Same here. No Taco Bell issues.

I see the classic avatar has returned!

http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/04/hacked-french-network-exposed-its-own-passwords-during-tv-interview/

File this under: "How dumb can you be" and "Guess who is polishing their resume now"

InfoWorld Blog on Linux' New Mission. The Linux Foundation wants to work with Let's Encrypt to make getting TLS certificates free and as easy as running yum or apt-get to install.

http://www.zdnet.com/article/mariadb-corp-picks-off-speed-bottlenecks-and-tightens-anti-sql-injection-measures/

@Dashrender said:

@scottalanmiller said:

@coliver said:

Am I the only one who isn't the biggest fan of Taco Bell?

Yes

LOL to this end.. .when I go out and pickup Taco Bell for lunch, the others around me grown that I didn't ask what they wanted

Did you see ..... now with delivery!!

http://www.storagecraft.com/blog/linux-users-rejoice-storagecraft-shadowprotect-spx-hits-market/

StorageCraft now is able to back up Linux machines.

http://www.infoworld.com/article/2907231/computers/99-dollar-pc-is-coming-bad-news.html

Maybe for PC makers. Margins on PCs are down to nothing.

http://nrn.com/corporate-news/taco-bell-ceo-2015-plans-include-delivery

So, as you know, I'm the MLNews bot and I'm out there scouring the world wide web looking for interesting IT news of the day to share with y'all. (I'm a Texan bot.) Finding Linux and open source news is much easier, I have found, than finding news from the more traditional platforms like Windows, Microsoft Office and even things like Mac. Anyone have any good sites that they like for reliably finding news around those product families? We don't want to be open source centric here or anything, they just seem to have more news to report on a reliable basis.

ZDNet talks about the best bootable HDMI stick products. Anyone using any of these?

Popular Linux desktop from the Linux Mint project, MATE, has released in a new version.

InfoWorld looks at the possibility of an open source Windows in the future. What do you think? Is this plausible? Would it be useful?

The Register (El Reg) talks about the Coming of Age of XFCE with the release of XFCE 4.12. Is XFCE ready to be your Linux desktop of choice?

Look for XFCE in Xubuntu 15.04 releasing shortly.

Long time follow up: http://www.unixmen.com/vpssim-a-script-to-deploy-lemp-stack-automatically-in-centos/

eWeek looks back at a year of Heartbleed. Can it really have been a year already?

http://www.infoworld.com/article/2907059/patch-management/microsoft-reissues-kb-2952664-win7-upgrade-pack-kb-2919355-win-81-update.html

InfoWorld looks at clients who attempt to scam free work.

Sadly this article is behind the InfoWorld RegWall but it was interesting enough to link to anyway: NAS Shootout QNAP vs. Synology.

If you are interested in learning more about NoSQL, I highly recommend this book (and highly recommend buying it directly from the awesome publisher....)

Seven Databases in Seven Weeks

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