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December 1999 <I>Linux Journal</I>
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<P> 
The December issue of <A HREF="http://www.linuxjournal.com/"><I>Linux
Journal</I></A> is already on the newsstands.
This issue focuses on system administration.

<P> <I>Linux Journal</I> has articles that appear "Strictly On-Line".
Check out the Table of Contents at
<A HREF="http://www.linuxjournal.com/issue68/index.html">
http://www.linuxjournal.com/issue68/index.html</A> for articles in 
this issue as well as links to the on-line articles. 
To subscribe to <I>Linux Journal</I>, go to <A
HREF="http://www.linuxjournal.com/subscribe/index.html">
http://www.linuxjournal.com/subscribe/index.html</A>.

<P> 
<font color="green">
For Subcribers Only</font>: <I>Linux Journal</I> archives are available 
on-line at 
<A HREF="http://interactive.linuxjournal.com">
http://interactive.linuxjournal.com/</A> 


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<FONT COLOR="green"><I>Linux Journal</I>/<I>Linux Gazette</I> Millenium Edition Archive CD-ROM
</FONT>
</H3> 

<P> Can't find that April 1996 <I>Linux Journal</I>?
Someone borrowed the September 1998 copy?

<P> Now you can have it all!  All of <I>Linux
Journal</I> (issues 1-56; 1994-1998) and 
all of <I>Linux Gazette</I> (issues 1-45; 1995-1998)
on one archive CD.

<P> Click <A HREF=http://www.linuxjournal.com/subscribe/cdrom.html>here</A>
for more information.


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<FONT COLOR="green">Caldera
</FONT>
</H3> 

<H4> Antarctica IT and Caldera Team Up</H4>

<P> Framingham, MA, November 11, 1999 - Antarctica IT, Inc. and Caldera
Systems, Inc. will work together to provide Linux services in Boston
and New England.


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<FONT COLOR="green">Corel
</FONT>
</H3> 

<P> <A HREF=http://www.ecommercetimes.com/news/articles/991103-5.shtml>
Corel Signs Linux OEM Agreement With PC Chips</A>



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<FONT COLOR="green">Libra
</FONT>
</H3> 


<P>    NORTH VANCOUVER, BC, November 2, 1999 - Libra Computer Systemstoday
announced the release of 'Linux by Libranet', based on Debian. The CD, includes
one year of support via email and fax, Linux HOWTO documentation and the
Debian-Guide, a concise, easy to follow guide to the use of the Debian Linux
Distribution. The CD may be purchased for $27.00 at <A
HREF=http://www.libranet.com>www.libranet.com</A>.  Libra Computer Systems is a
privately held company based in North Vancouver, BC, Canada.



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<FONT COLOR="green">Red Hat
</FONT>
</H3> 


<H4>Red Hat acquires Cygnus, promotes Matthew Szulik to CEO</H4>

See press releases at the <A HREF=http://www.redhat.com>Red Hat home page</A>,
and the commentary 
<A HREF=http://www.linuxjournal.com/articles/briefs/032.html>
Red Hat acquires Cygnus</A>.



<h4>Red Hat to Support Leading Open Source Application</H4>

<P> Durham, N.C.--November 3, 1999--Red Hat, Inc., today announced
an expansion of its services program that will provide the consulting and
support enterprise organizations need for nearly all of the popular,
powerful, open source software applications used by enterprises worldwide.

<P> As the first step in the program, Red Hat's worldwide services group will
immediately offer expanded Service Programs for popular open source
software solutions, including top Internet software like the Apache Web
Server, Sendmail and Postfix. Apache is the number one Web server and runs
more than 55 percent of the Internet's Web sites. Sendmail is a messaging
solution that powers 80 percent of Internet Service Providers (ISPs).

<P> The sweeping initiative will expand in the coming months, embracing more
open source solutions. This broad support program delivers enterprise
users a single, trusted source for their open source computing needs.




<H4>Center for Open Source</H4>

<P> DURHAM, N.C.--November 1, 1999--Red Hat, Inc. announced 
the formation of a new non-profit organization, the Red Hat Center for
Open Source (RHCOS), that will sponsor, support, promote and engage in a
wide range of scientific and educational projects intended to advance the
social principles of open source for the greater good of the general
public.  

