open source

Signed up web associate partner program with Vyatta

Here is what I can use from my web site:

Build up virtual appliance for network monitoring

Just finished the virtual appliance for network monitoring.The main components include:
  • CentOS
  • Nagios
  • Cacti
  • Nedi
The default password:
  • OS:   root/change
  • nagios:  nagios-admin/change
  • nedi:  admin/admin
  • cacti:  admin/change
TDL
  • Add arpwatch
  • Upgrade packages

Web design tools for Drupal theme

I came across OpenWebSuite as I was searching for a tool to develope theme for drupal. It can help you create both html and css files with some sort of generator/code insertion/snippet etc. And it can do tag auto-completion as well.

It's still in the early development but worth to have a look. When combined with Firebug, I should be able to get my themes done much easier.

Other tools like TurboCSS, Personal web editor etc I came accross are either too premature or just don't serve my purpose.

How to be an expert

This article always helps me keep focus and try to achive the level of excellence.

Open Source

My open source initiatives started 10 years ago when I was asked to build up a all in one financial inquiry system. I chose Linux+Apache+Postgresql+PHP and got the whole thing up and running in a fairly amount of time. It had 16 serial ports for dial in access and customers from all levels of government were able to use their windows machine to dial in with PPP connection and query stuff from IE browser. All the data were exported from the bank's mainframe and imported into Postgresql everyday.
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