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- Solaris
- A multitasking, multiprocessing operating system from Sun that runs on SPARC and x86-based computers. In 2005, Sun made Solaris free and open source. Known for its robustness and...
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ZDNet Resources
- OpenSolaris 2009.06 Release
- Sun Microsystems' OpenSolaris June 2009 release boasts a number of significant usability and performance improvements. by Jason Perlow
- Tags: OpenSolaris, Solaris, Sun, Oracle, Open Source, Linux, Jason Perlow
- Image galleries 2009-06-08
- Sun xVM VirtualBox 1.6 and VMWare 2.0 Server
- The two latest and greatest free commercial host-based virtualization products from Sun and VMWare by Jason Perlow
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Server, VMware Inc., Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Jason Perlow, vmware, xvm, virtualbox, virtualization, linux, windows, macintosh, solaris
- Image galleries 2008-05-16
- Robotic car preps for DARPA Challenge
- Paul Perrone, CEO of Perrone Robotics, introduces Tommy Jr., a driverless car powered by Solaris and Java, created for the DARPA Urban Challenge. The vehicle made an appearance on stage at the JavaOne conference last week in San Francisco. Tommy Jr. will navigate using laser "eyes" mounted on the body...
- Tags: Car, DARPA, Sun Solaris, GPS, UNIX, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, JavaOne, robot, Solaris, Servers
- Videos 2008-05-15
- OpenSolaris 2008.05 Release
- Installation and UI Gallery for OpensSolaris 2008.05 Distribution by Jason Perlow
- Tags: solaris, gnome, open source, OpenSolaris, Jason Perlow
- Image galleries 2008-05-04
Additional Resources
- FAA hit with network glitch; Flight plans go manual
- Another glitch with a linux network? Its hard to believe people still use it for anything critical like the FAA and flight tracking. Its a toy OS and should not be used when the lives of people are dependent upon it.Cisco supplies the network backboneIt will be interesting to see...
- Tags: Operating systems, Sun Solaris, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, network, FAA, operating system, Flight Plan, network glitch, Linux
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- Do we need a 'beautiful mess' in operating systems? Yup
- To make a good soup, you've got to stir the pot...Ok, sure - it turns cloudy, short-term. Just be sure to filter it or let it settle, before serving.Whereas the classic 'design-by-committee' model so often fails, its always useful to have multiple, talented teams working on similar projects, independently. With...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Programming languages, Linux Distro, operating system, John Gruber, Linux, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- My new daughter is a lot like Linux
- Windoze is a boys smelly diaper, Linux is a girls one, that's the messageI guess some people will never be mature enough to get it.Handling the learning curve...is not very hard. Particularly when you let them use the simple Gnome user interface which the standard Ubuntu has.Maybe this website of...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, diaper
- Discussion threads 2009-11-16
- Wireshark 1.2.4 (Mac)
- Wireshark is the world's foremost network protocol analyzer, and is the standard in many industries. It is the continuation of a project that started in 1998. Hundreds of developers around the world have contributed to it, and it is still under active development. Read/write many different aWireshark is the world's...
- Tags: Radcom Ltd., Apple Macintosh, Network, Visual Networks Inc., Industry, Analysis, Wireshark, Wireshark Development, Networking, Linux, WANs, Network Technology, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2009-11-16
- Radiator 4.5.1 (Mac)
- Radiator RADIUS server is flexible, extensible, and authenticates from a huge range of auth methods, including Wireless, TLS, TTLS, PEAP, LEAP, FAST, SQL, proxy, DBM, files, LDAP, NIS+, password, NT SAM, Emerald, Platypus, Freeside, TACACS+, PAM, external, OPIE, POP3, EAP, Active Directory and Apple Password Server. Interoperates with Vasco Digipass,...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Consultant, Apple Mac OS, LDAP, Network Security, Operating Systems, Sun Solaris, Linux, Directory Services, Ssl/Tls, Digital Security, Software, Enterprise Software, Networking, Security
- Software downloads 2009-11-16
- Is it OK to use OEM Windows on your own PC? Don't ask Microsoft
- RE: Is it OK to use OEM Windows on your own PC? Don't ask MicrosoftI built my current desktop in July and purchased/installed an OEM version of Vista Home Premium. I also took advantage of Microsoft's free upgrade to Windows 7 Home Premium which I installed on the same PC....
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Desktops, Operating systems, cost difference, Microsoft Corp., OEM, Is it OK, Microsoft Windows, PC
- Discussion threads 2009-11-15
- Aqua Data Studio 8.0.4 (Windows)
- AquaFold today announced the availability of Aqua Data Studio , which provides new database tools and functionality and bundled with a complete verstion control client for Subversion and CVS. New tools include SQL Debuggers for Oracle and Sybase ASE, Object Search tool, SQL History Archive, Server Script Generator and Data...
