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Focus

• Focus: Embedded Systems [2]  by Marjorie Richardson
  

Features

• Portable Real-Time Applications [3]  by Juergen Kahrs
  The purpose of computing is insight, not numbers. --Richard Hamming, 1915-1998
  
• Embedding Linux in a Commercial Product [4]  by Joel R. Williams
  A look at embedded systems and what it takes to build one.
  
• Porting Linux to a Power PC Board [5]  by He Zhu and Xiaoqiang Chen
  An experiment and experience in using Linux in an embedded application.
  
• Embedding Linux to Control Accelerators and Experiments [6]  by A. Gotz, P. Makijarvi, B. Regad, M. Perez, P. Mangiagalli
  A scientific laboratory in Europe depends on Linux for controlling equipment used in their research.
  

Forum

• Running Linux on a Laptop [7]  by Erik Max Francis
  A quick look at what to look for in a laptop for Linux and how to set it up.
  
• Transvirtual Adopts Microsoft Java Extensions [8]  by Craig Knudsen
  Mr. Knudsen tells us why this company chose to add MS extensions to Kaffe, the Open Source Java implementation.
  
• Houdini: Magic Doesn't Just Happen [9]  by Michael J. Hammel
  Side Effects Software pulls the Linux penguin out of its hat with a port of Houdini.
  
• upFRONT [10]  by Doc Searls
  
• Lyle Ball, Caldera [11]  by Marjorie Richardson
  

Reviews

• Cygnus GNUPro Toolkit for Linux, v1.0 [12]  by Daniel Lazenby
  
• Fast Ethernet Network Starter Kit (FENSK04) [13]  by John Kacur
  
• SuSE Linux 6.1 [14]  by Jason Kroll
  
• CodeWarrior for Red Hat, Linux, GNU Edition, Version 4 [15]  by Jason Kroll
  
• NexStar [16]  by Jason Kroll
  
• Learning Python [17]  by Phil Hughes
  
• Linux for Dummies (2nd Edition) [18]  by Harvey Friedman
  

Columns

• Linux Apprentice: Creating CDs   Complete instructions for storing your data on CD. [19]  by Alex Withers
  
• At the Forge   Dynamic Graphics and Personalization [20]  by Reuven M. Lerner
  A continuation of the discussion on creating graphics dynamically on the Web.
  
• Linux in Education: Linux in Kuala Lumpur   Setting up computing facilities at a Maylasian university was easy using Linux. [21]  by Dr. Junaid Ahmed Zubairi
  
• Focus on Software   Focus on Software [22]  by David Bandel
  

Departments

• Letters [23]  
  More Letters [24]
  
• From the Publisher   Is KDE the Answer? [25]  by Phil Hughes
  
• Best of Technical Support [26]  
  
• New Products [27]  
  

Strictly On-Line

• Java Servlets [28]  by Doug Welzel
  An introduction to writing and running Java servlets on Linux.
  
• Bisel Bank [29]  by Pablo Trincavelli
  How a bank in Argentina is using Linux for testing database and web applications.
  
• Perl in a Nutshell [30]  by Jan Rooijackers
  
• Java 2 Software Development Kit [31]  by Harry J. Foxwell
  
• LIMP: Large Image Manipulation Project [32]  by Valient Gough
  Designing a new library for processing of large images using a minimal amount of memory.
  
• Web Client Programming using Perl [33]  by Robb Hill
  Web site monitoring of your system can be easy using Linux and Perl.
  
• Open Source Software for Real-time Solutions [34]  by Charles Curley
  Mr. Curley takes a look at two open-source solutions for embedded systems: RTLinux and eCOS from Cygnus.