Network Management
Open source network management tools are of very high quality and are routinely used even in proprietary operating systems (e.g. Mac OS X). They include e-mail servers, file servers, backup software, print servers and directory servers.
Using tools such as these, you can replace servers requiring licences (Windows, Mac OS X) with free Linux servers running on commodity hardware.
| Title | Platforms | Licence | Home page |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bacula |
Linux Mac OS X Unix Windows |
GNU General Public License (GPL) | http://www.bacula.org |
| CUPS |
Linux Mac OS X Unix |
GNU General Public License (GPL) GNU Library or "Lesser" General Public License (LGPL) |
http://www.cups.org |
| Dovecot |
Linux Mac OS X Unix |
GNU Library or "Lesser" General Public License (LGPL) MIT license |
http://www.dovecot.org |
| Netatalk |
Linux Mac OS X Unix |
GNU General Public License (GPL) | http://netatalk.sourceforge.net |
| NFS |
Linux Mac OS X Unix |
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| OpenLDAP |
Linux Mac OS X Unix Windows |
The OpenLDAP Public License | http://www.openldap.org |
| Postfix |
Linux Mac OS X Unix |
IBM Public License | http://www.postfix.org |
| Samba |
Linux Mac OS X Unix |
GNU General Public License (GPL) | http://www.samba.org |
| Webmin |
Linux Mac OS X Unix Windows |
New and Simplified BSD licenses | http://www.webmin.com |
