Hello everyone,
Welcome to the 2007 Halloween edition of our newsletter. As this is the season for trick-or-treat, we’re giving you our version of a “treat”. Since candy doesn’t email very well, the latest news and NO LESS THAN 5 HOW-TO articles will have to do! Of course, the usual ton of other goodies await you as well — all in this edition of the newsletter.
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If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask. Happy Halloween!
Regards,
–Novell’s East Open Platform Solutions Team
Linux Specialists
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Articles
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Novell Boosts Linux Virtualization with VMware Support
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Novell recently announced significant enhancements in the performance of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server when the Linux operating system is running as a virtual machine guest in a VMware environment. To deliver this improved performance, Novell modified the SUSE Linux Enterprise kernel to support the VMware Virtual Machine Interface (VMI), a communication mechanism between the guest operating system and hypervisor that simplifies the task of virtualization and makes Linux a more efficient guest operating system when running in VMware environments.
http://novellevents.novell.com/t/2255357/55177502/6290/0/
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Virtual Iron – now with more SLES than ever!!
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Did you read the news that virtualization vendor, Virtual Iron, has released the newest version of their product (v4) which is built on top of “Commercially supported and certified Novell distribution” — that being SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10. What’s not to love?
http://novellevents.novell.com/t/2255357/55177502/6291/0/
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OpenOffice on Windows, the quick and easy way
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You probably heard about the display bug in Excel 2007… well that bug was apparently enough to cause some customers to want to consider alternatives, like OpenOffice. One of our guys was asked to help a customer figure out an easy way to deploy OOo on Windows unattended… Here’s how to do it.
http://novellevents.novell.com/t/2255357/55177502/6292/0/
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Mass-Migrate Documents to OpenOffice.org
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Someone I have linked to before, (Serdar Yegulalp) has another very useful posting for those who are thinking of mass-migration of documents over to OpenOffice.org. Highly recommended.
http://novellevents.novell.com/t/2255357/55177502/6293/0/
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How Do You Manage 100’s of Linux Machines??
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Ross has been answering this question alot lately, and he’s putting his response on the blog. He reviews the “styles of managing systems” and then the “methods”. Suffice to say, there are many ways (both open source and proprietary)… but be aware of the pro’s and con’s.
http://novellevents.novell.com/t/2255357/55177502/6294/0/
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What Applications/Services Run on SLES?
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Is this a question that runs through your mind? We’ve got some links that will help answer your question…
http://novellevents.novell.com/t/2255357/55177502/6295/0/
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Mono Apps You’ll Love to Use
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Jono Bacon, he of Lugradio fame and GNOME developer legend has a nice treatise on why Mono is great for applications on Linux at his blog.
http://novellevents.novell.com/t/2255357/55177502/6296/0/
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Novell to build OFFICIALLY backed support for Silverlight on Linux
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Novell and Microsoft are teaming up to deliver support for Microsoft’s “Silverlight” technology on Linux Desktops! Silverlight is a cross-browser, cross-platform plugin for delivering rich user experiences on the web. The name of the Linux version will be called “Moonlight” and is based on a project already underway.
http://novellevents.novell.com/t/2255357/55177502/6297/0/
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Red vs Green: Penguins, Geckos and Duct Tape
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So you’re interested in Linux… Do you still have questions about which Novell product sets are for you? Here’s an explanation to help you think about whether Novell’s Workgroup solutions or Novell’s Open Platform solutions are the better fit. Chime in on the comments if you have questions or suggestions.
http://novellevents.novell.com/t/2255357/55177502/6298/0/
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How to Use Less Power, and Prove It
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There’s a great new site called LessWatts.org, whose goal is to help Linux users use less power through a variety of means. One of the great tools from the site, PowerTop, will help you monitor your power consumption on a process-by-process basis. Check it out…
http://novellevents.novell.com/t/2255357/55177502/6299/0/
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The Lean, Green Data Center: A Roundup
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We’ve put together several interesting links in this article related to helping you move towards a more “green” data center. Did we mean green as in SUSE-Linux-green, or did we mean green as in more-environmentally-friendly-green? You’ll have to click to find out…
http://novellevents.novell.com/t/2255357/55177502/6300/0/
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Visit the Novell Booth at the AMD Virtual Experience
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AMD’s Virtual Experience is a pretty cool marketing/virtual tradeshow where you can view videos and short presentations on a variety of technologies related to AMD — such as SUSE Linux Enterprise in the Novell booth. Check it out and you’ll learn how SUSE Linux Enterprise takes advantage of the technologies in the latest generation of AMD Quad-core Opteron processors…
http://novellevents.novell.com/t/2255357/55177502/6301/0/
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A Case for Subscriptions versus Licenses
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Do you really understand the shift in models that has occurred with the introduction of Enterprise versions of Open Source products? Let’s take a look at Subscription and License models and why one might make more sense for your needs than the other.
