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Linux : Articles : Eclipse Goes Native
Posted: ( Mon 28th Jun 2004 04:20:24[PM] UTC )
Red Hat's Eclipse Engineering team has freed the popular integrated development environment from its ties to a proprietary Java Virtual Machine.

Linux : Opinions : Linux vs. Apple: An Uncomfortable Battle
Posted: ( Thu 17th Jun 2004 04:15:56[PM] UTC )
Linux represents a threat and an opportunity for every software and hardware company. Apple is once again at the crossroads. While it will take a couple of years before we know whether the company will make the right choice, one thing is clear: Apple's path is about to become vastly more interesting.

Linux : Howtos : Reboot Linux faster using kexecr using kexec
Posted: ( Mon 31st May 2004 05:21:22[PM] UTC )
Even if your work doesn't require you to reboot your Linux machine several times a day, waiting for a system to reboot can be a real drag. Enter kexec. Essentially, kexec is a fast reboot feature that lets you reboot to a new Linux kernel -- without having to go through a bootloader.

Linux : Interviews : SuSE CTO: Novell gives Linux 'muscle'
Posted: ( Mon 31st May 2004 05:19:58[PM] UTC )
Novell Inc. is banking its re-entry into the consciousness of IT shops on Linux. Through its acquisitions of Ximian and SuSE Linux AG last year, Novell is working hard to regain its stature as a major technology player. In this interview, SuSE chief technology officer Juergen Geck touches on Novell's Linux strategy, starting with its recent release of the YaST (Yet another Setup Tool) management tool to open source, his thoughts on back-porting features from the 2.6 kernel and SuSE's product road map for the rest of 2004.

Linux : Interviews : Linux For Everyone: From Servers To Desktops
Posted: ( Mon 31st May 2004 05:19:58[PM] UTC )
With a stream of Linux based desktop alternatives flooding the market, the battle against software giant Microsoft has reached higher ground. The latest entrant, a company called Everyone's Linux (ELX), is all set to launch its product range in India, with a radically different mantra - "If you cant beat them with innovation, ape them." Interestingly, the Hyderabad based company has recently appointed ex-SCO employee Manojit Majumdar to spearhead its sales effort in the country.

Linux : Opinions : Red Hat: Open source GFS
Posted: ( Fri 30th Apr 2004 07:17:58[AM] UTC )
Global File System (GFS) is a cluster file-system for operating system distributions based on the Linux kernel. It is used as a shared file-system commonly on share-accessible block storage such as fibre-channel, shared SCSI, iSCSI and FireWire (IEEE 1394) devices. Logical Volume Manager (LVM) is a Linux kernel component and a set of user-land utilities which allow a system-administrator to group physical block storage devices into logical storage pools and create logical block-storage volumes out of them which are more wieldable and manageable and provide some useful features over the partition approach.

Linux : Articles : Thinning down the Linux desktop
Posted: ( Thu 29th Apr 2004 12:06:40[PM] UTC )
A Linux thin-client workstations, terminal-server combination is giving enterprises something to consider on the desktop.

Linux : Articles : Give LILO the Boot and Grab Some GRUB
Posted: ( Wed 21st Apr 2004 04:56:07[PM] UTC )
If you're still lumbering along with the antique Linux Loader LILO, you really ought to consider migrating to GRUB, the Grand Unified Bootloader. LILO is quite good, and, as the saying goes, if it ain't broke .... But GRUB has some advantages that make it, in my opinion, the Bootloader of today's generation. Here's why.

Linux : Articles : Augustin's 8 Simple Rules for Open-Source BusinessStrategy
Posted: ( Wed 21st Apr 2004 04:56:06[PM] UTC )
Augustin, who founded VA Research in 1993 and VA Linux Systems in 1998 now VA Software. In his OSBC address to a standing-room-only audience titled "Living with Open Source: The New Rules for IT Vendors and Consumers," Augustin offered eight rules.

Linux : Articles : Microsoft displays fear, uncertainty, and doubt toward OpenOffice.org
Posted: ( Mon 12th Apr 2004 06:11:13[PM] UTC )
I came across Microsoft OpenOffice 1.1 Competitive Guide through a post on the TTLUG mailing list, and decided to answer it fully in a FDLed response because it will save quite a few people from typing everything.

Linux : Articles : Desktop Guerrilla Tactics: a Portable Thin Client Approach
Posted: ( Mon 12th Apr 2004 06:11:13[PM] UTC )
Roll out a desktop Linux pilot project quickly without disturbing the legacy desktop OS.

Linux : Articles : Ten Things Small Businesses Need To Know About Linux
Posted: ( Thu 26th Feb 2004 05:46:51[PM] UTC )
Not so long ago, Linux was only for the technically adept. Then large enterprises claimed it as their own — only they possessed internal resources aplenty to confront its complexity. These days, however, more and more small- and mid-sized businesses are moving to the fastest-growing Operating System (OS) for good, solid reasons — and they aren't looking back.

Linux : Opinions : What did SCO buy--Unix or the Brooklyn Bridge?
Posted: ( Thu 26th Feb 2004 05:46:21[PM] UTC )
To the outsider, and even to me for some time, the various lawsuits involving the SCO Group follow a relatively simple story line. I'm not a lawyer, but after many interviews with the involved parties and lawyers, the case boils down to divergent interpretations of the subject matter.

Linux : Howtos : Customizing a 2.6-based kernel
Posted: ( Sun 22nd Feb 2004 12:55:54[PM] UTC )
The following whitepaper is the first in a series by William von Hagen on using the new Linux 2.6 kernel, with a special emphasis on the primary issues in migrating existing drivers, applications, and embedded Linux deployments to a Linux distribution based on the 2.6 kernel. Material presented is largely vendor-neutral.

Linux : Opinions : Editorial on IBM Linux
Posted: ( Sun 8th Feb 2004 01:07:02[PM] UTC )
In a recent article over at PCMag.com John Dvorak said: "Although nobody has been able to smuggle out a single screenshot of the top-secret IBM Linux desktop OS often referred to as Blue Linux I have friends who have seen it. I am assured that it not only exists, but is being used by large numbers of IBMers. 'They are going through a process of eating their own dog food right now,' I was told."