Articles by Andy Channelle

• Issue 149 - News: Mozilla looks to future with new Webian Shell - Web applications lead charge in battle of the next generation browsers. Plus: Microsoft gives more to Linux 3.0 than Canonical; Sebring buys Scalix; Oracle splashes out on Ksplice; US DOD builds its own distro; IBM launches new entry-level mainframe
  
• Issue 148 - News: LibreOffice goes from strength to strength - Support from big names such as Google speeds up development of modern office suite. Plus: Red Hat dreams of a billion-dollar Christmas; Mandriva fork Mageia released; Microsoft signs up new patent partners; top 500 charts Linux's life in the fast lane.
  
• Issue 147 - News: Attachmate takes full control of SUSE project - Company claims it's business as usual - but layoffs affect core development staff. Plus: Ximian team launches Xamarin; Linus pushes Linux up to version 3; new firewall options for 2.8 series kernel; CentOS finds fans in Redmond; Ricoh launches eQuill Linu
  
• Issue 147 - Review: Kdenlive 0.8 - Andy pulls up his director's chair and joins the YouTube revolution with the latest release of the Linux video editing package.
  
• Issue 146 - News: Cloud-based netbook is a smart Alex - Google and Samsung announce the release of the first commercial Chrome OS machine. Plus: Google loses $5m lawsuit; Oracle hands over OpenOffice.org to a new organisation; long-term support for SUSE users; new package combines Ubuntu, Android and Chrome.
  
• Issue 145 - News: The best geeks on earth - Linux Foundation Top Gurus list shows importance of end users to the FOSS development community. Plus: Android IP woes; Project Bossanova MMORPG; Hercules launches new eCafe netbooks; Red Hat to surpass $1 billion revenues within a year.
  
• Issue 145 - Review: Spotify - There's finally a native Linux client for the Spotify music services. Andy wants to know whether native is always better.
  
• Issue 145 - What on Earth: Calligra - Think you know KOffice? Well, you don't. The 'other' Linux office suite loses all those K-words and heads for cross-platform glory.
  
• Issue 144 - News: Split future for Qt - Nokia sells commercial side of framework to Digia. Plus: Fedora 15 details; Ubuntu Oneiric Ocelot plans; Android overtakes iOS; Novell adopts Red Hat's Spacewalk; HP plans to offer WebOS alongside Windows.
  
• Issue 144 - Tutorial: Working with Wordpress - If you need to bash out a blog quickly, very little comes close to Wordpress. And it's a great content management system too.
  
• Issue 143 - News: One store to rule them all? - Distro vendors team up and start planning a unified app store for Linux. Plus: Honeycomb kicks off the tablet war; Narwhal talks up Qt equality; Dell and Ubuntu cloud partnership; VMware goes after Google; IBM Watson takes on Jeopardy.
  
• Issue 143 - Review: Crossover Pro 10 - Another release from the prolific Codeweavers makes installing the odd Windows app simplicity itself.
  
• Issue 142 - News: Chrome, sweet Chrome - Google reveals more about its OS strategy and doles out some Chrome machines. Plus: tablets at CES; Firefox beats Internet Explorer in Europe; second Humble Indie Bundle; Russia to move governmental systems to Linux.
  
• Issue 142 - Review: OpenOffice.org 3.3 - Is there still any point to the venerable open source office suite? We take the latest version for a spin to find out.
  
• Issue 141 - News: Novell bought out by Attachmate - Separate sale hands Microsoft massive new patent war chest. Plus: KOffice rebranded as Calligra; Gingerbread brings polish to Android; First look at Ubuntu Natty Narwhal; DeviceVM releases Splashtop beta; Red Hat buys Makara.
  
• Issue 140 - News: The end of X - Will Wayland cause X to become an ex-windowing system? Plus: The Linux Box launches Enkive; AMD joins MeeGo; Jolicloud enters hardware market; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; free Kinekt drivers released; Cray launches mid-range HPC.
  
• Issue 140 - Review: Fedora 14 - It's set to become the main Gnome-based distro, but can Fedora continue to fight off the challenge from Ubuntu? We see if the hat fits.
  
• Issue 139 - News: Open becomes Libre - OpenOffice.org fork gets a new name, but little support from copyright owner. Plus: one million downloads for Android Angry Birds; Red Hat Enterprise MRG updated; Linux Foundation suggests coming Linux growth; SUSE joins elastic cloud platform; FSF launch
  
• Issue 138 - News: Forking Mandriva - French developers attempt to stave off distro death by adopting code beyond the company and creating Mageia. Plus: Oracle announces new Unbreakable Linux release; Novell looks to sell SUSE assets to VMware; Broadcom opens up Wi-Fi drivers to community dev
  
• Issue 138 - Tutorial: Gnome and KDE - choosing the right desktop - It's a choice almost guaranteed to start a flame war, but what factors make people choose one desktop over another? Let's find out...
  
• Issue 137 - News: Oracle goes on the attack - Someone must have missed the memo about 'community'. Plus: new Linux tablet devices; Transmission 4.0; Linux Foundation publishes compliance programme; DreamWorks signs deal with Red Hat.
  
• Issue 137 - Review: Linux Mint 9 KDE - Is green the new brown? Andy Channelle fires up the KDE version of Ubuntu's fresh grass-coloured rival to see how it compares.
  
• Issue 137 - Tutorial: Google Docs: Analyse forms - When someone fills in a form you've created in Google Docs, responses are collected in a spreadsheet. We show you how to analyse it. Plus: syncing calendars with Mozilla Lightning.
  
