Karel Kubat Issue #22, February 1996 Exploring XForms, a graphical user interface toolkit for X. In this article I would like to introduce you to XForms, a graphical user interface (GUI) toolkit for C and C++ I discovered a few months ago. I’ve been writing programs for several platforms (including, of course, Linux) for some time now and lately have ...

Jay D. Allen Issue #22, February 1996 A discussion of the use of e-mail filters on Unix computers that use Sendmail-like mail systems. I have heard it said that electronic mail is the biggest reason that people first go to the Internet, and that Usenet news is why they stay. My question is, what is the single biggest reason that ...

Wim van Dorst Issue #21, January 1996 When Linux boots, it displays a “BogoMips” number. What does that mean? Is the number displayed correct? What use is the infromation? This quintessential part of Linux is demystified in this article. Some device drivers in the Linux kernel need timing delays. Either they need a very short delay, or the delay must ...

Tom Morse Issue #21, January 1996 If you have tried version control, but are frustrated by the need to set explicit locks every time you want to edit a file, or perhaps dislike being unable to edit a file when other developers have already locked a file, CVS is for you. CVS (Concurrent Versions System) is a version control system. ...

Stephen Uhler Issue #20, December 1995 This month, find out how to test the speed of your Tcl programs and zero in on the slow parts with the time command. The other day I wrote a Tcl program, and it was really slow. Even after I got all of the bugs out, it was still slow, so it was time ...

Æleen Frisch Issue #20, December 1995 Slightly more tedious and complex than adding a disk drive to other microcomputer systems. The steps required to add an additional disk drive to a microcomputer system are somewhat more tedious than those needed for larger systems. Most of the complexity comes from the fact that disks can be shared by distinct operating systems ...

Belinda Frazier Issue #19, November 1995 SCO Forum, famous for its fun, casual environment, offered thought-provoking discussions by Scott Adams, Clifford Stoll and John Perry Barlow. Linux Torvalds spoke on the future of operating systems. The ninth annual SCO Forum took place on the University of California Santa Cruz campus August 20th to 24th, 1995. SCO, Santa Cruz Operations, is ...

Anders Östling Issue #19, November 1995 IKEA has discovered that Linux is a low-cost solution for its TCP/IP networking needs. Anders Östling tells us the story. It started by coincidence early last year. We had repeated problems with a system that sent files to a business partner using a leased line and VMS-based Kermit. A consultant suggested that we installed ...

Trenton B. Tuggle Issue #19, November 1995 Trappen is a low-powered Linux box on the Internet. It serves uucp e-mail and news feeds to two home Linux machines. It also provides anonymous ftp and telnet terminal capabilities. This is its story. I work in a research lab with many Unix boxes. My problem is that these boxes are dedicated to ...

Alessandro Rubini Issue #19, November 1995 Small computers, especially those with little memory, don’t run the X Window System—or any other graphic environment—very smoothly. An intelligent keyboard configuration and use of the gpm mouse server will help you exploit your small Linux box to its fullest. If your system doesn’t run X-Windows, you may miss the mouse support that makes ...