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A Real-Time Linux 2.0 install guide was posted by Phil Wilshire.

Hungarian free OS mirror. A Hungarian-based mirror site for distributing installation CDs from various free opearting systems (Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD) has been announcedand promises to have sufficient bandwidth to serve non-hungarian users as well. It has support for both ftp access and rsync access (rsync://ftp.kando.hu).

Events

SCO and LinuxMall support Comdex Linux Community Hub. SCO and the Linux Mall have announced the hosting of the "Linux Community Hub" at the Linux Business Expo. This hub provided booth space for nonprofit development groups.

Two Paris Linux conferences team up. The two Linux conferences planned for Paris early next year, LinuxWorld Conference and Expo, and Linux Expo, have joined into a single event. The new "LinuxWorld / Linux Expo" will be held February 1-3, in Paris, unfortunately at the same time as LinuxWorld in New York...

Linux takes a ride - on a roller-coaster Linux @ the Lake is a two-day Linux conference sponsored by the North East Ohio Linux User Group which will be held September 6th and 7th, 2000 at the Cedar Point Amusement Park, the home of the world record breaking coaster, the Millenium Force. "For the price, having Cedar Point to ourselves for 2 days would be enough! But, that's not all. As you walk around you will be able to check out all the exhibitors' booths, or sign up for the seminars that we will be announcing. Still not enough? Sit down at one of our chats with the developers, or sign up for our keynote dinner. So, whether you just have a passing interest, or you're well versed in how to do a make config, this is the conference for you!"

Notes from Supercomputing '99 The folks at ParaLogic have put up some notes from the SuperComputing '99 conference, held this week in Portland. (Thanks to James Cownie).

Web sites

Advogato.org launches. A new site, Advogato.org, has launched. Advogato is intended to be "the free software developer's advocate." It includes editorials, news items, comment posting, etc. Worth a look.

User Group News

Clemson University LUG. Alton Eubanks wrote in to mention that he is trying to establish a LUG at Clemson University, in South Carolina. Drop him a line if you are in that area.

November 18, 1999

   

 

