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April <I>Linux Journal</I>
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The April issue of <A HREF="http://www.linuxjournal.com/"><I>Linux
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Journal</I></A> will be hitting the newsstands March 6.
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The focus of this issue is Workplace Solutions with
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articles on Marketing Linux, WordPerfect 7, Satellite Remote Sensing,
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Linux in Biomedical Labs and much more. Check out the
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<A HREF="http://www.ssc.com/lj/issue48/index.html">Table of Contents</A>.
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Washington, DC Linux Users Group InstallFest
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1 Feb 1998 <BR>
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On March 28, 1998, the Washington DC area Linux User Group (DC LUG)
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will have its next Linux Installation Fest. Volunteer experts from
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several local Linux user groups will assist computer users interested
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in trying out Linux, the operating system that Byte Magazine, Wired,
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PC Magazine and other industry publications agree is a significant
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software phenomenon. Bring your PC and leave with Linux co-installed,
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or just visit the demo room to see what Linux is all about.
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Started as an exercise in Internet-based collaboration among hundreds
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of software developers around the globe, Linux has acquired a
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reputation for superior power and robustness, along with a
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relentless pace of improvements, a combination rarely matched by the
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mainstream software Unix and Windows NT industry.
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Linux has attracted an estimated 3 to 15 million users, and also
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garnered commercial support, evidenced by several shrinkwrap vendors
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with shelf space in mass-market computer stores. Even though in
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most cases an installation of Linux is a simple procedure, DC LUG
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will help those who may have unusual configurations or simply
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some trepidations about jumping in. Representatives from RedHat
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Software, one of Linux vendors, will also attend and provide advice.
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The InstallFest will be held at the Uniformed Services University of
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the Health Sciences, the medical school at the Bethesda Naval Medical
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complex, just inside the Beltway between Wisconsin and Connecticut
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Avenues.
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Doors open at 10 AM through 4 PM, Saturday 28 March 1998. See
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http://www.tux.org/fest for details and a requested pre-registration
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form.
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For more information: <BR>
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David Lesher, <A HREF="mailto:wb8foz@nrk.com">wb8foz@nrk.com</A>, (301)
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608-9775<BR>
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Przemek Klosowski, <A HREF="mailto:przemek@tux.org">przemek@tux.org</A>, (301) 975-6249
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Linux in the News
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A new spot to get Linux news information is <A
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HREF="http://www.eklektix.com/lwn/">http://www.eklektix.com/lwn/</A>, and
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don't forget <A HREF="http://www.linuxhq.com/">http://www.linuxhq.com/</A>.
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<I>Linux for Dummies</I> by Jon "maddog" Hall and others and <I>Linux for
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Dummies Quick Reference</I> by Phil Hughes are out from IDG books. Get your
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copy today.
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InfoWorld's 02/02/98 issue names Red Hat Linux 5.0 as it's OS of the year
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for 1997. The article can be found on-line at
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<A
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HREF="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/05/poy2a.dat.htm">
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http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/05/poy2a.dat.htm</A>
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under the Operating Systems heading.<BR>
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<A HREF="./redhat1.html">Red Hat's Press Release</A>
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Debian Year 2000 Compliance
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1 Feb 1998 <BR>
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Debian's Y2K compliance statement is at
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<A HREF="http://www.debian.org/news.html#19980104">
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http://www.debian.org/news.html#19980104</A>
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<P>
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For more information: <BR>
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Bruce Perens, <A HREF="mailto:bruce@pixar.com">bruce@pixar.com</A>
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"open source" -- new term for libre software
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10 Feb 1998<BR>
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<A HREF="./perens.html">The Open Source Definition</A>by Bruce Perens
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<A HREF="http://earthspace.net/~esr/open-source.html">
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Goodbye, "free software"; hello, "open source"</A> by Eric Raymond
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For more information: <BR>
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<A HREF="http://www.opensource.org/">http://www.opensource.org/</A>
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Linux receives the Softwarove noviny "Product of the year" award
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1 Feb 1998 <BR>
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Date: Mon, 9 Feb 1998 13:53:30 GMT
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The Czech computer monthly "Softwarove noviny" awarded the Linux 2.0
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operating system with its award "Product of the Year 1997". This award
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is regularly (for the sixth time this year) assigned to the best
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computer products available on the Czech market without any other
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limitation. The "Product of the Year" award is strictly non-commercial,
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no fee is paid and no application is put in. Among the criteria is
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technical excellence, amount of innovation, price / performance ratio
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as well as the amount of value added by the domestic vendor. The award
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was granted to 18 products for the past year, among them two operating
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systems.
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Softwarove noviny (www.softnov.cz) is a prestigious Czech computer monthly.
