kernel trial software / shareware for linux

Libranet 3.0 has been a long time coming, and highly anticipated by its devoted customers.
Due to the extended period of time since their last release in 2003, I was beginning to wonder if they were falling into the catch up mode of development... the endless loop you can enter when youre low on development staff who are working hard to try to keep up with the rest of the distributions out there... only moving fast enough to be one step behind.
Since there was such a large gap in time between the 2.8.1 release and the current 3.0 release, will Libranet stack up? Does it have what it takes to win the hearts of not only the Debian crowd, but the Open Source community in general? Well, my friends, were here to find out.
Main features:
- Linux kernel 2.6.11.4
- KDE 3.3.2, GNOME 2.8.3, and Xfce4
- Gcc 3.3
- X.org 6.8.2
- Evolution 2.0.3
- OpenOffice.org 1.1.3
- Gaim 1.1.4
- Mozilla Firefox 1.0.2/Thunderbird 1.0.2
- K3b 0.11.20
Libranet 3.0 comes in the form of 5 CDs or a single DVD which are available in the form of downloadable ISO images or as physical media shipped via snail mail. At the time of this review, ISO images are the only option. CD media will be shipping on May 31st, 2005 according to the Libranet site and are currently available for pre-order.
Although the major desktop environments included with this release are, shall we say, a bit outdated, theyre well suited for the task at hand: providing a productive desktop experience. There are more up-to-date Debian offerings out there, but theres nothing wrong with working on the desktops provided by Libranet.
In the grand scheme of things, they really arent that old and if you need to bring them up to speed with the current versions, a little creativity with the apt sources list will get you there in a hurry.
Unlike other more heavily modified Debian-based distros such as Xandros and Linspire, adding additional Debian mirrors will not cause irreversible damage to your system.

LiteCommerce is a lightweight, easy to use online store-builder package that is designed to make launching an e-commerce store as easy as surfing the Web.
E-commerce software designed with all the tools required to build a successful online store. Plus, we are constantly improving and upgrading the software according to our clients requests.
With years of experience in e-commerce software industry we designed LiteCommerce to meet the most challenging requirements set by business owners.
Clear separation of template system, code and data makes the software highly adaptable for actual business needs: look & feel can be updated with your favorite HTML editor like DreamWeaver or FrontPage; add-on API along with open source allows the functionality extended/altered according to your individual e-commerce needs.
Plenty of add-ons developed for LiteCommerce to let you purchase minimal functionality first and extend it later with your business growth. For your confidence free trial and 30-day money back guarantee are available.
Free technical support provided with every software license to help launch your e-commerce site smoothly. Can be translated into any language.
The software has no logic limitations on number of products and its performance depends on server configuration mostly. The code is optimized for smooth performance with up to 5000 - 10000 products, but special hardware and software optimization allows LiteCommerce run up to 20000 products.
Ecommerce solution for store owners. The complete out-of-the-box LiteCommerce 2.1 solution will give you a quick start for your e-business and keep it going on a long run. You will be able to manage your e-commerce shop using web-based administrative interface or Control Panel for Windows. Built-in SEO features will help you to attract more customers from search engines and increase your revenue. Low price of LiteCommerce 2.1 will allow you to start your web business without having to invest lots of money at the early stage. LiteCommerce 2.1 is scalable and will grow with your business. You will be able to effectively invest more funds in your web presence by adding more modules and expanding your store with ease.
Ecommerce platform for designers. One of the major concepts of LiteCommerce 2.1 is to allow web designers to create e-commerce stores without having to think about programming. There are a lot of different ways to design your store with LiteCommerce 2.1. You can use the built-in template editor, you can edit templates by hand, you can edit the look of the cart in HTML format and last but not least: LiteCommerce allows you to download templates to your home computer or workstation running Windows or Mac OS versions of WYSIWYG software like DreamWeaver by using the Control Panel, and then design your store in WYSIWYG HTML editors like MS FrontPage and Macromedia Dreamweaver.
Shopping cart for web developers. LiteCommerce 2.1 allows you to increase your working perfomance, save your time and focus on "raw" functionality. You can also create your own modules for LiteCommerce 2.1, re-use them for different clients and sell your modules.
The code of our e-commerce solution is object-oriented. Core shopping cart functionality is separated from the web interface objects. LiteCommerce 2.1 is distributed with open source code and several free sample add-ons giving you an advantage of rapid e-commerce development for your clients. Read more about LiteCommerce development platform for ecommerce applications.
Version restrictions:
- 30-day trial demo
Enhancements:
- Compatibility with PHP 5 was added.
- Usability was enhanced.
- The installer was improved.
- Two W3C compliant design skins were added.
- The high-volume data processing procedures were refactored.
- The global extra fields mechanism was redesigned.
- The taxation mechanism was improved for prices with VAT.
- Shipping rates can have handling extra-charges.
- Image handling and product import were improved.
- The "Free" shipping method was added.
- Solo and Maestro cards are supported.
- JS validation was added for credit card handling.
- The kernel code was improved.
- A settings summary in the admin zone was added.
- Support for MySQL persistent connections was introduced.

