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<H4>"Linux Gazette...<I>making Linux just a little more fun!</I>"</H4>
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<li><a HREF="./lg_bytes28.html#general">News in General</a>
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June <I>Linux Journal</I>
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The June issue of <A HREF="http://www.linuxjournal.com/"><I>Linux
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Journal</I></A> will be hitting the newsstands May 8.
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The focus of this issue is Connectivity with
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articles on setting up PLIP, NFS and NIS, using Linux with the PalmPilot,
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a user-friendly GUI for PPP and much more. Check out the
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<A HREF="http://www.linuxjournal.com/issue50/index.html">Table of Contents</A>.
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To subscribe to <I>Linux Journal</I>, click <A
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HREF="http://www.linuxjournal.com/ljsubsorder.html">here</A>.
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Linux in the News
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<li>The <A HREF="http://www.linuxresources.com/news/npr.html">transcript</A> of the
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April 8 "All Things Considered" interview on National Public radio can be found on
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the <A HREF="http://www.linuxresources.com/">Linux Resources</A> web site.
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<li>On April 17 NPR's "Science Friday" did a <A
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HREF="http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/1998/Apr/hour2b_041798.html">
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story</A> on free software featuring Richard Stallman and Eric S. Raymond.
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<li>Here's an article about Linux worth having a look at:
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<A HREF="http://www.gihyo.co.jp/SD/pacific/index.html">
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http://www.gihyo.co.jp/SD/pacific/index.html</A>
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<li><A HREF="./xfree.html">XFree86 Postion Statement on X11R6.4 Licensing</A>
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<li>Check out <A HREF="http://www.pcquest.com/apr98/">PC Quest's April
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issue</A>, especially
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the editorial. This is a curtain raiser for their May issue which will
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focus on Linux.
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<li>Linux is being used by the Post Office to sort the mail. Read John Taves'
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<A HREF="http://members.aa.net/~jtaves/linux.htm">article</A>.
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Scientific Software Packaging Feedback
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Date: Fri, 3 Apr 1998 07:19:12 -0700 (MST)
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<B>Purpose?</B>
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We at Kachina Technologies, Inc. are very excited about the tremendously
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increasing popularity of our SAL (Scientific Application on Linux) web site.
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Based on encouraging user feedbacks, we want to go the extra mile to provide
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more services to the Linux and the Scientific and Engineering communities.
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<B>What is SAL?</B>
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SAL (Scientific Applications on Linux) web sites collect thousands of
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software links for scientists, engineers, and Linux ethusiasts. There is no
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doubt that SAL has become one of the most important, popular, and exciting
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software resources for the Linux and UNIX community. SAL was developed by
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Dr. Herng-Jeng Jou, along with many others at Kachina Technologies, Inc.
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While most system/network level applications are packaged by Linux
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distributors and provided on their CD-ROM distributions, most commonly used
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free scientific packages are still provided in source code format. Although
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many users contributed packages which are often found in /contrib directories
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on Linux distributors' FTP sites, lack of version tracking and centralized
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control hinder the appreciation of these individual efforts. We are facinated
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by the team work and coordination of GNU/Debian Linux people and want to
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pursue the same goal in software packaging for the Scientific and Engineering
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community.
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Our initial goal is to archive Debian (.deb), RedHat (.rpm), and simple
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binary tree (.tgz) used by many distributions including the popular Slackware
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distribution. At the same time, SAL's website will function as a repository
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and users can download the packages and install them on their systems
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immediately.
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However, we'd like to listen to your opinions on the best policies and
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procedures to get this job done correctly.
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Please tell us what scientific and engineering software (those with free
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source codes that are available of course) you would like to see packaged.
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Please email us at sal@kachinatech.com and simply include:
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<li>Software name(s)
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<li>Preferred packaging format (RPM, DEB, or others)
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Although this is just a survey, we are quite serious and excited about
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doing this. The established packages will be available through SAL.
