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An API for easy Linux virtualization
An API for easy Linux virtualization
The libvirt library is a Linux API over the virtualization capabilities of Linux that supports a variety of hypervisors, including Xen and KVM, as well as QEMU and some virtualization products for other operating systems. This article explores libvirt, its use, and its architecture.
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A comparison of virtualization features of HP-UX, Solaris, and AIX
A comparison of virtualization features of HP-UX, Solaris, and AIX
Most AIX administrators understand the virtualization features available to them on their System p platform through PowerVM, which is also available on the System p for Linux. What about the other UNIX hardware platforms? find out what HP-UX, Solaris have to offer and how do some of their features compare to PowerVM.
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Chiphopper simplifies Linux porting of C/C++ apps
Chiphopper simplifies Linux porting of C/C++ apps
With Chiphopper you get significant application porting cost reductions.Chiphopper provides tools to scrub their C/C++ code for portability prior to porting to System p, System i, or System z.
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UNIX turns 40
UNIX turns 40
The systems world will shortly be celebrating a major anniversary milestone. UNIX is turning 40 years old! Most of us know the story of how UNIX was born, but what about why? Was it born strictly because its founders wanted to play a computer game on a different platform? And why does UNIX continue to thrive 15 years after an (in)famous Byte Magazine article that asked: Is UNIX dead?
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Essential tips and tricks for the Emacs editing environment
Essential tips and tricks for the Emacs editing environment
Master the rich features of the Emacs editor. It's unlike any other program you're likely to have encountered. Delve into the depths of its most advanced editing commands that have made it famous.
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Linux app migration from Windows, Solaris, & OS2
Linux app migration from Windows, Solaris, & OS2
Here's some help to port your applications from Windows, Solaris, and OS/2 to run natively on Linux on x86-based systems. The information here also covers porting from Windows to Java and porting and migrating x86-based Linux apps to Linux on multiple other hardware platforms.
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Cloud computing with Linux and Apache Hadoop
Cloud computing with Linux and Apache Hadoop
This article shows you how to use Apache Hadoop to build a MapReduce framework to make a Hadoop Cluster and how to create a sample MapReduce application which runs on Hadoop. You will also learn how to set up a time/disk-consuming task on the cloud.
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10 things that rocked the Linux world
10 things that rocked the Linux world
Much too much has happened with Linux in the last 10 years to do anything like a complete job of listing the important events and technological advances surrounding this operating system. But nevertheless here are 10 important Linux developments that have rocked the world of Linux. I'm sure you can add to this.
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Finding the way through the semantic Web with HBase
Finding the way through the semantic Web with HBase
The Hadoop Database (HBase) is well suited for creating a semantic Web and for extracting existing or computed knowledge. Learn how to represent RDF/XML assertions in an HBase database for scientific articles, and discover how HBase and Bigtable are promoting a new approach to storing and processing data.
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Guide to porting from Solaris to Linux on POWER
Guide to porting from Solaris to Linux on POWER
Accelerate your porting efforts by following this six-step guide to porting from Solaris to Linux on POWER. Learn the differences between Solaris and Linux on POWER that you commonly encounter during a port. Also learn about tools for performance analysis and software packaging for Linux on POWER.
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Boot Linux on the Beagle Board
Boot Linux on the Beagle Board
The Beagle Board is an open-hardware single-board computer that is both inexpensive and capable of running Linux at a reasonable speed. Get to know the Beagle Board, and learn how to get a Linux development environment together on the cheap./l-beagle-board/index.html?ca=dgr-lnxw07Beagle-Boarddth-LX&S_TACT=105AGx59&S_CMP=grlnxw07">Get to know the Beagle Board, and learn how to get a Linux development environment together on the cheap.
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Learn Linux, 101: Text streams and filters
Learn Linux, 101: Text streams and filters
There's a lot more to text manipulation than cut and paste, particularly when you aren't using a GUI. This article introduces you to text manipulation on Linux using filters from the GNU textutils package. By the end of this article, you will be manipulating text like an expert.
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Git gets demystified and Subversion control
Git gets demystified and Subversion control
Distributed version control systems (DVCSs) offer a number of advantages over centralized VCSs, and for Subversion users looking to explore this model, Git is a great place to start. Using Subversion as a baseline, this articles shows how to install Git, set up a remote repository, and begin using basic Git commands.
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Linux Kernel Virtual Machine improves build performance
Linux Kernel Virtual Machine improves build performance
KVM acts as the host for the guest operating systems that build the target software for the user. By switching from VMware build guests to Linux KVM guests, build times for each guest are reduced by as much as 50 percent. Learn how to set up the build server and create guests, customize build requests, and organize and access build results.
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Build virtual appliances using the OVF Toolkit
Build virtual appliances using the OVF Toolkit
See how the toolkit for Open Virtualization Format standard (OVF), an open, secure, portable, efficient, and extensible format can help you package and distribute the software you want to run on virtual machines.
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