Is ClearOS a clear replacement for CentOS?

I heard an interview with the president of ClearOS on Floss Weekly.  A short article about it over on LinuxJournal.com reminded us that we needed to talk about it. After hearing the initial interview I decided to setp a VM.  The install was easy to do.  The Web Based management UI was simple, intuitive and easy to use.  Whether you are a Linux Geek or a Newbie it makes managing and configuring new and existing applications easy.  If your a small business looking to switch over to Linux we highly recommend putting this on a VM and testing it out.

Episode 51 - And then there was the linux desktop....

Running Time: 1:06:38

1) Introduction

Brian got an HP Touchpad and is running Linux on his Work Desktop.(sort of)

Joe still likes the GTV and is salty about not getting an HP Touchpad.

2) News

HP Touchpad Drama 

Will WebOS live?  Who will own it? 

Brian’s HP Saga Continues with this letter from OfficeMax.com

August 31, 2011 

Re: Cancelation of HP TouchPad Order 

Dear OfficeMax Customer: 

Recently you have been contacted and informed your HP TouchPad order was canceled due to HP discontinuing the item and OfficeMax not being able to source the item. 

It was brought to our attention that HP may be shipping additional inventory to its suppliers. Our Merchandising team has contacted HP and is pushing to acquire enough stock to cover the orders we had to cancel. HP has posted the following statement on their website - "Despite announcing an end to manufacturing webOS hardware, we have decided to produce one last run of TouchPads to meet unfulfilled demand. We don't know exactly when these units will be available or how many we'll get, and we can't promise we'll have enough for everyone." 

We have saved all canceled orders, and if we are successful in attaining additional HP TouchPads, we will contact you to fulfill your order. 

As always, we value your business. Thank you for your patience and loyalty throughout this situation. 

While we deeply regret any inconvenience this has caused, we ask that if you have questions, please call customer service at 1-877-OfficeMax. 

Brian really wants one of these $25 Linux computers...

Raspberry PI the $25 Linux machine is a real toy now...

Linux is 20....Next year Tux can Drink....

An Interview with the Linux Foundation President

What happened at LinuxCon?

Desktop Marketshare breakdown

Linux moves into a new decade here is how it compares to 10 years ago..

Lawsuits

Is Open-Source Illegal in your country?

Maybe just Maybe SCO Vs. Linux is finally dead...

RedHat VS Vmware?

RedHat announces Aeolus  

Is VMWare really RedHat's Biggest Enemy

3) Conclusion

Recommendations for People to interview

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Red Software + Blue Hardware = Purple Private Clouds

ZDNet.com has a cool article about the alliance between Red Hat and IBM starting to bring something to the market. It appears that what they have been working on is a packaged appliance like Cloud solution.  With Red Hat KVM Based virtualization and IBM Hardware they plan to make devices and sets of servers to compete with the ones being created by Cisco, EMC and VMWare.  Competition is cool but can they unseat the VMWare team?  Only time will tell.

Episode 43 - Who cares about free stuff...

Running Time: 50:10

1) Introduction

     Co-Host Brian Wagner, Jason DiDonato and Joe Leuzzi

2) News

    Are you using Open Source LIcenses properly?

    Have you ever wondered what a root kit is?

    What's the next big Trend in software development?

    Yahoo is going to Open Source some more Non-Core Technologies

3) Conclusion

    Recommendations for People to interview

    E-Mail us at podcast@linuxinstall.net

    Go to the WebSite to call us via Google Voice

    Facebook Fan Page

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Red Hat and Ubuntu pushing buttons in the community....

Both Red Hat and Ubuntu have been in the press a lot lately because of changes they are making in their distribution.  What everyone seems to forget with both companies are just that companies not communities.  While they do a great job of being great community members, people will always complain about them.  Here is what we gleaned from the posts I read:

For Red Hat the change is just how the distribute the kernel itself.  They are now shipping just a completely patched Kernel.  This is instead of shipping a patch set for each and every bug release that was available.   Who does it affect?  The folks that want to look in the kernel.  As far as we can tell that's it.  We at Linuxinstall.net don't think that this is an issue for them and more just a reason for people to complain and wish things were better the old way.

For Ubuntu the problem is more one of a lack of change.  They want to push some enhancements into the upstream Gnome package that are being rejected:

Here are the details as described in a ZDNet article:

"The technical problem behind the dispute is that GNOME rejected theUbuntu Ayatana system status indicators. These indicators, and their messaging application programming interfaces (APIs) would be used on the Linux desktop to convey such information as “Whether you are connected, what the time is, whether you are online, whether your battery will last long enough for you to finish your work, whether you have messages,” etc."

Again it seem like something that shouldn't be that big an argument.  When you are poring your heart and sole into a project though it's not always that easy.  We can't always make a reasonable counter offer when we feel like we are being attacked.

Hopefully everyone will soon see that these aren't bad choices just ones that we all may not agree with.  We as a community need these companies need to survive and thrive.  If they don't protect their future and go under then we all loose.  Both companies are spending a lot of time and money on Linux and it's desktop.  It would be a very different Linux world.