Linux Install Too Complicated? Try a Vista Install Community: "Now, if this guide is the way to clean install Vista, then don't ever tell me that Windows users are unable to follow guides for Linux or *BSD installations..." [Link repaired. -ed.] (Apr 29, 2008)
Linux Today Features
Update: Hans Reiser Guilty of First Degree Murder Wired: "Jurors found Linux programmer Hans Reiser guilty of first degree murder on Monday, concluding he killed his estranged wife in 2006. The verdict followed a nearly six-month trial and nearly three days of deliberation..." [Coverage of post-trial press conference added. -ed] (Apr 29, 2008)
SaaS, Open Source and the Migration of Burden (May 8, 2008, 21:45 UTC) (844 reads)
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(feedback) McPherson: "Just the week before I had a reporter ask me how Linux is going to deal with the threat of cloud computing. The threat? I told her that virtually all of the major cloud computing initiatives (except Microsoft’s) are built on Linux..."
If They Mated: Intel and Cray to Conceive x86 Linux Monster (Apr 30, 2008, 19:30 UTC) (1877 reads)
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(feedback) Ars Technica: "In a move that could have broad implications for the high-performance computing market, Intel and Cray have announced a broad collaboration that will see engineers from the two companies work together on future products and projects..."
Linux and Formula One (Apr 30, 2008, 09:00 UTC) (2553 reads)
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(feedback) ITPro: "It is a testament to the rapid advance of Linux in high performance computing that most teams in Formula 1 have been using Linux systems in their aerodynamic and engine workshops for a number of years..."
OpenOffice.org Storms Away--On the Continent (Apr 20, 2008, 00:00 UTC) (7207 reads)
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(feedback) Computerworld UK: "Some people get sniffy about OpenOffice.org, calling it mickey mouse in comparison to the 'serious' and 'grown-up' Microsoft Office..."
Anatomy of Real-Time Linux Architectures (Apr 18, 2008, 04:30 UTC) (2151 reads)
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(feedback) developerWorks: "This article explores some of the Linux architectures that support real-time characteristics and discusses what it really means to be a real-time architecture..."
Paravirtualization Dead? I Didn't Know It Was Sick (Apr 17, 2008, 22:30 UTC) (3234 reads)
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(feedback) "A friend of mind sent me this link to an entry on Avi Kivity's blog, where the KVM maintainer and Linux kernel developer states (somewhat equivocally) that 'paravirtualization is dead...'"
Monster Savings from Virtualization on Sesame Street (Apr 3, 2008, 18:45 UTC) (1844 reads)
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(feedback) CIO: "Noah Broadwater, VP of information services for Sesame Street Workshop, likes using open source virtualization tools for several good reasons--starting with green ones that have nothing to do with Oscar the Grouch..."
Oracle Expands Its Linux Base (Mar 26, 2008, 14:15 UTC) (1497 reads)
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(feedback) internetnews.com: "Oracle claims that it continues to pick up users for its Linux offering and now is set to add new clustering capabilities to the mix..."
We Don't Need No Stinking Black Boxes (Mar 26, 2008, 00:00 UTC) (2069 reads)
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(feedback) Between the Lines: "In Late February, VMWare announced the release of ESX Server 3i, the first release of their embedded hypervisor platform for OEMs..."
Hyper-V Leaves Linux Out In The Cold (Mar 21, 2008, 03:15 UTC) (2968 reads)
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(feedback) NetworkWorld: "Though I'm anxious for Hyper-V to be released, especially the standalone version (which is not what this RC announcement was about), I'm very disappointed in Hyper-V's lack of support for Linux..."
From the Tree of Knowledge (Mar 20, 2008, 22:30 UTC) (1426 reads)
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(feedback) Hoosier Penguin: "Lately it seems that there are two major directions in open source software development: match proprietary software feature-for-feature, with some additional features thrown in for the extra cool factor..."
