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Articles:
Interview with Firefox and Thunderbird Garage Co-Author John Hedtke
You've heard about Firefox, but what are the real advantages to moving over to the hottest browser out there?
Making DVD Movies with Linux by Marcel Gagné
Lights…cameras…action…transfer your movies to DVD and become the star!
SOHO and Corporate Networking with Linux by James Turnbull
New Linux-based networking solutions and firewalls let you run sophisticated systems on cheap hardware — find out how.
True Stories of Knoppix Rescues by Kyle Rankin
The author of Knoppix Hacks shares some real-life accounts of how he’s saved broken systems with just his Knoppix CD.
Network Installation of Windows Printers from Samba
Now it’s easier than ever to share Linux printers with Windows clients, and Windows printers with Linux clients, by the author of the Linux Cookbook.

Tips:
10 Tips for Building Your First High-Performance Cluster
Take the frustration out of building your first cluster -- ten tips to get you started from the author of High-Performance Linux Clusters.
Firefox Tips
Put three quick tips from Firefox Hacks right to work for you!

Hacks:
PC Hacks for Linux
PC Hacks author Jim Aspinwall handpicks two Linux-specific hacks to share from his new book.
Linux Desktop Hacks
Peek inside Linux Desktop Hacks with three to get you started.
Linux Desktop Hacklets
Three quick fixes for your Linux desktop – take a screenshot, play restricted media and expose your running programs.
Firefox Hacks
From Firefox Hacks, try Hack 31: Take Firefox with You.

Excerpts:
Linux Bible Excerpt
Your chance to look into installing and running Knoppix in this excerpt from Linux Bible.
Linux Cookbook Excerpt Part 1
Carla Schroder, author of Linux Cookbook, shares three recipes: installing a program for easy uninstall, killing user processes and better logins without passwords.
Linux Cookbook Excerpt Part 2
Carla Schroder offers two more tips on running different window managers simultaneously with Xnest and hosting multiple domains with Apache.
Linux Toys Excerpt
Learn how to build an MP3 music jukebox in Linux on your PC in this excerpt from Linux Toys.
Red Hat Fedora Linux 3 Bible Excerpt
Linux guru Chris Negus shows you how to set up a MySQL database server in Red Hat Fedora Linux 3 Bible.

Resources:
Apache Software Foundation
FreeBSD The FreeBSD operating system
The Free Software Foundation Promotes the development and use of free software
The GNU Operating System
Linux Documentation Project Guides, FAQs, how-tos — it's all here
LinuxISO Download your favorite Linux distribution from here
Linux Kernel Archives Primary source for the Linux kernel source
LinuxQuestions.org Linux newbies can ask questions and Linux experts can offer advice.
Mozilla Find all the Mozilla products here, including Thunderbird, Firefox, Bugzilla and more
MySQL Users Conference Blog A number of the staff of MySQL Press are at MySQL UserCon this week. They have created this blog to post updates on the show
Open Source Initiative
OSDir.com Forums Open Source, Linux news and software
Slashdot As they say, "News for nerds. Stuff that matters."
SourceForge The world's largest Open Source software development website

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The hacks, excerpts and tips came to Bookpool courtesy of O'Reilly and Associates and Wiley Publications. We appreciate their great help in this effort.

Making DVD Movies with Linux by Marcel Gagné was coordinated through Addison-Wesley. SOHO and Corporate Networking with Linux by James Turnbull was arranged by Apress. Interview with Firefox and Thunderbird Garage Co-Author John Hedtke was courtesy of Prentice Hall PTR. Again, our thanks.