Why you really can't use 'Linux' as a screen name on the Xbox 360
When the news broke about it being impossible to use Linux as a screen name on the Xbox 360 it sounded like such a Microsoft thing to do. Alas, the real reason why you can't use Linux as a screen…
Australia To Join Mandriva Partner Ecosystem
Pursuing its strategy of developing a large international network of local partners, Mandriva today announces the launch of Mandriva Australia as the sole Australian partner for Mandriva SA,…
How a Microsoft Piracy Threat almost led us to Open Source… Almost
Once upon a time there was a ’school’ that used predominantly Microsoft software. This ’school’ used PCs with Windows Servers and Windows XPs. The fact that this was a poor ’school’ meant that…
Xorg releases 7.3
Finally X.Org have released the latest version which promises to drastically improve hotplug and on-the-fly output reconfiguration. See the list of latest features:
http://xorg.freedesktop.…
Open Source Python for System Administrators
Adopt Python to manage UNIX systems while incorporating concepts of good program design. Python is an easy-to-learn, open source scripting language that lets system administrators do their job…
Data Center Management Inefficiency Still Exists
While virtualization usage is increasing in the enterprise, inefficient management of data centers and virtual environments continues to be a burden, according to a recently published study by…
OpenSSH 4.7 Released
OpenSSH 4.7 has just been released. This version is a 100% complete SSH protocol version 1.3, 1.5 and 2.0 implementation and includes sftp client and server support.
It will be available…
Mandriva Linux 2008 RC1 released
"The first release candidate of Mandriva Linux 2008, codenamed Copernic, is now available. A guide to major new features (some of which are not yet implemented in this release candidate) is…
Microsoft flashes Silverlight for Linux
Microsoft is to make its recently unveiled Silverlight 'Flash killer' plug-in available on Linux.
The commercial release of Silverlight 1.0 is a cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for…
OOXML rejected!
"It seems the OOXML is about to be rejected! There is quite a negative vibe against the Microsoft's format, as one can see from the NY Times article. Quote:"Of the 87 countries that participated,…