Linux Format Archives

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• Issue 125 - Review:  Slackware 13.0 - Which distro was forged in the mists of time and still manages to stay relevant today? (Nick Veitch)
  
  
• Issue 125 - Feature:  Serve pages at the speed of Lighttpd - Lighttpd is a fast, lightweight alternative to Apache designed for high-traffic sites. It's also a doddle to set up, as we explain. (Juliet Kemp)
  
  
• Issue 125 - Tutorial:  Security: control user privileges - It's good to protect your files from external threats, but we've identified a bigger risk factor for your data... your family! Plus: updates with APT. (Andy Channelle)
  
  
• Issue 124 - Review:  Scribus 1.3.5 - Can there really be a competent, cross-platform desktop publishing package that serves both newbies and professionals alike? We find out. (Bob Moss)
  
  
• Issue 124 - Roundup:  Groupware servers - On test: Citadel, eGroupWare, Open-Xchange, Horde Groupware, Synovel CollabSuite. (Mayank Sharma)
  
  
• Issue 124 - Feature:  Drupal: quick and easy websites - Want to make your mark online? Here's how to create a Drupal website in minutes. (Shashank Sharma)
  
  
• Issue 124 - Tutorial:  WebDAV: Share over the web - Allowing several people to work on a document increases overall quality and reduces your workload - here's how. (Neil Bothwick)
  
  
• Issue 123 - Review:  Alien Arena 7.30 - They come from space to steal your cows. Nick is out standing in his field and gibbering at the potential of this futuristic FPS. (Nick Veitch)
  
  
• Issue 123 - HotPicks:  HotPicks - 4Pane, Atomic Tanks, Buddi, Data Crow, GogglesMM, KRecipes, ImageKonverter, Worm Blast, Xfburn, XML Copy Editor. (Andy Hudson)
  
  
• Issue 123 - Tutorial:  Python: Digg through XML - Part 4: We unlock the web's API with the power of XML. Your intrepid guide to all things Python won't rest until he has dug Digg. (Nick Veitch)
  
  
• Issue 122 - Book review:  Pro Ubuntu Server Administration - Andy steps boldly into server land with only a book to help him. (Andy Hudson)
  
  
• Issue 122 - Book review:  Beginning the Linux Command Line - Forget the Indonesian hobbits - we've found the missing link. (Andrew Gregory)
  
  
• Issue 122 - Book review:  Beginning Portable Shell Scripting - Andy likes to travel light. Nothing more than a memory key for him! (Andy Hudson)
  
  
• Issue 122 - Feature:  OpenSolaris - So you're a Linux guru? That doesn't impress Koen much. Real geeks use even more niche operating systems. (Koen Vervloesem)
  
  
• Issue 122 - What on Earth:  Social desktop - Even if you shun Facebook and MySpace, your desktop might well be on its way to making a socialite out of you yet. (Marco Fioretti)
  
  
• Issue 121 - Tutorial:  Sockso: build a music server - Tired of having to transfer music around? Here's how to create a personal music server so you can listen to your tunes anywhere. (Andy Channelle)
  
  
• Issue 121 - Tutorial:  Security: Protect your server - We show you how to manage your ports, deal with vulnerabilities and stop crackers from taking advantage of your server. (Martin Meredith)
  
  
• Issue 120 - Feature:  Take control - We compare three of the big contenders for managing your data changes: Bazaar, Subversion, and Git. (Juliet Kemp)
  
  
• Issue 119 - Feature:  Slack to the future - It's the longest-running Linux distribution in existence, but just what is it that makes Slackware so popular among hardcore Linux fans? (Mike Saunders)
  
  
• Issue 119 - Feature:  Dr Brown's Administeria - Deliver online training with Moodle, understand the structure of Debian/Ubuntu package repositories, and use those repos via proxies and mirrors. (Chris Brown)
  
  
• Issue 118 - Tutorial:  Greasemonkey: Hack the web - The web is a wonderful thing, but sometimes it doesn't work exactly as you want it to. Greasemonkey can help you fix that. (Juliet Kemp)
  
  
• Issue 118 - Review:  World of Goo - Two whizz-kid programmers exit EA, create a game, win awards, and Alex gets to play with some goo as a result. It's a hard life. (Alex Cox)
  
  
• Issue 117 - Interview:  Benoit Schillings - Chief Technologist of Qt at Nokia, amateur astronomer, KDE hacker and former BeOS developer - what a guy! (Graham Morrison)
  
  
• Issue 117 - Feature:  Build the ultimate MythTV box - Graham goes on a shopping spree to build a MythTV box without destroying our meagre budget for the month. (Graham Morrison)
  
  
• Issue 117 - Tutorial:  GAE: Deploy a web application - Google App Engine enables you to build scalable apps without worrying about scaling details. Here's how to get your first cloud app off the ground. (Dan Frost)
  
  
• Issue 116 - News:  Next gen netbooks - New technologies could lead to even more users on Facebook. Also covered: OLPC drops Linux; Red Hat bucks economic trends; HyperSpace Instant On; Bordeaux Wine variant; Sun buys Q-Layer; FreeBSD 7.1; FreeSwitch. (Andy Channelle)
  
  
• Issue 116 - Review:  CrunchBang Linux 8.10.01 - Is this CrunchBang by name, CrunchBang by nature? (Andy Hudson)
  
