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LinuxCon Europe Q&A: When the Cloud Model Doesn't Fitview story

http://www.linuxfoundation.org – LinuxCon Europe is approaching fast. We'll be gathering in Barcelona, Spain November 5-7, 2012 to help developers, SysAdmins and business executives connect and collaborate while having a great time. One of this year's keynote spakers is Dave Engberg, CTO at Evernote. (General)

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Welcome Windows 8 to a Post-Desktop Worldview story

http://www.linuxfoundation.org – A lot has changed in the three years since the last major Windows announcement. Netbooks were on the rise. The iPad wouldn’t be introduced for another six months and Nokia still had the lead for most smartphone sales in the world. Only 172 million smartphones were sold in 2009 vs. an estimated 146 million units in just one quarter of this year. (General)

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Is CrunchBang Statler more or less stable than Xubuntu?view story

http://crunchbanglinux.org – Good evening, fellow CrunchBang enthusiasts -My primary system is an HP Pavilion dv6000 laptop, currently running Xubuntu 12.04. Xubuntu has been my main distribution since July of this year; I ended up using it after browsing DistroWatch hoping for a non-Debian Xfce-based distribution.Xubuntu has been working all right for me, mostly - up until today. (HowTos)

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CIO roles change with changing business, tech landscapeview story

http://www.itwire.com – Written by: Peter Dinham | Published in: PeopleChanging business demands and technology trends, such as Cloud computing, mobility and the consumerisation of IT, are “profoundly” changing the role of CIOs and redefining the skills needed to be successful, according to a new report out today. (IT news)

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Don’t Call The New Microsoft Surface RT A Tablet, This Is A PCview story

http://techcrunch.com – The Microsoft Surface RT is a PC. It’s not a mobile device and it’s not a tablet, it’s a PC. And Microsoft’s first self-branded computer. It is, in short, the physical incarnation of Microsoft’s Windows 8. The expectations and competition for the Surface are daunting. (IT news)

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HPC Cluster planning workflow?view story

http://serverfault.com – After three days of intensive Google searching, I have not found any high-level workflow of how to build a low profile - cheap - computing cluster (we are not interested in HA yet). This is just a front-end plus a node for now. We want to start small with rockscluster, provide a web-based server for offering services, and then add nodes as our budget increases. (HowTos)

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Twitter joins the Linux Foundation - another thumb up for Linux serversview story

http://www.linuxandlife.com – If you use both Linux and Twitter, you should surely tweet this, following the footsteps of other giants like Broadcom, Nvidia and Samsung, Twitter has joined the Linux Foundation confirming the growing stature Linux in the world of dedicated web servers and global data centers.  “Linux and its ability to be heavily tweaked is fundamental to our technology infrastructure,” said Chris Anis (Distributions)

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AMD Joins OpenJDK Project Sumatraview story

http://www.linux-magazine.com – AMD announces its participation in OpenJDK Project “Sumatra” in collaboration with Oracle and other members of the OpenJDK community to help bring heterogeneous computing capabilities to Java for server and cloud environments. (Distributions)

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GNOME: GNOME 3.6 Released!view story

http://www.gnome.org – The GNOME Project is proud to present GNOME 3.6, the third update to the 3.x series. This latest version of GNOME 3 includes a number of new features and enhancements, as well as many bug fixes and minor improvements. (Software)

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The Kindle Fire HD Is Amazon’s Lean, Mean, Content-Selling Machineview story

http://techcrunch.com – Features: 1280×800 HD 7-inch screen 16GB/32GB built-in storage 1.2 GHz Dual Processor Stereo Speakers $199/$249 Pros: Thin, inexpensive reader Beautiful, bright screen Considerable upgrade from the original Cons: Obtrusive (removable) ads Minor Android incompatibilities Designed primarily for the consumption of Amazon media Short Version The Kindle Fire is Amazon’s digital strateg (IT news)