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December <I>Linux Journal</I>
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The December issue of <A HREF="http://www.linuxjournal.com/"><I>Linux
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Journal</I></A> will be hitting the newsstands November 6.
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The focus of this issue is System Administration. We have an interview with
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Linus Torvalds and an article about the 2.2 kernel. We also have articles
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on X administration and performance monitoring tools.
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Check out the Table of Contents at
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<A HREF="http://www.linuxjournal.com/issue56/index.html">
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http://www.linuxjournal.com/issue56/index.html</A>.
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To subscribe to <I>Linux Journal</I>, go to <A
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HREF="http://www.linuxjournal.com/ljsubsorder.html">
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http://www.linuxjournal.com/ljsubsorder.html</A>.
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TIME Talks about Linux
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Check out this cool article in TIME!
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<a href="http://cgi.pathfinder.com/time/magazine/1998/dom/981026/
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technology.the_mighty_f1a.html">http://cgi.pathfinder.com/time/magazine/1998/dom/981026/technology.the_mighty_f1a.html</a>.
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Design by Contract
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Dr. Bertrand Meyer, designer of the Eiffel programming language, was in
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Seattle to give his one day seminar on "Design by Contract". The purpose of
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this workstation is teach software engineers this unique object-oriented
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development method which emphasizes building reliable sytems through
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well-defined specifications and communication between the different parties
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to the system.
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Talking to Dr. Meyer by phone, I asked him how Eiffel was better than Java.
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He gave me three reasons:
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<ul>
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<li>Eiffel supports multiple inheritance.
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<li>Eiffel more easily builds container structures such as lists, queues,
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stacks and trees.
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<li>Eiffel has built in support for "design by contract" development.
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</ul>
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When I asked him about Open Source and Linux, he replied, "Eiffel's primary library
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was released as open source on August 4, and other libraries will be
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released in the future. While Eiffel is a commercial product, we see the
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advantages of Open Source. We were one of the first supporters of Linux,
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and the Linux community is very important to us."
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<P>
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by <A HREF="mailto:ljeditor@ssc.com">M. L. Richardson</A>
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Debian and the NetWinder
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It is now possible to boot the Corel NetWinder Computer with Debian
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GNU/Linux, thanks to the work of Jim Pick and the other team members of the
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Debian Arm port. A disk image with instructions on how to use it is
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available from
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<a
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href="ftp://ftp.jimpick.com/pub/debian/netwinder/bootable-image/">ftp://ftp.jimpick.com/pub/debian/netwinder/bootable-image/</a>
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A kernel package of the new ELF kernel (some notes are available at <a
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href="http://www.netwinder.org/~ralphs/knotes.html">http://www.netwinder.org/~rahphs/knotes.html</a>)
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This alleviates the need for the chroot environment that previous
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development work was being conducted in, and allows work to progress even
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faster than before. This will also allow more people to join in the
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development effort easily.
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<A HREF="./debian.pr">Open Letter from Corel to Debian</A>
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Corel Computer and Red Hat Software Announce Linux Operating System Partnership
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Ottawa, Canada, October, 27, 1998 Corel Computer and Red Hat Software,
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Inc. today announced an agreement to bring the Red Hat distribution of
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Linux to the Corel Computer NetWinder family of thin-clients and thin-servers.
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Under the three-year agreement, Red Hat will port Red Hat Linux 5.1
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and future releases of the software to the StrongARM processor, the
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underlying architecture of the NetWinder.
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SPI Web Pages Active
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Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 10:33:43 -0500<BR>
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Software in the Public Interest, Inc. is pleased to announce its new web
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pages. They can be found at <A HREF="http://www.spi-inc.org/">
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http://www.spi-inc.org/</A>. SPI is a non profit
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organization that was founded to help projects in developing software for
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the community. Several projects are currently being supported through
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monetary and hardware donations that have been made to SPI. As SPI is a
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non profit organization, all donations to it and the projects it supports
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are tax deductible.
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Projects that are affiliated with and receive support from SPI are:
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<ul>
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<li>Berlin http://www.berlin-consortium.org/
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<li>Debian http://www.debian.org/
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<li>GNOME http://www.gnome.org/
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<li>Linux Standard Base http://www.linuxbase.org/
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<li>Open Source http://www.opensource.org/
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<li>Open Hardware http://www.openhardware.org/
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</ul>
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For more information:<BR>
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SPI Press Contact, <A HREF="mailto:press@spi-inc.org">press@spi-inc.org
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</A><BR>
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SPI homepage: <A HREF="http://www.spi-inc.org/">http://www.spi-inc.org/</A>
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Amiga/LinuxInfo starts a daily news section for Amiga and Linux
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The leading printed Amiga magazine in Sweden, AmigaInfo, is starting a daily
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news section in Swedish for Amiga and Linux news.
