Speed up your Linux box with the best performance tips from the experts
Find out how to install almost anything on Ubuntu with PPAs
Video editing: turn your home movies into home masterpieces
On the 4GB DVD: Linux performance pack - triple-booting disc with three scorchingly fast distros
Tutorials on keyboard shortcuts, UPnP, Python coding, Gimp and more
Features
Power up Linux
With just a few tweaks everyone's favourite OS can be lighter, faster and more powerful. Here's how the experts do it. (Bob Moss) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Ubuntu: install almost anything
If you can't wait for the latest and greatest releases, we show you how to beat the crowds and stay one step ahead of the rest. (Bob Moss) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Want to make your mark online? Here's how to create a Drupal website in minutes. (Shashank Sharma) Click here to read!
Dr Brown's Administeria
Seeing the boot process with Bootchart, customising Bash, and recovering deleted files with PhotoRec. (Chris Brown) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Interview: Theodore Ts'o
He's a kernel contributor since 1991, a Buffy fan and the man who keeps your data safe. (Paul Hudson) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Coverdisc
Linux performance kit
Special triple-booting DVD with scorchingly fast distros; Mepis AntiX 8.2, Slax 6.2.1 and DeLi Linux 0.8. Plus: FreeBSD 7.2, KDE 4.3, performance tips, games... (Mike Saunders) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
HotPicks
Task, JStock, Gnome Commander, Liferea, Celestia, House of Mirrors, Wixi, FSlint, RText, KDevelop. (Andy Hudson) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Tutorials
Shortcuts: Boss the keyboard
Power users know that working without a mouse can make you a better Linuxer, so we really want to see those fingers. (Andy Channelle) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Gimp: Summer of love
Our Gimp wizard lets you ride the retro rave of sunbeams and silhouettes in this month's tutorial be-in. (Michael J Hammel) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Kdenlive: Edit home videos
Andy has fallen in love with the moving image, so join him as he explores the best ways to prepare footage with Linux. (Andy Channelle) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
WebDAV: Share over the web
Allowing several people to work on a document increases overall quality and reduces your workload - here's how. (Neil Bothwick) Click here to read!
Python: Flickr uploader
Things in our Python lab are about to get GUI as we teach you how to upload pictures straight from the web to your desktop. (Nick Veitch) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
UPnP: Stream your media
Stream music, videos and photos from your Linux machine to almost any other box with a DLNA logo... (Graham Morrison) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Reviews
KDE 4.3
Over 10,000 bugs have been fixed and 2,000 feature requests added, but has six months of development delivered a better desktop? (Nick Veitch) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Scribus 1.3.5
Can there really be a competent, cross-platform desktop publishing package that serves both newbies and professionals alike? We find out. (Bob Moss) Click here to read!
Time may not wait for men, but it certainly lags when transmitted across the internet. We find a more accurate way to stay current. (Graham Morrison) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Avast Home Edition
Once again, Mayank dons the white coat and tests another virus scanner for the bearers of NTFS partitions. (Mayank Sharma) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Groupware servers
On test: Citadel, eGroupWare, Open-Xchange, Horde Groupware, Synovel CollabSuite. (Mayank Sharma) Click here to read!
More
News: Open source ideals infect the telly
BBC plans web history series based on free software principles. Also: IBM slashes mainframe prices; Google's On2 purchase; Moonlight 2; Microsoft admits Linux is a threat to its business. (Andy Channelle) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Distrowatch: Minnow's big splash
Pardus Linux 2009 - new distro on the block brings simplicity and convenience to the desktop. Plus: Kongoni GNU/Linux, Supergamer Supreme, KDE 4 verdicts. (Susan Linton) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
What on Earth: Vala
It's a platform that works like Mono, but doesn't need the Mono libraries. Confused? You won't be when you read this. (Dan Dart) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
