Linux Operating Systems

Red Hat passes Microsoft’s stock price, now what?

Not since the heady days of the dot com boom has the share market for an open source company's stock been brighter. As of the last Nasdaq trade on October 19, 2009, Red Hat's share price stood at $28.46 with the mighty...

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EMC announces new Retrospect 8.1 for Mac now available

EMC Corporation, the world's specialist in information infrastructure solutions, today announced that EMC Retrospect 8.1, the company's trusted backup and recovery software for the Mac platform, is now available through...

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KELLNER: Ubuntu Linux powers up

"Is there an alternative to all this? Quite possibly, and its name is Linux — specifically, Ubuntu Linux. Version 9.10 is expected to debut Oct. 29. "The nice thing about Ubuntu is that it really is free: Just download a disc...

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Tom's Definitive Linux Software Roundup: Communications Apps

Tom's Hardware: "In this segment, we will be focusing on communications applications. While these apps still rely on Internet access to function, their focus is to allow the user to communicate with other individuals using the...

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Does Linux Suck?

Linux is the solution to all engineering problems. The Embedded Systems Conference in Farnborough, England a couple of weeks ago had a panel about the state of the embedded industry. One question from the audience was about the...

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Windows and Online Banking: A Dangerous Mix

that suggested that rather than doing online banking from a Windows computer, a much safer approach is to re-boot using Linux (either from a CD, USB flash drive or a memory card) and running Firefox under Linux to access...

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Linux is just too open

Really Linux: "The Problem with Linux is that it is forthright, open and honest. Now I know how much the editors here hate when I anthropomorphize an operating system, but it is fundamentally true. Linux, in my view, remains...

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Novell Set to Launch openSUSE 11.2

There is a lot of buzz in the tech media world about the upcoming Ubuntu Karmic Koala release , but it's not the only Linux release on its way from a major vendor. Novell's (NASDAQ: NOVL) community-driven openSUSE project is...

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News Story 2009's Top 10 Reader's Choice Linux Distributions

My "10 Best Linux Distributions of 2009 (http://www.daniweb.com/news/story229382.html)" list drew a bit of disdain from some of my readers, so I thought I'd make it up to them by posting a list of Linux distributions that they...

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SCO boots boss McBride

Linux lawsuits live Unix code claimant SCO Group has jettisoned its controversial captain, Darl McBride, as part of the company's latest scheme to emerge from bankruptcy.… The power of collaboration within unified communications

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