FreeBSD Networking Basics
-- Networking is an integral part of a modern FreeBSD
system. It works wonderfully, but beginners to Unix-like operating
systems are often stymied by their network settings. In this article,
Dru Lavigne explains how to verify, configure, and optimize FreeBSD
networking. You'll find 100 tips for BSD users and administrators in
Dru's upcoming BSD Hacks.
Survival Guide to LAMP -- In an effort to make open source LAMP technologies accessible to anyone with interest, techie or not, Shelley Powers is posting a series of
LAMP survival guide tutorials on her weblog. In the first few, you'll
learn the drill on installing software, creating directories, and
manipulating files. And you'll get the essential list of Linux command
basics. Shelley is a coauthor of O'Reilly's Unix Power Tools, 3rd Edition.
Version Control with Subversion: Introduction -- Subversion is an open source version control system that can access its file repository across networks. Various users are able to modify and manage the same set of data from their respective locations. Collaboration is fostered, and changes can occur more rapidly. Learn the history, features,
architecture, and components of Subversion in this preview of Chapter 1
from Version Control with Subversion.
Take Command of Your Linux
Commands -- In this SearchEnterpriseLinux.com interview, Dan Barrett lists the top
five Linux commands that IT managers should know, Linux tools that
should be mastered, best and worst Linux practices, and the funniest
commands in his lexicon. Dan is the author of Linux Pocket Guide.
Miguel de Icaza: Defining the Game -- Mono project manager Miguel de Icaza discusses the danger Longhorn
poses to Linux on the desktop. Take a look at Miguel's Mono 1.0 Roadmap,
and join us for his OSCON session on Mono 1.0.
Learning Assembly Language Is Still a Good
Idea -- Randall Hyde makes a case for the
relevance of learning assembly language even today. The key, he says,
is to learn how to efficiently implement an application, and the best
implementations are written by those who've mastered assembly language.
Randall is the author of Write Great Code (No Starch).
Configuring Access Points with Linux -- You purchased an access point, brought it home, discarded all of the
packaging fluff, and now you've got the access point, a power supply,
an Ethernet cable, and a CD that says "Windows Software Installation."
Learn how to avoid this scenario with alternatives for the Linux user
in Chapter 5 of Linux Unwired. If you like this chapter, read
the whole book (and up to nine others) on Safari with a free trial subscription.
coLinux: Linux for Windows Without Rebooting
-- Linux just keeps getting easier to try. A new, free
software project called coLinux, or Cooperative Linux, lets you do
nearly everything User-mode Linux does--on Windows 2000 or XP. Learn
how to install, boot, network, and upgrade coLinux in this article by
KIVILCIM Hindistan.
Book Registration Winner -- O'Reilly's book-registration winner for
March is security analyst Randy Oye, who's got his hands in a little
bit of everything. See what Randy's up to, and then try your luck at
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Diskless, Low-Form-Factor OpenBSD Systems -- Running a low-power, low-maintenance PC
can make your life easier in many ways, but managing and upgrading its
Compact Flash cards can be frustrating. Michael Lucas provides the
solution, showing you how to build a diskless Soekris box that boots
over the network. Michael is the author of No Starch's Absolute BSD.
SafariU: Create, Customize, and Share Teaching Material --
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Your O'Reilly Account: New, Single Sign On -- O'Reilly customers and guests now have a single address and one password to access all things O'Reilly, from oreilly.com and Safari Bookshelf to all of the O'Reilly Network sites and DevCenters. When possible, we've consolidated your prior, separate accounts into one new account. Logging into the new system is quick and easy; details on how to do it have been emailed to you, and you can read more about O'Reilly's single sign on in Tony Stubblebine's weblog.
Panther Command-Line Tools: The Missing Manpages
-- Finally, Mac OS X system administrators and developers
have a quick reference to the command-line utilities that have missing,
incomplete, or inaccurate manpages. Find the command syntax, a brief
description, and the command's directory location in Appendix B of
Mac OS X Panther for Unix Geeks. If you like this chapter, read the whole book (and up to nine others) on Safari with a free trial
subscription.
Unix on Panther: Accessing the Internet -- Learn how to remotely access your Mac from other computers, how to copy files between computers, and how
the Connect to Server capability of Terminal can make common connections a breeze, in this excerpt from Learning Unix
for Mac OS X Panther.
Eleven Metrics to Monitor for a Happy and Healthy Squid -- Duane Wessels offers 11 tips to help you stay on top of Squid's performance. Duane is the creator of Squid and the author of Squid: The Definitive Guide.
An Interview with OpenBSD's Marc Espie -- Federico Biancuzzi
interviews Marc Espie about OpenBSD's secure coding, the ports infrastructure, licensing, and future plans for the project. BSD users will
find a wealth of valuable info in Dru Lavigne's upcoming BSD Hacks.
Growing with Gentoo -- Daniel Robbins, Gentoo's chief
architect, recently spoke to students and professors at Stanford University's Computer Systems Lab. Learn how Gentoo evolved, what problems
and opportunities it's encountering, and Daniel's opinions on its future.
Tapping RSS with Shell Scripts
-- Learn how to write a shell script that watches the news
from Slashdot.org. After applying the code in this article by Dave Taylor
all you'll have to do is launch the Terminal to see the latest Slash
headlines. Dave is a coauthor of Learning Unix for
Mac OS X Panther.
Cooking with sendmail, Part 2 --
Learn how to configure sendmail to offer STARTTLS service and how to
limit the SMTP command set in these sample recipes from O'Reilly's sendmail
Cookbook.
Cooking with sendmail -- If you've been asked to configure sendmail to use the IETF Internet Draft Schema and read internal mail-routing information from the LDAP server, you'll find complete instructions for both the LDAP and the sendmail system administrator in this sample recipe from sendmail Cookbook.
Happy Hacking! Mike Langberg writes, "Most of us look at a toaster and see a kitchen appliance for crisping bread. Scott Fullam looks at a toaster and sees an engineering challenge. . . ," in this Mercury News book review of Hardware Hacking Projects for Geeks.
Safari Gets Bigger and Better -- There are now more than 2,000 books from the industry's leading technical publishers available on Safari Bookshelf. As the library grows, so does its functionality: searches are powerfully precise and as broad or specific as you wish; and now, with a Safari Max subscription, you can download chapters to read offline. Safari will help you save time, reduce errors, keep current, and save more money than ever with up to 35% off print copies of your favorite books. If you haven't
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Linux Untethered -- Wireless Linux is great, if you can find a hotspot. If you can't, you might consider a cellular data connection. It may be neither as slow nor as expensive as you think. In this article, Brian Jepson explores the state of cellular networking with Linux. Brian is a coauthor of Learning Unix for Mac OS X Panther.