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The announcement that Novell has agreed to sell itself is no surprise. The buyer -- Attachmate -- is, as is the agreed-upon price of $2.2 billion. Meanwhile, the future of Suse Linux Enterprise Server remains unclear, as does Microsoft's role in the deal.
Tags: Attachmate, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, Microsoft, open source servers, Novell

lsof is one of the most useful utilities for Linux and Unix systems. At its most basic, lsof can help identify which files are being used by any given application and which network ports are open.
Tags: tip of the trade, OS, open source servers, lsof, utility

We've stepped through a basic Endian config, now we'll take it to the next step, including creating OpenVPN client accounts, connecting road warrior clients, and configuring gateway-to-gateway connections.
Tags: firewall, router, open source servers, Ednian

Full-featured collaboration and messaging is not beyond the reach of small- to medium-sized businesses. Open-Xchange, an open source collaboration server, scales very well into any size organization, thanks to a variety of delivery systems.
Tags: open source servers, collaboration software, mail server, Open-Xchange

When it comes to remote system administration, all roads lead to Vim. While Vim's capabilities are vast -- entire books have been written about it, and they still fail to capture all of its functionality -- knowing a handful of commands will enable you to do much of what you need to do.
Tags: open source software, tip of the trade, open source servers, command line, vim

New Linux Foundation Enterprise User Survey data reveals that enterprises are set to add more Linux at the expense of Windows during next five years, though users are not heading to the cloud.
Tags: Windows, cloud computing, open source software, Linux server, open source servers

If fear is preventing you from making the change from a physical to virtual infrastructure, you must put that phobia aside and consider KVM, Red Hat's enterprise server virtualization alternative.
Tags: KVM, server virtualization, data center management, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, open source servers

Linux is better suited to server use than Windows. This article lists five reasons why.
Tags: open source servers

The survey also indicated that most had a satisfaction level between 7 and 8 out of ten with open source software.
Tags: open source servers, open source software, Enterprise

From open source software to projects there have been a number of releases that literally have changed the world.
Tags: open source software, open source servers, open source, open source server

Emerging open source APIs help to evolve the cloud.
Tags: open source, open source servers, cloud computing, API

Untangling the many tentacles of this popular proxy server is well worth the effort.
Tags: open source software, open source servers, proxy, squid, proxy server

Command-line users are often well-acquainted with Less, More's backward-scrollable cousin. Here are a few not-so-well-known useful commands and shortcuts that may make Less even more valuable to you.
Tags: open source servers, more with less, open source software, Unix, command line

The Ubuntu Server market share is small compared with Windows Server and Red Hat Enterprise Linux but deployment is rising.
Tags: open source servers, open source software, open source server, open source

As Novell's appliance program hits its one year anniversary, the company is planning some innovative advances.
Tags: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, Novell, appliances, Linux, open source servers

Most admins know WebDAV, but davfs2 isn't as well known. With this open source software tool, you can connect to WebDAV server as a regular filesystem, thus allowing applications that don't support WebDAV to access shared resources via WebDAV.
Tags: OS, open source servers, tip of the trade, open source software, file system

One influence in open source communities is the effect of cloud on open source.
Tags: open source server, open source servers, cloud computing

Despite the many functions handled by server virtualization a server operating system—open source or proprietary—still has a place in the data center.
Tags: open source server, open source software, open source servers, server virtualization

The company claims that a single Linux-based server can handle as many as 2,000 users while a multiple-server system can handle up to 100,000 users.
Tags: open source server, open source, Unified Communications Server, open source servers

Tip of the Trade: From pipes to directories to sockets, lsof is able to locate all open files.
Tags: open source, open source servers, lsof, utility