The November issue of Linux Journal (#31) will be printed 25 September 1996 and will be mailed from the printers on 30 September 1996. Subscription orders received by 3:00 pm PDT Monday, 16 September 1996 will start with issue #31. Call during normal West Coast business hours at 206-782-7733. TABLE OF CONTENTS LINUX JOURNAL #31 NOVEMBER 1996 FEATURES Graphics Tools for Linux Can you really do professional graphic art on a Linux system? If you're aware of all the available tools, you can. by Michael J. Hammel Linux Goes 3D: An Introduction to Mesa/Open GL Discover Mesa, a 3D graphics library that is source code-compatible with OpenGL. by Jörg-Rüdiger Hill Qt GUI Toolkit Porting graphics to multiple platforms using a GUI toolkit. by Eirik Eng OpenGL Programming on Linux How one student used Linux and OpenGL to build a 3D, network-capable tank game. by Vincent S. Cojot NEWS & ARTICLES LJ Interviews Larry Gritz by Amy Wood Java and Postgres95 by Bill Binko Linux-CGI Project by Steffen Seeger and Andreas Beck The Java Developer's Kit by Arman Danesh COLUMNS Letters to the Editor Letter from the Publisher New Products Linux Means Business MkLinux: Linux Comes to the Power Macintosh Take Command: etags Best of Technical Support Product Review: Debian 1.1 Novice to Novice: Keyboards, Consoles, and VT Cruising Book Review: Inside Linux DIRECTORIES Consultants Directory Advertisers Index UPCOMING: V: A Free C++ GUI Framework for X Using Linux in Bosnia A Comparison of Xemacs and Gnu emacs Linux Journal is carried by some newsstands (including all Computer Literacy stores in Silicon Valley) and is delivered to newsstands by two newsstand distributors. If you know a place selling magazines that you think 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$32/year Foreign US$39/2 years U.S. US$49/2 years Canada US$54/2 years Foreign Linux Journal P.O. Box 85867 Seattle, WA 98145-1867 Fax: +1 206-782-7191 Tel: +1 206-782-7733 E-mail: subs@ssc.com URL: http://www.ssc.com/lj/ Our public key (for encrypting your credit card number) is available by fingering info@ssc.com. Subscriptions begin with the *current* issue. Back issues are available (except for Issues #1, #3, #4 and #17---we're out) for $4 each, or $6 each non-North American airmail. ***Note: All funds should be in U.S. dollars*** Other questions/comments can be sent to: linux@ssc.com