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Its name (with meaning Software News) is rather traditional than descriptive:
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actually it is a generally oriented computer magazine that focuses on
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software as well as hardware, networking and other aspects of IT
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market. It is published in Czech language and distributed in both Czech
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and Slovak Republics. The Softwarove noviny reader?s group includes
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professional IT users, entrepreneurs and managers. The Softwarove
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noviny is the only Czech computer monthly prepared entirely from
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domestic sources without translated articles from American or German
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industry press. Softwarove noviny magazine publishes now 16,000 copies
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(total population of Czech Republic is 10 million), 85 % of which are
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paid (1/3 by subscribers). About 40 % of the magazine are occupied by
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advertisements of both Czech and worldwide IT companies. According the
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independent surveys from November 1996, the Softwarové noviny magazine
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is the most known IT magazine in the Czech Republic.
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<p>
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The WWW page of Softwarove noviny is available at http://www.softnov.cz/.
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The Czech Linux Users' Group has its WWW page at http://www.linux.cz/czlug/.
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<p>
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For more information: <BR>
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Jan "Yenya" Kasprzak, <A HREF="mailto:kas@informatics.muni.cz">
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kas@informatics.muni.cz</A>, <A HREF="http://www.fi.muni.cz/~kas/">
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http://www.fi.muni.cz/~kas/</A>
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WWW: inofficial StarOffice 4.0 for Linux FAQ
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16 Feb 1998<BR>
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Michael Hoennig has collected some questions and answers into an
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inofficial FAQ of Linux (and some UNIX-) specific topics of StarOffice
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4.0. This FAQ in the German language can be found at:
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<p>
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http://www.on-line.de/~michael.hoennig/soffice4-linux-faq-49.html
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<p>
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This FAQ in an English version can be found at:
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http://www.on-line.de/~michael.hoennig/soffice4-linux-faq-01.html
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For more information: <BR>
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Michael Hoennig, <A HREF="mailto:mhoennig@on-line.de">mhoennig@on-line.de</A>
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WANTED: Project LEAP: Linux-Equipped Astronauts Project
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1 Feb 1998 <BR>
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17 Feb 1998<BR>
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Recent articles on the International Space Station (ISS) have
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mentioned that astronauts will be issued laptop computers running
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MSWin95. Other reports have predicted disastrous trouble with
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the station control software, because of poor engineering practices
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and unrealistic schedules.
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<p>
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This situation creates a real opportunity for Linux. While we
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(probably) can't help with the main station software, at least
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the astronauts can be freed from Win95 crashes. Imagine the sound
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bites: "At least our laptops don't crash all the time."
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<p>
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PEAL is a project to port the applications that the astronauts use
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to run under Linux, so each astronaut has a choice of operating
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systems. Many of them will continue using MSWin95, for a time, but
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if any astronaut chooses Linux, the others will begin to pick it up,
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just as happens on the ground.
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<p>
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Anyone who wants to take over the
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web page, design a project logo, set up a mail reflector, create a
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newsgroup, become group leader, or (almost forgot :-) port software,
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please write. We need to know what codes the astronauts need ported,
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and where the sources are. The project web page, for now, is:
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<A
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HREF="http://www.cantrip.org/leap.html">http://www.cantrip.org/leap.html</A>
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<p>
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For more information: <BR>
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Nathan Myers, <A
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HREF="mailto:ncm@nospam.cantrip.org">ncm@nospam.cantrip.org</A>,
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<A HREF="http://www.cantrip.org/">http://www.cantrip.org/</A>
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4th Annual Linux Expo, May 28-30th
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February 17, 1998:<BR>
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Linux is making waves in the news, and now is the
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opportunity for the world to find out why. It's time to get ready for
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the largest gathering of the best and brightest minds in the computer
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world. For three business-centered and technology-packed days, May
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28-30, the fourth annual Linux Expo will take over Duke University in
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Durham, North Carolina.
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<p>
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This year's Linux Expo is shaping up to be a can't-miss event. Visit
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the record number of Expo exhibitors (there is still time for your
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company to become involved) showing the latest in Linux-based hardware,
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software, and service solutions. And stop in on the business and technical
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discussions to hear talks by some of the most important names in technology
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today.
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<p>
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Yes, Linus Torvalds will be there. And so will many others.
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<p>
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Technical track speakers include:
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<ul><li>
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*Eric Youngdale - Future Directions of Linux SCSI Development
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<li>
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*Dirk H Hohndel - XSuSE -- adding more to the XFree86 offerings
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<li>
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*Frank T. Kujawski - Setting Up Diskless Computers, Quickly!
