Open Source enterprise

Open source software provides similar (or even better) functions and features as their proprietary counterparts. It can be deployed to handle any possible task within IT infrastructure – networks, servers, desktops, backups etc. All these small task deployments could together create ultimate fully open source enterprise environment with 100% freedom, choice and other open source benefits utilization.

Open enterprise components depends on what is the purpose of the system, basically whether it is server or desktop system. Check out what we recommend for both system types (servers and desktops) and enjoy your choice with the alternatives too.

Server

Operating system Linux
  • Linux is natural choice for server operating system, because it supports various hardware platforms and devices, which makes it easy to deploy. You can also see other Linux benefits.
  • Alternatives: BSD
Email server Postfix
  • Postfix attempts to be fast, easy to administer, and secure mail server. It could be extended with a wide range of additional email features like: out of office replies, delivery filters, antivir scanners and spam filters.
  • Alternatives: qmail, sendmail
Web server Apache
  • Apache is the most popular web server on the Internet. Its popularity comes from easy administration, performance, availability on many platforms and numerous extensions.
Domain name server djbdns
  • Djbdns is a collection of Domain Name System utilities which provide basic features of DNS – cache, authoritative name server and zones transfer. It is easy to deploy and is best known for its security.
  • Alternatives: BIND
Database PostgreSQL
  • PostgreSQL is robust object relational DBMS. It matches proprietary database engines with the features and SQL compliance.
  • Alternative: MySQL, Firebird, SQLite
File sharing Samba and Netatalk
  • Samba and Netatalk provide the easiest way to cross platform file sharing. While Samba is software suite that provides seamless file and print services to Microsoft Windows clients (including Windows domains, point and print.printing and other advanced features), Netatalk is implementation of Apple Filesharing Protocol which provides native filesharing with MacOS systems.
  • Alternatives: OpenAFS, NFS
Directory service OpenLDAP
  • OpenLDAP is commercial-grade, fully featured and open source implementation of the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol.
  • Alternatives: RedHat Directory server

Desktop

User interface Gnome
  • Gnome user interface focuses on simplicity and usability. It doesn't impose high level of knowledge requirement on the user to operate it. The defaults are prepared sensitively and everything is setup to work right out-of-the-box. Power users could of course go deeply under the roof, but it completely hidden for beginners. All together makes it the best option.
  • Alternatives: KDE
Office suite OpenOffice
  • Writing documents, making graphs or presentations is easy with Open Office package. This free application uses Open Document Format (ODF) which became from 2006 as world wide standard (ISO 26300)
  • Alternatives: StarOffice, Abiword/Gnumeric
Web browsing Firefox
  • Firefox is one of the most popular web browsing application. It is wellknown for its speed, tabbing, plugins, etc.
  • Alternatives: Opera, Epiphany, Konqueror
E-mail Evolution
  • Evolution is powerful GUI e-mail client. The most important features are Calendar, Tasks, Contacts, synchronisation, virtual folder, antispam, etc.
  • Alternatives: Mozilla Thunderbird, Kmail
Multimedia Mplayer
  • You don't know how to play your favourite AVI files, DVD or SVCD? An advice is simple, use Mplayer. It supports many formats and codecs, subtitles, rewinding, etc.
  • Alternatives: Totem, Xanim
Remote desktop NX
  • NX is remote desktop with extreme high compression algorithm, so you can use it fully functional on slow network connections.
  • Alternatives: VNC
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