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1. Installing CentOS
   Johnny Hughes
   In this article the author shows step-by-step how to install and configure CentOS and 5.0, n Enterprise-class Linux Distribution derived from sources freely provided to the public by a prominent North American Enterprise Linux vendor.
   
2. From Zero to Hero
   Patrick Moelands
   Here Patrick describes CentOS and its gaining popularity. He will also discuss community and much more about it.
   
3. Fedora 7 Rocks your Desktop!
   Padula, Soares,
   From this article you will learn about the interface of Fedora GNU/Linux distribution, one of the most commonly used distribuions in the world.
   
4. Network Configuration in Fedora 7
   Padula, Soares
   In this article Rodrigo and his freinds present the configuration of a local network using system-config-network and wireless devices with ndiswrapper.
   
5. Using IP Tables
   Tim Heagarty
   Tim continues his series by looking at how to use Netfilter’s logging capabilities to understand what kinds of traffic we are allowing and dropping.
   
6. Securing your Network Traffic
   Eddy Nigg
   This is a Part 1 of the series of articles showing you the tools that can be used to protect your network by adding another layer of defense to it. A great set of information that will help you protect your network from both external and internal threats.
   
7. Combating Submission Form Spam Using Php and MySQL
   Ken Wagman
   From this article your will learn how to fight with Spam – one of the biggest annoyances in our computers.
   
8. Build Java Projects with Apache Ant
   Robert Larsen
   In this article we are going to take a closer look at any Java developers best and hardest working friend and how to make it do even more of our work for us: the Apache Ant.
   
9. Easy Set-up of an eGroupWare Server with Zenserver
   David Bouley
   If there is one thing I learned during my fifteen years working in the construction engineering field it is that a project's level of success is directly linked to its team's ability to communicate. Finding the proper tools and infrastructure that allow people on a project to collaborate with each other and share information, without getting in the way, is not an easy task.
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1. The Gentoo Linux Installer
   Preston Cody
   The author presents a widely extensible installer for Gentoo that allows for fully customizable attended and un-attended installations. Thanks to this article Gentoo 2007.0 installation will not be a problem for you.
   
2. Deploying Gentoo on Multiple Systems
   Anant Narayanan
   After reading this article you will learn about some of the methods to set-up and utilize the Gentoo Linux distribution on a large number of computers. Anant presents a practical Gentoo deployment guide.
   
3. Portage, the Gentoo Package Manager
   Marius Mauch
   This writing provides some great information on Portage ebuild system that belong to the core assets of the Gentoo distro. It also presents configuration, basic operations and explanations on the main tools used with Poratge.
   
4. Using iptables and the Netfilter Framework
   Tim Heagarty
   This is a Part 1 of the series of articles showing you the tools that can be used to protect your network by adding another layer of defense to it. A great set of information that will help you protect your network from both external and internal threats.
   
5. Application Performance Tuning Using GNU gproof and gcov
   Steve Best
   The author teaches you how to find your program's hot spots and to eliminate these time consuming areas of the application with the use of a gproof profiler and a gcov, that helps you determine where the program optimizations should happen.
   
6. Recipe for a Secure Server
   William G.
   The article provides information on certain policies that you need to adhere in order to configure ans secure Linux servers. It is a step-by-step recipe to protect your server from attacks and threats.
   
7. Picking a Laptop for Linux
   Steve Carl,
   We prepared some essential tips that will help you choose the best Notebook for Linux. We also asked advanced Linux users which model they chose and how they are finding it in practice.
   
8. Tricks & Tips
   Ringo Kamens,
   Ringo explains how to switch to a completely free operating system and Mark provides some useful commands for those performing Linux system administration.
   

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1. Building Packages with Checkinstall
   Joe Klemmer
   This article shows how to use the Checkinstall application. Thanks to this, you will be able to create all types of packages without actual studying the methods of achieving that.
   
2. Practical Uses of Xrdp
   Jay Sorg
   Following writing presents the way of employing xrdp – an open source remote desktop server that comes with most of the Linux distributions. Article also describes what xrdp actually is and how useful it can be.
   
3. Getting Started with Embedded Linux Device
   Tom Lynema
   The author of this article demonstrates the examples of how Linux can be employed in embedded systems including NAS devices, routers, media players etc. Tom Lynema presents a very interesting subject which hasn’t been mentioned very often recently.
   
4. BackTrack – Linux Security Tool
   Mati Aharoni
   For those of you who, accidentally, did not manage to participa- te in a conference in Tokyo. Mati Aharoni kindly repeats what he said during the summit. The article presents BackTrack – Li- nux security tool.
   