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<li>
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*Simon Horman - Creating Redundant Servers in Linux
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<li>
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*Jacques Gelinas - LinuxConf
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<li>
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*Alan Cox - "I don't care if space aliens ate my mouse" or Porting
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Linux to the Apple Macintosh 68K
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<li>
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*Mike Westall - ATM Device Driver Development in Linux
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<li>
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*Jes Sorensen - Linux/HIPPI - Linux Joins Supoercomputing Networking
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<li>
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*Bruce Perens - The Computer Graphics of Pixar
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<li>
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*Lars Wirzenius - Linux Anecdotes
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<li>
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*Greg Badros - A Caching NFS Client for Linux
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<li>
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*Eric S. Raymond - Homesteading the Noosphere: Custom and Property
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Rights in the Free Software Community
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<li>
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*David S. Miller - Optimizing the Cobalt Microserver
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<li>
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*Miguel de Icaza - GNOME: The GNU Network Object Model Environment
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<li>
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*Alex "Mr. Worf" Yuriev - Optimizing Network Performance
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<li>
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*Peter J. Braam - The Linux 2.1 New VFS Interface
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<li>
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*Steffen Seeger - KGI: Graphics and Games with the Kernel
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<li>
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*Andreas Beck - LibGGI The next generation fully portable graphics
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library
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<li>
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*Jason McMullan - EvStack - Linux Console Design, Take II
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<li>
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*Daryll Strauss - Linux helps create Titanic
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<li>
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*Stephen C. Tweedie - Journalling the Linux Filesystem
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<li>
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*Peter J. Braam - The Coda Distributed Filesystem on Linux
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</ul>
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<p>
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There will also be Tutorial Sessions featuring among others:
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<ul><li>
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*Peter J. Braam - Coda Demonstrations
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<li>
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*Jakub Jelinek - Hacking the Linux Kernel
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</ul>
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<p>
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Business track speakers include:
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<ul><li>
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*Bruce Perens, Software in the Public Interest--Free Software Licensing
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<li>
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*Jon maddog Hall, Digital Equipment Corp.-- Linux Around the World
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<li>
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*James Gray, S.u.S. E.-- A Cooperative Model for Linux Certification
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<li>
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*Tim Bird, Caldera, Inc.-- The COAS Project
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</ul>
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<p>
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For more information:<BR>
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<A HREF="mailto:linux@linuxexpo.org">linux@linuxexpo.org</A>
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<A HREF="http://www.linuxexpo.org/">http://www.linuxexpo.org/</A>
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WWW: linux for starters WWW-page
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</H3>
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Fri, 20 Feb 1998 08:29:00 GMT<BR>
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Here's Yet Another Page Concerning Linux For
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Starters. In case anyone's interested...
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http://www.ping.be/leminator/leminator.htm
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<P>
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For more information: <BR>
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Koen Janssens, <A HREF="mailto:trott@mail.dma.be">trott@mail.dma.be</A>
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WANTED: OpenBIOS - Freeware x86 BIOS iniatitive
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</H3>
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1 Feb 1998 <BR>
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Fri, 20 Feb 1998 08:42:53 GMT<BR>
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Some discussion about the possibility of a freeware 'GNU' BIOS
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was casually mentioned on the Linux kernel mailing list last week.
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Talk about it escalated, and a mailing list was quickly formed.
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After a few more days of ideas, it seems like a very good possibility
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and some people just hell bent on getting started.
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<p>
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What we are looking for now are people with a high degree of knowledge
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about the low-level workings of the x86 PC architecture, and real mode
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programming experience. Please join the mailing list and offer what help
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you can.
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<p>
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Also understand that many Linux people are involved with this, but the
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purpose is a COMPLETE BIOS replacement for use with all Intel x86 OS's,
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not just some new boot loader.
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<p>
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To subscribe to the OpenBIOS Mailing list, write an email
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To: openbios-request@linkscape.net
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Subject [leave blank!]
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subscribe [in the body]
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It is a majordomo managed list. Feel free to use extended MD commands as needed.
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<p>
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OpenBIOS web pages: (DO NOT expect to find much here yet! )
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<A HREF="http://www.linkscape.net/openbios/">
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http://www.linkscape.net/openbios/</A> <BR>
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<A HREF="http://www.freiburg.linux.de/OpenBIOS/">
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http://www.freiburg.linux.de/OpenBIOS/</A>
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<p>
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For more information: <BR>
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Dave Cinege
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Linus Torvalds at next SVLUG meeting March 4th
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1 Feb 1998 <BR>
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20 Feb 1998 <BR>
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March 4, 1998, Linus Torvalds will speak at the Silicon Valley Linux
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Users Group (SVLUG) meeting. The meeting begins at 7pm.
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<p>
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This meeting will be held at our new location, the GateWay Conference
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Center, Building J, ciscoSystems. The address for this conference
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center is:
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255 W. Tasman Drive <BR>
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San Jose, CA 95134
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Please enter through the front entrance of the building, and the
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conference center will be to your left. There will be signs.
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<p>
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For more information: <BR>
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Rob Walker, <A HREF="mailto:rob@svlug.org">rob@svlug.org</A><BR>
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<A HREF="http://www.svlug.org/">http://www.svlug.org/</A>
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[gtk-list] Qt/KDE Netscape -- An estimate of Work!
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1 Feb 1998 <BR>
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John McNulty wrote:
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I'm sure after Netscape's source code announcement, a number of
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people (like me) must have wondered about the possibility of a
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port to KDE and/or Qt. So I asked one of the Netscape engineers
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for an opinion on this. Below is the answer I got.
