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Joe Barr is a freelance journalist covering Linux, open source and network security. His 'Version Control' column has been a regular feature of Linux.SYS-CON.com since its inception. As far as we know, he is the only living journalist whose works have appeared both in phrack, the legendary underground zine, and IBM Personal Systems Magazine.
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A first look at
gobeProductive 3.0 By Joe Barr When Gobe Software
announced it was adding
Linux to its stable of
supported platforms, I
immediately requested a
review copy. There wasn't
one at the time, but I
was recently informed
there was an alpha
version I could look at
if I wished. (1,200
words) Jun. 3, 2002 12:00 AM Reads: 7,535 | Mandrake 8.2 offers the
easiest installation ever By Joe Barr Joe Barr installs
Mandrake's new Powerpack
8.2 for workstations on a
Sony Vaio laptop
computer. Workstation on
a laptop? You bet. It
went on like warm butter
on a hot biscuit. (1,200
words) May. 20, 2002 12:00 AM Reads: 12,442 | Linux.SYS-CON.com
Flashback to 2002: The
"Stallman Factor" By Joe Barr Mention RMS in a Linux
crowd and you'll find
people who love him, hate
him, and those who simply
roll their eyes. People
call him a whacko,
egotist, genius, saint,
and communist. Precious
few are ambivalent about
Richard Stallman. May. 8, 2002 12:00 AM Reads: 18,505 | How to install
PureSecure, the painless
IDS By Joe Barr PureSecure is much more
polished, more complete,
and more fully featured
than its free software
counterpart ACID. It's
not free for commercial
use, however. (1,200
words) Apr. 30, 2002 12:00 AM Reads: 15,813 | Sun, SuSE, & the Grid
Engine project By Joe Barr SuSE Linux Professional
Linux version 8.0 will
include an open source
version of Sun's Grid
Engine 5.3. (550 words) Apr. 22, 2002 12:00 AM Reads: 6,774 | No justice from Microsoft
for the Texas Dept. of
Criminal Justice By Joe Barr Missing certificates for
Microsoft software on
2,000 five-year-old PCs
lands Texas Dept. of
Criminal Justice in hot
water. We've said it
before: You know those
official-looking proofs
of purchase that come
with Microsoft products
you may have kept but
probably los... Apr. 15, 2002 12:00 AM Reads: 10,515 Replies: 1 | How to detect intruders
with ACID By Joe Barr All it takes is time and
free software to set up a
powerful intrusion
detection system for your
Unix system. Follow along
as Joe Barr installs ACID
on his system and
discovers a big security
hole. (1,450 words) Apr. 10, 2002 12:00 AM Reads: 15,648 Replies: 2 | FCC forces Ham radio
operators to use Windows By Joe Barr 'Linux? Step to the back
of the bus, please. This
section is reserved for
Windows users only.'
That's the message
everyone but Microsoft
Windows users get when
they wish to do more than
browse the FCC's Web
site. Ironic that an
agency bearing the name
'communicat... Apr. 1, 2002 12:00 AM Reads: 17,650 | How to get started
editing video & audio
with Linux By Joe Barr Have you ever daydreamed
about being a movie
producer? Or sitting in
the director's chair and
bringing it all together?
With Linux and the right
video card you can.
(1,660 words) Mar. 25, 2002 12:00 AM Reads: 12,325 | Everybody knows your name
at the corner LUG By Joe Barr If you feel yourself
longing for a little bit
of community, get in
touch with the Linux root
system. You can find it
at your local LUG. (1,260
words) Mar. 18, 2002 12:00 AM Reads: 6,667 | The Evolution continues By Joe Barr With more use, it becomes
clearer that Evolution
and Sylpheed are built to
serve different types of
users. Is one better than
the other? Depends on
what you need from a
Linux e-mail client.
(1,500 words) Mar. 11, 2002 12:00 AM Reads: 12,631 | Casting spells with a
Linux distro written
especially for sysadmins By Joe Barr Sorcerer allows you to
build and maintain a
Linux system based on the
very latest stable source
code for each component,
from the kernel to X,
compiled on and for your
machine. Unfortunately,
Sorcerer's magic might
vanish soon. (1,300
words) Mar. 4, 2002 12:00 AM Reads: 8,844 Replies: 11 | Starting over with
Evolution By Joe Barr Why am I giving up my
faithful, trusted
Sylpheed? Many little
reasons. One is Ximian
pestered me. A better
reason is Evolution
handles images embedded
in e-mail messages with
aplomb. Here is what it's
like to switch from
Sylpheed to Evolution.
