Suns Linux: Not dead after all

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Although Sun Microsystems Inc. discontinued sales several months ago of its customized Linux distribution, the company hasn't entirely abandoned its do-it-yourself Linux strategy: In its forthcoming bundle of desktop software, code-named Mad Hatter, the included Linux operating system will be Sun's own.

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Open Group goes open source

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The group, goaded by open-source advocates and those within its own ranks, is looking to improve its street cred in the world of open source and open standards.

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SCO targets Linux users

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The SCO Group has turned its focus to Linux customers, making it clear for the first time that it could sue them for using code that the company claims violates its intellectual property rights. Furthermore, in an effort to protect its claimed rights, SCO plans to roll out a UnixWare for Linux licensing program in the next few weeks.

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Linux fight on two fronts

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SCO Group's warnings that Linux violates its Unix intellectual property right seems to be falling on deaf ears. Also: Open source in the free market.

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eWeek: Linux Symposium Raises the Roof on Embedded

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OTTAWA-Linux can reap new opportunities in the embedded-OS space with some minor tweaks, according to a presentation today at the 2003 Linux Symposium.

Hundreds of Linux developers and fans gathered at Ottawa's Congress Centre to trade ideas over the future of the emerging embedded operating system, which has been used to power everything from home stereo equipment to PDAs.

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eWeek: Linux Show Powers Up

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OTTAWA-Linux users from around the world are gathering this week at the annual Linux Symposium here.

While they're not on the agenda, the gathering will provide attendees a forum at which to discuss this summer's hottest Linux topics, including SCO's recent win of Unix System V copyright and the impending Version 2.7 of the Linux kernel. The Linux Symposium runs immediately after the invitation-only Linux Kernel Summit, also in Ottawa.

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Lindows Debuts Web Kiosk

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Lindows.com announced a dedicated web kiosk on Tuesday morning, intended to prevent users from accidentally making catastrophic changes to the machines.

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IBM and generic Beowulf clusters on Linux Intel boxes

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Many organizations have assembled Intel (and other) processor-based servers into clusters of various types. Proprietary solutions such as Microsoft Wolfpack and HP/Compaq Alpha TruCluster compete for mind share with the generic Beowulf clusters on Linux Intel boxes. Beowulf, in fact, was the outgrowth of NASA researcher Donald Becker's solution to the problem of creating a supercomputing resource without having a supercomputing budget. It is the latter type of cluster that will be addressed in this paper.

Should your application be on the Grid?

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A Grid computing environment provides the virtual computing resource that will be used to execute applications. The functional components(security, resource managament, informations services, and data managament)of a grid environment, as well as non-functional considerations such as performance requirements or operating system requirements, must be well understood when considering enabling an application to execute in a grid environment. This article helps you determine whether an application is a good candidate to execute in a grid environment.

eWeek: Linux Rules the Day at CA World

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LAS VEGAS-Computer Associates International Inc., which has pegged Tuesday as Linux Solution Day at its CA World conference here, is working on a range of new Linux deals, initiatives and products, including an upcoming formal partnership with Linux solution provider Ximian Inc.

CA is also proposing its current Event Notification Facility (ENF) as a stand-alone product for use in the Linux community. ENF is a set of interfaces that allow things like security products to directly plug into the Linux kernel without having to make source-level modifications.

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