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Top 10 Open Source Web-Based Project Management Software

Vivek Gite — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 19:18:10 +0000

Project management software is not just for managing software based project. It can be used for variety of other tasks too. The web-based software must provide tools for planning, organizing and managing resources to achieve project goals and objectives. A web-based project management software can be accessed through an intranet or WAN / LAN using a web browser. You don't have to install any other software on the system. The software can be easy of use with access control features (multi-user). I use project management software for all of our projects (for e.g. building a new cluster farm) for issue / bug-tracking, calender, gantt charts, email notification and much more.

Obviously I'm not the only user, the following open source software is used by some of the biggest research organizations and companies world wild. For e.g. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory uses track software or open source project such as lighttpd / phpbb use redmine software to keep track of their projects.

Video: FOSS Consultant Raj Mathur

Vivek Gite — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 06:37:37 +0000

New Delhi resident Raj Mathur is living proof that a Free and Open Source Software advocate can earn a decent living working with clients who are using or planning to use FOSS. Raj has also been a member of the Open Source Initiative board of directors and is a leading member of his local Linux users group.

(Video: FOSS consultant Raj Mathur )

=> Indian GNU/Linux advocate and independent FOSS consultant Raj Mathur (video).

FreeBSD Forums Launched

Vivek Gite — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:01:44 +0000

Excellent news, now you can get FreeBSD support directly from Freebsd community.

The FreeBSD project is finally, after much work, pleased to announce the availability of an official FreeBSD web based discussion forum. This forum will serve as a public support channel for FreeBSD users around the world and as a complement to fine mailing lists.

=> FreeBSD forum

Download 64 Bit Linux Flash Player Beta Version

Vivek Gite — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:09:18 +0000

Finally, Adobe has released 64 bit preview version of its most popular flash player today for Linux / Solaris UNIX operating system. There is no Windows or Mac 64 bit version exists but Linux / UNIX is the first OS to get it. Indeed a good news; now we have both Java and Flash plyaer for 64 bit platforms. No need to use nspluginwrapper.

Install Linux On Intel Xeon 7400 Dunnington

Vivek Gite — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:29:29 +0000

Dunnington is Intel's first multi-core CPU - features a single-die six- (or hexa) core design with three unified 3 MB L2 caches (resembling three merged 45 nm dual-core Wolfdale dies), and 96 KB L1 cache (Data) and 16 MB of L3 cache. It features 1066 MHz FSB, fits into the Tigerton's mPGA604 socket, and is compatible with the Caneland chipset. These processors support DDR2-1066 (533 MHz), and have a maximum TDP below 130 W. They are intended for blades and other stacked computer systems.

apt-p2p: How To Upgrade Ubuntu 8.10 Using BitTorrent [ Intrepid Ibex ]

Vivek Gite — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:22:32 +0000

Today Ubuntu Linux 8.10 final will be released to all mirrors world wild. However, FTP/HTTP mirrors server may down due to heavy demands from users. You can now use BitTorrent to upgrade Ubuntu Linux to 8.10 from old 8.04 version. Help Ubuntu project to spread Linux to humanity.
In the past, the update servers would crash very quickly on a big release day, making it hard for people to get the latest update. With BitTorrent, however, this can be easily avoided.

Would The Internet Exist Without Linux? Yes, Very Likely.

Vivek Gite — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 05:31:05 +0000

This is the dumbest article ever. Would the internet as we know it exist without Linux? Absolutely not. Where Linux shines the most is in its server applications - no question, says Rich Menga.

Guido van Rossum (creator of Python) Blog

Vivek Gite — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:03:40 +0000

A few weeks ago Linus Torvalds started his blog. Now, Guido van Rossum started to write a diary (blog). He is best known as the author of the Python programming language.

Is The Linux Community Afraid of Opensolaris?

Vivek Gite — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:17:52 +0000

It's about time someone wrote this article. I know the headline is a little bit provoking. But when you think about some comments from Linux proponents you could think so.