- Tags: SQL, Tool, AquaFold, Aqua Data Studio, Productivity, Microsoft Windows, Databases, Programming Languages, Sun Solaris, Operating Systems, UNIX, Software, Enterprise Software, Data Management, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Software downloads 2009-11-13
- Is MySQL an "albatross" around the neck of Larry Ellison?
- The EC is CLUELESSAbsolutely NOTHING changes about MySQL or its license open source with the buy out.infiltrated M$ agents are obfuscating this issueThe MySql should be a slam dunk, but M$ agents are feeding false information to the commision to harm OSS.Are you sure about that?MySql (and of course SUN...
- Tags: Databases, MySQL, open source, Larry Ellison, Microsoft Corp., agent
- Discussion threads 2009-11-10
- InstallBuilder 6.2.5 (Mac)
- BitRock InstallBuilder turns application packaging and deployment into a fast, easy and cost-effective process for developers. The development tool allows you to quickly create easy to use, multiplatform installers that have a native look and feel across Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, HP-UX, AIX, FreeBSD, Mac OS X, Solaris, and...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Environment, GUI, Integration, BitRock, InstallBuilder, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Operating Systems, Desktops, UNIX, Software, Hardware
- Software downloads 2009-11-10
- The real pros and cons of server virtualization
- YepVMwear is starting to look like Windoze - adding unneeded functionality just because it can. Moving VMs around from server to server live - is COOL. But why do you need it? If you are on a consolidation binge and utilization is king, then there will be no "extra" capacity...
- Tags: Linux, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, UNIX, Servers, Virtualization, server virtualization, VMwear, server
- Discussion threads 2009-11-07
- Scaring yourself and others
- Hogwash!First of all, if you're paying for a static IP address, why did your ISP change it? Did the notify you prior to changing it? If not, they can get in deep trouble for that.Second, on today's hardware using virtualization causes little to no noticeable performance hit. ...
- Tags: Virtualization, Operating systems, Servers, VMware Inc., Sun Solaris
- Discussion threads 2009-10-31
- ZFS on Snow Leopard? Forget about it!
- Isn't it funny how the Apple crowd ........ attacked Microsoft when WinFS was pulled from Vista but appear to be totally absent on this story? I can't wait to see how they alibi Apple for this move.They'll defend it based upon licensingbut all that will prove is Apple was...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, ZFS, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., WinFS
- Discussion threads 2009-10-27
- Will OpenSolaris survive Oracle?
- We can only hope so! It would make a much better back end than what linux has to offer. Solaris has always been a solid performer and is a real UNIX, not some hacked up clone like linux. The best option for Oracle would be to ditch linux...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Sun Solaris, Oracle Corp., OpenSolaris, Open Solaris
- Discussion threads 2009-10-27
- txt2pdf 10.0 (Mac)
- txt2pdf to convert old txt (also IBM codepage 437), spool, text, textual report to nice pdf (form, invoice, report, sale sheet) on Windows, Solaris, Linux HP-UX, AIX, Mac OS X, tru64, openvms, sco, irix, bsd, ... Support for Japanese, Chinese simplified and traditional, Korean, Czech, Greek, Polish, Hebrew, Thai, Cyrillic...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Report, Sanface Software, Apple Mac OS X, Operating Systems, Sun Solaris, UNIX, Linux, Apple Mac OS, Desktops, Servers, Software, Hardware
- Software downloads 2009-10-27
- R-Studio Data Recovery 2.0 build 903 (Mac)
- R-Studio for Mac is powerful and cost-effective data recovery software for Apple lovers. R-Studio for Mac is specially designed for Mac OS environment and recovers files from HFS/HFS+ Macintosh, FAT/NTFS Windows, UFS1/UFS2 (FreeBSD/OpenBSD/NetBSD/Solaris) and Ext2FS/Ext3FS Linux partitions. It also recovers data on disks, even if their partitions are formatted, damaged...
- Tags: Data Recovery, Apple Macintosh, Disk, File System, Desktops, Hardware
- Software downloads 2009-10-27
- VMware Workstation 7.0 (Windows)
- VMware Workstation is powerful virtualization software for software developers/testers and enterprise IT professionals that runs multiple operating systems simultaneously on a single PC. Users can run Windows, Linux, NetWare, or Solaris x86 in fully networked, portable virtual machines - no rebooting or hard drive partitioning required. VMware Workstation delivers excellent...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, VMware Inc., VMware Workstation, Virtualization, Desktop Virtualization, Hardware
- Software downloads 2009-10-27
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