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Ian Murdock Issue #6, October 1994 In previous columns Ian introduced the Debian system, explained the circumstances that led to its creation and detailed the motivations that keep the project alive. This month’s column will tell the reader how and where to get Debian and what it has to offer. Debian differs from other Linux distributions in many ways, a ...

Arnold Robbins Issue #6, October 1994 This month’s column discusses the Texinfo document formatting language, which is used for all GNU documentation. Its main feature is that one source file can be used to prepare both printed text, and on-line, hypertext-style documentation. We will just cover the high points of Texinfo. There is a complete manual (around 200 pages) that ...

Michael K. Johnson Issue #6, October 1994 Most Linux users have at least heard of Makefiles, but many do not know how powerful a program make is. It is thought of as a tool for maintaining other programs, but it is far more. It can make sense out of chaos in any project where some files are created from other ...

Matt Welsh Issue #6, October 1994 This month, Cooking with Linux looks at a problem faced by most would-be Linux users—choosing the right distribution. It’s the time of month again when I manage to dig myself out of the piles of source code listings, overdue bills, and technical manuals that invade my desk, just long enough to take a deep ...

LJ Staff Issue #6, October 1994 Linux Symposium in Amsterdam and Linux Track at Open Systems World. Linux Symposium in Amsterdam, December The International Symposium on Linux will be held in Amsterdam on December 8 and 9, 1994. This event will take place in the RAI Congress Centre. Students get in cheap for about $50, others must pay about $75. ...

Michael K. Johnson Issue #6, October 1994 For Internauts, finding a port of call can be a trying experience. I recently ran the gauntlet of choosing a commercial Internet access provider (do I have enough mixed metaphors yet?) and would like to share my experiences, both good and bad. The other day, I started shopping, both for a Unix shell ...

Linus Torvalds Issue #6, October 1994 Lots of other stuff has also changed in the 1.1.x releases; sorry for not doing release-notes, but I’m too lazy. Linus Announces Code Freeze in Preparation for 1.2.x From: Linus Torvalds torvalds@cc.helsinki.fi Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.announce Subject: Approaching 1.2.x, I hope Date: 30 Jul 1994 02:05:45 +0300 I’m slowly making ready for something looking like a ...

Laurie Tucker Issue #6, October 1994 We know that at least a few of you are curious about those other folks. Do you ever wonder who else reads Linux Journal? “No” you say? All your best friends and buddies already have their two-year subscriptions? All those friends live not necessarily in your neighborhood, but all over out there in Internet-land? ...

Magnus Y. Alvestad Issue #6, October 1994 The secratary of this volunteer group gives us the scoop on two Linux distributions. The Linux Review Group is a group of Linux users willing to donate some of their spare time to testing Linux distributions. We have approximately forty testers, plus one secretary; me. Each time a distributor wants his product tested ...

Phil Hughes Issue #6, October 1994 Confused over the many flavors of Linux CDs? Here, Phil Hughes gives us a brief summary of what’s out there. As the Linux movement has grown, so has the size of a Linux distribution. Buying a CD-ROM is now the only practical way to get a complete distribution. Fortunately, as the amount of code ...