| News |
|---|
|
Microsoft tactics push India toward Linux —
Jun. 30, 2008 —
One of India's 28 states plans to distribute 100,000 Linux laptops to students there. It sounds like Tamil Nadu's volume purchasing agent decided to use Linux exclusively after being put off by Microsoft's bundling tactics for academic users.
|
Bell, SuperMicro sued over GPL —
Jun. 11, 2008 —
 The Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) has filed two more copyright infringement lawsuits on behalf of the developers of the Linux-based BusyBox utility suite. The suits allege that Bell Microproducts and SuperMicro Computer each violated redistribution stipulations of the GNU General Public License (GPL). ...
|
|
|
"Business intelligence" software goes GPL —
Jun. 11, 2008 —
Pentaho Corp. has released its Linux-compatible, open source business intelligence (BI) software under a GNU General Public License Version 2 (GPLv2) license. The license applies to the version 2 alpha release of the Pentaho BI Platform, as well as future versions, says the company. ...
|
|
|
Will Atom bomb? —
Jun. 03, 2008 —
Intel's Atom processor is the talk of Computex. The low-powered x86-based chip is racing to market in a flurry of miniature notebooks, with low-cost desktops and Atom-based iPhones to follow. But, will anyone buy them? Don't ...
|
|
LF Summit videos posted —
May 29, 2008 —
 The Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit held on April 8-10 in Austin, Texas, may have been invitation only, but fortunately the LF has posted videos for the rest of us. The videos include keynotes from Red Hat and Sun/MYSQL, and a panel on Linux business strategies. ...
|
|
Linux gains "embedded" maintainers —
May 28, 2008 —
 Linux kernel development is funded mostly by "enterprise" interests; yet, Linux is the top OS in devices and embedded systems. Now, two "embedded" maintainers have been added, and an official "linux-embedded" mailing list launched, to ensure that embedded interests are represented under Linux's meritocratic governance model. ...
|
|
|
Virtualization on tap in SLES and RHEL upgrades —
May 21, 2008 —
Novell and Red Hat announced upgrades of their Linux-based enterprise distros, featuring improved virtualization and hardware support. In addition, Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10 SP2 adds a new subscription management tool, while Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.2 adds new security, clustering, desktop, and networking features. ...
|
|
|
Linux gets security black eye —
May 16, 2008 —
As has been widely reported, the maintainers of Debian's OpenSSL packages made some errors recently that have potentially compromised the security of any sshd-equipped system used remotely by Debian users. System administrators may wish to purge authorized_key files of public keys generated since 2006 by affected client machines. ...
|
|
|
Verizon chooses Linux "platform of choice" —
May 14, 2008 —
Verizon Wireless has chosen Linux as its mobile phone "platform of choice," it said. Starting with feature phones in 2009, followed by iPhone competitors, Verizon will offer Linux phones compliant with specifications from the Linux Mobile Foundation (LiMO), an international industry group it and seven other companies joined today. ...
|
|
Hats off to Fedora 9 —
May 13, 2008 —
 The Fedora project today released a new version of its completely free and redistributable Linux distribution. Showcasing lots of next-generation Red Hat features, Fedora 9 also boasts new features of its own aimed at making the distribution appeal more to newer Linux users. ...
|
|
Running a small business on desktop Linux —
May 09, 2008 —
 This paper surveys Linux's suitability for use by owners of very small businesses and the self-employed. It was written by Howard Fosdick, a self-employed database consultant who finds Linux fairly well-suited to his needs, and reckons it has saved him thousands of dollars in recent years. ...
|
|
|
Sun launches OpenSolaris —
May 05, 2008 —
Sun Microsystems officially launched OpenSolaris (OS) today. Available pre-built as a combo live/install CD, the initial "2008.05" binary distribution download of the OS features a GNOME user interface, highly fault tolerant ZFS root filesystem, IPS package managment, and "DTrace" tuning tools. ...
|
|
|
Via tiptoes toward openness —
Apr. 30, 2008 —
Board and chipmaker Via is gearing up toward releasing Linux driver source code and product documentation for its popular x86-compatible chipsets and peripherals. The company has launched a website where Ubuntu 8.04 and SUSE 10 binary graphics drivers can be downloaded, with source code and documentation to follow, it says. ...
|
|
|
Linux certification comes to Italy —
Apr. 28, 2008 —
A non-profit organization devoted to Linux training and certification has established an affiliate organization in Italy. The Linux Professional Institute (LPI) says its new LPI-Italia partner will begin hosting exams on May 10, at the upcoming "Open Mind Free Software Meeting" on May 10th in San Giorgio a Cremano, Naples. ...
|
|
Installing Ubuntu Hardy Heron as a web hosting server —
Apr. 28, 2008 —
 HowTo Forge has published a tutorial about setting up a server based on the new Ubuntu 8.04 (aka "Hardy Heron") release from last week. The article describes a base install with Apache, Webalyzer, BIND, Proftpd, MySQL, Courier POP3/IMAP, Quota, Firewall, and other packages aimed at web ...
