Ex-Red-Hat brains decide to ride cloud, Apr 21, 2009

Cloud computing - or at least all the talk about it - is causing IT vendors to change their pitches on the off chance that cloud could actually end up generating some money.

n case you were concerned that Linux didn't have enough of a presence in pop culture, you can now read English translations of Ubunchu, a Japanese Manga comic series about three students in a sys admin club who are getting into Ubuntu.

Debian was one of the first Linux distributions, and it pioneered much of what we take for granted in Linux systems today. But has Debian had its day?

Sun Microsystems on Tuesday unveiled an early look at MySQL 5.4, the next version of its open-source database, one day after Oracle said it is buying Sun for US$7.4 billion.

While most small businesses have heard about the low-cost world of open source, it still remains a mystery to many. Open-source software is generally free and is usually downloaded from a website.

Looking for the best way to try Linux without giving up Windows? A new guide will give you plenty of food for thought.

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