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AmigaInfo will also start a large Linux section (about 25 pages to start
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with) in the upcoming issue.
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<a
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href="http://www.xfiles.se/amigainfo/">http://www.xfiles.se/amigainfo/</a>
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Oppression?
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A student at UCLA, and several of the Linux users there in the dorms claim
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they are experiencing severe discrimination. The whole story is at
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<a
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href="http://www.nerdherd.net/oppression/">http://www.nerdherd.net/oppression/</a>.
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Take a look!
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Debian GNU/Linux 2.0 Hamm
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The Debian GNU/Linux 2.0 'Hamm' distribution was recently recognized by
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Australian Personal Computer Magazine <a
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href="http://www.apcmag.com/">http://www.apcmag.com/</a>. It received
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the 'Highly Commended Award' for being 'a very high-quality distribution,
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with an extensive selection of carefully prepared software packages.
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<p>
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More information including a review of the distribution can be found at
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<a
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href="http://apcmag.com/reviews/9809/linux.htm">http://apcmag.com/reviews/9809/linux.htm</a>.
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Check Out This New Mailing List
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</H3>
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Check out <a href="mailto:lug_support@ntlug.org">lug_support@ntlug.org</a>
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<p>
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About this mailing list:<BR>
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The purpose of this mailing list is to an open forum to discuss anything
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related to starting, growing and maintaining Linux User Groups. Whether you
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are trying to get a new LUG started and need some practical advice, or have
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built one already and are willing to help other groups, this is the mailing
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list for you, whether you have 5 members or 500!
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<p>
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How to subscribe to this list:
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<br>
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Send a message to majordomo@ntlug.org with the following text in the
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message body:
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<br>
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<tt>subscribe lug_support YOUR_EMAIL_ADDRESS</tt>
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Free Software Award Event Kicks off "One World, One Net" Conference
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</H3>
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Larry Wall received the First Annual Free Software Foundation Award
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for the Advancement of Free Software at the MIT Media Lab on Friday evening.
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At a reception and presentation attended by CPSR Conference registrants,
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computer hackers and members of the press, FSF Founder Richard Stallman
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presented the award, a quilted GNU (GNU's Not Unix) wall hanging.
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<p>
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Larry Wall won the Free Software Foundation Award for the Advancement
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of Free Software for his programming, most notably Perl, a robust scripting
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language for sophisticated text manipulation and system management.
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His other widely-used programs include rn (news reader), patch
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(development and distribution tool), metaconfig (a program that writes
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Configure scripts), and the Warp space-war game.
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Eureka!
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</H3>
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On Tuesday, September 15th, 1998 in Paris, France at our user event named
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"Eureka", and again on October 5th at DECUS in Los Angeles, Compaq Computer
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Corporation announced intent to extend their support to the Linux operating
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system to include Intel as well as the Alpha platforms. In addition to
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extending this support to another architecture, Compaq is in the process of
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putting together a comprehensive program of Linux support.
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<p>
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This support includes, but is not limited to:
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<ul>
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<li>working with the Linux community to port Linux to new
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platforms
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<li>qualification of Linux on both Intel and Alpha platforms
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<li>providing selected platforms with no license, specifically for Linux
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and other freely available operating systems
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<li>working with the Linux community and distributions to provide
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world-wide telephone and hardware support
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<li>porting selected Compaq software products to both Intel and Alpha
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platforms
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</ul>
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<p>
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In continuing the concept of working with the Linux community, Compaq intends
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to extend its Linux support through its extensive channels partner programs.
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Compaq feels that this will give the broadest possible selection of products
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and solutions to our end customers, with our VARs, OEMs, Distributors and
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Resellers working with the customer to match the distribution, the layered
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products and third party offerings to that customer's needs.
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IBM Enhances its Websphere Application Server
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</H3>
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IBM announced that it has extended the HTTP services in IBM WebSphere*
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Application Servers in the areas of performance, security and platform
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support by adding new functionality to the HTTP services that are packaged
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with WebSphere and are based on the Apache HTTP Server.
