Linux Journal Issue #64/August 1999

Focus

Graphics by Marjorie Richardson

Features

Scott Draeker and Sam Latinga, Loki Entertainment by Michael J. Hammel

A talk with the company who brings you the computer game Civilization: Call To Power.

Motif/Lesstif Application Development by Glen Wiley

A tutorial designed to help you build your own GUI.

Linux as an OPI Server in the Graphic Arts Industry by Jeff Wall

A printing company finds Linux servers speed up their pre-press work.

Flight Simulators by Roman Melnyk

A look at Linux in the Aerospace Training Industry.

Forum

Linux Expo 1999 by Marjorie Richardson

Linux Journal attends Linux Expo.

Robert Young of Red Hat Software by Marjorie Richardson

Market Making for the Bazaar by Bernie Thompson

Hans L. Knobloch of IGEL by Marjorie Richardson

A talk with the head of the company that invented the thin client.

AbiWord: AbiSource's Open Source Word Processor by Craig Knudsen

A cross-platform commercial application is giving away their source--here's the story.

Dynamic Load Balancing DNS: dlbDNS by Harish V.C. and Brad Owens

This article discusses an attempt to solve the problem of network traffic congestion by adding a dynamic load balancing feature to the existing DNS.

Columns

At the Forge

Advanced "New" Labels by Reuven M. Lerner

Focus on Software

Focus on Software by David A. Bandel

Linux Apprentice

Graphical Toolkits for Linux Programs by Patrick Lambert

A brief look at several popular toolkits available for Linux.

Reviews

Caldera 2.2 Review by Jason Kroll

Helius Satellite Router by Phil Hughes

Programming Web Graphics with Perl and GNU Software by Michael J. Hammel

The Artists' Guide to the Gimp by Syd Logan

Departments

Letters
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New Products

Best of Technical Support

Strictly On-line

Extending the Bash Prompt by Giles Orr

Terminal and xterm prompts can be created incorporating standard escape sequences to give user name, current working directory, time and more.

A High Availability Clustering Solution by Phil Lewis

Mr. Lewis tells us how he designed and implemented a simple high-availability solution for his company.

Introduction to Sybase, Part 3 by Jay Sissom

Plug and Play Hardware under Linux by David Cantrell

Open Source Remote Sensing Effort by Dr. Shawana P. Johnson

Remote sensing software is being developed using the Open Source model by the web project at remotesensing.org.

Linux: The Complete Reference, Second Edition by Ben Crowder