Issue #71 / Oct 2006

KNOW-HOW: Ask Klaus!

Fedora Core 5 I recently installed the Fedora Core 5. I installed the productivity version on an AMD Athlon 1300 us......

SYSADMIN: Charly's Column

TUNNELING THE DUTCH BEACHES

What does Charly’s recent two-week vacation in Holland have in common with an SSH session? Nothing at all, at first sight. And therein lies a tale.

SYSADMIN: Singwall

Building a Netfilter firewall module

We’ll show you how to build your own Netfilter extension with this example of a musical firewall.

PROGRAMMING: Perl: Link Spam

A Perl script protects forums against spam

Spammers don’t just send email. They exploit discussion forums and blogs, posting pseudo-messages full of links to dupe search engines. A Perl script cleans up the mess.

LINUXUSER: KTools: Treeline

Managing notes with Treeline

Mindmaps are useful for organizing ideas and data. Treeline is a promising mindmap tool for KDE.

LINUXUSER: Workspace: Simple Groupware

Building a custom groupware solution with Simple Groupware

If you have a need for custom groupware, try rolling your own with the Simple Groupware suite.

LINUXUSER: Command Line: Network Diagnostic Tools

Network diagnostic tools

Linux has the right tools to track down network errors and open the way for data packets.

COMMUNITY: UKUUG Linux Conference 2006

Heike pays a visit to the 2006 UKUUG Linux conference

Blue skies, lots of sun, a great conference venue, and about 200 Linux enthusiasts – that’s the perfect recipe for another successful UKUUG summer meeting at the University of Sussex, Brighton.

COMMUNITY: OSCON 2006

News and views from the this year’s OSCON

OSCON continues to grow in popularity and influence. Our Perlmeister stopped in for the talks, the tutorials, and the latest news from the battle lines of the digital millennium.

COMMUNITY: Community Notes

Community Notes
The annual Ottawa Linux Symposium just concluded in Ottawa, Canada, and it was every bit as fantastic as I expected......