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Crossroads, the student magazine of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has issued a call for papers for a special issue on Linux. This one is not for those who are in a hurry to see their name in print, though: the special issue will be published in the Fall of 1999. Papers are due at the beginning of March.

The French Ministry of Education has put up a forum site (in French)with three questions about the possible uses of free software within the educational system. They're looking for feedback; here's a chance for those who have used Linux in educational situations - especially in France - to let them know how it worked. (Non French-capable readers can read the forum page via Babelfish, but posting in languages other than French is probably not a great idea). (Found in NNL).

Intel Celeron results have been added to the CPU Review kernel compilation benchmarks. See the benchmark page for details and results.

Events

Registration for the Linux World Expo is now open. See the registration page to get signed up.

We at LWN would like to thank the folks with the Boulder, CO Linux Users Group for having organized a spectacularly successful "Linux Mini-expo" last week. The place was packed despite cold temperatures and ice on the roads. Well done!

Web sites

A new German web site dedicated to promoting Linux is now available. The Linux BBS provides daily news to the German speaking Linux community.

For the benefit of the Spanish Linux community, the Linux Site in Mexico is up and running with moderated lists, links, a database for Linux User Groups, and a list of companies and individuals providing commercial support for Linux in Mexico.

User Group News

Bellingham, WA has a new Linux User Group. Meetings will be held the first Thursday of each month. Check out their announcement for more details.

News from the Skane Sjelland Linux User Group (SSLUG): 1500 Red Hat CDs sold in four days! Check out their note for more details. Ah, yes, Dansk Data Elektronik (DDE) and Dansk UNIX-system Bruger Gruppe (DKUUG) were sponsors. Meanwhile, SSLUG continues to expand at a phenomenal rate, with over 1500 members by December 10th ...

A new LUG has formed in Auvergne, France. Here is their home page and their announcement. Best wishes!


December 17, 1998

   

 

