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Fedora 10 vs. Ubuntu 8.10 Benchmarks

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vnStat

vnStat is a network traffic monitor for Linux that keeps a log of daily network traffic for the selected interface(s). vnStat isn’t a packet sniffer. The traffic information is analyzed from the /proc filesystem. That way vnStat can be used even without root permissions. However, at least a 2.2 series kernel is required.

http://humdi.net/vnstat/

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Nexenta Operating System

Nexenta Operating System is a free and open source operating system combining the OpenSolaris kernel with GNU application userland. Nexenta Operating System runs on Intel/AMD 32/64bit hardware and is distributed as a single installable CD. Upgrades and binary packages not included on the CD can be installed from NexentaOS repository using Advanced Packaging Tool. In addition, source based software components can be downloaded from network repositories available at Debian/GNU Linux and Ubuntu Linux, and built as described here.

http://www.nexenta.org/os

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Linux-based 3D CAD software

http://gcad3d.org/
Doesn’t look too good: writing the coordinates in a text file doesn’t work..

http://www.artofillusion.org/
Actually looks pretty simple and promising.. Will check more closely..

http://autoq3d.ecuadra.com/
I tried both QT3 and QT4 versions: the toolbar buttons were not visible -> not usable..

http://www.ar-cad.com/
The UI is not the very friendly but looks like you could be able to do some nice physics simulations. Might be worth a closer look.

http://www.opencascade.org/
Weird license and if I understood correctly, is not an application but a framework/something.

http://www.salome-platform.org
Requires registration to download, 500 MB.. But I’ll give it a try..

http://brlcad.org/
Wasn’t able to install it properly.. should check what’s wrong. The documentation didn’t look very good..

Source: wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Linux_computer-aided_design_software

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Heritrix

http://crawler.archive.org/

Heritrix is the Internet Archive’s open-source, extensible, web-scale, archival-quality web crawler project.

Heritrix (sometimes spelled heretrix, or misspelled or mis-said as heratrix/heritix/ heretix/heratix) is an archaic word for heiress (woman who inherits). Since our crawler seeks to collect andpreserve the digital artifacts of our culture for the benefit of future researchers and generations, this name seemed apt.

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