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John A. Magliacane

Issue #75, July 2000

A look at the development and use of an open-source satellite-tracking and orbital-prediction program.

When Sputnik 1 was launched into orbit on […]

Dan E. Kelley

Peter S. Galbraith

Issue #75, July 2000

This scripting language avoids integrating analysis and display capabilities and instead focuses on providing precise and flexible […]

Best of Technical Support

Various

Issue #73, May 2000

Our experts answer your technical questions.

Who Goes There?

I have taken over a Linux system for a company. The company […]

David Abramson

Issue #73, May 2000

Get ready for parallel processing with the University of Michigan.

After nearly 20 years of research and development, there still has not been a […]

Ibrahim F. Haddad

Issue #73, May 2000

And God said “Let there be light”!

This article will introduce the basic concepts in building a graphical user interface in X and Motif. I’ll go […]

Ivan Pulleyn

Issue #73, May 2000

Python provides a clean intuitive interface to complex, threaded applications.

Developers often make use of high-level scripting languages as a way of […]

David Santo Orcero

Issue #73, May 2000

Debugging code is never fun, but this tool makes it a bit easier.

Soon after C was born without function prototyping, it was agreed that code […]

Best of Technical Support

Various

Issue #72, April 2000

Our experts answer your technical questions.

Partitioning and Cylinders

I am installing Red Hat Linux 6.0 on a […]

Marjorie Richardson

Issue #72, April 2000

Internet appliances are the next wave of computers to be bought by the public. Mr. Eid tells us how his company is serving this market.

I talked […]

Michael Stricklen

Bob Cummings

Stan McClellan

Issue #72, April 2000

The authors describe their implementation of a demonstration environment for differentiated Internet services […]

Lawrence Teo

Issue #72, April 2000

Setting up a Linux gateway can be a rewarding experience in both home and commercial environments.

Networks are extremely common these days—you see t […]

Nalneesh Gaur

Issue #72, April 2000

An outline of key test areas to identify security issues in a web application and provide measures to minimize them.

Web sites are moving away from […]

Preston F. Crow

Issue #72, April 2000

Everything you need to know to make those Internet and intranet connections at home.

I have a fairly complicated home network that uses many of […]

Best of Technical Support

Various

Issue #71, March 2000

Our experts answer your technical questions.

Failure to Connect

My PPP connection is failing while using a modem to […]

Marty Ferguson

Issue #71, March 2000

Training is a sound investment networked to future growth.

I was recently talking with a close friend who works as a systems software developer for […]

Brian Holt

Issue #71, March 2000

A look at how training courses will be taught in the future.

One hundred million. That’s the number of Americans expected to be involved in adult or […]

Dr. Giovanni A. Orlando

Issue #71, March 2000

The president of Future Technologies describes his FTLinux Course training program for Linux.

Some time ago, I heard that success in […]

Best of Technical Support

Various

Issue #70, February 2000

Our experts answer your technical questions.

Configuring PPP

When I installed PPP for Internet connection, I […]

Jason Kroll

Issue #70, February 2000

Office suites are the mainstay application for any OS; Linux has two competing for your business.

We humans love glowing boxes. Monitors, TV sets, […]

Michael J. Hammel

Issue #70, February 2000

The first in a series by our favorite artist to take a look at the most commonly used window managers.

A few years ago, I did a four-part […]