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BetterLinux is finally released. This new software product makes linux better by allowing a system administrator to be in complete control of the linux system.

You no longer have to let out of control cpu or disk I/O intensive processes take your system down or slow down other users or more important processes. You can also set alarms that tell you when certain processes or users exceed specified cpu, I/O,memory, processes limits, and many other system activities.

Database admins will be especially pleased to know that BetterLinux can now detect and deal with abusive MySQL queries so that no individual MySQL users/dbs can negatively impact the performance of any server running the software.

Shared server, dedicated server, VPS or even a cloud server, this tool works. Now you have the ability to set IOPs (I/O operations per second) or exact disk bandwidth limits per user or per process. You can also allow bursting to ensure that 100% of the cpu and disks are utilized if you would like it be. It also works great for local storage, network attached and virtual network devices such as NFS, ISCSI, etc. LVM is 100% supported as well.

See intallation guide here.

BetterLinux is currently free until 2013.

You may have experienced the scalability of WordPress like changing theme, adding new plugins and etc. How about adding a Shopping cart or turn a wordpress site to a E-commerce enabled site ?

WP E-commerce Plugin is the only plugin you need.

Why is this plugin good ?

• Installation is simple, Just like all well architectured plugins WP e-Commerce bolts right on. You simply download the plugin, copy it to your Plugins folder and activate it via your admin panel.
• There is a range of tool to help you to import your products into Facebook Marketplace and Google Base. WP e-Commerce also utilises the populor “Share This” plugin so that your happy customers can bookmark and promote your products too!!!
• Unlike most e-commerce software, your products will be indexed by search engine like Google perfectly just like any blog post.
• You can easily accept payment online, e.g.  Google Checkout, Paypal, Authorize.net, Payment Express and many other trusted payment processors.
• Not only do you get to choose from a range of slick store front styles but you can customize and tweak your site to look however you want. We have made it easy for you by utilising WordPress PHP template tags, WordPress shortcodes and WordPress Widgets
• Well documented and get support from Forums.
• The plugin has been around for 4 years. The latest version is 3.6.11 and compatible up to WordPress 2.7 (latest).
• It is FREE
• Tax calculation.

A real working site implemented the plugin:

http://icondock.com/icons/

Installing a Php MySQL + Apache development environment was once very frustrating (especially on Windows Vista !) until XAMPP launched.

XAMPP is an easy to install Apache distribution containing MySQL, PHP and Perl. XAMPP is really very easy to install and to use – just download, extract and start. The best part is IT IS FREE.

I have only tried the Windows version and is already loved it ! The windows version works on Windows 98, NT, 2000, 2003, XP and Vista. This version contains: Apache, MySQL, PHP + PEAR, Perl, mod_php, mod_perl, mod_ssl, OpenSSL, phpMyAdmin, Webalizer, Mercury Mail Transport System for Win32 and NetWare Systems v3.32, Ming, JpGraph, FileZilla FTP Server, mcrypt, eAccelerator, SQLite, and WEB-DAV + mod_auth_mysql

Screen shots.

Why I like XAMPP so much ?

1. The installation is really easy on my Vista notebook, I do not have to handle the troublesome Vista User account control (UAC).
2. Installation comes with latest Apache 2.6, php 4 & 5, MySQL 5+
3. Zend optimer is included.
4. Switching between Php 4 and Php 5 is very simple.
5. Apache and MySQL can run as service of run adhoc.