Issue #88 / Mar 2008

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DVD: Mandriva POWERPACK 2008

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PROGRAMMING: Perl: isp-switch

Reconfigure your network connection with isp-switch

When an Internet provider goes down, users suffer. Alternatively, users can immediately switch to another ISP. We’ll show you a Perl script that can help you reconfigure your computer to make the switch.

LINUXUSER: Gnash

Free player for Flash movies

Until recently, the Flash format has been the uncontested domain of Adobe. Gnash introduces a free Flash player for Linux and BSD with a design that aims far beyond the capabilities of Adobe’s king of the hill.

LINUXUSER: ImageMagick

Image processing on the console

GIMP isn’t the only option for photo manipulation. ImageMagick, a collection of command-line programs for image processing, can help you process multiple images in one go.

LINUXUSER: Workspace: DokuWiki

Word processing with DokuWiki

DokuWiki offers some capabilities not found in other web-based word processors. We'll show you how to build your own web-based word processing tool with DokuWiki and a few plugins.

LINUXUSER: Command Line: MPlayer and MEncoder

Video and audio players for the shell

MPlayer and MEncoder have considerable potential, and you can control them by means of intelligent command-line options. We’ll put both programs to work.

COMMUNITY: Free Software Projects

An up-to-date look at free software and its makers

The first community-driven version of OpenSolaris burst onto the distribution scene. In other news, Linux is now available on a modular system the vendors describe as an open hardware platform.

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