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Linux-Announce Digest #426
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Linux-Announce Digest #426, Volume #4 Wed, 28 May 2003 00:13:04 EDT
Contents:
LINKS: Enterprise GNU/Linux implementation (Mumbai, June 12-13) ("Frederick Noronha (FN)")
Software with LinuxFormat ("Frederick Noronha (FN)")
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From: "Frederick Noronha (FN)" <fred@bytesforall.org>
Subject: LINKS: Enterprise GNU/Linux implementation (Mumbai, June 12-13)
Date: 28 May 2003 03:30:11 GMT
ENTERPRISE GNU / LINUX IMPLEMENTATION
Hotel ITC Grand Maratha Sheraton, Mumbai
June 12 & 13, 2003
Day One
Thursday, June 12, 2003
09:15: GNU/LINUX -- GENESIS & ITS PRESENT RELEVANCE
* Free Software Paradigm vs. Proprietary Software Paradigm
* Fundamental Difference:
o Is software a goods or a service?
o Copy able and non-copy able resources
* Ethics & Business Model for copy able resources
* Creativity, Hacking & Publishing
* Users' right to repair
* What is the meaning of 'free' in free software?
* The genesis of Free Software: 1984 to today
* The birth of GNU/Linux
* Why is GNU/Linux Relevant?
o Stability
o Security
o Virus Free
o Open Standards
o Economical
o Social Relevance
o Ethics & Economics
o Education
o Owned & Regulated by the community
* Is it legal to sell free software?
o Sell software with the source code
* Free software in India
Dr. Nagarjuna G
Director (Free Software Foundation, India), Academic Member (HBCSE)
10:00: GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES
Dr. S. Ramakrishna, Senior Director, Ministry of IT
11:00: OPEN SOURCE ENTERPRISE SOFTWARE
ARCHITECTURE
* Current trends and landscape of non-proprietary software
* 'Open source', 'free software', 'GNU Public license' - Explained
* Industry trends in adoption of non-proprietary software in large enterprises and organization – benefits and challenges
* Role of open source / non-proprietary software, including Linux, in the enterprise architecture planning in the near and medium-term future.
* Defining Enterprise Architectures involving structured moves towards increasing use of non-proprietary software.
* Strategies for enterprise architecture planning and experiences in adopting Linux and other non-proprietary software in complex settings
* State of the industry in 'enterprise strength non-proprietary software
architectures'
Dr. Gautam Shroff, Head: Enterprise Architecture, TATA Consultancy Services
12:00: ENTERPRISE STRATEGIES AND CHALLENGES FOR LINUX MIGRATION
14.00: Strategies for Deploying Linux on Enterprise Servers
Basant Kerketta, System Analyst The New India Assurance Co. Ltd.
14:45: LINUX IN AN ON-DEMAND ERA
The emerging e-business on demand marketplace is resulting in heightened need for interoperability and standardization within the IT infrastructure that supports it. Linux shines out in this regard, because of it's unique ability to run across hardware platforms, right from embedded devices to the biggest mainframes in the business, as well as its ability to support a broad range of middleware, software and enterprise applications across the board.
In this session the latest trends in Linux, as well as how it can used in various customer scenario's, to meet today's rigorous demands from cutting edge technology will be discussed
Sandeep Menon, Linux Business Manager – ASEAN/SA, IBM India Ltd.
15:45 :Linux Usage in an Online Environment
G.M. Shenoy, Sr. Vice President, NSE.IT
16.30 :Deploying GNU / Linux
Abhijit Dasgupta, VP: IT, Times of India Group
Day Two
Friday, June 13, 2003
09.15: Deploying GNU / Linux in a Multi User / Multi Environment
Dr. G. Sivakumar, Head: Computer Centre, IIT, Mumbai
10.00: Deploying Financial and HR applications on Linux Platform
* The background under which we went in for the HR and Financial applications
* WHat OS oprtions were available to us
* Why we chose Linux over others
* What were the concerns
* How we addressed these concerns
* What was our experience with Linux implementation (what were the issues that we faced and how we resoved them)
Neeraj Bhai, CTO, IDBI Bank
11.00 State of the Dolphin
Gerardo Narvaja , MySQL AB
12:00: COST EFFECTIVE SUPER COMPUTING FOR THE
ENTERPRISE
An alternative to traditional supercomputing is a method of linking multiple computers together to form a unified and very powerful system.. Beowulf clusters are specialized supercomputers that are gaining popularity in the technical and enterprise computing market because of their high performance at a relatively low cost
* Evolution of Supercomputing
* Details of Beowulf Clustering and how to select the right cluster for your application
* Designing a linux cluster
* Network Interconnects
* Storage management
* Cluster Management and Monitoring
* Scalabiltiy , Reliability and Availability.
