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@ 00:02:43 Bitrock on center stage with its Network Service You may never have heard of BitRock, the company that has traditionally competed with OpenLogic, SpikeSource, and SourceLabs in the "open-source stacks" business but has seen much more success with its excellent installers, which upwards of 60 percent of commercial open-source projects use including SugarCRM, JasperSoft, Ringside Networks, and more. The name may be unfamiliar to you, but not for long.
@ 23:34:23 VIA Releases 16K-Line FOSS Framebuffer Driver - Slashdot VIA Releases 16K-Line FOSS Framebuffer DriverSlashdot - 45 minutes agobillybob2 writes "VIA has released 16434 Lines Of Free & Open Source code that enables Linux natively to use the framebuffer on VIA's graphics chipsets. ...
@ 23:34:23 Linux File Systems: You Get What You Pay For - InternetNews.com Linux File Systems: You Get What You Pay ForInternetNews.com - May 9, 2008Linux file systems have a number of limitations that make them a poor choice for large and high-performance computing environments. ...
@ 23:34:23 Sun exec ponders OpenSolaris, Linux - InfoWorld Sun exec ponders OpenSolaris, LinuxInfoWorld, CA - May 9, 2008Prior to that, he was the founder of the Debian Linux distribution and CTO at the Linux Foundation. InfoWorld Editor at Large Paul Krill met with Murdock at ...
@ 23:34:23 LXer Weekly Roundup for 11-May-2008 - LXer (press release) LXer Weekly Roundup for 11-May-2008LXer (press release), TX - 2 hours agoIn this week's Roundup we have why Brazil loves Linux, a review of the top 5 tiny Distros, an article on how the Eee PC is easy enough for kids and why the ...
@ 23:34:23 Linux for the self-employed - eWeek Linux for the self-employedeWeek, NY - May 9, 2008This paper surveys Linux's suitability for use by owners of very small businesses and the self-employed. It was written by Howard Fosdick, a self-employed ...
@ 23:34:23 Crystal Ball Sunday #2: OpenSolaris vs. Linux - DaniWeb Crystal Ball Sunday #2: OpenSolaris vs. LinuxDaniWeb, VA - May 10, 2008Linux. The release of OpenSolaris on May 5th has caused quite a stir. Many say that it will replace Linux on the Desktop and in the Data Center. ...
@ 23:34:23 CNR supports Linux Mint, adds Weatherbug - eWeek CNR supports Linux Mint, adds WeatherbugeWeek, NY - May 8, 2008Linspire has upgraded its CNR.com (Click'N'Run) download site for Linux software to support the Ubuntu-based, consumer-friendly Linux Mint distribution. ...
@ 23:34:23 Sun Challenges Linux - SYS-CON Media SYS-CON MediaSun Challenges LinuxSYS-CON Media, NJ - May 9, 2008Indiana is the Linux-friendly Fedora-like OpenSolaris project meant to move the Solaris-shy Linux community off Linux and on to Solaris tempted by Solaris ...Citrix & Dell Partner on Server Virtualization SYS-CON MediaAras Delivers Version 9 of Advanced Model-Based SOA for Enerprise PLM SYS-CON MediaDvorak Talks About "AMD vs Intel" at JavaOne Live on SYS-CON.TV SYS-CON MediaSYS-CON Mediaall 19 news articles
@ 23:34:22 How the NSA Took Linux To the Next Level - Slashdot How the NSA Took Linux To the Next LevelSlashdot - 1 hour agoSELinux adds both MAC and RBAC to the GNU/Linux operating system." rstewart writes: "The NSA has released a new version of SELinux for public consumption. ...
@ 23:34:22 Why we love Ubuntu Linux (or maybe we don't) - iTWire Why we love Ubuntu Linux (or maybe we don't)iTWire, Australia - 5 hours agoI posed these questions to readers and LUG members; here?s the feedback from real-life Linux users. First some very brief notes on my own Linux journey. ...
@ 23:31:50 FlickrFS for Linux Manish Rai Jain developed an interesting tool for Linux based upone the FUSE kernel module that allows you to mount your Flickr account and manage you photos and tag. “Flickrfs makes uploading to, downloading from, and organizing a Flickr account just like handling files in a mounted file system. After installing and setting up the link [...]
