First look: Rockchip RK3368 octa-core, 64-bit CPU

Rockchip is showing off a developer kit for its first 64-bit, octa-core processor at the Consumer Electronics Show this week. The RK3368 kit includes a the company’s new processor hooked up to a series of boards powering a touchscreen display running Android 5.0 Lollipop.

PC Partner launches Linux mini PC with Tegra K1

PC Partner has introduced a small form-factor computer with a fanless case that measures 5″ x 5″ x 1.8″. It’s called the N2581N1-F, it supports Linux, and it doesn’t have an Intel or AMD processor.Instead this little computer is powered NVIDIA’s Tegra K1 quad-core processor with 192-core Kepler graphics.

GNOME Internet Radio Locator (GIRL)

About GIRL is a GNOME Internet Radio Locator program that allows the user to easily find and record live radio programs on radio broadcasters on the Internet. GIRL was developed for the GNOME desktop and requires one audio helper such as Totem (https://developer.gnome.org/totem/) to be installed for playback and StreamRipper (http://streamripper.sourceforge.net/) to be installed for … Leggi tutto

Strumenti per lo sviluppo di software

Il corso degli eventi è spesso incredibile, forse Gianbattista Vico ha ragione nella sua ipotesi di cicli della storia, nel nostro caso, dell’informatica. Infatti nell’ambito degli strumenti di sviluppo software la Microsoft primeggiava, poi sembrava poter essere superata da ambienti quali Qt o Java o Python o PHP, ma infine l’immagine dei corsi e dei … Leggi tutto

Computer Desktop con Linux

L’anno che stiamo per lasciare ha portato grandi novità, forse la maggiore è per l’utente comune di poter utilizzare Linux nel proprio computer. Linus Torvarlds ha ben detto che siamo solo all’inizio di questa grande opportunità, infatti l’utente comune ancora non può, praticamente, muoversi con libertà nel suo user space, ad esempio per installare quanto … Leggi tutto

Release of KDE Frameworks 5.5.0

KDE Frameworks are 60 addon libraries to Qt which provide a wide variety of commonly needed functionality in mature, peer reviewed and well tested libraries with friendly licensing terms. For an introduction see the Frameworks 5.0 release announcement.

Suricata 2.0.5 Available!

The OISF development team is pleased to announce Suricata 2.0.5. This release fixes a number of important issues in the 2.0 series. About Suricata Suricata is a high performance Network IDS, IPS and Network Security Monitoring engine. Open Source and owned by a community run non-profit foundation, the Open Information Security Foundation (OISF). Suricata is … Leggi tutto

ODROID-C1

Quad Core Linux computer is now $35.00. Don’t put up with the slow single core computer anymore. If you are considering a tiny computer for general purpose computing, software development or as a project platform, the ODROID-C1 will give you a lot more satisfaction and fun with incredible performance for a very low price. You … Leggi tutto

Qt 5.4 released

“I am happy to announce that Qt 5.4 has been released today and is available for download from qt.io. Together with Qt 5.4, we have also released Qt Creator 3.3 and an update to Qt for device creation on embedded Linux and embedded Android. But let’s start with Qt 5.4. One of the main focus … Leggi tutto

Firstview ARM Powered Ultrabook, $199 (retail) on RK3188

Rockchip (Fuzhou Rockchip Electronics Co., Ltd.) is a fabless semiconductor company based in Fuzhou, People’s Republic of China. They design SoCs using licensed SIP cores from other companies. Due to their evolution from the MP3/MP4 player market most Rockchip SoCs feature advanced media decoding logic but lack integrated cellular radio basebands. Rockchip is a leading … Leggi tutto

The e5500 Power Architecture core from Freescale introduced 64-bit processing

 The e5500 Power Architecture core from Freescale introduced 64-bit processing to the QorIQ family for embedded processing. Based on Power Architecture ISA v2.06, the e5500 core provides a 64-bit performance upgrade critical to compute intensive applications while maintaining 32-bit compatibility to preserve legacy investment in code development.

Qualcomm Snapdragon processors

The Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 615 processor sets the standard for high-tier mobile device design with the industry’s first octa-core 64-bit capable CPU architecture, featuring integrated advanced 4G LTE for the optimal balance of performance and power, along with an RF Front End solution, for virtually seamless communications and outstanding battery life. CPU 64-bit processing with quad-core … Leggi tutto

Marvell’s Questflo™ TX1100 family

The Questflo™ TX1100 family of network search co-processors or network search engines (NSE) are high performance, high capacity, low power devices used for the design of carrier and enterprise service/edge routers, security appliances, network probes, data center switches, servers, load-balancers and new classes of Software Defined Networks (SDN) and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) platforms. Applications … Leggi tutto

