Sean Michael Kerner

Running an older version of Red Hat’s Fedora Core Linux? Bad news: You’re no longer being supported. The Fedora Legacy Project is in “transition” and is closing its doors. Effective this week the project is no longer supporting Fedora Core 4 and earlier distributions. “The current model for supporting maintenance distributions is being re-examined,” the […]

Novell’s OpenSUSE project has released the latest version of its namesake Linux distribution, OpenSUSE 10.2. But you wouldn’t know it if you were waiting for an official announcement from Novell. The latest version of OpenSUSE 10.2 upgrades nearly all of the core packages, including the Linux kernel. OpenSUSE 10.2 includes the “pirate” 2.6.18.2 kernel, Firefox […]

Though many have thought otherwise, Novell’s recent deal with Microsoft is not an admission that Linux infringes on Microsoft’s intellectual property. At least that’s the message Novell CEO Ron Hovsepian is pitching in an open letter. Microsoft agrees and disagrees. Related Articles Office Live Has Microsoft in Marketing Mode Intel’s Quad-Core Server Edge The Future […]

In an interesting twist of irony, Oracle, which is taking aim at Linux leader Red Hat for being too expensive, is being undercut with an open source challenge to its namesake database. VoIP vendor Vonage Networks is deploying EnterpriseDB, which is built on top of the open source PostgreSQL database as an alternative to Oracle. […]

UPDATED: Heat? What heat? RedHat (Quote) may be facing new competition for Linux support from Oracle and a Microsoft/Novell partnership, but the number one Linux distributor is throwing some heat of its own. Red Hat just released Beta 2 of its highly anticipated Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (RHEL) flagship product. It’s expected to be the […]

Sun and Ubuntu GNU/Linux are getting even closer. Canonical, the commercial sponsor of the Ubuntu distribution and Sun are expanding their existing partnership to Sun’s x86 hardware. That means Sun will now certify Ubuntu and Canonical will support Ubutnu running on the Sun Fire X4100 and X4200 servers, as well as the Sun Ultra(TM) 20 […]

Analysis: Last week’s surprising announcement by Microsoft (Quote) and Novell (Quote) on Linux is very good news for Novell. It could also be very bad news for open source Linux. Under the terms of the agreement, Microsoft and Novell are supposed to work together on interoperability and patents, such as its inter-office suite (Office to […]

UPDATED: Microsoft is the mortal enemy of Linux, right? Not necessarily. In a surprise announcement, Microsoft (Quote) CEO Steve Ballmer and Novell (Quote) CEO Ron Hovsepian took the stage at a San Francisco hotel yesterday afternoon to provide details on a partnership that will forever change the Linux landscape. Microsoft is partnering with Novell on Linux. No […]

Last week, Microsoft released Internet Explorer 7. Today, Mozilla, the spawn of Microsoft’s 1990s’ browser nemesis Netscape, released Firefox 2.0. The browser wars are back. The official Firefox 2.0 release (FF 2) is the culmination of months of effort from Mozilla that spanned at least three alphas, two betas and three release candidates. Firefox 2.0 […]

If you’re looking to avoid phishing sites, you may need to look no further than Microsoft’s soon to be released Internet Explorer 7 browser. According to a new study published by technical services firm 3Sharp, security features in Microsoft’s IE 7 lead a pack of anti-phishing utilities from Netcraft, Google, eBay and Geotrust. The study […]