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<p>
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Today's announcements include technology developed by IBM Research
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that boosts the performance of HTTP services in the IBM WebSphere
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Application Server and Secure Socket Layer
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(SSL) support that provides customers with the security necessary to
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operate a web site that can handle sensitive information, such as financial
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transactions. In addition, IBM announced a port of the Apache HTTP Server
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to the AS/400* operating system. The AS/400 port will be offered to the
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Apache Group through the Open Source model.
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The Fast Response Cache Accelerator (FRCA) technology, developed by
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IBM Research, doubles the performance of HTTP services in WebSphere on
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Windows NT, according to lab tests done by SPEC (The Standard Performance
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Evaluation Corporation).
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<P>
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Both the FRCA and SSL technologies from IBM will be available at no
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additional charge as part of all editions of the IBM WebSphere Application
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Servers. The technologies will be released in the next version of
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WebSphere Application Server before the end of the year. The FRCA
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technology will also be used to boost the performance of the HTTP Server
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for OS/390*, and will be available as part of OS/390 Version 2 Release 7 in
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March of 1999.
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CommProc
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</H3>
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A new OpenSource project, a general distributed-computing
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toolkit for quick assembly of distributed applications
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called CommProc, was presented at the October ApacheCon98
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conference. CommProc is an advocacy effort for Linux and
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Apache and includes an interface module for the Apache
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HTTP server. Documentation and source code for the project
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is available at: <a href="http://www.commproc.com">http://www.commproc.com</a>
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Launch of LinuxWorld Magazine
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</H3>
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<P>
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IDGs Web Publishing Inc. announced the launch of LinuxWorld magazine
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(<a href="http://www.linuxworld.com">http://www.linuxworld.com</a>). A
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Web-only magazine supplying technical information to professional
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Linux users who are implementing Linux and related open source technologies
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in their computing environments.
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<p>
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Inside the first issue are stories such as an interview with Linus
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Torvalds, the first installment of the Linux 101 column titled "A
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distribution by any other name," and a look at the new Windows NT
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domain security features found in Samba 2.0 titled "Doing the NIS/NT
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Samba."
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<a href="http://www.bitmover.com/linuxexpo">Linux Expo 1999 Call for Papers</a>
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</H3>
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May 18 - 22, 1999<br>
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Raleigh, North Carolina<br>
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Dates for Refereed paper submissions<br>
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<ul>
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<li>Extended abstracts and/or full papers due: December 1, 1998
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<li>Notification to authors: January 15, 1999
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<li>Full papers due for final review: February 15, 1999
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<li>Camera-ready full papers due: March 1, 1999
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</ul>
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<p>
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Program Committee
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<ul>
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<li>Marc Ewing, Red Hat Advanced Laboratories
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<li>Richard Henderson, Cygnus Solutions
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<li>Dirk Hohndel, S.u.S.E. GmbH
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<li>Larry McVoy, BitMover (Chair)
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<li>Carl Staelin, Hewlett-Packard Labs
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<li>Theodore Ts'o, MIT
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<li>Stephen Tweedie, Red Hat Software
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<li>Victor Yodaiken, New Mexico Institute of Technology
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</ul>
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<p>
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Overview
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<p>
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The goal of the technical track of Linux Expo is to bring
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together engineers and researchers doing innovative work
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associated with Linux.
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<p>
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See you at LinuxExpo '99!
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USENIX 1999 Events
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</H3>
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USENIX is the Advanced Computing Systems Association. Its international
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membership includes engineers, system administrators, scientists, and
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technicians working on the cutting edge. Their conferences are recognized
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for delivering pragmatically-oriented, technically excellent reports in a
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highly interactive, vendor-neutral forum.
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<P>
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<A HREF="./usenix.pr">Upcoming Events for 1999</A>
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SmartWare DevCon99
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</H3>
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<P>
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Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 20:28:52 -0600<BR>
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DevCon99 is scheduled for November 14 and 15, 1998. 49 hours of training
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shoehorned into two days including "How to Use the Graphic Database
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Frontend", Developing a RAD application, the introduction of the
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SmartERP program, marketing, advertising and free videotapes for all
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attendees. SmartWare2000, offers solutions for the small to medium company
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and is the only product capable of running on everything from old 286 ATs
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up to Sun or SiliconGraphics systems and use the same data at the same time.
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<P>
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When: November 13 (Dinner at Clubhouse Inn), 14 & 15<BR>
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Where: Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas<BR>
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What: 2 Full Days of training on SmartWare2000,
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The Graphic Database Front End, RAD, Free
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SmartWare2000, Food, Room, Videos and
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more.