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Currently, there are 14 SAL sites installed worldwide, and their URLs are:
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Austria http://nswt.tuwien.ac.at/scicomp/sal/
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Finland http://sal.jyu.fi/
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Germany http://ftp.llp.fu-berlin.de/lsoft/
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Italy http://chpc06.ch.unito.it/linux/
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Japan http://ec.tmit.ac.jp/koyama/linux/SAL/
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Poland http://www.tuniv.szczecin.pl/linux/doc/other/SAL
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Portugal http://www.idite-minho.pt/SAL/
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Russia http://www.sai.msu.su/sal/
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South Africa http://web.ee.up.ac.za/sal/
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South Korea http://infosite.kordic.re.kr/sal
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Spain http://ceu.fi.udc.es/SAL/
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Turkey http://sal.raksnet.com.tr
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United Kingdom http://www.ch.qub.ac.uk/SAL/
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USA http://SAL.KachinaTech.COM
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We welcome your feedback, comments, and suggestions. Please send your
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messages (including mirroring requests) to sal@kachinatech.com
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For more information: <BR>
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Herng-Jeng Jou, <A
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HREF="mailto:hjjou@KachinaTech.COM">hjjou@KachinaTech.COM</A><BR>
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Team SAL, Kachina Technologies, Inc.
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MAILING-LIST: Linux Speech Recognition
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Date: Fri, 3 Apr 1998 07:19:12 -0700 (MST)<BR>
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All interested in speech recognition software under Linux are invited to
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join this new mailing list. The emphasis is on (though discussion is not
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limited to) finding a means of porting preexisting applications
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(especially DragonDictate-style ones, or possibly NaturallySpeaking-style)
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to Linux, rather than developing one from scratch.
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<P>
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To subscribe, remove the spaces from the following address and send mail
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to:
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ddlinux-request @ arborius.net
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For more information: <BR>
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Shore.Net/Eco Software, Inc; <A
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HREF="mailto:info@shore.net">info@shore.net</A>
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SAS for Linux
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Date: Fri, 3 Apr 1998 07:19:12 -0700 (MST)<BR>
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<A HREF="http://www.sas.com/">SAS</A> is a powerful and popular reporting, analysis,
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and application development system. The <A
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HREF="http://pw1.netcom.com/~kmself/SAS/SAS4Linux.html">SAS for Linux</A> site
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is dedicated to the
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support of SAS on the Linux operating system. Tune in there for
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information, news, to voice your opinion, and contribute to the cause.
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Of particular interest is the SAS User Linux Interest Profile, a survey
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to measure the amount of interest (or not) for SAS on Linux. Stop on
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by!
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<P>
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For more information: <BR>
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Karsten M. Self, <A HREF="mailto:kmself@ix.netcom.com">kmself@ix.netcom.com</A>
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New Pages for Linux Users
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Date: Fri, 3 Apr 1998 07:19:12 -0700 (MST)<BR>
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Here's a page that could prove worthwhile for newbies:
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<A HREF="http://home1.gte.net/henryw/basic/index.html">
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"Basic Linux Training"</A>
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Here's another new site site dedicated to Lunix. Find links to RPMS,
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X windows managers, HOWTOS and more. Check it out at:<BR>
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<A HREF="http://vdpower.gamesmania.com/demoreviews/linux/linux.html">
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http://vdpower.gamesmania.com/demoreviews/linux/linux.html</A>
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The KDE Free Qt Foundation
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Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 14:50:59 GMT<BR>
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The KDE project and Troll Tech AS, the creators of Qt, are pleased
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to announce the founding of the "KDE Free Qt Foundation".
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The purpose of this foundation is to guarantee the availability of
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Qt for free software development now and in the future.
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The foundation will control the rights to the Qt Free Edition and
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ensure that current and future releases of Qt will be available for
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free software development at all times.
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released under the BSD license.
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We believe the founding of the KDE Free Qt Foundation to be an
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ground-breaking step, helping to usher in a new era of software
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development, allowing the KDE project, the free software community,
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all free software developers as well as commercial software
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developers to prosper in a mutually supportive fashion.
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For more information:<BR>
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Bernd Johannes Wuebben, The KDE Project, <A
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HREF="mailto:wuebben@kde.org">wuebben@kde.org</A><BR>
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Eirik Eng, Troll Tech CEO, <A HREF="mailto:Eirik.Eng@troll.no">
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Eirik.Eng@troll.no </A>
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Linux Resources -- we need your help
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</H3>
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Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 19:06:04 GMT<BR>
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Linux Resources is a community effort brought together by Specialized
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Systems Consultants (SSC), publishers of <I>Linux Journal</I>, to
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promote the Linux operating system.
