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A Reddit user recently started a thread in which they asked which myths and misconceptions about Linux annoy users the most. The post spawned a lively discussion with points being raised for and against Linux. The prominent myths raised in the Reddit thread, along with several which have been doing the rounds for a while, are listed below. Linux is developed … Read More

In 2016, Linux turned 25. When it began, it was a student project. Today, Linux runs everything. From smartphones to supercomputers to web servers to clouds to the car, it’s all Linux, all the time. Locking Linux down from attackers is becoming an ever more important job. Even the one exception, the end-user, is moving to Linux. Android is now … Read More

CentOS developer Jim Perrin reports on January 4, 2017, the release and general availability of the CentOS Linux 7.3 (1611) operating system for AArch64/ARM64 machines. CentOS Linux 7.3 (1611) is based on the freely distributed sources of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3. Coming three weeks after Karanbir Singh’s announcement of CentOS Linux 7.3 (1611) on x86_64 (64-bit) hardware, as well … Read More

Web analytics is nothing but the measuring web traffic. It is not limited to measuring web traffic. It includes: Analysis Data collection Reporting of web data for purposes of understanding and optimizing web pages Google Analytics is the most widely used cloud-based web analytics service. However, your data is locked into Google Eco-system. If you want 100% data ownership, try … Read More

Explosive data growth is overwhelming hardware-based storage—and IT budgets. And there’s no end in sight: IDC expects data worldwide to reach 40,000 exabytes by 2020. Most enterprises are unprepared to manage all this data, much less extract value from it. But not doing so can mean losing your competitive edge—and business. Unlike proprietary, hardware-based storage, which limits your ability to … Read More

Image by : NASA on the Commons and Internet Archive Book Images. Modified by Opensource.com. CC BY-SA 4.0 In the 2015 Open Source Yearbook I looked at the best open source games. This year, with the continuing growth of Linux gaming, I’ve rounded up the top Linux games on Steam. On an average day, some of these games are played … Read More

Today, we’re excited to announce the next version of platform, Server Backup Manager 6 (SBM 6), is available now! SBM’s new dashboard allows you to see the health of your entire backup environment in a single screen with notifications, active jobs, backup status, underlying server disk IO, memory and CPU utilization. Other features and enhancements include: Simplified navigation so most common … Read More

Enjoy a trip down Linux memory lane as we take early distros for a spin. Image by : Internet Archive Book Images. Modified by Opensource.com. CC BY-SA 4.0 A unique trait of open source is that it’s never truly EOL (End of Life). The disc images mostly remain online, and their licenses don’t expire, so going back and installing an … Read More

Windows XP along with Windows 7 is one of the most favored operating system for millions of users around the world as of today, even though Microsoft has washed their hands off these operating system. No support for these platforms means, you will not get any security updates anymore and your data may be at risk. But there’s always a … Read More

The SVC Awards are always a great way to round out the year.  At an event hosted at the Royal Garden Hotel, Kensington in London, the SVC Awards recognize and reward the outstanding products, companies and teams involved in the Storage, Virtualization and Cloud sectors. We are delighted to say that SUSE won the Cloud Storage Product of the Year … Read More

Ever since people have been using Linux, questions about using Microsoft Office on the platform have been prevalent, and new users have been puzzled as to how they can get this popular office suite running for themselves. Over the years there have been many different ways to get Microsoft Office working. In this article we’ll cover the easiest way to … Read More

When it comes to mass storage TCO, SUSE shows Red Hat the red card, and beats Dell, VMware, HPE, NetApp & IBM hands down. T pros have long known that the upfront cost of storage systems can bear little relation to the total cost of running them over an extended period, and that an attractive entry price is all too … Read More

Learn about top Linux kernel development best practices.   Because the Linux kernel community celebrated a quarter-century of development in 2016, many people have asked us the secret to the project’s longevity and success. I usually laugh and joke that we really have no idea how we got here. The project has faced many disagreements and challenges along the way. … Read More