Digital Video Systems, Inc.

Consumer Electronics, Multimedia, MPEG encoding and decoding systems, including DVD, Video CD, pc add-on cards, and complete Network Video Systems.

Our Network Video Systems run Linux.

Digital Video Systems, Inc. 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.

• 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:

  • Users can dial-out using a (possibly shared) shared modem.

• Internet client software - WWW

  • NetScape Navigator.

• Internet client software - mail

  • Mail.
  • Netscape's mail client.

• Network management:

  • Internet or WAN router.
  • Internet or WAN firewall.

• Electronic mail 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.
  • Accepts telnet connections.
  • 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.
  • ``Regular'' (user-ID and password required) ftp server.
  • Accepts telnet connections.

• 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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