Issue #98 / Jan 2009

Would you like a content management system that's actually easy to manage? We take a closer look at some user-friendly CMS solutions, including Pluck, SkyBlueCanvas, and NanoCMS.

The traditional Fall release of the Gnome desktop ushers in a number of useful new features.

Cobbler helps you install new systems in a hurry. We'll show you how to use this nifty shoemaker to deploy Xen and VMware virtual machines.

Mesh networking comes to with the IEEE802.11s draft standard. We'll show you how to mix a mesh.

Klaus Knopper is the creator of Knoppix and co-founder of the LinuxTag expo. He currently works as a teacher, programmer, and consultant. If you have a configuration problem, or if you just want to learn more about how Linux works, send your questions to: klaus@linux-magazine.com

The siege of Troy is said to have taken 10 years, ending only after Odysseus introduced a wooden horse into the mix. Charly is planning a siege, too, and the target is his own web server. Of course, he doesn't have 10 years to complete the task, and Odysseus isn't on his team.

When a test kernel starts wrecking network cards, the community gets busy.

The open source X2Go project is rapidly approaching version 3, which adds features such as new clients and seamless windows.