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The latest news and views on all things Linux and open source by seasoned Unix and Linux user Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols.
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, aka sjvn, has been writing about technology and the business of technology since CP/M-80 was the cutting edge PC operating system. SJVN covers networking, Linux, open source, and operating systems.
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Latest Posts
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 software stack still under wraps
There was a story recently that Red Hat would replace MySQL with MariaDB in the next version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Actually, Red Hat isn't saying yet which DBMS, or any other specific program, will be shipping in RHEL 7.
System76 introduces new high-end Ubuntu Linux laptops
Want a gaming or workday ready-to-run Ubuntu Linux laptop? System76 has the gear you crave.
Red Hat bets its cloud future on OpenStack
The message coming out of Red Hat's annual Red Hat Summit is that while Linux is Red Hat's foundation, OpenStack is its future.
IBM to bring Linux KVM virtualization to its Power server line
Linux has its own built-in hypervisor, KVM, for x86 virtualization, and now IBM is porting it to its Power architecture.
Apple iOS 7: Android copycat?
Actually, Apple's forthcoming iOS 7 isn't so much an Android clone as it is a mashup of everyone else's mobile operating systems.
TurnKey Linux offers 64-bit server apps on Amazon cloud
TurnKey Linux, the ready-to-run Linux cloud server app company, is now offering 64-bit server apps on Amazon Web Services.
Red Hat opens OpenShift PaaS cloud for business
After two years in beta, Red Hat's platform as a service cloud, OpenShift, is ready for business.
Apache CloudStack grows up
The first major Apache release of the open-source CloudStack cloud is now available
Windows 8 continues to fail
Microsoft can only hope that its re-invention of Windows 8, Windows 8.1 aka Blue, works because currently stats indicate Windows 8 lags behind even Vista's dismal market numbers.