Oracle’s Gravity Pulls in Sun

Oracle’s Gravity Pulls in Sun

This Oracle-Sun deal is like a galactic collision that promises to shake up the global tech industry.

Containing Linux Instances with OpenVZ

Containing Linux Instances with OpenVZ

Understanding the OpenVZ way of virtualisation and getting started with it.

Face to Face with RMS

Face to Face with RMS

It was one of the rarest opportunities to spend some time with the man I’ve always looked up to since I migrated to GNU/Linux systems…

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Oracle’s Gravity Pulls in Sun

Mon, Jun 1 2009 Comments
This Oracle-Sun deal is like a galactic collision that promises to shake up the global tech industry.

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Run Linux on Windows, Part II: Ulteo Virtual Desktop

Fri, May 1 2009 Comments
Taking the Ulteo Virtual Desktop for a test run.

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Bob Young: Because of the much lower cost, open source should do very well in this economy

Wed, Apr 1 2009 Comments
Bob Young has played a key role in building Linux into a household name. In 1993, with Mark Ewing, he co-founded Red Hat and was the CEO of the company for several years. After leaving Red Hat, he sta

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Creating Rhythmic Noise

Fri, May 1 2009 Comments
In part 13 of the "Programming in Python for Friends and Relations" series, we learn about Csound, a powerful musical instrument that’s playable from Python.

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A Voyage to the Kernel, Day 11

Fri, May 1 2009 Comments
[Segment 3.1] We’re entering a new phase in our journey—kernel programming. In the first part, we’ll cover a broad introduction to the Linux platform for newbies, along with some history.

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Balancing Traffic Across Data Centres Using LVS

Fri, May 1 2009 Comments
In the previous article in this series (‘Data Centre Redundancy’, page 56, April 2009) we got an overview of the architecture associated with data centre redundancy. An important aspect of this is