Published on Linux Journal (http://www.linuxjournal.com)
Linux Journal Contents #70, February 2000
By Staff
Created 2000-02-01 02:00

Your rating: None
[1]

Linux Journal Issue #70/February 2000

Focus

  • Linux on the Desktop [2]  by Marjorie Richardson

Features

  • KDE—The Next Generation [3]  by Kalle Dalheimer
    Ready to jazz up your KDE desktop—get KDE 2.0.
  • GNOME, Its State and Future [4]  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 [5]  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 [6]  by Jason Kroll
    Office suites are the mainstay application for any OS; Linux has two competing for your business.

Forum

  • LaTeX for Secretaries [7]  by Jacek Artymiak
    How to survive without Microsoft Word.
  • Matlab—A Tool for Doing Numerics [8]  by Tobias Vancura
    An introduction to a command-line program for matrix manipulation.
  • Remind: The Ultimate Personal Calendar [9]  by David F. Skoll
    If you have trouble remembering where you are going, this clever program can help you find your way.
  • LinuxPPC 1999 [10]  by Stephane Morvan
    How to install Linux on your Power Macintosh to gain a robust alternative to the MacOS.
  • Open Source/Open Science 1999 [11]  by Stephen Adler
    Mr. Adler tells us about a first-of-its-kind conference.
  • Profile: TiVo [12]  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 [13]  by Scott Wegener
  • Code Fusion Version 1.0 [14]  by Daniel Lazenby
  • Teach Yourself StarOffice 5 for Linux in 24 Hours [15]  by Ben Crowder
  • The No B.S. Guide to Red Hat Linux 6 [16]  by Harvey Friedman
  • LINUX to go [17]  by Marjorie Richardson
  • StarOffice for Dummies [18]  by Sid Wentworth

Columns

  • Linux Apprentice: SCSI—Small Computer System Interface   Successfully installing a SCSI device on a PC. [19]  by Keith de Solla
  • Take Command   HFS utilities [20]  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 [21]  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 [22]  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 [23]  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”. [24]  by Jesper Pedersen
  • Cooking with Linux   Tasty KDE Desktop Themes [25]  by Marcel Gagné
  • At the Forge   More About Searching [26]  by Reuven M. Lerner
  • Focus on Software [27]  by David A. Bandel
  • The Last Word [28]  by Stan Kelly-Bootle

Departments

  • Letters [29]  
    More Letters [30]
  • upFRONT [31]  
  • Penguin's Progress: Desktops of the Future [32]  by Peter Salus
  • Linux for Suits [33]  by Doc Searls
  • Best of Technical Support [34]  
  • New Products [35]  

Strictly On-Line

  • T/TCP: TCP for Transactions [36]  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 [37]  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 [38]  by Peter Jones and M. B. Jorgenson
    The building blocks for a secure and trustworthy computer platform.
  • Laptops for Linux! [39]  by Jason Kroll
__________________________

Source URL: http://www.linuxjournal.com/issue/70

Links:
[1] http://www.linuxjournal.com/files/linuxjournal.com/linuxjournal/issues/070/cover70.png
[2] http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3794
[3] http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3744
[4] http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3754
[5] http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3786
[6] http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3791
[7] http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3387
[8] http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3502
[9] http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3529
[10] http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3647
[11] http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3739
[12] http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3740
[13] http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3436
[14] http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3640
[15] http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3625
[16] http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3703
[17] http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3764
[18] http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3790
[19] http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3439
[20] http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/210
[21] http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3459
[22] http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3559
[23] http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3737
[24] http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3769
[25] http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3801
[26] http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3800
[27] http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3799
[28] http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3816
[29] http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3795
[30] http://www.linuxjournal.com/files/linuxjournal.com/linuxjournal/issues/070/lte70more.html
[31] http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3798
[32] http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3779
[33] http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3793
[34] http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3797
[35] http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3796
[36] http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3075
[37] http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3184
[38] http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3683
[39] http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3766