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Gunpoint success allows dev to become independent, Mac and Linux ports on the way

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:30:00 GMT

Source: www.joystiq.com --- Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Writer and developer Tom Francis originally planned his game, Gunpoint , as a showcase piece to earn him a job at a game development studio, but after seeing the success of the title so far he says he doesn't need to join another studio. As you can see above, Francis hit his initial goal for the game from preorders alone, and sales have only gone up since then, to the point where Francis now says designing the game was "so commercially successful that I'll never need" to work for someone else. Since the only real monetary cost of the project was a $30 purchase of Game Maker 8 a few years ago, Francis says Gunpoint "recouped its development costs" in just one minute and four seconds. That's after three years of work, of course, but the point remains that Gunpoint was very successful indeed. The next priority, says Francis, will be to port Gunpoint to the newer Game Maker Studio, where it can then be released for Windows, Mac, and Linux. He's looking to hire someone for this task, so he can get moving on actual updates and another project eventually. It sounds like a tough job, essentially taking over the core game's development for other platforms. "But as the graphs above should suggest," says Francis, "I can pay." Gunpoint success allows dev to become independent, Mac and Linux ports on the way originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink | Email this | Co ...

Linux Extremism: Puts a Hurt on Linux and Nothing Else

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:23:30 GMT

Source: www.tuxmachines.org --- Tuesday, June 18, 2013
linuxadvocates.com: I have read the esteemed +Martin Gräßlin's post entitled Fanboys in Free Software and completely agree with his point of view. It is quite sad that the true innovators are hated with such vilification. To the point, I share with you today my own experience with Haters. read more ...

I used vpnetmon on windows for VPN disconnects, what's the best way to deal with it on Linux? I use openvpn

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:55:19 GMT

Source: schoolofprivacy.eu --- Tuesday, June 18, 2013
you could always checkout VPNMON or Iptables ...

Are Python [de]compression modules thread-safe on Linux? On Google App Engine?

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:55:06 GMT

Source: stackoverflow.com --- Tuesday, June 18, 2013
What compression-decompression Python module should I use to build a system in which Google App Engine (Python 2.7) exchanges compressed data with an application on a Linux machine? There are two additional constraints: Both the Linux machine and GAE will be doing compression/decompression, and need to operate thread-safely; I want to do everything in RAM, i.e. not use file-like objects. I'm asking because: It's not clear from documentation whether some [de]compression modules are thread-safe when running on Linux; and It's my understanding that some methods of ensuring thread-safety, such as locks, do not work in App Engine. My concern is that, if these are embedded in a Python module, then even a module that is thread-safe on Linux may not be thread-safe on GAE. Perhaps my understanding is wrong. :-) Can anyone help fill out the table of compression modules? (lin = Linux, gae = Google App Engine) bz2 lin: IS SAFE, per: http://docs.python.org/2/library/bz2.html gae: ? zlib lin: ? -- releases GIL, per: http://docs.python.org/2/c-api/init.html But underlying C code is said to be safe: http://www.gzip.org/zlib/zlib_faq.html#faq21 gae: ? gzip lin: ? gae: ? lzma lin: IS NOT SAFE, per: http://docs.python.org/3.4/library/lzma gae: IS NOT SAFE (deduced from PC python) Thank you! ...

Linux Potpourri: KDE 4.11 Beta, Debian 7.1, & Pisi Linux Beta

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:27:07 GMT

Source: ostatic.com --- Tuesday, June 18, 2013
There's rarely a dull moment in Open Source World and if you look away for just a second you'll miss something. Here are several interesting tidbits I found in my feeds I wished to share. KDE released 4.11 beta at the end of last week and it did indeed ship with Wayland support. Debian released an update to 7.0 Saturday and Pisi Linux (1.0) has made its first public appearance. KDE 4.11 Beta with Wayland Last Thursday the KDE team announced KDE Software Compilation 4.11 Beta1. The announcement featured highlights such as: * Qt Quick is continuing to make its way into the Plasma Workspaces * Nepomuk semantic engine received massive performance optimizations * Kontact got a faster indexer, Nepomuk improvements, and a new theme editor for email headers * KWin got experimental support for Wayland and OpenGL improvements Some plan ned work includes bringing the KTeaTime system tray progress indicator back, porting components and add-ons to QML, Vim-mode support in Kate, a Create New Folder option for Dolphin, and improved history retention in Klipper. The 4.11 todo list is still a bit red, but more green is seeping in. Beta 2 is due June 26 and RC1 is scheduled for July 10. RC2 should appear around July 24 and Final is planned for August 14, 2013. KDE 4.11 has been designated a long term support release and will be maintained for two years. Debian 7.1 Released On Saturday, The Debian Project announced an update to their latest release ...