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<P>
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For more information:<BR>
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Greg Palmer, <A HREF="mailto:greg@mobiusmarketing.com">
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greg@mobiusmarketing.com</A>
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Linux Links
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</H3>
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<P>
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Linux FAQ: <A HREF="http://www.terracom.net/~kiesling/">
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http://www.terracom.net/~kiesling/</A>
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<P>
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QtEZ, a GUI builder for the Qt library: <A
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HREF="http://qtez.zax.net/qtez/">http://qtez.zax.net/qtez/</A>
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<P>
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Blackmail 0.29: <A
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HREF="http://www.jsm-net.demon.co.uk/blackmail/source/blackmail-0.29.tar.gz">
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http://www.jsm-net.demon.co.uk/blackmail/source/blackmail-0.29.tar.gz</A>
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<P>
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SGMLtools homepage: <A
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HREF="http://www.sgmltools.org/">http://www.sgmltools.org/</A>
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<P>
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Distribution Answers: <A HREF="http://www.angband.org/~joseph/linux/">
|
|
http://www.angband.org/~joseph/linux/</A>
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|
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Mini-howto on setting up Samba on Red Hat Linux:
|
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<A
|
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HREF="http://www.sfu.ca/~yzhang/linux/">http://www.sfu.ca/~yzhang/linux/</A>
|
|
<P>
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|
PostgreSQL Database HOWTO:
|
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<A HREF="http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/PostgreSQL-HOWTO.html">
|
|
http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/PostgreSQL-HOWTO.html</A>
|
|
<P>
|
|
DragonLinux: IronWing:
|
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<A HREF="http://members.tripod.com/~dragonlinux/">
|
|
http://members.tripod.com/~dragonlinux/</A>
|
|
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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><font color="green">Software Announcements</font></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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Cygnus Solutions Announces Low Cost Verions of GNUPRO Toolkit for Linux
|
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</H3>
|
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<P>
|
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Cygnus(R) Solutions announced the availability of GNUPro(TM) Toolkit, a new
|
|
product line of fully tested, low-cost development tools releases for native
|
|
and embedded software developers. Addressing the needs of the growing Linux
|
|
community, the first release of Cygnus GNUPro Toolkit is targeted at
|
|
software engineers developing commercial applications on the Linux
|
|
operating system (OS). Today's announcement marks the first in a
|
|
series of GNUPro Toolkit releases planned for a range of platforms.
|
|
"Cygnus has extended its commitment to the Linux community and users of
|
|
Red Hat Linux by providing a fully-certified official release of GNU
|
|
development tools," said Bob Young, president and CEO of Red Hat
|
|
Software. "Given the increasing popularity of both Red Hat Linux and
|
|
Cygnus GNUPro, Red Hat is pleased to continue its partnership with
|
|
Cygnus to provide software developers the highest quality Linux
|
|
operating system and development tools."
|
|
<p>
|
|
<B>Key Features and Benefits </B>
|
|
<p>
|
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<ul>
|
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<li>Cygnus GNUPro C Compiler - The latest advances in compiler
|
|
optimization extend the programmer's ability to optimize code for speed
|
|
and size, resulting in faster execution.
|
|
<li>Cygnus GNUPro C++ Compiler - The industry-leading C++ compiler
|
|
provides enhanced exception handling and more extensive template
|
|
functionality. Cygnus offers the most comprehensive support for C++ and
|
|
continues to track the standard, leading to greater C++ coding
|
|
flexibility.
|
|
<li>Cygnus GNUPro Visual Debugger - A source- and assembly-level debugger,
|
|
it includes Cygnus' high-performance graphical user interface that
|
|
enables users to quickly visualize, locate, and debug code.
|
|
<li>Highly Tested Tool - Includes 47,000 unit tests (30,000 for the
|
|
standard compiler test suite, 10,000 for the native debugger test suite,
|
|
and 7,000 for C++ features); regression testing (both reported bugs and
|
|
those uncovered by Cygnus); conformance testing (tests from Perennial
|
|
and Plum Hall); and tests for building popular applications.
|
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</ul>
|
|
<p>
|
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<B>Pricing and Availability</B>
|
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<p>
|
|
Cygnus GNUPro Toolkit for Linux is priced at $149 and is immediately
|
|
available for Red Hat Linux 4.2 and 5.1 on x86 platforms by ordering
|
|
online at <a
|
|
href="http://www.cygnus.com/gnupro/">http://www.cygnus.com/gnupro/</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">
|
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Panorama
|
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</H3>
|
|
<P>
|
|
Panorama is part of the GNU project. For more information about it,
|
|
visit the URL 'http://www.gnu.org'. It is released under the GPL
|
|
license, that you can read in the file 'LICENSE' in this directory.
