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IBM, Canonical partner to target Africa netbook market; Upend Microsoft

Their timing is quite goodRight at this moment, the Internet infrastructure in Central Africa is being upgraded with new underwater fiber optic cable links that will ultimately bring Africa's broadband capacity on par with the rest of the world by late 2010. Their timing couldn't be better.Why not red hat...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp., Divide-and-conquer, netbook, Language Support, Debian, Canonical, Red Hat Inc., Linux, Ubuntu

Discussion threads 2009-09-23

Apache.org hit by SSH key compromise

SSH Key passwordWas a password not required as well? Good security would dictate a hardened password in addition to the SSH key before access was granted. It has been shown several time that a key alone is not adequate. I would like to hear more about how the...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Apache Software Foundation, SSH-Key, Debian

Discussion threads 2009-08-28

Debian gets FreeBSD kernel support

Debian gets FreeBSD kernel supportDebian on a FreeBSD kernelThis is good news. The BSD distributions have fallen so far behind the Linux distros in terms of ease-of-use and installation that I'll be happy to see what Debian brings to the table. I'll have to try out kFreeBSD this...

Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Debian, FreeBSD kernel, FreeBSD, kernel, BSD, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-04-06

Surviving the recession with Free Enterprise OSes (Part 2)

Surviving the recession with Free Enterprise OSes (Part 2)Great blog! One remark: support for Ubuntu Server LTS is 5 yearsExcellent article, well documented! This should be very helpful for decision making, particularly in companies.One remark though: the server edition of Ubuntu is longer supported than you have written. Plus not...

Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Servers, Ubuntu, server edition, Debian, Ubuntu Server, server, Free Enterprise OSes, Ubuntu LTS, Linux, recession

Discussion threads 2008-10-15

Surviving the recession with Free Linux distributions (Part 1)

Times are tough. You're a computer geek and you need to feed your PC with the latest and greatest applications. What's a frugal nerd to do? A group of industry peers was recently asked by a colleague the following question: "If an SMB...

Tags: Ubuntu, Linux Distribution, Recession, Fedora Project, Novell OpenSuse, Debian, Times, LTS, LTS Version, Versions, Debian Support Cycle, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, UNIX, Software, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-10-12

1 million Classmates headed to Venezuela

1 million Classmates headed to VenezuelaAgreedChavez can control any Open Source software in his country, as the government is taking control of all private industries.This is not really about what he feels is best for all, but instead of what he feels he can control the best.You failed to notice...

Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Web browsers, Debian, Classmates, aversion, Linux

Discussion threads 2008-09-30

Fedora and our security attitude

Fedora and our security attitudeAttitude toward maintaining security.An indication about people's views on what is acceptable to maintain security may be found in their attitude toward torture. More than half the people in the US polled in 2007 believed it could sometimes/rarely be justified:... national polls conducted by the...

Tags: security, torture, security attitude, Fedora Project

Discussion threads 2008-09-11

Fedora and our security attitude

A proprietary attitude toward security depends on I. An open source attitude depends on we. I think it's clear which works best in practice. But my feelings may still be the minority view. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Fedora Project, Debian, Security Attitude, Clean-up, Security, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-09-11

Linux under attack: Compromised SSH keys lead to rootkit

Linux under attack: Compromised SSH keys lead to rootkitLinux under attack: Compromised SSH keys lead to rootkitLOL! And the hits to linux just keep coming! So thats 4 different incidents within a week's time of how badly linux sucks. Poor linus must be hiding under his bed trying...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Rootkits, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, SSH, attack, Compromised SSH, Compromised, Microsoft Windows, rootkit, security

Discussion threads 2008-08-26

Got Debian running, too

Got Debian running, tooGot Debian running, tooThanks for highlighting the many problems with running linux! You heard it here first, linux has issues and is not suitable for anything.Hey look, it's Loverock Davidsonnt10 y/o AptivaI have Debian running on a 10 year old Aptiva desktop. I'm only using it...

Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Debian

Discussion threads 2008-08-15

Got Debian running, too

It's not surprising that I managed to get Debian Linux running on the orange iMac I blogged about the other day. Since *buntu is based on Debian, this would seem to be a no-brainer. However, what is of note is the easy text-based install (very similar to Ubuntu's...

