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A full Ubuntu desktop, on your docked Android phone February 22, 2012 Your next desktop could be a phone Why carry two devices, when you could carry only one? Your next high-end smartphone has far more horsepower than you’ll need on a phone, and more than enough for a laptop. So we’ve brought Android together with Ubun...
Help us Open Source NASA.gov February 22, 2012 The use of open source software, cloud computing technologies, and an integrated approach to search, video, and social media seems almost common-place in industry these days. Yet government websites aren’t quite there with the exception of a few noteabl...
Ubuntu and Slackware Named Top Desktop Linux Distros February 17, 2012 The world of desktop Linux is often portrayed these days as a battle primarily between longstanding leader Ubuntu and up-and-coming challenger Linux Mint, frequently with the suggestion that Mint is winning. It's true that Mint is now in the No. 1 spot...
2012 Linux Jobs Report Released February 15, 2012 Eight in ten (81%) recruiters say hiring Linux talent is a priority in 2012. Dice Holdings and The Linux Foundation today are releasing the first-ever Linux Jobs Report. The 2012 Linux Jobs Report is the result of a survey of more than 2300 hiring mana...
Bynari Collaboration Suite 7.2 Release February 14, 2012 This release of BCS contains an all-new WebClient, designed to be more flexible, stable and extendable. IntelliPanel has received a number of bugfixes as well. What's New? -------------- * Your BCS installation may now be upgraded with the smaller by...
What's New in LibreOffice 3.5 February 14, 2012 The LibreOffice 3.5 release is due out shortly, and this release comes with a number of improvements that free office suite users will find useful. From grammar checking to better importing for Microsoft Office documents, LibreOffice 3.5 contains a number...
Brian Stevens on Red Hat's Involvement with OpenStack February 13, 2012 Red Hat has been involved with OpenStack development for some time. Unlike the bulk of companies involved, however, Red Hat has gone about its work quietly and without "officially" joining the effort. Red Hat still isn't saying exactly what it h...
A Selection of the Very Best Open Source Tutorials and Tools February 13, 2012 Regularly, we at OStatic update our collections of open source resources, tutorials, free open source books, reviews, product comparisons and project tours. These educational toolkits are an essential part of the learning mission we try to preserve at the...
Btrfs: The Swiss army knife of storage February 13, 2012 The February 2012 issue of ;login: has a detailed overview of Btrfs written by developer Josef Bacik. "Btrfs’s snapshotting is simple to use and understand. The snapshots will show up as normal directories under the snapshotted directory, and you ...
Facebook’s Oregon Data Center Uses As Much Power As The Entire County It’s In February 7, 2012 Data centers are power-hungry, and Facebook's Oregon center in Crook County is no exception, using 28MW. While that's fairly standard, it has doubled the power use of the county. Full story...
Linux 3.3 Will Let You Boot Into Android February 7, 2012 The 3.3 kernel release will let you boot an Android userspace with no modifications, but not very good power management. The 3.4 kernel release will hopefully have the power management hooks that Android needs in it, along with a few other minor missin...
Canonical pulls funding from Kubuntu, drops commercial support February 7, 2012 Developer Jonathan Riddell has announced that, after the release of Ubuntu 12.04, Canonical will no longer be paying him to do development work on Kubuntu, the KDE derivative of Ubuntu. As a Canonical employee, Riddell has, for the last seven years, be...
Sandbox applications quickly with KVM or LXC February 7, 2012 In the "Building application sandboxes on top of LXC and KVM with libvirt" FOSDEM presentation, Red Hat developer Daniel Berrange introduced libvirt-sandbox, which confines individual applications in a secured area ("sandbox") using the KVM (Kernel-base...
FreeBSD 9.0 released January 17, 2012 FreeBSD 9.0 released FreeBSD 9.0 has been released. Highlights of this release include a new installer, Capsicum Capability Mode for sandboxing, softupdates journaling for the Fast Filesystem, user-level DTrace, ZFS updates,...
Best Linux Devices of 2011 January 9, 2012 Android this year surpassed both iOS and Blackberry as the most popular smartphone OS, further catapulting Linux into the spotlight in the mobile device industry. Just a couple months ago, Amazon announced what analysts say is the first real threat to ...
Linux Mint 12 Lisa Review January 7, 2012 Linux Mint 12 Lisa Review Until the release of Ubuntu 11.04, Gnome 2.x seemed to have become the standard desktop interface for Linux. It was the default for Ubuntu, Fedora and Linux Mint, three of the biggest distributions, and many others relied o...
Red Hat picks Raleigh as global headquarters January 7, 2012 RALEIGH (WTVD) -- Another company is making the City of Raleigh its headquarters. Raleigh Mayor Nancy McFarlane announced Friday that Red Hat, Inc. will make the 100 block of East Davie Street in downtown Raleigh its new global headquarters. The ...
The 7 Best Servers for Linux January 7, 2012 System administrators who need a Linux system will often opt to purchase a bare-metal system and install Linux on the system their way. After all, Linux folks are a rogue, radical ilk. They think differently. They administer servers differently. And, t...
NASA launches open source web site January 7, 2012 NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in the US, has launched code.nasa.gov, a web site that will serve as the central source of information about the agency's open source projects. The site, which is still in early alpha, is intended...
Microsoft reluctantly bows to Linux users January 5, 2012 Summary: Why will Microsoft be releasing a persistent virtual machine feature on its Azure cloud platform so users can host Linux? Because that’s what its customers want. Full story...
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 6.2 Focuses on Storage, Scalability December 8, 2011 Red hat is out with the new version 6.2 of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), which has a focus on cutting costs and optimizing resources for enterprise storage. "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 operating system achieved the largest multi-core Linux ...
Canonical and Dell Push Ubuntu PCs Into China October 31, 2011 Ubuntu has found some new horizons in China. In a post on Canonical's blog, it was announced that Canonical and Dell will bring PCs loaded with Ubuntu to the Chinese market. According to the post: "The stores will feature Ubuntu on a range of Dell com...
First commercial OpenStack-based cloud compute service announced October 31, 2011 The first commercially available cloud compute service built on the open source OpenStack platform has been announced by IT infrastucture provider Internap. The company says that, by being based on OpenStack and through the use of standardised APIs, the n...
Oracle Formally Embraces NoSQL, Implies It Invented NoSQL October 31, 2011 Whether the acronym "NoSQL" stands for "not only SQL," as some database architects content, or literally "no SQL," up until this month, it has been taken to imply "no Oracle." One of the many hallmarks of Oracle's SQL RDBMS technology, historically, has ...
How Sweet Is Ice Cream Sandwich? October 31, 2011 The most important thing about Ice Cream Sandwich is that "there seems to be a change in the wind insofar as Android being a pure operating system is concerned," said blogger Roberto Lim. "With Android 1.6 to 2.3, the 'vanilla' version was a pretty bas...
