Free workstation design software for linux

Java::Import::Design is the design of the Java::Import Module.

MOTIVATIONS

The original motivation for writing this module came out of a project I was working on during my previous employment. We had built a system in which a major part was implimented using EJBs on a J2EE server. In addition, we had a large component of the system, that already existed, and was written in Perl. We did not want to scrap our Perl work but it was becoming more tedious to maintain two implimentations as more and more things were being added to the system.

So, we decided that the major pieces of business logic would reside on the J2EE server and the Perl would be modified to make calls to the server. After some time and experimentation we began to realize that the memory footprint as well as the amount of time needed to make calls to the server using existing Perl to Java integration sulutions were just not acceptable. We therefore set out to find some other way. We tried all sorts of things but in the end we couldnt find anything that met our requirements and therefore decided to keep the origional system of doing things.

While at that job we never did find a suitable way to integrate our two systems. However, the problem still haunted me. It wasnt until the end of my career at that company that I saw an announcement for Googles first Summer of Code. It just so happened that as Google was announcing their brand new program that I had begun to play with the GNU GCJ suite of Java tools and came up with the idea of taking advantage of their ability to natively compile Java code for use with Perl. This may not have been a new idea but I couldnt find anything that would help me so I decided to write and submit a proposal to Google. Well, I was accepted and you now have Java::Import.

When I began to work on this project I started by creating my own namespace instead of stepping on the toes of the other existing Java/Perl integration project, Inline::Java. I did this primarily because I wanted a clean slate on which I could fully explore the nuances of GCJ, in particular its CNI interface. As I worked my module started to evolve into its own beast and at that point it seemed locigal to keep my own namespace. It is not my intention to replace Inline::Java and I still think that in te future much of the work I have done can be used by Inline::Java as an option to use GCJ specific functionality.

Black Orion Network is an update and system management platform for among others Black Orions redhat-compatible Enterprise Linux Distributions. Black Orion Enterprise Linux software distributions are offered to you by the open source community as free software.

A program is free software if users are free to redistribute copies, either with or without modifications, either gratis or charging a fee for distribution, to anyone anywhere. Being free to do these things means (among other things) that you do not have to ask or pay for permission. Please feel free to make and redistribute as many copies of Black Orion Enterprise Linux as you like.

How It Works:

1. Obtain Black Orion Enterprise Linux

Obtain one of Black Orions redhat-compatible Enterprise Linux Distributions from the downloads section.

2. Burn cd images

Burn the downloaded iso images on to a cd.

3. Register yourself as a Black Orion Network Member

Register yourself as a member in the Black Orion Network section.

4. Install Black Orion on a computer

Read the manuals for the various installation options. The system can also be installed as a rhel4 virtual machine.

5. Connect your system to the Black Orion Network

Connect your system to the Black Orion Network with the up2date client installed on your system. You can find up2date by right-clicking the Black Orion Network Alert Icon on your desktop. Connect your system with your member name and password (see 3).

Phrealon is a bootable linux CD based on Slackware Linux 8.0 (now 9.0)designed to allow the easy imaging of multiple workstations.

It utilizes the udpcast set of Linux tools to accomplish this.

Salocin Linux is a free operating system that can be optimized and customized for almost any application or need. Extreme configurability, performance and a top-notch user and developer community are our goals.

The Salocin Linux Project is a worldwide community program sponsored by VIR0S that promotes the use of Linux for all applications. The program provides free and easy access to a whole new world of possibilities for your computing needs. Here you will find a community of users and developers, who all have the same goal in mind—to create and distribute the worlds best Linux distribution.

Salocin is an ideal secure server, development workstation, or professional desktop -- whatever you need it to be, because of its near-unlimited adaptability.