Software Announcements


Package Version Description
AFBackup 3.1 Client-server backup system
AfterStep 1.6.0 Window manager for the X/Windows environment with NeXT look and feel
AleVT 1.3.3 Videotext/Teletext decoder and viewer
AMD K6-II CTX-Kern Patch revision 3 Linux Kernel 2.0.36 AMD K6-II CTX-Kern Patch
arla 0.19 Free AFS client for Linux/*BSD
Artistic Style 1.0.5 Indentation and reformatting filters for C, C++, Java
astime 1.2 Analogue clock for X windows
binutils 2.9.1.0.19a Provides programs to assemble and manipulate binary andobject files.
Bmud 0.3.5 GNOME mud client
bookmarker 0.7 WWW based bookmark manager
BurnIT 1.4 Java front-end to cdrecord and mkisofs
CapsiChat 0.16 Multi-user Internet chatbox/haven
CDDA Paranoia III Alpha 9.3 CD ripping application
cdrecord 1.8a15 Allows the creation of both audio and data CDs
Celebrat 0.9.5 Very simple non-interactive command-line calendar
Cheops 0.57 Network User Interface
cicq 0.01 A command-line based icq client
Connect 1.1.8 Client-server to easily share (open/close) one ppp link among a small network
Cool Beats 0.5 Small clock supporting the beat-time
Cooledit 3.8.2 Full featured text editor for the X Window System
Coral Tree Library Set 1.3.8.2 Set of abstraction libraries covering both UNIX and Win32
Crystal Space 0.11 A free and portable 3D engine based on portals
cst-calendar 1.0 Web based, php3/mysql powered organisational calendar
curl 5.2 Tiny command line client for getting data from a URL
dante 0.91.0 Free socks v4/5 implementation
Dents 0.0.2 Well-designed nameserver which aims to be completely standards comformant
DJGPP 2.02 32-bit GNU tools for MS-DOS
DOSEmu 0.98.4 Application that enables the Linux OS to run many DOS programs
egcs snapshot 19981213 Experimental set of enhancements for the GNU tools
Elvis 2.1 A clone of vi/ex, the standard UNIX editor.
EPIC 4pre2.001-NR9 ANSI capable textmode IRC Client
Eraserhead RPG 0.0.1 RPG/II, RPG/III Compiler
FastLink 1.0 FastLink is a free Java Applet that displays mirror sites sorted by their respon
Fetchmail 4.7.0 Free, full-featured, robust, well-documented remote-mailretrieval utility
FlexButtonZ 0.50 Make desktop buttons in X from shellscripts.
FreeAmp 1.1.0 Open Source MP3 player
freshmeat newsletter to HTML converter 0.1 procmail filter to convert freshmeat email newsletter to HTML
FSViewer 19981214 File Viewer lookalike for Window Maker.
FVWM 2.1.5 The classic highly configurable virtual window manager
fw 0.1.1 Portable multiplayer tetronimo dropping game.
FXmame 0.5 Glide (3Dfx) driver for the xmame classic arcade game emulator
Gamora 0.63.2 Java based server construction, hosting, and adminstration architecture.
gEDA 19981213 gEDA is an collection of tools which are used to make electrical circuit design,
GeneWeb 1.09 A combo web interface and genealogy program combined on steroids
GGUI 0.1.1 An easy multi-purpose, multi-program GUI.
Gifsicle 1.9 Command-line tool for creating, editing, and optimizing GIFs and animations
GLib 1.1.7 The GLib library of C routines
GLmame 0.6 An OpenGL driver for xmame
gnometool 0.4.1 Tiny perl program to manage Gnome CVS modules
GNU Privacy Guard 0.4.5 GPLed PGP replacement tool
gPhoto 0.1-DR GNU Digital Camera download software
greg 0.6 Framework for testing other programs and libraries
grip 0.4 A gtk-based frontend for CD-rippers
gRun 0.7.3 GTK based Run dialog
GTK+ 1.1.7 Library for creating graphicaluser interfaces
gtkgo 0.0.2 Go game for GTK
gtkSlash 0.5.3 Gtk+ based Slashdot headlines news ticker
GyrosCoPe 0.9pre3 GTK colour picker for HTML documents
ht://Dig 3.1.0b3 Complete world wide web indexing and searching system
IMHO 0.92 IMAP4 Mail Host for Roxen
ipac 1.00 Linux IP accounting package
ISPd pre-alpha Billing/user management software for ISPs
jEdit 1.2final Powerful text editor
Jetris 1.1 Jetris is a networked battle tetris game (like netris, but has a GUI).
KBiff 2.0 New mail notification utility for KDE
Korfe 0.2.0 Fast GUI Builder for Java that supports Swing as well as custom components
KOrganizer 0.9.18 Personal Information Manager for the KDE Desktop Environment
kPGPShell 0.03 A KDE shell for GPG/PGP2/PGP5
KXicq 0.2.26 The KDE ICQ clone
Leafnode 1.7.1 NNTP server for small leaf sites
legdoc 1.0 C source code documentor
libsql++ 0.3.1 A C++ wrapper for ODBC
Licq 0.50 alpha 2 ICQ clone for linux with most of the functionality of the official Java version
Linux Kernel Manager PR-1 The network-centric Linux kernel configuration and management tool
Linux Quake Howto 1.0.1.16 Install, run and troubleshoot Quake,QuakeWorld &Quake 2 under Linux
Linux sym53c416 Driver 0.1.0 Linux driver for boards with a sym53c416 SCSI chip.
Linuxconf 1.13r10 Sophisticated administrative tool
LOAF 1.2 A tiny one floppy linux distribution.
lpe 0.2.5 Featureless, small editor
LPRng 3.5.3 The Next Generation of LPR
mailback 1.0.0 An e-mail autoresponder with support for multiple aliases and exceptions.
Melange Chat Server 0.99a Chat server written in C including a Java-client
mHockey 0.49 OpenGL based hockey game
Micq 0.3.2 Publically available ICQ clone for the console
mod_dav 0.9.5-1.3.3 DAV protocol extensions for Apache
Moneydance 2.0b5 Personal finance application written in java
moodss 5.5 Modular Object Oriented Dynamic SpreadSheet
