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Linux Journal Issue #66/October 1999


Focus

Focus: Embedded Systems by Marjorie Richardson

Features

Portable Real-Time Applications by Juergen Kahrs
The purpose of computing is insight, not numbers. --Richard Hamming, 1915-1998

Embedding Linux in a Commercial Product by Joel R. Williams

A look at embedded systems and what it takes to build one.

Porting Linux to a Power PC Board by He Zhu and Xiaoqiang Chen

An experiment and experience in using Linux in an embedded application.

Embedding Linux to Control Accelerators and Experiments 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 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 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 by Michael J. Hammel

Side Effects Software pulls the Linux penguin out of its hat with a port of Houdini.

upFRONT by Doc Searls

Lyle Ball, Caldera by Marjorie Richardson

Reviews

Cygnus GNUPro Toolkit for Linux, v1.0 by Daniel Lazenby

Fast Ethernet Network Starter Kit (FENSK04) by John Kacur

SuSE Linux 6.1 by Jason Kroll

CodeWarrior for Red Hat, Linux, GNU Edition, Version 4 by Jason Kroll

NexStar by Jason Kroll

Learning Python by Phil Hughes

Linux for Dummies (2nd Edition) by Harvey Friedman

Columns

Linux Apprentice: Creating CDs by Alex Withers
Complete instructions for storing your data on CD.

At the Forge: Dynamic Graphics and Personalization by Reuven M. Lerner

A continuation of the discussion on creating graphics dynamically on the Web.

Linux in Education: Linux in Kuala Lumpur by Dr. Junaid Ahmed Zubairi

Setting up computing facilities at a Maylasian university was easy using Linux.

Focus on Software: Focus on Software by David Bandel

Departments

Letters
More Letters

From the Publisher: Is KDE the Answer? by Phil Hughes

Best of Technical Support

New Products

Advertisers Index

Strictly On-Line

Java Servlets by Doug Welzel
An introduction to writing and running Java servlets on Linux.

Bisel Bank by Pablo Trincavelli

How a bank in Argentina is using Linux for testing database and web applications.

Perl in a Nutshell by Jan Rooijackers


Java 2 Software Development Kit by Harry J. Foxwell


LIMP: Large Image Manipulation Project by Valient Gough

Designing a new library for processing of large images using a minimal amount of memory.

Web Client Programming using Perl by Robb Hill

Web site monitoring of your system can be easy using Linux and Perl.

Open Source Software for Real-time Solutions by Charles Curley

Mr. Curley takes a look at two open-source solutions for embedded systems: RTLinux and eCOS from Cygnus.