Index: www/propaganda.html
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--- www/propaganda.html (revision 13365)
+++ www/propaganda.html (working copy)
@@ -36,8 +36,9 @@
>http://www.apache.org/
Repository:
http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/
- "The Apache Software Foundation provides support for the
- Apache community of open-source software projects."
+ Apache Software Foundation is the author of many open-source
+ software projects and is best known for the Apache web
+ server.
Samba: SMB services for *nix systems.
@@ -45,9 +46,8 @@
>http://www.samba.org/
Repository: http://websvn.samba.org/
- "Samba is an Open Source/Free Software suite that provides
- seamless file and print services to SMB/CIFS
- clients."
+ Samba is an Open Source/Free Software suite that provides
+ seamless file and print services to SMB/CIFS clients.
Mono: an open-source implementation of C#/.NET.
@@ -55,12 +55,8 @@
>http://www.mono-project.com/
Repository: svn://mono.myrealbox.com/source/
- "Mono is a comprehensive open source development platform
- based on the .NET framework that allows developers to build
- Linux and cross-platform applications with unprecedented
- productivity. Mono's .NET implementation is based on the
- ECMA standards for C# and the Common Language
- Infrastructure."
+ Mono is a comprehensive open source development platform based
+ on the .NET framework.
PuTTY: Win32 SSH/Telnet implementation
@@ -69,8 +65,8 @@
>http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/
Repository: svn://ixion.tartarus.org/main/putty/
- "PuTTY is a free implementation of Telnet and SSH for Win32
- and Unix platforms, along with an xterm terminal emulator."
+ PuTTY is a free implementation of Telnet and SSH for Win32 and
+ Unix platforms, along with an xterm terminal emulator.
Zope: web application server/framework.
@@ -78,9 +74,8 @@
>http://www.zope.org/
Repository: http://svn.zope.org/
- "Zope is an open source application server for building
- content managements, intranets, portals, and custom
- applications."
+ Zope is an open source application server for building content
+ managements, intranets, portals, and custom applications.
Plone: content management system.
@@ -89,9 +84,8 @@
Repository: http://svn.plone.org/
- "Plone is [...] an intranet and extranet server, as a
- document publishing system, a portal server and as a groupware
- tool for collaboration between separately located entities."
+ Plone is an out-of-the-box ready content management system
+ built on the powerful and free Zope Application server.
Xiph: open-source multimedia protocols.
@@ -99,11 +93,9 @@
>http://www.xiph.org/
Repository: http://svn.xiph.org/
- "Xiph.Org Foundation is a non-profit corporation
- dedicated to protecting the foundations of Internet
- multimedia from control by private interests. Our purpose is
- to support and develop free, open protocols and software to
- serve the public, developer and business markets."
+ The Xiph.Org Foundation is a non-profit corporation best known
+ for the deveopment of the Ogg Vorbis sound compression format and
+ the Ogg Theora video codec.
Debian: a popular Linux distribution.
@@ -112,10 +104,8 @@
Repository: http://svn.debian.org/
- "Debian is a free operating system (OS) for your
- computer. [...] Debian uses the Linux kernel (the core of an
- operating system), but most of the basic OS tools come from the
- GNU project; hence the name GNU/Linux."
+ Debian GNU/Linux is a free operating system for your
+ computer.
CUPS (Common UNIX Printing System): printing
@@ -125,9 +115,8 @@
Repository: http://svn.easysw.com/public/cups/trunk/
- "CUPS provides a portable printing layer for
- Unix-based operating systems. [...] It is the standard
- printing system in Mac OS X and in most Linux distributions."
+ CUPS provides a portable printing layer for Unix-based
+ operating systems.
Irssi: a GPL-licensed IRC client.
@@ -137,34 +126,30 @@
>http://svn.irssi.org/
Irssi is a popular and powerful text mode IRC client for
- UNIX-like operating systems.
+ Unix-like operating systems.
