Linux Journal Contents #180, April 2009

by Staff

on April 1, 2009

Linux Journal Issue #180/April 2009

Everybody loves System Administrators, right? What's the old saying, "I'm gonna beat you like a red-headed sysadmin." Don't fret, we still love ya here at Linux Journal, and we've got a System Administration issue to prove it. Find out how to build a Linux-based install server for installing that other operating system. Then, read about Freeboo for network restore and booting. And, if you need just one more virtualization option to think about, read about using Solaris-Zones to run Linux. There's so much packed in this issue that the only way to tell you about it in this small space is with a core dump: PXE, Freeboo, Munin, Solaris-Zones, Squid, Irrlicht, recover your MBR, Point/Counterpoint: Mutt vs. Thunderbird, jQuery plugins, Clouds, bash, eight New Products, a home Karaoke game, the monthly regulars and a few ads from the guys that get us what we need and help us pay the bills.

Features

PXE: Not Just for Server Networks Anymore! by Bill Childers
Build a Windows install server...using Linux!
FreeBoo: an Open Architecture for Network Dual Boot by Cristina Barrado and Sebastian Galiano
Open-source network restore and boot.
Munin—the Raven Reports by Patricia Jung
Monitor anything, not just system parameters.

Indepth

Solaris-Zones: Linux IT Marbles Get a New Bag by Victor Burns
Run Linux and Solaris on the same machine.
3-D Graphics Programming with Irrlicht by Mike Diehl
3-D graphics programming—not just for geniuses anymore!

Columns

Shawn Powers' Current_Issue.tar.gz Fixing Starships, Transporters and Even Computers
Reuven M. Lerner's At the Forge Writing jQuery Plugins
Marcel Gagné's Cooking with Linux Backing Up to the Clouds
Dave Taylor's Work the Shell More Fun with Word and Letter Counts
Mick Bauer's Paranoid Penguin Building a Secure Squid Web Proxy, Part I
Kyle Rankin's Hack and / When Disaster Strikes: Scratching the Master Boot Record
Kyle Rankin and Bill Childer's Point/Counterpoint Mutt vs. Thunderbird
Doc Searls' EOF Exchanging Exchange

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