I admit it: I'm slightly jealous of Microsoft server administrators. You see, in the Linux world, we have the power to create crazily robust and creative systems, but we're often reinventing the wheel.
<b>Linux BSDos:</b> "The installation program on Ubuntu 10.04 and Linux Mint 9 are the same. And that's because Linux Mint is based on Ubuntu. So if you install one, which involves a simple seven-step process, you can use the same instructions to install the other."
<b>Serverwatch:</b> "Linux servers now represent 18.4 percent of all server revenue, up 4.3 points over the same quarter last year. Unix server revenue declined 29 percent from a year earlier."
Preliminary survey by Citrix shows companies are ready to purchase the iPad for business, as are individuals for business purposes. What's the most popular iPad application for business?
The latest smartphone sales figures from NPD Group show Google's Linux-based Android OS blowing the iPhone and Windows Mobile clean out of the water. Where is Microsoft in the booming mobile market?
<b>Enterprise Storage Forum:</b> "In just a few years, data deduplication has gone from a technology with a lot of promise that only very large enterprises could afford to one that is nearly ubiquitous for making the most of backup and recovery."
<b>LWN.net:</b> "I have been looking forward to the release of SimplyMepis 8.5 for at least six months. I used SimplyMepis 8.0 the first half of last year with its KDE 3.5 desktop and was very content."
<b>LinuxInsider:</b> "European privacy advocates have added their voices to complaints about Facebook's privacy changes, and they say certain ways Facebook treats data may even be illegal under European laws."
<b>Developer.com:</b> "By typical development conventions, PHP 5.3 only qualifies as a "point release." However, the features packed into this new version are easily the most significant PHP development enhancements since PHP 5.0 was released in 2004."
<b>Ghacks:</b> " I thought I would start off the month with a collection of “power user” tips I have collected over the years. Some of these are real gems, some of them are just “been there, done that”. But all of them are useful."
<b>Phoronix:</b> "Unfortunately, as of today, Valve has pulled the index file from their server and the related bins_linux.zip and steam_linux.zip (or they have just been updated and due to the lack of the index file we don't know the new checksums)."
If you want to take workstation-class CAD or imaging applications on the road, you need one of two things: a U-Haul, or HP's surprising 14-inch laptop PC, which combines Core i7 power and Quadro FX graphics in an under-six-pound package.
If you want to take workstation-class CAD or imaging applications on the road, you need one of two things: a U-Haul, or HP's surprising 14-inch laptop PC, which combines Core i7 power and Quadro FX graphics in an under-six-pound package.
<b>WorksWithU:</b> "When Canonical launched Landscape 1.5 this week, it was a timely reminder that the software company is trying to develop multiple revenue streams beyond Ubuntu services. Moreover, Landscape 1.5 represents Canonical's latest attempt to make Ubuntu easier for businesses and solutions providers to remotely manage"