Issue #54 / May 2005

REVIEWS: Zope X3.0

Developing Web Applications with Zope X3

Zope, a web application server written in Python, is an extremely popular open source content management system platform. The newly developed version X3.0 was released just recently. We’ll show you what’s new in Zope X3.0.

KNOW-HOW: Apt for RPMs

Apt on Suse Linux

Debian’s Advanced Packaging Tool, Apt, is often regarded as the ultimate choice for convenient package management in Linux. But what if you don’t use Debian? This article describes how you can use the powerful Apt package management tool with RPM-based Linux distributions.

KNOW-HOW: Linux on SPARC

Putting Linux on a Sun SPARC machine

We all know Linux works smoothly on PCs, but the PC’s x86 archictecture is just one of a range of platforms Linux supports. This article gives you a head start with setting up Linux on a Sun SPARC machine.

KNOW-HOW: Anonymous Email

Anonymous Remail with Mixmaster

Anonymous remail protects the sender’s identity against potential eavesdroppers. The Mixmaster protocol gives users a mature technology for anonymous remail, and the text-based Mixmaster client is an example of a free remailer application.

SYSADMIN: Charly's Column

The Sysadmin’s Daily Grind: Smokeping

If you do not receive a response to a ping, or if the response is seriously delayed, you might like to take this as a warning. But who wants to ping all day? You need a ping-based monitoring utility like Smokeping.

SYSADMIN: Admin Workshop: Backups

Insider Tips: Backups

Data always seems to get lost at exactly the wrong moment, but the right backup strategy can help you restore those missing files.

SYSADMIN: High Availability VPN

High Availabilty for VPNs

IPSec prevents many of the clever tricks high-availability products employ. We’ll show you a solution that provides transparent backup for IPSec connections.

PROGRAMMING: Perl Snapshot: Debugging

Working with the Perl debugger

Some developers condemn the use of debuggers, but in many cases, a debugger is a programmer’s last hope. In this Month’s Perl Snapshot, we’ll look at Perl’s integrated debugger.

LINUXUSER: Ktools: Basket

Storing, sorting, and filing with KDE’s Basket

If you tend to collect information and then forget where you put it, a

KDE tool called Basket may be just what you need. Basket is a

handy container for documents, notes, images, sounds, graphs,

spreadsheets, and other files you may want to find later.

LINUXUSER: DeskTOPia: WMI

WMI and the reincarnation of the keyboard

WMI is a lean and fast window manager with good

support for keyboard control.