September, 2007

Does this script work for you?

Recently, we asked our readers to share some of their Linux scripts with us. Our first script comes to us from Diethard Ohrt, who sent us a script named “survf”. He writes:

The script "survf" monitors a file so you can check whether this file is growing (e.g. during ftp transfer)....

Novell microsite targets virtualization

I received an email today from Novell touting a new virtualization microsite, so I thought I'd fire off a micropost to the Enterprise Linux Log with a few details. From Novell:

Novell has created a new microsite to provide the open source community with Virtualization resources such...

Ubuntu bests Jesus — Apocalypse imminent?!

So, dear readers, who is more popular: A Linux distribution with a funky name or a funky fella who could supposedly turn water into wine and walk on water? If you answered Ubuntu, then give yourself a star. If you answered Jesus, then you were right last year, but Google Trends has proved you...

SELinux — is it *really* too complex?

I read a post this afternoon that surprised me a little, which is tough to do because I work on the Internet and I've basically seen everything humanity has to offer. Believe me, it's not much. What surprised me today is that the old axiom "SELinux is so difficult to use that most IT managers just...

Red Hat reports second quarter results, promotions

Red Hat, Inc. today announced financial results for its second fiscal quarter ended August 31, 2007, and the results are again pretty solid. According to a release that's still pretty hot after being cut and pasted from my email Inbox, total Red Hat revenue for the quarter was $127.3 million, an...

GPLv3 growth flattens out, LGPLv3 adds 49 projects

For a month that saw

Novell shows off open source ATI drivers

As this relates to one of our most popular blog posts ever here at the Enterprise Linux Log, I thought it was worth a mention. Apparently, Novell has released an alpha level video driver...

Monday morning Linux kernel news

It's kernel update time. This is the single security bug fix edition:

We (the -stable team) are announcing the release of the 2.6.22.7 kernel. It contains a single security bugfix for the x86_64 architecture. There is potential for local...

Apples or oranges? What is JeOS?

Are you planning on juicing anytime soon? How...

NASDAQ serves SCO with delisting notice

There's piling on, and then there's what happened to the hapless SCO today. Just to recap,