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Linux continues to rule supercomputersIf you want a really fast computer, then Linux is your operating system and Intel may be your chip manufacturer. |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 software stack still under wrapsThere was a story recently that Red Hat would replace MySQL with MariaDB in the next version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Actually, Red Hat isn't saying yet which DBMS, or any other specific program, will be shipping in RHEL 7. |
System76 introduces new high-end Ubuntu Linux laptopsWant a gaming or workday ready-to-run Ubuntu Linux laptop? System76 has the gear you crave. |
Red Hat bets its cloud future on OpenStackThe message coming out of Red Hat's annual Red Hat Summit is that while Linux is Red Hat's foundation, OpenStack is its future. |
IBM to bring Linux KVM virtualization to its Power server lineLinux has its own built-in hypervisor, KVM, for x86 virtualization, and now IBM is porting it to its Power architecture. |
Apple iOS 7: Android copycat?Actually, Apple's forthcoming iOS 7 isn't so much an Android clone as it is a mashup of everyone else's mobile operating systems. |
TurnKey Linux offers 64-bit server apps on Amazon cloudTurnKey Linux, the ready-to-run Linux cloud server app company, is now offering 64-bit server apps on Amazon Web Services. |
Red Hat opens OpenShift PaaS cloud for businessAfter two years in beta, Red Hat's platform as a service cloud, OpenShift, is ready for business. |
Apache CloudStack grows upThe first major Apache release of the open-source CloudStack cloud is now available |
Windows 8 continues to failMicrosoft can only hope that its re-invention of Windows 8, Windows 8.1 aka Blue, works because currently stats indicate Windows 8 lags behind even Vista's dismal market numbers. |
Ubuntu declares bug #1 -- 'Microsoft has a majority market share' -- closedCanonical founder Mark Shuttleworth announces that Ubuntu Linux bug #1 -- "Microsoft has a majority market share" -- is closed. Rather than simply boasting of Linux's victory, Shuttleworth offers an olive branch. |
10 years of defending Linux's legalities: GroklawA decade ago, SCO attacked Linux but it hadn't counted on running into a paralegal turned legal journalist named Pamela Jones and her Website Groklaw. |
Fedora 19 Linux, “Schrödinger's Cat," goes betaFedora 18 was slow to arrive, but Fedora 19, “Schrödinger's Cat," Red Hat's latest community Linux, is on schedule. |
Microsoft's Linux app, Skype, gets updatedMicrosoft has released a new version of Skype, its popular VoIP program, for Linux. |
Build your own supercomputer out of Raspberry Pi boardsWho says you need a few million bucks to build a supercomputer? Joshua Kiepert put together a Linux-powered Beowulf cluster with Raspberry Pi computers for less than $2,000. |
