Category: Item Reviews

  • Matthias Warkus, The Official GNOME 2 Developer’s Guide

    Install Linux and the chances are you???ll be given the choice between a GNOME or KDE desktop. GNOME is the better known of the two, but if you want to development applications that use the GNOME environment where do you start? Well a good place wou…

  • Knoppix Hacks

    Knoppix is not just another Linux distribution. Unlike many Linux alternatives, Knoppix doesn???t need to be installed; everything runs from a CD (called a ???Live CD??? distribution). While Live CDs aren???t unique to Knoppix, it is the way the Knoppix C…

  • Speed Download 3 Review

    Speed Download 3 is a download manager that not only manages the gigabytes of files you download, it also simplyfies the process of filing and finding them, and can act as an upload and file sharing platform too. My review, over at The Apple Blog,…

  • Unix Advanced Visual QuickPro, Chris Herborth

    Unix Advanced Visual QuickPro is a step-by-step guide to configuring the finer points of your Unix machine from file sharing, Web sites, and e-mail through to virus scanning. I talk to the author and long-time friend, Chris Herborth, about the boo…

  • Beginning MySQL Database Design and Optimization

    Getting the design of your database right has a huge impact on a number of issues. Primarily performance, but it can also affect other areas like the flexibility of your database and how it integrates with the application-level solution, such as P…

  • Exclusive LinuxWorld Magazine Interview: My SQL Network

    The MySQL Network is a new service operated by MySQL AB to help companies use and deploy MySQL technology in their applications. It bundles up a number of different components into a single chargeable service and includes certified copies of the M…

  • Unix Advanced Visual QuickPro

    Unix Advanced Visual QuickPro gives you the steps you need for the next stage of using various parts of your Unix installation. Not just focused on one Unix flavour, the book looks at BSD, Linux, Mac OS X and the Windows-compatible Cygwin extensio…