  
• Issue 116 - Feature:  The tragedy of the commons - The Creative Commons is full of potential for artists everywhere - so why is most of it untapped? Let's find out... (Marco Fioretti)
  
  
• Issue 116 - Tutorial:  First steps - Create engaging slideshows with Impress and make ringtones using Audacity. (Andy Channelle)
  
  
• Issue 115 - Feature:  Reader Awards 2008 - You voted for the software, services and support that impressed you the most in 2008 - and the results are in! (Paul Hudson)
  
  
• Issue 115 - Feature:  Turbo-charge your desktop - We explore the slick Enlightenment, speedy Fluxbox and keyboard-tastic Ratpoison window managers. (Mike Saunders)
  
  
• Issue 115 - Tutorial:  Webcams: Big Brother is you - We share the delicious feeling of being able to keep an eye on your property without being there... (Ian Barton)
  
  
• Issue 114 - Review:  Mandriva 2009 - We ask whether this 10-year-old distro does enough to survive for another decade. (Graham Morrison)
  
  
• Issue 114 - Feature:  Dr Brown's Administeria - Predict hard disk failure with Smart, understand fstab, and secure your data with ecryptfs. (Chris Brown)
  
  
• Issue 114 - Tutorial:  First steps - Get chatting online with the Pidgin instant messenger, and make your own greeting cards using Scribus. (Andy Channelle)
  
  
• Issue 113 - Feature:  Readers' round table - We venture outside LXF Towers to meet a few readers and discuss life, Linux and the lack of cheap parking in Bath. (Mike Saunders, Graham Morrison)
  
  
• Issue 112 - Tutorial:  Make a racing game - Expand your Python and PyGame skills with a top-down racer in under 100 lines of code. Vroom! (Mike Saunders)
  
  
• Issue 111 - Feature:  MythTV: the answer! - As a home media app, MythTV is beyond match. Unfortunately it's also a nightmare to configure - but we have the solution. (Graham Morrison)
  
  
• Issue 111 - Feature:  30 days with Haiku - An open source BeOS clone looking to take on the desktop: will it give Linux some friendly competition? We find out. (Graham Morrison)
  
  
• Issue 109 - Feature:  Error messages explained - We decode the secret meaning behind the most common Linux error messages and help you cure the problems in the process. (Graham Morrison)
  
  
• Issue 108 - Tutorial:  Eee PC: Add a new distro - Your Eee isn't limited to a single distribution. We show you how to install another Linux flavour and back up your files. (Mike Saunders)
  
  
• Issue 107 - Feature:  Desktop paradise - Had it with Human? Bored with blue? We'll guide you to form and function on the Linux desktop, whether you run KDE, Gnome or Xfce. (Graham Morrison)
  
  
• Issue 107 - Interview:  Rob Savoye - Adobe spent ten years making Flash, but it took Rob Savoye 1/10th that time. We speak to a coding maestro... (Mike Saunders, Paul Hudson)
  
  
• Issue 106 - Review:  UndoDB 2.2 - Graham finds this the perfect tool for finding exactly how his own convoluted and obfuscated code works... (Graham Morrison)
  
  
• Issue 106 - Feature:  Green computing - Want to save cash while doing your bit for the world? Going green does all that and more - we show you what Linux can do to make a difference... (Paul Hudson)
  
  
• Issue 106 - What on Earth:  Android - The not-at-all paranoid Graham puts Google's Linux-based mobile phone platform through his personal Voight-Kampff machine. (Graham Morrison)
  
  
• Issue 106 - Tutorial:  Use digital maps - Summer holidays will soon be looming and you want to make the most of your two weeks off work. Explore Google Maps and Google Earth... (Andy Channelle)
  
  
• Issue 106 - Tutorial:  VPN: remote networking - Looking for a remote access system that will give you total control over who gets access to what? We walk you through Secure VPN Gateway. (Richard Smedley, Tom Russell, David Gempton)
  
  
• Issue 105 - Review:  Zepto Znote 3215W - If you find the 800x480 screen resolution of the Eee PC a little restrictive, here's a full-size alternative for a little more cash. (Graham Morrison)
  
  
• Issue 105 - Feature:  Linux at the BBC - What do Strictly Come Dancing, the shipping forecast and open source have in common? They're all big at the BBC. (Alex Singleton)
  
  
• Issue 105 - Feature:  Microsoft and open source - Linux vs Vista and Windows is not a fair fight. We dissect the propaganda that Microsoft is using in its battle to retain its dominance. (Richard Hillesley)
  
  
• Issue 105 - Tutorial:  Backups: simple data insurance - If you want more reliable backups, you need an offsite backup process that happens no matter how absent-minded you are. (Juliet Kemp)
  
  
• Issue 104 - Review:  Toribash 3.1 - Beating up strangers is now socially acceptable, so we tense our limbs, relax our necks, and leap headlong into the weird world of turn-based combat. (Alex Cox)
  
  
• Issue 104 - Review:  Scribus 1.3.3.11 - Cross-platform open source desktop publishing is no longer merely one of Nick's funny dreams - creativity, fly and be free! (Nick Veitch)
  
  
• Issue 104 - Roundup:  Audio codecs - We look at the options for long-term storage of your music collection. On test: AAC, FLAC, MP3, Vorbis. (Daniel James)
  
  
• Issue 104 - Feature:  Linux in America - From a classroom in Finland to global domination, Linux is making it big everywhere. We uncover the next step in the push for global domination - how Linux is invading America. (John Brandon)
  
