The October 1998 issue of Linux Journal (#54) will be mailed from the printers in Post Falls, Idaho on September 11, 1998 TABLE OF CONTENTS LINUX JOURNAL October 1998 _________________________________________________________________ Features * Linux in an Embedded Communications Gateway by Greg Herlein Using Linux to send monitor data to a server on thecorporate WAN. * PIC Programming with Linux by Brian C. Lane Programming a PIC microcontroller with Linux. * Active Badges--The Next Generation by Igor Bokun and Krzysztof Zielinski Location software as an embedded application. * The Future of Linux by Greg Roelofs An informal report on the panel discussion that took place in July. News & Articles * Linux Print System at Cisco Systems, Inc. by Damian Ivereigh * Migrating to Linux, Part 3 by Norman M. Jacobowitz * Sculptor: A Real Time Phase Vocoder by Nick Bailey * LJ Interviews Robert Dinse of Eskimo North by Marjorie Richardson * The Great Linux Revolt of 1998 by Chris DiBona Reviews * Product Review + Cobalt Qube by Ralph Sims + Applixware vs. StarOffice by Fred Butzen * Book Review + Linux: Installation, Configuration, Use by Michael Scott Shappe WWWsmith * Embperl: Modern Templates by Reuven M. Lerner Columns * Letters to the Editor * Stop the Presses: Linux and Informix by Phil Hughes * Best of Technical Support * Linux Means Business: Virginia Power Update by Vance Petree * System Administration: Automating Tasks with EXPECT by Vinnie Saladino * Linux Gazette: Mastering Kernel Modules With Caldera by David B. Nelson * New Products + CyberScheduler for Linux v2.1, CrossWind Technologies + S.u.S.E. 5.3, S.u.S.E. LLC + Informix SE on Linux, Informix Software + SiteEater 1.0, SFS Software + IntraStore Server98, Corporate Communications Control Data + LinuxCAD v1.55, Software Forge, Inc. + Empress RDBMS V8.1, Empress Software + PCI-Wide/Ultra2 SCSI RAID Disk Array Controllers, ICP vortex Corp. + Cyclades-PR3000 with T1 and ISDN Interface Cards, Cyclades Corp. 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 & Mexico US$37/year Foreign US$39/2 years U.S. US$49/2 years Canada & Mexico US$64/2 years Foreign Linux Journal P.O. Box 500 Missouri City, TX 77459-9903 USA Fax: +1 281-261-5999 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 *next 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