Is the Open Source World Under Financial Pressure?
Two weeks ago, the news that EQT is buying back SUSE shares got some attention in the Linux world, which also happens to be when
Is “Enterprise Linux” fragmented? Will there be RHEL and Open Enterprise Linux?
Following the recent pattern, the discussion about Red Hat’s move to no longer make the source code for RHEL publicly available continues. The most recent
A Brief History of Source Code Distribution Practices
First, I’d like to continue the evolving discussion about RedHat’s move to limit its RHEL source code to its paying customers and cut off clones
RHEL Compatible Distribution
You may have noticed that the newsletter got one week off from its usual cadence. That is due to my two-week summer vacation. We spent
Thoughts on Red Hat’s Source Repository Changes
Recently, Red Hat’s change in how they distribute the source code of their distro caught my (and the open source world’s) attention. The Register has an excellent historical
DRBD 9.2 Updates
The eight-week cadence brings the new DRBD releases 9.1.15 and 9.2.2. The two releases contain roughly the same bug fixes. What these bug fixes have in
LINBIT SDS is now on Xinnor xiRAID
LINBIT SDS and xiRAID have proven to work exceptionally well together, and with LINBIT SDS now on Xinnor xiRAID, I wanted to cover the subject
STAC Summit, Software Updates, & Testimonials
I recently spoke at STAC Summit in London and Rene Peinthor, a LINBIT developer, was also in London for his talk at the CloudStack European User Group.
Speed of Light Media Replaces Ceph with DRBD for Its Cloud Needs
Speed of Light Media has been ecstatic with their decision to replace CEPH in favor of DRBD®. According to Robert Isaacs, the tech-savvy founder and
LINBIT Content & Software Updates
These days, I have been staying busy preparing for my presentation at STAC Research in London on May 4th. On the same day, Rene will speak at
