Red Hat, Inc. today announced that President and CEO, Jim Whitehurst, will deliver the keynote address at the Software & Information Industry Association's (SIIA) Software Summit & CODiE Awards.
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Installing Ubuntu 9.04 on the Eee PC 901
The Eee PC 901 is an Intel Atom-based laptop, with 1 GB of RAM, a 20 GB SSD, a 9 inch display, and ships with Asus' own Linux distribution. Since I bought mine, I've installed and used Ubuntu 8.10 and 8.04. The new Ubuntu 9.04 finally has full support for the Eee PC 901.
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A Little About Ubuntu
I’m not a hater of Ubuntu by any means. I think it’s done a ton of good for Linux. However, I do have a problem with some of rather “excitable” users in the Ubuntu community. Let’s take a look.
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Rails Conf 2009 Day 2 - DHH Keynote
"Rails Conf Day 2 start with DHH's keynote. The room was packed (close to 1200 attendees) and SRO.
Read more »KDE 4.2: Finally a new Linux desktop I can like
I won't rehash my feelings about earlier versions of KDE. Suffice it to say I didn't like it and you can review my comments about KDE 4.0 and KDE 4.1 elsewhere. At first glance, I also wasn't impressed with KDE 4.2, but I decided to give it one more try, after some performance fixes in the latest edition, and I'm finally impressed.
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"Hotspot in a box" runs Linux
Proxicast is shipping a portable, battery-powered 3G and 802.11 a/b/g WiFi hotspot that runs embedded Linux.
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Open Movie Editor - a simple non-linear video editor
Open Movie Editor is a free and open source video editing program, designed for basic movie making capabilities. It aims do be powerful enough for the amateur movie artist, yet easy to use.
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Red Hat: We Should Probably Look at Switching out Tomboy with Gnote
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Anti-malware software upgraded for Linux
AVG Technologies has released a new version of its anti-malware software for Linux desktops. Available in licensed server and free workstation editions (pictured), AVG 8.5 for Linux combines email and file-server protection with streamlined scanning, new antivirus filtering, and improved performance.
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5 Must Try Linux Distros
I’m going to gather some well known info about these five popular Linux distribution to give you small preview of Linux operating systems. This is not a top five, rather five distributions I know about.
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Realities of open source cloud computing
You've picked the perfect cloud computing platform for your needs, and you have a well-designed application to run on it. The hard part is done, right? Not so fast. You still need to consider all the things you'd typically worry about if the application was for your own servers: deployment, testing, and monitoring.
Read more »Spoiling the open-source IT management party
SpringSource announced news earlier today that it has acquired Hyperic. This is good news for SpringSource, but not everyone out there believes that it's good news for open source.
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Sun Microsystems proves open-source concept for nationwide network
Sun Microsystems' open-source software is one of the key components of the NHIN-Connect, the gateway that has enabled multiple federal agencies and private-public organizations to communicate across platforms
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Open Source Software Helps the Lean Startup
The lean startup is a term used to describe many startups that, unlike in the dot-com days, are frugal with their money. Instead of racking up large bills and loans before they make even a penny, the lean startup seeks to spend as little as possible.
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So you want to be an open source contributor?
If you have coding skills and want to use them to develop open source software you have several options. You can start a new project by yourself or with some friends, or you can join an existing project. The advantage of the former is that you get to make the rules and there is a pretty good (i.e., 100%) chance that your code will be accepted.
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