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I've taken the liberty of combining together a number of different submissions we've received. First off, Network Magic recently came out with a new version of their software (tour on link). It's Windows-based primarily, but having tested it out on Mac/Linux/Windows-mixed network, it's worth checking out. Another individual pointed out that SourceForge Enterprise is now a 15 seat free download; you can also grab the ISO in Torrent form. (SourceForge is made by the other arm of the company that owns Slashdot, VA Software). Lastly, a couple of folks seem to have rediscovered the joy of Audioscrobbler and sharing the stuff via last.fm. Fun stuff.
Just out of curiousity, is this story a paid advertisement for specific software?
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Here's something I never got: why isn't sourceforge free and open source itself? It seems like it should be.
Philosophy.
o/t: Is this a porly concieved Slashvertisement???
Given, I haven't tried Sourceforge, but Trac is a HUGE pain to install. Mega-huge. In that the odds your server already has the dependencies taken care of are pretty much 0%. If I recall, it takes 4 different libraries (which have to be EXACT VERSIONS) or it won't do nothing.
They really need to streamline the installation so the standard (say) Dreamhost domain can run it before they can take over a lot of this market.
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In theory you're right. In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice they're different.
I currently have three computers all running XP, all in the same workgroup and they can only access each other by IP address. It's a PITA to share files and printers. I'm very computer literate and could probably do some research to figure out what's going wrong. Iit's not exactly on the top of my list, and it might be worth the price for network magic to solve the problem for me.
However, I don't understand why they use a subscription model. If you don't pay $30 every year, their service cuts off. When I'm dealing with a company that may not be around in a year, I want a flat price.
Seriously, you guys should give Hamachi a try. You can build LAN's over the internet with it in a reasonably secure manner. Great for multiplayer games. Also comes in a yummy Linux flavour.