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The Top Five Linux Stories of 2011

December 30th, 2011 · Comments Off

Just like with networking, I looked at my five most popular Linux stories of the last year, How to install Google’s Chrome OS Review: Barnes & Nobles’ Nook Color goes Android Tablet The Five Best Desktop Linux Distributions Five Reasons why Google’s Linux Chromebook is a Windows killer Sun CEO explicitly endorsed Java’s use in [...]

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Tags: Business · Canonical · Cloud Computing · Desktop · Infrastructure · Linux · Microsoft · Novell · Operating System · Red Hat · Server · SmartPhone · Supercomputer

Red Hat moves into Big Data with Storage Software Appliance

December 8th, 2011 · Comments Off

One of the reasons why Red Hat will be the first billion dollar open-source company is that the company has also looked beyond just Linux to what you can do with Linux on the cloud and thin-client desktops; Java Enterprise Edition and now, with the release of Red Hat Storage Software Appliance, big data. Big [...]

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Tags: Business · Infrastructure · Linux · Operating System · Red Hat · Server · Storage

Finding a Linux Job

December 6th, 2011 · Comments Off

So you want a Linux job do you? Well, according to The Linux Foundation, the jobs are out there. Specifically, Linux jobs are divided up almost evenly between developer, 53% and system administrator. 47%, jobs. Amanda McPherson, the Linux Foundation’s vice president of marketing and developer programs, told me, “The Linux jobs market is booming, [...]

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Tags: Business · Development · Embedded · Infrastructure · Java · Linux · Open Source · Operating System · Red Hat · Server · SmartPhone · Tablet

Linux servers work just fine

October 21st, 2011 · Comments Off

I don’t know exactly what happened with fellow ZDNet writer David Gewirtz’s Linux server, but I do know it was bad. Really bad. He’s been having constant trouble updating and managing his software. The final straw was when he tried to install some updates to his hosted CentOS, a Red Hat Enterprise Linux clone, and [...]

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Tags: Infrastructure · Linux · Operating System · Server

Point-and-Click your local Servers to the Cloud: Racemi

October 18th, 2011 · Comments Off

As people are getting their heads around the economic benefits of cloud computing–pay just for what you use servers and services–I’ve been hearing a lot of people say they’d use the cloud if only they could move their existing servers to the cloud without a lot of blood, sweat, and toil. This is where Racemi, [...]

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Tags: Cloud Computing · Infrastructure · Server