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A whirlwind tour through the powerful and diverse world of Firefox extensions.
A look at promising software in development.
It has been said that playing is a child's work, because play is the means by which young children learn. You have to wonder if that's where the expression “mixing work and play” came from.
So many VoIP programs, so little time. What's a podcaster to do?
A look at promising software in development.

Puppy Linux

April 1st, 2008 by Louis J. Iacona in

Exploring everyone's pet Linux.
Finally, a scalable groupware solution that matches the offerings from big vendors.

Desktop Must-Haves

March 1st, 2008 by Dan Sawyer in

This article is an introductory piece to get you thinking about the Linux Desktop and all it can do.
What is this a11y thing (accessibility: 11 letters between the a and the y), and how might people access a complex graphical desktop they can't see?
Video editing in Linux can be hell, but a handful of programs are showing the way forward to a better world.

KDE 4 Preview

March 1st, 2008 by Jes Hall in

Introducing KDE 4—the desktop revolution is coming.
Putting Navicore and Maemo Mapper through the paces.
AlphaMail takes a unique approach to providing a Web-based IMAP client.
The coolest Linux and open-source applications may be ones you already have.
It's easier than you might think to create your own OpenOffice.org extensions.
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Webcams are notorious for their lack of support under Linux. But thanks to GSPCA, many webcams now have functional V4L drivers. This tutorial covers the building, installation, and configuration of the GSPCA drivers, including how to adjust color balance and brightness directly at the kernel module level.

From the Magazine

September 2008, #173

Feeling a bit like a Thermian? Never give up, never surrender! Someday, you could go from underdog to top dog. Just take a look at a few of the underdogs we highlight in this issue: Mutt, djbdns, Nginix, Gentoo, Xara and the program voted mostly likely to fail just a few years back—Firefox. If Firefox not radical enough for you, check out Chef Marcel's column for some more alternatives. Having trouble mapping your program data to your relational database? If so, Rueven Lerner shows you some tricks in his At The Forge column.

Need to run GUI applications on your server in the next state? In his Paranoid Penguin column, Mick Bauer shows you how to do it securely. Kyle Rankin keeps hacking and slashing and shows you a few split screen secrets you may not be familiar with. Finally, we all know what happens next February, but only Doc knows what happens afterward.

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