MailArchiva ISP Edition v1_0_23 October 28, 2011 We are pleased to announce the availability of MailArchiva ISP Edition v1.0.23. This release brings the following changes: Traffic received on milter and SMTP interfaces that is not destined for any local supported domains is not rejected, but si...
Ubuntu-based netbook hits South Africa at $188 October 20, 2011 Vodacom announced an Ubuntu Linux-based netbook for the developing world, to be initially be launched in South Africa for $188. The Vodafone Webbook offers a 10-inch screen, 512MB of RAM and 4GB of storage, a Vodacom SIM card slot, and a weight less t...
MailArchiva Enterprise Edition v2_6_40 October 17, 2011 MailArchiva Enterprise Edition v2_6_40 Dear DcData MailArchiva Enterprise Edition v2.6.40 is now released. This is a must have release for those using Postfix/milter interface....
Steve Jobs: an open source pioneer? You bet October 7, 2011 Summary: Steve Jobs: an early open source pioneer? You bet. Mac OSX is based on Darwin, an open source OS made available by Apple in 2000 that incorporated code from NextStep, BSD and other free software projects, Wikipedia notes. Darwin still lives o...
Cracking Open the Sony Tablet S October 5, 2011 Sony Tablet S Teardown The Sony Tablet S is the company's first shot in the growing tablet war. The 10.1" Android tablet has a dual-core processor, two cameras, and a unique wedge design. Follow along as I crack open the Sony Tablet S for a look at th...
Six ways to use Linux Live CDs in your business October 5, 2011 Running a Live Linux CD or USB is a convenient way to perform a number of tasks when an installed OS is not necessary. Do you think an operating system should always be installed on the hard disk of a computer? It was true for me up until a certain ...
The new Novell October 5, 2011 Novell, which was acquired by The Attachmate Group in April, wants to regain its status as an IT icon and will try to do so by focusing its efforts on its core assets and rebuilding relationships with its huge installed base. Network World Editor in C...
Red Hat to Buy Gluster for $136 Million, Add Open Source Storage October 5, 2011 Oct. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Red Hat Inc., a provider of open source software and services, agreed to acquire closely held Gluster Inc. for about $136 million in cash to expand in Internet-based computing. Red Hat’s third-quarter and full-year fiscal 2012...
Red Hat Reports Second Quarter Results October 3, 2011 Second quarter revenue of $281 million, up 28% year-over-year Second quarter GAAP EPS of $0.20, up 67% year-over-year; non-GAAP EPS of $0.29, up 53% year-over-year Second quarter deferred revenue of $813 million, up 25% year-ov...
MailArchiva Enterprise Edition v2_6_38 September 30, 2011 A new version of MailArchiva Enterprise Edition v2.6.38 is released. This is a must have release for all Google Apps customers....
18 of Linux software's unsung stars September 26, 2011 We might not pay these Linux gems much attention but we'd soon notice life without them. Here, we salute some of the things that make using Linux so enjoyable. Full story...
Delusions of M$ September 26, 2011 M$ is big and has some inertia but it is well past its prime in terms of shaping markets. The sectors that it locked in solidly, retailers and OEMs of PCs, are still pretty well locked in but the growth has gone. While Moore’s Law has made the price/...
Does Windows 8 Pose a Threat to Linux? September 20, 2011 "MS is now changing everything to chase a small but trendy part of the market, and they will be left with a ton of cruft and a bunch of pissed off Silverlight developers once the fad passes," said Slashdot blogger Gerhard Mack. "I actually own a tablet...
Red hat Advisor | September September 20, 2011 New Technology Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.0 Beta Now Available The Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.0 Beta, the next-generation version of Red Hat’s end-to-end virtualization solution, previews new capabilities that build upon in...
Happy 20th Birthday, Linux: 10 Cool Devices That Embrace You September 19, 2011 The Linux operating system is not just for nerds. Even though you may not realize it, chances are you probably have a version of Linux running right under your nose. It’s found its way into a multitude of devices, both large and small. Today, Sept...
MailArchiva ISP Edition v2_6_36 September 14, 2011 A new version of MailArchiva Enterprise Edition v2.6.36 is released. To upgrade to this version, please download it from http://www.mailarchiva.com and run the setup over your existing copy. Please stop the server before running the setup and do not unins...
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link September 12, 2011 Contributed by Ndumiso Sofika When it comes to security we need to remember the following words. “A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.” Often users are the weakest link when it comes to network security. We always think that hackers ar...
Shuttleworth: Amazon Web Services the cloud way to go September 12, 2011 Canonical founder sets pragmatic tone for API standards The customer is always right, so says the old adage. And when the customer is a commercially successful Linux distribution vendor that's participating in your open source project, that customer ma...
BSA secret agenda: open source saves the world September 12, 2011 The Business Software Alliance, that concerned body in the US which bangs the drum for victims of crime — Microsoft, Adobe et al — has produced another fine survey setting out the sheer scale of global anarchy in the software industry. Full stor...
MailArchiva Enterprise Edition v2.6.34 September 9, 2011 A new version of MailArchiva Enterprise Edition v2.6.34 is released. To upgrade to this version, please download it from http://www.mailarchiva.com and run the setup over your existing copy. Please stop the server before running the setup and do not un...
King of KDistros September 9, 2011 Well, done at last! After some time gathering opinions from readers and quite some more time testing each one of the contenders, I have finished my comparison of the best of the best in KDE distros. http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/king-of-kdistros
Samsung interested in Meego September 8, 2011 Samsung interested in Meego, report says Samsung Electronics may be considering a purchase of the increasingly defunct smartphone operating system Meego as its own proprietary platform. That's according to a report today from Mobiledia, ...
Top 50 best Linux apps 2011 September 8, 2011 For everyone at Linux Format magazine and most of its readers, computers and Linux are a passion. Linux is perfect: its open source nature and excellent shell make it the ultimate hobbyist's operating system. Fortunately, there's a huge number of to...
We won and we didn't notice September 7, 2011 a conversation with Jeremy Allison of Samba On a recent visit back to the UK, lead Samba developer Jeremy Allison met up with Richard Hillesley. Here, Richard Allison's description of the history of his involvement with open source, Linux and Samba. ...
Interview with Christoph Grab – First Results from the LHC Experiment and the Role of HPC September 7, 2011 In this interview Christoph tells us what scientific questions the LHC experiments want to answer. He summarizes the most important results that have been presented at the two last largest conferences explaining what the specific contribution from Swis...
Toshiba Unveils The Thinnest Honeycomb Tablet Yet, The 7.7mm-thick AT200 September 2, 2011 Just like the rumor stated, Toshiba used IFA 2011 to announce its latest Android tablet and it’s just as tiny as it looked. The AT200 packs a 1.2GHz TI OMAP 4430 CPU, up to 64GB of memory, and most of the ports that made the Toshiba Thrive popular: ...