- Linux From Scratch: a Linux distribution built from source.
+ Linux From Scratch: a Linux distribution
+ built from source.
Project site: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/
Repository: svn://linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/
- "The most important reason for LFS's existence is teaching people
- how a Linux system works internally. Building an LFS system teaches
- you about all that makes Linux tick, how things work together, and
- depend on each other. And most importantly, how to customize it to
- your own taste and needs."
+ A Linux distribution which gives you the power to build your
+ own, customized system and teaches you how a Linux system works
+ internally.
- Conectiva: a South American Linux distribution.
+ Conectiva: a South American Linux
+ distribution.
Project site: http://www.conectiva.com.br/
Repository: https://moin.conectiva.com.br/RepositorySystem
- "A Conectiva, maior empresa em serviços Linux na
- América Latina, oferece uma linha de produtos e
- serviços que atende com eficácia os
- usuários domésticos, pequenas e médias
- empresas, grandes corporações e
- órgãos governamentais."
+ Conectiva develops and distributes the Conectiva Linux
+ distribution which is aimed at use in Latin America.
Trac: a project management system.
@@ -172,10 +157,10 @@
http://projects.edgewall.com/trac/
Repository: http://svn.edgewall.com/repos/trac/
- "Trac is a minimalistic web-based software project
- management and bug/issue tracking system. It provides an
- interface to revision control systems (Subversion), an
- integrated Wiki and convenient report facilities."
+ Trac is an enhanced wiki and issue tracking system for
+ software development projects. It provides an interface to
+ Subversion, an integrated wiki and convenient report
+ facilities.
GNU Enterprise: enterprise application
@@ -185,36 +170,31 @@
Repository: http://www.gnuenterprise.org/developers/svn.php
- "GNU Enterprise (GNUe) is a meta-project which is part of
- the overall GNU Project. GNUe's goal is to develop
- enterprise-class data-aware applications as Free
- software. "
+ GNU Enterprise (GNUe) is a meta-project which is part of the
+ overall GNU Project. GNUe's goal is to develop enterprise-class
+ data-aware applications as Free software.
- Ethereal: a network protocol analyzer
+ Ethereal: a free network protocol analyzer
Project site: http://www.ethereal.com/
Repository: http://anonsvn.ethereal.com/ethereal/
- "Ethereal is used by network professionals around the world
- for troubleshooting, analysis, software and protocol
- development, and education. It has all of the standard features
- you would expect in a protocol analyzer, and several features
- not seen in any other product."
+ Ethereal is a free network protocol analyzer with all the
+ standard features you would expect in a protocol analyzer, and
+ several features not seen in any other product.
Netfilter: the Linux packet manipulation
- framework
+ framework
Project site: http://www.netfilter.org/
Repository: https://svn.netfilter.org/netfilter/
- "netfilter and iptables are building blocks of a framework
- inside the Linux 2.4.x and 2.6.x kernel. This framework
- enables packet filtering, network addresss [and port]
- translation (NA[P]T) and other packet mangling. It is the
- re-designed and heavily improved successor of the
- previous Linux 2.2.x ipchains and Linux 2.0.x ipfwadm systems."
+ netfilter is a set of hooks inside the Linux kernel that
+ allows kernel modules to register callback functions with the
+ network stack. iptables is a generic table structure for the
+ definition of rulesets.
TWiki: a web based collaboration platform
@@ -222,11 +202,10 @@
>http://twiki.org/
Repository: http://ntwiki.ethermage.net/svn/twiki/
- "Use TWiki to run a project development space, a document
- management system, a knowledge base, or any other groupware
- tool, on an intranet or on the internet. Web content can be
- created collaboratively by using just a browser. Developers
- can create new web applications based on a Plugin API."
+ TWiki is a structured wiki, typically used to run a project
+ development space, a document management system, a knowledge
+ base, or any other groupware tool, on an intranet or on the
+ internet.