Posts tagged Applications
Linux for Embedded and Real-time Applications, Second Edition
Jun 17th
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The open source nature of Linux has always intrigued embedded engineers, and the latest kernel releases have provided new features enabling more robust functionality for embedded applications. Enhanced real-time performance, easier porting to new architectures, support for microcontrollers and an improved I/O system give embedded engineers even more reasons to love Linux! However, the rapid evolution of the Linux world can result in an eternal search for new informa… More >>
Linux for Embedded and Real-time Applications, Second Edition
Useful Applications for Your Linux Dedicated Server
Mar 12th
Lately, we have been talking about the Linux Dedicated Servers, in this article I am going to show you the three important tools which are useful for your Linux Dedicated Server Hosting.A fact that most of the people belonging to the website hosting industry knows that the products and applications released for Linux are FREE. The tools listed below are also free to download on Internet.GRUB : Basically, this is boot loader application unveiled under GNU project available for free. If you wish to use 2 operating systems on one single machine, you will need an option to choose the OS you want to run on start of your machine. GRUB is one of the multiboot specification that can fulfil you needs. This is an application which lets you to install and run two different operating systems (OS) on the same machine.You can see the option, only if the GRUB is installed on your Linux Dedicated Server, otherwise the feature will not work. One more advantage of this feature is that you can select various images of the kernel and pass boot time parameters on a single operating system partitions to such kernels.Most of the Linux Dedicated Server Hosting providers will help you to install GRUB boot loader on your server. If not, there is a possibility that you will have to install the GRUB application of your own.TCP Wrapper : This application is also a free tool that you can download via Internet. TCP Wrapper basically acts as a firewall for your own Linux based dedicated server hosting. A fact that the incoming packets are being monitored by the TCP Wrapper, hence it is stated as an acting firewall.On linux dedicated server hacking attacks might be possible, hackers may attempts to login into your server. TCP Wrapper ensures it by checking the external source is aurthorized to connect your linux server or not. If the attempt is unauthorized, the application will denied the login permission.It is also known as a domain computer program, one of the best programs by using it you can keep hackers far away from your Linux dedicated server.Zend Optimizer : It is a free runtime application that allows PHP to run the scripts encoded by Zend Guard. Those who want to run encoded application can freely use this application.Zend Encoder and Zend Guard are few software’s which encode specific files and Zend optimizer is a free linux application software which runs these files while boosting the running speed of PHP applications. Basically, it is an application required by most of the scripts to run the scripts on your linux dedicated server while decrypting and running them on the fly while increasing runtime performance.Maximize your limitations and increase your security by installing these useful tools on your Linux Dedicated Server Hosting.
Top Ten Reasons to Learn Damn Small Linux – Number 2, Lots of Free Applications
Feb 22nd
Just to set the record straight, we must tell you that Microsoft Windows comes with plenty of free applications. The most widely used freebie is Internet Explorer. To find most of the others go to Start, All Programs, Accessories, and start clicking. Why don’t you take a look right now? Outside of Internet Explorer how many free Windows applications do you actually use? When you feel like word processing do you fire up Notepad, Word Pad, or Microsoft Word? Guess which two of these word processors are free.
Equipping an office with the standard Windows applications is an expensive activity. Some Microsoft applications make you purchase the software itself and then pay additional licensing fees when you connect your Microsoft client computer to a Microsoft server computer.
Damn Small Linux applications are free. Some of them are included with the initial download while others have to be downloaded and installed subsequently. There are several reasons for this seemingly intricate procedure. Not everybody wants to use the same applications. Furthermore, the very strict selection of the applications in its base package helps the Damn Small Linux distribution to respect the hard to believe 50 Megabyte limit. Once you have installed Damn Small Linux you can download Open Source (free) versions of Office and run them under Linux. Please note that you can download and run these programs under Microsoft Windows as well.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. Well Jack doesn’t have to worry if he’s running Damn Small Linux. It comes with lots of free games. Somehow we have the impresssion that you will not need any tutorials to get the games running.
Some Linux applications are not only free but are actually superior when compared to the corresponding Windows applications. For example, have you ever heard of an e-mail client called Sylpheed? This application is part of the basic Damn Small Linux distribution. It has several advantages over those extremely popular (perhaps we should say unpopular) Microsoft e-mail offerings, Outlook and Outlook Express. Sylpheed handles spam much better than do its Windows counterparts. And Sypheed allows you to process threads of e-mail messages. For example, you correspond with several people about wholesale wine purchases. Sypheed makes it easy to process those messages while ignoring unrelated ones.
Since we’re talking about email, what about it’s cousin the Internet? That will be the subject of our next article in this series.
At the Forge – Debugging Rails Applications
Feb 6th
The past few months, I’ve covered a number of automated testing systems available to Ruby programmers in general and
Rails developers in particular. Automated testing, especially when you use it before and while you develop (as opposed
to afterward) is a terrific way to improve the quality of your design, as well as the robustness of your code. Whether
you practice TDD (test-driven development
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Running Remote Applications
Feb 5th
One of the advantages to using a GNU/Linux system is the separation of the display system from the underlying
operating system. The Linux desktop has at its core the X Window System, a software architecture that provides layering
of display components. Each component provides its own set of display features. These features include the ability to
change out window managers, directly drive hardw
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