Tag Archives: Linux

Michael Barabanov Victor Yodaiken Issue #34, February 1997 While Linux seems a natural solution for many applications, when milliseconds become critical, a robust multitasking environment may be too busy. RT-Linux gets the system under control to meet real-time computing needs. If you wanted to control a camera or a robot or a scientific instrument from a PC, it would be ...

Phil Hughes Issue #33, January 1997 Where does Caldera go next? LJ Interviewed their President and CEO Bryan Sparks to find out. I had an opportunity to talk to Bryan Sparks at the Unix Expo trade show in New York on October 9. In the past, Caldera has offered a different sort of Linux to the market—one aimed at the ...

Evan Leibovitch Issue #33, January 1997 Is Free SCO OpenServer free in response to Linux? Perhaps, in part, but the two operating systems aren’t really in competition with each other. The SCO package looks surprisingly like a typical Linux distribution. One CD-ROM, two boot floppies, and a leaflet tucked inside a compact package. Primary support is on the Internet, using ...

Shay Rojansky Issue #29, September 1996 Linux User Groups all over the world are becoming large and more active. Here’s the story of the Israeli Linux Users’ Group. Working and playing with Linux is fun, but it’s more fun to do it with others. It was for this reason that I was thrilled to hear that a group of people ...

LJ Staff Issue #22, February 1996 Open Systems World in DC had a Linux track and exhibition at the same time as Comdex and drew many of the Linux Vendors who otherwise might have been at Comdex. COMDEX is the second largest computer trade show in the world, offering multiple convention floors with 2,000 exhibitors plying their new computer products ...

Jon “maddog” Hall Issue #18, October 1995 A true story of love at first sight. “Leyenooks?,” I asked, “What is that?” I must admit that I was skeptical. Although the young man in front of me seemed amicable enough, it was hard to imagine that he headed up an effort to create a freeware Unix-like operating system. However, Kurt Reisler ...

LJ Staff Issue #13, May 1995 The First Annual “Excellence in Programming” Awards Presented by Dr. Dobb’s Journal San Francisco, February 16, 1995—In conjuction with its 20th year of publication, Dr. Dobb’s Journal magazine honored outstanding achievement in the field of computer programming by hosting the first annual “Excellence in Programming” awards at the Software Development `95 conference. Awards were ...

Matt Welsh Issue #4, August 1994 This month, Cooking with Linux jogs your memory with a look at the history of Linux. Or, at least, that’s how we remember it… Linux users these days have it easy. Back when I was starting out with the system (around the 0.12 days), we didn’t have the luxuries of networking, documentation, DOSEMU, or ...

Phil Hughes Issue #4, August 1994 Over the past few months, Slackware has become the most popular Linux distribution to be made available on the Internet. This new release will differ in one major way yet continue to offer the availability and reliability that Slackware has become known for. As LJ is just about to go to the printer, a ...

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 ...