Issue #54 / May 2005

NEWS: THE PATENT LINE

Many have begun to wonder whether the dark predictions regarding Linux patent infringement reflect a real danger, o......

NEWS: LINUX WORLD NEWS

MASTER OF OPEN SOURCE FROM AN “ORANGE” TO AN “OPEN SOURCE” REVOLUTION? LINUX CERTIFICATION CENTERS TO OPEN IN TAIWA......

NEWS: INSECURITY NEWS / USERFRIENDLY

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COVER STORY: Virtual Systems Intro

Tools for virtual computing in Linux
Once you could only choose one operating system. Then you could choose more, but you had to reboot. In today’s worl......

COVER STORY: Windows apps with Wine

Wine, Crossover Office, and Cedega

If you need to make a Windows application run on Linux, there is no better way than Wine. We investigated the free and commercial Wine variants to see how they bear up under real-life conditions.

COVER STORY: VMware 4.5.2

The PC Emulator VMware Workstation 4.5.2 for Linux

Version 4.5.2 of the commercial VMware PC emulator was released just recently. For many users, VMware is the preeminent virtual PC. In this article, we’ll tell you what’s new in VMWare Workstation 4.5.2, and we’ll show you how you can get started with running Linux in VMWare.

COVER STORY: User-Mode Linux

Getting started with User-Mode Linux

User-Mode Linux feels like Linux because it is Linux. You’ll find a hundred uses for this fast and sensible virtual Linux system

COVER STORY: Mac on Linux

Running Mac OS X under Linux

Emulators now give users the ability to run their beloved Mac OS X on Linux, bringing birds of a feather back together

REVIEWS: Books

Sendmail Milters: A Guide for Fighting Spam How Linux Works: What Every Superuser Should Know...

REVIEWS: Bluefish

The Bluefish HTML editor and integrated IDE

The Bluefish HTML editor is useful for large-scale Web projects and also smaller programming projects. Syntax highlighting and code blocks help developers build projects efficiently.