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Comment Re:None. (Score 1) 409

by amigascne on Sunday January 18, 2009 @11:17AM (#26506067) Attached to: Best FOSS Active Directory Alternative?

I take it you you've never heard of FreeIPA?

FreeIPA an open source project from Red Hat's Emerging Technologies Lab. It combines Kerberos, LDAP, DNS, NTP and provides a centralized webUI (CLI utils too) to manage it all. As well as simplified install packages for both the server and clients.

http://www.freeipa.org/

Or if you want commerical support, Red Hat has their subscription re-spin of the product available too.

http://www.redhat.com/promo/ipa

The next version due out this spring is planning to include things like full AD integration, centralized sudo and SELinux policy management, etc.Have a look at the roadmap on the freeipa website.

Bitten By the Red Hat Perl Bug 234

Posted by kdawson on Friday August 29, 2008 @11:36AM from the 100x-between-friends dept.

snydeq writes "Smart coders always optimize the slowest thing. But what if 'the slowest thing' is the code supplied by your vendor? That was exactly the situation Vipul Ved Prakash discovered when he tinkered with a company Linux box on which Perl code was running at least 100 times slower than expected. The code, he found, was running on CentOS Linux, using Perl packages built by Red Hat. So Prakash got rid of the Perl executable that came with CentOS, compiled a new one from stock, and the bug disappeared. 'What's more disturbing,' McAllister writes, 'is that this Red Hat Perl performance issue is a known bug,' first documented in 2006 on Red Hat's own Bugzilla database. Folks affected by the current bug have two options: sit tight, or compile the Perl interpreter from source — effectively waiving your support contract. If a Linux vendor can't provide comprehensive maintenance and support for the open source software projects you depend on, McAllister asks, who ever will?"

Comment Systemax (Score 1) 902

by amigascne on Friday September 28, 2007 @11:50AM (#20783099) Attached to: Replacing a Thinkpad?

From the Systemax website:

Systemax(TM) is the Great American PC Maker.

Ask your current PC Vendor 3 questions:
1. Are 100% of their systems assembled in the USA by US workers?
2. Are 100% of their tech support calls and emails answered in the USA by US workers?
3. Do they have a company policy to NEVER export American jobs?

If they can't answer YES to all 3 questions, then come ask Systemax(TM). We say "Yes" to the American worker. We are the largest, most-reliable PC manufacturer in the country that can make these claims. We've been assembling and supporting the highest quality PCs for American businesses and families in Fletcher, Ohio for over 20 years.

And here's a link to one of their ruggedized laptops: Item # BTO 038651

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