Linux Journal Contents #116, December 2003
Linux Journal Issue #116/December 2003
Features
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Floppies for the New Millennium
by Rick Moen
A practical guide to setting up and working with USB key chains.
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DVD Players
by Dave Phillips
Dave compares and tests the best DVD-playing software.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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?
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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.
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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
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Driving Me Nuts I2C Drivers, Part 1
by Greg Kroah-Hartman
Toolbox
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Kernel Korner Allocating Memory in the Kernel
by Robert Love
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At the Forge Integrating E-mail
by Reuven M. Lerner
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Cooking with Linux Put Another Nickel in...
by Marcel Gagné
Columns
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Linux for Suits Free Business
by Doc Searls
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EOF Give TCPA an Owner Override
by Seth David Schoen
Reviews
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Lindows 4.0
by Steve R. Hastings
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Lindows MobilePC/ServeLinux eNote
by Steve R. Hastings
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Inside the Security Mind: Making the Tough Decisions
by Paul Barry
Departments
Strictly On-Line
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Resources for DVD Players
by Dave Phillips
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