Features

An Introduction to IC Design under Linux  by Toby Schaffer & Alan W Glaser

Linux becomes a platform that can be used to create realworld, working chips when freely available tools are used in concert.

Analyzing Circuits with SPICE on Linux  by Kevin Cosgrove

Designing many of today's circuuits would be impossible without the aid of SPICE—the Simulations Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis.

Porting Scientific and Engineering Programs to Linux  by Charles T Kelsey IV and Gary L Masters

One can compile scientific and engineering code under Linux using free FORTRAN 77 options.

Linux Out of the Real World  by Sebastian Kuzminsky

Plant experiments run by Linux ride the space shuttle.

News & Articles

Octave: A Free, High-Level Language for Mathematics  by Malcolm Murphy

Programming with the XForms Library, Part 1  by Thor Sigvaldason

Send Your Smile By E-mail  by Frank Pilhofer

Letter to Bob: Configuring an Intel Linux System  by Jon “maddog” Hall

CeBIT '97  by Belinda Frasier

Reviews

Product Review   MicroStation 95 for Linux  by Bradley Willson

Book Review   Learning the bash Shell  by Danny Yee

Book Review   Source Code Secrets: The Basic Kernel  by Phil Hughes

WWWsmith

At the Forge   Multiple Choice Quizes, Part 3  by Reuven Lerner

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From the Publisher   Is Linux Reliable Enough?  

Stop the Presses   Linux Expo  by Jon “maddog” Hall

Take Command   wc  by Alexandre Valente Sousa

Linux Means Business   MYDATA's Industrial Robots  by Tom Bjorkholm

Linux Gazette   Clueless at the Prompt  by Mike List

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