• Issue 136 - News: The battle for open source navigation - Every single company in the world appears to have some sort of mapping application. Plus: Android upgrade (Froyo) for high-end phones; Mandriva Spring 2010.1; Humane PC and Humane Reader; new IBM Z Series and Power7 machines; Spotify for Linux, tablet mar
  
• Issue 136 - Review: K3b CD/DVD burner - Despite the growth of online storage and cheap USB memory sticks, we find that there are still uses for decent disc burning software.
  
• Issue 136 - Tutorial:  Google Docs: Easy forms - If you need to get data from various people on the internet, you could pay for a polling service, or use Google Docs for free. Plus: mail and calendars in Thunderbird.
  
• Issue 135 - Tutorial: Be more productive with mouse gestures - Mice can do so much more than point, click and scroll. We reveal more things you can do with your desktop friend!
  
• Issue 135 - Review: WordPress 3.0 - The world's most popular blogging software has CMS ambitions.
  
• Issue 135 - Review: KOffice 2.2 - KOffice is getting better all the time, but KDE has moved on without it. Is there still a place for this office suite?
  
• Issue 135 - News: Red Hat reveals new cloud services - Red Hat continues to buck economic trends and unveils its new product line up. Plus: command line control for Google, Mandriva upheaval, Shiva 3D gets upgraded for the Android and more.
  
• Issue 134 - News: Building social privacy - Diaspora - a free software project aims to create an open alternative to Facebook. Plus: Alfresco looks at Apache licence; Humble Indie Bundle of games gets lots of money from Linux users; Marvin Computers to start selling Linux systems; WebM builds momen
  
• Issue 134 - Review:  CrossOver Games 9.0 - Windows compatibility king CodeWeavers updates the playful part of its product line.
  
• Issue 134 - Tutorial: Ubuntu: Work in the cloud - Kiss your memory stick goodbye by saving your files online and accessing them from anywhere with a web connection. Plus: KDE keyboard shortcuts.
  
• Issue 133 - News: Joining Ubuntu - Each animal-based release leads to an explosion of creativity. Plus: Steam may be coming to Linux; first Open University Linux course; KDevelop 4.0 released; HP buys Palm.
  
• Issue 133 - Tutorial: Compiz-Fusion: Desktop effects - Linux is easily the best looking desktop OS in the world, but you wan always make it even funkier.
  
• Issue 132 - News: Red Hat server updated - Industry partnerships and more great financial results. Plus: iPad inspires host of open alternatives; Sony kills Linux on PlayStation 3; SoftMaker updates office alternatives; and Prefab, a way of editing the interfaces of closed applications.
  
• Issue 132 - Review: CrossOver Pro 9.0 - We're always on the hunt for software that will replace the C:/ partition for good. CrossOver Pro 9 might just be it...
  
• Issue 132 - Tutorial: Inkscape: Easy graphic design - Need graphics for a presentation, newsletter or website? Here's how to get creative with Inkscape and the Open Clip Art Library. Plus: presentations with OpenOffice.org Impress.
  
• Issue 131 - News: Ubuntu heads into purple patch - New look heralds second era of Ubuntu - let there be light! Plus: first public release of Jolicloud; Oracle set to push development of OpenSolaris; Mandriva joins ARM community; CrossOver 9.0 brings more apps to Linux; Maemo + Moblin = MeeGo.
  
• Issue 131 - Review: Pogoplug - It's pink, it's cute, it plugs into your router. And it can create your very own personal cloud in a couple of steps.
  
• Issue 131 - Tutorial: Look and feel: Desktop tweaks - You deserve a good-looking desktop on your computer. We run through the configuration options available to KDE and Gnome users.
  
• Issue 130 - News: Leading Ubuntu into a choppy sea of change - Open source champion Matt Asay bags one of the most important jobs in OSS. Plus: Oracle competes Sun acquisition, KDE gets social network integration, Pandora launches handheld console, the Linux Fund Card.
  
• Issue 130 - Review:  Digikam 1.0 - Can 'free' compete with Adobe's and Apple's wallet-busting pro photography packages? Andy grabs a horribly expensive camera to find out.
  
• Issue 130 - Tutorial: CLI: Work on the command line - There's no need to be scared of the command line - we take the terror away from text mode and reveal awesome power. Plus: managing users and groups.
  
• Issue 129 - News: Nexus One heralds new Android generation - Google phone unveils a host of new features for version 2.1 of its mobile OS. Plus: Google Docs adds cloud file storage; new features for Amarok; rebirth of the netbook at CES; Sony releases open source shader, Linux.com jobs area.
  
• Issue 129 - Review: Inkscape 0.47 - Inkscape takes vector graphics on Linux to a whole new level.
  
• Issue 129 - Tutorial: Dolphin: Manage your files - Andy swims with the cetaceans and explores the data-wrangling power of the default KDE file manager. Plus: editing config files.
  
• Issue 128 - News: Community reflected in KDE rebranding - KDE launches new brand initiative to make things less confusing. Plus: new UI for blender; Thunderbird 3 takes off; Mad Skills Motocross; Allianz drops Windows; Ulteo 2 released.
  
• Issue 128 - Review: Opera 10.10 - Can the browser world's perennial bridesmaid make an impact to match its quality?
  
• Issue 128 - Tutorial: Gwibber: Social networking - Here's how to manage your tweets with Gwibber and make the most of microblogging and the social web. Plus: sharing files with Dropbox.
  
• Issue 127 - News: Community awards for five FOSS projects - Ulteo and Kaltura praised for helping create a future for free software. Plus: Darl McBride leaves SCO; WordPress wins CMS prize; the Simplicity Computer; Google Go and Speedy; Microsoft to ship Eclipse tools.
  
