Linux Journal Contents #34, February 1997

Features

• NF/Observatory Networking with Linux  by Fred Treasure
  An observatory in New Mexico uses Linux to network the computers providing remote control of its optical telescope.
  
• xldlas - A Program for Statistics  by Thor Sigvaldason
  Unable to find a program for doing simple statistical choresthat worked on Linux, the author decided to write one.
  
• What is Multi-Threading?  by Martin McCarthy
  A primer on multi-threading: the process whereby linux manages several tasks simultaneously.
  

News & Articles

• A Comparison of Xemacs and GNU emacs  by Larry Ayers
  
• Introducing Real-Time Linux  by Michael Barabanov and Victor Yodaiken
  
• At Last, An X-Based vi  by Dan Wilder
  
• XBanner: Making XDM More Attractive  by Amit Margalit
  
• Graphing with lout  by Michael Hall
  
• WATCHDOG: The Linux Software Daemon  by Michael Meskes
  

Reviews

• Product Review   System Commander  by Terrence Miller
  
• Book Review   Practical UNIX and Internet Security, 2nd ed.  by Dan Wilder
  

WWWsmith

• At the Forge   CGI Programming  by Reuven Lerner
  
• Writing CGI Scripts in Python  by Michel Vanaken
  
• CGI: Safety First  by Hans de Vreught
  

Columns

• Letters to the Editor  
  
• Stop the Presses   DECUS and OSW  by Gary Moore and Phil Hughes
  
• Linux Means Business   Practical Linux: A Bosnian Experience  by John Gorkos
  
• New Products  
  
• Linux Gazette   Tips from the Graphic Muse  by Michael J Hammel
  
• Best of Tech Support  by Gena Shurtleff