All Things Open Source

"HeatSync Labs’ Moheeb Zara built this full body scanner with a Kinect that raises and lowers on a gantry while a turntable rotates the subject. The resulting scans are rendered with the help of ReconstructMe software. more photos on Flickr." - imabonehead from Bookmarklet

"THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS) will remove Microsoft Windows from its onboard laptops and run Linux exclusively. The ISS carries a number of laptops that astronauts use to perform various functions and carry out certain aspects of their missions. NASA had until recently run Microsoft's Windows operating system on these laptops, however looking for something that is "stable and reliable", it opted to dump Windows in favour of Linux with the Linux Foundation helping to provide training." - imabonehead from Bookmarklet

"The Raspberry PI is a small ARM computer (hardware specifications in wiki, outline and FAQs). Of course, you can build a cluster with it! As 2π is proposed to be named τ we’ve chosen the name “Raspberry Tau” for this proof-of-concept." - Murat Koç from Bookmarklet

Processing-wise, a cluster of BeagleBone Blacks might be more interesing. - 9000

"In 1999, Bill Gates famously wrote off Linux -- free, collaboratively written software -- as a threat to Windows only in the relatively tiny "student and hobbyist market." But by last year Microsoft itself had become one of the top 20 corporate contributors to Linux, writing code to make sure its products work well with the ubiquitous software -- a sign of just how thoroughly Linux has conquered the enterprise." - imabonehead from Bookmarklet

"A shift is happening in the way innovation is occurring. Businesses are moving from closed systems to open, collaborative innovation. Red Hat CEO, Jim Whitehurst, focused on the three major components influencing this shift in his keynote, Open or die?, at the Open Business Conference held in San Francisco this week (April 29-30, 2013)." - imabonehead from Bookmarklet

"The NSA (America's super secret intelligence agency) is no stranger to open source software and apparently they aren't strangers to OpenStack either. NSA developer Nathaniel Burton was speaking at the OpenStack summit today, though he joked that he couldn't reveal how many servers they had running OpenStack or what they are running on those OpenStack servers. He did note that the NSA is using a mix of commercial, open source and in-house software. From a cloud perspective, it's all about leveraging Big Data and achieving scale and agility for workloads." - imabonehead from Bookmarklet

Notice the mohawk and swoop of red hair. :D - Scoble, Alex Scoble

"It's been only a few weeks since the Linux Foundation released its report that enterprise use of Linux continues to rise, but on Wednesday fresh data came out that suggests the same is true of open source software in general. Specifically, Black Duck Software and North Bridge Venture Partners today announced the results of the seventh annual Future of Open Source Survey, which found that open source software has matured to such an extent that it now influences everything from innovation to collaboration among competitors to hiring practices." - imabonehead from Bookmarklet

"A security researcher from San Jose in California has published a how-to guide detailing a number of vulnerabilities in various Linksys routers. Phil Purviance, who goes by the handle of SUPER.EVR (EVR stands for Exploitation Vulnerability Research), reported the holes privately on 05 March 2013..." - imabonehead from Bookmarklet

"Storybook is a free Open Source novel-writing software for creative writers, novelists and authors. Starting with the plot to the finished book — with Storybook you'll never lose the overview. Storybook helps you to keep an overview of multiple plot-lines while writing books, novels or other written works." - imabonehead from Bookmarklet

+ - mohammadk

"MPDroid is a really cool Android application (MPD client) that not only lets you control MPD remotely, but also lets you stream music to your Android device. Here's how to set it up." - Mike Chelen from Bookmarklet

"An open-source physiology engine that anyone can use to develop medical simulations is being developed by the U.S. Army’s Telemedicine & Advanced Technology Research Center." - imabonehead from Bookmarklet

"It’s not altruism that’s spurring the $7 million PhACTS (Physiologically Accurate Community-based platform for Training Systems) project. Rather, TATRC hopes that the new engine will enable the public to develop medical simulations that will benefit military as well as civilian medicine." - imabonehead

"AVG released tips on how consumers can remove their personal data before they recycle or throw away their old smartphones." - imabonehead from Bookmarklet

"The following tips will help ensure private information is erased: * Remove the memory and SIM cards. Both store personal data and are best kept safe in your possession or destroyed. * Use a data removal application to ensure data really is deleted. * Once the data is deleted, then run a factory reset. Instructions can be found on manufacturers’ or carriers’ websites. * If you are... more... - imabonehead

"Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, today announced it has transitioned into a leadership role for the OpenJDK 6 project, effectively extending support for the technology and its users. The move reinforces Red Hat’s commitment to the broader Java community and its future as a leading platform for mission-critical enterprise applications." - imabonehead from Bookmarklet

"Workrave is a program that assists in the recovery and prevention of Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI). The program frequently alerts you to take micro-pauses, rest breaks and restricts you to your daily limit. Please refer to the feature comparison for a complete list of features, and how the program performs with respect to other programs on the market. The program runs on GNU/Linux and Microsoft Windows." - imabonehead from Bookmarklet