Marvell’s ARMADA Mobile PXA1936 is an octa-core 64-bit

KEY BENEFITS Octo-core Cortex A53, up to 1.5GHz clock speed Supports 1080p display, and video encoding and decoding Improved image processor to support 13 to 16MP camera Advanced power management and audio codec for power efficiency and audio performance Enhanced security processor Integrated location and sensor hub functionalities for better usability

Subject: Linux 3.18-rc6. From: Linus Torvalds <>

Steady progress towards final release, although we still have a big unknown worry in a regression that Dave Jones reported and that we haven’t solved yet. In the process of chasing that one down, there’s been a fair amount of looking at various low-level details, and that found some dubious issues, but no smoking gun … Leggi tutto

Network – Internet Storages

Il tema è fondamentale e delicato. La prima distinzione obbligatoria è in relazione all’utilizzo: personale o condiviso con altri utenti. La condivisione di file con molti utenti comporta che la macchina adibita ad ospitare i file da condividere deve avere buone risorse, possiamo dire che deve essere un server vero e proprio: CPU con più … Leggi tutto

Ubuntu MATE VS Lubuntu On An Old Netbook

There are many benefits to using Lubuntu on this netbook. The performance is excellent. The desktop doesn’t have lots of panels taking up screen real estate and the applications installed are all lightweight.

RemoteBox – A Graphical Client To Manage VirtualBox VMs Remotely

Features It’s completely free and open source; It manages both Oracle VirtualBox, and it’s guests; No Webserver needed; It is written using Perl, so there is no need of compilation; Can easily view and interact with guests via RDP, including sound and clipboard; Create and edit guests; We can configure processor, display, input devices, audio, … Leggi tutto

China Leads Top500 Supercomputer List Again

The Tianhe-2 supercomputer has retained its crown as the world’s most powerful system for the fourth consecutive time in the Top500 supercomputing rankings. Tianhe-2 was built by China’s National University of Defense Technology and first landed on the Top500 supercomputer list in June of 2013.

The 15 Best JavaScript Charting Libraries

It is practically impossible to imagine any dashboard without graphs and charts. They present complex statistics quickly and effectively. Additionally, a good graph also enhances the overall design of your website.

NVIDIA Launches Massive Linux Driver Update

A new NVIDIA Beta Linux driver has been released, and this is one of the biggest updates in a long time. It’s considered unstable, but if you’re having problems with the system or you want better performance, then you really need to try this one.  

GNOME 3.14.2 is out

Here comes our second update to GNOME 3.14, it has many fixes, various improvements, documentation and translation updates, we hope you’ll enjoy it. Frederic Peters <fpeters gnome org>

An Introduction to OpenGL Programming

OpenGL is a well-known standard for generating 3-D as well as 2-D graphics that is extremely powerful and has many capabilities. OpenGL is defined and released by the OpenGL Architecture Review Board (ARB).

Ten operating systems for the Raspberry Pi

The Raspberry Pi single board computer has become incredibly popular with hobbyists, academics, educators and OEMs. It’s tiny, it’s cheap, it has great performance and it’s extremely versatile. Even better, you have a surprisingly wide choice of operating systems to help you tackle whatever project you take on. What? You thought there was only Raspbian? … Leggi tutto

Amazon: DROP DATABASE Oracle; INSERT our new fast cheap MySQL clone

“This old-world relational database software is very expensive,” Jassy said. “They’re proprietary. There’s a high level of lock-in. And they’ve got punitive licensing terms, not just allowing very little flexibility in moving to the cloud the way customers want, but also in the auditing and fining of their customers.” Amazon Aurora seeks to address this … Leggi tutto

Ubuntu Linux Will Work To Slowly Demphasize 32-bit

Canonical isn’t yet prepared to drop 32-bit Ubuntu ISOs outright, but over time — and particularly at or just after Ubuntu 16.04 — they will work to demphasize the existence of the 32-bit releases and work to push more users to 64-bit Ubuntu as a main focus.

18 Open Source/Commercial Control Panels to Manage Linux Servers

The most famous and powerful control panels are cPanel and Plesk. These two popular panels are paid software’s and hosting provider will charge a monthly fee for installing it on the server. Fortunately, there are few more alternate open source control panels available to download at no cost with similar features. Now, let’s move further … Leggi tutto

“Newton2″ wearables module

The wearables focus of the Newton2 is backed up by Imagination’s list of target applications: Infotainment — smartwatches, augmented reality headsets, smart glasses, smart cameras Healthcare — wearable healthcare monitors Fitness and wellness — fitness bands, activity trackers, smart clothing, sleep sensors

ARMv8-A Architecture

ARMv8-A Architecture The ARMv8 architecture introduces 64-bit support to the ARM architecture with a focus on power-efficient implementation while maintaining compatibility with existing 32-bit software. By adopting a clean approach ARMv8-A processors, such as the ARM Cortex-A57 and ARM Cortex-A53, extend the performance range available while maintaining the low power consumption characteristics of the ARM processors that will power tomorrow’s … Leggi tutto