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We strive to produce the most informative one-stop Linux resource. We do
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that with the help of many enthusiastic individuals and companies who
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produce selected content for Linux Resources. If you or your company
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would like to contribute content or maintain a page within Linux Resources
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please e-mail us at <A
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HREF="mailto:webmaster@ssc.com">webmaster@ssc.com</A>.
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<P>
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After browsing through <A HREF="http://www.linuxresources.com/">
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http://www.linuxresources.com/</A> please e-mail us
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and let us know if it addresses your needs and if not, tell what we
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can add or do differently. For example, perhaps there are other exisiting
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sites that you feel we should incorporate into Linux Resources -- e-mail
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us!
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<P>
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Last, Linux Resources is advertising free. Let us know if this
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is an important factor for you. Again, we want Linux Resources to be
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*your* Linux resource. Please let us know how we can be of assistance.
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<P>
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For more information:<BR>
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Carlie Fairchild, <A HREF="mailto:mktg@ssc.com">mktg@ssc.com</A>,
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Linux Journal Sales and Marketing
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Open Source Journal, the Magazine for Free Software
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Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 13:19:03 GMT<BR>
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The Free Software Union is proud to announce the release of the premiere
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issue of the 'Open Source Journal, the Magazine for Free Software'.
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The Journal is volunteer written and produced, and available free from
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the Web at:<BR>
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<A HREF="http://osj.fslu.org/">http://osj.fslu.org/</A><BR>
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The Free Software Union ("Free Software Lovers Unite!" = FSLU) is a
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democratic, non-profit group dedicated to the Free Software/Open-Source
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community.
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<P>
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For more information:<BR>
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Braddock Gaskill, <A
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HREF="mailto:braddock@braddock.com">braddock@braddock.com</A>
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Linux Conference Announcement
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Date: Tue, 28 Apr 1998 09:24:54 +0200<BR>
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The first Linux conference in Denmark will be held by Denmark's
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<A HREF="http://www.dkuug.dk/">Unix User Group</A> and
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<A HREF="http://sslug.imm.dtu.dk/">Skåne/Sjælland Linux User Group
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</A> May 16, 1998. Among the main speakers are
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Jesper Pedersen, the creator of the Dotfile Generator, and Image
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Scandiavia, a large ISP in Denmark using Linux as their main platform.
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Moreover, experienced Linux users will help novice users by installing
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Linux on their computers.
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The conference has a homepage is at <A
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HREF="http://sslug.imm.dtu.dk/konference.html">http://sslug.imm.dtu.dk/konference.html</A>,
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where you can find the programme and more information. Official
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languages are Swedish and Danish.
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For more information: <BR>
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Kenneth Geisshirt, <A HREF="mailto:kge@kb.dk">kge@kb.dk</A>, The Royal Library<BR>
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Linux konference i København den 16. maj 1998
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JCam - Digital Camera Software for Linux (with Java)!
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Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 14:52:50 GMT<BR>
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JCam - a single software program for (almost) all OSes and
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(almost) all Digital Cameras ...
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The first public release of JCam is now available from "www.jcam.com",
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featuring support for Digital Still Cameras from Epsom, Casio, Kodak and
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coming soon, Fuji, Samsung and Olympus.
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<P>
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JCam is currently available for Win95, WinNT and Linux 2.0 ... future
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versions will offer - subject to demand - support for Mac, OS-2, PPC
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and a range of other Unices. JCam requires Java 1.1 to be installed
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on the host machine; later versions will be available bundled with the
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JRE, simplifying installation for non-Java users.
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<P>
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For more information: <BR>
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<A HREF="mailto:info@jcam.com">info@jcam.com</A>,
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<A HREF="http://www.jcam.com/">http://www.jcam.com/</A>
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GTK+ 1.0.0 GUI Library Released!
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Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 19:03:14 GMT<BR>
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The GTK+ Team is proud to announce the release of GTK+ 1.0.0. GTK+,
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which stands for the GIMP Toolkit, is a library for creating graphical
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user interfaces for the X Window System. It is designed to be small,
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efficient, and flexible. GTK+ is written in C with a very object-oriented
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approach.
