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				TABLE OF CONTENTS

				LINUX JOURNAL #28

                                   AUGUST 1996

FEATURES

Beyond Your First Shell Script

	How to write versatile, robust Bourne shell scripts that 
	will run flawlessly under other shells as well. 

	by Brian Rice 

The Cold, Thin Edge: Taking the Shell Paradigm to its Brutal Limits

	Whether you use Tcl, shells, Perl, or C, there is usually an
	option whereby tools from one programming environment can be imported
	into another. Here'>s how to ``push the envelope''.

	by Todd Graham Lewis 

Basic FVWM Configuration, Part 2: Customizing the Desktop

	Organize and customize those pop-up menu entries.

	by John M. Fisk

Diff, Patch, and Friends

	De-mystifying patches and the tools used to create and
	apply them. 

	by Michael K. Johnson

Auto-Loading Kernel Modules

	Make your system leaner by modularizing the kernel.  
	
	by Preston F. Crow 

NEWS & ARTICLES

Graphing with Gnuplot and Xmgr
	by Andy Vaught 

Mobile IP: Transparent Host Migration on the Internet
	by Ben Lancki, Abhijit Dixit, and Vipul Gupta 

Certifying Linux
	by Heiko Eissfeldt

COLUMNS

Letters to the Editor
Stop the Presses 
New Products
Kernel Korner: Conclusion of Device Drivers Series
Book Reviews:
	Bandits on the Information Superhighway,
	World Wide Web Journal, Issue One,
	Civilizing Cyberspace

DIRECTORIES 

Consultants Directory
Advertisers Index

UPCOMING:

Lurking with PGP
Getting to know gdb

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