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MOBILE NETWORK OPERATOR Vodafone is opening up the source code to its Wayfinder location-based services. https://www.dcdata.co.za/public/vodafone-open-…based-software

OpenSolaris Governing Board may dissolve, frustrated by what they consider poor treatment and lack of interest from Oracle. https://www.dcdata.co.za/public/opensolaris-go…d-may-dissolve

CMS-Maestro is a new PHP-based content management system.
https://www.dcdata.co.za/public/new-maestro-co…stem-rolls-out

The openSUSE project has announced the official release of openSUSE 11.3.
https://www.dcdata.co.za/public/opensuse-11-3-arrives/

DcData’s latest newsletter is out. Check it out at http://newsletter.dcdata.co.za !

It’s been a while in the coming but Wordpress 3.0 is now here and it is packed with big changes.
https://www.dcdata.co.za/public/wordpress-3-0-blasts-off/

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=v741pt http://www.axigen.com/new-features/?tpkey=v741pt

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 sit around Red Hat central naked – let’s hope that’s not what he meant. No, what Bressers … Read More

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, deploying, integrating and managing on-premise and cloud-based applications

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 Enterprise Virtualization for Desktops, the 2.2 update includes new scalability capabilities, migration tools and features to expand the performance and security of … Read More

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 to ROT13 by the UNIX ‘tr’ command.” will yield: “Guvf zrffntr jnf genafyngrq gb EBG13 ol gur HAVK … Read More

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 or apt-get command line options. After each upgrade you need to reboot the server. Ksplice service allows you to skip reboot … Read More

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_launches_hybrid_cloud_platform?source=rss_applications

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 integration of the Noveau driver to support NVIDIA graphics cards. The new btrfs filesystem … Read More

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 and a review of case law related to free software, the journal makes for interesting reading … Read More