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Torvalds: No picnic to become major Linux coder

Monday, August 18th, 2008

The Linux project lead has said new contributors should ’start small’ to avoid becoming frustrated with the Linux kernel development process Linux project lead Linus Torvalds has said it is not easy to become a major contributor to the Linux kernel. In an email interview with ZDNet.co.uk…
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VMware bug causes worldwide disruption

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

VMware virtual machines on all hosts with the company’s latest hypervisor, ESX 3.5 Update 2, in enterprise configurations have found that it will not power on after being turned off. Update at 8:35 a.m. PT on Wednesday: Since ZDNet UK published this article, a patch for the flaw has…
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0 comments | Desktop Virtualization, Patches, ESX, Tom Espiner ZDNet.co.uk, Virtual Machine, VMware Inc., Virtualization, Security, Hardware |