Jonathan Gross Issue #27, July 1996 Linux provides a very inexpensive alternative to high-cost commercial servers and routers. Many small businesses are becoming interested in Internet connectivity, but they are unwilling (or unable) to fork over the cash for the necessary hardware. With routers costing close to $2000 and bandwidth as expensive as it is, there doesn’t seem to be ...

Peter Kelly Issue #27, July 1996 A Linux computer can be a great server, not only for other Linux computers, but also for computers running other operating systems. Peter gives an example of how to do this effectively. Linux users consistently experiment, finding uses for Linux far beyond what was even thought of five years ago, when Linux itself was ...