Big things are promised for Linux in 2006, on the desktop and server - and for once, those aren't empty promises. We've seen the software of the future - downloaded it, installed it and even played with it - and want to share it with you... (Mike Saunders, Nick Veitch, Paul Hudson) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
You might not have heard of MythTV, a personal video recorder and multimedia plaything for Linux. It's brilliant, but a challenge to install, so we wrote a guide to this super-cool app. (Graham Morrison) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Interview: Larry Wall
Perl 6 has been in production for several years now, and still doesn't seem to be close to release. We cornered Larry Wall and asked him just what was going on. (Paul Hudson) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
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Mandriva 2006 and Ubuntu 5.10
Two great full distros! Plus: OpenOffice.org 2.0, AbiWord 2.4, XMule, GnuCash, Danger From The Deep (Mike Saunders) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
HotPicks
Antispyd, Gestures, Gnumeric, Klik, Little Wizard, Oolite, Volleyball, Xarchiver, XPN, Yawk (Mike Saunders) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
With several smooth new features in this release, AbiWord is still Paul's favourite office app. (Paul Hudson) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Virus checkers
Rated: AVG Anti-Virus, BitDefender Linux Edition, ClamAV, F-Prot Anti-Virus, F-Secure Anti-Virus Linux Workstation, InterScan VirusWall, Kaspersky Workstation (Graham Morrison) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
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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 (Andy Channelle) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Distrowatch: Download servers jammed by fans
Distro release teams caught off-guard by demand. Plus: Elive 0.3, distro upgrade tools (Ladislav Bodnar) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
What on Earth: OpenDocument
We introduce the new format for office files that's making waves in Brussels and Boston. (Marco Fioretti) Available as a PDF to subscribers.