Heiko Eissfeldt Issue #28, August 1996 Certifying Linux to POSIX 1.1. Standards Part of the success of Linux is due to its commission to standards. One of the first standards for Unix-like operating systems was POSIX.1 (IEC/ISO 9945-1:1990 or IEEE Std. 1003.1-1990), which specifies the system services, the interface and system limits. It has been adopted by all major Unix ...

Andy Vaught Issue #28, August 1996 If you need to graph data, there are two packages available for Linux under X: Gnuplot and Xmgr. Graphing data is one of the oldest uses for a computer, dating back to FORTRAN programs producing character graphics on line-printers. Fortunately, things have advanced somewhat, and modern computers are capable of producing much nicer graphs. ...

Benjamin Lancki Abhijit Dixit Vipul Gupta Issue #28, August 1996 The proliferation of powerful notebook computers and wireless communication promises to provide users with network access at any time and in any location. Recent advances in hardware and communication technologies have introduced the era of mobile computing. The proliferation of powerful notebook computers and wireless communication promises to provide users ...

David Alan Black Issue #27, July 1996 When you visit a HyperNews article and view a response, you can (depending on local access settings) add your own response to it, start a new thread, or navigate among the threads and responses in various ways. For all the excitement over the Web—some justified, some exaggerated—a case could still be made for ...

John M. Fisk Issue #27, July 1996 This article will attempt to introduce you to one of the most versatile and popular X-Windows managers: fvwm (which, I’ve been told, originally stood for “Frugal Virtual Window Manager”). This article is primarily intended for, and dedicated to, all the novices and newcomers who have joined the worldwide community of Linux users. Welcome ...

Michael K. Johnson Issue #27, July 1996 You installed Windows 95, and now you can’t boot Linux. Don’t panic. The fix is simple, and doesn’t require removing Windows or Linux. In spite of all the Linux zealots who infect the comp.os.linux.advocacy Usenet newsgroup with cries for the total elimination of MS-Windows—and usually Microsoft, as well—there are many people who want ...

Gregory A. Meinke Issue #27, July 1996 As Esther Dyson put it, “Using tables to store objects is like driving your car home and then disassembling it to put it in the garage. It can be assembled again in the morning, but one eventually asks whether this is the most efficient way to park a car.” Applications are getting more ...

Jonathan Gross Issue #27, July 1996 Linux provides a very inexpensive alternative to high-cost commercial servers and routers. Many small businesses are becoming interested in Internet connectivity, but they are unwilling (or unable) to fork over the cash for the necessary hardware. With routers costing close to $2000 and bandwidth as expensive as it is, there doesn’t seem to be ...

Peter Kelly Issue #27, July 1996 A Linux computer can be a great server, not only for other Linux computers, but also for computers running other operating systems. Peter gives an example of how to do this effectively. Linux users consistently experiment, finding uses for Linux far beyond what was even thought of five years ago, when Linux itself was ...

Ian Searle Issue #26, June 1996 Rlab stands for “our lab”. It is available to almost everyone who needs a computational tool for scientific and engineering applications, because it is freely available, and it runs on many platforms. I started working with high level languages when I realized I was spending far too much time writing Fortran and C language ...