HP says yes to Mr. Shuttleworth....

HP Announced that they have certified the 12.04 release of Ubuntu for use with their hardware.  While there was never a time when it wouldn't have run this means that support calls will get answered.  This certification shows both HP commitment to Linux and the Ubuntu specificly.  We love seeing HP support linux and really starting to focus on it.

Episode 67 - Bring out your dead Linux Desktops...

Running Time: 00:48:52

1) Introduction

Joe explains how awesome Puppet and automated builds
MS makes a stupid contest, looses, refuses to make good on the loss, then decides it should pay up

2) News

Why Linux on the Desktop is Dead...Oh yeah and the rest of the story...
HP Doubles down on a Linux Future...
Are you using insecure open source components
Sharing patents encourages innovation

3) Conclusion

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HP Doubles down on Linux...

HP has been seeing an interesting trend in business.  Both Windows and Linux are more and more becoming key parts in critical infrastructure.(Yeah we know DUHHHH)  They want to act on this and have choosen to put some money into Linux.  Their first big thing is joining up with Red Hat to work on kernel issues with their hardware.  We are sure there is more to come and welcome HP to the Linux fold.  Check out the full article over at theinquirer.net.

Episode 56 - Who is Corey?

Running Time: 33:20  

1) Introduction

So who is Corey?  Corey is a new member of the Linuxinstall.net crew.  New to Linux and converted from Windows.  He has some interesting things to say so check it out and let us know what you think.

2) News

Does the Linux desktop need a Steve jobs?

Has Linux Mint really pulled ahead of Ubuntu?  Can it really?

Ubuntu and the mobile world?  Can they succedd where Meemo, Moblin, etc have failed?

Do you want to have 288 cores in a 4U racked system?

3) Conclusion

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Do you want 288 Cores in a 4U rack?

Let's just say that we do.  Talk about being able to get your VM's on.  Serverwatch.com has an article about Calexeda and HP have announced that HP will be using their ARM based processors in a new line of lower power high performance computers.  While these are aimed at hitting your heavy processing tasks they will work amazingly for most web site type loads where you have a whole lot of users making somewhat simple requests.  These workloads make great use of multiple cores no matter what their speed.  The one question we have is how much memory are we going to be able to put into the machine?  For more of our comments check out the podcast.