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- Geek Sheet: A Tweaker's Guide to Solid State Drives (SSDs) and Linux
- Is 20th century conventional Winchester multi-platter, multi-head random-access disk technology too quaint for you? Want to run your PC or server on storage devices that consume far less energy than the traditional alternatives? Want a portable or mobile storage unit that will never fail due to G-forces or "crashing?". Looking...
- Tags: Linux, Disk, File System, Solid State Disk, Kernel, Mandrake, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Mandriva acquires Lycoris Linux assets
- Mandriva acquires Lycoris Linux assetsLycoris wasn't half badIt was indeed one of the better "Windows desktop clone" Linux distros out there. The only real problem with it was the software was always 2 or 3 releases behind the most current stable release, and in the ever progressive and catching up...
- Tags: Processors, information technology, asset, distro, AMD64, CRAPPY Mandriva 2005 LE, Lycoris, Mandrake, Mandriva, udev
- Discussion threads 2005-06-15
- USB drives to get smarter
- USB drives to get smarterSounds PromisingWhat the article failed to mention was the capacities of these "smart drives".Sounds niceWhile this sounds great, I can see the security minded really having a field day with this one! Next as to her daughter messing her files up... gee mom, if you would...
- Tags: Operating systems, USB flash drive, Microsoft Windows, USB, Mandrake
- Discussion threads 2005-06-07
- Mandrakesoft becoming Mandriva
- Mandrakesoft becoming MandrivaTrademark?!?!From webster.com:--------------Main Entry: man·drakePronunciation: 'man-"drAkFunction: nounEtymology: Middle English, probably alteration of mandragora1 a : a Mediterranean herb Mandragora officinarum of the nightshade family with ovate leaves, yellowish or purple flowers, and a large forked root traditionally credited with human attributes b : the root of a mandrake formerly...
- Tags: Linux, OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, Mandrake, Mandriva, Gentoo
- Discussion threads 2005-04-08
- Meet HP's new CEO Mark Hurd
- Meet HP's new CEO Mark HurdCan Hurd, herd?Today, HP is a mess. Their reputation and products are declining - as is the morale of the workers. They abdicated their leadership in computer chip technology to InHell - only to become the sole salesmen for the Itanic. Carly had the "initiative...
- Tags: Operating systems, Mark Hurd, Hewlett-Packard Co., open source, Itanic, Mandrake
- Discussion threads 2005-03-30
- Second-tier Linux sellers agree to merge
- Second-tier Linux sellers agree to mergeSecond-tier?Ouch. A little strong terms if you ask me. Mandrake is a great Linux distribution, and gets better with each release. I have no idea why this merger really happened, regardless of what the players say. I thought Mandrake was just starting to gets its...
- Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Mandriva, Conectiva, Mandrake, distro, Linux, Second-tier Linux, merger
- Discussion threads 2005-02-24
- Group aims to smooth kinks out of Linux
- Group aims to smooth kinks out of LinuxLSB, or not to be, THAT is the question.Notice how Debian is nowhere to be seen? That's because they are hard at work creating a NON-standard fork of Linux. I'm glad to see that the smaller Linux distros are teaming with number 3...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, GNU/Linux, Debian, Linsux, Mandrake, Linux, LSB, kink
- Discussion threads 2004-11-17
- Novell spiffs up its desktop Linux software
- Novell spiffs up its desktop Linux softwareSounds good...I will have to look into the specifics and see if there is a compelling reason for me to upgrade or not. Hopefully the networking issues created with 9.1 will be corrected! Otherwise, cool!Not *quite* bleeding edgeBut it's as close as any distribution...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Tools & Techniques, Development tools, KDE 3.3.0, SuSE, mandrake, desktop, Novell Inc., software, desktop Linux, Linux software
- Discussion threads 2004-10-06
- Mandrake in contract to boost Linux security
- Mandrake in contract to boost Linux securityFrench protectionist economic policies at work.It's no suprise that the contract benifits a French company. They are big time protectionist there and it is screwing their economy. Compete or die.Great to see people all over the world helping out.It is great to...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Mandrake, Microsoft Corp., software, protectionist, French company, French Government, security, Airbus, Linux
- Discussion threads 2004-09-23
- Bread, milk and a Linux PC
- Bread, milk and a Linux PCMandrakemakes you pay for patches now? That's bunk! SuSE, Slackware, Debian, Yellow Dog, Knoppix and many others it's a free deal. You pay for support but not patches. Glad I dumped Mandrake back on V8.0 and went with SuSE.Carrefour is the Walmart of FranceWalmart sell...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, Patches, Mandriva Linux, Carrefour, Mandrake, Linux, SuSE, Linux PC, PC
- Discussion threads 2004-08-03
- Countdown of security vulnerabilities and fixes
- Forrester Research on its main site currently leaves the question open of whether Linux is more secure than Windows. According to Forrester's count, Microsoft Windows had 128 flaws, Red Hat Linux - 229 flaws, Debian - 286, Mandrake Linux - 199, SUSE - 176. 100% of Microsoft flaws were fixed,...
