'Linux received a fair amount of attention in 2003,' writes the OSDL's head honcho Stuart Cohen. 'Perhaps a little bit more than its fair share.' You can tell that a technology has made it into the mainstream, Cohen adds, when it's the cover story in major business magazines; or perha... Mar. 14, 2004 Reads: 14,586 Replies: 6 |
If you're like me, one of the most interesting things about following Linux is being constantly amazed at how many radically different directions you can see it going in. For example, in the last 30 days I've talked to people about Linux applications running on platforms ranging from ... Feb. 18, 2004 Reads: 10,674 |
Nothing unites people more than a common cause. In the Linux world the 'cause' is ensuring the freedom to pick and choose how we do business (with regards to IT) and the ability to work together to make something better than the individual parts. So it was fitting that at LinuxWorld in... Feb. 18, 2004 Reads: 13,116 |
In January, as thousands of Linux OS enthusiasts streamed onto the show floor and into conference sessions at the 2004 LinuxWorld Conference & Expo, they caught up with an old friend who many barely recognized. In a span of only 12 months, Linux has evolved from an emerging technology ... Feb. 18, 2004 Reads: 10,845 Replies: 1 |
If you want to maximize the powerful capabilities of Red Hat Enterprise and Fedora Linux, you'll want to check out Red Hat Enterprise Linux & Fedora Edition: The Complete Reference, by Richard Petersen and Ibrahim Haddad. In this Q&A, Kevin Bedell asks these experts a few questions a... Feb. 18, 2004 Reads: 12,629 |
When people hear that open source software is often free and overall cheaper than proprietary solutions, they're intrigued. But how much cheaper is another question. What other costs are involved? This article examines the budgetary impact of migrating corporate desktops to open sourc... Feb. 18, 2004 Reads: 23,494 Replies: 2 |
In this month's column, Dr. Migration takes a look at the Linux desktop from an applications point of view. Although widespread adoption of desktop Linux isn't a reality yet, the prognosis is good. I recently wrote an article for LinuxWorld.com on a user-oriented Linux distribution coi... Feb. 18, 2004 Reads: 15,097 Replies: 2 |
While OSCAR (Open Source Cluster Application Resource) has been conceived for clusters with disks since its very first version, diskless and systemless support was a feature that a lot of people expected. The Center for Scientific Computing has built several clusters without disks; we ... Feb. 18, 2004 Reads: 14,442 |
By the time you receive this update Samba-3 will be four months old. Amazingly, the first update took three months. Samba-3.0.1 shipped December 19, and Samba-3.0.2 shipped in February. Feb. 18, 2004 Reads: 13,155 |
MCNC is a nonprofit organization located in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. It was founded by the state General Assembly in 1980 to drive technology-based economic development in North Carolina by partnering with universities, businesses, and government. Feb. 18, 2004 Reads: 10,696 |
It's a familiar story. IT departments in industry, government, and academic organizations struggle to keep up with their users' insatiable demand for processing power. Every 18 months, just as Moore's law predicted, processing power doubles. IT departments buy and install new systems. ... Feb. 18, 2004 Reads: 9,012 |
This article describes the HA-OSCAR architecture and features, and demonstrates how to set up a highly available Linux cluster using the first beta release of HA-OSCAR version 1.0. Feb. 18, 2004 Reads: 19,502 |
I only started using Linux in November of last year and quickly became a huge fan. I generally learn by running into an issue and then finding an answer - which can often be a slow way to learn. Sometimes you just need a push to get the ball rolling. Sometimes you need a little struct... Feb. 18, 2004 Reads: 16,135 Replies: 1 |
The Internet is a place designed and destined to be host to the exchange and sharing of information. All kinds of information - some good, some bad. Since the September 11 attacks, we have seen the emergence of two distinct mind-sets regarding tracking, publishing, and sharing informat... Feb. 18, 2004 Reads: 12,243 Replies: 2 |
Four years ago, OpenOffice.org didn't exist. Today, it is probably not only the largest free software project in the world, but also the most important. On a personal level, it's also become a major feature of my life - which explains this column. Feb. 18, 2004 Reads: 18,393 Replies: 15 |
As Linux moves in everywhere within enterprise computing - in embedded solutions, on the desktop, in distributed applications, and on mainframes - the Linux Business Week News Desk brings you all the latest developments. Feb. 18, 2004 Reads: 11,317 |