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Red Hat: Microsoft Still ‘Aggressive As Hell’

Thom Holwerda 2006-06-01 Red Hat 18 Comments

Three or four years ago, open-source providers enjoyed plenty of attention. But now some of the disruptive energy seems to have dropped away, as attention turns increasingly to the collaborative potential of the Web. Google and the buzzword du jour, Web 2.0, are capturing the attention once enjoyed by the struggle between Linux, Windows and Unix. ZDNet UK sat down with Red Hat chief executive Matthew Szulik at the company's user summit in Nashville for a brief discussion on how he intends to keep his company on the cutting edge and battle the biggest threats to its future success.

Building a Low-Cost LAMP Server with CentOS 4.3

Submitted by Falko Timme 2006-05-01 Red Hat 3 Comments

"This is a detailed description how to set up a CentOS 4.3 based server that offers all services needed by ISPs and hosters (web server (SSL-capable), mail server (with SMTP-AUTH and TLS!), DNS server, FTP server, MySQL server, POP3/IMAP, Quota, Firewall, etc.). This tutorial is written for the 64-bit version of CentOS 4.3, but should apply to the 32-bit version with very little modifications as well."

Red Hat Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire JBoss

Submitted by deniz copur 2006-04-10 Red Hat 22 Comments

"Red Hat today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire JBoss. By acquiring JBoss, Red Hat expects to accelerate the shift to service-oriented architectures, by enabling the next generation of web-enabled applications running on a low-cost, open source platform."

Red Hat, Intel Plan 17 Development Centers

Submitted by Randy E. 2006-04-05 Red Hat No Comments

Intel and Red Hat announced plans to open more than a dozen centers where customers and business partners can make sure their software works well on Linux and the latest hardware. They plan to open three major centers at Red Hat offices and 14 smaller satellite facilities so that programmers can get their software working with new features such as virtualization.

Red Hat 4Q Profit Soars, Beats Estimates

Submitted by Rahu 2006-03-29 Red Hat 8 Comments

Red Hat is going through a growth spurt as companies become more comfortable with its software as an alternative to Windows and profits fuel the expansion, executives with the developer of open source software said Tuesday. Profitability expanded even as Red Hat grew to more than 1200 employees.

Red Hat Opens Knowledge Base

Thom Holwerda 2006-03-23 Red Hat 17 Comments

Red Hat has opened its knowledge base to the general public today. You no longer need to login to access it. "Red Hat Knowledgebase is a library of tips, troubleshooting advice, and current information updated daily by Red Hat technicians."

Red Hat Works to Make Virtualization Into Reality

Submitted by MaxxTotal 2006-03-15 Red Hat 8 Comments

Red Hat announced several moves Tuesday to bring virtualization technology to the mainstream Linux market by the end of the year, a move that the company promises will dramatically increase server efficiency. The company already has promised to include a major virtualization component, the Xen hypervisor software, in its next premium product, Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 5, due by the end of the year.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 3 Released

Submitted by Rahul 2006-03-08 Red Hat 4 Comments

"Red Hat is peased to announce the availability of Update 3 for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 family of products. This update includes the following enhancements: hardware support enhancements; technology preview for support of very large system configurations on IA64 (up to 256 logical CPUs) and PPC (up to 128 logical CPUs); security enhancements; and much more."

PolicyKit To Enhance Linux Desktop Administration, Lockdown

Submitted by Rahul 2006-03-08 Red Hat 1 Comment

David Zeuthen (Red Hat) who wrote and maintains the HAL freedesktop library has announced a new Policy Kit library to manage administrative policies and privileges in a Linux desktop in a desktop neutral, uniform and centralised manner. More about this on his blog.

USD 100 Laptop: Great for the world, Great for Linux

Submitted by Moule 2006-02-04 Red Hat 24 Comments

"Once it became clear that Nicholas Negroponte, one of the key originators of the One Laptop per Child initiative, was going to insist that the device use open source software, Linux provider Red Hat became the most likely provider of the device's operating system. Mike Evans from Red Hat discusses his company's involvement in the One Laptop per Child project, which aims to develop and distribute a $100 PC to millions around the world."

LCA Linux Kernel Keynotes

Submitted by anonymous 2006-01-31 Red Hat 5 Comments

Dave Miller of Red Hat has published three presentations from his keynote speech at the LCA Linux kernel conference which cover the Linux port to the SPARC64 Niagara architecture (Dave Miller is a long term primary SPARC port developer and maintainer) as well as two presentations covering Kernel Developer Social Interactions and TCP/IP networking.