- Tags: Linux, flaw, Mandrake
- Blog posts 2004-04-14
- MandrakeSoft ordered to drop trademark
- MandrakeSoft ordered to drop trademarkWow...So, an OS and a comic strip are easily confused? Those French really aren't too bright, then, are they?This is getting really old and retardedCome on already! If I owned a company and someone sued me over sorry crap like this I would be doing...
- Tags: Linux, Branding, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, Strategy, Mandrake, penguin, Xerox Corp., POLO, Mandriva
- Discussion threads 2004-02-20
- Red Hat delivers test of 2.6 kernel Linux
- Red Hat delivers test of 2.6 kernel LinuxFedora is NOT an "experimental version" nor is it "geared to enthusiasts""Fedora is Red Hat's more experimental version of Linux, geared to enthusiasts."Fedora is a Red Hat sponsored community project to provide a complete and free Linux distribution based entirely on open source...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, Mandrake, Fedora Project, Red Hat Inc., Linux
- Discussion threads 2004-02-13
- Red Hat releases new hobbyist Linux
- Red Hat releases new hobbyist LinuxEnterprise Impact?One reason that I download and run Redhat at home is that I want to know how to use it and debug it when it's in the data center.Now that they don't allow that option, I find myself hardpressed to continue to support Redhat...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Red Hat Inc., Mandrake, Linux
- Discussion threads 2003-11-07
Additional Resources
- I'll have the #3 Value Meal, Super Size, with an order of Linux
- I'll have the #3 Value Meal, Super Size, with an order of LinuxPlagiarism, Jason? :-)Exactly my thoughts, in a Talkback some time ago:http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-10535-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=46338&messageID=858549&start=0Greeting, Pjotr.Planet DietsYou forgot to mean the lean but mean Mars Ubuntu, and of course the sweet Venus Ubuntu versions just to get back to the basic...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Super-Size, Ubuntu
- Discussion threads 2008-07-10
- Open source has yet to learn it pays to advertise
- Open source has yet to learn it pays to advertiseCompanies making money from open source.Well, there's Red Hat... and there's Red Hat and, oh yes, I remember, Red Hat.There are ways to save expenses with open source, but that's different from making money with open source. If a company...
- Tags: open source
- Discussion threads 2008-06-17
- Dear Microsoft: Please get UAC right this time
- Dear Microsoft: Please get UAC right this timeSimpler ideaThe problem with UAC is not really how it works to protect potentially vulnerable areas of the OS, it's that tons of applications NEED to do potentially OS-threatening things in order to work as an everyday course of business.If an app wants...
- Tags: UAC, Please get UAC, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-05-29
- Is it Microsoft of Ubuntu that scared Red Hat away from the desktop?
- Is it Microsoft of Ubuntu that scared Red Hat away from the desktop?Does Red Hat's exit now leave the desktop Linux field open to Ubuntu?Red Hat was never really in the desktop field to begin with, and has stated so rather pointedly on many occasions, so I don't see how...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Desktops, Operating systems, UNIX, Blizzard, Eve-Online, Red Hat Inc., Ubuntu, desktop, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-04-17
- Is Hyper-V ready for the Windows desktop?
- Is Hyper-V ready for the Windows desktop?Is Hyper-V ready for the Windows desktop?By what the article says, it should be able to do the job. On the other hand, considering that Windows 7 is going to be based on Server '07 rather than an all-new platform, will it really be...
- Tags: Operating systems, Hyper-V, Microsoft Windows, Windows Desktop, desktop, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-04-17
- Rolling your own starts to make more sense
- When I first started working at my school, I walked into a mess of Dells, Compaqs, and a lab of computers that had been built from scratch by the previous system administrator. The latter had no warranties, were running Windows 98 (let's say that they were licensed, shall we?),...
- Tags: PC, Thin Client, Microsoft Windows, Thin Clients, Tools & Techniques, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Management, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-03-10
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