## The Linux Gazette Table of Contents

#### "The Linux Gazette...making Linux just a little more fun...!"

##### Copyright (c) 1995-1996 John M. Fisk fiskjm@ctrvax.vanderbilt.edu
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I owe a very great debt of thanks to the following folks who have kindly extended help and the use of their facilities to host the Linux Gazette. Without their help, encouragement, and ongoing support the LG would not be possible. Thanks!

## RedHat Software Inc.

## SSC - Publishers of Linux Journal

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## Tennessee Commerce Net

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## Welcome to the Linux Gazette!

The Linux Gazette is an online WWW publication, and member of the Linux Documentation Project, that is dedicated to two pretty simple ideas:

making Linux just a little more fun
and, sharing ideas and discoveries.

Pretty simple, eh? The basic idea behind all of this is that Linux is one too way cool OS, whose price for admission is a willingness to read, learn, tinker (aka, hack!), and then share your experiences. The 'Gazette was designed to be a compilation of basic tips, tricks, suggestions, ideas, and some admittedly free-form stream of consciousness ramblings meant to make using Linux a bit more fun. It started out as strictly a personal project but has grown to include contributions graciously provided by a growning number of folks. It is to these that I am deeply indebted and wish to publicly offer my thanks! Which brings up another point:

Because the 'Gazette is a non-commercial publication, and will always remain that way, it is a bit at the whim of my schedule. When I have a bit of time on my hands I can write a lot. When things get busy, as they often do, I can't write much. Thanks to all for being patient. This is fun, but it does take a bit of time to put together :-)

So, hope that you enjoy this stuff, I know that I have. I'd encourage you to drop a note to the author of anything that you find particularly helpful or instructive. I've tried to include the author's email address for this very purpose. Also, I want to thank Matt Welsh, coordinator of the Linux Documentation Project, for graciously bringing the Linux Gazette under the auspices of the LDP. The material included in these documents is covered by a designedly liberal copyright: as long as you are using the material for non-commercial purposes, you can do with them pretty much as you please. How 'bout that for fun, eh?

Kudos, too, to the kind folks at RedHat Commercial Linux, the Linux Journal and SSC, and the UK arm of www.linux.org for kindly offering to host the LG and make their services available. Special thanks are due to the guys at Tennessee CommerceNet (thanks, Tim!) where all of this had its inception.

The table of contents below will be updated each month and allow you to easily find something of interest. You'll find the current month's LG at the top. So, hope you enjoy and thanks for dropping in.

Have fun!

-- John

## Topics in Issue #8 include:

I'll just read it myself, thank you...

- Salutations and the MailBag
- More 2 Cent Tips...
- PPPD Tips -n- Tricks, by Baard Johannessen
- Editor Review, by Gary Capell
- SNMP and Shell Scripts, by Jason Philbrook
- Using JAVA and Netscape 2+, by Nic Tjirkalli
- Web Surfer!, by Ed Cameron
- TkDesk, FTE, Process Meters, html-helper-mode, and a Whole Lot More!, by Larry Ayers
- Shell Programming, by Geoff Taylor
- The Utility Room, by Jens Wessling
- A Collection of Articles Including:
  - An Introduction to AWK, by Cheng Hian Goh
  - Cheap ANSI Color!, by Jim Valentine
  - DIRED: Distant Relative of GNU 'ls', by Grant B. Gustafson
  - Securing your RM!, by Christophe Blaess
  - TAR'ing over the Net, by Mark A. Bentley
  - Taking Full Advantage of TCSH - precmd, by Ryan
  - Customizing Logins with XDM, by Yann Le Fablec
  - Announcing ZLISTER, by Joe Wulf
- Kernel 2.0 Upgrade, by John M. Fisk
- Colophon

## Topics in Issue #7 included:

I'll just read it myself, thank you...