<H4>eSoft</H4>
<P> <A HREF=http://www.esoft.com>eSoft Inc.</A>, a company that develops and
markets the TEAM Internet Linux software suite for small businesses, has joined
Red Hat Inc.'s Development Partner Program. 


<H4>Pact With RSA To Enhance Security</H4>

<P> Red Hat, Inc. has 
entered into a new 
<A HREF=http://www.ecommercetimes.com/news/articles/991112-7.shtml>
strategic agreement</A> with RSA Security, Inc. 
to enhance security for professional users of 
the Red Hat Linux OS package... 



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<FONT COLOR="green">SuSE
</FONT>
</H3> 

<H4>Photodex and SuSE Give Linux an Imaging Boost </H4>

<P> Austin, Texas -- November 8, 1999 -- <A HREF=http://www.photodex.com>
Photodex</A> Corporation, a leading
supplier of digital content management, imaging and multimedia software,
and SuSE Inc., announced today their partnership to provide
CompuPic Digital Content Manager software for the SuSE Linux operating
system.

<P> "CompuPic brings powerful, yet user-friendly imaging capabilities to
the SuSE Linux desktop, enabling SuSE Linux to compete head-on with
other platforms.  These tools should not be taken for granted," said
Paul Schmidt, CEO, Photodex.  "Professional web developers need
powerful tools to more easily develop and maintain web sites.  Even
novice users find it easier to use the Linux desktop when familiar
applications are available.  CompuPic solves these problems and more."


<H4> E-Commerce on SuSE's Portal</H4>

<P> Linux vendor SuSE announced this week that it has tapped 
outsource solutions provider Digital River, Inc. (Nasdaq: DRIV) 
to turn its online information portal into an 
<A HREF=http://www.ecommercetimes.com/news/articles/991117-8.shtml>
e-commerce site</A>.




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<FONT COLOR="green">Storm
</FONT>
</H3> 

<H4> Storm Linux 2000 to Ship with VMware</H4>

<P> Vancouver, Canada - November 17, 1999 - Stormix Technologies,
Inc., announces that Storm Linux 2000 will ship with the VMware
evaluation binaries, a software technology that allows the
running of other operating systems, including Windows, from
within Linux.

<P> Stormix also announced Storm Linux will ship with a full version of
StarOffice, and a demo copy of Enhanced Software Technologies' BRU (Backup and
Restore Utility).





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<FONT COLOR="green">C.O.L.A news
</FONT>
</H3> 

<P> <A HREF=http://TheStuff.net>TheStuff.net</A> is a new, online source for
information and tools encompassing all free Unix operating systems.

<P> <A HREF=http://segurinet.com>Spanish translation of the Linux
Administrator's Security Guide</A> 

<P> <A HREF=http://www.etherboy.com/dns/chrootdns.html>
Dual chrooted Bind/DNS servers Mini-HOWTO</A>




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<FONT COLOR="green">News from The Linux Bits
</FONT>
</H3> 

<P> <I>LG</I> got a nice little mention in TLB issue 23 
(<A HREF=http://www.linuxdot.org/tlb/24.html>http://www.linuxdot.org/tlb/24.html</A>):
<BLOCKQUOTE>
	The latest edition of the "New York Times of Linux e-zines" - Linux
	Gazette - was released today, featuring the usual crop of interesting
	reading -- and plenty of it. Once again we get a few mentions.  "Gee
	ma, we're famous." :)
</BLOCKQUOTE>

<P> Other news in issue 23:
<UL>
	<LI> <a href="http://www.ga-source.com/all/news/bits/09+29+1999/15:09:37.shtml">
Creative Labs To Embrace The Open Source Philosophy</a>
</UL>

<P> From issue 22 
(<A HREF=http://www.linuxdot.org/tlb/24.html>
http://www.linuxdot.org/tlb/24.html</A>):
<UL>
	<LI> <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/1999/42/ns-10883.html">
	ATI Embraces Linux</a>
	<LI> <A HREF=http://www.toms.net/rb/home.html>Tom's Root/Boot Disk</A>
A good rescue disk to have.  <EM>[Our sysadmins use it to do workstation 
installs and can't sing enough praise of it.  -Ed.]</EM>
	<LI> <a href="http://www.linuxdot.org/nlm/part1/emacs1.html">Emacs Tutorial #1: Basic Editing</A>  
	"A complete command reference list. Perfect for printing off and having at your side whilst you struggle to
       become proficient with this scary package."
</UL>

