Linux Journal Issue #80/December 2000
Features
- Focus: System Administration by Don Marti
- Port Scans and Ping Sweeps Explained by Lawrence Teo
- Lawrence Teo explains two common
network probes and what can be done to detect them.
- High Availability Cluster Checklist by Tim Burke
- With a variety of clustering services on the market, the ability to determine how well options meet your specific business needs is necessary.
- Monitoring Your UPS with apcupsd by Riccardo Facchetti
- We delve into the details of apcupsd, a program for monitoring and controlling APC UPSes.
- PVFS: A Parallel Virtual File System for Linux Clusters by Ibrahim F. Haddad
- An introduction to the Parallel Virtual File System and a look at how one company installed and tested it.
- A Linux-Based Automatic Backup System by Michael O'Brien
- A step-by-step procedure for establishing a backup system that will save time and money.
- Linux System Administration : A User's Guide by Marcel Gagne
- An excerpt from our French chef's upcoming book.
Indepth
- Jigsaw: A Revolutionary Web Server for Linux by Ibrahim F. Haddad
- The design philosophy and essential features of the Jigsaw Web Server exposed.
- Elegance of Java and the Efficiency of C++--It's Ada by Frode Tennebø
- Tennebø recommends taking a look at Ada.
- PHP4 and PostgreSQL: Building Serious Web Applications with Open-Source Software by Tim Perdue
- A walk-through of a simple web application to demonstrate the features of PHP and Postgres.
- About the Mod: Part 1 by Dave Phillips
- An expansion and revision of material found in Linux Music & Sound
- Debian Package Management, Part 1: A User's Guide by David Blackman
- A how-to for Debian package management.
- Typesetting with groff Macros by Wayne Marshall
- Reports of troff's death are greatly exaggerated.
- SISAL: A Safe and Efficient Language for Numerical Calculations by D. J. Raymond
- The benefits of SISAL and a call for action.
Toolbox
- At the Forge
ATF Jubilee Edition by Reuven M. Lerner
- Cooking with Linux
Saucy Administration Tools by Marcel Gagne
Columns
- Linux for Suits The End of the Tube
by Doc Searls
- Linley on Linux
One World, One Processor? by Linley Gwennap
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Focus on Software by David A. Bandel
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Focus on Embedded Systems by Rick Lehrbaum
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The Last Word by Stan Kelly-Bootle
Reviews
- PowerPlant by Jim Gilbert
- Debian 2.2 Potato: Memorial to a Hacker by Stephanie Black
- Linux in a Box for Dummies by Ralph Krause
Two Books on PHP by Phil Hughes
Programming Perl 3rd Edition by Paul Barry
Linux Music & Sound by Deric Mendes
Building Linux Clusters by Glen Otero
Departments
- Letters
- upFRONT
- From the Editor The Trouble with the Bastard Operator from Hell by Don Marti
- Best of Technical Support
- New Products
- Advertisers Index
