The Open Road: Groupware for Unix Pt.2
Last month, I started talking about groupware for *nix systems. I suppose I should have known that this is a pretty hot topic. I got plenty of response from readers who have their own favorite groupware applications and suites that run on Linux and other Unix-type systems.
December 2002 Open Road: CUPS Part Two
Last month I examined the Common Unix Printer System, better known as CUPS. This month I'll take a closer look at CUPS, specifically how to use it. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised how easy it is to set up.
October 2002 The Open Road: Common Unix Printer System
This month and next month I'll cover the Common Unix Printer System, or CUPS. This month I'll present an overview of CUPS — what it is and why you might want to use it. Next month, I'll take a look at working with CUPS.
September 2002 The Open Road: wget and Debian 3.0
This month, I talk about the wget utility and the latest and greatest Debian GNU/Linux release.
August 2002 The Open Road: More Fun with LaTeX
Last month, I took an introductory look at LaTeX. This month, I’ll present a basic LaTeX document, LaTeX syntax, and processing a LaTeX document.
July 2002 The Open Road: Working with LaTeX
Zonker provides an overview of LaTeX and what you need to get started using it.
June 2002 The Open Road: ht://Dig Part 2
Last month, I started talking about ht://Dig. This month, I'll finish up the ht://Dig coverage with some tips for better search results and customizing ht://Dig.
May 2002 The Open Road: Using ht://Dig
A conversation about Web usability recently sprang up on my LUG's discussion list. There were diverse opinions about what constitutes usability, but virtually everyone agreed on two points: first, the unnecessary and increasing use of Flash animations detracts from usability, particularly when sites provide no other means of viewing their content; second, a quality search engine is absolutely vital. No matter how clean and well-designed the interface is, on sites with a fair amount of content, you need to be able to type in a search term and pull up the content you want right now.
April 2002 The Open Road: Your Very Own Weblog
Sometimes it seems like everyone in the world has a Weblog -- except for you. If you thought it was too hard to set up your own Weblog, you may be pleasantly surprised at how easy it can be. This month, I'm going to look at phpWebLog, one of many pre-made Weblogs that you could choose to set up a quick and easy Weblog. phpWebLog happens to be my favorite because it's very easy to set up, and because I've been using it for various projects for about two years now. The phpWebLog package has few prerequisites and works very well for people who want to set up a Weblog on a hosting service.
March 2002 The Open Road: Procmail
There are many reasons to filter your mail. For example, I subscribe to several mailing lists and get email from several different accounts; some of that mail is fairly important and some isn't urgent at all. And, of course, there's the ever-continuing battle against spam.
February 2002 The Open Road: Fun and Games
Ordinarily, I use this column to talk about free and Open Source software and how they can help you work more efficiently. Because it's the holiday season, I thought I'd cheat a little and slip in a couple of other programs that make life a little more fun -- namely, a few of my favorite Free Software games. These are by no means going to help you get any work done, but they might just make your day a little more fun.
December 2001 Pogo Linux Vorticon Workstation
Although Linux has been embraced by major computer manufacturers as a server OS, it still gets little respect as a desktop or workstation operating system. Dell, for instance, pulled their Linux desktop and workstation lines earlier this year, but they're still doing great business with Linux servers. If you want to run Linux as a desktop or workstation OS, you're probably better off either building your own workstation or buying from a smaller computer company. In this review, I'll look at a workstation from Pogo Linux, a vendor that focuses almost exclusively on Linux.
November 2001 Feature Article / Filtering Packets with iptables
My initial plan for this column was to cover the use of iptables. However, after reading questions sent to the Netfilter mailing list, and some of the questions I ran across on various forums, I decided to spend a little more time on the basics of compiling a kernel and installing iptables. While many folks who are interested in using iptables are probably Linux gurus already, there are probably an equal number of novice Linux users who would benefit from starting at the beginning.
This month and next month, I'm going to take a look at filtering packets with iptables, the replacement for ipchains in the 2.4 Linux kernel. This month, I will deal with the basics of getting iptables up and running, and next month I'll explore using iptables in detail.
November 0003 Reviews / Sofware / Comanche Review
Comanche is a GUI tool for configuring and administering Apache. Zonker tests the latest version to see how much it has improved over the past year.
March 2001 Open Source / Open Source Licensing
Studt discusses requirements for Open Source software and provides a detailed comparison of Open Source licenses.
March 2001 Features / Open Source / WINE: What's Happening Now
What it is, where it's been, and what's in store as the 1.0 release approaches.
January 2001 Features / Open Source / GnuPG: An Open Solution to Data Protection
Routing with Zebra -- an Open Source Routing System for Unix and Linux.
January 2001 Reviews / Sofware / Zebra
Zebra is a free routing system designed for UNIX operating systems and licensed under the GNU public license. Mike Metzger discusses the use of Zebra as a border gateway protocol router running on Linux using IPv4.
October 2000 Development / Scripting / REBOL and the Shell
Scripting with the versatile REBOL scripting language.
September 2000 Open Source / Linux / Network Clustering with RedHat's Piranha
Clustering usually brings to mind dozens of servers working together to crack the latest unbreakable encryption, or to break the world’s record for calculating the most significant digits for pi.
August 2000 Features / Open Source / The State of the Daemon
The classic TCP/IP routing algorithms used today make their routing decisions based only on the destination address of IP packets.
June 2000 Policy Routing in Linux
The classic TCP/IP routing algorithms used today make their routing decisions based only on the destination address of IP packets.
June 2000 Features / Open Source / The State of the Daemon
BSD UNIX has worked in the Internet's kitchen for years, quietly running systems, schlepping mail, and serving hundreds of millions of web pages a day. BSD resembles Jeeves the butler; always there when you need it, invisible when you don't.
June 2000 A Linux Email Server
Electronic mail is a strange beast. In the past few years, I've set up a number of electronic mail and Internet gateways. Some of my customers are smaller companies with a few employees and no desire to pay huge amounts of money for a 24x7 ISDN or DSL connection.
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