Linux Journal Contents -- #79 -- November 2000 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Subscribers: If your issue is late arriving, you can find all of these articles on our interactive site at http://interactive.linuxjournal.com/ Features * Focus: Hardware by Don Marti * Building the Ultimate Linux Workstation by Don Marti Here's how to make a responsive system with high-performance 3-D, fast disk, lush sound and the things to keep it trouble-free. * AMD's Duron Processor by Don Marti A $70 CPU may be all that you need. We take a first look at AMD's Duron, an excellent choice for midrange desktop Linux machines. * The Return of the Revenge of the Killer $800 Linux Box by Jason Schumaker Can't afford Don Marti's "Ultimate" Linux box? Well, read on...Jason outlines options for the economically challenged. Indepth * Readers' Choice Awards by Heather Mead Enough about us already; what do you think? * Penguin Playoff Follow-Up by Doc Searls Athletic flightless waterfowl? No, just the skinny on the Comdex exhibitor awards ceremony. * LTOOLS by Dr. Werner Zimmermann If you work with multiple platforms, LTOOLS may offer a way to make your life a whole lot easier. * A Web-Based Lunch Ordering System by Cheng-Chai Ang The author demonstrates how easy it is to write in Python--and make sure you get steamed, not fried rice. * Bare Metal Restore by Charles Curley Most of us don't take the time to place for disaster recovery. This article gives you the step-by-step. * Software ICs by Robert D. Findlay "Complexity must be grown from simple systems that already work." * GNU Queue by W. G. Krebs Farm those jobs out with Gnu Queue! * Customize Linux from the Bottom by He Zhu Can't find a system that has everything you want? Build your own. * Linux as a Work Environment Desktop by Mark Stacey Tips and suggestions for using Linux on the desktop in a non-Linux workplace. * Linux and Networking: The Next Revolution by Marcio Saito Recent changes in the areas of both software and hardware are combining to revolutionize networking. * Dissecting the CueCat by Michael Guslick Getting inside the CueCat. * A Conversation with Red Hat's Michael Tiemann by Dan Wilder How embedded systems have become a part of Red Hat's operations. * It's Mod. It's Layout. Any Questions? by Brian Aker Web composition solutions provided by ModLayout. * Real Hard Time by Doc Searls MontaVista's announcement was not met with universal approval. Toolbox * At the Forge : Using PostgreSQL by Reuven M. Lerner * Cooking with Linux : Aging Systems for Flavour by Marcel Gagne * Linux Apprentice: Where to Install My Products on Linux by George Kraft IV Columns * Linley on Linux: Seeking Set-Top Nirvana by Linley Gwennap * Focus on Software by David A. Bandel * Embedded Systems News by Rick Lehrbaum * Linux for Suits: Let Freedom Ping by Doc Searls * The Last Word: Gadges and Gadgets! by Stan Kelly-Bootle Reviews * Product Reviews + MySQLGUI--The MySQL Graphical Client by Bill W. Cunningham * Book Reviews + Linux System Security by Ibrahim Haddad + SAMBA Black Book by Daniel Lazenby + GNOME/GTK+ Programming by Ben Crowder Departments * Letters * upFRONT * Jason's Tips by Jason Schumaker * From the Publisher: Announcement by Phil Hughes * Best of Technical Support * New Products * Advertisers Index