Issue #90 / May 2008

LINUXUSER: Claws Mail

Customize your mail environment with the light and powerful Claws Mail

Sharpen your claws on this powerful and highly configurable email client.

LINUXUSER: Enigmail

Encrypting mail in Thunderbird

Combining the Enigmail add-on and the GnuPG encryption software gives Thunderbird users a powerful tool for encrypting and signing email.

LINUXUSER: Workspace: Collabtive and Kimai

Manage projects and time with Collabtive and Kimai

Whether you are developing software, writing articles, or doing something else, a decent project management and time tracking application can help make your daily computing less stressful and your business more efficient. In this article, we take a look at two such tools: Collabtive and Kimai.

LINUXUSER: Command Line: SSH

SSH, SCP, and SFTP

SSH offers a secure approach to working on remote machines and encrypted data transfer. We'll show you other benefits of the secure shell.

COMMUNITY: FOSDEM 2008

A report from FOSDEM 2008

Now into its eighth year, the FOSDEM developer conference in Brussels, Belgium, demonstrates that it is very much alive and kicking, and even celebrating records.

COMMUNITY: SCALE 6x

SCALE 6x: Women in Open Source Conference

In February, Linux and open source enthusiasts met in southern California for SCALE 6x. The conference kicked off with a day of "Friday Special Events," including a Women in Open Source conference.

COMMUNITY: CeBIT 2008

Hanging out in Hannover, Germany

At CeBIT 2008, the world's biggest computer fair, popular topics included Green IT, mini-PCs, and open source.

COMMUNITY: Free Software Projects

An up-to-date look at free software and its makers

Python inventor Guido van Rossum is known to have a good sense of humor and probably had a good laugh when he heard about the Guido van Robot project. If you are learning how to program, or would like to teach others, this software gives you a light-hearted introduction.