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Linux Foundation: We'd love to work with Microsoft Jim Zemlin is the executive director of the Linux Foundation. Formerly executive director of the Free Standards Group, Zemlin also has served as vice president of marketing for Covalent Technologies, providing products and services for the Apache Web server. Zemlin ha Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Linux: Who Got it Right, Who Got It Very Wrong? ZDNet Australia: "Who predicted Linux servers would outnumber Windows servers by 2006? Who said one in five enterprise desktops would be Linux-based by 2008? We look back at the bad (and good) predictions made about Linux over the past decade..." Home > Rss Directory > Technology > LinuxToday |
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Who Stole the Plans for iRobot's Battle Bots? Jameel Ahed says he didn't really read the email. He was preoccupied with trying to solve a few electrical problems on the robots he hoped his company would sell to the US Army for as much as $300 million, one of the largest robot orders in history. So he didn't pay much attention to the fact tha Home > Rss Directory > Business > Wired News |
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Sun exec ponders OpenSolaris, Linux Ian Murdock is vice president of developer and community marketing at Sun Microsystems. Prior to that, he was the founder of the Debian Linux distribution and CTO at the Linux Foundation. InfoWorld Editor at Large Paul Krill met with Murdock at the JavaOne conference Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Fedora 9: Linux examined For many of us, our first painful introduction to old-school Linux installs came from installing early versions of Red Hat. Like most early Linux installs, it was a highly technical, highly finicky process that was best left to the experts. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Linux creator: Microsoft is bluffing on patents Microsoft's aggressive defense of its intellectual property, which includes claims that Linux violates a number of its patents, is nothing more than "a marketing thing," according to Linus Torvalds, creator of the Linux kernel. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Ubuntu Linux takes on enterprise server market with new OS With its release today of its Ubuntu 8.04 Long Term Support (LTS) Server Edition, Linux vendor Ubuntu is firmly aiming its long-awaited, enterprise-ready server operating system at the world of business computing. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Linux kernel developers: Say no to closed-source modules More than 135 Linux kernel developers have signed a document in protest of vendors that create closed-source code modules for the kernel, calling the practice "harmful and undesirable."The developers' statement Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Linux beats Windows 2008 power-saving measures Ensuring your servers stamp as small a carbon footprint as possible on the earth and in your datacenter can encompass everything from making sure they are shipped in recyclable packaging to hiring an analyst who can predict the total lifecycle environmental impact. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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OLPC developing dual-boot Windows, Linux OS for laptops The One Laptop Per Child Project (OLPC) and Microsoft are working together to develop a dual-boot system to put both Linux and Windows on laptops aimed at kids in developing countries, the head of OLPC said in an interview Tuesday. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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One year after Mac hack contest, Linux and Vista may be tested One year after launching a controversial Macintosh hacking contest, the promoters of the CanSecWest security research conference are thinking about giving hackers another shot at cracking the Mac. Only this time, they're looking to broaden the field. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Acer sees Linux as key to low-cost laptops Acer, the world's third-largest PC maker, believes that Linux software is a key to the low-cost laptop computer movement and hopes to create a community around the devices, a top executive said.Several of the ne Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Red Hat updates enterprise Linux platform Red Hat is announcing availability Wednesday of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2, with enhancements in virtualization, clustering, and hardware support.Version 5.2 was described as a minor update by Red Hat's Daniel Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Linux showing signs of solid growth Workloads running on Linux servers are shifting to become more business oriented, including databases and line-of-business applications, and the operating system appears headed for measurable growth over the next three years, according to a white paper released Tuesda Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Curl debuts its RIA features for Ubuntu Linux Curl announced Wednesday support for Ubuntu Linux, which will allow desktop Ubuntu users to easily see Curl-enhanced Web content on their computers without having to manually configure a player.The RIA (rich In Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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GNU/Linux World Domination for the Wrong Reasons Datamation: "Whenever I hear people discussing GNU/Linux's prospects for becoming more popular, I'm reminded of a comment by Tommy Douglas, the social democrat who became a hero for introducing universal health care into Canada..." Home > Rss Directory > Technology > LinuxToday |
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Using Who To Find What And When On Linux and Unix The Linux and Unix Menagerie: "Today's post is yet another in a somewhat disjointed series of posts on 'stuff you might not know and you might find interesting' regarding very common commands. And they don't get much more common than the 'who' command..." Home > Rss Directory > Technology > LinuxToday |
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HP adding Novell's Linux to its desktop lineup Novell plans to announce Tuesday that HP will begin loading Suse Linux 10 on its desktops, joining Dell and Lenovo as partners who pre-install the open-source operating system.The news comes just a few weeks aft Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Linux PCs Still Available at Wal-Mart: Just Not the One Down the Road Practical Technology: "Recently there were some rumors that Wal-Mart was once more selling Everex PCs with gOS Linux. Well, they got it about a third right..." Home > Rss Directory > Technology > LinuxToday |
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LiMo's Linux phone platform nears launch The LiMo Foundation plans to release the first version of its Linux software platform for mobile phones in March, with handsets running the software due soon.LiMo's goal is to offer handset manufacturers an open Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |