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What is this wiki about?
  
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This is my personal knowledge base. It's mainly about Linux engineering, development, system customization, and networking but also some things I might want to recall about other operating systems. So basically this an extension of my thoughts, but you are welcome to navigate around this wiki, hope it helps you too much.
  
This is my personal knowledge base. It's mainly about Linux engineering, development, system customization, and networking but also some things I might want to recall about other operating systems. So basically this an extension of my thoughts, but you are welcome to navigate around this wiki, hope it helps you too much.
   
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If you want to make some comments or just say hello, you can send me an email to [email protected]
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=== Computer Hardware ===
  
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==== Architecture ====
  
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|<tableclass="fpt">|[[amd-geode|AMD Geode]]<br>AMD movile CPU
 
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| [[intel-atom|Intel Atom]]<br>Intel movile CPU
 
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| [[VIA CX700]]<br>VIA Mobile CPU
 
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==== Internal Devices ====
  
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|<tableclass="fpt">|[[graphiccards|Graphic Cards]]<br>Accelerated graphic cards
 
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| [[serialport|Serial]]<br>ttyS* devices on linux
 
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==== Peripheral Devices ====
  
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|<tableclass="fpt">|[[msr|MSR]]<br>Magnetic Stripe Readers
 
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| [[printers|Printers]]<br>ESC/POS printers
 
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=== Electronics ===
  
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==== Development Boards ====
  
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|<tableclass="fpt">|[[board-arduino|Arduino]]<br> Open-source micro
  
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| [[board-armmite|ARMmite PRO]]<br>ARM7 with NXP micro
 
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| [[board-makecontroller|Make Controller]]<br> ARM7 with Atmel micro
 
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| [[board-mini2440|Mini2440]]<br>ARM9 - Samsung micro
  
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| [[board-msp430|MSP-EXP430G2]]<br>TI MSP430 LaunchPad
  
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| [[board-pic32|PIC32 Starter Kit]]<br>Microchip PIC32
  
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==== Microcontrollers ====
  
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|<tableclass="fpt">|[[mu-arm|ARM]]<br>ARM7/9 and Cortex-M
 
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| [[Atmel_AVR|AVR]]<br>Atmel AVR micros
  
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| [[Microchip_PIC|PIC]]<br>Microchip pic micros
  
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==== PCB ====
  
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|<tableclass="fpt">|[[pcb-eagle|Eagle]]<br>PCB Schematic and design
  
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| [[pcb-providers|PCB providers ]]<br>List of part providers and manufacture
  
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=== Software Development ===
  
=== Software Development ===
 
==== Interpreted Languages ====
  
==== Interpreted Languages ====
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* [[Bash]] - Command language interpreter
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* [[Perl]] - The camel
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|<tableclass="fpt">|[[bash|Bash]]<br>Command language interpreter
 
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| [[perl|Perl]]<br>The Camel
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* [[Python]] - The snake
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| [[ruby|Ruby]]<br>The Stone
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* [[Ruby]] - The stone
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==== Mobile Development ====
  
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|<tableclass="fpt">|[[android]]<br>Google mobile platform
 
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==== SDKs ====
  
==== SDKs ====
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* [[Android]] - Google mobile platform
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|<tableclass="fpt">|[[java|Java]]<br>The Sun Microsystems Language
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* [[java|Java]] - The Sun Microsystems Language
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* [[openFrameworks]] - C++ toolkit for creative coding
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| [[qt4|QT4]]<br>Cross-Platform application development framework
  
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* [[Qt4]] - Cross-Platform application development framework
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==== Web ====
  
==== Web ====
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* [[CSS]] - Style sheet language
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* [[Javascript]] - JS frameworks
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|<tableclass="fpt">|[[css|CSS]]<br>Style sheet language
 
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| [[javascript|Javascript]]<br>JS frameworks
 