SSIS 2008 Oracle 11g On 64 bit Linux

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:34:56 GMT

Source: social.msdn.microsoft.com --- Tuesday, June 18, 2013
I am completely new to SSIS. I am sorry if I am stupid with questions I am not able to connect to Oracle Database using connection manager in SSIS 2008. I keep getting "ORA-12504: TNS:listener was not given the SERVICE_NAME in CONNECT_DATA". We have Oracle Database 11g Release 11.2.0.3 - 64 bit loaded on production. TNS for Linux I am using SSIS 2008 on Windows 7 64 bit machine. I am able to access Oracle database using SQL Developer. with the following look a like credentials Oracle DB server IP 172.xx.x.xx Oracle DB/Service name XYZ Listener port 1521 Host name ZYX I dont know what oracle client I should download for connecting. A Linux one or windows one. Not sure if some one asked the same quesiton but please help me out. This issue took my 2 days. Havent even close to resolving it. Thanks in advance. Inayat Syed ...

Question: Linux.com is planning a series of articles focused on Linux kernel sub...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:17:58 GMT

Source: www.facebook.com --- Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Question: Linux.com is planning a series of articles focused on Linux kernel subsystems. What area of the Linux kernel do you want to know more about? NFC, CPU power monitoring, SCSI, Bluetooth, IPMI, etc. - the list goes on. Please let us know! #Linux #kernel ...

Suggestions on New Linux laptop for heavy virtualization and some gaming/3d work 1800+ 15" only

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:41:30 GMT

Source: forum.notebookreview.com --- Tuesday, June 18, 2013
What is your budget? 1800+++ What country will you be buying this in? US What size notebook do you prefer? Mainstream (15 - 16-inch screen) What brands do you like or dislike? Like: I have been looking at the Clevo p150sm but might be overkill on the GPU and i have heard the build/cooling is not that great i like professional looking. I have also been looking into the Lenovo thinkpads as they have good Linux support and nice builds maybe the W series? open to any suggestions Would you consider a refurbished laptop? No What are the primary tasks you need this notebook for? Photo Editing, Video Editing, Computer Programming, Casual Gaming, Graphic Intense 3D Gaming Some 3d work, Mostly will be using for heavy virtualization and other school labs. Most of it will be in Linux running VM's and doing multimedia editing. possible dual boot for occasional gaming. What games will you be playing? Some MMOs, Starcraft2, League of legends but does not need to be highest settings and is of least importance... just a plus, hoping to run dual boot with windows only for the occasional gaming session Where will you be using this laptop? Will be used different places How many hours of battery life do you need? 2-5 Will you be buying online or in store? online or in store Which OS do you prefer? Linux (arch Linux) List the screen resolutions that interest you: Max Resolution (1920 x 1080) Do you prefer a glossy or matte screen? Must be Matte, Highe ...

It's a fact. Linux rules supercomputers as over 476 of the top 500 fastest use L...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:28:00 GMT

Source: www.facebook.com --- Tuesday, June 18, 2013
It's a fact. Linux rules supercomputers as over 476 of the top 500 fastest use Linux. Is there no limit? Read: http://zd.net/14hbFef ...

LXer: Linux Foundation Sponsors IT Training Scholarship

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:12:01 GMT

Source: www.linuxquestions.org --- Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Published at LXer: The French revolutionary Georges Danton famously said, "After bread, education is the people's first need." And while the French Revolution and the channel may not have much in common, there are few places in which this populist message resonates better than the open source ecosystem, where providing development and other skills to volunteer contributors is vital to long-term successwhich is exactly what the Linux Foundation is doing starting this week with its 2013 Linux Training Scholarship Program. Read More... ...

Learn More About Virtualization, Linux, Security, Cisco (Chicago) (Jun 23, 2013)

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:34:31 GMT

Source: bdpa.groupsite.com --- Tuesday, June 18, 2013
When : 2pm - 7pm EDT Sunday, June 23 2013 Where : Chicago Theological Seminary Start Time Topic 1:00 pm Virtualization 2:30 pm Linux 4:00 pm Security 5:30 pm Cisco ...

Non-Linux FOSS: libnotify, OS X Style - One of the things I dislike about using...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:28:25 GMT

Source: www.facebook.com --- Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Non-Linux FOSS: libnotify, OS X Style - One of the things I dislike about using Irssi in a terminal window on OS X is that I often miss the screen flash when someone mentions my name in IRC. With some fancy SSH tunneling (maybe more on that some other issue) and a really cool pop-up notification tool, if someone mentions my name, I can't miss it. more>> http://ow.ly/2xH4g2 ...

