TecMint: Finally, the long-awaited Skype 4.2 for Linux released by Microsoft with major updates, lots of various bug fixes and some minor features.

The VAR Guy: Frankly, OpenStack does not need saving. We're merely seeing a shakeout in the cloud market rather than a central flaw with the OpenStack movement.

OSTATIC: If it sounds like a joke, you may be surprised at the enormous computing power these lash-ups are capable of.

ZDNET: Mint isn't just an outstanding Linux desktop, it's the best new desktop operating system of any kind available now.

The H Open: Among the topics discussed by the developers at Ubuntu Developer Summit 13.05 were the planned new features for Ubuntu 13.10.

How To Use Multiple PHP Versions (PHP-FPM & FastCGI) With ISPConfig 3 (Ubuntu 13.04)

Since ISPConfig 3.0.5, it is possible to use multiple PHP versions on
one server and select the optimal PHP version for a website. This
feature works with PHP-FPM (starting with PHP 5.3) and FastCGI (all PHP
5.x versions). This tutorial shows how to build PHP 5.3 and PHP 5.4 as a
PHP-FPM and a FastCGI version on an Ubuntu 13.04 server. These PHP
versions can be used together with the default PHP (installed through
apt) in ISPConfig.

X.Org has disclosed a long list of vulnerabilities that have been fixed in
the X Window System client libraries; most of them expose clients to
attacks by a hostile server.

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Sarah Sharp reports on the response to the availability of a set of Outreach Program for Women internships working on the Linux kernel. "As coordinator for the Linux kernel OPW project, I was really worried about whether applicants would be able to get patches into the kernel. Everyone knows that...

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Sarah Sharp reports
on the response to the availability of a set of Outreach Program for
Women internships working on the Linux kernel. "As coordinator for
the Linux kernel OPW project, I was really worried about whether applicants
would be able to get patches into the kernel. Everyone knows that kernel
maintainers are the pickiest bastards^Wperfectionists about coding style,
getting the proper Signed-off-by, sending plain text email, etc.

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WebUpd8: Skype 4.2 for Linux has been released 

The Qt Blog introduces
"Boot to Qt", which is "a light-weight UI stack for embedded
linux, based on the Qt Framework - Boot to Qt is built on an Android
kernel/baselayer and offers an elegant means of developing beautiful and
performant embedded devices." Access is invitation-only currently;
a release is forecast for sometime around the end of the year.

TimeToBleed: This article is going to explain how a recent privilege escalation exploit for the Linux kernel works.

Debian has updated
request-tracker4 (eight CVE numbers), and
the kfreebsd kernel (code execution).

Fedora has updated python-virtualenv (F17, F18:
temporary file and information disclosure vulnerabilities),
krb5 (F17, "UDP ping-pong
vulnerability" from 2002), and
nginx (F18: den

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NoPackageCyclesEnforcerRule automatically detects cyclical dependencies between classes from different packages; Macker helps define specific dependencies between packages and automatically verifies those rules...

NoPackageCyclesEnforcerRule automatically detects cyclical dependencies between classes from different packages; Macker helps define specific dependencies between packages and automatically verifies those rules.
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An anonymous reader writes "Today Fedora and the Seneca Centre for Development of Open Technology (CDOT) announced the release of Pidora 18, an optimized Fedora remix for the Raspberry Pi. It's based on a brand new build of Fedora for the ARMv6 architecture with greater speed and includes packages from the Fedora 18 package set. It's also the launch of the Pidora name.

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RedMonk: A recent poll on Hacker News asking about Linux distributions of choice got me thinking, what can can we learn from a bigger picture of the distro landscape than a single HN poll? I

MakeTechEasier: For those that need to work constantly on SSH, it can be very frustrating when the system cut you off after a period of time.

The CEO behind this natural language voice command app says it can operate Google Glass better than Google. [Read more]    ...

The CEO behind this natural language voice command app says it can operate Google Glass better than Google. [Read more]

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TechRepublic: Free office suite tools like OpenOffice and Libre Office have more advanced features than you might expect. Here are seven that go beyond the common tasks.

ComputerWorldUK: free software is widely recognised as inherently superior in practically all situations, as its rapid uptake across many markets demonstrates