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What It Means to Be the Best What it means to be the best is a relative thing. In the sports world it's the score at the end of the game, the winning record that indicates who beat whom. In the world of Linux, it's more subjective to the goals of the end user. Jan. 17, 2005  Reads: 12,154

It's Time for Innovation on the IP Front It's hard to believe that we have passed the 13th anniversary of Linus Torvald's humble introduction of 'just a hobby' Linux, first posted to the Web in October 1991. Torvald previewed the OS as a 'Minix-lookalike' and designed fo... Jan. 17, 2005  Reads: 12,003

Why Is Open Source World Domination Taking So Darn Long? Open source certainly now is 'good enough' for the needs of most end users who merely use their computers for simple office productivity work, Webbing, and e-mailing. As any Tux-lover can tell you, a good case can be made that open ... Jan. 27, 2005  Reads: 14,925  Replies: 3

Essential Linux and Open Source Books In keeping with our 'Best of...' theme for this month, I'd like to provide some of the essential titles for learning Linux and open source. These titles were gathered with feedback from our readers as well as other professionals in ... Jan. 17, 2005  Reads: 13,525

Making C Shells Jump Through Hoops! If you've been hanging around programmers at all, you've already learned that they tend to think conditionally. Not, I hasten to say, that they conditionally think (though in some cases that might be true!) but that more than the ... Jan. 17, 2005  Reads: 8,189

The Practical Manager's Guide to Open Source IT managers who are about to reach for the aspirin as they try to figure out their open source corporate position should grab this book with both hands instead. As the title suggests, it's pragmatic and deals in realism, not ideology. Jan. 22, 2005  Reads: 12,371

The Best of 2004 To start off the new year, several LWM editors have compiled a list of what they consider to be the best solutions of 2004 in their particular field of expertise. Jan. 17, 2005  Reads: 11,288

Dual Booting Linux on a Mac What happens when you turn a perfectly good Apple PowerBook into a tri-boot system with Mac OS X, Yellow Dog Linux, and Ubuntu Linux? Read on to find out. Jan. 31, 2005  Reads: 64,411  Replies: 8

The Linux Cookbook: Michael Stutz On Using Linux For Everyday Activities Michael Stutz, author of The Linux Cookbook, 2nd Edition: Tips and Techniques for Everyday Use, discusses what inspired him to write this book, when he first started using Linux, and other world views. Jan. 22, 2005  Reads: 37,209  Replies: 14

Configuration Management Tools Can Ease the Migration From Microsoft to Linux Here's a scenario. Among the systems administrators (SAs) in your company, you're the exception, not the rule. You cut your teeth on Unix, you keep up your Unix skills, and you still favor Unix in many respects. Jan. 17, 2005  Reads: 13,635

Certification Revisited In the last installment of my Linux Careers column (LWM, Vol. 2, issue 2) I focused on the quandary posed by certifications: most qualified candidates feel that their experience speaks for itself, but as Linux becomes more prevale... Jan. 17, 2005  Reads: 11,156  Replies: 1

Practical Open Source Business Models As a person who is running a young company that develops open source software as a primary activity, I'm frequently asked to comment on the business models that are at play in the industry. Jan. 17, 2005  Reads: 11,224

The Linux Gaming Industry As Linux grows stronger and more widely adopted on the desktop, it also becomes a more serious focus for the gaming industry. Linux is already recognized as a vital contender on the game server front, as we have addressed in this ... Jan. 17, 2005  Reads: 8,211

File Naming I'll admit it. I'm a prolific downloader. There, I've confessed. Actually, I've another confession. I'm also a hoarder of data. I don't delete much. In fact, I've kept just about everything I've ever downloaded since I started on ... Jan. 17, 2005  Reads: 7,893  Replies: 1