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Linux Journal | June 2010 | Issue MongoDB | OpenVPN | Nmap | Pogoplug | MINIX | Tech Tips LINUX JOURNAL ™ Organize Your Library MongoDB’s DISTRIBUTIONS High-Powered Features Automate Since 1994: The Original Magazine of the Linux Community Remote Backups JUNE 2010 | ISSUE 194 | www.linuxjournal.com MongoDB | OpenVPN | Nmap | Pogoplug | MINIXMongoDB | OpenVPN Nmap Pogoplug | MilkyTracker Tips | Tech DISTRIBUTIONS REVIEWED: Pogoplug LINUX ON File Server NON-X86 COMPUTERS JUNE 2010 ISSUE 194 QUICK DISTRO HISTORY LESSON + $5.99US $5.99CAN Point/ 06 Philosophy Counterpoint: of Distributions MOBILE PHONES 0 09281 03102 4 Your Applications Will Run Faster With Next Generation Microway Solutions! 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Call 1-877-GO-1AND1 Visit us now www.1and1.com p01_1AND1.indd 1 4/12/10 12:19:55 PM JUNE 2010 CONTENTS Issue 194 FEATURES DISTRIBUTIONS 50 54 58 62 ON THE COVER DISTRIBUTIONS PHILOSOPHY SMALL SYSTEMS LINUX • Organize Your Library, p. 34 —A BRIEF AND FANCY AND BIG IRON: DISTRIBUTION • MongoDB's High-Powered Features, p. 18 The intellectual HISTORY LINUX ON CHART • Automate Remote Backups, p. 68 axes of The dawn of NON-X86 See how your • Linux on Non-x86 Computers, p. 58 distribution the distro. COMPUTERS favorite distro • Quick Distro History Lesson, p. 50 design. ranks with other Jes Fraser Linux distributions • Philosophy of Distributions, p. 54 LJ readers. Dan Sawyer on “alternative” • Reviewed: Pogoplug File Server, p. 46 platforms. 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LERNER’S AT THE FORGE Advanced MongoDB 24 DAVE TAYLOR’S WORK THE SHELL Simple Scripts to Sophisticated HTML Forms 26 MICK BAUER’S PARANOID PENGUIN Linux VPNs with OpenVPN, Part V 34 ORGANIZING A LIBRARY 30 KYLE RANKIN’S HACK AND / Dynamic Config Files with Nmap 34 DIRK ELMENDORF’S ECONOMY SIZE GEEK Organizing a Library 74 KYLE RANKIN AND BILL CHILDERS’ POINT/COUNTERPOINT Mobile Phones 80 DOC SEARLS’ EOF Commons Interests REVIEW 46 POGOPLUG Mike Diehl 46 POGOPLUG INDEPTH 64 AN INTRODUCTION TO MINIX It’s not just a filesystem supported by Linux. Bruce Byfield 68 AUTOMATING REMOTE BACKUPS Save or lose it! Michael J. Hammel IN EVERY ISSUE 8 CURRENT_ISSUE.TAR.GZ 64 MINIX 10 LETTERS 14 UPFRONT 40 NEW PRODUCTS USPS LINUX JOURNAL (ISSN 1075-3583) (USPS 12854) is published monthly by Belltown Media, Inc., 2211 Norfolk, Ste 514, Houston, TX 77098 USA. Periodicals postage paid at Houston, Texas and at 42 NEW PROJECTS additional mailing offices. Cover price is $5.99 US. 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