Open Source News
This section provides a daily dose of regularly updated Open Source News.Linux: Create Your Own Domain Name Server (DNS)
"One vital step to hosting your own domain is to set up a domain name server. One nice solution is to use Linux and the Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) software. The primary job of a domain name server is to allow you and your users to associate your domains and subdomains with IP addresses.
12/3/2007 2:39:22 AM
North and South Korea unite over Linux
South Korea and its political foe to the North are to jointly develop a version of Linux, with some help from their common friend China.
12/2/2007 8:18:06 PM
Sealed PC Runs Linux
"ICI Controls has announced a ;completely sealed' PC intended for embedded and industrial applications in wet and dirty environments. The SC240M is capable of fanless operation, and available with Linux pre-installed on flash storage, according to the company.
12/2/2007 3:09:22 PM
Windows is !easy, Linux is !hard
"This is a rant. If you are easily offended then don't read this. I repeat. Don't read this. I am going to be ranting about how fan boyz and girlz go on and on and on about how easy it is to install programs in windows and how hard it is to install programs in Linux.
12/2/2007 3:09:21 AM
Could Linux Help Bring Both Koreas Together?
People in South Korea speak of folks in North Korea more as lost brothers than bitter enemies. Over the years the two have made various rapprochements, but now it looks like North and South are teaming up on a whole new kind of joint project: a Korean-language Linux distribution.
12/1/2007 3:36:45 PM
Core designer offers Linux support subscriptions
— Nov. 21, 2007 — ARC International is offering in-house Linux support for its configurable CPU cores and multimedia subsystems. The configurable-core design firm plans to optimize, deliver, and directly support versions of Embedded Linux 2.6, and GNU tools based on GCC 4.2 and future versions. ...
11/30/2007 9:21:16 PM
Amazon launches Linux-based eBook reader
— Nov. 21, 2007 — Amazon's "Kindle" electronic book reader runs an operating system based on Linux 2.6.10, according to reports.
11/30/2007 8:50:27 PM
Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time 10 now available through Concurrent
Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time 10 includes the latest enterprise-hardened open source technologies that reduce system latency or delay and improve predictability, such as open source CPU shielding, priority inheritance, sleeping spinlocks, interrupt threads, high-resolution timers and the latest OpenFabrics enterprise distribution for commodity high-speed interconnects, OFED 1.2.5.
11/30/2007 8:21:19 PM
Novell Swaps the Kernel Guts in Real-Time Linux
Commercial Linux distributor Novell this week announced a new version of its real-time variant of Linux, called SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 10, or SLERT 10.
11/30/2007 1:13:10 AM
OpenSolaris follows Linux to the mainframe
After Linux, Sun's open-source OpenSolaris is now making headway into the mainframe arena, thanks to the effort of an engineering firm to port it to IBM hardware.
11/29/2007 9:33:15 PM
Webinar to showcase Linux telecom distro
— Nov. 20, 2007 — MontaVista will host a free webinar about its newly revised Carrier Grade Linux product next week.
11/29/2007 5:50:44 PM
Linux-based PMP flexes codecs
— Nov. 20, 2007 — The Archos 604 offers the best video codec support in the portable media player (PMP) market, says a recent review. OSNews editor Eugenia Loli-Queru recommends the Linux-based device for video playback, but not before knocking its clunky rocker-buttons and slow USB charging. ...
11/29/2007 4:20:26 PM
Overcome multimedia hurdles in Linux (Tech Republic)
Jack Wallen discusses the playing of proprietary media types on Linux in aTech Republic article." Historically, Linux was unable to play files intended to only be playable with the Windows Media Player.
11/29/2007 1:49:32 PM
Notebook-Style Computing Appliance Runs Linux
"Zonbu has started shipping a laptop version of its Linux-based computing appliance for home users. The Zonbu Notebook or 'Zonbook 1' is based on a power-efficient Via processor, runs Gentoo Linux and 20 open source applications, and sells for $280 with a managed service plan.
11/29/2007 12:22:54 PM
Novell Suse Linux Upgrade Improves Virtualization
Open source-based software developer Novell has released the new version of Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time 10, the open source enterprise operating system, to cater to the financial market. According to Novell, the new version of Suse includes enterprise open source technologies and features such as CPU shielding, priority inheritance, sleeping spinlocks, interrupt threads, high-resolution ...
11/29/2007 11:04:05 AM
Windows and Linux gain ground in datacentres
But Unix is still the Daddy. Windows and Linux operating systems are getting an ever-growing share of datacentre environments, according to Gartner.
11/29/2007 7:19:34 AM
Putting Linux in Perspective
Linux Journal: "While I was cleaning up my office I ran into the March 1986 issue of UNIX/WORLD, a long-since deceased magazine.
11/28/2007 5:50:09 PM
Embedded engineers prefer Linux OS, says poll
LONDON — About half the embedded systems engineers that read EE Times Europe, are planning to use Linux as an embedded operating system, according to respondents to a poll.
11/28/2007 2:15:38 PM
Oracle Claims Strides in Linux Campaign
Oracle said earlier this month that its year-long push to take on Red Hat in the Linux market has reaped 1,500 corporate customers for its Unbreakable Linux support program. Most of those customers -- well over 1,450 -- signed up for the service during the past six months, with "virtually no selling at all," said Oracle CEO Larry Ellison during a keynote speech at the company's OpenWorld user ...
11/28/2007 11:09:02 AM
PayPal Says Linux Grid Can Replace Mainframes
PayPal is currently processing $1,571 worth of transactions per second in 17 different currencies on about 4,000 servers running Red Hat Linux.
11/28/2007 9:43:45 AM
Novell Rolls Out SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 10
Novell today announced the availability of SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 10, the latest version of Novell's enterprise-class, open source real-time operating system for running high-performance, time-sensitive, mission-critical applications. ...
11/28/2007 7:51:06 AM
IBM Slashes Linux SupportLine Prices for System i and p
One of the key differentiators that IBM has always brought to bear on the midrange is well-regarded technical support for operating systems and related systems software. OS/400 and AIX have always had top-notch tech support--at least compared to their peers on other platforms. The advent of Linux, which is not controlled by Big Blue, presented a bit of a challenge to the company. But IBM has ...
11/28/2007 12:44:17 AM
What If We Never Have the Year of the Linux Desktop?
"Every year since 2004 has been touted as the year of the Linux desktop. That year where Linux of some flavor makes huge inroads into the home and work desktop scene. Every year these predictions have fallen short. Now 2008 being the year of the Linux desktop stories are already making the rounds.
11/27/2007 8:37:49 PM
Public Beta Now Open for Red Hat Enterprise Linux on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
"Today, less than three weeks since the announcement of our collaboration with Amazon Web Services, Red Hat has opened the beta for Red Hat Enterprise Linux on Amazon EC2 to the general public.
11/27/2007 12:22:48 PM
Amazon cloud-based Red Hat Linux now in beta
Customers now can try out the leading commercial Linux version running on the cloud--but the beta test isn't free.
11/27/2007 12:06:49 PM
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