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Gollem: A Web-based file manager for back-end data

Lee Schlesinger

November 07, 2008 4:00:00 PM

There are many ways to share files with teams of people, but few require only a Web browser for access and let you choose from tens of different ways of authenticating user access to the files. Such lightweight and universal access is the promise of Gollem, a file manager that runs in your Web browser. With it you can connect to and manage your files on a WebDAV, FTP, or traditional filesystem or SQL database.

Supercharging a home network with Amahi

Lee Schlesinger

November 07, 2008 9:00:00 AM

Many network-attached storage (NAS) devices, in addition to offering network storage, offer features such as VPN access, calendaring, wikis, and even an iTunes server. The open source Amahi Linux Home Server provides all of that and more in a complete NAS box integrated with a Fedora 9 base.

Zimbra Collaboration Server Open Source Edition is a promising low-end package

Lee Schlesinger

November 06, 2008 9:00:00 AM

If you're looking to run a serious open source collaboration server, Yahoo's Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) should be on your short list. This Web 2.0 email and groupware server offers AJAX Web-based administrator and user interfaces, a variety of useful groupware features, and email import functionality.

Fl_TeacherTool: Award-winning software with an uncertain future

Lee Schlesinger

November 03, 2008 7:00:00 PM

Last month, when the National Center for Open Source and Education announced this year's FOSS and K-12 Education Awards, three of the five awards were given for software designed for the Linux Terminal Service Project (LTSP). Two were given to Eric Harrison and Paul Nelson, the founders of the K12LTSP distribution (now called K-12 Linux). The third was given to Robert Arkiletian, the developer of an administration application called Fl_TeacherTool that is designed specifically for K12LTSP. The award was only the latest acclaim for Fl_TeacherTool, which has a small but dedicated group of users in the classroom. Ironically, though, the award comes at a time when the tiny project faces significant challenges if it is to survive.

Project management over the Web with Collabtive

Lee Schlesinger

October 02, 2008 9:00:00 AM

Collabtive is a modern Web application that allows teams to collaborate on projects, manage tasks, milestones, and files, and send instant messages to each other.

Document management with Epiware

Lee Schlesinger

September 04, 2008 4:00:00 PM

Out of the many available open source document management packages, Epiware GPL is noteworthy because it includes project management features: if your work has to do with producing written matter, you can not only manage the documents themselves, but the development project as well. Epiware is a Web-based application, so clients need just a Web browser to use it; check out the online demo if you want to get a taste of it.

Open the door to team productivity with kablink

Lee Schlesinger

August 22, 2008 7:00:00 PM

Organizations have many ways to connect, collaborate, and keep in touch with co-workers, team members, and colleagues -- which can lead to multiple logins and user accounts, services spread across the Web, or services that are simply not accessible to all team members on various types of devices. Kablink (formerly ICECore) recognizes that centralization and accessibility are major components to successful project collaboration, and its latest offering is worth a project leader's second look.

Syncing multiple users' bookmarks with SiteBar

roblimo

June 16, 2008 4:00:00 PM

SiteBar is a Web browser bookmark synchronization solution. One feature that sets SiteBar apart from many others is the ability to set up your own bookmark server, which keeps the whole system under your control. You can also use SiteBar through a third-party server that offers membership levels ranging from a free, ad-supported "basic" level up to an "admin" level that costs 9.99 Euros (about $15.50) per month. While SiteBar is useful for individuals, it is even more useful for corporate or other groups because it allows you to have many trees of bookmarks and have a project group collectively modify bookmarks for their project. (NOTE: Other bookmark synchronization solutions have been covered recently on linux.com.)

Dimdim Open Source is a bright-bright solution for Web conferencing

Lee Schlesinger

June 13, 2008 9:00:00 AM

Dimdim Web conferencing software, which competes with services like WebEx and GoToMeeting, provides almost all the important features you need for conducting a conference over the Web. It's available in three flavors -- a feature-limited but usable Web-based free version, a no-holds-barred fee-based Enterprise version, and an almost Enterprise clone Open Source Community Edition that you can host in your network. I tested the Open Source edition, using it to host conferences on an intranet and over the Internet, and it works fairly well for a beta release.

