Raspberry Pi

Pioneer Computing

The sudden popularity of miniboard systems like Raspberry Pi have brought back the pioneering spirit of Linux’s early days. Suddenly, do it yourself in the open source community is back.

In-Memory DBMS

Main memory database systems

Thanks to powerful hardware, in-memory databases run without accessing mass memory devices, which means they handle transactions and evaluations at high speed, introducing a paradigm shift in the database market.

Crowdsourcing with OpenRelief

A crowdsource project creates a drone to be used in disaster relief.

OpenRelief gives drones a humanitarian purpose.

Cmdfs

Building virtual filesystems

Cmdfs builds a filtered virtual filesystem based on a source directory tree. You can even integrate other programs to convert data on the fly.

UEFI and Secure Boot

No Free Boots

The imminent Windows 8 implementation of UEFI with Secure Boot adds an extra layer of complexity for some Linux users. We look at the problem and two solutions from Fedora and Canonical.

Remote Control

Controlling PCs with an Android smartphone

Did you leave your system running? Did you forget to start a critical backup? Control your Linux computer from anywhere with an Android phone.

Social and Private with Friendica

Developing for a Post-Facebook World

Be social and keep in touch while maintaining your privacy with Friendica, a network that centralizes social media.

Cinnamon 1.4

Mint’s Cinnamon Desktop

Because of their novel look and feel, both Gnome 3 and Ubuntu’s Unity have been running into harsh criticism from many users. In response, Mint, an Ubuntu spinoff, has revived the Gnome 2 feel on its own desktop.

Controlled Delay Management

A new aggregate queue length algorithm for network bottlenecks.

The persistent and growing problem of bufferbloat is getting serious relief thanks to a new active queue management tool known as a Controlled Delay – a tool that, thanks to heroic efforts, is now ready for Linux.

Unified Event Monitoring with Splunk

Secure your enterprise, monitor system performance, and more by harnessing the power of Splunk to search, monitor, report, and analyze events and data from any source.