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Features
Java and Linux, Joined at the Hip for Java Newbies
Some updates for LJN and a small discussion about Linux and Java's relationship from a Java newcomers perspective. In this entry I also talk about the upcoming OSCON show BOF that I'm planning. (Jun 22, 2004)
Some Unsolicited Advice for Jonathan Schwartz and our Friends at Sun
My thoughts on Schwartz's assertion that Red Hat is a proprietary software company. Read why I thought he did it, why I think he is wrong, and what I think Sun can do to compete with Red Hat in such a way that doesn''t alienate its customer base. Chris DiBona(Jun 01, 2004)
Yum install Java? Not so fast....
It would be best if Java installed on Fedora core via a yum or apt style interface. It's likely I'm missing something, but it would be handy if installing java was as simple as "yum install java", if for no other reason that it would mean you could more easily deploy your applications and such to those clients running fc. Read on for more... (May 21, 2004)
Weblogs
Branching open-source software: a bad thing?
Using open-source frameworks and tools already available instead of rolling your own solution is a good thing. However, what happens when you find out you can't solve a problem by extending a class or changing some configurations? What if you write a patch to a problem and no one commits it after weeks? Is it a good thing to start branching nearly every library and tool you need to use?
Java and Linux - A natural fit.
Providing better integration of Java into the Linux environment is a great new frontier that increases the audience of both. The Java.net Community Manager considers how Linux and Java fit together.
CNET News: Red Hat Updating Both Linux Versions
"Red Hat, the top-ranked seller of the Linux operating system, has expanded chip support for its corporate version of the open-source operating system and plans a major change to Fedora, its hobbyist product, in coming days..."
[Linux Today]
Red Hat Launches New Desktop
Red Hat launches a new desktop software solution that "provides a high-quality, full-featured client system that is suitable for use in a wide range of desktop deployments."
Sizing up the J2EE Stack
Developers who want to build and manage the deployment of J2EE applications are both blessed and cursed with choice. They can with the vendors or they can choose to roll their own with the open-source stack that is Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl or PHP, and Secure Sockets Layer, also known as the LAMPS stack.
Stacey Quandt on Linux
"Within the next three years I believe Linux will overtake Windows as the number one operating system based on new server shipments."
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