HIR Issue 8: Hacker Newz
3-1-1999
(Look! Y2K Compliant! ^^^^ )
An editorial Comment:
Sorry for such a huge delay in issues... We still aren't dead, just hanging out. This issue fell victim to many trials and tribulations, but we pulled it through. We discovered that we can't release (reliably) every 2 months. There's just not enough time in a day to think about ideas for the 'zine. Most 'zines actually start to give up after the initial burst of ideas wears itself out and they are forced to gain more knowledge just so they can continue publication. I'd like to say for as small as the HiR Crew is, the group has persevered rather nicely and I couldn't have kept this 'zine alive by myself. Asmo and Frogman, as writers and friends have kept things going, and our readers send us e-mail, keeping our spirits high. We never really know if anyone is actually READING the zine (okay, we kind of do, as we have http access logs, and I'm sure HiR has been posted on other BBS's, websites, etc) unless we get mail from those who read our works. Thanks for waiting it out till HiR 8, and we'll have HiR 9 out as soon as we have the material and writings gathered up (hopefully not 6 months down the road)
--The Axon
In other news...
Axon has started messing with various server-tuned OS's and (in collaboration with other writers), will be throwing together some comparative articles between each Operating system. Things included: Windows NT (Axon's forced to take an NT Class), Linux (maybe a few different Distributions of it), FreeBSD, and (Maybe) OpenBSD and NetBSD. We'll try to cover difficulty of installation, set-up, default security, and performance (All OS's will be installed on removable hard drives in a Pentium 120 with 64 megs of ram, a machine that should be able to run just fine, but obviously will not be performing massive server tasks.)
The HiR Crew is also working on some "Linux Inside" Stickers. A .jpg of it will be available under the News page on the HiR Distro Site later. We are coming up with StarOffice and MS Word document files that can be printed on Avery Address labels. This project isn't complete yet, but it'll be fun when it's all finished! The prototypes of these labels are already in use on several workstations, rack-mount linux servers, etc.
