Make Windows and Linux play nicely using our simple step-by-step guide
Web blocking on test - which content filters can protect your home effectively?
Master grep, the ultimate Linux power tool, with our tutorial
Exclusive triple-booting Ubuntu 10.04 disc: run LXF-enhanced Ubuntu, Kubuntu and Xubuntu from one DVD! Plus 64-bit Ubuntu, KDevelop 4, games and more
Tutorials on Compiz desktop effects, Gnome Planner, Python, Subversion and more...
Features
Perfect multi-booting
There's an art to running more than one operating system on your machine, and we can help you to become a grand master. (Graham Morrison) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Ubuntu's community manager looks at how to create your very own community group, or re-energise an existing one. (Jono Bacon) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Grep - command line super-search
Loving the command line and want to do more? Discover grep and never lose anything again. (Faye Williams) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Dr Brown's Administeria
Boot sectors: the 2TB barrier in disk space means abandoning MBR partitions. Plus: special characters and discovering network latency issues with SmokePing. (Chris Brown) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Exclusive triple-booting Ubuntu disc: Ubuntu 10.04 (with extra packages), Kubuntu 10.04 and Xubuntu 10.04. Plus: KDevelop 4, PeaZip 3.1, games, podcasts, newbie guides and more (Mike Saunders) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
HotPicks
Ayam, Brain Party, Clockywock, Final Page, Fingerprint GUI, KXStich, Omron++, Ping, PyInstaller, Smb4K, Zim (Nick Veitch) Click here to read!
Tutorials
Compiz-Fusion: Desktop effects
Linux is easily the best looking desktop OS in the world, but you wan always make it even funkier. (Andy Channelle) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Gnome Planner: Manage projects
We demonstrate how free software can help you manage the project constraint trinity: cost, time, and scope. (Mark Nassal) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
libferris: Adding more services
Copy and edit content on web services such as Facebook, YouTube and Vimeo without going near a browser. (Ben Martin) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
GDB: Fix your C program
Debugging your code is hard work, but it's essential for any programmer. Here's how to be a good free software citizen. (John Lumby) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Python: Draw Koch snow
Nick puts his maths head on to combine Pythagoras' theorem, Python, Clutter and Cogls to produce beautifully fluffy Koch snowflakes. (Nick Veitch) Click here to read!
Subversion: Track changes
We demonstrate why you don't need to be a kernel hacker to make use of version tracking for work projects and home life. (Bob Moss) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Reviews
Ubuntu 10.04
That time of year is here again: the birds are singing and Ubuntu has a new release. We look at Lucid Lynx to see what all the fuss is about. (Neil Bothwick) Click here to read!
TeamViewer 5
We discover that VNC is by no means the only remote desktop tool on the Linux platform that's worth considering. (Graham Morrison) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Fluendo Media Center
If you've been looking for a great Linux media centre to access with non-free codecs, you may strike gold with this. (Bob Moss) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
FineReader 8 CLI
Want to cut down on paperwork? Electrify your archives with Abbyy's command line-based optical character recognition software. (Nick Veitch) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Each animal-based release leads to an explosion of creativity. Plus: Steam may be coming to Linux; first Open University Linux course; KDevelop 4.0 released; HP buys Palm. (Andy Channelle) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Distrowatch: SimplyMepis 8.5
SimplyMepis stays as solid as ever during the transition from KDE 3.5 to KDE 4. Plus: Linux Mint 8 community editions, Slitaz 3.0 and favourite browser poll. (Susan Linton) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
What on Earth: Lernid
This tool could expand your knowledge and broaden your horizons from the comfort of your living room sofa. (Bob Moss) Click here to read!
