OrangeHRM-New Level of HR Management

It is really undeniable, every nation in the world can see the effects that this global financial crisis had brought us. Increasing number of employees being layoff, bankruptcy of banks and businesses . Thus, some of these companies and businesses look for alternatives to be able to lessen expenses. Use of open source software serves as one option. Open source software are the free alternative of those commercially available software.

Sourceforge.net provides information about the trends in Open Source Industry and every month the site chooses a promising software to use. The Sourceforge.net Project of the Month is OrangeHRM. It is a Human Resource Management (HRM) system that facilitates personnel information management, employee self service, leave, time & attendance, benefits, and recruitment of a company. OrangeHRM can be used by human resource professionals (and all employees) in small to medium sized organizations. To know more about OrangeHRM development visit Sourceforge.net website.

Basic Requirements:

• PHP 5.2 or later
• MySQL server 5.0.12 or later
• Apache Server 1.3 or later

HP Linux Desktop

Hewlett Package will launch their own linux desktop preloaded with Linux and other opensource softwares such as IM, web browsers, software applications and Open Office, an alternative open source software for Windows Office.

HP announced their launch week after IBM launched their Linux-desktop package. HP's offering to preload Novell's SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop on the HP Compaq dc5850 along with other open source applications.

HP Linux Desktop targets the education market and with regard to it the company is developing educational applications for teachers and students.

HP will start selling the Linux Desktops in United States on December 15 with starting price of $519.

Concrete 5

Concrete5 is another opensource content management system with built in PHP and uses MySQL database. It was 5 years ago when the project was founded and took it steps for development.

The development team targets two audiences, developers and site owners. Concrete5 is considered a powerful tool for developers because of its user-frinedly interface and developers can create websites without compromise.

Some of its powerful features are its point, click and edit in place feature wherein website devepment is just as simple as point and click.; It can handle huge number of visitors with no problem and its stable and dependable.

Few sites that implements C5 are the following: SchoolPulse.com, GereDonovan.com, SustainableHarvest.com. To download and know more about C5, check out their website at www.concrete5.org.

gOS Cloud aka Good OS Cloud

Good OS Cloud is an operating system that was created by GOOD OS LLC in Los Angeles.It is a browser friendly OS that combines sophisticated technologies and beautiful design to make a PC faster, safer and easier. The moment the user turned on the computer, in seconds a browser with an icon dock inside will be displayed. In this browser, users can browse the web, email and use other applications. Another added option that cloud offer is it can easily navigate from different OS such as Windows and Linux. Cloud currently supports lesser languages but Good OS find means to have it customize so that it can provide more choices for users during the installation.

Cloud Feature List
Web browser with Icon Dock Inside , Network Manager, Power Button, Boot to Window XP/Vista or Linux OS, Battery Life Indicator, Volume Controls, My Files & Viewers

System Specifications:

• Standard x86 Processor
• 128 MB Ram
• 35 MB Storage (Can be smaller or larger)
• Preloaded in HDD/SSD of PC
• Preloaded in on board flash storage of MB
• Preloaded in CD as Windows Installer
• Cloud does not require additional hardware and is compatible with any operating system.