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<blockquote> <ul>
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<li>The GUI frontend is clearly seperated from the rest of the browser
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by a well defined API (which all 3 frontends - MFC, Mac, Motif -
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use).
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<li>There are about 50 widgets ( ls *.c | wc -l) that are Netscape
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specific, which'll have to be ported.
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<li>The GUI itself is composed of around 160 C++ files, which
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instantiate these widgets.
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</ul>
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Depending on the number of people working on it, it could take
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anywhere between 2 months to an year. Of course, stripped down
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versions are possible in a shorter period of time.
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</blockquote>
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<P>
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So if anyone put there is thinking about this, you can use
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this as a guideline to figure out how much work is involved.
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<BR>
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--John
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<a name="software"></a>
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<P> <hr> <P>
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<!-- =================================================================== -->
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<center><H3> Software Announcements </H3></center>
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<P> <hr> <P>
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<!-- =================================================================== -->
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<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
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ZINC Software
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</H3>
|
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<p>
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9 Feb 1998<BR>
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Zinc's flagship product, Zinc Application Framework, is a very high-
|
|
quality C++ GUI API and interface builder which supports popular
|
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desktop operating systems (Windows, Motif, DOS, ...) *and* which is
|
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scalable to embedded platforms as well (in 1/10th the space of
|
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Windows CE!).
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<p>
|
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Zinc has recently negotiated distribution agreements with popular
|
|
Linux vendors to include ZAF with their CD-ROM distribution. Zinc has
|
|
also been engaged by top embedded operating systems' vendors to
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|
provide reference ports of ZAF for their embedded OS.
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<p>
|
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For more information: <BR>
|
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Robert Bishop, <A HREF="mailto:rbishop@zinc.com">rbishop@zinc.com</A><BR>
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Zinc Software Incorporated, <A
|
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HREF="http://www.zinc.com/">http://www.zinc.com/</A>
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<P> <hr> <P>
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<!-- =================================================================== -->
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<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
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EDA Software: Linux VHDL Simulator Sells Via Web
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</H3>
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|
<p>
|
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9 Feb 1998<BR>
|
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Essex Junction, Vt. -- Despite considerable user interest, very
|
|
few Linux-based EDA tools have become available. One of the
|
|
first is a new Linux version of the Green Mountain Computing
|
|
Systems VHDL compiler, available for $169 via the World Wide
|
|
Web.
|
|
<p>
|
|
Green Mountain currently offers a DOS-based VHDL simulator, and
|
|
Accolade Design Automation (Duvall, Wash.) sells a Windows-based
|
|
version of the same simulator. The new version 2 of the Green
|
|
Mountain VHDL compiler supports most, but not all, of the
|
|
features of IEEE 1076-87 and 1993 VHDL.
|
|
<p>
|
|
The Linux version is a port of the DOS version and includes all
|
|
the same features, except for the user interface. Both versions
|
|
come with two simulation environments for batch or interactive
|
|
simulation, precompiled IEEE packages, an online VHDL tutorial,
|
|
a Motorola HC11 microcontroller example model and free technical
|
|
support via e-mail.
|
|
<p>
|
|
Scott Thibault, president of Green Mountain Computing Systems,
|
|
said he developed the Linux version because that freely
|
|
distributed operating system is becoming more important in
|
|
universities, which have made up Green Mountain's primary
|
|
market. He said the Linux version is slightly slower than the
|
|
DOS version because of its support for multitasking.
|
|
<p>
|
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Linux has gained a following because it's viewed as a stable,
|
|
robust operating system that gives PCs full Unix compatibility.
|
|
Thus, commonly used Unix utilities such as "make" are available.
|
|
Linux also has minimal memory requirements. The Green Mountain
|
|
Linux VHDL compiler can run in about 8 Mbytes of RAM.
|
|
The simulator can be ordered only by mail or over the Internet.
|
|
<p>
|
|
For more information: <BR>
|
|
<A HREF="mailto:Andy@Piziali.dv.org">Andy@Piziali.dv.org</A><BR>
|
|
<A HREF="http://together.net/~thibault">http://together.net/~thibault</A>
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<P> <hr> <P>
|
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<!-- =================================================================== -->
|
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|
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<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
|
|
EAGLE LINUX M68K
|
|
</H3>
|
|
<p>
|
|
for AMIGA, Atari, Mac 68k and all computers based on the Motorola MC680x0 CPU
|
|
is now available. The end user delivery starts the first week of March.
|
|
Linux is pre-available on CDR for press and magazines.
|
|
<p>
|
|
Distribution:<BR>
|
|
Eagle Computer Products GmbH,<BR>
|
|
S.u.S.E. GmbH
|
|
<p>
|
|
Update CDs will follow every 2-3 months.