Red Hat Seeks Wish List Items from Customers for RHEL 7 September 2, 2011 There are strong signs that Red Hat is approaching the next wave of its considerably successful business story. As CEO Jim Whitehurst has noted, virtualization is emerging as a big concern for the company going forward, as it increasingly squares off ...
Linus Ditches KDE and Gnome (so what?) August 30, 2011 Having made an earlier defection from KDE to Gnome, Linus Torvalds has now rejected both in favor of Xfce. It’s only natural that the actions of the creator of the Linux kernel would attract extra scrutiny, and I think that his decision is reflective...
Linux spotted running on an iPad August 30, 2011 Everybody loves introducing operating systems to where they don’t belong. Case in point? The countless Android iPhones, Android TouchPad and even the Android HTC HD2. Well, now we’ve got one more device to add to the list: an iPad running Linux. So...
Red Hat's biggest enemy? VMware August 30, 2011 Summary: Guess who Red Hat, the Linux giant, thinks its biggest enemy will be by 2016? Let’s play a game. Who do you think Red Hat’s biggest enemy will be in a few years? Will it be Microsoft, Linux’s traditional enemy? Could SUSE, the number two...
A tour of the first-ever Linux Hall of Fame August 24, 2011 s part of the 20th anniversary of Linux, the Linux Foundation put together its first ever Linux Hall of Fame exhibit. They showcased it at LinuxCon, held in Vancouver last week. The exhibit features signed items from the who’s-who of the Linux wor...
Could Big Data Be the Next Big Move for Red Hat? August 24, 2011 Is Red Hat interested in joining the Big Data trend? One of the biggest trends in computing at enterprises and even small- and medium-sized businesses is Big Data crunching, using tools such as the open source Hadoop. Businesses want to slice and d...
Microsoft to help sell Hyper-V infused Linux distro in China August 24, 2011 Microsoft and China Standard Software Co. Ltd. (CS2C), announced a deal through which CS2C's Linux-based NeoKylin Linux Server distribution will be matched with Hyper-V Open Cloud architecture. The combined offering, which puts Microsoft in the unlike...
Lessons from LinuxCon North America 2011 August 23, 2011 Every conference, at least the good ones, has a theme to tease out and lessons to learn. LinuxCon North America 2011 was one of the best, and having the good fortune to be in Vancouver, BC last week for LinuxCon, I learned quite a bit. Now, I'm not ...
IBM's Irving Wladawsky-Berger Talks Linux Then and Now August 23, 2011 The second day of LinuxCon North America 2011 kicked off with a key figure to Linux's success, Dr. Irving Wladawsky-Berger. Formerly responsible for IBM's response to emerging technologies, Wladawsky-Berger talked about the disruptive force of Linux th...
Using Linux to Improve Energy Efficiency and Productivity August 23, 2011 In this "new economy," I've noticed that some businesses are giving power consumption a strong second look. This is part of a renewed push for company productivity. And it’s led to increased interest in new technology being used to keep the enterpris...
How open source is transforming the publishing industry August 23, 2011 Takeaway: Jack Wallen is one of the many in the midst of a revolution. Find out how Linux and other open source software titles are empowering independent authors and filling an important niche in the publishing industry. Many of you already know I ...
Linux and the financial crisis August 23, 2011 On December 2007, the New York Stock Exchange adopted Linux. In late August 2008, we saw one of the worse worldwide stock market crash of the last hundred years. This crisis was not predicted by mainstream economists and experts. It took them by surpri...
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5.7 August 23, 2011 RHEL 5.7 is a release that hasn’t a lot to be excited about, which, to be fair, is normal for an update of an enterprise Linux distribution. Koen Vervloesem sees what’s under the hood… Pros: RHEL 5.7 is mostly about hardware compatibility and per...
The dawn of Linux: "it's just a hobby, it won't be big and professional" August 23, 2011 A look back in time right back to the start of Linux http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/the-dawn-of-linux-its-just-a-hobby-it-wont-be-big-and-professional
The Next 20 Years? Who Knows? August 18, 2011 Jim Whitehurst, CEO of Red Hat, took the stage in Vancouver, BC to talk about the challenges that Linux will face in the next 20 years http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/the-next-20-years-who-knows
A Conversation with Linus Torvalds August 18, 2011 A celebration of Linux's 20th birthday wouldn't be complete without an appearance from Linux creator Linus Torvalds. http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/a-conversation-with-linus-torvalds
Microsoft just want to say Happy Birthday! August 18, 2011 Microsoft wishing Linux a happy birthday? http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/microsoft-just-want-to-say-happy-birthday
Introduction To The Ubuntu Unity Desktop August 17, 2011 This tutorial is supposed to guide the reader through some new features of the Unity desktop, Ubuntu's new desktop environment used since Ubuntu 11.04. The prime subject will be the launcher, which is something like a side-dock, and how to configure it th...
Debian Community celebrates its 18th birthday August 17, 2011 Debian Community celebrates its 18th birthday The Debian Project is pleased to mark the 18th anniversary of Ian Murdoch's founding announcement . Quoting from the official project history : "The Debian Project was officially founded by Ian Mu...
HP planning to bring WebOS appliances and cars? August 17, 2011 HP WebOS plans for appliances and cars? http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/hp-planning-to-bring-webos-to-appliances-cars
German Court Suspends Galaxy Tab Injunction In The Apple-Samsung Case August 17, 2011 The latest news in Apple iPad vs Samsung case http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/german-court-suspends-galaxy-tab-injunction-in-the-apple-samsung-case
Shuttleworth Takes Note of the Cloud, and Mobile Computing August 16, 2011 Shuttleworth Takes Note of the Cloud, and Mobile Computing http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/shuttleworth-takes-note-of-the-cloud-and-mobile-computing
ubuntu 11.10 — a little look August 16, 2011 ubuntu 11.10 — a little look http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/ubuntu-11-10-—-a-little-look
How Linux Mastered Wall Street August 16, 2011 How Linux Mastered Wall Street http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/how-linux-mastered-wall-street
Linux snickers at Microsoft's victory declaration August 16, 2011 Linux snickers at Microsoft's victory declaration http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/linux-snickers-at-microsofts-victory-declaration
New version of MailArchiva - 2.6.32 August 11, 2011 New version of MailArchiva - 2.6.32 http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/new-version-of-mailarchiva-2-6-32
Looking for Java EE 6 in the cloud? Red Hat’s OpenShift has it! August 11, 2011 Looking for Java EE 6 in the cloud? Red Hat’s OpenShift has it! http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/looking-for-java-ee-6-in-the-cloud-red-hat’s-openshift-has-it
Computacenter gags Bristol City Council over anti-open source 'bias' August 11, 2011 Computacenter gags Bristol City Council over anti-open source 'bias' http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/computacenter-gags-bristol-city-council-over-anti-open-source-bias
Cisco and Twitter join Linux patent protection pool August 11, 2011 Cisco and Twitter join Linux patent protection pool http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/cisco-and-twitter-join-linux-patent-protection-pool
Samba 3.6 Brings SMB2 Support August 11, 2011 Samba 3.6 Brings SMB2 Support http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/samba-3-6-brings-smb2-support
XtreemFS: A Distributed & Replicated File-System August 11, 2011 XtreemFS: A Distributed & Replicated File-System http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/xtreemfs-a-distributed-replicated-file-system
The 2011 Top 7 Best Linux Distributions for You August 11, 2011 As Linux continues to re-define its role in the mobile and cloud sectors, there is still demand for using the operating system on "traditional" platforms like the personal desktop, the enterprise server, and even laptop devices. With so many Linux dist...
