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November 16, 2011
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OpenSUSE’s new Linux distribution is for the clouds

When Novell was bought by Attachmate, people wondered if Novell/SUSE’s community Linux distribution, openSUSE, would even survive. Now, we know, openSUSE lives. The openSUSE Project has released the latest version of its popular Linux distribution openSUSE 12.1. In a statement, … Continue reading

November 8, 2011
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Fedora 16, Red Hat’s new community Linux distribution, arrives

If you want to see the future of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), you need only no farther than Red Hat’s community Linux distribution, Fedora. In its brand new release, Fedora 16, Verne, Fedora comes with multiple cloud and virtualization … Continue reading

October 10, 2011
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Ubuntu Linux heads to the clouds

Last week, Ubuntu Linux’s parent company Canonical CEO Jane Silber announced at the OpenStack cloud software conference that HP has chosen Ubuntu as the lead host and guest operating system for its Public Cloud. That’s impressive. It’s Canonical’s biggest enterprise … Continue reading