Shouldn't it say "This is your rest break. Make sure you check FriendFeed on a regular basis. Just browse around for a few minutes, and relax." - Amit Patel

"Fact does not come from the grand leaps of discovery but rather from the small, careful steps of verification. That is the premise of the Open Source Security Testing Methodology Manual also known as the OSSTMM (pronounced as "awstem") It is a peer-reviewed manual of security testing and analysis which result in verified facts. These facts provide actionable information that can measurably improve your operational security. By using the OSSTMM you no longer have to rely on general best practices, anecdotal evidence, or superstitions because you will have verified information specific to your needs on which to base your security decisions. One way to assure a security analysis has value is to know it has been done thoroughly, efficiently, and accurately. For that you need to use a formal methodology. The OSSTMM aims to be it." - imabonehead from Bookmarklet

"There's a social media aspect, too—the scope's video recordings can be uploaded to video sharing sites like YouTube. Rather than bragging to buddies about that amazing 1000-yard shot you took at the range or out in the field last week, you can simply show them, complete with all the heads-up display data about conditions and range." Sure, why not... lol - Nightwish Sveiss

"The Dogtag Certificate System is an enterprise-class open source Certificate Authority (CA). It is a full-featured system, and has been hardened by real-world deployments. It supports all aspects of certificate lifecycle management, including key archival, OCSP and smartcard management, and much more. The Dogtag Certificate System can be downloaded for free and set up in less than an hour." - imabonehead from Bookmarklet

"EJBCA is an enterprise class PKI, meaning that you can use EJBCA to build a complete PKI infrastructure for your organization. If you only want to issue a few single certificates for testing, there are probably options that will get you started quicker, but if you want a serious PKI we recommend EJBCA." - imabonehead from Bookmarklet

"Mellanox Technologies pledged it will support open source software for its Ethernet switches over the next several months. The chip and system provider hopes to gain an edge over larger competitors that are only partially embracing a trend to open software for Ethernet." - imabonehead from Bookmarklet

"Crypton is a framework for building cryptographically secure cloud applications. Such applications offer meaningful privacy assurance to end users because the servers running the application cannot read the data created and stored by the application." - imabonehead from Bookmarklet

"ClockworkMod Recovery and ROM Manager developer Koushik Dutta has released a beta version of a new super user application for Android. According to Dutta, the ClockworkMod Superuser tool will be integrated into the settings application of the next major CyanogenMod release. The tool is open source, supports Jelly Bean's multi-user functionality, and uses Android's built-in permission model to give selected applications super user permissions when they are required." - imabonehead from Bookmarklet

"Huawei has just launched FusionCloud, a next-generation open-source cloud computing solution that is fully compatible with OpenStack software. Developed in response to the industry trend towards openness and standardization, FusionCloud will enable carrier organizations to establish agile, efficient and open cloud platforms and services." - imabonehead from Bookmarklet

"EVCache is a distributed in-memory caching solution based on memcached & spymemcached that is well integrated with Netflix OSS and AWS EC2 infrastructure. Today we are announcing the open sourcing of EVCache client library on Github." - imabonehead from Bookmarklet

"Richard Stallman Talks About Ubuntu & its privacy invasing (according to EFF and FSF) Features." - imabonehead from Bookmarklet

"The vApp Engine is at the core of Juniper's SDN implementation today and it relies on the open source Linux operating system, for now. Brooks said that the first instantiation of the vApp engine runs on Linux, though the plan is to eventually support other operating systems. Currently, Juniper relies on the CentOS distribution of Linux which is a clone of Red Hat Enterprise Linux." - imabonehead from Bookmarklet

"Oracle has sold assets related to the Lustre parallel distributed file system to high-performance computing storage vendor Xyratex, which has pledged to lead further development of the software in its current collaborative open-source environment. Xyratex has acquired the original Lustre trademark, logo, website and associated intellectual property. Xyratex will also support Lustre customers." - imabonehead from Bookmarklet

"Lustre is what is widely known as a massively parallel file system, meaning that it can be used for storing vast arrays of data across multiple nodes, by using a central index of where all the data is kept. It is particularly well-suited for large-scale compute and I/O-intensive applications." - imabonehead

"Starting today, you can download a free and legal copy of Photoshop. That’s right — free and legal. There’s a catch, though: it’s the original 1.0.1 version of the program that was released back in 1990." - imabonehead from Bookmarklet

As promised, here is the Linux Foundation UEFI secure boot system. This was actually released to us by Microsoft on Wednesday 6 February, but with travel, conferences and meetings I didn’t really get time to validate it all until today. - Murat Koç from Bookmarklet

"Smartphones using Google Android have outsold Apple's touchscreen behemoth this year in the Australian mobile market, according to a report. Google claimed 44 per cent of the market to Apple's 43 per cent, the new Telsyte Digital Consumer Study said." - LANjackal from Bookmarklet