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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