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Jason Kroll Marjorie Richardson Doc Searls Peter Salus Issue #68, December 1999 Once again, it is time to present our annual awards to those we feel deserve recognition for their contributions to forwarding the Linux cause in the real world.         Welcome to the 1999 Editors’ Choice Awards, brought to you by the same cool cats who ...

Randolph Bentson Issue #57, January 1999 Dr. Bentson did a survey of Linux kernel developers to find out about their backgrounds. Here are the results. I get mail from folks about my book, the device driver I wrote for Linux, and about articles I’ve written for Linux Journal. A few months ago I got one which said, in part: My ...

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 ...

David Corcoran Issue #52, August 1998 The newest kind of card for your pocketbook offers better security for the information it holds. Credit card companies successfully marketed the silver card, the gold card and the platinum card. Precious metals represent wealth, and we were supposed to associate that notion with something less tangible—card security. In today’s society, better security for ...

David Haraburda Issue #52, August 1998 The new kid on the block—Stampede Linux.       Stampede Linux was created because of our dissatisfaction with other distributions. We found that while other distributions had many useful features, none of them had everything we wanted. While the development team recognizes perfection is an unachievable goal, the driving force behind the development ...

Pierre Ficheux Issue #51, July 1998 This article explains how Linux is used in the ViewSurf “Beach Report”, a fun WebCAM-based service. The raison d’être of ViewSurf is to give surfers access to up-to-date on-line weather reports. Classic weather report information is provided, such as temperature and wave status, but the bonus is an up-to-date video that gives the surfer ...

Chris DiBona Issue #50, June 1998 Linus Torvalds tells the Silicon Valley users group about his current work on the Linux kernel. When we gave the job of arranging speakers to Sam Ockman, we never doubted his ability to bring in terrific speakers. His first speaker, for our January meeting, was his personal hero, H. Peter Anvin. For February, we ...

Bob Hepple Issue #47, March 1998 Linux software to control the Casio QV-10 camera is now available. Mr. Hepple tells us how to use qvplay. In the continuing battle with the Evil Empire, I have recently reduced my dependence on “Them” by one program—I discovered a way to use my Casio QV-10 digital camera with Linux. This article is a ...

Timotej Ecimovic Issue #47, March 1998 GPIB is a standard bus used in laboratory and industry data acquisition and experimental control that is now available for Linux. Gambling is a way of life with computers. The technology is changing daily, and anyone involved with system administration should try to keep up with it at any cost. Sometimes it’s all too ...