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<H4>The focus of this issue is the X Window environment. There are
several interesting articles describing the X environment, applications,
window managers, etc. Given the importance of the subject expect to see many
more articles in the future. Also in this issue we bring you the second
installment of the OpenGL & GLUT series.
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<IMG src="gates.jpg" width="127" height="111" border="0" hspace="10" align="left"><H4><FONT face="Helvetica, Arial" color="#660033">The Piegate</FONT></H4>As you all now know, Bill Gates was greeted with a pie at his arrival to a meeting with EU authorities in Belgium few weeks ago. Thankfully the Linux community has nothing to do with the incident -- it was sponsored and executed by an idiot seeking publicity and money. Had this been done by a Linux fan it could have been a public relations catastrophe.
Meanwhile one of our collaborators has gotten ahold of the police report apparently filed with the Belgium police (<A href="joke.html">The Report</A>).
<H4><FONT face="Helvetica, Arial" color="#660033">Interesting Things We Heard... </FONT></H4>
<P><FONT color="#FF0066">Did you know...</FONT>You can delete
the Macro Error Dialog Box that frequently appears on your
screen when using Excel by simply banging on the side of your
monitor a few times.</P>
<P><FONT color="#FF0066">Did you know...</FONT>If your modem is
broken or your E-mail destination is busy, you may communicate
with friends by means of objects called "paper", "envelopes"
and "telephones"</P>
<H4><FONT face="Helvetica, Arial" color="#660033">Has Our Mascot Gone Apple Picking? </FONT></H4>
<IMG src="172penguinatwork.gif" width="82" height="112" border="0" align="left" hspace="10">Is this a sign of desperation or what? Do our Linux users see any familiarity between this recent Apple logo and the well-known Linux penguin? Here is an URL you can check out: <A href="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/">http://www.apple.com/quicktime/</A>
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<P><FONT color="#FF0066">Tips of the day.</FONT> Those AOL
disks that you constantly get in the mail can be easily erased
and used for your own purposes.</P>
<P><FONT color="#FF0066">Tips of the day.</FONT> You can avoid
neck injury and eyestrain at work by just quitting your job and
finding one that doesn't involve computers in any way.</P>
<P><FONT color="#FF0066">Did you know...</FONT> That Bill Gates
and many of the top designers at Microsoft are just as confused
and frustated by W95 as you are.</P>
<P><FONT color="#FF0066">Did you know...</FONT>If your hard
drive crashes and you haven't backed up your files on floppy
disks, there is a small cyanide capsule taped to the inside of
the box this program came in.</P>
<H4><FONT face="Helvetica, Arial" color="#660033">Go Redhat!</FONT></H4>
<P>Recently RedHat has formed the Advaced Development Labs
to create a graphical desktop environment to make it simple for non-UNIX
users to configure, navigate, run programs and manipulate files in a
UNIX environment.</P>
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<LI><A href="" target="_blank"><IMG src="frame.gif" border="0" height="" width="" alt="" align="absmiddle"></A><A href="article2.html">Interview with Linus Torvalds</A> by <A href="mailto:marvil@accessnet.es">Manuel Martinez Villen</A><BR>Linus Torvalds talks about the past and future of Linux and shares his opinions on current events</LI>
<LI><A href="" target="_blank"><IMG src="frame.gif" border="0" height="" width="" alt="" align="absmiddle"></A><A href="article12.html">Interview with Miguel de Icaza</A> by <A href="mailto:kaos@Indyta.iquimica.unam.mx">Omar Andres Armas Aleman</A><BR>Miguel de Icaza gives us an interesting peek at a select group of linux kernel developers. He is involved with the Linux/Sparc, Gnome project and RedHat's Lab. </LI>
<LI><A href="" target="_blank"><IMG src="frame.gif" border="0" height="" width="" alt="" align="absmiddle"></A><A href="article3.html">OpenGL Programming: More about Lines</A> by <A href="mailto:angel@mercury.chem.pitt.edu">Miguel Angel Sepúlveda</A><BR>The Author describes more of the line rendering capabilities of OpenGL</LI>
<LI><A href="" target="_blank"><IMG src="frame.gif" border="0" height="" width="" alt="" align="absmiddle"></A><A href="article4.html">GLUT Programming: Windows Management</A> by <A href="mailto:angel@mercury.chem.pitt.edu">Miguel Angel Sepúlveda</A><BR>This article explains the usage of the GLUT windows management sub-API</LI>
<LI><A href="" target="_blank"><IMG src="frame.gif" border="0" height="" width="" alt="" align="absmiddle"></A><A href="article10.html">Hardware Review: OpenGL & GLUT with Voodoo 3Dfx in Mind</A> by <A href="mailto:phil@ryoko.cis.pitt.edu">Phillip Ross</A><BR>Phil gives us a more detailed description of how to program OpenGL on a Voodoo 3Dfx graphic card.</LI>
<LI><A href="" target="_blank"><IMG src="frame.gif" border="0" height="" width="" alt="" align="absmiddle"></A><A href="article5.html">POV-Ray: First Steps </A> by <A href="mailto:acastro@ctv.es">Antonio Castro</A><BR>In this first article, Antonio covers POV-Ray installation, configuration and the first steps of POV-Ray programming.</LI>
<LI><A href="" target="_blank"><IMG src="frame.gif" border="0" height="" width="" alt="" align="absmiddle"></A><A href="article6.html">Lyx Review</A> by <A href="mailto:iripoll@disca.upv.es">Ismael Ripoll</A><BR>Lyx is a wonderfully capable editor -- Ismael reviews this powerful application.</LI>
<LI><A href="" target="_blank"><IMG src="frame.gif" border="0" height="" width="" alt="" align="absmiddle"></A><A href="article7.html">Building, Installing and Configuring sendmail 8.8.x</A> by <A href="mailto:jgotts@engin.umich.edu">John E. Gotts </A><BR>This is a copy of a Mini HOWTO concerning sendmail</LI>
<LI><A href="" target="_blank"><IMG src="frame.gif" border="0" height="" width="" alt="" align="absmiddle"></A><A href="article13.html">Through the Window</A> by <A href="mailto:jmlm@ctv.es">Jose Manuel Laveda</A><BR>Quick review of the Window Desktops available for Linux</LI>
<LI><A href="" target="_blank"><IMG src="frame.gif" border="0" height="" width="" alt="" align="absmiddle"></A><A href="article8.html">Graphical Photocomposition with Photoshop</A> by <A href="mailto:Sepulveda_Esperanza/madrid_edicion@sinvest.es">Juan Manuel Sepúlveda</A><BR>
<A href="" target="_blank"><IMG src="frame.gif" border="0" height="" width="" alt="" align="absmiddle"></A><A href="article9.html">.. and The Gimp</A> by <A href="mailto:phil@ryoko.cis.pitt.edu">Phil Ross</A><BR>
There is no better way to learn than by example. The authors show us a very simple photocomposition technique using Photoshop & Gimp. Now you have a chance to compare both tools.
