Issue #62 / Jan 2006

KNOW-HOW: Free 3D animation

Open Source 3D animation

You need good software and plenty of CPU power to create virtual worlds. Luckily for today’s animators, powerful PCs are inexpensive, and some excellent animation tools are absolutely free.

KNOW-HOW: Solfege

Learning music with GNU Solfege 3.0.0

Solfege helps you advance your musical knowledge and lets you practice identifying intervals, scales, and chords.

KNOW-HOW: Plan 9

The Plan 9 network operating system

In the eery, distant days before the birth of Linux, a strange alien system set out to fulfill the promise of Unix. Descendents of that system are still living. We caught one and dissected it.

SYSADMIN: Charly's Column

The Sysadmin’s Daily Grind: Mod_evasive

The Apache web server can fight back against DoS attacks. You just need a little help from Mod_evasive.

SYSADMIN: Admin Workshop: Logrotate

Insider Tips: Logrotate

Every multi-purpose Linux system produces an enormous amount of log data. To prevent your hard disk from overflowing, a rotating helper application archives logs and gets rid of obsolete data.

SYSADMIN: Nmap Methods

Understanding Nmap analysis techniques

How does the popular Nmap scanner identify holes in network security? In this article, we examine some Nmap analysis techniques.

SYSADMIN: Traffic shaping with Trickle

Accelerating downloads with Trickle

Is your Internet connection groaning under the load of too many simultaneous downloads? If so, try Trickle, a simple application that gives you more granular control over network traffic.

PROGRAMMING: Perl: AJAX

More dynamic websites thanks to AJAX

AJAX technology adds dynamic elements to enhance sluggish websites. All it takes is a server-side Perl program and some client-side JavaScript code.

LINUXUSER: KTools: Kat

Desktop Searches with Kat

The Kat desktop search tool turns up more than text strings.

LINUXUSER: Desktopia: Whaw

Organizing windows with Whaw

If you’re weary of sorting through overlapping windows, Whaw will help you get organized.