Articles by Andy Hudson

• Issue 130 - Review: TonidoPlug - And entire Linux-baseed server within a tiny plastic plug, you say? An eager Andy wires himself up to the mains to find out more.
  
• Issue 130 - Book review: Pro Linux System Administration - Anyone with a strong bookcase should take a look.
  
• Issue 130 - Book review: Foundations of CentOS Linux - Foundations of One of the few books dedicated to this free distro...
  
• Issue 130 - Tutorial: apt-get: Master your packages - Ever wanted a one-stop place to do your package management and the associated housekeeping? We explain how.
  
• Issue 129 - Book review: Agile Web Development with Rails - Agile web development? Andy thinks someone's having him on.
  
• Issue 129 - Book review: The Definitive Guide to Plone - We just can't get enough of this content management malarkey.
  
• Issue 128 - Book review: Learning JavaScript, 2nd Edition - Want to give your web pages some life? This is the book for you.
  
• Issue 128 - Book review: Cloud Application Architectures - Andy's aspirations are lofty enough that he's headed for the clouds.
  
• Issue 127 - Book review: Head First Ajax - Andy needs to dispatch Ajax to do his bidding...
  
• Issue 127 - Book review: Getting Started with Arduino - Andy wants to build all sorts of cool gadgets.
  
• Issue 127 - HotPicks: HotPicks - RSSOwl, Deja Dup, Gobby, Claws, Blob and Conquer, Bomns, Konversation, Opale, TuxGuitar, Sinthgunt
  
• Issue 126 - Book review: Learning SQL, 2nd Edition - Looking to leap into SQL? Here's the book for you.
  
• Issue 126 - Book review: Twitter API - Andy wants to make the best Twitter client in the world!
  
• Issue 126 - HotPicks: HotPicks - Booh, Transmageddon, Vym, BloGTK, Lunar Lander, Xye, Diffuse, Imagination, Tiny Ear Trainer, Fluidity.
  
• Issue 125 - Book review: Learn to Program - Andy is trying hard to remember his first Hello World in Pascal.
  
• Issue 125 - Book review: Head First PHP and MySQL - We plunge into this guide to web development.
  
• Issue 125 - HotPicks: HotPicks - Bilbo, ClamTK, FinalPage, Areca, BMTG3, CloneRNX, Choqok, TuxPaint, KDESvn, KAlternatives
  
• Issue 124 - Book review: Apache 2 Pocket Reference - Hoping for a book on Native Americans, Andy is sorely disappointed.
  
• Issue 124 - Book review: Grep Pocket Reference - Is it possible to grep the meaning of life?
  
• Issue 124 - HotPicks: HotPicks - Task, JStock, Gnome Commander, Liferea, Celestia, House of Mirrors, Wixi, FSlint, RText, KDevelop.
  
• Issue 123 - Book review: Security Monitoring - Protecting infrastructure is about picking your battles...
  
• Issue 123 - Book review: Beginning Gimp, 2nd Edition - Andy lets his artistic side out for an airing.
  
• Issue 123 - HotPicks:  HotPicks - 4Pane, Atomic Tanks, Buddi, Data Crow, GogglesMM, KRecipes, ImageKonverter, Worm Blast, Xfburn, XML Copy Editor.
  
• Issue 122 - Book review:  Pro Ubuntu Server Administration - Andy steps boldly into server land with only a book to help him.
  
• Issue 122 - Book review:  Beginning Portable Shell Scripting - Andy likes to travel light. Nothing more than a memory key for him!
  
• Issue 122 - HotPicks: HotPicks - Brewtarget, Dillo, Flaw, Fox, Gadmin-ProFTPd, Galaxy, Gramps, Inkscape, Qwit, Songbird, The Legend of Edgar.
  
• Issue 121 - Book review: Learning Rails - This book should stop Andy from going off the Rails.
  
• Issue 121 - Book review: Automating Linux and Unix System Administration - Andy likes nothing more than a quiet life - will this book help him?
  