VMware Zimbra 7.1.2 and 6.0.14 and Zimbra Desktop 7.1.1 - Now Available August 11, 2011 Latest versions of VMware Zimbra-7.1.2 and 6.0.14 are now available! http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/vmware-zimbra-7-1-2-and-6-0-14-and-zimbra-desktop-7-1-1-now-available
VMware Needs to Take Open Source Virtualization Seriously August 8, 2011 If you follow VMware, you may have also followed the recent brouhaha over its release of vSphere 5, its virtualization and cloud computing suite. Specifically, VMware sought to institute a licensing model based on VRAM usage and the number of virtual...
List of popular downloads for Linux desktops August 8, 2011 List of popular downloads for Linux desktops http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/list-of-popular-downloads-for-linux-desktops
Linux-3.0.1 kernel August 8, 2011 The first update to the 3.0 kernel is out! http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/linux-3-0-1-kernel
The best Linux distro of 2011! August 5, 2011 Fedora, Mint, Arch, Ubuntu, Debian and OpenSUSE go head-to-head - we've dropped the six most popular Linux distributions of the day into a cage fight for your affections. Read on to discover which distro comes up top for installation ease, customisatio...
Seven Signs that You Have Been Brainwashed by Microsoft August 5, 2011 Seven Signs that You Have Been Brainwashed by Microsoft Considering the last events I've been able to observe, as well as Mechatotoro's contributions, I compiled this short list of manifestations of a Microsoft-only mentality, just for fun. 1. Y...
Fedora 16 Features August 5, 2011 Fedora 16 (codenamed Verne) is set to be released at the end of October while the software string freeze and alpha change deadline just passed this week, with the only alpha release being scheduled to take place in mid-August. Fedora 16 is set to cont...
What Should Linux Gamers Expect From QuakeCon 2011? August 5, 2011 Posted by Michael Larabel on August 04, 2011 QuakeCon, the annual gaming event and massive LAN party hosted by id Software, is about to get started in Dallas, Texas and run through Sunday. At this free public event, there's usually a variety of in...
Oracle Linux 5.7 released August 3, 2011 Oracle's latest version of it's RHEL clone http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/oracle-linux-5-7-released
Andriod takes 48 percent market share August 3, 2011 Google's Android easily dominated the worldwide smartphone OS market in the second quarter, research firm Canalys has found. During the quarter, 107.7 million smartphones shipped worldwide, growing 73 percent year over year. According to the research...
New beowulf cluster at EDF (200 Tflops) based on Debian August 1, 2011 New beowulf cluster at EDF (200 Tflops) based on Debian 6.0 Squeeze Alexander Reichle-Schmehl <tolimar <at> debian.org> 2011-07-29 14:58:57 GMT ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Debian Projec...
WASP: The Linux-powered flying spy drone that cracks Wi-Fi & GSM networks August 1, 2011 The Black Hat Security Conference and DEFCON bring together the world’s professional hackers, security researchers, goverment representatives, journalists, and just about anyone who thinks of themselves as a hacker. They listen to talks about secu...
Red Hat's Jim Whitehurst: "I Want to Meet Linus" August 1, 2011 Jim Whitehurst, Redhat, meeting Linus and 20 years of Linux http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/red-hats-jim-whitehurst-i-want-to-meet-linus
Toyota joins Linux Foundation as gold member July 22, 2011 Pretty soon, Toyota’s in-car entertainment and communication systems might use the same base operating system kernel as your Android smart phone or the operating system of the server that runs this website. http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/toyota-joins-linux-foundation-as-gold-member
Jobs at DcData: Linux technician July 20, 2011 A new job opportunity has opened at DcData. Please view the following page for more information: http://www.dcdata.co.za/employment/...
Free hypervisor adds virtual machine cloning July 20, 2011 Oracle released a new version of its free virtualization software http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/free-hypervisor-adds-virtual-machine-cloning
What the World's Fastest Systems Say About Linux July 11, 2011 Linux is popular in cloud computing infrastructure largely thanks to its flexibility and source code availability http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/what-the-worlds-fastest-systems-say-about-linux
CentOS 6.0 July 11, 2011 CentOS 6.0 is available http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/centos-6
Linux 3.0-rc6 Kernel: Space Aliens & Drugs July 8, 2011 The Linux 3.0-rc6 kernel isn't too exciting since we're nearing an end to the development cycle, but this release does introduce the new Intel ISCSI driver. This is the driver that's received praise by Christoph Hellwig and others. http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/linux-3-0-rc6-kernel-space-aliens-drugs
Linux based system tries to tame San Francisco traffic July 8, 2011 McCain says it will supply San Francisco with a new Linux-based traffic controller computer that meets the latest Advanced Transportation Controller (ATC) standards. Built around a Freescale PowerQUICC II Pro processor, the "2070LXN2 NEMA" offers seve...
New MailArchiva Enterprise Edition v2.6.27 July 8, 2011 New version of MailArchiva http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/mailarchiva-enterprise-edition-v2-6-27
Ubuntu One reaches Android July 4, 2011 The app allows Ubuntu One users to browse, manage, upload and download files and folders from the comfort of an Android phone. http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/ubuntu-one-reaches-android
MailArchiva v2.6.26 July 1, 2011 A new minor update to MailArchiva Enterprise Edition is now available: v2.6.26. Please download it from the MailArchiva Download Center at http://www.mailarchiva.com and run over your existing copy. (do not uninstall previous version before upgrading!...
Science, Storage IBM develops 'instantaneous' memory, 100x faster than flash July 1, 2011 You've got to hand it to IBM's engineers. They drag themselves into work after their company's 100th birthday party, pop a few Alka-Seltzers and then promptly announce yet another seismic invention. This time it's a new kind of phase change memory (PCM) t...
IBM leaps two hurdles for next-gen memory July 1, 2011 IBM has solved two related problems with phase-change memory and now says the fast next-generation data-storage technology will be ready for use in 2016 in servers. In a paper for the IEEE International Memory Workshop, Big Blue researchers desc...
