The August issue of Linux Journal (#28) will be printed 19 June 1996. and will be mailed from the printers on 24 June 1996. Subscription orders received by 3:00 pm PDT Monday, 10 June 1996 will start with issue #28. Call during normal West Coast business hours at 206-782-7733. TABLE OF CONTENTS LINUX JOURNAL #28 AUGUST 1996 FEATURES Beyond Your First Shell Script How to write versatile, robust Bourne shell scripts that will run flawlessly under other shells as well. by Brian Rice The Cold, Thin Edge: Taking the Shell Paradigm to its Brutal Limits Whether you use Tcl, shells, Perl, or C, there is usually an option whereby tools from one programming environment can be imported into another. Here'>s how to ``push the envelope''. by Todd Graham Lewis Basic FVWM Configuration, Part 2: Customizing the Desktop Organize and customize those pop-up menu entries. by John M. Fisk Diff, Patch, and Friends De-mystifying patches and the tools used to create and apply them. by Michael K. Johnson Auto-Loading Kernel Modules Make your system leaner by modularizing the kernel. by Preston F. Crow NEWS & ARTICLES Graphing with Gnuplot and Xmgr by Andy Vaught Mobile IP: Transparent Host Migration on the Internet by Ben Lancki, Abhijit Dixit, and Vipul Gupta Certifying Linux by Heiko Eissfeldt COLUMNS Letters to the Editor Stop the Presses New Products Kernel Korner: Conclusion of Device Drivers Series Book Reviews: Bandits on the Information Superhighway, World Wide Web Journal, Issue One, Civilizing Cyberspace DIRECTORIES Consultants Directory Advertisers Index UPCOMING: Lurking with PGP Getting to know gdb >>>Note that SSC has started a new magazine called WEBsmith. The premier issue of WEBsmith was included as a supplement in the January issue of Linux Journal. For more info check out our web site, http://www.ssc.com/. Linux Journal is carried by some newsstands (including all Computer Literacy stores in Silicon Valley) and is delivered to newsstands by two newsstand distributors. If you know a place selling magazines that you think 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 US$32/year Foreign US$39/2 years U.S. US$49/2 years Canada US$54/2 years Foreign Linux Journal P.O. Box 85867 Seattle, WA 98145-1867 Fax: +1 206-782-7191 Tel: +1 206-782-7733 E-mail: subs@ssc.com URL: http://www.ssc.com/lj/ Our public key (for encrypting your credit card number) is available by fingering info@ssc.com. Subscriptions begin with the *current* issue. Back issues are available (except for Issues #1, #3, #4 and #17---we're out) for $4 each, or $6 each non-North American airmail. ***Note: All funds should be in U.S. dollars*** Other questions/comments can be sent to: linux@ssc.com