linux servers

Linux.com: IPv4 is yesterday's news, isn't it time you setup your Linux servers for IPv6?

A bunch of folks have been passing on variations of the story that Google has lost the patent infringement lawsuit filed against it by Bedrock Computer Technologies, concerning patent 5,893,120.

The jury has ordered Google to pay $5 million for that infringement. $5 million is pocket change to Google, but hopefully it'll continue to fight.

There are some interesting points concerning this case.

What’s in a name? Well if you were looking for the latest version of Ubuntu for your Linux servers it would be Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Server Edition - kind of a mouth full.

With Ubuntu 11.04, that will change. Canonical has announced it will no longer offer a separate netbook edition.

In a blog post, the company explains that with the release of the new shell, the user interface works equally well regardless of PC form factor, and the underlying technology works on a range of architectures, eliminating the need for a netbook version.

Linuxaria: "In these days I have seen in a somewhat more detailed way collectd, an excellent tool for collecting statistics on various aspects of our Linux servers."

Survey results announced today by The Linux Foundation show projected strong Linux growth among enterprise Linux end users, and surprisingly that more are ditching Windows than Unix for Linux.

In October of 2000, IBM CEO Louis Gerst

Serverwatch: "Do you remember a time when Linux was a niche OS? Beyond college kids and a few converted Unix nerds, Linux was something for hackers, Ham radio operators and ivory tower dwellers.

No one would ever put a Linux-based computer into a data center."

Computerworld: "Ksplice Inc. today officially launched its no-reboot patching service for Linux servers"

ServerWatch: "IBM on Tuesday debuted new hardware, software and services packages for enterprise customers that want to consolidate and virtualize Linux-based data loads on their System z mainframes."

Wisnaes: "The server is used for developing websites, testing different installations, caching updates for the workstations in the house, sharing files and sharing our laser printer as well as a number of other small things.

It is also a way for me to learn more about networking, Linux servers etc."