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"Linux Gazette...<I>making Linux just a little more fun!</I>"
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<font color="navy">A <I>Linux Journal</I> Preview</font>:
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This article will appear in the January 1999 issue of <I>Linux Journal</I>.
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<H1><font color="maroon">1998 Editor's Choice Awards</font></H1>
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<H4>By <a href="mailto:gazette@ssc.com">Marjorie Richardson</a></H4>
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When the <i>LJ</i> staff decided to have Editor's
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Choice Awards this year in addition to the Readers' Choice, I agreed
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without truly realizing how difficult it would be to make decisions. So
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many fine products that support Linux are available today, and the number
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grows daily. This has indeed been a good year for Linux users, beginning
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with the announcement that Netscape would become open source and proceeding
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through the announcements of support for Linux by all the major database
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companies.
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<h3>Product of the Year--Netscape Communicator</h3>
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I must admit this one wasn't a hard decision. It is my belief that
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Netscape's announcement that Communicator would be open source started
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it all. This announcement galvanized the world to find out about the Open
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Source movement and the Linux operating system that was responsible for its
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creation. Linux needed a big company in its corner in order for the word to
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spread, and Netscape provided just the initiative that was needed.
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<h3>Most Promising Software Newcomers--GNOME and KDE</h3>
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This was probably the most difficult decision, so it ended in a tie.
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So many new products are available for Linux this year; finally, the flood
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of software applications we have all been waiting for is happening.
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However, the one thing everyone has always said Linux needs to become
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competitive with the commercial operating systems is a user-friendly
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desktop--both GNOME and KDE are filling this need.
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<h3>Best New Gadget--Schlumberger Smart Card</h3>
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While I was given some interesting suggestions for this one, I never had
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any doubt that the Smart Card was the proper choice. A credit card with a
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Linux CPU on it is just too extraordinary. The computer chip embedded
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in the card stores not only mundane information about the card holder, but also
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biometric information that can be used for identification--talk about
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great security! The suggestion most people gave me was the PalmPilot, which
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is indeed a cool product, but even though Linux runs on it, the port was done by
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programmers outside 3Com.
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According to Mr. Bob Ingols, a 3Com staff member,
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3Com does not support Linux and does not plan to.
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<h3>Best New Hardware--Corel NetWinder</h3>
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Corel Computer was the first company to declare Linux as its operating
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system of choice and sell computers with Linux pre-installed. With the
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continuing growth of Internet popularity, the network computer's day has
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come and the NetWinder is one of the best. It is small, powerful and easily
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configured. Best of all, it comes with Linux. Debian's recent port to the ARM
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architecture means that it too will run on the NetWinder. A close second
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was the Cobalt Qube Microserver--not only is it a great little server,
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it's cute too.
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<h3>Best New Application--Informix</h3>
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Another tough one. My initial choice was the GIMP, but it's been around
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for some time (my first thoughts always seem to be free software). At any rate,
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a port of a major database to Linux has long been anticipated, and Informix
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made the breakthrough with other database companies following suit. With support from
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Informix, Linux can now enter the business ``big leagues''. A
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close second, in my mind, is Corel's WordPerfect 8 for Linux for the same
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reason--to be accepted in the workplace, Linux
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needs this product.
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<h3>Best New Book--<i>Samba: Integrating UNIX and Windows</i></h3>
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Some might call ``foul'' on this one, because it is published by SSC.
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However, this award is for the book and the author, John Blair, not for the
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publisher. <i>Samba: Integrating UNIX and Windows</i> was
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needed and its popularity has proved it. John has written a comprehensive
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book of interest to all who are running multi-OS shops. The book has been
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endorsed by the Samba Team, who has gone so far as to make John a member.
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If the award had been for ``best all-around book on Linux'', I would have
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given it to the ever-popular (with good reason) <i>Running Linux</i> by Matt
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Welsh, published by O'Reilly & Associates.
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<h3>Best Business Solution--Linux Print System at Cisco</h3>
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In our October issue, we had a great article called ``Linux Print
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System at Cisco Systems, Inc.'' by Damian Ivereigh. In it, Damian
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described how Cisco was using Linux, Samba and Netatalk to manage
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approximately 1,600 printers worldwide in mission-critical environments. He
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also described how he did it and supplied the source code he used, so that
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others could also benefit from this solution--a wonderful way to contribute
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to the Linux community.
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<h3>Most Desired Port--QuarkXPress</h3>
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<i>Linux Journal</i> uses Linux as its operating system of choice on all
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but one lone
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machine. For layout, we must have an MS Windows 95 machine in order to run
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QuarkXPress. Each month we hold our breath during the layout period hoping
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that when Windows crashes (it always does), it won't be at a critical
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juncture. Crashing for no apparent reason creates extra work for Lydia Kinata,
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our layout artist, and much stress for all of us each month. We are more
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than ready to be rid of this albatross and have a total Linux shop. Next,
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like everyone else, we'd like Adobe to port <i>all</i> its products to
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Linux.
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<center><H5>Copyright © 1998, Marjorie Richardson <BR>
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Published in Issue 35 of <i>Linux Gazette</i>, December 1998</H5></center>
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