Open source projects galore on swik.net

NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: PHIL HOCHMUTH ON LINUX
07/20/05
Today's focus: Open source projects galore on swik.net

Dear networking.world@gmail.com,

In this issue:

* Looking for a new open source project? Swik may have one for
  you
* Links related to Linux
* Featured reader resource
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Today's focus: Open source projects galore on swik.net

By Phil Hochmuth

Users of open source tools and software looking for a new cache
of interesting projects to peruse might find something
interesting at swik.net.

The site allows users to view, download and post comments on
individual project pages. It uses the wiki approach to
gathering, displaying and editing content; anyone can edit
content on Swik project pages, making the site very interactive.

Swik is modeled on the wiki concept, associated with the
Wikipedia free encyclopedia site, where entries can be edited
and readers can post comments and annotations.

Swik features a search engine for finding open source projects.
When a user clicks on a topic site, other similar projects are
grouped and displayed together. For example, clicking on the
entry for the popular BitTorrent open source tool also reveals
links to Azureus, an implementation of BitTorrent based on Java,
and WombatShare, an open source tool for peer-to-peer file
sharing. The site also has an interesting "random project" link
on its main page; this takes you to a random entry in the sites
database.

Users can subscribe to a particular project and receive updates
on that projects' progress, such as bug fixes, new software
versions and the availability of new documentation or release
notes. Subscribing to a project, users can also receive updates
via RSS feeds.

RELATED EDITORIAL LINKS

Swick.net
http://www.swik.net/

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/071805-opensso.html?rl
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Phil Hochmuth is a Network World Senior Editor and a former
systems integrator. You can reach him at
<mailto:phochmut@nww.com>.
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