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CPC and Canonical are reportedly working together to develop an Ubuntu-flavoured base from which to compile their own official OS.   This could be huge. Even if Ubuntu ends up being used in nothing more than government and administration machines, it’s still a HUGE install base… probably could double the total number of installed Linux systems world-wide. Nonetheless, it seems … Read More

Back in 2010 Linux.com published a list of the year’s top Linux distributions, and the popularity of the topic made it an instant annual tradition. There have been several shifts and shakeups on the lists presented since then, of course, and -– as you’ll soon see – this year’s offering holds true to that pattern. In fact, I think it’s … Read More

Valve’s Day of Defeat Released For Linux Valve’s original Day of Defeat game and the Day of Defeat: Source titles are now in beta on Linux via the Steam client. Phoronix readers have begun writing in this evening that “Day of Defeat” — the original and Source versions — are now available via the Steam Linux client as beta. Day … Read More

Quantum computers leap into the real world FEW things are more frustrating than waiting for a revolutionary technology to arrive. None more so, perhaps, than quantum computers, which promise to solve problems impervious to conventional methods. Their development has inched a long one qubit at a time. For onlookers, it has seemed like a long and very slow crawl. Yet … Read More

AndersDX is shipping a miniature computer-on-module (COM) based on a dual-core 1.65GHz AMD G-Series APU. The CM-iGT provides rich graphics and multimedia capabilities and is supported with embedded Linux. The CM-iGT’s AMD G-Series APU integrates a dual-core, 64-bit x86 CPU clocked at up to 1.65GHz (depending on board model). The module also supports up to 4GB DDR3 DRAM and up … Read More

Server certifications matter a whole lot to a large number of enterprises and data centers. The current leading edge of servers are powered by Intel’s Xeon E5 processor, which was released a year ago and is supported by leading vendors including Cisco, IBM, HP and Dell. When the Intel Xeon E5 first debuted, both HP and Dell revealed that their … Read More

The ultimate Linux starter kit for small business   Microsoft did its best to usher in a new era of desktop computing with the launch of Windows 8, but many businesses and individuals are opting out. Linux-based operating systems, meanwhile, present an increasingly compelling alternative. Benefits include tougher security and superior customization—not to mention that Linux is usually free. If you’re ready to make the … Read More

Dear David, There’s already been a lot of interest in the 2013 Red Hat Summit and many have already benefited from this year’s Early Adopter rate. The full agenda will be launching soon, but here’s a little sneak peak of what to expect this year. 2013 BY THE NUMBERS More than 200 speakers representing Red Hat customers, partners, and engineers … Read More

Iranian authorities have blocked the use of most “virtual private networks”, a tool that many Iranians use to get around an extensive government Internet filter, Iranian media quoted an official as saying on Sunday. A widespread government Internet filter prevents Iranians from accessing many sites on the official grounds they are offensive or criminal. Full story

Summary: You despise the idea of losing your individual computing power. You hate subscriber services. You don’t trust our security model or feel we are reliable enough. You don’t believe your connectivity will ever be good enough. It doesn’t matter: Your distinctiveness will be added to our own. We are the cloud. Do not resist us. I’ve been writing a … Read More

Red Hat MRG 2.3 uses Realtime Linux 3.6 kernel Red Hat has introduced version 2.3 of its Red Hat Enterprise MRG (Messaging, Realtime and Grid) operating system add-on. The realtime component of MRG is no longer based on Linux 3.2 and now uses Linux 3.6 instead. This kernel includes the Linux RT developers’ realtime patches, and it now also supports … Read More

Summary: The numbers are in and they don’t lie. Windows 8 market adoption numbers are well behind Microsoft’s greatest previous operating system failure, Vista. Windows fans will whine, but Net Applications’ desktop operating systems numbers don’t lie. Windows 8’s pathetic user adoption numbers can’t even keep up with Vista’s lousy numbers.     Windows 8 usage can’t even keep up … Read More

Registration for the 2013 Red Hat Summit is now officially open! Red Hat Summit will be held on June 11-14 in Boston, MA at the Hynes Convention Center. For the ninth consecutive year, Red Hat Summit will connect customers, partners, and technology experts to learn, network, and experience the full potential of open source. The Red Hat Summit is the … Read More

Why Linux Virtualization is Ready for Prime Time Virtualization technologies have gained a strong footing in enterprise data centers in recent years. According to Frost & Sullivan research, 65 percent of all U.S. businesses have incorporated virtualization into their data centers. For many of those, the commitment to virtualization is serious — 20 percent have virtualized more than three-quarters of … Read More

School budgets never seem to get any larger, but one way educational institutions may be able to cut costs is by deploying open source software. The open source community has developed applications that educators can use directly in the classroom, apps that are great for use at home and tools that administrators can use for school management. This month, we’ve … Read More