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SCO and Hasbro’s Mouse Trap

Last Friday’s ruling by Federal District...

How to expand Linux in two styles: Novell vs. Red Hat

As a journalist, I get perturbed when I see talking heads on TV (on issues political, technological or otherwise) "attack the messenger" when the message they're delivering isn't something they agree with. The theory is, of course, that if you can discredit the person, then the public will not...

LinuxWorld 2007 decompression

So another LinuxWorld Conference and Expo has come and gone -- but what's this?! Where's the Linux?! Sure, it was there in sessions on interoperability between Linux and Windows; and in Novell...

Linux 2.6.22.2

The latest Linux kernel release is out and about today. Hold onto your hats!

We (the -stable team) are announcing the release of the 2.6.22.2 kernel. This release has a lot of bugfixes and some security updates so all users of the 2.6.22...

Accelerating the progress of Linux in the enterprise

[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/t-ay9sEo-ZU" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /] In case you missed the Novell keynote with Ron Hovsepian, here's a quick recap in video form. The theme? Accelerating the progress of Linux in the enterprise. You can catch our...

Live from LinuxWorld 2007 — the Bag of Swag!

[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/IyKk2WygjDc" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /] The grand SearchEnterpriseLinux.com video experiment continues... This time I play the straight man to SearchDataCenter.com...

LinuxWorld: User Q&A with Novell CEO Ron Hovsepian

There wasn't as much clapping as I thought there'd be. What I mean is; is when a user stepped up to the microphone to grill Novell CEO Ron Hovsepian about Microsoft, the GPLv3 and those infamous "coupons," there wasn't the zealous explosion of applause that I had become accustomed to over the...

Palm to use Wind River Linux for Palm Foleo Mobile Companion

LinuxWorld vendor news Wind River Linux announced today that Palm has selected Wind River's consumer devices Linux platform for Palm's next gen Palm Foleo device. Palm touts that the Foleo should out-ship and out-sell both Treo smartphones and Pilot PDAs. Wind River Linux also...

Live from LinuxWorld 2007 — Videoblog on Dell’s Linux preloads!

[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/yDiffLd3ta8" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /]Holy cripes, we're video blogging now. With the help of my trusty camerawoman and Site Editor Jan Stafford, I recorded this video blog about Dell's recent decision to offer...

EnterpriseDB annouces enterprise-ready PostgreSQL distribution for Linux

Today, EnterpriseDB announced general availability of EnterpriseDB Postgres, a professional-grade distribution of PostgreSQL database for Linux. EnterpriseDB also announced the Postgres Resource Center, an online community for enterprise application developers and DBAs.