By Jim Lynch FreeBSD 11 released Linux has long gotten the lion’s share of media attention when it comes to open source operating systems. But FreeBSD is also an important and useful operating system …read more Source:: OpenSource
Month: October 2016
Fedora 25 beta released: Community Linux for containers arrives
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•Fedora used to be just for cutting-edge desktop users and programmers. Today, it’s still for them, with the long, long delayed release of the Wayland display server, but it’s also …read more Source:: Linux
Red Hat open sources Ansible Galaxy for all
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•Red Hat double-downs on open-sourcing components of its Ansible DevOps program. …read more Source:: Linux
Chaos in cosmos: System of two stars with three planet-forming discs of gas
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•A star with a ring of planets orbiting around it — that is the picture we know from our own solar system and from many of the thousands of exoplanets …read more Source:: Science
Genomic study of high school students from across Denmark reveals remarkable genetic homogeneity
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•People from Denmark are remarkably genetically similar to each other, report researchers. The study revealed that, Denmark has a relatively genetically homogeneous population as people have mixed freely throughout the …read more Source:: Science
Virus carrying DNA of black widow spider toxin discovered
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•Biologists sequencing the genome of the WO virus, which infects the bacterial parasite Wolbachia, have discovered that the phage carries DNA that produces black widow spider toxin: the first time …read more Source:: Science
IDG Contributor Network: Why Linus Torvalds likes x86 chips better than ARM
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•By Jim Lynch Why Linus Torvalds likes x86 chips better than ARM Linus Torvalds has never pulled any punches when it comes to sharing his opinions about everything from Linux kernel changes to computer …read more Source:: OpenSource
Jupiter’s spooky sounds: Emissions from Jupiter’s auroras captured
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•When a NASA spacecraft made its first full orbit around Jupiter, an instrument on board recorded haunting sounds befitting the Halloween season. …read more Source:: Science
Mice sing like a jet-engine
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•Mice court one another with ultrasonic love songs that are inaudible to the human ear. New research shows they make these unique high frequency sounds using a mechanism that has …read more Source:: Science
Stable molecular state of photons and artificial atom discovered
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•Researchers have discovered qualitatively new states of a superconducting artificial atom dressed with virtual photons. The discovery was made using spectroscopic measurements on an artificial atom that is very strongly …read more Source:: Science