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<P>
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The official ftp site is:
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ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk
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<P>
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The official web site is:
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http://www.gtk.org/
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<P>
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A mailing list is located at:
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gtk-list@redhat.com
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<P>
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To subscribe: mail -s subscribe gtk-list-request@redhat.com < /dev/null
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(Send mail to gtk-list-request@redhat.com with the subject "subscribe")
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<P>
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GTK+ was written by Peter Mattis, Spencer Kimball, and Josh MacDonald.
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Many enhancements and bug fixes have been made by the GTK+ Team. See
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the AUTHORS file in the distribution for more information.
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<P>
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For more information: <BR>
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The GTK+ Team, <A HREF="mailto:gtk-list@redhat.com">gtk-list@redhat.com</A>
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Poppy 1.3 - Simple POP3 mail program to view/delete/save messages
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Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 18:51:59 GMT<BR>
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This is the announcement for Version 1.3 of Poppy. It is a simple Perl
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script that allows you to view only the headers of messages from a POP3
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server and then allows you to selectively view, save, or delete each
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message. It is ideal for limited resource systems.
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A simple perl script to retrieve mail headers from a POP3
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server and individually view, save or delete them. Requires
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perl. Simple mail reader which relies on the POP3 server
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to do most the work. A good use is to delete or to skip
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over huge emails on a POP3 server when on a slow link.
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You may also view only a specified number of lines from
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a message to see if you would like to download the whole
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message.
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<P>
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To download:<BR>
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<A HREF="http://home.sprynet.com/sprynet/cbagwell/projects.html">
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http://home.sprynet.com/sprynet/cbagwell/projects.html</A>
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<P>
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For more information: <BR>
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Chris Bagwell, Fujitsu Network Communications,
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<A HREF="mailto:cbagwell@fujitsu-fnc.com">cbagwell@fujitsu-fnc.com</A>
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juju/juen - uu/xx/Base64/BinHex-Decoder/Encoder
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Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 18:48:53 GMT<BR>
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The first release of juju has been announced. IT is yet another
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uu- and Base64-decoder, which also decodes xxencoded and BinHexed data, and
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includes the following features:
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<ul>
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<li>Autodetection of Encoding.
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<li>Merging of multiple parts.
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<li>Piping data or filenames (to be decoded) towards juju is supported.
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<li>It also scans complete directories for anything useful to decode.
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</ul>
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It sould work with MIME data as well.
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<P>
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Also included is juen, a similar powerful encoder, which supports
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uuencoding, Base64-encoding, xxencoding and MIME.
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It supports automated mailing and posting if sendmail and inews are present.
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<P>
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Current Version is 0.2.0, which is the first public release.
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The Program is available as sourcecode only, but should compile on any
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Unix platform, at least Linux ;-).
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It is GPL'ed.
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<P>
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The Homepage of juju is: <A
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HREF="http://hottemax.uni-muenster.de/~grover/juju.html">
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http://hottemax.uni-muenster.de/~grover/juju.html</A>
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<P>
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For more information: <BR>
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Christoph Gröver, <A
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HREF="mailto:grover@hottemax.uni-muenster.de">grover@hottemax.uni-muenster.de</A>
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<P> <hr> <P>
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<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
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mon-0.37i - Service Monitoring Daemon
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</H3>
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<P>
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<P>
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Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 18:45:18 GMT<BR>
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mon-037i is an extensible service monitoring daemon which can be used to monitor
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network or non-network resources. Written in Perl 5, this code should
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be able to run out-of-the-box on many platforms. It supports a flexible
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configuration file, and can send out email, alphanumeric pages, or any
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other type of alert when it detects the failure of a service. Service
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monitors that come with the distribution can test ping, telnet, ftp,
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smtp, http, nntp, pop3, imap, disk space, SNMP queries, and arbitrary
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TCP services.
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<P>
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<A
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HREF="http://ftp.kernel.org/software/mon/">http://ftp.kernel.org/software/mon/</A>
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<A HREF="ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/software/admin/mon/mon-0.37i.tar.gz">
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ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/software/admin/mon/mon-0.37i.tar.gz</A>
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<P>
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For more information: <BR>
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Jim Trocki, <A
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HREF="mailto:trockij@transmeta.com">trockij@transmeta.com</A>
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<P> <hr> <P>
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<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
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newsfetch-1.2 - pull news via NNTP to a mailbox
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</H3>
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<P>
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<P>
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Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 18:54:53 GMT<BR>
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newsfetch: Most Compact and Powerful Utility to download the news from
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an NNTP server, filter and stores in the mailbox format.
