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