The Linux columns

Past columns

BILL TURNER

• Vector Linux 2.5 beta first look
  A first look at the Vector Linux 2.5 beta release, available for download and testing.
• Setting-up a secure dual-boot system - part 2
  The second installment, on simple steps toward securing your dual-boot Windows-Linux machine.
• Setting-up a secure dual-boot system - part 1
  Simple steps toward securing your dual-boot Windows-Linux machine.
• Microsoft "gets it" at last?
  Kudos to Microsoft and Bill G. for finally seeing the light on the absolute importance of security in their products. Personally, I have to wonder why it took them so long.
• Vector Linux 2.0 review
  A review of Vector Linux, another non-bloat Linux distribution.
• Peanut Linux 9.1 review
  A review of the latest offering from Peanut Linux, a non-bloat distribution.
• A look back on the year
  A look back at a few of the big events of the year.
• Red Hat throws down gauntlet
  Microsoft proposes to help the poorest US schools. Red Hat proposes to help them even more. Will Microsoft and the DOJ accept?
• Windows XP versus Linux
  What possible reasons would you have for choosing Linux over Windows XP?
• Open Source, the GPL, and why it's important to you
  Why moving to Open Source software makes good business sense.
• OS arrogance and "bloatware syndrome"
  Why Linux needs to get "back to it's roots".

LAURENCE HUNTER

• Peanut Linux 9.2 review, and more
  What do I think of the latest version of Peanut Linux? What software does it include? How does it compare to the other lightweight distributions, Vector Linux and CRUX? And more...
• Playing DVDs in Linux with Xine 0.98
  Playing DVDs in Linux is a relatively straight-forward task, thanks to the superb Xine player. It can do more than play DVDs, like play MPEG-1 and 2 video, VCD, SVCD, and AVI, but clearly of interest to most is DVD playback.
• CRUX Linux 0.9.2 review
  Recently I gave a favourable review of the lightweight, i686-optimised Linux distribution, CRUX 0.9.1. I also mentioned that CRUX 0.9.2 was to be released before the end of January, 0.9.1 having been released on October 3rd. On the 20th January to my joy, the 0.9.2 ISO was released.
• The CRUX Linux 0.9.1 experience
  I download and burn my first ISO, and try devfs and reiserfs for the first time, with this lightweight i686-optimised Linux distribution. Welcome to the CRUX experience.
• Linux From Scratch
  I wanted something to do on Christmas eve and Christmas day so what better I thought, than to build my own Linux distribution!
• Digital photo manipulation
  What Microsoft and Adobe would prefer you didn't know.
• The quick GnuPG guide
  In my last column I dealt with PGP. This time it's the open, patent-free alternative, GnuPG's turn.
• Email privacy in Linux, with PGP
  Learn how easy it can be to get to grips with PGP in Linux, to obtain the privacy you're entitled to.
• Red Hat Linux 7.2 review
  A look at Red Hat's latest Linux distribution.

PETER SMART

• Standards!!
  Peter and his quirky (eccentric, ala geek) logic, do deathmatch with standards fanatics.
• The new trouble with crypto
  A straight-talking, no-nonsense view on the current hysteria surrounding cryptography.