INDIA: About LINUX For You January 2004 (fwd)

From: Frederick Noronha (FN) (fred_at_bytesforall.org)
Date: 12/29/03 

Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 16:57:15 CST

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Hi Fred,

Below are the details of the LINUX For You, January 2004 issue. If you want
more details let me know.

 ----------------------- LINUX For You January 2004 ----------------------

Attached are the Cover and the contents page of the January Issue.

Just to re-iterate the 2004 issue of LFY has 2 CDs and a 16 Page supplement
extra. (Details below)

The issue has a dual highlight -- Focus on PHP and the History of Linux.

The PHP Focus includes:
(1) Interview of Rasmus Lerdorf, the creator of the most popular
web-scripting language, PHP.
(2) An article on Smarty: the PHP templating engine.
(3) Review of PHP 5 Beta. This is actually a preview.

Other editorial includes:

(1) An article on the History of Linux.
(2) Interview of Joel Burman, director -- marketing and product planning for
Linux on Integrity Servers, HP
(3) Interview of S. Rajendran, general manager, sales and marketing,
consumer product group, Acer India Pvt. Ltd.
(4) Case Study of Karnataka's Apex Bank
(5) Linux for the Corporate User -- A 3-part series that explains why a
corporate user should think Linux
(6) Programming tools in Linux
(7) Using SSL for secure data transfer
(8) Review of Fedora Linux
(9) Creating Charts in Calc
(10) Working with Newsletters in Write
(11) Review of VMWare, Win4Lin, CrossOver Office
(12) The second part of the Kickstart Red Hat Linux installation article
(13) Examining Process Information through the /proc filesystem.
(14) Build a simple document management system in Perl
(15) The Penguin Fight: KDE vs. GNOME
(16) Snapshot Survey: Clustering Software: Linux stands tall
(17) LFY Events: Linux Bangalore 2003
(18) GNU Corner: Standardising the Penguin (Part 1)

The 2004 issue of LFY has 2 CDs and a 16 Page supplement extra.

About the 16-page supplement

The 16 Page supplement is titled: LINUX For You PRO.

The issue is aimed at Linux Experts. The sub-title reads: Proficient.
Proactive. Professional.
The supplement has an article on making a music jukebox titled: "Make
Yourself a Penguin Jukebox".
All the related software is also included in the LFY CD.

About the add-on CD

For the benefit of our readers we have also increased the number of CDs.
Instead of one, there will now be two CDs in every issue.
One CD has the usual mix of software for every type of Linux user.
The other CD has FreeDUC. It is a bootable distribution that has
applications specially packed for educational purposes.

--Mayank

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