

My research shows it’s built on top of the Topstar U931 kit.

Apollo as Configured

$991.29 US Dollars

lspci output:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Sky Lake Host Bridge/DRAM Registers (rev 08)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Sky Lake Integrated Graphics (rev 07)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Device 9d2f (rev 21)
00:14.2 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Device 9d31 (rev 21)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Device 9d3a (rev 21)
00:17.0 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Device 9d03 (rev 21)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 9d14 (rev f1)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Device 9d48 (rev 21)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Device 9d48 (rev 21)
00:1f.2 Memory controller: Intel Corporation Device 9d21 (rev 21)
00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation Device 9d70 (rev 21)
00:1f.4 SMBus: Intel Corporation Device 9d23 (rev 21)
01:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless 3160 (rev 83)

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The SolarAir is a solar heat collector made DIY, with very low cost materials, mainly Soda Cans.
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Desktop App Pick

N1 – The extensible, open source mail client.

Weekly Spotlight

Password Generation on Linux

apg generates several random passwords. It uses several password generation algorithms (currently two) and a built-in pseudo random number generator.
Default algorithm is pronounceable password generation algorithm designed by Morrie Gasser and described in A Random Word Generator For Pronounceable Passwords National Technical Information Service (NTIS) AD-A-017676. The original paper is very old and had never been put online, so I have to use NIST implementation described in FIPS-181.

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Microsoft Is Buying Mobile Cross-Platform Development Company Xamarin

Microsoft announced today that it has acquired Xamarin, a company that allows developers to build fully native apps across several platforms from a single shared code base.

Linux users campaign after Microsoft ‘neglects’ Skype with a week of downtime-

The _open letter to Microsoft_said: “It was a shitty move to not update the client for three years, which resulted in this, mostly. It was annoying that you ignored almost every tweet to @SkypeSupport about issues with Skype for Linux. But it is absolutely disgraceful that you dropped the Linux client BEFORE any alternatives are available and without telling your users.”

GPL Violations Related to Combining ZFS and Linux

However, our conclusion is simple: Conservancy and the Linux copyright
holders in the GPL Compliance Project for
Linux Developers believe that distribution of ZFS binaries is a GPL
violation and infringes Linux’s copyright. We are also concerned that it may
infringe Oracle’s copyrights in ZFS. As such, we again ask Oracle to respect
community norms against license proliferation and simply relicense its
copyrights in ZFS under a GPLv2-compatible license.

TechSNAP Take on SFC ZFS Finding

Canonical accused of violating GPL with ZFS-in-Ubuntu 16.04 plan

Canonical’s counter-argument is that “The CDDL cannot apply to the Linux kernel because zfs.ko is a self-contained file system module — the kernel itself is quite obviously not a derivative work of this new file system.”

Report from the VMware GPL court hearing | LaForge’s home page

VMware is using parts of the Linux kernel in their proprietary ESXi
product, including the entire SCSI mid-layer, USB support, radix tree
and many, many device drivers.

as is generally known, Linux is licensed under GNU GPLv2, a
copyleft-style license.

VMware has modified all the code they took from the Linux kernel and
integrated them into something they call vmklinux.

VMware has modified their proprietary virtualization OS kernel
vmkernel with specific API/symbol to interact with vmklinux

at least in earlier versions of ESXi, virtually any block device
access has to go through vmklinux and thus the portions of Linux
they took

vmklinux and vmkernel are dynamically linked object files that are
linked together at run-time

the Linux code they took runs in the same execution context (address
space, stack, control flow) like the vmkernel.

The Linux Kernel, CDDL and Related Issues – Software Freedom Law Center

When, in this mode of employment, the CDDL-licensed code implementing the filesystem is combined with the module-specific translation layer and the result is then statically or dynamically linked into the Linux kernel, the resulting binary is licensed to all users under the terms of GPLv2, and only GPLv2, as the license requires. This happens because CDDL gives permission for binary forms of the code it licenses to be released under any license, and the license terms in effect are those of GPLv2. The making of the binary itself does not result in infringement of the kernel copyrights, or a violation of GPLv2’s terms.

Debian Devs Realized They Were Shipping Pre-Built Nvidia Module, Breaking GPL

“The Nvidia-graphics-modules provides pre-compiled non-free kernel modules. Several lawyers and people believe this to be a violation of the GPL license used by the kernel. This interpretation is consistent with our position on ZFS modules, which we also ship in source code only. As such, the work is not distributable and should be removed from the archive in all suites, ASAP,” Julian Andres Klode said.

#815060 – RM: nvidia-graphics-modules — RoQA; Violates kernel license – Debian Bug report logs

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Haiku Review | LAS | s17e05

chris — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 20:22:11 +0000

We get caught in bed with another lady, and her name is Haiku! We give you a FULL review of this crazy great system, and why it just might give Linux a run for it’s money!

THEN – We react to Apple suing the Amahi project. Hint: We don’t like it!

Plus so much MORE!

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Runs Linux:
Amazon EC2 now runs Red Hat Linux
Danica Patrick Day!
Android Pick:
Lookout Mobile Security
Android Picks so far, thanks to Madjo in the IRC Chat room
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Linux Pick:
Darktable
Linux App Picks so far. Thanks to Madjo!

NEWS:
Apple hits Open Source startup Amahi with a cease and desist
Introducing the Nokia N9
MeeGo UX Guidelines
Nokia N9 first hands-on!
Stephen Elop’s Nokia Adventure
Sabayon Linux 6 is OUT!
Sabayon Looks Better Than Ever
Oracle wants billion-dollar amount from Google
GNOME Shell Extensions To Get A Website With One-Click Install Support

Haiku Alpha 3 REVIEW:
Haiku Project Homepage
Hands-on: running Haiku alpha 3 on a netbook

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Ubuntu 10.04 Review | Linux Action Show! s11e10

chris — Sun, 02 May 2010 16:39:13 +0000

This week on The Linux Action Show,

It’s our ACTION review of Ubuntu 10.04, is this the release the world has been waiting for? WE DISCUSS! We cover the approaching war against OGG Theora and what it means for Linux users!

THEN – Is the Microsoft and HTC patent deal a sign of Microsoft’s new covert Linux attack strategy? WE BREAK IT DOWN!

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Red Stripe & On Location Beer Reviews! | Beer is Tasty

Android Pick: Astrid

Microsoft Licensing Mysterious Patented Tech To HTC’s Android Phones

VirtualBox 3.2.0 Beta 1 released

Steve Jobs: OGG patent pool is being assembled to go after Theora

Steam & Source Engine Linux Details

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The Future of Software Development | The Linux Action Show! s11e07

chris — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 08:52:42 +0000

This week on, The Linux Action Show!

Is IBM becoming big bad blue? Canonical wants to put Ubuntu One in your pants, does the Ubuntu distro really have 12 MILLION users!? We discuss!

THEN – We’ve got an idea that just might change the future of software development, forever!

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The Linux Action Show! Season 11 Episode 3

chris — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 11:29:50 +0000

This week on, The Linux Action Show!

The Linux Action Show, Season 11 Episode 3: Apple fires the first shot in their new war against Android, we go over what YOU NEED TO KNOW!

Then – We load up the coolest new Desktop Linux app that turns your webcam into a production studio POWER HOUSE!

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