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Introduction
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Although the Tracker Dogs are dogs, there is
still some software to be developed. And since our dogs still
don't know how to program, we'll have to do the job ourself.
The Tracker Dogs Meta Search Engine is Open Source which
means that anyone can help to improve Tracker Dogs. For more
info, go to our SourceForge
page.
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How did I make all
this?????
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Of course, with a little help from my
friends:
 Linux (RedHat)
This beautiful operating system is the best for developers.
 Emacs
It takes a
while to learn to use this (a day or so). But when you do, oh
man... In my opinion, it is the most perfect editor there
is.
 The GIMP
The GNU image manipulation program. It is as good as (or even
better than) Photopaint, Paintshop pro,... With this program you
can do almost anything concerning graphics.
Java
Java...programmers heaven. I love it!
 Jakarta-Tomcat
The goal of the Jakarta Project is to provide commercial-quality
server solutions based on the Java Platform that are developed in
an open and cooperative fashion.
Mozilla
Nice browser, like many others. But Mozilla seems to stick to the standards.
And the best part of all this is that you can get all these
components for FREE! Great isn't it?
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How can you make something
similar?
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Make sure you have the imagination of a child, and the computer
knowledge of a geek. The rest will follow.
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The Tracker Dogs run on
what?
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Hardware: (pantheon.cx) Intel Pentium 133Mhz,
64MB EDO RAM. Not much... I know.
Internet: BelNet
Operating System: SuSE
Linux
Http Server: Apache HTTP
Server Project
Servlet Server: Jakarta-Tomcat
Java Environment: Sun's
jdk1.3.1
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Open Source? Yeah baby,
yeah!
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| Fifteen years ago people were saying "The free software
people build some nice toys and demos, but they haven't got what it
takes to build real tools". The FSF proved them wrong. Five years
ago the same people said "OK, GNU is a nifty programmer's toolkit
but they'll never build a viable operating system." Linux proved
them wrong again. Now they're saying "OK, so Linux is a nice
sandbox for hackers and it does Internet pretty well, but they'll
never build decent end-user applications." If the naysayers are
right this time, it will be a first. -- Eric S. Raymond --
Tracker Dogs is released under the GNU Public License. For more
info, go to our SourceForge
page.
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Hacker? Open Source??
WHAT?????
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First let me get some misunderstandings out of the world:
There IS a difference between a hacker and a cracker!
Is someone a hacker or a cracker?
-If his name is
ReDaTtAcK, uNDERtAKER, BadBoy31337,... its NOT a hacker, but a
cracker. Real hackers always use their real names (they are
proud on their work and they do nothing illegal)
-If he
doesn't use Linux, FreeBSD, ... or any other UNIX system, he is
NOT a hacker. (How the hell can you call yourself a hacker when
you 'program' html in windows notepad ?????)
-If he only
programs in Visual Basic or some other kind like that: NOT A
HACKER!
Get the point? A hacker is someone with a natural
interest for computers. He likes programming and other computer
related stuff. His intentions are not breaking into other
computer systems, but learning as much as he can about the
wonderful world of computers. He is also part of the hacker
community, that means that he uses software of the hacker
community (and likes it!), seeks and solves bugs in that
software, tests beta-software,... .
In contrast, the
philosophy and intentions of a cracker are different. His first
intention is breaking into a system, no matter what. They often
use tools (like SAINT) written by real hackers (for system
security).
And then you have yet another kind (the real
low lives, vandals): script kiddies. They have no clue on how a
computer works, but they don't have to. They use programs to
send mailbombs or to generate Denial of Service attacks, or
even generate viruses.
I do not call myself a hacker. I
probably have a hackers mentality, but my contribution to the
hacker culture is poor, to my regret. (But I am working on
it!)
For the reporters:
Why don't you do the real
hackers a favor, and stop using the word "hacker" when you
realy mean "cracker". I know that "hacker" is a realy catchy
word that attracts the great public. But than why don't you
write an article on the real hacker culture. (See the
references)
References:
hacker
history: The first hackers, when hackers became almost
extinct,... .
hacker
howto: How do YOU become a hacker.
the jargon file:
The typical hackers language.
www.opensource.org: The
hacker philosophy defined by a license.
www.gnu.org: Free Software
Foundation, Copyleft,... . The license to keep Free Software
free!
www.openresources.com:
Documents of the hacker culture. (you have to check out the
document "Open Sources - Voices from the Open Source
Revolution")
SourceForge: Breaking
Down the Barriers to Open Source Development
slashdot: News for nerds, stuff
that matters.
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