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The Internet Operating Systems Counter is back in action at a new site, and is now up to more than 1.1 million hosts. By this count, Linux has just over 30% of the web servers out there, retaining its position at the very top of the list.

ZDNet has set up a Linux forum moderated by Evan Liebovitch. Yes, it has been there for most of the month, we're a little slow on the uptake...

The good folks at Linux Center have added an international news section to their pages (both in English and in French).

So...if you didn't get your refund from Microsoft, here's another windmill to tilt at: LinuxResources has put up a petition to Microsoft asking them to release the Windows '98 source code under the GPL

A new site, OpenResources.com has been announced. It appears to be another shot at a "portal" site oriented around free software news, articles, documentation, forums, etc.

William Henning of CPU Review has updated his kernel compilation benchmarks to include some K6 results. He's up to 49 different test results now.

There is an article in VAR Business about the new linuxvar.org site put up by SSC. This site is, of course, intended to be a resource center for Linux VARs. "The Web site now consists of only a few pages of rough guidelines, but it will grow according to the interest shown by Linux VARs..."

Events

Linux at Comdex/Spring '99. As already reported in these pages, Comdex/Spring will feature a higher profile for Linux, including a keynote by Linus Torvalds. Now the Chicago LUG and the Argonne National Laboratory and Western Suburban Chicago LUG have put together a Linux at Comdex/Spring page. Anybody contemplating attendance at this event should keep an eye on this site to keep up on all of the Linux-related happenings.

A Free Software Carnival will be held at Reed College in Portland, Oregon on Saturday, February 27th. Check out their web page for more details.

Here's a brief note in Israel's Business Arena about the Linux seminar that will be held during the Internet World Exhibition this week.

Web sites

SearchLinux.com is a new site providing a help desk for Linux users. They have "aggregated newsgroups, mailing lists and Linux-focused sites into a useful resource for both the expert and newbie Linux user" and, from first glance, look to be on their way to providing a very nicely organized service. Check them out at www.searchlinux.com.

Mailing Lists

A list for people running Linux on Toshiba Portege notebooks has been announced.

User Group News

The Skane Sjelland Linux User Group (SSLUG) has now passed the 2500 member mark. This note from Claus Sorensen provides pointers to more information.

Help wanted

Attention Beowulf programmers: there are a couple of positions open in the Denver, CO area for people with MPI or PVM programming experience. This looks like a fun...

February 25, 1999

   

 