Open Source Software Licensing Stands Legal In Court

Vivek Gite — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:52:03 +0000

For the first time, court lays down a legal foundation for the protection of open source developers. This means now all open source licenses are enforceable. An extremely favorable decision toward projects like GNU, Creative Commons, Wikipedia, and Linux.

Find Out Salaries Of UNIX / Linux Admin Offered By Various Fortune 500 Companies

Vivek Gite — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:00:33 +0000

You can search over 500K jobs, companies and actual salaries offered by various fortune 500 companies across US. Search is based on accurate data which is published by department of labor, USA.

Track Stolen Laptop / Mac With Free Open Source Adeona Software

Vivek Gite — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:42:46 +0000

With the growing ubiquity of, and user reliance on, mobile computing devices (laptops, PDAs, smart phones, etc.), loss or theft of a device is increasingly likely, disruptive, and costly. Using Adeona open source software you can track your stolen Mac / PC laptop running Windows or Linux operating system.

Comparison: Linux Disk Scheduler

Vivek Gite — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 21:43:34 +0000

I've already written about changing the I/O scheduler for hard disk under Linux and avoiding sudden outburst of disk I/O using ionice utility. Google has sponsored Gelato@UNSW to take a close look at the disk schedulers in Linux, particularly when combined with RAID. They have now published their findings.

Interesting stuff – Aug 8, 2008

Vivek Gite — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:34:49 +0000

=> Cisco 7200 Simulator for Linux. If you decided to study for the Cisco certification, this tool may come handy. Howtoforge has detailed tutorial on setting up a Cisco lab on Linux system. Dynagen is a front-end for use with the Dynamips Cisco router emulator. It uses an INI-like configuration file to provision Dynamips emulator networks. It takes care of specifying the right port adapters, generating and matching up those pesky NIO descriptors, specifying bridges, frame-relay, ATM switches, etc. It also provides a management CLI for listing devices, suspending and reloading instances, determining and managing idle-pc values, performing packet captures, etc.

=> You can capture video of all of the amazing things happening on your desktop with one of Linux's many screencasting applications. These programs are perfect for creating demonstrations for blogs and tutorials, and for illustrating projects with more than just still images.

=> Postfix Daily Quota reportA shell script hack to create daily quota report for a Posfix mail server including file system usage of each e-mail account.

=> The developers of Firefox have unveiled an experimental project, Snowl, designed to gather all your inbound communications, whether they're in the form of email, RSS, Twitter, or social network updates.

=> IBM has marked its 10 years of participation in Linux and open source with an open source code contribution focused on supercomputing. The software is available immediately from a software repository run by the University of Illinois's National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA).

=> Regular nixcraft contributed Ramesh has published simple 6 steps to secure home wireless router / network

=> LinuxLeak is a new daily destination for all your Linux and Open Source news headlines, updated every 15 minutes.

How To Secure User Accounts Under IBM AIX Systems

Vivek Gite — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:01:40 +0000

Security is an important aspect of the IBM AIX operating system. Follow along with this quick reference guide on AIX user security commands to learn more.

Richard Stallman Attacks On Proprietary Software Vendors

Vivek Gite — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:41:24 +0000

Gates may be gone, but the walls and bars of proprietary software he helped create remain, for now -- Richard Stallman.

Book Your Apple iPhone In India

Vivek Gite — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:14:06 +0000

Now you can get offical version of Apple iPhone in India. Vodafone and Airtel started to accept pre-registration for iPhone3G.

Test Your Knowledge: Free Software GPL Licensing Quiz

Vivek Gite — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 11:52:43 +0000

Take the Free Software GPL / LGPL licensing quiz and test your knowledge of the GPL and LGPL.

Google Data Center Information

Vivek Gite — Sat, 31 May 2008 09:43:42 +0000

Google doesn't reveal exactly how many servers it has, but I'd estimate it's easily in the hundreds of thousands.