Issue #87 / Feb 2008

PXE lets you start your computer by downloading a boot image from the network. We’ll show you how to use PXE to install Linux.

Find out how the Conduit and Unison utilities can keep your documents and files in sync on multiple computers.

With libferris, FUSE, and rsync, you can synchronize a filesystem with a dissimilar data source.

Klaus Knopper is the creator of Knoppix and co-founder of the LinuxTag expo. He currently works as a teacher, programmer, and consultant. If you have a configuration problem, or if you just want to learn more about how Linux works, send your questions to: klaus@linux-magazine. com

Beep and power off! Large displays and faster CPUs seemingly wipe out the benefits of advances in battery technology. PowerTOP helps power hogs keep their laptops running without mains power.

Nmap is rolling out a new scripting engine to automatically investigate vulnerabilities that turn up in a security scan. We’ll show you how to protect your network with Nmap and NSE.

Zarafa replaces Microsoft Exchange on a Linux server and collaborates with Outlook thanks to native MAPI support.

A trick that anybody can learn lets you determine the day of the week from the date. We’ll apply some Perl technology to discover whether the method is reliable.

Learn more about Linux text-based multimedia utilities for playing streams, editing images, and reading CDs or DVDs from the command-line.

Keeping contact and calendar data in sync across devices and applications is not a new problem, but it is still a problem. Funambol offers an open source syncing solution.