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LinuxWorld Feature: New wiki takes on workflow
Integrated issue tracking with Ikiwiki – LinuxWorld, 04/06/07
Wikis are not just for encyclopedias and Web sites anymore. You can use Ikiwiki in combination with your revision control system to handle issue tracking, news feeds, and other needs of a software project—open or in-house.
This week’s Linux news
Citrix virtualizes desktops – LinuxWorld, 04/11/07
Citrix promises to cut the cost of supporting desktops by as much as 40% with its Desktop Server, a data-center platform that supports virtual Windows desktops that are accessed from desktops or thin-client machines.
10 enterprise software companies to watch – LinuxWorld, 04/11/07
From business intelligence to CRM, from scheduling and e-procurement to database management and data governance, there is no shortage of enterprise software applications available to help businesses make their processes more efficient.
Major search engines improve Sitemaps protocol – LinuxWorld, 04/11/07
The rare collaboration between search rivals Google, Yahoo and Microsoft over site maps has yielded its first result.
MontaVista boosts real-time Linux capabilities – LinuxWorld, 04/11/07
MontaVista has released a smaller version of its embedded Linux platform and application developer kit to support real-time embedded devices and programs.
Nonprofit bolsters IT program for low-tech nations – LinuxWorld, 04/11/07
A nonprofit group bringing sustainable IT and networking solutions to small communities in the developing world is expanding a program to develop, train and support local networking and IT specialists.
Linux Foundation adds an eclectic trio of new members – LinuxWorld, 04/11/07
The Linux Foundation recently announced Nokia, Marvell and VirtualLogix as new members. Each vendor gives an interesting perspective on how Linux is penetrating various IT and telecom markets, and new areas of expansion for the open source OS.
Kernel space: Integrity management in the kernel – LinuxWorld, 04/11/07
Integrity management uses system security hardware to make sure that key files stay intact.
37 Oracle security fixes coming next week – LinuxWorld, 04/10/07
Oracle will fix a number of products, including the Oracle Database, Application Server, and E-Business Suite, next week as it releases its quarterly batch of security patches.
Debian ‘Etch’ finally sees light of day – LinuxWorld, 04/10/07
After several months of delays, Debian developers have released Debian 4.0, codenamed “Etch.”
Iona buys open source SOA company – LinuxWorld, 04/10/07
Iona Technologies has acquired open source software company LogicBlaze, its second acquisition in as many months to help grow its SOA business.
Palm prepares Linux platform for future smartphones – LinuxWorld, 04/10/07
Palm Inc. will unveil a platform before the end of 2007 that runs the Palm OS on top of a Linux kernel, allowing the company to improve the performance and stability of its handhelds and smartphones, CEO Ed Colligan said Tuesday.
Newly public Sourcefire sees big stock drop – LinuxWorld, 04/10/07
Security start-up Sourcefire (NASDAQ: FIRE) on Monday saw a 30% drop in its stock price following a statement issued Friday by the company warning of a first-quarter loss.
Review: Going it alone with Asterisk requires some effort – LinuxWorld, 04/09/07
As a point of reference for this test of IP PBX system, the majority of which are based on the open source Asterisk system, we thought it would be an interesting exercise to download the unsupported version of Digium’s Asterisk software from the Web.
Review: IP PBXs built on open source software show promise – LinuxWorld, 04/09/07
In this Clear Choice test of four open source-based IP PBX systems, we found products that are well suited for the low end — defined in this testing as supporting as many as 250 concurrent users.
Review: Open source IP PBX heritage – LinuxWorld, 04/09/07
All of the systems examined in this Clear Choice were based on Asterisk. From its inception in 1999, when Digium’s Mark Spencer developed the Asterisk IP PBX, it has been one of the most widely used and freely downloaded open source telephony packages.
MontaVista makes new strides with latest real-time Linux offering – LinuxWorld, 04/09/07
MontaVista Software recently released the latest version of its reat-time Linux operating system (RTOS), MontaVista Linux Professional Edition 5.0. New to the product are a faster response time, an updated Linux kernel, and advanced protocol support.
Krugle powers SourceForge search – LinuxWorld, 04/09/07
SourceForge hopes to make it easier for developers to find existing open-source projects through an agreement with Krugle Inc. that boosts the search capabilities on SourceForge.net.
Linux Foundation updates Linux Standard Base – LinuxWorld, 04/09/07
The Linux Foundation updated its Linux Standard Base (LSB) server specification Monday to include new automated testing toolkits to make it easier to develop applications for different distributions of the open-source operating system.
Community
LinuxWorld Podcast: Mark Shuttleworth
Canonical’s founder explains the system that lets projects share different reports on the same bugs (14:53).
LinuxWorld Community, 04/12/07
LinuxWorld Conference and Expo is re-doing the dot-org area. Instead of just inviting the Usual Suspects, we’re asking for more new projects to participate.
