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Jeff Tranter Issue #4, August 1994 Multimedia has received a lot of attention in the computer industry recently. Unix systems traditionally have not provided much support for multimedia in general, and sound in particular, except for some expensive professional systems. Workstation vendors are now scrambling to introduce multimedia-ready systems. With the availability of Linux and low-cost sound hardware for Intel-based ...

Ronda Hauben Issue #4, August 1994 Although the word Linux does not appear in this article, it does offer a lot of interesting background on Unix. That background tells us how we got to the point where Linx is a reality. This year is the 25th anniversary of the invention of the Unix kernel in 1969 at Bell Labs. The ...

Bob Tadlock Issue #4, August 1994 The 1994 DECUS conference offered a large assortment of hardware and software for everyone, from the novice to the professional. DECUS is the Digital Equipment Computer Users Society and its semi-annual conference was held in New Orleans May 7-12, 1994. The Primary Highlight for the Linux/Unix Community was the special appearance of the “Father ...

Matt Welsh Issue #3, June-July 1994 In this editorial, Matt takes a look at what might happen when large companies get involved in the Linux community. I’m sure that I am not the only Linux enthusiast who is kept awake at night by the following terrible vision: One day, while flipping through one of my favorite computer rags, I come ...

Chet Ramey Issue #3, June-July 1994 While originally written by Brian Fox of the Free Software Foundation, bash is now maintained by Chet Ramey. In this article, Chet explains the nhistory of shells and then goes on to explore features specific to bash. Bash is the shell, or command language interpreter, that will appear in the GNU operating system. The ...

Michael K. Johnson Issue #3, June-July 1994 This article will explain how to program the VT interface to do things which can’t easily be done with “escape sequences” on a Linux console, giving a reference for the ioctl()’s needed to do this. Much of this column is derived from a document written by Orest, as he is interested in disseminating ...

Ian Murdock Issue #3, June-July 1994 The Debian project has always been open to anyone wanting to participate in discussion of its development, but it was only recently that the actual task of package maintenance was allocated to members of the project. This was an extremely important step in the development of Debian, and in this month’s column I will ...

Frank Brokken K. Kubat Issue #3, June-July 1994 Part 2 covered some of the grammar of icmake source files. This part completes the task. The final part of this article will appear next month and will show examples of the use of icmake. 4.4.4.2. Special operators In addition to the operators of the C programming language, icmake recognizes some `special’ ...

Phil Hughes Issue #3, June-July 1994 The week of March 21-25 I attended the UniForum show in San Francisco. At that show I played the multiple roles of press person, Linux Journal booth staffer, Linux evangelist and general-purpose nerd. It was an exciting show for me and for Linux. For those unfamiliar with UniForum, it is an annual Unix extravaganza ...

Matt Welsh Issue #2, April-May 1994 Despite all evidence to the contrary, people just happen to love rules. They love being told what to do—“leadership” is seen as a virtue. Whatever happened to personal liberty? How can we reconcile freedom with control? All right, maybe this isn’t the best way to expound my crackpot political views, but this ethical question ...