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Werner Knoblich, vice-president EMEA at Red Hat, told CRN: “Red Hat was a very direct business, but over the past three years we have moved from a 90 per cent direct firm to 60 per cent indirect in Europe. The channel is essential for Red Hat.”
Perhaps other GNU/Linux vendors could take a lesson from Red Hat's strategy. By developing partner channels, Red Hat is becoming the means through which others build their businesses. Everyone wins, and that's a beautiful thing! - dcparris
Perhaps other GNU/Linux vendors could take a lesson from Red Hat's strategy. By developing partner channels, Red Hat is becoming the means through which others build their businesses. Everyone wins, and that's a beautiful thing! - dcparris
Only 'freaks' waste their time with Linux in Oklahoma
For the last two weeks, the Linux army has seized on Tuttle, Oklahoma city manager Jerry Taylor as a symbol of all that's wrong with this world. This man attacked Linux maker CentOS without cause, threatened to call the FBI on the firm and refused to apologize for these actions even after learning the error of his ways. Typical Microsoft-loving, bureaucrat thinking, right? Our ongoing investigation into Taylor, however, has revealed that he may actually be a model for Linux zealots to embrace and follow.
My sysadmin toolbox
I use FreeBSD and Linux on more than 15 servers at work. Here are 10 of the tools I find most useful.
All in all, a nice overview of some decent utilities. I can vouch for GNU Screen. It is especially useful over an SSH connection, where you don't have access to the virtual terminals. You'll have to read the article for the rest though. - dcparris
All in all, a nice overview of some decent utilities. I can vouch for GNU Screen. It is especially useful over an SSH connection, where you don't have access to the virtual terminals. You'll have to read the article for the rest though. - dcparris
Free and good
Anyone that thinks “nothing worth having is free” doesn’t know much about computers. A recent blog got me thinking that you don’t need to pay a penny for software to have a fully-functioning computer. You surely don’t have to fork over any cash to Microsoft or Apple for an operating system. The article is geared more towards the techies, but it's still good to see FOSS mentioned in mainstream media. Maybe his next article can focus on the user side of things. - dcparris
Glimpses of LinuxWorld
BOSTON, MASS -These are short "impromptu" videos I shot at OSTG's Slashdot Lounge in the middle of the ORG pavilion at the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo. Their purpose is to help you put faces (and voices) to people whose names you often see on this site and others -- and one or two people who just happened to be in the vicinity and looked like they might have something to say, too.
Puppy Linux wags tail for $100 OLPC laptop
Puppy Linux, one of the smallest-footprint distributions available, has offered its services to the One Laptop Per Child project spearheaded by former MIT Media Lab head Nicholas Negroponte. OLPC plans to distribute laptops to children around the world for $100 apiece.
Well, I know several Puppy Linux users who would agree that it's the perfect distro for the OLPC project - dcparris
Well, I know several Puppy Linux users who would agree that it's the perfect distro for the OLPC project - dcparris
Carmony Dispels Linspire Linux Myths
Speaking at LinuxWorld, CEO Kevin Carmony clarifies the company's goals, defends its Linux credentials and more.(DesktopLinux.com)
Actually, I think Carmony may be onto something. Most of us are looking for a Dell or HP to bring GNU/Linux to the masses. I think it would be better - and more in line with the FOSS philosophy to have several smaller vendors distributing GNU/Linux and various solution stacks on top of that. If some of the smaller OEMs would pick a distro and round it out as a turn-key solution for various markets, We would not have to worry about whether Dell or HP owns the hardware market. Nor would we have to worry whether Microsoft - or any other company - owns the software market. There's room for all kinds of fish in the technology sea. - dcparris
Actually, I think Carmony may be onto something. Most of us are looking for a Dell or HP to bring GNU/Linux to the masses. I think it would be better - and more in line with the FOSS philosophy to have several smaller vendors distributing GNU/Linux and various solution stacks on top of that. If some of the smaller OEMs would pick a distro and round it out as a turn-key solution for various markets, We would not have to worry about whether Dell or HP owns the hardware market. Nor would we have to worry whether Microsoft - or any other company - owns the software market. There's room for all kinds of fish in the technology sea. - dcparris
Emu Software Enters Canadian Open Source Market
Savoir-Faire Linux and Emu Software: An alliance to guide you into the Linux World
Novell details SUSE Linux Enterprise 10
The Waltham, Massachusetts-based company outlined SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 at its BrainShare event in Salt Lake City, where it also promised to support NetWare "indefinitely" and previewed the next two releases in its Open Enterprise Server Roadmap, amongst other things.
