Dear Members, A couple of months ago, when we held our editorial meeting to discuss about the August issue, an interesting point was made, and it came almost like a revelation. We realised that we have published myriad articles on popular distros like Fedora, openSUSE and Ubuntu, but probably never done due justice to the true community distro Debian Linux. So, here we are, with the Debian special issue.
This issue is special, both on the editorial as well as the DVD front. Not only does it bundle the full set of three DVDs containing the complete Debian package, it also features the best of articles on the Debian project Apart from Debian, embedded development seems to be the pseudo theme for this issue. In addition to an article on debootstrap, we have a couple of more articles on this topic that should be of interest to the developer community, especially those working in the field of Embedded development. Talking about the industry, probably the biggest news that made headlines this month was CUPS' creator Michael Sweet's announcement that Apple has acquired the project. Though nothing seems fishy from the outside and community also seems to be pretty cool about it, we have tried our bit to explore the pros and cons of this move. We have put in our best to make this issue extra special for our readers. We used to get a lot of requests for bundling the complete Debian distro with LINUX For You. This time, not only we have done that, but also got the best of authors to write about Debian. That's why, I hope that our readers will be able to appreciate our decision to price this issue at Rs 125. Though the subscribers remain unaffected from this price change. Another reason to subscribe, I must say Wink FOR YOU & ME Flock: The Web 2.0 Ready Browser Debian GNU/Linux: A Free Software OS in its Purest Form Debian-IN: Debian for India 'To Infinity and Beyond' with Debian GNU/Linux Cooking with Debian Apple Stirs Storm in the CUP(S) MySQL: Eleven Million Users, including some in Antarctica User-Driven Innovation: That's What It is All About - (Interview): William Hurley of BarCamp Fame BIZUSERS How To Evaluate Open Source Software Inside GIC, There's A FOSS Mantra Linux Servers for SMBs Communication Breakdown? E-Mail Power, Go, get It! DEVELOPERS Making Life easier for a Programmer: Servlets That Use Jython Need Some Embedded Linux Guidelines? Assembly Programing on Linux: A Primer Build Your Own 'Open Source' DSL Modem Got an Embedded Project in Mind? Check Out Debian Debootstrap Building Debian Packages Roll Your Own Firefox Extensions ADMIN OSSEC HIDS: Neutralise Attacks that get Past Your Network's Defence Dynamic Tracing Your OpenSolaris GEEKS Build Your Own Arcade Game Player and Relive the '80s! Supercomputers Powered by gaming Consoles! Some Cool Apps on the Radar The Linux Kernel Random Number Generation COLUMNS BraveGNUIndia: LUG Crisis Silicon Valley: Building a Web 2.0 Start-up with Open Source FreedomYug: Quit India. 2007 Writing Beautiful Programs: ASCII Arts and Fractals - Part II ON LFY DVD Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 Debian is a free operating system for your computer. An operating system is the set of basic programs and utilities that make your computer run. Debian uses the Linux kernel (the core of an operating system), but most of the basic OS tools come from the GNU project; hence the name GNU/Linux. Debian GNU/Linux provides more than a pure OS: it comes with over 18,733 packages, precomplied software bundled up in a nice format for easy installation on your machine. To start the installation, boot from the DVD. Make sure your BIOS setup is configured to allow booting from DVD. To try out the new graphical installer type installgui and hit ENTER. We hope you enjoy reading the issue. Please send all your feedback on [EMAIL PROTECTED] WHERE TO GET YOUR COPY? Problems getting a copy of LFY? Feel free to reach out to our distributors (IBH) listed below: # Ahmedabad - Mr. S. K. Sharma (079-26577068) # Bangalore - Mr. Devaru Bhatt (080-22261305, 080-22252385) # Chennai - Mr. Vijay Rengan (044-28273893) # Hyderabad - Mr. Ramesh Rajgopal (040-27564945, 040-27561140) # Kolkata - Mr. Mehta (033-22498096/97) # Mumbai - Mr. Indur Vaswani (022-24943707) # New Delhi - Mr. P. K. Das (011-23313014/15) # Pune - Mr. Ashok Basant (020-26131261) # Trivandrum - Mr. Hari Kumar (0471-2475443) HOW TO SUBSCRIBE OR COMPLAIN? Go to our website www.lfymag.com OR email at [EMAIL PROTECTED] OR call at 011-26810601/02/03 Warm Regards! TeamLFY LINUX For You _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - September 28-29, 2007 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