• Issue 127 - Tutorial: Empathy: Chat online - There are many ways to chat online - one of the best is using Empathy, the default instant messaging client in Gnome.
  
• Issue 126 - News: Betting the firm on smartphones and Qt - Nokia ports Qt to multiple platforms ahead of big Linux phone push. Plus: London Stock Exchange switches to Linux; Hulu IPTV introduces a Linux client; Firefox 3.6 preview; Red Hat and Microsoft working on VM tech; Android on netbooks; Google Wave.
  
• Issue 126 - Tutorial:  Chromium: Get browsing - Chromium, the Linux version of Google Chrome, is the shiniest browser on the market. We show you what to do with it. Plus: keeping up to date in OpenSUSE.
  
• Issue 126 - Tutorial: DVDStyler: Edit home videos - Part 3: Having assembled some great footage, we show you how to make it available to friends and family.
  
• Issue 125 - News: Citrix takes Xen into the Linux Foundation - Free software virtualisation looks to the cloud for continued growth. Also: Open Invention Network buys patents previously owned by Microsoft; Shuttle builds iMac-like webtop; Novell financial results; CodePlex Foundation; Nokia N900; Ubuntu Lucid Lynx an
  
• Issue 125 - Tutorial:  Security: control user privileges - It's good to protect your files from external threats, but we've identified a bigger risk factor for your data... your family! Plus: updates with APT.
  
• Issue 125 - Tutorial: Kdenlive: Refine your edit - Part 2: Join Andy as he walks you through editing with Kdenlive, selecting, cutting and processing content to create a short film.
  
• Issue 124 - News: Open source ideals infect the telly - BBC plans web history series based on free software principles. Also: IBM slashes mainframe prices; Google's On2 purchase; Moonlight 2; Microsoft admits Linux is a threat to its business.
  
• Issue 124 - Tutorial: Shortcuts: Boss the keyboard - Power users know that working without a mouse can make you a better Linuxer, so we really want to see those fingers.
  
• Issue 124 - Tutorial: Kdenlive: Edit home videos - Andy has fallen in love with the moving image, so join him as he explores the best ways to prepare footage with Linux.
  
• Issue 123 - News: Google announces Chrome - Google plans small-footprint OS to tempt netbook and notebook builders. Also: Microsoft's GPL 2 release; Launchpad released as free software; circumventing Microsoft's FAT patents; Adobe opens up Flash software.
  
• Issue 123 - Review: CrossOver Pro 8.0 - Hot on the heels of the latest CrossOver Games release comes the version that focuses on proper work.
  
• Issue 123 - Tutorial: Tonido: Explore workspaces - Don't want to entrust your data to the web? Then follow our guide to setting up a cloud-based PIM service.
  
• Issue 122 - News: Nokia and Intel ally - New union to put Linux at the heart of both companies' mobile strategies. Plus: Canonical certified on HP's Proliant servers; Berlin art colleges adopt Linux; Red Hat in the black; Opera Unite; CrossOver 8.0.
  
• Issue 122 - Review: KOffice 2.0 - Does the early release of this ambitious office suite set KOffice on a bold new course or lead it astray?
  
• Issue 122 - Tutorial: Tonido: Create a cloud server - Cloud computing doesn't have to be remote - why not build your own cloud? A brighter, more connected tomorrow is here.
  
• Issue 121 - News: Microsoft joins Linux Foundation - Unlikely bedfellows get together to battle warranty charges. Also: Red Hat and Ingres go on the offensive against Sun's Oracle purchase; Mandriva Click 'N Backup; Do This Now; Red Hat challenges Swiss government MS deal; Intel debuts Moblin 2.
  
• Issue 121 - Review: Kdenlive 0.7.3 - Video editing has become a de rigeur computing task, so we look at whether Linux can keep up with iMovie and Windows Movie Maker...
  
• Issue 121 - Review: OpenOffice.org 3.1 - Despite an uncertain future, the present is looking good for this prominent productivity suite. We take a peek at its recent progress...
  
• Issue 121 - Tutorial:  Sockso: build a music server - Tired of having to transfer music around? Here's how to create a personal music server so you can listen to your tunes anywhere.
  
• Issue 120 - News: Oracle's bright future - Sun may be secure, but what of its open source software? Plus: VueScan; Cooliris; Cray and the low-end supercomputer market; TomTom and patents; Boxee for Linux; first Android netbook; Firefox 3.5 progress.
  
• Issue 120 - Tutorial: Basket: Capture your thoughts - Do you rely on a small forest of note paper to keep track of your ideas? Then let us reveal how Basket Note Pads could change your life. Plus: outlining in OpenOffice.org.
  
• Issue 119 - News: A new patent war? - TomTom case may embolden Microsoft to take on other FAT21 'infringers'. Also: IBM's withdraws offer for Sun; Novell releases SUSE Linux Enterprise 11; strong growth for Red Hat; Hadoop; SGI acquired.
  
• Issue 119 - Review: CrossOver Games 7.2 - Windows games are the last piece in the puzzle for many Linux users. Can CodeWeavers slay the dragon?
  
• Issue 119 - Tutorial: Smile: Create a slideshow - Andy whips out his pointer and shows you how to raise your slideshow delivery above the ranks of the mundane with the brilliant Smile. Plus: hosting videos on YouTube.
  
• Issue 118 - News: Microsoft and Red Hat make up - Rivals bury the hatchet in the name of customer demand. Plus: Red Hat in JBoss suit; Microsoft calls TomTom out on patents; Novell profits dive; Linux Foundation acquires Linux.com.
  
• Issue 118 - Tutorial: First steps: Sweet Home 3D and WordPress - Remodel your house with Sweet Home 3D, and join the blogospherical masses using WordPress.
  
