IBM just released a tutorial detailing the process involved in transforming "out of the box" Red Hat OS into a stable, secure, and better performing system customized to individual needs. Its based on Red Hat 7.3 but most of the techniques and procedures discussed are equally applicable to other Linux systems.
Source: The Register UK
Notorious and self-confessed capitalist tool Forbes* magazine has produced a Linux special report and - good heavens - it seems fair and positive. Not only that - the headlines and straplines on the intro page sound positively like an advertisement for Linux.
For example, "Now everyone can find what they want with a much wider range of possibilities than on PCs." Or, "There are more options for Web-browsing with Unix than with Windows. Better yet, they're good ones."
Source: C|NET
But Szulik abandoned those hopes when Sun started charging for its StarOffice product and changed its way of dealing with the original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), such as Red Hat, which can bundle it with their own offerings. Szulik accused Sun of adopting the domineering methods of mutual enemy Microsoft.
Sun, Szulik said in an interview this week, "put the price tag on it and took the Microsoft approach with the OEMs."
Source: USA TODAY
PALO ALTO, Calif. (Reuters) — Dell Computer, Oracle and Red Hat Wednesday said they had teamed up to help large corporations run more of their business software on Linux, a low-cost operating system.
Under the technology companies' partnership agreement, Dell has certified and bundled Red Hat's new Linux Advanced Server software — its first version for large corporations — and the latest version of Oracle's 9i database software on its PowerEdge servers.
Source: Slashdot
Source: Vnunet
Last weekend's CodeCon conference in San Francisco saw the launch of Tinfoil Hat Linux, a self-proclaimed "exercise in over engineering" and security. What started out as a secure, single floppy, bootable Linux distribution for storing PGP keys, and encrypting, signing and wiping files, turned into a useable Linux distribution for the totally paranoid.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Although some of us administrators may hesitate to admit it, it is often necessary to relinquish some control and delegate responsibility, especially in multiadministrator environments. Fortunately, you can easily delegate administrative duties on your Linux systems without giving out the root password.
Alan Cox is one of the most influential IT innovators in the world. A graduate of the University of Wales, Swansea, he has been a key developer of the Linux kernel for nearly a decade. Currently working for Red Hat® writing kernel and application code, Cox was previously responsible for the original Linux multiprocessing support, and for much of the early work on networking. Here we ask him about his changing role at Red Hat, and learn about the benefits Linux brings to business.
