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Linux Journal Contents -- #80 -- December 2000

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Features

• Focus: System Administration  by Don Marti
• Port Scans and Ping Sweeps Explained  by Lawrence Teo
  Lawrence Teo explains two common network probes and what can be done to detect them.
• High Availability Cluster Checklist  by Tim Burke
  With a variety of clustering services on the market, the ability to determine how well options meet your specific business needs is necessary.
• Monitoring Your UPS with apcupsd  by Riccardo Facchetti
  We delve into the details of apcupsd, a program for monitoring and controlling APC UPSes.
• PVFS: A Parallel Virtual File System for Linux Clusters  by Ibrahim F. Haddad
  An introduction to the Parallel Virtual File System and a look at how one company installed and tested it.
• A Linux-Based Automatic Backup System  by Michael O'Brien
  A step-by-step procedure for establishing a backup system that will save time and money.
• Linux System Administration : A User's Guide  by Marcel Gagné
  An excerpt from our French chef's upcoming book.

Indepth

• Jigsaw: A Revolutionary Web Server for Linux  by Ibrahim F. Haddad
  The design philosophy and essential features of the Jigsaw Web Server exposed.
• Elegance of Java and the Efficiency of C++--It's Ada  by Frode Tennebø
  Tennebø recommends taking a look at Ada.
• PHP4 and PostgreSQL: Building Serious Web Applications with Open-Source Software  by Tim Perdue
  A walk-through of a simple web application to demonstrate the features of PHP and Postgres.
• About the Mod: Part 1  by Dave Phillips
  An expansion and revision of material found in Linux Music & Sound.
• Debian Package Management, Part 1: A User's Guide  by David Blackman
  A How-to for Debian package management.
• Typesetting with groff Macros  by Wayne Marshall
  Reports of troff's death are greatly exaggerated.
• SISAL: A Safe and Efficient Language for Numerical Calculationss  by D. J. Raymond
  The benefits of SISAL and a call for action.

Toolbox

• At the Forge  ATF Jubilee Edition  by Reuven M. Lerner
• Cooking with Linux  Saucy Administration Tools  by Marcel Gagné

Columns

• Linley on Linux: One World, One Processor?  by Linley Gwennap
• Focus on Software  by David A. Bandel
• Linux for Suits: The End of the Tube  by Doc Searls
• Focus on Embedded Systems  by Rick Lehrbaum
• The Last Word: Deadlines  by Stan Kelly-Bootle

Reviews

• Product Reviews
  • PowerPlant  by Jim Gilbert
  • Debian 2.2 Potato: Memorial to a Hacker  by Stephanie Black
  • Linux in a Box for Dummies  by Ralph Krause
• Book Reviews
  • Two Books on PHP  by Phil Hughes
  • Programming Perl, Third Edition  by Paul Barry
  • Linux Music & Sound  by Deric Mendes
  • Building Linux Clusters  by Glen Otero

Departments

• Letters
• upFRONT
• From the Editor: The Trouble with the Bastard Operator from Hell  by Don Marti
• Best of Technical Support
• New Products
• Advertisers Index