• Issue 121 - HotPicks: HotPicks - Flush, Ubuntu Tweak, Gnome Schedule, Cactus Jukebox, Atomic Worm, SuperTuxKart, Gentoo, BoPlanets, Geeqie
  
• Issue 120 - Book review: Beginning Python, 2nd Edition - We're charmed by this refreshed volume for Python Beginners.
  
• Issue 120 - Book review: More Joel on Software - Andy dives behind the curtain of software development.
  
• Issue 120 - HotPicks: HotPicks - Knowledgeroot, Rawstudio, Grsync, Umit, Ardentryst, Neverputt, Psi, DiscWrapper, Klavaro, MtPaint
  
• Issue 119 - Book review: Pro Drupal Development - There's more to Drupal than meets the eye...
  
• Issue 119 - Book review: No-Tech Hacking - Achieve anything with a wire hanger? We're a little skeptical...
  
• Issue 119 - HotPicks: HotPicks - Python Machine, GSmartControl, MindRaider, LuckyBackup, Toy Cards, Nv@derz!, aTunes, Task Coach, UNetbootin, KMess.
  
• Issue 118 - Book review: Beginning PHP and MySQL E-Commerce - Andy sets off to replicate the success of Amazon and Play.com.
  
• Issue 118 - Book review: Pragmatic Version Control Using Git - Andy resists the urge to call the kernel's VCS rude names.
  
• Issue 118 - HotPicks: HotPicks - AutoScan-Network, Deluge, Globulation 2, Gwget, Zim, Imagination, Partition Manager, RedNotebook, SDLAsylum.
  
• Issue 117 - Book review: Facebook Cookbook - Andy is tired of the endless Facebook ninja and pirate assaults.
  
• Issue 117 - Book review: Schneier on Security - Andy gets mondo paranoid - then calms down again.
  
• Issue 117 - HotPicks: HotPicks - BleachBit, Childsplay, DokuWiki, Frescobaldi, GRDC, GAdmin0Rsync, Lifeograph, Printoxx, PySpace War, Rally
  
• Issue 116 - Review:  CrunchBang Linux 8.10.01 - Is this CrunchBang by name, CrunchBang by nature?
  
• Issue 116 - Book review: XSLT - Change formats in the blink of an eye? We take a closer look.
  
• Issue 116 - Book review: Ajax: The Definitive Guide - Andy is pretty dolly definitive about this book - go buy it!
  
• Issue 116 - HotPicks: HotPicks - Editra, Parted Magic, Tiny Core Linux, Secret Maryo Chronicles, Goblin Hack, Smuxi, Gwibber, BZFlag, LMMS.
  
• Issue 115 - Review: Fedora 10 - We wonder whether it's a perfect 10 by nature, not just by name, for Red Hat's delightful daughter.
  
• Issue 115 - Roundup: Web editors - Rated: Amaya, Bluefish, Composer, Kompozer, OpenOffice.org Web, Quanta Plus, Screem
  
• Issue 115 - Book review: Deploying Rails Applications - Grappling with Rails? Here's some ointment for your pain.
  
• Issue 115 - Book review: The Ruby Programming Language - Andy enters the presence of a true Ruby master.
  
• Issue 115 - HotPicks: HotPicks - Spicebird, Twitim, AgendaXML, WMJump, Whohas, Back In Time, Holotz's Castle, Orbital Eunuchs Sniper, mpg123
  
• Issue 114 - Book review: Professional Xen Virtualization - Trying to squeeze the most out of your hardware? Andy has the X factor.
  
• Issue 114 - Book review: Beginning Ubuntu Server Administration - Andy learns everything he ever wanted to know about Ubuntu Server.
  
• Issue 113 - Book review: Linux Command Line and Shell Scripting Bible - We find revelations within the pages of this bible.
  
• Issue 113 - Book review: Wikipedia: The Missing Manual - Andy can now properly format his Wikipedia article on acorns.
  
• Issue 112 - Book review: Google Apps: The Missing Manual - We're grateful that this is one manual that isn't written in Japanese.
  
