December 2001
Jon HolmanIn this article, I will focus on Asanté's FriendlyNET 3002AL cable/DSL router -- a three-port router with wireless capabilities. I found it easy to set up and maintain with no discernable lack of networking speed.
Emmett DulaneyWhen this article was first planned, many months ago, the intent was to spend a paragraph or two discussing the sample Linux+ exam from my last column, and then begin exploring level II certifications as currently proposed by Sair and LPI. That was before a staggering amount of email poured in from around the world and convinced me of the need to revisit the sample exam and discuss it in detail. To say that an enormous amount of email was sent regarding the questions on the exam is a mild understatement. It was a tsunami.
Christi BearFresh Styles for Web Designers offers alternatives to the unnecessarily bland, print-oriented design that exists on the Web today. Author Curt Cloninger acknowledges the Web as a unique communications medium and advocates designing for the Web, such as it is.
Ed SchaeferCongratulations and $100 go to Robert S. Sciuk for submitting this month's winning script, findp. Ed presents findp, introduces his own enhancements to it, and finally presents an alternative C program that emulates findp.
Joe "Zonker" BrockmeierThere are few things in life that annoy me as much as spam -- and I'm not talking about the canned meat by-product variety. Unsolicited ads are annoying in any form, but the nature of spam is parasitic as well: it steals time and bandwidth. So, for my money, anything that helps defeat spam is a Good Thing.
Randy ReamesThis is by no means a beginner's guide to DocBook, and it would be a steep learning curve for readers with no previous experience with the various markup languages (SGML, HTML, or XML). Although Walsh and Muellner do present SGML and XML, I recommend that anyone who is not familiar with these languages get a good introduction from another source before diving into this book.
Jon HolmanHolman reviews O'Reilly's latest CD compilation.
Joe "Zonker" BrockmeierOrdinarily, I use this column to talk about free and Open Source software and how they can help you work more efficiently. Because it's the holiday season, I thought I'd cheat a little and slip in a couple of other programs that make life a little more fun -- namely, a few of my favorite Free Software games. These are by no means going to help you get any work done, but they might just make your day a little more fun.
Marcel GagnéI usually recommend Linux when discussing alternative operating systems, and I’ve found that many people are open to the concept but they continue to run at least some Windows applications. How can you have the best of both Linux and Microsoft worlds? Dual booting is an option, but having to boot from Linux to Windows and back simply to run a single program seems counterintuitive at best. Luckily, there are other options.
Peter Baer GalvinOver the past few months, I’ve been covering new and useful Solaris 8 features in the Solaris Companion. This month continues the trend by looking at the new fssnap command, which provides snapshot copies of the default UFS file system, much like commercial file systems provide. But is it a winner like UFS logging and IP multipathing? This month I test fssnap, I provide useful new reference services, and some feedback on a previous column.
Ben RothkeRothke checks out a book that's designed to help you know what to expect -- and what to do -- when the inevitable occurs.
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