Mount.App 1.4 Window Maker dock app for managing mount points
Mozilla 1998-12-11 Webbrowser for X11 derived from Netscape Communicator
Mutt 0.95 Small but very powerful text-based mail client for Unix operatingsystems
MySQL 3.22.12 SQL (Structured Query Language) database server
naim 1998-12-12-1023 Console-mode AOL Instant Messenger client for Linux and compatible unices
Naken Chat 0.84 Chat Server ported from Javachat
Nannie 0.9 System file watcher and notification program
net-tools 1.49 Programs that form the base set of the NET-3 networking distribution
News Peruser 4.0 alpha 29 An offline newsreader for Linux and X11
nist 1.1.9 Update system time from NIST time server
nmap 2.00 Full featured, robust port scanner
NoName 0.0.6 Fantasy RPG using A-Life techniques.
NumExp 0.0.2 Numeric methods implementation for Linux
OpenLDAP 1.1 LDAP suite of applications and development tools
OpenMap 3.0.1 JavaBeans tool kit for building applications/applets with maps
pkgview 0.1 X based RPM package viewer
Postfix beta-19981211 The Postfix MTA
Proof General 2.0 Emacs interface for Proof Assistants
Public Bookmark Generator 0.1 Generates Webpages carrying your personal Netscape bookmarks
PyGTK 0.5.8 A set of bindings for the GTK widget set
QtDragon 0.7.3 A tool to configure the telephone-related stuff of a DataBoxSpeed Dragon
Quotes 1.1-1 Financial Quotations and Linux headlines
RabbIT 1.5 Mutating, caching webproxy to speed up surfing over slow links
rand 1.0 random pipe
RAPID 5.07 Commodity and stock graphing for technical analysis trading decisions
rdbm 0.8 Reliable database library
rlpr 2.00 Print from remote sites to your local printer w/o configuring remote site
ROADS 2.1 A free Yahoo-like system written in Perl
RODUN 0.9.9 An extended Rogue clone (Dungeon Game)
rtnppd 1.4b TNPP-packets router with TNPP-in-IP encapsulation
Saint 1.3.4 Security Administrator's Integrated Network Tool
Samba 2.0.0 beta 4 Allows clients toaccess to a server's filespace and printers via SMB
SBScan 0.01 System Security Scanner
Secure Remote Password Protocol 1.4.4 Zero-knowledge password-based authentication and key exchange protocol
Siag Office 3.1.1 Free office package for Unix
SIDPLAY 1.36.31 C64 music player and SID sound chip emulator
Simple Distributed DataBase 0.4 A fast, truly distributed Network Directory Service
sitecopy 0.3.0 Maintain remote copies of locally stored web sites
slashes.pl 1.3 A Perl/GTK Slashdot news ticker
SMS Client 2.0.7p Command line based utility which allows you to send SMS messages
SNES9x 1.15 Portable, freeware Super Nintendo Entertainment System(SNES) emulator
SoundTracker 0.0.12 A music tracker for X / GTK+
Squid 2.1.PATCH2 High performance Web proxy cache
start 0.6 General purpose home page for an intranet
statnet 3.3 Summary of protocols currently being used on LAN.
sudo 1.5.7p3 Provides limited super user priviledges to specific users
sula 0.05.4 Programmable multiple-server IRC Client for X with Guile extension
sXid 3.1.0 All in one suid/sgid monitoring script written in C
SyncBuilder 19981209 Build synchronization applications with a Palm device in Java
Tcl/Tk 8.1b1 A portable scripting environment for Unix, Windows, andMacintosh
TDGraphics 0.2 A cross platform low level graphics api for writing video games.
Teaser and Firecat Beta-i PL-3 Copyleft replacement for the proprietary ICQ system
Test Environment Toolkit 3.2 A toolkit for test development and management
TiMidity 0.2k Experimental MIDI to WAVE converter
tkAbout 1.0 Summarizes CPU, memory, and disk data in a nice GUI window
TkNotepad 0.4.4 A simple notepad editor written in Tcl/tk
Unix Desktop Environment 0.1.4-BETA A new GUI for Unix with a completely new look'n'feel
unzip 5.40 Unpacks .zip files such as those made by pkzip under DOS
Uptimed 0.01 Uptime record daemon keeping track of the highest uptimes the system ever had
util-linux 2.9f Miscellaneous system utilities
Virtual Network Computing 3.3.2 R3 Cross-platform Virtual Network Computing
VM 6.63 Emacs-based mail reader
vppp 1.2 Virtual PPP channel over a TCP connection with traffic shaping.
WDDX SDK 1.0b1 SDK for building distributed web applications
Web User Interface 1.0 Builds a list of all available personal homepages.
Web Pages 1.0 CGI script to merge several distributed webpages into one
WebTheme 1.2.1 Web Theme Library
Wine 981211 Emulator of the Windows 3.x and Win32 APIs.
WMiNET 2.0.2 A dockable applet for monitoring all your inet daemon activity
WMitime 0.2 A clock for the Windowmaker/Afterstep dock
WMTime-beats 1.0b2i1 WMTime with internet time (beats) hack
WWWOFFLE 2.4 Simple proxy server with special features for use with dial-up internet links
X Window User HOWTO 1.0 Information on configuring the X Window environment for the Linux user.
X-TrueType Server 1.1 An X server and/or an X font server that can handle TrueType fonts directly
xflame 1.1.1 Graphic hack to draw a cool flickering flame
xinetd 2.1.8.5 Powerful inetd replacement
XPhone 2.0.1 Use your modem's speaker jack as a speaker phone
XSIDPLAY 1.3.4 C64 music player and SID sound chip emulator
Xwrits 2.7.1 Reminds you to take wrist breaks
YAX Window System 0.2.0 A small window system for Unix.
 

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