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Open Source Software is software for which the source code is available for free. Usually the source code and compiled versions can be used/changed/redistributed with simple restrictions as detailed in the accompanying license. Even though the source code is readily available, some companies like Red Hat charge for support with their product. The Open Source principles can also be applied to concepts besides software.

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Is there any open source Exchange server? [closed]

Is there any open source Exchange server that is work fine like Microsoft Exchange for Linux or Windows?
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Free automatic deployment systems?

Are there any free systems for deploying new applications across a Windows network? e.g. if I wanted to automatically install Silverlight to every PC? (Assuming a Windows network of about 150 ...
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What Are Some Good Open Source Alternatives to Active Directory?

I'm looking for a good open-source alternative to active directory that can handle: Authorization/Authentication Group Policy Replication and Trust Monitoring In addition, are there any consolidated ...
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What is a good open source issue tracking system for non-developers?

I've used TRAC for tracking bugs/issues for software development but it seems a bit complex for a typical desktop user. Is there anything better (open source) that would be simpler to use (than TRAC), ...
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Open Source Unified Threat Management Software Options [closed]

Does anyone have experience or could recommend an open source Unified Threat Management (UTM) package that we could install on our network using hardware we already own? Looking for something that ...
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What are your favorite open source tools?

I believe every system administrator is used to open source by now. From Apache to Firefox or Linux, everyone uses it at least a little bit. However, most open source developers are not good in ...
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Network Diagramming Software, FREE or Open-Source [closed]

There are lots of Network Diagramming Software, but it doesn't satisfies me. In a reason that it's not free. I need a Network Diagramming Software that can design both Logical and Physical, and it ...
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Good free Helpdesk software? [closed]

looking for good free or open-source Help Desk software. And by Help Desk Software I don't mean development issue tracking (which is slightly different), I mean software that is optimised towards ...
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Is there an open source email client that will work with Exchange 2007?

Recently I've been playing around with Ubuntu 9.04 on one of my work systems. The only real bump in the road that keeps it from being being used as my main workstation is that I cannot find a ...
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What's a good Open Source or free ticket tracking system? [closed]

I'm looking for a good free or Open Source ticket tracking system that can be used to help manage support tasks and clients in a computer repair style situation. Ideally, this software would be ...
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Any open source backup software with NDMP support? [closed]

Is there any open source backup software with NDMP support? I'm looking for open source software (or free software) for backing up a large NAS file server, which supports the NDMP protocol and uses ...
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Looking for good Open Source email server

I'm currently running MailEnable as my email server, it's ok but lacking. I'm looking for a better alternative and am wondering about Open Source. I'm a huge fan of the Smarter Mail, and will pay if ...
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Opensource alternative to MS Active Directory

As part of an undergoing IT infrastructure building, I need to implement LDAP directory using opensource communities backed solution. I'm not pretty sure about Openldap and Samba. Do they offer ...
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Puppet masterport

You can have Puppet listen on a custom port as port 80 instead of 8140 as I have seen it. It can be set in etc/puppet/puppet.conf as masterport=80 There is a command, don't know if I use it right ...
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Zimbra Alternative Open source application [closed]

I'm looking for an open source alternative for zimbra which supports outlook and thunderbird as pop and smtp clients. I don't need collaboration suite. If anyone can suggest or share their experience ...
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