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Linux : Articles : Eclipse Goes Native
Posted: ( Mon 28th Jun 2004 04:20:24[PM] UTC )
Red Hat's Eclipse Engineering team has freed the popular integrated development environment from its ties to a proprietary Java Virtual Machine.

main : Articles : An open-source shot in the arm?
Posted: ( Mon 28th Jun 2004 04:20:24[PM] UTC )
Medicine: The open-source model is a good way to produce software, as the example of Linux shows. Could the same collaborative approach now revitalise medical research too?

Linux : Opinions : Linux vs. Apple: An Uncomfortable Battle
Posted: ( Thu 17th Jun 2004 04:15:56[PM] UTC )
Linux represents a threat and an opportunity for every software and hardware company. Apple is once again at the crossroads. While it will take a couple of years before we know whether the company will make the right choice, one thing is clear: Apple's path is about to become vastly more interesting.

Linux : News : ARM unveils multi-processor core with Linux SMP support
Posted: ( Thu 17th Jun 2004 04:12:41[PM] UTC )
ARM Ltd. will unveil a unique multi-processor core technology, capable of up to 4-way cache coherent symmetric multi-processing (SMP) running Linux.

main : News : Open-source companies see profit aplenty
Posted: ( Thu 17th Jun 2004 04:12:41[PM] UTC )
It's easy to make money giving away software--just don't give away too much of it.

Linux : News : Linux contributors face new rules
Posted: ( Thu 17th Jun 2004 04:12:41[PM] UTC )
Open Source Development Labs, which promotes adoption of Linux, said Monday it is putting in place a new system to better track and document changes to the operating system's kernel.

Linux : News : Oracle to finish Linux makeover this year
Posted: ( Thu 17th Jun 2004 04:12:41[PM] UTC )
Oracle will finish switching its 9,000-person in-house programming staff to Linux by the end of 2004, the database powerhouse said Wednesday.

Linux : News : Linux smartphone "killer app" ready for combat
Posted: ( Thu 17th Jun 2004 04:12:41[PM] UTC )
Linux appears ready to take on Microsoft and Symbian in the smartphone market, with Trolltech's launch this week of a mobile phone app stack delivering PDA-like features on feature-phone-level hardware. Qtopia Phone Edition supports keypad and touchscreen devices, and nearly any processor that can run Linux.

Linux : Howtos : Reboot Linux faster using kexecr using kexec
Posted: ( Mon 31st May 2004 05:21:22[PM] UTC )
Even if your work doesn't require you to reboot your Linux machine several times a day, waiting for a system to reboot can be a real drag. Enter kexec. Essentially, kexec is a fast reboot feature that lets you reboot to a new Linux kernel -- without having to go through a bootloader.

Linux : Interviews : SuSE CTO: Novell gives Linux 'muscle'
Posted: ( Mon 31st May 2004 05:19:58[PM] UTC )
Novell Inc. is banking its re-entry into the consciousness of IT shops on Linux. Through its acquisitions of Ximian and SuSE Linux AG last year, Novell is working hard to regain its stature as a major technology player. In this interview, SuSE chief technology officer Juergen Geck touches on Novell's Linux strategy, starting with its recent release of the YaST (Yet another Setup Tool) management tool to open source, his thoughts on back-porting features from the 2.6 kernel and SuSE's product road map for the rest of 2004.

OpenBSD : Interviews : OpenBSD PF Developer Interview
Posted: ( Mon 31st May 2004 05:19:58[PM] UTC )
OpenBSD's PF packet filter has grown in power and appeal since its introduction in OpenBSD 3.0. With the imminent release of OpenBSD 3.5, Federico Biancuzzi interviewed several leading OpenBSD developers for their thoughts on PF and new features.

Linux : Interviews : Linux For Everyone: From Servers To Desktops
Posted: ( Mon 31st May 2004 05:19:58[PM] UTC )
With a stream of Linux based desktop alternatives flooding the market, the battle against software giant Microsoft has reached higher ground. The latest entrant, a company called Everyone's Linux (ELX), is all set to launch its product range in India, with a radically different mantra - "If you cant beat them with innovation, ape them." Interestingly, the Hyderabad based company has recently appointed ex-SCO employee Manojit Majumdar to spearhead its sales effort in the country.

Linux : News : Q&A: Red Hat's Szulik sees desktop Linux take off
Posted: ( Mon 31st May 2004 05:18:27[PM] UTC )
Red Hat announced a new version of the Linux operating system software today: Red Hat Desktop, which has been designed for corporate use and will be a companion product to the company's current desktop offering, Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS

Linux : News : Novell launches test of open-source project
Posted: ( Mon 31st May 2004 05:18:27[PM] UTC )
Novell has launched a test release of an open-source project that recreates Microsoft's .Net programming framework on Linux and Unix.

Linux : Opinions : Red Hat: Open source GFS
Posted: ( Fri 30th Apr 2004 07:17:58[AM] UTC )
Global File System (GFS) is a cluster file-system for operating system distributions based on the Linux kernel. It is used as a shared file-system commonly on share-accessible block storage such as fibre-channel, shared SCSI, iSCSI and FireWire (IEEE 1394) devices. Logical Volume Manager (LVM) is a Linux kernel component and a set of user-land utilities which allow a system-administrator to group physical block storage devices into logical storage pools and create logical block-storage volumes out of them which are more wieldable and manageable and provide some useful features over the partition approach.