andLinux is a Ubuntu Linux-based system designed for developing applications which can run seamlessly on Windows.

It uses colinux as its core, xming as the Xserver and pulseaudio as the sound server. With andLinux one doesn't have to boot the Linux system for running Linux apps as is the case with virtual box.

Hi,Following are few links related to Open Souurce which I would like you to go through and gain the information out there

• Basics of Extreme Programming (XP)
• Simple DirectMedia Layer: Gaming Platform for C++, Java, a
  
  Also check out : Interview with Anil Chouhan

Hi friends,

Today I am sharing with you few of the articles that has been posted elsewhere on the web, yet it could prove crucial to ITVidya members. Please go through them and alos post your comments about them below, so that other people also gain from your views - Just like the slogan of ITVIdya - Gain IT Share IT

The founders of Influxis and Red5Server has announced the PaperWorld3D source code is now open to the public.

PaperWorld, which leverages open source projects PaperVision3D and Red5, allows for rapid creation of Massively Multiplayer Online Gaming (MMOG) 3D environments deployable over the Adobe Flash Player 9.

I have been seeing of late that a lot of projects are being done on .NET.

What would be your reaction to the growing popularity of Open Source and free software? Would you ignore it like another passing fad, or would you take it seriously enough to at least take a quick glance at it?

Many ideas contributed to the success of Open Source and free software. Where does it go from here? There are several other technologies and trends that will truly revolutionize this space in the future. Here are a few ideas that we feel will really pick up in the near future.
Developer IDEs will become more professional 

AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) is the hot and happening new web technology - all the really cool sites are using it now, right? It’s all about the user experience, right?

Lately companies have been paying more attention to open source. Ten years ago there seemed a real danger Microsoft would extend its monopoly to servers. It seems safe to say now that open source has prevented that. A recent survey found 52% of companies are replacing Windows servers with Linux servers.

Free software is getting better and open source has seen deeper adoption among users. These are some trends that churned out from experts at GNUnify 2008, a leading open source conclave, organized by SICSR (Symbiosis Institute of Computer Science and Research) and PLUG (Pune Linux User Group).

Free software has better bug reports, a public bug database, allows lot of testing for all the code, and much better user-cum-developer feedback, free development, independence and ultimate documentation as co-founder of MySQL, David Axmark, reflected at one of the sessions.