Linux Journal Contents #116, December 2003

Features

• Floppies for the New Millennium  by Rick Moen
  A practical guide to setting up and working with USB key chains.
  
• DVD Players  by Dave Phillips
  Dave compares and tests the best DVD-playing software.
  
• DVD Authoring  by Ian Pointer
  Got ideas for TV-based information design, games and Easter eggs? Make them work on DVDs you create with this versatile software.
  
• Managing Audio with Pd  by Peter Todd
  Make your band sound like a symphony orchestra from Uranus with this drag-and-drop sound processing tool.
  
• Ultimate Linux Box  by Glenn Stone
  We load up the hottest new 64-bit architecture with the hottest new 3-D and storage hardware.
  

Indepth

• Embedding Perl in MySQL  by Brian Aker
  Hey! There's a mistake in this article—Perl code in the middle of an SQL SELECT! Don't you people even read this stuff?
  
• Cross-Platform CD Index  by Shawn P. Garbett
  We liked this easy JavaScript-based CD-ROM search system so much, we used it on the 1994-2002 Linux Journal archive CD.
  
• DVD Transcoding via Linux Metacomputing  by F. J. Gonzalez-Castaño, R. Asorey-Cacheda, R. P. Martinez-Alvarez, F. Comesaña-Seijo and J. Vales-Alonso
  Strategies for converting MPEG-2 video from DVDs to MPEG-4 for next-generation home media applications.
  

Embedded

• Driving Me Nuts I2C Drivers, Part 1  by Greg Kroah-Hartman
  

Toolbox

• Kernel Korner   Allocating Memory in the Kernel  by Robert Love
  
• At the Forge   Integrating E-mail  by Reuven M. Lerner
  
• Cooking with Linux   Put Another Nickel in...  by Marcel Gagné
  

Columns

• Linux for Suits   Free Business  by Doc Searls
  
• EOF   Give TCPA an Owner Override  by Seth David Schoen
  

Reviews

• Lindows 4.0  by Steve R. Hastings
  
• Lindows MobilePC/ServeLinux eNote  by Steve R. Hastings
  
• Inside the Security Mind: Making the Tough Decisions  by Paul Barry
  

Departments

• Letters  
  
• upFRONT  
  
• From the Editor  
  
• On the Web  
  
• Best of Technical Support  
  
• New Products  
  

Strictly On-Line

• Resources for DVD Players  by Dave Phillips