  
• Issue 104 - Tutorial:  Ardour: Equalise sound levels - PArt 3 - Our audio guru covers mixing your track, mixer automation, and effects processing with LADSPA plugins. (Daniel James)
  
  
• Issue 103 - Review:  Shuttle LinuXPC - Graham lifts a thumb on the recently launched Linux Shuttle and test drives the pricier of its diminutive Linux offerings. (Graham Morrison)
  
  
• Issue 103 - Feature:  Ubuntu: Pick your passion - Explore the aims, software and philosophy behind the various Ubuntu spin-offs - Mint, Studio, Edubuntu and more. (John Brandon)
  
  
• Issue 103 - Tutorial:  First steps: rip MP3s from vinyl - Records are making a comeback, inspiring Andy to begin ripping his collection of vinyl to the computer for the first time... (Andy Channelle)
  
  
• Issue 103 - Tutorial:  Code project: a ball game - Part 4: In the final tutorial of this series, we take a lighter look at coding with a simple (but addictive) game... (Mike Saunders)
  
  
• Issue 102 - Review:  Autopano Pro 1.4 - Nick often finds himself with his back against the wall, but this time it's because he's trying to shoot a multi-picture panorama. (Nick Veitch)
  
  
• Issue 102 - Review:  iRex iLiad electronic ink tablet - Can a Linux eBook be a real page-turner? We investigate. (Leo Maxwell)
  
  
• Issue 102 - Feature:  Resurrect your old PC - Nostalgic for your old beige boxes? Don't let them gather dust! Proprietary OSes force users to upgrade hardware much sooner than necessary: we highlight some great ways to make your pensioned-off PCs earn their keep. (Neil Bothwick)
  
  
• Issue 102 - What on Earth:  Classmate PC - Why would children in countries that barely have the infrastructure to feed and clothe their populations benefit from a low-cost, open source laptop? (Mike Saunders)
  
  
• Issue 102 - HotPicks:  HotPicks - GCstar, Genius, Osmo, Indywikia, Gbrainy, Comisat, Tasty Menu, Minirok, Brasero, Kile (Graham Morrison)
  
  
• Issue 102 - Tutorial:  First steps with RSS - Change the way you consume blogs, news sources and loads of other stuff with the best technology you've never heard of... (Andy Channelle)
  
  
• Issue 102 - Tutorial:  Code Project: Flash cards - Improve your programming skills and learn a foreign language with the help of Mike and your very own flash card testing tool... (Mike Saunders)
  
  
• Issue 102 - Tutorial:  Linux Virtual Server - Building load-balancing clusters with LVS is as good at keeping out the cold as chopping logs on a winter's day... (Chris Brown)
  
  
• Issue 101 - Review:  Gimp 2.4 - Though it's easier to use and has significant new features, we wonder whether Gimp now has what it takes to attract new professional users. (Dale Strickland-Clark)
  
  
• Issue 101 - Roundup:  Firefox extensions - Rated: AdBlock Plus, BlueOrganizer, Flock, iMacros, Greasemonkey, Mouse Gestures, StumbleUpon, Web Developer Toolbar (Richard Cobbett)
  
  
• Issue 101 - Distrowatch:  Upgrade times - The big 2007 Q4 release rush is over. Which Linux distribution are you using to ring in the New Year? Plus: elpicx 1.1, NimbleX, distro market share stats (Ladislav Bodnar)
  
  
• Issue 101 - HotPicks:  HotPicks - QTractor, Jukebox 3D, Kvkbd, Aqualung, SDL Asylum, Vulcan, White Dune, Miro, Songbird, NoteCase, Ultimate Stunts (Mike Saunders, Graham Morrison)
  
  
• Issue 101 - Tutorial:  Code project: config tools - Part 2: Can't remember all those fiddly command line flags? We show you how to create GUI-like alternatives for common admin utilities. (Mike Saunders)
  
  
• Issue 100 - Feature:  Hardware hacking made easy - Any old geek can program software, but it takes some serious commitment to computers to want to program hardware. We show you how to get started with the Arduino board... (Paul Hudson)
  
  
• Issue 99 - Review:  LMMS 0.3.0 - Graham is enthralled by what has become the best audio composition platform on Linux for anyone to create a decent tune. Everyone needs a 303! (Graham Morrison)
  
  
• Issue 99 - Review:  Intel ICC 10.0 versus GCC 4.2.1 - The two most popular C++ compilers have received a facelift. Are the new features worth an upgrade? Will any of them win new followers? (Biagio Lucini)
  
  
• Issue 99 - Interview:  Jack Aboutboul - Imagine that you could design your own distro online, just downloading an ISO containin the packages you need... With Revisor, you can. Fedora's Jack Aboutboul speaks. (Nick Veitch)
  
  
• Issue 99 - Tutorial:  Files: find what you're looking for - Ever mislaid an item in Linux? That mayonnaise recipe? Emails to Auntie Gwen? That huge file you downloaded? Fear not - help is at hand. (Chris Brown)
  
  
• Issue 99 - Tutorial:  Patching your own kernel - Patches can revolutionise your system by making everything interoperate more efficiently. Colonel Nick gives you your marching orders... (Nick Veitch)
  
  
• Issue 98 - Review:  VariCAD 2007 2.01 - Computer Aided Design on Linux? We can only imagine you want to use this app, unless any ofthe reader suggestions on the Mailserver page impress... (Nick Veitch)
  
