Korora 23, el famoso fork de Fedora ya está en la calle

Posted on February 9, 2016 by Frank Cisco

El pasado 7 de febrero ha salido a la calle la nueva versión de Korora, Korora 23. Un popular fork de Fedora que se retrasó debido a querer incluir los repositorios RPMFusion y que tras no ver satisfecho este reprositorio, los desarrolladores decidieron sacar la nueva versión a espera de una actualización que solucione el problema.

Korora 23 se basa en Fedora 23, la última versión del proyecto Fedora. Así como su base, Korora 23 tiene toda la paquetería y novedades de Fedora 23. Las imágenes o spinoff con los distintos escritorios también están disponibles y aunque han salido nuevas versiones, en esta ocasión Korora 23 no tiene novedades.

Las versiones de los principales escritorios son: Gnome 3.18, Xfce 4.12, Cinnamon 2.8, MATE 1.12, Plasma 5.5.4. Al igual que en Fedora 23, también encontraremos otros escritorios y otros gestores de ventanas, pero en esta ocasión hemos de instalar la versión estándar y luego hacer la instalación manual.

Korora 23 no tendrá el repositorio RPMFusion por el momento

RPMFusion es un repositorio cuasi-necesario ya que ofrece muchos paquetes de programas multimedia y programas necesarios como navegadores web alternativos o reproductores alternativos. Sin embargo este repositorio aún no es estable y por ello ni en Fedora 23 ni en Korora 23 son repositorios estándar.

En la web principal están las imágenes de descarga de esta nueva versión de Korora, con el sobrenombre de coral. Sin embargo, si realmente no habéis probado nunca una versión, lo más recomendable es que utilicéis una máquina virtual con este sistema operativo ya que existen algunas diferencias entre Korora 23 y las distribuciones basadas en Debian u otras distribuciones como OpenSUSE.

Korora 23 es para muchos como el Linux Mint de Fedora y ésta consideración no debe de ser mentira pues son cada vez más los usuarios que usan Korora, aunque tanto el número como las facilidades no son las mismas que en Linux Mint.

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LG-made Google Nexus 5 now available for just $140 in US

Posted on February 9, 2016 by Frank Cisco

The LG-made Google Nexus 5 smartphone, which was launched way back in 2013, can now be purchased for just $140 in the US. Ebay seller mobilepros1 is currently offering the refurbished variant for that price.

Aside from the United States, the device can also be shipped to “many other countries,” although keep in mind the extra shipping cost that’ll be applicable if you’re ordering the phone from a non-US location.

As is the case usually, the seller says that the device is available in limited quantities (with around 140 units sold at the time of writing), so act fast if you want to take advantage of the…

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Coal States Score On A ‘Hail Mary’ Pass To Temporarily Block Clean Power Plan

Posted on February 9, 2016 by Frank Cisco

In what could be described as nothing less than a “Hail Mary” attempt to block the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan, the coal states have scored. In a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday to delay the carbon reduction plan’s implementation until it can be heard in court.

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‘Street Fighter V’ Shows Off Its Opening Cinematic

Posted on February 9, 2016 by Frank Cisco

With the launch of Street Fighter V looming, we’ve now been graced with the game’s opening cinematic.

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Amazon’s 7-Inch Fire Tablet Is A Ridiculous $39 Right Now

Posted on February 9, 2016 by Frank Cisco

I never thought I’d consider a tablet an impulse buy, but then Amazon put their 7-inch Fire slate on sale for a ridiculous $39.99.

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Google Brings Serverless Computing To Its Cloud Platform

Posted on February 9, 2016 by Frank Cisco

Google Cloud Functions, the latest addition to the Google Cloud Platform, enables developers to upload JavaScript code snippets that are triggered in response to a few events. This new service, which is in Alpha, is available to select customers whose accounts are whitelisted by Google. Cloud Functions complements existing compute services such as App Engine, Compute Engine, and Container Engine.

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‘Internet of Things’ an Absolute Goldmine for Big Brother, Admits Top US Spy

Posted on February 9, 2016 by Frank Cisco

‘Internet of Things’ an Absolute Goldmine for Big Brother, Admits Top US Spy
DNI James Clappers acknowledges that intelligence services might use web-connected home devices for identification, surveillance, monitoring, location tracking, and targeting for recruitment.

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LG confirms Always ON feature for LG G5, still teasing us

Posted on February 9, 2016 by Frank Cisco

LG took to Facebook to tease a new feature found on the highly-anticipated LG G5 which will be announced at Mobile World Congress on February 21. LG posted a GIF on the site showing only a rough outline of the LG G5 showing off its Always ON screen.

The caption says “Never go asleep while others do. LG G5, Always ON.”

It’s not clear whether this screen would be literally Always ON. However, if LG feels it must mention it, then perhaps it would be different than other phone makers’ implementations of a screen that displays notifications while on stand-by.

Other phones like the Moto X, and newer Nexus devices have their own solutions for peeking at notifications while the phone is asleep. It’s only peeking though, these screens do not stay on permanently, they might only pulsate briefly and then go back to sleep.

LG could be implying that the LG G5’s screen would never turn off. While this might be a new feature that we haven’t seen before. It’s way too minor a detail to convince the market to buy the LG G5.

We’ll have to wait and see what LG brings to the table at Mobile World Congress later this month.

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Leaked photos show potential new design for next Moto phone

Posted on February 9, 2016 by Frank Cisco

The latest leak on the now Lenovo-ified Moto brand shows off some photos of what could be the next Moto devices, namely the Moto X and Moto G. They’re blurry and low quality, but we can see that there’s a significant departure from the stylings of previous Motorola phones. Google’s roadmap ended with the Moto X Force, so now we may see something new and interesting.

Although the devices don’t look completely different from the previous generation, there are some major changes. It looks like some of them will be made out of metal, with the classic Moto dimple in the rear looking like the Nexus fingerprint readers. The other device shown is a similar curved phone as the current Moto X and Moto G.

While we won’t know if these photos are real for a long time, it’s an interesting peek into what the brand may be up to. The metal device sure looks good, so let’s hope we’ll see something similar later this year. What are your thoughts on Moto’s departure from its current design language? Leave a comment!