By Eric Knorr I discovered Linux the way most people did, though word of mouth in the 1990s, when rumors spread of a free “hobbyist” OS designed to run on x86 PCs. For …read more Source:: OpenSource
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IDG Contributor Network: Do you use Linux as your main gaming OS?
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•By Jim Lynch Linux as your main gaming OS? Linux gaming has come a very long way from where it started, and Linux gamers have much to celebrate. But how many people use Linux …read more Source:: OpenSource
Microsoft goes public with more details on its Windows 10 rollout plan
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•Windows 10 Enterprise and Education will be available starting August 1. Starting July 29, those who want Windows 10 under the first-year-free deal will get the OS in waves. …read more Source:: it-priorities
Red Hat Summit – Can you say OpenStack and Containers?
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•By editor@techworld.com (Forrester Analysts) In a world where OS and low-level platform software is considered unfashionable, it was refreshing to see the Linux glitterati and cognoscenti descended on Boston for the last three days, …read more Source:: Open Source
No Linux, no Docker, no cloud OS? Think again
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•By Serdar Yegulalp CoreOS and Joyent’s SmartOS/Triton have worked to redefine, in radically different ways, what an OS needs to be to run applications at scale in the cloud. Now another candidate is set …read more Source:: OpenSource
Cumulus Networks Extends Server Standard to Networking for Radically…
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•U.S. Summit 2015 — Cumulus Networks , provider of the Cumulus Linux operating system for open networking, today announced a new industry standard for networking hardware and operating system integration. Cumulus Networks has extended ACPI, the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface that is the standard for OS integration with servers, laptops and desktop computers, to…
Fuzix, a New Unix 5 like OS for Zilog Z80 by Alan Cox
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•In a Google Plus post , Alan Cox, of linux kernel fame, announced a new Unix V like operating system for the ziloc z80 architecture. He’s been on a z80 kick the past couple of years, even getting into hardware board design. Source: Tech
The Best (and Cheapest) Ways to Get Windows and Linux for Virtual Machines
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•You can install any modern Windows or Linux version, desktop or server, using Hyper-V in Windows 8.1. But you’ll need to bring your own license and software for the base OS. Here’s how to get that OS cheap or even free. Read more at Enterprise Open Source Toolkit Source: Linux
AMD wants to improve gaming in Linux and Steam boxes with its Mantle tools
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•Advanced Micro Devices wants to bring console-quality gaming to Linux users by porting its Mantle gaming tools to the OS. Source: Tech
China Bans Win 8 on Government PCs
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•Windows XP is big in China, with a market share estimated at 50 percent to 70 percent, and most governmental computers use the venerable OS. Source: Tech