Android-Linux dual boot option for
Aakash 3
Researchers at the Indian Institute of
Technology (IIT), Bombay, are working hard on improving the existing Aakash
tablet and are looking forward to including additional functionalities at the
existing price range of $35. One of the major features that would be included
in the next version of the Aakash tablet is dual boot compatibility supporting
both the Android and Linux operating systems. According to researchers, Aakash
3 would come with more open source software.
Android-Linux
dual boot option for Aakash 3
President Pranab Mukherjee unveiled the
Aakash 2 in New Delhi on November 11, 2012. The Aakash 2 is based on a
dual-core Cortex A9 processor clocked at 1 GHz along with 512 MB of RAM.
Compared to the first Aakash tablet, which was based on a 366 MHz processor and
an older ARM architecture, the Aakash 2 is definitely advanced, running Android
4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.
Get a taste of YouTube on your telly!
Imagine
enjoying your favorite YouTube videos on TV
Imagine enjoying your favorite YouTube
videos on TV! Yes, you heard that right. You can now access YouTube on any TV
by using the YouTube app on your smartphone or even tablet. The company
confirmed today that new TVs from world renowned companies like LG, Panasonic
and Sony will be making their debut at CES and it will be loaded with this app.
Apart from these, companies like Philips, Samsung, Sharp and Toshiba will offer
additional sets and set-top boxes, which will be launched over the course of
2013.
In a related piece of news, Google
announced that its new UI for YouTube on TV, which was previously seen on the
Wii U and PlayStation 3, will also be featured on those new devices. The
YouTube app will offer full 1080 pixel videos and a fairly minimalist interface
as per the YouTube official blog.
Here comes Fuduntu 3 for GNOME 2 buffs
Fuduntu
also has support for Nvidia Optimus technology and has Cairo as the new dock
If you dislike GNOME 3 but love GNOME 2,
this news is for you. The Fuduntu 2013.1 Linux distro has arrived and uses the
GNOME 2 interface. Way back in 2010, Fuduntu came into existence as a
Fedora-based Linux distribution.
Fuduntu 2013.1 is the first quarterly
release of 2013 and comes with new additions like Netflix and Steam on the
entertainment front. Fuduntu also has support for Nvidia Optimus technology and
has Cairo as the new dock. Other features include Linux kernel 3.6.9, The Gimp
2.8.2, Thunderbird 17, Firefox 17, Chromium 23.0.1271.97, VLC 2.0.5, and X.org
1.12.
GNOME's popularity on Linux desktops
started to plummet the day its developers came up with GNOME 3, much against
the wishes of users who were GNOME 2 fans. Mobile-like or metro user interfaces
such as Unity, GNOME 3, and not to forget Windows 8's current UI, have all been
a huge turn-off for desktop users.
Well, those at GNOME have certainly
realized their mistake and are most likely regretting their move. Previously,
GNOME developer Matthias Clasen's official posting stated, "We certainly
hope that many users will find the new (GNOME 3.x) ways comfortable and
refreshing after a short learning phase; and we should not fault people who
prefer the old way. After all, these features were a selling point of GNOME 2
for 10 years!"
A Linux-based OS that lets you hide your
IP
With
Whonix, you can enjoy complete privacy while you are online
Complete privacy in cyberspace had earlier
seemed to be a distant dream. But now, with Whonix, you can enjoy complete
privacy while you are online. This Debian-based operating system promises to
provide complete security and boasts of protecting a user's privacy totally.
“Whonix is an anonymous general-purpose operating system based on Virtual Box,
Debian GNU/Linux and Tor. By Whonix design, IP and DNS leaks are impossible.
Not even malware with root rights can find out the user's real IP/location,”
said an official post describing the operating system.
Explaining the privacy control in the OS,
the post said, “Whonix consists of two (virtual) machines. One machine solely
runs Tor and acts as a gateway, which we call Whonix-Gateway. The other
machine, which we call Whonix-Workstation, is on a completely isolated network.
Only connections through Tor are possible.” Compared to other ‘Tor-VM’ or
‘Tor-LiveCD’ projects, which sometimes use special minimal or stripped down
Linux distributions (like TinyCore, DSL or Puppy), Whonix is larger. Both the
VMs together are currently almost 2 GB.
This new operating system can even conceal
IP addresses while using Skype. It also helps in anonymous IRC, anonymous
publishing, anonymous e-mail with Mozilla Thunderbird and TorBirdy, location/IP
hidden servers and prevents anyone from discovering your IP. No one can even find
out your physical location.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9 released
Red Hat has announced the next minor
release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 – Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9. This
release marks the beginning of Production Phase 2 of Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5. As with all minor releases, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9 maintains backward
compatibility with hardware and software platforms across the lifecycle of Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 5. Therefore, the hardware and software compatibility
included within previous releases of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 continues with
this minor release. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9 also showcases numerous
improvements, including support for industry-leading hardware vendors through
enhanced hardware enablement, continued commitment to security, standards and
certifications, new developer tools, enhanced application support, better
subscription management and more.
