Posted by Michael Larabel on August 04, 2011 QuakeCon, the annual gaming event and massive LAN party hosted by id Software, is about to get started in Dallas, Texas and run through Sunday. At this free public event, there’s usually a variety of interesting announcements made, some of which can impact Linux gamers. Among the open-source and Linux related announcements … Read More
Oracle Linux 5.7 released
Oracle’s latest version of it’s RHEL clone
https://www.dcdata.co.za/public/oracle-linux-5-7-released
Andriod takes 48 percent market share
Google’s Android easily dominated the worldwide smartphone OS market in the second quarter, research firm Canalys has found. During the quarter, 107.7 million smartphones shipped worldwide, growing 73 percent year over year. According to the research firm, 39.8 million smartphone units shipped in the Asia-Pacific region, and 35 million units were released in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. In … Read More
New beowulf cluster at EDF (200 Tflops) based on Debian
New beowulf cluster at EDF (200 Tflops) based on Debian 6.0 Squeeze Alexander Reichle-Schmehl <tolimar <at> debian.org> 2011-07-29 14:58:57 GMT —————————————————————————– The Debian Project http://www.debian.org/ New beowulf cluster at EDF based on Debian 6.0 Squeeze press <at> debian.org July 29th, 2011 http://www.debian.org/News/2011/20110729 —————————————————————————– New beowulf cluster at EDF (200 Tflops) based on Debian 6.0 Squeeze Électricité de France S.A. is … Read More
WASP: The Linux-powered flying spy drone that cracks Wi-Fi & GSM networks
The Black Hat Security Conference and DEFCON bring together the world’s professional hackers, security researchers, goverment representatives, journalists, and just about anyone who thinks of themselves as a hacker. They listen to talks about security, show off the latest novel hacks, and generally share information about the state of computer security. Every year there’s a highlight to the conferences, and … Read More
Red Hat’s Jim Whitehurst: “I Want to Meet Linus”
Jim Whitehurst, Redhat, meeting Linus and 20 years of Linux
https://www.dcdata.co.za/public/red-hats-jim-whitehurst-i-want-to-meet-linus
Toyota joins Linux Foundation as gold member
Pretty soon, Toyota’s in-car entertainment and communication systems might use the same base operating system kernel as your Android smart phone or the operating system of the server that runs this website.
https://www.dcdata.co.za/public/toyota-joins-linux-foundation-as-gold-member
Jobs at DcData: Linux technician
A new job opportunity has opened at DcData. Please view the following page for more information: https://www.dcdata.co.za/employment/
Free hypervisor adds virtual machine cloning
Oracle released a new version of its free virtualization software
https://www.dcdata.co.za/public/free-hypervisor-adds-virtual-machine-cloning
What the World’s Fastest Systems Say About Linux
Linux is popular in cloud computing infrastructure largely thanks to its flexibility and source code availability
https://www.dcdata.co.za/public/what-the-worlds-fastest-systems-say-about-linux
CentOS 6.0
CentOS 6.0 is available
https://www.dcdata.co.za/public/centos-6
Linux 3.0-rc6 Kernel: Space Aliens & Drugs
The Linux 3.0-rc6 kernel isn’t too exciting since we’re nearing an end to the development cycle, but this release does introduce the new Intel ISCSI driver. This is the driver that’s received praise by Christoph Hellwig and others.
https://www.dcdata.co.za/public/linux-3-0-rc6-kernel-space-aliens-drugs
Linux based system tries to tame San Francisco traffic
McCain says it will supply San Francisco with a new Linux-based traffic controller computer that meets the latest Advanced Transportation Controller (ATC) standards. Built around a Freescale PowerQUICC II Pro processor, the “2070LXN2 NEMA” offers several keypads, an 8×40 display, plus Ethernet, USB, serial, and SDLC connections, says the company. McCain collaborated with Fourth Dimension Traffic to win the San … Read More
New MailArchiva Enterprise Edition v2.6.27
New version of MailArchiva
https://www.dcdata.co.za/public/mailarchiva-enterprise-edition-v2-6-27
Ubuntu One reaches Android
The app allows Ubuntu One users to browse, manage, upload and download files and folders from the comfort of an Android phone.
https://www.dcdata.co.za/public/ubuntu-one-reaches-android