There are many options available today for users looking at Linux distributions tailored for security research, and among them is BackBox Linux, which was updated to version 4.1 on Jan. 29. Backbox Linux 4.1 is based on the Ubuntu 14.04 LTS distribution and uses the Xfce desktop environment. BackBox Linux is not intended to primarily…
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Interview with Kev (elfy) of the Ubuntu Community Council
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•The Ubuntu Community Council is the primary community governance body for the Ubuntu project. In this series of 7 interviews, we go behind the scenes with the community members who were elected in 2013 serve on this council with Mark Shuttleworth. Source: Tech
Windows on ARM lives on, even as it dies
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•Windows on ARM has not been universally popular. When first announced a week shy of three years ago, the prospect of Windows running on ARM processors piqued many people’s interest, particularly around what software it would be able to run, and what hardware it would be able to run it on. Source: Tech
Raspberry Pi 2
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•Source: barrapunto.com — Monday, February 02, 2015Parufito nos cuenta: A Hoy se ha presentado el modelo 2 de Raspberry Pi, con un procesador quadcore. Source: Tech
Installing and using Git and Github on Ubuntu: A beginner's guide
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•GitHub is a treasure trove of some of the world’s best projects, built by the contributions of developers all across the globe. This simple, yet extremely powerful platform helps every individual interested in building or developing something big to contribute and get recognized in the opensource community. Source: Tech
How Google's supercharged Chromebook Files app will blend offline with online
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•“Files are so 1990,” said Google’s Sundar Pichai back in 2008 . “I don’t think we need files anymore.” Source: Tech
Rcount: simple and flexible RNA-Seq read counting
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•Summary: Analysis of differential gene expression by RNA sequencing is frequently done using feature counts, i.e. the number of reads mapping to a gene. However, commonly used count algorithms do not address the problem of reads aligning with multiple locations in the genome or reads aligning with positions where two or more genes overlap .…
CliQr Extends Leading CloudCenter Platform to Include Deployment and…
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•Combined with CliQr’s existing abilities to migrate, manage and govern a broad range of new or existing applications across any private or public cloud, the additional support of Docker gives developers and IT the ability to manage the full lifecycle of deploying and managing single, multiple and “composite” container/VM application configurations on any private or…
New GHOST Scaring Linux Users
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•The top story today is the news that a major security vulnerability has existed in glibc since version 2.2. In other news, Charles H. Schulz previews LibreOffice 4.4 and Bruce Byfield looks at the state of Linux desktops. Speaking of desktops, KDE announced Plasma 5.2 saying it “adds a number of new components, many new…
How secure are your open source-based systems?
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•Some believe open source is more secure than proprietary software because, as Linus’s Law says, “Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow.” That means that the more widely available open software is, the more scrutiny it will receive, the more flaws will be surfaced and the stronger the code will be. Source: Tech