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How to: Host a Community Event

Published: 6 hours 2 min ago

Practical advice for rolling out your own community event.

Choose a Desktop Linux Distribution

Published: 6 hours 18 min ago

Which flavor of Linux is best for your business? Here are five key considerations to guide your choice.

Samsung Announces Galaxy Tab

Published: 6 hours 22 min ago

Android 2.2-powered, Flash-enabled, 7-inch touch screen.

Qt and Layouts

Published: 7 hours 22 min ago

When I first started with graphics - I plotted pixels onto the screen by calculating a memory address and then poking the corresponding value. Times have changed since then. more>>

Dell Studio 1747 Laptop: One Fatal Flaw Away from Linux Perfection

Published: 9 hours 50 min ago

Dell's 17-inch Studio 1747 laptop is a beefy desktop replacement that ships with Windows 7. But how does it fare with Linux instead? A few days hands-on with the laptop shows that the machine is almost perfect, save for one fatal flaw.

iOS usage surpasses Linux - by a whisker

Published: 10 hours 42 min ago

The Linux OS has spent years scrabbling to claim a 1% usage share, and ultimately never managing to hold onto it, data by web metrics firm NetMarketShare shows that take Apple's iOS platform has...

This was the year of desktop Linux

Published: 11 hours 3 min ago

Dana Blankenhorn: "Desktop Linux is the same sort of deal. Linux believers always assume that next year will be the year of desktop Linux. Windows followers often chide those who seek Linux with that belief, both here and elsewhere."

Novell ships Suse Linux for VMware

Published: 12 hours 8 min ago

Novell and VMware team up for virtual and cloud deployments VMware and Novell announced on Wednesday general availability of Suse Linux Enterprise Server for VMware, geared for use in virtualised and cloud environments. Suse Linux Enterprise Server for VMware is designed to reduce IT complexity and assist with the evolution to a fully virtualised data centre, the companies said.

Suse Linux for VMware ships

Published: Thu, 09/02/2010 - 00:56

VMware and Novell announced on Wednesday general availability of Suse Linux Enterprise Server for VMware, geared for use in virtualized and cloud environments. Suse Linux Enterprise Server for VMware is designed to reduce IT complexity and assist with the evolution to a fully virtualized data center, the companies said.

Deadline for Ohio LinuxFest Registration Extended

Published: Thu, 09/02/2010 - 00:11

You now have until September 8.

SUSE Linux hitches ride on enemy hypervisor

Published: Thu, 09/02/2010 - 00:06

Straddles vSphere in search of cash VMworld Strange bedfellows VMware and Novell have officially released SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for VMware, a version of Novell's open source OS that piggybacks on every copy of VMware's vSphere hypervisor.… Free On-Demand Webcast - Virtualizing the Hard Stuff

Apple iOS overtakes Linux for online share

Published: Wed, 09/01/2010 - 22:33

Apple's iOS platform has managed to pass a major desktop OS for the first time in web use as it now has more share than Linux, Net Applications found today. It just took the lead in July but held and widened it in August, with iPads, iPhones and iPods taking 1.13 percent; Linux has declined to a new low at just 0.85 percent. The figure doesn't include Android, though it has far lower share at ...

As Predicted, OpenSolaris Board Disbands

Published: Wed, 09/01/2010 - 22:18

When the OpenSolaris Governing Board issued their ultimatum to Oracle on July 12, few thought it would have the desired effect of saving OpenSolaris. The board sent a message that if Oracle didn't start to show some interest in OpenSolaris by August 23, they would disband and leave OpenSolaris without leadership and guidance. more>>

Ksplice Free for Fedora Users

Published: Wed, 09/01/2010 - 18:18

Update the Linux kernel without rebooting.

Texas Memory Systems Joins Linux Foundation

Published: Wed, 09/01/2010 - 17:23

The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, today announced that Texas Memory Systems has become its newest member. Texas Memory Systems designs and builds solid state storage systems for accelerating enterprise applications. It uses the industry's leading storage technology, PCI-e Solid State Drives (SSDs), to provide solutions to the IT ...

Dual Boot openSUSE USB Stick Installer

Published: Wed, 09/01/2010 - 16:56

In the latest round of upgrades and new installs of openSUSE around here I decided to take a different approach and use the network install and install from a USB stick rather than a DVD. While I was at it I decided that I'd try to make a dual boot installer that would allow me to install either the 32-bit or 64-bit version of the latest openSUSE (version 11.3) from the same USB stick. more>>

The State of Oracle/Sun Grid Engine

Published: Wed, 09/01/2010 - 16:18

Recent news and product releases could be cause for concern for the future of the open source Oracle/Sun Grid Engine.

The five inaccurate reasons Linux beats Windows for servers

Published: Wed, 09/01/2010 - 05:38

fewt@blog:~$ _: "I am always interested in a good debate of Linux vs Windows. That said, I read an article this morning talking about the five reasons that Linux beat Windows for servers. By the time I finished reading the article though I had a list of many reasons why the article was actually wrong."

ontario linux fest cancelled

Published: Wed, 09/01/2010 - 03:53

Ontario Linux Fest: "After much thought I sadly announce that there will not be an Ontario GNU/Linux Fest Conference this year."

Palm Reveals webOS 2.0 SDK Beta

Published: Tue, 08/31/2010 - 22:58

Announcement highlights SDK Early Access Program, new features.