5. Enter the Firefox
   Jaroslaw Swierczynski
   This writing describes the changes that have been introduced in the second version of Mozilla Firefox browser. Although, according to the author, the late October release should not be called revolutionary – still it makes the Web surfing easier.
   
6. Streamripping under Linux
   Dan Sawyer
   The author explains how to save your favorite audio and video streams to the hard drive. Thanks to this article, you will acquire 6 methods for getting and archiving web media. Hot and practical info in here!
   
7. Artificial Intelligence in Game Design
   Mike Wagman,
   AI makes computing experience enjoyable and fascinating. In this writing the authors demonstrate the way of developing and employing artificial intelligence in standard combat games.
   
8. Games
   Niels Weber
   Here you have 8 games presented, described and rated. Reading these short articles wcan help you to find a nice entertainment for this springtime.
   
9. Choosing a Web Host
   John December,
   In this edition we suggest what should be analyzed and considered when choosing a web host. Find also some examples of web hosting companies and the reliable Linux users’ opinions on the services used by them.
   
10. Tricks & Tips
    Dan Sawyer,
    This is a regular Linux+DVD section in which Linux users present some basic tricks and tips from Linux world and describe the solutions ready to be used at home or in companies.
    
11. The Desktop Linux Challenge
    Jon Watson
    A regular section in which Jon Watson expresses his opinions, comments and the latest observations made while working under Linux and cooperating with Linux community.
    
12. More than Just Another OS
    Mark Rais
    The author – a Linux community activist and evangelist, in a funny and interesting way, tells Linux+DVD readers how his story with Linux begun and developed.
    

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1. Installing Fedora Core 6
   Mariusz Ostapowicz
   Fedora Core is the successor to the open Red Hat Linux distribution, developed by the Fedora Project and financed mainly by Red Hat. Fedora Core is a popular server system. The stated aim of the Fedora Core project is to develop a fully functional operating system based on free software, updated regularly 2–3 times a year. This tutorials shows you how to start with Fedora and install the distribution.
   
2. Configuring Fedora Core 6
   Paweł Sadowski
   Configuration is necessary for your Linux box to work and operate as expected. Even though the system will run just fine after simply installing and rebooting, it’s nonetheless well worthwhile providing it with information on how to behave, how to communicate and what not to do. This tutorial describe how to configurate the system because even the best operating system won’t fulfill your expectations if you don’t configure it properly following installation.
   
3. Gain insight into all current activities of employees
   Andrzej Witkowski
   CRM, or Customer Relationship Management, is a system whose aim is, by definition, to improve management of relations with clients. The old saying Time is money! works particularly well in this context. This article presents all answers which are relevant for upper management when the company lacks a central database of companies, their representatives and information about amount and quality of contacts with them.
   
4. Large-scale User Authentication with LDAP and Kerberos
   Marek Szuba
   Flat-file authentication has been around for quite a while and its reliability is a perfectly good justification for it to have remained the primary and default mechanism in this domain for Unix and Unix-like systems while the other domains evolved and changed; then again, it is by no means the only option available. This article will demonstrate a modern and robust alternative, the gains from which in many cases greatly outweigh the effort of implementing and maintaining it and which is in fact much less difficult to get running than one may think.
   
5. Developing physics toys under Linux
   Hampus Söderström
   Most new Linux distributions come with SDL and OpenGL pre installed on the work station versions. ODE that we are going to use can be found on www.ode.org. ODE is The Open Source choice when it comes to physics engines. It is very flexible and has an active community working behind it. This article will show how an easy physics toy under Linux can be created using tree common libraries, OpenGL, SDL and ODE.
   
6. BpmDj – Free DJ Tools for Linux
   Werner Van
   BpmDJ annotates all songs with psychoacoustic properties, including tempo, sound color, echo/delay information, rhythm information and composition information. This article shows you how to make a party or another social event with music and how to use your PC running under Linux for this purpose. Thanks to the BpmDj tools, which are made using QT, you will manage, mix and play the MP3 or OGG songs easily.
   
7. Tricks & Tips
   Damien Balima
   This short article presents you some basic tricks and tips from Linux world and describes ready solutions to use them at home or companies.
   
8. Interview with Greg DeKoenigsberg
   Marta Ogonek
   We present an interview with Greg DeKoenigsberg the Community Development Manager for Red Hat. He's also a member of the Fedora Extras Steering Committee. We asked him a series of questions in regards to Fedora Core 6 release.
   
9. Fedora Core 6. Managing RPM packages
   R.Padula&I.Soares
   Fedora Core has a great structure of packages and update. There are many utilities you can use to manage the programs which are installed or even those that are on many repositories throughout the Internet.
   

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