[News] Large Server Farms Run GNU/Linux, Zarafa Targets More GNU/Linux Servers
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HPC Customers Get a Cloud Computing Option ,----[ Quote ] | Six months after launching its Penguin on | Demand (POD) cloud computing service, high- | performance Linux cluster provider Penguin | Computing said up to 200 of its 2,000-strong | customer base are using its on-demand | offering, including some new customer wins in | the life-sciences sector. `---- http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2010/02/05/hpc-customers-get-a-cloud-computing-option/ 6 Feb. Zarafa Collaboration Platform Packaged for Ubuntu and Fedora ,----[ Quote ] ...

[News] IBM and HP on GNU/Linux Servers; GNU/Linux Servers Vendor (Filtering) Adopts IPv6
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Linux Virtualization and Cloud Seminar http://www-01.ibm.com/software/info/lmi/linux/index.html HP Launches Open Source Server Appliance for Channel Partners ,----[ Quote ] | When the Open Source Channel Alliance launched in April 2009, the | organization (led by Synnex and Red Hat) vowed to develop turnkey open source | solutions for Synnex’s 15,000 resellers. HP’s Open Source Jump-Start | Appliance is the first fruit of that work. `---- http://www.thevarguy.com/2009/08/06/hp-launches-open-source-server-appliance-for-channel-partners/ Roaring Penguin Software announces support for IPv6 ,----[ Quote ] | Leading anti-spam vendor prepares to fight spam on the next generation of the | Internet `---- http://linuxpr.com/releases/11567.html Related: Ballmer Still Searching for an Answer to Google ,----[ Quote ] | "Forty percent of servers run Windows, 60 percent run Linux," he said. "How | are we doing? Forty is less than 60, so I don't like it. ... We have some | work to do." `---- http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/151568/ballmer_still_searching_for_an_answer_to_google.html -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkp8uoQACgkQU4xAY3RXLo6G7gCgmoGzrE9iEJJ+zwLcM/QnkV1O b1gAoJeW39ercw1Ave8hvCY1dDuVUu4f =OzJ0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ...

[News] PIKA Makes GNU/Linux VoIP Servers, SYNAQ Makes GNU/Linux Mail/Security Servers
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 PIKA Upgrades WARP PBX Appliance Platform ,----[ Quote ] | Just about a year ago, Enterprise VoIPplanet | spoke with the folks at PIKA Technologies | about their then-new WARP appliance, the | popular Asterisk development platform in a | compact, telephony-equipped Linux system unit. `---- http://www.voipplanet.com/news/article.php/3850281 SYNAQ celebrates five good years - looks forward to many more ,----[ Quote ] | SYNAQ, the Johannesburg-based Linux and open | source managed services and software services | company, has made a signif...

[News] Gains for GNU/Linux in Datacentres, Hilti Moves to GNU/Linux Servers
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Linux Datacenters Virtualize More, See Big TCO Savings ,----[ Quote ] | There are other, more quantifiable reasons for the increased amount of Linux | virtualization use. Just 56 percent of Windows users believe that virtualization | helps to better utilize hardware, while 77 percent of Linux users realize that | benefit. | | Linux users also seem to fare better with power and space consumption. When asked | if they felt that their data center was running out of electrical capacity, only 26 | percent of Linux users agreed with that stateme...

[News] Ubuntu Offers GNU/Linux Server Education, Examiner Teaches GNU/Linux
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Canonical Announces Ubuntu Server Training Course ,----[ Quote ] | The success of the Ubuntu Training Program, combined with the growing | popularity of Ubuntu Server Edition, led Canonical to announce a new course | that exclusively focuses on the server edition. Called "Deploying Ubuntu in | the Enterprise Environment," the training program lasts five days and | addresses intermediate-to-advanced enterprise system administrators working | with Ubuntu desktops and servers. `---- http://news.softpedia.com/news/Canonical-Annou...

