Linux Software Information and Resources

cbbrowne Computing Inc. provides information services such as reviews of computer software running on the Linux platform.

This is a main release site for Slony-I Administration, a set of documentation on the "care and feeding" of Slony-I, a replication system for PostgreSQL. Chris is one of the main developers for Slony-I, and is pretty heavily involved with the use of PostgreSQL databases.

Chris has been a presenter in a variety of venues, including:

• OSCON 2006 - Eight Steps to Fix Your Database Performance Problem
• OSCON 2005 - Slony-I Replication Tutorial
• TLUG - Slony-I Replication for PostgreSQL
• TLUG - GnuCash
• RealWorld Linux 2004 - Business Finance Software for Linux - An Overview

There are also pages with several taxonomies of software available for Linux, including comprehensive lists of options in the following application areas:

• Relational Databases
• Spreadsheets
• Word Processing software
• Financial and Accounting software.

Pointedly Linux-related stuff includes:

• The Linux Kernel
• A Taxonomy of Linux Distributions
• Hardware suitable for running Linux
• VARS (Vendors of hardware running Linux)
• Printer Management Software
• The X Window System

Being something of a language polyglot, Chris has several pages on different sorts of computer languages, including:

• Computer Languages
• Scripting Languages
• Lisp
• Bytecoded Languages