Focus

Linux on the Desktop  by Marjorie Richardson

Features

KDE—The Next Generation  by Kalle Dalheimer

Ready to jazz up your KDE desktop—get KDE 2.0.

GNOME, Its State and Future  by George Lebl, Elliot Lee and Miguel de Icaza

The GNOME team bring us up-to-date on the progress of this popular desktop environment.

Artists' Guide to the Linux Desktop, Part 1  by Michael J. Hammel

The first in a series by our favorite artist to take a look at the most commonly used window managers.

Office Wars: Applixware and StarOffice  by Jason Kroll

Office suites are the mainstay application for any OS; Linux has two competing for your business.

Forum

LaTeX for Secretaries  by Jacek Artymiak

How to survive without Microsoft Word.

Matlab—A Tool for Doing Numerics  by Tobias Vancura

An introduction to a command-line program for matrix manipulation.

Remind: The Ultimate Personal Calendar  by David F. Skoll

If you have trouble remembering where you are going, this clever program can help you find your way.

LinuxPPC 1999  by Stephane Morvan

How to install Linux on your Power Macintosh to gain a robust alternative to the MacOS.

Open Source/Open Science 1999  by Stephen Adler

Mr. Adler tells us about a first-of-its-kind conference.

Profile: TiVo  by Craig Knudsen

The ultimate in recording television programs, TiVo is a set-top box that does everything for you.

Reviews

CommuniGate Pro Mail Server  by Scott Wegener

Code Fusion Version 1.0  by Daniel Lazenby

Teach Yourself StarOffice 5 for Linux in 24 Hours  by Ben Crowder

The No B.S. Guide to Red Hat Linux 6  by Harvey Friedman

LINUX to go  by Marjorie Richardson

StarOffice for Dummies  by Sid Wentworth

Columns

Linux Apprentice: SCSI—Small Computer System Interface   Successfully installing a SCSI device on a PC.  by Keith de Solla

Take Command   HFS utilities  by Marjorie Richardson

Data on Macintosh disks can be read into Linux quite easily with this tool package.

Linux Means Business   Using Linux at the Aging Research Centre  by Jason Neudorf and Steven A. Garan

Come up to the lab and see what's on the slab—I mean, slide.

System Administration   Mark's Mega Multi-Boot Computer  by Mark Nielsen

Mark talks about his crazy multi-boot computer, which does have some practical value.

Kernel Korner   : Linux 2.4 Spotlight: ISA Plug and Play  by Joseph Pranevich

If you are tired of the complexity of configuring PnP devices for Linux, you can look forward to some relief from the 2.4 kernel release.

Linux Gazette: Emacs Macros and the Power-Macros Package   Writing Emacs macros doesn't have to be hard—Mr. Pedersen helps you get “more power”.  by Jesper Pedersen

Cooking with Linux   Tasty KDE Desktop Themes  by Marcel Gagné

At the Forge   More About Searching  by Reuven M. Lerner

Focus on Software  by David A. Bandel

The Last Word  by Stan Kelly-Bootle

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Penguin's Progress: Desktops of the Future  by Peter Salus

Linux for Suits  by Doc Searls

Best of Technical Support  

New Products  

Strictly On-Line

T/TCP: TCP for Transactions  by Mark Stacey, Ivan Griffin and John Nelson

A discussion of the operation, advantages and flaws of an experimental extension for the TCP protocol.

POSIX Thread Libraries  by Felix Garcia and Javier Fernandez

The authors have studied five libraries which can be used for multi-thread applications and herein present the results.

Linux and Open-Source Applications  by Peter Jones and M. B. Jorgenson

The building blocks for a secure and trustworthy computer platform.

Laptops for Linux!  by Jason Kroll