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Do you need software-defined storage (SDS) for your enterprise virtualization, analytics, and enterprise sync and share workloads? If so, then Red Hat has the program for you: Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.2. Red Hat likes to say its open-source Gluster SDS Scale-out network-attached storage (NAS) is for the modern enterprise workload. It’s not wrong. You can deploy Gluster quickly and … Read More

I have been using openSUSE for a long time — basically, for as long as there has been an openSUSE. I used the “stable” numbered releases at first, but that was a typical “point-release” distribution, which got major updates in complete new releases which were made every six months or so. I like to keep up with the latest Linux … Read More

I am delighted to announce that CodeWeavers has just released CrossOver 16.2.0 for both macOS and Linux. CrossOver 16.2 has many improvements to our core Windows compatibility layer and also specific enhancements for several popular applications. CrossOver 16.2 is the first version of CrossOver which supports Microsoft Outlook 2013.  We have also made improvements to our compatibility with the rest … Read More

I have been using openSUSE for a long time — basically, for as long as there has been an openSUSE. I used the “stable” numbered releases at first, but that was a typical “point-release” distribution, which got major updates in complete new releases which were made every six months or so. I like to keep up with the latest Linux … Read More

Meet X1 — Axigen X on steroids From Core to Calendar to Notes to Clients support, Axigen X1 brings a lot of variety to the table. After all, its name was drawn by what it stands for — 1 noteworthy advancement in each product area. SEE ALL THE DETAILS — plus what you need to know about the upgrade — … Read More

So what is the right Hard Drive to buy for your server/ project? There is a vast range of makes of Hard Drives, and in those makes, there is a vast range of models. Making a decision can be a bit challenging if you don’t have enough information, so that is what this article is for, to clarify and show … Read More

Litebook, a small hardware manufacturer that we never heard of before, has recently released a new Linux-powered laptop that’s cheap, slim, fast, elegant, light, and designed to rival Chromebooks. The Alpha Litebook is a 14.1-inch Full HD (1920×1080) laptop that runs the Ubuntu-based elementary OS distribution and ships with some of the most popular open source applications, including Google Chrome, … Read More

CEO and founder of Dell, Michael Dell, has long been a Linux supporter. By 2007, under his guidance, Dell became the first major OEM to offer a laptop with pre-installed Linux. His Linux of choice? Ubuntu Linux. Ten years later, Dell is still selling Ubuntu Linux-powered laptops. With the option of Xeon processors, up to 64GBs of RAM, and TBs … Read More

Cisco enters into a strategic alliance with Docker that includes both sales and engineering support to help advance the state of container deployments in modern data centers. Cisco has had customers running containers on its systems for some time and now is taking the next steps to help support container deployments. Cisco and Docker Inc. have entered into a strategic … Read More

With the rapid growth of virtualized infrastructure and containerization, open source software and especially Linux are leading the way into a new era of software development. That was the message Al Gillen, vice president of the software and open source group at IDC, told the crowd at the Open Source Leadership Summit in Lake Tahoe in February. In his talk, … Read More

Just a few moments ago, Linus Torvalds announced the availability of the first Release Candidate (RC) development build of the upcoming Linux 4.11 kernel series, which users can download, compile, and test on their GNU/Linux distributions. It’s been two weeks since Linus Torvalds opened the merge window for Linux kernel 4.11, so it was about time for it be closed … Read More

Short Bytes: As a part of its Technology Transfer program, NASA has released lots of free and open source software tools on its website. NASA says that these software are useful for professionals, entrepreneurs, small businesses, industry, and academia. You can visit NASA’s website to get the complete list of available tools and download the ones you desire. Marking the third … Read More

“Red Hat is now our backbone. Our business cannot run if Red Hat is not there.” That is India’s biggest stock exchange’s CEO talking. Established in 1875, the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) is considered to be Asia’s earliest established stock exchange with an overall market capitalization of $1.43 Trillion in 2016 making it the world’s 11th largest. Open Source have … Read More

Usually, it would be another couple of months before the open-source OpenStack Foundation cloud released a new version of its cloud software. This time around the OpenStack community released the latest version, Ocata, on a one-time, shorter cycle. This release is focused on improving stability, scalability, and performance of the core compute and networking services. Ocata, the new OpenStack release, … Read More

With OpenStack revenues looking set to reach $5 billion by 2020, here’s how you can grab your piece of the pie with SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7. Key highlights: SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 is an enterprise-grade private cloud solution that enables your customers to drive innovation, improve efficiency, and reduce costs With SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7, your customers can quickly and … Read More