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LJ Staff Issue #11, March 1995 Awards, UniForum and more. Software Development `95-Excellence In Programming Award Dr. Dobb’s Journal is presenting Linus Torvalds with a “Dr. Dobb’s Journal Excellence In Programming” Award in a special presentation on February 16, 1995, 11:00 a.m. at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. UniForum and Usenix, March 1995 UniForum, March 14-16, Dallas, Texas-UniForum will ...

Arnold Robbins Issue #10, February 1995 This month’s column discusses RCS, the Revision Control System. What is RCS? RCS is the Revision Control System. Its job is to manage the process of revising and updating files. It can and should be used for program text and documentation, as well as for any other files that are revised on a frequent ...

Liam Greenwood Issue #10, February 1995 A guide to discovering documentation (and other valuables) on your Linux system. So, you decided to see what all the fuss was about. You installed Linux, logged in to your own Unix machine, and are ready to race. Hmmm, strange prompt: george:~# It’s not quite C:&gt: but it can’t be that hard. You put ...

Belinda Frazier Issue #10, February 1995 >First-time Linux representation, interesting application demonstrations, a vast array of materials and excited users—all contributed to a productive Comdex show. Braving the crowds last November, I joined over 200,000 participants at COMDEX in Las Vegas, Nevada. The largest computer trade show in the world, COMDEX offered 2,200 exhibitors plying their new computer, multimedia and/or ...

Mark Komarinski Issue #9, January 1995 Got that sinking feeling that often follows an overzealous rm? Our system doctor has prescription. There was recently a bit of traffic on the Usenet newsgroups about the need for (or lack of) an undelete command for Linux. If you were to type rm * tmp instead of rm *tmp and such a command ...

LJ Staff Issue #9, January 1995 Linux International has announced the formation of the Linux Development Grant Fund, an international fund designed to both promote development for Linux by awarding grants to Linux developers and to give Linux users a way to support Linux development in an organized and efficient fashion. Everybody wins as Linux International creates a grant fund ...

LJ Staff Issue #8, December 1994 This is the Meta-FAQ for Linux. September 15, 1994 This is the Meta-FAQ for Linux. It is mainly a list of valuable sources of information. Check out these sources if you want to learn more about Linux, or have problems and need help. Lars Wirzenius (wirzeniu@cc.helsinki.fi) wrote the first version of this document, and ...

Michael K. Johnson Issue #8, December 1994 Have you ever wanted to rant about commercial applications for Linux? Wanted to find fellow Linux addicts? Wanted an understanding shoulder to cry on because you just typed “rm -rf /”? Linux organizations, at local and global levels, can enhance the sense of community between Linux users. As the Usenet comp.os.linux.* groups get ...

Mark F. Komarinski Issue #8, December 1994 This month’s article deals with your system clock and how you can set up your clock in Linux and keep it updated. It may not appear difficult to keep your clock set correctly. DOS had the ability to set its time directly from the BIOS (Basic In/Out System) and you could set the ...

Liem Bahneman Issue #8, December 1994 Need to run multiple tasks but have only a standard dial-up connection to the host? Term may be the answer you have been looking for. Term, originally developed by Michael O’Reilly (michael@iinet.com.au), is a program that allows multiple, concurrent connections over a serial line. Term allows almost all “standard” TCP/IP applications to be used ...