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July <I>Linux Journal</I>
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<P>
The July issue of <A HREF="http://www.linuxjournal.com/"><I>Linux
Journal</I></A> will be hitting the newsstands June 5.
The focus of this issue is Science and Engineering with
articles on using Linux at CERN, the NIST Neutron Lab and the British
Antarctic Society. Also, an introduction to Samba and a look at two
programming languages: Yorick and ICON. Check out the
<A HREF="http://www.linuxjournal.com/issue51/index.html">Table of Contents</A>.
To subscribe to <I>Linux Journal</I>, click <A
HREF="http://www.linuxjournal.com/ljsubsorder.html">here</A>.
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Corel & Open Source
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Corel and Corel Computer Corporation have announced their official
position on Linux and Open Source Software. At the Ottawa
Carleton Linux Users Group meeting, Corel announced that they will port
all of their commercial applications to Linux, including a $99 version
of Corel Word Perfect Suite 8. Corel Computer will open the source code
for the development of their NetWinder NC.
<P>
For more information: <BR>
<A HREF="http://www.corelcomputer.com/">http://www.corelcomputer.com/</A>
<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.corel.com/">http://www.corel.com/</A>
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Linus Torvalds & Richard Stallman at the USENIX Conference, June 1998
</H3>
<P>
Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 10:53:17 -0700 (PDT)<BR>
Linus Torvalds, developer of Linux, and Richard Stallman, founder of the
GNU project, will participate in the USENIX Annual Technical Conference,
June 15-19, 1998, at the Marriott Hotel in New Orleans.
<P>
This year the conference includes a special track showcasing the latest
developments and interesting applications in FreeBSD, GNU, Linux, NetBSD,
OpenBSD, Samba, and more. FREENIX offers 28 talks, plus evening BoF
sessions. Share ideas and actual code with developers and avid users of
freely redistributable software.
<P>
Full program and on-line registration:<BR>
<A
HREF="http://www.usenix.org/events/no98/">http://www.usenix.org/events/no98/</A>
<P>
For more information:
Jackson Dodd, <A HREF="mailto:jackson@usenix.ORG">jackson@usenix.ORG</A><BR>
USENIX, the Advanced Computing Systems Association
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O'Reilly's Perl Conference 2.0
</H3>
<P>
Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 09:47:48 -0700 (PDT)<BR>
O'Reilly & Associates is presenting the Perl Conference
2.0 from August 17-20, 1998 at The Fairmont Hotel in San Jose,
California. Perl Conference 2.0 features two days of intensive tutorial
sessions followed by a two-day conference led by key Perl developers.
Full program and registration information is at:
<P>
<A HREF="http://conference.perl.com/">http://conference.perl.com</A>
<P>
For more information: <BR>
Ellen Elias, <A HREF="mailto:elias@ora.com">elias@ora.com</A> <BR>
O'Reilly & Associates
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Linux Penguins Stickers
</H3>
<P>
Date: Sat, 23 May 1998 01:06:25 +0300 (EEST)<BR>
Linux Penguin Sticker Movement announces printed Linux Penguin Stickers
<P>
In cooperation with the Linux Penguin Sticker movement
<A HREF="http://www.jyu.fi/~juhtolv/linux-sticker/">
http://www.jyu.fi/~juhtolv/linux-sticker/</A>
Linux Mall has agreed to make available professionally designed and
printed Penguin Stickers for all who do not wish to print their own.
