Linux Journal Issue #194/June 2010

Features

Distributions—A Brief History  by Jes Fraser
The dawn of the distro.
Philosophy and Fancy  by Dan Sawyer
The intellectual axes of distribution design.
Small Systems and Big Iron: Linux on Non-x86 Computers  by Kira Scarlett
Linux distributions on “alternative” platforms.
Linux Distribution Chart  by Justin Ryan
See how your favorite distro ranks with other LJ readers.

Indepth

An Introduction to MINIX  by Bruce Byfield
It's not just a filesystem supported by Linux.
Automating Remote Backups  by Michael J. Hammel
Save or lose it!

Columns

Reuven M. Lerner's At the Forge   Advanced MongoDB  
Dave Taylor's Work the Shell   Simple Scripts to Sophisticated HTML Forms  
Mick Bauer's Paranoid Penguin   Linux VPNs with OpenVPN, Part V  
Kyle Rankin's Hack and /   Dynamic Config Files with Nmap  
Dirk Elmendorf's Economy Size Geek   Organizing a Library  
Kyle Rankin and Bill Childers' Point/Counterpoint   Mobile Phones  
Doc Searls' EOF   Commons Interests  

Review

Pogoplug  by Mike Diehl

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