(1,200 words) Feb. 22, 2002 12:00 AM Reads: 12,647 | Linus tries to make
himself scale By Joe Barr Are the problems with the
2.4 kernel indicative of
a failed source code
control system, weak
programming, poor
management, increasing
kernel complexity, or an
overwhelmed lead
developer? The debate
rages in the Linux
community. Feb. 11, 2002 12:00 AM Reads: 15,865 | HP to announce
pay-per-use Linux servers By Joe Barr Expect from HP at
LinuxWorld Expo
pay-per-use pricing, a
new developer's kit,
support of Ximian, a raft
of user success stories,
and more to be revealed
at the show. (800 words) Jan. 28, 2002 12:00 AM Reads: 6,376 | A streaming media player
for the rest of us By Joe Barr Attitude makes a world of
difference. Xine installs
easily, offers clear
documentation, and is
supported by development
community that encourages
newbies. Oh, and as a
streaming media player
for Linux, Xine performs
fabulously. (1,200 words) Jan. 25, 2002 12:00 AM Reads: 14,245 | IBM goes one-on-one in
clever TV ads By Joe Barr Are IBM's newest
television ads simply
about the enterprise
versus the perils of the
Internet, or do you think
the way I do, that they
portray another chapter
in the Microsoft-IBM
battle? (1,100 words) Jan. 18, 2002 12:00 AM Reads: 8,740 Replies: 1 | A first look at Gnumeric
1.0 By Joe Barr Gnumeric has many of
Microsoft Excel's
features, but it's not a
copy. Gnumeric adds new
tools not available
anywhere else, and thanks
to clean code and a
dedicated team of
developers, it's only
going to get better.
(1,300 words) Jan. 11, 2002 12:00 AM Reads: 5,726 | Cooltown tour shows HP's
commitment to Linux By Joe Barr Bruce Perens lends his
name and reputation to
HP's open source
initiatives. (1,100
words) Aug. 2, 2001 12:00 AM Reads: 12,712 | What Ximian's trying to
accomplish with Mono By Joe Barr Ximian's motives, plans
and ambitions for Mono, a
free clone of Microsoft's
.NET, including the C#
language. (1,200 words) Jul. 27, 2001 12:00 AM Reads: 14,193 | Joe Barr gets hacked and
recovers with NMAP By Joe Barr From denial, to
diagnosis, to rebuilding
and hardening the system,
Joe walks us through the
life cycle of a hack.
(1,700 words) Apr. 4, 2001 12:00 AM Reads: 11,412 | HP opens print driver
source code, releases
server appliance for
Linux By Joe Barr Hewlett-Packard has
talked open source for a
while now, but without
putting any code where
its mouth is. The times
may be changing. Joe Barr
looks into HP's release
of source code for
popular print drivers,
and a Linux version of
the company's new Print
Server App... Apr. 3, 2001 12:00 AM Reads: 8,945 | Bob Young, tete-a-tete
with the monopoly By Joe Barr Joe Barr has outdone
himself. Scoring an
interview with the Bob
Young is good. But
actually pinning down one
of the monopoly's minions
for a verbal slugfest
with Young is a triumph.
If Joe has accomplished
this much by the first of
April, by year's end the
LinuxWo... Mar. 28, 2001 12:00 AM Reads: 6,239 | Understanding stealth
scans: Forewarned is
forearmed By Joe Barr This week Joe Barr
presents the first of two
columns about stealth
scans, and NMAP, a port
scanner used by attackers
and system administrators
alike. (1,400 words) Mar. 21, 2001 12:00 AM Reads: 10,332 Replies: 2 | Sylpheed: A fitter e-mail
client By Joe Barr With the help of his
readers, Joe Barr
discovers what may be the
best e-mail and news
client for Linux. It's
called Sylpheed. (1,400
words) Mar. 14, 2001 12:00 AM Reads: 6,480 | Sylpheed: A fitter e-mail
client By Joe Barr With the help of his
readers, Joe Barr
discovers what may be the
best e-mail and news
client for Linux. It's
called Sylpheed. (1,400
words) Mar. 14, 2001 12:00 AM Reads: 6,064 | Inside IBM's Linux
Technology Center By Joe Barr If you have wondered what
IBM is doing with its
much-trumpeted $1-billion
commitment to Linux, peek
inside the Linux
Technology Center for
some answers. (1,200
words) Mar. 7, 2001 12:00 AM Reads: 7,261 | Linux.SYS-CON.com
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Nat
Friedman, In His Own
Right By Joe Barr This week Joe interviews
the other bright young
man behind Ximian, CEO
Nat Friedman. Find out
how he left Redmond
behind in order to helm
one of the open source
world's best-known
companies. Jan. 31, 2001 12:00 AM Reads: 14,851 | Is 'Antitrust' for real? By Joe Barr Find out how the film did
with our resident Linux
advocate and read
comments by Linus
Torvalds, Jon 'maddog'
Hall, and Miguel de Icaza
about their association
with the movie. (1,300
words) Jan. 17, 2001 12:00 AM Reads: 12,386 | SANE once again By Joe Barr In Greek tragedy, the
hero frequently must
suffer to gain the truth.
So it went for Joe
recently when he tried to
use SANE (Scanner Access
Now Easy). But the
suffering is over, and
Joe is back this week
with technical tips to
help you set up a Linux
scanning envir... Jan. 10, 2001 12:00 AM Reads: 5,884 |
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