AMD releases an Open Source driver

AMD releases an Open Source driver

AMD has released the Open Source driver AMDGPU with support for Radeon R9 285.

Publishing the code of this driver, the company reaches out to Linux distributions’ users that have been demanding for a long time the possibility to use free drivers. The only found restriction is that Catalyst will be an additional and propietary component.

GNU Hurd 0.6 released

GNU Hurd 0.6 released

GNU Hurd 0.6 is currently available, the kernel the Free Software Foundation and the GNU project want to become an alternative to Unix and Linux.

It is a collection of servers that run on the Mach microkernel to implement, among others, file systems, network protocols, file access control… that are implemented by the Unix kernel or similar kernels, such as Linux.

GNU Hurd runs on 32-bit x86 machines, but the developers working in this project say that a version running on 64-bit x8 (x86_64) machines is in progress.

The innovations of this new version include the cleaning of the code and progress in the integration with the microkernel GNU Match.

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Creating Linux virtual machines with KVM

Creating Linux virtual machines with KVM

In our post today we explain how to deploy and create KVM virtual machines under Red Hat based distros, such as RHEL, CentOS7 and Fedora 21.

First of all, you should make sure that the system has the necessary hardware virtualization extensions or that such extensions are enabled in the BIOS and that the KVM modules are loaded in the kernel.

Then, you should install packages qemu-kvm and qemu-img. These packages provide the disk image manager and the KVM user level.

Ericsson and Canonical partner to offer Ubuntu

Ericsson and Canonical partner to offer Ubuntu

Canonical announced a three year partnership with Ericsson to drive innovation around IT cloud and telecom cloud solutions, the latter in line with OPNFV. The move will help both organizations respond to increasing demand from telecoms companies and enterprises for more flexible, scalable options to meet the ever-growing appetite for new services.

Under the terms of the partnership, Ericsson will deploy Ubuntu as the host OS for Ericsson’s Cloud System platform. Ubuntu Server OS will underpin Ericsson’s offering for its telecommunications network, internal data center and cloud computing customers; giving customers flexibility and assisting the global adoption of OpenStack-based cloud technologies.

VMware expands VDI to Linux desktops

VMware expands VDI to Linux desktops

In addition to what is included in VMware Horizon 6, VMware is offering participation in an early access program for a Linux a virtual desktop solution.

VMware is expanding its virtual desktop capabilities to include support for Red Hat and Ubuntu based Linux-based desktops.

This enables customers to simplify desktop management using the VMware Horizon platform to access Windows and Linux applications.

Red Hat Launches Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Atomic Host

Red Hat Launches Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Atomic Host

Red Hat announced the general availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Atomic Host, an operating system optimized for running the next generation of applications with Linux containers. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Atomic Host provides all of the components necessary to easily package and run applications written for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7 as containers.

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