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Tectonic: Big Brother Linux

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 25, 2006

“Cape Town-based Linux solutions provider Redlinx has built a
high-end digital video recording appliance based on open source
software. The solution runs on Suse Enterprise Linux and MySQL for
a highly scalable and customisable solution to all security
woes.

“According to Sean van der Walt, Redlinx MD, the system is
specifically designed to offer fast response times on both
recording and play-back. The appliance server can stream video
through a web browser, making live video accessible on a local or
wide area network, and some fancy driver programming by Redlinx has
it integrating with both IP and analogue video cameras…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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