[News] Applications for Education in GNU/Linux Servers, Cloud Linux Find New Server Partners
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Education Apps in GNU/Linux ,----[ Quote ] | Moodle is great for teachers in computer labs | or for distant education. When done well, a | course is much easier to manage than with | paper-shuffling. Marks are automatically | tabulated, for instance. Students can also get | fast turn-around on assignments. `---- http://pogson.6k.ca/2010/06/22/education-apps-in-gnulinux/ Romanian Hosting Provider CH-Center Hosting To Partner with Cloud Linux Inc ,----[ Quote ] | Cloud Linux announces today that CH-Center | Hosting, a Romania based full se...

[News] A Look at New GNU/Linux Distro (Qubes) and Review of YlmF GNU/Linux OS
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 New Open-Source OS Will Feature 'Disposable' Virtual Machines ,----[ Quote ] | Invisible Things Lab is creating these | lightweight, throwaway VMs that work with | traditional virtual machines in Qubes, the | open-source, Xen-based OS it plans to | release in beta later this summer. Qubes | was architected to minimize the attack | surface in the VM environment. `---- http://www.darkreading.com/insiderthreat/security/app-security/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=225300299 YlmF OS - Ni Hao! ,----[ Quote ] | YlmF is ...

[News] Many Reasons for Linux on the Server; GNU/Linux Beats Mac OS X
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Seven Reasons to Move to Linux ,----[ Quote ] | Selling businesses on the benefits of Linux has been a tough proposition for | many years. Common reasons cited for not moving to the open-source operating | system include system complexity, lack of in-house IT skills and a shortage | of business applications. Both the open-source software community and the | vendor world have done a lot to address these shortcomings, and the inroads | gained are plain for all to see. `---- http://www.smallbusinesscomputing.com/testdrive/article.php/3756141 ...

[News] [Linux] Xandros Releases New GNU/Linux Server; Short Review of Fedora 7
Xandros Releases Xandros Server Standard Edition 2, Offering Enterprise-Grade Features to Windows-Centric SMBs ,----[ Quote ] | The Xandros Server Standard Edition Version 2 is the first commercial | product built on Debian 4 (Etch), and includes Xen virtualization | with no licensing restrictions. `---- http://www.xandros.com/news/press_releases/Xandros_releases_server2.html Fedora 7 test 4 review ,----[ Quote ] | The bottom line is Fedora doesn't give a reason to install it over | other distros. Almost all linuxes are becoming the same. But one | good thing is that it is fast even o...

[News] Review of GNU/Linux+Enna, Music Players for GNU/Linux Only
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Enna – A New and Exciting Linux Media Center ,----[ Quote ] | These days, buying a decent plasma is often a | lot more expensive than building your own | media center. If you’ve been living under a | rock for the past few years, a media center is | basically a PC that’s focused solely on media | playback. Check out our PDF guide on how to | set up your own media center, written by | Stefan Neagu. `---- http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/enna-a-new-and-exciting-linux-media-center/ SOUNDS ,----[ Quote ] | We compare some p...

[News] [Linux] 1,500 Servers Switched to GNU/Linux
Outage at European stock exchange stops trading ,----[ Quote ] | Liffe is in the process of replacing its 1,500 Sun Solaris servers | with Hewlett-Packard servers running on Linux and Intel processors. | A key part of the switch, which is aimed at providing greater | scalability, involves swapping the gateway servers used by | customers to link to the Connect platform. `---- http://www.itworldcanada.com/a/News/36cfed61-1810-4162-8a31-31c0848274c0.html This isn't at the expense of Linux, which (unlike SCO) continues to thrive. Enterprise Unix Roundup: Unix Revenue Inches Up ,----[ Quote ] | In that report, Unix came in with positive revenue growth for the | first quarter of 2007; a nice change from the slow but steady | decline this part of the enterprise market has demonstrated in | recent quarters. `---- http://www.serverwatch.com/eur/article.php/3681901 Related: Japanese Government to Embrace Linux ,----[ Quote ] | Oracle Japan is said to be leading the effort, which could launch | as early as next month. `---- http://biz.yahoo.com/seekingalpha/070503/34429_id.html?.v=1 ...

