Datapat GmbH uses Linux for the following functions:
X-Windows:
X-Windows terminal (display, keyboard, mouse -- applications run elsewhere)
X-Windows server (runs applications, possibly exports display)
Network file server:
Samba server for a network of PCs.
NFS server for other PCs and Unix systems.
Print server:
Print spooler using lpd (Unix, NFS clients)
Print spooler using samba (PC clients)
Fax spooler:
Fax server for incoming fax transmissions.
Fax server for outgoing fax transmissions.
Modem communications:
Server answers the phone, provides shell logins.
Server answers the phone, provides PPP, SLIP or term logins.
Users can dial-out using a (possibly shared) shared modem.
Users can initiate PPP connections to remote systems.
Office productivity software:
Document preparation with TeX, LaTeX and derivatives.
Spreadsheets created with NeXS.
Internet client software - WWW
NetScape Navigator.
Lynx.
Internet client software - mail
Pine.
Netscape's mail client.
Network management:
Internet or WAN router.
Internet or WAN firewall.
Electronic mail server:
POP-3 server.
SMTP server (sendmail, others).
SMTP mail router.
Network services provided to local users:
HTTP (World-Wide Web) server or cache.
``Regular'' (user-ID and password required) ftp server.
News server or cache.
Accepts secure-shell (ssh) connections.
Services finger requests.
Runs one or more database servers.
Network services provided to remote users over dial-up or the Internet:
HTTP (World-Wide Web) server or cache.
Services finger requests.
Software development tools:
C and/or C++
Java
Perl
Bourne, Korn, C or another shell; using sed, awk, grep and similar tools.
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