CMP DevNet Operating Systems http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=10130/ur0705j/ Emmett takes a look at the latest release of one of his "favorite" utilities -- Visual SlickEdit 2007. http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=10130/ur0705f/ Emmett is impressed with the additions to the latest up.time upgrade. Find out why he's calling this the "best browser-based monitoring software". http://www.samag.com/documents/s=10128/sam0706g/ Rich explains the importance of the superblock, identifies an AIX 5.3 bug, and provides some Solaris patching tips. http://www.samag.com/documents/s=10128/sam0706a/ Bernard developed a set of Perl scripts to automate the process of signature update discovery and retrieval. In this article, she describes the details of these processes, highlighting remote management of a Cisco IPS device via SSH. http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=10125/ur0704k/ This month in Shell Corner, Kyle Douglass shares why Perl is indispensable in his work. http://www.samag.com/documents/s=10127/sam0714c/ Michnick and the Sys Admin staff present the latest console server product information. http://www.samag.com/documents/s=10127/sam0714b/ Stansell updates his coverage of the Conserver project. http://www.samag.com/documents/s=10127/sam0714a/ McCarty provides an overview of console server issues to consider. http://www.samag.com/documents/s=10126/sam0705f/ Ferrell provide step-by-step instructions to create a custom Knoppix CD and use that CD to create a bootable USB thumb drive. http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=10125/ur0704e/ Cameron looks at the important topic of virtualization in his review of this book on VMware. http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=10125/ur0704c/ Emmett explains how this second edition will not disappoint readers. http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=10124/ur0703a/ In this column, Bob Orlando presents an Epoch script that is portable among Unix variants. http://www.samag.com/documents/s=10123/sam0704i/ Rich clears up mysteries involving Fibre Channel, named.conf, and Solaris™ 10 Zones. http://www.samag.com/documents/s=10123/sam0704h/ In the first of this two-part series, Galvin discusses virtualization in general, examining the options, benefits, and data needed to determine the best virtualization solution for your own circumstances. http://www.samag.com/documents/s=10123/sam0704a/ Nemirovsky explains the capabilities and limitations of Red Hat Cluster Suite in reducing downtime and improving availability of Oracle databases. http://www.byte.com/documents/s=9988/byt1161529788547/ The operating-system alternatives for consumer electronics are many and varied. Choosing the right one can be a key to the success of your design. http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=9776/ddj1129557682000/ Will we really need desktop operating systems in the future, and is Ajax one tool that will make operating systems obsolete? http://www.cuj.com/documents/s=9909/cuj0511opferman/ VMWare allows you to run multiple operating systems on one host, but there are some tricks to sharing data among these OS instances and the host. http://www.cuj.com/documents/s=9909/cuj0511maurer/ Modern microkernels such as L4 address many of the problems of older microkernels--specifically, the speed the interprocess communication (IPC) implementation. http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=8903/ddj1106689979201/ Sun has announced its intention to release Solaris under the Common Development and Distribution License (CDDL). The source code to DTrace is available now; "buildable Solaris code" is to be released later in the year.