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- 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
- Lessons learned from five years of Fedora
- Lessons learned from five years of FedoraCongratulations"The most valuable thing I’ve learned watching Fedora is this: Patience. It takes time and steady, incremental growth to build a solid community."Whilst a users of RHEL for servers longer support cycle fedora has long been my Linux desktop of choice. I can't believe...
- Tags: Security administration, Patches, Linux, SECURITY, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Fedora Project, Lessons Learned, security update
- Discussion threads 2008-09-24
- Lessons learned from five years of Fedora
- The Fedora Project is celebrating its fifth birthday today. Congrats, Fedora! It seems like just yesterday I was covering the first release to see how or if Fedora would distinguish itself from Red Hat Linux. It's been really interesting to see how the project has grown over...
- Tags: Fedora Project, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Public Relations, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Joe Brockmeier
- Blog posts 2008-09-24
- 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
- Red Hat (belatedly) confirms security breach
- More than a week after a cryptic note hinted at a security breach at Fedora, the open-source group has finally fessed up to two separate server intrusions that compromised the security of Red Hat's OpenSSH packages. The confirmation follows eight days of media speculation and conjecture over...
- Tags: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Security, Red Hat Inc., Fedora Project, Open Source, Servers, Hardware, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-08-22
- Carnegie-Mellon freshman gets first Fedora scholarship
- Carnegie-Mellon freshman gets first Fedora scholarshipHyphenCongratulations, Ricky! Dana, as a proud alumnus, I wanted you to know that the university's official name is "Carnegie Mellon University." The hyphen was removed many years ago.Sorry about thatI've been writing it with the hyphen for years. So Carnegie finally beat Mellon, eh?
- Tags: Carnegie-Mellon University, Fedora Scholarship, Fedora Project
- Discussion threads 2008-08-18
- Carnegie-Mellon freshman gets first Fedora scholarship
- Zhou is an active member of the Red Hat Fedora community, working on the group's web site and infrastructure. He has also worked on localizing the project Web site. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Carnegie-Mellon University, Red Hat Inc., Fedora Project, Scholarship, Zhou, Professional Development, Open Source, Web Site Development, Career, Internet, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-08-18
- Fedora infrastructure breach?
- Fedora infrastructure breach?Denial isn't a river in EgyptRather than deny anything, the Fedora team is just going to try to keep it under wraps. Wonder what OS their servers are running?Updates seemed to be working last nightBut thanks for the heads up.RE: Fedora infrastructure breach?Hopefully they didn't lose the...
- Tags: Fedora Project, Grub
- Discussion threads 2008-08-18
- Fedora infrastructure breach?
- Has there been a security breach in Red Hat Fedora's infrastucture systems? According to a cryptic announcement posted to the Fedora-Announce mailing list, the open-source group is investigating an unspecified "issue in the infrastructure systems" that has resulted in widespread service outages. In the...
- Tags: Fedora Project, Open Source, Security, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-08-18
- OpenSUSE 11 RC1: The Mercedes-Benz to Ubuntu's Volkswagen
- 2008 will be a very good vintage for community end-user Linux distributions. So far, we've seen the release of Ubuntu 8.04, which is universally considered to be a major milestone release in usability and device compatibility, and one of the easiest distros to install. While not as widely lauded, we...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Novell Inc., Fedora Project, Novell OpenSuse, Volkswagen AG, GNOME, Software Update Utility, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-06-03
- How fast will you upgrade your Linux installation?
- How fast will you upgrade your Linux installation?UpgradeI've just upgraded my dualboot win98 / PCLinuxOS pc. The new Puppy Linux 4.00 came out a few weeks ago and I installed it and made my pc into a triple boot pc. But Puppy Linux is so fast that I am now...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, Servers, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Inc., Linux, Fedora Project, Linux Installation
- Discussion threads 2008-05-22
- Microsoft releases Virtual PC 2007 SP1
- Microsoft releases Virtual PC 2007 SP1Now if it would only support x64 guest OS's nt...RE: Microsoft releases Virtual PC 2007 SP1in reference to above comments..damn on the no 64bit support of client os'esRE: Microsoft releases Virtual PC 2007 SP1Would be interested in your experience in getting openSUSE v10.3 installed as...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, 64-bit, Operating systems, Microsoft releases Virtual PC 2007 SP1, VPC SP1, Fedora Project, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-05-19
- Fedora 9 ships, openSuse 11 due June 19
- Fedora 9 ships, openSuse 11 due June 19...Been testing OpenSuSE 11.0 beta... looking good so far! ]:)RE: Fedora 9 ships, openSuse 11 due June 19I like how it was quietly released. They obviously don't want anyone to use linux. That is fine by me, in fact I'll take...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Fedora Project, Fedora 9, openSuse 11, openSUSE, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-05-14
- Fedora 9 ships, openSuse 11 due June 19
- Red Hat's Fedora project yesterday quietly released version 9, an upgrade of its open source Linux operating system with support for live USB bootup, OpenJDK6 , KDE 4 and the ext4 file system. Fedora 9, code-named Sulphur, was developed by more than 2,000 volunteer developers, said Paul...
- Tags: Fedora Project, KDE, Fedora 9, KDE 4, Open Source, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-05-14
- Can you see yourself running Windows Vista in 2014?
- Can you see yourself running Windows Vista in 2014?I view it as a vote againstLinux. The fact that so many people are saying that they are holding out on Vista to wait until Windows 7 is odd, as you would think the response would have been that they are going...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, Fedora Project, Fedora 9
- Discussion threads 2008-05-14
- Mandriva...Not just for Classmates
- Mandriva...Not just for ClassmatesMandriva / MandrakeI have used Mandriva since it was Mandrake 7.1. It is the only Linux distro that is usable out-of-box.SUSE is probably the second and the worst is Fedora/RedHad nothing works without lots of extra work.I don't mention Ubuntu because it is UNSTABLE. Being base...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Desktops, SuSE, Mandriva, PCLinuxOS, Fedora Project, Linux
- Discussion threads 2007-11-08
- (Screenshots: A peek at Red Hat's Fedora 8 Linux)
- (Screenshots: A peek at Red Hat's Fedora 8 Linux)Dang, Another Distro for me to try?Naw, I'm sticking with PCLinuxOS. It works best with my hardware.Some of the screenshots are actually quite nice. It's too bad...there's not a version out there for the PowerMac -- I would have like to...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Fedora 8 Linux, Fedora 8, Fedora Project, Red Hat Inc., Linux
- Discussion threads 2007-11-08
- Screenshots: A peek at Red Hat's Fedora 8 Linux
- Set to debut Thursday, latest version offers a taste of what's to come in the supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux. by CNET News.com
- Tags: Red Hat Inc., Fedora Project, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2007-11-08
- Fedora 8 due Nov 8, just weeks after opensuse 10.3, ubuntu 7.10
- Fedora 8 due Nov 8, just weeks after opensuse 10.3, ubuntu 7.10The pace in open source continues to amazeLooking forward to finding the time to try all three desktops. Particularly keen on the openJDK, well done Red Hat.LoadingOpenSuSE 10.3 at work right now... figure I would kick the tires on...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Fedora 8, openSUSE 10.3, Nov 8, Red Hat Inc., Fedora Project
- Discussion threads 2007-10-05
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