Firms find open source way to save over HP OpenView
When server and network management software from a proprietary software vendor costs ten times as much as an open source alternative, the decision to go the open source route might seem obvious.…
Terra Soft moves past Apple with first Cell-based supercomputing cluster
The announcement last year that Apple was moving to Intel-based hardware might have seemed like a fatal blow to Terra Soft Solutions, a company best-known for the Yellow Dog Linux distro. However…
Can open source learn from Microsoft?
We open sourcerors are fond of poking fun of Microsoft. Blue Screen of Death, bugs galore, etc. I guess the biggest software company on the planet is ripe for abuse.
But in an interesting…
Setup your Radeon-powered Ubuntu with XGL and Beryl
Linux users are spoiled for good these days with all the eye candy that has been invading on their desktop. This guide will help Ubuntu users with a Radeon-powered graphics card to set things up…
Fedora Core 6 release date slip
We regret to announce a slip of the Fedora Core 6 release schedule. A few issues are still present that we would like to see fixed before we release.
- Possible ext3 corruption bug…
Brute Force Detection(BFD) on linux server
BFD is a modular shell script for parsing applicable logs and checking for authentication failures. There is not much complexity or detail to BFD yet and likewise it is very straight-forward in…
Konsole license violations highlight GPL confusion
In July, Konsole author Lars Doelle posted a note on the MotorolaFans.com forum about two programs that appear to violate the GNU General Public License (GPL), under which Konsole is licensed. GPL…
Firefox 2 Release Candidate 2 Released
Firefox 2 Release Candidate 2 (RC 2) is a preview release of our next generation Firefox browser and is being made available for download to Web application developers, our testing community and…
Apache Tomcat 4.1.34 is voted stable
The Apache Tomcat team is proud to announce the immediate availability of Tomcat 4.1.34 stable. This build contains numerous bug fixes, documentation updates, and other improvements.
Apache…
Insecurity in Open Source
Debates over what methods result in the best software often pit those who favor an open-source approach against proponents of proprietary, or closed-source, development. Conventional wisdom holds…