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[march question] [画像:[tux in garden]] GNU, the Free Software Foundation, Redhat and since some time even Linus Torvards are all in the USA. One could get the impression that Linux and free software is all "made in the USA". Last month's question, Linux around the world, showed some interesting results. It confirmed that Linux and free software is really an international movement. We are quite happy about this because it shows how important it is to have international websites and those who tell me that a purely English LinuxFocus magazine is sufficient are actually wrong.

This time we have really a quite large issue I have nothing more to add to that other than enjoy reading :-)

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Applications

• point Trying out KDE 3 , by Lorne Bailey
  
  KDE released their latest code as version 3 recently. This article will give you an idea what it would be like to try it for yourself.

• point GNUMail.app, the portability evidence , by Georges Tarbouriech
  
  GNUMail.app is a NeXT Mail.app clone running under GNUstep and MacOS X.

• point Discover the universe , by Katja Socher
  
  This article introduces 2 programs for Linux to explore the universe.

• point Getting to know XML , by Floris Lambrechts
  
  This article explains what XML is and why it is useful.

• point Editing DocBook XML Documents , by Egon Willighagen
  
  This article describes the use of Kate and its XML plugin as a tool for editing DocBook XML documents.

Hardware

• point A LCD control panel for your Linux server , by Guido Socher
  
  In this article we use an Atmel Microcontroller to build a LCD panel for our server.

System Administration

• point Replacing a Windows NT/2000 server using Linux and SAMBA , by Sebastian Sasías
  
  This article is focused on a Linux system with SAMBA with the purpose to run some services, typically provided by Windows operating systems.

• point Introduction to cryptography , by Pierre Loidreau
  
  This article expains what cryptography is and how it works.

• point Using a Minolta Dimage 5 camera under Linux , by Guido Socher
  
  This is a short description on how to set up the usb drivers for the Minolta Dimage 5/7 cameras under Linux.

Articles at Linux Gazette The MailBag More 2-Cent Tips The Answer Gang News Bytes The Weekend Mechanic By Thomas Adam Linux User Caricatures By Franck Alcidi Help Dex By Shane Collinge A Trip Down Hypermedia Lane By Ronnie Holm Rapid application development using PyGTK By Krishnakumar R. Qubism By Jon "Sir Flakey" Harsem GUI Programming in C++ using the Qt Library, part 1 By Gaurav Taneja "Xlib Programming in C++ By Rob Tougher The Back Page

The LinuxFocus Tip

How to get rid of the caps-lock key?
Do you hate it when you accidently hit the caps-lock key on your keyboard? Under X11 you can easily change the caps-lock key to any other key. You can change it e.g to Esc. Here are 2 ways to do this:

1. Create a .Xmodmap file in your home directory with the following content:
   !lf-tip: change Caps_Lock to Escape
   clear lock
   keycode 66 = Escape
   
   Log out and in again.
   
2. An alternative solution is to run the 2 commands:
   xmodmap -e "clear lock"
   xmodmap -e "keycode 66 = Escape"
   To run these commands all the time at startup of X11 add them to your .xinitrc or /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc file

You can check the current key modifiers with the commands:
xmodmap -pm
xmodmap -pke

To see which key code is generated by which key you can start the program xev. Dependent on the type of keyboard caps-lock could be on a different keycode (not 66). You can see the keycode number by using xev.

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