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CentOS is gone—but RHEL is now free for up to 16 production servers

Enlarge / CentOS used to be the preferred way to get RHEL compatibility at no cost. CentOS is gone now—but Red Hat is extending no-cost options for RHEL further than ever before. (credit: Red Hat / DFCisneros) Last month, Red Hat caused a lot of consternation in the enthusiast and small business Linux world when […]

Could high-flying kites power your home?

Enlarge / Kites could make it possible to build wind farms on land that isn’t windy enough for conventional wind turbine towers. (credit: Peter Cade | Getty Images) Any kid who’s ever flown a kite has learned the lesson: Once you can get the kite off the ground and high into the air, you’re more […]

Google Chat review: Terrible as Slack clone, but good as a consumer chat app

Enlarge / Google Chat, in just some of its many form factors. (credit: Google) Google Chat officially launched for consumers recently, and that means the time has come to dive back into everyone’s favorite subject: Google messaging services! Google Chat is the latest in Google’s long and prodigious line of (usually) short-lived messaging applications, but […]