Archive for the Category: Operating Systems

Free ‘Intro to Linux’ Course Surpasses One Million Enrollments

September 28, 2020 Roger Lacroix

The Linux Foundation has announced its ‘Introduction to Linux’ training course on the edX platform has surpassed one million enrollments. So, if you are working from home, or even in the office, and want to learn a new skill for free then you should sign up and take the free ‘Introduction to Linux‘ training course. […]

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IBM CECC – Flawed Platform for ISVs, Developers, Vendors, etc.

August 12, 2020 Roger Lacroix

Earlier this year, IBM shutdown its IBM PDP (Power Development Platform), originally called IBM VLP (Virtual Loaner Program), and replaced it with IBM CECC (Client Experience Centers Cloud). IBM does loves their acronyms! I appreciate IBM supplying virtual VMs for developers to use to port their applications to AIX, IBM i and Linux on POWER, […]

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OpenBSD v6.7 Released

May 19, 2020 Roger Lacroix

Theo de Raadt has just released OpenBSD v6.7. http://www.openbsd.org/67.html The OpenBSD project produces a FREE, multi-platform 4.4BSD-based UNIX-like operating system. Our efforts emphasize portability, standardization, correctness, proactive security and integrated cryptography. Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Ubuntu 20.04 Released

April 24, 2020 Roger Lacroix

Canonical has just released Ubuntu v20.04. http://releases.ubuntu.com/20.04/ Super-fast, easy to use and free, the Ubuntu operating system powers millions of desktops, netbooks and servers around the world. Ubuntu does everything you need it to. It’ll work with your existing PC files, printers, cameras and MP3 players. And it comes with thousands of free apps. Regards, […]

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Fedora 31 Released

November 1, 2019 Roger Lacroix

Fedora Project has just released Fedora 31. https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-31/ Fedora is a Linux distribution developed by the community-supported Fedora Project and sponsored by Red Hat. Fedora contains software distributed under various free and open-source licenses and aims to be on the leading edge of such technologies. Fedora is the upstream source of the commercial Red Hat […]

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Released

August 8, 2019 Roger Lacroix

Red Hat has just announced the final Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 version has been released. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html-single/7.7_release_notes/ Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is a Linux distribution developed by Red Hat and targeted toward the commercial market. Red Hat Enterprise Linux is released in server versions for x86, x86-64, Itanium, PowerPC […]

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New Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Released

June 25, 2019 Roger Lacroix

Raspberry Pi Foundation has just released a new Raspberry Pi 4 Model B. https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/raspberry-pi-4-on-sale-now-from-35/ Everything is bigger, faster & better. Specifications: A 1.5GHz quad-core 64-bit ARM Cortex-A72 CPU (~3× performance) 1GB, 2GB, or 4GB of LPDDR4 SDRAM Full-throughput Gigabit Ethernet Dual-band 802.11ac wireless networking Bluetooth 5.0 Two USB 3.0 and two USB 2.0 ports Dual […]

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Windows: Is the exe or DLL 32-bit or 64-bit?

June 7, 2019 Roger Lacroix

Every so often, I have a customer send me an email with a IBM MQ message like the following: Channel program ‘TEST.CHL’ ended because user exit ‘C:\Capitalware\MQAUSX\mqausx(SecExit)’ is not valid. Architecture of the exit library does not match the process’s architecture which is ’64’ bit. MQAUSX is just an example, as it could happen with […]

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 Released

May 13, 2019 Roger Lacroix

Red Hat has just released Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0. https://developers.redhat.com/blog/2019/05/07/red-hat-enterprise-linux-8-now-generally-available/ Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is a Linux distribution developed by Red Hat and targeted toward the commercial market. Red Hat Enterprise Linux is released in server versions for x86, x86-64, Itanium, PowerPC and IBM Z, and desktop versions for x86 and x86-64. All […]

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Fedora 30 Released

April 30, 2019 Roger Lacroix

Fedora Project has just released Fedora 30. https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-30/ Fedora is a Linux distribution developed by the community-supported Fedora Project and sponsored by Red Hat. Fedora contains software distributed under various free and open-source licenses and aims to be on the leading edge of such technologies. Fedora is the upstream source of the commercial Red Hat […]

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