Linux Top 5: Heads Up for the Linux Desktop LinuxPlanet: It's beginning to look a whole lot like 2012 will be the year of the Linux Desktop on the Linux Planet. Well, if not the year, then at least this past week, which saw tremendous activity on desktop efforts new and old. (Feb 1, 2012)
Simplify Administration with Directory Services (Feb 3, 2012, 23:01 UTC) (850 reads)
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(feedback) Wazi: "Imagine a hundred-user network where people come and go, and you, the systems administrator, have to create and delete users not only for access to the operating system but on the many applications that also require authorization."
Linux Top 5: Heads Up for the Linux Desktop (Feb 1, 2012, 12:00 UTC) (2856 reads)
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(feedback) LinuxPlanet: It's beginning to look a whole lot like 2012 will be the year of the Linux Desktop on the Linux Planet. Well, if not the year, then at least this past week, which saw tremendous activity on desktop efforts new and old.
Red Hat Improves Realtime Linux (Feb 1, 2012, 10:00 UTC) (2347 reads)
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(feedback) ServerWatch: The MRG platform is different from Red Hat's Enterprise Linux in that it can adopt new kernels faster.
The GNU Education Project (Feb 1, 2012, 08:00 UTC) (1975 reads)
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(feedback) FSF: The gnu.org website has been enriched with a completely renewed section on education
Red Hat Extends Linux Support (Feb 1, 2012, 02:00 UTC) (2600 reads)
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(feedback) ServerWatch: Now instead of 7 years of standard support and extra 3 yrs of bug fixes (10 total) for RHEL, Red Hat is now moving to 10 yrs of standard support for RHEL 5 and 6.
From Zero to OpenVPN in 30 Minutes (Jan 30, 2012, 11:03 UTC) (2959 reads)
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(feedback) Wazi: "GUIs and extra services are nice conveniences, but admins should understand what’s happening under the hood, and OpenVPN has never been all that difficult to deploy, even without the glitzy helpers."
Linux Top 5: Red Hat RHEVS Virtualization (Jan 26, 2012, 23:00 UTC) (3302 reads)
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(feedback) LinuxPlanet: There are any number of different key use cases for Linux. One of the fastest growing areas is virtualization, and it's one where Linux leader Red Hat is now out with a new release.
Dell Leans on SUSE for OEM Linux Solutions (Jan 25, 2012, 13:38 UTC) (2512 reads)
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(feedback) ServerWatch:Dell OEM Solutions is partnering with SUSE to deliver Linux for embedded and customized solutions. The partnership is the first by Dell that will bring a certified Linux solution to its OEM customers
ITBE: Cloud Computing: The Great Disruptor (Jan 25, 2012, 12:04 UTC) (1804 reads)
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(feedback) IT Business Edge: "The editors of the IT Business Edge Network give their views on what's in store for cloud computing in 2012 and beyond."
Crowdsourcing the State of the Union (Jan 25, 2012, 06:00 UTC) (1374 reads)
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(feedback) OpenSource.com: Tuesday's State of the Union Address from U.S. President Barack Obama will include something special: crowdsourced captions and subtitles provided by everyday citizens around the world.
Still don't think open source hurts commercial software? Guess again (Jan 20, 2012, 18:01 UTC) (5468 reads)
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(feedback) JavaWorld: "Just a few years ago, speculation ran rampant that open source software, as in freely available software, would hurt the software market overall by eliminating the need to pay for software. Why buy what you can get for free?"
Improve Linux System Efficiency with Control Groups (Jan 18, 2012, 22:03 UTC) (3462 reads)
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(feedback) Wazi: "Control groups, or cgroups, is a kernel feature designed to aggregate tasks to allow for hierarchical resource management and allocation. Here’s how you can take advantage of control groups to improve your systems’ efficiency."
LCA2012: Bruce Perens Says Open Source Needs To Do More (Jan 17, 2012, 19:00 UTC) (2899 reads)
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(feedback) OMG Ubuntu: Wearing a suit when the rest of the 500-strong lecture theatre were dressed in shorts, jandals, and old conference T Shirts, Bruce Perens introduced himself by announcing his clothes as a lesson: Linux needs to be more outward facing.
