Open Source Python for System Administrators
Adopt Python to manage UNIX systems while incorporating concepts of good program design. Python is an easy-to-learn, open source scripting language that lets system administrators do their job…
Data Center Management Inefficiency Still Exists
While virtualization usage is increasing in the enterprise, inefficient management of data centers and virtual environments continues to be a burden, according to a recently published study by…
OpenSSH 4.7 Released
OpenSSH 4.7 has just been released. This version is a 100% complete SSH protocol version 1.3, 1.5 and 2.0 implementation and includes sftp client and server support.
It will be available…
Mandriva Linux 2008 RC1 released
"The first release candidate of Mandriva Linux 2008, codenamed Copernic, is now available. A guide to major new features (some of which are not yet implemented in this release candidate) is…
Microsoft flashes Silverlight for Linux
Microsoft is to make its recently unveiled Silverlight 'Flash killer' plug-in available on Linux.
The commercial release of Silverlight 1.0 is a cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for…
OOXML rejected!
"It seems the OOXML is about to be rejected! There is quite a negative vibe against the Microsoft's format, as one can see from the NY Times article. Quote:"Of the 87 countries that participated,…
Using a Bluetooth remote to control Amarok 1.4
A member of the Amarok development team posted some instructions explaining how certain Bluetooth devices can be made to control Amarok 1.4. this is only just the beginning as the LinuxMCE project…
Linux and Open Source: How It Affects Small Organizations
Linux and other open source applications are finding increasing acceptance in the global marketplace in small and large companies alike. Statistics on the growth of a few open source programs—like…
The Other Open-Source IP PBX
The story has a familiar ring. A vendor offers powerful, reliable new appliances to go with the open-source IP PBX (Private Branch eXchange) software it provides and supports. The new boxes make…
Microsoft hits jackpot ahead of Linux
Gaming giant Tattersalls has chosen to abandon Linux as it moves ahead with a $43 million project to streamline its multi-state Maxgaming poker machine business.
The open source operating…