Q&A: Clement Lefebvre: The man behind Linux Mint

Wikipedia bans 250 accounts on pay-for-article concerns IBM rolls "Internet of Things" starter kit Network World Daily News PM October 21, 2013 Share this email Q&A: Clement Lefebvre: The man behind Linux Mint Linux Mint, an Ubuntu and Debian-based Linux distribution, has seen tremendous growth in community support and installed base in recent years. Since arriving on the scene in 2006 with its first release called "Ada," Mint has become the most popular FOSS operating system on DistroWatch.com, surpassing both Ubuntu and Debian themselves. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Wikipedia bans 250 accounts on pay-for-article concerns 2. IBM rolls "Internet of Things" starter kit 3. Relax. Monday morning Facebook outage is over 4. Geek-themed Meme of the Week: Not Asking Too Much Edition 5. Geek-Themed Meme of the Week Archive 6. The one real reason Bitcoin isn't a serious alternative currency 7. Review: Ubuntu Touch on a Nexus 7 is almost awesome 8. iPads, MacBook Pros, OS X Mavericks; What to expect from Apple's upcoming media event 9. What does Android have to do with motorcycle safety? 10. Microsoft offers help for bricked Surface RT tablets 11. Products of the week 10.21.13 12. INSIDER 10 reasons to take a Chromebook on the road RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: DameWare®, part of the SolarWinds® Family Affordable Remote Support Software for Mixed-OS Environments DameWare Remote Support Software allows you to control Mac OS X, Linux and Windows machines - without leaving your desk! Manage multiple Active Directory sites, export Windows configs, and troubleshoot computers from the same software console. DRS also includes DameWare Mobile for iOS® and Android® devices. Easy to afford. Simple to use. It's so affordable – why not just try it? Download a fully functional, free 14-day trial today and discover why thousands of system administrators use DameWare to remotely support all of the computers on their networks! Wikipedia bans 250 accounts on pay-for-article concerns Amid news reports of groups paying users to write Wikipedia entries, the online encyclopedia has blocked or banned more than 250 accounts, the site announced Monday. READ MORE IBM rolls "Internet of Things" starter kit IBM today said it teamed up with wireless sensor builder Libelium to offer what it calls an Internet of Things starter kit that would let customers deploy dozens of different sensor applications. READ MORE Relax. Monday morning Facebook outage is over Unable to post updates or send direct messages on Facebook today? Don't panic. You weren't alone. READ MORE Geek-themed Meme of the Week: Not Asking Too Much Edition Here's No. 18 in our Geek-Themed Meme of the Week series and while I did not author it myself I could not possibly agree more with its sentiment. If an article does not carry a date, I'll just go ahead and assume that it's too old to matter. Next. Want more? Check out the "Geek-themed Meme of the Week Archive": READ MORE WHITE PAPER: Crittercism The 2013 Mobile App Performance Management Report Most enterprises are looking for ways to leverage their investments in web technology to handle mobile app performance, but between monitoring, OS variants, screen sizes and OEMs, this can be a costly and complex approach. This 2013 Mobile APM Report highlights best practices for meeting mobile app challenges and ensuring mobile app performance. Read more! Geek-Themed Meme of the Week Archive They are inescapable on the Internet. Most are awful. A few are not, so we have started publishing a selection of memes that amuse me. One every week. Here's the archive. READ MORE The one real reason Bitcoin isn't a serious alternative currency There are lots of reasons to question Bitcoin, but only one that really matters. READ MORE Review: Ubuntu Touch on a Nexus 7 is almost awesome I installed Ubuntu Touch "1.0" on my first-generation Nexus 7 tablet and have been using it as my main tablet system for the last four days. Here's how it went. READ MORE iPads, MacBook Pros, OS X Mavericks; What to expect from Apple's upcoming media event In less than 24 hours, Apple CEO Tim Cook and assortment of other Apple executives will take the stage at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, where they will announce a wide array of new products. Here's a rundown of what we can expect to see. READ MORE WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Technology ESG – What's Needed for Cloud Computing Just what is cloud computing anyway? Skeptics might say it is nothing but industry hyperbole, visionaries might say it is the future of IT. Read Now What does Android have to do with motorcycle safety? After a motorcycle accident in Barcelona, Skully Helmet CEO and founder Marcus Weller discovered that adding a heads-up display to a motorcycle helmet controlled by Android would protect him and other riders from road hazards. He turned to Android to make it all work. READ MORE Microsoft offers help for bricked Surface RT tablets Microsoft yesterday published instructions for resurrecting a Surface RT that had been bricked by the Windows 8.1 update, along with a recovery image that must be loaded onto a USB flash drive. 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