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SCO Linux Anyone?

13-May-08

I found this while downloading some drivers today. SCO Linux being offered for download at IBM.com. If you don’t know the significance of the picture, read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCO-Linux_controversies

Vulnerability Found In OpenSSH

13-May-08

See Ubuntu’s announcement here: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2008-May/000705.html

Power, Power, Wonder Working Power

12-Apr-08

You can do so much with Linux. If you don’t need Active Directory, it’s a great file server. The LAMP stack pretty much runs the Intrenet now, and more companies are taking a serious look at Linux as a desktop OS. That’s not enough though. Cell phones are coming with Linux-based operating systems and Cisco [...]

Commandments for Open Sourse Developers

11-Apr-08

Next Sunday, the Passover again falls upon us. For those of us Jews that celebrate the holiday, it is most associated with a ceremonial meal spent with family, where we recite the story passed down to us over hundreds of generations from Maxwell House haggadahs chronicling the exodus from Egypt as slaves of the Pharaoh. [...]

Explanation for the Speed Increase in Firefox 3

09-Apr-08

We all know that Firefox is the only way to browse, but it’s been a bit hard to love it so much lately, especially on Windows. Come on, 280MB of RAM occupied by a browser with 6 tabs? That’s ridiculous. The good news is that FF3 is noticeably faster. I was a little bit shocked [...]

VMware to support CentOS

09-Apr-08

I’ve often wonderd how companies that “certify” Red Hat for their hardware or for their application feel about projects like CentOS and Oracle Linux. I know from experience that HP won’t support CentOS on servers that certify Red Hat, and IBM won’t support DB2 installed on CentOS, even though it’s certified for Red Hat.
Well, hopefully [...]