<P>
For more information:<BR>
<A
HREF="http://www.LinuxMall.com/PP.html">http://www.LinuxMall.com/PP.html</A>
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Announcement and Call for Papers, 7th International Python Conference
</H3>
<P>
Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 18:29:07 -0400 (EDT)<BR>
<P>
7th International Python Conference<BR>
South Shore Harbour Resort<BR>
Houston, Texas <BR>
November 10-13, 1998<BR>
<P>
For more information, visit the conference Web page at:
<P>
<A HREF="http://www.foretec.com/python/workshops/1998-11/">
http://www.foretec.com/python/workshops/1998-11/</A>
<PRE>
IMPORTANT DATES:
June 29: email intent to submit paper
July 27: deadline for papers and tutorials
Aug. 31: notification of acceptance for papers
Sep. 28: deadline for final versions of full papers
</PRE>
<P>
For more information about submitting a tutorial:
<A HREF="http://www.foretec.com/python/workshops/1998-11/cft.html">
http://www.foretec.com/python/workshops/1998-11/cft.html</A>
<P>
Jeremy Hylton, CNRI, <A
HREF="mailto:jeremy@cnri.reston.va.us">jeremy@cnri.reston.va.us</A><BR>
Program Chair, 7th International Python Conference
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Linux Links
</H3>
<P>
Project MUSCLE:
<A HREF="http://www.linuxnet.com/smartcard/index.html">
http://www.linuxnet.com/smartcard/index.html</A>
<P>
"Introduction to Linux" class:
<A HREF="http://www.learningtree.com/us/courses/330.htm#top">
http://www.learningtree.com/us/courses/330.htm#top</A>
<P>
Linux Applications: <A HREF="http://www.linuxapps.com/">
http://www.linuxapps.com/</A>
<P>
Linux Advocacy: <A HREF="http://www.netnomics.com/linux/">
http://www.netnomics.com/linux/</A>
<P>
New Linux Help Page: <A HREF="http://www.admin.burned.org/">
http://www.admin.burned.org/</A>
<P>
Linux Links: <A HREF="http://www.linuxlinks.com/">
http://www.linuxlinks.com/</A>
<P>
The Linux PenguinPlay Project:
<A
HREF="http://sunsite.auc.dk/penguinplay/">http://sunsite.auc.dk/penguinplay/</A>
<P>
ECLiPt Project:
<A HREF="http://eclipt.uni-klu.ac.at/">http://eclipt.uni-klu.ac.at/</A>
<P>
Linux Discussion Board:
<A HREF="http://paradigm.uor.edu/linux/wishlist/bulletinboard.html">
http://paradigm.uor.edu/linux/wishlist/bulletinboard.html</A>
<P>
Free Linux Support:
<A HREF="http://support.marko.net/">http://support.marko.net/</A>
<P>
Current ports of Linux OS:
<A HREF="http://www.ctv.es/USERS/xose/linux/linux_ports.html">
http://www.ctv.es/USERS/xose/linux/linux_ports.html</A>
<P>
Linux Books:
<A HREF="http://www.technologybooks.com/linux.htm">
http://www.technologybooks.com/linux.htm</A>
<P>
Linux on-line bookstore:
<A HREF="http://www.dragonfire.net/~garym/linux.html">
http://www.dragonfire.net/~garym/linux.html</A>
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Project Independence: Linux for the Masses
</H3>
<P>
Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 08:16:43 GMT
<P>
A system accessible only to a minority will remain a minority OS.
Project Independence believes that this is not an acceptable fate for Linux.
Project Independence aims to make Linux accessible to people with
little computing experience.
<P>
A Call For Action:
<PRE>
* If you want to make Linux usable
* If you favour a pragmatic approach
* If you believe in the bazaar model
* If you are unhappy when you are unable to recommend Linux to
friends and relatives,
* If you want to act upon it
</PRE>
Go straight to:
<A
HREF="http://independence.dunadan.com/">http://independence.dunadan.com/</A>
<P>
For more information: <BR>
Jean Francois Martinez, <A HREF="mailto:jfm2@club-internet.fr">
jfm2@club-internet.fr</A>
Linux Application Development Book
Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 08:27:42 GMT
<P>
New book available from <A HREF="http://linuxcentral.com">Linux Central</A>:
<I>Linux Application Development</I> By Michael K. Johnson and Erik W.
Troan from Addison Wesley Publishing.
<P>
Linux Application Development helps C programmers write applications
that run on Linux.