|
|
<p>
|
|
Panorama is a framework for 3D graphics production. This will include
|
|
modeling, rendering, animating, post-processing, etc. Currently, there
|
|
is no support for animation, but this will be added soon.
|
|
<p>
|
|
Functionally, it is structured as an API, composed by two dynamic
|
|
libraries, and several plugins, that you can optionally load in runtime.
|
|
A simple console mode front-end for this API is included in the package,
|
|
that can load a scene description in one of the supported scene
|
|
languages, and then outputs a single image file in any of the supported
|
|
graphic formats.
|
|
<p>
|
|
Panorama can be easily extended with plugins. Plugins are simply
|
|
dynamically linked C++ classes. You can add plugins without
|
|
recompilation, and even in runtime, when this option is added to the
|
|
graphic interface.
|
|
<p>
|
|
You can find more information about Panorama, or download latest
|
|
distribution at: <a
|
|
href="http://www.gnu.org/software/panorama/panorama.html">http://www.gnu.org/software/panorama/panorama.html</a>
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
<P> <hr> <P>
|
|
<!-- =================================================================== -->
|
|
|
|
<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
|
|
Netscape Wrapper v2.0.0
|
|
</H3>
|
|
<P>
|
|
What is it:<br>
|
|
The Netscape Wrapper is a bourne shell script used to invoke Netscape
|
|
on a Unix platform. It performs copying initial default files, a postscript
|
|
bug work around, security check, and setting up the environment. The new version
|
|
also provides enhanced functionality.
|
|
<p>
|
|
What is new in this version:<br>
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li>Rewritten. Faster and cleaner execution.
|
|
<li>Fully sh. No longer relies on bash features.
|
|
<li>Root security check bypass.
|
|
<li>New options subset. (+news, +mail, ...)
|
|
<li>Defaults to opening a new window.
|
|
</ul>
|
|
<p>
|
|
The most significant change is that the script will attempt to
|
|
open a new browser before executing Netscape. IE if no Netscape process
|
|
is present, Netscape will be executed, otherwise a new browser window is
|
|
created. Likewise when using the new option subset, if Netscape is not
|
|
running, it will be execute with that option as the default window, or if
|
|
Netscape is running, that option will be opened using the current process.
|
|
<p><a
|
|
href="ftp://ftp.psychosis.com/linux/netscape-wrapper_2.0.0">ftp://ftp.psychosis.com/linux/netscape-wrapper_2.0.0</a>
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
<P> <hr> <P>
|
|
<!-- =================================================================== -->
|
|
|
|
<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
|
|
plotutils
|
|
</H3>
|
|
<P>
|
|
Version 2.1.6 of the GNU plotting utilities (<B>plotutils</B>) package is now
|
|
available. This release includes a significantly enhanced version of the
|
|
free C/C++ GNU libplot library for vector graphics, as well as seven
|
|
command-line utilities oriented toward data plotting (graph, plot,
|
|
tek2plot, plotfont, spline, ode, and double). A 130-page manual in texinfo
|
|
format is included.
|
|
<p>
|
|
As of this release, GNU libplot can produce graphics files in Adobe
|
|
Illustrator format. So you may now write C or C++ programs to draw vector
|
|
graphics that Illustrator can edit. Also, the support for the free `idraw'
|
|
and `xfig' drawing editors has been enhanced. For example, the file format
|
|
used by xfig 3.2 is now supported.
|
|
<p>
|
|
RPM's for the plotutils package are available at <a
|
|
href="ftp://ftp.redhat.com">ftp://ftp.redhat.com</a>
|
|
<p>
|
|
For more details on the package, see its official
|
|
<a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/plotutils/plotutils.html">Web page</a>.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
<P> <hr> <P>
|
|
<!-- =================================================================== -->
|
|
|
|
<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
|
|
PROCMETER V3.0
|
|
</H3>
|
|
<P>
|
|
<p>
|
|
This is a new version of ProcMeter that has been re-written almost completely
|
|
since the previous version.
|
|
<p>
|
|
It is now designed to be more user-friendly and customisable, the textual as
|
|
well as graphical outputs and the extra mouse options avilable are part of this.
