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Features
Build your own distro
Making your own customised Linux distribution is simpler than you might think - and rewarding too. Mike dons his overalls and hard hat, ready to show you how... (Mike Saunders) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Learning with Linux
Linux in education is finally taking off. We report on some of the highest-achieving projects. (George Wright) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Interview: Jim Jagielski
With a CV that includes working for NASA, editing Slashdot and core Apache development, Jim has pretty much done it all. Who better to ask about the world's #1 web server? (N/A) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Interview: Andrew Morton
Top kernel maintainer talks exclusively about the latest development process and the need for increased quality control. (Paul Hudson) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Coverdisc
SUSE 10.0 OSS
Brand new, easy to install and packed with software. Plus: educational software megapack, KDE 2.5 beta, Freecycle, Criawips, PlanetPenguin racer, X-Moto, and 40+ more programs (Mike Saunders) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
HotPicks
Conkeror, Eric3, KleanSweep, KTorrent, LMMS, Serpentine, Singularity, Sysprof, Ultimate Stunts, Xplanet (Mike Saunders) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Tutorials
Filesystem - organise your partitions and folders
How to set up your machine so that you'll always know where to find any piece of information, photo, song or document. (Andy Channelle) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Inkscape: master gradients
Doing graphics in a good vector editor is not only practical; it's also a lot of fun. We show you some advanced Inkscape techniques. (Dmitry Kirsanov) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Gambas tips and tricks
In this final tutorial of the series, Mark hands over his secrets to this Visual Basic-alike language. (Mark Bain) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Ha-ha thisaway, ha-ha thataway - Paul picks up some SOAP for the first time in years and gets jiggy with WSDL. (Paul Hudson) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Reviews
Ubuntu 5.10
A compiler upgrade makes this a breezier distro than Hoary. We find out what else is new. (Andy Hudson) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Ian Murdock forms the Debian Common Core Alliance to pull Debian-based distros together. Plus: Linux deployments in China (Jiangsu), Tango icons, Massachusetts and ODF, Matalan EPOS running Linux, Unigine (Andy Channelle) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
News: News extra: Expofest!
Show reports from KDE Community World Summit 2005, Brainshare Europe 2005, LinuxWorld Conference and Expo (Mike Saunders, Andy Channelle, George Wright) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Distrowatch: A brief history of Linux distributions
Want to save time database coding so you can lounge around eating honey and picking fleas? Of course you do. (Scott Douglas) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
