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<H4>"Linux Gazette...<I>making Linux just a little more fun!</I>"</H4>
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<H3>Contents:</H3>
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<li><a HREF="./lg_bytes19.html#general">News in General</a>
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<li><a HREF="./lg_bytes19.html#software">Software Announcements</a>
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<center><H3> News in General </H3></center>
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SPAM Counter Attack!
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If you'd like to have your voice heard regarding SPAM mail, why don't you
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consider writing a letter to your representative?
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<p>If you're not sure of who your representatives are, check the Congressional
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websites:
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<li>House: <a href="http://www.house.gov/writerep/">http://www.house.gov/writerep/</a>
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<li>Senate: <a href="http://www.senate.gov/senator/index.html">http://www.senate.gov/senator/index.html</a>
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</ul>
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<p>The postal addresses for your members are:
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<td>The Honorable (Senator name)</td> <td>The Honorable (Rep. name)</td>
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<td>Washington, DC 20510</td> <td>Washington, DC 20515</td>
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</table>
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<p>The letter doesn't have to be long... two paragraphs is as effective as 10
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pages. And you don't need to write different letters, the same one can be
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sent to each Member. (Just remember to change the mailing address!)
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Linux-Access Web Pages
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The Center for Disabled Student Services at the University of
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Utah in Salt Lake City Utah, today announced it's newly re-designed
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linux-access web pages. linux-access is a mailing list hosted by
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CDSS which is used by both developers and users of the Linux operating
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system in order to aid development and integration of access related
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technology into the Linux OS and available software.
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<p>Both users and developers of Linux are encouraged to join the
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mailing list and help Linux become more accessible to everyone. Among
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those encouraged to subscribe to the list are companies making Linux
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distributions so that they can incorporate access technology into their
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products as well as get valuable feedback from users.
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<p>Location of the new pages is at:
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<a href="http://ssv1.union.utah.edu/linux-access/">http://ssv1.union.utah.edu/linux-access/</a>.<br>
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Location of the blinux FTP mirror is at
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<a href="ftp://ssv1.union.utah.edu/pub/mirrors/blinux/">ftp://ssv1.union.utah.edu/pub/mirrors/blinux/</a>.<br>
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<p>An archive of the mailing list can be found on the Linux v2 Information HQ
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site at:
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<a href="http://www.linuxhq.com/lnxlists/linux-access/">http://www.linuxhq.com/lnxlists/linux-access/</a>.
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Supreme Court Ruling
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The U.S. Supreme Court extended free-speech rights
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to cyberspace in its recent ruling striking down a federal law
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that restricted indecent pictures and words on the Internet computer
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network.
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<p>The court declared the law that bans the dissemination of
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sexually explicit material to anyone younger than 18 unconstitutional.
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<p>"Notwithstanding the legitimacy and importance of the congressional goal
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of protecting children from harmful materials, we agree ... that the
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statute abridges 'freedom of speech' protected by the First Amendment,"
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Justice John Paul Stevens said for the court majority in the 40-page
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opinion.
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<p>The ruling represented a major victory for the American Civil Liberties
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Union (ACLU) and groups representing libraries, publishers and the
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computer on-line industry, which brought the lawsuit challenging the law.
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The Power OS
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Matthew Borowski has created a new website featuring Linux information. Entitled
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"Linux - THE POWER OS", and featuring Linux links, software, help,
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and a discussion forum, Linux - THE POWER OS is also a member of the
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Linux Webring.
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<p>The software listing is top-of-the-line, featuring a list of powerful
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applications that will change the way you make use of Linux. The modem
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setup section will help you get your modem working under Linux,
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and the StarOffice-miniHOWTO will help fix Libc problems when
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installing Staroffice under Linux.
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<p>If you have a chance, visit "Linux - THE POWER OS" at:
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<a href="http://www.jnpcs.com/mkb/linux/">http://www.jnpcs.com/mkb/linux</a>
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or
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<a href="http://www.mkb.home.ml.org/linux/">http://www.mkb.home.ml.org/linux/</a>
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<p>For more information write to
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<a href="mailto:mkb@poboxes.com">mkb@poboxes.com</a>
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June 1997 PowerPC Project
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The Linux for PowerPC project announces its June 1997 CD of the Linux
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operating system for the PowerPC. The CD is the second release following
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the first one in January 1997. The June release is significantly faster
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and has improved memory handling. It now contains over 400 different
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software packages and everything needed to install and run Linux on any
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of the PowerPC machines manufactured by Be Inc, Apple Computer, IBM,
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Motorola and most other manufactures of PowerPC computers. Go to
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<a href="http://www.linuxppc.org/">http://www.linuxppc.org/</a> to order your own CD or to find out more
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about
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Sunsite Link
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Check out
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<a href="http://sunsite.unc.edu/paulc/liv">http://sunsite.unc.edu/paulc/liv</a>
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<p>This lets you view the contents of SunSITE's /pub/Linux/Incoming
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directory, but extracts all the descriptions out of the map files (.lsm)
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and displays them in a table. It has links for 24 hours/7 day/14 day and
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28 day lists.
