Red Hat Archive

Stateless Linux Strikes Client Balance

Eugenia Loli 2004-10-05 Red Hat 28 Comments

Red Hat Inc. recently announced a project to provide a centralized management solution for connected and disconnected users that provides administrators with tight control over the systems they manage, using the same tools for connected and disconnected users.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Beta 1 Available

Eugenia Loli 2004-09-28 Red Hat 22 Comments

Red Hat Enterprise Linux v.4-Beta1 is a preview of the next generation of Red Hat's comprehensive suite of enterprise operating systems - designed for mission-critical enterprise computing and certified by top enterprise software vendors. More info and download locations over at DistroWatch.

Red Hat exec takes Sun to task on open source

Eugenia Loli 2004-09-24 Red Hat 263 Comments

A top Red Hat exec has attacked the open-source credentials of its sometime business partner Sun.

“Stateless Linux” Project Announced

Adam Scheinberg 2004-09-13 Red Hat 25 Comments

Red Hat's Havoc Pennington announced the "Stateless Linux" project for Fedora, an interesting new philosophy as to how software should be developed/behave. Here is the PDF with all the details.

Red Hat Enterprise 3 Update 3 Released to RHN

Submitted by cranch 2004-09-02 Red Hat 9 Comments

Redhat Network Account users appear to now have access to the Enterprise 3 Update 3 release. Updates appear to only be available through the up2date feature. ISO's are not listed on the RHN Download site at this time.

Red Hat: Walking the Linux tightrope

Eugenia Loli 2004-08-20 Red Hat 43 Comments

European marketing director Paul Salazar admits there have been plenty of screw-ups along the way but that Red Hat is now working hard to please the open-source community and investors alike.

Book Mini-Review: A Practical Guide to Red Hat Linux

Eugenia Loli 2004-08-10 Red Hat 4 Comments

Mark G. Sobell wrote a lengthy book about Red Hat Linux and Fedora, A Practical Guide to Red Hat Linux, and we are taking a look at its draft copy (second edition released end of July).

Battling with Microsoft on foreign soil

Eugenia Loli 2004-08-04 Red Hat 1 Comment

Szulik, who delivered the opening keynote Tuesday for the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo, sat down with reporters and editors from CNET News.com for a broad-ranging conversation about the company and the open-source business.

Red Hat chief calls for idealism, reform, sharing

Eugenia Loli 2004-08-03 Red Hat 37 Comments

It's time for the United States to begin an era of economic sharing that will reduce resentment of the country and could mean a larger computer technology market for everyone, Red Hat Chief Executive Matthew Szulik said Tuesday.

Red Hat Delivers Open Source Application Server

Eugenia Loli 2004-08-03 Red Hat 3 Comments

Red Hat delivers Open Source Application Server with support from strategic partners: Interoperable application server is designed to integrate seamlessly with leading vendors' solutions. Also, Red Hat and Black Duck Software team up on software IP Risk Management. New facet in Red Hat Open Source Assurance Plan is designed to mitigate risks for software developers and end users.

Red Hat to serve Java

Eugenia Loli 2004-07-29 Red Hat 12 Comments

Red Hat will grow beyond its Linux roots next week and sell a subscription service supporting an open-source Java application server, according to people familiar with the company's plans.

Ex Red Hat heavies launch fancy package manager

Eugenia Loli 2004-07-14 Red Hat 24 Comments

Former high-ranking Red Hat executives are behind a commercial package management tool said to facilitate system modifications better than dpkg or rpm. The 2003 startup Specifix says its "Conary" tool enables even heavily modified development systems to track upstream versions easily. The company was co-founded by a former Red Hat chief developer and a former VP of engineering services. More here.

Red Hat unveils storage software

Eugenia Loli 2004-06-25 Red Hat 13 Comments

Red Hat has begun selling new software for creating a communal storage system that spans many devices in a network--part of its effort to expand beyond its core operating system business.

Red Hat Desktop Review at Linux.com

Guest post by Jem Matzan 2004-06-11 Red Hat 24 Comments

Linux.com has published a review of Red Hat Desktop, Red Hat's new RHEL3-based corporate desktop product. It's a lot like Red Hat 9 was, except not available as a standalone product anymore. The software that comprises it is a little old, as well, but at least everything seems to work, says J. Matzan.

Red Hat CEO Szulik on business, SCO, and other topics

Eugenia Loli 2004-06-01 Red Hat 19 Comments

Here are excerpts from a recent one-on-one interview with Red Hat CEO Matt Szulik.

Putting Linux on the Corporate Desktop

Eugenia Loli 2004-05-19 Red Hat 11 Comments

Red Hat is the latest Linux company to challenge Mircosoft's hold on the business desktop space with the introduction of Red Hat Desktop, the latest addition to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux family. Matthew Szulik, the company's chief executive, chairman and president met ITWeek to discuss Red Hat's latest efforts and share his views about the Linux landscape.

Opennet Ships Red Hat Linux Desktop

Eugenia Loli 2004-05-17 Red Hat 19 Comments

"Opennet, the master distributor for Red Hat Linux in the region, has announced the availability of the new Red Hat Desktop, for the Middle East market. The Red Hat Desktop includes the core Linux operating system, open source business applications including an e-mail client, browser and a full-fledged office suite. “The Red Hat Desktop will be made available in configurations which include either Red Hat Network Proxy or Satellite Servers,” says Tewfik Zitouni, managing director, Opennet. A proxy or satellite Server deployment enables several clients to be deployed and managed simultaneously and promises to simplify the ongoing security and management of systems." Read the report here.

Red Hat Updating Both Linux Versions

Eugenia Loli 2004-05-14 Red Hat 55 Comments

The update for the company's Enterprise Linux product was released Wednesday, with added support for x86 chips and IBM JS20 blade servers. Up next, the new release of the cutting edge Fedora, News.com reports. Update and mini-commentary: Editorial at eWEEK: "Why Linux users hate Red Hat". We don't think so, Red Hat is still the most used/downloaded distro of all. However, it is true that people usually hate the No1 (just because it is No1) and favor any underdog. Having said that, I prefer Slackware because of its simplicity, app stability, fewer distro bugs and speed compared to Fedora.

Could Red Hat Mean Curtains for Windows?

Eugenia Loli 2004-05-09 Red Hat 64 Comments

After five years in development, the time is right for the company's Linux (corporate) desktop software to take on Microsoft, its boss tells Stephen Pritchard of Independent.co.uk.

Red Hat Desktop Strategy Clarification

Eugenia Loli 2004-05-06 Red Hat 11 Comments

Jeremy Hogan's commentary, Red Hat's community relations manager, is a response to NewsForge's Joe Barr, who asserted earlier this week that the company had given numerous confusing messages about its intent to enter the desktop market.