Issue #120 / Nov 2010

The complete history of Linux Magazine on DVD!

If you are one to notice the issue numbers that appear next to our name on the spine – or above the barcode on the front cover – you will quickly ascertain that this particular issue has avery significant number for a monthly mag. 120 issues? That means ten years of Linux Magazine.

10-Year Anniversary Issue! High Performance Tuning

• IBM Announces Blade Center HX5
• InfiniteGraph Launches Free Program for Technology Startups
• Pliant Introduces New SSDs
• Harris Launches BeOn Push-to-Talk
• Texas Instruments Announces Power Line Development Kit and Software Library

The Linux Magazine archive DVD included with this issue contains the complete history of Linux Magazine.

A tidy house, a tidy mind they say, and I’ll leave it up to you to consider what being disorganized might mean. Anybody who has tried to manage hundreds of IP addresses using just a sheet of paper or a spreadsheet will probably appreciate some help.

One way to avoid having your personal information stolen is to use a disposable computer set up for sensitive operations.

From the vault:This article first appeared in issue #1 (October 2000). You'll also find this article on our 10-year anniversary Archive DVD included in issue #120 (November 2010).

With any operating system it is important to ensure that users remain in control of their files and directories and are prevented from tampering with those belonging to other users, or the system. This is what the Linux permissions system is all about, as Jono Bacon explains.

Zonker takes a look at Clementine, a full-featured media player for Linux that can manage your collection as well as play your tunes.

Dmitri shows how to create an OpenOffice.org extension from scratch and introduces a useful extension packaging tool.