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SGI Expanding the Reach of Linux

Steve Neuner, the director for Linux engineering at SGI, has been pushing Linux up the scalability ladder for the better part of the 21st century. In August of this year, SGI announced that they…

Linux, PDAs and consumer goods drive IT growth

Internet-related investments in Linux servers, PDAs, digital storage and new portable consumer products will be the highest growth areas in the global IT market in the next year, according to the…

Library system migrates from Linux -- to more Linux

The six branches of the Howard County Library system in Maryland provide 300 computers to their clients. This week, every computer has been upgraded from a "homegrown" Linux kernel, to Groovix, an…

Carrier Grade Linux moves beyond telecoms into data centers

Carrier Grade Linux (CGL) started as a telecommunications infrastructure building block, but its strong availability, scalability and service response features are driving its adoption in…

RPLinux: China's Answer to the $100 PC

A while back, I stumbled upon something called the Municator PC from YellowSheepRiver Municator, Inc. At first, I thought this had to be yet another hoax, but as I looked deeper into it, I found…

Nice collection of 270 Linux white papers

Kernel development, file systems, virtualization, networking, security, performance, scalability, applications and a lot more. Absolutely free. No other OS grows this fast!

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Linux Serial ATA status reports

The Linux kernel Serial ATA driver stack has several major updates in kernels 2.6.18 and [upcoming] 2.6.19. This status report describes the latest feature additions, driver updates, and core…

Make Your Own Linux LiveCD Easily

Intellibuild (iBuild) is a program that allows you to quickly and easily create your own custom GNU/Linux LiveCD Distribution. You simply open up a template, select which programs you want to be…

Will Linux die in 2018?

If we look at the future, Linux seems to be doomed to a slow death in a dozen years: DRM, proprietary hardware, technologic innovations and political choices are behind this forecast.

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Technology Innovation One Scoop At A Time

For the world's best-engineered ice cream, go to the Union Court dining area at Boston University. What you'll find is a vending machine that can make 96 varieties of ice cream to order from 12…