<P>
For more information:<BR>
<A HREF="mailto:sales@linuxcentral.com">sales@linuxcentral.com</A>
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Stalker Software Announces CommuniGate Pro Server 2.0 Beta
</H3>
<P>
Date: May 15th, 1998<BR>
CommuniGate Pro 2.0 beta is the platform-independent Internet messaging server.
The new generation of the CommuniGate integrated messaging system
unifies the performance of multi-threaded operating systems, the
standards-compliance of the Internet applications, and
flexibility of the modular CommuniGate System, initially designed for MacOS.
<P>
The new version of the CommuniGate Pro is based on the Stalker Foundation
framework and can run under all major operating systems. The first released
versions can run on the Linux operating system among others.
<P>
The CommuniGate Pro server can be configured, controlled, and monitored from
any computer connected to the Internet using any Web browser application.
The administrators can monitor the Server status, create, update
and modify user accounts, delete and redirect messages in the queues,
update the communication modules settings, and configure the full-featured
CommuniGate Router.
<P>
SMTP component of the CommuniGate Pro server incorporates all the anti-
spamming features implemented in the other Stalker mail servers, including
centralized DNS-based blacklisting (RBL).
<P>
The CommuniGate Pro server is scheduled for the commercial release in
July'98.
The beta versions of the CommuniGate Pro Server are available now, free of
charge.
They can be downloaded either from the Stalker sites:
<P>
<A HREF="http://www.stalker.com/CommuniGatePro/">
http://www.stalker.com/CommuniGatePro/</A> <BR>
<A HREF="ftp://www.stalker.com//pub/CommuniGatePro/">
ftp://www.stalker.com//pub/CommuniGatePro/</A>
<P>
For more information: <BR>
Ali Liptrot, <A HREF="mailto:ali@stalker.com">ali@stalker.com</A>,
<A HREF="http://www.stalker.com/">http://www.stalker.com/</A>
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LPEvol, A Java Application
</H3>
<P>
Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 14:25:25 +0200
This is a first (beta) release of LPEvol, a Java application which allows
you to
interactiveley breed LSystems objects and view the results graphically.
LSystems are (recursive) mathematical models that can be used to describe
growth patters modelling the shapes we see around us every day, like trees,
flowers and many others. LPEvol is an application which uses LParser and
PovRay to generate and draw these LSystems. You as the user then have the
choice to select the LSystems you like and then breed them (doing a
crossover,
using theGenetic Algortihm) to produce a next generation (the children )
which
will have been derived from the formulas ( genes ) describing the parents.
<P>
LPEvol requires:
<PRE>
- JDK 1.1.x
- lparser (default works; a modified lparser.c is shipped with LPEvol)
- PovRay 3
- cjpeg
- see the README file for other (hardware/memory) requirements.
</PRE>
LPEvol 0.50 is available from:<BR>
<A HREF="ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/science/biology/">
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/science/biology/</A>
<A HREF="http://www.peoplesoft.com/peoplepages/g/robert_gasch/src/src.htm">
http://www.peoplesoft.com/peoplepages/g/robert_gasch/src/src.htm</A>
For more information: <BR>
Robert Gasch, <A
HREF="mailto:Robert_Gasch@peoplesoft.com">Robert_Gasch@peoplesoft.com</A>
<P> <hr> <P>
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RED HAT LINUX 5.1
</H3>
<P>
Date: May 26, 1998 <BR>
Red Hat Software, Inc.
announced the June 1 release of Red Hat Linux 5.1, a powerful update
that includes enhanced installation features, as well as system
configuring, web caching, window management features and an added value
CD of applications for Linux.
