Debian is currently the fastest growing Linux distribution for web servers, with more than 1.2 million active sites in December. Debian 3.1 was declared stable in July and it appears that both the anticipation of this release becoming stable, and the release itself, have generated new interest in Debian, after some years where it had… Continue reading Netcraft Reports Strong Growth for Debian
Month: December 2005
Google gets Microsoft treatment on book search efforts
Google gets Microsoft treatment on book search efforts Friday December 09, 2005 (09:00 AM GMT) By: Jay Lyman Microsoft and Google have engaged in a bit of role reversal when it comes to making it possible to search print books online. This time around, Microsoft and an open technology community are fighting against Google, a… Continue reading Google gets Microsoft treatment on book search efforts
Novell’s SUSE Linux
Novell’s SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Earns Top Honors at LinuxWorld Frankfurt Friday December 2, 8:30 am ET International Jury Votes SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Over Red Hat WALTHAM, Mass., Dec. 2 /PRNewswire/ — Novell’s (Nasdaq: NOVL – News) SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server was named Best Enterprise Server Distribution at the LinuxWorld* Conference & Expo in… Continue reading Novell’s SUSE Linux
Firefox 1.5: Not Ready For Prime Time?
Firefox 1.5 has been out since November 29, 2005, and has garnered glowing reviews around the Internet. This is not one of them. In fact, I recommend holding off, at least temporarily, on installing Firefox 1.5. I’ve installed and used Firefox 1.5 through the betas, and had no trouble, but somewhere early in the Release… Continue reading Firefox 1.5: Not Ready For Prime Time?
Microsoft DRM Woes
First Sony gets themselves knee-deep in DRM problems, and now Microsoft is the next to piss us off with special DRM protection re: Xbox 360. The 360 is perfectly capable of streaming music from a networked PC, unfortunately there seems to be a little problem when trying to load MP3s onto the hard drive in… Continue reading Microsoft DRM Woes