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Issue 106 (June 2008) - The Eee has landed

Features

• The Eee has landed - Good things come in small packages, and you don't get much smaller than the Asus Eee PC. We explore this Linux-powered mini marvel... (Mike Saunders)
  
• Green computing - Want to save cash while doing your bit for the world? Going green does all that and more - we show you what Linux can do to make a difference... (Paul Hudson)
  
• The Linux underworld - It's not just the bad guys who want to hack your computer. We uncover some of the ways you can make your system more secure using tools from the dark side. (John Brandon)
  
• Command line phrasebook - For those not fluent in the lingo, using the command line can feel like visiting a foreign country - here's a phrasebook for those who want to explore safely. (Joe Cassels)
  
• The Linux pub quiz - So you think you know Linux? Prove it: test yourself with our quiz. The brainteasers range from the ridiculous to the downright obscure... (Chris Brown)
  
• Interview: Kris Kennaway - Theoretical physicist, bridge-builder and FreeBSD coder - Kris is trying to build a BSD desktop army, and we want to find out why. (Mike Saunders, Paul Hudson)
  

Coverdisc

• Foresight Linux 2.0 - Cutting-edge, unique distro with Gnome 2.22. Plus: PC-BSD 1.5, OpenOffice.org 2.4, AbiWord 2.6, Inkscape 0.46, Feather and Puppy Linux... (Mike Saunders)
  
• HotPicks - Alexandria, Mpg123, Youtube-dl, Tunguska, SuperTuxKart, Adonthell, Surfraw, Tomboy, Dstat, Ctioga (Richard Smedley)
  

Tutorials

• Use digital maps - Summer holidays will soon be looming and you want to make the most of your two weeks off work. Explore Google Maps and Google Earth... (Andy Channelle)
  
• Dynebolic: easy audio streaming - We show you how to set up an internet radio station with a Free Software distro made for the job. (Daniel James)
  
• Gimp: new features in 2.4 - Open source graphics are back by popular demand - here's a new tutorial series on Gimp. (Michael J Hammel)
  
• VPN: remote networking - Looking for a remote access system that will give you total control over who gets access to what? We walk you through Secure VPN Gateway. (Richard Smedley, Tom Russell, David Gempton)
  
• Arduino: make a drum kit - Like Leo Fender, Robert Moog and Leon Theremin, Graham has taken the complicated and made it look easy - with an Arduino-powered drum machine. (Graham Morrison)
  
• LTSP: thin clients made easy - Do you want to run modern software on old hardware? Of course you do! We show you how, with the Linux Terminal Server Project. (Neil Bothwick)
  

Reviews

• Nagios 3.0 - Maintaining a network of machines has just got faster, if not easier. We check out the latest open source system monitor. (Nick Veitch)
  
• Nokia N810 - Graham wonders whether the Finnish snow camouflages white elephants. (Graham Morrison)
  
• UndoDB 2.2 - Graham finds this the perfect tool for finding exactly how his own convoluted and obfuscated code works... (Graham Morrison)
  
• gOS Rocket beta - Does the world need yet another Ubuntu spin-off? Mike prepares his boosters and takes off with gOS Rocket... (Mike Saunders)
  
• Runes of Avalon 2 - There are many games that force you to match shapes and colours, but Graham has finally found one worth paying for. (Graham Morrison)
  
• MythTV 0.21 - Telly addict Graham has wasted half of his life configuring MythTV and the other half watching repeats of Jerry Springer, Jeremy Kyle, Trisha, Montel... (Graham Morrison)
  
• Linux DVB devices - On test: TechnoTrend C2300 premium, TechnoTrend TT-1500, Hauppauge WinTV-Nova-S, Elgato EyeTV, TwinHan AzureWave, TechnoTrend TV Stick (Nick Veitch)
  
• Book: Professional Joomla! - We! thought! only! Yahoo! put! exclamation! marks! after! every! word! (Andy Hudson)
  
• Book: Head First Software Development - Want to develop better? This might be the book for you... (Andy Hudson)
  
• Book: Apache Cookbook - Apache often drives Andy into a war dance. Will this book help? (Andy Hudson)
  

More

• News: Red hat in the black - To the tune of $500 million. The distro vendor continues strong growth despite a downturn in the US economy. Plus: Adobe joins Linux Foundation, Asus releases Eee PC SDK, Linux kernel development report, Rigs of Rods released, ISO accepts MS OOXML (Andy Channelle)
  
• Distrowatch: Joys of spring - Mandriva Linux 2008.1 brings PulseAudio, support for the Asus Eee PC and a plethora of new applications. Plus: Scientific Linux 5.1, Knoppix 5.3, Eee PC distros (Ladislav Bodnar)
  
• What on Earth: Android - The not-at-all paranoid Graham puts Google's Linux-based mobile phone platform through his personal Voight-Kampff machine. (Graham Morrison)