• Issue 112 - Book review: Learning Perl, 5th Edition - Here's an update to one of the true classics.
  
• Issue 111 - Book review: Upgrade Your Life - With his digital life raging out of control, a desperate Andy looks for help.
  
• Issue 111 - Book review: Learning the Vi and Vim Editors - There's a lot more to Vi and Vim - namely Vigour!
  
• Issue 110 - Book review: Asterisk - Fed up with being put on hold? Fight back with Asterisk and VoIP.
  
• Issue 110 - Book review: Advanced Rails - Andy feels like he's being railroaded by Rails books.
  
• Issue 109 - Book review: Practical Ruby Projects - Genetic algorithms with Ruby? We're intrigued!
  
• Issue 109 - Book review: Ubuntu Linux Toolbox - Looking to supplement his arsenal, Andy finds this CLI-only book.
  
• Issue 108 - Book review: Beginning Linux Programming - Here's the fourth edition of this newbies' programming bible.
  
• Issue 108 - Book review: Linux System Programming - Want to talk to the kernel? This may be just the book...
  
• Issue 107 - Review: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS - Will this new long-term support release from Canonical be hardy enough to withstand the LXF test fest?
  
• Issue 107 - Book review: Learning Python, 3rd Edition - A third edition needs a USP. Andy gets out his magnifying glass.
  
• Issue 107 - Book review: Using Moodle - Andy reminisces about the time he hacked his school network.
  
• Issue 106 - Book review: Professional Joomla! - We! thought! only! Yahoo! put! exclamation! marks! after! every! word!
  
• Issue 106 - Book review: Head First Software Development - Want to develop better? This might be the book for you...
  
• Issue 106 - Book review: Apache Cookbook - Apache often drives Andy into a war dance. Will this book help?
  
• Issue 105 - Book review: Linux for Dummies, 8th Edition - Andy finally finds a book about Linux that his mum will understand.
  
• Issue 104 - Book review: Knoppix Hacks - Andy wants to do a million things with Linux. Will this book help him?
  
• Issue 104 - Book review: Linux Networking Cookbook - Looking to build a Linux network? This could help you...
  
• Issue 104 - Tutorial: Rsync: Creating a local mirror - Fed up with downloading the same updates several times for different computers? We show you how to create a local mirror for your network.
  
• Issue 103 - Book review: Beginning Fedora - Our Red Hat expert gets back to basics.
  
• Issue 103 - Book review: Beginning Joomla! - Caught in a web of HTML, Andy decides it's time to learn about Joomla!
  
• Issue 102 - Book review: Mastering Perl - Does this take you on a pilgramage to true Perl englightenment?
  
• Issue 102 - Book review: High Performance Web Sites - Frustrated at slow response times, Andy turns to this book for guidance.
  
• Issue 102 - Book review: JavaScript and DHTML Cookbook - A range of solutions to common web development problems.
  
• Issue 101 - Review: Fedora 8 - It's a bold and controversial view to hold in today's Linux World: Andy thinks Fedora 8 knocks the stuffing out of Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon...
  
• Issue 101 - Book review: The Definitive Guide to iReport - Andy has a need to report on how much coffee he's drinking.
  
• Issue 101 - Book review: The Definitive Guide to JasperReports - Andy has never had problems with jaspers, even at picnics...
  
• Issue 101 - Book review: Security Power Tools - Thanks to this book, our network defences are armed to the teeth.
  
• Issue 100 - Roundup: Linux Podcasts - Feeling the need to hear a human voice, Andy downloads a selection of Linux Podcasts and settles down with a nice cup of tea.
  
• Issue 100 - Book review: MySQL Pocket Reference, 2nd Edition - Tired of lugging a satchel full of MySQL books? Go pocket size...
  
• Issue 100 - Book review: Learning PHP & MySQL, 2nd Edition - With the amount of Windows on offer, Andy feels like George Formby.
  
• Issue 100 - Feature: Business Intelligence: an oxymoron? - Had it up to here with memos about the cover on your TPS reports? We explain why open source BI is no BS, and can make your boss a lot less pointy haired into the bargain...
  
