Statistics Anyone? Most statistics packages seem to be overwhelming in their scope, forcing the user on a very steep learning path, most of them are also very expensive. There is however a refreshing alternative: SalStat
RPN calculators for Linux Reverse Polish Notation is the most advanced entry method for calculators. This article will review some of the available RPN desktop calculators for Linux.
Linux on the desktop: A computer for Mom My Mom belongs to a generation which grew up without computers. This article is probably valid for most people who first started to use a computer beyond the age of 60.
GWorkspace, the GNUstep Workspace Manager The concept of Workspace Manager appeared with NeXT at the end of the 80's. It was a complete new way of using a system GUI. GWorkspace is the GNUstep free implementation of this revolution.
Ximian Evolution installation guide Ximian Evolution is able to read ans send mail from a Linux workstation via an Exchange server 5. In this article, I'll give you some info about my personal experiance and my own configuration.
Linux USB LCD display with watchdog and buttons This article explains how to modify the LCD display prestented in May2002 to work with the USB interface. The design is based on a chip from www.ftdichip.com
Fighting against Spam Spam between the mail!? Spam E-mail is growing at an alarming rate and it is a major problem for almost everybody.In this article we will explain ho w to handle unwanted commercial email.
Demography hands on This article presents a simulation program to answer the question "How will the population look in 50 or 100 years from now?"
Mozilla dissected In this article we dissect the huge lizard - in particular we investigate the browser part. It's actually a review of Mozilla 1.1 with two add-ons: 'Mouse Gestures' and 'RadialContext'.
L'heure du Jazz++ Jazz is a midi sequencer with many interesting features for editing and composing your own music!
Midi with alsa This article explains how to use your computer as a midi synthesizer.
Using BibTeXML in DocBook XML to Write Scientific Articles BibTex is an system which enables you to insert references from a (file) database into Tex documents. In this article I will show you how you can use a BibTex like reference system with DocBook XML.
Plugins and Mozilla RC3 How I setup Mozilla RC3 for Real Player, Acrobat, Flash, and a generic plug-in Plugger.
KDE 3 The new KDE3 is out. This article will give you an idea what it would be like to try it for yourself.
Discover the universe This article introduces 2 program for Linux to explore the universe.
Getting to know XML This is a short introduction to XML. You will meet Eddy the meta cat, the XML syntax police, and some DTDs. Don't worry, we'll explain ;-)
Analyzing your internet applications' logfiles This article is the first in a series about using Lire to analyze log files of internet server applications. This is not limited to one service, e.g. Apache, but is an integrated analyzer for many different services. Included are DNS, WWW, email and ipfilter services.
Using XML and XSLT to build LinuxFocus.org(/Nederlands) This article shows you how parts of the Dutch website of LinuxFocus is generated with XSLT tools from the XML database. It compares this with the (very) much slower DOM tools in Perl.
Real-time mp3 recording, part II In the first part we showed how you can record in mp3 in realtime, for example a radio show, and make a big file out of it, e.g. 650MB for 24 hours of music in near-CD quality (128 kbit/s; stereo). Now, what to do with such a big file? Can we make even bigger files, or could we maybe get a better compression rate? How about the quality of these mp3 recordings?
Editing DocBook XML Documents This article describes the use of Kate and its XML plugin as a tool for editing DocBook XML documents
Real-time MP3 recording Recording music in mp3-format gives you the possibility to record very long pieces of music without exhausting the disk-space.
Magicpoint This article reviews the possibility of MagicPoint. This software is one of the very few that allow creation of presentations under X-Windows.
An Introduction to Perl's XML::XSLT module This article demonstrates some of the capabilities of the W3C's XSLT standard and how it can be used to help you manage and publish XML documents to the web.
Mastering the VI editor The VI editor is a screen-based editor used by many Unix users. The VI editor has powerful features to aid programmers, but many beginning users avoid using VI because the different features overwhelm them.
Making PDF documents with DocBook This article describes how you can use DocBook to develop PDF documents and covers tools you need to edit DocBook articles and tools to translate them to PDF documents.
NEdit, the universal editor in Unix world Nedit is a remarkable editor. Unfortunately it is not included in most Linux distributions and therefore not as well known as other editors.
FSViewer, a File Manager for WindowMaker Among the revolutionary tools of NeXTStep, the first in order of appearance on the screen was indisputably the File Viewer. Thanks to the path-view in that File Manager you always knew where you were. It was more than a manager, it was a true browser. FSViewer is a NeXTStep a like File Manager for WindowMaker.
Discovering Ted Ted is a very nice and light weight word processor
MySQL. A Database Server MySQL is an SQL (Structured Query Language) database server supported by a number of platforms, including Linux. Its Linux version is design with fast performance in mind.
Enlightenment Enlightenment is a highly customizable window manager for Linux. This article discusses the features, installation, and customization of the Enlightenment window manager.
StarOffice for Linux This article reviews the applications available in the suite StarOffice 4.0. The author gives us a demonstration using tool for the creation of presentations. (functionally similar to Microsoft's Power Point).
Lyx Review Lyx is an editor with fantastic possibilities. Ismael gives us a little overview.
Managing Your Mail with procmail Keep you mail on folders, respond automatically, create mailing lists, learn how to do these and much more with procmail.
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