<P>
For more information:<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.redhat.com/">http://www.redhat.com/</A>
<P> <hr> <P>
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Webmin version 0.51 - WWW-based configuration software
</H3>
<P>
Date: Mon, 4 May 1998 07:50:19 GMT<BR>
Webmin version 0.51 is now available for download from
<P>
<A HREF="http://www.webmin.com/webmin/">http://www.webmin.com/webmin/</A>
<P>
This version allows the simple, browser-based configuration of
Unix services such as
<PRE>
- Apache (version 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3)
- Samba
- Crontab
- NFS exports
- BIND
- Inetd
- SYSV init scripts
- Local/remote mounts and /etc/fstab
- Users and groups
- Disk partitions
- Running processes
- Disk quotas
- Software packages
- PPP accounts
</PRE>
Webmin runs on Solaris 2.5 & 2.6, Redhat Linux 4 & 5, Slackware
Linux 3, Debian 1.3 and SUSE 5.1.
<P>
For more information: <BR>
Jamie Cameron, <A HREF="mailto:jcameron@webmin.com">jcameron@webmin.com</A>
<P> <hr> <P>
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banal 0.05 (bookkeeping software) released
</H3>
<P>
Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 12:50:51 GMT<BR>
TITLE INFORMATION: BANAL 0.05 - or BANAL's Absolutely Not A Ledger
AUTHOR INFORMATION: Matthew Rice - Matthew.Rice@ftlsol.com
AFFILIATION INFORMATION: FTL Solutions Inc.
DATE INFORMATION: May 1998
<P>
BANAL is a bookkeeping system that allows you to track invoices,
clients, projects, TODOs, bank accounts and expenses. BANAL is a
client/server application so you can keep one set of books one your
system while allowing everyone access.
<P>
If you want to obtain BANAL and try it out, ftp to:
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/financial/accounting.
<P>
and look for a file banal-X.YY.tar.gz, with
X.YY being a version number (0.00 is of course the first).
Unpack it in a "sources" directory and start reading the document
in the "doc" subdirectory.
<P>
FTL Solutions Inc. holds the copyright (I am doing it under
their time), however, it is very unrestricted (read: do what you
want but don't think of suing them). There is a more detailed
COPYRIGHT file included with the distribution.
<P>
For more information: <BR>
Matthew Rice <A HREF="mailto:Matthew.Rice@ftlsol.com">Matthew.Rice@ftlsol.com</A>
<P> <hr> <P>
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satlas-0.95 (solar atlas) released
</H3>
<P>
Date: Mon, 4 May 1998 07:17:18 GMT<BR>
I am announcing a first public release of satlas!
<P>
Satlas is an electronic atlas of the solar sprectrum and targeted
primaraly for astronomers who do a lot of spectral analysis work.
It is based on Gtk+ and MySQL. MySQL is used to store, manage and
provide a quick access to the data, while Gtk+ is provides GUI.
<P>
http://www.physics.unc.edu/~serge/satlas/
<P>
Satlas is distributed under GNU Public License.
<P>
For more information: <BR>
Sergei Naumov, <A HREF="mailto:serge@astro.unc.edu">serge@astro.unc.edu</A>
<P> <hr> <P>
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ECLiPt Mirror 2.0b1 (former SimpleMirror)
</H3>
<P>
Date: Mon, 4 May 1998 07:34:37 GMT<BR>
I've just released a new version of ECLiPt-Mirror (it's original name
has been SimpleMirror). The new release includes
<PRE>
- - HTML-Logs, including the possibilty to directly download from this
page
- - automatic creating of index-files as an overview over all mirrors
- - download just the most recent version of some files (e.g. the linux
kernel)
- - bug fixes :-)
- - new bugs :-(
</PRE>
Have a look at http://eclipt.uni-klu.ac.at (and then the mirror section)
for a example usage. You can download it from the same page (under the
projects section).
<P>
For more information: <BR>
Martin Preishuber, <A HREF="mailto:Martin.Preishuber@stuco.uni-klu.ac.at">
Martin.Preishuber@stuco.uni-klu.ac.at</A>
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Whisper 0.1 - Internet Telephone Application
</H3>
<P>
Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 12:32:21 GMT<BR>
<P>
I announce the availability of Whisper -- Internet Phone.
You can use it to talk to other people on the Internet.