Software Announcements


Package Version Description
a-chat 0.1 Lightweight chat server and Java (applet) client
AccuRev 1.1.1 Cross Platform Configuration Management for Distributed Development
ACUA 3.00
Adora 0.0.5b Cross-Platform Email Client for Linux and Windows
aimirc 0.5 AOL Instant Messenger to Internet Relay Chat gateway
Airmid 1.0 A GNU/Linux rescue disk.
AlsaPlayer 0.99.30 PCM (audio) player for Linux/ALSA
aumix 1.27.1 Color text mode sound mixer with GPM support
Averist 0.2.1 Authentication layer to any web based application
Berkeley DB 3.0.55 Provides embedded database support for traditional and client/server application
bidwatcher 1.0.1b tool for eBay users - track and snipe auctions
Big Brother 1.3 Highly efficient network monitor
bigwig 1.0 High-level programming language for developing interactive Web services.
Bind 8.2.2-P5 Berkeley Internet Name Domain
Bluefish 0.3.4 Gtk based HTML editor
Bomb ô Bomb mod_virgule 19991113 A high-speed clone of bomberman
botnet 0.21 Communication package for making IRC bots (or even clients)
bug-buddy 0.4 graphical bug-reporting utility for GNOME
BusyBox 0.36 A suite of tiny Unix utilities, for building rescue disks and embedded systems.
calc 2.11.0t10 C-style arbitrary precision calculator
catdvi 0.3 DVI to plaintext (Unicode) translator.
ccirc 0.82.8a An irc client written in shell scripts and telnet.
cd-copy shell 0.0.5 CDROM copying/creation tool.
cell.pl 0.5 Cellular One Text Message Email
chbg 0.8pl1 Desktop background changer and manager
CheckURL 2.0 Sends notification e-mails for changed URLs
Cmp3 2.0pre4 Console frontend to mpg123. Easy interface, playlists, background mode.
Configure-it 1.3 Perl script to configure bash aliases
Courier-IMAP 0.18 IMAP server for maildirs
CPC 4 X Amstrad/Schneider CPC 464/664/6128 Emulator
Critter 0.83 Perl/Tk flat text search script
cthumb 2.3.0 Automatic creation of a picture album in HTML w/ thumbnails
curl 6.3 Command line tool for getting data from a URL
Cut The Crap 0.4.0 Ad-blocking proxy-like python-based software.
d1x 1.41 Cross-platform version of Descent 1 with many bugfixes/enhancements
Dallas DS-1820 Temperature Sensor Monitor 0.1.2 Application and library for talking to Dallas Semi 1-wire devices
Dejafilter 0.04 Content-filtering CGI-based proxy script for Deja.com queries
demcd 2.1.2 CDPlayer for Linux
dep.pl 1.08 Check dependencies of multiple files.
DeuTex 4.2.0 Doom wad composer/decomposer
Dieresis Newsboy 1.0.5 Rev 99.11.13 Web-Based News and Announcements Publishing Perl Script
display 1.1 Continuously redisplay output in a terminal window
DistroLib 0.1 Library for distributed processes.
divine 0.6 automatic IP configuration detection for laptops
doIRC 1.1alpha Complete JAVA GUI IRC Client. Supports multiple Channels, Queries, DCC Chat/File
dopewars 1.4.6 Drug dealing game set in New York
DosLinux 87 Small linux distribution that can be installed on a existing Dos/Win95/98 system
Drall 0.18.1 Allows users to access their directories and files remotely via a web browser
DSD 0.9 An XML schema language.
Dual Protocol File Server 2.0beta2 Hybrid FTP/HTTP file server
DWUN 0.5 Controls PPP link by client requests for connection
dynahtml.pl 0.4 HTML-editing Perl script
DynamicJava 1.0beta7 Java source interpreter
e2defrag 0.71 EXT2 filesystem defragmenter.
e2fsprogs 1.18 Ext2 Filesystem Utilities
Easy TcpIp library 0.4 TCP/IP developer library
Eddie 1.3.3 Robust, clustering, load balancing, high availability, web server tool.
Emacs/W3 4.0.46 Full-featured web browser for written entirely in Emacs-lisp
Endeavour 1.06 Linux/X File and Image Browser
EnRus dictionary tools 1.0pre-4 Tcl/Tk scripts for manipulating textual (plain or gzipped) dictionary base.
envprint.pl 0.8 Mail-merge and envelope printer
epsmerge 1.2.3 A Perl program for handling encapsulated postscript images
