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  • Novell SUSE Linux beats out Red Hat on cost at life sciences firm

    By standardizing on Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise to save money, Invitrogen Corp. expects to improve customer service and performance and better integrate VMware along the way.Article | 21 Jul 2008

  • HP ferrets out open source software

    HP, the Linux Foundation and major software vendors have developed tools and IT governance practices to manage open source software installed in the enterprise.Article | 24 Jan 2008

  • Light

    Light is an easy-to-use, lightweight, open source portal framework that can be plugged into any Java-based or Ajax-based Web application and enabled or disabled at will by the user. Light can also be used as an independent portal application... (Continued)Definition

  • man page

    A man page in a Linux or other Unix-based operating system is an online description of an interactive shell command or other system interface or object. A system user requests the display of a man page simply by entering the 'man' command followed by a space and then the name of the desired command or other entity.Definition

  • Open source observers sound the licensing alarm bell

    As Linux makes its way into enterprise shops, IT organizations need to get a grip on the open source software that they have and which licenses the software requires -- pronto.Article | 25 Sep 2007

  • Licensing issues could hinder open source adoption

    As Linux and open source make meteoric gains in the enterprise, a new report says that a pending "licensing explosion" could bring the technologies back down to earth.Article | 05 Sep 2007

  • semaphore

    In programming, especially in Unix systems, semaphores are a technique for coordinating or synchronizing activities in which multiple processes compete for the same operating system resources.Definition

  • The future of Linux, Microsoft and patents

    There has been much discussion about Xandros, Linspire and Novell -- the commercial Linux companies who partnered with Microsoft. What about Canonical, Red Hat and Mandriva, who all said "no"? An expert weighs in on how they'll be affected by these agreements.Ask the Expert

  • Microsoft, Xandros and Linspire market impact

    Find out why this open source software and applications expert doesn't think there will be signficant market impact from Microsoft's deals with Xandros and Linspire.Ask the Expert

  • Xandros, Linspire and Microsoft

    An open source issues and strategies expert discusses the impact of patents, licensing and the partnerships between Xandros, Linspire and Microsoft.Ask the Expert

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  • A collection of the top Linux command tips

    This collection of expert advice compiles the top Linux command tips from SearchEnterpriseLinux.com based on user data, including how to use grep and sed, netstat, and more.Guide

  • Slackware

    Slackware is the earliest distribution of the Linux operating system that is still being developed... (Continued)Definition

  • Training Unix staff to manage Linux environments

    In a migration from Unix to Linux, the staff need to be trained to manage the new Linux environment. Learn how the systems management of Linux differs from Unix and what your staff needs to know to handle the transition.Tip

  • Five things you didn't know Bash could do on Linux

    Bash offers a lot of tools to Linux admins, and it may take you years to get a handle on all the useful ones. Learn five lesser-known Bash scripts for your Linux systems including extended globbing, cdspell shell options, improved Bash history, interactive Bash history search, and unaliasing.Tip

  • Yellowdog Updater, Modified (YUM)

    Yellowdog Update, Modified (YUM) is a program that manages installation, updates and removal for Red Hat package manager (RPM) systems. YUM allows the user to update groups of machines without having to update each RPM separately.Definition

  • package manager or package management system (PMS)

    A package manager, also known as a package management system (PMS), is a program used to install, uninstall and manage software packages.Definition

  • software package

    A software package is an assemblage of files and information about those files.Definition

  • Using Clonezilla for simplified Linux server disk cloning

    Using the open source tool Clonezilla can save Linux administrators time when performing the common task of cloning Linux machines. Learn how the tool works and what options and configurations are supported and available.Tip

  • Fixing Linux I/O write performance problems

    Learn how to optimize your Linux server for I/O writes by adjusting I/O scheduler settings and journaling settings along with some advice about partition set-up.Tip

  • Analyzing Linux write performance problems with iotop

    Write performance on a Linux system may be causing a performance problem, and iotop shows you how the write processes are affecting I/O and storage. The iotop Linux command is more informative than top for determining the cause of the Linux server performance issue.Tip

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