<P> TLB's Laurence Hunter wrote to the <EM>LG</EM> Editor:
<BLOCKQUOTE>
	If there's ever an article that you particulary like in any issue (even
	back issues) feel free to use it, change the formatting to your liking,
	and edit it to your heart's content. You don't need to ask our
	permission either. Like you we put together The Linux Bits purely for
	fun so no copyrights etc exists on them and we ask nothing in return.
	Anything to help out the Linux community is plenty payment for us.
</BLOCKQUOTE>

<BLOCKQUOTE><EM>[Thanks!  I'll remember that. -Ed.]</EM></BLOCKQUOTE>




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<FONT COLOR="green">Upcoming conferences &amp; events
</FONT>
</H3> 

<P>
<b>The Bazaar</b>: "Where free and open-source software meet the real world".
Presented by EarthWeb.
December 14-16, 1999.
New York, NY.
<A
HREF="http://www.thebazaar.org/">http://www.thebazaar.org/</A>
 
<P> <b>SANS 1999 Workshop On Securing Linux</b>.  The SANS Institute is a
cooperative education and research organization.
December 15-16, 1999.
San Francisco, CA.
<A
HREF="http://www.sans.org">http://www.sans.org</A>
<P>
</td></tr>

<P> IDG Communications France, organisateur de LinuxWorld, et Sky Events,
organisateur de LinuxExpo, unissent leurs efforts pour crer une
manifestation unique, <b>LinuxWorld/LinuxExpo</b>.
Cet vnement Linux ouvrira ses portes du 1er au 3 fvrier 2000, au Palais
des Congrs de Paris (Porte Maillot).


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<FONT COLOR="green">Linux File, Print & CD Thin Server in Flash-ROM
</FONT>
</H3> 

<P> KYZO has today released the commercial version of its hugely popular
PizzaBox Linux distribution, so called because a prototype server was
built in a Pizza Hut Takeout box - take a look - 
<A HREF=http://www.kyzo.com>www.kyzo.com</A>

<P> In the first month the site took over 500,000 hits has recently
registered 75,000 in one day. Registered users that have downloaded and
run the free PizzaBox Server include both the Goddard Space Flight
Centre and the Jet Propulsion Laboratories at NASA. 

<P> The commercial version is the same basic software as the free version,
which will still be available, but differs in one significant respect.
It is shipped pre-installed in a bootable Flash-ROM and comes with the
the circuit board you need to make it boot in any 486 (or above) PC.
With 10 times the life span of a hard disk, the package is aimed at
system builders who are fed up with having to send skilled engineers to
sites for days on end to re-install a File Server every time a hard
drive goes down. 

<P> The system includes File, Print &amp; CD sharing, remote access (for full
remote administration), UPS monitoring, Tape backup, Hardware
monitoring, APM. It will automatically accept both SCSI &amp; IDE hard
drives and comes with a sophisticated, JavaScript enabled, web
management interface. It is aimed squarely at the SME market where
current offerings from the big players are overcomplicated for the SME
sector. 





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<FONT COLOR="green">Cobalt Networks Selected by Allegiance Telecom
</FONT>
</H3> 

<P> Cobalt Networks has announced that its RaQ 2 server appliance will be the dedicated web hosting platform for Allegiance Telecom customers.  The RaQ 2 provides a way for ISPs like Allegiance to offer top quality dedicated web hosting with a low TCO and a quick ROI.  

<P> This news comes on the heals of last week's introduction of the RaQ 3i, Cobalt's third-generation server appliance.  The RaQ 3i rounds out Cobalt's product family by offering ISPs a high-end server appliance that can handle high-traffic Web portals, e-commerce, and application hosting at a price that the small to mid-sized business market can afford.

