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Git (or another SCM) is essential in collaborative software development. It is also very helpful for individual developers not only for managing software configuration, maintaining a remote backup, maintaining a separate authoritative software configuration on a remote computer, but for allowing the individual developer to work on a project on multiple computers and have the current state of the repository available on all of the developer's computers.

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Network File System (NFS) is a system that allows a filesystem hierarchy located on a remote host to be mounted on a local host, allowing directories and files stored on the remote host to be accessed as if they were on the local host. NFS, originally developed for Unix over thirty years ago, remains useful on Linux, for example in automated Red Hat Enterprise Linux installations where the installation image is stored on a remote …

This is the second article in a series of articles on getting started with IBM's Db2 Database, a Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) that is part of a collection of data management and analysis software. The first article of the series -- Getting Started with IBM DB2 on Linux Part I: Background and Installation Preparation, discussed downloading the installation image, preparation for installation, and the available installation methods. The current article describes one …

In the first three articles of this series of articles on getting started with IBM's Db2 Relational Database Management System, the installation methods were introduced and steps necessary for installation were presented, the installation using the Db2 Setup GUI wizard was described, and the various manual installation processes were detailed. This article, the last in the series, introduces some of the fundamental concepts of Db2 that should be understood in order to …

This is the third article in a series of articles on getting started with IBM's Db2 Database, a Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) that is part of a collection of data management and analysis software. The first article, Getting Started with IBM DB2 on Linux Part I: Background and Installation Preparation, discussed the installation methods and the process of preparing for installation; the second article, Getting Started with IBM DB2 on Linux Part …

IBM makes its proprietary enterprise class SQL based RDBMS software, DB2, with all features enabled, freely available to anyone for any purpose except for providing commercial IT services to third parties. The only limitation is the amount of processor and memory resources that Db2 can use for the free download, and contact information is required before being presented with a download link. Users have the option of applying a purchased license to the installation after …

GNU/Linux distributions provide recent versions Python as part of the default installation, and in fact, rely on the language to create many of the system tools used by the distribution. For users' Python development needs, the version provided by the distribution may not be appropriate for various reasons. Some distributions -- Fedora, for example, make it easier for users to obtain the version they need by including the Python version as part of the name …

The Zurb Foundation web front end framework is excellent, with advanced workflow automation tools and features. Unfortunately, development on new versions is quick and sometimes content management system plugins based on this framework -- like the Drupal theme modules -- sometimes don't move at the same pace. Or maintenance stops on a widely adopted version in favor of a new version, while the previous version is still essential to web developers and site operators. This …