Star Trek games for Linux

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:59:02 GMT

Source: www.linuxquestions.org --- Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Are there any Star Trek games on Linux Mint/Ubuntu? On the repos there is Star Voyager, but I don't really like it... Thanks in advance! ...

Linux continues to rule supercomputers

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:52:14 GMT

Source: www.zdnet.com --- Tuesday, June 18, 2013
If you want a really fast computer, then Linux is your operating system and Intel may be your chip manufacturer. ...

Doc Enhance Announcement: Procedures to Install and Configure Linux Distros

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:51:56 GMT

Source: forum.3tera.com --- Tuesday, June 18, 2013
We added procedures to the 3.7 Appliance Developer Guide that describe how to install and configure Linux distros for 26 varieties of Linux, including multiple versions of Ubuntu, Fedora, CentOS, and SUSE @ http://doc.3tera.com/AppLogic37/en/L...allations.html ...

Merge tag 'please-pull-fixia64' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/aegl/linux

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:29:19 GMT

Source: git.kernel.org --- Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Pull ia64 build fix from Tony Luck: "Fix ia64 build breakage by adding newly needed #include" We're still debating the patch that caused the build breakage, but this fix seems like a good idea regardless of how that ends up being handled. * tag 'please-pull-fixia64' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/Linux/kernel/git/aegl/Linux: [IA64] Fix include dependency in asm/irqflags.h ...

Merge branch 'slab/urgent' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/penberg/linux

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:27:47 GMT

Source: git.kernel.org --- Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Pull SLAB fix from Pekka Enberg: "A slab regression fix by Sasha Levin" * 'slab/urgent' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/Linux/kernel/git/penberg/Linux: slab: prevent warnings when allocating with __GFP_NOWARN ...

Merge tag 'sound-3.10' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:26:14 GMT

Source: git.kernel.org --- Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Pull sound fixes from Takashi Iwai: "Only driver/device-specific small fixes that are pretty safe to apply: - USB-audio Android and Logitech webcam fixes - HD-audio MacBook Air 4,2 quirk - Complete Dell headset quirk entries that were introduced in 3.10" * tag 'sound-3.10' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/Linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound: ALSA: hda - Add models for Dell headset jacks ALSA: usb-audio: Fix invalid volume resolution for Logitech HD Webcam c310 ALSA: hda - Fix pin configurations for MacBook Air 4,2 ALSA: usb-audio: work around Android accessory firmware bug ALSA: hda - Headset mic support for three more machines ...

Merge branch 'v4l_for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-media

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:25:08 GMT

Source: git.kernel.org --- Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Pull media fixes from Mauro Carvalho Chehab: "Series of fixes for 3.10. There are some usual driver fixes (mostly on s5p/exynos playform drivers), plus some fixes at V4L2 core" * 'v4l_for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/Linux/kernel/git/mchehab/Linux-media: (40 commits) [media] soc_camera: error dev remove and v4l2 call [media] sh_veu: fix the buffer size calculation [media] sh_veu: keep power supply until the m2m context is released [media] sh_veu: invoke v4l2_m2m_job_finish() even if a job has been aborted [media] v4l2-ioctl: don't print the clips list [media] v4l2-ctrls: V4L2_CTRL_CLASS_FM_RX controls are also valid radio controls [media] cx88: fix NULL pointer dereference [media] DocBook/media/v4l: update version number [media] exynos4-is: Remove "sysreg" clock handling [media] exynos4-is: Fix reported colorspace at FIMC-IS-ISP subdev [media] exynos4-is: Ensure fimc-is clocks are not enabled until properly configured [media] exynos4-is: Prevent NULL pointer dereference when firmware isn't loaded [media] s5p-mfc: Add NULL check for allocated buffer [media] s5p-mfc: added missing end-of-lines in debug messages [media] s5p-mfc: v4l2 controls setup routine moved to initialization code [media] s5p-mfc: separate encoder parameters for h264 and mpeg4 [media] s5p-mfc: Remove special clock usage in driver [media] s5p-mfc: Remove unused s5p_mfc_get_decoded_status_v6() function [media] v4l2: mem2mem: save irq flags correctly [med ...

Can Red Hat Do For OpenStack What it Did for Linux?

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:25:04 GMT

Source: www.channelworld.in --- Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Red Hat made its first $1 billion commercializing Linux. Now, it hopes to make even more doing the same for OpenStack. ...