  
• Issue 98 - Roundup:  Firewall front-ends - A selection of firewall GUIs: FireHOL, Firestarter, Firewall Builder, KMyFirewall, Guarddog, Shorewall (Chris Howells)
  
  
• Issue 98 - Interview:  Dell's Matt Domsch and Judy Chavez - Dell's new Linux-powered consumer machines are a major step forward for open source on the mainstream desktop. But how did they come about, and what challenges does the company face? (Mike Saunders)
  
  
• Issue 98 - Tutorial:  Mono: Get back to Unix - Much as C# might feel fresh and cool, Mono sits on top of the ugly beast that is Posix. We make the Unix side of Linux play nicely with .NET... (Paul Hudson)
  
  
• Issue 97 - Review:  Google Desktop 1.0 - Desktop search was all the rage twelve months ago. We wonder whether Google may be a little late to the party as far as Linux is concerned. (Graham Morrison)
  
  
• Issue 97 - Feature:  How to Slashdot-proof your server - Your web server is sick of trundling along at two requests per second. We show you how to set it free... (Paul Hudson)
  
  
• Issue 97 - Feature:  What price freedom? - Living with free software is often a life of compromise. We look at some of the advantages and disadvantages of open source development, the choices many of us face, and the effects on our favourite operating system - Linux. (Graham Morrison)
  
  
• Issue 97 - What on Earth:  OpenMoko - Whether you believe Charles Bourseul, Philipp Reis, Antonio Meucci or Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, the controversy rings a bell with Nick... (Nick Veitch)
  
  
• Issue 97 - HotPicks:  HotPicks - Wiki on a Stick, Zero Install, Herrie, JSCoverage, Slingshot, Thunder & Lightning, Segatex, Bitswash (Paul Hudson)
  
  
• Issue 97 - Tutorial:  Control: Getting Things Done - A cure for some ills of the modern world (apart from using less fossil fuels) would be better organisation. Andy is a man with time on his hands... (Andy Channelle)
  
  
• Issue 96 - Feature:  Professional DTP with Scribus - So you think Linux can't cut it in the professional world? Perhaps you are right, but we aim to prove otherwise by constructing this entire feature using open source software. (Nick Veitch)
  
  
• Issue 96 - Tutorial:  Bash: Learning about users - Want to spend time at the command line but don't know where to start? We have some basic commands that can empower a beginner. (Rachel Probert)
  
  
• Issue 96 - Tutorial:  APT: Advanced user tricks - Just when you thought it was safe to install software, Paul shows you some fresh power features in APT... (Paul Hudson)
  
  
• Issue 95 - Review:  UndoDB 2.0 - Finding bugs in programs is never easy, even if you have access to the source code. Would a time machine help? (Biagio Lucini)
  
  
• Issue 95 - Interview:  Interview: Jim McQuillan and Ron Colcernian - These two men founded the Linux Terminal Server Project eight years ago. Since then it has become an important springboard for many seeking to gain the power of terminal-based computing at low cost. (Nick Veitch)
  
  
• Issue 95 - Feature:  Enterprise support on test - Just how good is the business support of the top Linux distributions? We go undercover as Linux newbies to find out... (David Cartwright)
  
  
• Issue 95 - Feature:  The great Linux filesystem tour - Have you got lost in the Linux filesystem? Given up trying to figure out why things are where they are? Join our tour! (Chris Brown)
  
  
• Issue 95 - What on Earth:  JavaFX - We shine a light on Sun's fresh new brew for rivalling Flash, Ajax and Silverlight interactive web applications... (Paul Hudson)
  
  
• Issue 95 - Tutorial:  Cron: Automate your Linux box - A Cron job a day helps you work, rest and play. We show you how to configure crontabs and use Anacron to have your system running like clockwork. (Chris Brown)
  
  
• Issue 94 - Review:  EnergyXT 2 - Free your music from the tired world of tracks and faders. Here's a piece of software where you create the signal path. (Graham Morrison)
  
  
• Issue 94 - Review:  Cedega 6 - Graham has been obsessed with Oblivion for the last 12 months. Finally, he can now play it at work, thanks to the latest version of Cedega. (Graham Morrison)
  
  
• Issue 94 - Feature:  Putting Google to work - Web-based tools may be low on features and high on minimalism, but for collaborative work they're unbeatable. (Marcus Green)
  
  
• Issue 94 - What on Earth:  E - Is it a new class of programming language, or does it just follow the template laid down by C and D? (Paul Hudson)
  
  
• Issue 94 - Tutorial:  Canvas: A web graphics app - The new HTML canvas element gives you the ability to do real graphics programming in your browser. (Dan Frost)
  
  
• Issue 93 - Interview:  Jeremy Allison - He's an open source hero for quitting Novell, but Jeremy Allison just wants to work on Samba. And play Half-Life. (Nick Veitch)
  
  
• Issue 93 - Feature:  Adventures in sound - Ready for a new project? Amias Channer, electronic artist and Linux veteran, finds out how easy it is to build an open source music studio. (Amias Channer)
  
  
• Issue 93 - Tutorial:  Explore the filesystem - Don't stumble through your filesystem: navigate /usr/, /opt and /dev with the grace of an accomplished Linux user. (Andy Channelle)
  
  
• Issue 93 - Tutorial:  Web: Build your own CD manager - You don't need to be a code guru to make your own program. We give you the tools and skills to create a cool little web-based application. (Mike Saunders)
  
