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<H5>Copyright © 1998 Specialized Systems Consultants, Inc.<br>
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For information regarding copying and distribution of this material see the
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<A HREF="../copying.html">Copying License</A>.</H5>
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<H3>Contents:</H3>
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<li><a HREF="./lg_backpage24.html#authors">About This Month's Authors</a>
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<li><a HREF="./lg_backpage24.html#notlinux">Not Linux</a>
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<center><H3> About This Month's Authors </H3></center>
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<H4><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="" SRC="../gx/note.gif">Larry Ayers</H4>
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Larry lives on a small farm
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in northern Missouri, where he is currently engaged in building a
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timber-frame house for his family. He operates a portable band-saw mill,
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does general woodworking, plays the fiddle and searches for rare
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prairie plants, as well as growing shiitake mushrooms. He is also
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struggling with configuring a Usenet news server for his local ISP.
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<H4><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="" SRC="../gx/note.gif">André D. Balsa</H4>
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André lives in France, 80 miles south of Lyon. He currently runs
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a small Internet consulting business. When not busy exploring Linux
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performance issues, Andrew likes to spend his time with his 1-year old
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daughter, or else try different French recipes on his friends.
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He also helped set up the Linux Benchmarking Project pages at
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<A HREF="http://www.tux.org/bench/">http://www.tux.org/bench/</A>.
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and a web site at <A HREF="http://www.tux.org/~balsa/linux/cyrix">
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http://www.tux.org/~balsa/linux/cyrix</A>,
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about the use of Cyrix 6x86 processors with Linux,
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which has had more than 9,000 visitors in less than two months uptime.
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<H4><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="" SRC="../gx/note.gif">Gerd Bavendiek</H4>
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Gerd has worked as a software engineer with various flavors of Unix since 1988.
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In
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1994 he realized that using Linux could make his every-day work more
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convenient.
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Since that time he has used Linux and various GNU-software. He lives in Essen,
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Germany.
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In my spare time I build model-steam engines using real hardware: lathe,
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milling-machine and a lot of hand tools.
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<H4><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="" SRC="../gx/note.gif">Erik Campo</H4>
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Erik is a Computer Science graduate from UQAM (Universite du
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Quebec A Montreal) since June 1997. He has been working as a network
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programmer (C, C++, Java), teaching assistant and as a systems
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administrator in the Teleinformatique laboratory of UQAM for a year and
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a half. He is now working at UQAM's Registrar's Office as a Webmaster and
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as system administrator for the Teleinformatique laboratory. Erik is a
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Unix/Linux specialist, having installed and managed several flavours of
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Unix as Coherent, Minix, Linux and Solaris. He likes to write articles
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about Linux, listens to Heavy Metal music, plays both spanish and electric
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guitar and is a fanatic of the Spanish Civil War, history of General
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Franco and the political transition period in Spain from 1975 to 1978. For
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more information, please consult his web page at: http://campo.ti.ml.org/.
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<H4><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="" SRC="../gx/note.gif">Jim Dennis</H4>
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Jim
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is the proprietor of <A href="http://www.starshine.org">
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Starshine Technical Services</A>.
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His professional experience includes work in the technical
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support, quality assurance, and information services (MIS)
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departments of software companies like
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<A href="http://www.quarterdeck.com"> Quarterdeck</A>,
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<A href="http://www.symantec.com"> Symantec/
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Peter Norton Group</A>, and
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<A href="http://www.mcafee.com"> McAfee Associates</A> -- as well as
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positions (field service rep) with smaller VAR's.
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He's been using Linux since version 0.99p10 and is an active
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participant on an ever-changing list of mailing lists and
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newsgroups. He's just started collaborating on the 2nd Edition
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for a book on Unix systems administration.
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Jim is an avid science fiction fan -- and was
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married at the World Science Fiction Convention in Anaheim.
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<H4><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="" SRC="../gx/note.gif">Joel Jaeggli</H4>
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Joel is a programer consultant with the University of Oregon
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Computing Center. Fomerly he worked for the Network Startup Resource
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Center http://www.nsrc.org, helping ngos in emerging nation connect to the
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internet, and of course discover the joy of free Unixes.
