The February 1999 issue of Linux Journal (#58) will be mailed from the printers in Waseca, Minnesota on January 14, 1998. TABLE OF CONTENTS LINUX JOURNAL February 1999 _________________________________________________________________ Features * COAS: A Flexible Approach to System Administration Tools by Olaf Kirch A new easy-to-use configuration tool. * Csound for Linux by David Phillips A look at what's happening in the Linux sound world. * Hurricane Hunting by C. Wayne Wright and Edward J. Walsh A story of the Scanning Radar Altimeter and Linux. * University of Toronto WearComp Linux Project by Dr. Steve Mann A look at wearable computers and personal privacy issues. News & Articles * Virtual Network Computing by Brian Harvey * Configuring ATM Networks by Wayne J. Salamon * The GNOME Project by Miguel de Icaza * KDE: The Highway Ahead by Kalle Dalheimer Reviews * P-Synch: Changing the Way We Change Passwords by Tim Parker Columns * Linux Apprentice: The login Process by Andy Vaught * System Administration: Caching the Web, Part 2 by David Guerrero * At the Forge: Creating a Web-based BBS, Part 2 by Reuven M. Lerner * Focus on Software by David A. Bandell Departments * Letters to the Editor * Guest Editorial: Software Libre and Commercial Viability by Alessandro Rubini * Stop the Presses: Announcements by Sun and Troll Tech by Marjorie Richardson * Best of Technical Support * New Products + iHTML Merchant 2.0, Inline Internet Systems, Inc. + Auto-Changer, UniTrends Software Corporation + JetStor RAID, AC&NC + VariCAD 7.0-1.0, VariCAD + MetaCard 2.2, MetaCard Corp. + Macsyma 421 for Linux, Macsyma Inc. + HP Firehunter, Hewlett-Packard Company + PlanetUplink, Planet Computer + NetTracker 3.5 and Webmaster 3.0, Sane Solutions LLC + ICE.PPN, J. River, Inc. + O2 Object Database Management System, Ardent Software, Inc. + Quant-X and Altera SQL Server version 2.0, Altera Ltd. + Linux Edition of Ingres II, Computer Associates International, Inc. + Thin Client PC X Server, GraphOn Corporation * Advertisers Index * Linux Consultants HOWTO Strictly On-line * Color Reactiveness on the Desktop by Bowie Poag * Building Network Management Tools with Tcl/Tk by Syd Logan * LJ Interviews Informix's Janet Smith by Marjorie Richardson _________________________________________________________________ Linux Journal is carried by some newsstands (including all Computer Literacy 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, we're out) for $6 each or $8 each non-North American airmail. ***Note: All funds should be in U.S. dollars***