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Chrome OS: What Google can do, Ubuntu does better
Comment If you attend conferences like Linux.conf.au these days, where you used to see Debian and Slackware die-hards, you'll see a massive wave of Linux laptops proudly sporting Ubuntu paraphernalia. Following Google's... [08 Jul 2009]
"Whatever you do, please DON'T DOWNLOAD THEM"
News A Google spokesman said the Linux version supported only the Debian and Ubuntu incarnations of Linux, and the Mac OS X version only works on Intel-based Macs. Google released Chrome for Mac OS X and Linux Thursday - but... [05 Jun 2009]
Photos: The top tech Twitterers
Photo If software and open source is your thing there are plenty to follow: Mitch Kapor founder of Lotus and the Mozilla Foundation, Ian Murdock, founder of Debian and Linus Torvalds, creator of Linux (albeit merely piping his... [23 Mar 2009]
Ubuntu Eye for the Debian Guy: Running Linux on Linux
White Paper For Debian users like the author, it can serve as a starting point for understanding UML's potential and exploring the recent Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) release without moving away from their familiar... [24 Dec 2008]
Porting Linux to the M32R Processor
White Paper A Debian GNU/Linux based system has been also developed on a diskless NFS-root environment, and more than 300 unofficial .deb packages have already been prepared for the M32R target. This paper has ported a Linux system... [22 Oct 2008]
Large-Scale Analysis of Format String Vulnerabilities in Debian Linux
White Paper They successfully analyze 66% of C/C++ source packages in the Debian 3.1 Linux distribution. Format-string bugs are relatively common security vulnerability, and can lead to arbitrary code execution. In collaboration... [01 Oct 2008]
OpenID at risk due to DNS flaw, claims researcher
News Various OpenID providers have TLS server certificates that use weak private keys, the researchers said, as a result of a previously reported flaw in the Debian random-number generator. Robin Wilton, a corporate architect... [14 Aug 2008]
Open source to go mainstream, says Gartner
News They may initially need the reassurance of a proprietarised version of Linux but, in our experience, they are then increasingly happy to go to a services model, using a distribution like Debian. In a few years' time,... [07 Apr 2008]
Build a WAP Gateway on Linux: Basic Steps for Setting Up a WAP Gateway
White Paper Kannel, being developed on Linux systems (RedHat and Debian), it can be smoothly ported to other UNIX-like operating systems. There are various commercial WAP gateways available on the markets that are quite expensive. [25 Jul 2007]
Sun's Solaris to get that Linux feeling?
News The project is one of the items on the to-do list of Ian Murdock, founder of the Debian version of Linux and, as of March, Sun's chief operating systems officer. In an effort to spur adoption of Solaris, Sun Microsystems... [10 May 2007]
Dual-Core Intel Xeon Processor 5100 Series Makes Energy-Efficient Datacentre a Reality
White Paper Using SpamAssassin as the mail filter, Exim as the message transfer agent and Debian GNU/ Linux 3.1 operating system, Host Europe tested the speed with which the servers could perform spam and virus checking on incoming... [25 Apr 2007]
Switch to Thin Clients Boosts Builder's Productivity
White Paper BGC was also an early adopter of Linux as its network infrastructure for e-mail, DNS, and file-sharing is hosted on Debian GNU/Linux dating back in 1998. Privately held construction and building group BGC has ousted half... [19 Apr 2007]
Sun puts Debian founder on the payroll
News Sun Microsystems has hired Ian Murdock, who founded the Debian version of Linux and who has held various posts involving the open source OS. He founded one of the earlier versions of Linux, Debian. He... [20 Mar 2007]
Amsterdam splashes cash on desktop Linux trial
News And Munich has transferred 100 users to the Debian configuration. The city of Amsterdam has become the latest high-profile public sector organisation to evaluate the potential of open source software. [03 Jan 2007]
Photos: Top 10 pieces of Linux kit
Photo A variety of distros can now run on the system including Debian, Mandrake and Suse and has its own set of games - including a Tux vs Clippy battle to the death, reportedly. Running Linux on Microsoft hardware has been... [22 Nov 2006]
