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Linux-Announce Digest #224
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Linux-Announce Digest #224, Volume #4 Sat, 9 Nov 2002 18:13:06 EST
Contents:
Announce iBackup 2.22 ("Gurkan Sengun")
Looking for Beta users for new Linux utilities (dynamic bandwidth arbitration for you network) (Art Reisman)
Ottawa Canada Linux Users Group (OCLUG) Meeting, Wed. Nov. 6 - AMANDA (Vic Gedris)
Linux makes cover of EDN's current issue, 31Oct02. ("Louis J. LaBash, Jr.")
[LOCAL] Kolkata GNU/Linux Users' Meet on 10th November, 2002 (Sayamindu Dasgupta)
Linux Research Paper ("Esaydam")
RERO 0.0.42 - A software release manager ("Michael L. Brownlow")
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Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2002 18:26:16 CST
From: "Gurkan Sengun" <gurkan@linuks.mine.nu>
Subject: Announce iBackup 2.22
iBackup simplifies backing up the system configuration files (/etc). You
can run the program from any directory, it will by default save the (maybe
compressed) tarball to /root. It is possible to encrypt the tarball, to
upload the tarball to some other host and run this backup automated in a
cronjob.
http://www.linuks.mine.nu/ibackup/
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Windoze not found: (C)heer, (P)arty or (D)ance?
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Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2002 18:27:13 CST
From: astormchaser2002@yahoo.com (Art Reisman)
Subject: Looking for Beta users for new Linux utilities (dynamic bandwidth arbitration for you network)
I've put together some tools that allow an adminstrator to dynamically
throttle
heavy users of bandwidth. It's under GNU and Beta versions and
documentations can be found at
www.apconnections.net
Comments on viability are welcome! Thanks
Art
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Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2002 18:27:20 CST
From: Vic Gedris <vicNO@SPAM.gedris.PLEASE.org>
Subject: Ottawa Canada Linux Users Group (OCLUG) Meeting, Wed. Nov. 6 - AMANDA
Hi everyone,
This is a reminder for our upcoming Ottawa Canada Linux Users Group
(OCLUG) meeting. It promises to be a fun and practical talk. I hope to
see you all there! Details below.
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November 2002 General Meeting
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Topic: AMANDA (Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver)
Date: Wednesday, November 6, 2002
Time: 7:00-9:00pm
Cost: Free (Donations to OCLUG appreciated)
Location: Auditorium @ Ottawa Public Library, 120 Metcalfe, Ottawa ON
Brenda Butler will give a presentation on AMANDA (Advanced Maryland
Automatic Network Disk Archiver), a scalable backup software solution.
Summary:
Brenda will describe what she had to do to get AMANDA working on her
small home network of two debian machines. This will be an
introduction to backups and how to manage them. It is also a great
introduction to client-server networking for those who haven't yet
gotten their feet wet.
AMANDA is free software that will help you schedule and manage your
backups. See http://www.amanda.org.
We may also have several short 5-minute "Lightning Talks" about various
topics. We will also be announcing and discussing the upcoming "Open
Source Weekend" that will take place in early 2003.
Following the meeting, many OCLUG members convene at a nearby pub for
our monthly Beer SIG. Everyone is welcome to attend. The location is the
Mayflower II pub, 201 Queen St., just east of Bank St.
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Please pass this email on to anyone who may be interested. OCLUG always
welcomes new members to our meetings.
For more information about OCLUG, our activities, mailing lists, etc.,
please visit our website at:
http://oclug.on.ca/
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Vic Gedris vic-at-gedris.org http://vic.dyndns.org/
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Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2002 18:27:34 CST
From: "Louis J. LaBash, Jr." <llabash@siue.edu>
Subject: Linux makes cover of EDN's current issue, 31Oct02.
EDN (Electronic Design News) Current Issue Cover Story October 31,2002
Pick and place: Linux grabs the embedded market
Built with contributions from hundreds of software experts, the
Linux operating system has captured the attention of embedded-system
developers worldwide.