|
|
Planned versionen which will come soon:
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li>Intel PC Linux
|
|
<li>PowerPC Linux
|
|
<li>DEC Alpha Linux
|
|
</ul>
|
|
For more information: <BR>
|
|
Dragon Internet Design, Frank Rosendahl & Klaus-Peter Walter
|
|
<A HREF="mailto:linux@eagle-cp.com">linux@eagle-cp.com</A> <BR>
|
|
|
|
<P> <hr> <P>
|
|
<!-- =================================================================== -->
|
|
|
|
<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
|
|
Olicom Linux Token-Ring driver released
|
|
</H3>
|
|
<P>
|
|
6 Feb 1998<BR>
|
|
Olicom is pleased to announce the release of a Linux Driver for
|
|
Olicom's high performance Token-Ring Adapters OC-3118 and OC-3137. The
|
|
driver is also compatible with the older OC-3136 adapter.
|
|
The combination of Olicom's Token-Ring adapters and new Linux drivers
|
|
provide superior performance in a Linux Token-Ring environment.
|
|
<p>
|
|
The driver has been tested with the (currently) latest version of the
|
|
2.0 kernel, 2.0.33. It will probably work with any 2.0 kernel,
|
|
i.e. all of the kernels used by the Linux distributions, but this has
|
|
not been tested and can not be guaranteed.
|
|
<p>
|
|
For the current development versions of Linux 2.1 the driver has been
|
|
tested with version 2.1.78. Changes to the development kernel are
|
|
occurring in rapid pace and compatibility can not be guaranteed.
|
|
<p>
|
|
The Olicom Linux driver is available from Olicom's WEB site
|
|
http://www.olicom.dk/ (Europe) or http://www.olicom.com/ (US).
|
|
<p>
|
|
Pre-compiled kernels with the driver builtin - based on Linux 2.0.33 -
|
|
for RedHat 4.2, RedHat 5.0 and other systems using the Linux
|
|
2.0.x kernel, are available from
|
|
<p>
|
|
ftp://ftp.olicom.dk/pub/releases/Unix-Driver/Linux/unsupported/
|
|
<p>
|
|
For more information: <BR>
|
|
<A HREF="mailto:henrik_stoerner@olicom.dk">henrik_stoerner@olicom.dk</A><BR>
|
|
<A HREF="http://www.olicom.dk/">http://www.olicom.dk/</A> (Europe) <BR>
|
|
<A HREF="http://www.olicom.com/">http://www.olicom.com/</A> (US)
|
|
|
|
<P> <hr> <P>
|
|
<!-- =================================================================== -->
|
|
|
|
<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
|
|
GNU plotting utilities 2.0 released
|
|
</H3>
|
|
<p>
|
|
6 Feb 1998 <BR>
|
|
Release 2.0 of the GNU plotting utilities is now available at
|
|
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/plotutils-2.0.tar.gz . It should soon be
|
|
available via ftp from the GNU mirror sites. A list of mirror sites is
|
|
appended below; please try them before you try ftp.gnu.org.
|
|
<p>
|
|
This is a major release. The centerpiece of the package is now `libplot',
|
|
a function library for 2-D device-independent graphics. Libplot is
|
|
installed as a DLL (dynamically linked library), on systems that support
|
|
DLL's. Libplot now supports Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language (HP-GL and
|
|
HP-GL/2) output, in addition to Postscript, xfig, Tektronix, and X11 output.
|
|
So HP LaserJet and other PCL 5 printers are now supported.
|
|
<p>
|
|
The manual for the plotting utilities is now over 100 pages long. To
|
|
install and print the documentation, be sure that you have the current
|
|
release of the GNU texinfo package (v. 3.11) installed on your system.
|
|
You may retrieve it from ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/texinfo-3.11.tar.gz .
|
|
<p>
|
|
For more information: <BR>
|
|
Mathematics Department, University of Arizona <BR>
|
|
Robert S. Maier, <A
|
|
HREF="mailto:rsm@math.arizona.edu">rsm@math.arizona.edu </A>
|
|
|
|
|
|
<P> <hr> <P>
|
|
<!-- =================================================================== -->
|
|
|
|
<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
|
|
Data Plotting Library DISLIN 6.3c
|
|
</H3>
|
|
<p>
|
|
6 Feb 1998<BR>
|
|
DISLIN is a high-level and easy to use plotting library for
|
|
displaying data as curves, bar graphs, pie charts, 3D-colour plots,
|
|
surfaces, contours and maps. Several output formats are supported
|
|
such as X11, VGA, PostScript, CGM, HPGL, TIFF and Prescribe. The library
|
|
contains about 400 plotting and parameter setting routines and is
|
|
available for several C, Fortran 77 and Fortran 90 compilers.
|
|
<p>
|
|
Version 6.3c of DISLIN is now released for Linux. The supported
|
|
compilers are GCC, G77, Imagine F, NAGf90, Absoft f77 and Absoft f90.
|
|
Plotting extensions for the programming languages Perl 5.003 and Python
|
|
1.5 are included.
