Jono Bacon, Stuart Langridge (Aq), Ade Bradshaw, and Matt Revell talk about Linux and whatever else comes along, including:

• LugRadio’s first birthday!
• Sparkes returns for an episode to help celebrate our first year
• The Hula Project, what it is, and why it’s important
• Sven de Marothy talks about the state and status of a Free Software Java implementation
• Is Java important to the Open Source world?
• The ten best gadgets of all time, according to Mobile PC Magazine, and the team’s favourite (and least favourite) gadgets
• LugRadio Live 2005! It’s finally happening; see the site for more!
• Jeff Waugh talks about UbuntukKubuntu, Ubuntu with KDE in
• Many, many, many of your letters!

Columnist Charlie Russel tackles three common questions about home networking that frequently arise when he’s helping Windows XP users in the online community with their home networks.

Columnist Joli Ballew offers a detailed description of how to find and install a fast Internet connection that fits your budget.

Columnist Barb Bowman explains how to secure a wireless network using the latest wireless security standards.

Jono Bacon, Stuart Langridge (Aq), Ade Bradshaw, and Matt Revell talk about Linux and whatever else comes along, including:

• Miguel de Icaza, lead on the Mono project and Novell big cheese, speaks on Mono and Novell’s plans
• The LugRadio team give their opinions on Mono
• Matt asks about kernel compilation and why we need to do it
• News items: KDE to be ported to Windows (and why), security holes in Firefox, a Google browser, the growth of Firefox and problems that might cause
• Your letters!