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Linux Plays in the Storage Arena
Linux initially gained attention as an OS server for noncrucial applications (primarily Web serving); however, its suitability as an OS for all computing applications—from...
Fire in the belly
When you think of open source databases, MySQL or PostgreSQL may first spring to mind. However, hot on their heels is Firebird, a relational...
Banks Want to Swim With Penguin
Financial institutions are turning to Linux to run their back-end operations. On Monday, Reuters announces that it's porting its popular market-data service for banks...
Reuters introduces Linux-based market data feeds
A.Guru prasadh writes "NEW YORK: News and information group Reuters on Monday said that its flagship financial data and quote system is running on...
Linux Mindshare: Getting inside the buyer’s head
jae writes "In this guest column at DesktopLinux.com, former SCO evangelist and Samba.org team leader John H. Terpstra weighs in on what is needed...
The rise of the $99 ‘consumer’ Linux distribution
- By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller -
$99, give or take $20, seems to be the new price point for full-featured, consumer-level Linux distributions. This...
Drupal Content Management System v4.1.0
Anonymous Reader writes "Version 4.1 of the Drupal open source content management system (blogs, news, publishing, discussion, etc...) was released today. It's a...
TightVNC: Remote X the fast, easy & secure way
Joe Barr writes "All in all, TightVNC was as easy to configure and use as it was to install, even when I opted for...
Shuttle Apparently Disintegrates
Space shuttle Columbia apparently disintegrated in flames over Texas minutes before it was to land Saturday in Florida. TV video showed what appeared to...
Why recordable DVDs won’t last
The conventional wisdom has been that recordable DVDs would replace the VHS cassette as the media of choice for archiving TV shows and movies....