It uses gsm compression and should be suitable for low
speed networks (19.200 bps and up)
<P>
I uploaded the sources to /incoming/Linux on sunsite. Hopefully they
will appear in /pub/Linux/apps/sound/talk. Sources (and a binary version)
are also available at:
<P>
http://www.itp.uni-hannover.de/~roeden/whisper.html
<P>
Copying-policy: GPL
<P>
For more information: <BR>
Claus Roedenbeck, <A HREF="mailto:roeden@itp.uni-hannover.de">
roeden@itp.uni-hannover.de</A>
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JCam 0.3 - Java-based software for Digital Cameras
</H3>
<P>
Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 08:05:54 GMT<BR>
JCam - a single software program for (almost) all OSes and
(almost) all Digital Still Cameras ...
<P>
Release 0.3 of JCam, available from http://www.jcam.com introduces
support for cameras from Fuji and Olympus ... this adds to existing
support for cameras from Epsom, Casio, Kodak ... and a neater user
interface with "LEDs" ... ;-)
<P>
For more details about supported cameras, etc, please E-Mail to
info@jcam.com or visit the Web Page at "www.jcam.com" ...
For more information: <BR>
<A HREF="mailto:info@jcam.com">info@jcam.com</A>, <A
HREF="http://www.jcam.com/">http://www.jcam.com/</A>
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gax 1.0 - galaxy DB utility for astronomy
</H3>
<P>
Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 08:14:06 GMT<BR>
Announcing the first release of Gax, a program for amateur astronomy.
<P>
Gax can create searchable databases of galaxy information that can then
be searched based on user selectable ranges for fields in the database.
<P>
The information contained in or derived from the database includes:
<PRE>
RA
Declination
Major/Minor Diameter
Position Angle
Magnitude
Surface Brightness
Constellation
Uranometria 2000 Map number
Local Transit Time
</PRE>
Report formatting is also under complete user control providing the
ability to tailor the report output to your specific needs.
<P>
Temporarily at: <A HREF="http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/Incoming/">
http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/Incoming/</A>
<P>
Permanite site: <A
HREF="http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/science/astronomy/">
http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/science/astronomy/</A>
<P>
Files: 1664Kb gax-1.0.tar.gz, 1Kb gax.lsm
<P>
Copying-policy: GPL
<P>
For more information: <BR>
Mark Anderson, <A HREF="mailto:manders1@csc.com">manders1@csc.com</A>
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SampLin, new scientific data acquisition software
</H3>
<P>
Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 08:15:10 GMT<BR>
Few days ago I released first public version of scientific data
acquisition software 'SampLin' which can be found at
<A HREF="http://www.troja.mff.cuni.cz/~kvasnica/samplin.html">
http://www.troja.mff.cuni.cz/~kvasnica/samplin.html</A>.
<P>
Currently is implemented support for serial, gpib devices and
arbitrary labcards with drivers, basic-like script language and
simple plot widget. Software supports data acquisition
over TCP/IP network via RPC protocol from remote servers.
Requirements: X11R6, Qt, KDE libs, GPIB lib
<P>
*** I'M LOOKING FOR NEW PROGRAMMERS TO CONTINUE THIS PROJECT ***
<P>
For more information: <BR>
Samuel Kvasnica, <A HREF="mailto:kvasnica@iaee.tuwien.ac.at">
kvasnica@iaee.tuwien.ac.at</A>
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SCNN3.3 cellular neural network simulator
</H3>
<P>
Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 08:33:00 GMT<BR>
The new version of our simulation system for cellular neural networks
(CNN) is now available from our home page<BR>
<A HREF="http://apx00.physik.uni-frankfurt.de/e_ag_rt/cnn/SCNN/">
http://apx00.physik.uni-frankfurt.de/e_ag_rt/cnn/SCNN/</A>
<P>
It is a zero price product, available for Intel x86 (Linux), IBM RS 6000
(AIX4), SGI Indigo (Irix 6.2), HP (HP Unix) and DEC Alpha (Ultrix). It is
planned to add versions for other Unix operating systems on request.
