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Top 10 most popular Linux server distributions

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

Top 10 most popular Linux server distributions

Top 10 Linux server distributions are listed here

Everyone knows that many data center servers are running Linux, this can save a lot of license fees and maintenance costs. There are numerous Linux distributions now available and the problem is how to chose the best ? Here are the top 10 most popular Linux server distributions, perhaps we have included few which you probably have not heard of.

In the following list there is no particular ranking , We have written the list based on the main criteria: ease of use, with commercial support and have the data center reliability.

Ubuntu: Linux-related products, as almost the entire list, based on Debian to Ubuntu very special and unique. From its easy installation to excellent hardware recovery, to the level of world-class commercial support, regardless of where on the one hand, Ubuntu is beyond all other versions, and let them catch up.

Red Hat: Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) from the shouting of “almost no Linux company can do” to the current search for the data center has become a major force storage shelf areas. Linux is the darling of large enterprises around the world, Red Hat’s spirit of innovation and continuous support for it won lot many repeated customers.

SUSE: Novell’s SUSE is known for its stability and ease of maintenance . In addition, it is designed for those who do not have time and patience to wait for a long troubleshooting telephone customers to support Novell’s all-weather rapid response. Moreover, Novell’s consulting team will help you a to chieve your service level agreements.

Mandriva: The structure is reasonable to incredible Linux distributions received good response from France ,Europe and South America w. As its website claims, it is a worldwide Linux vendors. The name and structure from Mandriva Mandrake Linux and Connectiva Linux.

Xandros: If you prefer Microsoft-related Linux version, then Xandros would be a good choice. Aside rumors did not say, Xandros and Microsoft did during the so-called insiders in technology cooperation. This means that they are to compete at the same time also give cooperation. If you want a unique perspective on the depth of understanding, please visit the website of Xandros.

Slackware: Although it is not having the relationship with the commercial version of big, but it is provided with several support has been paid to maintain relations of cooperation. As one of the earliest available version, Slackware has a broad and loyal fan base. It’s developers regularly release new versions.

Debian: Debian do not think I listed here are pieces of strange things. Indeed, Debian offers no formal business support, but you can consult it in the world to connect Debian consultants page. The mother than other Linux versions such as Ubuntu, Linux Mint, and Vyatta is concerned, Debian is more developed sub-version.

Vyatta: PC operating system compared to, Vyatta is more in the family of router and firewall. But if you want a commercial driver version to support these applications, Vyatta can guarantee your communications needs.
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Red Hat executive to lead Meridian

Thursday, July 15th, 2010

Red Hat executive to lead Meridian

The new CEO of a Moore County company that makes touch-screen kiosks is a former top executive at Linux software company Red Hat.

Nick Van Wyk left Raleigh-based Red Hat to become CEO of Meridian Kiosk, a 40-employee company based in Aberdeen. At Red Hat, he was senior transformation executive and vice president of global operations and reported directly to Charlie Peters, the company’s chief financial officer.

“We’d be hard-pressed to find a better fit for Meridian than Nick,” Meridian’s founder and former CEO, Chris Gilder, said in a prepared statement. “His vast experience in creating channels and business operations will help take us to the next level.”

Source: newsobserver.com

Can a FOSS Firm Hit the Billion-Dollar Jackpot?

Monday, June 21st, 2010

Can a FOSS Firm Hit the Billion-Dollar Jackpot?

Can a FOSS company reasonably expect to be worth a billion dollars someday? Should it even try to? No, suggests Slashdot blogger Darren Baker. “Capitalism is failing in North America,” he maintains, but “when it comes to innovation, we’re seeing [FOSS] flourish because nobody has a headlock on an industry sector.”

In any discussion of FOSS’s potential to be profitable, Red Hat (NYSE: RHT) is invariably held up as the poster child for success.

After all, the company is now a US$750 million business, as CEO Jim Whitehurst recently pointed out.

There’s no doubt that’s impressive; at the same time, as noted by Glyn Moody soon afterward, it falls considerably short of the $5 billion target Whitehurst set for the company back in 2008.

More info : http://www.linuxinsider.com/

How to install Google Chrome 5.0 Stable on Linux Mint 9.0 Isadora

Monday, May 31st, 2010

How to install Google Chrome 5.0 Stable on Linux Mint 9.0 Isadora

Basically its the same way to install Google Chrome on Ubuntu and Linux Mint since both distros are Debian based Linux. But for Linux newbie, I think this post is useful so I want to share how to install Google Chrome 5.0 Stable on Linux Mint 9.0 Isadora. But before you continue, if you were install the Google Chrome Beta, you must uninstall it first before installing this Stable version. You can simply paste this command below to uninstall the Beta version:

sudo apt-get remove google-chrome-beta

Here are the steps of installing Google Chrome 5.0 Stable on Linux Mint:

  1. First, download the latest Google Chrome binary file from here.
  2. Then you will get a file named: google-chrome-stable_current_i386.deb3.
  3. You can either right click on it and select Open with Gdebi Package Installer or type the following command on terminal to install this file sudo dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_i386.deb
  4. Then the installation process will take place.
  5. You can run this Google Chrome via Menu | Internet | Google Chrome

This Google Chrome 5.0 stable is light, fast and flash support enabled. So its a complete browser for Linux. Honestly, Google Chrome 5.0 Stable is much faster than current Firefox 3.6.3. Try this on Linux.

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Microsoft Windows HPC Beta On Par with Linux

Friday, November 20th, 2009

Microsoft Windows HPC Beta On Par with Linux

Microsoft might be yielding slivers of ground to Linux in the desktop arena, but according to the company, it has made strides in the realm of high performance computing. On Monday, Microsoft unveiled the first beta of Windows HPC Server 2008 and released benchmarks showing performance parity with Linux in HPC systems.

fluent20.jpgThe news came at Supercomputing 09, the HPC industry’s annual confab of engineers, scientists and academia in Portland, Oregon. “We’re seeing performance numbers that rival Linux from micro-kernel benchmarks to ISV benchmarks,” said Vince Mendillo, senior director of high performance computing at Microsoft.

Performance gains are credited in part to enhancements to Microsoft’s implementation of the Message Passing Interface (MPI) specification and to RDMA over Ethernet and InfiniBand, which permits nodes to access system memory of other nodes in the cluster without going through the operating system. The beta also reportedly includes optimizations for new processors and can deploy and manage up to 1,000 nodes.

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