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Chris DiBona Issue #54, October 1998 A new and fun way to positively promote Linux. When Sam Ockman’s notice hit Slashdot (http://www.slashdot.org/) at 6:21PM, it read: The 500 members of SVLUG are going to have a big rally tonight at the largest/most prestigious computer store in Silicon Valley, Fry’s, when they stay open until 1AM to distribute Windows 98. We’re ...

LJ Interviews Robert Dinse of Eskimo North Marjorie Richardson Issue #54, October 1998 Some background on the ISP and its switch to the Linux platform.               A lot of rumors have been circulating about the Internet service provider (ISP) Eskimo North (http://www.eskimo.com/) converting totally to Linux. I decided it was time to talk to ...

Nick Bailey Issue #54, October 1998 Sculptor is a set of audio tools for Linux that manipulates spectra in real time and provides continuous audio output. Computer music in some respects places extreme demands on operating systems, especially now that inexpensive desktop platforms have enough raw processing power to perform relatively complex signal processing tasks in real time. Shared memory ...

Norman M. Jacobowitz Issue #54, October 1998 The future of Linux in the SOHO environment. Welcome to the third and final installment of our three-part series, Migrating to Linux from a Commercial Operating System. In the first article, I discussed some of the reasons why many people are switching to Linux as their desktop OS of choice for common, day-to-day ...

Damian Ivereigh Issue #54, October 1998 Cisco runs a redundant system of 50 print servers using Linux, Samba and Netatalk. It prints to approximately 1,600 printers worldwide, serving 10,000 UNIX and Windows 95 users, some of whom are in mission-critical environments. At your office, can you print to the nearest printer, or do you have to use a printer set ...

Norman M. Jacobowitz Jim Hebert Issue #53, September 1998 We continue with our look at converting an office from a commercial operating system to Linux. Welcome to the second article of our three-part series on migrating to Linux from a commercial operating system. Our first installment (in August) discussed many reasons why a non-technical, small office or home office (SOHO) ...

Marjorie Richardson Issue #53, September 1998 With the next Atlanta Linux Showcase (October 23-24) looming on the horizon, I decided it was time to get in touch with Greg Hankins, coordinator of the show and maintainer of the Linux Documentation Project. With the next Atlanta Linux Showcase (October 23-24) looming on the horizon, I decided it was time to get ...

Chess Software for Linux Jason Kroll Issue #53, September 1998 Once there was a time when chess software for the home was slow, weak and expensive. To find human opponents, you had to go to your local chess club. Today, the situations is different. Linux offers a host of chess software that provides master strength computer opponents and analysis, and ...

Justin Gaither Issue #53, September 1998 When you have a slow modem and want faster transfer rates, data compression with this program is the answer.         Once upon a time there was a frustrated engineer who needed a faster way to remotely display X clients on his home PC. He had a new daughter, and very much ...

Jawed Karim Issue #53, September 1998 Are you hesitant about porting your favorite VGA MS-DOS program to Linux? Using this tutorial and SVGALIB, porting will truly become a matter of minutes. I first started VGA programming under MS-DOS, using the popular DJGPP C compiler. In recent years, this protected-mode 32-bit compiler, which is basically an MS-DOS port of gcc, has ...