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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_bytes20.html#general">News in General</a>
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<li><a HREF="./lg_bytes20.html#software">Software Announcements</a>
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<center><H3> News in General </H3></center>
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SAL--Scientific Applications on Linux
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</H3>
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<p>If you are looking for a great collection of software information relating
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to science and engineering be sure to take a look at <a
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href="http://SAL.KachinaTech.COM">SAL</a> -- the Scientific
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applications on Linux page. The page contains broad converage of different
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advancements adn points of interest in the Linux community. There are
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currently 1250 software entries at the SAL page! Luckily if you are looking
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for something specific, you may choose to search the Linux Applications.
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There are also sections which will help you find what you need. There are
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sections from Mathematics to Office Software and Numerical Analysis to
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Computer Graphics. Not only can you roam around the page looking at all
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of the applications, but you have a chance to make contributions of your
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own to the page. Don't miss the new and improved SAL at <a
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href="http://SAL.KachinaTech.COM">http://SAL.KachinaTech.COM</a>. You'll be
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happy you visited.
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Readers' Choice Awards
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<p>Vote in Linux Journal's 1997 Readers' Choice Awards!
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<p>Linux Journal, the Premier Linux Magazine, is conducting its annual poll of
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Linux users. Vote for your favorites in twenty different categories
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including: Most desired upgrade, favorite shell and most indispensible Linux
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book.
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<p>The voting will take place on the Linux Journal web site from July 11th
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through August 26th. To place your vote simply go to
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<a href="http://www.ssc.com/lj/readchoice.html">http://www.ssc.com/lj/readchoice.html</a> and follow the directions there. Please
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do not submit more than one form because all duplicate entries will be
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deleted.
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<p>Results will be published in the December issue of Linux Journal (on
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newsstands early November).
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<p>Subscriptions to Linux Journal are available by calling our toll free number
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(in the US/Canada) 888 66 LINUX or over our web page at
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<a href="http://www.ssc.com/lj/">http://www.ssc.com/lj/</a>.
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Check Out This Site!
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</H3>
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<p>Take a look at <a href="http://www.m-tech.ab.ca/linux-biz/">http://www.m-tech.ab.ca/linux-biz</a>. This page contains a
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list of commercial sites that use Linux for business. Check out all of the
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Linux users at work!
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<center><H3> Software Announcements </H3></center>
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Evolution Scheduler
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</H3>
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<p>Check out Evolution Scheduler. The Evolution Scheduler is based on
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Genetic Algorithms and Evolutionary Programming.
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This scheduler can live with original Linux priority scheduler.
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This means you don't have to reboot to change the scheduling
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policy. You may switch between them at any time just by a simple
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command, say, <pre>esep -cp 3</pre>.
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<p>A manager program esep(Evolution Scheduling
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and Evolving Processes), with which you can do scheduling
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administration job is provided.
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<p>If you are interested, see
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<a href="http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/kernel">http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/kernel</a>
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looking for "esep-1.2.tgz" and "esep-1.2.lsm"
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or visit Jinlong Lin's homepage at
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<a href="http://www.iit.edu/~linjinl/esep.html">http://www.iit.edu/~linjinl/esep.html</a>
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Alien
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Make sure you get a peek at<a href="http://kite.ml.org/programs/alien">Alien</a>, a new
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program that convert between the rpm, dpkg adn slackware tgz file formats.
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In order to use Alien you need Perl 5 or greater and the Getopt::Long perl
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module installed in your system. Take a look!
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Apache-SSL
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</H3>
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Take a look at Apache-SSL. It is a secure web server based on Apache and
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SSLeay. It is free for use with copyright notices and you can get it at
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<a href="ftp://ftp.ox.ac.uk/pub/crypto/SSL">The Oxford University FTP
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site</a>.
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GNU Midnight Commander
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</H3>
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<p>The GNU Midnight Commander is a Unix file manager and shell, useful
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to novice and guru alikes. Version 4.0 has many enhancements.
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See <a href="http://mc.blackdown.org/mc4">http://mc.blackdown.org/mc4</a> for the list of seventy download
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sites
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<p>GNU Midnight Commander is also included on most CD-ROMs containing
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GNU software and we expect the publishers of these CD-ROMs to
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include MC version 4.0 when they publish a next version of their
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CD-ROM.
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<p>See also the GNU Midnight Commander website at
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<a href="http://mc.blackdown.org/mc/">http://mc.blackdown.org/mc/</a>
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Watchdog
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</H3>
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<p>Watchdog is a daemon that checks if your system is still working. If
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programs in user space are not longer executed it will reboot the system.
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<p>A few new features in 3.0 include:
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<li>Test the system load average and reboot if it is too high.
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<li>Added network mode: soft reboot is initiated if a given
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network/host does not answer.
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<li>Use user provided test binary.
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<li>Halt the system if temperature is too high, but send mail to the
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sysadmin prior doing that.
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</ul>
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<p>Watchdog is available from:
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tsx-11.mit.edu /pub/linux/sources/sbin
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sunsite.unc.edu /pub/linux/system/daemons
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ftp.debian.org /pub/debian/development/source/misc
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<p>As of the end of July, O'Reilly and Associates have the domain
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http://www.oreilly.com. The company figured it would be easier to
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remember than their previous domain. Check out their site!
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<center>Published in Linux Gazette Issue 20, August 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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