The Flip

Google announces four new Chromebooks and the Chromestick.

• Asus Chromebit -- Coming this summer for under $100, the tiny HDMI stick Chromebit plugs into your TV's HDMI port, turning the TV into a Chrome OS computer.
• Asus Chromebook C201 -- The C201 has an 11.6-inch display and a battery said to last up to 13 hours. It ships for $169 in May.
• Asus Chromebook Flip -- At $249, this most affordable of touchscreen Chromebooks features a 10.1-inch IPS flip display that rotates 360 degrees to look like a tablet. It ships this Spring.
• Haier Chromebook 11 -- Available for pre-order for $149 at Amazon, the Haier Chromebook has an 11.6-inch display and a 10-hour battery. An 11e model focuses on the educational market.
• Hisense Chromebook -- The $149 Hisense Chromebook is similar to the Haier model, but is slightly heavier at 3.3 pounds with an 8.5-hour battery, and can be found at Walmart instead of Amazon.

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Tumbleweed-Systemd-Journal

Sadly, it would seem, SystemD has been rolled into OpenSuse now.

http://www.storagecraft.com/blog/infographic-high-cost-disaster/

Right now, the biggest is in the US but they are about to be dwarfed by China.

http://www.cbronline.com/news/data-centre/infrastructure/top-10-biggest-data-centres-from-around-the-world-4545356

http://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2015/04/truecrypt-report.html

כל מי שנסע או עושה משהו מיוחד?

http://www.networkworld.com/article/2904365/opensource-subnet/a-linux-user-tries-out-windows-10.html

What is everyone doing for the Easter weekend?

@Sparkum said:

@Minion-Queen

Or XMPP I suppose.

We're looking for a quicker launch not a large project (only wish to get 20 people initially going)

There is just one answer for XMPP: OpenFire

1. Why moving away from Office 365?
2. What are you moving to?

And made in the UK, too!

For just $13, this little hardware add-on for the Raspberry Pi lets you explore some neat projects like sensors and motors.

http://linuxgizmos.com/raspberry-pi-hat-targets-real-world-io-projects/

The world of Type 2 virtualization has not stopped advancing just because Type 1 has gotten to be so popular nor has Oracle stopped developing VirtualBox. The beta release of VBox 5 is available and there are some hot new features justifying the leap in version.

New features to look for:

• Paravirtualization for both Linux and Windows guests <-- this is the big one
• Encrypted drive images
• Hot Plug SATA Support
• Multiple USB devices

Congrats!

@Breffni-Potter welcome!