http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/ SWiK is a community driven resource for open source software. SWiK contains information and news about thousands of open source projects and people are constantly adding cool new stuff. swik.net Fri, 09 May 2008 14:10:38 -0700 ubuntu1 http://stories.swik.net/mandriva_presents_its_latest_distribution_mandriva_linux_2008_spring Mandriva, the leading European Linux distributor, today announces the launch of Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring, the major new release of Mandriva Linux, featuring hundreds of improvements which make for a quicker and more powerful distribution that is easier to use than ever. mandriva is few away Ubuntu Conference a the live still Wed, 07 May 2008 10:04:28 -0700 ubuntu1 http://stories.swik.net/mandriva_relaunches_its_os_refugees_operation_targetting_linked_sales Following the success of previous years, Mandriva, Europe's leading editor of Linux, has relaunched its programme fighting linked sales: OS Refugees. mandriva is few away Ubuntu Conference a the live still Wed, 07 May 2008 10:15:16 -0700 ubuntu1 http://stories.swik.net/gearing_up_for_ubuntu_live_conference The Ubuntu Live conference is still a few months away, but The VAR Guy has already booked his trip to the event -- and he expects to track these five trends at the conference. Ubuntu still is few away Conference a the live months Wed, 07 May 2008 10:18:21 -0700 swik1 http://stories.swik.net/microsoft_uses_open_source_to_extend_systems_management_to_linux Cross Platform Extensions will be included for free in the next service pack of System Center Operations Manager 2007, and Microsoft anticipates extending cross-platform support to other System Center products, including System Center Configuration Manager. System manager. cross center to support for and manager anticipates Sun, 04 May 2008 16:08:53 -0700 swik1 http://stories.swik.net/favorite_unix_tricks Whether you’re looking to save on keystrokes, avoid errors or simply show off how terse and clever you can be, Unix systems offer a lot of options for smart use of the command line. In this week’s column, we’ll look at a few of my current favorite command line tricks. in Unix line. you use simply for Off My week’s Sun, 04 May 2008 16:09:50 -0700 ubuntu1 http://stories.swik.net/ms_beta_software_to_manage_unix_linux_systems The Cross Platform and Interop team at Microsoft today announced some new beta products for managing Unix/Linux systems from MS Operations Manager 2007, as well as connectors for HP OpenView and IBM Tivoli Enterprise Console. and the cross team platform interop Sun, 04 May 2008 14:32:01 -0700 ubuntu1 http://stories.swik.net/is_ubuntu_selling_out_or_growing_up AlexGr notes an article by Jeff Gould where he says " Sometimes I wonder whether Ubuntu is really an open source software company any more. Ubuntu notes article jeff by an Sun, 04 May 2008 14:29:16 -0700 sonia666 http://stories.swik.net/ministry_of_finance_uses_open_source_for_desktops_and_servers The Ministry of Finance in the Republic of Macedonia is banking on Open Source software for both its desktops and servers. According to Miroslav Jovanovic, former head of its IT department, the ministry is the largest organisation in Macedonia using this type of software. opensource of finance ministry Fri, 02 May 2008 13:26:39 -0700 sonia666 http://stories.swik.net/education_ministry_plans_increase_of_open_source_in_schools The Austrian ministry for Education wants to increase the use of Open Source software in elementary and primary schools. opensource OpenOffice Fri, 02 May 2008 13:19:34 -0700 swik_one http://stories.swik.net/top_5_linux_tricks Few useful Linux tricks linux, KDE opensource tricks opensource, tricks, Fri, 02 May 2008 13:04:26 -0700 swik1 http://stories.swik.net/kde_4_1_alpha_1_released The first alpha release for KDE 4.1 is out, and bugs aside, it looks promising. linux KDE open Fri, 02 May 2008 04:59:32 -0700 joproe12j http://stories.swik.net/ubuntu_hardy_heron_8_04_lts_desktop_and_server_edition_released This is a very important release with long term support of 3 and 5 years respectively for the desktop and server edition. Named Hardy Heron, this release is also targeted at corporate environment and the desktop user alike. Ubuntu news Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:04:37 -0700 joproe12j http://stories.swik.net/fedora_9_sulphur_alpha_released This prequel gives a peek into what we can expect in Fedora 9. Looking at the features included, this version looks likely to be a big success. news fedora alpha Wed, 06 Feb 2008 18:55:20 -0800 joproe12j http://stories.swik.net/cool_awn_applets Check out these awn applets which will make your eyes pop out. And it runs on Linux. linux news applets awn Wed, 20 Feb 2008 22:15:52 -0800 sunil_gupta20801 http://stories.swik.net/zimbrame_bringing_open_source_to_your_mobile The leader in next generation messaging and collaboration is known for making cool stuff. ZimbraME, Zimbra J2ME application is a program that you run on your ordinary cell phone that provides an over-the-air gateway into your Zimbra server. mobile Zimbra j2me symbian Fri, 04 Apr 2008 03:05:31 -0700 joproe12j http://stories.swik.net/python_scripts_vs_bash_scripts_in_linux Do you write bash scripts to administer your linux machine ? Then it is high time you took a peek at Python as an alternative in writing scripts. python shell scripts not-bash Mon, 11 Feb 2008 21:04:30 -0800 swikfan http://stories.swik.net/sourcelabs_enables_do_it_yourself_linux_support New announcement about tools for open source developers and administrators. Spring SourceLabs linux Ubuntu tomcat Java opensource log4j SuSE Fedora-Core Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:01:32 -0700 swikfan http://stories.swik.net/heise_online_sourcelabs_mit_support_angebot_fuer_linux_und_java Mit den "Self-Support Tools" will SourceLabs eine Alternative zu klassischen Supportverträgen bieten. Das Angebot für Linux und Java läuft seit Dezember 2007 als privates Betaprogramm und wird nun öffentlich vorgestellt. Java linux SourceLabs tools open-source support SelfSupport support-angebot Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:33:49 -0700 swikfan http://stories.swik.net/self_support_for_linux_and_open_source_java SourceLabs debuts a self support suite for Linux and Java developers, testers, & administrators. It enables you to capture log events, exceptions, and core dumps; filter, and query these events through an easy-to-use-tool; and correlate these events against a repository of 16 million issues. Java linux Spring support tomcat tools Ubuntu Debian Hibernate self-support Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:25:09 -0700 xamjadmin http://stories.swik.net/lobo_all_java_web_browser Lob supports HTML 4, Javascript and CSS2 (with some limitations). Java browser html Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:00:57 -0800