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Rate Get top-ranked Novell support for Red Hat at 50% less

Original at CNET News.com external link    10 hours ago

SUSE Linux Enterprise from Novell, you're getting the world's most interoperable Linux, and the only one fully supported by both Novell and Microsoft. ...

Rate Integrating PowerEdge with openmanage Server Agent to Manage Dell poweredge ...

Original at CNET News.com external link    18 hours ago

Overview: Enterprises that adopt the Red Hat Linux operating system (OS) and run it on Dell poweredge servers require a way to manage these environments. ...

Rate Move to SUSE Linux Enterprise get 3 years of Red Hat support

Original at CNET News.com external link    Fri, Dec 4

Overview: One unified management tool for both Linux and Windows allows your mixed environments to become completely interoperable and more efficient. ...

Rate Windows 7 family pack starting to sell out

Original at CNET News.com external link    Fri, Dec 4

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If they so happen to choose Windows 7, then why do you care? If they felt that they wanted Linux or OSX, then they would buy them. ... and more »

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Rate Intel sees rush to Netbook app store

Original at CNET News.com external link    Wed, Dec 2

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Though most applications are expected to be written for the Linux operating system--Intel's version is called Moblin--Apeland claims that the program has a ... Intel Continues to Cut Microsoft from Netbooks with New Atom SDKjkOnTheRun

Rate Windows, Netbook. Android, smartbook? Hmm

Original at CNET News.com external link    Tue, Dec 1

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Yes, smartbooks will have a different operating system (Android/Linux), but to consumers, this won't mean that they are different. At a Verizon store, ... and more »

Rate Open source: No vow of poverty (or get-rich-quick scheme)

Original at CNET News.com external link    Mon, Nov 30

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Even Red Hat, which piggybacks on a lot of Linux kernel development, increasingly includes more home-grown software in its distribution and takes great ... Keep the cash: think open sourceMcGill Tribune Read all 'user interface' posts in The Open RoadCNET News

Past Month

 

Rate Theory of competition fails in open source, elsewhere

Original at CNET News.com external link    Thu, Nov 19

I don't know about the server market which used RedHat Linux before, I don't know if it's still to this day the most used Linux OS for servers. ... and more »

Rate Hackers bypass Windows 7 activation

Original at CNET News.com external link    Fri, Nov 13

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Hey, everyone pirating Windows 7: Don't you think it's good enough to pay for? If you want a free OS, Linux has been available for a long time. ... and more »

Rate After 5 years, Firefox faces new challenges

Original at CNET News.com external link    Sun, Nov 8

He joined CNET News in 1998 and since then also has covered Google, Yahoo, servers, supercomputing, Linux and open-source software, and science. ... The State of Open Source on Firefox's Fifth BirthdayPC Magazine Mozilla Firefox: 5 years old this week; my, how you've grownComputerworld

June of 2009

 

Rate Android to replace Garmin-Asus' current Linux platform

Original at CNET News.com external link    Tue, Jun 16

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When asked about the potential of Garmin-Asus's current Linux platform for future devices, Tung revealed that this will be used only in the G60. Future smartphones will either come with Windows Mobile like the M20 or be based on the Google Android ...

Rate Firefox 3.5 'Web upgrade' planned for end of June

Original at CNET News.com external link    Tue, Jun 16

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You can grab the Firefox 3.5 beta for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Firefox 3.5 comes with a spate of new features--5000 total, according to Mozilla. Among the major ones: built-in video; local storage to enable richer Web applications that can work even ... Firefox 3.5 team aims for RC2 ZDNet

Rate Wind River brings a hypervisor to embedded systems

Original at CNET News.com external link    Tue, Jun 16

Wind River Linux is the company's version of Linux optimized for embedded devices. In 2007, Wind River acquired FSMLabs, a real-time Linux vendor, to augment its Linux efforts. Wind River had earlier had a partnership with Red Hat, now discontinued. ...

Rate Microsoft legislates against iPhones

Original at CNET News.com external link    Tue, Jun 16

 CA No, it's an authentication mechanism, just like those in the platforms Mac OS and Linux that you pretend to think are so great. by pairof9s--2008 June 16, 2009 8:03 AM PDT You've pretty much misconstrued the article on every point you tried to make. by ...

Rate Get a new eMachines laptop for $349.99

Original at CNET News.com external link    Mon, Jun 15

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 CA The Dell also had less RAM, a smaller hard drive, and Linux as its operating system. eMachines bundles Vista Home Basic--blech, right? My recommendation: Install the free Windows 7 Release Candidate and enjoy that until next March. ...

Rate Five things still missing from Apple MacBooks

Original at CNET News.com external link    Mon, Jun 15

 CA None of the serious systems sit on SQL Server, and even those few SQL Server-based systems we do run have scheduled reboots to free up memory leaks. I have MySQL installed on both my Mac Mini and Dell Linux desktop machines and find its conformity to ...

Rate Gartner: Android 'snappy,' Windows 7 less so

Original at CNET News.com external link    Mon, Jun 15

Five big issues with ARM and Android netbooks ZDNet Blogs Android on smartbooks is snappier than Windows 7 says Gartner Netbook Choice ARM Android netbooks more “snappy” than Windows 7 on Atom say analysts SlashGear PC World - OS News

Rate Apple still wants to get Psystar into court

Original at CNET News.com external link    Mon, Jun 15

 CA I can't get either one in Windows... by Vegaman_Dan June 15, 2009 1:23 PM PDT "Funny, I can get both (security and freedom) with a Linux machine. I can get security and relative freedom with a Mac box. I can't get either one in Windows. ... Apple seeks go-ahead for action against Psystar iTWire

Rate Tim O'Reilly: Open-source purists trying to answer the wrong question

Original at CNET News.com external link    Mon, Jun 15

 CA The whole context of free and open-source software is not about Linux taking over the world and replacing Windows. That might even happen, just as the PC replaced the mainframe. And it probably will happen. But it doesn't change the dynamic. ...

Rate Microsoft talks virtualization and cloud

Original at CNET News.com external link    Mon, Jun 15

 CA It's also consistent in that Microsoft chooses targets for comparison with some care. For example, Microsoft isn't so much emphasizing low cost in the context of general scale-out infrastructure (where Linux and other open-source software is most ...

Year 2007

 

Rate How To: Pain-free Linux installation

Original at CNET News.com external link    Thu, Jul 26

Install Ubuntu Linux on a Windows machine without partitioning your hard drive or booting from a CD.

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