Linux & Unix

Open standards architectures are the best approach as enterprises crow-bar their infrastructures out of the proprietary Dark Ages and embrace a rapidly changing and connected world.

Big data is more than just large-scale databases --it means vastly different network topologies, sometimes configured on the fly. EnterpriseNetworkingPlanet takes a look at the near future of networking.

Why is Riverbed keeping Wireshark open source and what does the future hold for open source tools at the networking vendor? -

Linux founder Linus Torvalds moves Linux kernel forward with first big number change in over a decade.

As the Novell acquisition continues, what will happen to NetWare? One thing seems clear: Legacy NetWare code is not long for this world.

With its small footprint and a focus on monitoring Linux network interfaces via data coming from the kernel, vnStat provides a simple and effective networking tool.

To build a cloud, you can just sign up for Amazon's EC2, provide your payment information, and a few clicks later, your cloud instance(s) is up and running. What could be easier? It turns out that running your own private cloud setup inside your firewall can be just as easy and--even better--you aren't paying Amazon.

Long a holdout, Broadcom has begun to ship Linux drivers for its wireless gear. Will the company start a driver rush among vendors on the fence about Linux support?

The life of OpenSolaris may have been relatively brief, particularly compared to the decades Unix has been in existence. But its tumultuous history serves as an important lesson in how not to manage an open source project.

Unix and Linux share a common ancestry, but there's been enough innovation in both to create some differences in techniques. While not showstopping, these differences still represent a barrier for Unix to Linux migration.

If you're still waiting around for the Linux Revolution to happen, just go look out your window (or better yet -- at your own network).

With BitNami stacks, network administrators can install and test Web applications, services and open source infrastructure without a lot of hassle, then deploy them via virtual machines or the cloud.

While Red Hat and Novell have always aimed for the enterprise, Canonical's experience with the desktop and strong community may give it a better shot for success in the enterprise market.

Will Solaris continue to evolve and provide new and useful tools? Or will it stagnate and become a niche OS like other corporate Unix variants?

Packaging the Linux kernel is an area of special concern for Red Hat, which makes up its own mind about which release to use and which improvements to consider for inclusion in its custom releases.