• Issue 117 - News: Opening enterprise - Developer hopes to foster 'universal client' for virtual desktops. Plus: Google Earth 5; Dell and Novell ink thin client deal; Debian Lenny approaches; Microsoft's changing relationship with open source; Linux Defenders.
  
• Issue 117 - Review: Amarok vs Songbird - We all need tunes, but which music player gives you the best bang for your buck?
  
• Issue 117 - Tutorial: First steps - Build a family tree with Gramps, and map your thoughts with FreeMind.
  
• Issue 116 - News:  Next gen netbooks - New technologies could lead to even more users on Facebook. Also covered: OLPC drops Linux; Red Hat bucks economic trends; HyperSpace Instant On; Bordeaux Wine variant; Sun buys Q-Layer; FreeBSD 7.1; FreeSwitch.
  
• Issue 116 - Review: Writer's Cafe 2 - Can software make you a better writer? We put this package to the test...
  
• Issue 116 - Tutorial:  First steps - Create engaging slideshows with Impress and make ringtones using Audacity.
  
• Issue 115 - News: The beginning of the end... - SCO loses again, but has the group's demise been exaggerated? Plus: gOS Cloud for netbooks; Linux tops supercomputer table; distros get ready for IPv6; Ulteo takes on Microsoft and Citrix.
  
• Issue 115 - Interview: KDE UserBase - We talk to Anne Willson about this novel new approach to documentation, getting the best hints and tips out to KDE users.
  
• Issue 115 - Tutorial: Scribus and F-Spot - Add style to your desktop publishing, and fix your photos.
  
• Issue 114 - News: Fixstars buys Terrasoft - Yellow Dog distribution and PS3 Linux safe after buyout. Also: 2009 Linux shipments may outstrip Windows; Amazon brings OLPC donation scheme to Europe; supercomputer upgrade for CSC; Yoggie firewalls; BitDefender gets a GUI.
  
• Issue 114 - Roundup: Personal finance apps - Rated: GnuCash, Moneydance, KMyMoney2, Buddi, Grisbi, JGnash
  
• Issue 114 - Tutorial:  First steps - Get chatting online with the Pidgin instant messenger, and make your own greeting cards using Scribus.
  
• Issue 113 - News: BBC to deliver on iPlayer promise - Spooks, Coast and QI downloads almost ready for Linux and Mac OS X. Plus: OpenOffice.org 3 released; EVO Smart Console; Mono 2; Cisco seeks Linux coders; Airbus A380s with Linux inside
  
• Issue 113 - Tutorial: First steps - Learn to use KDE 4's Dolphin file manager, and tweak the desktop to your exact liking.
  
• Issue 112 - News: WWW.orld War 3 - Google leaps into the browser battle armed with Chrome. Also: Linux and the Large Hadron Collider; Ubuntu to get OS X-style facelift; Cisco buys PostPath and Jabber; Maemo upgrade; Cray's Linux-based personal cluster.
  
• Issue 112 - Roundup: Web browsers - On test: Dillo, Epiphany, Firefox, Konqueror, Lynx, Opera
  
• Issue 112 - Feature: Get creative: OpenOffice.org - Designing a calendar in OOo is not only rewarding in itself, it can also stop you missing anniversaries, birthdays and magazine on-sale dates.
  
• Issue 112 - Tutorial: First steps - Redesign your Gnome desktop and then head into space with Stellarium.
  
• Issue 111 - 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
  
• Issue 111 - Tutorial: 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.
  
• Issue 110 - News: Xandros eats rival - Linspire acquisition consolidates the market but annoys past Linspire CEO. Also: Novell targets SharePoint with Kablink; Mandriva on the TechSurfer; Ulteo Sirius; software patents; Open Web Foundation; KDE 4.1
  
• Issue 110 - Tutorial: First steps: browsers and Vuze - We show you how to keep your browser bookmarks in sync, and download smarter with Vuze.
  
• Issue 109 - News: Nokia buys Symbian - Mobile phone giant gears up for titanic struggle against Androids, Blackberries and Apples. Plus: LiPS and LiMo merge, HP opens up Tru64 AdvFS, kernel hackers sign anti-proprietary driver statement, Red Hat's financial outlook
  
• Issue 109 - Tutorial: First steps - Explore the Flock social web browser, and get gadgets with Google Desktop
  
• Issue 108 - News: Asus and Splashtop plan - Motherboard-with-Linux plan will push out one million Linux installations per month. Plus: more Eee competition from Dell and MSI, 2X Application Server, new OLPC prototype, Banshee 1.0, Novell's great Linux sales leap, Microsoft adopts ODS
  
• Issue 108 - Review: Inkscape 0.46 - Fashions are fickle in the graphics world; after the ascendancy of the bitmap, vectors are jazzy once again. We witness a rebirth of cool.
  
• Issue 108 - Tutorial: First steps - Redirect your Gmail messages with POP or IMAP, and organise your life using Tomboy and Tasque
  
• Issue 107 - News: Record migration in Brazil - 52 million kids sit down to KDE desktops. Plus: VMware and green computing, Penumbra: Black Plague, SCO in court, RealBasic 2008 r2, Linux in Kenya
  
• Issue 107 - Tutorial: KDE: Customise your desktop and configure Konqueror - Andy puts some finishing touches to his personal desktop space, and shows you how to make KDE's combined file/web browser more usable.
  
