Asia Pacific 7 in 7 Virtualization Tour
I will be attending Novell’s Virtualization Tour in Berjaya Times Square Hotel & Convention Center, Kuala Lumpur.
I have been in Novell’s SLES10 launching in Malaysia and I was impressed a lot.
Virtualization is a proven technology that pools and shares resources to reduce costs and optimize utilization, even under changing demands. Forward-looking enterprises are choosing server virtualization as a way to maximize hardware utilization, eliminate server sprawl and dynamically respond to rapidly changing resource and application needs.
Join us for this free seminar and learn how powerful virtualization technology on low-cost Linux servers can help you:
- Freely migrate virtual machines
- Reduce purchase, provisioning and maintenance costs
- Increase server utilization
- Rapidly deploy and test solutions
- Fully utilize computing resources
Quick Office Infrastructure Setup
If you don’t have time or don’t have much expertise to setup your office infrastructure eBox is exactly what you need. It’s based on rock solid Debian. Featuring most common softwares you need to run your office, it comes in one single 440MB CD. If it doesn’t meet your software requirements, you can easily develop your own module or even better sponsor one module! It will definitely be cheaper and you will be supporting Open Source!
Recently Matt Willsher developed a subversion module for eBox. Here’s what he says about eBox:
I was looking to set up a server at home and had evaluated various platforms for the task. Having built a box from the ground up for the job, I got tired of the amount of work required to add new services and servers, especially as the machine grew in complexity - LDAP, Kerberos, Netatalk, Samba. Adding new things got trickier. So I tried eBox and was very impressed with the ethos of the project - the ease of use, it being open source, uniformity of data use and broad range of well though out features. Plus I’ve never configured Samba so quickly!
One thing was missing for me though - Netatalk integration. I’ve been wanting to get back into coding for a while as I’ve not done any in some time. The OO nature of the framework was ideal and Perl is a language I used some time ago, so I thought I’d give it a go.
I think a basic office infrastructure must consist of:
- Firewall
- DHCP
- Proxy
eBox covers all of that and also it features:
- IP Management
- Network Management
- Proxy/Content Filter
- LDAP
- Windows PDC
- File/Print Server
- Jabber Server
- DNS Cache
- Date & Time Server
- Virtual LANs
Setup is easy and quick, after installing you can manage it through a user friendly web interface.
It’s in very early days but I strongly believe that it will be very successful project. May be it’s also good chance to start a new business just like Endian did with IPCop and some other softwares bundling together.
Where to download OpenSolaris?
I don’t how about you but I have tried downloading OpenSolaris and I always failed in doing so. The reason is not the sucky streamyx we have in town, mostly it is because it so damn confusing just to get an installation media from them. Recently Ian Murdock, the founder of Debian, blogged about this on his blog.
I hope now that Ian joined Sun, OpenSolaris will become more Linux-like and people can just download one iso image burn it and boot up from the CD. This will help to popularize OpenSolaris, and of course Solaris.
However, there are a few derivatives from OpenSolaris, that are available to download via iso images.
- NexentaOS
- SchilliX ( SchilliX and OpenSolaris tensions )
- Belenix
If you know any other, please leave in the comments!
How to embedd Linux Applications
Are you a software vendor looking for embedded linux appliances for your softwares? Or just another geek to see how embedded linux operates? Well, here’s your chance to try it out!
FOX Board, a complete Linux system in just 66 x 72 mm
FOX Board runs a real Linux operating system (not a uC Linux) on an ETRAX 100LX microprocessor, a 100MIPS RISC CPU made by Axis.
FOX Board has two main field applications:
- As a stand alone device to build a micro web server or other network devices as proxy, router, firewall, etc.
- As a core engine to plug onto the PCB of a user application board instead of a simple microcontroller.
Two USB 1.1 host interfaces can be connected to USB memory stick, hard disk, webcam, modem, Wi-Fi or Bluetooth dongle, ADSL adapter, Serial converter, etc.
Through the 10/100 ethernet interface it is possible to have access to the internal Web server, FTP server, SSH, Telnetd and the complete TCP/IP stack.
Hardware Features
Size: 66 x 72 mm (2.6 x 2.8 inches)
Weight : 37 gr
Cpu: Axis ETRAX 100LX 32 bit, RISC, 100MHz (100MIPS)
Memory: FOXLX816: 8MB FLASH 16MB RAM FOXLX832: 8MB FLASH 32MB RAM
Power: Single power supply 5 Volt 280mA (1 watt)
Ports: 1 Ethernet (10/100 Mb/s), 2 USB 1.1, 1 serial console port
Extension: 2 extension sockets with IDE, SCSI, serial lines, parallel ports, I/O lines, I2C bus interface
Temperature range: 0-70 °C
KDEV developed SMS FoxBox - SMS Gateway Solution with this board and Linux embedded inside.
Acme Systems provides various kinds of APIs and documentations on how to do things with the boards, which I find very useful indeed. This item is already in my must have list!
Which browser is more safe?
The internet has become more then just a correspondence tool, we use internet for various purposes, some people live and die for internet. Now how do you live and die is the question that matters, isn’t it? Here’s a quick survey taken in the streets from random people. Thanks to http://rangit.com!
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