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LINUX 01/14/02 Today's focus: Red Hat no longer sings "When I'm 64" Dear Wincenty Kaminski, In this issue: * Red Hat releases version 7.2 for 64-bit processors * Links related to Linux * Featured reader resource _______________________________________________________________ PRODUCT INFO IN ONE CONVENIENT LOCATION! Heard about a new product launch? Curious to find out if the features and benefits of this new product will meet your critical business needs? Network World Fusion's Product Central section includes all the info you need to make informed decision about new products and also includes a product finder function. Check it out at http://nww1.com/go/ad216.html _______________________________________________________________ Today's focus: Red Hat no longer sings "When I'm 64" By Phil Hochmuth Linux distributor Red Hat last week made two announcements that should make proponents of 64-bit Linux servers happy: it released Red Hat Linux 7.2 for both the Intel Itanium and Compaq Alpha processors. Although Red Hat was previously able to run on Alpha and Itanium platforms, the software did not take full advantage of their 64-bit processing power. But version 7.2 for 64-bit computing includes the newest Linux kernel (2.4.9), with features such as higher symmetrical multiprocessing scaling and ext3 journaling file system. The support for these features, Red Hat says, will allow the operating system to take better advantage of the Alpha and Itanium platforms, which can process much larger file sizes and handle larger address spacing than 32-bit systems. Red Hat Linux 7.2 includes other enhancements such as improved USB support, network configuration and user management applications, plus a firewall configuration program that can be configured during server setup. Itanium is the latest iteration of Intel's PC processor, and is catching on with users who run high-end Web servers and enterprise-level application. Prior to Itanium, the Alpha was the big dog among the 64-bit processor platforms. Although Compaq has said it will phase out its 64-bit Reduced Instruction Set Computing processor over the next few years, Alpha systems are still used widely in database and Web transactions servers in industries such as finance, medical, and supercomputing research. _______________________________________________________________ To contact Phil Hochmuth: Phil Hochmuth is a Senior Writer for Network World, and a former systems integrator. 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Get listed now! http://www.nwfusion.newmediary.com/091201nwwprovnwltr2 _______________________________________________________________ RELATED EDITORIAL LINKS Red Hat releases 64-bit Itanium version of Linux IDG News Service, 01/07/02 http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2002/0107redhat.html Supercomputing with Linux on the Alpha Network World Linux Newsletter, 06/05/00 http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/linux/2000/0605linux1.html Attaining Itanium Network World Linux in the Enterprise Newsletter, 06/06/01 http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/linux/2001/00853814.html Explore the Alpha Linux Web site http://www.alphalinux.org Breaking Linux news from Network World and around the 'Net, updated daily: http://www.nwfusion.com/topics/linux.html Archive of the Linux newsletter: http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/linux/index.html ______________________________________________________________ FEATURED READER RESOURCE Network World Fusion's The Edge site Network World Fusion's The Edge is a resource devoted to the advances in service-provider networks that are shaking up the old telecom order. 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