Interviews

Interview--Core Web Application Development with PHP and MySQL
Core Web Application Development with PHP and MySQL is a robust and complete treatment of the processes and technologies that go into developing secure and scalable web applications. Ibrahim Haddad interviews the author to get the inside look on the state of open source Web development.
Thursday, March 23, 2006 10:52:55 AM EST

Reports

Oracle on Linux Gets One Firm Great E-Commerce Seats
As what is known as a "secondary ticketer," StubHub.com specializes in helping its customers to get good deals on sporting events, concerts, and live theater. But from the perspective of Shawn Kernes, VP of technology, StubHub itself is now getting great value out of running the company's Oracle database on Linux.
Wednesday, September 29, 2004 11:42:12 AM EST

VERITAS Continues Linux Push
At the January LinuxWorld Expo 2004, VERITAS made a number of announcements that demonstrate this company's commitment to the Linux space, and the new products have kept coming steadily since then. Dee-Ann LeBlanc recaps VERITAS' Linux product line to date.
Monday, March 1, 2004 10:33:10 AM EST

Linux, SiteScape Save the Green
When you hear the phrase "saving the green," do you usually conjure images of saving the environment? Or, perhaps, saving money? Green is a color associated with these elements, so it there can be a pause when this phrase is heard, until one can figure out the context. In the case of one government agency's use of Linux and some very flexible collaboration software from SiteScape, both instances of the phrase can certainly be true.
Thursday, February 12, 2004 03:47:52 PM EST

iSeries Linux Apps Now Total 300, EFT Solution Is The Latest
IBM Monday unveiled S2 Systems' OpeN/2 financial services application as the latest software solution for Linux running on iSeries, which brings the number of Linux apps available for the iSeries midrange server to more than 300. This mid-range Linux system is making a big impact in the enterprise, with more to come.
Tuesday, December 23, 2003 09:55:06 AM EST

Linux-Based PageBuilder Takes on Microsoft's FrontPage
Web-based tools are nothing new. But a California company is using Red Hat Linux and PHP to create PageBuilder, a server-based software system aimed at quick, WYSIWYG creation of Web pages from Linux, Windows, and other desktops.
Thursday, December 4, 2003 09:45:37 AM EST

Linux Clusters Rev Up on PC Blades
When it comes to Linux clusters, mainframes have long drawn the largest acclaim. Now, though, scientific and technical imaging specialists such as Paradigm and Electro-Optical Sciences (EOS) are praising the gains they're seeing from Linux clusters on PC servers, even without blades.
Monday, September 15, 2003 11:35:20 AM EST

Boscov's Inches Into Linux
Massive mainframe migrations, dizzying desktop moves--all a part of the huge effort to move to Linux, right? An all-or-nothing approach to Linux may not be the only path an enterprise has to take. Boscov's Department Stores is learning that slow and steady wins their race to IT savings with Linux.
Thursday, September 4, 2003 10:43:30 AM EST

Tux Makes Orbitz Fly High
It is perhaps one of the most commercially-oriented ventures on the Internet today: a travel Web site run by a consortium of airlines. You can't get more corporate-minded than that. So what is Orbitz doing when working directly with the open source community for support issues on its massive search engines? Enjoying one of the many benefits of Linux, that's what.
Thursday, August 14, 2003 11:13:16 AM EST

PGA Tour Is On Par With Linux
The PGA is probably more well-known for Tiger Woods, mulligans, and the occasional hole-in-one rather than for IT systems. But the real-time demands of an information-hungry audience has brought PGA Tour organizers driving down the information age fairway. And guess which flightless fowl is holding the No. 3 Wood?
Monday, June 9, 2003 12:25:19 PM EST

Linux a Very Silent Player in New Cobalt Release
Cobalt made its name as a vendor of Linux-based servers, but Sun's acqusition of Cobalt put this strategy in doubt. And when the dust settled on a press conference announcing a new line of Cobalt servers -- which are still running Linux, by the way -- it was clear that Sun executives wanted nothing to do with any discussion of Linux as a strategic part of Sun's future. Brian Proffitt reports.
Wednesday, January 17, 2001 05:11:36 PM EST

