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- Novell updates PlateSpin and rebrands Orchestrator
- Richard Whitehead, one of the interesting people from Novell I speak with on an irregular basis, contacted me to tell me about an update to the PlateSpin portfolio and how Novell the PlateSpin product family and the former ZenWorks Orchestrator have been rebranded. Novell's products in the area of virtualization...
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- Oracle 10g R2 RAC Implementation With SLES 10 Linux, IBM BladeCenter and IBM TotalStorage
- The purpose of this paper is to assist those who are implementing Oracle Real Application Clusters on SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 running on IBM BladeCenter servers and IBM TotalStorage disk storage systems. The paper describes activities needed to prepare for and successfully install SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 64-bit...
- White papers 2008-12-01
- Novell: Free SLES while the fire is hot
- Novell: Free SLES while the fire is hotFree SLESYes, we do in fact need an openSLES, a “Centos Green” or openSUSE Server Edition.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-17
- Novell: Free SLES while the fire is hot
- My "Free Enterprise OSes" post got a lot of attention and a lot of positive feedback, particularly from those who are now actually considering using some of these in order to reduce license costs. Still, while I am glad people are now considering...
- Blog posts 2008-10-17
- Surviving the recession with Free Enterprise OSes (Part 2)
- In Part 1, I discussed the four Free Linux distributions that are best position to provide extended support and ample functionality to an end user through a protracted recession, as well as having the characteristic "safeness" or "stability" factor in terms of being able to weather...
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
- Surviving the recession with Free Linux distributions (Part 1)
- Times are tough. You're a computer geek and you need to feed your PC with the latest and greatest applications. What's a frugal nerd to do? A group of industry peers was recently asked by a colleague the following question: "If an SMB...
- Blog posts 2008-10-12
- Novell: Quietly developing some momentum
- Novell: Quietly developing some momentumNovell is on life support[i]He added that Microsoft is buying up to $100 million in SUSE certificates in $25 million chunks.[/i]Novell will be arround as long as M$ provides the cash.The best bet is on companies that stand on their own feet and built everything from...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-29
- The Waltham Pact: Where are the tangibles?
- The Waltham Pact: Where are the tangibles?I don't see it.I don't see where this is helping anyone. It seems like any help MS is giving to Novell is being tied up at Novell. For instance Novell's version of Open Office. I don't really see any of that coming down or...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-20
- 2016: "You're watching the Linux Channel."
- July 24th, 2016. Josef Konsumer, a home-based employee and portfolio manager for ICBC/CiticorpChase, a Chinese-owned multinational investment bank, wakes up to hear his alarm clock go off at 8am, and gets out of bed, his 47-year old body aching from an aggressive personal trainer session from the...
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- VMWare: Time to Pay the Open Source Piper
- VMWare: Time to Pay the Open Source PiperOn the other hand ...... if all the hypervisors and their attendant management suites become free ... then will I choose to serve:1. Basic software via increasingly powerful cloud computing or open source freebies (e.g. Firefox, Open Office)2. MyCompanysSoftware via *IX (I have...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-09
- GNOME knows why there's no Sun up in the sky
- GNOME knows why there's no Sun up in the skyNo questionKDE is my preferred UI, but picture a new user--they'll benefit immediately from GNOME's simpler interface and pure ease of use.GNOME is a well put together GUI.ThanksAnd, that is one of the messages that we need to get out. With...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-08
- How Linux app install leaves one PC expert befuddled
- Adrian, you dumb arse! At least that was my initial reaction when I read his "Linux's dirty little secret" column about his struggles with installing applications onto a Linux distro. It was either the Linux Geek rage originating from the knowing that he didn't Read the Fine...
- Blog posts 2008-07-02
- Hyper-V: The no-brainer virtualization stack for Windows
- Last Thursday, Microsoft released the final version of Hyper-V, the much anticipated built-in hypervisor for Windows Server 2008. Back in February, we had a look at a late beta release, and we were quite impressed with the performance of the system and how easy it was to manage virtual machines....
- Blog posts 2008-07-01
- Fun with openSUSE 11.0
- Fun with openSUSE 11.0Virtualized OpenSUSE 11.0I too am a devoted Ubuntu user, and decided to check out OpenSUSE 11.0. I downloaded the 32bit GNOME LiveCD and loaded in with Virtualbox in Windows XP. I got through the whole setup fairly quickly but when the "system" rebooted it crashed and said...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-26
- Tresys VM Fortress
- Tresys recently launched VM Fortress, a product based upon work done at the U.S. government's National Security Agency and has been made available as SELinux.VM Fortress is designed to enhance virtual machine security "by confining virtual machines in a patent-pending sandboxing mechanism. This strong, independent control over system resources strictly...
- Blog posts 2008-06-25
- News to know: Windows 7; Google's Safe browsing; Perlow's spine
- Notable headlines: Ed Bott: How much do you need to know about Windows 7 today? Dancho Danchev: Google introducing Safe Browsing diagnostic to help owners of compromised sites Nate McFeters: More Snake Oil: LifeLock spokesperson's stolen id leads to law suits Jason...
- Blog posts 2008-05-23
- SLES 10.2, RHEL 5.2 Linux upgrades offer better Microsoft, IBM support
- SLES 10.2, RHEL 5.2 Linux upgrades offer better Microsoft, IBM supportand for you OES2 users...Don't install SLES10 SP2 - it breaks OES2. That includes using the ZEN-Updater to update the SLES10-LIBZYPP that breaks ZMD.There will be an OES2 SP2 coming out later.Check out Novell TID:7000387 at http://support.novell.com regarding updating...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-22
- How fast will you upgrade your Linux installation?
- How fast will you upgrade your Linux installation?UpgradeI've just upgraded my dualboot win98 / PCLinuxOS pc. The new Puppy Linux 4.00 came out a few weeks ago and I installed it and made my pc into a triple boot pc. But Puppy Linux is so fast that I am now...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-22
- SLES 10.2, RHEL 5.2 Linux upgrades offer better Microsoft, IBM support
- The two largest commercial Linux providers have released updates to their distributions with enhanced virtualization features and better support for Microsoft and IBM environments. On Wednesday, Novell announced availability of its SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 Service Pack 2 and Red Hat's Enterprise Linux 5.2 hit the streets. ...
- Blog posts 2008-05-22
- Reiser FS: The open source file system fallout
- Yesterday, the Open Source community took an emotional hit when veteran Linux programmer Hans Reiser was convicted of first degree murder in the suspicious disappearing of his wife, Nina. While I won't go into the details of the case, as this has been covered extensively in the press, I would...
- Blog posts 2008-04-29
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