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Hey All, It seems that when ever i install redhat, i get to the firewall section and tell it 'no firewall' but every time without fail i login and there it is firewall set to 'high'. can anyone help me disable this thing, whenever i use the gui security program …

Hello all, I have python 2.6 installed, i can see it in /usr/bin and I can run it in terminal. I cannot however seem to figure out how to open the Idle, or get the program to show in the redhat drop menu. Kinda new to linux (some ubuntu use, …

Jim Whitehurst, [URL="http://www.redhat.com"]Red Hat, Inc.[/URL] CEO, believes that [URL="http://www.vmware.com"]VMware[/URL] is its biggest competition in the virtualization and cloud computing space. In a [URL="http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/199870/red_hat_ceo_vmware_our_biggest_competitor.html"]PCWorld article[/URL], Whitehurst stated Friday at the Red Hat Summit that "When you start thinking about who is defining cloud-based architectures, it's us and them [VMware]," he said. …

[URL="http://redhat.com"]Red Hat[/URL] Enterprise Linux now comes with built-in virtualization ([URL="http://linux-kvm.org"]KVM[/URL]) but is Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) about to go to the virtual mat with [URL="http://vmware.com"]VMware[/URL]? If you look at their [URL="http://www.redhat.com/v/swf/rhev/demo.html"]RHEL video[/URL], you'll come away with a resounding 'Yes' to that question. Red Hat purchased [URL="http://www.redhat.com/promo/qumranet/"]Qumranet[/URL] in 2008 to …

It was exactly one year ago today that I published my original "[URL="http://www.daniweb.com/news/story219749.html"]The 10 Best Linux Distributions[/URL]" and it's time to put forth a new list for this year's best. Without looking at the old list, I've decided to compile this one from scratch. This 2009 list takes several factors …

hi! is it possible to chat or to talk to someone using "OPEN TERMINAL" in redhat if will take in to consideration that there is a LAN connection between them?

hi, i am facing problem at connecting c++ with oracle10g in redhat4 platform can you guide me to solve the problems. if you do that means i will really thank full to you. thank you at advance

hey guys I don't know if this is the right place for my post subject I want to transfer my Fedora OS into router such that the PC has two NICs on it, so i want to connect two computers to this PC and let the Fedora OS acts as …

The topic of certification surfaces every so often in technical circles--especially when job seekers face tough job competition. The value of such certifications comes into question versus that of years of experience. For experienced technicians and engineers, the opinion is that experience is the most important for landing a job. …

It's rare that a company like [URL="http://www.redhat.com"]Red Hat[/URL] would remove a high-end feature from its popular commercial operating system but that's just what it did. Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.0 will ship without the [URL="http://www.xen.org"]Xen[/URL] hypervisor. Instead, it will include Red Hat's own [URL="http://www.linux-kvm.org"]KVM[/URL] virtualization. Has Red Hat done …

Last night while watching my usual list of recorded television programs, I saw a commercial for [URL="http://www.kgb.com"]KGB[/URL], the company that begs you to text them with your questions. For a mere 99 cents, they'll answer any question that you ask of them. I'm sure that they have their share of …

Today marks the end of an era for [URL="http://www.sco.com"]SCO[/URL], the embattled company whose officers thought that they owned the full rights to the UNIX code, is no more. Linus Torvalds, creator of Linux, purchased the company for just over $4 million. The company will be renamed to Linsco to reflect …

This just in: [URL="http://www.redhat.com"]Red Hat, Inc[/URL]. just announced today that its Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (REV) now includes the ability to run Virtual Desktop Infrastructure or VDI. I've been a long time anti-VDI voice but Red Hat just might be the one to pull it off and make it work …

Ok, so we all know that I've been giving [URL="http://www.fedoraproject.org"]Fedora[/URL] a bit of a black eye lately with my [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry4448.html"]BaitNSwitch[/URL] and [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry4459.html"]Is Fedora Still Relevant[/URL] posts so I've decided to give them some positive press and enter their [I][URL="http://spins.fedoraproject.org"]Spins[/URL][/I] Zone. Spins are live Fedora CD images designed with a specific …

hey guys. okay. i googled my a s s off and I can't find someone or a website that explains what these files mean when you download the dvd for slackware? I want to make a quadruple boot external hard drive with Ubuntu, Fedora, Slackware and CentOs on it. Basicaly …

I currently run a website at www.domain1.com which happily points to my server not a problem. This server (Fedora Core 10) runs Apache, PHP etc the full LAMP setup. I now want to run www.domain2.com from this server too. As I understand it i can do this with Virtual Hosts. …

Hi, In C drive I am having window XP and in D drive I am having Windows 2003 server. And I have 3 more drive, so when I installing Linux OS, after the step “Select a Language” it asking source of the OS “CD ROM, ISO Image, FTP, HTTP, HARD …