Massive botnet 'indestructible,' say researchers July 1, 2011 Computerworld - A new and improved botnet that has infected more than four million PCs is "practically indestructible," security researchers say. "TDL-4," the name for both the bot Trojan that infects machines and the ensuing collection of compromise...
2011 Linux 20th anniversary Tshirt Design Content Finalists June 30, 2011 Linux 20th anniversary Tshirt design winner http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/2011-linux-20th-anniversary-tshirt-design-content-finalists
Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.0 released June 29, 2011 http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/red-hat-enterprise-mrg-2-0-released
Supercomputing Freakonomics - Finding Meaning Beyond the Headlines June 29, 2011 Linux and supercomputing - understanding the headlines http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/supercomputing-freakonomics
Pastel warns about phishing scam June 16, 2011 Pastel has notified its clients about an email phishing scam that is going around. http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/pastel-warns-about-phishing-scams
MailArchiva Enterprise Edition v2.6.24 June 15, 2011 Latest version of MailArchiva Enterprise Edition v2.6.24 http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/mailarchiva-enterprise-edition-v2-6-24
DcData Website to Twitter integration fixed June 15, 2011 The integration between the DcData website and Twitter is now working again. This means that news posted to our website at http://www.dcdata.co.za will automatically be posted to the dcdata Twitter account....
Cloud Adoption Survey Says Linux is OS of Choice June 15, 2011 Cloud.com, BitRock, and Zenoss have surveyed more than 500 members of the open source and systems management community about trends in cloud computing and users' preferences and plans. The result? There's a strong correlation between open source and clo...
Apache Traffic Server 3.0.0 goes 64 bit June 15, 2011 Apache Traffic Server, the high performance caching HTTP/1.1 proxy server, has been updated to version 3.0.0 http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/apache-traffic-server-3-0-0-goes-64-bit
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.7 Beta released May 31, 2011 A week after the release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.1, Red Hat has announced the availability of a beta version of RHEL 5.7 http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/red-hat-enterprise-linux-5-7-beta-released
MeeGo 1.2 Boots Nearly Twice As Fast As Fedora, Ubuntu May 23, 2011 Prior to being spun into MeeGo, Intel's Moblin Linux distribution was one of the fastest-booting Linux distributions. Moblin worked phenomenally for Intel Atom netbooks with a great user-interface and was very quick at starting up. With the release this week of MeeGo 1.2, we have some Bootchart numbers for MeeGo 1.2 Netbook UX compared to Fedora 14 and Ubuntu 11.04. http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/meego-1-2-boots-nearly-twice-as-fast-as-fedora-ubuntu
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 Adds Identity May 23, 2011 The RHEL 6.1 release provide improvements to networking connectivity, virtualization, performance and hardware support. http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/red-hat-enterprise-linux-6-1-adds-identity
RHEL 6.1 lays foundation for future servers May 23, 2011 RHEL 6.1 is an update to the flagship Linux operating system from Red Hat, which came out in its 6.0 version back in November 2010. http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/rhel-6-1-lays-foundation-for-future-servers
Google's Chrome OS machines arrive May 16, 2011 Google has announced that Samsung and Acer will be making the first Chromebooks; instant-on, always-connected laptops that run... http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/googles-chrome-os-machines-arrive
AMD Already Adds On Two Open-Source Developers May 16, 2011 AMD's John Bridgman has now confirmed that they have hired two open-source developers. http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/amd-already-adds-on-two-open-source-developers
A Puffy in the corporate aquarium - OpenBSD May 11, 2011 http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/a-puffy-in-the-corporate-aquarium-openbsd A look at OpenBSD in the enterprise
A Slackware Review Ten Years In The Making May 10, 2011 http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/a-slackware-review-ten-years-in-the-making It was about a decade ago when I first gave Slackware a go. Back then most every Linux was far more of a challenge than were other operating systems, but Slackware offered challenges even other Linux variations didn't. So when I set out to try the latest iteration of Slackware, I wondered how far it had advanced in that decade. Needless to say, I was excited about what I would find.
Red Hat and IBM Push Open Virtualization into the Enterprise May 6, 2011 Red Hat and IBM have announced a new partnership to work together to make products and solutions based on KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) technology. http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/red-hat-and-ibm-push-open-virtualization-into-the-enterprise
Red Hat Debuts CloudForms and OpenShift for Cloud Deployment May 6, 2011 Red Hat is moving beyond its Cloud Foundations effort to deliver new Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) solutions. http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/red-hat-debuts-cloudforms-and-openshift-for-cloud-deployment
Interview with Linus Torvalds May 6, 2011 Interview with Linux creator Linus Torvalds http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/interview-with-linus-torvalds
How to buy Zimbra May 6, 2011 Zimbra product editions explained http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/zimbra-licensing-explained
What is the Value of Red Hat's Patents? March 30, 2011 Linux leader Red Hat has now been recognized for the strength of its patents, what is it doing with all that intellectual property? http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/what-is-the-value-of-red-hats-patents/
Upgraded DcData hosted server - goodbye 856 days uptime March 30, 2011 We have migrated one of our hosted Linux servers to an upgraded model with better hardware - sadly we had to say goodbye to 856 days uptime on the old box - not bad considering that it processed around 60,000 emails per day! http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/upgraded-dcdata-hosted-server-goodbye-856-days-uptime/
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6 Now Available March 9, 2011 Red Hat's latest update to Red Hat Linux 5.x http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/red-hat-enterprise-linux-5-6-now-available
Fujitsu 22-inch Wireless Displays cut all the cords March 3, 2011 Fujitsu has unveiled what the company is calling the “world’s first truly wireless display,” using a combination of cable-cutting wireless data and an inductive power system. http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/fujitsu-22-inch-wireless-displays-cut-all-the-cords
Nokia-Microsoft Deal Provides Linux With A Step Into Mobile OS Door. March 3, 2011 There was a time when only one mobile phone OS ruled the market; Nokia's Symbian. During this time, Nokia looked to rule atop the mountain all alone. Then the Apple's iPhone released, and relatively soon after the Android OS. Both of these mobile OS releases left Nokia in a desperate position, leading to a deal between them and Microsoft. http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/nokia-microsoft-deal-provides-linux-with-a-step-into-mobile-os-door
How Do The Recent Changes To Ubuntu Effect The Community? March 3, 2011 Ubuntu is undergoing some serious changes for its next release. Codenamed Natty+1, Ubuntu 11.10 will come bundled with QT libraries for the first time. http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/How-do-the-recent-changes-to-ubuntu-effect-the-community
Linux Supercomputer is a Contestant on Jeopardy February 16, 2011 When IBM's Watson computer faces off against human challengers on the Jeopardy game show next week, they'll also be facing off against Linux. http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/linux-supercomputer-is-a-contestant-on-jeopardy