• Issue 106 - News: Red hat in the black - To the tune of $500 million. The distro vendor continues strong growth despite a downturn in the US economy. Plus: Adobe joins Linux Foundation, Asus releases Eee PC SDK, Linux kernel development report, Rigs of Rods released, ISO accepts MS OOXML
  
• Issue 106 - Tutorial:  Use digital maps - Summer holidays will soon be looming and you want to make the most of your two weeks off work. Explore Google Maps and Google Earth...
  
• Issue 105 - News: Google buys a round - Search giant funds CodeWeavers to develop Wine support for Photoshop CS2. Plus: Thunderbird 3 alpha, Elonex One, Chumby, UndoDB updates, VMware ESX 3i, Novell buys PlateSpin
  
• Issue 105 - Tutorial: OpenOffice.org: Save time with templates - Are you really making the most of options available in OpenOffice.org? We take you beyond the 20% of OOo that most people use.
  
• Issue 104 - News: Nokia comes knocking - Nokia buys Qt and sets up competition for Google's Android. Plus: Ubuntu Cola; Canonical offers Parallels Workstation; Citrix XenApp Server; Monotype announces iType; World of Goo
  
• Issue 104 - Tutorial: Picasa: Organise your photos - PArt 1 - Sharing your photos with friends and family is a piece of cake. Our newbie maestro and amateur snapper is here to help.
  
• Issue 103 - News: KDE goes fourth - New desktop environment puts pretty and practical to the fore. Plus: Microsoft opens up to Samba, $199 KPC from Shuttle, Sim Sity GPLed, Sun buys MySQL, Intel abandons OLPC
  
• Issue 103 - Tutorial:  First steps: rip MP3s from vinyl - Records are making a comeback, inspiring Andy to begin ripping his collection of vinyl to the computer for the first time...
  
• Issue 102 - News: The sub-prime battle - The old prediction (year of Linux on the desktop) comes around again, but this time we're right! ASUS Eee, Kindle and more. Plus: Korea unites over Linux; Linspire Click N Run everywhere; Ted Ts'o joins Linux Foundation; Macedonia leads Linux adoption; Re
  
• Issue 102 - Roundup: Online word processors - Is it possible to give up the OOo habit and migrate your work online? Rated: Google Docs, Buzzword, ZohoWriter, ThinkFree, ajaxWrite
  
• Issue 102 - Tutorial:  First steps with RSS - Change the way you consume blogs, news sources and loads of other stuff with the best technology you've never heard of...
  
• Issue 101 - News: Google mobile ambitions - Rumours of a low-cost iPhone rival prove laughably off the mark. Plus: Nigeria's on-off affair with Linux on the Classmate PC; Red Hat and Amazon's 'on demand' computing; BBC's Linux user stats fun; Wal-mart's sub-$200 gOS-powered Linux PC
  
• Issue 101 - Feature: Last.fm and Linux - After listening to Last.fm for pretty much every working moment over recent months, Andy is scared to discover that he listened to one song 15 times in a row. If music be the food of love, play on...
  
• Issue 101 - Tutorial: First steps with migration - Moving from Windows to Linux can be daunting, but the maturity of today's distros means that the process is easier than ever.
  
• Issue 100 - News: Whatever happened to world domination? - Schools lead where others fear to tread. Plus: Adobe looks to the online office market; Red Hat and Novell sued by IP Innovation; Novell's OpenOffice.org 'fork'; Linspire 6.0
  
• Issue 100 - Review: CrossOver Professional 6.2 - Now that it's simple to put a Windows installation inside a virtual machine on your Linux desktop, can software such as this find a reason to live?
  
• Issue 100 - Tutorial: Choose the right distro - Your choice of distro is an important one and will affect your whole Linux experience. We lead you out of the dark and into desktop heaven...
  
• Issue 99 - News: VMware opens integration tools to all - Plus: Microsoft and Novell's interoperability lab (and Silverlight), Google Earth 4.2, Filezilla for Linux, AMD opens up on GPU drivers, SCO wants bankruptcy protection
  
• Issue 99 - Tutorial: Lightweight distros - Got an old PC gathering dust? Spruce it up with a small footprint Linux distro and use it as a cutting-edge network computer.
  
• Issue 98 - News: They think it's all SCO-ver... - Long-running legal battle ends with a little fizz but no real bang. Plus: Freespire 2.0, Mozilla spins-off Thunderbird, Citrix acquires XenSource, Gnome 2.20 approaching, Lotus 8 and Domino for Linux released
  
• Issue 98 - Tutorial: First Steps: Gnome improvements - Tired of Ubuntu's brown or Fedora's bubbly blue? We're here to help you spruce up your desktop and reconnect with your photographic memories...
  
• Issue 97 - News: Xandros hits the acquisition trail - Desktop vendor heads closer to enterprise stack-dom with Scalix purchase. Plus: Oracle 11g a Linux exclusive? Pyro web desktop, IBM opens up more patents, Democracy Player becomes Miro, GPL 3 finally arrives
  
• Issue 97 - Tutorial: Control: Getting Things Done - A cure for some ills of the modern world (apart from using less fossil fuels) would be better organisation. Andy is a man with time on his hands...
  
• Issue 96 - News: Microsoft forges more links with Linux vendors - The Redmond giant teams up with Xandros and Linspire. Plus: virtual Windows for SLES, Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon announcement, Specsavers migrates to Red Hat, Silverlight for Linux
  
• Issue 96 - Tutorial: Jumpcut: Online video editing - Video editing on Linux is finally easy enough for the most beginningist beginner... so long as you're happy working within your web browser.
  
• Issue 95 - News: More patent nonsense - How many FUD claims does Microsoft think it will take to bring down the competition? Plus: Dell shares Ubuntu plans; Linspire in Parallels; Red Hat fonts package; Novell San Diego school deal; IBM Power6; CrossOver 6.1
  
• Issue 95 - Tutorial: F-Spot: Publish photos online - Going away for the summer? Why not send the 21st Century answer to the postcard and make everyone jealous? We show you how.
  
