The last time I had a Stratus server in the lab, it was the ftServer W Series 4300, back in January 2006. That was a Windows-based system, and discussions with Stratus about Linux distributions showed that although it had a Linux version, it was the company's own distribution, and not standard. For some Linux shops, this wasn't a problem, but for those looking to run specific applications and services -- such as Oracle Database -- that require a certified distribution, it was an obstacle.

This guide explains how to set up an NFS server and an NFS client on Debian Etch. NFS stands for Network File System; through NFS, a client can access (read, write) a remote share on an NFS server as if it was on the local hard disk.

"Haml (XHTML Abstraction Markup Language) is a markup language that is used to cleanly and simply describe the XHTML of any web document without the use of traditional inline coding. It’s designed to address many of the flaws in traditional templating engines, as well as making markup as elegant as it can be. Haml functions as a replacement for inline page templating systems such as PHP, RHTML, and ASP. However, Haml avoids the need for explicitly coding XHTML into the template, because it is itself a description of the XHTML, with some code to generate dynamic content..."

A simple tutorial on Xajax and Smarty which may be useful for PHP-AJAX developers. It describes all the necessary functions/methods in Xajax and Smarty using a sample student database. The author has also provided the complete source code of the sample application.

A handful of Red Hat engineers are excited about a new tool they've developed called Func, short for Fedora Unified Network Controller. They're pretty sure that once the rest of the community catches on to just how useful Func is, they'll be singing its praises too.

FOSS.IN 2007 is going to start here in Bangalore, India in a few hours from now. This is one of the largest FOSS conferences held in India with distinguished speakers and delegates coming from all over the world and from wide and varied backgrounds.

I recently wrote about an algorithm for fuzzy matching of substrings implemented in Python. This is a feature that I needed for a piece of software I'm currently developing.