|
|
It is perhaps now less of a system status monitor and more of a user information
|
|
display. It can be configured to show the date and/or time instead of having a
|
|
clock and it can also monitor your e-mail inbox and act like biff.
|
|
<p>
|
|
The ProcMeter program itself is a framework on which a number of modules
|
|
(plugins) are loaded. More modules can be written as required to perform more
|
|
monitoring and informational functions.
|
|
|
|
Available at <a
|
|
href="ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/unix/linux/X11/xutils/procmeter3-3.0.tgz">ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/unix/linux/X11/xutils/procmeter3-3.0.tgz</a>
|
|
<p>
|
|
Take a look at the <a
|
|
href="http://www.gedanken.demon.co.uk/procmeter3/">ProcMeter web page</a>
|
|
|
|
|
|
<P> <hr> <P>
|
|
<!-- =================================================================== -->
|
|
|
|
<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
|
|
ypserv 1.3.6
|
|
</H3>
|
|
<P>
|
|
Version 1.3.6 of an YP (NIS version 2) Server for Linux is released.
|
|
It also runs under SunOS 4.1.x, Solaris 2.4 - 2.6, AIX, HP-UX, IRIX,
|
|
Ultrix and OSF1 (alpha).
|
|
<p>
|
|
The programs are needed to turn your workstation in a NIS server.
|
|
It contains ypserv, ypxfr, rpc.ypxfrd, rpc.yppasswdd, yppush, ypinit,
|
|
revnetgroup, makedbm and /var/yp/Makefile.
|
|
<p>
|
|
ypserv 1.3.6 is available under the GNU General Public License.
|
|
<p>
|
|
You can get the latest version from: <a
|
|
href="http://www-vt.uni-paderborn.de/~kukuk/linux/nis.html">http://www-vt.uni-paderborn.de/~kukuk/linux/nis.html</a>
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
<P> <hr> <P>
|
|
<!-- =================================================================== -->
|
|
|
|
<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
|
|
MAM/VRS
|
|
</H3>
|
|
<P>
|
|
MAM/VRS is a library for animated, interactive 3D graphics, written in
|
|
C++. It works on Unix (tested on Linux, Solaris and Irix) and Windows
|
|
95/98/NT. MAM/VRS can produce output for many rendering systems: OpenGL
|
|
(or Mesa), POVRay, RenderMan and VRML are supported yet. It provides
|
|
bindings to many GUIs: Xt (Motif/Lesstif/Athena), Qt, Tcl/Tk, MFC and
|
|
soon GTk. It is covered by the terms of the GNU LGPL. Visit our homepage
|
|
for more information and to download it:
|
|
<a
|
|
href="http://wwwmath.uni-muenster.de/~mam">http://wwwmath.uni-muenster.de/~mam</a>
|
|
|
|
|
|
<P> <hr> <P>
|
|
<!-- =================================================================== -->
|
|
|
|
<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
|
|
KIM - interactive process manager 1.1-1
|
|
</H3>
|
|
<P>
|
|
Description:<br>
|
|
The Kim is interactive (ncurses) user friendly process manager
|
|
for OS Linux. It reads the /proc(5) directory. The '/proc' is
|
|
a pseudo-filesystem which is used as an interface to kernel
|
|
data structures.
|
|
<p>
|
|
Features:<br>
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li>process list
|
|
<li>process tree
|
|
<li>select more process
|
|
<li>send all existing signals (to one or more process)
|
|
<li>reload
|
|
<li>process sort
|
|
<li>display /proc/#/maps
|
|
<li>display 45 information about all process
|
|
<li>and more...
|
|
</ul>
|
|
<p>
|
|
Download:<br>
|
|
<p>
|
|
* source, rpm, deb
|
|
<p>
|
|
URL: <a
|
|
href="http://home.zf.jcu.cz/~zakkr/kim/">http://home/zf.jcu/cz/~zakkr/kim/</a>
|
|
<p>
|
|
Version & Dependency:<br>
|
|
The Kim is independent on other program, but all version depend
|
|
on libproc >= 1.2.6 and ncurses.
|
|
<p>
|
|
Lincense:<br>
|
|
Copyright (c) 1998 Zak Karel "Zakkr"
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
<P> <hr> <P>
|
|
<!-- =================================================================== -->
|
|
|
|
<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
|
|
PIKT
|
|
</H3>
|
|
<P>
|
|
PIKT is a set of programs, scripts, data and configuration files for
|
|
administering networked workstations. PIKT's primary purpose is to
|
|
monitor systems, report problems (usually by way of e-mail "alerts"),
|
|
and fix those problems when possible. PIKT is not an end-user tool; it
|
|
is (for now) to be used by systems administrators only.
