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Testing framework in ruby

I would like to present another case study of the work that I've done for testing on ruby for an MNC client of mine. I won't be disclosing the project details, you all can understand why, but I'll try to explain the different challenges that i along with the team working on the project faced & how we overcome it. So lets start.

One of my client (security product based company) has their product on linux platform. The frontend is web app & can be accessed by using browser & entire system can be configured, monitored & managed using it. Now this was a very big task to automate the testing of the product, as they have 3 product lines & every product has their own settings etc.

Linux in call center - Part 2 of 2

Convincing Management of Ace Money

We are thankful to the management of Ace Money for trusting us with their IT infrastructure & letting us deploy the infrastructure on Linux platform. Although initially we had to do a lot of convincing as the management was reluctant & was having the doubt whether the users will adopt the new system. But after some hard work, the management team gave us a go ahead with our proposal.

Linux in call center - Part 1 of 2

I'm the CEO of an Infrastructure Management company Solution Enterprises based out of Pune with core competence in Linux & open source technologies. People usually are skeptical & reluctant to use linux as their operating system of choice. Traditionally linux has been a choice of techies & geeks. But let me assure that it's now an OS of the masses, with lot's of stability, user friendliness, secured & fun.

Website Automation

Recently i was talking to my friend of ITVidya, (Ajay Sanghani) that i was working on automation & testing of web apps. He insisted that i should write more blogs etc. for which i agreed. But i like to write my blogs in text files as & when i have time.

So there was this problem of copy paste everytime i would like to blog. So like all programmers even i like to automate the routine task & test it.

PXE stands for Pre - Execution Environment.

It is helpful to start or boot a computer
from a network. In suse linux we can setup an existing suse linux system as the
pxe server and we can install suse on other systems through lan.

Requirements:
1. An existing system running suse. (server name: suse).
2. Network.
3. Dump of suse cd/dvd's.(eg: /suse) i.e copy the contents of dvd to a folder /suse

Sun Microsystems Announces Agreement to Acquire MySQL, Developer of the World's
Most Popular Open Source Database.

Sun Growth Strategy Accelerates With New Position in $15 Billion Database Market
SANTA CLARA, CA January 16, 2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire MySQL AB, an open source icon and developer of one of the world's fastest growing open source databases for approximately $1 billion in total consideration. The acquisition accelerates Sun's position in enterprise IT to now include the $15 billion database market. Today's announcement reaffirms Sun's position as the leading provider of platforms for the Web economy and its role as the largest commercial open source contributor.

DreamWorks Animation "Shrek the Third": Linux Feeds an Ogre
By Robin Rowe on Tue, 2007-06-05 01:00. Audio/Video
DreamWorks Animation pushes the limits of CG filmmaking with Linux.

All the big film studios primarily use Linux for animation and visual effects. Perhaps no commercial Linux installation is larger than DreamWorks Animation, with more than 1,000 Linux desktops and more than 3,000 server CPUs.

Computer maker Dell has chosen Ubuntu as the operating system for its range of Linux computers for consumers.

Fans of Linux hope that the move will persuade more mainstream PC users to abandon Microsoft Windows and opt for the open-source operating system.

London-based firm Canonical, the lead sponsor of the Ubuntu project, will ensure the software works on Dell PCs.

Ubuntu includes software like office programs, e-mail, a browser, instant messaging software and a media player.

A LONE HOBBYIST programmer sitting at his home in France is responsible for adding 235 USB webcams to the list of those supported by Linux. He tells the INQUIRER about this often unknown and unrecognised achievement.

Near three years ago, I purchased the cheapest USB webcams - actually, pair - I could find at the time, without taking into consideration whether those webcams worked with Linux or not. I ran one desktop PC with Win2K and one of the webcams was plugged to that box. I quickly found out several things: first, "Made in China" webcams surely are cheap, but that comes at a price of often having no support web site, no physical address of the manufacturer, and no updates to its drivers. The Win2K drivers for the "DigiGR8" 301P had apparently a memory leak under Win2k, forcing me to reboot the win2k box on a daily basis. Basically it just stopped working after a dozen hours of continuous use, and rebooting was the only solution.

Mono is an open source implementation of the .NET Framework built to run on Linux, Solaris, Mac OS X, Windows, and Unix. If you are developing on Windows, you can build Mono applications using Visual Studio as well as SharpDevelop, but neither of those IDEs runs on Linux or Mac OS X. MonoDevelop started out as a port of the SharpDevelop IDE but has since evolved independently into the only Mono IDE available for GNOME-based Linux desktops.

entire story is on this link
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticle

Dell to Expand Linux Factory Installed Options
Since launching Dell IdeaStorm a little more than a month ago, one idea has risen to and stayed at the top: better support for Linux. We have heard you and appreciate the direct feedback. On March 13, we responded by launching a Linux survey asking for your feedback on what you need for a better Linux experience. Thank you to the more than 100,000 people who took the survey. Here are some of the highlights from the survey:

Dear all i found this interesting piece about viruses on linux.

Running Windows viruses with Wine
Wednesday January 26, 2005 (06:12 PM GMT)
By: Matt Moen

It just isn't fair that Windows users get all the viruses. I mean really, shouldn't Linux users be in on the fun as well? Well... thanks to the folks running the Wine project, Linux users can "catch the virus bug" too -- sort of.

Linux just isn't user-friendly when it comes to viruses. You have to work to find and run them. It doesn't happen automatically as it does with Windows. The GNU/Linux folks really should improve this glaring discrepancy.

Hello Friends,
Here are some good linux wallpapers available. From which you can choose and use with your favorite Linux Distribution.

A wide rang of wallpaper from different types of distribution are available.

To check the wallpaper Click here

Regards,
Arun Tomar

Dear Friends,

ChilliSpot is an open source captive portal or wireless LAN access point controller. It is used for authenticating users of a wireless LAN. It supports web based login which is today's standard for public HotSpots. Authentication, authorization and accounting (AAA) is handled by your favorite radius server.

Binary downloads are available for Redhat, Febora, Debian, Mandrake and OpenWRT. ChilliSpot is an ebuild in Gentoo and compiles under FreeBSD. Source code under GPL is available for other platforms.

Perlbox Voice is an voice enabled application under Linux envoriment to bring your desktop under your command. With a single word, you can start your web browser, your favorite editor or whatever you want. Perlbox Voice now has desktop plugins, which will allow you to control desktop functions. You can switch virtual desktops, invoke the desktop menu, switch wallpaper or lock the screen. This is command, and it’s right on the tip of your tongue! Start with the tutorial, which has a lot of screenshots.