Dear Readers,

The April issue of LFY will hit the stands soon, and there's a lot for
the Indian FLOSS community and techies.

The COMMUNITY FOLKS will LOVE the feature on South Africa's open
source initiatives, wherein, we GET TO LEARN how
private-public-government partnerships are driving their 'GO OPEN
SOURCE CAMPAIGN'.

For TECHIES, the highlight is the feature by our new S'pore based
author--Pedro--where he tells you how to setup a motion detection CCTV
setup using Linux. Of course, there's lots more that has been listed
below....

For Techies
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* Bandwidth monitoring using IPTables
* Tips 'n' Tricks for developers and sys-admins
* What Makes Linux Tick As a Programming Strong-hold?

For Newbies
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* How to pep-up your KDE or GNOME desktop
* Handling Databases In OpenOffice.Base
* Handling Math Equations Using OpenOffice.Math

For Decision Makers
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* TuxHeroes: (1) Clearock Enterprises Pvt Ltd; (2) Intercontinental
Consultants; (3) Jagriti's eSeva
* How an NGO (GiveIndia.org) used Linux to improve its productivity
* Jerk-O-Meter: An MIT alumnus' innovation

Our effort is in your hands now. We hope you enjoy reading the issue.

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