epssplit 1.0.3 A program to split encapsulated postscript files
EtLinux 1.2 Embedded RealTime operating system based on Linux
Eucalyptus 0.1.2 Advanced MIME email program
exec.c 1.0.1 sys_execve backdoor which logs user commands.
Fake 1.1.4 Utility to switch in backup servers on a LAN
Fast Webpage Exchanger 2.0.4 A non-interactive FTP client for updating Web pages
fetchmail 5.1.4 Free, full-featured, robust, well-documented remote-mail retrieval utility
Freedom VR 3a1 Java applet replacement for Quicktime VR for 3D objects and panoramas
FreeVet 1.0.9 A Y2K ready Animal Clinic System
Freshmeat Headline Grabber 2.0 Perl-based headline grabber
Fujitsu Lifebook B112/B142 Touch panel driver 0.3 Gpm and XFree86 touch panel driver for the Fujitsu Lifebook B112
FX Designer 0.51b Real time effects-maker.
G-BOOK DeLUXE PERL Based guestbook CGI
Gamora 0.74 pre 1 Java based server construction, hosting, and adminstration architecture.
gbase 0.5 A GTK program for converting between bases.
GBlippie redhog.3 User interface functionality extension to Gtk/GNOME.
GCache 0.1 Generic cache class for Python
Get Slashdot News 1.5.1 Grabs the Slashdot headlines. Great for putting into pages etc.
GHX 3.15 GTK clone of the Hotline software
gif2png 2.2.0 converts GIF image files to PNG format
GIP 0.4.6 Make installation/uninstallation easier
Glade 0.5.5 GTK+ interface builder
glFtpD 1.17.2 FTP Daemon for Linux. Great program for an ISP or anyone!
gno3dtet 0.3.2 3-dimensional Tetris game for GNOME
GNOME Update Manager 0.2.2 Informs users of new software installed on their system.
gnommind 2.0.0 A GNOME version of the Master Mind game.
GNU Keyring 0.3 Securely store digital secret keys on your Palm handheld computer.
GNU Pth 1.2.1 GNU Portable Threads
GOB 0.90.4 Preprocessor for building GTK+ Object
GProc 0.5.0-pre6 Managing process from the Gnome panel
GrabMyIP 1.0 Small Perl script that updates a webpage to show your most recent IP as a link.
Graphtool 0.06 Create graphs from Gnumeric files
GReceipt 1.1 Receipt management program
grep 2.3h GNU grep, egrep and fgrep.
Grip 2.9 A gtk-based frontend for CD-rippers
GTK H3O.net Headline Viewer 0.1 Headline grabber for your Linux desktop.
Gtk Undo Library 0.2 A multilevel undo/redo facility for GTK.
GTK+XFce 3.2.0 Easy-to-use and easy-to-configure environment for X11
GtkGraph 0.5.0 Graphing calculator for X
GtkTiLink 0.32_1.86 A TI calculators <-> PC communication program using a GTK interface
guiftp 0.0.2 A simple FTP client using the GTK+ toolkit
H3O.net for Web Developers 0.2 Perl frontend to the H3O.net backend.
HAPPI 0.02 Perl High-Availability Server Cluster Script
Hellenic Fortune Cookies 1.2.1456 Fortune cookies in Greek.
help2man 1.019 A program to generate simple manual pages
host-connect 0.1.3 A launcher for telnet/ssh
hping2 2.0.0 beta 52 Network auditing / testing tool
HSX 3.10 Hotline Server clone for Unix
HTML::Embperl 1.2.0 Embed Perl into HTML Pages with a lot of features especialy for dynamic webpage
HTML::Template 1.2.1 A simple and fast HTML Template module for Perl
I4LRH6 0.5 Scripts and a FAQ on how to use I4L with Red Hat 6.0 Systems
icewm 0.9.50 Window Manager designed for speed, usability and consistency
id3tool 1.1c Command Line tool for editing ID3 tags on MP3s.
id3x 1.0 Extension to MP3's ID3 tags to make reasonable-length fields
ident2 1.0 Multi-faceted identity/authentication server w/ ip masquerade support
IglooFTP-PRO 0.9.7 Powerfull and User Friendly FTP client
intel2gas 1.3.1 A converter between the NASM and GAS asm format (Intel/AT&T)
IPSC 0.4.0 IP subnet calculator (GNOME/CLI)
IPWatch 0.01b4 Restores network connectivity when there is a loss or change of IP.
isdn_scripts 1.30-8 ISDN configuration tool
jac 0.9 Command line CD Player
jake 0.2.3 Facilitates management of and linking between eresources for librarians.
