Dell today announced that Medallia , a global leader in Software-as-a-Service Customer Experience Management solutions, has selected Dell’s Open Networking solutions to enable faster networking speeds and improve its customer experience. Medallia runs the Linux network operating system from Cumulus Networks on Dell Open Networking switches. Source: Tech
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Free Software Foundation statement on the GNU Bash "shellshock" vulnerability
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•Bash is the GNU Project’s shell; it is part of the suite of software that makes up the GNU operating system. The GNU programs plus the kernel Linux form a commonly used complete free software operating system, called GNU/Linux. The bug, which is being referred to as “shellshock,” can allow, in some circumstances, attackers to…
Free Software Foundation adds libreCMC to its list of endorsed distributions
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•The FSF’s list consists of ready-to-use full systems whose developers have made a commitment to follow the Guidelines for Free System Distributions. This means each distro includes and steers users toward exclusively free software. All distros reject nonfree software, including firmware “blobs,” and nonfree documentation. The wireless network router is a ubiquitous device found in…
Does Oracle Linux 7 Give Larry A Cutting (Open) Edge?
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•Oracle has this month introduced the Oracle-flavoured Linux 7 open source operating system. Freely distributed under the GNU General Public License (GPLv2), Oracle Linux is based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and follows the RHEL7 release, which arrived this June. This distribution of Linux represents what Oracle would like to us to consider as its more open and…
Windows 8.x Usage Declines
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•Net Applications has found that Windows 8.x actually lost user share in June 2014, while Windows 7 has really been the operating system to gain from XP’s end of support. Read more at Enterprise Open Source Toolkit Source: Linux
Performance & Availability Management Monitoring from GroundWork Now Available for OpenStack®
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•GoundWork Cloud Hub is the first to bring performance monitoring to the compute, storage and networking components of OpenStack ATLANTA, GA (OpenStack Summit) – May 14, 2014 – GroundWork, Inc. (www.gwos.com), the leading Unified Monitoring solution for IT operations management and cloud monitoring, today announced the first performance monitoring solution for the OpenStack cloud operating…
Canonical's audacious Ubuntu for Android project isn't quite dead, but it is in limbo
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•The idea was audacious: Combine Android, the most popular mobile version of Linux, with Ubuntu, the leading Linux desktop operating system, on a single smartphone that swapped between the two depending on whether the device was docked. Source: Tech
Win XP Usage Down But Not Out as Support Cutoff Deadline Looms
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•Flee! Flee from XP, or from WAN sectors at least! – so say industry advisors Windows XP usage on the web is decreasing as the venerable operating system edges ever closer towards its “end of life” from Microsoft support next week.… Read more at The Register Source: Linux
Cebit: Ubuntu smartphones to cost 'between $200 and $400'
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•HANOVER: SMARTPHONES RUNNING Canonical’s Ubuntu mobile operating system will cost between $200 and $400, according to the firm’s CEO Mark Shuttleworth. Source: Tech
Android-x86 Makes It To KitKat
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•Android-x86 is an open source project to bring the Android operating system to fairly standard x86 hardware like desktop PCs and laptops. Source: Tech