Novell Delivers Linux Server System to London Stock Exchange February 15, 2011 World’s fourth largest stock exchange selects SUSE Linux Enterprise Server to manage high-volume traffic and improve performance. http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/novell-delivers-linux-system-to-london-stock-exchange
US Intelligence Agency: Linux Help Wanted February 10, 2011 In a just released "report card" on the use of open source technology at the federal level, the Defense Department received the highest rating -- 82 percent -- from Open Source for America. "The Department is looking to adopt transparent policies and procedures in line with President Obama's Open Government Directive," said Daniel Risacher, associate director of enterprise services and integration at DoD. http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/us-intelligence-agency-linux-help-wanted
HP to Put Linux in Printers and PC’s: It’s the End of an Era for Windows February 10, 2011 HP, WebOS and Linux ! http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/hp-to-put-linux-in-printers-and-pc’s-it’s-the-end-of-an-era-for-windows
Linux 2.6.37 Kernel Promises to Unlock OS January 19, 2011 Linus Torvalds is starting 2011 off with a bang with the release of the 2.6.37 Linux kernel. The new kernel is the first release since 2.6.36 debuted in October. The goal of the new 2.6.37 kernel is to provide developers with improved Linux performance, security and scalability. http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/linux-2-6-37-kernel-promises-to-unlock-os
Microsoft’s Tablet Strategy and How Linux Compares January 19, 2011 Last week at CES, Microsoft announced their answer to the iPad with their tablet strategy. Computerworld says, “Microsoft has decided not to follow the Apple and Google route of putting its mobile operating system on tablets. Instead, Microsoft has chosen a more deliberate method where it will migrate its client OS onto tablets.” Microsoft also announced it will wait until its port of Windows 7 to ARM chips is complete. Pundits have criticized this strategy as being out-dated in today’s fast moving tablet market. http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/microsoft’s-tablet-strategy-and-how-linux-compares
Stuxnet virus update January 18, 2011 Stuxnet virus information http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/stuxnet-virus-update
Skype of Asterisk, and Skype for SIP January 12, 2011 Some interesting comparisons between Skype of Asterisk and Skype for SIP. Both being methods to integrate your PBX with the popular Skype voice network http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/skype-of-asterisk-and-skype-for-sip
Switching to Linux (For the Right Reasons) January 7, 2011 We always hear peoples' opinions of why they believe we should switch to Linux- here are real reasons to switch to Linux as a desktop operating system. http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/switch-to-linux-desktop
Oracle Q&A: A Refresher on Unbreakable Linux Kernel January 7, 2011 The latest news on Oracle's unbreakable Linux kernel. http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/oracle-qa-a-refresher-on-unbreakable-linux-kernel
Kno Textbook Tablet, Based on Ubuntu, Ain't no iPad January 3, 2011 As we noted earlier this week, next week the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) kicks off in Las Vegas, and it promises to be loaded with new tablet devices--many of them based on Android--seeking to compete with Apple's iPad. There aren't many peopie betting on Ubuntu-based tablets to make a big splash at the show, but there are some interesting Ubuntu tablets in development. Perhaps the most interesting one, with a renegade approach to the tablet market, is the Kno Textbook Tablet. http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/kno-textbook-tablet-based-on-ubuntu-aint-no-ipad
Red Hat Poised to End the Year With a Bang December 22, 2010 Ahead of Red Hat's earnings report this week, one analyst looks for the Linux vendor to top its revenue guidance on the strength of Linux platform installations over Microsoft. http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/red-hat-poised-to-end-the-year-with-a-bang
Redhat: Advisor|December December 20, 2010 Latest Red Hat Linux news http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/redhat-advisordecember
Zimbra newsletter - On demand videos and updates to Zimbra appliance December 15, 2010 Next-generation products like Zimbra are dramatically lowering TCO and improving user productivity. Before committing to another costly migration to Exchange, invest 45 minutes and join the live webinar. http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/zimbra-newsletter-on-demand-videos-and-updates-to-zimbra-appliance
Zimbra 7.0 sneak preview ! December 14, 2010 A special sneak preview of Zimbra Collaboration Suite 7.0 is now available for on-demand viewing. http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/zimbra-7-0-sneak-preview
Alien Arena 2011 Is Coming Next Week December 14, 2010 John Diamond, the lead developer of the open-source Alien Arena game, has emailed in tipping us off that Alien Arena 2011 will be released next week - for Linux ! http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/alien-arena-2011-is-coming-next-week
Christmas closing times December 14, 2010 What an amazing year ! Thank you for your valued support. Please view DcData's latest newsletter which includes closing times etc here: http://newsletter.dcdata.co.za http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/christmas-closing-times/
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Handles Workloads Physical and Virtual December 6, 2010 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, the latest version of Red Hat's flagship Linux-based operating system, began shipping last month, boasting a bevy of core improvements around scalability, resource management and virtualization. What's more, the system ships with a slate of updated open-source software components that stand to make life easier for developers and system administrators who wish to take advantage of recent features without leaving Red Hat's support and certification umbrella to do so. http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/red-hat-enterprise-linux-6-handles-workloads-physical-and-virtual
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0 Benchmarks November 30, 2010 There's been a number of individuals and organizations asking us about benchmarks of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0, which was released earlier this month and we had benchmarked beta versions of RHEL6 in past months. For those interested in benchmarks of Red Hat's flagship Linux operating system, here are some of our initial benchmarks comparing the official release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0 to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5, openSUSE, Ubuntu, and Debian. http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/red-hat-enterprise-linux-6-0-benchmarks
Google Soups Up Apache With New Speed Module November 8, 2010 Google on Wednesday released mod_pagespeed, a module for the Apache HTTP Server that will automatically perform various website speed optimization tasks. http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/google-soups-up-apache-with-new-speed-module
The latest Linux news from DcData November 3, 2010 Check out the latest DcData and Linux news ! Hear how Linux can save you money. http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/the-latest-linux-news-from-dcdata
London Stock Exchange moves to Linux October 25, 2010 Two years ago, the London Stock Exchange (LSE) with its TradElec Windows-based C# and .NET programs crashed and took out the Exchange for almost 7-hours. That's an eternity in stock market terms. Months later, the LSE's CEO was history, and the LSE announced that it was dumping TradElec. Last year, the LSE announced that it was going to move to Linux. Now, the LSE is just about ready to switch over to Linux. Not only does it work, the new Linux-powered LSE runs faster than any other stock exchange on the planet. http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/london-stock-exchange-moves-to-linux
Argentina signs alliance with Red Hat to migrate all federal systems to Open Source solutions October 18, 2010 Yesterday Argentina's Government signed a strategic alliance with Red Hat to migrate all federal systems to open source solutions. http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/1038/