Tags: Debian, Nautilus, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-08-15

Plat'Home OpenBlockS: Made in Japan

Embedded Linux devices have always fascinated me, because besides on the server, it's where I think the Open Source OS is going to make the most impact. From 2002 to 2004, I worked for SHARP as a developer liaison consultant on the very much before its time ZAURUS Linux/Java PDA,...

Tags: Developer, Device, Storage, Debian, OpenBlockS, OpenBlockS266, CF, Plat'Home Linux, TheOpenBlockS, Linux, Embedded Linux, Operating Systems, Open Source, UNIX, Software, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-08-03

Moody's Ooops! signals random crunch

Moody's Ooops! signals random crunchRandom number generation is an active area of statistical research1. Go to Google Scholar, search "random number generation," and ask for recent articles. This is not an area "everybody has known about for years but which nobody has wanted to really face up to and fix."...

Tags: Strategy, Moody's Corp., Moody's Ooops

Discussion threads 2008-05-24

With the Quickness: HD Moore sets new land speed record with exploitation of Debian/Ubuntu OpenSSL flaw

So, for those who haven't heard, a Debian packager modified the source used for OpenSSL on Debian based systems Debian and the whole of the Ubuntu family to remove the seed used for PRNG Pseudo Random Number Generator used when creating SSL keys.  Well, HD Moore set a new record...

Tags: OpenSSL, SSH, Debian, Key, Flaw, HD, ID, Ssl/Tls, Operating Systems, Open Source, Security, Software, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-05-14

Word up to Linux fan boys: Multiple Linux flaws show that Linux also has kernel issues

Not to defend Microsoft, as kernel exploits that provide privileged access are terrible flaws, but we had an interesting discussion in the talkbacks where several people acted as if Microsoft was the only place that could've made such mistakes.  Well, the proof is in the pudding that this is a common flaw...

Tags: Denial Of Service, Microsoft Word, Kernel, Debian, Flaw, Linux, Security, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-05-01

Ubuntu Eye for the Debian Guy: Running Linux on Linux

The aim of this paper is to present my experience building and running two separate UML instances of Ubuntu distributions. For Debian users like the author, it can serve as a starting point for understanding UML's potential and exploring the recent Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon release without moving away from...

Tags: Ubuntu, Jupitermedia Corp., Debian, UML, Linux, Operating Systems, Open Source, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Software

White papers 2008-03-07

The missing demonstration project (1)

The missing demonstration project (1)Where is everybody? you guys wanna talk weather, or what?Very strange here in Lethbridge: -19 Celsius here yesterday afternoon, went to plus 5.6 by about 9PM, back to minus 14.7 right now.A blowby chinook?Yes, I have seen it over and over. Do you want to oversee...

Tags: Operating systems, Linux, Servers, OPEN SOURCE, Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., Unix, Debian, Sun Ray

Discussion threads 2007-12-04

Re: "7 Reasons Why Linux Won't Succeed On The Desktop"

Re: "7 Reasons Why Linux Won't Succeed On The Desktop"Some of my reasons:a. The culture of rejecting proprietary desktop apps/ The fact that not a lot get made anyway for Linux - OpenOffice.org/GIMP are really starting to lag behind Office/Photoshop in terms of features and intuitiveness. b. It's hard to...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, desktop, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Debian

Discussion threads 2007-09-24

What's the point of Gobuntu?

What's the point of Gobuntu?DebianKeep in mind that Ubuntu is based on Debian, which is the all-the-way-to-the-limit [i]software libre[/i]-only distribution. Reading between the lines, Shuttleworth has been catching flack from the hard-core Debian faithful and decided to give them what they've been asking for: a pure-[i]libre[/i] version of Ubuntu.Useful?...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Sort-of, Gobuntu, software, Ubuntu, Debian, Apple Mac OS X

Discussion threads 2007-07-12

Large-Scale Analysis of Format String Vulnerabilities in Debian Linux

Format-string bugs are relatively common security vulnerability, and can lead to arbitrary code execution. In collaboration with others, the paper designed and implemented a system to eliminate format string vulnerabilities from an entire Linux distribution, using type-qualifier inference, a static analysis technique that can find taint violations. They successfully analyze...

Tags: Vulnerability, Association For Computing Machinery, Bug, Debian, Analysis, Open Source, Operating Systems, Security, Software

White papers 2007-06-14