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Running a Live Linux CD or USB is a convenient way to perform a number of tasks when an installed OS is not necessary. Do you think an operating system should always be installed on the hard disk of a computer? It was true for me up until a certain point. Things changed when Knoppix Live CD was released by … Read More

Novell, which was acquired by The Attachmate Group in April, wants to regain its status as an IT icon and will try to do so by focusing its efforts on its core assets and rebuilding relationships with its huge installed base. Network World Editor in Chief John Dix recently caught up with Novell President Bob Flynn and VP of Product … Read More

Oct. 4 (Bloomberg) — Red Hat Inc., a provider of open source software and services, agreed to acquire closely held Gluster Inc. for about $136 million in cash to expand in Internet-based computing. Red Hat’s third-quarter and full-year fiscal 2012 earnings forecast aren’t changed by the deal, the Raleigh, North Carolina-based company said in a statement today. Integrating Gluster may … Read More

Second quarter revenue of $281 million, up 28% year-over-year Second quarter GAAP EPS of $0.20, up 67% year-over-year; non-GAAP EPS of $0.29, up 53% year-over-year Second quarter deferred revenue of $813 million, up 25% year-over-year Second quarter operating cash flow of $77 million, up 20% year-over-year Full story

A new version of MailArchiva Enterprise Edition v2.6.38 is released. This is a must have release for all Google Apps customers.

We might not pay these Linux gems much attention but we’d soon notice life without them. Here, we salute some of the things that make using Linux so enjoyable. Full story

M$ is big and has some inertia but it is well past its prime in terms of shaping markets. The sectors that it locked in solidly, retailers and OEMs of PCs, are still pretty well locked in but the growth has gone. While Moore’s Law has made the price/performance of integrated circuits plummet, there’s just too much hardware in a … Read More

“MS is now changing everything to chase a small but trendy part of the market, and they will be left with a ton of cruft and a bunch of pissed off Silverlight developers once the fad passes,” said Slashdot blogger Gerhard Mack. “I actually own a tablet (work provided), and I’m still not quite sure what exactly it’s for or … Read More

New Technology Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.0 Beta Now Available The Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.0 Beta, the next-generation version of Red Hat’s end-to-end virtualization solution, previews new capabilities that build upon industry-leading scalability and performance for both server virtualization and desktop virtualization. Learn about the enhancements, including the ability to deploy the management server on Linux. Red Hat is … Read More

The Linux operating system is not just for nerds. Even though you may not realize it, chances are you probably have a version of Linux running right under your nose. It’s found its way into a multitude of devices, both large and small. Today, Sept. 17, 2011, is the 20th anniversary of the date when the first Linux kernel (version … Read More

A new version of MailArchiva Enterprise Edition v2.6.36 is released. To upgrade to this version, please download it from http://www.mailarchiva.com and run the setup over your existing copy. Please stop the server before running the setup and do not uninstall the previous version.

Contributed by Ndumiso Sofika When it comes to security we need to remember the following words. “A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.” Often users are the weakest link when it comes to network security. We always think that hackers are very intelligent computer users; they have the coolest software to hack into our computers/servers. This is … Read More

Canonical founder sets pragmatic tone for API standards The customer is always right, so says the old adage. And when the customer is a commercially successful Linux distribution vendor that’s participating in your open source project, that customer may be even more right. That’s the situation between OpenStack and Canonical, after Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth posted a public entreaty for … Read More

The Business Software Alliance, that concerned body in the US which bangs the drum for victims of crime — Microsoft, Adobe et al — has produced another fine survey setting out the sheer scale of global anarchy in the software industry. Full story

A new version of MailArchiva Enterprise Edition v2.6.34 is released. To upgrade to this version, please download it from http://www.mailarchiva.com and run the setup over your existing copy. Please stop the server before running the setup and do not uninstall the previous version.