Software Announcements


Package Version Description
a2ps 4.12 Any to PostScript filter
AbiWord 0.3.4 Fully featured word processor
AfterStep 1.7.47 Window manager for the X/Windows environment with NeXT look and feel
AfterStep Mounter 1.0.0 A module for the AfterStep Wharf that allows you to mount/unmount your devices.
aKtion! 0.3.2 KDE video player based on xanim
AleVT 1.4.3 Videotext/Teletext decoder and viewer
aliases2cdbm 1.0beta Convert mail aliases into input suitable for cdbmake
AML 1.3 AML -- an implementation of a basic register machine with support for ASM.
arla 0.22 Free AFS client for Linux/*BSD
asapm 2.5 X11 application with AfterStep look for monitoring APM on laptops
Aspell .27 Intelligent Spell Checker
asScotch 0.2 The days UserFriendly comic strip in your AfterStep rootmenu
asTequila 0.2 The AfterStep Resource Page (TARP) headlines in your AfterStep rootmenu
aterm 0.3.3 xterm replacement with fast transparency, tinting and NeXT scrollbar
aumix 1.18.1 Color text mode sound mixer with GPM support
barrendero 0.2 Program for keeping free space in the mail spool dir
Bash 2.03 sh-compatible command language interpreter
BetaFTPD 0.0.2 Single-threaded, small FTP daemon
BFS Filesystem for Linux 19990221 read-only BFS modules for Linux
Big Brother 1.09b Highly efficient network monitor
BigBrother WebStats 0.19 Counter for websites that produces some statistics based on the info gathered
bip 1.1 Send messages to pagers using the Internet
bison 1.27 GNU Project parser generator (yacc replacement)
Blackbox 0.50.3 WindowManager for X11 written in C++
bras 0.7.0 rule based command execution with Tcl
BurnIT 1.5pre4 Java front-end to cdrecord and mkisofs
cdcd 0.4.3 A no-nonsense CLI CD player
cdrecord 1-8a18 Allows the creation of both audio and data CDs
cgic 1.06 An ANSI C-language library for the creation of CGI-based World Wide Web
CGIProxy 1.0 Anonymizing, filter-bypassing HTTP proxy in a CGI script (in Perl)
Checklinks 1.0 HTML link checker that supports SSI, many Apache options, and more (in Perl 5)
class.AccessDBM.php3 1.1 A PHP3 wrapper class to the DBM functions
class.Validator.php3 1.1 A PHP class with common data validation routines.
Cmp3 2.0pre2 Console frontend to mpg123. Easy interface, playlists, background mode.
coda 5.0.2 Full featured network filesystem
Code Crusader 1.2.1 complete code development environment, inspired by MetroWerks CodeWarrior
Colortail 0.1 Colorized tail.
Crafty 16.5 Computer Chess engine
CUP 0.10i CUP is a LALR arser Generator for Java
CVS 1.10.5 Concurrent Versions System
DBMEdit 1.0 A user-friendly Web-based DBM database editor (in Perl 5)
Dime 0.9 DXF Import, Manipulation, and Export library
Doc Toolkit 1.0.0 E-text tools for Palm Computing platform users
Doc++ 3.3.9 Powerful Javadoc like C++ documentation creation tool.
DosLinux 78 Small linux distribution that can be installed on a existing Dos/Win95/98 system
DyDNS 0.01dR Dynamic DNS environment for intranets
edna 0.2 tiny HTTP server for selecting and streaming MP3 files
egcs 1.1.2-pre1 Experimental set of enhancements for the GNU tools
EPIC 4pre2.001-NR16 ANSI capable textmode IRC Client
Erlang 47.4.1 Full-featured programming language developed at the Ericsson CS Laboratory
esh 0.7 New Unix shell
esound 0.2.8 Enlightened Sound Daemon
ezbounce 0.81 A very configurable IRC Proxy
eznet 1.11 Very simple PPP setup
Fake 1.1.1 Utility to switch in backup servers on a LAN
FakeBO 0.3.3 Fakes trojan server responses and logs incoming requests
FLTK 19990217 BETA C++ user interface toolkit for X and OpenGL
flwm 0.17 The Fast Light Window Manager
Fnorb 1.0b1 Python CORBA 2.0 ORB
fsresize 0.07 Resizes FAT16 and FAT32 filesystems
fstool 1.0 a Tcl/Tk-based file system mounter
FSViewer 0.1.1 File Viewer lookalike for Window Maker.
FVWM 2.2 The classic highly configurable virtual window manager
gaddr 1.0.1 A simple GTK+ Addressbook
gaim 19990221 GTK based AOL Instant Messenger
garbmail 1.0 Delete old messages from mailboxes in /var/spool/mail
Gaspell .27 A Gnome Frontend to Aspell
gcombust 0.1.2 gtk+ frontend for mkisofs and cdrecord
Gconfig 0.4.1 A router configuration tool
gdict 0.3 GTK Online Dictionary Program
Genius 0.2.1 An arbitrary precision integer and multiple precision floatingpoint calculator
Geo::METAR 1.12 Perl module for processing aviation weather reports.
gfontview 0.1.1 Font Viewer
GHX 2.45 (99/02/22) GTK clone of the Hotline software
GICQ 0.30 GTK based ICQ client
Giram 0.0.7 Giram is a modeller, written in GTK+
GKill Version 1.0 GTK-GUI to send signals to processes.