Welcome to the 10th installment of the Crystal Ball Sunday series. This is an exciting time to be involved with Linux because the temperature is right for some Linux vendor consolidation. In my August 22nd post, [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry3012.html"]Microsoft and Novell: Buying In or Selling Out[/URL], I subtly predicted that [URL="http://www.microsoft.com"]Microsoft[/URL] would …

Ok I have been looking for this for a while it is the ultimate list of repositories for the Ubuntu 6.06 Dapper Drake distro. It will give you so many program choices you wont know what to do. simply goto your terminal and type sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list (I chose gedit …

Hello, I'm a newbies with Linux RedHat. I've followed your instructions on how to configure the samba and now I can see my linux server from Win98 computer. My problem is how to create a new user. Let say, I logged in as win98 from Win98 PC and wanted to …

I just installed Redhat Linux 9 to play around with it. It booted into the command prompt. How do I make it so that it boots into the GUI, and then on every other boot, boots into the GUI as well (so it temporarily permanantly boots into the GUI).

I'm having some trouble installing RH 9.0 using Vmware 4.0 on my laptop. I currently have my hdd partitioned into C and D drive (factory settings). I've decided to install RH 9.0 using vmaware 4.0 and RH's installation wizard is prompting me to partition. It's telling me that everything will …

I copy the xen rpm from the RH dvd when running below command yum install xen the installer gives the dependencies error: ERROR: Missing Dependency: libblktap.so.3.0 is needed by package xen and many more please guide me how to solve this issue......... thanks in advance

Since I check my linkbacks religiously, I noticed one of the comments over at [URL="http://www.linsux.org"]linsux.org[/URL] (An anti-Linux rant site) on my recent post, "[URL="http://www.daniweb.com/news/story226405.html"]5 Things You Can Do to Put Linux in the Driver Seat[/URL]" and thought I would share one of the entries with you. He wants us Linux …

If you dual-boot Vista and Fedora or Ubuntu then Thunderbird email client can use a common email box for both operating systems. If you already have an email account set up on one of the operating systems, such as Vista, then open Thunderbird, select Tools --> Account Settings, then click …

I have no idea where to even begin to put this but, I have recently installed Linux Fedora on my pc as/for a dual boot, my problem is now that windows won't hibernate, when you tell it to the screen goes black like it is going to hibernate but then …

Since its inception in 2004, [URL="http://www.ubuntu.com"]Ubuntu[/URL] has been the beneficiary in what seems like a bottomless money pit for South African entrepreneur, [URL="http://www.markshuttleworth.com"]Mark Shuttleworth[/URL] via his commercial support and development venture, [URL="http://www.canonical.com"]Canonical[/URL]. Since Canonical, Ltd. isn't an American publicly-owned company (and I don't know South African law), it's unlikely that …

[B]For Sale By Owner:[/B] One Commercial Linux Company with excellent history and reputation in the enterprise Linux arena. Profitable concern specializing in open source and Linux-based solutions. Offers top-notch distribution with broad hardware support, superb technical solutions, built-in virtualization, education and certification programs. Known to the technical world as [URL="http://www.redhat.com"]Red …

It's hard to convince Joe and Mary User to convert to Linux when the first things you hear from them are: "Where's my <insert stupid application here>?" "Why can't I just have <insert ridiculous thing here>?" or the ever-popular "This doesn't work like <insert overpriced application here>?" Honestly, it's enough …

DATELINE - July 30, 2009 An open letter was sent to Lance Davis, primary administrator, describing the problems experienced by the other major members and contributors to the [URL="http://www.centos.org"]CentOS[/URL] project. Here is that letter, in its entirety that's also posted on the front page at centos.org: [QUOTE]July 30, 2009 04:39 …

If I hadn't already known--or at least had some idea of the religious zeal I was about to face, I would have been more shocked at the response to my [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry4525.html"]2009's 10 Worst Linux Distributions[/URL] post from the other day. I now have definitive evidence that Linux is a religion--a …

Prejudices and opinions aside, at some point in your career you'll be asked to select a viable Linux distribution for your corporate network. How will you choose? Will you use the same distribution that you use at home or will you do some research and find something that's corporate-ready? Are …

I've been in discussions with a group of other writers, Linux distribution watchers, Linux community leaders and developers in the past few days concerning Linux commercial vs. Linux community versions and some of us came to the conclusion that [URL="http://www.fedoraproject.org"]Fedora[/URL]'s relevance has waned. In fact, it might be time to …

Today, I'm announcing my new Linux company, HookLineNSinker, Inc. (HLNS) which will produce a new commercial Linux distribution: Pricey Linux. HLNS products include Pricey Linux Enterprise, Pricey Linux Small Business Server and The Pricey Linux Desktop. There are also Pricey Linux Support options for those of you who need 24x7 …

As I've written before ([URL="http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry2335.html"]here[/URL] and [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry4177.html"]here[/URL]), the Linux desktop in danger of extinction. If operating systems could be placed on the Endangered Species list, I'd lobby for it. Perhaps this is a legitmate task for the [URL="http://www.linuxfoundation.org"]Linux Foundation[/URL]: Preserve the Linux desktop. I'm not quite ready to give up …

