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Update 5 of Pie Box Enterprise Linux 4 was made available today. This update includes the following enhancements...
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Update 5 of Pie Box Enterprise Linux 4 was made available today. This update includes the following enhancements:
- New kernel features including paravirtualised kernel for i686, updated kernel support for Infiniband, NFS performance metrics, EDAC for Opteron, diskdump support for sata_nv & ibmvscsi drivers, netdump support for 8139cp driver, CIFS updated to 1.45 and clustering application support through dm device ioctls
- Driver updates including 3w-9xxx, ahci, ata_piix, bnx2, bonding, cciss, e1000, ibmvscsic, ipr, ixgb, libata, megaraid_mm, megaraid_sas, mptbase, pdc_adma, qla2100, qla2200, qla2300, qla2322, qla2400, qla2xxx, qla6312, r8169, sata_mv, sata_nv, sata_promise, sata_qstor, sata_sil, sata_sis, sata_svw, sata_sx4, sata_uli, sata_via, sata_vsc, sky2, stex, tg3
- Driver additions including qla3xxx, qla4xxx
- Additional platform support for Intel ICH9 chipset, PCIe power management quirk, AMD quad-core systems, RDTSCP, MCE Thresholding support for AMD 0x10 family processors, PCI-Express support for Altix, eClipz, ppc host ethernet adapter device driver, SHUB2 hardware support
- Security updates, bug fixes and feature enhancements to numerous system packages
- Other notable additions include: technology preview release of OpenOffice.org 2.0, WPA-Supplicant driver now included, automounter load balancing with replicated servers, configurable location for core dumps in netdump-server, selectable core dump filtering, microcode update, session keyring initialisation PAM module, gdm update for new audit system, Linux-z/VM monitoring with established z/VM tools, DASD awareness for multipath-tools, Infiniband update from 1.0 to OFED-1.1 code base, native SAS & STAT devices now supported, support for SCSI-3 persistent group reservations, mdadm support for RAID50, GUI iSCSI configuration, multipath-tools support for DASD disks
Pie Box Enterprise Linux 4 is aimed at people who need a stable OS with a long lifespan but don't want an expensive bundled support contract. It is derived from open source software with only four packages modified in order to replace trademarks and logos with our own. Features of Pie Box Enterprise Linux 4 include the Linux 2.6 kernel, SELinux, GNOME 2.8, Samba 3.0, Logical Volume Manager 2, PCI Express support and NFSv.4.
Further information regarding Pie Box Enterprise Linux 4 and subscriptions to the Updates service may be found at www.piebox.com
PixExcel, based in the United Kingdom, recognised the demand for enterprise quality Linux software that does not come bundled with an expensive support contract. This led to the release of Pie Box Enterprise Linux 3 AS back in April 2004. Since then PixExcel has been supplying a growing client base ranging from the home enthusiast to multi-million pound corporations. These clients share one thing in common - they demand a quality product but are sufficiently skilled to operate it without the expense of a support contract.
Pie Box Enterprise Linux is a Linux distribution that is derived from open source software. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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