  
• Issue 92 - Review:  Rosegarden 1.5 - With a new, more sensible, version number scheme and an overhauled code base, is everything in this garden still rosy? (Graham Morrison)
  
  
• Issue 92 - Feature:  Kill Spam - With deadly efficiency, SpamAssassin blocks the emails other spam filters let through. (Graham Morrison)
  
  
• Issue 92 - Tutorial:  System: An easy backup policy - Backups are like dock leaves, lying unnoticed until you get stung. We show you how to ensure you always have a backup when you need one. (Andy Channelle)
  
  
• Issue 88 - What on Earth:  Microformats - Want to embed even more information into your HTML? Here's the lowdown on a set of data formats to make content richer. (Brian Suda)
  
  
• Issue 87 - Review:  Fedora Core 6 vs Ubuntu 6.10 - Ubuntu's giant community and Shuttleworth's millions versus Fedora's giant community and Red Hat's... well, whatever it has. (Andy Hudson)
  
  
• Issue 87 - Feature:  Tcl time - Want to spread your coding wings beyond C and Perl? Mike Saunders We kick off a new series exploring fascinating but lesser-known languages, starting with Tcl... (Mike Saunders)
  
  
• Issue 87 - Feature:  30 days with Gnome - Why do we prefer one desktop over another? Graham Morrison breaks a habit of a lifetime and uses Gnome for a month to find out. (Graham Morrison)
  
  
• Issue 87 - Tutorial:  QuiteInsane: A scanning project - It's not just big business that can benefit from legacy hardware - we rehabilitate the humble scanner. (Andy Channelle)
  
  
• Issue 87 - Tutorial:  DocBook: Write better docs - What do the kernel, FreeBSD, KDE and Gnome have in common? Documentation, as it turns out. We present the neat new technology behind it. (Paul Hudson)
  
  
• Issue 86 - Feature:  Firefox 2.0 - ...from inside the Mozilla Foundation. After the Firefox 1.x honeymoon, how can the browser continue to stand out? Mitchell Baker outlines her master plan. (Graham Morrison)
  
  
• Issue 86 - Tutorial:  Wine: Windows on Linux! - Software will not become free overnight. Until that day we'll need a way to run Windows apps on Linux. (Andy Channelle)
  
  
• Issue 86 - Tutorial:  Security: Probe your system - This month: vulnerability scanning. We show you how to seriously test the windows and rattle the doorknobs of your network. (Chris Brown)
  
  
• Issue 85 - Review:  Blender 2.42a - Is it worth writing a review for a version that is only different by 0.01? If the software in question is Blender, then it certainly is. (Ben Harling)
  
  
• Issue 85 - What on Earth:  CSS 3 - As the semantic web strips the internet of its style, why not join the hordes of developers fighting back? (Paul Hudson)
  
  
• Issue 85 - Tutorial:  OOo Base: Polish your database - Data is useless if you can't find the information you're looking for. In this second database installment, we refine our form and report on queries. (Andy Channelle)
  
  
• Issue 85 - Tutorial:  Inkscape: What's new in 0.44? - Inkscape is getting better all the time - don't get left behind! Here are some of its latest refinements. (Dmitry Kirsanov)
  
  
• Issue 85 - Tutorial:  Security: Restrict rogue services - Unnecessay services on your machine could be the enemy within. Find out how to locate them, shut them down and keep crackers out. (Chris Brown)
  
  
• Issue 83 - Review:  Picasa 2 - Sing hallelujah and raise your hands in the air: Google has delivered on its promise to release its photo software for Linux. But is it a grand statement or a damp squib? (Andy Channelle)
  
  
• Issue 83 - Roundup:  C/C++ compilers - Testing compilers is a dark, mysterious art, but if it's done in the name of better code, software freedom and blistering performance, it's worth it. (Biagio Lucini)
  
  
• Issue 83 - HotPicks:  HotPicks - Celtx, DOSBox, Foff, GFast File, KBilliards, Lighttpd, Mplay, NeoDraughts, RIB, Telak (Mike Saunders)
  
  
• Issue 83 - What on Earth:  GEGL - It's been promised as the Gimp's great leap forward for years, yet the world is still waiting for the Generic Graphics Library to open its doors. (Michael J Hammel)
  
  
• Issue 83 - Feature:  Ubuntu forever - Ubuntu isn't a distro - it's a way of life. Where did it come from? How can you get the best from it? And what are the intentions of its super-rich founder? It's all explained here. (Mike Saunders, Graham Morrison)
  
  
• Issue 83 - Tutorial:  An Ubuntu desktop for kids - Kids, eh? They're curious, naive and, well, hopelessly mischievous. We show you how to keep children safe from the net and your PC safe from the children, with their own custom desktop. (Andy Channelle)
  
  
• Issue 83 - Tutorial:  Ogre: add movement and water - What good is a rolling landscape if you're stuck on the spot? Paul has the answer. (Paul Hudson)
  
  
• Issue 82 - What on Earth:  Tenor - How come you can find whatever you want on the internet, but don't know what's on your own hard drive? Will Tenor be able to help? (Jono Bacon)
  
  
• Issue 81 - What on Earth:  Elektra - If you thought Elektra was Graham Morrison's drag queen persona you'd be wrong: that's Loretta. But it is the name of a shiny new idea that promises to rid the world of Linux configuration troubles. (Graham Morrison)
  
