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Gazing at Scientific Linux
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| While the distribution isn't eye-catching,
| it has a lot of good things going for it.
| In fact, I occasionally found myself
| thinking, I wish Fedora did this in this
| way. For example, I always wondered why
| Fedora didn't adopt the Yumex package
| manager front-end. I like that Scientific
| comes with some multimedia support and
| Flash rather than making their users hunt
| down third-party repositories. Scientific's
| approach to security, offering a custom
| live CD password and disabling network
| services out of the box, is commendable.
| Further, I like that my touchpad works the
| way I expect it to without editing a
| configuration file. The Scientific team
| offers a stable desktop with long-term
| support and does a good job of it. The only
| drawback, so far as I can see, is that some
| of their key components are getting out of
| date. Usually this isn't a problem, except
| perhaps, when using software like
| OpenOffice.org and Firefox. Those projects
| which put out major releases once a year or
| more will appear dated. In conclusion,
| Scientific is a good desktop for people who
| prefer stability over riding the cutting
| edge.
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http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20100426#feature
HP and Red Hat: Ganging Up On Sun?
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| Thereâs plenty of traditional channel
| partner news here at the HP Americas
| Partner Conference in Las Vegas. But
| sometimes, the juiciest news occurs over
| dinner. A case in point: Sources say HP VP
| Frank Rauch and Red Hat North America
| Channel Chief Roger Egan will likely meet
| for a meal tonight. Their mutual interest,
| besides fine dining: Finding new ways to
| target and engage Sun Microsystemsâ
| customer base. Hereâs the scoop.
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http://www.thevarguy.com/2010/04/26/hp-and-red-hat-ganging-up-on-sun/
Recent:
Opinion: RHEL 5 turns 3, Suggestions for Red Hat
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| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (Tikanga) was
| released on March 14, 2007 and yesterday
| was RHEL 5's 3rd birthday. Since then we
| have gotten 4 update releases.
|
| Given the fact that Red Hat's original plan
| was to have a new RHEL release every 18 -
| 24 months, one has to wonder where RHEL 6
| is and why it is so late. My best guess is
| that RHEL 6 (which so far has had a non-
| public alpha release within Red Hat as
| witnessed in some Bugzilla reports) will
| come out sometime this summer... possibly
| in time for the Red Hat Summit in Boston
| (June 22-25, 2010). For that to happen I
| would expect a public beta for RHEL 6 to be
| released in the not too distant future.
| We'll see how that pans out.
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http://www.montanalinux.org/happy-third-birthday-rhel5.html
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