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<title> Back Page LG #35</title>
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<H1><IMG SRC="../gx/backpage.gif" alt="Linux Gazette Back Page"></H1>
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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_backpage35.html#authors">About This Month's Authors</a>
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<li><a HREF="./lg_backpage35.html#notlinux">Not Linux</a>
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<center><H3><font color="maroon">About This Month's Authors</font></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">Eugene Blanchard</H4>
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Eugene is an Instructor at the Southern Alberta Institute of
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Technology in Calgary, Alberta, Canada where he teaches electronics,
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digital, microprocessors, data communications, and operating
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systems/networking in the Novell, Windows and UNIX worlds. When he is not
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spending quality time with his wonderful wife and 18 month old daughter, he
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can be found in front of his Linux box. His hobbies are hiking,
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backpacking, bicycling and chess.
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<H4><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="" SRC="../gx/note.gif">Jim Dennis</H4>
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Jim 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">Jeremy Dinsel</H4>
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Jeremy is an almost-graduate of California University of
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Pennsylvania, where he studies computer science and operates the Math and
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Computer Science Linux server. He welcomes questions and comments and
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encourages western Pennsylvanians to join WPLUG--a Linux organization
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(http://sighsy.cup.edu/~dinselj/wplug/).
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<H4><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="" SRC="../gx/note.gif">Miguel de Icaza</H4>
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Miguel is one of the GNU Midnight Commander authors as well as
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a developer of GNOME. He also worked on the Linux/SPARC kernel port.
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He can be reached via e-mail at miguel@gnu.ai.mit.edu.
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<P>
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<H4><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="" SRC="../gx/note.gif">David Jao</H4>
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David is a gradual student working on his Ph.D. in Mathematics at
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Harvard University. With no practical programming experience, he has
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nevertheless managed to use Linux as his primary operating system for
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two years already. When he's not thinking about math, he is busy
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devising a master plan to rid Harvard of its institutional dependence
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on unstable computers running crashy proprietary programs.
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<P>
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<H4><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="" SRC="../gx/note.gif">Ron Jenkins</H4>
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Ron has over 20 years experience in RF design, satellite systems, and UNIX/NT administration. He currently resides in Central Missouri where he will be spending the next 6 to 8 months recovering from knee surgery and looking for some telecommuting work. Ron is married and has two stepchildren.
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<H4><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="" SRC="../gx/note.gif">Ray Marshall</H4>
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Ray is a Software/Knowledge Engineer at NORTEL, working in RTP North
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Carolina, or telecommuting from his home in New Hampshire. He has over 30
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years of experience with Software design, development and maintenence,
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having started out writing hardware diagnostics in the mid '60s. He has
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only worked with PCs and Linux for a little over 2 years, and now enjoys
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repaying the assistance he received, by assisting others. He can
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sometimes be found on Undernet #LinuxHelp. Beyond his professional
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interests he also enjoys various philosophical pursuits, and singing, and
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can be seen on the <a href="http://www.pagesz.net/~innervoices/">Inner
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Voices web page</a>.
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<H4><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="" SRC="../gx/note.gif">René Tavera</H4>
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René is a shares trader at Value Casa de Bolsa, M<>xico, D. F.
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When not working or learning about computer systems, he spends time with
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his wife or playing the guitar.
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<center><H3><font color="maroon">Not Linux</font></H3></center>
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<P>
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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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<P>
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I've had a fun and family-filled Thanksgiving, so have much to be thankful
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for this year. Hope this is true for all of you reading this too.
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<P>
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Seattle is cold and rainy today and I am feeling a bit blue. Think that
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means it is time to shut it down and go home for awhile.
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<P>
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Have fun!
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<A HREF="http://www.ssc.com/ssc/Employees/Margie/margie.html">
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Marjorie L. Richardson</A> <br>
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Editor, <A HREF="http://www.linuxgazette.com/"><i>Linux Gazette</i></A>, <A
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HREF="mailto:gazette@ssc.com">gazette@ssc.com</a>
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<p><hr><p>
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<I>Linux Gazette</I> Issue 35, December 1998,
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<A 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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