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How to Cheat at Securing Linux (Syngress) Don't believe the myth about Linux servers being more secure than Windows servers. With an increasing number of high-severity security vulnerabilities... More...

of the larger enterprise applications vendors have ported their applications to Linux. Several years ago – when considering whether or not to implement an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) application, your OS options were either Unix (AIX, Solaris or... More...
collection of third party libraries.

Are there more challenges in porting apps from Windows to Linux?

Davis: Windows applications tend to be more problematic. For standard Win32 applications, the only solution tends to be WINE.

If the developer is willing to spend some... More...

You will pay a premium to the Unix vendor to buy their proprietary Unix, as opposed to Linux. The cost is not so much the price of the license, but everything else that comes with the package. That includes maintenance agreements, software licenses, hardware that... More...

X Window System-based graphical applications on Windows. If you want to port from Windows to Unix/Linux instead of the reverse? Look at Wine. Wine is an Open Source implementation of the Windows API that runs on top of X, OpenGL, and/or Unix. It provides for a... More...

These days, there are many reasons why you may ponder migrating from Windows to Linux, from lowering total cost of ownership to having less downtime to breaking free of vendor lock-in.

You've got your reasons, Now you need the tools. This tip offers insights... More...

Ubuntu Linux for Non-geeks teaches readers by experience rather than instruction. It also covers all the topics likely to be of interest to an average desktop user, such as... More...

same time.

Dual-booting and virtualization are, in my opinion, the two main approaches to Linux-Windows interoperability. In this tip, we'll explore which is the best and why. There are other possibilities, of course, and I'll look at them briefly later in this tip. As it... More...

Ala., a LinuxWorld 2007 exhibitor.

What server management capabilities are unique to Linux, if any?

Kamini Rupani: Linux presents a number of options on the management front. You can manage a Linux server with an in-band management agent. You can use SSH (Secure... More...

but each hardware platform comes with its own set of questions: Why might we want to run Linux on higher end machines? How would that system be architected any differently on midrange offerings than on commodity PCs?

In this article we discuss the... More...

that are difficult to standardize anyway, there's no real point in trying to switch to Linux. Just migrate as many applications as possible to OSS versions that run on Windows, since this will help to reduce licensing costs and may make a future migration easier.

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capability; OpenVPN can run on platforms from BSD (FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD) and Mac OS X to Linux and Windows.

The tun/tap framework also means that all remote traffic negotiated through an OpenVPN tunnel can be recognized and handled at the company firewall and... More...

or staff training, even if you pay nothing for the actual software.

If a commitment to Linux is already underway, what are a few of the next areas where open source can benefit the enterprise?

Winslow: Chances are, if you're in this position, you probably have Linux... More...

city government migration from proprietary office suites like Microsoft Office to OpenOffice.

Dave Richards is an IT administrator for a city government. The city has been using OpenOffice.org for about six years. Dave's a Linux guru, and helps run an... More...

In this interview, David Marshall and Wade Reynolds offer their advice on what to do in heterogeneous environments, explain why they believe VMware trumps Microsoft Virtual Server and give their suggestions for useful management tools.

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for switching. In fact, many organizations are already benefiting from migrating to Linux from Windows. Why let them get the gain a competitive edge over your company?

In this installment of my two-part tip on Linux desktop migration, I'll show you some... More...

The stories I read about businesses that have migrated to open source software (OSS) successfully always tell the beginning and end and leave out the middle. Generally, they describe why the company chose OSS and how well OSS... More...

Linux security administration and suggests some free, open source tools you can use to beef up your security. -- Editor

Do you recommend using iptables or a distro-specific tool for security configuration?

James Turnbull: This is a tricky question to answer... More...

Most Windows systems have an administrative ability to lock user accounts after too many login failures. But did you know that you could also enable this functionality on your Linux hosts using PAM? In this tip, I'll show you how... More...
No one wants an intruder in the corporate network, and one key way to fight against intruders is to be able to detect them.

Intrusion detection and prevention services (IDS/IPS) are broken down into two broad categories: network- and host... More...

this, the first of a series of three Nessus tips, we'll provide you with an introduction to this popular security tool and give you the information you need to install and configure your own Nessus deployment.

Nessus is a member of the family of security tools... More...

Many Unix administrators I know (you know who you are), always used to smirk when I talked about Linux. They could always point to the fact that regardless of whatever I could say, they had journaling file systems, which they could manage... More...
enterprise.

Now that IM servers are ready for the enterprise data center, isn't it time to learn how to install, configure and manage one? This walkthrough will show how to install the Open Source version of Openfire Chat Server 3.4.4 on Ubuntu Linux 7.10 Gusty... More...

great providers for secure communication over networks, they are often very hard to set up. VPN appliances erase that problem, but can be expensive. With a do-it-yourself VPN appliance, you erase both problems.

This article will guide readers in installing... More...

and corporate migration from proprietary office suites like Microsoft Office to OpenOffice.

I recently talked to an executive from a large corporation, and -- for various reasons -- I'm not going to name either. The story is interesting enough, however... More...

SUSE White Papers
Collaboration and Messaging Best Practices: Linux Desktop Migration by Red Hat
of everyday applications are available in a Linux desktop environment. You can do anything with Linux that you can with Windows. Try the Linux alternative offered through the IBM® Open Collaboration Client Solution (OCCS). A desktop or laptop capabilities can be classified into...
Booting over Infiniband for Consolidation Savings: Using Sun x64 Servers, Sun HPC Software Linux Edition, and Mellanox ConnectX Technologies by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
using Sun x64 servers, Sun HPC Software, Linux Edition, and Mellanox ConnectX technology. This proof of concept exercise demonstrated the feasibility of implementing BoIB using Sun x64 servers, Sun HPC Software, Linux Edition and Mellanox ConnectX technology. Booting...
Top Use-Cases for Replication Demand Integration with Backup and Restore Capabilities by CommVault Systems, Inc.
is deployed with UNIX systems while Windows and Linux environments commonly run host-based software replication. In this paper, DCIG considers the specialized requirements of using host-based software replication in combination with data protection. Generalized statements...
Linux Security Corner
MKS X/Server v 8.5 by MKS, Inc.
that many IT professionals face in day-to-day environments specifically with Windows, Linux and UNIX. This demonstrated product is the ideal solution. Product Type: High-performance, transparent PC X server Target User: PC X Server IT Problem: This world of PC/UNIX...
Booting over Infiniband for Consolidation Savings: Using Sun x64 Servers, Sun HPC Software Linux Edition, and Mellanox ConnectX Technologies by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
the feasibility of implementing BoIB using Sun x64 servers, Sun HPC Software, Linux Edition, and Mellanox ConnectX technology. This proof of concept exercise demonstrated the feasibility of implementing BoIB using Sun x64 servers, Sun HPC Software...
ExtraView Bug Tracker by Extraview Corporation
Bug Tracker supports browsers including Internet Explorer or Netscape on Windows, UNIX, Linux, Macintosh, and many other platforms. Now, all product and service teams, regardless of function or location, are united through ExtraView Bug Tracker. Remote...