An oil exploration company has numerous Linux and Unix devices that it's bringing into Active Directory through a unified directory tool. The project is already providing payback through ...

Working in a bi-OS environment Once you iron out all the Unix/NT setup wrinkles in one way or another, you can work on data independent of the platform at which you are sitting. You can use an ...

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Kerberos is the protocol of choice for mixed network environments. Deb Shinder explains how to use Kerberos authentication in environments including both Unix and Microsoft Windows.

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There's a new Linux desktop on the horizon that wants to be your next old-school MacOS desktop clone. Does it succeed?

Similarly, travel company Grand Expeditions switched from a mixed Unix/Linux environment to Windows Server 2003 and saved $200,000 per year, he said.