Linux Journal Contents #71, March 2000

Focus

• Linux Training  by Marjorie Richardson
  

Features

• A Web-Based Linux Training Course  by Dr. Giovanni A. Orlando
  The president of Future Technologies describes his FTLinux Course training program for Linux.
  
• Technology Training: Trends for the 21st Century  by Brian Holt
  A look at how training courses will be taught in the future.
  
• Jim Higgins, Caldera Training  by Marjorie Richardson
  What's happening in the Education Department at Caldera Systems? Read on...
  
• Instructor-Led Training  by Marty Ferguson
  Training is a sound investment networked to future growth.
  

Forum

• Simplified Wrapper and Interface Generator  by Wael Hassan
  This article introduces the uses and advantages of SWIG.
  
• Using Apache Proxy to Suppress Banner Ads  by Raj Mathur
  If you find Internet advertising annoying, time wasting and resource consuming, get rid of it.
  
• Home Entertainment Linux MP3 Player  by Goran Devic
  Here's a way to store your CDs and tapes away forever, while still enjoying the music.
  
• Linux DVD Update  by Craig Knudsen
  Watching movies is a favorite leisure-time activity for many people. Today you can watch movies on your laptop computer as well as your TV screen. But can you do it with Linux?
  
• Linux and IBM PowerPCs  by Daniel Lazenby
  If you have an RS6000, you could be running Linux.
  
• Update on LPI Certification for Linux Professionals  by Dan York
  Need to be Linux certified to get that dream job? The LPI provides the means to obtain certification.
  
• Validation of Linux Certification  by Rick Hynum
  Mr. Hynum talks to Tobin Maginnis of Sair Linux about his certification and training program.
  

Reviews

• Velocis Beta-3.0 Database Server  by Avygdor Moise
  
• XESS Spreadsheet for Linux, Standard Edition  by Jason Kroll
  
• Netwinder Office Server  by Jason Kroll
  
• ProConnect  by Ralph Krause
  
• Oracle Database Administration  by Charles Curley
  
• Using Caldera Open Linux: Special Edition  by Ben Crowder
  
• Linux System Administration  by Paul Almquist
  
• Learning Debian GNU/Linux  by Marjorie Richardson
  

Columns

• Linux Apprentice: Shell Functions and Path Variables Part 1   A description of a set of shell utilities to simplify the maintenance of your path variables.  by Stephen Collyer
  
• Take Command   Sending Files by E-mail  by Marjorie Richardson
  When it's time to send those source files to your project leader, Linux has the commands you need.
  
• System Administration   Account Administration for K12 School Systems  by Steve Tonnesen
  Taking care of computers in schools can present special problems, this program solves them.
  
• Kernel Korner   The Linux Process Model  by Moshe Bar
  A look at the fundamental building blocks of the Linux kernel.
  
• Cooking with Linux   Fun Educational Morsels, Linux-Style  by Marcel Gagné
  
• At the Forge   Consumer Rankings  by Reuven M. Lerner
  
• Linux in Education: Linux Goes to Algebra Class  by Gail Fultz
  
• The Cutting Edge   Moving to SMP  by Michael S. Keller
  Wondering about multiprocessing? Think it might be fun? For one man's experience with setting up SMP, read on.
  
• Focus on Software  by David A. Bandel
  
• Embedded Systems News Briefs  by Rick Lehrbaum
  
• The Last Word  by Stan Kelly-Bootle
  

Departments

• Letters  
  More Letters
  
• upFRONT  
  
• From the Publisher   April 2000  by Phil Hughes
  
• Penguin's Progress: Teaching Linux  by Peter H. Salus
  
• Linux for Suits   Canon Fodder  by Doc Searls
  
• Best of Technical Support  
  
• New Products  
  

Strictly On-Line

• Network Monitoring with Linux  by Tristan Greaves
  Are you having trouble keeping your network under control? Here is an introduction to NOCOL: the freeware network monitoring system which will help you keep instability at bay.
  
• An Introduction to Using Linux as a Multipurpose Firewall  by Jeff Regan
  Feeling insecure? Here's a guide for getting the protection you need.
  
• LUIGUI—Linux/UNIX Independent Group for Usability Info  by Randy Jay Yarger
  A new Linux group has been formed to look at user interfaces to help formulate a standard in an effort to ease the way for Linux to move onto the desktop.
  
• Unix Shells by Example  by Ben Crowder