"The big three of Oracle, IBM and Microsoft continue to dominate the relational database sector but market researchers are being forced to change the way they study the market by the rise of open-source and hosted products."
Read more »Future of Enterprise Linux kernels
"I've been hearing from a lot of different companies and users about how the current "enterprise" Linux distros manage their kernels and the current problems they are having with them."
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Ubuntu Gutsy plans revealed
"The Ubuntu team yesterday released details of plans for its next release, Ubuntu Gutsy. New features include a mobile edition, the latest version Gnome and KDE 4.0 and improved hardware support."
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Linux and the “support barrier” — where do things stand?
"Green, a native of Chicago, saw his fair share of ups and downs as a Linux consultant and entrepreneur in the late 1990’s and early 00’s, so I thought it would be best to talk with him about the strengths, successes, challenges and even failures of Linux support today."
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Microkernel vendor joins Linux, ARM ecosystems
"Virtualizing microkernel vendor Open Kernel Labs (OK) has joined the partner ecosystems of ARM and MontaVista. The Chicago-based spin-out from Australia's national computer R&D thinktank says that mutual customers have combined its products with MontaVista Linux for nearly two years."
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OpenOffice 2.0 tutorial: Using SQL View, Query Design and more with Report Writer
" In OpenOffice 2.0 Reports, it's easy to do the simple stuff, like just printing the contents of a table or query. It requires no SQL know-how at all, just the ability to press F4 and click and drag. Creating interesting and more informative reports isn't hard; but you must be willing to step away from the wizard."
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Review: Fedora 7
"I have been using Fedora (formerly known as Fedora Core) since the first version came out. Following a bad experience with Fedora Core 2, I stuck to the odd numbered versions - invoking the Star Trek movie rule in reverse."
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A Linux User in Vista-land: Finishing Up
Over all I’m tolerant of using Vista.I feel comforatably using it, but it irks me sometimes.This is of course on a overall usability stand point and considering that I paid nothing for it. Vista is not free though. Not in the monetary sense or in the freedom sense.
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Switching to PCLINUXOS 2007 from Ubuntu - week 3 - final observations
This is my third week using PCLINUXOS (PCLOS) after switching from UBUNTU. THis will be my last rpsost on this and here are some final observations.
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Enable Complete Media Playback in Fedora 7
As we all know, Fedora 7 ships without support for playing MP3s, DVDs, and many other media types that we are exposed to every day. The default repositories don't offer much help with this problem, but luckily it is an easy one to fix.
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Damn Small Linux 3.4 RC1 arrives
The Damn Small Linux (DSL) project team on June 19 announced the availability of the first release candidate of the next version of its live CD mini-distribution based on Debian Linux. Damn Small Linux 3.4 features a 2.4.26 kernel and a lightweight Fluxbox desktop environment, the team said.
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Two new alternatives for the enterprise desktop
Today enterprise users have two new choices in desktop distributions. Mandriva Corporate Desktop 4.0 is an all-new version of Mandriva's enterprise workstation, while White Box Enterprise Linux 4 Respin 2 incorporates the recent OpenOffice.org and OpenOffice.org 2 updates.
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Linux Devs, Architects Talk Open Source at Collaboration Summit
Acceptance of the Linux open source operating system has been rising for years. However, the last six to nine months have seen tremendous development of the Linux desktop, according to the Linux Foundation's Amanda McPherson. That progress is remarkable compared to the six years it took Microsoft to get from Windows XP to Windows
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EnGarde Linux platform combines open source tools for unprecedented security
Guardian Digital, Inc., the world's pioneer in open source security solutions, today announced the latest innovation of its product portfolio with the launch of EnGarde Secure Linux: Community Edition, a freely-available version of its award-winning platform solution for unprecedented enterprise security.
Read more »The top five reasons why Mike likes Debian
Yeah, this is quite an old picture, but I just couldn't resist republishing it. It's fun, and it's still true. :)
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