UnitedLinux Operating System (ZDNet)

[Posted March 19, 2003 by ris]

ZDNet carries an in-depth look at UnitedLinux, from Gartner. " UnitedLinux is scalable to handle server configurations with increased processors, tasks, threads and users. As such, it supports asynchronous input/output for busy systems and methods to enhance process scheduling on symmetric multiprocessors (SMPs) and can be used to build server farms for workload management. For high availability, UnitedLinux supports Posix-compliant event logging and notification, dynamic probes for profiling and debugging, hot-plug PCI support, and record- and event-tracing mechanisms. It also provides a variety of security features, such as Kerberos network authentication and basic firewall configuration. At the foundation of UnitedLinux is a core set of components, including the Linux kernel 2.4.19, GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) 3.2, glibc 2.2.5, K Desktop Environment (KDE) 3.0 and XFree86 4.2. The 2.4.19 Linux kernel includes several hundred patches."