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Desktop takes back seat at Linux conference
Leaders in the Linux community seemed resigned to the fact that Linux still hasn't made headway in the...

Fedora 17 takes to the cloud
The newest release of the Red Hat-sponsored Fedora Linux distribution includes a number of technologies...

Warning: Five Things to Know Before Switching to Linux
A happy customer might tell someone. An unhappy customer tells everyone. Converting to Linux before taking...

Boost Your Geek Cred With the Linux Credit Card (Really)
What is the coolest thing for a Linux fan to carry in their pocket? Why, the new Linux Tux credit card!...

Rackspace puts OpenStack to production work
In what will be one of the first large scale OpenStack commercial deployments, hosting company Rackspace...

Rackspace, HP go all in with OpenStack
Rackspace and HP have each brought major portions of their cloud offerings based on the OpenStack code...

Internap launches first public OpenStack cloud
Look out Amazon. OpenStack is shaping up to be a game changer in the cloud world. On Thursday Atlanta-based...

RightScale joins OpenStack, supports Rackspace’s open cloud
RightScale, whose management platform that acts as an integrator for companies using public cloud resources,...

Red Hat releases OpenShift source code
Open source software distributor Red Hat has released the source code for its OpenShift platform-as-a-service...

Red Hat adds app lifecycle tools to PaaS preview
Red Hat has outfitted its OpenShift hosted application platform with a set of application development...

Jaspersoft aims its open source analytics suite at PaaS developers
Red Hat's OpenShift is the first in a series of platform-as-a-service offerings to feature Jaspersoft's...

Oracle prepares to enter PaaS wars
Oracle may lay out how it plans to become a player in the burgeoning PaaS (platform as a service) market...

Red Hat packages newer versions of Ruby, Python

Red Hat has put out a beta release of Software Collections 1.0, in a bid to let developers use newer versions of languages such as Ruby and Python with support. [...]

Adobe adds Flash video acceleration for newer Macs
Those who still can't shake their Hulu addiction have reason to rejoice--Adobe on Wednesday released...

The Next E-Book Reader: Color, Video and Nearly Unbreakable
If you thought the E-Ink screen on your Kindle or Sony Reader was the epitome of high-tech for the printed...

Newer Technology introduces iPad, Mac mini stands
On Wednesday, computer and portable device accessories maker Newer Technology announced the release of...

Python 3.2 eases concurrent development
The just released Python 3.2 beta shows the language being tweaked for parallel programming...

Silver Peak releases software-only WAN optimization
Silver Peak Systems released a software-only edition of its WAN optimization product that will allow...

HP upgrades SANs, management software
HP announced storage hardware upgrades and management software updates for SMBs. The upgrades include...

Teradata, Cloudera revolutionise data gathering, analysing
In a move intended to revolutionise the way research is done online, Teradata--a company focusing on...

Java pioneer distances himself from JCP
James Gosling is scheduled to talk up enterprise Java at conference, but says the Java amendment process...

Facebook, others back Linaro’s Linux-on-ARM project

Facebook, Red Hat, Hewlett-Packard and other big vendors have joined a project to develop Linux OS software for the upcoming generation of ARM-based servers, the companies announced Thursday. [...]

Linux kernel 2.6.31 released, driver code climbs
The Linux kernel project has release version 2.6.31, bringing a mutlitude of changes to mermory management,...

Fedora Linux capitulates to Microsoft boot certificate
In order to get its Linux distribution to run on the next generation of secured desktop computing hardware,...

Chip giants establish Linux group for phones, TVs
A group of chip makers including IBM, Samsung Electronics and Texas Instruments on Thursday unveiled...

OpenStack gets a new GUI
The developers behind OpenStack have updated their open source cloud software package with a new graphical...

Red Hat shakes up OpenStack lineup
Red Hat announced a large-scale restructuring of its OpenStack-based offerings today, bundling its Enterprise...

OpenStack cloud project remains on track
OpenStack, the open-source cloud management software project formed by hosting provider Rackspace, has...

Rackspace puts OpenStack to production work
In what will be one of the first large scale OpenStack commercial deployments, hosting company Rackspace...

Linux distributors duke it out in cloud OS market

Linux operating system distributor Suse says it is gaining ground among cloud service providers as their choice platform for delivering the open source OS to customers, but at least one analyst says the market is still split between the Suse, Red Hat and Canonical’s Ubuntu. [...]

Apple and Linux Forces Rain on Windows 7 Parade
Apple and Linux advocate IBM both tried hard to cramp Microsoft's style this week before the Windows...

Microsoft to run Linux on Azure
After years of battling Linux as a competitive threat, Microsoft is now offering Linux-based operating...

Attachmates eyes cloud customers for Suse
With its Novell acquisition now closed, the company is looking to expand the customer base of Suse Linux...

5 ways to use bootable Linux live discs
In the almost 20 years since Linux was first released into the world, free for anyone to use and modify...

OpenBSD founder calls Red Hat and Canonical ‘traitors’ to open source

Theo de Raadt, the founder of the OpenBSD project and a well-known figure in the open-source community, attacked commercial Linux vendors Red Hat and Canonical in an interview with ITWire for their plans to work with Microsoft’s secure boot system. [...]

OpenBSD back door claim now in doubt
The claim that the FBI planted a backdoor in OpenBSD a decade ago has been flatly denied by developer...

From tech to toilet paper, Berliner tries to live completely open source for one year
Open source computer, open source mobile phone, open source toothbrush, open source jeans, open source...

OpenBSD chief believes contractor tried to write backdoors
The lead developer of the OpenBSD operating system says that he believes that a government contracting...

Oracle gives up on commercial Open Office
Oracle announced Friday that it will no longer sell a commercial version of the Open Office productivity...

Build your own Linux server on the cloud

There are all kinds of Linux servers. The most complicated of these require you to be a Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE). Many of them require you to do more than download a distro, burn a CD, and install and boot up your new bare-bones servers. But, say you have a particular job for a server and the boss wants it done yesterday, what do you then? Well, one excellent choice is TurnKey Linux. [...]

Build your own Linux server on the cloud
There are all kinds of Linux servers. The most complicated of these require you to be a Red Hat Certified...

5 ways to use bootable Linux live discs
In the almost 20 years since Linux was first released into the world, free for anyone to use and modify...

Linux Trojan Raises Malware Concerns
I've got good news and bad news for those of the misguided perception that Linux is somehow impervious...

IBM pushes new integrated, lower-cost Linux servers
IBM announced new "affordable" Linux servers on Wednesday as the company tries to push its...

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