  
• Issue 81 - Tutorial:  Inkscape: Learn artistic drawing - To kick off a new series of practical Inkscape projects, we show why this is one of the best programs for drawing - especially for those who do not consider themselves artists. (Dmitry Kirsanov)
  
  
• Issue 80 - Review:  KOffice 1.5 - The office market in 2006 offers challenges and opportunities. But can KOffice deal with either? (Andy Channelle)
  
  
• Issue 80 - Review:  Damn Small Linux 2.3 - Want to resurrect that old mid-nineties PC? We examine a distro that fits into 50 megs. (Mike Saunders)
  
  
• Issue 80 - HotPicks:  HotPicks - BlinkenSisters, Gnash, GtkShots, LnBlog, Protoeditor, ReactOS, Smb4K, VirgoFTP, VoR, Workrave (Mike Saunders)
  
  
• Issue 80 - What on Earth:  XGL - A desktop that looks like it's made of blancmange? (Paul Hudson)
  
  
• Issue 80 - Tutorial:  Create video soundtracks - Add music, a voiceover or both to your videos with Kino or MainActor. (Andy Channelle)
  
  
• Issue 80 - Tutorial:  Regular expressions - Find your way around regular expressions, and go looking for genomes. Maybe. (Chris Brown)
  
  
• Issue 79 - What on Earth:  Solid - Hit-and-miss hardware management has been the weakness of many a Linux system, but those crafty KDE hackers have a cunning plan. (Jono Bacon)
  
  
• Issue 78 - What on Earth:  Jingle - An open source VoIP extension for instant messaging? We're with Jingle all the way... (Andy Channelle)
  
  
• Issue 77 - What on Earth:  Boo - We peek at an intriguing new language written by a Python lover with a vision. (Nick Veitch)
  
  
• Issue 77 - Feature:  At your service - Do you ever think your Linux box would be able to do more for you than start up OpenOffice.org and run Frozen Bubble all day? Give your PC some real work for a change by turning it into an internet superserver. (Mike Saunders, Nick Veitch, Paul Hudson, Graham Morrison)
  
  
• Issue 76 - Review:  Quake 4 - The true sequel to Quake 2 is finally here, so off we go to Stroggos... (Paul Hudson)
  
  
• Issue 76 - Review:  KDE 3.5 - With KDE under increasing pressure from Gnome, we try out its final 3.x release. (Graham Morrison)
  
  
• Issue 76 - What on Earth:  GPL 3 - The foundation licence of the free software movement is about to be refreshed. This is why you should care... (Paul Hudson)
  
  
• Issue 76 - Feature:  Make your hardware work harder - Computers these days are connected to so many devices - cameras, printers, iPod-alikes - that it's essential to get your machine configured to work with them all. We help you get every last gadget working with your Linux box. (Graham Morrison)
  
  
• Issue 76 - Tutorial:  Fuse: Virtual filesystems - We delve into the kernel for an imaginative way to implement userspace filesystems. (Nick Veitch)
  
  
• Issue 76 - Tutorial:  Groff: Making man pages - Once you get deep into Linux you get urges to do the strangest things - like writing documentation for open source projects. This is a perfectly sane response; in fact, we positively encourage it... (Paul Hudson)
  
  
• Issue 75 - What on Earth:  OpenDocument - We introduce the new format for office files that's making waves in Brussels and Boston. (Marco Fioretti)
  
  
• Issue 74 - HotPicks:  HotPicks - Conkeror, Eric3, KleanSweep, KTorrent, LMMS, Serpentine, Singularity, Sysprof, Ultimate Stunts, Xplanet (Mike Saunders)
  
  
• Issue 74 - What on Earth:  Hibernate - Want to save time database coding so you can lounge around eating honey and picking fleas? Of course you do. (Scott Douglas)
  
  
• Issue 74 - Feature:  Build your own distro - Making your own customised Linux distribution is simpler than you might think - and rewarding too. Mike dons his overalls and hard hat, ready to show you how... (Mike Saunders)
  
  
• Issue 73 - Review:  Sugar Suite 3.5 - CRM software is usually closed source. Will this open release please us? (Graham Morrison)
  
  
• Issue 73 - Roundup:  Photo managers - If you need to get your digital photo collection in order, picture this bunch: DigiKam, F-Spot, GThumb, Kalbum, KimDaBa, KPhotoBook (Andy Channelle)
  
  
• Issue 73 - What on Earth:  Parrot - Originally planned to help run new Perl code, this bird could go far. We examine Larry and the Perlmongers' latest creation. (Amias Channer)
  
  
• Issue 72 - What on Earth:  Podcasting - Need to spread your ideas far and wide? Andy discovers a new way to get his annoying voice heard by the masses. (Andy Channelle)
  
  
• Issue 72 - Feature:  72 Speedups - Is your distro feeling sluggish? Looking for that extra injection of pace? Mike has spent the last six years performance-tuning Linux distros and still feels the need for speed. Additional writing: Graham Morrison and Mark Bain. (Mike Saunders)
  
  
• Issue 71 - Review:  VariCAD 2005 - Its version numbers are now date-based - but has anything else changed? (Nick Veitch)
  
  
• Issue 71 - Review:  File managers - Looking for a replacement to ls, mv, cp and rm? No? Well you should be? Here's eight of the best: Endeavour Mark 2, FSViewer, Gentoo, Konqueror, Midnight Commander, Nautilus, ROX-filer, Xfe (Richard Smedley)
  