Linux is no longer just the open-source operating system that you must
download, modify, troubleshoot, and maintain yourself for your embedded
application. In fact, commercial Linux support is appearing throughout
the embedded industry. Vendors of bus modules and single-board computers
now offer Linux preconfigured with their products. Silicon vendors are
releasing new microprocessors with Linux configurations available. And
software vendors maintain and support more than a dozen off-the-shelf
Linux distributions as commercial products for embedded applications.
...
By Warren Webb, Technical Editor -- EDN, 10/31/2002
Full article, HTML & PDF:
http://www.e-insite.net/ednmag/index.asp?layout=webzine
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Louis-ljl-{ Louis J. LaBash, Jr. | llabash@siue.edu }
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Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2002 18:27:57 CST
Subject: [LOCAL] Kolkata GNU/Linux Users' Meet on 10th November, 2002
From: Sayamindu Dasgupta <unmadindu@Softhome.net>
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The penguins at the Kolkata GNU/Linux Users' Group is meeting in
Saltlake on the 10th evening.
For details and last minute changes, check out the website
http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=42
The details for now :-
Address
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HA12 Salt Lake
Sector III
Kolkata 700091
Ph no: 321 0953 and 321 0958
Directions
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See http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=42
Agenda
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Discussion wrt participation in COMPASS
-cheers-
sdg
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Sayamindu Dasgupta [http://www.peacefulaction.org/sayamindu/]
* GNU is Not Unix *
.... Towards World Liberation ....
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Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2002 18:28:05 CST
From: "Esaydam" <esaydam1@comcast.net>
Subject: Linux Research Paper
Hello,
My name is Eser and I am a student at American University in Washington,
D.C., trying to finish up my Master's Degree in Information Systems. I am
also a full-time Linux systems administrator for a data storage company in
Reston, VA. I feel that a lot has been made of Linux's technological and
economical benefits for businesses in the past few years but I am also a
full-time Linux systems administrator for a data storage company in Reston,
VA.I don't think that there has been enough research conducted about the
actual benefits that have been realized by the company after Linux has been
installed and in use.
I am writing a research paper on Linux and what benefits and drawbacks
have actually been gained by businesses that have been using Linux on their
servers and desktops. If you work for a company that uses Linux and have
about 10 minutes, I would greatly appreciate it if you could answer the
following questionnaire concerning your experiences and opinions of Linux.
This information will be used strictly for academic purposes, and I will
share all of my results with anyone who is interested. I would greatly
appreciate any help you can provide. I didn't include the questionnaire as
a separate attachment so you wouldn't have to worry about it containing a
virus or anything malicious like that. If you are willing to help out but
not by these means, please let me know that as well so we can work something
out. If you only want to answer a few questions, that would also be very
helpful.
Take care,
Eser
Linux Questionnaire
PART I: BACKGROUND INFORMATION
1. OCCUPATIONAL TITLE: ____________________________
2. AGE: ___18-25 ___26-30 ___31-40 ___41-49
___over 50
3. What kind of company do you currently work for? (Please check one)
___Information Technology
___Communication
___ Financial
___Sales/Marketing
___Government
___Other: _________________________
4. How large is your organization? (Please check one)
__0-10 employees
__10-100 employees
__100-1000 employees
__1000-10000 employees
__10000+ employees
5. How long have you worked at this company (Please check one)
___0-6 Months
___7-12 Months
___1-5 Years
___5-10 Years
___ 10 Years or more
6. In what ways have you had direct experience with Linux in a business or
enterprise type of environment? (Check all that apply)
__ Administration or support of Linux servers
__ Budgeting of IT, including Linux server hardware or OSs
__ Influence on decision to implement Linux
__ Linux desktop administration and support
__User of Linux services or applications
__Only for home/personal use
__No experience
__Others: _________________________________
7. Which Linux platforms has your business implemented? (Check all that
apply)
__Red Hat
__SuSE
__Caldera
__Mandrake
__TurboLinux
__United Linux
__Others: ______________________
8. What are some of the applications of Linux at your company? (Check all
that apply)
__Web Server
__Software Development
__Mission Critical/High-Availability Applications
__Desktop
__Network Monitoring
__Mail Server
__DNS
__Firewall
__File and Print Server
__Clustering for Supercomputer Applications (Beowulf, etc.)
__Others: ________________________________________________
PART II: TECHNOLOGICAL BENEFITS
Scalability
1. In your experience with Linux, do you feel that Linux provides some
scalability advantages over other Operating Systems (Windows, Netware,
Solaris, etc.)?
