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Linux guru: Move quickly to new kernel

Linux guru: Move quickly to new kernelNobody caresabout source?Without it, outfits like LLL and SGI would be up the creek, begging Mario. As it is, if they don't like his decisions they can roll their own. A bit more trouble, admittedly, but hardly a show-stopper.Sounds reasonablythey are piloting...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, Kernel 2.6, kernel, Linux, new kernel, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2003-12-05

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News to know: Adobe; Windows 7; Sun; SOA; Apple

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: A plea to the Windows team: Don't make Windows 7 too Mac-like Microsoft disparages open-source TCO with year-old case study Michael...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Adobe Systems Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Antivirus, Sun Microsystems Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Apple Inc., SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Home Entertainment, Microsoft Windows, Sales Strategy, Linux, Web Services, Open Source, Enterprise Software, Software, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Sales, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-12-04

Oracle adds data-integrity code to Linux kernel

The enterprise-software company has collaborated with networking-hardware company Emulex to produce Linux kernel data-integrity code. Oracle has announced that it has contributed data-integrity code to the Linux kernel. The open-source code, which has been accepted into the Linux 2.6.27 kernel, is designed to reduce data corruption...

Tags: Data Integrity, Oracle Corp., Emulex Corp., Linux, Data Centers, UNIX, Operating Systems, Storage, Software, Hardware, Data Management, Oracle, Emulex, Linux kernel, code, open source, Tom Espiner ZDNet.co.uk

News items 2008-12-03

Who put the 'crap' in 'Crapintosh'?

Who put the 'crap' in 'Crapintosh'?Matte Screen - YESI agree wholeheartedly with your final words. Why anyone would think that a highly reflective gloss LCD screen is preferable to a non-reflective matte one beats me.RE: MariusSilverwolfHe's got a degree in English Literature; he's more qualified than me to write on...

Tags: Desktops, Apple Macintosh, Crapintosh, PC

Discussion threads 2008-12-02

Can Linux and Solaris be married?

Can Linux and Solaris be married?Where Linux beats out other *nix competitors mostis in driver support. Just about any off-the-shelf hardware can be made to work and work well with Linux. That, plus the fact that you'd be dealing with another single entity if you chose Solaris, is why OEMs...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Servers, Dana, Sun Solaris, Linux, Sun Microsystems Inc., ZFS, Nexenta

Discussion threads 2008-12-01

Can Linux and Solaris be married?

Nexenta its symbol is a giraffe combines the OpenSolaris kernel with Userland, the open source filesystem. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: OpenSolaris, Nexenta, Linux, Sun Solaris, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-12-01

Hackers boot Linux on iPhone

A new front has opened in the ongoing arms race between Apple and iPhone hackers, with one hacker group making the iPhone boot with a Linux 2.6 kernel. A new front has opened in the ongoing arms race between Apple and iPhone hackers, with one hacker group making the...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Hacker, Linux, Hacking, Operating Systems, Software, Security, Apple, hackers, iPhone, OS X, port, kernel, Chris Duckett, Builder AU, Chris Duckett, Builder AU

News items 2008-12-01

Oracle 10g R2 RAC Implementation With SLES 10 Linux, IBM BladeCenter and IBM TotalStorage

The purpose of this paper is to assist those who are implementing Oracle Real Application Clusters on SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 running on IBM BladeCenter servers and IBM TotalStorage disk storage systems. The paper describes activities needed to prepare for and successfully install SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 64-bit...

Tags: Oracle Corp., IBM eServer BladeCenter, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, Oracle Application Server 10g, IBM TotalStorage, IBM Corp., Blade Servers, Open Source, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Servers, Hardware, Storage

White papers 2008-12-01

My Thanksgiving/Holiday giveaway - Ubuntu

My Thanksgiving/Holiday giveaway - UbuntuTech support deal : They buy a new HDD, you install Ubuntu.HDD is a commitment from them, and they get a nice dual boot transition and cannot lose any data.RE: My Thanksgiving/Holiday giveaway - UbuntuGuess I'm just rude because it is known within my family and...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Linux, Operating systems, PRODUCTIVITY, IBex, Ubuntu, Thanksgiving/Holiday giveaway, Thanksgiving/Holiday

Discussion threads 2008-11-25

Sun reseller contacts

Sun reseller contactsSun and C=There are some very eerie parallels between Sun marketing and Commodore's in the 80's. The Commodore Amiga was a superior computer by far in the late 80's. US Ham radio operators were the first major group to adopt it, as it fit their needs perfectly. They...

