Linux Journal Issue #147/July 2006

Features

Opinions on Opinionated Software  by Kevin Bedell
The creator of Ruby on Rails doesn't rail but opines.
Introduction to Ruby  by Reuven M. Lerner
New to Ruby? Here's the primer you're looking for.
RubyGems  by Dirk Elmendorf
A rich repository of modules called RubyGems awaits you.
Ruby as Enterprise Glue  by Maik Schmidt
How to pull together a heterogenous environment with Ruby.

Indepth

Rails Writ Large  by Scott Raymond
If you want freedom, add constraints.
OpenSSL Hacks  by Anthony J. Stieber
The unsung OpenSSL command line.
The Searchable Site  by Golda Velez
Take a glimpse at Webglimpse for search capabilities for your site.
Under-Ice Sonar Visualization  by Richard R. Shell, Garner C. Bishop and Douglas B. Maxwell
What's going on down under you.
Securing OpenSSH  by Matthew E. Hoskins
It's important to ask, who's watching the guard?

Columns

Reuven Lerner's At the Forge   Creating Mashups  
Marcel Gagné's Cooking with Linux   A Gem of an Idea  
Dave Taylor's Work the Shell   Recognizing Blackjacks  
Jon maddog Hall's Beachhead   Sinking of the USS Proprietary  
Doc Searls' Linux for Suits   Causes and Effects  
Nicholas Petreley's /var/opinion   It's free. It's proprietary. No, it's two (click) two (click) two distros in one.  

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