Alastair Cousins - Author - PC World Australia

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Article | 6/02/2004 Configuring Samba 3.0 to act as a Windows File Server

One of the most common roles for a Linux server on a predominately Windows network is as a file and printer server. The effectively free price of Linu...

Article | 16/01/2004 E-Smith SME Server: Part II

In our last column we introduced the E-Smith SME Server, a dedicated Linux firewall/gateway distribution. This time we will look at configuring E-Smit...

Article | 2/01/2004 All-in-one media player

For a long time, Linux has lacked an all-in-one media player along the lines of Windows Media Player. All this changed with the launch of MPlayer, an ...

Article | 10/12/2003 Security with E-Smith SME Server

E-Smith SME Server is a Linux distribution designed to serve as a dedicated firewall/gateway server, allowing you to share an Internet connection over...

Article | 21/11/2003 Mono: .NET for Linux

Several years ago Microsoft developed a new programming language named C#. To go along with the new language, Microsoft also introduced a new technolo...

Article | 7/11/2003 Graphics with the GIMP

The GNU Image Manipulation Program, or GIMP for short, is a high-quality 2D bitmap graphics creation and editing tool. The GIMP is included in most Li...

Article | 24/10/2003 Easy-to-use Knoppix 3.2

Have you considered trialling Linux, but you’re unsure how to go about reorganising your hard drive to run it? Or are you already a Linux user who is ...

Article | 3/10/2003 Directory services for Linux

Directory services are a standard feature of any medium to large corporate network. If you’re unfamiliar with the concept of a directory, think of it ...

Article | 19/09/2003 ADSL and Linux

The most popular and accessible broadband service in Australia is ADSL, which uses an ordinary telephone line to deliver high-speed Internet access. I...

Article | 5/09/2003 Advanced SpamAssassin techniques

In my last column I introduced the SpamAssassin e-mail filtering tool. This intelligent spam detector employs a large number of techniques to accurate...

Article | 22/08/2003 Ximian Desktop 2

The GNOME 2 desktop environment was released over a year ago, and during that time version 2.2 has seen the light of day. The Ximian Desktop, a heavil...

Article | 1/08/2003 Send off spam using Linux

If you’ve had an e-mail address for some time, chances are you have been the victim of unsolicited junk e-mail — otherwise known as spam. Removing spa...

Article | 11/07/2003 Opera 7 for Linux

The browser wars continue on the Linux platform with the release of Opera version 7. Opera is a browser famous for its high performance, standards com...

Article | 25/06/2003 Easy database tracking: Alpha Five Version 5

This relational database application is designed for tracking inventory, customers and suppliers. Alpha Five is suitable for all users, from novice to...

Article | 20/06/2003 Compiling software with Rpmbuild

The performance and space-saving advantages of compiling software from source are regularly championed in this column. Many users, however, find it mu...