Systems Administrators Changing Roles
(Jul 29, 2010, 18:06 UTC) (645 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
OStatic: "It's a sad truth that advancements in technology often make jobs obsolete, usually sooner than most people are ready. The more savvy workers learn to keep up with the times..."

Three Sysadmin Rules You Can’t (And Shouldn’t) Break
(Jul 29, 2010, 04:36 UTC) (3951 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
The Geek Stuff: "When I drafted this article, I really came-up with 7 sysadmin habits. But, out of those 7 habits, three really stood out for me."

Is Linux Just Another Unix Flavor?
(Jul 28, 2010, 22:34 UTC) (1930 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
PC World: "But, is the Linux operating system just another flavor of the Unix operating system? Yes. But, it’s also much more."

Build a file server with Samba
(Jul 27, 2010, 23:33 UTC) (2375 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linux User and Developer: "Samba is a Linux/UNIX software package that allows you to share files and directories with computers running other operating systems over the network. It also allows your Linux desktop or laptop to sign into a Windows network and be able to share files inside a workgroup"

Dell decides to sell Linux boxes over the phone
(Jul 26, 2010, 21:37 UTC) (1657 reads) (3 talkbacks) (feedback)
The Register: "It was reported that Dell had given up on its Linux experiment by going back to being a Microsoft only shop, however the firm responded to those stories by telling The INQUIRER that it will continue to sell selected machines with Ubuntu installed."

The most popular Web server Linux is...
(Jul 26, 2010, 20:37 UTC) (2478 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Cyber Cynic: "That's because, according to Web Technology Surveys, in July 2010, "For the first time, CentOS is now leading the Linux distribution statistics on web servers with almost 30% of all Linux servers.""

Is this the end of the road for VMware Server?
(Jul 25, 2010, 15:05 UTC) (4606 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
Infoworld: "VMware's hosted or Type-2 hypervisor has been around for nearly a decade. But has this virtualization platform reached end of life?"

Ten Reasons to Dump Windows and Use Linux
(Jul 24, 2010, 15:07 UTC) (7112 reads) (6 talkbacks) (feedback)
PC World: "Now is a particularly good time to ditch Windows for good, for workstations as well as servers. For instance, now that Microsoft stopped supporting Windows Server 2003 on July 13, you'll need to find something different to use for your servers."

Government Computers to Get Linux-Based Operating System
(Jul 23, 2010, 21:34 UTC) (3160 reads) (2 talkbacks) (feedback)
Moscow Times: "The government is hoping to launch the first version of a "national operating system" for its computers as early as next year, a senior Communications and Press Ministry official said Thursday."

Simple Systems Administrators Toolbox
(Jul 23, 2010, 11:04 UTC) (2697 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
OStatic: "Over the years I’ve come to appreciate the value of simplicity in systems administration. The more simple a setup is, the more likely it will be stable and easy to fix and maintain."

Rebooting is for Windows
(Jul 22, 2010, 21:36 UTC) (2746 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
ZDNet: "Windows by nature has more downtime per system, because Microsoft releases patches that require frequent rebooting. Windows patches are scheduled to be released on the second Tuesday of each month, so at a minimum once per month Windows systems will need to reboot."

In a Partnership of Unequals, a Start-Up Suffers
(Jul 21, 2010, 22:09 UTC) (1900 reads) (2 talkbacks) (feedback)
New York Times: "“They took our ideas and tried to claim them as their own,” Mr. Stone said. “And they tried to crush a little company.”"

Insider's Guide to Virtualization
(Jul 21, 2010, 21:09 UTC) (1876 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Datamation: "Let's begin with a quick introduction of virtualization to set the stage for the following exploration. Virtualization is nothing more than an abstraction over physical resources to make them shareable by a number of physical users"

GSmartControl - Useful Hard Disk Drive Health Inspection Tool For Linux
(Jul 21, 2010, 14:09 UTC) (1784 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Tech Drive-in: "GSmartControl is a really useful Linux app to check the health of your hard disk drive. GSmartControl is basically a graphical user interface for smartctl, which is a tool for querying and controlling SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) data on modern hard disk drives."

