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February 18, 2009  5:39 PM

Ubuntu gains another win in major server certification quest



Posted by: Leah Rosin
Canonical, HP, HP ProLiant, Linux, sun microsystems, Ubuntu Linux, x86 servers

The little distribution that could, Ubuntu Linux Server Edition supported by Canonical Ltd., announced that it was on its way to achieving certification on Hewlett-Packard's ProLiant x86 servers. According to Canonical's blog post on the...

February 11, 2009  6:46 PM

Red Hat proves value can be derived from open source



Posted by: Leah Rosin
Fedora 10, interoperability, JBoss.org, Linux, Microsoft, Novell SUSE 11, open source, Red Hat, Virtualization

This week, Jim Whitehurst, president and CEO of Red Hat has issued a "State of the Union at Red Hat" message that at first glance appeared to be little more than a cute press pitch, well-timed with the State of the...


January 22, 2009  10:26 PM

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 with new features and more security



Posted by: Leah Rosin
Firefox, Intel Nehalem processor, Linux, OpenJDK, OpenSSH, Red Hat, RHEL 5.3, Samba, Virtualization

Red Hat released version 5.3 of its Enterprise Linux distribution on Tuesday, about eight months after version 5.2. We gave an overview of the new features of the


January 6, 2009  7:08 PM

Open source to shine despite dim economy



Posted by: Leah Rosin
Cloud computing, Microsoft Windows, open source, Open source applications, Vyatta

In the final hours of 2008, Roger Burkhardt, president and CEO of Ingres, shared his predictions about the future of open source. Here are summaries of his predictions:

  1. As the economy...


December 22, 2008  3:54 PM

Java virtual machine performance: Ubuntu wins over Windows



Posted by: Leah Rosin
Java, Linux, Linux blogs and news, Linux versus Windows, Ubuntu Linux, Windows

In May we reported results of a Windows Server 2008 power test conducted by Michael Larabel at Phoronix. Last week he released the results of his most recent open source versus Windows test, a...


December 12, 2008  4:02 PM

Celebrating the holidays with Linux



Posted by: Leah Rosin
Enterprise applications for Linux, HP, Linux, Linux blogs and news, Linux desktops, Open source applications, Red Hat, SUSE/Novell, Ubuntu Linux

This week I went and picked up two ornaments from my local "Giving Tree," did some shopping, and returned some gifts to be distributed to children in need. This is the third year that I've participated in this community giving project, and this year I noticed that the tree was absolutely covered...


November 10, 2008  9:43 PM

Microsoft’s embrace of open source could signal turnaround



Posted by: Dkr
Linux, Linux blogs and news, Linux versus Windows, Microsoft Windows, Open source applications, open standards, TechTarget Blogs


October 29, 2008  8:31 PM

Centrify streamlines administrator tasks in mixed environments



Posted by: Suzanne Wheeler
Administration, interoperability and integration, authentication, Data center physical infrastructure, Enterprise applications for Linux, HP, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Security

On Oct. 21, Mountain View, Calif.based Centrify Corp. added

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October 27, 2008  9:44 PM

Bush meets CodeWeavers’ challenge for free software



Posted by: Suzanne Wheeler
Administration, interoperability and integration, Linux blogs and news, Linux humor, Microsoft Windows

On Tuesday, Oct. 28, software company CodeWeavers will offer its products for no charge. CodeWeavers’ mission is to mission is...


October 21, 2008  3:21 PM

American Idol vs. Britney: Why open source will prevail, Red Hat says



Posted by: Dkr
desktops, Linux, Linux blogs and news, Linux versus Windows, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, Open source applications, Red Hat, TechTarget Blogs

Red Hat CEO and supersalesman Jim Whitehurst sure knows how to keep things simple. In yet another global tour pitching Red Hat, Whitehurst compared the open source development model to American Idol, the TV show that propelled country singer Carrie...