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The new Linux file system Btrfs has recently dominated the compression process and Snappy LZ4 that save space and are fast.

Within the last week, two developers for the Linux kernel file system Btrfs have implemented new compression method. First, Andi Kleen has on the mailing list a patch released that developed by Google Snappy implemented algorithm. The procedure puts more emphasis on fast (de) compression rather than large compression ratios. Because the use of file system code in the Linux kernel must be implemented, Kleen has integrated the first Snappy code from C + + and ported to C and the kernel, before he wrote the actual code Btrfs. Snappy the code in the kernel is now also other kernel subsystems.
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The Scientific Linux Red Hat derivative is available in version 6.2 now also live issues are available.
The images are created with Fedora’s livecd-tools in version 13.4 and have a different scope: The live mini-CD (477 MB) used the window manager Ice WM 1.2, the live CD (695 MB), the desktop environment, GNOME 2.28, and the Live DVD (2.2 GB) offers a choice of Ice World, and Gnome 4.3.
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Tim Schafer , creator of the legendary Full Throttle and Grim Fandango, has announced that its new game studio Double Fine Productions will be released as well under Linux.

This game is unusual in that its development will be financed are not publishing companies, but directly to fans using the service Kickstarter.

The entire development process will be captured on video, and those who will make the service Kickstarter at least $ 15 in support of the project will not only DRM-free copy of the game, when it is finished, but also the opportunity to observe the course of its creation. For donations of large sums of special prizes are offered, from the soundtrack and video with enhanced quality opportunities to dine with the developers.
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On the first day of spring, March 1, 2012 we invite you to participate in the seminar “Integrated transition to open source software: challenges and solutions.”

The program includes performances of leading experts LinuxWizard and our partners on topical issues of implementing open source software in the IT-infrastructure of the organization, as well as spring surprises, including the presentation of new prices on the software LinuxWizard. The seminar program is designed both for-profit organizations, and educational institutions.
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The free software engineer James Bromberger has estimated the value of software included in Debian 7.0 to 14.4 billion euros. This number indicates what would today cost the development of the distribution from the ground up.

James Bromberger , besides President of the Perth Linux User Group, went a similar pattern at the statistics, such as the Linux Foundation [a 13 365] in 2008. While the Foundation at that time but the current Fedora analyzed 9, Bromberg moved approaching the upcoming version 7.0 “Wheezy” of Debian, which is still in development. Compared with 5547 packages to Fedora 9 and 204 million lines of code is Wheezy Debian packages with 17 141 and 419 million lines of code several times larger.
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The 3.0.20 and 3.2.5 stable kernel updates have been released. They are single-patch updates containing the fix to the ASPM-related problem that would significantly increase power consumption on some systems. This patch has been treated with some care: it seems to work, but nobody really knows if it might cause behavioral problems on some obscure hardware.
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Red Hat offers services for each major release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux throughout four life cycle phases – called Production 1, 2, and 3, and an Extended Life Phase.

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 are offered with 10 years of Production Phase support, followed by a three year Extended Life Phase.
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4 are offered with seven years of Production Phase support, followed by a three year Extended Life Phase. Optionally, during the Extended Life Phase, customers may purchase an Add-On called Extended Life Cycle Support (ELS) that provides support similar to Production Phase 3.

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As you know, Microsoft has more than two years ago launched a cloud platform Azure . Many customers have complained about the inability to run in a virtual machine operating system platform GNU / Linux. As a company, constantly thinking about their users, Microsoft first allowed the image to download Linux, then.
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After years of development costoyalsya release a set of free sound drivers and libraries, ALSA ( Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ) 1.0.25, providing audio – and MIDI-functionality for family systems GNU / Linux., which says more than 3,000 changes. Among the most notable improvements include:

• Added support for PCI-card Creative Titanium HD;
• Support for the use of hardware acceleration compression streams;
• For all models, sound card ASUS Xonar driver CMI8788 Oxygen supports S / PDIF input;
• Fixed problems in the cards Essence ST, Sound Blaster X-Fi, as well as older cards Creative Labs, supported by the driver EMU10K1 and EMU10K2, and HDA-devices Intel, used on platforms with an Atom;
• Support for new synthesizer with interface USB: Yamaha MOX6/MOX8, Roland GAIA SH-01, Cakewalk UM-1G, Traktor Audio 2;

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ExFAT – proprietary file system, designed mainly for flash drives. First introduced by Microsoft in Windows Embedded CE 6.0 embedded device also supports Windows Vista SP1, Windows XP (with update KB955704), Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7, MacOS X Snow Leopard 10.6.5. It should be noted that the major electronics manufacturers such as Sony and Canon have already signed an agreement with Microsoft on licensing ExFAT. For device manufacturers with operating systems based on the kernel Linux – Android and MeeGo driver is available for the file system under a proprietary license ExFAT, which most likely will not be opened because of an agreement with Microsoft and still is intended only for OEM manufacturers.
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