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==== Windows ====
  
==== Windows ====
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* [[ASP.Net]] - Active Server Pages
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|<tableclass="fpt">|[[aspdotnet|ASP.net]]<br>Active Server Pages
 
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=== System Administration ===
  
=== System Administration ===
 
==== Authentication ====
  
==== Authentication ====
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* [[PAM]] - Pluggable Authentication Modules
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* [[passwd]] - Password database
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|<tableclass="fpt">|[[pam|PAM]]<br>Pluggable Authentication Modules
 
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| [[passwd]]<br>Password database
 
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==== A/V Encoding ====
  
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|<tableclass="fpt">|[[ffmpeg|FFmpeg]]<br>Audio and video streaming
 
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| [[gstreamer|GStreamer]]<br>Library for Media and Graphs
 
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==== Boot ====
  
==== Boot ====
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* [[Booting devices]] - Devices and loaders
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* [[Boot parameters]] - Kernel parameters
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|<tableclass="fpt">|[[boot-methods|Boot methods]]<br>Devices and loaders
 
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* [[Wake-on-LAN]] - Power up a remote PC on the same LAN
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| [[boot-parameters|Boot Parameters]]<br>Kernel parameters
 
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==== Cloud Computing ====
  
==== Cloud Computing ====
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* [[AWS]] - Amazon Web Services
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* [[Eucalyptus]] - Private cloud computing
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|<tableclass="fpt">|[[aws|AWS]]<br>Amazon Web Services
 
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==== Configuration management & provisioning ====
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| [[aws-eucalyptus|Eucalyptus]]<br>Private cloud computing
 
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* [[Ansible]] - Radically simple IT automation tool
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* [[Cobbler]] - Network based OS installation
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* [[Puppet]] - Unix & windows configuration management tool
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==== Content Management Systems ====
  
==== Content Management Systems ====
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* [[moinmoin]] - Python Wiki clone
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|<tableclass="fpt">|[[moinmoin]]<br>Python Wiki clone
 
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| [[phpmyadmin]]<br>MySQL web manager
 
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==== Core services ====
  
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|<tableclass="fpt">|[[dhcp|DHCP]]<br>Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
 
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| [[iptables|IPTables]]<br>IP packets filter rules in the Linux kernel
 
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| [[syslog|Logs]]<br>System log
 
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| [[vpn|VPN]]<br>Remote private access over public networks
 
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==== Data Encoding ====
  
==== Data Encoding ====
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* [[uuencode]] - Binary to text encoding
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|<tableclass="fpt">|[[uuencode]]<br>Binary to text encoding
 
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==== Database ====
  
==== Database ====
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* [[MySQL]] - The world's most poupular DB
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* [[Oracle]] - Specifically Oracle XE
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|<tableclass="fpt">|[[mysql|MySQL]]<br>Database server
 
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* [[Postgres]] - The world's most advanced DB
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| [[oracle|Oracle]]<br>Specifically Oracle XE
 
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* [[Vertica]] - BigData SQL analytic platform
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==== Desktop ====
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==== Disk management and storage ====
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* [[Disk images]] - Partitions and FS
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* [[DRBD]] - Distributed storage system
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|<tableclass="fpt">|[[firefox|Firefox]]<br>Web browser
 
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* [[LVM]] - An allocation mode
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| [[flashplayer|Flash Player]]<br>SWF media player
 
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* [[RAID]] - Hardware and Software RAID tools
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| [[gnome|Gnome]]<br>Desktop environment
 
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| [[google|Google]]<br>Some search tips
 
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==== Email ====
  
==== Email ====
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* [[Sendmail]] - A very widely used MTA
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==== Encryption ====
  
==== Encryption ====
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* [[OpenSSL]] - SSL and TLS Protocols
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* [[GnuPG]] - GNU Privacy Guard
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|<tableclass="fpt">|[[openssl|OpenSSL]]<br>SSL and TLS Protocols
  
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* [[SKS]] - GPG Keyserver
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| [[gpg|GnuPG]]<br>GNU Privacy Guard
 
