Over the last few years,
we've seen and heard some
pretty visceral reactions
from the Linux community
to Microsoft-funded
reports about Linux.
Rightfully so - some of
the 'facts' in
Microsoft's 'Get the
Facts' campaign have been
o...
Linux and other Free and
Open Source Software
(FOSS) enjoy a reputation
for ubiquitous use in
educational settings.
While FOSS openness and
low acquisition costs
resonate with the
approach and needs of
academia, it's proving
diffi...
The rise of Open Source
and the well-known
problems of the
proprietary management
suites are driving
companies to the public
domain for simpler, more
cost-effective IT
management solutions.
Zenoss offers a new Open
Source alternat...
Public and commercial
Linux distributions
already contain most of
the functionality
expected by most users
from their computers.
However, when it comes to
Linux establishing a
beachhead on the desktop,
the battle turns to
applicat...
If one term could be
applied to the new Fedora
Core 5, it could well be
streamlined. The focus of
this release seems to be
more on the desktop user
because of the changes in
software management,
applications support, and
security co...
With more than 40
locations, Catholic
Healthcare West was
managing user identities
across hundreds of
applications running on
multiple platforms. A
streamlined identity
management solution
running on Linux has
increased security a...
We have measured
performance information
to distinguish the
differences between the
Windows and Linux
platforms. Given
comparable hardware we
found the performance
differences almost
trivial.
One of the most touted
benefits of Linux and
open source programs is
their flexibility.
However, as the
popularity of Linux has
grown, some of the
flexibility seems to have
been sacrificed. As
larger Linux vendors have
become more...
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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
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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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Yahoo! and its Yahoo! Go
Mobile 2.0 product,
another A-list brand has
entered the market.
Yahoo!'s presence, like
Apple's, expands the
number of