The August 1998 issue of Linux Journal (#52) will be mailed from the printers in Post Falls, Idaho on July 10, 1998 TABLE OF CONTENTS LINUX JOURNAL August 1998 _________________________________________________________________ Features * Getting Help With Linux by Michael Stutz * Migrating to Linux, Part 1 by Norman M. Jacobowitz * Betting on Darwin by Doc Searls * Selecting a Linux Distribution by Phil Hughes News & Articles * Encapsulating IP Using SCSI by Ben Elliston * A First Look at KDE Programming by David Sweet * Linux Stampede by David Haraburda * Muscle Flexes Smart Cards into Linux by David Corcoran * XSuSE--Adding More to the XFree86 Offerings by Dirk H. Hohndel * UniForum '98 Report by Phil Hughes * Linux Expo 1998 by Norman M. Jacobowitz and Eric S. Raymond Reviews * Product Review + Evergreen 486 to 586 Upgrade Processor by John Little * Book Review + The No B.S. Guide to Linux by Zach Beane + UNIX Network Programming, Volume1, Second Edition by David Bausum + Metamorphosis: A Programmer Looks at the Software Crisis by Harvey Friedman WWWsmith * Creating Web Plots on Demand by Mark Pruett * At the Forge: Speeding Up Database Access With mod_perl by Reuven M. Lerner Columns * Letters to the Editor * Best of Technical Support * Stop the Presses: Sun Joins Linux International by Marjorie Richardson * Guest Editorial: Open Source Software Model by Russell Nelson * Linux Apprentice: Linux Directory Trees by Matus Telgarsky * Take Command: Implementing a deltree Command in Linux by Graydon L. Ekdahl, Ph.D. * Linux Means Business: Linux at the USPS by John Taves * System Administration: Linux as a Backup E-mail Server by John Blair * New Products + ION 1.1, Research Systems, Inc. + Projector 1.0 + SwiftView, Northern Development Group, Inc. + WebSite Professional 2.2, O'Reilly & Associates + FlashCONNECT, Pick Systems + iScript, Servertec + S.u.S.E. 5.2, S.u.S.E., Inc. Directories & References * Advertisers Index _________________________________________________________________ Linux Journal is carried by some newsstands (including all Computer Literacy stores) and is delivered to newsstands by a newsstand distributor. If you know a place that sells magazines that you feel should stock LJ, send e-mail to dist@ssc.com or have them call SSC at 206-782-7733. Getting LJ on newsstands is one of the best ways we can show the non-Internet crowd that Linux is for real. Subscriptions are: US$22/year U.S. US$27/year Canada US$37/year Foreign US$39/2 years U.S. US$49/2 years Canada US$64/2 years Foreign Linux Journal P.O. Box 85867 Seattle, WA 98145-1867 Fax: +1 206-782-7191 Tel: +1 888-66-LINUX E-mail: subs@ssc.com URL: http://www.linuxjournal.com/ Our public key (for encrypting your credit card number) is available by fingering linux@ssc.com. Subscriptions begin with the *upcoming* issue. Back issues are available (except for Issues #1, #3, #4, #5, #30 and #44, we're out) for $6 each or $8 each non-North American airmail. ***Note: All funds should be in U.S. dollars*** Other questions/comments can be sent to: linux@ssc.com