Tags: Sales strategy, Marketing research, UNIX, Operating systems, Sun Microsystems Inc., marketing

Discussion threads 2008-11-24

Netbooks + Ubuntu: On fence about form factor; OS solid

Netbooks + Ubuntu: On fence about form factor; OS solidCongrats on getting yoursAccording to Dell there was an "illegal configuration" that would not allow them to send me a Dell Mini 9 in Florida. Their words. No one could tell me what the problem was with the configuration and no...

Tags: Keyboards, Operating systems, Wi-Fi, Notebooks, WIRELESS, Ubuntu, Netbooks, fence, operating system

Discussion threads 2008-11-24

Why Apple and Google need to get into the Netbook business

Why Apple and Google need to get into the Netbook businessApple NetbookLeopard booting netbooks already exist. One example would be the MSI Wind. It runs the existing version of Mac OS 10.5.5 without a problem and does it very well. Boot times run about 25 sec and wake and sleep...

Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, Netbooks, Apple Inc., Netbook business, ASUS, Netbook, PC, Google Inc., operating system

Discussion threads 2008-11-22

Did Microsoft really kill OLPC?

Did Microsoft really kill OLPC?It might be about time for OLPC to get out of hardware manufacturing, and,make sure that their software is easily adaptible to any x86 or Arm platform. But, looking back in 10 years, OLPC will be credited with starting a revolution that will have profound economic...

Tags: One Laptop Per Child project, Negroponte, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-11-19

Microsoft and Novell at two: Was the patent pact worth it?

Microsoft and Novell at two: Was the patent pact worth it?Sheer brillianceNot that I'm going to start any wars or anything, but from a business perspective this deal was totally worth it. Microsoft got to wiggle its way into mixed source environments. Novell got a lifeline and became a bigger...

Tags: Linux, OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Novell Inc., Microsoft Corp., openSUSE

Discussion threads 2008-11-18

Windows 7, undigested red meat, and a delicate sensibility

Windows 7, undigested red meat, and a delicate sensibilityI knew the cheap shot was somewhere in thereBut I had to wait until the very end to find it. Both systems had binary lock states. The Sun guys went with singularity and the Windows guys went with trinary lock states. However,...

Tags: Operating systems, Know-nothings, Microsoft Windows, delicate sensibility, Microsoft Windows 7, red meat, sensibility, meat, Sun Microsystems Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-11-18

Linux on the iPhone?

Linux on the iPhone?Open source parasitesNothing like preaching Open Source after someone spends tens of millions to develop a first-class piece of hardware.If it wasn't for google (a for-profit perhaps even more evil than MS), there wouldn't be an android either.These open source guys really have to see the forest...

Tags: Apple Mac OS X, Operating systems, UNIX, facination, hardware, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Linux, evil, open source

Discussion threads 2008-11-17

Will Microsoft apply 'Vista-Capable' lessons to Win 7 netbooks?

Will Microsoft apply 'Vista-Capable' lessons to Win 7 netbooks?As long as.................when W7 is released, netbooks come with quad cores, 16gb of memory and a nuclear battery then W7 should run like a dreamWhy not a 32 bits SKU for netbooks/legacy PC and 64 bits SKU for other PC ?I think...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, 64-bit, Desktops, Microsoft Corp., SKU, Microsoft Windows Vista, 32-bit

Discussion threads 2008-11-17

Jaquar chases Roadrunner for fastest supercomputer

Jaquar chases Roadrunner for fastest supercomputerEcologically appropriateWhile I doubt roadrunners coexist with jaguars in nature, at least it could be a better race than roadrunner vs. coyote, minus the explosives.If these systems were to run Vista ....they would be obsolete before completing the boot up sequence.What are they used forWow,...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Jaquar, supercomputer, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Roadrunner, fastest supercomputer

Discussion threads 2008-11-17

Addressing virtualization's achilles heel

The benefits of virtualization are quite obvious but when you start to really increase the density of virtual machines in order to maximize utilization suddenly it ain't such a simple proposition. The latest CPUs from AMD and Intel are more than up to the task of running 10-20 or more...

Tags: Bandwidth, Virtualization, Network Interface Card, Blade, Achilles Heel, VM, Networking, Servers, Hardware, James Staten

Blog posts 2008-11-17

Google fatal flaw revealed

Google fatal flaw revealedThose patches could for example broke something else.Seriously, I wouldn't post an accusation like "google fatal flaw" based on the words of some vice president of marketing who's selling "products and services for accelerating software development through the managed use of open source and third-party code" (the...

Tags: SECURITY, Google Inc., fatal flaw, open source

Discussion threads 2008-11-13