In the second part of this series about Linux on the Mac, you will learn how to back up your Mac OS, repartition your hard disk, and install the LinuxPPC 2000 distribution on your Mac -- How to set up dual-boot and Linux-only configurations.

If you're like most LinuxPPC users, a large portion of your computing time is spent using network-based applications, either explicitly or implicitly. Mostly, your are both sending and receiving data over shared networks. And this in turn means that your communications are potentially vulnerable to inquisitive eavesdroppers.

"I found that it was possible to boot Linux from a software RAID-1 device, along with a few LILO and mkinitrd tricks, and this little hack could potentially give your Linux Web server a performance boost. In addition to doubling the reliability of your hard disk, RAID-1 configuration also gives your IDE or SCSI bus a break, providing two different paths from which to read the disk."

This article walks you through using the command line tools for package management under Slackware. It looks at explodepkg, installpkg, makepkg, removepkg, upgradepkg and some other things every Slackware user should know.

Ssh (Secure Shell) is a program for logging into a remote machine and executing commands in a remote machine. It is intended to replace rlogin and rsh, and provide secure encrypted communications between two untrusted hosts over an insecure network. X11 connections and arbitrary TCP/IP ports can also be forwarded over the secure channel.

"I'm one of probably thousands of people who came into possession of a digital camera this holiday season, and the vast majority of those cameras come with software designed to make them work with Windows. But there is at least one alternative for Linux and some of the BSDs -- gPhoto, a program that's been packaged with GNOME. I thought I'd try to get it working on my faster, less crashy Linux machine."

This article looks at two additional considerations that come into play where syslog is concerned. Management of all the log files that are created and ensuring that they do not consume too much disk space. Secondly, processing all of the information and discerning what is most important within it.

The Ricochet modems are wireless modems that let you connect your computer to the internet through an ISP provider that is hooked up to the wireless network. The modems will connect at 80 Kbps with a serial port and 128 Kbps for a USB connection.

In this, the second part of this series, the author now describes a couple of basic configuration tasks in his favorite distribution. He talks about the configuration of X, user management, compiling kernels, using LILO, and some basic system security.

JFS is an advanced journalling filesystem. It has been designed to provide excellent performance and high availability for server environments. However, JFS is also well suited for Linux workstations and home machines, since everyone can benefit from a reliable filesystem with high performance.