[Mailman] Linux@Office... 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:

	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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