Almost a year has passed since I wrote, [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry2329.html"]Novell CEO Disses Embrace of Desktop Linux[/URL] where I told you how Ron Hovsepian, Novell CEO, totally slammed Linux as a desktop operating system and now another major CEO comes out publicly against Linux on the desktop. Red Hat's CEO, Jim Whitehurst, …

Do my eyes deceive me or did [URL="http://www.redhat.com"]Red Hat[/URL] just deliver its own smackdown on the virtualization community today? I was wondering when they were going to offer a solution that combined their new acquistion, Qumranet and the KVM product. I don't have to wait any longer. The products, including …

Do you need 10 reasons to use Linux-based virtualization? Linux is the chosen virtualization platform for Cloud vendors, virtualization software companies and the largest IT companies in the world. What do they know that you don't? Here's the list of 10 reasons in reverse order (Actually there's no particular order …

Linux may never gain widespread success, that we, the Linux fans want it to, because it's just too complex for the average computer user. Sure, we now have [URL="http://www.kde.org"]KDE[/URL], [URL="http://www.gnome.org"]GNOME[/URL], [URL="http://www.xfce.org"]XFCE[/URL], and other fancy graphical user interfaces that attempt to mimic [URL="http://www.microsoft.com"]Windows[/URL] and the [URL="http://www.apple.com"]Mac OS[/URL] but underneath the shimmering …

What's more stable than a rock, faster than a spinning disk, more powerful than a Windows system twice its size, and able to leap platforms like no other operating system? Surprise! It's Linux. It's also recession proof. Can that be true? Yes, and here are the 5 reasons why: [B]1. …

There's only one company that doesn't use Linux for its server virtualization platform. Can you guess which one it is? If you guessed [URL="http://www.microsoft.com"]Microsoft[/URL], you're correct. [URL="http://www.microsoft.com/virtualization"]Microsoft[/URL] is a newbie in the virtualization space but wants in and may make significant dents in the already well-established market that is significantly …

I've been noticing a trend in recent weeks among large companies, small businesses, and consulting firms and I must say, it warms my heart. It seems that people are more interested in giving to the less fortunate this year than exchanging wacky Secret Santa gifts or having indulgent holiday parties. …

Fedora releases usually generate more yawns than a Ben Affleck movie for me but this time, they've gone the extra mile. I placed Fedora at number 7 in my [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry3322.html"]10 Best Linux Distributions[/URL] post but now that I've seen Fedora 10, I may have to reorder the list and place …

Ubuntu and CentOS are now in the [url=http://www.rpath.com/corp/]rPath[/url]. The company yesterday began shipping a version of its [url=http://www.rpath.com/corp/products/rbuilder]rBuilder[/url] build and release management system for Linux that adds those distros; the tool previously worked only with [url=http://www.novell.com/linux/]Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise[/url] and its own [url=http://www.rpath.com/rbuilder/project/rpath/]rPath Linux[/url]. rBuilder packages a Linux application with …

Desktop virtualization got a boost last week when [URL="http://www.redhat.com"]Red Hat, Inc.[/URL] purchased [URL="http://www.qumranet.com"]Qumranet[/URL], an Israeli Open Source company that specializes in virtualization solutions. Its product offerings include KVM (Kernel Virtual Machine), Solid ICE, and SPICE. This acquisition brings Red Hat into head-on competition with such virtualization vendors as VMware and …

A few days ago, Red Hat, Inc., [URL="https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2008-August/msg00012.html"]announced[/URL] that an intruder had broken into some of their systems and possibly compromised some important software packages. The most significant among them is OpenSSH--a secure method of connecting to a remote Linux system. Red Hat quickly took the systems offline to investigate …

Friday August 22nd, 2008 Redhat announced that their servers had been compromised and that the hacker was able to sign a small amount of Redhat SSHS and Redhat issued a warning on the [URL="http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0855.html"]RedHat Network[/URL] to alert Redhat users of the system breach and let their customers know that they …

Red Hat announced a new bare-metal [I]hypervisor[/I] technology last week at the Red Hat Summit in Boston. It is based on KVM (Kernel-Based Virtual Machine) technology and actually has been included in Linux kernel version 2.6.20 and up. This announcement has some Red Hat and virtualization proponents wondering why Red …

Linux developer Red Hat yesterday said it will open the source code of its Network Satellite Server, which powers the Red Hat Network system management platform. Dubbed [URL=https://fedorahosted.org/spacewalk]Project Spacewalk[/URL], the software will be licensed under the GPL 2. Spacewalk performs system inventory, software installations and updates, can manage and deploy …

RedHat settles its patent infringement lawsuit filed by Firestar Software and DataTern in Federal Court for an undisclosed amount. Part of the settlement that RedHat made was made on behalf of the Open Source Community--indemnifying users and its customers from future infringement suits by said parties. RedHat's corporate opinion is …