[News] GNU/Linux-only Applications in Review, NCP Brings Gateway to GNU/Linux
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Complete and Utter (Linux Desktop) Apps ,----[ Quote ] | What interests me about these completist apps | is that they are commonplace in FOSS and rare | in proprietary software. The reason is probably | that FOSS has more demanding and independent- | minded users, many of whom are also developers | and in a position to insist on their own | preferences `---- http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/3845641/Complete-and-Utter-Linux-Desktop-Apps.htm Hybrid IPsec / SSL VPN Gateway for Linux Operating Systems ,----[ Quote ] | NCP eng...

[News] Review of Windows Applications on GNU/Linux, Other Killer Applications for GNU/Linux
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Wine, Linux and Multimedia Software (Part 1) ,----[ Quote ] | Installing Ubuntu was easy, with all of my hardware being automatically | detected including my laser printer. I was immediately impressed with how | simple everything is to use. Some of the software that I used under | Windows is also available under Linux. Skype, FireFox, and OpenOffice are | three of my most frequently used applications, and the transition to Linux | for these applications was painless. However, there remained one | significant barrier to becoming productive u...

[News] Servers Running GNU/Linux Could Get Boost from Oracle, OS X Server Disappoints
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Oracle's Linux Server Slant ,----[ Quote ] | Based on Oracle's recent actions, it seems the | company is hell-bent on driving as many of its | potential customers as possible away from the | UNIX offerings it acquired from Sun and into | the arms of Red Hat and other enterprise Linux | vendors. `---- http://www.serverwatch.com/trends/article.php/3873696/Oracles-Linux-Server-Slant.htm A Sys Admin's Guide to the Server OS of Your Dreams ,----[ Quote ] | What's startlingly clear from this little | exercise though is how dism...

[News] GNU/Linux Server Options, HDE Brings Software to Linux
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 5 Server Operating Systems For Your Business ,----[ Quote ] | There isn't one Linux operating system -- rather, you can buy a boxed version | of Linux from a company or download it from a company or an individual. Most | Linux server distros run the same Linux kernel but differ considerably in | terms of software packages and licensing/support models. Prices range | considerably, as well, from free to a couple thousand dollars, which is what | the Red Hat server OS tops out at. `---- http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/technolo...

[News] [Linux] It's All About GNU/Linux on the DreamWorks Desktops (and Servers)
DreamWorks Animation "Shrek the Third": Linux Feeds an Ogre ,----[ Quote ] | All the big film studios primarily use Linux for animation and | visual effects. Perhaps no commercial Linux installation is larger | than DreamWorks Animation, with more than 1,000 Linux desktops and | more than 3,000 server CPUs. `---- http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/9653 Needless to say, they don't surf the Web with these workstations (yet another reason to ignore Web stats-based figures). Related: ,----[ Quote ] | "Linux is the default operating [system] on desktops and servers at m...

[News] [Linux] Small Business Server Company Goes with GNU/Linux
FileEngine Picks Novell Software for Free Small Business Servers ,----[ Quote ] | The award winning FileEngine small business server adopts Novell'sS | USE Linux Enterprise Server Operating System. `---- http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/5/prweb528961.htm Related: Open Source: What Companies Are Deploying Now ,----[ Quote ] | Small and mid-size companies have embraced Linux. Now they are taking | up an even broader array of open source technologies. `---- http://www.cioinsight.com/article2/0,1540,2130070,00.asp Next Gen, Mission-Critical Apps To Be Deployed on Linux Says Report ...

[News] Pagico Comes to GNU/Linux, Miro 2.0 on GNU/Linux Reviewed
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Pagico v3.2.2 r625 is now available for Windows, Mac, and Ubuntu ,----[ Quote ] | We’re excited to let you know that a new release (revision 625) for Pagico | v3.2.2 is now available for all the supported platforms: Windows, Mac, and | Ubuntu (8.04 and 8.10). `---- http://www.pagico.com/blog/pagico-v322-r625-is-now-available-for-windows-mac-and-ubuntu.html Mini Review: Miro 2.0 ,----[ Quote ] | I like Miro quite a bit. It does a decent job of pulling together the | functionality of a lot of separate application and combining them into ...

