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[Phoronix] Linux 2.6.28 Kernel Benchmarks
The Linux 2.6.28 kernel was released this past week in time for the holidays. This quarterly update to the Linux kernel brought the stabilization of the EXT4 file-system , the Graphics Execution Manager , a host of new drivers, and a variety of other updates. For some weekend benchmarking we had ...
Alan Cox: Moving on from Red Hat
lxer.com — Other News - Linux.org.uk Alan Cox's webpage, with an excellent selection of news feeds. - LWN.net Their... weekly coverage of Linux news is unmatched in this community. - Freshmeat All software updates are announced on Freshmeat. - LinuxDevices ... (more) Alan Cox: Moving on from Red Hat
Technology for Better Open Source Support
Technology for Better Open Source Support
sourcelabs.com — SourceLabs Support Suite for Linux & Open Source Java helps you Discover, Identify and Solve faults, crashes,... defects and other key system issues. The Support Suite for Linux & Open Source Java makes life easier for Systems Administrators, IT ... (more) Technology for Better Open Source Support
Wolfire Blog -   Why you should support Mac OS X and Linux
Wolfire Blog - Why you should support Mac OS X and Linux
blog.wolfire.com — Last I checked, Mac OS X had around a 5% market share, and Linux had much less... than that (among consumers). I can feel that many PHBs look at this small number and think “5%? Why should I support a whole new platform when I could just blow some more ... (more) Wolfire Blog - Why you should support Mac OS X and Linux
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