|
|
<p>
|
|
PIKT includes an embedded scripting language, approaching in sophistication
|
|
several of the other scripting languages, and introducing some new features
|
|
perhaps never seen before.
|
|
<p>
|
|
PIKT also employs a sophisticated, centrally managed, per-machine/OS
|
|
version control mechanism. You can, setting aside the PIKT language,
|
|
even use it to version control your Perl, AWK, and shell scripts. Or,
|
|
use it as a replacement for cron.
|
|
<p>
|
|
PIKT is freeware, distributed under the GNU copyleft.
|
|
<p>
|
|
Check out the <a href="http://pikt.uchicago.edu/pikt">Web Page</a> for more
|
|
info!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
<P> <hr> <P>
|
|
<!-- =================================================================== -->
|
|
|
|
<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
|
|
Yard 4.04.03
|
|
</H3>
|
|
<P>
|
|
YARD-SQL version 4.04.03 has been released. Until now, it is available
|
|
for Linux and SCO-UNIX and contains the following new features:
|
|
<p>
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li>YARD-ESQLC now contains libsql and sqlnets as shared libraries.
|
|
The product YARD-ESQLC now contains libsql.a and sqlnets.a as shared
|
|
objects too. The names are libsql.so and sqlnets.so
|
|
<li>The base address of dynamic SHM is choosen based on existing segments.
|
|
Until know the base address of dynamic SHM segments was determined by the
|
|
kernel (Parameter 0 in shmat()). Know this address is calculated from the
|
|
existing SHM segments, so that the complete SHM will have no gaps.
|
|
This behaviour can be switched off by setting the environment variable
|
|
YARD_NOCONSECSHM.
|
|
<li>The socket flag TCP_NODELAY is set for socket connections.
|
|
On some OS (eg. FreeBSD), setting TCP_NODELAY on the socket connection
|
|
between client and server dramatically improves performance. There should
|
|
be no negative effect by setting this flag. So it will now always be set.
|
|
It can be disabled by setting the environment variable YARD_NOTCPNODELAY
|
|
to 1.
|
|
<li>The disk configuration of a DBS is stored in the DBS in addition to the
|
|
cfgfile
|
|
<li>yardinit offers a new option -l for reducing logfiles.
|
|
If option -l is used when a DBS is switched from offline mode to main-
|
|
tenance mode, all logical logs are released instead of performing
|
|
a logical recovery. Though this jeopardizes logical consistency it is an
|
|
easy way for starting a DBS when all logical logs are filled up.
|
|
The correct way for starting such a DBS is to start yardinit -m on one
|
|
terminal and then start yardarch -l on another terminal for backing up
|
|
the logical logs while yardinit is waiting.
|
|
<li>Clients can use strings for inserting data into BLOBs
|
|
Until now, a BLOB structure (eg. in ESQLC) or an object type (in Java) had
|
|
to be used for inserting data into a BLOB/TEXT column. Now, Clients can
|
|
use simple strings for that purpose. When the server runs in batch mode, a
|
|
string will still be used as file name.
|
|
<li>and more....
|
|
</ul>
|
|
<p>
|
|
Check out <a href="http://www.yard.de">http://www.yard.de</a> for more
|
|
information about YARD
|
|
|
|
<P> <hr> <P>
|
|
<!-- =================================================================== -->
|
|
|
|
<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
|
|
RealSecure 3.0
|
|
</H3>
|
|
<p>
|
|
ISS today announced RealSecure 3.0, a new, integrated system that
|
|
combines intrusion detection with state-of-the-art response and
|
|
management capabilities to form the industry's first threat management
|
|
solution. Formerly known as "Project Lookout", RealSecure 3.0 is the
|
|
integrates network- and system-based intrusion detection
|
|
and response capabilities into a single enterprise threat management
|
|
framework providing around-the-clock, end-to-end information protection.
|
|
<p>
|
|
Visit the <a href="http://www.iss.net">ISS web site</a>.
|
|
|
|
<P> <hr> <P>
|
|
<!-- =================================================================== -->
|
|
|
|
<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
|
|
Applix Released Applixware 4.4.1 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows
|
|
Platforms
|
|
</H3>
|
|
<p>
|
|
Applix, Inc. the release of Applixware 4.4.1 for the Linux platform as
|
|
well as all major UNIX operating systems, Windows NT and Windows 95.
