The July 1999 issue of Linux Journal (#63) will be mailed from the printers in Waseca, Minnesota on June 12, 1999. Linux Journal [INLINE] Table of Contents -- Linux Journal #63 -- July 1999 _________________________________________________________________ Subscribers: To voice your opinions on and join discussions groups about these articles, go to our interactive site at http://interactive.linuxjournal.com/. Features * Archaeology and GIS--The Linux Way by R. Joe Brandon, Trevor Kludt and Markus Neteler Using GRASS and Linux to analyze archeological data. * SCEPTRE: Simulation of Nonlinear Electric Circuits by Wolf-Rainer Novender An automatic circuit analysis program for engineers. * Stuttgart Neural Network Simulator by Ed Petron Exploring connectionism and machine learning with SNNS. * Real-Time Geophysics Using Linux by Laura Connor and Charles B. Connor Magnetometer data processing using Linux. Forum * CORBA Program Development, Part 3 by J. Mark Shacklette and Jeff Illian * Dev Mazumdar and Hannu Savolainen Interview by David Phillips * MP3 Linux Players by Craig Knudsen * Linux on IBM Thinkpad 750Cs by Daniel Graves * Building a Linux Certification Program by Dan York * A Geek in Paradise by Jon "maddog" Hall Reviews * Product Reviews + VMware Virtual Platform by Brian Walters * Book Reviews + Open Sources: Voices from the Open Source Revolution by Doc Searls + The Complete Idiot's Guide to Linux by Marjorie Richardson Columns * Linux Means Business: Linux and E-Commerce by Yermo Lamers * At the Forge: Personalizing "New" Labels by Reuven M. Lerner * Focus on Software: by David A. Bandel Departments * Letters to the Editor * Focus: Science and Engineering by Marjorie L. Richardson * Penguin's Progress: The Linux Position by Doc Searls * Stop the Presses: Report from the Trade Show Floor by Matthew Cunningham * Guest Editorial: The Point Really is Free Beer by Eric Hughes * Best of Technical Support: Best of Technical Support * New Products + LML33, Linux Media Labs LLC + Aestiva HTML/OS, Aestiva LLC + I-Gear 3.0, Unified Research Laboratories, Inc. + Leeloo v1.4, JET Software + 8000 8-way SMP Server for Linux, Penguin Computing + Proven CHOICE, Proven Software, Inc. + PostShop, ScanShop, OCR Shop, FaxShop version 4.0, Vividata, Inc. + WipeOut 1.5, SMB + ODBC SDK for Linux, Dharma Systems, Inc. + IPSec VPN, Paktronix Systems, LLC * Advertisers Index * Linux Consultants HOWTO Strictly On-line * Parallel Algorithms for Calculating Underground Water Qualit by Tran Van Lang Using parallel processing to determine the amount ofpollution in our water. * MuPad by Alasdair McAndrew * Introduction to Sybase, Part 2 by Jay Sissom * Precision Farming and Linux: An Expose by Gordon Haverland Linux, GPS, GIS and remote sensing aid the farmer. * UNIX awk & sed Programmer's Interactive Workbook by Paul Dunne * The UNIX CD Bookshelf by Derek Vadala _________________________________________________________________ Linux Journal is carried by some newsstands (including all fatbrain.com 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, #47, #48, #54, #56 and #57, we're out) for $6 each or $8 each non-North American airmail. ***Note: All funds should be in U.S. dollars***