Hack your router, make a booting USB stick, create a render farm, build a security camera system... and much more!
Get involved with your local Linux community by starting a LUG or holding an installfest
On our 4GB DVD: speedy Xubuntu 7.04, secure SmoothWall Express 3.0, plus OpenOffice.org 2.3 and a programming megapack with languages galore
Tutorials on resurrecting old PCs, using PAM, Mono programming and kernel patching
Features
10 great DIY projects
Create 3D anaglyphs from photos, hack your router, broadcast your webcam, build a Linux media server, child-proof your machine and much more... (Mike Saunders, Nick Veitch, Graham Morrison) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Get involved
Spread the love - show others why you're enamoured with Linux! Here's five ways to successfully evangelise open source. (Paul Hudson) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Hot Topics
How do distro ground-troops feel about some of the most pressing issues in Linux today? We stirred up some debate with Debian and Gentoo developers at LinuxWorld 2007... (Mike Saunders, Nick Veitch) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
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) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Coverdisc
Xubuntu, SmoothWall, OOo and more
Speedy Xubuntu 7.04, secure firewall distro SmoothWall Express 3.0, and the brand new OpenOffice.org 2.3 release. Plus a vast programming megapack and many more apps (Mike Saunders) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
HotPicks
Cryosleep, Highlight, MikeOS, Transcode, Widelands, Open Movie Editor, CellWriter, Evince, Firewall Builder (Nick Veitch) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Tutorials
Lightweight distros
Got an old PC gathering dust? Spruce it up with a small footprint Linux distro and use it as a cutting-edge network computer. (Andy Channelle) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Experiments with PAM
It's an area of your system you may have overlooked because 'it just works' - but how do pluggable authentication modules actually work? (Chris Brown) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
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) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Mono cookbook
Over the last year, we've taught you filesystems, database access, GUIs, XML and networks. Now it's time for you to stretch your wings... (Paul Hudson) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Patching your own kernel
Patches can revolutionise your system by making everything interoperate more efficiently. Colonel Nick gives you your marching orders... (Nick Veitch) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
There's no mystery at all to what makes a good game. Forget flashy 3D graphics or movie tie-ins: it all comes down to level design. (Graham Morrison) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
QNAP TS-109 Pro
We look at a compact network attached storage device that won't look out of place wherever you put it - in the server room or the living room. (Graham Morrison) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
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) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
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) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Plus: Microsoft and Novell's interoperability lab (and Silverlight), Google Earth 4.2, Filezilla for Linux, AMD opens up on GPU drivers, SCO wants bankruptcy protection (Andy Channelle) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Distrowatch: World domination, Ubuntu style
Heralding Hardy Heron in April 2008 and its long-term support. Plus: Mandriva 2008, ALT Linux 4.0, distro forum membership (Ladislav Bodnar) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
What on Earth: CMake
Calling all developers: everyone knows that Make is confusing and antiquated, so join us for a stroll into the happy land of CMake... (Paul Hudson) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
