(Community ENTerprise OS) A Linux distribution that is built from the same open source modules in Red Hat Enterprise Linux, which is a commercial product. Since Linux is open source, the OS can be copied and distributed without infringing on any distributor's rights as long as any proprietary software of that distributor, such as an installation program, is not copied with it. For more information, visit www.centos.org. See Linux.
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- Adobe releases Flash, AIR betas; Gauging the potential of multi-touch on the desktop
- Not surprising ....Not surprising, considering, Silverlight already supports multi-touch, as does WPF.Silverlight has potential......but platform availability is a factor. MS need to improve that greatly if they want to take a bite out of Flash's share.Rather, catch up[i]Adobe?s platform is appealing, but it?s in a race to stay ahead...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-17
- My new daughter is a lot like Linux
- Windoze is a boys smelly diaper, Linux is a girls one, that's the messageI guess some people will never be mature enough to get it.Handling the learning curve...is not very hard. Particularly when you let them use the simple Gnome user interface which the standard Ubuntu has.Maybe this website of...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-16
- Friday Challenge: What's your take on OS/browser market share trends?
- Firefox is taking over...With Firefox the days of vendor lock-in withIE required are over, like banking sites theyare cross-platform as they should be.I use CentOS/Fedora/RHEL and use I am able todo all of my job functions and use any applicationI want without the fear of security holes andthreats from a...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-13
- Oracle's Virtualization Story
- Kool-aid?Looks like someone has been drinking the kool-aid. Let's be clear, Oracle's distro is a rip-off of RedHat's, albeit behind a year or so, plus patches to help their RDBMS that may not be accepted in the upstream projects. Don't let Oracle fool you, the core engineers are...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-02
- Who's a candidate for Desktop Linux? Your Kids.
- My kids know Linux, OSX, and XP, and will obviously learn Windows 7, butskip Vista, though they will have contact with Vista. My son prefers OSX, my daughter Ubuntu.But, just like every kid should be taught at least two languages at home, they should also learn multiple OSes. Learning multiple...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-20
- Linux-Windows gap to remain for five years
- In other words...This only confirms what we have been saying for sometime now.Desktop Linux lags behinds Windows And Mac for these facts alone, but the biggest one is mainstream application software compatibility which so far, were you to look at system requirements would only support Windows and Mac... There are...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-14
- Open source is sold and FOSS is not
- I'm confusedAre you advocating breaking the GPL license by selling GPL based products by 'open source' companies?We know NT Selling software is not a violation of the GPLSelling softare is not a violation of the GPL. Not in any way, shape or form. In the words of the...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-02
- Building a Fountain of Knowledge
- Texas Tech needed to build a new high performance computing HPC cluster to attract top-name researchers, accelerate research efforts with the fastest technology, and help fulfill its mission to be in the top tier of Texas research universities. The university deployed an HPC solution with Dell PowerEdge servers running Rocks...
- Case studies 2009-10-01
- News to know: HP; AT&T; Malware; Twitter; RIM
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Hordes of owners complain of problems with HP Elite Pavilion PCs using Core i7 Ed Bott: Apple...
- Blog posts 2009-09-28
- Frugal Friday: Twitter, Social Networking, Open Source and Women, RMS vs. MDI, Oracle, CentOS
- Redmond is a great city...Mister Perlow,open source certainly matters for you.So, i can't understand why you deliberately forget to talk about important news like that :http://macresearch.org/grand-central-now-open-allCould you tell us why , Mister perlow ?
- Discussion threads 2009-09-26
- Frugal Friday: Twitter, Social Networking, Open Source and Women, RMS vs. MDI, Oracle, CentOS
- Frugal Networker Ken Hess and I discuss the recent $100M VC investment in Twitter, the perils of Social Networking, the lack of sensitivity towards women in the Linux and Open Source community, Richard M. Stallman vs. Miguel de Icaza, Larry Ellison and his plans for the...
- Blog posts 2009-09-25
- HP supporting Oregon State Linux portal
- The idea is that non-commercial Linux distributions running on HP hardware can find support, even though it's not officially coming from HP. We're talking about server versions of Asianux, CentOS, Debian, Fedora, OpenSUSE and Ubuntu. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-09-24
- Does it matter that "Linux is bloated"?
- well compare to what compare too its former self ... ultra thin but lack finessecompare to win 2k compare to win xp compare to vista /win 7 will all there crapware compare to Mac and its hardware lock in Its easy to state Linux is bloated but...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-22
- Video at VMWorld: A peek inside
- VMware is the bestInstall ESX and clone CentOS machines.Ultimate environment!:)Excellent!Budget cutbacks mean us IT guys can't attend many shows or conferences this year, so "virtual" tours are a great way to at least get a glimpse of what's going on.I like it! I want more! More in-depth technical discussions, more...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-03
- System builders still waiting for Windows 7 tools
- So is this any different from other Windows launches?Just curious if this is is a departure from the past or business as usual.Exploits...Well, 1 operating system and one platform leads to complete outages when it is exploited.There is no need to require MS Windows on the desktop when you can...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-03
- Microsoft lover Citrix as heroine of the open source cloud
- Nobody "walked" from VMworld - that's a mythNeither Citrix nor Microsoft "walked" from VMworld. Citrix is there exhibiting and drawing crowds that overwhelm the puny 10x10 booth to which VMware has restricted it, and despite not being allowed speaking slots on the main program, are speaking in Intel's and AMD's...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-01
- Goodbye myTouch 3G and hello HTC Touch Pro2
- I got my TP2 on release dayI can understand why you got the mytouch, because everyone at tmobile hears "touch pro 2" and thinks, "oh you mean the mytouch?" ... that happened to me like 3 times.But I didn't want that big brother stuff... I was coming off of the...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-17
- Geek Sheet: Virtualizing Free Linux Distributions in Windows Server 2008 R2
- It's been a while since we've had a hardcore Geek Sheet installment, and I promise that this one will be a real winner. Some of you may be aware that the updated Hyper-V bare-metal hypervisor virtualization layer in Microsoft's upcoming Windows Server 2008 R2 (Which is due...
- Blog posts 2009-08-09
- News to know: FCC and Apple, AT&T; Windows 7; SAP; iPhoto vs. Picasa
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: FCC eyes AT&T, Apple rejection of Google Voice apps full text of letters Garett Rogers: Apple and...
- Blog posts 2009-08-03
- CentOS: Getting Their S#!t Together is a Top Priority
- CentOS: Getting Their S#!t Together is a Top Priorityre: CentOSSeems a tad early to state they won't get their sh*t together.There was a real problem (i.e. Davis) but the crew that's left over are working to address the problems he created. There's not enough publicized facts to determine if they...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-02
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