Record TV, surf the web, browse your photos and play games - all from the comfort of your sofa
30 days with Haiku: how is Linux's friendly competition progressing?
Learn how to compile software the easy way with our step-by-step guide
On the 4GB DVD: get a killer home entertainment system with Mythbuntu, and sample the latest distro development snapshots (VirtualBox included). Plus: Axigen mail server worth 150 Euros!
Tutorials on dual-booting with Vista, mastering Gimp selection tools, syncing your calendar and tracking your network with Nagios
Features
MythTV: the answer!
As a home media app, MythTV is beyond match. Unfortunately it's also a nightmare to configure - but we have the solution. (Graham Morrison) Click here to read!
30 days with Haiku
An open source BeOS clone looking to take on the desktop: will it give Linux some friendly competition? We find out. (Graham Morrison) Click here to read!
The girlfriend test
A freelance scientist subjects Linux to the most exacting usability test yet devised: his girlfriend, Erin. (Alistair Roche) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Compiling made easy
There's a new version of your favourite program available, but no packages for your distro. What do you do? Compile its source code, of course! (Mike Saunders) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Dr Brown's Administeria
Virtual appliances: use pre-configured virtual machine images with JumpBox. Plus: Bonnie++ and VMware (Chris Brown) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Interview: Carl Worth
He's a Cairo developer and has spent six years of his life working on the vector graphics toolkit. He tells us why things are starting to get really interesting... (Nick Veitch) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Coverdisc
Mythbuntu and distro preview kit
Get a first-class home entertainment system, and try the Linux tech of tomorrow with our distro preview pack. Plus: Axigen mail server worth 150 Euros, Antix, Eternal Lands and much more. (Mike Saunders) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
HotPicks
Aria 2, Brain Workshop, Diet Monger Ass Kicker, GNUjump, KleanSweep, Luke-SDK, NCFTP, Urssus (Mike Saunders) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Tutorials
GDesklets and dual booting
We look at Gnome's equivalent of OS X's Dashboard, and show you how to dual-boot with Vista if you're not ready to ditch Microsoft completely. (Andy Channelle) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Gimp: Know your selections
Everyone knows selections, right? But how well do you really know them? This month, we get tricky with some awkward images. (Michael J Hammel) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Multimedia: HDR and DigiKam
We kick off a multimedia tips series with news from DigiKam, the Icecast music server, LMMS and a cute time-waster from Blender. (Marco Fioretti) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Calendars: Sync with your phone
So much to do, so much to forget. We show you how to stay organised by syncing your desktop calendar to your mobile phone. (Simon Pickstock) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Nagios: Monitor your network
While Big Brother is monitoring your every move, Juliet shows how you can pay similar attention to your networked machines, with Nagios. (Juliet Kemp) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Reviews
KDE 4.1
The initial KDE 4.0 release was too little, too early in Nick's book. Can version 4.1 redeem the Kool Desktop Environment? (Nick Veitch) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Ankh: Heart of Osiris
We find Assil's adventures in ancient Egypt all a bit of a puzzle, and not in a good way. In a really frustrating, confusing way actually. (Simon Pickstock) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Synology DS207+
We look at the latest Linux-based NAS - all glowing lights, black plastic control panel and white casing. Did someone say 80s? (Graham Morrison) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Opera 9.5
A change is as good as a rest, or so they say. Simon finds swapping Firefox for Opera a refreshingly relaxing experience. (Simon Pickstock) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
SlickEdit 2008
After forking out more than £150, Graham discovers that there's more to slick editing than a tub of Brylcreem and a copy of Vim. (Graham Morrison) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Getting things done
On test: Basket, Chandler, Emacs Org-mode, GTD-Free, Kontact, MonkeyGTD, ThinkingRock, Tracks (Marco Fioretti) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
More
News: Microsoft ups Novell deal
SUSE support vouchers prove popular with MS customers. Plus: Android edges closer to commercial reality; Canonical joins the Linux Foundation; Freespire lives on; IBM pushes Microsoft-free computing; more netbooks on the way (Andy Channelle) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Distrowatch: Debian 4.0r4
Etch-and-a-half interim release supports newer hardware and features Linux 2.6.24. Plus: CCux 0.9.9, Musix GNU+Linux. (Susan Linton) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
