LINUX-BIZ: Centre for Development of Advanced Computing
High Performance Computing, MultiLingual, Multimedia Technology, Education & Training, eGovernance
Centre for Development of Advanced Computing uses Linux for the following functions:
- X-Windows:
- X-Windows terminal (display, keyboard, mouse -- applications run elsewhere)
- X-Windows server (runs applications, possibly exports display)
- Network file server:
- Samba server for a network of PCs.
- NFS server for other PCs and Unix systems.
- Print server:
- Print spooler using samba (PC clients)
- Desktop environment:
- Office productivity software:
- Document preparation with Star Office.
- Graphics prepared with GIMP.
- Backup services
- HTTP servers
- Databases
- PostgreSQL.
- mySQL.
- Oracle.
- Internet client software - WWW
- NetScape Navigator.
- Other browsers.
- Internet client software - mail
- Electronic mail server:
- SMTP server (sendmail, others).
- SMTP mail router.
- Network services provided to local users:
- Accepts telnet connections.
- Software development tools:
- C and/or C++
- Java
- Perl
- Tcl/Tk
- Bourne, Korn, C or another shell; using sed, awk, grep and similar tools.
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