The Persistence of Time
(Jul 20, 2010, 16:05 UTC) (1333 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linux Magazine: "Do you have problems keeping time synchronized on your network? Do your systems tend to drift? You can resolve the time drift problem by using the Network Time Protocol (NTP) to keep all your system’s time in sync with each other."

Microsoft: Windows 7 Is Superior to OS X, Linux, and to All Platforms
(Jul 20, 2010, 04:34 UTC) (6521 reads) (10 talkbacks) (feedback)
Softpedia: "Windows 7 is superior to Apple’s Mac OS X, the open source Linux and to all operating systems on the market, noted Kevin Turner, Microsoft Chief Operating Officer during the company’s Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) 2010."

Beijing Basket Crunchers
(Jul 19, 2010, 19:36 UTC) (2001 reads) (2 talkbacks) (feedback)
Skipsjunk: "Computer cases cost more than plastic baskets, so while in China for a consulting assignment, I began experimenting with the idea of not using cases."

50 Places Linux is Running That You Might Not Expect
(Jul 19, 2010, 15:36 UTC) (4909 reads) (2 talkbacks) (feedback)
Focus: "According to Linux.com, the United States Department of Defense is the "single biggest install base for Red Hat Linux" in the world."

Ruby for system administrators
(Jul 19, 2010, 14:36 UTC) (1947 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linux User and Developer: "The gentle learning curve of this programming language, coupled to the easy-to-read and maintainable form of the scripts, makes this a valid choice for sysadmins."

6 of the Best Free Linux Library Management Systems
(Jul 18, 2010, 19:09 UTC) (3413 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
LinuxLinks: "To provide an insight into the quality of software available, we have compiled a list of 6 excellent library management systems. Hopefully there will be something of interest for anyone who needs an enterprise resource planning system for a library."

Installing PowerDNS (With MySQL Backend) And Poweradmin On Debian Lenny
(Jul 18, 2010, 11:09 UTC) (2095 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Howtoforge: "This article shows how you can install the PowerDNS nameserver (with MySQL backend) and the Poweradmin control panel for PowerDNS on a Debian Lenny system. PowerDNS is a high-performance, authoritative-only nameserver"

Ready or Not: Your Network is Moving to IPv6
(Jul 16, 2010, 17:36 UTC) (3487 reads) (5 talkbacks) (feedback)
IT Expert Voice: "You may have avoided moving your network to IPv6 for years, but you won’t be able to put it off much longer. Here’s why you need to plan for a transition."

Linux Like Legos: Inside Novell's New openSUSE Build Service 2.0
(Jul 16, 2010, 17:06 UTC) (1620 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linux Planet: "How is a Linux distribution put together? For Novell's openSUSE, it starts with its newly improved Build Service 2.0."

SECURITY: Setting Up OpenVPN on a DD-WRT Router, Part 1
(Jul 15, 2010, 23:04 UTC) (1927 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
ServerWatch: "If you aren't going to have more than two-dozen VPN users, you might consider setting up your own VPN server using the DD-WRT router firmware"

Report: More Patents Granted in 2009
(Jul 15, 2010, 21:04 UTC) (1155 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
BLT: "IBM Corp. received the most utility patents last year, with 4,887, followed by Samsung Electronics Co. (3,592); Microsoft Corp. (2,929); Canon K.K. (2,241) and Hitachi Ltd. (2,146)."

Intel wows the Street with best quarter ever
(Jul 15, 2010, 20:34 UTC) (1050 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
LinuxDevices: "Investors might be jittery about the economy, but Intel doesn't appear to be, reporting glowing results for the second quarter of its 2010 financial year."

NHS loses massive Microsoft licensing rebate
(Jul 15, 2010, 20:04 UTC) (3210 reads) (2 talkbacks) (feedback)
channel Register: "Granger got such a good deal in part by publicly threatening to move the NHS to Sun's Java desktop software. Shortly after that Bill Gates arrived to negotiate directly with Granger, visit the Department of Health and pick up a knighthood."