http://novellevents.novell.com/t/2255357/55177502/6302/0/
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OP-ED: Microsoft Linux? HAHAHA, er, wait a second…
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While most would agree that given their pedigree, Microsoft is not likely to come out with a Microsoft Linux… It does make interesting food for thought… Your thoughts?
http://novellevents.novell.com/t/2255357/55177502/6303/0/
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HOWTO: Configuring ndiswrapper in SLED
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While Intel and Atheros are doing a great job writing wireless drivers for linux, there are still other wireless cards, specifically Broadcom, who do not have linux drivers or who do not have good linux drivers. The purpose of this article is to explain how to configure ndiswrapper in SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP1.
http://novellevents.novell.com/t/2255357/55177502/6304/0/
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HOWTO: Using Find to Locate and Report on Large Files
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Looking for a way to find large files (maybe ISO images) on your server? RossB put together a nice little script which does exactly that, and he breaks it down line-by-line to show us how it works.
Doing something cool with Find yourself? Leave us a comment…
http://novellevents.novell.com/t/2255357/55177502/6305/0/
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HOWTO: Synchronize your root passwords using ZLM
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ZLM is Novell’s ZENworks Linux Management product — an add-on to SLES or SLED which gives you a central console from which to easily manage tens, hundreds, even thousands of SUSE or Red Hat servers/desktops. Novell’s own Mike Friesenegger wrote a nice Cool Solutions article which was just published to help with this customer posed question…
http://novellevents.novell.com/t/2255357/55177502/6306/0/
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HOWTO: Getting the Thinkpad Scroll Button to Work in Linux
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Lenovo/IBM ThinkPads have 3 mouse buttons. You can configure the middle button so that when you hold it down and move the trackpoint (aka: the nub) the screen scrolls up and down. Skip shows us how…
http://novellevents.novell.com/t/2255357/55177502/6307/0/
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HOWTO: 3 Ways to Take a Screenshot in Linux
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There are plenty of instances when it would be handy to take a quick screenshot… maybe you’re working on some technical documentation, or maybe you’re trying to troubleshoot a problem, or maybe you just want to prove to your buddies you got the “high score”… Whatever the reason, here are some quick tips on how to create a screenshot in Linux…
http://novellevents.novell.com/t/2255357/55177502/6308/0/
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Success Story Spotlight
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IWOOT
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According to ITPro – UK-based online retailer I Want One of Those (IWOOT) has been implementing a open-source strategy and has chosen SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and Desktop for its “ERP system, desktop productivity apps [including Novell GroupWise] and website servers” to take advantage of the Novell/Microsoft interoperability agreement signed last year.
http://novellevents.novell.com/t/2255357/55177502/6309/0/
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Upcoming Events
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Just For Fun
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Creating Business Cards with OpenOffice.org — a recent Linux Journal article gives us some tips and advice on how you can use OpenOffice.org to make your own business cards.
http://novellevents.novell.com/t/2255357/55177502/6310/0/
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Also Of Interest…
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Can Your Machine Be Hacked?
What Wine Goes with Photoshop?
Whoa, Mainframe, Linux and Windows on a Single Box?
Adobe Flex Builder for Linux – alpha
A Dog Barks, The Wind Blows, A Server Reboots…
Managing Multiple Gmail Accounts in Firefox
Microsoft Virtual Server Support for SLES 10
“Most Disaster Recovery Plans Will Fail,” Expert Says
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General Novell Reference Links
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Connection Magazine
Novell Success Stories
Novell East Blog
SUSE Linux Enterprise Home
