Source: Computer World
With the development of smart cards technology mirroring that of the PC development, Linux is also beginning to appear as a contender on the smart card frontier as well. According to Wang Jiping, chief technology officer of China MobileSoft, Linux is gaining even greater traction and penetration for the embedded systems market than the PC market.
For those of you using or planning to implement Linux clusters should take a look at xCAT (Extreme Cluster Administration Toolkit). It's, a free tool kit that can be used for the deployment and administration of Linux clusters. There are lots of remote features that provide the ability to easily manage a large Linux cluster deployment and parallel operation.
This site has a collection of Linux resources from developerWorks and IBM product sites, including Web-based tutorials, on-demand Webcasts, classes in your area, offers for developerWorks CDs with Linux tools, information and links where you can download IBM tools and middleware direct from WebSphere, DB2, and Lotus. All of these resources are available free of charge.
Have you ever wondered how to read or excerpt text in bite-sized chunks using the head and tail commands? This article introduces these commands, which can be useful for processing chunks of data from both static and dynamic files. It teaches you how to process only a few lines of a file, change the number of lines that a command sends, and reverse the order of lines in a file.
Source: Unix Review
A few weeks ago, I got my hands on the latest release from SuSE. After using it steadily since then, I can say that I'm pleased with 8.1, though it could use some refinements. Read on to find out what's in store for you with SuSE 8.1 Professional.
Of standards and things...
One of the great things about using tools and databases such as Borland® Delphi 7™ Studio and IBM® DB2® Universal Database™ is that moving between platforms is only a matter of a few changes and a recompile. This article shows how to move a functional application from a Delphi 7 application running on Microsoft® Windows® to a Linux® application using Borland Kylix™ 3. This article also goes over DB2 on Linux and minor source code changes.
UnitedLinux was created by a consortium of four Linux vendors -- SuSE, Turbolinux, Conectiva, and SCO -- who pooled their expertise with the shared vision of providing a single, standards-based, core Linux operating system. It was announced earlier this year with a bold promise of a November release date. Well, November is here and the good news is that the promise is being realized -- UnitedLinux 1.0 is here. The big question now is, will it fly?
Source: PCWorld.com
Renegade software vendor Lindows.com has unleashed its new Linux-based operating system, promising an affordable Linux offering for the mass market that is compatible with Microsoft's Windows file formats.
