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Novell Inc. and Concurrent Computer Corp. said yesterday that they will jointly sell and support a real-time version of Novell's SUSE Linux operating system aimed at banks and telecommunications providers.

Memory management is a large, complex, and time-consuming set of tasks, one that is difficult to achieve because crafting a model how systems behave in real-world, multi-programmed environments is a tough job. Components like scheduling, paging behavior, and multiple-process interactions presents a considerable challenge. This article will help you decipher the basic knowledge required to engage the challenge of Linux memory management, providing you with a start.

[Ed: This is a really good, in-depth technical introduction to Linux memory management. - dcparris]

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Jan. 25 -- Funambol, the mobile open source software company, today announced its participation and presentation of mobile open source software demonstrations at multiple industry forums this spring, including 3GSM World Congress, CTIA Wireless, the Open Source Business Conference, LinuxWorld Boston, and O'Reilly's Emerging Telephony Conference.

As part of the CIO Network's ongoing series of discussions focusing on the challenges that chief information officers face, Forbes.com technology reporter Rachel Rosmarin spoke with Tony Redmond, vice president and chief technology officer of Hewlett-Packard's Services division and Security Program Office. What follows is a transcript of their conversation.

Generally, file systems are not considered "sexy." When a young programmer wants to do something really cool, his or her first thought is generally not "Dude, two words...File System." However, I am what is politely termed "different." I find file systems very interesting and they have seldom been more so than they are right now. Hans Reiser is working on getting Reiser4 integrated into the Linux kernel, the BSD's are working on getting a journaled file system together, and Sun Microsystems just recently released a beta of ZFS into OpenSolaris. This is an excellent time to be me.

Sybase ASE Wins Best Linux Database Category

[ED: Sybase produces a high quality RDBMS and has in the past released even an enterprise version (no charge) for even commercial use. Moreover, for years there was a developers' Linux version available for download - HC]

Xandros Launches Education Edition in Response to Growing Academic Demand for Simple, Secure, Stable, School Desktops for as Little as $10 Per Seat

You can't simply cp a CD image onto a new disk. For this task, you need the cdrecord program.

Welcome to this year's 4th issue of DWN, the weekly newsletter for the Debian community.

Technalign, the official distributor for MEPIS Linux, said it plans to implement a serial number system for the retail version that will prevent unauthorized users from downloading free updates from Technalign's repository servers.

The team behind the GStreamer media application framework, a library for developers, recently launched its stable series with version 0.10.0, and announced plugins to support files protected by digital rights management (DRM) software and for playback of the widely used MP3 format.

The State Information Technology Agency will announce its preferred list of suppliers for South Africa's biggest open source tender on 14 February, two weeks after its published target date.

Improved performance through more competitive use of IT is what 2006 holds for chief information officers, new survey findings suggest.

Carried out by Gartner Executive Programmes, a unit of Gartner Inc, the report titled Growing IT's Contribution: The 2006 CIO Agenda, says CIOs will come under increased pressure in 2006 to perform, while making their IT organisation more externally focused.

Opponents of software patents in Europe knew this summer's overwhelming European Parliament vote against a patent directive was not the end of the fight. They are now gearing up for another round, as pro-patent lobbyists come out of their corner swinging.

Combination of ARM1176JZF-S Processor, Plus ARM Artisan Advantage Libraries and Memories Achieves More Than 750 MHz Performance for Next-Generation Digital Home Products and High-End Consumer Devices

Microsoft Corp., the world's biggest software maker, will spend $120 million a year on an advertising campaign to fight its image as "a huge American company." The campaign, using television, print and the Internet, highlights Microsoft's education and economic development projects in 32 countries, including France and Taiwan, according to group advertising manager Mike Lucero. Actor William Macy of the movie "Fargo" narrates the ads.

The company's 63,000 employees are based in 102 countries, 37 percent of them outside of the United States.

[Ed: Thanks to peragrin for this story -tadelste]

At last week's launch of the first draft for the revised GNU General Public Licence (GPL3), the Debian project was out in force. Besides Branden Robinson, the Debian Project Leader, Debian members at the meeting included Don Armstrong, Benjamin Mako Hill, Bruce Perens, and several Debian members from the Boston area. In the aftermath of the meeting, a consensus is still emerging, but Debian members seem to regard GPL3 generally favorably, although some have concerns about exact wording and the implications of some parts of the draft.

Have Go Daddy employees been hitting a small ISP below the belt on his blog, as claimed? It's a classic case of the David versus Goliath. Email Battles presents the evidence, then hides behind the sofa while you decide.

If you're doing things yourself, though, or you have one of those rare hosts, then you might find that you need to weigh up the positives and negatives of different database software.

Would you like to ask him why he quit, and who inspired The Boston Globe to investigate Quinn (which in turn instigated a Commonwealth investigation clearing Quinn completely), and what will happen to ODF? I felt the same way, and so I asked him. Here are his answers ...

         1. he hears Microsoft was the Boston Globe's source

         2. ODF has a good chance to prevail.

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