decryptedtech.com August 12, 2013 by Damir Brodjanac Nvidia Shield console is an interesting gaming system that supports all Android games, but also users can play all PC titles via streaming from the computer system, provided they are equipped with appropriate Nvidia graphic cards. Source: OSS
Flashback: "I’m Doing a (Free) Operating System (Just a Hobby)" – Linus Torvalds
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Twenty-two years ago today, a Finnish student by the name of Linus Torvalds sent an email that is now one of the iconic communications of the Internet era. In it, he told the comp.os.inix newsgroup – a newsgroup for all those using minix (from mini-Unix), a Unix-like computer operating system based on a microkernel architecture…
MongoDB Exorcises File Fragmentation Demons
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This article shares with the development community the analysis that was performed at FireScope as it relates to the use of “usePowerOf2Sizes” and details how to enable this feature. It also covers both size and performance implications of this new capability. In sharing our analysis we hope that others may realize the same benefits that…
FSF launches fundraising program for Replicant, the fully free Android-based mobile OS
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BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA — Thursday, July 25, 2013 — The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today launched a fundraising initiative for Replicant (http://replicant.us), a fully free Android distribution and the first mobile operating system (OS) to run without relying on proprietary system code. Replicant’s small volunteer developer team is focused on improving their OS, while also…
FSF, other groups join EFF to sue NSA over unconstitutional surveillance
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BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA — Tuesday, July 16, 2013 — The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today joined eighteen other activist and advocacy organizations in challenging the National Security Agency’s (NSA) mass surveillance of telecommunications in the United States with a lawsuit filed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). The recently revealed surveillance program intercepts and catalogs…
Richard Stallman inducted into the 2013 Internet Hall of Fame
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BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA — Wednesday, June 26, 2013 — Free Software Foundation founder Richard Stallman today joins the ranks of notable individuals who have been inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame for their significant contributions to the advancement of the global Internet. Source: Free Software