  
• Issue 71 - What on Earth:  Cairo - Actually, it's a vector graphics library that will revolutionise the way Linux applications create graphical output - we'll fill you in. (Richard Drummond)
  
  
• Issue 71 - Feature:  Lock out hackers - Surely we don't need to worry about security when we use Linux? Sadly we do, and in an increasingly inhospitable network environment, you need these tools. (Graham Morrison)
  
  
• Issue 71 - Feature:  The Linux diaries - Freak wormhole gives Linux Format readers an exclusive preview of a distropian future! (Paul Hudson)
  
  
• Issue 71 - Tutorial:  Custom appearances in Emacs - Part 3: Bored with your Emacs interface? Add a little flair to your editor's look and feel. (Biagio Lucini)
  
  
• Issue 71 - Tutorial:  Gambas: Easy database access - Part 1: Do you need to build a nice GUI front-end for your database? Have you only got ten minutes to do it? Gambas is here to help. (Mark Bain)
  
  
• Issue 70 - Review:  Intel C/C++ Compiler 9.0 - Is Intel still producing the fastest compilers for x86 Linux? (Biagio Lucini)
  
  
• Issue 70 - HotPicks:  HotPicks - Anyterm, Critical Mass, Drivel, Firewall Builder, GRAMPS, KsirK, KXDocker, Lukutoukka, QPaMaT, Vazaar (Mike Saunders)
  
  
• Issue 70 - What on Earth:  PDTP - Nothing annoys Paul more than choosing a mirror; but will PDTP manage to end the rule of BitTorrent? (Paul Hudson)
  
  
• Issue 70 - Feature:  Go fetch! - It'll sniff out documents and emails you thought you'd lost forever: is Beagle man's new best friend? Get it running with our guide. (Graham Morrison)
  
  
• Issue 70 - Tutorial:  Upgrades: Get the best from Gnome 2.10 - Andy dons a pointy red hat and grabs his toy fishing rod to look at some of the new features of Gnome 2.10. (Andy Channelle)
  
  
• Issue 70 - Tutorial:  Gimp: Fixing smiles - We help you brush up on masks, scissors, the Clone tool and other Gimp techniques to create a dentist's vision of the perfect smile. (Michael J Hammel)
  
  
• Issue 69 - Review:  Debian 3.1 - After years of waiting, we finally get the chance to see if Sarge is worth its stripes. (Richard Drummond)
  
  
• Issue 69 - Review:  EKOPath 2.1 - Biagio likes Mflops. He really, really likes them. Question is, does this compiler give him enough? (Biagio Lucini)
  
  
• Issue 69 - Review:  Darwinia - Paul Hudson plays God - mwah ha ha haa! (Paul Hudson)
  
  
• Issue 69 - Roundup:  Audio editors - Rated: Audacity, Freecycle, FreeWheeling, Glame, ReZound, Sweep, WaveSurfer (Graham Morrison)
  
  
• Issue 69 - HotPicks:  HotPicks - Autopackage, EduKator, Epylog, Freeciv, Glest, Jackbeat, Kile, OneFinger, PerlPanel, Smb4K (Mike Saunders)
  
  
• Issue 69 - What on Earth:  Open Carpet - While Novell is bringing Linux software distribution to the enterprise, Open Carpet brings integration to the humble software developer. (Richard Drummond)
  
  
• Issue 69 - Feature:  Emulate! - Dust off the greatest games ever made - then play them using emulators for the Amiga, Spectrum, C64, Mega Drive, SNES, Arcade machines and more. (Mike Saunders, Nick Veitch, Neil Bothwick, Richard Drummond)
  
  
• Issue 69 - Interview:  Alan Cox - He has the beard and the attitude to match - Alan Cox is the archetypal kernel hacker, and he's here to talk to you. (Nick Veitch, Graham Morrison)
  
  
• Issue 69 - Feature:  10 backup rules for business - Don't grieve over lost files - follow these tips for a strong backup strategy and you and your data need never be parted. (Nordine Kherif)
  
  
• Issue 69 - Tutorial:  Upgrades: Get more from KDE 3.4 - Drop shadows! Transparent windows! Always-on apps! We bring all these KDE riches and more to your desktop. (Andy Channelle)
  
  
• Issue 69 - Tutorial:  Perl: Variables and operators - We explain Perl's scripting components in episode 1... (Marco Fioretti)
  
  
• Issue 68 - Review:  Happy Hacking Keyboard Professional - A button is not a toy, we're given to understand. Certainly not when they cost over two quid each... (Nick Veitch)
  
  
• Issue 68 - Review:  VMware Workstation 5 - With Xen waiting in the wings, we wonder whether the current stage darling still has star quality. (Graham Morrison)
  
  
• Issue 68 - Review:  CentOS 4 - We love the GPL. Without it, where would CentOS be? (Andy Hudson)
  
  
• Issue 68 - Book review:  Sams Teach Yourself PHP In 10 Minutes - Can it really be that you need 24 hours to learn Perl, but just 10 minutes to learn PHP? (Paul Hudson)
  
  
• Issue 68 - Book review:  Linux Device Drivers, 3rd Edition - Graham thought he could write a device driver. This book proved him wrong. (Graham Morrison)
  
  
• Issue 68 - Book review:  Linux Network Administrator's Guide, 3rd Edition - Graham is hopeless at networking - he just stands in the corner and refuses to socialise. (Graham Morrison)
  