The system can be used in the electronic world to keep track of your: Schematic, Printed Circuit Board, Front Plate, Programmable Logic Device numbers.
EDA index is programmed in PHP (and XHTML 1.0), using a MySQL database to store data, so its more or less OS independent, but a Linux server is recommended, since it already got most software installed as default, this configuration is also called LAMP (Linux Apache MySQL PHP)
Its also recommended that a local intranet server is used, since the system dont got a user login, so all data can be viewed without a password, but when you need to add or edit data a password is required. At first this approach might seem wierd, but its designed to allow quick lookups. Example:
You are sitting with a broken pcb with a number on it, and need to find the schematic (so you can repair it) on the computer or in the printed project (schematic) archive. EDA Index allow an quick lookup in the database, without you needing to login, so you get the job done faster.
As far as I know, there are no commercial (or free) program available that can do what EDA Index can, some companies may have created their own software, but how do that help you.
I have worked in an electronic department that had a self made application, but it lagged features like search.
This program is very usefull, if you are using numbers when:
Drawing electronic Schematics and PCBs using a CAD program like: Eagle, gEDA, Protel, Orcad, etc.
Creating Front Plate layouts in: GIMP, Coral Draw, Photoshop, AutoCAD, etc.
Programming Programmable Logic Devices like: PLD, EPLD, CPLD, PIC, APIC, PEEL, PAL, GAL, FPGA, Intel 80XX, Motorola 68XX, etc. Writing the code in: VHDL, Assambler, JEDEC, etc.
Enhancements:
- Included the bugfix to RC2.
- Updated online documentation.
- Updated INSTALL file.

SlackIns is a complete Qt-based Gui with the design goals to provide a complete Pkgtool interface for Users in order to install, remove and upgrade tgz packages for SlackWare Linux OS.

OpenKiosk is an open-source multi-platform kiosk system designed for use in libraries, offices, schools, internet cafes, airports, conference rooms, and more!

Openkiosk aims to be one of the best kiosk software available in the open-souce community. The following prototype screenshots of the OpenKiosk client reflects its evolution towards the goal of acheiving simplicity and elegance in kiosk terminals.

OpenKiosk, is a system made up of a collection of programs that work together in a local network of inter-connected computers. It is a centralized management software for kiosks. It assumes that the resources are shared and centralized as well, including the Internet connection. This implies that the shared Internet connection to the outside world is assumed to be always on at some point within the local network, perhaps a NAT server. It is up to the client program to automatically limit customers individually from accessing the Internet.

When a customer walks in and uses a kiosk or a workstation, the client program obtains his/her login/user account information. It then sends this login information to the server, which in turn, verifies this data and if valid, returns the access rights and duration of use for the customer back to the client program.

The client program at this point, handles the restrictions transparently including preventing running new programs and making it appear that the Internet connection is down if the time limit is reached or if the administrator manually stopped a customer from continuing to use a kiosk/workstation.

OpenKiosk is primarily designed with the multi-user network in mind. From a library containing 20 public browsing terminals to a large internet cafe or convention center containing hundreds to thousands of kiosks or workstations, OpenKiosk is built with components that are designed to scale up. It is not meant to be used on a single stand-alone computer

The Openkiosk system is basically composed of two parts. The first program is called NodeView. It acts as the OpenKiosk central server containing the client information database. It is responsible for administering all the clients on the network either automatically or manually. Monitoring and controlling the workstations can be done locally via the graphical user interfaces or remotely from a Java Applet in a browser.

The second part is simply called "The Client". It is the actual program that sits between the customer and the operating system interface on the workstations. It is the software which physically limits the users access to the Internet, network resources, the local programs on the workstation itself.

For automatic usage, it can take in membership card login. It is also possible to interface to much more advanced hardware readers such as smart card readers. The client is also capable of simple but important tasks such as remote shutdown, instant messaging, file updates and much more.

Presently, there are two versions of clients. The X11 Linux/Unix version, which is an applet that sits on top of the KDE panel (requires at least KDE 3.X) and the Windows version (Windows 95,98,NT,2000,XP).