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[画像:[bordeaux]] In July, some members of the LinuxFocus team were at the Libre Software Meeting in Bordeaux (France). This meeting seems to improve through the time. This year, a new important topic has been added: computer security. It was a successful attempt since many people attended the conferences. Most of the contributors were well known in the security field: you can check the list at this URL. However, in the real world, computer security stays rather confidential, since a vast majority of users, either professional or not, do not really understand the challenge it represents. An example comes from France, where a magazine dedicated to security called MISC has been launched about a year ago and will probably have to stop its publication due to lack of readers. It is a pity since it was providing very high quality information. But the LSM was not only focusing on security. All the usual topics were represented: documentation, programming, communication, etc. For instance, the Linux Documentation Project announced its reorganization by language teams. Another very important topic that cannot be ignored was present: free software for visually impaired people. Last, we can also mention free software for education. These two last deserve a special thanks since they have to "struggle" against very big companies (or at least, a very big one) trying to convince people that they provide the only available solutions. There is, of course, much more to say about LSM. Unfortunately, the lack of space for the editorial and the lack of time in Bordeaux, prevents me from writing a longer report. Anyway, thanks a lot to the LSM people for organizing such a great event.

Georges Tarbouriech

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Hardware

• [translated] Understanding HD44780 compatible LCD-displays , by Jan Svenungson
  
  This article is trying to teach you how HD44780 compatible LCD-displays work at bits and bytes level.

• [translated] Frequency counter 1Hz-100Mhz with LCD display and RS232 interface , by Guido Socher
  
  This article describes how to design a frequency counter with the AT90S4433 Microcontroller and Linux.

System Administration

• [translated] FreeBSD, a real alternative , by Georges Tarbouriech
  
  This article is an overview over another free Unix system: FreeBSD.

• [translated] Viruses: a concern for all of us , by Christophe Blaess
  
  Viruses, Worms and Trojan Horses could also be a threat to Linux.

Articles at Linux Netmag [LinuxNetmag.com] DockingStation Preview Linux the VCR Free X-Server for M$Win Windwomanager TV card/Teletext Logitech-Wheel-Mouse Assemble your own webcam

Articles at Linux Gazette [] The MailBag More 2-Cent Tips The Answer Gang News Bytes Ecol By Javier Malonda at escomposlinux.org Qubism By Jon "Sir Flakey" Harsem Writing your own Toy OS - Part III By Raghu and Chitkala Kerberos: The watchdog of the Ether By Raj Shekhar My Guide To Digital Photography By Rob Tougher Adaptive Linux Firewalls By Vasoo Veerapen Multihead Systems under Linux and Windows By Alan Ward The Back Page

Applications

• [translated] Using BibTeXML in DocBook XML to Write Scientific Articles , by Egon Willighagen
  
  BibTex is an system which enables you to insert references from a (file) database into Tex documents. In this article I will show you how you can use a BibTex like reference system with DocBook XML.

• [translated] L'heure du Jazz++ , by Katja Socher
  
  Jazz is a midi sequencer with many interesting features for editing and composing your own music!

• [translated] Midi with alsa , by Guido Socher
  
  This article explains how to get Midi to work with Alsa. If you are really serious about sound and Linux then you need Alsa.

The LinuxFocus Tip

How to copy a large file onto several floppies? There is certainly more than one solution to this problem but the easiest solution is to use "split" and "cat". Both are standard UNIX commands.

split -b 1420k largefile

This will produce the 1420k big files xaa, xab, ...
Copy them to the floppy disks. To re-assemble them use:

cat xaa xab > largefile

This is even a portable solution. To re-assemble under DOS use:

copy /b xaa + xab largefile /b

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