For more information take a look at our homepage.
<P>
For more information: <BR>
SCNN Team,
Roland Kunz, <A HREF="mailto:kunz@apx12.physik.uni-frankfurt.de">
kunz@apx12.physik.uni-frankfurt.de</A>
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Sox 12.14 - Universal Sound Processing Tool
</H3>
<P>
Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 07:40:31 GMT<BR>
The latest patchlevel of Sox is now available. Sox is intended to be
the Swiss Army knife of sound processing tools. Its allows a user to
convert sounds files between any supported format including CD Audio,
.au, .voc, .wav and several others. Latest versions also include
support for playing the sound file to either Linux's /dev/dsp or a Sun
/dev/audio.
<P>
It can be downloaded from the following sites:
<P>
<A HREF="http://home.sprynet.com/sprynet/cbagwell/projects.html">
http://home.sprynet.com/sprynet/cbagwell/projects.html</A> <BR>
<A
HREF="http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/sound/convert/sox-12.14.tar.gz">
http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/sound/convert/sox-12.14.tar.gz</A>
<P>
For more information: <BR>
Chris Bagwell, <A HREF="mailto:cbagwell@fujitsu-fnc.com">
cbagwell@fujitsu-fnc.com</A>
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Linux Point Of Sale
</H3>
<P>
Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 11:16:14 GMT<BR>
LinuxPOS Version 1.0 Released for Beta Testing
<P>
Linux Canada Inc. wishes to announce that the beta version of
LinuxPOS 1.0 is now available for evaluation. LinuxPOS is an exciting
new point of sale application written in Tcl/Tk. If you require the
power,stability and connectivity of Linux, the graphical user
interface inherent in Tck/Tk, a dynamite point of sale application and
full source code for peace of mind and/or personal customizations ---
then LinuxPOS is for you.
<P>
For more information: <BR>
Philip Tonellier, <A
HREF="mailto:phil@linuxcanada.com">phil@linuxcanada.com</A>,
<A HREF="http://www.linuxcanada.com/">http://www.linuxcanada.com/</A>
<P> <hr> <P>
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SHAREWARE: QuoteGrabber-1.0 Real-time stock quotes.
</H3>
<P>
Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 12:47:06 GMT<BR>
The QuoteGrabber, 1.0.0 is a universal stock market client.
<P>
A stock market tracker and portfolio manager written in Java and
developed under Linux, the QuoteGrabber provides real-time and delayed
quotes, news and charts. Fully customizable, it is a versatile tool:
<PRE>
- - trading: real-time quotes for www.datek.com clients and registered
users;
- - charting: intra-day, 3 month, 1 year, 2 years, 5 years;
- - news: breaking company news as they arrive;
- - portfolio management: enter all transactions, track portfolio
performance;
- - alerts: based on a combination of four criteria;
- - international stocks: US, Canada, France, UK, Germany, Italy (delayed
15-20 minutes);
</PRE>
The QuoteGrabber is distributed as 30-day trial shareware with a
personal license price of $25.
<P>
For more information: <BR>
Louis-David Mitterrand, <A
HREF="mailto:mito@aparima.com">mito@aparima.com</A>,
<A HREF="http://www.aparima.com/quote/">http://www.aparima.com/quote/</A>
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Fortify now on Linux_glibc2: 128-bit Netscape crypto
</H3>
<P>
Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 13:01:39 GMT<BR>
Sydney, Australia. (23 May, 1998). By popular demand, Fortify for Netscape
has now been extended to support the Linux_glibc2 editions of the
Netscape web browsers (Communicator and Navigator v4.05).
<P>
This functionality is available immediately, as part of the
Fortify-1.2.3-unix distribution. You can download this from the
Fortify web site, at <A
HREF="http://www.fortify.net/">http://www.fortify.net/</A>
<P>
In a second addition to the Fortify service, the Fortify-announce
mailing list is now on-line, and open to anyone who wishes to
receive news and announcements via e-mail regarding the Fortify project.