• Issue 99 - Book review: Head First SQL - SELECT text FROM review WHERE writer = 'Andy Hudson'
  
• Issue 99 - Book review: Learning Ruby - Bored of Ruby yet? Andy isn't, and neither are book publishers, it seems.
  
• Issue 98 - Book review: Practical Ruby - Andy thinks he's found his swiss army knife for Linux.
  
• Issue 98 - Book review: Managing Humans - Your 'soft' skills need brushing up? Andy becomes less of a robot...
  
• Issue 97 - Book review: bash Cookbook - With a need to script everything in his life, Andy uncovers the solution.
  
• Issue 97 - Book review: Linux Bible 2007 Edition - Choosing a distro can be daunting. Can the Linux Bible enlighten Andy?
  
• Issue 96 - Review: Fedora 7 - Six months can be considered a very long time in fast-moving Linuxland. But has it been long enough for Fedora?
  
• Issue 96 - Book review: Linux System Administration - Andy wonders if this book holds the secret to ultimate admin power.
  
• Issue 96 - Book review: Everyday Scripting With Ruby - A book that makes testing easy, using Ruby?
  
• Issue 95 - Book review: Three Ruby books head-to-head - Beginning Ruby, Ruby on Rails for Dummies, and Beginning Ruby on Rails compared. Which book on the host new framework is the best?
  
• Issue 94 - Review: Dofus - Picking up his trusty axe, Andy sets forth to venture off into a new world. Should you follow him?
  
• Issue 94 - Book review: Rails Cookbook - Would there be enough rails recipes to satisfy Andy?
  
• Issue 94 - Book review: Hacking Ubuntu - Axe-handy Andy was looking forward to chopping Ubuntu down to size.
  
• Issue 93 - Review: Ubuntu 7.04 - Scared as a child by Bambi, will Andy find more strength in this Feisty Fawn? We asked him to install the beta release for a thorough preview.
  
• Issue 93 - Book review: Backup And Recovery - Faced with a pile of tapes, Andy seeks a better way to manage backups.
  
• Issue 93 - Book review: Using Samba - A book to help sysadmins bridge two worlds.
  
• Issue 92 - Review: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 - Red Hat unleashes its latest enterprise offering to an increasingly competitive market. We see if it still has what it takes to hold off the upstarts.
  
• 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.
  
• Issue 85 - Review: Gnome 2.16 - Hurrah for customisation - Gnome now comes with an integrated menu editor!
  
• Issue 81 - Review: Ubuntu 6.06 - The dapper distro is fashionably late...
  
• Issue 79 - Review: Fedora Core 5 - An exceptional release from the bubbly Fedora team.
  
• Issue 79 - Review: Gnome 2.14 - So Linus doesn't like Gnome, but does Andy Hudson?
  
• Issue 78 - Review: Yellow Dog Linux 4.1 - Squeezed by new Apple architecture on the right and Linux PowerPC competitors on the left, the Yellow Dog distro needs to defend its patch.
  
• Issue 74 - Review: Ubuntu 5.10 - A compiler upgrade makes this a breezier distro than Hoary. We find out what else is new.
  
• Issue 73 - Review: Gnome 2.12 - Has Gnome managed to add updates without compromising its prized usability?
  
• Issue 69 - Review: Fedora Core 4 - Andy would love to take his hat off to the Fedora Project (sorry) for this release. But he can't.
  
• Issue 69 - Feature: Battle of the distros: SUSE vs Mandriva - Mere hours before his wife is due to give birth to their first child, Andrew Hudson takes some time out to argue with his brother Paul about whether it's Mandriva Linux or SUSE that rules the Linux desktop roost...
  
• Issue 68 - Review: Ubuntu 5.04 - Andy hopes this is one hedgehog that won't get squashed.
  
• Issue 68 - Review: CentOS 4 - We love the GPL. Without it, where would CentOS be?
  
• Issue 66 - Review: Gnome 2.10 - The pace of development at Gnome HQ seems to be slowing - can this version hold our attention?