Open Source's Green Claims (Mar 19, 2008, 15:45 UTC) (1615 reads)
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(feedback) Financial Times: "The combination of free software from the likes of Linux and GNU with virtualisation--which maximises computing efficiency--is a compelling proposition..."
Novell Comes to Sesame Street (Mar 19, 2008, 13:30 UTC) (1576 reads)
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(feedback) Between the Lines: "Novell on Tuesday announced that Sesame Workshop, the non-profit behind Sesame Street, is a reference customer..."
Parallel Computing's Already Here (Mar 18, 2008, 00:45 UTC) (2815 reads)
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(feedback) eWeek: "Microsoft's Craig Mundie is right. Parallel computing is going to change everything about computing, but his timing is off. Thanks to Linux, it's been here for years..."
Will Pre-Installed Virtualization Challenge Linux Leaders? (Mar 6, 2008, 04:00 UTC) (2524 reads)
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(feedback) 451 CAOS Theory: "We have been hearing rumblings about the server operating system and its role being disrupted by virtualization as companies such as VMware push hypervisor and virtualization management software beyond the OS directly to the server..."
MPI Benchmarks on Intel Multi-core (Mar 5, 2008, 05:30 UTC) (1804 reads)
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(feedback) ClusterMonkey: "In particular, I am most interested in how multi-core and MPI play in the HPC space. There is plenty to discuss, but for some interesting benchmark numbers, read on..."
Announcement--openMosix Project Ends
(Feb 29, 2008, 16:45 UTC) (2700 reads)
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(feedback) LinuxPR: "Moshe Bar, openMosix founder and project leader, has confirmed the previously announced plans to end the openMosix Project effective March 1, 2008..."
Sun Snags Innotek--Should I Wince? (Feb 17, 2008, 13:00 UTC) (5582 reads)
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(feedback) InformationWeek: "Sun just made another open source acquisition: Innotek, the makers of the open source VirtualBox virtual machine application. Unlike MySQL, though, this is one open source acquisition that hits home for me in a major way..."
SGI Acquires Linux Networx (Feb 15, 2008, 17:30 UTC) (2519 reads)
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(feedback) eWeek: "The acquisition should help SGI build Linux-based clusters for high-performance computing..."
What if Ubuntu Hosted a Repository and Nobody Came? (Feb 14, 2008, 01:00 UTC) (3917 reads)
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(feedback) Datamation: "Last week, Canonical, the commercial face of the Ubuntu GNU/Linux distribution, announced that it would be using its Partners repository to sell proprietary applications like Parallels Workstation..."
Citrix Keeps Open Source Xen Promise (Feb 13, 2008, 16:45 UTC) (2597 reads)
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(feedback) internetnews.com: "Six months after acquiring open source virtualization vendor XenSource for $500 million, Citrix is living up to its Open Source promises..."
Open Source Tool Emerges for Managing Petabytes of Data (Feb 12, 2008, 22:00 UTC) (2515 reads)
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(feedback) LinuxWorld: "The University of California at San Diego's supercomputing group has upgraded its time-tested data management software and made it available as an open source offering designed to handle up to petabytes of data..."
Zvents Releases Open-Source Cluster Database (Feb 8, 2008, 13:00 UTC) (2336 reads)
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(feedback) LinuxWorld: "Event search firm Zvents is releasing a massively parallel database server, based on a published Google design, as an open source project..."
Canonical Distributes Parallels via Desktop Update (Feb 7, 2008, 15:15 UTC) (3942 reads)
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(feedback) CNET News: "Canonical, the commercial sponsor of the popular Ubuntu Linux distribution, will on Thursday begin making commercial applications available to Ubuntu users directly through the desktop, in a step designed to simplify software installation..."
Configuring Xen HA with Heartbeat for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (Feb 7, 2008, 10:00 UTC) (2570 reads)
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(feedback) SearchEnterpriseLinux: "If just one server goes down, essential services don't have to shut down, too. Linux administrators can keep those services up all the time by setting up a Heartbeat cluster on Linux..."