• Issue 94 - News: Students get hacking - Work begins on Summer of Code as Google increases sponsorship to 900 projects. Plus: Adobe opens up Flex; MS cuts another deal; Intel's Linux devices; Cedega runs Oblivion; Web 2.0 Expo; Dell chooses Ubuntu
  
• Issue 94 - Tutorial: System: How to share files - What do you want? Files. When do you want them? Now! We show you how to get your stuff no matter where you are...
  
• Issue 93 - News: Adobe apps come to Linux - Web 2.0 brings online software to the desktop. Plus: GPL 3 draft 3, Oktober for KDE 4.0, Perens fights back against Novell/Microsoft deal, SCO's molehill = 326 lines of code
  
• Issue 93 - Tutorial: Explore the filesystem - Don't stumble through your filesystem: navigate /usr/, /opt and /dev with the grace of an accomplished Linux user.
  
• Issue 92 - Review: Thunderbird 2 - Can Thunderbird rescue email clients from the might of Gmail and Yahoo?
  
• Issue 92 - News: Linspire jilts Debian - Commercial distro vendor switches to Ubuntu as its base distro; Ubuntu gets Click-N-Run. Plus: IBM offfers easier migration, Dell aims for Linux certification, LightZone, Mono adds VB.NET, California to debate ODF
  
• Issue 92 - Tutorial: System: An easy backup policy - Backups are like dock leaves, lying unnoticed until you get stung. We show you how to ensure you always have a backup when you need one.
  
• Issue 91 - News: Gun gives Solaris enterprise shine - New package undercuts Red Hat, while Phipps stresses community ties. Plus: OSDL merges with Free Standards Group, Flash Player 9 released, SCO revenues down, Terra Soft teams up with RapidMind, Xfce 4.4 released, Peugot snaps up SUSE
  
• Issue 91 - Tutorial: System: Control your users - Just what is it that makes Linux so secure? Andy reckons it's all about permissions, privileges and power. And he's right.
  
• Issue 90 - News: Towns defends Debian - DPL says delays, disputes and cash controversy will make the project stronger. Plus: Amsterdam trials Linux, Red Hat blooms, Torvalds chooses KVM, First Microsoft customers get SUSE, Jeremy Allison moves to Google, AmigaOS 4 released
  
• Issue 90 - Review: SoftMaker Office 2006 - Is there any point in trying to compete with OpenOffice.org - and charging for it?
  
• Issue 90 - Tutorial: RPM: Easily install packages - Linux software management on Fedora Core, SUSE and Mandriva is a breeze with RPM. We take a pleasant stroll through updates and installation.
  
• Issue 89 - News: France's libre revolution - French government votes for Linux desktops. Plus: Birmingham's Linux pilot, Novell distances itself from Microsoft IP claims, RHEL 5 beta 2, Linspire mail service, new look for OLPC
  
• Issue 89 - Tutorial: APT: Package management - You need new software and you need it now! We dispel the 'applications are difficult to install' FUD once and for all.
  
• Issue 88 - News: Sell-out or saviour? - Novell signs agreement with Microsoft to push mixed-source solutions and share patents. Plus: Java GPLed, Adobe releases Tamarin, PS3 Linux, Oracle Unbreakable Linux. Extra: LinuxWorld UK show report
  
• Issue 88 - Review: KOffice 1.6 - The KOffice 1.x project gets one last stab at success before the team concentrate on version 2.
  
• Issue 88 - Tutorial: Gnome: Tweak your desktop - The additions, refinements and tricks that make the latest version of Gnome so gnice to use.
  
• Issue 87 - News: Rift widens over GPLv3 - Kernel pragmatists and FSF idealists argue over direction of cornerstone open source license. Plus: IBM opens up on patent applications, Mandriva acquires Linbox FAS, Libya orders OLPC, France weighs up ODF, Portland 1.0
  
• Issue 87 - Tutorial: QuiteInsane: A scanning project - It's not just big business that can benefit from legacy hardware - we rehabilitate the humble scanner.
  
• Issue 86 - News: Click-N-Run free for all - Free CNR to join Freespire as Linspire abandons the 'software as product' business model. Plus: SLED to run upgraded RealPlayer, Oxfordshire County Council puts Red Hat in schools, SGI moves away from Irix to Linux-based Altix
  
• Issue 86 - Review: Xara Xtreme 0.7 - The open sourcing of Xara in March 2006 was an exciting development. Now it's getting close to 1.0 - was the excitement worth it?
  
• Issue 86 - Review: Freespire 1.0 - Last issue Gael Duval said that ease-of-use just isn't enough any more. But has Freespire even got that right?
  
• Issue 86 - Feature: 15 years of Linux - A student project from 1991 has grown into a liberating operating system that businesses and users dependon on and enjoy throughout the world. We track down the hackers who made it happen.
  
• Issue 86 - Tutorial: Wine: Windows on Linux! - Software will not become free overnight. Until that day we'll need a way to run Windows apps on Linux.
  
• Issue 85 - News: $100 laptop edges closer - One laptop per child project begins trials with a new price tag. But not everyone is happy... Plus: Spain (Extremadura) linux adoption, Maya 8 for Linux, Xen and Window Server, Novell drops proprietary drivers, Linus speaks out on GPL v3
  
• Issue 85 - Review: Xandros Desktop 4 - With Vista late, Linux desktop vendors smell blood... and money. We check out an alternative for Windows refugees.
  