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==== Filesystem ====
  
==== Filesystem ====
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* [[GlusterFS]] - Scalable network FS
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* [[NFS]] - Need for Speed
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|<tableclass="fpt">|[[fs-images|Disk images]]<br>Filesystem manipulation
 
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==== Kernel ====
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| [[fs-drbd|DRBD]]<br>Distributed storage system
 
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* [[Modules]] - Kernel module drivers
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| [[fs-lvm|LVM]]<br>An allocation mode
 
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* [[Power management]] - Linux power management
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* [[udev]] - Device manager
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==== Internals ====
  
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|<tableclass="fpt">|[[kernel-modules|Modules]]<br>Kernel module drivers
 
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| [[kernel-power|Power Management]]<br>Linux power management
 
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==== Monitoring ====
  
==== Monitoring ====
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* [[M/Monit]] - Processes monitoring and management
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* [[Nagios]] - Hosts monitoring
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|<tableclass="fpt">|[[monit|M/Monit]]<br>Processes monitoring and manage
  
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* [[SNMP]] - Simple Network Management Protocol
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| [[nagios|Nagios]]<br>Hosts monitoring
 
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| [[zabbix|Zabbix]]<br> Another host monitoring
 
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==== Network hardware ====
  
==== Network hardware ====
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* [[Brocade]] - Brocade/Foundry switches
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|<tableclass="fpt">|[[cisco|Cisco]]<br>Routers and switches
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* [[Cisco]] - Routers and switches
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==== Network services ====
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| [[foundry|Foundry]]<br>Foundry switches
 
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* [[DHCP]] - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
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* [[DNS]] - Domain Name System
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==== Remote Desktop ====
  
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==== Remote access ====
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|<tableclass="fpt">|[[vnc|VNC]]<br>Graphical desktop sharing
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* [[VNC]] - Graphical desktop sharing
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* [[VPN]] - Remote private access over public networks
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|}
  
 
==== Security ====
  
==== Security ====
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* [[Aide]] - Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment
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* [[PCI compliance]] - Payment Card Industry
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|<tableclass="fpt">|[[aide|Aide]]<br>Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment
 
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==== System services ====
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| [[system-pci|PCI Compliance]]<br>Payment Card Industry
 
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* [[IPTables]] - IP packets filter rules in the Linux kernel
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* [[SSH]] - Secure shell
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* [[Syslog]] - System log
 
==== Virtualization ====
  
==== Virtualization ====
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* [[KVM]] - Kernel-Based Virtual Machine
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* [[VMware]] - Server/Desktop Virtualization
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|<tableclass="fpt">|[[kvm|KVM/Qemu]]<br>Kernel-Based Virtual Machine
 
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==== Web services ====
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| [[vmware|VMware]]<br>Server/Desktop Virtualization
  
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* [[Apache]] - HTTP Server
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|}
  
  +
* [[Nginx]] - Lightweight HTTP and mail proxy server
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==== Web service ====
  
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{| border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
  
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|<tableclass="fpt">|[[apache|Apache]]<br>HTTP Server
 
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| [[nginx]]<br>Lightweight HTTP and mail proxy server
 
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|}
  
 
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=== Operating Systems ===
  
=== Operating Systems ===
 
==== GNU/Linux ====
  
==== GNU/Linux ====
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* [[CentOS]] - Free Red Hat Enterprise rebuild
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* [[Debian]] - The Universal Operating System
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|<tableclass="fpt">|[[centos|CentOS]]<br>Free Red Hat Enterprise rebuild
 
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| [[fedora|Fedora]]<br>RPM based with the latest in opensource
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* [[Fedora]] - RPM based with the latest in opensource
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| [[ubuntu|Ubuntu]]<br>DEB based distribution
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* [[Ubuntu]] - DEB based distribution
  +
* [[Zentyal]] - Linux alternative for SMBs based on Ubuntu
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|}
  