|
|
<p>
|
|
All DISLIN distributions for Linux are free.
|
|
DISLIN is available from the DISLIN Home Page:<BR>
|
|
<A HREF="http://www.mpae.gwdg.de/dislin/dislin.html">
|
|
http://www.mpae.gwdg.de/dislin/dislin.html </A> <BR>
|
|
and via FTP from the server:<BR>
|
|
<A
|
|
HREF="ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/grafik/dislin/">ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/grafik/dislin/</A>
|
|
<p>
|
|
For more information: <BR>
|
|
Max-Planck-Institut fuer Aeronomie<BR>
|
|
Helmut Michels, <A
|
|
HREF="mailto:michels@linax1.mpae.gwdg.de">michels@linax1.mpae.gwdg.de </A>
|
|
|
|
<P> <hr> <P>
|
|
<!-- =================================================================== -->
|
|
|
|
<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
|
|
ktalkd-0.4.1 - Enhanced talk daemon
|
|
</H3>
|
|
<P>
|
|
6 Feb 1998<BR>
|
|
ktalkd is an enhanced talk daemon with answering machine for Unix systems,
|
|
designed to work under KDE, but can also work without it.
|
|
It is available at:<BR>
|
|
ftp://aurora.resi.insa-lyon.fr/pub/people/dfaure/linux/ktalkd-0.4.1.tgz <BR>
|
|
ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/Incoming/ktalkd-0.4.1.tgz
|
|
<p>
|
|
Tested on Linux or BSD, with or without KDE.
|
|
<p>
|
|
For more information: <BR>
|
|
David Faure, <A
|
|
HREF="mailto:david.faure@ifhamy.insa-lyon.fr">david.faure@ifhamy.insa-lyon.fr</A>
|
|
|
|
|
|
<P> <hr> <P>
|
|
<!-- =================================================================== -->
|
|
|
|
<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
|
|
angela! 1.7 BETA - graph editor w/ Tcl/Tk interface
|
|
</H3>
|
|
<p>
|
|
9 Feb 1998 <BR>
|
|
angela! stands for: <pre>
|
|
A ngela is a
|
|
N atural
|
|
G raph
|
|
E ditor with
|
|
L ayout
|
|
A lgorithms
|
|
! </pre>
|
|
<p>
|
|
angela! is free of charge (GPL LICENSE)
|
|
<p>
|
|
It is intended to help the user creating simple graphs for courses,
|
|
technical diagrams or simply demonstrating what graph algorithms can
|
|
do.
|
|
<p>
|
|
The developpment platform is Linux 2.0.32 with glibc libraries as there
|
|
are provided with RedHat 5.0. Porting angela! to other systems should not
|
|
be difficult as it uses these Programs:
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li>Standard C compiler (no C++ code at this time)
|
|
<li>CWEB Version 3.4
|
|
<li>Tcl/Tk Version 8.0p2
|
|
<li>Tix 4.1
|
|
</ul>
|
|
For binary distributions, only Tcl/Tk Version 8.0p2 and Tix 4.1 are
|
|
necessary. Contact your system administrator to help you installing these
|
|
tools (also used by other programs, so the disk space is not wasted ;) )
|
|
<p>
|
|
The actual version is at this time under the following URL:
|
|
<p>
|
|
<A
|
|
HREF="http://www.mpi-sb.mpg.de/~pabst/angela/">http://www.mpi-sb.mpg.de/~pabst/angela/</A>
|
|
<p>
|
|
For more information: <BR>
|
|
Oliver Pabst, <A HREF="mailto:olpa@itm.uni-sb.de">olpa@itm.uni-sb.de</A>
|
|
<BR>
|
|
University of Saarland, Computing Center, Germany.
|
|
|
|
<P> <hr> <P>
|
|
<!-- =================================================================== -->
|
|
|
|
<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
|
|
Tsinvest, version 0.4, stock trading program released.
|
|
</H3>
|
|
<p>
|
|
9 Feb 1998<BR>
|
|
The C sources to a stock trading program, tsinvest.tar.gz, version
|
|
0.4, are available at <A HREF="ftp://sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/Incoming/">
|
|
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/Incoming/"></A> or
|
|
<A HREF="ftp://sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/apps/financial/investment/">
|
|
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/apps/financial/investment/</A>. The
|
|
sources are free for non-commercial use.
|
|
<p>
|
|
The program tsinvest is for quantitative financial analysis of equity
|
|
values. An optimal portfolio investment strategy for multiple
|
|
equities is computed. The program decides which of all available
|
|
equities to invest in at any single time, by calculating the
|
|
instantaneous future value of all equities, and using statistical
|
|
estimation techniques to estimate the accuracy of the calculated
|
|
values. Entropic techniques are used throughout. A tutorial is
|
|
presented in the man(1) pages. A companion equity market simulation
|
|
program is included.
