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CentOS: Getting Their S#!t Together is a Top Priority

CentOS: Getting Their S#!t Together is a Top Priorityre: CentOSSeems a tad early to state they won't get their sh*t together.There was a real problem (i.e. Davis) but the crew that's left over are working to address the problems he created. There's not enough publicized facts to determine if they...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, CentOS

Discussion threads 2009-08-02

CentOS: Getting Their S#!t Together is a Top Priority

The CentOS developers were ready to burn the place down if their AWOL project founder didn't show up and resolve several outstanding issues that put the popular Open Source project and Linux distribution at risk. For those of us in the "Inside Baseball'...

Tags: Developer, Project, Red Hat Inc., Domain, Founder, CentOS, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-08-02

Frugal Friday: Windows 7, Hyper-V, CentOS, openSUSE

Frugal Friday: Windows 7, Hyper-V, CentOS, openSUSEOff-Topic: Any Speech-To-Text services out there?I'm hearing impaired and I don't listen to podcasts.

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Frugal Friday, CentOS, openSUSE, Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-07-31

Get a stable and secure server setup with CentOS, RPMForge, and Utter Ramblings

CentOS is a great server operating system that is completely compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Vincent Danen tells you how to optimize CentOS setup with RPMForge and Utter Ramblings repositories.

Tags: Vincent Danen, CentOS, Linux, Servers, Open Source, Operating Systems, UNIX, Software, Hardware

Download resources 2009-03-27

Novell: Free SLES while the fire is hot

Novell: Free SLES while the fire is hotFree SLESYes, we do in fact need an openSLES, a "Centos Green" or openSUSE Server Edition.

Tags: Free SLES, Novell Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-10-17

Surviving the recession with Free Enterprise OSes (Part 2)

In Part 1, I discussed the four Free Linux distributions that are best position to provide extended support and ample functionality to an end user through a protracted recession,  as well as having the characteristic "safeness" or "stability" factor in terms of being able to weather...

Tags: Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Ubuntu, Sun Solaris 10, Red Hat Inc., Recession, Operating System, Novell OpenSuse, BSD, CentOS, Scientific Linux, LTS, LTS Version, Versions, Sun Solaris, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Servers, Software, Hardware, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-10-14

What should be proprietary in open source?

What should be proprietary in open source?But, still, should you charge for every copy that goes out the door withyour trademark brand? This is the RedHat strategy. Or, should you go for maximum frictionless distribution, and only insist your brand is not put on forks, but allow uncontrolled installation of...

Tags: open source, Red Hat Inc., CentOS

Discussion threads 2007-11-20

Can Red Hat ever make open source advocates happy?

Can Red Hat ever make open source advocates happy?Interesting problems opportunitiesRed Hat is fast approaching or has hit the wall on growth if they can't figure out how to serve two masters, the corporate world and the "community". Myself, I don't know that working with Sun is a great...

Tags: Linux, Red Hat Inc., open source

Discussion threads 2007-11-07

How does the average Joe patch Linux?

Dana Blankenhorn asked this interesting question "how does an ordinary open source user manage patches" without paying expensive subscription fees. But before I answer his question, I want to know how many "ordinary" open source operating system users are there? Most Linux users still have to be computer...

Tags: patch management, Red Hat Inc., CentOS

Blog posts 2005-09-23

Is IBM-Red Hat Linux a scam?

Is IBM-Red Hat Linux a scam?Today's answers[i]Would you like to see an IBM Linux distribution, even with paid support?[/i]Not just "no," but "Hell, no!" As it is, IBM is in a position to maintain a balance of power between RH and Novell. This is a [b]G[/b]ood [b]T[/b]hing for...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, Red Hat Inc., IBM Corp., CentOS

Discussion threads 2005-04-15

Additional Resources

Oracle's Virtualization Story

Kool-aid?Looks like someone has been drinking the kool-aid. Let's be clear, Oracle's distro is a rip-off of RedHat's, albeit behind a year or so, plus patches to help their RDBMS that may not be accepted in the upstream projects. Don't let Oracle fool you, the core engineers are...

Tags: virtualization, Oracle Corp., open source

Discussion threads 2009-11-02

Who's a candidate for Desktop Linux? Your Kids.

My kids know Linux, OSX, and XP, and will obviously learn Windows 7, butskip Vista, though they will have contact with Vista. My son prefers OSX, my daughter Ubuntu.But, just like every kid should be taught at least two languages at home, they should also learn multiple OSes. Learning multiple...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, desktop Linux, desktop

Discussion threads 2009-10-20

Linux-Windows gap to remain for five years

In other words...This only confirms what we have been saying for sometime now.Desktop Linux lags behinds Windows And Mac for these facts alone, but the biggest one is mainstream application software compatibility which so far, were you to look at system requirements would only support Windows and Mac... There are...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, Ubuntu, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-10-14

Open source is sold and FOSS is not

I'm confusedAre you advocating breaking the GPL license by selling GPL based products by 'open source' companies?We know NT Selling software is not a violation of the GPLSelling softare is not a violation of the GPL. Not in any way, shape or form. In the words of the...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, F/OSS, GPL, software, open source

Discussion threads 2009-10-02

News to know: HP; AT&T; Malware; Twitter; RIM

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Hordes of owners complain of problems with HP Elite Pavilion PCs using Core i7 Ed Bott: Apple...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Research In Motion Ltd., Hewlett-Packard Co., Twitter Inc., AT&T Corp., Malware, Apple Inc., Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-09-28

Frugal Friday: Twitter, Social Networking, Open Source and Women, RMS vs. MDI, Oracle, CentOS

Redmond is a great city...Mister Perlow,open source certainly matters for you.So, i can't understand why you deliberately forget to talk about important news like that :http://macresearch.org/grand-central-now-open-allCould you tell us why , Mister perlow ?

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), network, open source, Microsoft Windows Rights Management Services, Twitter Inc., social networking, women, Oracle Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-09-26

Frugal Friday: Twitter, Social Networking, Open Source and Women, RMS vs. MDI, Oracle, CentOS

Frugal Networker Ken Hess and I discuss the recent $100M VC investment in Twitter, the perils of Social Networking, the lack of sensitivity towards women in the Linux and Open Source community, Richard M. Stallman vs. Miguel de Icaza, Larry Ellison and his plans for the...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Women, Network, Twitter Inc., Microsoft Windows Rights Management Services, Gender And Diversity, Linux, Social Networking, Open Source, Digital Rights Management (DRM), UNIX, Operating Systems, Human Resources, Software, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Security, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-09-25

HP supporting Oregon State Linux portal

The idea is that non-commercial Linux distributions running on HP hardware can find support, even though it's not officially coming from HP. We're talking about server versions of Asianux, CentOS, Debian, Fedora, OpenSUSE and Ubuntu. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Linux, Portals, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-09-24

Does it matter that "Linux is bloated"?

well compare to what compare too its former self ... ultra thin but lack finessecompare to win 2k compare to win xp compare to vista /win 7 will all there crapware compare to Mac and its hardware lock in Its easy to state Linux is bloated but...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, kernel, hardware, Haiku, BeOS, Linux IS

Discussion threads 2009-09-22

Video at VMWorld: A peek inside

VMware is the bestInstall ESX and clone CentOS machines.Ultimate environment!:)Excellent!Budget cutbacks mean us IT guys can't attend many shows or conferences this year, so "virtual" tours are a great way to at least get a glimpse of what's going on.I like it! I want more! More in-depth technical discussions, more...

Tags: Corporate communications, video

Discussion threads 2009-09-03