- Salutations and the MailBag
- New! Q&A Gopher!
- New! New Programs and Products!
- More 2 Cent Tips...
- Fun with Color ls!
- Colorizing /etc/issue
- Setting up PPP's ip-up and ip-down scripts!
- Two Cent BASH Shell Script Tips
- Customizing the 'ol Login Prompt!
- Review: Caldera Network Desktop Preview II, by Alan Bailward
- CND Desktop Review - Part II, and WebSurfer, by Edward Cameron
- Emacs -- Enhanced Features, by Jesper Pedersen
- Moxfm, Ext2-OS/2, Xvile, Elvis, and the Unclutter Programs!, by Larry Ayers
- The Screen Program, by Borek Lupomesky
- Linuxita: the Minimal Working Set?, by Peter T. Breuer
- Colophon

## Topics in Issue #6 included:

I'll just read it myself, thank you...

- Salutations and the MailBag
- An Introduction to Tcl/Tk by Jesper Pedersen
- Still Yet another HACK script by Dean Carpenter
- Caldera Network Desktop Review, and a LOT More..., by Edward Cameron
- FVWM and Audio by Nic Tjirkalli
- Using Strace by Jesper Pedersen
- Connecting Computers via PLIP by James McDuffie
- Using Cron by Brian Freeze
- Knews and crontab tips by Bill Powers
- Emacs tips by Paul Lussier
- ZLess followup and tips by Werner Fleck
- Kscreen followup by
  - Mats Andtbacka
  - Matt Welland
  - Jon Klippenstein
- Updating XTerm Titlebar Followups by
  - Haykel Ben Jemia
  - Adam Sjoegren
  - Liang S. Ng
  - Jacob Waltz
  - Jean Liddle
  - David Billington
  - Alan Wild
- Yahoo! Got Sendmail to Queue!!
- Using the Keypad as a VT Switcher
- Colophon

## Topics in the November, 1995 issue included:

I'll just read it myself, thank you...

Table of Contents

- Salutations and the MailBag
- Introduction to DOSEMU, by Alan Bailward
- Introduction to Garrot by Alan Bailward
- Building a Better hack Script by Ross J. Michaels
- Building another Better hack Script by Judith Elaine
- RCS: Managing System Config Files by Nickolas LeRoy
- Supermount: Mounting Floppies the Very Easy Way by Daniel Sully
- Logging with Inittab by Eric Sorton
- More Setterm Fun by Gary Jaffe
- Still more VI Tricks by Jens Wessling
- Using kscreen to clean up that Screen Mess!
- Changing that xterm titlebar interactively!
- Space Savings with a Floppy Library
- Less is just a Whole Lot More!
- Colophon

## Topics in the October, 1995 issue included:

I'll just read it myself, thank you...

Table of Contents

- Salutations and the MailBag
- Lots More 2 Cent Tips...
- Useful Entrapment! (letter submitted by Nathan Hand)
- In-depth Guide to XF-Mail and XMailbox Installation
- Configuring XF-Mail and XMailbox
- FVWM: Introduction to Styles!
- Colophon

## Topics in the September, 1995 issue included:

I'll just read it myself, thank you...

Table of Contents

- Salutations and the MailBag
- Saving WWWeb documents for posterity!
- Some great 2¢ Tips...
- Introducing FVWM!
- FVWM: Getting stuff going...
- FVWM: Adding programs to the Popup Menus
- FVWM: Managing the Virtual Desktop
- FVWM: Quick Tips!
- Product Testimonial: XFMail for Sendmail-less mail!
- Colophon

## Topics in the August, 1995 issue included:

I'll just read it myself, thank you...

Table of Contents

- Salubrious salutations and the Mail call
- Yup, still more tar tricks
- If you gotta use VI, use VIM
- Helpful PPP scripts
- PINE + popclient - mail for the sendmail-impaired
- Customizing X - So where is everything?
- Customizing X with vgaset
- Customizing X with Xaw3d - it's easy!
- So, what's in store for next month?

## Topics in the premier July, 1995 issue included:

Ok, let me just read the whole thing...

Table of Contents

- So what is the Linux Gazette...
- And off we go...
- So what is this MOTD thingy...
- Aliasing for fun and efficiency
- Adding some functions for even more time savings
- Playing .AU at boot up
- Mounting your cdrom and floppies the easy way
- Managing your wandering system configuration files
- Accessing Linux from DOS!?
- Rolling your own kernel... it ain't that tough
- Test driving you new kernel the safe way
- Well, that's it

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