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Submission + - Jeremy Allison: Samba team to adopt GPLv3 (techtarget.com) 1

Submitted by OSS_ilation on Monday July 09, 2007 @01:24PM

OSS_ilation writes: A letter from Samba contributor Jeremy Allison confirmed today that the Samba Team has decided to adopt the GPLv3 and LGPLv3 licenses for all future releases of Samba. "To allow people to distinguish which Samba version is released with the new GPLv3 license, we are updating our next version release number," Allison said. Patent covenant deals done after March 28, 2007, are explicitly incompatible with the license if they are "discriminatory" under section 11 of the GPLv3. Samba distributors who have made such patent covenant agreements after that date will not have the right to distribute any version of Samba covered by the GPLv3 (Samba 3.2 or later). The rights of vendors to ship 3.0.25b and previous versions is unchanged and remains as it was under the GPLv2. Consult legal advice if you are in doubt.

Submission + - Five ways SELinux may surprise you

Submitted by

E. Stride

on Thursday May 03, 2007 @11:05AM

E. Stride writes: "In this column, author and SELinux expert Frank Mayer describes five things you may not have known about SELinux."

Submission + - It's official: Dell to offer pre-installed Ubuntu

Submitted by OSS_ilation on Tuesday May 01, 2007 @08:52AM

OSS_ilation writes: In a joint statement released today, Dell Inc. and Canonical Ltd. announced that Dell will now offer laptops and desktop computers pre-installed with Ubuntu Linux 7.04. The computers will be sold via Dell's web site, said Canonical's director of operations Jane Silber. "We have worked with Dell to get Ubuntu fully supported and fully certified on Dell hardware," she said. "Ubuntu has the full endorsement of Dell."

Submission + - CentOS lures Red Hat users with update service

Submitted by

E. Stride

on Tuesday April 17, 2007 @01:02PM

E. Stride writes: "CentOS is wooing former Red Hat Linux users that loved software upgrades from the Red Hat Network, but could have done without the expensive service contracts."

Submission + - Screencast: Running Windows as a VM on Linux

Submitted by

estride

on Wednesday April 11, 2007 @03:38PM

estride writes: "An expert walks users through, screenshot by screenshot, how to set up a Windows XP virtual machine with VMWare on Ubuntu Linux."

Submission + - Ubuntu Linux: To the server side and beyond?

Submitted by

estride

on Wednesday April 11, 2007 @08:57AM

estride writes: "Is a perfect storm brewing for Ubuntu? The combo of a renewed push for Ubuntu on the server and new thin client support could spark interest in IT managers looking for less expensive alternatives to Red Hat and Windows."

Submission + - Hyperic Chosen over Openview, Nagios

Submitted by

porkrind

on Tuesday April 10, 2007 @01:26PM

porkrind writes: "Jack Loftus has a story at SearchEnterpriseLinux about how a company's IT dept (mynewplace.com) had problems with its systems management setup but didn't want to pay an exhorbitant fee for monitoring its data center. Their solution? Bypassing HP Openview in favor of Hyperic HQ. As companies discover that they no longer have to pay huge sums of money for systems management, expect a lot more of these types of stories."

Submission + - Nagios felled by SNMP false alarms

Submitted by

JaneWalkek6847

on Tuesday April 10, 2007 @09:48AM

JaneWalkek6847 writes: "False alarms were keeping one IT director up way past his bedtime, but one open source systems management and monitoring application quickly became the perfect sleeping pill."

Submission + - Samba 3 preview release behaves more like Windows

Submitted by

Jane Walker

on Tuesday March 27, 2007 @11:44AM

Jane Walker writes: "After a spate of field testing, a new Samba 3 preview release hits the streets with enhancements to winbind and offline logon support."

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