Features

• Focus: Consulting  by Richard Vernon
  
• How to Be a Successful High-Tech Consultant  by Marty Larsen
  Number one requirement of the successful consultant: do what you love.
  
• Linux Prophet  by Glen Otero
  Linux consulting is not really about Linux.
  
• Consulting Revealed  by Joshua Drake
  Joshua gives an honest and thorough profile of the range of consultants.
  

Indepth

• Deploying the Squid Proxy Server on Linux  by Ian Spare
  Ian gives an example of the installation, configuration and maintenance of this multi-tentacled invertebrate proxy server.
  
• Alternatives for Dynamic Web Development Projects  by Dennis Gesker
  Dennis provides a starting point for developers seeking solutions for their web application development requirements.
  
• As the Log Scrolls By...  by Gaelyne R. Gasson
  Gasson shows how a few tweaks to Apache's httpd.conf file can provide a colorful web log file.
  
• Using xinetd  by Jose Nazario
  José demonstrates how to start configuring and tweaking xinetd.
  
• Open Source in MPEG  by Leonardo Chiariglione
  A History of MPEG.
  

Toolbox

• Kernel Korner   Running Linux with Broken Memory  by Rick van Rein
  
• At the Forge   Introducing SOAP  by Reuven M. Lerner
  
• Cooking with Linux   Not Cooking the Books  by Marcel Gagné
  
• GFX Debian Multiboot Installation  by Robin Rowe
  

Columns

• Linux for Suits   Return of the Bazaar  by Doc Searls
  
• Linux in Education Maragda: Running Linux from CD  by Jordi Bataller
  
• Paranoid Penguin   Designing and Using DMZ Networks to Protect Internet Servers  by Mick Bauer
  
• Focus on Software  by David Bandel
  
• Focus on Embedded Systems   An Interview with Greg Haerr on the Past, Present and Future of Microwindows  by Rick Lehrbaum
  
• .org Watch Welcome!  by Leslie Proctor
  

Reviews

• Mandrake 7.2: Odyssey to Mediocrity  by Stephanie Black
  
• The Computer Consultant's Guide, 2nd Edition  by Ralph Krause
  
• The Blender Book  by Clifford Anderson
  

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