• Issue 85 - Tutorial: OOo Base: Polish your database - Data is useless if you can't find the information you're looking for. In this second database installment, we refine our form and report on queries.
  
• Issue 84 - News: Love on the desktop - Gnome and KDE collaborate to help application developers, with Portland. Plus: GParted Live CDs, SCO scuppered, Kent Police Linux migration, Trinity digital audio workstation, Blender 2.42
  
• Issue 84 - Tutorial: OOo Base: Set up a database - Databases are hardcore, complex and only for experienced hackers. Well, almost! Delve into OpenOffice.org's Base.
  
• Issue 83 - News: Google goes teetotal - Google Earth comes to Linux without using a drop of Wine. Plus: the Open AIM initiative, Xandros including Versora, Turbolinux in China, Cray nabs Linux deal, KOffice plans for KDE 4.0
  
• Issue 83 - Review: Picasa 2 - Sing hallelujah and raise your hands in the air: Google has delivered on its promise to release its photo software for Linux. But is it a grand statement or a damp squib?
  
• Issue 83 - Tutorial: An Ubuntu desktop for kids - Kids, eh? They're curious, naive and, well, hopelessly mischievous. We show you how to keep children safe from the net and your PC safe from the children, with their own custom desktop.
  
• Issue 82 - News: Java coming to a distro near you - Sun's Jonathan Schwartz: this time we're serious about open sourcing Java. Plus: IBM plumps for ODF, Nokia 770 VoIP upgrade, Picasa for Linux, Xara Xtreme, KDE 4 multimedia framework, $100 laptop chooses Fedora
  
• Issue 82 - Tutorial: Desktop time-saving tweaks - With keystrokes, application associations and auto-loading programs, this tutorial could save you, ooh, a couple of minutes a day. Don't knock it though! It only takes a minute to fall in love...
  
• Issue 81 - News: Red Hat deal challenges IBM and Oracle - JBoss deal adds to Red Hat's presence in enterprise Linux market. Plus: Linux and the NHS, Microsoft Port 25, LSB 3.1, ThinkFree Online, Freespire, OpenDocument (ODF)
  
• Issue 81 - Tutorial: Firefox - Cover your tracks - There are genuine security reasons for removing accidentally accessed mail-order bride sites from your PC's memory, you know. We show you the way to safer, more discreet surfing.
  
• Issue 80 - News: Mandriva dumps Duval - Mandrake creator victim of financial problems he foresaw. Plus: Parallels virtualisation, KDE Akademy 2006, Ippimail, Firefox vulnerabilities, Second Life for Linux, Amanda, Samba 4 preview
  
• Issue 80 - Review: KOffice 1.5 - The office market in 2006 offers challenges and opportunities. But can KOffice deal with either?
  
• Issue 80 - Tutorial: Create video soundtracks - Add music, a voiceover or both to your videos with Kino or MainActor.
  
• Issue 79 - News: Novell goes alone with next-gen desktop - Shiny new features abound, but was the new SUSE enterprise desktop developed behind closed doors? Plus: Google applications on the way, Dell does Linux, CrossOver on Linspire, Mandriva Mindawn deal, VMware appliance challenge, SCO subpoenas stumble
  
• Issue 79 - Tutorial: Audacity: Recording and editing - Follow the Pied Piper of Podcasting, Andy Channelle, and learn how to record, edit and mix audio.
  
• Issue 78 - News: GPL debate begins with a bang - Open source figureheads at, er, loggerheads over licensing. Plus: Samba coder Andrew Tridgell wins award, Instalinux, Ubuntu on MacTels, ReactOS stolen code worries, Xandros targets education, PowerCinema
  
• Issue 78 - What on Earth: Jingle - An open source VoIP extension for instant messaging? We're with Jingle all the way...
  
• Issue 78 - Tutorial: Evolution: Manage your email - If you have email to organise, contact details to store or projects to manage, this simple tutorial of Evolution hacks will make a big difference.
  
• Issue 77 - News: IBM takes Novell and Red Hat to heart - IBM elevates Red Hat and Novell to its highest partnership status. Plus: ten years of The Gimp, Novell bags NHS contract, Torvalds recommends KDE, GStreamer updates, OSDL meeting, Blender 2.40
  
• Issue 77 - Tutorial: Web 2.0: The new web tools - Make the most of blogs, image sites and more...
  
• Issue 76 - News: Fighting the patent menace - Big business invests in projects to give coders - and customers - peace of mind. Plus: Firefox 1.5 promotion, Discreet Flame, MapServer Enterprise goes LGPL, KDE 3.5 arrives, Stand Guard Anti-Virus for Linux, GlobeTrotter portable Mandriva
  
• Issue 76 - Tutorial: OpenOffice.org presentations - With trepidation, Andy stepped out onto the stage with only a laptop between him and his audience. Fortunately, the laptop was loaded with OpenOffice.org Impress...
  
• Issue 75 - News: 2006 - a desktop odyssey? - Mandriva upbeat while KDE and Gnome prepare for Vista. Plus: Firefox market share, Novell job losses, Linspire's cheap PC, VMware Player, Xara Xtreme
  
• Issue 75 - Tutorial: OpenOffice.org Word Processing - We explore one-touch text formatting, image editing and more.
  
• Issue 74 - News: Debian gets extra oomph - Ian Murdock forms the Debian Common Core Alliance to pull Debian-based distros together. Plus: Linux deployments in China (Jiangsu), Tango icons, Massachusetts and ODF, Matalan EPOS running Linux, Unigine
  
• Issue 74 - News: News extra: Expofest! - Show reports from KDE Community World Summit 2005, Brainshare Europe 2005, LinuxWorld Conference and Expo
  
• Issue 74 - Tutorial: Filesystem - organise your partitions and folders - How to set up your machine so that you'll always know where to find any piece of information, photo, song or document.
  
