Earlier in May, Jimmy Kaplowitz, Google Site Reliability Engineer and Debian developer, announced that Google would not just be adding Debian 6 and 7 images to the Google’s Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Google Compute Engine (GCE) it was making Debian Linux it’s default server image. Debian Linux now Google Compute Engine’s default OS. More [...]
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Debian Linux now Google Compute Engine’s default OS
May 13th, 2013 · No Comments
Tags: Business · Cloud Computing · Google · Infrastructure · Linux · Operating System
Anonymous MSFT developer admits Linux is faster than Windows
May 12th, 2013 · No Comments
Linux is far faster than Windows. That’s old news. It’s why Linux runs 90 percent of the world’s top 500 fastest supercomputers, while Windows runs 1 percent of them. What’s new “news” is that an alleged Microsoft operating system developer recently admitted that Linux is indeed much faster, and explained why that’s the case. Anonymous [...]
Tags: Business · Development · Linux · Microsoft · Open Source · Operating System · Windows
Ubuntu working on new Linux application installer
May 10th, 2013 · No Comments
Do you want to know how to tell real Linux geeks from people who just use it? Ask them what their favorite application packaging system is. Hardcore old-school Linux users will soon be telling you all all about RPM vs. DEB and before it’s over someone is sure to chime in about going straight to [...]
Tags: Business · Canonical · Development · Infrastructure · Linux · Open Source · Operating System · SmartPhone · Tablet
Microsoft’s most profitable mobile operating system: Android
May 8th, 2013 · No Comments
To some, Windows 8 is a marketplace failure. But its flop has been nothing compared to Microsoft’s perpetual disaster in getting anyone to use its Windows Phone operating systems. You don’t need to worry about Microsoft’s bottom line though. Thanks to its Android patent agreements, Microsoft may be making as much as $8 per Android device. [...]
Tags: Business · Google · Infrastructure · Legal · Linux · Microsoft · Operating System · SmartPhone
New software upgrade turns Nook HD into good Android tablet (Review)
May 7th, 2013 · No Comments
I was pleased that Barnes & Noble (B&N) had updated its HD line with Google Store. I knew this software upgrade would make the low-priced HD, usually $149—$199 until May 12—a truly usable Android 4.x tablet. What I hadn’t realized was that it would transform it into a good, albeit low-end tablet. New software upgrade [...]
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