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Linux-Announce Digest #416
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Linux-Announce Digest #416, Volume #4 Sun, 18 May 2003 01:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Linux@Office... LFY highlights May 2003 issue ("Frederick Noronha (FN)")
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From: "Frederick Noronha (FN)" <fred@bytesforall.org>
Subject: Linux@Office... LFY highlights May 2003 issue
Date: 17 May 2003 20:25:02 GMT
www.linuxforu.com ... some highlights from the May 2003 issue of India's
only Free Software/Open Source magazine:
o THIS MONTH's CD includes ELX BizDesk 2.0
a "made in India distribution" which is
"just like Windows". Eh... a good thing?
It offers "friendlier right clicks, simple
zipping features, launch pad for grouping
applications, network neighbourhood-like
feature, control panel, my computer and
a simple configuration for the Internet...
Detailed reviews and guides in this issue.
o THIS COULD REALLY HELP "Linux to penetrate th 'office' (aka enterprise)
segment", argues editor Rahul Chopra LFYedit at electronicsforu.com
o Linux is already enterprise-ready, says
Srikant Acharya, country director for India
and SE Asia of SCO Group (formerly Caldera)...
you bet these guys are popular these days!
o REGISTER YOUR LUG at the LUGS corner on www.linuxforu.com
o 'Social software' is playing an integral role in
journalism, civic activism, publishing, education,
global online communities, and vast gaming
groups... argues Alolita Sharma, a Silicon
Valley technologist. Interesting point!
o MAGIC with Mandrake 9.1 / Red Hat 9.0
o HANDLING digital images
o ROCK WITH your CD writer on Linux.
o YAPPING online with Linux... ayttm isn't there?
Introducing some "cool chat clients under Linux"
o CROSSOVER from CodeWeaver gets a review... run Windows apps
without installing Windows on your desktop (only a few!)
o TUX GOES TO OFFICE: options if you're looking for
office-based software on [GNU]Linux.... What's
Bonobo... What's new in KOffice 1.2.1?
o SQUID, master this proxy server
o SET UP your own bulletin board. YaBB (Yet another
Bulletin Board) is a popular open source messaging
forum built using Perl.
o MAKE A recovery CD-ROM.
o LINKING Linux with LCD panels. Interesting tutorial.
o TUX: a high-performance embedded web server.
o Pattern-matching in Perl
o Exploring mixed language programming
o Starting with Linux device drivers
o Setting up a fax server for Linux systems
o Shell corner: Practising 'for' loops
o GNU/Linux allows the most pragmatic approach to making money.
Anybody can make money with GNU/Linux. All that is
required is a simple shift in thinking, argues Niyam
Bhushan... (But don't expect to become a Bill Gates out
of Free Software, one might add.)
o DID YOU know that GTCDRom was named after
ex-Navyman UM Taranath's wife Geetha Taranath?
An interview and profile of the firm....
o HOW KNOPPIX saved the day: Knoppix is of great help when
you are trying to recover and troubleshoot your [GNU]Linux
system after a crash.
o NEWS: C-DAC launches another supercomputer
- OpenXP is a GPL'd mail/news client for Win/Linux.
- IndLinux Milan v0.37 is a Hindi interface to Gnome
- No commitment to open source, says India's IT minister
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Frederick Noronha (FN) | http://www.fredericknoronha.net
Freelance Journalist | http://www.bytesforall.org
http://goalinks.pitas.com | http://joingoanet.shorturl.com
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