People now understand
that while Linux is about
Open Source, Open Source
isn't just about Linux.
Today the Open Source
frontier has moved well
up the software stack
into the application
domain. Firefox is
picking up market share
i...
Last month, BitDefender
(www.BitDefender.com)
made a couple substantial
Linux product
announcements. First, it
released version 1.6.2 of
its BitDefender for Samba
Linux File Servers
product. As part of the
new release, the company
...
Linux has come a long
way, quite quickly over
the past couple of years.
It has moved from a
system usable only by
those willing and able to
spend time installing,
configuring, and
re-configuring again to
systems that are sold by
a...
Userful of Calgary,
Alberta, makes a
resource-sharing system
for Linux called 1-Box
(www.userful.com). 1-Box
is a multiuser approach
to Linux desktop
computing that turns a
single computer into a
network of up to 10
workstations. ...
SpikeSource, a starry
Redwood City, California,
start-up providing Open
Source software testing
services, wants to
embolden enterprises to
use the Linux, Apache,
MySQL, and
PHP/Python/Perl (LAMP)
stack
(www.spikesource.com).
The...
Linux is infinitely
configurable. It's so
flexible it runs on
mainframes, cell phones,
PCs, even gaming stations
and digital video
recorders (DVRs). This is
one of its biggest
strengths especially for
those who want control or
the...
In the past 18 months,
mobile phone
manufacturers in Asia and
elsewhere have introduced
over a dozen handset
models based on Linux,
and before the end of
2005, you can expect to
see a dozen more smart
and feature phones
announced ...
Last month, I explained
how you can use the grep
and cut tools to extract
specific data fields from
complex XML-based files,
especially in the Safari
web browser's bookmarks
file on Mac OS X (yeah, I
know, Mac OS X isn't
Linux, but ...
With Linux now officially
'mainstream' in the
enterprise, the industry
pundits are starting to
pay a little more
attention to Linux
penetration figures
further down the food
chain. Early stats show
that we still have a ways
to go ...
Linux has built its
reputation as a server
operating system as a
premier platform for the
Web servers that power
the Internet and a key
building block in grid
computing. But does it
have a prominent place in
the future of mobile
computing?
Recently, I spent some
time trying out various
Linux distributions on my
late model Toshiba
laptop. Since that
article came out, several
new releases have come
out and I've tried a
couple of new distros. So
here's a brief update.
My philosophy about
adopting Open Source
software is to give
realistic advice for IT
directors faced with the
prospect of sorting out
this new wave of
technologies and business
models. It can certainly
be a daunting task. It's
one...
As with all big
conferences, LinuxWorld
Boston earlier this year
had a few broad themes
that you couldn't help be
exposed to just by
walking the floor. One
that caught me by
surprise was the
excitement around thin
client Linux. At...
Firefox and Thunderbird
are Open Source products
that are made available
by the Mozilla
Foundation. Open Source
development lets anyone
who wants to to examine
the source code, or if
they wish, to modify it.
There are a number of
...
A Milter is a
multi-threaded
email-filtering program.
Milters run in parallel
to sendmail, and can
review every aspect of
every email message.
Multiple Milters can run
in parallel, each dealing
with a different aspect
of email. Mi...
I was walking through our
local mega-mall the other
day when I saw something
new. Where the old food
court with the Papa Ginos
and the McDonalds had
once stood, there was now
a brand new and somewhat
bizarre-looking setup
with a big...
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I took the advice of a
friend of mine and
steered clear of the
'normal' movie theaters
and went a little out of
the way to go to a DLP
movie theater. The
experience
Canonical CEO Mark
Shuttleworth has been
telling Reuters that Sun
is in the process of
certifying Ubuntu on some
of its low-end and
mid-size hardware. The
code it's
Because AJAX moves so
much application logic
from the server to the
client, it forces many
developers to master a
wider range of web
technologies than ever
before. T
I installed Ubuntu on the
Toshiba laptop. Ubuntu
installed in 15 minutes -
49 for Windows XP and 125
for Windows Vista.
Ubuntu's desktop came
right up. I opened the
Zend has decided, and I
think this is a great
idea, to join in with the
Eclipse community that
was founded in large part
by IBM a number of years
ago. The values tha
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I took the advice of a
friend of mine and
steered clear of the
'normal' movie theaters
and went a little out of
the way to go to a DLP
movie theater. The
experience 
Canonical CEO Mark
Shuttleworth has been
telling Reuters that Sun
is in the process of
certifying Ubuntu on some
of its low-end and
mid-size hardware. The
code it's 
I installed Ubuntu on the
Toshiba laptop. Ubuntu
installed in 15 minutes -
49 for Windows XP and 125
for Windows Vista.
Ubuntu's desktop came
right up. I opened the 
Zend has decided, and I
think this is a great
idea, to join in with the
Eclipse community that
was founded in large part
by IBM a number of years
ago. The values tha