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Linux Journal: "Although it is basically identical to Red Hat Enterprise Linux, it is, in essence, a completely different release, just with the same programs, packaged the same way."

Linux Journal takes a look at Fermi Linux.

"Fermilab supports its own users and directs others toward Scientific Linux, which was codeveloped by Fermilab, CERN and other laboratories and universities.

Troy Dawson is the primary contact for both Fermi Linux and Scientific Linux. On his own site, he explains, "Fermilab uses what is called Fermi Linux.

It is now based on Scientific Linux. It is actually a site modification, so technically it is Scientific Linux Fermi.

SpikeSource recently partnered with Intel to offer certified stacks. Another study recently claimed that community-supported Linux distros were doing as well as paid support-enabled ones.

Is certified open source going to thrive?

Quick description on how to deploy basically any Linux distro from an image to a thumbdrive.

ruphus13 writes "At the LinuxWorld expo, an analyst for the 451 Group pointed to a growing trend in enterprise — the increase in adoption of community-supported Linux distros.

From the article, 'Companies are increasingly choosing free community-driven Linux distributions instead of commercial offerings with conventional support options.

Several factors are driving this trend, particularly dissatisfaction with the cost of support services from the major distributors.

Don't get me wrong on this - I love Linux and Ubuntu is one of my favorite distros, but there were some problems that temporarily turned me away when I was introduced to Ubuntu that I've noticed are affecting a lot of newbies, too....

Distros of today are light years ahead of what we had 10 or even 5 years ago; yet the same complaints are still levied.

Well, I am going to challenge some of those myths now with some thoughts I have picked up along the way.

At the LinuxWorld expo in San Francisco, a 451 Group analyst said that companies are adopting free, community-driven Linux distributions like Ubuntu and CentOS.

At the LinuxWorld expo in San Francisco, a 451 Group analyst said that companies are adopting free, community-driven Linux distributions like Ubuntu and CentOS.

We look at what this means for the commercial Linux landscape and the future of Ubuntu.

With virtualisation becoming a mainstream technology, it’s becoming reasonable that Linux distros like Ubuntu will not always require a dedicated computer but instead be contained within a virtualised environment