(LINux InTEL) Refers to the Linux operating system running on Intel or AMD computers. Primarily a server environment, Lintel machines have become extremely popular. See Linux, Wintel and Mactel.
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- Save money: buy from the enemy
- People keep joyfully telling me that real men buy wintel or lintel, never SPARC/Solaris - and the numbers on this are compelling: if the rate of increase in x86 price/performance falls by only 18% per year over the first five years after SPARC/Solaris (hypothetically!) disappears, the total cost increase...
- Blog posts 2009-08-22
- Betting on the future: T2 vs. Nehalem
- Betting on the future: T2 vs. Nehalem"...but losing everything is like the sun going down on me...Ahhh what a great song...Ok Rudy.Sure IBM can't compete with Sun what with their stock about $100 more per share.My advise is DON'T WAIT! SGI and Sun took a beating from Linux because they...
- Discussion threads 2009-04-04
- Crossbow's golden arrows
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- Discussion threads 2009-02-26
- From Chapter Four: The Unix and Open source Culture
- From Chapter Four: The Unix and Open source CultureWhere is the open source culture in this blog entry???The Original UNIX culture was close to today's open source culture but the AT&T licence and big businesses like IBM/HP/SUN/DEC steered it away from its roots and that is why UNIX is taking...
- Discussion threads 2009-02-20
- Converting to Sun Ray, instead
- If you should, as I said yesterday, consider Lintel for non power users as a way of saving some cash, why not go all the way and put in Sun Rays instead? by Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2009-01-20
- Adapt! (or else)
- Adapt! or elseHope is on the horizonThe next release of OpenOffice.org adds scripting and enhanced navigation pages switchboards to the database.Entrenched Business ProcessesImplementing Open Office to reduce licensing costs sounds like a great idea. Any suggestions on overcoming these two hurdles:1. Business processes which are deeply entrenched in Microsoft Access...
- Discussion threads 2009-01-19
- Selling Unix in 2009 - much easier than in 2008?
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- Discussion threads 2009-01-12
- Ten embarrassing questions
- I was reading a survey showing that only 2% of Obama voters (vs 35% of McCain voters) could correctly answer at least 11 of 12 simple questions like which party has been in charge of Congress for the last two years, when it occurred to me that there might be...
- Blog posts 2008-12-06
- Opting out of IT
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- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- Why Apple and Google need to get into the Netbook business
- This crappy photo-edit of a fairly standard netbook design illustrates the power of Apple branding. ZDNet Editor in Chief Larry Dignan recently picked up a Dell Inspiron Mini 9 Ubuntu Netbook and pinged me for tech support questions regarding his new toy --...
- Blog posts 2008-11-22
- Which check to write? when open source means Jack
- Which check to write? when open source means JackBut what if it actually costs less to use Windows?I don't know in reality. It seems like most of the analysts out there seem to think it just doesn't matter that much which OS you use - though I would say...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-20
- Noble goals and politics at the OLPC
- Noble goals and politics at the OLPCSidetrack in progressDoes look like OLPC is being distracted from its original goal by corporate politics and maybe a little bit of purism. A Windows port of Sugar may or may not be worthwhile, but it could wait for a subsequent release.Cross platform...
- Discussion threads 2008-04-25
- Umm, Yummy: Mactel eats Lintel's desktop
- Umm, Yummy: Mactel eats Lintel's desktopDull topic today, Murph.I switch between desktop OSs; Vista, OpenSUSE, and occaisionally Mac. Desktop OS's just aren't that interesting anymore - 'cos they're all pretty good.When half your life's then spent in the browser, you cease to notice what the OS is.I agree but differ...
- Discussion threads 2008-04-23
- Umm, Yummy: Mactel eats Lintel's desktop
- Red Hat recently issued a press release under the title What's Going On With Red Hat Desktop Systems? An Update whose content boiled down to "It's a loser, so We're bailing." Novell's SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 is a cool two year old product from a...
- Blog posts 2008-04-23
- Shock! Dog bites postman! Mainframer attacks Linux to push AIX
- Once upon a time I did a few articles for searchenterpriselinux at techtarget.com, but we parted ways very quickly over their commitment to Red Hat's anti-Sun marketing strategy. Ken Milberg, a guy I think I first ran into in the context of my original 2002...
- Blog posts 2008-04-22
- A minority opinion ....
- A minority opinion ....Who said Windows can't ....... run on a 64 way multi-core system without a hitch. I didn't. I merely pointed out the flaws in the author's methods. I was the one arguing that each OS has it's place. You ran off on a...
- Discussion threads 2008-04-02
- Security metrics and issues
- One of the questions coming out of last week's wintel vs lintel discussions asked which one is generally more secure. As it turns out that's an easy question to answer -unless, of course, you want to demonstrate that your answer is correct, because then it turns out that virtually nothing...
- Blog posts 2008-03-25
- News to know: Microsoft, Apple update techniques; Ubuntu; Hacking Java; XP SP3
- Notable headlines: Ed Bott: What Microsoft can teach Apple about software updates Compare and contrast gallery right. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Ubuntu 8.04 "Hardy Heron" beta - making life easier for Windows users Nate McFeters: Defeating the Same Origin Policy part 2 ...
- Blog posts 2008-03-25
- Security: Lintel vs Wintel
- Security: Lintel vs WintelI guess we'll see how well the method matches realityOn first glance, this does appear to be well thought out, but there may be too many judgment calls to make it useful.RE: Security: Lintel vs WintelI've done a security project on a Unix system and worked extensively...
- Discussion threads 2008-03-24
- Security: Lintel vs Wintel
- In the PC community "security" just means defending against attacks aimed at destroying or misusing all or part of a computer system. In that context most of the complexities associated with trying to decide whether wintel or lintel will expose you to less security risk arise from the absense of...
- Blog posts 2008-03-24
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