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<H4><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="" SRC="../gx/note.gif">Dave Nelson</H4>
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Dave is a manager who mostly deals with computing as an
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abstraction. He used to do computational science research, and
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Linux helps him stay in touch with reality.
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<H4><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="" SRC="../gx/note.gif">Mark Nielsen</H4>
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Mark works at the Health Sciences Library at The Ohio State
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University
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as a systems specialist. One day he hopes to replace NT computers
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with Linux and KDE.
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<H4><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="" SRC="../gx/note.gif">James M. Rogers</H4>
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James and Shahla Rogers own a farm in the back woods of Ohio and have 6
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dogs and 3 cats. He has served 14 years in the Airforce and Army,
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both enlisted and officer. His first computer was a TS-1000.
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He gave up his C128 in 1991 for Linux. He is currently a UNIX and
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C contract programmer for the University of Washington.
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<H4><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="" SRC="../gx/note.gif">Ylian Saint-Hilaire</H4>
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Ylian is a Computer Science graduate from UQAM (Universite du Quebec
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A Montreal) since last summer and is now completing his master's degree
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at the same university specializing in Network Computing. He is a web site
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publishing and Internet specialist. He has been working with Internet and
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computer applications development for the last seven years, both as part
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of his formal education and as a personal passion. From 1981 to 1984 he lived
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on a sailboat in the Caribbean with his family. In 1991 he was selected
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by the Montreal Chamber of Commerce as one of the "Leaders of Tomorrow".
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He is also a commercial pilot. His web address is
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http://kairos.dsa.uqam.ca/software/.
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<H4><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="" SRC="../gx/note.gif">Michael E. Smith</H4>
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Michael is the Acting Managing Director of LXNY - New York's
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Free Computing Organization; editor of the Unigroup of New York
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Newsletter (editor@unigroup.org); and enthusiastic advocate for
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Unix-like systems. He is a philosopher who has made his living as a
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computer consultant, presently as a Senior Associate of Charles River
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Computers, Inc., doing Unix Systems Administration at J. P. Morgan.
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Career highlights include authoring and deploying an original database
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system in MUMPS-15 and doing SETL research under Jacob T. Schwartz.
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Smith is a man of wide interests inside and outside of the computer
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field, but lately of little time to pursue them.
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<H4><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="" SRC="../gx/note.gif">Jamie Zawinski</H4>
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<A HREF="http://people.netscape.com/jwz/">Jamie</A>
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is a card-carrying
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<A HREF="http://catalog.com/hopkins/unix-haters/login.html">Unix
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Hater</A>, who doesn't use Linux, but despite that, has authored an
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awful lot of software that runs on Linux, including
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<A HREF="http://www.xemacs.org/">Lucid Emacs</A>,
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<A HREF="http://people.netscape.com/jwz/xscreensaver/">XScreenSaver</A>,
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<A HREF="http://people.netscape.com/jwz/xdaliclock/">XDaliClock</A>,
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and the initial Unix versions of
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<A HREF="http://home.netscape.com/">Netscape</A> Navigator, and the
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Netscape Mail and News readers.
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<center><H3> Not Linux </H3></center>
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Thanks to all our authors, not just the ones above, but also those who wrote
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giving us their tips and tricks and making suggestions. Thanks also to our
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new mirror sites.
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Margie and I had a great Christmas break in Houston, Texas, where much of
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her family lives. Besides visiting with family and numerous friends we got
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to tour the Cockrell butterfly habitat, which was very pretty. Mostly sunny
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days and highs in the 60s made it tough to return to the middle of a
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Seattle winter, but we managed.
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<p>
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Have fun!
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Riley P. Richardson<br>
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Editor, <i>Linux Gazette</i> <A HREF="mailto:gazette@ssc.com">gazette@ssc.com</a>
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<I>Linux Gazette</I> Issue 24, January 1998, <A
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HREF="http://www.linuxgazette.com/">http://www.linuxgazette.com/</A><BR>
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This page written and maintained by the Editor of <I>Linux Gazette</I>,
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<A HREF="mailto: gazette@ssc.com"> gazette@ssc.com</A>
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