@ 23:31:50 Nagios - Host And Service Monitoring Tool Nagios is a popular host and service monitoring tool used by many administrators to keep an eye on their systems. It watches hosts across the local area network (LAN) and/or across the Internet, services that you can specify, alerting you when things go bad. Nagios is included in several OS distributions and security packages. As of [...]
@ 23:27:44 Anatomy of Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) Linux® has been described as one of the most secure operating systems available, but the National Security Agency (NSA) has taken Linux to the next level with the introduction of Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux).
@ 23:02:03 PediaOpeness.org is now open. Ever had a problem getting your site or subject listed on the Wikipedia? Have an Existing site on the Wikipedia? You should read this then. read more
@ 23:01:57 The Popup Scrollbar Concept As you may remember from our series on common usability terms, I have a lot of interest in graphical user interface concepts. In addition, I applaud anyone trying to improve existing concepts, people that try to think beyond set conventions to come up with an improved version of that concept, or a new concept altogether. Thorsten Wilms took on the well-established concept of the scrollbar, and came up with a few interesting tweaks.[Sort of FOSS related, but too cool not to share. - Scott]
@ 22:33:59 Why we love Ubuntu Linux (or maybe we don't) - iTWire Why we love Ubuntu Linux (or maybe we don't)iTWire, Australia - 4 hours agoI posed these questions to readers and LUG members; here?s the feedback from real-life Linux users. First some very brief notes on my own Linux journey. ...
@ 22:33:59 Linux File Systems: You Get What You Pay For - InternetNews.com Linux File Systems: You Get What You Pay ForInternetNews.com - May 9, 2008Linux file systems have a number of limitations that make them a poor choice for large and high-performance computing environments. ...
@ 22:33:59 Sun exec ponders OpenSolaris, Linux - InfoWorld Sun exec ponders OpenSolaris, LinuxInfoWorld, CA - May 9, 2008Prior to that, he was the founder of the Debian Linux distribution and CTO at the Linux Foundation. InfoWorld Editor at Large Paul Krill met with Murdock at ...
@ 22:33:59 LXer Weekly Roundup for 11-May-2008 - LXer (press release) LXer Weekly Roundup for 11-May-2008LXer (press release), TX - 1 hour agoIn this week's Roundup we have why Brazil loves Linux, a review of the top 5 tiny Distros, an article on how the Eee PC is easy enough for kids and why the ...
@ 22:33:59 Linux for the self-employed - eWeek Linux for the self-employedeWeek, NY - May 9, 2008This paper surveys Linux's suitability for use by owners of very small businesses and the self-employed. It was written by Howard Fosdick, a self-employed ...
@ 22:33:59 Crystal Ball Sunday #2: OpenSolaris vs. Linux - DaniWeb Crystal Ball Sunday #2: OpenSolaris vs. LinuxDaniWeb, VA - May 10, 2008Linux. The release of OpenSolaris on May 5th has caused quite a stir. Many say that it will replace Linux on the Desktop and in the Data Center. ...
@ 22:33:59 CNR supports Linux Mint, adds Weatherbug - eWeek CNR supports Linux Mint, adds WeatherbugeWeek, NY - May 8, 2008Linspire has upgraded its CNR.com (Click'N'Run) download site for Linux software to support the Ubuntu-based, consumer-friendly Linux Mint distribution. ...
@ 22:33:59 Sun Challenges Linux - SYS-CON Media SYS-CON MediaSun Challenges LinuxSYS-CON Media, NJ - May 9, 2008Indiana is the Linux-friendly Fedora-like OpenSolaris project meant to move the Solaris-shy Linux community off Linux and on to Solaris tempted by Solaris ...Citrix & Dell Partner on Server Virtualization SYS-CON MediaAras Delivers Version 9 of Advanced Model-Based SOA for Enerprise PLM SYS-CON MediaDvorak Talks About "AMD vs Intel" at JavaOne Live on SYS-CON.TV SYS-CON MediaSYS-CON Mediaall 19 news articles
@ 22:33:59 Are MCSEs too stupid to learn Linux? - InfoWorld Are MCSEs too stupid to learn Linux?InfoWorld, CA - May 8, 2008According to this joker, learning Linux, Solaris or any other *NIX derivative requires a degree of conceptual understanding that MCSEs are either unwilling ...