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Linux  Articles Linux : Howtos : Introducing Motor: An IDE for Linux
By Posted: ( Mon 11th Dec 2000 10:42:32[PM] UTC )
Motor is a new IDE for Linux. It also features a set of tools that will
help you create rpm or tar ball packages of your code. A great utility
for programmers -- read on to learn more about this software, from
the author himself!
Rating [ 7.08 / 10 ]
Linux : Howtos : Centralised authentication using NIS
By Posted: ( Fri 1st Dec 2000 06:49:24[PM] UTC )
If users on your network are working on more than one machine you will
need to create a login/password pair for them on each machine. A more
elegant solution is to maintain a centralized database that client machines
refer to for authentication. NIS is one way to do that and this article shows
you how.
Rating [ 8.35 / 10 ]
Linux : Howtos : Securing Linux: Part 1
By Posted: ( Wed 29th Nov 2000 04:42:12[PM] UTC )
Linux was built from the ground up with security in mind. However, this security
will amount to nothing if some basic security measures are not adopted. This is
the first in a series of articles that will show you some of the basic security
measures that you can adopt for your system.
Rating [ 6.52 / 10 ]
Linux : Interviews : Michael Tiemann CTO, Red Hat
By Posted: ( Mon 27th Nov 2000 07:41:41[AM] UTC )
"Red Hat has worked incredibly hard to make Red Hat 7 the best Linux
distribution ever, and I think we did a great job balancing a lot of complex
requirements. Did we make some mistakes? Yes. Are we fixing them? Yes."
Rating [ 7.56 / 10 ]
Linux : Articles : A look at Helix GNOME
By Posted: ( Fri 24th Nov 2000 08:46:22[AM] UTC )
If you haven't tried out the GNOME desktop environment and feel intimidated by
installation procedures, Helix GNOME is the best excuse you can give yourself
to install the GNOME environment on your system!
Rating [ 8.11 / 10 ]
Linux : Howtos : Replacing Telnet; OpenSSH, a secure alternative
By Posted: ( Tue 21st Nov 2000 02:04:46[AM] UTC )
The Internet was originally designed as a research and educational
resource and the technology that today forms the backbone of the
Internet is largely based on that philosophy. However as time has
gone by, security has become an important issue on the Internet and this
article looks at implementing more secure versions of common Internet
applications.
Rating [ 8.12 / 10 ]
Linux : Howtos : Apache installation and configuration
By Posted: ( Mon 20th Nov 2000 07:07:37[AM] UTC )
The Apache project started out to build a commercial grade, open source
web server. As open source projects go, this one has done fantastically well,
powering over 61% of the web servers on the Internet with Microsoft's
IIS a distant second at 19%. Why would you want to choose Apache? This
article will try to answer that and also take you through the installation
and basic configuration of this great web server.
Rating [ 6.6 / 10 ]
Linux : Howtos : LILO configuration and usage
By Posted: ( Thu 16th Nov 2000 04:30:14[PM] UTC )
The Linux Loader or LILO is one of the most popular methods of booting
into Linux. LILO also makes a highly flexible and effective boot
manager:handy if you have multiple operating systems installed on your
machine. This article will help you set up and configure LILO.
Rating [ 7.63 / 10 ]
Linux : Interviews : Torvalds unplugged
By Posted: ( Wed 15th Nov 2000 02:01:29[AM] UTC )
Linus Torvalds, at the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo held in August at
San Jose, took some time off to sit down for an informal QnA session.
Prakash Advani, CEO of FreeOS.com, was there as Linus talked about
the future of Linux and his views on other operating systems.
Rating [ 8.17 / 10 ]
Linux : Howtos : Writing a Linux device driver
By Posted: ( Mon 13th Nov 2000 04:40:47[PM] UTC )
Does the idea of writing a Linux device driver sound difficult? If
you have some basic programming experience, the task is
simpler than you think. Get started with this quick primer on
device driver programming.
Rating [ 5.35 / 10 ]
Linux : Howtos : Remote administration of Linux
By Posted: ( Mon 13th Nov 2000 02:41:57[AM] UTC )
Are you looking for an easy to use and highly flexible method of
administering your Linux box remotely? Does the thought of being able to
walk up to a Windows PC and configure your Linux box back home through a
web browser sound interesting? Read on for details on how to configure a
Web based administration tool on your Linux machine.
Rating [ 6.17 / 10 ]
Linux : Opinions : Borland comes back to life
By Posted: ( Tue 7th Nov 2000 06:41:07[AM] UTC )
History's going to repeat itself, with Borland releasing for Linux their
flagship product, Delphi. Claimed to be the fastest compiler available, it
will surely speed up deployment of applications under Linux.
Rating [ 8.21 / 10 ]
Linux : Howtos : Speech synthesis under Linux
By Posted: ( Mon 6th Nov 2000 04:23:30[AM] UTC )
Text to speech convertors are very common these days but most of them work
on the Windows platform. Fortunately, for us Linux users, there is a very
good open source alternative available. This article will show you how to
setup and use Festival, a great software from the University of Edinburgh.
Rating [ 7.31 / 10 ]
Linux : Howtos : Remote installation over NFS
By Posted: ( Fri 3rd Nov 2000 05:13:23[PM] UTC )
Just as the choice for various architectures exists, Linux also provides
you the choice over the method of installation. If your machine lacks
a CDROM drive, you could always install Linux from another machine
on your network that does have one.
Rating [ 6.59 / 10 ]
Linux : Howtos : Compiling the Linux kernel
By Posted: ( Thu 2nd Nov 2000 07:04:41[PM] UTC )
Compiling the Linux kernel could either be the coolest thing you've done under Linux or the most frustrating. But it is also something any serious Linux user cannot avoid. Newer kernels support the latest hardware. Bugs will have been fixed and performance enhanced.
Rating [ 7.73 / 10 ]
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