November 1998

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Интервью

• Interview with David Bagley by Charles Vidal (На английском)
  David Bagley is the current maintainer of xlock, a popular X Window screen saver and locking utility.

UNIX Basics

• Basic UNIX commands by Manuel Murial Cordero (На английском)
  Simple introduction to some of the basic UNIX tools.

Hardware & Software Review

• GNU/Linux on Fujitsu 635T (На английском) by Serge Winitzki
  This text tells the story of installing a recent release of GNU/Linux operating system from scratch on a laptop computer. It is intended as a source of information for people who want to install Linux on a similar laptop or even on a desktop machine, and perhaps is also of interest for developers of Linux distributions. The exposition is quite technical, so readers should be reasonably familiar with (or sufficiently interested in learning about) the Unix operating system.
• Linux on a Sony Vaio 505gx by Chris DiBona (На английском)
  Another review of a Linux system running on a latop Sony VAIO 505gx

Development

• Графика - это просто! SVGAlib, руководство для начинающих автор Jay Link,
  если вы ищете простой графический пакет для разработки приложений под Linux, то можете прекратить поиски. Библиотека SVGAlib является простейшим способом создания графических приложений, без всего этого вздора, окружающего X Window System. Даже элементарных навыков программирования на C достаточно для использования SVGAlib!