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Interview with Tom Jackiewicz, author of Deploying OpenLDAP
My first article for LinuxPlanet is an interview with the author of Deploying OpenLDAP, Tom Jackiewicz. The book is an excellent guide to using and abusing the OpenLDAP platform. As well as the contents of the book, I talked with Tom about the use…
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Tom Jackiewicz, Deploying OpenLDAP
OpenLDAP is the directory server of choice if you want a completely free and open source solution to the directory server problem. Tom Jackiewicz is the author of Deploying OpenLDAP, a title that aims to dissolve many of the myths and cover the me…
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Finding alternatives in developing software
My latest article over at Free Software Magazine is available. This time, I’m looking at the role of free software in development, both of free and proprietary applications. I discuss the benefits of free software and the pitfalls of proprietary s…
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Patrick Koetter, Ralf Hildebrandt, The Book of Postfix
Postfix is fast becoming a popular alternative to sendmail. Although it can be complex to configure, it’s easier to use Postfix with additional filtering applications, for example Spam and virus filters, than with some other mail transfer agents. …
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Cristian Darie, Mihai Bucica; Beginning PHP 5 and Mysql E-Commerce
PHP and MySQL are common solutions in many web development situations. However, when using them for e-commerce sites some different techniques should be employed to get the best out of the platforms. I talked to Cristian Darie and Mihai Bucica abo…
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Garrett Rooney, Practical Subversion
Subversion is having what can only be described as a subversive effect on the versioning software environment. CVS has long been the standard amongst programmers, but it has it’s faults and Subversion (read Sub-version) addresses those known and p…
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Computerworld Blogs
Computerworld have set up a dedicated blogging area on their site at Computerworld blogs There are a few of us there; all dedicated to blogging on different news stories in a range of different areas and topics. You can read my blog at the dedicat…
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FOSS Anniversaries
In the last LinuxWorld article I wrote for the magazine I talked about FOSS anniversaries, mostly because a number of important projects turned into double figures, and yet most people let it pass them by. Talk to young programmers and developers …
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Session Tracking With Apache
My new piece on how to track user sessions on your website with Apache is available on ServerWatch.com. Here’s an excerpt: Using HTTP logs to track the users who visit your site isn’t always as useful as you think it’s going to be. While metrics, …
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LinuxToday Official Announcement
Brian Proffitt has used his weekly editorial to confirm that the majority of LinuxWorld editors have moved over to LinuxToday/LinuxPlanet. You can see his editorial on LinuxToday.