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Dear Reader,
Here's my question of the week: How do you move an organization from the
Windows desktop to Linux? Yes, I realize there are lots of burning issues
these days, but I was intrigued by this recent article on the Linux
DevCenter: "The Best Tips from the Great Linux Desktop Migration
Contest."
http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2004/09/10/migrationtips.html
As I read the winning entries from the O'Reilly- and Novell-sponsored
contest, I thought to myself, "It can be done. Things have evolved to the
point in which you *could* migrate a group of non-gearheads to Linux."
That's exciting!
If you're a sysadmin or an IT professional who has dreamed of getting your
company's workforce off Windows, take a look at this article. You just may
see a glimmer of hope.
Until next week,
-Derrick
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*** Featured Articles ***
Acrobat to a Paperless Office
Adobe Acrobat is an excellent program for document distribution. Most
users are familiar with the freely available Acrobat Reader, allowing
anyone to view PDF documents. The full-blown version of Acrobat offers a
range of tools to manage document distribution beyond just converting
other formats to PDF. Julie Starr shows you how to use these tools to
design the paperless office.
http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/09/14/pdf.html
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Deploying SP2--Or Not
Is XP SP2 easy to deploy? How can you do it? And more importantly, what
can you do if you don't want to deploy it immediately? Mitch Tulloch,
author of Windows Server Hacks, gives you advice.
http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2004/09/14/deploy_SP2.html
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A Conversation Between Dan Gillmor and Jay Rosen
Jay Rosen talks to Dan Gillmor about the current state of journalism and
the impact technology is having on traditional media. Dan is the author of
We the Media.
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2004/09/14/gillmor.html
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Mac OS X for the Traveler, Part 3
This is the third part of a series discussing how to travel safely with
your Mac OS X laptop. Today's focus is software encryption and those pesky
networks you have to deal with on the road.
http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/09/10/traveller.html
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Linux Kernel Exploitation
Noel Davis looks at problems in the Linux kernel, Oracle Database Server,
Oracle Application Server, DB2 Universal Database, vpopmail, MIT Kerberos
5, cfengine, CDE libDtHelp, Anonymous CVS, Samba, the zlib library,
Courier-IMAP, and Python.
http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2004/09/09/insecurities.html
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Collaborative Document Editing with svk
If you've ever tried to write a document collaboratively, you know the
pain of tracking multiple edits. Programmers face the same difficulties
with source code, so why not borrow their version control solutions?
Chia-liang Kao demonstrates how to use svk, a distributed version control
system, to manage changes to translations and other collaborative
documents.
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2004/09/09/svk_translation.html
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Lightning Articles
Got something to say about Perl, but don't want to stretch it out to a
full perl.com article? In the tradition of lightning talks, we now present
lightning articles!
http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2004/09/09/lightning.html
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Machinima: Filmmaking's Destiny
Machinima is filmmaking redefined -- a merging of three creative mediums:
filmmaking, animation, and 3D game technology. It's animated filmmaking
within a real-time 3D virtual environment. Paul Marion takes you on a
tour.
http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2004/09/08/machinima.html
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IRC Text to Speech with Java
Paul Mutton creates a multi-platform IRC bot that uses the FreeTTS Java
speech synthesizer library to convert IRC messages into audible speech.
Why would you want to use an IRC text-to-speech system? By reading out
messages as they arrive, you can keep working, diverting your attention to
IRC only when necessary. Paul is the author of IRC Hacks.
http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2004/09/08/IRCinJava.html
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Automated Tree Drawing: XSLT and SVG
Jirka Kosek describes a technique for creating graphics of tree structures
from a simple textual syntax using SVG and XSLT.
http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2004/09/08/tree.html
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*** O'Reilly Network Top Five Articles Last Week ***
1. Improving Linux Driver Installation
The availability and quality of hardware support has a huge effect on
Linux adoption. With the Linux revolution fully under way, the
philosophical underpinnings of the kernel's approach to device handling
have come into question. Linus is unlikely to budge. As Jono Bacon
explains, this leaves two new projects to bridge some of the gaps between
philosophical purity and practical support.
http://www.linuxdevceter.com/pub/a/linux/2004/09/02/driver_ease.html
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2. What's New in SpamAssassin 3.0
In the course of writing SpamAssassin for O'Reilly, author Alan Schwartz
tested beta versions for the upcoming SpamAssassin 3.0.0 in order to cover
any differences in the book. Here, Alan presents an overview of some of SA
3's newest, coolest features. Find out why he thinks mail administrators
should strongly consider upgrading to SA 3 when it's released.
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2004/09/09/spamassassin.html
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3. Browsers that Aren't Browsers
These days, we no longer simply browse the Web as much as we mine it. You
have your favorite browser for viewing pages, but Giles Turnbull thought
you might enjoy learning about a few new-generation web tools, too. He
illustrates in this article.
http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/09/07/browsers.html
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4. What's Next for X?
Edd Dumbill offers a glimpse at what's on the horizon for the X Window
System.
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2004/09/08/xwindow.html
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5. Monitoring Session Replication in J2EE Clusters
Session replication is critical for running enterprise-class application
servers, but tracking down problems in J2EE clusters can be difficult.
Fermin Castro introduces techniques for monitoring and measuring how well
your cluster is replicating sessions.
http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2004/09/08/replication.html
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