LINUX-BIZ: The Electronic Company of New Zealand (1971) Ltd.
Systems integration and communications.
The Electronic Company of New Zealand (1971) Ltd. uses Linux for the following functions:
- X-Windows:
- X-Windows terminal (display, keyboard, mouse -- applications run elsewhere)
- X-Windows server (runs applications, possibly exports display)
- Network file server:
- Samba server for a network of PCs.
- Desktop environment:
- Office productivity software:
- Document preparation with Star Office.
- Graphics prepared with Xfig.
- Graphics prepared with GIMP.
- Backup services
- HTTP servers
- Databases
- Internet client software - WWW
- Internet client software - mail
- Network management:
- Internet or WAN router.
- Internet or WAN firewall.
- Electronic mail server:
- POP-3 server.
- SMTP server (sendmail, others).
- Network services provided to local users:
- HTTP (World-Wide Web) server or cache.
- ``Regular'' (user-ID and password required) ftp server.
- Anonymous ftp server.
- Accepts secure-shell (ssh) connections.
- Other services.
- Network services provided to remote users over dial-up or the Internet:
- HTTP (World-Wide Web) server or cache.
- Accepts secure-shell (ssh) connections.
- Software development tools:
- C and/or C++
- Java
- Perl
- Bourne, Korn, C or another shell; using sed, awk, grep and similar tools.
- Others.
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