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Alfresco study: Enterprises evaluate on Windows, deploy on (Red Hat) Linux
The "Alfresco open source barometer survey," conducted April through June 2007 using data provided by 10,000 of the 15,000 Alfresco community members, showed that Windows is a popular evaluation platform for open source software but most enterprises ... Blog
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Red Hat Summit, 2007
Check out SearchEnterpriseLinux.com's Red Hat Summit 2007 coverage. We'll be live from the exhibit floor with breaking news, interviews and product announcements at this event. Conference Coverage
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Richard Petersen's Red Hat Linux quiz (Answer key)
Richard Petersen's Red Hat Linux quiz (Answer key) Quiz
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RHEV 3.1 to bring storage live migration, scalability
RHEV 3.1 will include storage live migration and other KVM virtualization management features that will give server virtualization users a viable alternative to Microsoft and VMware. News | 19 Jan 2012
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Red Hat open sources RHEV virtualization management tool
Red Hat says the new oVirt project to develop its RHEV-M will result in sophisticated open source virtualization management tools, but so far it’s being met with a lukewarm response. News | 16 Dec 2011
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Facebook Open Compute Foundation to speed hardware innovation
In phase two of Facebook’s Open Compute Project, speakers at today’s Open Compute Summit imagined a world with greater hardware innovation and more interoperability. News | 27 Oct 2011
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RHEL 6.1 released, Microsoft supports CentOS in Hyper-V; news in brief
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 update is released, Microsoft decides to support the open source CentOS, and other news. News | 23 May 2011
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Red Hat bolsters RHEL support with portal, automated data collection
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 includes a customer portal and an automated bug report and tracking (ABRT) tool, squelching some past complaints about Red Hat support. Red Hat collects data about problems that occur in real-time, and soon customers will a... News | 06 May 2011
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Red Hat Summit 2011: Top five takeaways
The top news from the Red Hat Summit in Boston include new cloud products, virtualization developments including a RHEV 3 preview, competition analysis of Oracle and VMware and some support feedback from attendees. BLOG | 05 May 2011
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Ubuntu 11.04 is here
Canonical released Natty Narwhal with features that could improve cloud functionality, Puppet Labs debuted its Faces API feature, and more Linux news. News | 02 May 2011
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Red Hat faithful rush to check out RHEL 6
RHEL users cite new virtualization toolset, EXT4 file system as biggest draws. News | 11 Nov 2010
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Is Red Hat Linux out of date? Oracle thinks so
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison said Red Hat Linux is out of date, and announced a new non-compatible Linux distro. Linux experts disagree with Oracle's claims. News | 21 Sep 2010
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Rackspace nixes hourly billing for RHEL cloud instances
Rackspace has ditched its hourly billing model in favor of a monthly fee in its Red Hat Enterprise Linux cloud instances. News | 16 Sep 2010
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Managing Red Hat using the graphical Service Configuration tool
The Red Hat Service Configuration tool is used to start a service that hasn't been started, or to make sure a service starts automatically at the moment your server boots. Tip
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Managing Red Hat Enterprise Linux network settings using NetworkManager
Red Hat Enterprise Linux includes a graphical network management application called NetworkManager that can be used to set network connections instead of using the command line. Tip
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Using KVM virtualization in the enterprise: RHEV or RHEL?
They sound alike, but RHEV and RHEL are pretty different. Red Hat’s KVM virtualization products offer different levels of KVM management capabilities. Tip
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Process monitoring and management on Red Hat using graphical tools
Use the learn gnome-system-monitor command on Red Hat Enterprise Linux to monitor and manage processes on your server in a graphical environment. Tip
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Managing Red Hat from a graphical environment over SSH with PuTTY
Red Hat Enterprise Linux administration can be conducted through a GNOME graphical interface. Learn how to remotely use these tools over an SSH connection using PuTTY. Tip
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How to improve KVM performance by adjusting KSM
KVM Virtualization on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 is optimized for hosting environments with many virtual machines by using kernel samepage merging. But, disabling KSM can provide better performance in a smaller virtualized Linux system. Tip
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How to configure Postfix MTA on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 uses Postfix for mail transmission. Learn how to configure the open source mail server in your Linux system. Tip
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SELinux tutorial: Configuring RHEL 5 and Web servers
Configuring SELinux on RHEL 5 is easy using the GUI options. Learn how to set up SELinux using simple menu options and Boolean conditions in this tutorial. Also see how easy it is to secure Web servers such as Apache using SELinux. Tip
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RHEL 6 ditches System V init for Upstart: What Linux admins need to know
System V init is fading to a memory in Linux boot systems as the new Linux disdribution releases, such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, switch to using Upstart. Learn what is different with this boot service and how to work with it to get your Linux bo... Tip
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux security mechanisms: SELinux, iptables and more
When setting up Red Hat Enterprise Linux on your data center servers, you need to make security decisions. Learn about security options for RHEL including SELinux, iptables firewall, TCP Wrapper and application security use considerations. Tip
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Installing Nagios on Linux and unravelling software code names