• Issue 73 - News: Linux license gets tough - Worldwide consultation for GPL 3 launched with suggestion of patent retaliation clause. Plus: Foresight Linux, Parallels Workstation, Asianux, Studio To Go, OSDL responds to MS TCO study, Xandros founder Berenstein dies
  
• Issue 73 - Roundup: Photo managers - If you need to get your digital photo collection in order, picture this bunch: DigiKam, F-Spot, GThumb, Kalbum, KimDaBa, KPhotoBook
  
• Issue 73 - Tutorial: Online chat: how to use Skype, IRC and Google Talk via Gaim - The launch of Google Talk and eBay's purchase of Skype have pitched VoIP and instant messaging back into the headlines...
  
• Issue 72 - News: SUSE opens up to hackers - Novell invites community contributions to SUSE 10 at last. Plus: open source systems trialled in schools, Klax offers peek at KDE 3.5, TurboLinux woos the Windows 98 crowd, 'Office for Linux' rumours resurface, ThinkFree Office 4
  
• Issue 72 - Review: MainActor 5.5 - Video editing is making a play for the consumer desktop. Here's a proprietary contender.
  
• Issue 72 - Review: Inkscape 0.42 - Do Inkscape developers ever sleep? We marvel at the pace of this program's development...
  
• Issue 72 - What on Earth: Podcasting - Need to spread your ideas far and wide? Andy discovers a new way to get his annoying voice heard by the masses.
  
• Issue 72 - Tutorial: Hardware: Set up your printer - Printing needn't be painful. Just listen to us, and things should get a lot easier.
  
• Issue 71 - News: The last hurrah for SCO? - Emails whizz by, declarations contradict, and tempers get ever more frayed. Plus: Darwinia delay, Linspire pre-installs, Sun's Linux commitment questioned, $10 million for Ubuntu Foundation, Linux From Scratch updated Linux supercomputers
  
• Issue 71 - Review: KOffice 1.4 - Integration? Check. Customisation? Check. Compatibilisation? Er... The KOffice family work well together, but it's their lack of cross-platform ability that worries us.
  
• Issue 71 - Review: Amarok 1.3 - How much is too much? We check out the most feature-laden media player ever released.
  
• Issue 71 - Tutorial: Compression: Ark and File Roller - In which a smallerified Andy Channelle spends too long playing with the excellent compression software available on Linux. Dial-up readers: let this be a warning to you.
  
• Issue 70 - News: Europe says 'NO' to software patents - Landmark decision removes immediate threat of US-style software patents. Plus: UK government launches open source testing lab; Mandriva and Lycoris merger; Apple's move to Intel; Gentoo founder Danien Robbins moves to Microsoft; RealBASIC for Linux; Knopp
  
• Issue 70 - Review: Xandros Business Desktop OS 3.0 - It's migration-friendly but it might be best to hold on to MS Office for a while.
  
• Issue 70 - Tutorial: Upgrades: Get the best from Gnome 2.10 - Andy dons a pointy red hat and grabs his toy fishing rod to look at some of the new features of Gnome 2.10.
  
• Issue 69 - News: Nokia opens patents to Linux kernel writers - Goes on record to exempt community from infringement, but Stallman fears smokescreen. Plus: Cuba's open source revolution, IBM Academic Initiative and Red Hat Academy, What The Hack, nine leave OSDL, Intellibuild
  
• Issue 69 - Review: Opera 8 - While rumours of porting the kitchen sink into version 8 proved false, we discover that Operasoft has squeezed pretty much everything else into its latest release.
  
• Issue 69 - Tutorial: Upgrades: Get more from KDE 3.4 - Drop shadows! Transparent windows! Always-on apps! We bring all these KDE riches and more to your desktop.
  
• Issue 68 - News: New projects rise from flames of BitKeeper controversy - Tridge and McVoy force Linus to write a source code manager of his own. Plus: Debian leader Branden Robinson begs users not to distrupt Sarge; Munich snubs IBM for city-wide Linux rollout; MS Virtual Server 2005 to support Linux; VMware Workstation 5
  
• Issue 68 - Tutorial: Upgrades: Exploit apt and RPM - Don't get left behind. We explain how to get package management tools sniffing out the latest upgrades on your behalf.
  
• Issue 67 - News: New direction for Novell - BrainShare debut for 'end-to-end' Linux strategy. Plus: Mandrake reveals Conectiva merger roadmap; EDS exec says Linux isn't ready for business; HP puts $2 million into LEAP; KDE 3.4 on Ark Linux; Plugzilla; Adobe Reader and NeroLinux ports
  
• Issue 67 - Feature: Is the Mac mini your next Linux box? - The Mac mini is small, square and almost silent - but is there an open source heart beating inside it?
  
• Issue 67 - Tutorial: Burning videos to DVD with Kino - Part 3: The end is in sight. After ripping and editing his film, Andy works up to the final presentation of "Sports Day: The Director's Cut" to a ravenously expectant public.
  
• Issue 66 - News: Mandrakesoft bids to join Linux superleague - Conectiva acquisition gives French commercial distributor road into promising Latin American market. Plus: SUSE wins level four security certification; Rosegarden 1.0; IBM's $100 million Linux commitment; KDE 3.4; Deutsche Bahn moves to Linux
  
• Issue 66 - Tutorial: First steps with Kino - Part 2: With footage captured in the correct format, we move onto the editing phase to create the perfect home video - My First Sports Day meets The Big Channellski.