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 SpikeSource, a starry Redwood City, California, start-up providing Open Source software testing services, wants to embolden enterprises to use the Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP/Python/Perl (LAMP) stack (www.spikesource.com). Their goal is to certify the LAMP stack and the applications ... Jul. 17, 2005 Reads: 17,534 Replies: 1 |  Firefox and Thunderbird are Open Source products that are made available by the Mozilla Foundation. Open Source development lets anyone who wants to to examine the source code, or if they wish, to modify it. There are a number of advantages to Open Source development, including the fac... Jul. 16, 2005 Reads: 35,683 Replies: 2 |  Last month, I explained how you can use the grep and cut tools to extract specific data fields from complex XML-based files, especially in the Safari web browser's bookmarks file on Mac OS X (yeah, I know, Mac OS X isn't Linux, but the two systems share a lot of common Unix underpinnin... Jun. 19, 2005 Reads: 7,097 |  Userful of Calgary, Alberta, makes a resource-sharing system for Linux called 1-Box (www.userful.com). 1-Box is a multiuser approach to Linux desktop computing that turns a single computer into a network of up to 10 workstations. Traditional networks require a server, networking equipm... Jun. 14, 2005 Reads: 14,092 |  I was walking through our local mega-mall the other day when I saw something new. Where the old food court with the Papa Ginos and the McDonalds had once stood, there was now a brand new and somewhat bizarre-looking setup with a big bright banner strung across the center. 'OPEN SOURCE ... Jun. 14, 2005 Reads: 6,665 |  In the past 18 months, mobile phone manufacturers in Asia and elsewhere have introduced over a dozen handset models based on Linux, and before the end of 2005, you can expect to see a dozen more smart and feature phones announced and shipping. While it's easy to gush over this emerging... Jun. 14, 2005 Reads: 20,871 |  Linux is infinitely configurable. It's so flexible it runs on mainframes, cell phones, PCs, even gaming stations and digital video recorders (DVRs). This is one of its biggest strengths especially for those who want control or the freedom to tailor a desktop PC to their specific needs.... Jun. 14, 2005 Reads: 14,744 |  Linux has come a long way, quite quickly over the past couple of years. It has moved from a system usable only by those willing and able to spend time installing, configuring, and re-configuring again to systems that are sold by a wide variety of distributors, some of which have specia... Jun. 14, 2005 Reads: 17,415 |  Last month, BitDefender (www.BitDefender.com) made a couple substantial Linux product announcements. First, it released version 1.6.2 of its BitDefender for Samba Linux File Servers product. As part of the new release, the company released parts of the updated product under an Open Sou... Jun. 14, 2005 Reads: 13,156 |  People now understand that while Linux is about Open Source, Open Source isn't just about Linux. Today the Open Source frontier has moved well up the software stack into the application domain. Firefox is picking up market share in the browser space, for example, and MySQL is gaining o... Jun. 14, 2005 Reads: 10,862 |  The Debian Project was set for a new release of the Debian GNU/Linux operating system at the end of May likely by the time you're reading this. Jun. 14, 2005 Reads: 7,433 |  With Linux now officially 'mainstream' in the enterprise, the industry pundits are starting to pay a little more attention to Linux penetration figures further down the food chain. Early stats show that we still have a ways to go before Linux penetration in SMEs (small to medium-sized ... Jun. 14, 2005 Reads: 14,826 |  A Milter is a multi-threaded email-filtering program. Milters run in parallel to sendmail, and can review every aspect of every email message. Multiple Milters can run in parallel, each dealing with a different aspect of email. Milters can be shared among several sendmail processes, ev... Jun. 14, 2005 Reads: 11,458 |  As with all big conferences, LinuxWorld Boston earlier this year had a few broad themes that you couldn't help be exposed to just by walking the floor. One that caught me by surprise was the excitement around thin client Linux. At first I attributed it to a combination of the big vendo... Jun. 14, 2005 Reads: 21,095 Replies: 3 |  My philosophy about adopting Open Source software is to give realistic advice for IT directors faced with the prospect of sorting out this new wave of technologies and business models. It can certainly be a daunting task. It's one thing for a home enthusiast to try out the latest cutti... Jun. 14, 2005 Reads: 14,808 |  Recently, I spent some time trying out various Linux distributions on my late model Toshiba laptop. Since that article came out, several new releases have come out and I've tried a couple of new distros. So here's a brief update. Jun. 14, 2005 Reads: 38,273 Replies: 1 |  Linux has built its reputation as a server operating system as a premier platform for the Web servers that power the Internet and a key building block in grid computing. But does it have a prominent place in the future of mobile computing? Jun. 14, 2005 Reads: 13,382 |
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