The January 1999 issue of Linux Journal (#57) will be mailed from the
printers in Waseca, Minnesota on December 10, 1998.


                            TABLE OF CONTENTS

                              LINUX JOURNAL

                              January 1999
                                      
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    Features
    
     * DIPC: The Linux Way of Distributed Programming by Mohsen Sharifi
       and Kamran Karimi
       Using shared memory and the message passing paradigms of
       distributed programming with Linux.
     * Transform Methods and Image Compression by Darrel Hankerson and
       Greg A. Harris
       An introduction to JPEG and wavelet transform techniques.
     * LJ Interviews Kent McNall of Apropos by Marjorie Richardson
       Linux and Informix in a point-of-sale application fromApropos, a
       discussion with Mr. Kent McNall.
     * 1998 Readers' Choice Awards by Amy Kukuk
       You voted, we counted, here are the results.
     * 1998 Editor's Choice Awards by Marjorie Richardson
       Outstanding products of 1998 chosen by our Editor.
       
    News & Articles
    
     * Introduction to LyX by Ulrich Quill
     * x-automate: Control Your Home with Linux by Stewart Benedict
     * A Short History of Women in Technology by Thomas Connelly
     * The Proper Image for Linux by Randolph Bentson
     * Understanding a Context Switching Benchmark by Randy Appleton
     * An Introduction to VRML by Tuomas Lukka
     * Getting Started with Quake by Bob Zimbinski
     * Canada's First National Linux Installfest by Dean Staff
       
    Reviews
    
     * Product Reviews
          + VariCAD Version 6.2-0.3 by Bradley Willson
          + SciTech Display Doctor 1.0 by James Youngman
          + PartitionMagic 4.0: A Linux User's Perspective by Roderick
            Smith
       
    Columns
    
     * Take Command: Calendar Programs by Michael Stutz
     * Linux Means Business: Linux as a PACS Server for Nuclear Medicine
       by Cheng-Ta Wu
     * System Administration: Caching the Web, Part 1 by David Guerrero
     * Kernel Korner: Linux for Macintosh 68K Port by Alan Cox
     * At the Forge: Creating a Web-based BBS, Part 1 by Reuven M. Lerner
     * Focus on Software by David Bandel
       
    Departments
    
     * Letters to the Editor
     * Stop the Presses: 1998 Atlanta Linux Showcase by Norman M.
       Jacobowitz
     * Best of Technical Support by Peter Struijk
     * New Products
          + Applixware 4.4.1, Applix, Inc.
          + FootPrints v 2.2, UniPress Software, Inc.
          + Linux Office Suite 99, S.u.S.E., Inc.
          + Etherminal J, IGEL*USA
          + DupliDisk, Arco Computer Products, Inc.
          + CommuniGate Pro Server, Stalker Software, Inc.
          + WebSENSE, Apexx Technology
          + Parallel Computing Toolkit, Wolfram Research, Inc.
     * Advertisers Index
     * Linux Consultants HOWTO
       
    Strictly On-line
    
     * WWWsmith: Installation and Configuration of FreeBSD by Sean Eric
       Fagan

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    Enterprise Solutions Supplement
   
    Features
    
     * LJ Interviews Corel's Michael Cowpland by Marjorie Richardson
       A talk with the President of Corel, a man and a company fully
       comitted to Linux.
     * LJ Interviews Netscape's Jim Barksdale by Marjorie Richardson
       Netscape's CEO talks about Open Source and Linux and why his
       company supports both.
     * LJ Interviews IBM WebSphere's Paraic Sweeney by Marjorie
       Richardson
       IBM now supports Open Source by shipping products with the Apache
       web server.
       
    News & Articles
    
     * Linux as POS for Pizza Business by Steve O'Connor
     * Linux-Kontor Accountancy Package by Joachim Schaaf
       
    Product Review
    
     * xxl: A Spreadsheet for Linux by Larry Ayers
       
    Departments
    
     * From the Editor: Linux and Enterprise: A Winning Combination
    
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