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Let's Get Small: Linux Enables Low-Power, Space-Saving Systems
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| A couple of systems have made the news
| recently that are targeting "scale out"
| cloud workloads, and Linux is likely to be
| the OS of choice on these systems. The
| SeaMicro SM10000 and the Quanta S2Q take
| different approaches, but the theory is
| the same: Cram a lot of low-powered cores
| into a system to handle workloads with
| massive amounts of small transactions.
| Sounds like a job for Linux!
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http://www.linux.com/news/enterprise/cloud-computing/323061-lets-get-small-linux-enables-low-power-space-saving-systems
5 Little Linux Computers
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| This month we take a look at a number of
| small form factor PCs that either come
| with Linux or would make a perfect fit for
| your favorite Linux distro. Each of the
| computers mentioned takes up very little
| space, but all deliver plenty of computing
| performance to handle everything from
| basic web browsing to watching videos.
| They make nice little firewalls, basic
| file/web/print servers, and quiet, low-
| power media servers. All of these units
| typically consume a fraction of the power
| of a conventional desktop and less than
| many traditional laptops.
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http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reviews/7109/1/
Package Management in Enterprise Linux
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| Package managers and repositories were a
| lifesaver for Linux. As the package
| management tools grew in sophistication
| and popularity, their associated
| repositories grew with software that was
| mostly guaranteed to work, and not muck up
| your system. I called it "staying in the
| box". As long as you stick with what was
| provided by the default package managers
| of your distribution, you more than likely
| won't run into the kind of dependency
| conflicts that were common in the earlier
| days of Linux.
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http://ostatic.com/blog/package-management-in-enterprise-linux
Related:
Vista's Problem: Microsoft Does Not Scale
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| It is deeply ironic that once upon a time Linux - and Linus - was taxed with
| an inability to scale. Today, though, when Linux is running everything from
| most of the world's supercomputers to the new class of sub-laptops like the
| Asus EEE PC and increasing numbers of mobile phones, it is Microsoft that
| finds itself unable to scale its development methodology to handle this
| range. Indeed, it can't even produce a decent desktop system, as the whole
| Vista fiasco demonstrates.
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http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2008/01/vistas-problem-microsoft-does-not-scale.html
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