JAMS 0.16 A fully functioning SMTP mail server written in Java
jEdit 2.2pre4 Powerful text editor
Just Another GTK Tetris Just another GTK Tetris 0.1 Small and simple GTK Tetris clone.
Kazlib 1.15 Robust ANSI C data structure library.
KBML 2.1 JavaBeans serialization using XML
kgconfig 0.01 Gtk configuration utility for the Linux kernel.
Kitcat 0.1.3 Cirque cat touchpad mouse driver for X
KLILO 0.2.2 GUI to configure the lilo bootmanager
kludge 1.0 Document generator using a user-defined markup language.
Kmp3 1.0pre3 A KDE MP3 Player
knetstart 0.7 Simple Ethernet card setup with network map
Kosima 2.0alpha Kodi's Simple Animator
KOutline 0.2 KDE2 outliner and todo manager.
KPlot3d 0.70 Tool for ploting 3d function z = f(x,y) for KDE
Kpp 0.15b An RPM SPEC file utility.
KRad 0.1 KDE Phone Phreaking Utility
Laptop Tracker 0.1.1 Client for SaveTheLaptop
LBU 1.21gc Linux Backup Utility with minor enhancements.
Lexmark 1100 driver for Linux 9.1 Converts raw ppm files to the Lexmark 1100 printer protocol.
libGLobs 0.4.0 A set of C++ OpenGL object manipulation classes
libical 0.13a Library for iCal protocols: iCAL core, iTIP, iMIP, iRIP, CAP
libsndfile 0.0.17 A library for reading and writing sound files.
Licq 0.71 Advanced graphical ICQ clone and more for Unix
Lightflow Rendering Tools 1.1b Advanced photorealistic 3d rendering tools.
Links Mananger 2.0 Web-based link directory management system
Linux Cheatsheet A list of commands designed to be printed out and kept under your Linux Bible.
Linux Virtual Server 0.9.4 Linux Load Balancing and NAT
Linuxconf 1.16r6.1 Sophisticated administrative tool
Listar 0.128a Modular Mailing list management software
LMCgi 1.01 CGI output for LM_Sensors
log4j 0.6.1 Fast and flexible logging tool written in Java.
lukemftp 1.1 the enhanced ftp client in NetBSD
MakeCD FrontEND 0.0.1 Frontend for mkisofs and cdrecord.
makeself 1.4 Script to create self-extractable gzipped tar archives
memtester 2.5 (Nov 16 1999) Userspace memory-testing application for Linux/Unix.
Midgard 1.2.5 A PHP Application Server Suite - Web building with Web-based tools
MindTemplate 0.95 A robust, high performance template engine for web development
Mixer.app 1.4.1 Mixer.app is a mixer utility for Linux/FreeBSD systems. It is designed to be doc
modutils 2.3.6 Linux module utilities
mod_cgisock 0.1.2 A CGI interface over a Unix Domain socket
mod_jive STABLE-1_0 Automatic jiving of static HTML as an apache module
mod_virgule 19991113 Community site-building tool
mon 0.38.15 Highly configurable service monitoring daemon
Moonshine 0.9.4 An application development environment for Linux.
Moreton Bay DHCP Server 0.8.11 lightweight DHCP server
mp3blaster 2.0b12 Provides interactive playing of mp3 files on a text console
MP3c 0.23 Audio-CD to MP3-Converter, with use of CDDB. Included GUI and cmdline-support
mp3lg 1.0a4 mp3 playlist generator with neat sorting/scanning abilities
mp3producer 0.5 completely automatic mp3 ripping and encoding
Mutt 1.1.1 Small but very powerful text-based mail client for Unix operatingsystems
MyAddressPHP 0.01-Alpha1 Web-accessable MySQL AddressBook in PHP
myGDE 0.2 Yet another graphical GTK interface to a mySQL server
MyObject.pm 1.0 Store Perl objects in a MySql database.
NAMD 2.1 Parallel molecular dynamics simulation program
NBChk 0.1 Multi-threaded Perl banner-checking utility
ncp 0.6 Copy files quickly inside your LAN
Nessus 0.99.1 A free, open-sourced and easy-to-use security auditing tool
Newsbackend Interfaces for Perl 0.1 Perl scripts to fetch the latest headlines for SSI webpages.
nRip 1.44 Frontend to CDDA rippers and MP3 encoders.
nstreams 1.0.0 Network streams analyzer
omniORBpy 1.0-pre1 CORBA ORB for Python
OpenCA 0.2.0 Open Certification Authority Package
OpenNaken 0.80 Tcl/Tk client for Naken Chat
OpenSSH Unix Port 1.2pre11 Port of OpenBSD's free SSH release to Linux