|
|
<p>
|
|
For more information: <BR>
|
|
John Conover, <A HREF="mailto:conover@netcom.com">conover@netcom.com</A>
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
<P> <hr> <P>
|
|
<!-- =================================================================== -->
|
|
|
|
<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
|
|
Linux Logo 1.04 - shows system info with a linux logo
|
|
</H3>
|
|
<P>
|
|
9 Feb 1998<BR>
|
|
linux_logo outputs a color ansi version of a penguin, accompanied by
|
|
system info gathered from proc.
|
|
SUPPORTS Linux, SMP, Atari m68k, and even some non-Linux OS's
|
|
<p>
|
|
USES [instructions included]:
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li>Have a boot-up penguin in userspace [avoid kernel bloat]
|
|
<li>Impress your friends with a fancy color penguin login/motd
|
|
<li>Have a "penguin" port on your computer
|
|
<li>Use your imagination!
|
|
</ul>
|
|
WHERE TO GET LINUX_LOGO:<BR>
|
|
http://www.glue.umd.edu/~weave/vmwprod/linux_logo-1.04.tar.gz <BR>
|
|
http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/Incoming/linux_logo-1.04.tar.gz -- at first
|
|
http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/logos/penguin/linux_logo-1.04.tar.gz
|
|
<p>
|
|
Check out other programs at http://www.glue.umd.edu/~weave/vmwprod
|
|
<p>
|
|
For more information: <BR>
|
|
Vince Weaver, <A HREF="mailto:hweave@eng.umd.edu">weave@eng.umd.edu</A>,
|
|
<A
|
|
HREF="http://www.glue.umd.edu/~weave/">http://www.glue.umd.edu/~weave/</A>
|
|
|
|
<P> <hr> <P>
|
|
<!-- =================================================================== -->
|
|
|
|
<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
|
|
xfpovray v1.3 - An X interface for POV-Ray raytracer
|
|
</H3>
|
|
<p>
|
|
16 Feb 1998<BR>
|
|
I would like to present a new version (1.3) of my xforms
|
|
interface to the ray tracer POV-Ray. If you have
|
|
ever used POV-Ray from the command line, you might
|
|
find this program useful. Check: <BR>
|
|
<A
|
|
HREF="http://cspar.uah.edu/~mallozzir/">http://cspar.uah.edu/~mallozzir/</A>
|
|
<p>
|
|
Source code is available in tgz, bzip2, and
|
|
rpm formats.
|
|
<p>
|
|
For more information: <BR>
|
|
Robert S. Mallozzi, <A
|
|
HREF="mailto:mallors@crazyhorse.msfc.nasa.gov">mallors@crazyhorse.msfc.nasa.gov</A>
|
|
<A
|
|
HREF="http://cspar.uah.edu/~mallozzir/">http://cspar.uah.edu/~mallozzir/</A> <BR>
|
|
University of Alabama
|
|
|
|
|
|
<P> <hr> <P>
|
|
<!-- =================================================================== -->
|
|
|
|
<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
|
|
Casio Digital Diary Backup/restore v2.2
|
|
</H3>
|
|
<p>
|
|
17 Feb 1998 <BR>
|
|
Casio Diary
|
|
is a package that allows communication to
|
|
the CASIO series of hand-held organizers based on a protocol posted
|
|
by Knut Radloff, knut@krhh.hanse.de.
|
|
<p>
|
|
Version 2.2 has been tested on Linux2.x , Solaris2.x, sunos4.x.
|
|
For both the BOSS and ILLUMINATOR models and is released under the GPL.
|
|
<p>
|
|
It is provided as is i.e. jamal is not to be responsible for any
|
|
damages it causes to you, your CASIO or your environment.
|
|
<p>
|
|
Primary-site: <A HREF="http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/comm/">
|
|
http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/comm/</A> <BR>
|
|
100kB casio22.tgz, 1kB casio.lsm
|
|
Alternate-site: <A
|
|
HREF="ftp://ftp.cyberus.ca/pub/users/hadi/casio/casio22.tgz">
|
|
ftp://ftp.cyberus.ca/pub/users/hadi/casio/casio22.tgz</A>
|
|
<p>
|
|
For more information: <BR>
|
|
Jamal Hadi Salim, <A HREF="mailto:hadi@cyberus.ca">hadi@cyberus.ca </A>
|
|
<BR>
|
|
Ottawa, Canada
|
|
|
|
<P> <hr> <P>
|
|
<!-- =================================================================== -->
|
|
|
|
<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
|
|
Telnet98 - updated telnet source distribution
|
|
</H3>
|
|
<p>
|
|
18 Feb 1998<BR>
|
|
Telnet98 is a new release of the ubiquitous "telnet" utility, based on
|
|
the 1995 MIT telnet distribution from ftp.cray.com and net-dist.mit.edu.
|
|
Telnet98 adds some new features to the distribution including
|
|
new 'configure' based build and install scripts and
|
|
support for additional authentication and encryption types.
