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Convert Carriage 1.0 (Windows)

Convert linux/unix line breaks into full carriage returns. Simple little application, drag your text file containing the annoying "â?¡" and have it instantly converted. You can easily drag a file over the application then direct into notepad or your favourite editor in one quick move and then be viewing a...

Tags: LINUX/UNIX, Microsoft Windows

Software downloads 2009-04-04

How do I... Run Linux/UNIX clients on Windows with XWin32 Live?

Jack Wallen wrote previously about how you can open and use Linux applications in Windows using a combination of PuTTY and XWin32. He is happy to report that XWin32 Live reduces previous complications with this application. This download is also available as an entry in the TechRepublic...

Tags: LINUX/UNIX, Jack Wallen, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Operating Systems, Software

Download resources 2008-09-16

Google looks like mobile Linux break-out

Google looks like mobile Linux break-outI tend to doubt that it willPeople use mobile phones for telephone calling and more recently for MP3s. I seriously doubt embedded linux will do anything at all for the desktop linux movements since most people I know don't know and don't care about...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Operating systems, music industry, Linux, Google Inc., mobile, mobile Linux break-out, Google Looks, break-out, Mobile Linux, phone, operating system

Discussion threads 2007-10-12

Discussion with Red Hat's Joel Berman and Nick Carr - 1st take

I recently had the opportunity to speak with Red Hats Joel Berman, Product Management Director for Virtualization products, and Nick Carr, Director of Public and Analyst Relations. First of all, thanks guys for generously giving of your time to bring me back up to date on Red Hats views of...

Tags: virtual processing software, virtualization, virtual machine software, clustering software

Blog posts 2007-04-09

Cuba going open source

Cuba and Venezuela are shaking off the yoke of US hegemony by jettisoning Microsoft products for open source, AP reports. "Its basically a problem of technological sovereignty, a problem of ideology," said Hector Rodriguez, who oversees a Cuban university department of 1,000 students dedicated to developing open-source programs....

Tags: Government technology, International, Linux/Unix, Microsoft

Blog posts 2007-02-19

What operating system has the most vulnerabilies?

What operating system has the most vulnerabilies?Vulnerability of PDAs'Small' operating systems such as Windows Mobile/ Pocket PC, Symbian and othes are increasingly hosting financial transactions but have not yet received the attention they will need to continue on down this path with relative safety.Figures can't lie, but liars can figureThe...

Tags: SECURITY, operating system, vulnerability, LINUX/UNIX, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2005-12-30

Block OS fingerprinting on Linux/UNIX systems

When an attacker attempts to penetrate a targeted Linux/UNIX system, the first task involved is usually to discover which OS the system is running and then compromise it with known exploits. If you can thwart an attacker from identifying the OS, then you can make it much harder and more...

Tags: LINUX/UNIX, Attacker, Operating System, O'Reilly Media Inc., Networking, Network Security, Security, Operating Systems, Software

Book chapters 2005-03-25

Monitor and manage logs in Linux/UNIX

This book chapter, excerpted from O'Reilly's Linux Server Security, 2nd Edition, explains a variety of best practices for managing log files on Linux/UNIX systems. Learn how to set up and use syslogd and syslog-ng, as well as how to test your logs with logger, how to manage files with logrotate,...

Tags: LINUX/UNIX, Monitor, O'Reilly Media Inc., Linux, Open Source, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Book chapters 2005-02-17

Schwartz spreads pricing ideas beyond Sun software

Schwartz spreads pricing ideas beyond Sun softwareLinux will kill Solaris and they know it.First Unix then Windows.Kill... Kill...KillSun is accountable for its own future and isn't bright. Never liked Sun that much, but Mr. Scott's arrogance brought down Sun to it's knees and worse, to lik MS A$$.UltraSparc is been...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, Servers, Processors, software, pricing strategy, Sun UltraSPARC, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Solaris, Linux, Schwartz, LINUX/UNIX

Discussion threads 2004-06-01

Additional Resources

Supreme Court to hear Microsoft appeal

Supreme Court to hear Microsoft appealSupreme Court to hear Microsoft appealMicrosoft FTW!And rightly so , Microsoft should pay up .Isn't obvious already that perhaps the majority of their code is stolen from somewhere else . I mean when does the litigation stop . It's time for everyone to think things...

Tags: intellectual property, patent, Microsoft Corp., software patent, software

Discussion threads 2006-10-27

Cox demonstrates political nature of open source

This week, Alan Cox offered a quick primer on just how political open source remains.Speaking at the London Linuxworld conference, he said something quite obvious. Open source is not inherently more secure than other software. Well, you'd think he just cursed from the way folks went on about this. Here is the...

Tags: Cox, open source, Alan Cox, Linux

Blog posts 2006-10-27

Cheaper to patch--Windows or open source?

Cheaper to patch--Windows or open source?1. Paid for by MS 2. Does not include Windows rebooting.Nothing to see here.. move along..More MS sponsored FUD.Cheaper to patch--Windows or open source?Windows of course. Download the patch, apply it, reboot, your done in 5 if that long. Linux, download the...

Tags: Operating systems, Patches, Now Let, Microsoft Windows, familiarity, open source, survey, Linux, patch management, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2005-05-20

Linux powers throw weight behind desktop version

Linux powers throw weight behind desktop versionM$ days are numberedPeople don't neet .net or windoze.All they need is free Linux.Here we go again...This is what we hear every few months, Linux desktop this, Microsoft finished that. GIVE ME A BREAK! This platform is robust, so refined, that it makes me...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Desktops, software, Linux, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, desktop

Discussion threads 2003-11-12