Features

The Crystal Experiment: Linux in a Physics Lab  by Emanuele Leonardi and Giovanni Organtini

Linux is now being used in high-energy nuclear studies in Geneva by CERN.

Due South with the British Antarctic Survey  by Craig Donlon and James Crawshaw

Linux now facilitates scientific research in the Atlantic Ocean and Antarctica.

Linux in a Scientific Laboratory  by Przemek Klosowski, Nick Maliszewskyj and Bud Dickerson

The authors tell us how they use Linux daily to fulfill the requirements of their lab.

Global Position Reporting  by Richard Parry

Although the GPS was originally intended for use by the military, in peace time it has given rise to applications that were heretofore limited to science fiction.

Javalanche: An Avalanche Predictor  by Richard Sevenich and Rick Price

This article introduces a prototypical avalanche predicting software package implemented with a Fuzzy Logic algorithm.

ROOT: An Object-Oriented Data Analysis Framework  by Fons Rademakers and Rene Brun

A report on a data analysis tool currently being developed at CERN.

News & Articles

A Glimpse of Icon: A Language For the Rest of Us  by Clinton Jeffery and Shamim Mohamed

This article gives a quick introduction to the programming language Icon, developed at the University of Arizona.

Having Fun on ViewSurf  by Pierre Ficheux

This article explains how linux is used in the ViewSurf “Beach Report”, a fun WebCAM-based service.

Encrypted File Systems  by Bear Giles

Here's a good way to protect your files. Mr. Giles explains how to encrypt your entire file system rather than individual files.

Graphical Desktop Korn Shell  by George Kraft IV

The Graphical Desktop Korn Shell (DtKsh) is a featured part of the Common Desktop Environment (CDE). DtKsh provides a consistent and reliable graphical Motif shell language that is supported on all CDE-compliant systems.

A SCSI Test Tool for Linux  by Pete Popov

Introducing Samba  by John Blair

When you need to network your Linux box with Windows, Samba is the way to do it.

Reviews

Softfocus BTree/ISAM v3.1  by Edmund P. Morgan

Insure++  by Jim Nance

WWWsmith

At the Forge   Combining Apache and Perl  by Reuven M. Lerner

Columns

Letters to the Editor  

Stop the Presses   COMDEX/Spring 1998  by Jon “maddog” Hall

Take Command   lex and yacc: Tools Worth Knowing  by Dean Allen Provins

lex and yacc: Tools Worth Knowing Today, computers can talk and they can listen—but how often do they do what you want?

New Products  

Kernel Korner   Miscellaneous Character Drivers  by Alessandro Rubini

Miscellaneous Character Drivers Mr. Rubini tells us how to register a small device needing a single entry point with the misc driver.

Linux Gazette   The Yorick Programming Language  by Cary O'Brien

The Yorick Programming Language Yorick is an interpreted language for numerical analysis used by scientist on machines from Linux laptops to Cray supercomputers.

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