Sony's upcoming Play Station 4 (PS4) is said to be running FreeBSD 9 underneath

Seems like a vast majority of operating systems out there is running some form of popular open source software underneath with the obvious exception of Windows. Android is pure Linux, and so is Ubuntu, Fedora, Tizen (formerly MeeGO), Firefox OS and the likes. Mac OS is built on Darwin (which shares many components with FreeBSD), an open source POSIX-compliant computer operating system. Darwin forms the core set of components upon which OS X and iOS are based. And the list doesn't end there. According to a recent reveal by VGleaks, the operating system at the heart of Sony's PlayStation 4 is FreeBSD 9.0.




 Play Station 4 (PS4) is running modified FreeBSD 9

Though FreeBSD license is compatible with the GNU GPL, it has many important differences. For example, FreeBSD code can be modified and reused and can be released as a proprietary piece of software. On the other hand, conventional GNU GPL license does not allow the altering of licensing terms even though you are free to use and modify the software as such. Due to its permissive licensing terms, much of FreeBSD’s code base has become an integral part of operating systems such as Apple's OS X, eventhough OSX itself is proprietary.

According to Phoronix, "operating system powering the PlayStation 4 is Orbis OS, which is a Sony spin of FreeBSD 9.0. It's not a huge surprise FreeBSD is being used over Linux, in part due to the more liberal licensing. It's a bit of a surprise to see FreeBSD being used though when at the heart of the Sony PS4 is an AMD eight-core APU with Radeon graphics."

"There isn't a Catalyst driver available for any BSD operating system right now and the open-source driver ported from Linux with Radeon KMS and Gallium3D is still in a primitive state. Thus, Sony in cooperation with AMD must have developed their own graphics driver for the PlayStation 4 with FreeBSD or at least ported the Catalyst code-base to BSD."

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Top 5 Video Editors for Ubuntu/Linux

Video editing in Linux is a controversial topic. There are a number of video editors for Ubuntu that works quite well. But are they any good for serious movie editing? Perhaps not. But with the arrival of Linux variants from many big-shots such as Lightworks, things are slowly starting to change. Remember the kind of sweeping-change we witnessed in the Linux gaming scene once Valve released their much-touted Steam client for Linux. But that's another story. Here, we'll discuss 5 of the most potent video editors available for Ubuntu.




Lightworks is a top notch, professional-grade video/movie editor which recently released a beta version for Linux as well. Lightworks was perhaps one of the firsts to adopt computer-based non-linear editing systems, and has been in development since 1989. The release of an open source version, as well as ports for Linux and Mac OS X were announced in May 2010. Lightworks beta video editor is free to download and use, and their is a PRO paid plan offering which gives you extra features and codec support at $60/year.

Download Lightworks Beta for Linux (signing up required)





 Kdenlive is an open-source, non-linear video editing software available for FreeBSD, Linux and MAC OSX platforms. Kdenlive was one of the earliest to develop a dedicated video editor for Linux with the project starting as early as in 2002. Kdenlive 0.9.4 is available in Ubuntu Software Center by default. But if you want the latest version (Kdenlive 0.9.6 instead), do the following in Terminal. Visit Kdenlive download page for more options.
 
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:sunab/kdenlive-release
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install kdenlive




 OpenShot is perhaps one of the most active open source video editing software projects out there. In my book, OpenShot is a little more intuitive when compared to its competition. And after a successful Kickstarter funding campaign recently, the team will be launching a Windows and Mac version of OpenShot apart from the normal Linux variant. Add the following PPA to install OpenShot in Ubuntu. More download options here.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:openshot.developers/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install openshot openshot-doc




Flowblade Movie Editor is an open source, multitrack and non-linear video editor for Linux. Flowblade is undoubtedly the hottest new entrant into the Linux video editing scene. Project started only last year and there has been just three releases so far. The latest release was Flowblade version 0.10.0 and this happened just two weeks ago. And it is already showing enormous amount of potential. Flowblade is available in DEB packages only at the moment.

• Download Flowblade movie editor for Linux

Cinelerra is a professional video editing and compositing software for Linux which is also open source. Cinelerra was first released August 1, 2002. Cinelerra includes support for very high-fidelity audio and video. The latest version, Cinelerra 4.4, was released more than an year ago and it featured a faster startup and increased responsiveness among other improvements. Cinelerra has plenty of download options. If you're an Ubuntu user, just do the following.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:cinelerra-ppa/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install cinelerra-cv

I have deliberately not included Blender here because, even though it can do video editing, Blender is much more than that. Blender is a full blown graphics processing software with advanced 3D modelling capabilities (Tears of Steel was the latest in a long list of official Blender made animation movies). Did we miss out on any other good video editors for Linux? Let us know in the comments. Thanks for reading.


