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GLCS is a spin of the popular GLC OpenGL game recorder for Linux that adds in a few extra features.

With Valve's Source Engine originally just targeting Direct3D, when initially porting their games to Linux and OS X they relied upon a hand-made Direct3D to OpenGL translation layer. In potentially assisting other game developers, Valve Software has now opened up this graphics translation layer.

Well, I've mentioned for a long time that Crytek was joining the Linux gaming scene... Later this month at GDC they have confirmed they will be showing off CryEngine on Linux.

The get_resource function in repos.c in the mod_dav_svn module in Apache Subversion before 1.7.15 and 1.8.x before 1.8.6, when SVNListParentPath is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors related to the server root and request methods other than GET.

Xen, the open-source virtualization project, believes that ARM has a big role to play in the server and datacenter space, so it's adding support to more ARM chipsets.

A new era of dynamic Linux kernel patching tools is now starting to emerge. We've all known about Oracle's kSplice for years, but now SUSE and Red Hat are actively seeking to enter the space.

Microsoft just open-sourced a software development kit that will enable Android developers to bring Office 365 data to their Android apps.

Digital music distribution and technology company INgrooves is growing rapidly, signing contract after contract to distribute music for independent labels and artists. The company had originally deployed a traditional storage platform from a large manufacturer, but as their business expanded, they found that the storage expansion they needed was too costly and began looking for a more efficient and cost-effective storage solution.

With GLAMOR generating a lot of interest lately due to AMD's RadeonSI Gallium3D driver depending upon it and Intel driving lots of improvements into it now that it's been merged into the X.Org Server, here's some new benchmarks of Intel Haswell HD Graphics 2D performance of the latest Intel xf86-video-intel 3.0 pre-release on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS comparing the GLAMOR, UXA, and SNA acceleration architectures.

Crytek is adding native Linux support to its powerful computer game engine. The company, best known for PC thumper Crysis and Xbox One launch title Ryse, announced the development on Tuesday. Gamers will be able to see CryENGINE running natively on GNU/Linux-powered systems at the upcoming Game Developer's Conference (GDC) in San Francisco.

conf.kde.in 2014 was held at DA-IICT (Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology) in Ghandinagar, India during the weekend of 22nd to 24th February. It was a big mashup of many different cultures with speakers and delegates from Europe, the USA and different parts of India.

Kontron’s tiny “world’s first x86-based SMARC COM” features up to 8GB RAM and 64GB SSD, hi-res graphics, camera input, high-speed USB, a PCIe bus, and more.

It's nearly spring, which means it's time for the first installment of Ubuntu for 2014.

I think Microsoft has a real shot of being a top-tier Android hardware company. Yes, I'm quite serious.

Eurotech announced a rugged, Linux-ready COM based on the Intel Atom E3800, offering dual video, SATA, GbE, and USB ports, PCIe expansion, and IoT support.

If you're curious how Ubuntu 14.04 LTS is running against upstream Debian, given that SteamOS is Debian-based and Gabe Newell runs Debian, here's some fresh benchmarks comparing several flavors of Debian against Ubuntu 14.04 in its current development state.

Seco has spun a pair of nearly identical Qseven COMs, based on Intel Atom E3800 and AMD G-Series SoCs, and featuring extended temperature and optional SSDs.

The ASUS Zenbook UX301LA-DH71T is a Haswell-based Intel ultrabook that I have found to be quite interesting and will be carrying out a large number of Linux tests (and Windows 8.1 vs. Linux benchmarks) from this laptop that sports Intel Iris Graphics 5100, dual SSDs, and other impressive features.

This week's KDE Commit-Digest: Artikulate improves filtering, can show phrases containing native speaker recordings; KDE-PIM adds email filtering and contact auto-completion via Baloo; Skrooge offers new "responsive" template for monthly reports; Bug fixes in Calligra, KGet.

I've been informed by the musl development camp that they intend to release version 1.0 of their standard C library in the next few weeks.