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<P>
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Available from
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http://ulf.wep.net/newsfetch.html
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|
<P>
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New version of newsfetch (1.2) is uploaded to sunsite.unc.edu
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|
<P>
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newsfetch-1.2.tar.gz
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newsfetch-1.2-1.i386.rpm
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newsfetch-1.2-1.src.rpm
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|
<P>
|
|
available in <A HREF="ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/Incoming/">
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|
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/Incoming/</A>
|
|
and in proper place (/pub/Linux/system/news/readers) when they move the
|
|
files. New version is available in .tar.gz and .rpm format.
|
|
<P>
|
|
For more information: <BR>
|
|
<A HREF="mailto:ymotiwala@hss.hns.com">ymotiwala@hss.hns.com</A>
|
|
|
|
<P> <hr> <P>
|
|
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|
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<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
|
|
Mesa/Vista Project Collaboration Intranet for Linux
|
|
</H3>
|
|
<P>
|
|
Warwick, RI -- April 14, 1998 -- Mesa Systems Guild, Inc. announced
|
|
today the immediate availability of Mesa/Vista for the Linux operating
|
|
system. Mesa's flagship product line, Mesa/Vista provides web-enabled
|
|
project management automation for development teams who need to
|
|
collaborate with access to all data related to their project.
|
|
<P>
|
|
Mesa/Vista provides a way to tie all of the project management and
|
|
product development tools already in use together on the web so that the
|
|
information can be accessed using a web browser on any platform, from
|
|
any location. This enables project managers to make better, faster
|
|
decisions based on the most up-to-date information and increases the
|
|
productivity of development engineers by providing immediate access to
|
|
information they need to complete their tasks.
|
|
<P>
|
|
For more information: <BR>
|
|
<A HREF="http://www.mesasys.com/">http://www.mesasys.com/</A> <BR>
|
|
Maribeth McNair, Mesa Systems Guild, Inc.
|
|
<A HREF="mailto:mbm@mesasys.com">mbm@mesasys.com</A>
|
|
|
|
<P> <hr> <P>
|
|
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|
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<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
|
|
Blender 3d beta release
|
|
</H3>
|
|
<P>
|
|
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 19:20:29 GMT<BR>
|
|
NeoGeo is happy to announce the Beta release of a Linux and FreeBSD
|
|
version of Blender.
|
|
We expect the first Beta users to help us complete testing and evaluating,
|
|
especially for the various PC configurations.
|
|
An official version will be released 4 to 6 weeks later.
|
|
<P>
|
|
Blender is the freeware 3D package - up until now only available for SGI -
|
|
that has become very popular with students, artists and at universities.
|
|
Being the in-house software of a high quality animation studio, it has
|
|
proven to be an extremely fast and versatile design instrument.
|
|
Use Blender to create TV commercials, to make technical visualizations,
|
|
business graphics, to do some morphing, or design user interfaces. You can
|
|
easily build and manage complex environments.
|
|
The renderer is reliable and extremely fast. All basic animation principles
|
|
are well implemented.
|
|
<P>
|
|
For more information: <BR>
|
|
<A HREF="http://www.neogeo.nl/">http://www.neogeo.nl/</A>,
|
|
<A HREF="mailto:blender@neogeo.nl">blender@neogeo.nl</A>
|
|
|
|
<P> <hr> <P>
|
|
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|
|
<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
|
|
consd 1.0: virtual console management daemon
|
|
</H3>
|
|
<P>
|
|
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 07:48:06 GMT<BR>
|
|
<P>
|
|
consd manages virtual consoles silently in the background. It starts and
|
|
kills gettys there depending on how many gettys are just sitting around
|
|
and waiting (and wasting ressources). Usually, consd ensures there's always
|
|
one (and only one) getty waiting for someone to login. The virtual consoles
|
|
with lower numbers are preferred.
|
|
<P>
|
|
consd does not interfere with gettys started by init.
|
|
<P>
|
|
As always - if you can't find it on the ftp servers listed below, try the
|
|
'incoming' directories.
