Dan Wilder Issue #34, February 1997 One reader’s quest has come to a successful conclusion. The vi editor and kin are used (if maybe not always loved) by many who value a small, nimble, no-frills programmer’s editor. The keystrokes are somewhat cryptic, but mostly just terse. With a small but sufficient command set, a rudimentary set of modes, and no ...

Michael Barabanov Victor Yodaiken Issue #34, February 1997 While Linux seems a natural solution for many applications, when milliseconds become critical, a robust multitasking environment may be too busy. RT-Linux gets the system under control to meet real-time computing needs. If you wanted to control a camera or a robot or a scientific instrument from a PC, it would be ...

Larry Ayers Issue #34, February 1997 Emacs aficionados will point out that Emacs is intended to be left running all of the time; in some ways the editor doubles as an operating environment or shell. Introduction Most Linux users have probably used the Gnu Emacs text editor at one time or another, if only out of curiosity. Originally intended as ...

Phil Hughes Issue #33, January 1997 Where does Caldera go next? LJ Interviewed their President and CEO Bryan Sparks to find out. I had an opportunity to talk to Bryan Sparks at the Unix Expo trade show in New York on October 9. In the past, Caldera has offered a different sort of Linux to the market—one aimed at the ...

Evan Leibovitch Issue #33, January 1997 Is Free SCO OpenServer free in response to Linux? Perhaps, in part, but the two operating systems aren’t really in competition with each other. The SCO package looks surprisingly like a typical Linux distribution. One CD-ROM, two boot floppies, and a leaflet tucked inside a compact package. Primary support is on the Internet, using ...

Kenneth E. Harker Issue #33, January 1997 Looking for something fun to do with your Linux box? One of the most impressive applications available for Linux is SatTrack 3.1 for Unix. Looking for something fun to do with your Linux box? One of the most impressive applications I’ve seen available for Linux is SatTrack 3.1 for Unix by Manfred Bester. ...

David A. Bandel Issue #33, January 1997 The ins and outs of disk maintenance—what we all should know and DO. Here’s a hypothetical situation for you to think about. You’re working on your Linux box, calling up an application or data file, and Linux hesitates while reading the hard disk. Then, scrolling up the screen (or console box), you see ...

Various Issue #32, December 1996 Our experts answer your technical questions. Tuning the Kernel to Recognize RAM How do I get Linux to recognize more than 64MB of RAM? I presume I may need to tune the kernel. How do I do this? —Edward Longstrom Forcing the Issue from LILO The reason Linux does not recognize more than 64MB of ...

David Flater Issue #32, December 1996 This article introduces a program that produces output in text mode, graphics and Java. Besides all that, XTide is both useful and fun. XTide is free software for predicting tides. If you live on the water, then you’re already convinced that it’s the coolest program ever written. But if you’re stuck inland, like 99% ...

PhD. Bruce E. Wampler, Issue #32, December 1996 Dr. Wampler introdces us to V, an excellent GUI framework for writing applications that work with Linux and X Windows. I love Linux as a development platform—it has all the Unix tools I’ve been using for years. Linux has been a superior development platform in every way except for development of graphical ...