Ubuntu's iTunes jumps to Windows and Android October 8, 2010 Updated Ubuntu's mission to become more Mac-like takes a step forward with Maverick Meerkat, as Canonical further fuses machine and web. http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/ubuntus-itunes-jumps-to-windows-and-android
20 Really Awesome Linux Desktop Customization Screenshots October 6, 2010 In terms of customizability, I can honestly say that the Linux desktop is far better than Mac OS X or Windows. http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/20-really-awesome-linux-desktop-customization-screenshots
Open Source Databases Have Come of Age October 4, 2010 Client/server systems with SQL interfaces jockey for position against upstart NoSQL systems with intimidating (and exciting) new models for data representation, distribution and consistency. In addition, more than a dozen embedded and special purpose databases have grown up to serve the needs of applications too small or too agile to require a full RDBMS. http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/open-source-databases-have-come-of-age
Bossie Awards 2010: The best open source software of the year September 2, 2010 InfoWorld's Test Center picks the top open source platforms, middleware, applications, and application development tools http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/bossie-awards-2010-the-best-open-source-software-of-the-year/
IBM ships 5.2GHz chip, its fastest yet September 2, 2010 IBM's newest chip for mainframes boasts one of the highest speed ratings to date and will go into Big Blue's fastest mainframe computers. IBM, no stranger to cutting-edge chip designs, will use the new 5.2GHz z196 processor in mainframes targeted at businesses managing huge workloads, such as large banks and retailers. http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/ibm-ships-5-2ghz-chip-its-fastest-yet/
Microsoft: 'We love open source' August 26, 2010 Everyone in the Linux world remembers Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's famous comment that Linux is a "cancer" that threatened Microsoft's intellectual property. http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/microsoft-we-love-opensource/
Google's 6th Summer of Code wraps up August 26, 2010 Google has officially ended its sixth annual Google Sumer of Code (GSoC) event. http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/googles-6th-summer-of-code-wraps-up
Linux Kernel 2.6.35 Released August 4, 2010 Linux Kernel 2.6.35 Released: http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/linux-kernel-2-6-35-released/
DcData is hiring ! August 3, 2010 DcData is looking for a talented young developer with PHP and MYSQL experience to join it's dynamic Linux team ! http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/dcdata-is-hiring/
Periodic table of the open source graphics and design apps August 2, 2010 Periodic table of the open source graphics and design apps http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/periodic-table-of-the-open-source-graphics-and-design-apps
Eight free open source books July 30, 2010 Want to learn more about open source? Download some books for free. http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/eight-free-open-source-book
Android 3.0: what you need to know July 30, 2010 Even though most Android users are still waiting for Android 2.2, details about the next version are starting to emerge. http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/android-3
Inside Facebook's Open Source Infrastructure July 27, 2010 Facebook connects its 500 million users using an array of open source software to enable social networking as well as data intelligence. http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/inside-facebooks-open-source-infrastructure/
50 Open Source Replacements for Popular Financial Software July 21, 2010 Whether you just want to balance your checkbook or you need to track the finances of a large global corporation, you can find open source software to do the job. For our list of open source financial tools, we cast a wide net and included applications ...
SPECvirt released, IBM has leading results on RHEL5.5 KVM July 20, 2010 The SPEC benchmark for RHEL5.5 with KVM was released yesterday. http://www.spec.org/virt_sc2010/press/release.html "The non-profit Standard Performance Evaluation Corp. (SPEC) has released SPECvirt_sc2010, the first vendor-neutral benchmark to meas...
UK Officials move to Linux, dump Microsoft July 19, 2010 UK Officials move to Linux, dump Microsoft. http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/uk-officials-move-to-linux/
Well over half of the most reliable hosting companies run on Linux July 19, 2010 I like to follow statistics on market share of browsers, os, web server and so on. They have to be taken with a big grain of salt for sure but they do give us a look at trends more or less accurate (or so I think). http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/well-over-half-of-the-most-reliable-hosting-companies-run-on-linux/
App Inventor for Android July 17, 2010 App Inventor is a new tool in Google Labs that makes it easy for anyone to create mobile applications for Android-powered devices. http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/app-inventor-for-android
Open@Adobe: the new portal July 17, 2010 Adobe in partnership with SourceForge announced the opening of Open@Adobe. http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/openadobe-the-new-portal/
Vodafone open sources location-based software July 17, 2010 MOBILE NETWORK OPERATOR Vodafone is opening up the source code to its Wayfinder location-based services. http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/vodafone-open-…based-software
OpenSolaris Governing Board may dissolve July 17, 2010 OpenSolaris Governing Board may dissolve, frustrated by what they consider poor treatment and lack of interest from Oracle. http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/opensolaris-go…d-may-dissolve
New Maestro content management system rolls out July 17, 2010 CMS-Maestro is a new PHP-based content management system. http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/new-maestro-co…stem-rolls-out
openSUSE 11.3 arrives July 17, 2010 The openSUSE project has announced the official release of openSUSE 11.3. http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/opensuse-11-3-arrives/
Latest DcData newsletter July 9, 2010 DcData's latest newsletter is out. Check it out at http://newsletter.dcdata.co.za !...
Wordpress 3.0 blasts off! July 9, 2010 It’s been a while in the coming but Wordpress 3.0 is now here and it is packed with big changes. http://www.dcdata.co.za/public/wordpress-3-0-blasts-off/
Axigen 7.4.1 email server released ! July 8, 2010 AXIGEN 7.4 is the most pertinent step forward yet. It adds just the right touch to everything: email, calendaring and collaboration, all packaged in an ever more mature, secure and stable product. Full story: http://www.axigen.com/new-features/?tpkey...
Open Source is Inherently More Secure, Says Red Hat July 6, 2010 At the Red Hat Summit in Boston last week, Josh Bressers, a senior security engineer at Red Hat, explained why open source really is the best model for building secure software. "We don't have clothes on," said Bressers. He didn't mean that they ...
Now Available: JBoss Enterprise Portal Platform 5.0 June 30, 2010 The advent of JBoss Enterprise Portal Platform 5.0 marks the next stage in Red Hat's goal of providing the industry's most comprehensive portfolio of middleware products. Organizations worldwide now have a flexible, open source alternative for building, d...
Now Available: Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 2.2 June 30, 2010 Red Hat recently announced the next step in the integration of its enterprise-grade server and desktop virtualization portfolio with the general availability of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 2.2. In addition to providing the first release of Red Hat E...
Transliteration for fun and profit June 30, 2010 The 'tr' command can be used to translate plaintext into ROT13 or ROT47. Just type tr A-Za-z N-ZA-Mn-za-m . Now enter any plaintext you wish into the terminal and the ROT13'd ciphertext will immediately be echoed to stdout. "This message was translated...
Apply Linux kernel patches without rebooting June 28, 2010 Generally, all operating systems including Linux need a scheduled reboot once to stay up to date with important kernel security updates. RHN (or other distro vendors) provides Linux kernel security updates. You can apply kernel updates using yum command o...
