[linuxiran] address@hidden LFY highlights May 2003 issue

[Frederick Noronha (FN)]

www.linuxforu.com ... some highlights from the May 2003 issue of India's 
only Free Software/Open Source magazine. Price in India Rs 50:

        o THIS MONTH's CD includes ELX BizDesk 2.0
          a "made in India distribution" which is
          "just like Windows". Eh... a good thing?
          It offers "friendlier right clicks, simple 
          zipping features, launch pad for grouping
          applications, network neighbourhood-like
          feature, control panel, my computer and
          a simple configuration for the Internet...
          Detailed reviews and guides in this issue.

o THIS COULD REALLY HELP "Linux to penetrate th 'office' (aka enterprise) 
  segment", argues editor Rahul Chopra LFYedit at electronicsforu.com

        o Linux is already enterprise-ready, says
          Srikant Acharya, country director for India
          and SE Asia of SCO Group (formerly Caldera)...
          you bet these guys are popular these days!

o REGISTER YOUR LUG at the LUGS corner on www.linuxforu.com

        o 'Social software' is playing an integral role in
          journalism, civic activism, publishing, education,
          global online communities, and vast gaming
          groups... argues Alolita Sharma, a Silicon
          Valley technologist. Interesting point!

o MAGIC with Mandrake 9.1 / Red Hat 9.0 

        o HANDLING digital images

o ROCK WITH your CD writer on Linux.

        o YAPPING online with Linux... ayttm isn't there?
          Introducing some "cool chat clients under Linux"

o CROSSOVER from CodeWeaver gets a review... run Windows apps
  without installing Windows on your desktop (only a few!)

        o TUX GOES TO OFFICE: options if you're looking for
          office-based software on [GNU]Linux.... What's
          Bonobo... What's new in KOffice 1.2.1?

o SQUID, master this proxy server

        o SET UP your own bulletin board. YaBB (Yet another
          Bulletin Board) is a popular open source messaging
          forum built using Perl.

o MAKE A recovery CD-ROM.

        o LINKING Linux with LCD panels. Interesting tutorial.

o TUX: a high-performance embedded web server.

        o Pattern-matching in Perl
        o Exploring mixed language programming
        o Starting with Linux device drivers
        o Setting up a fax server for Linux systems
        o Shell corner: Practising 'for' loops

o GNU/Linux allows the most pragmatic approach to making money.
  Anybody can make money with GNU/Linux. All that is
  required is a simple shift in thinking, argues Niyam 
  Bhushan... (But don't expect to become a Bill Gates out
  of Free Software, one might add.)

        o DID YOU know that GTCDRom was named after
          ex-Navyman UM Taranath's wife Geetha Taranath?
          An interview and profile of the firm....

o HOW KNOPPIX saved the day: Knoppix is of great help when
  you are trying to recover and troubleshoot your [GNU]Linux
  system after a crash.

        o NEWS: C-DAC launches another supercomputer
        - OpenXP is a GPL'd mail/news client for Win/Linux.
        - IndLinux Milan v0.37 is a Hindi interface to Gnome
        - No commitment to open source, says India's IT minister

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