Gear Pro is a professional CD and DVD recording capability.
As the most comprehensive DVD/CD-Recording software package for professionals, GEAR PRO Linux incorporates the latest DVD/CD-Recordable technology for Imaging, Mission Critical Archiving, CAD/CAM and Graphics Storage, Title Development, and Pre-master Testing.
GEAR allows you easily and cost effectively store text, large data sets, software, database, audio/video files and back-up information on compact disc with full control over the formatting and mastering process. GEAR Software is pleased to announce that GEAR PRO Linux now supports IDE DVD recorders!
Main features:
- Supports all current Linux kernel releases
- Creation of CD and DVD images for all industry standard disc types including CD-Audio, CD-ROM, CD-XA, Enhanced CD, DVD-ROM, DVD-Video and DVD-Audio
- DVD mastering capabilities for both single and dual sided discs
- Physical format support for mastering DVD-5, DVD-9, DVD-10 and DVD-18
- Able to format discs using ISO9660, UDF (Universal Disc Format), Rockridge and Joliet file extensions
- Comprehensive CD and DVD recorder support for all industry standard media types including DVD+R/RW, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R dual-layer, DVD-RAM, CD-R and CD-RW
- Support for DLT, Exabyte, and DDS/DAT recording devices for creating DDP (Disc Description Protocol) master tapes
- Conversion of CD and DVD discs or projects to industry standard DDP 1.0 or 2.1 images for professional disc mastering
- Jukebox and autoloader management for in-house mastering, unattended disc replication and multi-disc recording of large data sets for disc duplication
- Batch file scripting capability allows for unattended recording or backup operations to CD and DVD
- Support for links, pipes, device special files, etc with permission and group handling
- Complete command and message-logging capability provides for documentation, post process diagnostics and improved error resolution
- Easy to use Graphical User Interface
Functionality:
- back up mission-critical data to CD and DVD media
- pre-master audio, video, software and game titles
- archive graphics, databases, email, third-party generated data files, music, digital photos and video
- Create cross-platform discs compatible with Windows, UNIX and Mac platforms
- replicate DVD and CD discs using a jukebox
- distribute documents, marketing materials, and other data on a CD or DVD
- copy non-protected DVDs and CDs
- extract content from CD and DVD
- use the media in your CD or DVD recorder for near-line incremental storage
Formatting:
- Supports all CD and DVD formats including CD-Audio, DDP, CD-ROM, CD-XA, Enhanced CD, DVD-ROM, DVD-Video and DVD-Audio
- Provides DVD mastering for single or dual layer discs
- Allows the import of DVD-Video disc images (VIDEO_TS folders) for the creation of DVD-Video titles
- Enables the creation and manipulation of all industry standard file systems and file extensions including ISO9660, UDF 1.02 to UDF 2.5, Rock Ridge and Joliet
- Fast virtual image building requiring less than 5% of the total image size to record
- Direct-to-disc recording of files to UDF volumes
Recorder Support:
- Supports all of the latest CD and DVD recordable drives as well as most legacy devices
- Supports jukeboxes and media changers
- Automatically initiates support for new recorders (automatic drive recognition) without requiring driver or configuration file updates
- Supports test writing, CD and DVD recording speed setting, C2 error checking, multi-session disc creation, disc formatting and other advanced recorder features
- Enables all recording methods including track-at-once, disc-at-once, session-at-once, raw recording and fixed and variable packet writing
- Provides the capability to extract data and audio tracks (ripping)
- Allows direct disc-to-disc CD and DVD copying

fBuilder Plus is a Web-based utility for building and configuring your iptables/ipchains-based Linux firewall.
It performs all actions in real-time and includes a Firewall Creation Wizard, edit, insert, and delete capabilities for firewall rules, rule shifting, support for DHCP clients, DMZ creation through firewall wizard, NAT capabilities, support for IP aliases, custom protocols, user defined chains, limit matches, automatic log rule creation, state checking, log reporting, email alerts, export capabilities, and an enhanced firewall log parsing utility.
Our fBuilder products are also great for administering existing firewalls. When started, fBuilder will detect your running firewall and allow you to save it to a file. From that point, you can modify your firewall with the expert add utility or by using the edit/insert capabilities of fBuilder Plus.
Main features:
- All fBuilder Lite features
- Support for 2.4 and 2.6** Kernels (**New in 2.4.14)
- Edit/Insert/Delete capabilities for all firewall rules which are accessed through the rule listing console.
- This allows you to make dynamic changes to rules or insert new rules without having to restart your entire firewall.
- After clicking on a rule, you will be brought to a screen much like the expert add utility. However, the fields will already be populated with the values of the current rule.
- File Fingerprints for Intrusion Detection
- NAT capabilities
- Language Independent - Can be translated to any language
- Support for custom protocols
- Support for User Defined Chains
- Support for Limit matches
- State Checking
- View Active Connections
- DMZ Creation with Firewall Wizard
- Support for IP Aliases
- Automatic creation of Log Rules
- Ability to view loaded modules
- Log Reports and Alerts via email
- Better support for DHCP users
- Rule shifting
- Shift rules to optimize the performance of your firewall
- Auto network and NIC discovery
- Redesigned scripts
- Uses variables for common addresses and ports
- New shell function for retreiving addresses from ifconfig
- Ability to export your firewall into an rc.firewall script which can be used at boot time to start your firewall automatically.
- Enhanced logging options and viewer
- Integrated Documentation
Enhancements:
- 2.6 kernels are now fully supported.

TransactXML Server with DesignerXML project are foundational building blocks for a wide variety of server applications.
We have implemented publish and subscribe XML Servers, XML-Object servers, Application servers, and other more unique cases that require XML document rendering as a layer of the application.
While we do not have a packaged product for custom solutions, we have many tested and proven design patterns in a server side development framework that our consulting group can implement or help you implement.
Main features:
- Generate XML documents multiple Platforms and Databases
- Customize their XML documents utilizing various programming languages
- Support Remote SQL operations via XML input
- Move XML Documents through existing firewalls (tunnel HTTP)
TransactXML Server was compiled and tested under:
- Red Hat Linux release 6.2 (Zoot)
- Kernel 2.2.14-5.0 on an i686
Tested with:
- IBM DB2 Universal Database Release 7.1
- Oracle8i Enterprise Edition Release 8.1.6.1.0 - Production