Red Hat Plans Linux Distro for MacBook Pro

Submitted by Macino 2006-01-26 Red Hat 39 Comments

Imagine a world where you could run both Linux and Apple operating systems on the same high-performance Mac laptop. That day may be coming sooner than Mac fans think. Red Hat has confirmed it is pursuing the development of a Linux distribution for the new Intel-based Macs. Red Hat is no stranger to Macintosh - Fedora and other Linux distributions support the PowerPC architecture once used by Apple - but there are challenges to bringing Linux to the MacBook Pro. It appears the opportunities outweigh the challenges, though, with potential repercussions for Microsoft if the market clamors for Red Hat Linux-enabled MacBook Pros.

Red Hat: Mono in Fedora, not Enterprise Linux

Eugenia Loli 2006-01-11 Red Hat 51 Comments

Red Hat is letting Novell's Mono software only into its noncommercial Fedora product line, the Linux seller said Tuesday. Red Hat has no plans at this time to include the Novell software in Red Hat Enterprise Linux, company spokeswoman Gillian Farquhar said, meaning that there are no plans right now to make it a standard part of the commercially supported product from the Linux leader.

Red Hat No. 1 Local Stock

Submitted by anonymous 2006-01-02 Red Hat 9 Comments

The stock shot up like a weed on a sunny spring day. Red Hat shares rose 104 percent, making it the top gainer among 28 public companies based in the region. It highlights an adage of business: performance pays. Red Hat, after bolstering its executive ranks and making other tweaks, has reported solid sales and profit growth. In the most recent quarter, which ended Nov. 30, it beat analysts' expectations for both.

Interview: Red Hat’s New CTO

Submitted by anonymous 2005-12-12 Red Hat 17 Comments

"Red Hat is a completely different company than it was five years ago," insisted Brian Stevens, the company’s new chief technology officer. Stevens himself is a 14-year DEC veteran who lives in the Boston area. He's been charged with shepherding open-source technologies (not just Linux) toward mission-critical readiness. At DEC, he was an architect for the company's Tru64 Operating System. He also helped develop the X Window System, widely used as the graphical interface for Unix. Stevens stopped by the GCN offices and spoke with associate writer Joab Jackson.

Red Hat Delivers Certified Open Source Stacks Online

Submitted by anonymous 2005-12-08 Red Hat 4 Comments

"Starting in early 2006, Red Hat will offer three new stacks aimed at simplifying and standardizing key open source application stacks, so that developers can focus on their applications instead of configuring the underlying platform. Each stack will be certified and supported on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and delivered in a subscription model. These new certified stacks will help customers get to market faster with their development projects, while giving them the confidence to deploy, knowing that Red Hat's proven production support capability is behind them."

Red Hat’s New CTO Talks Government

Submitted by anonymous 2005-12-03 Red Hat 20 Comments

As if his promotion to chief technology officer weren't demanding enough, Red Hat's Brian Stevens must also lead a revolution of sorts. After all, open source is changing government, and Red Hat shoulders a good deal of that direction. Stevens sat down with GovernmentVAR senior editor Jill Aitoro to discuss what's next for open source in government including Red Hat's work on SELinux in partnership with NSA and open standards.

MIT 100USD Laptop To Run Red Hat

Submitted by Rahul 2005-11-26 Red Hat 97 Comments

The $100 laptop designed by the Massachusetts Institute for Technology and the One Laptop Per Child association, previewed at the World Summit on the Information Society conference in Tunisia last week, will be using a Redhat Linux variant as its operating system.

Review: Red Hat Desktop 4

Eugenia Loli 2005-11-18 Red Hat 9 Comments

"Red Hat Desktop is sensible to the point of austerity, but practical in the way it supports updates and other features. It's not for individuals or very small businesses, but larger companies who calculate the total cost of ownership (TCO) may well find it worth considering." More here.

Interview: Bob Young After Red Hat

Eugenia Loli 2005-11-09 Red Hat 28 Comments

Bob Young is, arguably, one of the most influential figures in the development of Linux and open source. By co-founding Red Hat with Mark Ewing in 1993, Young helped turn Linux into a household name (although himself uses Mac OS X). After being involved with Red Hat for more than 12 years, Young recently stepped down from Red Hat's board of directors. NewsForge caught up with him to see what his plans are, and what his thoughts are on Red Hat and the future of open source.