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In today's open source roundup: DistroWatch reviews Chromixium OS 1.0. Plus: Steam adds more Linux games to huge summer sale. And three ways to improve Debian Linux
Sometimes best practices avoid past mistakes, and sometimes they create new ones
With Yahoo Pipes out of the picture, we need to take another look at enabling communication between feeds, notifications, and mobile devices
IBM doubles up on Spark, adding it to Bluemix and contributing its SystemML machine-learning code to the Apache project
Spark's latest incarnation offers improved container management and clustering features
Members of the Windows Insider Program's 'Slow ring' can now install the next version of Windows 10
Your API lets you concentrate all your frontend-backend interactions through a single channel. But with more and more diverse client devices and objects, is having one, generic API still the best approach?
Spark data processing framework adds languages used by many data crunchers, as well as container-based cluster management features
In today's open source roundup: SourceForge may have lingered for too long. Plus: It's time for developers and users to move on from SourceForge. And redditors discuss the tactics of SourceForge
Devoted followers, including some within Microsoft, get their wish, as eight-year-old blogging tool will survive