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GLUE Announcement
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Caldera has announced that it will give a free copy of OpenLinux
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Lite on CD-ROM for each group member of GLUE. Caldera, Inc.
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(http://www.caldera.com/) is located in Provo, Utah. For full details on
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GLUE and to register your group as a member, visit the GLUE web site at
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<a href="http://www.ssc.com/glue/">http://www.ssc.com/glue</a>.
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<center><H3> Software Announcements </H3></center>
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Woven Goods for LINUX
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World-Wide Web (WWW) Applications and Hypertext-based Information about
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LINUX. It is ready configured for the Slackware Distribution and
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currently
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tested with Version 3.2 (ELF). The Power Linux LST Distribution contains
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this collection as an integral part with some changes.
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<p>The Collection consists of five Parts, so it can be used for multiple
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purposes depending on the installed Parts:
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<p>The five Parts of Woven Goods for LINUX are:
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<li>World-wide Web Browser
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The World-wide Web Browser from Netscape for X11 and Lynx for
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ASCII terminals.
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<li>LINUX Documents
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The LINUX Documents contain the HTML Pages of Woven Goods for
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LINUX,
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FAQs, HOWTOs, LDP Documents and more in different formats like
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Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Text, PDF and Postscript.
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<li>World-wide Web Server
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The Apache World-wide Web Server with additional CGI Scripts for
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Statistics, viewing MAN Pages and Counters, Glimpse Search Engine
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and
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the Documentation for Apache Server. Furthermore the Apache Module
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PHP/FI as well as the BSCW system and the necessary Python
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interpreter
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are included.
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<li>Hypertext Markup Language
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The HTML-Editor asWedit allows the creation of HTML-Pages.
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Some Graphic Tools allow the creation and modification of GIFs.
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<li>External Viewers
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The external Viewers are nessesary to present Information which can
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not
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be viewed by the WWW Browsers. Only the usefull Viewers (xanim,
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acroread, ia, raplayer, str, splay, swplayer, vrweb, etc.) are
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included
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which are not part of the Slackware Distribution (xv, ghostview,
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showaudio).
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</ol>
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<p>Availabilty & Download
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<p>Woven Goods for LINUX is available via anonymous FTP from:
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<a href="ftp://ftp.fokus.gmd.de/pub/Linux/woven">ftp://ftp.fokus.gmd.de/pub/Linux/woven</a>
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<p>Installation
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<p>For Installation Instructions see the Installation Guide:
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<a href="ftp://ftp.fokus.gmd.de/pub/Linux/woven/README.install">ftp://ftp.fokus.gmd.de/pub/Linux/woven/README.install</a> or
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<a href="http://www.fokus.gmd.de/linux/install.html">http://www.fokus.gmd.de/linux/install.html</a>
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Qbib Version 1.1
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Qbib is a bibliography management system based on Qddb. Features include
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the Qddb database, import BibTeX .bib giles, custom export options and a
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friendly user-interface just to name a few.
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<p>For more information about Qbib (including an on-line manual),
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see
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<a href="http://www.hsdi.com/qddb/commercial">http://www.hsdi.com/qddb/commercial</a>
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<p>To order Qbib or other Qddb products/services, visit the Qddb store:
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<a href="http://www.hsdi.com/qddb/orders">http://www.hsdi.com/qddb/orders</a>
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WipeOut Version 1.07
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WipeOut is an integrated development environment for C++ and Java. It
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contains project manager, class browser, make tool, central text editor
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with syntax highlighting and a debugger frontend. WipeOut is available
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for Linux and SunOS/Solaris both under XView.
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<p>For the new release we have especially extended the class browser and
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the text editor.
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Check out the changes list for all new features and fixed bugs.
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<p>You can obtain the software and documentation at:
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<a href="http://www.softwarebuero.de/index-eng.html">http://www.softwarebuero.de/ndex-eng.html</a>
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<center>Published in Linux Gazette Issue 19, July 1997</center>
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<h5>This page written and maintained by the Editor of <I>Linux Gazette</I>,
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<A HREF="mailto: gazette@ssc.com">gazette@ssc.com</A><BR>
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Copyright © 1997 Specialized Systems Consultants, Inc. </H5>
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