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Backup your Linux machine the smart way
August 19, 2010 – 7:45 am | No Comment

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Linux User and Developer: “Intelligent backup of your Linux machine’s valuable data doesn’t have to be complicated. Linux User & Developer’s Sukrit Dhandhania shows you quite how easy and effective rsync tool-based luckyBackup can make …

Linux defense group invests in mobile ID security
August 17, 2010 – 11:41 am | No Comment

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Linux patent defense organization Open Invention Network (OIN) announced a partnership with Arizona State University’s Arizona Technology Enterprises (AzTE) office, focused on mobile device identity management research.

Linux KVM Eyes ‘World Domination’
August 16, 2010 – 7:17 am | No Comment

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Datamation: “Kernel-based Virtual Machine, or KVM, is a growing Linux technology for virtualization. Speaking at LinuxCon this week, Red Hat Senior Engineer Chris Wright noted that the open source project is on track to meet …

Oracle, Amazon offer new ways to run Linux from afar
August 15, 2010 – 5:43 pm | No Comment

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Organizations hoping to streamline their deployments of Linux got two new options this week for running the open source OS remotely.

Linux Compliance Program a Response to Surging Open Source Use
August 12, 2010 – 12:57 pm | No Comment

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The Open Compliance Program announced by the Linux Foundation on Tuesday is a response to the surging growth in the use of open source technologies. Open source – Linux Foundation – Articles – Operating Systems …

Linux Foundation offers open source compliance checklist
August 11, 2010 – 10:45 am | No Comment

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Organizations that are interested in using open source in their own products but are wary of intellectual property issues might want to examine a new, mostly free, assistance program just launched by the non-profit Linux …

Linux Foundation tries making license compliance even easier
August 10, 2010 – 9:38 am | No Comment

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The Linux Foundation has launched a new open source licensing compliance program with the aim of simplifying some of the legal complexities faced by commercial Linux adopters. The initiative, which was unveiled today at the …

Key Organizations in Free & Open-Source Software – Microsoft
August 8, 2010 – 2:02 pm | No Comment

Microsoft Corporation is an American software company, best known for its Microsoft Windows operating system, and Microsoft Office, office suite software. In recent years the company has diversed into Internet publishing and video game consoles, among other fields. The company was originally founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Redmond, Washington.