<P> <A HREF=http://www.cobaltnet.com>www.cobaltnet.com</A>







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<FONT COLOR="green">E-Commerce Minute
</FONT>
</H3> 


<P> <A HREF=http://www.ecommercetimes.com/news/articles/991104-3.shtml>
EBIZ Re-Launches TheLinuxStore </A>









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<FONT COLOR="green">E-Exams announces a Linux System Adminstration exam
</FONT>
</H3>

<P> E-Exams announces a Linux System Adminstration exam.
With E-Exams you can create customized technical exams to assess
potential employees.  Among the many exams E-Exams is offers, is an exam
for Linux System Administrators. Companies who have signed-up for the
service, can have potential employees take a web based exam. Questions
range from beginner, to intermediate to expert. The results can be used
to determine whether the candidate should take the next step in the
hiring process.
The Linux System Administration exam is distribution neutral. It also
among the first exams which the company is offering. The company is
planning to create many more exams, including some distribution specific
nes, starting with a Red Hat Linux exam. Specific topics such as
networking with Samba are also in the works.

<P> You can learn more about E-Exams at:
<A HREF=http://www.eexams.com/>www.eexams.com</A>












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<FONT COLOR="green">National Semiconductor announces Linux support for its geode webpad reference design
</FONT>
</H3> 

November 15, 1999 - National Semiconductor Corporation today announced that
Infomatec AG will port its custom Linux-based basic platform Java Network
Technology (JNT) operating system to the National Geode WebPAD platform - a
complete hardware and software reference design for a wireless Internet
personal access device (PAD). This collaboration is the first result of an
agreement signed earlier this year by National and Infomatec to partner on the
development of information appliances such as set-top boxes, thin clients and
PADs.







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<FONT COLOR="green">Is Linux available on my platform?
</FONT>
</H3> 

<P> The
<A HREF=http://www.ctv.es/USERS/xose/linux/linux_ports.html>
Current ports of the Linux OS</A> web page lists a wide variety of 
architectures and platforms Linux is available on.

<P> The main ports are :

<P> - Special PCs and Near-PCs SGI-Linux (intel-SGI), MCA Linux
(MicroChannel), Linux/98 (NEC PC-98), LinuxIA64 (new 64bits-merced-
intel chip)

<P> - Motorola processors Linux/m68k (Motorola 68000), LinuxPPC (PowerPC)

<P> - SPARC chips S/Linux (Sun SPARCstations), UltraLinux (Sun UltraSPARC)

<P> - Compaq (former Digital) chips and equipments VAXlinux (VAX computers),
Linux/Alpha (Alpha processors)

<P> - Other RISC chips ARM Linux (ARM/StrongARM), Linux PA-RISC (HP's
PA-RISC), Linux/MIPS (MIPS chips)

<P> - Handhelds, Microcontrollers, embedded and other small systems LinuxSH3
(Hitachi SH3), Linux/Microcontrollers (Palm,Motorola ColdFire), ELKS
(8086-80286), VMELinux (VMEbus embedded systems), LinuxCE (to substitute
WindowsCE), PDAs in general

<P> - Microkernels and real-time MkLinux (Linux on Mach =B5-Kernel for Apple
PowerMacintosh, HP PA-RISC and x86), DROPS (Linux on the L4 =B5-Kernel and
Fiasco =B5-kernel), Real Time Linux (RTLinux and KURT)

<P> - Multimedia Computing, QLinux

<P> - SMP and clustering MOSIX for Linux (a bridge between SMP and MPP),
Beowulf Project (parallel clusters), Linux SMP(multiprocesor)

<P> - Misc ports Linux on IBM 370/390, Linux/AP+(Fujitsu AP1000+),
Linux-AS/400(IBM AS/400)

<P> - Cool things running Linux Not ports, but who cares?







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<FONT COLOR="green">"Linux Administration Made Easy" (LAME) guide
</FONT>
</H3> 

<P> The "Linux Administration Made Easy" (LAME) guide, recently updated for
Red Hat 6.1, attempts to describe day-to-day administration and
maintenance issues commonly faced by Linux system administrators.

<P> This 130+ page guide is geared to an audience of both corporate as well as
home users, and attempts to summarize the installation and configuration,
as well as the day-to-day administrative and maintenance procedures that
should be followed to keep a Linux-based server or desktop system up and
running.

<P> LAME can be found at 
<A HREF=http://www.LinuxNinja.com/linux-admin/>
www.LinuxNinja.com/linux-admin/</A> in a variety of document formats.