glFtpD 1.15.5 FTP Daemon for Linux. Great program for an ISP or anyone!
GLib 1.1.16 The GLib library of C routines
GNOME Disk Catalog 0.05 Keeps your ZIP disks, floppy disks and CD-ROMs in order
GnomeHack 1.0.0 Nethack for Gnome
gnotepad+ 1.1.0 An easy-to-use, yet fairly feature-rich, simple text editor
GnuDIP 2.0.4 Dynamic DNS package. Includes everything to run your own ml.org equivalent.
gogmagog 2 Lightweight, robust, UNIX systems integrity monitor
grepmail 3.6 Searches a normal or gzipped mailbox for a given regularexpression
Grip 1.2 A gtk-based frontend for CD-rippers
GTalk and QTalk 0.05 GTK+ and QT Squeak Smalltalk
gTick 0.1.3 GTK+ based metronome
GTK MikMod 0.10b GTK interface to MikMod for Unix
GTK+ 1.1.16 Library for creating graphicaluser interfaces
Gtk-- 0.11.2 C++ interface for the popular GUI library gtk.
Gtk::Dialog Alpha 1 Simple Perl interface to create dialog boxes with Gtk
gtkgo 0.0.6 Go game for Linux and Windows
GTKYahoo 0.8 GTK based Yahoo! Pager client
guiTAR 0.1.1 A tar frontend for Gtk+
HamLog 0.9 Amateur Radio Logging Program for X
Hermes 1.2.4 An optimized pixel format conversion library with other tricks
httptunnel 1.3 Creates a two-way data tunnel through an HTTP proxy
hunt 1.2 Tool for exploiting well-known weaknesses in the TCP/IP protocol suite
icecast 1.1.0 MP3 Audio Broadcasting System
IceConf 0.99.33 A graphical configuration program for IceWM
ICI 2.1 A dynamic, interpretive language with C-like syntax
ICMPush 2.2 ICMPush is a tool that builds ICMP packets fully customized from command line.
Image::Grab 0.9.2 Perl Module to grab images with dynamic URLs from the Internet
ImageMagick 4.2.0 Package for display and interactivemanipulation of images for X11
imlib 1.9.3 Advanced replacement library for libraries like libXpm
Inferno 2.3 Software development kit and emulator for the Inferno Network Operating System
IPChains.pm 0.3 Manipulate ipchains rules via a simplified Perl interface.
iplog 1.2 tcp, udp, and icmp logging utilities for Linux.
ippl 1.1 IP Protocols Logger
ip_masq_icq 0.50 ICQ masquerading module for Linux
ISC DHCP 2.0b1pl15 Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Client and Server implementation
jbc 1.4 Displays the time in BCD (Binary Coded Decimal)
jEdit 1.4pre6 Powerful text editor
JFortune 1.2 /usr/games/fortune as an applet
jiffy 0.3 Fast Java RMI-compiler written in C++
Jiten 0.5 Perl DICT Server
JX 1.1.20 C++ application framework and GUI widget library for X
KFAphone 0.1 A simple working internet phone for one-on-one chats
Kget 0.6 KDE app to get files from the internet
kPGPShell 0.20 A KDE shell for GPG/PGP2/PGP5
kwintv 0.6.2 Watch TV in a window on your PC screen
KXicq 0.3.1 The KDE ICQ clone
LeakTracer 1.0 Trace memory leaks in C++ programs
Lesstif 0.87.9 LGPL'd re-implementation of Motif
libwww 5.2.6 General-purpose client side Web API written in C for Unix and Windows (Win32)
Licq 0.60 Advanced graphical ICQ clone and more for Unix
LilyPond 1.1.31 The GNU Project music typesetter
LinPopup 0.9.8 Linux port of Winpopup, running over Samba.
Linux/Coldfire 190299 Port of Linux to the Motorola Coldfire processors
Linuxconf 1.13r14 Sophisticated administrative tool
LinuxTaRT 2.27 Feature-rich email signature generator
Low level Quicktime library 0.6.0 Low level Quicktime library for *NIX
lsb-fhs 0.9beta test suite for filesystem hierarchy aspects of the Linux Standard Base
Lynx 2.8.2dev17 fully-featured, text-based World Wide Web browser
m(UH!)Client 0.5 m(UH!)Client is a client for Charles P. Wright MasqDialer server
MAGE Adventure Game Engine 0.1.2 Framework for playing and (in the future) authoring text-based adventure games.
MailDB 0.1 A web-based interface to forward e-mail using procmail
mathplot 0.5 interactive function grapher
Melange Chat Server 1.01 Chat server written in C including a Java-client
memwatch 2.55 Memory leak/corruption detection, ANSI-C source code with test program.
mklinuxfw 0.91 Project to develop a configuration tool which can configure filewalls
mod_dav 0.9.7-1.3.4 DAV protocol extensions for Apache
mod_ssl 2.2.3-1.3.4 Apache Interface to SSLeay
Mozart (Oz) 1.0.1 Development platform for constraint and distributed applications
mp3tools 0.7 Utilities for managing MPEG audio files
mpEDIT 1.15 A moderately featured text editor written in Java
MpegTV Player (mtv) mtv 1.0.8.7 A realtime MPEG Video+Audio player
mpstat 0.0.1 Helps monitoring SMP machines
muh 2.03 Full-featured IRC bouncing tool
mule 2.3 multilingual emacs
Naken Chat 0.91 Chat Server ported from Javachat
