The most famous clock in the world? It might be Big Ben in London -- unless you're a longtime Unix computer user. In that case, the most famous clock might be the one that comes with every X Window system, XClock.

If you're willing to roll up your sleeves, Mutt will serve you well. Learn to write custom macros and set configurations that will turn Mutt into a fast and easy-to-use text-based email client.

Samba is a software package for Unix-based systems that allows them to connect to Windows-based PCs. With it, you can share files and folders and use printers attached to the Windows PCs.

I'm pretty new to setting up a Domain Name System (DNS). To avoid using third-party hosting facilities, I decided to grab a copy of Red Hat Linux 6.0 and set up two DNS servers for myself. Everything went pretty well. I can look up names and have my DNS domain database files all set up and running.

Contrary to popular thought, Apache isn't the only Web server running under Linux. And while Apache is a great general-purpose Web server, there are some situations where Apache's not the best choice.

How to get started with Lotus Domino R5 Server 5.0.2a for Linux.

In any system, an important funciton is scheduling tasks to be run. Users and administrators alike often pay hundreds of dollars for Windows tools to run programs at specified times. In Linux, there is a tool called 'cron' which will handle all of your scheduling needs.

As this was a "Lite" single-cd version without printed documentation this is not to be considered to be a full review of the commercial package; as a matter of fact I have reason to believe that the packages on this CD are older than what is currently shipped in their boxed edition.

This article is the third of a four part series.  Initially written as a proposal for ALS, it turned out to be too long for an hour long talk.  Since I think it's still a useful paper, I'm presenting it here on the 'Muse.

In this article, I will cover the installation process, and cover the problems I encountered and how I solved them.