ApacheCon: Fueling the Web Revolution
Apache is the workhorse of the Web, and ApacheCon is the yearly gathering of Apache developers and devotees. Paul Ferris reports from ApacheCon 2000 and explains how Apache is changing the way corporations approach Open Source software.
Thursday, March 9, 2000 04:01:28 PM EST

Do-It-Yourself Caching: Squid 2.3
This open-source solution is a great low-cost way to get into caching. However, a stable Squid installation calls for some fairly hefty hardware--not to mention considerable tuning effort. Lisa Phifer explains.
Tuesday, February 29, 2000 12:19:06 AM EST

Implementing E-Commerce on Your Linux System
Looking to implement e-commerce on your Linux server? With these three open-source e-commerce tools--TallyMan, Yams, and OpenMerchant--Linux stands a good chance of becoming the dominant e-commerce OS. We look at all three of these Perl-based packages, currently available in alpha and beta.
Monday, December 20, 1999 06:49:10 PM EST

Application Servers and Linux: The Enterprise Awaits
Application servers were once solely deployed in the world of big iron. But as Linux penetrates the enterprise, app-server vendors are finding that supporting Linux makes good business sense.
Sunday, October 31, 1999 02:28:47 PM EST

Reviews

Splunk 3.1: Log-Monitoring Revisited
Splunk has been gathering accolades for as long as it has been around. The latest version adds even more polish. Learn what's new, and how to work with some of the limitations the non-enterprise version introduces.
Monday, January 28, 2008 11:32:36 AM EST

Tale of a Black Dog
What is a Black Dog? It's a complete USB-powered Linux server which fits easily in the palm of your hand. Powered by a 400-MHz PowerPC processor, 64 MB of RAM, and either 256 MB or 512 MB of flash, this pint-sized pet packs quite a bite (or is that "byte"?). Russell Pavlicek finds out in this product review.
Thursday, December 8, 2005 10:07:28 AM EST

Rackspace's Red Label Blows Away Linux Support Myth
"If you use Linux, you will have no support." This accusation is still smouldering, despite the presence of top-line support programs from Red Hat, Novell, and Mandriva, among others. Today, a third-party vendor is throwing more water on this particular bit of FUD with the announcement of a new managed host offering.
Monday, July 18, 2005 12:29:10 PM EST

Linux at the (Server)Beach
An ISP running Linux is no big surprise these days. But how such an ISP, particularly one as popular as ServerBeach uses Linux now and in the future may be of interest. How they feel about Linux and Microsoft may also be an education in itself.
Wednesday, June 11, 2003 04:12:04 PM EST

StaQWare: High Availability for Cobalt RaQ3i Servers
If your business relies heavily on Cobalt RaQ servers, this modestly priced software add-on can offer peace of mind. Mediating for a matched pair of RaQ3i's, it handles monitoring, fail-over, and data synchronization, ensuring as much as 99.9 percent uptime.
Tuesday, September 19, 2000 10:26:45 AM EST

PHP 4.0: Dynamic Content for the Web Warrior
PHP 4.0 makes its debut. Paul Ferris puts PHP 4 through its paces on one of the busiest Web sites around--Linux Today--and what his benchmarking shows will amaze you: PHP 4.0 is an amazingly fast tool that can optimize any Web site.
Thursday, May 25, 2000 02:28:29 PM EST

Vision for Apache: Put on a Happy Face
Critics of Apache complain that the world's most popular Web server lacks a graphical interface, rendering it difficult to use. Vision for Apache, a Java-based graphical front end, should quiet some of those critics with its clean design and high level of usability. Jim Jagielski reviews.
Thursday, February 17, 2000 09:19:40 AM EST

Cold Fusion 4.5 for Linux: A Review
With the release of Cold Fusion Server 4.5 for Linux, Allaire makes a play for the enterprise--and at the same time legitimizes Linux in the world of big iron. Kevin Reichard reviews a beta version.
Sunday, November 14, 1999 05:09:10 PM EST

Lucid Chat: Pricy Discourse?
Lucid Chat is a low-overhead, low-maintence real-time chat server for Linux-based servers. But with a relatively high price tag and a lack of support for IRC, Lucid Chat is a mixed bag.
Monday, November 1, 1999 01:37:00 PM EST

