Network World on LinuxThe latest Linux news and analysis from NetworkWorld.com.Symbian deal will open up mobile platform market- June 26, 2008 When Nokia announced this week that it had agreed to purchase Symbian and open up some of its code for public use, many analysts said it was a direct shot across Androids bow.http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/062608-symbian.html?fsrc=rss-linux Mobile Linux groups fuse to advance unified OS- June 26, 2008 One industry group focused on writing standards for mobile Linux is closing its doors and blending its efforts with another industry group focused on writing mobile Linux code.http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/062608-mobile-linux-groups-join.html?fsrc=rss-linux Q&A: Red Hat CEO Whitehurst talks patent disputes, open source virtualization- June 20, 2008 A half-year after becoming president and CEO of Linux vendor Red Hat, Jim Whitehurst was in Boston this week for the annual Red Hat Summit. The former COO of Delta Air Lines sat down with Network Worlds Jon Brodkin to discuss open source, a new patent settlement, and Red Hats moves in virtualization.http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/062008-q-a-whitehurst.html?fsrc=rss-linux Red Hat debuts new hypervisor, open-sources Linux management platform- June 19, 2008 Red Hat released a new server virtualization platform and open sourced the code of Red Hat Network.http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/061908-red-hat-summit-hypervisor.html?fsrc=rss-linux Red Hat develops Linux-based hypervisor, virtualization security tool- June 18, 2008 Red Hat released a beta version of a Linux-based hypervisor that fits on a flash drive.http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/061808-red-hat.html?fsrc=rss-linux Microsoft releases near-final beta of HPC Server 2008- June 18, 2008 Microsoft Wednesday said it plans to release at the end of the month another beta of its Windows HPC Server 2008 and that the final version will ship by year-end.http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/061808-microsoft-hpc.html?fsrc=rss-linux Novell patches Suse Linux kernel for VMware efficiency- June 16, 2008 Novell Monday released updates to its Suse Linux kernel designed to make the operating system more efficient when running on top of VMware environments.http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/061608-novell-patches-suse-linux-kernel.html?fsrc=rs... Wall Street becoming Linux stronghold- June 12, 2008 NEWYORK -- Wall Street firms increasingly are buying into Linux, but some still need convincing that open source licensing and support models won't make using the technology more trouble than its worth.http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/061208-linux-wall-street.html?fsrc=rss-linux IBM, Los Alamos smash petaflop barrier, triple supercomputer speed record- June 9, 2008 IBM and Los Alamos National Laboratory have built the world's first petaflop machine, a supercomputer named Roadrunner designed to ensure the safety and reliability of the nation's nuclear weapons stockpile, IBM said Monday.http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/060908-ibm-roadrunner-supercomputer.html?fsrc=rss-li... Linux captures the 'green' flag, beats Windows 2008 power-saving measures- June 9, 2008 Our tests point to Linux as the winner of the green flag by margins that topped out at 12%. But we must note that our results are full of stipulations imposed by our test bed, and, therefore, as many classified ads might say: your wattage may vary.http://www.networkworld.com/research/2008/060908-green-windows-linux.html?fsrc=rss-linux |