LMDE is a Linux Mint distribution, containing all of the nice Mint tools (installer, updater, menus and other utilities), plus lots of preloaded and preconfigured packages, but built on top of Debian GNU/Linux, rather than Ubuntu as the numbered/named Mint distributions (currently 14/Nadia). via A look at Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE) 201303 | ZDNet.
The next version of Slackware Linux will drop MySQL in favour of MariaDB. The change was announced on the front page of the site and in the project’s change log by Patrick Volkerding. Slackware is following a trend within Linux distributions of switching away from Oracle’s MySQL to the MariaDB Foundation’s MariaDB via Slackware Linux …
Amazon Cloud Storage Clone Goes Open Source | Wired Enterprise | Wired.com.
One thing that is not part of a good REST design is cookies: The “ST” in “REST” stands for “State Transfer”, and indeed, in a good REST design operations are self-contained, and each request carries with it transfers all the information state that the server needs in order to complete it. via Learn REST: A …
The last few years, many users upload their how-to videos (also known as videorials — like tutorials) in Youtube, showing their Linux desktop and explaining how to do a bunch of stuff. So instead of reading an article or a guide with static images and multiple pages, maybe there is a quick educational video waiting …
MariaDB has already made its mark in the database ecosystem as a worthy replacement for MySQL, and you can expect its adoption to keep increasing in the future. After all, having a tuple of high-quality open source databases to choose from is not a bad thing. via Replacing MySQL with MariaDB.
CoolShip Android computer in a keyboard is the latest Android-powered computer. But this one is unlike other Android units. It’s not in a USB stick, but in a keyboard with most of the connectivity of a standard desktop or notebook computer. via CoolShip Android all-in-keyboard computer – LinuxBSDos.com.
GitHub Boxen: Automating Mac OS X Configuration and Management.
Varnish is a standalone HTTP accelerator that provides efficient and powerful web caching mechanisms. In addition to performing web caching, Varnish can also act as a web application firewall WAF and a load balancer, and it can be integrated with any back-end web server. via Varnish improves web performance and security.
Not satisfied with the experience on current forum software packages, Stack Exchange co-founder Jeff Atwood founded Civilized Discourse Construction Kit Inc to come up with a software package to replace them. via Open source pioneers next generation chat and forums – The H Open: News and Features.