| Lineox Linux gains more updates, global file system support |
Jul. 19, 2004
Finnish software maker Lineox has released another update to its Always Current Lineox Enterprise Linux. The distribution now contains over 376 updated or new packages -- or almost half its contents, in just five months since its debut. A new version is released each time Red Hat releases a bug or security fix package for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 or new features are added to Lineox's software.
Lineox claims to reduce the cost of Linux by eliminating many of the production fees associated with boxed sets and bundled support programs. Always Current Lineox Enterprise Linux is based on freely distributable programs found in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 AS/ES/WS, Red Hat Cluster Suite, and Red Hat Developer Suite.
As part of the most recent updates, Lineox-built packages from Red Hat Global File System source code were added. Global File System (GFS) is an open source, POSIX-compliant cluster file system and volume manager that can be used on Linux servers attached to a storage area network (SAN). GFS supports most all major server and storage platforms.
GFS is a leading cluster file system that allows Linux servers to simultaneously read and write to a single shared file system on a SAN. This technique is said to ensure high performance and reduces the cost and complexity of managing redundant data copies. GFS has no single point of failure, according to Lineox, and is incrementally scalable from one to hundreds of Linux servers.
Lineox software estimates that businesses could save nearly US $5000, based on Red Hat's retail pricing, by using Lineox Enterprise Linux. The Finnish company says the service is ideal for customers who are looking to support Linux from a regional center or in-house, and describes its Red Hat-based Lineox Enterprise Linux 3.0 as an enterprise-level Linux distribution with five years of planned support life.
The company says that approximately 25 percent of the source code in Red Hat 9 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 overlap and Lineos products is based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 source code, making Lineox Enterprise Linux 3.0 similar to Red Hat Linux 9.
Raleigh-based Red Hat discontinued its support for Red Hat Linux 9 on April 30.
Reaching out to those legacy customers, Lineox offers a migration strategy from Red Hat 9 to Lineox Enterprise Linux using command line tools. The process simplifies deployment remotely over a network and to multiple systems at a time, and the company also claims it has been possible to use Lineox Enterprise Linux 3.0 updates to Red Hat Linux 9 systems without requiring an upgrade network-wide.
Always Current Lineox Enterprise Linux pricing starts at 10 Euros for one type of disk image, or 15 Euros for both CD and DVD images for download. The current version of software requires four CD images, and has a DVD image size of 2.161 GB.
Indiana-based Progeny, led by Chief Strategist and Debian founder Ian Murdock, has also introduced a lifeline service program for Red Hat customers that provides customers with RPM-based updates to Red Hat Linux servers running versions 7 through 9. Progeny guarantees its service through December 2005.
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