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Richard Schwaninger

Issue #49, May 1998

A discussion of rapid prototyping and how it can benefit programmers in creating software to match the customer’s needs.

Creating software is a […]

Various

Issue #48, April 1998

Our experts answer your technical questions.

Using ZIP Drive and Printer

I want to use my ZIP drive as well as my printer with Linux. My friend […]

Eric S. Raymond

Issue #48, April 1998

Netscape source is now free, who would have thought it? Eric Raymond, that’s who. Here are his insights into this momentous […]

Marjorie Richardson

Issue #48, April 1998

Mr. Eid began work for Corel Corporation in 1989 and eventually rose to the position of Vice President of Technology.

In October of last year, […]

James Shapiro

Issue #48, April 1998

Mr. Shapiro shows us how to write a program to compute internal rate of return using three programming languages supported by Linux—Perl, C and J […]

Ivan Griffin

Mark Donnelly

PhD. John Nelson

Issue #48, April 1998

This month we are presented with an introduction to the networking of distributed objects and the use of […]

Otto Hammersmith

Issue #48, April 1998

Here’s an explanation of how Imake works and how you can use it to build your executables—an article for programmers with C and Unix programming s […]

Various

Issue #47, March 1998

Our experts answer your technical questions.

Implementing Ballistic Mouse Control

I’ve been spoiled by operating systems that use “ballistic m […]

Bob Hepple

Issue #47, March 1998

Linux software to control the Casio QV-10 camera is now available. Mr. Hepple tells us how to use qvplay.

In the continuing battle with the Evil […]

Brandon M. Browning

Issue #47, March 1998

Here’s a way to filter unwanted mail using procmail.

If you regularly receive a high volume of mail (e.g., you subscribe to several mailing […]

Timotej Ecimovic

Issue #47, March 1998

GPIB is a standard bus used in laboratory and industry data acquisition and experimental control that is now available for Linux.

Gambling is a […]

David Mosberger

Issue #47, March 1998

SANE makes it easy to support a wide variety of devices and of applications with a minimum amount of programming effort.

SANE stands for […]

Ivan Griffin

John Nelson

Issue #47, March 1998

In part 2 of our series we learn how to design and code network daemons to serve our clients well.

Daemon processes are servers […]

Various

Issue #46, February 1998

Our experts answer your technical questions.

Using Two Monitors in Linux

Is it possible to set up Linux to use two monitors? If so, where can I […]

Telsa Gwynne

Issue #46, February 1998

A view of life with a hacker brought to us by a mischievous spouse who should know—Ms. Gwynne is married to Alan Cox.

I have just celebrated my f […]

Michael J. Hammel

Issue #46, February 1998

Our series winds up with a detailed description of the toolbox, plug-ins and keyboard acceleration.

Last mont […]

Daryll Strauss

Wook

Issue #46, February 1998

Digital Domain uses Linux to create high-tech visual effects for the movies.

Digital Domain is an advanced full-service production […]

Ivan Griffin

PhD. John Nelson

Issue #46, February 1998

This is the first of a series of articles about how to devlop networked applications using the various interfaces available on […]

Various

Issue #45, January 1998

Our experts answer your technical questions.

Touch Screen Support

I am currently looking into the possibility of using a touch screen for my […]

Michael J. Hammel

Issue #45, January 1998

This month we learn how to use the Image Window and layers in building our images with the GIMP, a Linux power tool for the graphics […]