Lies And Statistics - The Unix Server Market
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Unixart: Tracking Site Problems
As some
of you know, I have Foo-web.com and
some other sites on another web hosting site. Recently I noticed that I'd frequently
get locked up for thirty seconds or so while editing files on that site. I wasn't
losing my internet connection, and I wouldn't get dropped off: I could keep on
typing and when the connection...
http://www.unixpronews.com/2005/1206.html
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12.06.05 |
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Viruses And Unix
I was in a meeting last week where a customer was exploring switching from a Unix
platform to Windows. Of course one thing mentioned in favor of the Unix platform was the lessened threat
from viruses, but someone brought up the old "popularity" argument: if Unix were
as popular as Windows, it would have just as many virus problems...
http://www.unixpronews.com/2005/1108.html
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11.08.05 |
| Windows
Vs. Unix - The Forgotten Facts (An Opinion)
"Windows
Beat Unix, But It Won't Beat Linux" makes some valid points, but I think it leaves
out one very important thing. Windows is getting harder to use. (Read "Windows
Beat Unix, But It Won't Beat Linux" here.)
Any typical computer user today (user, not administrator) is just as helpless
at the console of a Windows domain server as they would be at any Linux or Unix
server. Anyone who actually has some experience in theeir normal OS...
http://www.unixpronews.com/2005/1011.html
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10.11.05 |
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Microsoft
Likes Unix?
The news
from Microsoft is that they will be putting more Unix features into their server
offerings according to... ...ZDNet
and other places.
They say "the goal is to support customers with mixed Windows and Unix setups
as well as those looking to bring their Unix programs onto Windows."
http://www.unixpronews.com/2005/0913.html
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09.13.05 |
| Is
The Sun Going Down?
Reports from Gartner and IDC contradict each other in whether or not Sun is still
ranked the highest in the worldwide Unix server market. IDC reports that in the second quarter, IBM's Unix server held 31% of the market's total revenue, while HP held 30% and Sun only 29.5%.
http://www.unixpronews.com/2005/0831.html
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08.31.05 |
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General Dynamics Picks Up A Tadpole
Tadpole
Computer Inc., which is known for its Unix-based platforms for military, government
and commercial operations, was acquired today by General Dynamics.
http://www.unixpronews.com/2005/0817.html
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08.17.05 |
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New
GNU Source Installer eases Unix source installations
GNU/Linux
distributions and other Unix and Unix-like operating systems already offer a plethora
of tools for installing software. Many of them rely on different package formats,
and a lot of the GNU/Linux distributions' effort goes into maintaining an updated
and comprehensive list of ports or packages. Sometimes this great and respectable
effort does not suffice, however, and users must install from the source packages
provided by the developers.
http://www.unixpronews.com/2005/0719.html
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07.19.05 |
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The
Best Shopping Cart Solution for Your Business
95% of
all e-commerce shopping carts are “clunky” and hard to administer. The more features
a shopping cart contains, the more links it requires and the harder and more confusing
it can be to use. Learn how to spot a shopping cart with pages that are easy to
figure out and easy to use.
http://www.unixpronews.com/2005/0714.html
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07.14.05 |
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Intrusion
Prevention Advances
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Managed
Hosting Essentials
Now is
the time to upgrade your hosting provider. More start-ups to enterprise businesses
are choosing Rackspace over any other managed hosting provider. It's easy to see
why.
http://www.unixpronews.com/2005/0608.html
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06.08.05 |
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Microsoft
ends Unix server dominance
An unprecedented
surge in sales of computer servers running Microsoft’s operating system has equaled
those running Unix for the first time ever, according to market analyst IDC.
http://www.unixpronews.com/2005/0607.html
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06.07.05 |
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Getconf
"getconf" returns the
value of certain system variables. According to the man page (which you may not
have on your system) it queries system configuration variables which are either:
http://www.unixpronews.com/2005/0510.html
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05.10.05 |
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Are
you thrilled with your hosting provider's support?
Other
companies say support is a priority. Rackspace shows it.
They are committed to providing the customer with amazing managed hosting services
backed by a policy they call Fanatical Support™.
80% of Rackspace's resources go directly to Fanatical Support™.
http://www.unixpronews.com/2005/0509.html
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05.09.05 |
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SCO
Loss is No Surprise
SCO lost money in its
first quarter ended January 31, a revelation that's going to come as no surprise
to anybody. Complaining of "continued competitive pressures" on its Unix line,
a thinly veiled reference to Linux, which is supposed to have poached its IP
http://www.unixpronews.com/2005/0419.html
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04.19.05 |
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Hardening
or Tightening Unix/Linux Operating Systems
The Bastille Hardening
System attempts to "harden" or "tighten" Unix operating systems. It currently
supports the Red Hat, Debian, Gentoo, Mandrake, SuSE and TurboLinux Linux distributions
along with HP-UX and Apple OS X. We attempt to provide the most secure, yet usable,
system possible.
http://www.unixpronews.com/2005/0329.html
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03.29.05 |
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| Hardening
Your Kernel With OpenWall |
Understanding
PAM
PAM is the Pluggable
Authentication Module, invented by Sun. It's a beautiful concept, but it can be
confusing and even intimidating at first. We're going to look at it on a RedHat
system, but other Linuxes will be similar - some details may vary, but the basic
ideas will be the same.
http://www.unixpronews.com/2005/0304.html
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03.04.05 |
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Basic
DNS: PTR Records And Why You Care
A PTR record is what
lets someone do a "reverse" DNS lookup - that is, they have your IP address and
want to know what your host/domain is. At any Unix/Linux command line, you can
use "dig -x" to do a reverse lookup...
http://www.unixpronews.com/2005/0201.html
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02.01.05 |
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Transferring
Mail To A New Mail Server
Sometimes we just have
to move on. Your current mail server may just not be meeting your needs, so you've
put up something new. But what about old mail? If your servers are identical (Sendmail
to Sendmail, etc.) or use the same mailbox storage format, you may be able to
just transfer files directly. If not, read on..
http://www.unixpronews.com/2005/0121.html
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01.21.05 |
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