Upgrading our LAMP application, Nola, proves little more difficult than changing a light bulb. Also: things our author did that you'll want to avoid! (3,200 words)

Installing a full-function, multi-user, open-source business accounting package for Linux requires Apache, MySQL, Nola, and precious little hardware. Part 15 in our 'Linux for Peanuts' series. (4,900 words)

A minimalist Red Hat 7.2 server installation provides a standardized platform to build Nola and the rationale behind our selection of this free accounting software revealed. Part 14 in our 'Linux for Peanuts' series. (6,300 words)

In part 13 of the Cheap and Easy Linux Network for Peanuts, we discuss the required components needed to install Nola, the GPL licensed, open-source, Linux-based accounting system. (4,050 words)

This snake is quick, but it doesn't bite! The Boa Web server teams up with cgiemail as we apply the final additions to our text-messaging gateway. (1,900 words)

Fear no evil, for the Sendmail daemon proves devilishly easy to add to our Cheap and Easy Text Messaging Gateway. Plus, an egregious security oversight corrected, and a new safety net for Slackware users. (2,000 words)

Adding features to a Linux Network for Peanuts is a piece of cake, but we want to make sure we aren't using stale ingredients! Don't let anyone tell you Debian is outdated. Debian isn't old, it's refreshed with Apt. (1,900 words)

You don't need to spend $1,000 to get a quick, reliable, easy-to-use system that sends text messages to pagers and PCS cell phones. All you need is an old PC, Linux, free software, and a dusty old modem. (3,200 words)

Details on configuring XFree86 with xf86config. Also, how to create a Web server that handles text communications from desktop machines to digital cell phones, PCS phones, and alpha pagers. (3,000 words)

Debian has a reputation for being difficult to install. Relax, it just takes a little time to reveal Debian's true nature: It's a good, solid, easy-to-use distribution that doesn't break down under the weight of automation. (4,200 words)

Nitty-gritty detail on installing the newest versions of Slackware and Red Hat remotely. Plus, how to configure the firewall in the latest Red Hat distribution & handling humongous software suites. (5,000 words)

Network installation of Linux doesn't differ greatly from a standard installation that uses a local CD-ROM, and you will find that it meets our twin criteria of Cheap and Easy. Cheap, because it eliminates redundant hardware. As for Easy, well, keep reading and find out for yourself. (...

In this series, we show how little you need to spend to outfit your organization -- big or small -- with hardware some might consider worthless, while giving away nothing in utility, speed, reliability, ease of administration or use. Sound impossible? It's not! (3,100 words)

In this series, we show how little you need to spend to outfit your organization -- big or small -- with hardware some might consider worthless, while giving away nothing in utility, speed, reliability, ease of administration or use. Sound impossible? It's not! (2,400 words)

In this series, we show how little you need to spend to outfit your organization -- big or small -- with hardware some might consider worthless, while giving away nothing in utility, speed, reliability, ease of administration or use. Sound impossible? It's not! (1,500 words)

In this series, I'll show how little you need to spend to outfit your organization -- big or small -- with hardware some might consider worthless, while giving away nothing in utility, speed, reliability, ease of administration or use. Sound impossible? It's not! (1,400 words)