mintCast 179 – A Pi in the Cloud

• Cinnamon 2.0 is out! Cinnamon 2.0 was released October 10. It will be in Linux Mint 16 “Petra” which is planned for the end of November, and then ported to LMDE and Linux Mint 13 “Maya” LTS. (blog.linuxmint.com) (segfault.linuxmint.com) (muktware.com) (softpedia.com)

• Ubuntu vs Linux Mint: Distrowatch Ratings Don’t Matter, Dude! Is Distrowatch in fact an indicator of something extremely important…that people are looking for alternatives to Ubuntu? (muktware.com)

• Would Linux survive if Ubuntu died? Ubuntu is one of the best known and widely used Linux distributions. What would happen if it suddenly died? Would Linux survive? (fossforce.com) (itworld.com)

• Updated Debian 7: 7.2 released. The Debian project is pleased to announce the second update of its stable distribution Debian 7 (codename “wheezy”). (debian.org)

• NHS tears out its Oracle Spine in favour of open source. The UK government’s quest to get public services to use more open source technologies seems to be taking hold, judging by the revamp of the NHS’s very large Spine service. (theregister.co.uk) (hscic.gov.uk PDF ~2MB)

• arkOS (arkos.io) is a lightweight Linux-based operating system that runs on a Raspberry Pi. But arkOS more than just an operating system — it is a full software stack managing your self-hosting experience in an intuitive and intelligent way. arkOS does the work for you.

• Installing ownCloud on Raspberry Pi – Presenting a ready-to-install image of ownCloud for Raspberry Pi. (adityapatawari.com)

• Build Your Own Cloud Storage with Raspberry Pi and BitTorrent Sync – Don’t believe the hype: the Cloud is far from secure. But have no fear – now you can forget Dropbox once and for all, and show the authorities a solid middle finger by rolling your own private, unlimited, and secure cloud storage platform with a Raspberry Pi and BitTorrent Sync. (makeuseof.com)

• Raspberry Pi ownCloud – How to build a your own personal Dropbox-like service using a Raspberry Pi and some software called ownCloud. ownCloud gives you freedom and control over your own data. It’s a personal cloud which runs on your own server. (instructables.com)

• ArkOS – https://arkos.io/

• OggCamp next week … 19th/20th October (oggcamp.org)
• Watch for “Event” announcements in the mintCast Community on Google+ to find out when we’re recording!

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