The Expandable, Versatile MadTux LivePC
LXer Feature: 28-Dec-05LXer editor, Don Parris, takes a gander at the MadTux LivePC. Whether you just want to provide Internet access to visiting relatives, setup a computer lab down at the church, or support a high-tech, roaming workforce, you're likely to find the LivePC easy on the budget and heavy on the utilities.
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Struggles for Open Clip Art
LXer Feature: 25-Feb-06Success can bring travails for open source projects. A small crew cannot keep pace. The archive hasn't release a new image since October. So how will the Open Clip Art Library continue to provide new images for Openoffice.org, KOffice and related apps?
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You Can Look, But You'd Better Not Touch
As Microsoft continues to thrash it out with the European Commission over what it needs to do to get the antitrust monkey off its back, reader Bill Flanagan points out that its offer to open up some of its Windows Server source code isn't as munificent as it may appear at first.
Your Guide to Open-Source Business Models
CIO provides a simple, on-page overview of the various FOSS-based business models. If you're an entrepreneur, you'll want to keep this handy.
Linux is cool in this Penguin-powered ice cream maker
At last week's Demo conference, a showcase of all things edgy, techie and gadgetey, saw the debut of what I am willing to bet is the first Linux-powered automatic ice-cream making machine. The MooBella Ice Cream System is a vending-machine-sized device (kind of a cross between a fridge and a coke machine) that can almost instantly create a scoop of ice cream in a variety of flavors, with or without nuts, crushed cookies or candy.
[Ed: This does sound like the perfect job for a penguin! Can't wait to see one of these gadgets! - dcparris]
[Ed: This does sound like the perfect job for a penguin! Can't wait to see one of these gadgets! - dcparris]
Oracle eats Sleepycat
In Brief Already engorged, Oracle has stuffed yet another software maker into its belly, gobbling up Sleepycat.
Platypus makes the grade
The Mozilla Foundation has confirmed that Platypus is, in fact, a finalist in the Extend Firefox competition, following a query by Tectonic. This is jolly good news, since it ranks high as a truly novel extension.
Reader reviews SuSE Linux courses
We've been talking about training a fair bit recently, but mostly it's been about which courses are offered where and at what price. Novell's "Bridging NetWare skills to Novell Open Enterprise Server for Linux", for example, is a free online session. You might think it's only worth what you pay for it, but the time you invest in it is also a form of payment and it could keep you from having the experience one reader did with the more Linux-oriented courses that will actually cost you money.
Why Not Python?, Part 3
Now it's time for this new Python user to do the hard work--code the program to fill in the blanks of Sudoku puzzles.
Trolltech, Teleca partner on Linux phone stack
Trolltech has partnered with mobile phone application vendor Teleca. The two companies will jointly create and market a mobile phone software reference design based on Trolltech's Qtopia graphics framework and Teleca's Obigo applications suite, which includes products for browsing, messaging, content management, media playback, and DRM (digital rights management).
FOXNEWS: Open-source Users Break Free From Commercial Software
LONDON — Danny and Linda Lee, who are both in their mid-50s, know as much about computers as they do about gangsta rap. Yet Mr and Mrs Lee's computer at their home in Bedhampton, Hampshire, England, doesn't run Microsoft Windows. Nor is it a newbie-friendly Mac.
[Ed: Congrats to the mainstream press writer who actually conveyed with some accuracy the difference between freeware and FOSS! - dcparris]
[Ed: Congrats to the mainstream press writer who actually conveyed with some accuracy the difference between freeware and FOSS! - dcparris]
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