Linux Journal Issue #113/September 2003 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Features Discovering Wireless Networks by Tony Steidler-Dennison Does anyone nearby have an access point you can use? Find out quickly. Linux-Powered Wireless Hot Spots by Mike Kershaw Put a convenient authentication system on your access point with free software. Linux Makes Wi-Fi Happen in New York City by Doc Searls At parks, phone booths and cafes, hackers are making this city a cornucopia of wireless Net access. Indepth Scripting for X Productivity by Marco Fioretti Save your carpal tunnels--automate GUI actions for productivity and application testing. A Beginner's Guide to Using pyGTK and Glade by Dave Aitel Ready to move up from designing Web pages to designing applications? It's easier than you think. From Vinyl to Digital by Tom Younker Don't let your favorite oldies go unheard because they're less convenient to play than your new digital stuff. Garbage Collection in C Programs by Gianluca Insolvibile A surprising look at the performance of garbace collection vs. conventional memory management. ChessBrain: a Linux-Based Distributed Computing Experiment by Carlos Justiniano Try your skill against a worldwide network of chess-playing computers, or offer your PC's spare cycles to beat other people. Embedded Put a Sump Pump on the Web with Embedded Linux by Tad Truex The circuit and software to make any electrical appliance reveal its secrets over the Net. Toolbox Kernel Korner Exploring Dynamic Kernel Module Support (DKMS) by Gary Lerhaupt At the Forge Bricolage by Reuven M. Lerner Cooking with Linux Watching the Community Network by Marcel Gagné Paranoid Penguin Authenticate with LDAP, Part III by Mick Bauer Columns EOF The Open Source Development Lab by Stuart Cohen Departments Letters upFRONT From the Editor: Wireless Networking On the Web Best of Technical Support New Products Advertisers Index