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[News] Installing Software in Linux Becomes a Thing of the Past with Appliances

  • Subject: [News] Installing Software in Linux Becomes a Thing of the Past with Appliances
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2007 02:07:13 +0000
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
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VoIPowering Your Office: Warming Up PBX in a Flash

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| In these here modern times, installing anything Linux-based is as easy as 
| falling over, and so, barely worthy of mention. But PBX in a Flash takes an  
| unusual approach. The usual way to package a Linux-based software appliance 
| is to bundle everything on a single CD—the operating system and all the 
| applications. PBX in a Flash gives you CentOS Linux 5, which is my personal  
| favorite for VoIP servers, because it's rock-solid, stable, and well 
| maintained. Which it should be, as it is a direct clone of Red Hat Enterprise 
| Linux. RHEL, according to the GPL and good manners, makes its source code 
| readily available. The CentOS team take the RHEL source code, remove all the 
| trademarked bits such as branding and artwork, and re-compile it as CentOS. 
| Anyone can do this, so what makes CentOS special?        
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http://www.voipplanet.com/backgrounders/article.php/3714226


Recent:

Cloudsmith service pushes 'virtual distros'

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| A new company, Cloudsmith, has created a Web-based service meant to let 
| developers access and exchange "virtual distros," or custom configurations, 
| of open-source software.  
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20071130/tc_infoworld/93772


Related:

Virtual appliances spawn new class of Linux distros

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| Traditionally, vendors have based appliances on Linux by preconfiguring their 
| software on a dedicated x86 server. For instance, open source networking 
| specialist Vyatta Inc. sells networking appliances with router, firewall and 
| virtual private network software on a Dell Inc. PowerEdge server.   
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http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid39_gci1276169,00.html


Zenoss: New dog masters old monitoring tricks

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| Zenoss is distributed either in the form of Linux RPM (Red Hat Package 
| Manager) packages or as a prebuilt VMware appliance. It is readily compatible 
| with a wide range of popular Linux distributions as well as Apple's OS X. 
| Distribution in the form of a VMware appliance makes Zenoss easy to evaluate 
| and helps pave the way for shops with no Linux expertise or available 
| dedicated hardware to implement it. The RPM installation is nicely scripted 
| and works well enough such that an admin with very limited Linux experience 
| will find it relatively painless to get up and running. Upgrades are also 
| relatively easy to accomplish ??? usually only requiring the application of a 
| new RPM and the execution of a data migration script.         
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20071129/tc_infoworld/93637


Openbravo Partners with rPath to Build ERP Software Appliance

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| This step reflects Openbravo's commitment to building the Openbravo Network, 
| a support contract for Openbravo ERP applications, due to be launched in 
| November.   
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http://www.ad-hoc-news.de/Aktie/12717491/News/13757105/SOFTWARE.html


Virtualization is hot because Windows is not.

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| Like many frustrated Unix weenies I bear a long standing resentment for the 
| way Microsoft simply obliterated the enterprise server market back in the mid 
| 90’s. Whether your favorite flavor was Solaris, HPUX, AIX, or IRIX (mine!) a 
| Unix guy grew up with things like reliability, uptime, shared resources, 
| multitasking, simple interface and openness.    
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/threatchaos/?p=469


rPath Launches Certified Software Appliance Architect Curriculum

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| Customers are demanding simpler methods of purchasing, using, 
| and managing applications. Software vendors are satisfying 
| this demand through software appliances, delivered in either 
| virtual machine or physical hardware formats.
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http://www.rpath.com/corp/2007-press-release-archive/rpath-launches-certified-software-appliance-architect-curri.html


VMware opens virtual-appliance marketplace

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| That friction highlights the role that operating systems such as
| Linux can play in appliances. Because Linux can be freely
| redistributed, companies may wrap it up along with their
| higher-level software.
| 
| Indeed, rPath, a start-up that focuses on embedding Linux into
| server appliances, announced a virtual push for its products.
| Last week, the company announced that it supports appliances
| built atop the open-source Xen virtualization foundation.
| Tuesday, it said it's offering a promotional period of free
| help for software companies trying to convert their
| applications into Linux-based virtual appliances. 
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http://news.com.com/2100-7339_3-6133385.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
http://tinyurl.com/y6rw95


Red Hat to Build a Virtual Appliance OS

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| Open-source solution provider Red Hat will use its annual summit to
| share its vision of a new paradigm for business PCs, which includes
| a partnership with Intel Corp. to deploy appliances in a virtual
| machine to bring enterprise-class management and security to the PC.
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http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2127848,00.asp


Citadel Virtual Appliance for VMware

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| It consists of a pre-built system which can be run inside any VMware
| product, several of which are free. The Citadel virtual appliance
| contains a preconfigured Linux host, with complete Citadel system
| (including WebCit). Spam protection using SpamAssassin and virus
| protection using ClamAV are already installed and integrated
| into the system.
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http://www.citadel.org/doku.php/installation:appliance


Talking virtualization with rPath

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| Microsoft is arriving late to virtualization, as it often does to
| a new technology. In 2006, Microsoft announced cooperative development
| with XenSource, and introduced its Test Drive program, with four
| sample appliances. Adams describes these developments as "good
| tactical moves."
| 
| However, he adds that Microsoft "is probably not going to be
| shipping production ready stuff until later in 2007," which will
| probably be somewhat behind its competitors like VMware.
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http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/01/12/2040204


Network Engines Introduces ACE Linux for Appliances

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| ACE Linux is a Conary-based Linux distribution that will be customized for 
| each customer’s platform.  
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http://www.linuxelectrons.com/news/linux/10959/network-engines-introduces-ace-linux-appliances


The Other Open-Source IP PBX

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| The company makes its money by providing support for those who use the 
| software as the basis for business phone systems, as well as by selling the 
| appliances, which are based on Intel-based Linux servers.  
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http://www.voip-news.com/feature/other-open-source-090407/


Dell Creating Consumer PCs Complete with Virtualization

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| And in a similar fashion to what Parallels and VMware Fusion did for the 
| Intel-based Mac community, this could give the Linux operating system a boost 
| from consumers who want to use the open source software but don't want to 
| lose out on what Microsoft's Windows platforms offer.   
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http://weblog.infoworld.com/virtualization/archives/2007/08/dell_creating_c.html

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