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<LI><A href="" target="_blank"><IMG src="frame.gif" border="0" height="" width="" alt="" align="absmiddle"></A><A href="article11.html">Configuring X</A> by <A href="mailto:jmccarty@theshop.net">Joel McCarty </A><BR>Learn how to configure your X window environment -- find out what all those dotfiles are for!</LI>
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<H3><FONT face="Helvetica, Arial" color="#660033">In previous issues...</FONT></H3>
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<LI><A href="http://mercury.chem.pitt.edu/~angel/LinuxFocus/English/November1997/article1.html">What is Linux?</A> by <A href="mailto:mtorreal@strix.ciens.ucv.ve">Miguel Torrealba</A> (<A href="http://mercury.chem.pitt.edu/~angel/LinuxFocus/English/November1997/">November 1997</a>) <BR>Short introduction to Linux for novice users.</LI>
<LI><A href="http://mercury.chem.pitt.edu/~angel/LinuxFocus/English/November1997/article3.html">Connecting to the Internet</A> by <A href="mailto:sneaker@dracnet.es">Manuel Trujillo Albarral</A> (<A href="http://mercury.chem.pitt.edu/~angel/LinuxFocus/English/November1997/">November 1997</a>) <BR>About setting up a ppp connection to an ISP provider.</LI>
<LI><A href="http://mercury.chem.pitt.edu/~angel/LinuxFocus/English/November1997/article4.html">I got Linux installed, What next?</A> by <A href="mailto:jmlm@ctv.es">Jose Manuel Laveda</A> (<A href="http://mercury.chem.pitt.edu/~angel/LinuxFocus/English/November1997/">November 1997</a>)<BR> Pointer to resources & Tips for beginners.</LI>
<LI><A href="http://mercury.chem.pitt.edu/~angel/LinuxFocus/English/November1997/article6.html">Making Shared Libraries</A> by <A href="mailto:luis@ctv2247.ctv.es">Luis Colorado</A> (<A href="http://mercury.chem.pitt.edu/~angel/LinuxFocus/English/November1997/">November 1997</a>)<BR> Learn how to build and use your own shared libraries.</LI>
<LI><A href="http://mercury.chem.pitt.edu/~angel/LinuxFocus/English/November1997/article7.html">PGP under Linux</A> by <A href="mailto:alogo@mx2.redestb.es">Angel Lopez</A> (<A href="http://mercury.chem.pitt.edu/~angel/LinuxFocus/English/November1997/">November 1997</a>)<BR> Installation and usage of Pretty-Good-Privacy under Linux.</LI>
<LI><A href="http://mercury.chem.pitt.edu/~angel/LinuxFocus/English/November1997/article8.html">Managing Your Mail with procmail</A> by <A href="mailto:alogo@mx2.redestb.es">Angel Lopez</A> (<A href="http://mercury.chem.pitt.edu/~angel/LinuxFocus/English/November1997/">November 1997</a>)<BR> configuration of procmail and some of its basic capabilites.</LI>
<LI><A href="http://mercury.chem.pitt.edu/~angel/LinuxFocus/English/November1997/article9.html">Linux in Hospitals</A> by <A href="mailto:m_soriano@dapsys.ch">Manuel Soriano</A> (<A href="http://mercury.chem.pitt.edu/~angel/LinuxFocus/English/November1997/">November 1997</a>)<BR> Comercial use of Linux in the Healtcare environment.</LI>
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<LI>Miguel A Sepulveda will continue the GLUT and OpenGL series. He will tell
us more about GLUT windows management and more about polygon rendering.</LI>
<LI>Phil Ross will write about the programming peculiarities of 3Dfx cards.</LI>
<LI> Juan M Sepulveda and Phil Ross take on the job of comparing Photoshop and Gimp's functionality.</LI>
<LI>Various authors will describe the X environment and the utilities available</LI>
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