You can subscribe to the mailing list here:
<A HREF="http://www.fortify.net/feedback.html">
http://www.fortify.net/feedback.html</A>
<P>
Farrell McKay, <A HREF="mailto:fbm@jolt.mpx.com.au">fbm@jolt.mpx.com.au</A>
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Organic molecule drawing program
</H3>
<P>
Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 13:30:46 GMT<BR>
I have written a program to draw organic molecules
easily under X. You can store the picture as bitmapfile.
It is compiled with the Athena Widget Set and is also
compartible to UNIX.
<P>
You can download the sourcecode at:
<P>
<A HREF="http://www.uni-ulm.de/~s_tvolk/chemtool.html">
http://www.uni-ulm.de/~s_tvolk/chemtool.html</A>
<P>
copyright is GPL
<P>
For more information: <BR>
Thomas Volk, <A
HREF="mailto:thomas.volk@student.uni-ulm.de">thomas.volk@student.uni-ulm.de</A>,
<A
HREF="http://www.uni-ulm.de/~s_tvolk/">http://www.uni-ulm.de/~s_tvolk/</A>
<P> <hr> <P>
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Toshiba Linux Utilities
</H3>
<P>
Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 13:43:46 GMT<BR>
The Toshiba Linux Utilities are a series of three programs that I have
written to replace Toshiba supplied MS-DOS or Microsoft Windows programs
for controlling Toshiba laptops, with Linux versions. Full details and
source code can be found at
<P>
<A HREF="http://www2.prestel.co.uk/hex/toshiba.html">
http://www2.prestel.co.uk/hex/toshiba.html</A>
<P>
FAN:
A update to my fan program that uses a completely new version of turning
the fan on/off. If you have tried a 1.x version of the program and it
did not work on your laptop try this version. This version is known to
work on the new Satellite Pro models (440x, 460x, 480x), and may work
on others that the previous version did not. I am particularly keen to
hear from owners of Tecra's.
<P>
SVPW:
A direct replacement for the svpw.exe program found on the Companion
diskette, for the setting/removal of supervisor passwords, and changing
whether setup can be run in user mode. Known to work on a Satellite Pro
400x, 430x, and 440x. I am keen to know if it works on other models.
<P>
To anyone reading this, svpw does not, and cannot be made to remove
passwords unless you already know the password. This is not a limitation
impossed by me. I don't know how to *crack* the passwords on Toshiba
laptops and have no interest in doing so. I will not answer any emails
relating to this.
<P>
HOTKEY:
This is not exactly a replacement for a Toshiba program, but provides
the same functionality as MaxTime(tm) does under Microsoft Windows, under
X11 when the power-up or battery save mode is changed with the Fn+F2,
Fn+F3 key combinations. Namely a small window pops up in the centre of
the screen with some icons to let you know what you are doing. It is
know to work on a Satellite Pro 400x, 430x, Portage 610x, and Tecra 740x
<P>
For more information: <BR>
Jonathan A. Buzzard, <A
HREF="mailto:jab@hex.prestel.co.uk">jab@hex.prestel.co.uk </A>
<P> <hr> <P>
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GNU Midnight Commander 4.1.35 file manager
</H3>
<P>
Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 14:11:12 GMT<BR>
The Midnight Commander team has just released version 4.1.35 of the
GNU Midnight Commander. For more information on the Midnight
Commander, please consult <BR>
<A HREF="http://www.gnome.org/mc/">http://www.gnome.org/mc</A>
<P>
This program is available now in:
<P>
<A HREF="ftp://ftp.nuclecu.unam.mx/linux/local/mc-4.1.35.tar.gz">
ftp://ftp.nuclecu.unam.mx/linux/local/mc-4.1.35.tar.gz</A>
<P>
For more information: <BR>
Miguel de Icaza, <A
HREF="mailto:miguel@nuclecu.unam.mx">miguel@nuclecu.unam.mx</A>
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