|
|
<p>
|
|
Telnet98 can be downloaded from <A
|
|
HREF="ftp://quasimodo.stanford.edu/pub/telnet/">ftp://quasimodo.stanford.edu/pub/telnet/</A>,
|
|
and US/Canadian users can find instructions there for downloading source
|
|
with strong (128-bit) encryption enabled.
|
|
<p>
|
|
For more information: <BR>
|
|
Thomas Wu, <A
|
|
HREF="mailto:tjw@xenon.stanford.edu">tjw@xenon.stanford.edu</A> <BR>
|
|
Stanford University: Computer Science Department, CA USA
|
|
|
|
<P> <hr> <P>
|
|
<!-- =================================================================== -->
|
|
|
|
<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
|
|
Subject: fetchmail-4.3.7 - mail retriever for POP and IMAP
|
|
</H3>
|
|
<P>
|
|
18 Feb 1998<BR>
|
|
The 4.3.7 release of fetchmail is now available at the usual locations,
|
|
including <A
|
|
HREF="http://earthspace.net/~esr/fetchmail/">http://earthspace.net/~esr/fetchmail/</A>. Here are the release
|
|
<p>
|
|
For more information: <BR>
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Eric S. Raymond, <A
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HREF="mailto:esr@snark.thyrsus.com">esr@snark.thyrsus.com</A> <BR>
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Organization: Eric Conspiracy Secret Labs,
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<a href="http://earthspace.net/~esr">http://earthspace.net/~esr</a>
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<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
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leap 1.1.9 - A free RDBMS
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</H3>
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<p>
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20 Feb 1998<BR>
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<p>
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LEAP is a free RDBMS (Relational Database Management System) that has
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been used as an educational tool in Universities around the world to aid
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students as they learn database theory. It allows relational algebra
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expressions to be entered directly into the system, and the results to
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be queried. It supports relational closure, so complete expressions can
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be deeply nested. Examples are included from popular database texts,
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including C.J.Date's "An introduction to database systems".
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<p>
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LEAP is entirely free (it is distributed under the terms of the GNU
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General Public License), and is very easy to install. All distributions
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contain the full 'C' source code. Versions exist for all Unix
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implementations, and Windoze 95/3.1/NT. Full documentation is included
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in the distribution, and is available on the web. LEAP is in active
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development (on a Linux 2.0 slackware system) by the author.
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<p>
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Full details, including links to the main ftp archives, are available on
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the LEAP web page:
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<p>
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<A
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HREF="http://www.dogbert.demon.co.uk/leap.html">http://www.dogbert.demon.co.uk/leap.html </A> <BR>
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<A
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HREF="http://www.brookes.ac.uk/~e0190404/leap.html">http://www.brookes.ac.uk/~e0190404/leap.html
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</A> <BR>
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<p>
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Strictly speaking LEAP 1.1.9 is BETA software, but extensive testing has
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shown no major problems.
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<p>
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For more information: <BR>
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Richard Leyton, <A HREF="mailto:rleyton@acm.org">rleyton@acm.org</A>
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WMF - WebMailFolder 1.0.1 mail folder to html converter
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</H3>
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<p>
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20 Feb 1998<BR>
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This tool is for converting mails to html and can be used for
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mailinglist archive.
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<p>
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It can be found on:
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ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/incoming/Linux/
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or ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/Incoming/
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should be moved to
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ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/www/converters/
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<p>
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ftp://ftp.lugs.ch/incoming
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should be moved to
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ftp://ftp.lugs.ch/pub/linux/mail
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<p>
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For more details see the doc/ChangeLog or
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Norbert Kuemin, Swisscom, <A
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HREF="mailto:Norbert.Kuemin@gd2.swissptt.ch">Norbert.Kuemin@gd2.swissptt.ch
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</A> <BR>
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<A HREF="http://www.lugs.ch/LUGS_Members/norbert.kuemin/wmf.html">
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http://www.lugs.ch/LUGS_Members/norbert.kuemin/wmf.html</A><BR>
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bash Book Released
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</H3>
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<P>
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27 Feb 1998 <BR>
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New Edition of the "Definitive Guide to bash" released--O'Reilly's
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<I>Learning the bash Shell</I> By Cameron Newham & Bill Rosenblatt
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now covers Version 2.0.
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This second edition covers all of the features of bash Version 2.0,
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while still applying to bash Version 1.x. New features include
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one-dimensional arrays, parameter expansion, and more pattern-matching
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operations. In addition, bash 2.0 is POSIX.2 conformant. This updated
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edition covers new commands, security improvements, additions to
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ReadLine, improved configuration and installation, and an additional
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programming aid, the bash shell debugger.
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<P>
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For more information: <BR>
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O'Reilly & Associates, <A HREF="mailto:info@ora.com">info@ora.com</A>,
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<A HREF="http://www.oreilly.com/">http://www.oreilly.com/</A>
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<P> <hr> <P>
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<center>Published in <i>Linux Gazette</i> Issue 26, March 1998</center>
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