___Yes ___No
2. If yes, please check all of the scalability advantages your business has
realized?
__Ability to function on slower systems, such as a 386 processor
system
__Reasonably-priced clustering functionality to increase
processing power
__Support of legacy equipment
__Don't have to upgrade hardware as often
Please state other Linux scalability benefits your business has realized:
3. Based on your experiences, please explain why or why not Linux is a more
scalable OS?
Flexibility
4. In your experience with Linux, do you feel that Linux provides some
flexibility advantages over other Operating Systems?
___Yes ___No
5. If yes, please check all of the flexibility advantages your business has
realized?
__ "Headless" or videoless Linux servers
__Someone in Linux community will often help write a driver for an
unsupported device
__Choice of different GUIs and shell interfaces
__Choice of different Linux vendors
Please state other Linux flexibility benefits your business has realized:
6. Based on your experiences, please explain why or why not Linux is a more
flexible OS?
Reliability
7. In your experience with Linux, do you feel that Linux provides some
reliability advantages over other Operating Systems?
___Yes ___No
8. If yes, please check all of the reliability advantages your business has
realized?
__Longer periods of uptime
__Lesser amounts of downtime due to installing OS patches
__Less amount of time troubleshooting problems
__Increased system security
__Fewer security intrusion attempts
__Easier disk and partition management
__Easier administration of resources
__Easier administration of user permissions and accounts
Please state other Linux reliability benefits your business has realized:
9. Based on your experiences, please explain why or why not Linux is a more
reliable OS?
PART III: ECONOMICAL BENEFITS
1. In what ways has Linux Software Costs and Licensing Fees reduced your
business's operating costs or total cost of ownership (TCO)?
__Initial cost of software is much less or free
__Linux does not charged by number of seats or users
__Don't have to maintain additional database of licenses and installed
products to ensure you are not violating any licensing policies
__No per-processor charges
__No client access fees
__No yearly maintenance fees for software upgrades
Please list other ways that Linux Software Costs and Licensing Fees has
reduced costs?
2. In what ways has Linux Technical Support Fees reduced your business's
operating costs or TCO?
__No yearly support contract to buy or renew
__Less man hours troubleshooting problems because of a more
stable product
__Less man-hours troubleshooting problems because Linux Community's
assistance in solving problems
Please list other ways that Linux Technical Support Fees has reduced costs?
3. In what ways has Linux Downtime Costs reduced your business's operating
costs or (TCO)?
__Less amount of intrusion attempts
__Fewer reboots per week for OS crashes
__Fewer reboots per week for maintenance
__Other OSs are more common targets of hacker attacks
__Downtime not required for every installation of an OS patch
PART IV: PERSONAL OPINIONS AND COMMENTS ABOUT LINUX BENEFITS AND DRAWBACKS
Please state your overall opinion of Linux and its benefits and drawbacks
relative to other mainstream operating systems:
Thank you for completing this research questionnaire. If you would like me
to email you or post the results of my research please indicate in your
reply. I can be reached at esaydam1@comcast.net.
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Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2002 06:09:03 CST
Subject: RERO 0.0.42 - A software release manager
From: "Michael L. Brownlow" <mike@wsmake.org>
RERO 0.0.42 - Release Early, Release Often
RERO is a release automation tool. The goals of RERO are to provide a
framework for current release models and formally address release
management of software in both sophisticated and model-based development
environments for the purpose of increasing release throughput. The
perspectives of release automation, analysis, and process improvement
are some fundamental viewpoints that are held.
http://rero.wsmake.org/
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