|
|
|
Black Duck Buys Koders —
Apr. 28, 2008 —
A company providing software license compliance management tools has agreed to purchase a company providing online search tools aimed at helping developers find reusable open source software. Black Duck Software says its buy-out of Koders will bring improvements to the search technology in both companies' products. ...
|
|
Open source conference co-locates with Ubuntu show —
Apr. 28, 2008 —
 Registration is open for the tenth annual edition of OSCON (Open Source Convention), as well as for a co-located Ubuntu Live conference. Scheduled for Jul. 21-25 in Portland, Ore., O'Reilly's OSCON 2008 is expected to draw some 2,500 open source experts, visionaries, and hackers. ...
|
|
|
Ubuntu 8.04 ready to challenge Windows —
Apr. 25, 2008 —
Review -- Canonical has marshaled the best of what the open-source world has to offer in Ubuntu 8.04, a Linux-based operating system that's capable of mounting a serious challenge to Microsoft Windows on mainstream desktops and notebooks. During my tests ...
|
|
KDE Linux reaches 52 million Brazilian kids —
Apr. 24, 2008 —
 Brazil's Ministry of Education ("MEC") is installing Linux in labs used by 52 million schoolchildren, reports KDE developer Mauricio Piacentini. Piacentini's blog post describes MEC's "Linux Educacional 2.0" as "a very clean Debian-based distribution, with KDE 3.5, KDE-Edu, KDE-Games, and some tools developed by the project." ...
|
|
|
Free x86-based Linux router distro rev'd —
Apr. 21, 2008 —
Vyatta has started shipping a major upgrade to its free Linux distribution for x86-based routers, firewalls, and VPN servers. The big new change in Vyatta Community Edition 4 (VC4) is a move to the open source Quagga routing protocol implementation, for better scalability and a more Linux-like command-line user interface. ...
|
|
|
Two weeks with Fedora 9 —
Apr. 21, 2008 —
Review--Recently, I came across a blog post about how to install a LiveCD version of Red Hat's upcoming Fedora 9 release onto a USB stick, leaving space on the stick for data to persist between reboots. ...
|
|
|
Linux 2.6.25 -- the "motherlode" release —
Apr. 17, 2008 —
Linus Torvalds has annointed a blockbuster new kernel that required some 7.5 megabytes just for its changelog. The 2.6.25 release sets the stage for a war between ARM and x86 for the personal computing environment of the future, while also merging tons of improvements for real-time devices, desktops, and servers. ...
|
|
|
SitePen passes the open-source torch —
Apr. 14, 2008 —
Opinion--SAN FRANCISCO--When companies such as Adobe, AOL, Eye-Fi, JPMorgan Chase, Sun Telelogic and even Google want a certain something in their Web applications, they go to SitePen, a Web application development shop that does a little support, training and consulting as well. ...
|
|
|
Red Hat's challenge —
Apr. 13, 2008 —
Opinion--Five years ago, Red Hat sent a shock wave through the Linux community when it announced a new bleeding-edge development pace for its flagship distribution, Red Hat Linux. ...
|
|
|
Linux's death -- greatly exaggerated? —
Apr. 11, 2008 —
An opinion piece at LaptopMag suggests that Linux's "window of opportunity" on the desktop, and especially laptops, has closed. But has it, really? ...
|
|
More News ...
|
|
|
7 Advantages of D2D Backup
For decades, tape has been the backup medium of choice. But, now, disk-to-disk (D2D) backup is gaining in favor. Learn why you should make the move in this whitepaper.
4 Legal Reasons to Control Internet Access
The Internet is obviously a valuable resource for many organizations. However, many are exposed to legal liability concerns because they fail to control Internet access. Learn if you're safe in this white paper.
Rapidly Resolve J2EE Application Problems
Whether you are in the process of building J2EE applications or have J2EE applications already running in production, you must ensure that they deliver the expected ROI. Learn how in this white paper.
Load Testing 2.0 for Web 2.0
There are many unknowns in stress testing Web 2.0 applications. Find out how to test the performance of Web 2.0 in this white paper.
Build Better Games Online
For the game infrastructure providers, life is complex. Making money from games has become more complicated. Why? Find out in this white paper.
Building a Virtual Infrastructure from Servers to Storage
This white paper discusses the virtual storage solutions that reduce cost, increase storage utilization, and address the challenges of backing up and restoring Server environments.
Gaining Faster Wireless Connections with WiMAX
Welcome to what is quickly becoming the hyperconnected world where anything that would benefit from being connected to the network will be connected. Learn more in this white paper.
Is Your Desktop a Security Threat?
The new wave of sophisticated crimeware not only targets specific companies, but also targets desktops and laptops as backdoor entryways into those business’ operations and resources. Learn how to stay safe in this white paper.
Increasing SAN Reliability by 100 Percent
Storage area networks (SAN) are a strong part of storage plans. Learn how to increase your reliability and uptime by 100 percent in this case study.
|
|
|
|
|
news feed
