Hot on the heels of its Xfce build, the final release of Linux Mint 13 KDE is now available for download. This is an iteration that a lot of people have been anxiously awaiting, because it combines a lot of good things in a single package. As part of the Mint 13 family, it is [...]
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Peppermint OS Three: The real-deal desktop cloud Linux
Tuesday, July 24th, 2012Say hi to Peppermint OS Linux, which combines the traditional desktop with the cloud. The desktop and the cloud are getting hitched. You see it in everything from Windows 8 with Office 2013 to Ubuntu with WebApps to Mac OS with iCloud. And, of course, there’s Chrome OS, which is just the Chrome Web browser [...]
Your very own ARM-based Ubuntu servers in the cloud… for free
Wednesday, July 18th, 2012Not content with dominating the world of smartphones and tablets, makers of low-power ARM chips are setting their sights on the server market. While x86 servers are still the norm, there have been hints for some time that ARM might become a presence in the data center. Another small, early step toward an ARM future [...]
How to Turn Your Laptop Into a Typewriter
Tuesday, July 17th, 2012Writing requires focus: You need to sit down with your thoughts and just plow through your work. Regrettably, a modern computer isn’t that great for focusing on something as mundane as text. A word processor surrounds your text with so many flashy buttons and toolbars that you might sometimes feel as if the words you’re [...]
Best WordPress Hosting 2012 – 1098 WordPress Users’ Votes
Tuesday, July 3rd, 2012The web hosting review site Top-Cheap-Web-Hosting.com announced that BlueHost is nominated for the best WordPress hosting 2012 based on the 1098 readers’ reviews. San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) July 03, 2012 Top-Cheap-Web-Hosting.com announced that BlueHost is nominated for the best WordPress hosting 2012 based on the 1098 WordPress users’ reviews, rated from WordPress hosting compatibility, features, [...]
ScaleXtreme Announces New Server And Application Monitoring Functionality
Wednesday, June 27th, 2012SAN MATEO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– ScaleXtreme, the leading provider of cloud-based monitoring and systems management, announced early access availability of its new server and application monitoring product with thresholds, alerts and actions. This new monitoring product gives customers a complete solution to monitor the health of all your cloud, physical and virtual machines all in one [...]
Ubuntu targets the mainstream
Thursday, June 21st, 2012With Ubuntu 12.04, Canonical has delivered a much improved product that spans desktops, servers and the cloud in a bid to become the cross-platform mainstream product that Apple‘s Mac OS might have been had Apple not abandoned the server market. Dubbed Precise Pangolin (an anteater-like mammal), the latest version of Ubuntu sports a new feature [...]
Suse, Cent0S and Ubuntu virtual-machine images can be provisioned on cloud …
Thursday, June 7th, 2012In Suse’s case, Azure users will be able to provision the latest edition of either the Suse Linux Enterprise Server or OpenSuse. “To set up an instance, they just pick the Suse enterprise image and provision it like they would on any other cloud service,” said Doug Jarvis, Suse product marketing manager for cloud. Suse [...]
Netflix delivers using commodity hardware and open source software
Wednesday, June 6th, 2012Having previously used commercial content delivery networks to get their streaming video to their customers (and accounting for about 30% of all Internet Service Provider peak traffic in the US) Netflix is taking the step of deploying its own Netflix Open Connect CDN with custom hardware deployed to ISPs who merit the need to have [...]
Ars gear: the old Windows PC resurrected with Ubuntu
Sunday, May 27th, 2012I love buying gadgets, and I’m not one to deprive myself. My house has just about every piece of equipment I’ve ever lusted after, from a Mac Mini hooked up to an Apple Cinema Display to a Sony Bravia 3D TV connected to my PS3. I have a MacBook Air, PS Vita, iPad, Nintendo 3DS, [...]
System76 Courts Ubuntu Users with Shiny New Laptop
Thursday, May 24th, 2012While Linux users may suffer the stereotype of being cheap, that isn’t stopping open source OEMs from courting customers willing to pay premium prices for premium PCs. Case in point: eRacks recently introduced a new line of high-end desktops, and System76 followed suit with the debut of the Gazelle Professional Laptop, which, for all its [...]
Inventor of TV remote control dead
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012Image Credit: LG Electronics/AP Couch potatoes everywhere can pause and thank Eugene Polley for hours of feet-up channel surfing. His invention, the first wireless TV remote, began as a luxury, but with the introduction of hundreds of channels and viewing technologies it has become a necessity. Just ask anyone who’s lost a remote. Polley died [...]
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Web Host A2 Hosting Launches Customizable VPS Hosting Plans
Thursday, June 7th, 2012Web host A2 Hosting has launched its configurable VPS hosting plans Linux hosting provider A2 Hosting officially launched its new configurable VPS hosting service on Wednesday. A2 Hosting says its customers can now choose the amount of RAM, disk space and data transfer they need, instead of the traditional VPS packages with preset resources. As [...]