[News] New Reviews of GNU/Linux Applications (or Windows Applications Running Under GNU/Linux)
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Deluge – An Awesome But Unappreciated Cross-Platform BitTorrent Client ,----[ Quote ] | By now, most MakeUseOf readers should know | all about BitTorrent, the most popular peer- | to-peer technology on the web. We’ve talked | about the protocol more than once, and even | released the Big Book of Bittorrent—a great | place to start if you find bittorrent too | confusing for your use. | | There are thousands of BitTorrent clients on | the market; that is, thousands of | applications you can use to download files | using BitTorrent technolo...

[News] SynaptiCAD Targets GNU/Linux, Review of Feed-reading Application for GNU/Linux
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 SynaptiCAD launches 64bit simulation environment ,----[ Quote ] | SynaptiCAD has released a 64bit Linux | version of Verilogger Extreme, a Verilog | simulation and debug environment. | | The 64bit simulator runs 30 per cent | faster than the 32bit version and can | simulate much larger designs. | | This is because 64bit Linux applications | can use a system's full memory, while | 32bit applications are limited to 3GB of | memory. `---- http://www.electronicstalk.com/news/syv/syv105.html Newsbeuter feed reader ,----[ Quote ] | News...

[News] Skype for GNU/Linux 2.1 is Near, More Applications for GNU/Linux Reviewed
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Skype for Linux 2.1 Beta 2 adds screen sharing ,----[ Quote ] | Nearly five months after the release of the | first beta, the Skype for Linux developers | have announced the availability of the | second beta for version 2.1 of their Linux | Skype client. In addition to several | localisation updates and bug fixes, version | 2.1.0.81 of Skype for Linux adds a number | of new features that have been available on | Mac and Windows editions of Skype for some | time. The full release for Windows is | currently at version 4.1 and for Mac OS X...

[News] [Linux] Good Review of BLAG (GNU/Linux), More Screenshots from the New Gentoo Linux
Review: BLAG 60001 - Linux Without Boundaries? ,----[ Quote ] | I admit: I was prepared to dislike BLAG, given its lowly Distrowatch | ranking and apparent lack of popularity. With that in mind, I | was pleasantly surprised by a number of features, such as the | amount of multimedia support. `---- http://www.habibbijan.com/2007/05/12/review-blag-60001-linux-without-boundaries/ Gentoo Linux 2007.0 ,----[ Quote ] | While late, the first Gentoo release of the year is now available | for download. Gentoo 2007.0 features a rewritten LiveCD | installer, updated packages, GNOME 2.16.2, and other ...

[News] Nero Linux 4 for GNU/Linux Reviewed, Warzone 2100, and Other Linux Software
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Nero Linux 4 - Still the Best Burning Tool for Linux? ,----[ Quote ] | I was a little underwhelmed, and I actually | had to dig deep to see what was new. | According to the company, these are the | newest features: | | * Nero Linux Express | * More advanced options for burning all | types of media | * ISOLINUX Bootable CD/DVD/BD Support | * BD Defect Management | * Enhanced Audio Format Support - AIFF | and MusePack | | "That's it?" See what I mean? It's been | two-and-a-half years since Nero...

[News] Kubuntu GNU/Linux 9.10 and Ubuntu GNU/Linux 9.10 Reviews
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Kubuntu Linux 9.10 ,----[ Quote ] | I’m please to (mostly) give this release of | Kubuntu a thumbs up. Yes, there were some | things I didn’t like but overall I think | this is a step up from the last release and | it’s quite usable. I’d like to see a better | software management tool but it is | functional as it is (though it leaves much | to be desired in some ways) and I don’t | think it’s a show-stopper. | | Kubuntu can be used by beginners and more | experienced users alike. However, beginners | might want to opt for the KDE versi...