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<FONT COLOR="green">Linux Links
</FONT>
</H3> 

<P> <A HREF=http://legalnews.findlaw.com/LegalNews/Microsoft/findings.html>
The legal findings in the antitrust case against Microsoft</A>

<P> An article that alleges
<A HREF=http://www.billparish.com/msftfraudfacts.html>Microsoft is operating a
pyramid scheme</A> to artificially boost its stock price.


<P> <A HREF=http://laughs.linuxlots.com/>
Parodies of Linux and its friends and enemies</A>: 
mages,
webpage sendups, poetry, songs, articles, etc. Stars a Microsoft Myths spoof
page.

<P> <A HREF=http://www.linuxfool.com>Linux Fool.com</A> is a new web site
offering Linux users an unbiased forum for discussions and information sharing.
LinuxFool.com is an official mirror of the Linux Documentation Project.

<P> <A HREF=http://www.QuestionExchange.com>/www.QuestionExchange.com</A> 
allows
users or system administrators to name their price for high-end tech support in
open systems -- Linux, Apache server, Sendmail, etc.

<P> 	How the <A HREF=http://parallel.park.uga.edu/~kirby/linuxnc.html>
University of Georgia English Department</A> is using Linux.

<P> A 
<A HREF=http://www.linuxstart.com/~marius>Linux-Windows comparision</A>, and
other Linux-related stuff.

<P> <A HREF=http://www.linuxjournal.com/articles/briefs/033.html>Transmeta's Crusoe</A>


<P> <A HREF=http://www.ecommercetimes.com/news/articles/991118-9.shtml>
LinuxMall Re-Launches With New Look</A>











<a name="software"></a>
<P> <hr> <P> 
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<center><H3><font color="green">Software Announcements</font></H3></center>

<P> <hr> <P> 
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<H3><IMG ALT=" "   SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
<FONT COLOR="green">C.O.L.A software news
</FONT>
</H3> 

<P> <A HREF=http://freeweb.dnet.it/kmj/index.html>Kmahjongg 0.5 (beta)</A> 

<P> <A HREF=http://www.csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de/homes/js/vrmldemo/warbird.tgz>
Warbird</A> is "a new silly 3D game" using VRML.

<P> <A HREF=http://www.easysw.com/htmldoc>
HTMLDOC v1.8 HTML document conversion</A> to PDF, Postscript and indexed
HTML.




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<H3><IMG ALT=" "   SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
<FONT COLOR="green">Calerga SysQuake Viewer
</FONT>
</H3> 

<P> Lausanne, Switzerland, November 2, 1999 - Calerga announces today SysQuake
Viewer for Linux, a port to the Linux operating system of the software for
understanding systems by interactive manipulation of graphics.

<P> SysQuake is a ground-breaking application for understanding and designing
complex systems by the use of interactive graphics. Interactivity lets the
user manipulate graphics, observe how phenomena are related, and change
parameters to improve the design of a technical device. Understanding how
initial conditions affect a simulation or how the parameters of a feedback
controller determine the behavior of a dynamic system is made much 
easier
than with the static graphics created by existing software.

<P> <A HREF=http://www.calerga.com/SQViewer/index.html>
www.calerga.com/SQViewer/index.html</A>





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<H3><IMG ALT=" "   SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
<FONT COLOR="green">EasyCopy screen capture utility
</FONT>
</H3> 

<P> SAN JOSE, Calif., October 19, 1999 - AutoGraph International (AGI) is
demonstrating its commitment to the Linux community through our EasyCopy suite
of products.  The Linux operating system has always played an immense role in
AGI and some of our developers are active in the Danish Linux community.  In
fact, Linux engenders a decidedly emotional response from our normally cool,
analytical development staff.<BR>
	
<P> Enhanced X Capture offers full screen, selected window or an arbitrary
rectangular area capture.  All original colors of the windows are preserved
with any combination of windows.  Even when a window appears in false colors on
the screen due to color table overrun, it is captured in its original colors by
EasyCopy and printed correctly.

<P> <A HREF=http://www.augrin.dk/>www.augrin.dk</A> 




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<H3><IMG ALT=" "   SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
<FONT COLOR="green">DataKeeper
</FONT>
</H3> 

<P> <A HREF=http://www.os2.co.za/software> DataKeeper</A> by PowerQuest
(maker's of PartitionMagic) ensures backup protection by continuously
monitoring file activity in the background,   and supporting compressed backups
on the fly. The user configures the programme and specifies   backup methods to
backup drives, folders and files, and DataKeeper then follows these commands
automatically, and unobtrusively. 
 
