Report: Russian government to drop Microsoft for Linux The Russian government plans to drop Microsoft Windows for open-source Linux in an effort to develop a “national operating system,” the Christian Science Monitor reports. The plan was outlined three years ago and... (Continue reading)
LogLogic Leverages MySQL and Oracle Linux to Improve Performance and Reliability for Its Critical Business Offerings REDWOOD SHORES, CA–(Marketwire – 10/29/10) – Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL – News ) News Facts To better support the dynamic needs of its growing business, LogLogic,... (Continue reading)
UBM Electronics Presents ‘Taking the Risk Out of Embedded Linux,’ Targeted to Developers, Programmers and Engineering … UBM Electronics presented the “Taking the Risk Out of Embedded Linux Virtual Conference” on October 21 from 11 am â 6 pm Eastern. Â... (Continue reading)
What’s The Fastest Linux Filesystem On Cheap Flash Media? Linux Planet: “Compact Flash and SD storage cards are everywhere; gigabytes for cheap in a tiny form factor. Most come formatted with VFAT. Inquisitive minds want to know what is the fastest... (Continue reading)
Tracing Linux Problems With Strace Strace is handy tool for performance testing and troubleshooting on Linux; in this article learn how to do some basic troubleshooting when your applications crash or refuse to start. Read more on LinuxPlanet ... (Continue reading)
10 popular Windows applications that should be ported to Linux The ranks of Linux users would certainly grow if a few go-to Windows apps could run natively on the OS. Jack Wallen lists the ones he thinks would turn the tide. Read... (Continue reading)
Linux Kernel Now Supports TILE Architecture SAN JOSE, CA–(Marketwire – 10/28/10) – Tilera Corporation , the leader in many-core general purpose microprocessors , today announced that Linus Torvalds has included support for the TILE architecture in his latest Linux kernel release:... (Continue reading)
Caught on Video: 2 Tools for Linux Screen-Session Recording Do you ever marvel at those step-by-step how-to product demos of software apps that end-users post on places like YouTube? It is often easy to spot these demo videos shot with cellphone... (Continue reading)
Linux Foundation, Consumer Group to Merge Responding to the growing crop of consumer devices running the open source operating system, ranging from e-readers to mobile phones, the Linux Foundation has thrown its lot in with the Consumer Electronics Linux Forum. Read more... (Continue reading)
Embedded Linux group merged into Linux Foundation The Linux Foundation (LF) and its smaller embedded Linux counterpart, the Consumer Electronics Linux Forum (CELF) announced they will merge, with CELF becoming a technical workgroup at the LF. With the merger of the... (Continue reading)