Author: JT Smith
Linux Today offers this reprint from the Kernel Mailing List containing updates to USB (ohci controller and device numbering), Sparc, and SCSI module.
Category:
- Linux
Linux and Windows NT 4.0: Basic Administration – Part II
Author: JT Smith
Administrative tasks in Windows NT are strikingly similar to the
same tasks in Linux, this comes as little surprise, as one of
Microsoft’s first ventures had been Xenix, a Unix clone, surmises Linux.com.
same tasks in Linux, this comes as little surprise, as one of
Microsoft’s first ventures had been Xenix, a Unix clone, surmises Linux.com.
Category:
- Linux
Raymond to pen ‘Zen and the Art of Unix’
Author: JT Smith
Upside Today reports, open source author Eric Raymond discussed his future writing plans, including an upcoming
book on the “Zen and the Art of Unix,” at the Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco
Monday.
book on the “Zen and the Art of Unix,” at the Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco
Monday.
Category:
- Open Source
Feds to recognize Linux achievement
Author: JT Smith
The U.S. government is recognizing the best and brightest of its Linux community, reports LinuxNews, and focusing on the operating system’s future with a conference and awards presentation October 30.
Category:
- Linux
VA Linux releases VACM 2.0 cluster management software
Author: JT Smith
VA Linux Systems, Inc., the world’s Linux leader, today announced the availability of VACM 2.0, the latest official release of VA Cluster Manager software, from Business Wire. (Full disclosure: NewsForge is owned by VA Linux.)
The Internet’s .1 and only domain? – duplicate
Author: JT Smith
ZDNet News looks at a few applications to administer new TLDs filed Monday with the International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).
Knowledge exchange for Linux developers
Author: JT Smith
PRNewswire reports, together, HotDispatch and
Caldera will build an online marketplace for Linux developers to purchase and
sell technical expertise.
Caldera will build an online marketplace for Linux developers to purchase and
sell technical expertise.
Is the SDMI boycott backfiring?
Author: JT Smith
Programmers don’t want to help the recording industry test its
new security “solution,” reports Salon News,
but the technology insiders behind the
system say hackers could kill it once and for all by
participating.
new security “solution,” reports Salon News,
but the technology insiders behind the
system say hackers could kill it once and for all by
participating.
Category:
- Linux
Why did MS really save Corel?
Author: JT Smith
ZDNet News article proclaims, “There are other reasons Microsoft bought into Corel, in my humble opinion, and none of them has anything
to do with Microsoft gaining the endorsement of a major software vendor for its .Net development platform, as stated in the joint Microsoft-Corel press release.”
to do with Microsoft gaining the endorsement of a major software vendor for its .Net development platform, as stated in the joint Microsoft-Corel press release.”
Linux virus scanners: Common problems
Author: JT Smith
According to this article from SecurityPortal, even if you do everything perfectly, you can still run into problems.
Category:
- Linux