  
• Issue 68 - Book review:  Linux Quick Fix Notebook - Nobody loves a quick fix more than Nick. Could the latest from the Bruce Perens Open Source Series be The One? (Nick Veitch)
  
  
• Issue 68 - Roundup:  Mini distros - Looking for a lightweight Linux for an old machine? We dive into a pile of distro CDs and pick the bets. Rated: Damn Small Linux, Feather Linux, INSERT, muLinux, Puppy Linux, ZipSlack (Mike Saunders)
  
  
• Issue 68 - What on Earth:  XDMCP - LXF's serial networker Amias finds a way to run graphics apps on a rusty old laptop at the speed of light (well, nearly). (Amias Channer)
  
  
• Issue 68 - Feature:  The X factor - Far from its clunky image, Linux is poised to introduce key new display technologies ahead of both Windows and Mac OS X... (Richard Drummond)
  
  
• Issue 68 - Feature:  How to win friends and influence people - Or: effective evangelism for geeks. Two professional evangelists show you how to turn friends, colleagues and clients on to free and open source software. (Zak Greant, Jennifer Zickerman)
  
  
• Issue 68 - Feature:  Infosecurity Europe 2005 - Every year, security pros and the paranoid converge on London for Europe's biggest IT event. This year Nick slipped past the guards to ring back this report. (Nick Veitch)
  
  
• Issue 68 - Tutorial:  ICC: Fast optimisation strategies - Biagio feeds his need for speed with the Intel C Compiler. (Biagio Lucini)
  
  
• Issue 68 - Tutorial:  Shell: Exit codes and flow control - Marco helps you to come out of your shell and structure your code for group projects. (Marco Fioretti)
  
  
• Issue 68 - Tutorial:  X11: Set up a dual-head system - There are several ways to configure multiple monitors in X11, so prepare to start seeing double... (George Wright)
  
  
• Issue 67 - Review:  SlickEdit 10 - The world's slickest editor? We find out if there's more to life than Emacs... (Nick Veitch)
  
  
• Issue 67 - Review:  SUSE 9.3 Professional - This is the most exciting Linux release ever, bar none - and Paul doesn't say that lightly. (Paul Hudson)
  
  
• Issue 67 - Roundup:  Email clients - Rated: Balsa, Evolution, KMail, Mahogany, Mutt, Pine, Sylpheed, Thunderbird (Marco Fioretti)
  
  
• Issue 67 - HotPicks:  HotPicks - AntiRight, BZFlag, Cognito, Courier, GOK, Open Clip Art, TaskJuggler, Tong, Tulip, Yzis (Mike Saunders)
  
  
• Issue 67 - What on Earth:  Groovy - This time last year, Groovy was talked about as an essential tool for Java developers. Then all went quiet. We explore the hiccups in its development and see if it can still compete. (Graham Morrison)
  
  
• Issue 67 - Feature:  Xen - virtualisation breakthrough - Xen is a new virtualisation technology promising huge speed increases over traditional implementations - have we finally attained nirvana? (Paul Hudson)
  
  
• Issue 67 - Feature:  Command line vs the GUI - PC GUIs are 20 years old. Nick wants to get back to the console; Rebecca thinks he's mad. Here's their polite debate. (Nick Veitch, Rebecca Smalley)
  
  
• Issue 67 - Tutorial:  Burning videos to DVD with Kino - Part 3: The end is in sight. After ripping and editing his film, Andy works up to the final presentation of "Sports Day: The Director's Cut" to a ravenously expectant public. (Andy Channelle)
  
  
• Issue 67 - Tutorial:  PHP: Add a spell-checker - Paul's threat to replace Rebecca with a very small shell script finally comes true. (Paul Hudson)
  
  
• Issue 66 - News:  Mandrakesoft bids to join Linux superleague - Conectiva acquisition gives French commercial distributor road into promising Latin American market. Plus: SUSE wins level four security certification; Rosegarden 1.0; IBM's $100 million Linux commitment; KDE 3.4; Deutsche Bahn moves to Linux (Andy Channelle)
  
  
• Issue 66 - Review:  Linspire 5.0 - Looking to ease into Linux from Windows? Linspire could be your answer. (Chris Denton)
  
  
• Issue 66 - What on Earth:  Plone - Updating a website with fresh content is a pain - but if you give the job to inexpert users, they might ruin your carefully designed pages. Here's a free system that does the work for you. (Jono Bacon)
  
  
• Issue 66 - Feature:  Firefox - Take Back the Web - Firefox is one of the most successful open source projects ever. With help from its creator, Blake Ross, we reveal how it made the breakthrough in five key areas. (Nick Veitch)
  
  
• Issue 66 - Feature:  GCC 4.0 up close - The compiler at the heart of open source is heading for a new release. GCC fan and sometime contributor Biagio talks to leading developers for an exclusive preview. (Biagio Lucini)
  
  
• Issue 66 - Feature:  Linux Pro: Intruder alert! - Don't trust your defences to a firewall alone - set up some booby-traps with Tripwire. (Nick Veitch)
  
  
• Issue 66 - Tutorial:  First steps with Kino - Part 2: With footage captured in the correct format, we move onto the editing phase to create the perfect home video - My First Sports Day meets The Big Channellski. (Andy Channelle)
  
  
• Issue 66 - Tutorial:  Connect your devices with udev - We explain how to code a name for your hardware when 'Bob' just won't do. (Neil Bothwick)