Tutorials

WiFi PDA Meets Linux--Part 4
An avalanche of content will soon appear in the palm of your hand. Tiny screens are showing up everywhere in PDAs and cell phones. Many are equipped with some form of network device and a browser, so it's not hard to see what's coming down the pike. Rob Reilly shows how LAMP can be configured to deliver the best content for handheld browsers.
Wednesday, July 20, 2005 09:40:05 PM EST

Get More Out of Your Pipe with Apache and mod_gzip
"Webmasters who are serious about running high-performance Web servers, and who want pleased and delighted visitors, have a great tool in Apache 1.3's mod_gzip. mod_gzip compresses pages on the fly, reducing their size considerably..."
Thursday, June 24, 2004 12:24:33 PM EST

Web Marketing Your Business With Linux, Part 2
Last month, we walked you through the basic tools and techniques in putting a Web page together using open source applications. This month, in part two, let's examine the tools and techniques for transferring your pages to the web server as well as the applications and methods for monitoring and securing your site.
Thursday, January 8, 2004 11:05:06 AM EST

Web Marketing Your Business With Linux, Part 1
Web sites for your business don't have to be big and flashy or hard to manage to get your message across. And they certainly don't need to run on Microsoft platforms. In this first part of two articles, Rob Reilly breaks down the open source tools you need to get started building your own professional-looking Web site with Linux.
Thursday, December 11, 2003 11:13:51 AM EST

Admin Digest: Setting Up Your Own Web Server
Not happy with your ISP? Think you can can share information within your organization better? Setting up your own Web server isn't as hard as some may think, thanks to the ease of use of Linux and Apache.
Thursday, January 2, 2003 01:36:47 PM EST

Using the Apache CVS Repository
Want to keep up with the latest and greatest versions of the Apache HTTP Server? Then you've got to spend some time figuring out how the latest and greatest is distributed to the public. Ken Coar explains the Apache CVS Repository and how you can use it to stay on top of Apache.
Thursday, April 13, 2000 01:40:22 PM EST

Security and Apache: An Essential Primer
With Web security becoming a paramount concern in the face of several DoS attacks in prior weeks, securing your Apache/Linux installation should be the highest priority on your to-do list. Apache expert Ken Coar explains how Apache enforces security mechanisms and what you can do to enforce a secure system.
Monday, February 21, 2000 10:50:08 PM EST

Setting Up a MySQL Based Website - Part II
One of the many popular features of Web sites is a "Members Only" section--that can be accessed only by authenticated users. Andrew Chen explains how to adapt your Linux-based Apache Web site to do this; not through an external module, but through a flat file or a basic MySQL database file.
Monday, January 24, 2000 07:49:58 AM EST

Using Apache with Suexec on Linux
When you're running an Apache Web server for yourself, you don't think about the user that's running the Apache server itself (typically nobody on Linux systems). But what if you're an ISP with multiple companies being hosted on your system? Or an educational institution with faculty who want to be able to execute their own scripts? Either everything has to be accessible to the Apache nobody user, or you have to run multiple instances of Apache on multiple ports and IP addresses, one of each per user, with the concomitant confusion of configuration files. The solution is the use of the suexec wrapper, which is part of the Apache distribution. Apache developer and pioneer Ken Coar explains.
Friday, January 21, 2000 01:07:47 PM EST

Adding PHP to Apache on Linux
In the last year, the PHP scripting language has become one of the most essential tools for building content-rich Web sites on the Internet. In his debut column, Apache pioneer Ken Coar explains how to integrate PHP with an Apache Web server on a Linux system.
Thursday, December 23, 1999 07:46:09 AM EST

Setting Up a MySQL Based Website - Part I
Setting up a database backend is one of the important and sometimes difficult things to do with your web site. Lucky for you, we have this series of tutorials that will guide you through the basics of building a database backend using MySQL. In part one of this series on MySQL and its use as a web backend, we look at basic installation and coding a Perl / MySQL guestbook.
Friday, October 1, 1999 05:28:32 PM EST