With the next major release of the GNOME desktop scheduled for release next month, each passing day sees more of the code frozen. This is the first iteration since version 2.14 was released in April, which saw extensive improvements in performance. Here is our first look at some of the features in Gnome 2.16. >>>>
August 24, 2006
Real Time Coming to Linux Real Soon
Real Time operating systems have traditionally been a separate breed from mainstream ones.
Thanks to efforts to incorporate Real Time enhancements into Linux, standard mainstream Linux may well become a real, Real Time OS real soon.
A Real Time OS offers the promise of better response times and a degree of determinism not found in non-Real Time OS’s.
Real Time is often a requirement in embedded applications and control system such as those used in military and medical applications, as well as many other verticals.
According to at least one leading Linux vendor, though, Real Time has applicability across nearly the entire Linux landscape. >>>>
Bandwidth, Network and Servers Monitoring tools with Installation Tutorials
Nagios
Nagios is a host and service monitor designed to inform you of network problems before your clients, end-users or managers do. It has been designed to run under the Linux operating system, but works fine under most *NIX variants as well. The monitoring daemon runs intermittent checks on hosts and services you specify using external “plugins” which return status information to Nagios. When problems are encountered, the daemon can send notifications out to administrative contacts in a variety of different ways (email, instant message, SMS, etc.). Current status information, historical logs, and reports can all be accessed via a web browser.
Installation and Configuration
http://www.debianhelp.co.uk/nagios.htm
Oreon
Oreon© is an Open Source monitoring solution based on Nagios. It offers to this monitoring standard a new front end and brings it a panel of new functionalities. >>>>