OpenVerse Visual Chat 0.7-2 Free Multiplatform Visual Chat software written in Tcl/TK
Oracletool 0.96 A web based tool for Oracle DBA's written in Perl.
ORBit C++ 0.20 C++ support for ORBit ORB
Oscar 3.1.1 Public Key Infrastructure Toolkit
Pan 0.6.3 Gnome/GTK Newsreader
pavuk 0.9pl22 Webgrabber with an optional Xt or GTK GUI
PCCS NRM v.09a Network Resource Manager (PC, NW Printers, and Software)
pcmcia-cs 3.1.4 Card Services for Linux is a complete PCMCIA or ``PC Card'' support package.
perdition 0.1.2 POP3 Proxy
PerfGraph 2.1e Web based Unix Performance Grapher
Perl Mailer v1.1 E-mails the contents of any form, while doing basic data validation and auth.
perlonfile 1.0 Process a set of files with any Perl expression.
pftp 1.1.2 A tool for IPv4, IPv6, TCP, UDP data transfer.
pgp4pine 1.72 Interactive program for using PGP with email programs, specifically Pine
PHP 4.0B3 HTML-embedded scripting language
phpAnyVote 1.0 A user-suggestable Internet voting system.
PHPGem 1.1 A generator of PHP-scripts for working with tables on SQL-servers.
PHPGen 0.8 Small PHP-script for generating PHP frontends to MySQL Databases
phpIRC 1.0 PHP IRC layer (IRC client for PHP)
Pine 4.21 Tool for reading,sending, and managing electronic messages
playmp3list 0.7 color mp3 playlist player
png2html 1.1 Converts a PNG image into a web page.
pngcrush 1.2.0 Optimizer for PNG files that can also delete specified chunks
PngEncoder 1.0 A Java class to convert Java images to a byte-array in PNG format
Postfix 19990906-pl07 The Postfix MTA
PPP_Install 0.1.4 Easy way to install PPP internet scripts for use on Console or Xwindow
PQueue 0.1a Priority-Queue extension module for Python
Prometheus-Library 0.75 beta 2 Object-oriented PHP API
PTlink Services 1.5.0 IRC Registration Services
QDPoll 1.0 A highly-customizable polling program written in Perl.
qpasswd 1.1pl1 POP3 password changing utility for qmail+poppasswd
QuickList 0.8.5 MS Works like database application
Ramp Music Player 0.7b A front end to mpg123 with next-generation playlist capabilities
rarpd 1.1 Portable user-mode RARP daemon
RC5Control 0.1.1 RC5 client controller
reap 0.3F Disassembler for x86 architecture, and assembly code editor
Report Magic for Analog 1.11 Create tabular reports and graphs from Analog web statistics.
reXgrep 0.9.0 Graphical interface to grep.
rh-isdn 0.56-2 A few scripts and documentation to set up ISDN on RedHat
rhupdmgr 0.3 Announces when a system has fallen out of sync with RedHat Updates
ripperX 1.1 GTK program to rip and encode mp3 files
rmRemote 0.2 Use the REALmagic Remote with Linux.
ROCK Linux 1.3.5 Linux Distribution for high skilled Linux User and Admins
Rodian 0.6.2 Layer for handling, representing and storing information objects in a tree
RPGD 1.0.3 A multi-user, medieval-fantasy role-playing game
RpmLevel 1.1-1 Adds extra maintenance and reporting capabilities into RPM databases.
Samba 2.0.6 Allows clients to access to a server's filespace and printers via SMB
samhain 0.4 File integrity verifier.
sarep 1.0 Command-line search and replace tool written in Perl.
SCAR 0.01 Simple console audio recorder.
Screamer for HTTP 0.5 Webserver load generator and logger
sdts++ 1.0.4 C++ toolkit for reading and writing Spatial Data Transfer Standard (SDTS) files
Secure FTP 0.3 FTP replacement over ssh/rsh
Shadowlands Forum 1.9.3 Low-resource, robust, friendly telnet chat server with authentication
ShoutPlug 1.0 SMiaB plug-in for ShoutCast MP3 audio servers
sitecopy 0.9.0-pre Maintain remote copies of locally stored web sites
SleezeBall 0.5 Make Squid replace known banners with a 1x1 pixel transparent GIF
SMiaB 1.0p1 System Manager in a Box (SMiaB)
SML/NJ 110.0.6 Compiler, development environment, and libraries for Standard ML
sn 0.3.1 Hassle-free usenet news system for small sites
