The October 1999 issue of Linux Journal (#66) will be mailed from the printers in Waseca, Minnesota on September 12, 1999. [INLINE] Linux Journal Contents -- #66 -- October 1999 _________________________________________________________________ Subscribers: To voice your opinions on and join discussion groups about these articles, go to our interactive site at http://interactive.linuxjournal.com/ Focus * Focus: Embedded Systems by Marjorie Richardson Features * Portable Real-Time Applications by Juergen Kahrs A look at the issues involved in writing GUI-based,real-time applications. * Embedding Linux in a Commercial Product by Joel R. Williams A look at embedded systems and what it takes to build one. * Porting Linux to a Power PC Board by He Zhu and Xiaoqiang Chen An experiment and experience in using Linux in an embeddedapplication. * Embedding Linux to Control Accelerators and Experiments by A. Gotz, P. Makijarvi, B. Regad, M. Perez, P. Mangiagalli A look at how embedded Linux is controlling equipment in aEuropean research laboratory. Forum * Running Linux on a Laptop by Erik Max Francis * Transvirtual Adopts Microsoft Java Extensions by Craig Knudsen * Houdini: Magic Doesn't Just Happen by Michael J. Hammel * upFRONT by Doc Searls * Lyle Ball, Caldera by Marjorie Richardson Reviews * Product Reviews + Cygnus GNUPro Toolkit for Linux, v1.0 by Daniel Lazenby + Fast Ethernet Network Starter Kit (FENSK04) by John Kacur + SuSE Linux 6.1 by Jason Kroll + CodeWarrior for Red Hat, Linux, GNU Edition, Version 4 by Jason Kroll + NexStar by Jason Kroll * Book Reviews + Learning Python by Phil Hughes + Linux for Dummies (2nd Edition) by Harvey Friedman Columns * Linux Apprentice: Creating CDs by Alex Withers * At the Forge: Dynamic Graphics and Personalization by Reuven M. Lerner * Linux in Education: Linux in Kuala Lumpur by Dr. Junaid Ahmed Zubairi * Focus on Software: Focus on Software by David Bandel Departments * Letters * From the Publisher: Is KDE the Answer? by Phil Hughes * Best of Technical Support * New Products + New Products * Advertisers Index Strictly On-Line * Java Servlets by Doug Welzel * Bisel Bank by Pablo Trincavelli * Perl in a Nutshell by Jan Rooijackers * Java 2 Software Development Kit by Harry J. Foxwell * LIMP: Large Image Manipulation Project by Valient Gough * Web Client Programming using Perl by Robb Hill * Open Source Software for Real-time Solutions by Charles Curley _________________________________________________________________ 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$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 55549 Seattle, WA 98155-0549 USA Fax: +1 206-297-7515 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***