|
|
This latest release delivers a new filtering framework that has been
|
|
optimized for document interchange between Microsoft's Office 97 product,
|
|
as well as Y2K compliance.
|
|
<p>
|
|
Applixware includes Applix Words, Spreadsheets, Graphics, Presents, and HTML
|
|
Author. This Linux version also includes Applix Data and Applix Builder as
|
|
standard modules. Applixware for Linux is available directly from Applix, as
|
|
well as from its partners, including Red Hat and S.U.S.E.
|
|
<p>
|
|
Linux version beta test users also attest to the results. "Export of Applix
|
|
Words documents to Word 97 works great, even with Swedish letters," said Klaus
|
|
Neumann, a university cognitive scientist. He continued, "I think Applixware
|
|
is the most promising office solution for Linux. I've tried StarOffice,
|
|
WordPerfect, Lyx. Nothing comes even close to Applixware--there are none of
|
|
the memory, uptime, printing, or spell-checking problems I experience with the
|
|
other suites."
|
|
<p>
|
|
Applixware 4.4.1 for Linux includes for the first time Applix Data, a new
|
|
module offering point and click access to information stored in relational
|
|
databases. No SQL knowledge is required to access the information. Once
|
|
accessed, the data can be linked directly into Applix Words, Spreadsheets,
|
|
Graphics, Presents, and HTML Author.
|
|
<p>
|
|
Visit the <a href="http://www.applix.com/">company's web site</a> for more
|
|
information.
|
|
|
|
<P> <hr> <P>
|
|
<!-- =================================================================== -->
|
|
|
|
<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
|
|
iServer
|
|
</H3>
|
|
<p>
|
|
Servertec announced the release of iServer, a small, fast, scalable and easy
|
|
to administer platform independent web server written entirely in JavaTM.
|
|
<p>
|
|
iServer is a web server for serving static web pages and a
|
|
powerful application server for generating dynamic, data driving web pages
|
|
using Java Servlets, iScript, Common Gateway Interface (CGI) and Server Side
|
|
Includes (SSI).
|
|
<p>
|
|
iServer provides a robust, scalable platform for individuals, work groups
|
|
and corporations to establish a web presense.
|
|
<p>
|
|
Visit the <a href="http://www.servertec.com">Servertec Web site</a> for
|
|
more information.
|
|
|
|
<P> <hr> <P>
|
|
<!-- =================================================================== -->
|
|
|
|
<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
|
|
TkApache v1.0
|
|
</H3>
|
|
<p>
|
|
TkApache v1.0 was released unto the unexpecting world Thursday, October
|
|
16th. In it's first few hours, more than a 1,000 downloads were logged!
|
|
<p>
|
|
Anyway, it's a fully GUI front-end to managing and configuring an Apache
|
|
web server and it's written in PerlTk - released under the GPL, developed
|
|
COMPLETELY under Linux, Website, graphics, code, etc.
|
|
<p>
|
|
The <a href="http://eunuchs.org/linux/TkApache/">TkApache home page</a>
|
|
could tell you a lot more...
|
|
|
|
|
|
<P> <hr> <P>
|
|
<!-- =================================================================== -->
|
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Crack dot Com is closing its doors
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WHY: Ran out of cash.
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REALLY WHY: Lot of reasons, but then again, there are a lot of reasons
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that we got as far as we did. I think the killer reason, though,
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was that Golgotha was compared by publishers primarily to Battlezone
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and Uprising, and those titles sold really poorly.
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<p>
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WHAT NOW?: Now we file articles of dissolution w/ the secretary of
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state, and we file bankruptcy.
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IS THAT IT?!: No.
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WHAT ELSE?: We're releasing the Golgotha source code, and data to the
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public domain.
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WHERE'S THE SOURCE CODE?: I want to personally thank everyone who
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supported & rooted for us. That was really nice of you.
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BLAH BLAH, WHERE'S THE SOURCE?: I want to apologize
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to the fans and business partners we've let down.
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BOO HOO! WE CARE. OUT WITH IT!: Thanks for your patience. The source
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& data can be found at <a
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href="http://www.crack.com/golgotha_release">http://www.crack.com/golgotha_release</a>. And of course, the ex-Crack developers are up to new & interesting
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things which you can follow at the web site.
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<p>
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Sincerely,
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Dave Taylor
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