* Area of Applications
* Case studies on price performance gain with clusters
Narayanan Subramaniam, Technical Head
Benz Infotech Consultancy Services
14:00: LEGAL IMPLICATIONS OF NON-PROPRIETARY SOFTWARE
* The Alternative Intellectual Property of OSS
* The Legal innovation involved in Open Source Software
* Legal Validity of the GPL: Is the GPL legally enforceable?
* Understanding the differences between the various licensing options available within the Open Souce Movement – the Free Software v. Open Source Debate
* Survey of cases / judicial developments in the area
Lawrance Liang, Legal Researcher, ALF
14.45 Deploying GNU/LINUX in eGovernance
N. C. Nagarjuna Reddy
Officer on Special Duty
IG Registration & Stamps, Govt. Of A. P.
16:00: LINUX ON THE DESKTOP
Breach Candy hospital runs a totally integrated hospital information system that runs on a Linux platform for both backend and front-end operations. Mr. Desai would discuss the implementation strategies and how this has benefited the hospital.
Dilip Desai, Head IT, Breach Candy Hospital
16:20 GNU / Linux Deployment for the Enterprise – Indian Scenario
* Is GNU / Linux Enterprise Ready ?
* Economic viability of Linux implementation for the Enterprise.
* Factors to be considered before deploying Linux in organizations.
* Infrastructure Requirement.
* Migration Challenges - Windows to Linux
* Legal aspects of GNU / Linux Service providers.
* Long term and short-term financial viability.
* Evaluating economic viability of desktop implementation of GNU / Linux
MODERATOR: Prakash Advani, Sr. VP, Netcore Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
* Dilip Desai, Head: IT, Breach Candy Hospital
* Shashank Sathe, CIO, Repro India
Co-Sponsors: Benz Infotech Consultancy Services
Official Publications: Linux For You
More information, contact:
HASHIM POONAWALA
T: +91-22-2828 1301
F: +91-22-2828 1305
E: hashim at marcusevansin.com
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From: "Frederick Noronha (FN)" <fred@bytesforall.org>
Subject: Software with LinuxFormat
Date: 28 May 2003 03:45:01 GMT
DURING a recent visit to Europe, one came across the following useful
software put out across two CDs with the latest (May 2003) issue of Linux
Format (www.linuxformat.co.uk). Check it out...
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Distros:
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Freevix Distro to build a Freevo media player system
ImageBoot Boot floppy that loads a remote root filesystem image
OrangeLinux Floppy-based distro with a small VGA graphics library
VectorLinux Small, fast, Slackware-based Linux distro
Miscellaneous:
Blender Very fast, versatile 3D modeller/renderer
HotPicks Latest of the best of Free Software (Rhythmbox
media player, Qixite automatic website maker,
Yaala server log analyser, Junkie graphical FTP
client, Avidemux video editing tool,Darkstat network
monitor, Zoinks text editor, QtVision TV-tuner viewer,
GPL Arcade Volleyball game)
IP-Works Libraries save coders large amount of time and
hassle, but can lead to licensing confusion.
