Elementary OS codenamed Freya is entered in to Beta1 status. The Elementary OS Beta is now available for download. Freya is based on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and with long term support. Elementary OS is one of the most exciting projects in Ubuntu based Distro. It has a very good theme and state of the art…
How Linux is Built – Video from Linux Foundation
How Linux is Built. Who is using Linux. What is the role of Linux in TV. Lot of questions about linux. Now Linux Foundation explains how linux is built and how linux is working. Interesting Video The process behind every linux kernel release. People who participating in the development of Linux Kernel. Populary of…
Firewall for Ubuntu 11.10
A firewall management applicaiton is necessary in everyday computing. The ‘online security risks’ are increased now a days. If you are using ubuntu 11.1o there are lot options to controll your firewal. iptables provides more advanced security. The ‘netfilter‘ packet filtering system is built in into the Linux Kernel by default. A user can configure…
Linux Kernel 3.0 Released
After a short delay Linus Torvalds announced the release of Linux kernel 3.0. There is huge change in numbering 2.6.XX gone and 3.0 came. But no big changes or scary features. Regular changes of driver codes and updates. That is all. There was more excitement about the Linux Kernel 2.6.38 which brought notable feature such…
Microsoft want to Say Happy Birthday Linux.
At last microsoft is one of the largest contributor of Latest Linux Kernel 3.0 code base.” Microsoft released 20,000 lines of device driver code to the Linux community. The code, which includes three Linux device drivers, has been submitted to the Linux kernel community for inclusion in the Linux tree. The drivers will be available…
Linux Kernel 2.6.38 Released with Best Improvements
The linux Kernel 2.6.38 released with a lot of changes and improvements.The new release includes the much-hyped performance improvement patch and many feature enhancements and bug fixes. The kernel includes support for Transparent Huge Pages, Transmit Packet Steering (XPS), automatic process grouping, and a new RCU (Read/Copy/Update)-based path name lookup. The patch submitted by Mike…