You know when you’ve spent hours (or at least it seems like hours) completing a very dull repetitive task, and then suddenly you go “Doh!”? I had one of those this morning when installing VMware Tools on a CentOS VM that I will clone to be the basis of about 5-10 other VMs. Usually this […]
Linux distributions are two-a-penny – whilst Ubuntu is a clear favourite on the desktop right now, this is clearly a commodity market. Whatever your requirements – desktop, laptop or netbook, full-featured or lightweight – the chances are that there is a Linux platform out there to suit your need. I personally believe that there is […]
This is exciting news – a combined IBM and Ubuntu based netbook platform designed for on-premise and cloud-based collaboration and aimed at emerging markets such as Africa: IBM, Canonical and Partners Launch Cloud- and Linux-based Netbook Software in Africa IBM Client for Smart Work Helps Bridge the Digital Divide for Businesses ARMONK, N.Y. and JOHANNESBURG, […]
We are really seeing a surge in interest around migration of desktops to Linux, and IBM is doing some great work on pushing Lotus solutions as the natural choice for collaboration and productivity tools on that platform. Some good examples of this have been the recent “Lotus on Redhat” promotion, the VDEL OpenReferent solution and […]
Those VDEL guys certainly have style! Not only is their new joint offering with Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Lotus Notes (OpenReferent) a great idea, but they do an awesome job of their marketing images too: Full-size image available from their site…