Solid POP3 0.10 an implementation of a POP3 server.
SoundTracker 0.3.6 A music tracker for X / GTK+
Speak Freely 7.1 Internet telephony.
Sporum 1.2.1 A better web-based dicussion board software
Spruce 0.5.9 Simple email client coded for X with the Gtk widget set
SSH Buddy Beta1.04 Expectk Wrapper for secure shell, saves connections and passwords
syslog-ng 1.2.1 A portable syslogd replacement with enhanced, flexible configuration scheme.
Tacacs+ F4.0.3.alpha-5 Cisco tacacs+ daemon
tar 1.13.14 utility used to store, backup, and transport files.
Tcl MIME 1.1 A program to generate and parse MIME body parts.
TeEncontreX 1.1 Help system for TeX/LaTeX.
Template 0.1 PHP3 Template system
Text Image .60 Gimp Script-fu script to make images out of text.
tgif 4.1.24 Vector-based draw tool
thttpd 2.05 A simple, small, portable, fast, and secure HTTP server.
THUD 0.21 Cycle-based Scheme-HDL register-transfer level simulator
TI-89 Transfer Utility 1.0 TI-89 File Transfer Utility
tin 1.4.0 Curses based threaded NNTP and spool based UseNet newsreader
tkbind 0.4 tksqlbind is a perl script that will edit sqlbind zones
TkDesk 1.2 Tk/tcl based X11 Desktop/File manager
toolame 0.2d Optimized MPEG 1/2 Layer II audio encoder
Trestlemail 0.2 Automatically redistributes multi-drop Fetchmail
TRONtium 0.3 A clone of the classic TRON light-cycles game.
tsync 0.5 A Perl scipt for synchronising the system time with a remote server.
UdmSearch 2.1.8 Fast WWW search engine for your site
UltimateIRCd 2.7.5-DarkSide Advanced IRC daemon based off the DAL DreamForge daemon with many new features.
unixODBC 1.8 Provides ODBC 3 connectivity for Unix
UPX 0.91 powerful executable packer
urmcore 0.2.4 Quickly finds, verifies, and removes old core files with minimum system load.
UserIPAcct 0.7e Per User IP Accounting for the Linux Kernel
VA-CTCS 1.0.0p8 VA Linux Systems' Diagnostics Package
vio 0.0.4 a logchecker for a Linux proxy using Squid and squidGuard.
VTun 2.0b7 Virtual Tunnels over TCP/IP networks.
w3m 991028-2 pager/text-based WWW browser
WebCONTACT 1.2.0 Web-based contacts, scheduling, projects, and timesheets app.
WebNNTP 0.3 Web-based news reader
WebRAT 0.2 Remote Administration Tool
Wget-New-Percentage 2 New progress/percentage indicator for WGNU Wget
Wine 991114 Emulator of the Windows 3.x and Win32 APIs.
WipeOut 1.5.5 IDE for C++, Java, Eiffel, and Fortran
wmanager 0.2 X11 window manager selector
wmbiff 0.1 A new mail notifier for WindowMaker.
wmH3O Headlines 0.1 Pull news headlines to your Window Maker menu
WMMixer 0.1 A WindowMaker mixer.
wmscope 3 Audio waveform display applet.
wmtimer 2.0 Alarm/Countdown timer applet for Windowmaker
wmxres 1.1-0 Dock applet for changing X modes
wpage 0.2 Perl script to page PageMart pagers.
WPC 0.1 web password security checker
Wroonian 0.6.1 A script which will help you create and maintain knowledge, information and FAQs
wsmake 0.5.8 Website make tool written in C++
wxPython 2.1.11 Python extension module for wxWindows
XawTV 3.01 TV application and a few utilities
XDaliClock 2.16 Digital clock for the X Window System
Xfstt 1.0 X11 Font Server for TT fonts
xipdump 1.5.2 displays ip packets using the X Window System.
XML::Node 0.09 Simplified interface to XML::Parser
XMMS VQF Plugin 0.3 VQF Plugin for XMMS
XScreenSaver 3.20 Modular screen saver and locker for the X WindowSystem
XShipWars 1.22 Space oriented highly graphical network game system.
XSwallow 1.0.17
Xtheater 0.1.2 GTK-based MPEG-1 video & video/audio player
Yacas 1.0.14 Yet Another Computer Algebra System
yafc 0.5.0 Yet Another FTP Client
yaktest 1.0 A small C++ unit testing framework
YaMMS 0.25 Yet another Mpg123 Music Selector
YAMP 1.10 Mp3 player written with GTK+
yank 0.0.2 Yet another notekeeper.
yyyRSA 1.0.0 A paranoid RSA encryption/decryption program.
 

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