LinuxUser issue 10 is now available for download in PDF format at:
http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/articles/issue10/index.html
Contents include:
Editorial 63k
While legislative time is spent on Andrew Millar's bill to increase
the penalty for unauthorised copying to ten years, says Trevor
Parsons, lucrative public sector awards are tying us further into
proprietary software
News 113k
The UK government moves on patents, IBM unveils Linux-enabled
iSeries, new evidence released on Linux adoption in Germany, Progeny
Linux sugars Debian's pill, plus the latest from the fast-growing
Smoothwall project
Cover feature - Money to burn? 116k
When budgets are tight, the low price tag of Linux looks tempting.
But factor in issues of reliability, flexibility, maintenance,
interoperability and conformance to standards, says Richard
Hillesley, and its biggest financial advantages look to be long-term
Conference report - CODE 100k
Cambridge may be a beneficiary of huge investment by Microsoft, which
describes open source as an intellectual property killer, but it
nevertheless recently played host to CODE, an international
conference grappling with the impact of the free software meme on the
knowledge ecology. Trevor Parsons reports
Open personalities - Bruce Perens, beyond proprietary 139k
Perens led the Debian Project, defined open source, helped turn
business on to Linux, and boasts credits for two Hollywood
blockbusters. Now strategic adviser to computer giant
Hewlett-Packard, the Toy Story technocrat is as outspoken as ever
against the world of constraint
Testbed - Web servers 364k
Everyone and their dog might seem to be running Apache, but there are
plenty of other alternatives worthy of consideration. Martin Howse
puts six web servers, both large and small, through their paces
All you need to know about... DNS 129k
Craig Hunt, author of Linux DNS Server Administration, explains the
fundamentals of the Internet's lookup systems, from the point of view
of the Linux sysadmin
True stories - Prime suspect 71k
A Norwegian teenager wanted to watch a legally-purchased film on his
Linux computer, and the software he wrote to do it brought the police
knocking at his door. We tell the tale, and poke a little fun at
attempts to control the code
Linux at work - Artificial paradises 125k
Samuel Palmer looks behind the scenes at Manchester's Dedicated
Servers, which has built a highly profitable web hosting business on
the amazing resource efficiencies of FreeVSD, the world's first GPL'd
virtual server solution for Linux
The Knowledge 53k
News of soaraway earnings for skilled Linux integrators, and extra
training centres for Red Hat, plus a new module from the Linux
Training Materials Project covering a variety of topics in basic
system analysis, installation and configuration
Reviews - Products and services 152k
Including another step towards the ultimate integrated environment
with GNOME, the latest release of Blender's 3D magic, remote
management from Caldera's Volution, a preview of the latest version
of FreeBSD, and truly virtuous network monitoring from NetSaint
Books 75k
Casually left open on LinuxUser's coffee table this month: books on
Linux for your laptop, Linux socket programming, a beginner's guide
to Linux administration, an instant classic in the shape of Linux
Programming Unleashed, and more...
Free speech - The public's business 39k
Eben Moglen returns to the pages of LinuxUser with a startling
forecast: The world's largest market for computer software should
soon belong overwhelmingly to free software. That looks like a
remarkable statement, he admits, but it's actually an easy prediction