A reader new to Linux wonders about which distribution is recommended for installing Nagios and what Nahant and Tikanga mean. Ask the Expert
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Systems monitoring and tuning tools for RHEL 5
Documentation for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 covering checking system performance, tuning, kernel configuration and extending the file system exists in a variety of places. Expert Ken Milberg gives pointers for where to look and shares some of his fa... Ask the Expert
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RHEL 5's KVM vs. Feisty Fawn's KVM
A user asks what the difference is between Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5's (RHEL 5) kernel-based virtual machine (KVM) and Ubuntu Feisty Fawn's KVM. Ask the Expert
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Red Hat, Canonical and marketplace presence
Find out why one open source software and applications expert doesn't think that Red Hat's and Canonical's refusals to partner with Microsoft will hurt them. Ask the Expert
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Red Hat's business model
An open source software and applications expert says that Red Hat has nothing to fear from free Linux distros; reliability and certainty are the cornerstones of its commercial support. Ask the Expert
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ipcrm in RHEL 4
An expert describes several possible solutions for ipcrm's continued existence on RHEL 4 even after is has been dest (destroyed). Ask the Expert
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Red Hat and proprietary code
An open source software and applications expert explains where Red Hat's code falls in the scheme of open source versus proprietary. Ask the Expert
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CentOS, RHEL vs. Oracle on Linux
An open source software and applications expert explains the difference between CentOS, RHEL and Unbreakable Linux. Ask the Expert
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RHEL 5 or Vista?
An expert talks about the pros and cons of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 for a user torn between using Linux and upgrading to Vista. Ask the Expert
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Using MySQL 5.0 with Red Hat 8.0
A MySQL expert offers documentation for using MySQL 5.0 with Red Hat 8.0. Ask the Expert
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Fedora
Fedora is a popular open source Linux-based operating system. Word
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is a distribution of the Linux operating system developed for the business market... (Continued) Word
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RHEV 3.1 to bring storage live migration, scalability
RHEV 3.1 will include storage live migration and other KVM virtualization management features that will give server virtualization users a viable alternative to Microsoft and VMware. News
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Red Hat open sources RHEV virtualization management tool
Red Hat says the new oVirt project to develop its RHEV-M will result in sophisticated open source virtualization management tools, but so far it’s being met with a lukewarm response. News
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Managing Red Hat using the graphical Service Configuration tool
The Red Hat Service Configuration tool is used to start a service that hasn't been started, or to make sure a service starts automatically at the moment your server boots. Tip
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Facebook Open Compute Foundation to speed hardware innovation
In phase two of Facebook’s Open Compute Project, speakers at today’s Open Compute Summit imagined a world with greater hardware innovation and more interoperability. News
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Managing Red Hat Enterprise Linux network settings using NetworkManager
Red Hat Enterprise Linux includes a graphical network management application called NetworkManager that can be used to set network connections instead of using the command line. Tip
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Using KVM virtualization in the enterprise: RHEV or RHEL?
They sound alike, but RHEV and RHEL are pretty different. Red Hat’s KVM virtualization products offer different levels of KVM management capabilities. Tip
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Process monitoring and management on Red Hat using graphical tools
Use the learn gnome-system-monitor command on Red Hat Enterprise Linux to monitor and manage processes on your server in a graphical environment. Tip
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Managing Red Hat from a graphical environment over SSH with PuTTY
Red Hat Enterprise Linux administration can be conducted through a GNOME graphical interface. Learn how to remotely use these tools over an SSH connection using PuTTY. Tip
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How to improve KVM performance by adjusting KSM
KVM Virtualization on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 is optimized for hosting environments with many virtual machines by using kernel samepage merging. But, disabling KSM can provide better performance in a smaller virtualized Linux system. Tip
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How to configure Postfix MTA on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 uses Postfix for mail transmission. Learn how to configure the open source mail server in your Linux system. Tip
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About Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
In the open source market, Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server is the most popular Linux distribution and is used for high-performance computing and grid computing, mainframe computing and more with key features such as Kernel-based Virtual Machine (or KVM) virtualization and EnterpriseDB. In this section on RHEL, we cover all aspects of Red Hat Linux, including Red Hat Linux architecture, Red Hat Linux management, Red Hat Linux system administration, RHEL installation, Red Hat Linux patch management, RHEL upgrades, RHEL migration as well as Red Hat features such as virt-manager, libvirt and virsh management tools and KVM virtualization. And while Linux distributions such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux are designed to save companies money on licensing costs, they require Linux expertise and RHEL support is a factor, to say the least. In this section, we cover all aspects of Linux distros, such as installing, using and managing Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux security concerns, and comparing RHEL with other open source software providers to help you determine whether this Linux distro is right for you. Get news, tips and advice on the installing Red Hat Linux, Red Hat Linux system administration, RHEL management, and general troubleshooting of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server.