 
==== Other Unix ====
  
==== Other Unix ====
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* [[Mac OS X]] - Apple operating system
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* [[OpenBSD]] - Multi-platform BSD 4.4 based Unix-like OS
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|<tableclass="fpt">|[[osx|Mac OS X]]<br>Apple operating system
 
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| [[opensolaris|OpenSolaris]]<br>Sun Microsystems open-source
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* [[Open Solaris]] - Sun Microsystems open-source OS
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|}
  
 
==== Windows ====
  
==== Windows ====
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* [[Windows XP]] - 2002 MS OS
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|<tableclass="fpt">|[[winxp|Windows XP]]<br>2002 MS OS
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* [[Windows 7]] - 2009 MS OS
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* [[Windows Server 2012]] - The server version of "Windows 7"
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=== Desktop Administration ===
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==== Browser ====
  +
* [[Firefox]] - Web browser
  +
* [[Flash player]] - SWF media player
  +
* [[Google]] - Some search tips
  +
==== GUI ====
  +
* [[GDM]] - Gnome desktop manager
  +
* [[Gnome]] - Desktop environment
  +
* [[Xorg]] - Implementation of the X Window System
  +
==== Multimedia ====
  +
* [[FFmpeg]] - Audio and video streaming
  +
* [[GStreamer]] - Library for Media and Graphs
  +
* [[MuseScore]] - Music Compositon
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=== Computer Systems ===
  +
==== Branded Sytems ====
  +
* [[AMD Geode]] - AMD mobile CPU on thin clients
  +
* [[Dell]] - Dell systems
  +
* [[Mac Mini]] - Apple small factor desktop
  +
* [[VIA CX700]] - VIA Mobile CPU on small factor systems
  +
==== Peripheral Devices ====
  +
* [[MSR]] - Magnetic Stripe Readers
  +
* [[Touchscreens]] - Resistive and capacitive touchscreens
  +
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=== Electronics ===
  +
==== Development Boards ====
  +
* [[Arduino]] - Arduino boards and IDE
  +
* [[Make Controller]] - ARM7 with Atmel micro
  +
* [[MSP-EXP430G2]] - TI MSP430 LaunchPad
  +
  +
==== Embedded Linux ====
  +
* [[Cross Compiling]] - Create executables for other architectures
  +
==== Microcontrollers ====
  +
* [[ARM]] - ARM7/9 and Cortex-M
  +
* [[Atmel AVR]] - Atmel AVR micros
  +
* [[Microchip PIC]] - Microchip pic micros
  +
==== PCB ====
  +
* [[Eagle CAD]] - PCB Schematic and design
  +
* [[Electronics providers ]] - List of part providers and manufacture
  +
==== System-on-Chip ====
  +
* [[Cubox-i]] - Fanless nettop-class computer based on i.MX6
  +
* [[Raspberry Pi]] Tiny and affordable computer
  +
* [[VoCore]] - A coin-sized Linux computer with WiFi
  +
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=== Music ===
  +
==== Synths ====
  +
* [[Akai]] - Classic samplers
  +
* [[Alesis]] - Quadrasynth and QS series
  +
* [[E-MU Systems]] - Proteus and Ultra sample series
  +
* [[Ensoniq]] - The last flagship keyboard and racks
  +
* [[Hammond]] - Portable tonewheel organs
  +
* [[HX3]] - FPGA modeled tonewheel organ
  +
* [[Korg]] - Most of the rack version of the 90's synths
  +
* [[Kurzweil]] - K series and PC series
  +
* [[Moog]] - Analog synths
  +
* [[Roland]] - JV series and successors
  +
* [[Yamaha]] - Motif series
   
 
<sub>Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. Other trademarks are property of their respective owners. All other content is the resultant work of my field experience</sub>
  
<sub>Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. Other trademarks are property of their respective owners. All other content is the resultant work of my field experience</sub>

Latest revision as of 05:22, 28 February 2024


This is my personal knowledge base. It's mainly about Linux engineering, development, system customization, and networking but also some things I might want to recall about other operating systems. So basically this an extension of my thoughts, but you are welcome to navigate around this wiki, hope it helps you too much.

