From: Daniel James <daniel@mondodesigno.com>
To: lwn@lwn.net
Subject: LinuxUser issue 7 now available for download
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 12:27:25 +0000

Articles now available at 
http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/articles/issue7/index.html in PDF format 
include:

 Contents and Editorial 132k
Is new always better? Is upgrading obligatory? Not in the Linux 
world, says Trevor Parsons, where you can quite safely ignore new 
kernel releases without the fear of becoming unsupported, and where 
some of the most exciting and most productive technologies of the 
moment have their roots far in the past

 News 176k
The news that counts, including the release of Linux 2.4.0, the 
latest analyst predictions for Linux, our assessment of a cluster of 
huge Linux deployments by IBM, plus new products and upcoming events

 Cover feature - New power for the enterprise 116k
The 2.4 release of the Linux kernel ushers in significant advances on 
all platforms. Richard Hillesley examines the new developments and 
what they mean for the future of Linux... at work and at play

 Soapbox - See what you mean 41k
Is there an alternative to the WYSIWYG approach to word processing? 
Richard Hillesley prescribes the antidote to non-productivity suites: 
LyX, which allows you to structure your documents without distracting 
you with irrelevant format issues

 LinuxUser Conference 116k
Whether you were just after information to help you evaluate Linux 
for your company, or a seasoned industry insider looking for 
opportunities, the first LinuxUser Conference in December was simply 
the business

 Open forum - Skill shortages and solutions 109k
Search the online recruitment sites, and you'll see how many firms 
are looking for people with skills in Linux. According to analysts, 
the demand is set to rise... and may soon constrict adoption of the 
system. We ask a panel of trainers and integrators: Will skills 
shortages squeeze Linux?

 All you need to know about... X 155k
Richard Bown tells the story of the X Window System as a display 
medium, a distribution framework for applications and a potential 
delivery agent for application service providers... and says that 
although it seems to have been around forever, the future looks rosy 
for X

 Power tools - Remote control Linux 119k
One of the most valuable features of Linux is that you can do almost 
anything to your computer by remote control, facilitating remote 
administration and support. Charlie Stross investigates the various 
protocols and tools that make this possible

 The Knowledge 62k
Exclusive: IBM ramps up internal training, plus the latest free 
module - Printing Services - from the Linux Training Materials Project

 Roundup - The source factories 668k
How - and where - do developers work together on open source 
projects? Charlie Stross surveys the growing phenomenon of powerful, 
centralised collaborative development resources

 Linux at work - Making it pay 80k
One of the UK's top five UK providers for real-time internet credit 
card processing, SECPay, depends on Linux to transaction millions of 
pounds worth of business every month. It's a matter of reliability, 
functionality and security, the company tells Trevor Parsons

 Reviews - Products and services 192k
A distribution that's child's play to install, a top-rated security 
hardening product, one of the first and finest non-linear editing 
solutions for Linux, and visual development software for Java - 
reviewed and rated by the LinuxUser team

 Books 96k
Our expanded literary section brings you the classic Unix 'Red Book', 
a readable reference manual on the world's most popular web server, a 
compelling read about version control, and a persuasive call to 
embrace insanity

 Free Speech 44k
Free software or open source? Well, which is it? This is the 
terminological debate that just won't lie down. The Free Software 
Foundation's brief, Eben Moglen, says we're all talking about the 
same thing, but often from radically different viewpoints

The LinuxUser article archive is sponsored by Compaq.

Daniel James
News + Web Editor
LinuxUser magazine
http://www.linuxuser.co.uk