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Linux experiences 'prolific' growth, says Linux Foundation's Zemlin

2008-06-30 16:29:30 by Pam Derringer, News Writer in WhatIs: Enterprise IT tips and expert advice
 
From mobile applications to high-performance computing. Linux has become increasingly central to all kinds of computing, says the Linux Foundation's Jim Zemlin. But is it really a two-horse race between Linux and Microsoft
 
Tags: linux foundation, linux, mobile applications, jim zemlin, increasingly central, two-horse race, kinds, microsoft
 
 
 
 
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Linux experiences 'prolific' growth, says Linux Foundation's Zemlin

2008-06-30 16:29:30 by Pam Derringer, News Writer in WhatIs: Enterprise IT tips and expert advice
 
From mobile applications to high-performance computing. Linux has become increasingly central to all kinds of computing, says the Linux Foundation's Jim Zemlin. But is it really a two-horse race between Linux and Microsoft
 
Tags: linux foundation, linux, mobile applications, jim zemlin, increasingly central, two-horse race, kinds, microsoft
 
 
 
 
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Linux server virtualization pros and cons

2008-03-13 17:55:21 by Sue Troy in WhatIs: Enterprise IT tips and expert advice
 
Linux server virtualization is a viable option for your customers' data centers, but it's important to understand both the benefits and drawbacks before you go down the road to Linux virtualization
 
Tags: linux server virtualization, linux virtualization, data centers, viable option, benefits, drawbacks, customers, road
 
 
 
 
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Oracle Enterprise Linux displaces Red Hat at publishing company

2008-05-29 14:16:28 by Pam Derringer, News Writer in WhatIs: Enterprise IT tips and expert advice
 
In its migration from Red Hat Enterprise Linux to Oracle Enterprise Linux, the magazine publisher Bonnier Corp. has streamlined support at lower cost
 
Tags: oracle enterprise linux, lower cost, support, migration
 
 
 
 
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Passes 1000 Vulnerabilities

2007-10-16 17:23:36 by jrjones in Jeff Jones Security Blog
 
...Linux 4 team fixed their 1000th unique security vulnerability. Now, 164 of these were Low severity and 479 were Medium severity, but still, that is a ton of work accomplished by that team, especially given that the product only shipped in February of 2005 To put that in context, (again by my calculations) Microsoft has fixed only 649 security...
 
Tags: red hat, fixed, software flaws fixed, red hat truth, team fixed, microsoft, security vulnerabilities, team, minor bugs
 
 
 
 
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Attack against Linux Apache servers intensifying

2008-01-22 00:00:00 by Ellen Messmer in Network World on Security
 
A mass attack ongoing for the past month against Linux Apache Web servers has become increasingly successful because its break-in method makes use of an automated password and installation process, according to a security researcher monitoring its progress
 
Tags: mass attack, past month, increasingly successful, installation process, break-in method, security researcher, progress, password
 
 
 
 
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Me at Linux.conf.au

2008-02-08 10:51:28 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
Last week I gave the keynote talk at Linux.conf.au. Here's an article on my talk, here's the video in OGG and SPX , and here's a Q&A I did afterwards
 
Tags: talk, keynote talk, conf, linux, video, week, article, ogg, spx
 
 
 
 
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From Linux to FreeBSD with Depenguinator 2.0

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2008-01-29 16:38:00 by Richard Bejtlich in TaoSecurity
...Linux system to FreeBSD remotely. Colin tested the script using Ubuntu 7.10. I have a few Red Hat 8.0 systems and one or more Fedora Core 4 systems that I would like to convert to FreeBSD 7.0 I tried using Depenguinator 2.0 to convert a test CentOS 5.1 system to FreeBSD 7.0, but I ran into multiple problems. These included difficulty...
 
Tags: depenguinator, freebsd, system, linux system, depenguinator dependencies, freebsd remotely, red hat, fedora core, taosecurity
 
 
 
 
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Linux generals command Windows grunts in botnet battlefield

2008-02-26 14:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
Malware discovered six years ago is still using Linux servers to command huge Windows botnets with a mutating virus
 
Tags: linux servers, malware, virus, ago