Runtime Revolution GUI programming tool
VariCAD 3D/2D solution for mechanical engineering
Desktop:
Bmon Interface bandwidth monitor using the curses library
CCZE Robust, fast modular log colourizer
CLEX Commandline file manager
Colorize A log-colourizing Perl script
DVDRtools Tools for recording DVDs and CDs
ECLiPtRoaster GTK interface to mkisofs/cdrecord, write CDs on fly
Findmac Locates hosts or MAC address on a Cisco switch
GeneralPurposeConverter Tool for converting different units of measure
GNOMESystemsTools Configuration utilities for Linux and Unix
Gretools Programs for vocabulary building using the Barron wordlist
IceMC Graphical menu editor for IceWM written in C++/Qt
IceSoundManager Manager for sound events and sound themes for IceWM
IceWMControl Allows you to run various tools for config IceWM
IceWMPanel Fully-featured control panel for IceWM
Kickarts KDE panel applet to control the aRts sound server
LDAPExplorer A PHP LDAP client
Mac-on-Linux Run Mac OS (including OS X) under Linux/ppc
PacakageDataBaseView A report tool for packaging systems like RPM, dpkg
pcalAndLcal A pair of calendar generators
PlanetScape Java program that simulates visits to other planets
PS3 Displays Linux process activity in 3D
Qinx KDE theme inspired by the QNX Photon desktop
SqlGui Graphical database frontend from KDE
TrashCan Command Line Recycle Bin
WindowLab A small and simple window manager of novel design
x-Desktop Development of browser-only application frontends
XSensors A graphical senor display application
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Development:
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DBMonster Random data generation tool for SQL databased
DistCC A distributed C compiler
Djinn UNIX daemon wrapper for Java programs
gPHPEdit A GNOME2 editor for editing PHP and supporting files
JavaCodeGenerator Eclipse plugin for creating JavaBeans
KacheckJ Encapsulation checker for Java
libdvdplay Portable abstraction library for DVD navigation
libmng The reference library for the MNG image format
LPtools Literate programming suite with a programmable build tool
Open3DESCrypt File encryption using 3DES
PassGuard Library for managign passwords encrypted in a file
PHPGenericACL Generic Access Control List class for PHP
Pysmb Experimental SMB/CIFS client library written in Python
qMsg Simple alternative to Xmessage using Qt3
SISC R5RS complete, fast, lightweight Scheme interpreter Java
SteelBankCommonLisp Common Lisp development system
Tcl_Tk Portable scripting environment
TOAD Library for creating graphical user interfaces
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Games:
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CatchTheFurball Icebreaker board game
DodginDiamond2 Little shoot-em-up arcade
EternalLands Graphical online world that will evolve into an MMORPG
FreeLords Turn-based strategy game
Gnusto Javascript-based interpreter for Z-machine adventure games
LinuxRogue Cleaned up version of the Rogue port to Linux
MadBomber Fast-paced clone of Activision's Kaboom!
Mah-Jong MahJong with multiplayer and network support
Mindless Mastermind-like game
OpenMortal A parody of the original fighting game, Mortal Kombat
TowBlowTactics An adaptation of the Games Workshop's Blood Bowl game
Tux-vs-Clippy Tux and Clippy battle it out
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Graphics:
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camE An imlib2 webcam grabber, annotator and uploader
Coriander A 1394 digital camera controller
Digitizeit Digitizer for scanned grpahics and charts
DVgrab Utility to save video data from a Mini-DV Video Camcoder
EngaugeDigitizer Convert graph and map images into numbers
Feh Fast image viewer / indexer / montager with uses imlib2
FreeJ Vee-Jay software for live video processing
Kino Nonlinear Digital Video editor
LiveCut Graphical timeline editor
MPEGMenuSystem Menu system
OGMencoder Automatic DVD to OGM backup script
PhotoPnMTools Toolkit for processing photographic images
POWA Simple and intuitive GUI to manage a Webcam
SemiBatchedImageEditor A semi-batched image editor
Videograb Capture images continously from a video4linu device
X-ChaMan Chapter manager for AVI/DIVX movies
XawTV TV viewing application and a few TV utilities
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Internet:
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Eimo The Electronic Mail Operator
gURLchecker Full graphical Web site link checker for GNOME2
I-Spy Remote FTP and Website content monitoring agent
Kuvert Tool to automatically sign/encrypt outbound mail