Microsoft COO Paints Google As An Evil Empire
(Jul 15, 2010, 09:04 UTC) (2734 reads) (3 talkbacks) (feedback)
The VAR Guy: "Microsoft COO Kevin Turner this morning took aggressive shots at Apple, Oracle, Linux, VMware and Google — even painting Google as a Big Brother-type company that tries to say they’re not evil in their mission statement."

Top Solaris developer flees Oracle
(Jul 15, 2010, 03:04 UTC) (2892 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
The Register: "Greg Lavender, the lead developer in charge of the Solaris operating system at Oracle, has left the company. And the OpenSolaris Governing Board, which is supposed to steer the open source version of Solaris, is thinking about disbanding because Oracle has not had any contact with the board for the past six months."

Microsoft's Biggest Concern No Longer Is Open Source
(Jul 14, 2010, 15:36 UTC) (5543 reads) (2 talkbacks) (feedback)
The VAR Guy: "What keeps Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer up at night? A few years ago, the answer likely involved Linux, Red Hat, MySQL and other disruptive open source upstarts."

SugarCRM 6 Debuts with Open Source and Commercial Features
(Jul 14, 2010, 13:06 UTC) (1608 reads) (3 talkbacks) (feedback)
eCRM Guide: "After four months of beta availability and testing, SugarCRM today officially announced the general availability of its Sugar 6 CRM customer relationship management platform. Sugar 6 includes an open source community edition as well as commercially licensed professional and enterprise editions."

Open Source Business Models Become More Attractive
(Jul 14, 2010, 10:36 UTC) (1744 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Network World: "The appeal of business models based on open source software and middleware is increasing, and drawing some who previously argued against such solutions."

OSS: Europe vs. The United States
(Jul 14, 2010, 01:36 UTC) (2958 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linux Journal: "She blasted proprietary software, saying that choosing it over Open Source alternatives can leave nations "unintentionally locked into proprietary technology for decades""

Weekend Project: Set Up Webfinger on Your Server(s)
(Jul 13, 2010, 20:08 UTC) (1365 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linux.com: "Webfinger is a new Internet "identity discovery" mechanism, with which you can make personal or professional information about you or your organization discoverable through email addresses."

SECURITY: Fix the Windows Registry from a Linux Thumb Drive
(Jul 13, 2010, 19:38 UTC) (2847 reads) (3 talkbacks) (feedback)
Lifehacker: "Add Registry fixes to the list of Windows repairs you can make with a live Linux system, even if you can't boot into Windows."

How To Set Up Software RAID1 On A Running System (Incl. GRUB2 Configuration) (Ub
(Jul 13, 2010, 18:38 UTC) (1560 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Howtoforge: "This guide explains how to set up software RAID1 on an already running Ubuntu 10.04 system. The GRUB2 bootloader will be configured in such a way that the system will still be able to boot if one of the hard drives fails (no matter which one)"

Learn Linux, 101: Create partitions and filesystems
(Jul 13, 2010, 15:38 UTC) (1983 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
IBM Developerworks: "Learn how to create partitions on a disk drive and how to format them for use on a Linux® system as swap or data space. You can use the material in this article to study for the LPI 101 exam for Linux system administrator certification, or just to learn about partitions and Linux filesystems for your own use."

8 More Linux Distributions for Web Server
(Jul 13, 2010, 14:08 UTC) (1938 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Tech Source: "I've already shared with you a list of some of the best and most well-known Linux distributions used on web servers. However, there are still plenty of excellent server-oriented Linux distros that I failed to mention there."

Linux Servers: A Real Data Center Choice
(Jul 9, 2010, 23:06 UTC) (3868 reads) (3 talkbacks) (feedback)
Serverwatch: "Do you remember a time when Linux was a niche OS? Beyond college kids and a few converted Unix nerds, Linux was something for hackers, Ham radio operators and ivory tower dwellers. No one would ever put a Linux-based computer into a data center."

Survey Finds IT Firms Optimistic About the Rest of 2010
(Jul 9, 2010, 20:36 UTC) (1752 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Datamation: "Despite whispers of a double dip recession hitting next year, the near-term IT buying outlook looks good, according to a study conducted by the IT industry association CompTIA."

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