NcFTP 3.0 beta 18 UNIX application program implementing the File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
ncurses 4.2-990213
Net::RawIP 0.06 Perl module for easy manipulation of raw IP packets directly from Perl
netcomics 0.4 A perl script that downloads today's comics from the Web
Nightfall 0.7 Eclipsing binary star program
nmap 2.08 Full featured, robust port scanner
oTOSis 0.31 A reimplementation of the Atari TOS operating system
OWSKiller 2.0 Replacement for Oracle Web Server based on Java Servlets
PCRE 2.04 A library that implements Perl 5-style regular expressions.
Petey 1.0 Fortune like application for story generation
pg2xbase 0.9 Converter from/to DBF file to/from Postgres database table
PIKT 1.2.1 An innovative new systems administration paradigm
pilot-ldif 0.30 Program that uses pilot-addresses to sync the Netscape and Pilot address books
pircd Alpha Ten An IRC daemon, written in Perl.
Pliant 6 efficient and extendable programming language
pmpp 0.01 A Poor Man's Pre-Processor
PyroTechnics 1.5 OpenGL firework simulator
Q2sdb 0.1 Quake 2 Server Database with client/server query mechanism.
RabbIT 1.7 Mutating, caching webproxy to speed up surfing over slow links
rc.laptopnet 1.0 Ethernet Device configurer for laptops that move around.
readline 4.0 A set of functions for use by applications that allow users to edit command line
Record Management 0.3 Program to manage large sound carrier archives (LPs, CDs, MP3s, singles, ...).
Rio (RAM I/O) for FreeBSD 0.1 An implementation of the Rio file cache project
ripit 1.1 Front-end for Ripping/Encoding/Tagging MP3s
rpm.cgi 0.22 A Perl CGI script frontend to the Red Hat Package Management (RPM) System.
SBScan Version 0.03 System Security Scanner
scrmgr 2.6 curses based screen design and data entry
ScryMUD 1.8.7 Original MUD Server and Java Client
SLinux 0.3.6 Security enhancement suite for RedHat
Snow* 0.7 Tcl/Tk GUI for Snowblind CLI rio tools
SoundTracker 0.1.0 A music tracker for X / GTK+
SPiN Chat System 2.3 Java based client/server Chat and Conferencing application
StarOffice 5.01 (aka FilterUpgrade) Office Package from Star Division
super 3.11.9 Program to allow general users to do superuser things
SWI-Prolog 3.2.3 Cross-Platform Prolog Compiler and Library
SyncBuilder 19990222 Build synchronization applications with a Palm device in Java
syslog-ng 1.0 A portable syslogd replacement with enhanced, flexible configuration scheme.
TCL Developer Studio 0.21 small
Terraform 0.2.5 Interactive digital terrain (height field) editor/viewer
tgif 4.0.15 Vector-based draw tool
The Global File System 19990218 A Shared Disk File System for Linux
THX-1138 1.0.1 Electronic Paper for Calculations and Graphs
tictactoe 0.2 A simple console perl script that plays a coordinate-based tictactoe game
tin pre-1.4-19990216 Curses based threaded NNTP and spool based UseNet newsreader
TkMAME 0.35-pre4a Tcl/Tk Front End for XMAME
tkMOO-light 0.3.18 Powerful cross-platform chat client.
TkWineSetup 990118 TCL script to setup, compile, install, upgrade Wine
tkWorld 1.0 Wes's Own Really Lazy Desktop
tk_Brief 2.2 GUI for writing letters with LaTeX
todo list 0.06 a set of CGI scripts that create a web-based to-do list
TurboVision for UNIX 0.7 Linux port of well-known DOS application framework
TWIG 0.1pre3 A web-based IMAP client written with PHP3
Unix Desktop Environment 0.1.8-BETA A new GUI for Unix with a completely new look'n'feel
UW Imap Server 4.5 Univerity of Washington Imap server
VFU File Manager 1.44 Extensivelyl featured console (text-mode) file manager.
Vim 5.4e Popular vi clone that features syntax highlighting and an X11 interface
WebX10 1.1 Web Based GUI to control X10 Devices
wmpinboard 0.8 Window Maker pinboard dock-app
wmsensors 1.0.0 wmsensors draws graphs of data from your sensor chips
wmtv 0.5b WindowMaker TV dock.app
WWWThreads 3.beta6 WWW based discussion forums
X-GnuDIP2 1.1 GTK client for the GnuDIP dynamic dns project
X2 4.6.1 AfterNet's powerfull IRC channel services
XawTV 2.37 TV application and a few utilities
xhippo 0.5 Gtk-based playlist manager for various UNIX sound players
xps 3.03 X/Motif dynamic display the Unix processes tree/forest
Xterminal 0.6.5 Object Oriented User Interface with a client-serverarchitecture
Zircon 1.8.212 An IRC client written in tcl/tk
Zope 1.10.2 Web application platform used for building high-performance, dynamic web sites.
ZorkCit 0.51 A CGI-based Web approximation of the Citadel BBS system.
 

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