Mailutils Series of useful mail clients, servers, libraries
Mozilla Popular web broswer for X11
NeoStats A flexible set of IRC services
Netcount Display tool for PPP logging and statistics
Nget An auto-resuming commandline nntp file grabber
Opera A lightweight X11-based Web broswer
Pebrot MXN messenger text client
PPPlog PPP connection costs logger
PPTPClient PPTP client for Linux and FreeBSD
WTP A Web-based FTP client
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Mobile:
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FBVNCServer Specialised VNC server for Sharp Zaurus and CompacIPAQ
HermesAP BSS master AP mode for Hermes/Airport WaveLAN cards
J-Pilot Palm pilot desktop software for Linux
LinuxWirelessLANProject Driver and tuility set for 802.11 wireless
Lsab Search the contacts list from the command line
P2Z A Palm-to-Zaurus PIM data converter
picoSQL Multi-user relational database management system
SLcalc Scientific calculator with user definable functions
TPctl ThinkPad configuration tools for Linux
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Office:
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eCrm Small web-based customer relationship mgt system
Hourglass A Java PSP time tracking utility
INTERactINTERNETPROVIDER Self-contained ISP system
MyInvoicer An invoicing and CRM system for freelance consultants
ProjectCentre GNUstep's official project manager
WV2 A portable MS World .doc import library
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Server:
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CGI-exec CGI data preprocessor and CGI script execution redirector
CheyenneWeblog Blogging tool which takes advantage of many Web standards
CodeStriker A CGI script that aids in performing structured code
reviews
Dovecot A secure IMPA server
IMPAFilter A mail filtering utility for IMAP mailboxes
IMP Webmail systems based on IMAP and PHP
LVS-kiss Dynamic loadbalancing and failover program
mod_clamav Virus scanning for Apache
MyFTPAdmin Web-based database administration of ProFTPD
MySQL Fast SQL database server-major new release
NewsBruiser A Python system for running weblogs
Ngetcgi Web interface for nget
SnipSnap Web log and Wiki engine
SQUIDUserManagementSystem Toll for limiting traffic usage by users
Vertigo A tool to make name-based virtual hosts management easier
VTSurveyTool Web-based tool to create and run online surveys
ZoneMaster Zone file and name server management
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Sound:
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Abcde A better CD encoder
BEAST_BSE Music composition and audio systhensis framework/tool
CDcoverXMMSPlugin An XMMS plugin which displays images, eg CD covers
GKaraoke Karaoke simulator for the GNOME environment
Hydrogen Simple real-time Drum machine/sequencer
JackAudioConnectionKit A low-latency audio server
Livetools Suite of tools for using your SoundBlaster Live! remote
Madman Digital music archive manager
Moosic Powerful music queue manager
MP3record A commandline MP3 recording utility
Naamah A database for music collections
Netjuke Web-based MP3/OGG audio streaming jukebox
Playlist Generates playlists for a directory tree
PrivateRadio A network music jukebox with a radio station metaphor
RythMAid+GUI Plays drums, base, and piano to a given set of chords
SingItLyricsDisplayer XMMS plugin to display formatted lyrics
SR-convert WAV sample-rate converter
TSE3 Powerful sequencer engine written in C++
Tutka A tracker-style MIDI sequencer for Linux
Waif Console audio un-frontend: free your terminals
XMMS-KDE MP3 player and XMMS and Noatun frontend for KDE
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System:
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CheckInstall A '&make install&'; intallations tracker
EnterprisevolumeManagement Volume management system for Linux
Ethereal A GUI network protocol analyser
Foomatic Database matching printer drivers with every spooler
Gimp-Print Top quality printer drivers for POSIX systems
IntrusionDetectionExchange Client/server architecture for
Distributed IDS
KnutWall A powerful iptables firewall for Debian GNU/Linux
MS-sys Writes MS-DOS compatible boot records
OpenSSL Toolkit for SSL and TLS
SlackCheck A tool to help keep multiple Slackware machines uptodate
Uschedule An alternative to cron and at
XDirectFB A rootless X server running on top of DirectFB
XFree86 Freely redistributable implementation of X Windows
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Freelance Journalist | http://www.bytesforall.org
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