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BBM for Android launches Saturday, BBM for iPhones on Sunday [updated]

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The crowded cross-platform messaging space is about to get a bit more crowded. Industry watchers have repeatedly said that BlackBerry’s efforts to bring BBM to Android and iOS are far too little, too late to matter now that a handful of behemoths dominate the space. While that may or may not be true, we know beyond a shadow of a doubt that there is definitely a healthy amount of buzz surrounding the imminent release of BlackBerry’s famous messaging service on Google and Apple’s mobile platforms. And now, we have some potential good news for those eager to try out the new app — according to a new report, BBM will launch for both Android and iOS later this week.
UPDATE: It looks like this report was close, but off by one day — or plans changed at the last minute. BlackBerry announced in a “breaking” blog post on Wednesday that BBM for Android will launch at 7:00 a.m. EDT on Saturday, September 21st. BBM for iPhones will then launch at 12:01 a.m. local time on Sunday, September 22nd. BlackBerry noted that BBM for iPhones will require iOS 6 or later.
A report from Indonesian blog TeknoUp claims to reveal BlackBerry’s release schedule for BBM, and if it pans out we’ll see the app hit Android on Friday and iOS on Saturday. Here’s the release schedule, according to the site:

• Friday, Sept 20th, 7am EST: Android version published on Google Play
• Friday, Sept 20th, 7am EST: BBM.com goes live
• Friday, Sept 20th, 7am EST: CRM messages sent out to pre-registrants
• Friday, Sept 20th, 7am EST: Follow-up CRM message sent out after full App Store deployment
• Saturday, Sept 21st: BBM on iOS becomes available 12:01am EST in local time zones.

The app will be free and according to earlier leaks, it looks pretty solid and well-designed. Whether or not it can compete against market leaders like WhatsApp and Line remains to be seen, however.


 http://bgr.com/2013/09/18/bbm-android-ios-release-date-rumor/

How To Install LongoMatch 0.18.13 On Ubuntu 13.04, 12.10, 12.04 And Linux Mint 15, 14, 13

In this article I will show you how to install LongoMatch on Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail, Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal, Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin, Linux Mint 15 Olivia, Linux Mint 14 Nadia, Linux Mint 13 Maya and Elementary OS 0.2 Luna.
Because it is available via PPA, installing LongoMatch 0.8.13 on Ubuntu, Linux Mint and Elementary OS is easy. Follow the instructions above in order to get a successful installation:
Add the repository:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ylatuya/ppa
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gstreamer-developers/ppa
Update the local repository index:
$ sudo apt-get update
Install LongoMatch:
$ sudo apt-get install longomatch


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How To Install Myth-TV 0.27 On Ubuntu 13.10, 13.04, 12.04 And Linux Mint 15, 13

As you may know, Myth-TV is an digital video recorder application. It is ideal for watching and recording television programs and has many plugins that can increase Myth-TV’s power. The latest version available is Myth-TV 0.27, which has been recently released. For a full list of features, see the changelog.


In this article I will show you how to install Myth-TV 0.27 on Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamanader, Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail, Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin, Linux Mint 16 Petra, Linux Mint 15 Olivia, Linux Mint 13 Maya and Elementary OS 0.2 Luna.
Because it is available via PPA, installing Myth-TV 0.27 on Ubuntu, Linux Mint and Elementary OS is easy. Follow this instructions exactly, in order to get a successful installation:
Add the repository:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mythbuntu/0.2
Update the local repository index:
$ sudo apt-get update
Install Myth-TV 0.27:


 $ sudo apt-get install mythtv




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How To Install The Linux Kernel 3.0.91 On Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Debian And Derivates

The Linux Kernel 3.0.91 has been released today, bringing some fixes and improvements to the previous version, Kernel 3.0.90.

Kernel 3.0.90 is old, but it works well on weaker computers or older systems, like Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx.
In this article I will show you how to install the Linux Kernel 3.0.91 on Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Debian, Knoppix, Crunchbang OS, Elementary OS, Deepin and many other Debian and Ubuntu based systems.
Because the kernel packages are available as debs on kernel.ubuntu.com, installing the Kernel 3.0.91 on Ubuntu, Linux Mint and derivates is easy. Follow the instructions for your system exactly, in order to get a successful installation:

How to install the Linux Kernel 3.0.91 on 32 bit Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Debian and derivates:

Download the needed packages:

$ wget -c kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.0.91-oneiric/linux-headers-3.0.91-030091_3.0.91-030091.201308150235_all.deb
$ wget -c kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.0.91-oneiric/linux-headers-3.0.91-030091-generic_3.0.91-030091.201308150235_i386.deb
$ wget -c kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.0.91-oneiric/linux-image-3.0.91-030091-generic_3.0.91-030091.201308150235_i386.deb
$ wget -c kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.0.91-oneiric/linux-image-extra-3.0.91-030091-virtual_3.0.91-030091.201308150235_i386.deb

Install Kernel 3.0.91:
$ sudo dpkg -i linux-headers* linux-image*

 

How to install the Linux Kernel 3.0.91 on 64 bit Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Debian and derivates:

Download the needed packages:

 $ wget -c kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.0.91-oneiric/linux-headers-3.0.91-030091_3.0.91-030091.201308150235_all.deb
$ wget -c kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.0.91-oneiric/linux-headers-3.0.91-030091-generic_3.0.91-030091.201308150235_amd64.deb
$ wget -c kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.0.91-oneiric/linux-image-3.0.91-030091-generic_3.0.91-030091.201308150235_amd64.deb
$ wget -c kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.0.91-oneiric/linux-image-extra-3.0.91-030091-virtual_3.0.91-030091.201308150235_amd64.deb


 nstall Kernel 3.0.91:
$ sudo dpkg -i linux-headers* linux-image*



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