|
|
<A
|
|
HREF="http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/utils/">http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/utils/</A>
|
|
in the file called consd-1.0.tgz (12KB).
|
|
<P>
|
|
For more information: <BR>
|
|
Frank Gockel, <A HREF="mailto:gockel@etecs4.uni-duisburg.de">
|
|
gockel@etecs4.uni-duisburg.de</A>
|
|
|
|
<P> <hr> <P>
|
|
<!-- =================================================================== -->
|
|
|
|
<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
|
|
dancing_linux - a rendered 3D-Linux-animation / eyecatcher
|
|
</H3>
|
|
<P>
|
|
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 08:06:23 GMT<BR>
|
|
The animation shows a nice linux-logo, consisting of the
|
|
five letters and additional artwork. Everything is in motion and
|
|
is twisting around (glass-, metal-, and light-effects!).
|
|
It has a black background and is VERY suitable as an eyecatcher
|
|
for shopwindows or your own linux-box.
|
|
<PRE>
|
|
=================================================
|
|
Format: *.flc movie
|
|
Resolution: 320*200, 8bit color
|
|
120 frames (about 20 fps)
|
|
Renderplatform: Linux-Povray 3.01 (of course)
|
|
Rendertime: 15 min/frame on a P133
|
|
=================================================
|
|
</PRE>
|
|
The movie may also be viewed with xanim, but it looks _much_ better
|
|
fullscreen! I included John Remyn's SVGA-Player "flip" (binary).
|
|
<P>
|
|
The animation is available at:<BR>
|
|
http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/logos/raytraced/dancing_linux.lsm
|
|
http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/logos/raytraced/dancing_linux.tar.gz
|
|
(1.07 MB) and mirrors...
|
|
<P>
|
|
For more information: <BR>
|
|
Roland Berger robe@cip.e-technik.uni-erlangen.de
|
|
|
|
<P> <hr> <P>
|
|
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|
|
|
|
<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
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|
Port of InterBase Database to Linux
|
|
</H3>
|
|
<P>
|
|
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 15:03:18 GMT<BR>
|
|
InterBase Software Corp has ported InterBase 4.0 to the Linux
|
|
platform. We plan to allow this database software to be
|
|
downloaded for free use as of April 29, 1998.
|
|
<P>
|
|
The primary download site will be <A HREF="http://www.interbase.com/">
|
|
http://www.interbase.com/</A>
|
|
<P>
|
|
In the July timeframe, we expect to release a commercial
|
|
version of InterBase 5 for Linux.
|
|
<P>
|
|
There is a monitored news group borland.public.interbase.com
|
|
available for the users of InterBase.
|
|
<P>
|
|
For more information: <BR>
|
|
Wyliam Holder, <A
|
|
HREF="mailto:wholder@interbase.com">wholder@interbase.com</A>
|
|
|
|
<P> <hr> <P>
|
|
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|
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|
|
<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
|
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SECURITY: procps 1.2.7 fixes security hole
|
|
</H3>
|
|
<P>
|
|
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 13:18:42 GMT<BR>
|
|
A file creation and corruption bug in XConsole included in procps-X11
|
|
versions 1.2.6 and earlier has been found. To fix it, you can either
|
|
remove the XConsole program or upgrade to procps-1.2.7, available from
|
|
<A
|
|
HREF="ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/sources/usr.bin/procps-1.2.7.tar.gz">
|
|
ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/sources/usr.bin/procps-1.2.7.tar.gz</A>
|
|
<P>
|
|
Thanks to Alan Iwi for finding the bug.
|
|
<P>
|
|
A few other bugs have been fixed in this version. Read the NEWS file
|
|
for details.
|
|
<P>
|
|
If you have Red Hat Linux or another RPM-based distribution, libc5-based
|
|
RPM packages are available from
|
|
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/updates/4.2/
|
|
and glibc-based RPM packages are available from
|
|
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/updates/5.0/
|
|
<P>
|
|
Fuller upgrade instructions for Red Hat Linux users have been given in
|
|
a separate post to redhat-announce-list@redhat.com
|
|
<P>
|
|
For more information: <BR>
|
|
Michael K. Johnson, <A
|
|
HREF="mailto:johnsonm@redhat.com">johnsonm@redhat.com</A>
|
|
|
|
|
|
<P> <hr> <P>
|
|
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|
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