Archive for the Category: Operating Systems

Oh Hardware, how I hate thee!

March 25, 2019 Roger Lacroix

Well, there went 2 days of my life I won’t get back. 🙂 About 2 weeks ago, when I booted up my SLES 64-bit Linux server, it complained about issues with the hard drive. So, I ran “fsck” to fix the file system issues. There was only a couple of problems then everything was fine. […]

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FreeBSD v12.0 Released

December 12, 2018 Roger Lacroix

The FreeBSD Release Engineering Team has just released FreeBSD v12.0. https://www.freebsd.org/releases/12.0R/announce.html FreeBSD is an advanced operating system for modern server, desktop, and embedded computer platforms. FreeBSD’s code base has undergone over thirty years of continuous development, improvement, and optimization. It is developed and maintained by a large team of individuals. FreeBSD provides advanced networking, impressive […]

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 Released

October 31, 2018 Roger Lacroix

Red Hat has just released Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6. https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html-single/7.6_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 and IBM Z, and desktop versions for x86 and x86-64. All […]

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Fedora 29 Released

October 31, 2018 Roger Lacroix

Fedora Project has just released Fedora 29. https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-29/ 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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IBM announced plans to buy Red Hat

October 29, 2018 Roger Lacroix

This is interesting. IBM announced it will buy Red Hat for $34 Billion. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/10/ibm-buys-red-hat-with-eye-on-cloud-dominance/ Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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OpenBSD v6.4 Released

October 22, 2018 Roger Lacroix

Theo de Raadt has just released OpenBSD v6.4. http://www.openbsd.org/64.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 18.10 Released

October 19, 2018 Roger Lacroix

Ubuntu has just released Ubuntu v18.10. http://releases.ubuntu.com/18.10/ 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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NetBSD v8.0 Released

July 23, 2018 Roger Lacroix

NetBSD Project has just released NetBSD v8.0. https://www.netbsd.org/releases/formal-8/NetBSD-8.0.html NetBSD is a free, fast, secure, and highly portable Unix-like Open Source operating system. It is available for a wide range of platforms, from large-scale servers and powerful desktop systems to handheld and embedded devices. Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Fedora 28 Released

May 1, 2018 Roger Lacroix

Fedora Project Contributors have just released Fedora v28. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/28/ChangeSet Fedora is a Linux-based operating system, a suite of software that makes your computer run. You can use the Fedora operating system to replace or to run alongside of other operating systems such as Microsoft Windows or Mac OS X. The Fedora operating system is 100% […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 Released

April 26, 2018 Roger Lacroix

Ubuntu has just released Ubuntu v18.04. http://releases.ubuntu.com/18.04/ 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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