Redhat launches hybrid cloud platform June 28, 2010 Red Hat has launched a comprehensive package, called Red Hat Cloud Foundations, that will allow organizations to run applications in both public clouds and their own private clouds. Complete story: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9178440/Red_Hat_l...
OpenSuse on track with first 11.3 RC June 24, 2010 The first release candidate for OpenSuse 11.3 has been released and the team looks to be well on track for a final release on July 15. Chief changes in 11. 3 are btrfs file support, which will be offered as an option during installation, and the integr...
The law behind free and open source software June 24, 2010 The third issue of the International Free and Open Source Software Law Review has been released. And even if you’re not a lawyer there is food for thought. With everything from a profile of the BSD licence, to issues around copyright in free software...
Dell in talks to ship Chrome OS netbooks June 24, 2010 Dell today confirmed that it was in talks with Google to ship Chrome OS on its netbooks. The company’s president of Greater China and South Asia, Amit Midha, said that Dell devices were in development although he didn’t add any detail. Google’...
VLC 1.1.0 adds GPU-decoding, WebM support June 24, 2010 VLC, the Swiss army knife of multimedia viewing, has released a new version, 1.1.0. Already a top-class video player VLC 1.1.0 adds a number of new goodies, including WebM support and GPU-decoding. The highlights: GPU decoding on Windows Vista a...
FreeBSD 8.1 gets first release candidate June 24, 2010 A week later than originally scheduled, the FreeBSD team has issued a first release candidate (RC1) for version 8.1 of its popular Unix-like operating system. The final release of FreeBSD 8.1 was scheduled for July 9 bit with the current delay that may...
DELL and Ubuntu Linux June 17, 2010 Dell has this interesting page on it's website about Ubuntu Linux Go Ubuntu ! http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/ubuntu?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&~ck=anavml...
Japan unfurls Ikaros solar sail in space June 15, 2010 Japanese scientists are celebrating the successful deployment of their solar sail, Ikaros. Full story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science_and_environment/10293284.stm...
Canonical: Ubuntu Linux tablets Due Early 2011 June 14, 2010 Canonical is preparing a version of the Ubuntu OS for tablet computers as the company looks to extend its presence in the mobile space, a company executive said on Wednesday. Tablets with the Ubuntu OS could become available late in next year's first qua...
Slackware 13.1: A Linux Distro That Gets Out of the Way June 11, 2010 Slackware Linux is still going strong. The Slackware Linux Project released Slackware 13.1 on May 24th.This is just a little by shy of the 17th anniversary of Slackware 1.0 and not quite a year after Slackware 13.0. Delve back into yesteryear with me;...
Could Red Hat be Novell's spouse? June 11, 2010 Red Hat's CEO Jim Whitehurst declined to dismiss the possibility of buying out his company's Linux rival Novell in a meeting with reporters in London today. Full Story: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/06/03/red_hat_novell_acquisition_look_at_anythi...
MeeGo, Android, ChromeOS - Signs of Linux REALLY Going Mainstream Finally? June 10, 2010 For too long there has been speculation as to when we will see "the year of the Linux desktop." To such an extent, in fact, that it has become an almost laughable cliché. Recent developments in the adoption of Linux on especially mobile devices leads ...
Axigen 7.4 released June 10, 2010 A new version of Axigen email server has been released with a much better licensing plan. Please look at http://www.axigen.com for more information....
Ten years of IBM mainframe Linux June 9, 2010 How things have changed. Back in March 1991 (PDF), Stewart Alsop, venture capitalist and one-time editor-in-chief of InfoWorld, said, "I predict that the last mainframe will be unplugged on March 15, 1996." In 2010, while IBM doesn't break out its pro...
Google axes Windows, saves millions June 8, 2010 With 20,000+ employees, Google is set to save millions of dollars in licensing costs. Microsoft has really cryptic licensing rules, so coming up with an exact savings number would be almost impossible, but for sure it’s a huge chunk of change. Fu...
DcData chosen as Sawmill partner ! May 29, 2010 DcData is now the South African partner and agent for the award winning Sawmill analytics suite ! Please look at the DcData products page for more information. Sawmill is The complete analysis and reporting solution for Web, Security, Email, Streaming ...
DcData Facebook group launched ! May 29, 2010 DcData has now launched it's official Facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=110952872283132...
Fedora 13 takes flight May 26, 2010 Fedora's latest release named "Goddard" is out: http://www.cioupdate.com/features/article.php/3884136/Fedora-13-Linux-Goddard-Takes-Flight.htm...
Washing the windows myths. Device support. May 26, 2010 There is a common mantra which windows advocates like to chant. I guess it has a calming influence for them as they navigate the labyrinth of installing new hardware on their machines. The mantra goes like this, windows has better device support. This man...
It's a Windows vs. Linux Mobile Market Turf War May 19, 2010 "The latest smartphone sales figures from NPD Group show Google's Linux-based Android OS blowing the iPhone and Windows Mobile clean out of the water. The market research company's first-quarter 2010 figures reveal that although Research in Motion's (...
Linux 2.6.34 Kernel debuts with new filesystems May 18, 2010 "The Linux 2.6.34 kernel is now available, delivering new filesystems to the open source operating system. "Among the big new items included in the 2.6.34 release is the Ceph distributed filesystem and LogFS, a filesystem geared toward flash media devi...
Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.5 released April 13, 2010 http://www.serverwatch.com/news/article.php/3873916/Red-Hat-Enterprise-Linux-55-Released-RHEL-6-Coming-Soon.htm...
Windows' Boll Weevil problem March 25, 2010 Besides being prone to security problems, Windows has another problem: It's used everywhere. http://www.itworld.com/security/102162/windows-boll-weevil-problem...
Recession? What Recession? Red Hat and DcData continue to Grow March 25, 2010 Redhat along with DcData has experienced growth year on year. For more information on Redhat's growth: http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reports/7017/1/...
50 places linux is running that you might not expect ! March 25, 2010 A very interesting look at where Linux is being used: http://www.focus.com/fyi/information-technology/50-places-linux-running-you-might-not-expect/...
U.S. Deparment of interior unlocks the power of Linux March 25, 2010 Customer: U.S. Department of Interior; National Business Center Industry: Government Geography: United States Business Challenge: To deliver significant service level enhancements for its clients in a more economical business model and in a highl...
Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.4 beta now available September 9, 2009 Redhat is one step closer to releasing the latest version of it's enterprise Linux operating system. Please check out http://www.google.co.za/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=1&ved=0CAkQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpress.redhat.com%2F2009%2F07%2F02%2Fred-hat-enterp...
DcData chosen as MailArchiva 'silver' partner June 27, 2009 DcData has been selected as MailArchiva Silver partner member...

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