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Red Hat hits 52-week high after boost from analyst firm

Thursday, September 2, 2010 | DISTROS-NEWS

RALEIGH, N.C. – Shares in Red Hat (NYSE: RHT ) hit a new 52-week high of $36.46 on Thursday following an upgrade from Wall Street analyst firm Piper Jaffray. (read on…) Related items Shelton takes chairmanship of Red Hat Ganart Technologies Builds Financial Transaction Cloud on Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization General Hugh Shelton Elected Chairman of Red Hat Board...
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Sony’s Shocking ‘Other OS’ Win and Suspect Distro Popularity Trends

Thursday, September 2, 2010 | DISTROS-NEWS

Despite the best hopes of many of us in the community, the man suing Sony over the removal of the “other OS” feature from its PS3 has apparently lost his case. The bad news is that the man won’t get the money he had requested to compensate for an upgrade to his newly crippled...
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Novell ships Suse Linux for VMware

Thursday, September 2, 2010 | DISTROS-NEWS

Novell and VMware team up for virtual and cloud deployments VMware and Novell announced on Wednesday general availability of Suse Linux Enterprise Server for VMware, geared for use in virtualised and cloud environments. Suse Linux Enterprise Server for VMware is designed to reduce IT complexity and assist with the evolution to a fully virtualised...
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Suse Linux for VMware ships

Thursday, September 2, 2010 | DISTROS-NEWS

VMware and Novell announced on Wednesday general availability of Suse Linux Enterprise Server for VMware, geared for use in virtualized and cloud environments. Suse Linux Enterprise Server for VMware is designed to reduce IT complexity and assist with the evolution to a fully virtualized data center, the companies said. (read here…) Related items Novell Unveils SUSE Linux...
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Red Hat in talks to buy JBoss cloud fluffer Makara

Thursday, September 2, 2010 | DISTROS-NEWS

Middleware union Red Hat is in talks to buy a JBoss cloud provisioning startup called Makara, according to a source familiar with the matter.… (read on…) Related items Red Hat hits 52-week high after boost from analyst firm Red Hat to Webcast Results for Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2011 Increased Clientele for Red Hat Shelton takes chairmanship of Red Hat Growing...
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HP netbooks get dual-core Atoms

Wednesday, September 1, 2010 | DISTROS-NEWS

HP has revamped two of its 10.1-inch netbooks to include Intel’s recently announced, dual-core Atom N550 processor, along with optional Broadcom video accelerator chips. (read here…) Related items Ubuntu 10.10 beta arrives with new netbook UI A Good Reason to Use PCLinuxOS 2010 Novell Unveils SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for VMware Best Practices with sudo on Linux A Guide to Today’s...
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SUSE Linux hitches ride on enemy hypervisor

Wednesday, September 1, 2010 | DISTROS-NEWS

Straddles vSphere in search of cash VMworld Strange bedfellows VMware and Novell have officially released SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for VMware, a version of Novell’s open source OS that piggybacks on every copy of VMware’s vSphere hypervisor.… Free On-Demand Webcast – Virtualizing the Hard Stuff (read here…) Related items Novell Unveils SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for VMware Novell...
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Novell and VMware Deliver the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, at VMworld

Wednesday, September 1, 2010 | DISTROS-NEWS

Novell’s made a joint announcement with VMware at the VMworld 2010 conference today in San Francisco, delivering SUSE Linux Enterprise Server features to its wide array of clients. Novell stopped by TheCUBE to make the announcement, which was streamed live at SiliconANGLE.tv. This marks the first of several steps the companies will be taking...
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VMware and Novell Deliver SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for VMware(R)

Wednesday, September 1, 2010 | DISTROS-NEWS

SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(Marketwire – 09/01/10) – Today at VMworld 2010, VMware and Novell announced the general availability of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for VMware, the first step in the companies’ expanded partnership announced in June of 2010. The solution is designed to reduce IT complexity and accelerate the customer evolution to a fully virtualized...
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Ksplice Uptrack for Fedora Instantly Updates Kernel Without Having to Reboot

Wednesday, September 1, 2010 | DISTROS-NEWS

September 1, 2010 — Software developer Ksplice has launched its Ksplice Uptrack service for Fedora Linux, making it the latest Linux distribution to instantly install crucial updates and security patches without having to reboot. (read on…) Related items Gmail Videochat Comes to Linux Fedora 13 Samba Standalone Server With tdbsam Backend How to install Fedora 13 on a btrfs-formatted...
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