Features

Programming with XView  by Michael Hall

This article gives you a high-level introduction to programming with XView, a GUI toolkit that complements the OpenLook interface.

CDE Infrastructure  by George Kraft IV

The programming infrastructure, no its productivity tools, is a major strength of the Common Desktop Environment. This article discusses the APIs and desktop services that are benefitting developers and independent software vendors.

AfterStep 1.3.1  by Guylhem Aznar

Mr. Aznar tells us all about the developers' plans for a friendly window manager called AfterStep.

Introducing TkDesk  by John Blair

Don't want to give up your Macintosh or Window desktop for Linux—with TkDesk you don't have to.

An Introduction to the GIMP Tool Kit  by Otto Hammersmith

The purpose of this article is to give a short overview of what gtk+ is, what it can do and where to gather more information.

News & Articles

Linux Network Programming, Part 2: Creating Daemon Processes  by Ivan Griffin and John Nelson

In part 2 of our series we learn how to design and code network daemons to serve our clients well.

The SANE Scanner Interface  by David Mosberger

SANE makes it easy to support a wide variety of devices and of applications with a minimum amount of programming effort.

GPIB: Cool, It Works With Linux!  by Timotej Ecimovic

GPIB is a standard bus used in laboratory and industry data acquisition and experimental control that is now available for Linux.

Getting Rid of Spam  by Brandon M. Browning

Blackmail

qvplay and the Casio QV-10 Camera  by Bob Hepple

Linux software to control the Casio AV-10 camera is now available. Mr. Hepple tells us how to use qvplay.

Reviews

X-Designer  by Timotej Ecimovic

Accelerated X Laptop Display Server v4.1  by Michael Scott Shappe

SGML CD: A Complete SGML Toolkit  by Terry Dawson

WWWsmith

ISDN and Linux—Surfing at Warp Speed  by Mark Buckaway

This article presents a detailed tutorial on setting up an ISDN link to the Internet with Linux.

Columns

Letters to the Editor  

Stop the Presses   Linus Wins the Nokia Award  by Phil Hughes

Take Command   Ghostscript  by Robert A. Kiesling

Ghostscript Need to preview and print PostScript Files? Here's a utility that will do just that.

Linux Means Business   Colleges Using Linux  by Don Kuenz

Colleges Using Linux Here are the details of how Casper College uses Linux in an academic setting.

New Products  

System Administration   Automated Mail Purging for SMTP Mail  by Michael S. Keller

Automated Mail Purging for SMTP Mail Mr. Keller gives us three scripts for cleaning out old mail files automatically.

Kernel Korner   Networking with the Printer Port  by Alessandro Rubini

Linux Gazette   Writing HTML with m4  by Bob Hepple

Writing HTML with m4 Ease your creation and maintenance of web pages using this handy pre-processor called m4.

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