Linux Journal Contents #133, May 2005

by Staff

on May 1, 2005

Linux Journal Issue #133/May 2005

InfiniBand and Linux by Roland Dreier
If 120Gb/s isen't fast enough for you, try receiving data without the CPU doing a thing.
Belly Dance and Free Software by Dawn Devine and Michael Baxter
Publicize your next event with a good-looking flyer or poster. Scribus works great, even if you can't dance.
Fd.o: Building the Desktop in the Right Places by Marco Fioretti
The designers of the X Window System must have done something right. Here's how X, the OS and the desktop are growing together to meet user needs.

VIA PadLock—Wicked Fast Encryption by Michal Ludvig
Add hardware support for a common task and measure the performance improvements.
Writing a GCC Front End by Tom Tromey
Wow, it's practically a whole new compiler. Put the power of GCC to work behind your new language.
Linux in the Classroom: an Experience with Linux and Open-Source Software in an Educational Environment by Joe Ruffolo and Ron Terry
Ten Mysteries of about:config by Nigel McFarlane
If you're catching Firefox fever, but the browser isn't quite right, you might just find the tweak you need in this “secret” configuration tool.
Building a Bioinformatics Supercomputing Cluster: Applications of Parallel Computing by Josh Stroschein, Doug Jennewein and Joe Reynoldson
It's easier than ever to turn commodity hardware into a high-performance computing project. Here, Linux enables searching a lot of DNA sequences fast.

Things You Never Should Do in the Kernel by Greg Kroah-Hartman
Don't read files from a kernel module. Well, if you must, read on.

At the Forge Sunbird and iCalendar by Reuven M. Lerner
Kernel Korner Kprobes—a Kernel Debugger by R. Krishnakumar
Cooking with Linux Crossing Platforms by Marcel Gagné
Paranoid Penguin Securing Your WLAN with WPA and FreeRADIUS, Part II by Mick Bauer