SELF-made site for courseware

Lee Schlesinger

June 12, 2008 9:00:00 PM

Where on the Web do you go for free education and training materials? A project called Science, Education and Learning in Freedom (SELF) has created a site where educators and students can upload and download courseware without charge, or create courseware collaboratively. It maintains free-as-in-freedom content, and is intended for courses on free/libre software.

Using a wiki for FOSS application documentation

Lee Schlesinger

May 09, 2008 9:00:00 AM

For a lot of programmers, writing an application is fun, but writing its manual is not. Adding new features, refining the product, and responding to users' input are all more rewarding than writing instructions on how to use the software. However, good documentation is necessary to have happy, informed users who can contribute meaningfully to future development. A few months ago, Gilbert Ashley, the author of src2pkg (Slackware's "magic package maker") invited me and two other people to help him manage the user documentation for his program. The process we used to create the src2pkg wiki may be a useful example for other free and open source software (FOSS) application developers.

Book review: The power of group sharing

Lee Schlesinger

May 08, 2008 9:00:00 PM

Clay Shirky's book on what information technology is doing to our world, Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing without Organizations, has important things to say to anyone interested in open source software (OSS). His thoughts on the evolving effects of the technological revolution we are all living in make for a fun way to spend a few hours.

Ask Linux.com: Redistributing a distro, running non-native apps, and forum guidelines

Lee Schlesinger

May 01, 2008 9:00:00 PM

In addition to answering questions on the Linux.com forums, in the past week we have been having some useful discussions as well. Here's a peek at some of them, along with a few forum guidelines you can follow to help keep the forums clean and get you speedier responses.

Luminotes: No-frills wiki notebook

Lee Schlesinger

April 22, 2008 9:00:00 AM

Imagine an application that combines the features of a wiki and a Web-based notebook. It may sound like an unusual mix, but Luminotes wiki notebook is living proof that this combination works rather well.

Commentary: the Linux Foundation and the future of Linux

Joe Barr

April 11, 2008 10:00:15 PM

I came away from the second annual Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit with mixed feelings. I mean, it's hard not to support the group that pays Linus Torvalds to spend his time continuing to lead the poster-boy project for free and open source software. But at the same time, those golden chains are my biggest concern about the Linux Foundation.

Linux Foundation Director Jim Zemlin talks to Weekly Wire about the group's goals and plans (video)

roblimo

April 11, 2008 10:00:00 PM

AUSTIN, TEXAS -- The Linux Foundation is just over a year old. This week, here in Austin, it held its second annual Collboration Summit, a "by invitation" event for about 300 core Linux developers and corporate sponsors. In this video, Linux Foundation director Jim Zemlin talks about the group's current activities and future goals.

A hint of what's happening at Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit (video)

roblimo

April 09, 2008 4:00:00 PM

AUSTIN, TEXAS -- Guest commentator Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols of Ziff Davis Enterprise tells what, in his opinion, is important about the Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit going on right now in Austin, Texas.

Five principles for successful mass collaboration, part 3

Lee Schlesinger

April 02, 2008 9:00:00 PM

Linux has succeeded as a product only because the community that supports it has organised itself systematically to create, share, test, reject, and develop ideas in a way that flouts conventional wisdom. Successful We-Think projects are based on five key principles that were all present in Linux. Earlier I introduced three principles; here are the final two.

Five principles for successful mass collaboration, part 2

Lee Schlesinger

April 01, 2008 10:00:00 PM

Linux has succeeded as a product only because the community that supports it has organised itself systematically to create, share, test, reject, and develop ideas in a way that flouts conventional wisdom. Successful We-Think projects are based on five key principles that were all present in Linux. Yesterday I talked about Core and Contribute. Today, it's Connect.

Five principles for successful mass collaboration, part 1

Lee Schlesinger

March 31, 2008 9:00:00 PM