Are Corporations Co-opting Open Source?

The recent announcements by Adobe and Microsoft of source code releases under FOSS licenses are attempts to co-opt free software.

Microsoft announced this week that they are releasing source code for Linux drivers that allow it to interact better with Windows, where Windows is the host OS and Linux is running as a guest OS. This [...]

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GeeXboX 1.2.3 released

Version 1.2.3.of GeeXboX is released. GeeXboX is a standalone media player, running under Linux and based on MPlayer. GeeXboX runs from a CD on any Pentium-class or Apple Macintosh computer. Nearly every kind of media file can be played with GeeXboX,

- MPEG 1/2 movies (MPG files, VCDs, DVDs …)
- MPEG 4 movies (DivX, XviD, H.264 [...]

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Standard and Poors announce Red Hat in CIT out

At the close of trading Friday July 24, Standard and Poors, the leading index provider will replace CIT Group with Red Hat Inc, in the 500th place. As of July 17, CIT Group had a market capitalization of $275 Million.

Red Hat is an open source software solution provider to enterprises worldwide. Founded [...]

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Automate backups on Linux

Here’s an excellent article on automating backups on Linux systems. I use many of these same scripts to archive data to my backup server, nightly. If you haven’t already started using automated backups, I strongly urge you to do so. Remember if it’s not backed up, it must not be important. — Neil

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Lazy Linux: 10 essential tricks for admins

Summary: Learn these 10 tricks and you’ll be the most powerful Linux® systems administrator in the universe…well, maybe not the universe, but you will need these tips to play in the big leagues. Learn about SSH tunnels, VNC, password recovery, console spying, and more. Examples accompany each trick, so you can duplicate them on your [...]

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The Linux operating system as a managed object

Summary: Organizations today face two major challenges: deployment of an increasingly rich service mix and managing the associated massive base of computing platforms. In this article, discover a new(ish) means of viewing a key component of the organizational architecture—treating operating systems themselves as individual managed objects.

Few can argue with the success of modern computing [...]

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New Linux patch could circumvent Microsoft’s FAT patents

A Linux developer has published a new kernel patch that provides a workaround to avoid Microsoft’s patents on the FAT filesystem. The patch, which has undergone extensive legal review by patent lawyers, could make it possible to use FAT on Linux without having to pay licensing fees to Microsoft.

Microsoft’s recent lawsuit against TomTom, alleging infringement [...]

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Basics of LDAP

BeginLinux: This course will help you understand the benefits of LDAP as well as implementation of LDAP. The OpenLDAP Project is a collaborative effort to develop a robust, commercial-grade, fully featured, and open source LDAP suite of applications and development tools. The project is managed by a worldwide community of volunteers that [...]

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