Open Source Linux Server Projects [closed]

Question

I'm interested in researching and trying to contribute to an open source project. Since I run a linux desktop, there are many open source projects I'm familiar with, and I've contributed a little to some of them. I find these projects, simply because I have a need for them. Other than that, I have done a lot in game development, as I have found this interesting.

However, the programs I run, and those that enterprise businesses run are quite different: I assume. I would really like to look at something which is used widely by businesses or organizations (unlike my side scroller). I haven't really come across much enterprise development as I'm still in university and my side job is just managing apache servers. My first pick was apache httpd server, but it seems to be written in C. I'm looking for something written in java/c++.

Any suggestions would be great.

Answer 1

Some Java based open source projects that might be of interest, have large communities and are commonly used in business:

• Eclipse (IDE and tools)
• Apache Commons (general purpose libraries)
• Netty (Networking library)
• OpenJDK (The open source Java implementation itself)
• JBoss (Application server)
• Play framework (Web framework)
• Clojure (modern Lisp-derived language on-top of the JVM)
• Hadoop (big data processing)

One word of advice - pick something that you are personally interested in / passionate about. You will then have a lot more fun, get a greater sense of satisfaction and probably be able to make a much more meaningful contribution as a result.