From Bashlinux
Contents
- 1 Software Development
- 2 System Administration
- 2.1 Authentication
- 2.2 Boot
- 2.3 Cloud Computing
- 2.4 Configuration management & provisioning
- 2.5 Content Management Systems
- 2.6 Data Encoding
- 2.7 Database
- 2.8 Disk management and storage
- 2.9 Email
- 2.10 Encryption
- 2.11 Filesystem
- 2.12 Kernel
- 2.13 Monitoring
- 2.14 Network hardware
- 2.15 Network services
- 2.16 Remote access
- 2.17 Security
- 2.18 System services
- 2.19 Virtualization
- 2.20 Web services
- 3 Operating Systems
- 4 Desktop Administration
- 5 Computer Hardware
- 6 Electronics
- 7 Music
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
- CSS - Style sheet language
- Javascript - JS frameworks
Windows
- ASP.Net - Active Server Pages
System Administration
Authentication
Boot
- Booting devices - Devices and loaders
- Boot parameters - Kernel parameters
- Wake-on-LAN - Power up a remote PC on the same LAN
Cloud Computing
- AWS - Amazon Web Services
- Eucalyptus - Private 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
- moinmoin - Python Wiki clone
Data Encoding
- uuencode - Binary to text 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
Encryption
Filesystem
Kernel
- Modules - Kernel module drivers
- Power management - Linux power management
- udev - Device manager
Monitoring
- M/Monit - Processes monitoring and management
- Nagios - Hosts monitoring
- SNMP - Simple Network Management Protocol
Network hardware
Network services
Remote access
Security
- Aide - Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment
- PCI compliance - Payment Card Industry
System services
Virtualization
Web services
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
- Mac OS X - Apple operating system
- OpenBSD - Multi-platform BSD 4.4 based Unix-like OS
- Open Solaris - Sun Microsystems open-source OS
Windows
- Windows XP - 2002 MS OS
- Windows 7 - 2009 MS OS
- Windows Server 2012 - The server version of "Windows 7"
Desktop Administration
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
Computer Hardware
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
- 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
Music
Synths
- Alesis - Quadrasynth and QS series
- [[E-MU Systems] - Proteus series
- Korg - Most of the rack version of the 90's synths
- Kurzweil - K series and PC series
- Roland - JV series and successors
- Yamaha - Motif series
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