Intel on Ubuntu’s XMir: We do not condone or support Canonical in the course of action they have chosen, and will not carry XMir patches upstream. Ubuntu has to do virtually all its work on Xmir drivers by itself. No one else supports it. Read More »
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PostgresSQL: The Other big open-source database has a new release
The PostgreSQL development team has announced the release of PostgreSQL 9.3, the latest version of the world’s leading open source relational database system. Read More »
Linux Leads Self-Driving Car Movement
As Linux continues to gain headway in in-vehicle infotainment (IVI), it’s already finding its way into early designs for self-driving cars. Google’s autonomous car computers run Linux, as do prototypes from GM and Volkswagen. Meanwhile, Cohda Wireless is leading a new wave of vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) sensor products with its Linux-driven MK2 radio. Read More »
Audacity 2.0.4 released
Follow @LinuxUserMag It’s not secret that we love Audacity at Linux User – in a past life, staff writer Rob Zwetsloot used it on a daily basis to produce podcasts, and it’s an amazing tool for any kind of audio editing or manipulation. Audacity 2.0 has been a great upgrade to the software, and this tradition is continued in the ... Read More »
Microsoft and Ballmer and Nokia, Oh My!
The days of summer may be dwindling at last here in the Linux blogosphere, but that doesn’t mean things are cooling off. No indeed, the unseasonably scorching temperatures have been matched only by the sizzling nature of the news — in particular, Ballmer is out, and Microsoft is purchasing Nokia! The closure of Groklaw and the failure of Canonical’s Ubuntu ... Read More »