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Brian Proffitt is a veteran Linux and open source journalist/analyst with experience in a variety of technologies, including cloud, virtualization, and consumer devices.

Solr, Lucene alpha releases bring speed and scale

Posted Jul 03, 2012 - 06:05 pm

Enterprise search just got a nice pre-holiday surprise with the 4.0-alpha releases of both Apache Solr and Lucene.
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Firefox OS could set mid-range phone markets on fire

Posted Jul 02, 2012 - 11:47 am

Mozilla is moving forward with its Boot to Gecko (BtG) mobile platform, with an announcement today of a browser-based operating system now known as Firefox OS.
Drupal enjoys rocketing growth

Posted Jun 29, 2012 - 11:53 am

Drupal vendor Acquia has quietly been enjoying phenomenal growth and accolades of its own.
Rising mobile Internet use could create new digital divide

Posted Jun 28, 2012 - 11:52 am

A new Pew Research report is confirming the trend that more people than ever are using cell phones to access the Internet instead of desktop PCs and other devices
Red Hat keeps disrupting cloud, virtualization

Posted Jun 27, 2012 - 10:45 am

Not content with disrupting the operating system sector, Red Hat's still aiming for the clouds.
Maddog's revelation reminds us of FLOSS ideals

Posted Jun 26, 2012 - 10:25 am

In an eloquent message, Linux International executive director Jon "maddog" Hall has announced that he is gay.
openSUSE still searching for UEFI, Secure Boot solution

Posted Jun 25, 2012 - 12:35 pm

openSUSE has yet to outline a plan to work around Secure Boot on UEFI machines, and the reason may be that one of openSUSE's greatest strengths may be working against it.
Canonical details plans to deal with UEFI Secure Boot

Posted Jun 22, 2012 - 09:26 am

The problem of dealing with UEFI's Secure Boot in Windows 8-certified PCs is still being wrestled with, and today the Ubuntu team has revealed more about their proposed solution
.FREE, .OPEN gTLDs may not be open to public

Posted Jun 21, 2012 - 10:29 am

Although the .LINUX registry has been unclaimed, other potentially FLOSS-related gTLDs are being vied for, which could leave some domains out of public reach and in the hands of corporations.
Fedora introduces offline updates

Posted Jun 20, 2012 - 10:50 am

Earlier this week, the Fedora Project approved Offline System Updates for the upcoming Fedora 18, a feature that will fundamentally change the Linux user experience.

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