HP announces support for Debian Linux

HP announces support for Debian Linux

HP the first major hardware maker to align itself with the noncommercial Linux offering

Hewlett-Packard is throwing its support behind the Debian Linux distribution, the first major hardware maker to align itself with the noncommercial community-based Linux offering.HP says it will support Debian Linux on its ProLiant and HP BladeSystem servers, and what it says is the industry's first Debian Linux customisable thin client from a major vendor, the new HP t5725 Thin Client server.
HP is supporting Debian because it has been shipping Debian Linux servers to customers in the fields of telecommunications and high-performance technical computing, says Jeffrey Wade, open source and Linux marketing manager at HP's offices in Houston. HP's involvement with the Debian dates back to 1995, he says.

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Cisco Systems Announces Recertification Policy Update for Professional-Level Certific

Cisco Systems Announces Recertification Policy Update for Professional-Level Certification

Certification Holders Who Pass Any Professional Level Certification Exam Will Recertify Their Active CCNP, CCDP, CCIP, CCSP, or CCVP Certifications

SAN JOSE, Calif., August 15, 2006 - Cisco Systems® today announced that effective Aug. 18, 2006, individuals who hold an active Cisco® CCNP®, CCDP®, CCIPTM, CCSP®, or CCVP® certification will recertify their professional-level certifications when they pass any other Cisco professional-level certification exam. Certification holders will continue to re-certify their professional level certifications when they pass any CCIE written exam.

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Cisco Updates CCNP

Cisco Updates CCNP

Cisco's Certified Networking Professional (CCNP) is getting a makeover after a run of several years. According to Ray Garra, manager of learning and development on the Cisco certification development and delivery team, the first iteration of the CCNP program is based on the company's policies and products from 10 years ago, practically an eternity in technology. "One of the key catalysts that drove the updates to the CCNP is that the program has been out on the market for about seven to eight years," he said. "It's a very well-respected program, but it was kind of based on Cisco's go-to-market strategy about a decade ago. The key ingredients were routing and switching, protocols, access and troubleshooting. But Cisco's technologies and products have really changed, and so has the IT market. The current CCNP program and curriculum really wasn't in step with Cisco's go-to-market strategy with things like the service-oriented network...

How To Create Cool Effects in a Terminal

How To Create Cool Effects in a Terminal

Ubuntu can be configured and managed from the desktop for the most part but occasionally, you may still have to open a terminal session to get some work done. I've spent a fair amount of time working with Debian so I'm used to opening a terminal, switching to root and typing apt-get update. One thing about the default terminal though is that it's boring. Just black text on a white background. Fortunately, you don't have to live with it if you don't want to. It's easy to customize the terminal's appearance to suit your fancy.

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Debian Installer etch beta 3 Released

Debian Installer etch beta 3 Released

The Debian Installer team is proud to announce the third beta release of the installer for Debian GNU/Linux Etch.

Major new features introduced with this release

• Option to install using a graphical user interface on i386 and amd64. For powerpc this option is experimental.
• Support for setting up encrypted partitions during installation.

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How to install jEdit Programming Text Editor on Ubuntu (and Debian)

How to install jEdit Programming Text Editor on Ubuntu (and Debian)

jEdit's official site describes this product as "a mature programmer's text editor with hundreds...of person-years of development behind it". No doubt you will want to review the features of jEdit before deciding if it's right for you. There are any number of ways to download and install jEdit depending on what platform you run and what methods you are most comfortable with. This tutorial shows you the easiest way to download and install jEdit on Ubuntu or any Debian-based distro.

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Microsoft Gives Pink Slip To Virtual PC For The Mac

Microsoft Gives Pink Slip To Virtual PC For The Mac

Microsoft says it's dropping any plans to update its Virtual PC virtualization software to let it work on Apple's new Intel-based Macs.Microsoft Corp. said that it is dropping any plans to update its Virtual PC virtualization software to enable it to work on Apple's new Intel-based Macs.
The news came on the heel of the announcement by VMware that it's releasing virtual machine software for the Mac.At Microsoft, the company's Mac Business Unit (MacBU) is giving Virtual PC the pink slip, because, a spokesperson said in e-mail to TechWeb: "Developing a high-quality virtualization solution, such as Virtual PC, for the Intel-based Mac is similar to creating a version 1.0 release due to how closely the product integrates with Mac hardware."

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The Real World: Advantages of Practical Knowledge

The Real World: Advantages of Practical Knowledge

Shortly after the dawn of the IT certification era, these new methods of assessing technology skills were dogged by charges of insufficient reliability and security. With regards to the former, critics maintained that anyone could get a certification if they were good at taking tests and had the right study materials, regardless of their actual technical expertise. As for the second line of reasoning, it was held that the exam environments were too easily infiltrated for dastardly purposes, and that brain dumps — Web sites that post the questions and answers to exams — made it easy for no-nothing candidates to pass.

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VMware Launches New Product for Apple Mac OS X Users

VMware Launches New Product for Apple Mac OS X Users

VMware, announced a new product that will enable Intel-based Macs to run x86 operating systems, such as Windows, Linux, NetWare and Solaris, in virtual machines at the same time as Mac OS X. VMware will demo the product today during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2006 in San Francisco.

“We are excited to bring our desktop platform product to Apple Macs. The demand for this has been unbelievable and it is clearly front and centre for Mac users,” said Diane Greene, president of VMware....

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MCP? A Red Hat certification is easier than you think

MCP? A Red Hat certification is easier than you think

Ready to expand your certification portfolio and overall career prospects? A Red Hat certification is easier than you think. Test your knowledge, plot your certification path, find special offers, and more...

I can't believe that Red Hat has an MCP Resource Center. To find out more, click Here.