Hello everyone,
Welcome to the final update newsletter of 2007. December is upon us and we thought we’d get some upgrades done before the new year.
First things first — we have a new URL/domain: http://novellevents.novell.com/t/2705297/55177502/7124/0/ Hopefully this will resolve any problem you may have experienced with wordpress’s site being blocked or filtered. Secondly, while this used to be a newsletter and blog focused around just a portion of the US, we’re now expanding it to cover the entire “Americas”. Welcome to all of our new friends, new bloggers and all of you!
Without further adieu, here’s the new newsletter!
As always, if you’d rather not receive these emails, simply click the link at the bottom of the newsletter. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask. Enjoy and Happy Holidays!
Regards,
–Novell’s Americas Open Platform Solutions Team
http://opsamericas.com
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Articles
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Novell CEO Ron Hovsepian: There Has to Be a Better Way
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A recent LinuxInsider.com post was authored by Novell CEO Ron Hovsepian – where he shares his thoughts on how we enable the next generation data center, and make sure it’s built on Linux.
http://novellevents.novell.com/t/2705297/55177502/7125/0/
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New Version – SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time
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Novell has released the new version of SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time, Novell’s open source real-time operating system for high performance applications. As the marketing says, “When milliseconds matter, enterprises choose SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time.”
If you thought Unix was the only place to get a high-performance real-time OS, you are mistaken! The open source community has been working on it as well – and the SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 family welcomes its newest member, Real Time, to the table. In fact, it’s the only “open source, enterprise-class real-time operating system available in the market today.”
What does a real-time Linux OS do? We’ll give you a brief primer and links to more info:
http://novellevents.novell.com/t/2705297/55177502/7126/0/
An additional article of interest is here:
http://novellevents.novell.com/t/2705297/55177502/7127/0/
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Novell BrainShare 2008 Registration is Open!
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Registration for BrainShare 2008 is officially open! Register now to reserve your spot at BrainShare 2008, and start reaping the benefits of being an “early bird” (ie, conference discounts). Not quite ready to take the plunge? Take some time to look around the BrainShare site and become familiar with why BrainShare is the place to be in 2008. Ask your colleagues who’ve gone to one of the previous 20+ BrainShares and find out why this is a do-not-miss event.
http://novellevents.novell.com/t/2705297/55177502/93/0/
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1 Year Later, Just the Facts
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It’s been a whole year since the ground-breaking Novell-Microsoft Collaboration Agreement was signed and announced. The one-stop shop for official info is here: http://novellevents.novell.com/t/2705297/55177502/3445/0/
So far, despite the noise in the press, MANY customers have decided to take advantage of the many benefits that the agreement brings to the table. Here’s a list of all 46 of the customers who are allowing us to mention them publicly…
http://novellevents.novell.com/t/2705297/55177502/7128/0/
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Novell, Dell Announce SUSE Linux Pre-Loads in China
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Novell and Dell recently announced an expansion of Linux offerings with the addition of SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 installed on Dell OptiPlex 330 and 755 commercial desktop PCs in China.
http://novellevents.novell.com/t/2705297/55177502/7129/0/
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Shuttle Joins the SUSE Pre-Load Family
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You can add another to the list of computer manufacturers who are pre-loading SUSE Linux… Shuttle. (Thanks to TrustedReview’s article for the heads-up). Actually, these new small form factor PCs are now available in the UK and Austria; and can be configured with your choice of SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop or openSUSE.
http://novellevents.novell.com/t/2705297/55177502/7130/0/
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Is Package ____ or Product ____ Supported on SUSE Linux Enterprise?
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So you’re working with SLES or SLED, and someone asks you if a particular package or product is supported. What do you do? Of all the options available, I refer constantly to the following pages and references to make sure I give accurate and helpful information to the querying person.
http://novellevents.novell.com/t/2705297/55177502/7131/0/
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openSUSE Build Service + “Enterprise IT”
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SUSE Linux Enterprise is designed for the enterprise. Part of what it means to be “Enterprise-ready” is to have “rock solid” components in the distribution which have been fully tested and can be supported. Unstable and unsupportable components/packages just won’t do. BUT… Every now and then, it’s necessary to run “the latest” version of a component of the distribution. Perhaps you have a new application which requires the latest java, or a new development library, etc. So you don’t want to have to wait until that “latest version” of the package gets fully tested and “officially supported”. You’ve got to have that new version now!
The openSUSE Build Service may be able to help…
http://novellevents.novell.com/t/2705297/55177502/7132/0/
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HOWTO: XGL and Xen Can Mix on a T61p!
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Historically it’s been extremely challenging to make XGL and Xen work together at the same time. If you happen to have a Lenovo T61p laptop, you’re in luck! New OPSAmericas blogger Nate shows us how it’s done…
http://novellevents.novell.com/t/2705297/55177502/7133/0/
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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. Here’s how:
http://novellevents.novell.com/t/2705297/55177502/7134/0/
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HOWTO: Automate SSH Sessions Without Passwords
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From ACube – I get tired of typing in the password every time I ssh, scp, sftp anything from my laptop to some of the Linux systems I manage regularly. A simple way to address this by generating a key and copying it to the remote system. For the steps…
http://novellevents.novell.com/t/2705297/55177502/7135/0/
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Success Story Spotlight
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Office Depot
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One of the world’s largest office supplies retailers can now be officially counted amongst the Linux nation. Like nearly ALL large organizations, Office Depot has a mixed IT environment including Solaris, Windows, Linux, z/OS and i5/OS… however, they recognized the advantages of a global Linux strategy and chose SUSE Linux Enterprise Server on which to standardize as much as possible.
http://novellevents.novell.com/t/2705297/55177502/7136/0/
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Just For Fun
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Time Keeps on Slippin… Actually, time is a constant and it’s our perception that seems to slip, but I just wanted to use that title. I just read a fascinating article from Wired.com that deals with the Atomic clocks, NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) and how such accurate time is kept and distributed to many millions of hosts.
http://novellevents.novell.com/t/2705297/55177502/7137/0/
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Also Of Interest…
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Big Blue’s eco-friendly data center
SSH: Do Not Pass Go, Straight to Jail
Will Embedded Hypervisors Replace OS’s?
Collection of Quick Reference Cards
Scripting: Which Systems Have Samba Shares?
Less than 2% of UK Desktops are Vista
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General Novell Reference Links
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Connection Magazine
Novell Success Stories
Novell Americas OPS Blog
SUSE Linux Enterprise Home
