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David Haraburda

Issue #52, August 1998

The new kid on the block—Stampede Linux.

Stampede Linux was created because of our dissatisfaction with other dist […]

David Sweet

Issue #52, August 1998

Mr. Sweet teaches us how to write an application for the KDE desktop—for the experienced GUI programmer.

The stated goal of the K Desktop E […]

Ben Elliston

Issue #52, August 1998

Mr. Elliston is working on a protocol for using SCSI devices to network Linux clusters in order to transfer data at high speeds.

I was introduced to […]

Various

Issue #51, July 1998

Our experts answer your technical questions.

Unfinished Boot

When I try to boot, either from floppy or CD-ROM, my computer does a soft re-boot partway […]

John Blair

Issue #51, July 1998

When you need to network your Linux box with Windows, Samba is the way to do it.

The whole point of networking is to allow computers to easily share […]

Pete Popov

Issue #51, July 1998

Mr. Popov shows us how easy it is to test SCSI devices when our operating system is Linux.

A few months ago my ex-boss and I were discussing the latest […]

George Kraft IV

Issue #51, July 1998

The Graphical Desktop Korn Shell (DtKsh) is a featured part of the Common Desktop Environment (CDE). DtKsh provides a consistent and reliable graphical Motif […]

Bear Giles

Issue #51, July 1998

Here’s a good way to protect your files. Mr. Giles explains how to encrypt your entire file system rather than individual files.

In one episode of […]

Pierre Ficheux

Issue #51, July 1998

This article explains how Linux is used in the ViewSurf “Beach Report”, a fun WebCAM-based service.

The raison d’être of ViewSurf is to give surf […]

Clinton Jeffery

Shamim Mohamed

Issue #51, July 1998

This article gives a quick introduction to the programming language Icon, developed at the University of Arizona.

Linux […]

Various

Issue #50, June 1998

Our experts answer your technical questions.

Multithread Applications

Which library do I need to use for multithread applications? I found pthread.h […]

Chris DiBona

Issue #50, June 1998

Linus Torvalds tells the Silicon Valley users group about his current work on the Linux kernel.

When we gave the job of arranging speakers to Sam […]

Tony Mancill

Issue #50, June 1998

Here’s another great use for Linux; Mr. Mancill tells us why his company picked Linux routers over the big names.

Every time I deploy a Linux system […]

John Blair

Issue #50, June 1998

Author John Blair talks to two members of the Samba development team to discover some history and take a look at the future of the project.

Andrew […]

Steve Whitehouse

Issue #50, June 1998

Mr. Whitehouse gives us an introduction to a free software package for manipulating images—ImageMagick.

Ever since the first computers with g […]

Peter J. Braam

Issue #50, June 1998

Carnegie Mellon University has developed an exciting file system. Mr. Braam, one of the developers, tells us all about it.

The Coda distributed file […]

Various

Issue #49, May 1998

Our experts answer your technical questions.

Viruses

I would like to know what can be said about viruses in a Linux system which is installed on the […]

Ph.D.. Graydon Ekdahl,

Issue #49, May 1998

A fun way to look at the issue of the development of a universal GUI.

Don Quixote: Ahhh, Sancho, think of it! A single GUI interface that […]

Andrew M. Kuchling

Issue #49, May 1998

A Python SIG has put together a DB-API standard; Mr. Kuchling gives us the details.

Many people use Python because, like other scripting […]

George Kraft IV

Issue #49, May 1998

A major strength of the Common Desktop Evnironment is its programming infrastructure, for example, ToolTalk. This article illustrates client and server […]