If you want to make some comments or just say hello, you can send me an email to [email protected]

Software Development

Interpreted Languages

SDKs

  • Android - Google mobile platform
  • Java - The Sun Microsystems Language
  • openFrameworks - C++ toolkit for creative coding
  • Qt4 - Cross-Platform application development framework

Web

Windows

System Administration

Authentication

  • PAM - Pluggable Authentication Modules
  • passwd - Password database

Boot

Cloud Computing

Configuration management & provisioning

  • Ansible - Radically simple IT automation tool
  • Cobbler - Network based OS installation
  • Puppet - Unix & windows configuration management tool

Content Management Systems

Data Encoding

Database

  • MySQL - The world's most poupular DB
  • Oracle - Specifically Oracle XE
  • Postgres - The world's most advanced DB
  • Vertica - BigData SQL analytic platform

Disk management and storage

  • Disk images - Partitions and FS
  • DRBD - Distributed storage system
  • LVM - An allocation mode
  • RAID - Hardware and Software RAID tools

Email

Encryption

  • OpenSSL - SSL and TLS Protocols
  • GnuPG - GNU Privacy Guard
  • SKS - GPG Keyserver

Filesystem

Kernel

Monitoring

  • M/Monit - Processes monitoring and management
  • Nagios - Hosts monitoring
  • SNMP - Simple Network Management Protocol

Network hardware

  • Brocade - Brocade/Foundry switches
  • Cisco - Routers and switches

Network services

  • DHCP - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
  • DNS - Domain Name System

Remote access

  • VNC - Graphical desktop sharing
  • VPN - Remote private access over public networks

Security

System services

  • IPTables - IP packets filter rules in the Linux kernel
  • SSH - Secure shell
  • Syslog - System log

Virtualization

  • KVM - Kernel-Based Virtual Machine
  • VMware - Server/Desktop Virtualization

Web services

  • Apache - HTTP Server
  • Nginx - Lightweight HTTP and mail proxy server

Operating Systems

GNU/Linux

  • CentOS - Free Red Hat Enterprise rebuild
  • Debian - The Universal Operating System
  • Fedora - RPM based with the latest in opensource
  • Ubuntu - DEB based distribution
  • Zentyal - Linux alternative for SMBs based on Ubuntu

Other Unix

Windows

Desktop Administration

Browser

GUI

  • GDM - Gnome desktop manager
  • Gnome - Desktop environment
  • Xorg - Implementation of the X Window System

Multimedia

Computer Systems

Branded Sytems

  • AMD Geode - AMD mobile CPU on thin clients
  • Dell - Dell systems
  • Mac Mini - Apple small factor desktop
  • VIA CX700 - VIA Mobile CPU on small factor systems

Peripheral Devices

  • MSR - Magnetic Stripe Readers
  • Touchscreens - Resistive and capacitive touchscreens

Electronics

Development Boards

Embedded Linux

Microcontrollers

PCB

System-on-Chip

  • Cubox-i - Fanless nettop-class computer based on i.MX6
  • Raspberry Pi Tiny and affordable computer
  • VoCore - A coin-sized Linux computer with WiFi

Music

Synths

  • Akai - Classic samplers
  • Alesis - Quadrasynth and QS series
  • E-MU Systems - Proteus and Ultra sample series
  • Ensoniq - The last flagship keyboard and racks
  • Hammond - Portable tonewheel organs
  • HX3 - FPGA modeled tonewheel organ
  • Korg - Most of the rack version of the 90's synths
  • Kurzweil - K series and PC series
  • Moog - Analog synths
  • Roland - JV series and successors
  • Yamaha - Motif series

Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. Other trademarks are property of their respective owners. All other content is the resultant work of my field experience

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