GNU/ Linux

Everything you ever wanted to know about Linux but were afraid to ask

Read below to find out more about this powerful, flexible and tremendously widely deployed Computer Operating System.

Enterprise Linux?

In an enterprise setting, you are probably no stranger to Linux- it may be running your e-mail gateway, or your company intranet site. It may even run a portion of your mission critical network functions (DNS, DHCP, etc.). But Linux can do more.

You've been hearing a lot about Linux lately- see how it can it benefit your small business!

There are countless applications for use on your Linux desktop system. As we have been using Linux on the desktop systems in our office since 1999, we have become quite familiar with the applications that a small office needs to run on a day to day basis.
We've broken a few of of our favorites down by category:

RB Technologies is an industry leader in cutting edge, highly available computing environments. We have built more HA systems than any other company in the northeast. We are highly experienced at building production quality systems based on commodity hardware and freely available software. What does this mean to you? It means that you don't need to spend thousands upon thousands of dollars on proprietary, fee-per-user systems to obtain the 24x7x365 availability that you need to run your business.

Well, if haven't inflicted upon you in person the stories of the origin on the Linux penguin, I decided that I should cover my bases by putting this little blurb up on my website. Read on, and enjoy!

The short story is that Linus Torvalds (the creator of the original Linux kernel, and the "benevolent dictator" of the kernel sourcetree) decided that Linux needed a mascot. A number of lively and spirited discussion on various USENet groups ensued. Utimately, Linus decided on the Penguin, and Larry Ewing drew one up, Open Sourced it, and the rest, as they say, is history.

A letter I wrote in 2007 expressing my frustration with companies who build binary-only products for use with "Linux", but make it binary and/ or library compatible with a tiny subset of the myriad Linux distrubutions available.