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Open source tools for workgroup collaboration

Work Smart

Want to keep your teams connected even when they are disconnected? RetroShare, SparkleShare, and I2P are free tools that support chat, data sharing, and other collaboration services.
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Detecting malware with Yara

Search Help

Use Yara to search your files and applications for hints of a cyberattack.
Open Source , security tools , tools
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Grid Engine: Running on All Four Cylinders

Two years after the Oracle acquisition of Sun, Grid Engine is still alive and scheduling jobs.

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Julia: A New Language For Technical Computing

Can this new language deliver on bold claims of fast, easy, and parallel?

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Figure 1: ownCloud users can upload and download files in the web interface, as well as share files with individual users or the public.

ownCloud

ownCloud is an alternative to the many online storage services whose data protection promises could turn out to be as nebulous as their offerings.

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Facebook Moves Data Center: How to Migrate 30 PB of Stored Data

02.08.2011

When Facebook moved their servers to a new data center they had to migrate 30 PB of data.

Open Source , Storage
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Mac OS X Lion Server Ditches MySQL in Favour of PostgreSQL

28.07.2011

In the server version of the latest OS X Apple has replaced the MySQL database server by PostgreSQL.

Databases , Mac OS X , Open Source
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CentOS 6.0 Available as a Live CD

27.07.2011

The free clone of Red Hat Enterprise Linux has released a Live CD distribution.

CentOS , Linux , Open Source
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Oracle Monopolizes Linux Ksplice

22.07.2011

Now that Oracle has acquired Ksplice, the vendor wants to confine support to the users of their own Unbreakable Linux kernel.

Kernel , Linux , Open Source
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LinuxCon Europe CFP Ends July 8

04.07.2011

The Linux Foundation's first LinuxCon Europe, co-located with the Kernel Summit, will be held October 26-28 in Prague, Czech Republic. LinuxCon Europe and the Embedded Linux Conference call for participation ends next week.

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