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DECEMBER 1999 ISSUE: TABLE OF CONTENTS

FEATURES
Contents I SGI Opener

Up From the Ashes

Can Linux Revive SGI?
by Wendy Goldman Rohm
With its Irix OS on life support, Silicon Graphics Inc. turns to Linux to save the company.

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The Linux Magazine 50

50 Linux People to Watch
by Linux Magazine Staff
50 hackers and suits who are helping to shape the emerging Linux community.

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Reading Palms

Connect a PalmPilot to Your Linux Box
by David Silber
Palm, Inc. doesn't support Linux, but the community supports the Palm. A step-by-step guide to making your Palm device work with Linux.

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Macrohard

Could Any Company Steal the Linux Source Code?
by Adam Goodman and Pete Comas
The GPL is the backbone of the free software movement, but is it strong enough to stand a test in the courts?

DEPARTMENTS

Newbies

by Hal Moroff
Configuring Your E-mail Client

In the Trenches

by Michael Cowpland
Corel's CEO Responds to the Beta Code Controversy

On the Desktop

by Lou Grinzo
Get that Zip Drive Up and Running

Guru Guidance

by AEleen Frisch
The Ins and Outs of LILO

Best Defense

by Paul Russell
Using PAM and Shadow Files to Get Beyond Eight-Character Passwords

Gearheads Only

by Alan Cox
Writing Radio Card Drivers for Linux

Compile Time

by Erik Troan
The Ins and Outs of Signal Processing

Perl Of Wisdom

by Cameron Laird
Troubleshooting Your POP Server with Perl

Tech Support

by Michael Perry
Tips on PPP, E-mail, and Home Networking

PRODUCT REVIEW

VA's Sub-$1,000 StartX SP Desktop

by Rawn Shah
Proving that Linux is not just for servers, Linux's premiere hardware vendor offers a solid desktop -- for under $1,000.

REPORT FROM THE FRONT
" And Baby Makes...Yet Another...
" Covalent Extends Shell around Apache
" Debian Gets a Box
" The IPO Stampede Continues: VA
" Linux According to Microsoft
" Solaris Open Source...Sort Of?
" Caldera and Fujitsu Team Up
" Linux Loses Security Challenge...Kind Of
NEW PRODUCTS
" NetMAX's "Set and Forget" Thin Server
" Essential Equipment for the Geek Army
" X Term Made EZ
" New Cyclades Cards Bring the WAN to Your Server
" Red Hat Linux Gets Updated
" Forget Tetris
" Downloader for X
" Burning a CD the Easy Way
PUBLISHER'S STATEMENT

Lessons from Atlanta, by Adam Goodman


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