Dead Oracle OEM contract backlash Server maker Hewlett-Packard and commercial Linux juggernaut Red Hat have teamed up to help shops using Oracle’s Sparc/Solaris platforms make the jump to Linux-based x64 iron. (read on…) Related items Red Hat notches up another KVM cloud win Red Hat previews Terabyte-bustin’ next virtual machine (The Register) Red Hat pulls plug on Itanium with...
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Last time in the KDE contributor interview series, we talked with the KDE developer Stephen Kelly from KDE PIM . We’ve been digging around in the KDE interview vaults and found this interesting discussion we had with Albert Astals Cid on 12 May 2010. Albert is well known in KDE from his work with...
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Ubuntu is widely regarded as a distribution that’s geared for Linux beginners, so most Ubuntu tips are aimed at the newbie crowd. Jack Wallen introduces some more sophisticated tricks to enhance your Ubuntu experience. (more…) Related items Ubuntu 10.04: A Second Look Has Dell Dropped Ubuntu Linux? Debian Opens ‘Derivatives Front Desk’ to Encourage Upstream Contributions Dell’s ‘Love Letter’ to...
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Jack Wallen hands out some instructional information on how to enable RGBA support on the Ubuntu 10.04 desktop.That means full blown GTK+ transparency. (more…) Related items Linux HMI Software interprets multi-finger gestures. Data Protection Software suits Mac and Linux enterprise users. (ThomasNet) PGP Corporation Announces New Data Protection Solutions for Mac and Linux Enterprise Users (PR Newswire via Yahoo!...
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The team behind the Peppermint cloud-based flavor of Linux is at it again, this time delivering Peppermint Ice a new version of Peppermint featuring Site Specific Browser (SSB) technology for launching web applications and cloud applications. (more…) Related items Microsoft updates Linux virtual machine support LVM, RAID, XFS and EXT3 file systems tuning for small files massive...
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Tech Source: “Let us take a look at some of the most popular virtualization software available for Linux: VirtualBox– VirtualBox is currently my favorite virtualization software and used it mainly for trying different Linux distributions…” (more…) Related items Ubuntu 10.04: A Second Look The Most Popular Web Server Linux Is… openSUSE 11.3 arrives with experimental Btrfs support New Linux Kernel,...
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Linux Journal: “Pardus Linux is one of those distributions that doesn’t get the attention it probably deserves. Pardus makes a wonderful desktop system for those that prefer ease of use.” (more…) Related items Microsoft updates Linux virtual machine support Ubuntu 10.04: A Second Look KDE 4.5 Screenshot Tour Warning: Five Things to Know Before Switching to Linux Dell expands Ubuntu Linux...
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The openSUSE project has announced the official release of openSUSE 11.3, a major update of the popular Linux distribution. The new version brings several noteworthy technical improvements and new features for users and developers. It ships with version 2.6.34 of the Linux kernel and Xorg 7.5. The new open source Nouveau driver is used...
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The community Linux distribution gets a slew of enhancements, like new support for a filesystem that’s gaining ground among major Linux players. (read on…) Related items Novell openSUSE 11.3 Linux OS Gets Btrfs, New Kernel Why I Can Never Be Exclusive to Linux and Open Source on the Desktop (Linux Today) openSUSE 11.3 arrives with experimental Btrfs support News OpenSUSE...
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