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Storage Cluster: A Challenge to LJ Staff and Readers
For a few years I have been trying to create a "distributed cluster storage system" (see below) on standard Linux hardware. I have been unsuccessful. I have looked into buying one and they do exist, but are so expensive I can't afford one. They also are designed for much larger enterprises and have tons of features I don't want or need. I am hoping the Linux community can help me create this lo...

Linux Arpeggiators, Part 1
In my last article I looked at performance loopers for Linux. This week I begin a 2-part review of similar applications called arpeggiators. more>>

Interview with Linux Journal Virtual Editor Bill Childers
Carlie: Bill Childers is Linux Journal's Virtual Editor. How do you think your editor Jill Franklin came up with that one? more>>

OK Palm, We're Ready for the Foleo Now
Ahh, poor Palm. Sure, they have their fancy new WebOS toys -- but it wasn't that long ago they were banking on the Foleo changing the mobile world as we knew it. Sadly, they were just a little too early, and a little too lame. Here's the good news, Palm: We're ready now. Let me give you a bit of a vision, and you run with it... more>>

Book Excerpt: A Practical Guide to Linux Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming
This article is an excerpt from the new 2nd Ed. of Mark Sobell's book, A Practical Guide to Linux Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming, published Nov. 2009 by Prentice Hall Professional, ISBN 0131367366, Copyright 2010 Mark G. Sobell. For additional sample content from a selection of chapters, please visit the publisher site: www.informit.com/title/0131367366 more>>

Getting Loopy: Performance Loopers For Linux Musicians
This week Dave Phillips looks at audio loopers designed for live performance. more>>

Illegal use of term - five yard penalty
From Thursday, March 4, 2010 Washington DC Express print edition: Megan Fox Thinks She's Linux...Or Something Megan Fox has slept with only two men...."My body parts are all I have left now that are only mine -- the world owns everything else." more>>

Interview with Linux Journal Associate Editor Shawn Powers
Carlie: What is it that you do for Linux Journal? Shawn: That's a scary question for your boss to ask... :) Carlie: I meant "Tell our readers what you do for Linux Journal". :p more>>

Which Linux distribution do you use most frequently?
We're collecting this data to run in an upcoming issue of Linux Journal. We encourage you to leave comments here letting us know why you use the Linux distribution you do. Let your voice be heard! Heads up: we may print your comment in the magazine (if you don't want your comment printed, please let us know that within the comment itself). Arch Linux ...

Sudo Axes Escalation Glitch
Among the important benefits of Linux's permission hierarchy is its ability to keep untrusted users from running amok. The all-or-nothing nature of root access, however, can present headaches when users are trusted, but only so far. That is a problem the sudo utility attempts to solve, and does so fairly well — except for the occasional glitch. more>>