"This article will quickly share some ideas on how beginning webserver administrators can improve server efficiency, ease management and, hopefully, improve security as well. It shares a few examples of processes that don't need to be running, required programs and some ideas for BSD and System V-type systems for disabling startup scripts."

"This article will explain the process of getting your keyboard's extra function keys to work in XFree86 4.0.X. This article uses the Logitech iTouch keyboard with XFree86 4.0.2 as an example."

"Fly swapping or as it should be called, Swap on-the-Fly allows the addition of swap space as and when needed. This is very handy if you have just ran out of Memory while trying to do a big compile or, more often, you mis-configured your swap at installation and ran out of memory before even X starts."

"USB Support under the recently released 2.4 Linux kernel adds more than support for keyboards and mice. While USB-based storage devices aren't well suited as primary system storage devices, they are a handy way to add storage to an existing system without cracking the case."

"How could I even imagine that I'd be able to play my DVDs on anything other than the commercial software that came with my video card? To my surprise, not only was DVD playback possible, it was much easier then I expected."

"If you're in a position where you need or want to maximize your computer's speed, all but the most compute-bound tasks will likely benefit from a faster disk drive system. Which raises the question: Aside from reading specs (which are really just a first cousin to statistics in terms of veracity), how do you evaluate the performance of a disk drive?"

This article describes how to build a LAN using Red Hat. The article begins with the basics: an overview of the TCP/IP suite, and an explanation of assigning IP addresses in a LAN. Then the article covers the LAN hardware and configuration using a tool called LinuxConf. Lastly, the article walks you through the critical steps of testing and troubleshooting your LAN.

"As far as hardware installations go, USB Audio is one of the most painless Linux experiences I've ever had. My Microsoft speakers worked the first time they were plugged in (louder than planned, but functional)."

"This article is of interest to people who use cvs, are working on a massive open source project - thousands or millions of lines, with several inter-dependent components, several developers and tens of man-years of development effort. You think this isn't a problem? That's because your project is too small. Wait a few years, you'll find out what i'm talking about."

"Over the past few months, readers have asked me for instructions on installing the new KDE 2.1 into Linux. This weekend, I did a new install of LinuxPPC 2000 Q4 on a Wallstreet Powerbook and used the opportunity to document the steps needed to upgrade to KDE 2.1."