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FLOSS Weekly 110: Webmin
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| Webmin, the web based administration tool
| to keep your system simple.
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| Jamie Camron for Webmin.
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http://twit.tv/floss110
Open-source software can have a catch
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| Benjamin says open-source software is more
| a project than a product. "Everyone with an
| interest works together to protect,
| preserve and improve the eco-system that
| produces it," she says.
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| "Let's look at Linux [a free operating
| system]. Linux is one of the most
| successful open-source projects in
| existence. Some of the world's top vendors
| are working together by employing
| developers to work on the Linux kernel [the
| software that runs the operating system].
| IBM, HP, Novell, Red Hat, Canonical, Oracle
| and now even Microsoft make contributions
| to the Linux kernel that supports their own
| products."
|
| The research and development also takes
| place in community organised events,
| Benjamin says. "They're like the secret R&D
| lab brought out into the open marketplace.
| Developers mingle and socialise, all the
| while sharing their experiences, explaining
| their challenges and working together to
| find solutions to common problems.
|
| "This is where the seeds are sown for new
| features, where problems are solved and the
| technology is improved. It's the
| technologists that drive these events, not
| the marketing department. There is no
| marketing department."
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http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/digital-living/3367575/Open-source-software-can-have-a-catch
Recent:
Interview with Jamie Cameron, LumberJack extraordinaire
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| That said, all Unix variants (and even Linux distributions) do differ a lot
| in the locations and format of their configuration files, which is what
| Webmin is primarily focused on managing. So there is still quite some work
| involved in supporting new operating systems.
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http://linuxgeeksunited.blogspot.com/2009/06/interview-with-jamie-cameron-lumberjack.html
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