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Elementary OS releases Freya

Will the beautiful "Mac OS X for Linux" affect the adoption of Linux on desktops?

14 Apr 2015 5 mins

Linux Open Source Operating Systems

Hortonworks to speed Hadoop cloud deployments

Hortonworks has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Budapest-based SequenceIQ, a specialist in deployment automation technology for launching on-demand Hadoop clusters in the cloud or any environment that supports Docker containers.

14 Apr 2015 2 mins

Big Data Hadoop Open Source

CoreOS moves tectonic plates, Docker may feel earthquakes

CoreOS gets $12 million funding from Google Ventures, announced Tectonic.

9 Apr 2015 4 mins

Linux Open Source Virtualization

Microsoft closes acquisition of R software and services provider

Microsoft acquires Revolution Analytics, a commercial provider of services for the open source R programming language for statistical computing and predictive analytics.

7 Apr 2015 3 mins

Hadoop Linux Mergers and Acquisitions

Mirantis joins the Cloud Foundry; Nebula shuts down operations

Major shakeup in the OpenStack ranks

7 Apr 2015 4 mins

Cloud Computing Open Source OpenStack

Chromebit may be the hottest enterprise device ever

Will this sub-$100 device repeat the success of Chromecast?

2 Apr 2015 4 mins

Desktop Virtualization Linux Open Source

Watch out Microsoft Office, Google Docs, LibreOffice Online is coming

Users may soon be able to use LibreOffice online, just like Google Docs and Office Online.

26 Mar 2015 2 mins

Linux Open Source

Create a home server with Raspberry Pi 2

Forget cloud, create your own $35 file share server at home with Raspberry Pi.

26 Mar 2015 7 mins

Linux Open Source

Gnome 3.16 sneak peek: A preview from the eyes of a KDE Plasma user

The next major release of Gnome (3.16) is scheduled to be released on March 25. Here is a pre-release, sneak peek of the upcoming release.

25 Mar 2015 5 mins

Linux Open Source

4 nifty things your Chromecast can do

Exploit the full potential of your $35 device.

20 Mar 2015 5 mins

Consumer Electronics Linux Open Source

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