Issue #68 / Jul 2006

The Revision Control System (RCS) provides simple, reliable version control without the complexity of bigger systems like Subversion or CVS.

The Postfix Policyd plugin fights spam using techniques such as greylisting, source detection, volume measurements, blacklisting, and HELO rotation detection.

Policy-based administration and image-based system installation are important new features of Novell’s ZENworks Linux Management 7. We'll show you what's new with the Linux component of Novell's fabled ZENworks suite.

A structured approach to Sendmail helps to maximize your spam and virus protection.

Webcams are useful for monitoring. Using CPAN modules and custom-made C code, Perl scripts can automatically adjust the exposure and fish the most interesting images out of a video camera’s data stream.

The new version of the GNU Compiler (GCC) has a fresh crop of optimizations and support for Objective C. The Recursive Descent Parser introduced in version 4.0 is now used for the C and Objective C derivatives.

The WordNet lexical reference maps connections between words. Check out this fascinating tool based on language data from two decades of research.

In Irish mythology, the banshee’s mourning call is heard when a member of the family is about to die. The Banshee tool on Linux makes noise too, but for a far happier purpose. This banshee helps you organize your musical collection.

This month we look at tools for mounting and unmounting storage media.