<P> Because DataKeeper creates a backup each time a file is modified,
scheduling is unnecessary. 
 
<P> Any removable disk drive, network drive, hard disk or floppy drive is
supported by DataKeeper.   And because it uses a high compression rate,
DataKeeper saves disk space. 
 

 
<P> <hr> <P> 
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<H3><IMG ALT=" "   SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
<FONT COLOR="green">News from Loki Entertainment Software
</FONT>
</H3> 

<P> TUSTIN, CA -- November 1, 1999 -- Loki announces 
the Linux demo version of Railroad Tycoon II: Gold Edition.

<P> Loki released the full version of Railroad Tycoon II, along with The 
Second Century Expansion Pack, last month to strong reviews. This 
real-time strategy simulation game places gamers in a world of big 
business, expansion and engineering in which all aspects of the railroad 
industry can be controlled. It features a simulated stock market and 
sophisticated economic system, and as the years progress, gamers must 
solve modern problems such as the increasing demand for mass 
transportation in major cities. 

<P> The demo allows users to exercise their tycoon tendencies in five 
different scenarios, and is now freely available for 
<A HREF=http://www.lokigames.com/products/rt2/demo.php3>download</A>.

<P> TUSTIN, CA, November 3, 1999 -- Loki is now developing the Linux version of
Heroes of Might and Magic(tm) III.

<P> Heroes of Might and Magic III is the latest installment in the series of 
top-selling, critically-acclaimed strategy games. This turn-based, 
strategy war game set in the popular Might and Magic(r) fantasy world has 
already captivated legions of PC gamers. It was awarded 5 out of 5 stars 
from both Computer Games Magazine and the CNET Gamecenter, as well as an 
Editor's Choice Award from Computer Gaming World Magazine.

<P> Heroes III will be available for the Linux operating system wherever 
software is sold by mid-December.

<P> The Loki Hack hacks on the Linux version of Activision's Civilization: 
Call to Power are <A HREF=http://www.lokigames.com/hack/patches.html>
now available</A> for public consumption. 

<P> TUSTIN, CA -- November 4, 1999 -- Loki Entertainment  announces today the 
creation of a CVS server to facilitate public access to its Open-Source 
projects.

<P> "One reason we've been successful is that we create Open Source tools to 
replace proprietary code in our games," said Scott Draeker, president of 
Loki. "We give these tools back to the community in the form of Open 
Source projects. We hope other developers will evaluate our tools for 
projects and choose to use them rather than the proprietary alternatives."

<P> The Loki CVS server allows the public to access the latest development 
source code for Loki's several Open-Source projects, including SMJPEG, a 
motion JPEG library, SMPEG, a MPEG-1 playback library, and Setup, a GUI 
Installer. Other modules available for viewing include SDL, a 
cross-platform multimedia development API, and Mixer, an enhanced version 
of the sample SDL audio mixer.

<P> Loki's Open-Source projects are freely available for download from <A
HREF=http://www.lokigames.com>www.lokigames.com</A>, and are offered under the
GNU Library Public License (LGPL). A web interface for the CVS server is
available at <A HREF=http://cvs.lokigames.com>cvs.lokigames.com</A>.







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<P> <A HREF=http://www.ecommercetimes.com/news/articles/991110-5.shtml>
Anti-virus software</A> from Central Command, Inc. and
Kaspersky Lab.

<P> <A HREF=>Max for Linux</A> is a new product for compiling and running Xbase
code on Linux-based computers, and is available for dowload.

<P> <A HREF=http://www.paulnolan.com>Photogenics</A> is an award-winning 
graphics package, first released on the Amiga five years ago.  It will soon be
available on Linux.

<P> <A HREF=http://www.cycas.de>Cycas</A> is a new 2D + 3D CAD software, based on GTK.  In addition to typical
CAD functions, it offers special elements and techniques for architectural
design. 

<P> The <A HREF=http://www.vital.com>CRiSP</A> visual text editor from Vital.

<P> <A HREF=http://www.sanface.com/projects.html>
txt2pdf</A> from Sanface converts text reports to PDF format.  Can colorize
words using Perl regular expressions, add  border to every page, print in 
2-column format, and more.





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