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Over the years, many people have speculated about when Ubuntu will be ready for the casual computer user. Some individuals have compared Linux distributions to other operating systems, such as OS X. In this article, I will be offering a unique comparison between Ubuntu 12.10 and OS X Mountain Lion. Since I have access to both operating systems in my … Read More

How to secure VM backups in a public cloud Live webinar on January 24th A sound data protection strategy calls for keeping business-critical backups offsite, and public clouds seem to be the right answer. But once moved to a public cloud, the VM data becomes vulnerable to a number of new threats. Michael Nowak, Senior Analyst at MagLar and Sergei … Read More

Nakivo, has released a free version of their popular “NAKIVO Backup and Replication for VMware” which is an already established backup solution for VMware. With NAKIVO Backup & Replication Free Edition you can: § Back up and archive live running VMs ad hoc locally over LAN and remotely over WAN, whether to save data for long term storage or to … Read More

Canonical is nothing if not brave. From radically modifying the user interface of Ubuntu Desktop, to pushing into the television market, Canonical is driving Ubuntu far beyond its beginnings as just another Linux distro. With their latest push, an android and iPhone competitor, Ubuntu is skating to where they puck is going to be. But, which such a bold move, … Read More

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CentOS 5.9 and Oracle Linux 5.9 are now available. Both these Linux distributions are available free of charge and are based on the sources of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.9, which was released eight days ago and is only distributed by Red Hat to customers who have a service subscription. The two new distributions include all the new features … Read More

The latest version of the popular Fedora Linux distribution has finally been released, just one week later than the already-delayed ship date that was announced in November. Fedora 18, codenamed “Spherical Cow” by its developers, was originally due to arrive on November 6, but a number of thorny problems caused the final release to slip into 2013. The code has … Read More

Replay Games has written into Phoronix to talk about two commercial game titles that they will be bringing to Linux. The two games coming out of Replay Games for Linux is “Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards: Reloaded” and “Fester Mudd: The Curse of the Gold” will be out soon for the penguin operating system. Full … Read More

Apple is slowly but steadily reciding to where it rightly belongs — a tiny niche corner in the tech world. Thanks to its arrogance and nonsense attitute towards competition. Google’s open source Android is taking over the world and according to comScore’s MobiLens survey, Samsung and Google are outstripping Apple. Full story

Linux Mint 14 Is a Breath of Fresh Air             Linux Mint 14 contains some well-needed facelifts. For example, the Mint Display Manager used for the login screen is refreshingly improved. MDM now supports legacy GDM 2 themes with some 30 installed by default and about 2,000 more available for download. Even better, the format … Read More

A hackable new Linux robot will be ready to roll late this summer, not to mention walk, crawl, and slither. The Lego Mindstorms EV3 is the first major revamp of the Lego Group’s programmable robot kit since 2006, and the first to run embedded Linux. Unveiled at the CES Show in Las Vegas yesterday, with the first public demos starting … Read More

As Mozilla continues to develop Firefox OS, the company reveals at CES 2013 changes to the OS that can turn Web sites into apps LAS VEGAS–As Firefox OS develops partially in the public eye, Mozilla shows off two interesting changes to how the operating system handles apps at the CES 2013. The first change could have wide-reaching consequences for anybody … Read More

I had the pleasure of meeting Mark Shuttleworth tonight, and this was a quick demonstration he gave me of the Ubuntu Phone OS running on top of a GSM Samsung Galaxy Nexus. More Information: Mark mentioned that the Galaxy Nexus would be able to run the full desktop version of Ubuntu Phone OS, but it wouldn’t be optimal without at … Read More

Red Hat announced today an update of its leading enterprise Linux distribution that keeps pace with hardware, security, developer, interoperability and virtualization improvements. The last upgrade in the 5 family, version 5.8, shipped last February. Version 5.9 demonstrates the company’s commitment to a 10-year suport lifespan for each platform, the company notes. Full story