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Roger Irwin has made available his Management guide to SS tactics, where "SS" stands for "shifting standards." He sees the next big battles in the software world being fought around standards, and gives some suggestions on how to make things come out well. Check it out.

See also Glyph Lefkowitz's capitalist analysis of Linux. "The revolution is come - but it is a capitalist revolution, not a communist one." This document can be read here.

Khalid M. Baheyeldin wrote in to tell us that the first Arabic book on Linux has been published. With help from Jabra Ghneim, we were able to track down specific information on the book, including the title, "Teach yourself Linux in 24 Hours". It is based on Red Hat Linux.

A new electronic journal, titled Trends in Software Engineering Process Management, has been announced. Their November issue is currently available.

Another daily news site has been announced. Simon Damberge is the author of Mouse Over News, which he mentioned is a bit different in style.

Events

The SANE conferenceis being held next week in Maastricht, the Netherlands. There will be numerous Linux-related talks at this conference, including: Looks like fun...we wish we could be there.

Eric Barocca and AFUL will be doing day-long presentations on "Linux and free software" at the "festival des passions technologiques" in Bourges, France, November 19-21. See the web announcement(in French) for more information, including the presentation agenda. It looks like a lot of stuff, to say the least.

It's the Linux boot camp USA tour, coming, maybe, to a town near you. This tour consists of three separate training programs, described in Uniforum's press release, all having to do with Linux system administration. They also sent us the tour schedule.

The Florida Informix User Group will be hosting a talk on Informix on Linux with speaker Janet Smith, Informix Corp's Manager of Informix Products. Here's a pointer to more details. This looks to be a good opportunity for anyone interested in running Informix on Linux. The talk will be this evening, November 12th, in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

The London, Ontario Linux User's Group now has a web page and a mailing list. Check out their announcement for more details.

The Cleveland Linux Users' Group proudly announced the opening of their Mipsel Linux FTP archives. It contains significant portions of the RedHat 5.2 SRPMS for the Cobalt Qube. Here is the actual archive.

Web sites

The Wide Open Website is a "totally free" site produced by Professional Event Management, a company that manages conventions and expositions. The site appears to be a pre-cursor to their hopes for eventually sponsoring a Wide Open World conference, in support of "open systems software." In the mean-time, they are offering free advertising to any hardware or software open systems vendor.

Bob Zimbinski announced the new, improved Linux Game Tome, an open database of Linux games and game-related stuff. It is fully searchable and allows the viewer to submit information, review and rate games. Here are the locations for new Linux Game Tome and Tessa Lau's original Linux Game Tome site.

The Linux Midi + Sound Pages have been relaunched, after a downtime of a few months last spring and an ISP switch that required a new URL.

User Group News

Matt Kuznicki wrote to let us know that a Local User Group (LUG) is forming in Toledo, Ohio. If you are interested, contact him.

The formation of a Linux User's Group in the Tacoma, Washington area has been officially announced. The first "formal" meetings will be held in December or January.

A new LUG is being formed in Goshen, Indiana. Here is the announcement that they sent us. Meetings happen the second Tuesday of every month.

Help wanted

CNet is looking for a software engineer with Linux experience, the position is based in San Francisco. See the announcement if you might be interested.

November 12, 1998

   

 

Software Announcements


Package Version Description
4DOM 0.6.0 A CORBA-aware implementation of the W3C's Document Object Model in Python
ALSA driver 0.2.0-pre10 An alternative implementation of Kernel sound support
AOLserver 2.3.2 America Online's own web application development platform
Artistic Style 0.9.0 indentation and reformatting filters for C, C++, Java
Aspell .24 Intelligent Spell Checker
Blackbox 0.40.13 WindowManager for X11 written in C++
BurnIT 1.0.6 Java front-end to cdrecord and mkisofs
C Masqdialer Server 0.0.12 Protocol compatible replacement for Masqdialer server written in C
Compact Networking Utilities 0.1 CNU is a Java graphical application that allows you to have direct access to a b
conf 1.0 Reads from and writes to configuration files, for use in shell scripts
Connect 1.1.4 Client-server to easily share (open/close) one ppp link among a small network
cook 2.6 Enhanced make-like program
Cryptonite 0.52 Pure Java Strong Encryption Package
dhcpcd 1.3.16 DHCP client daemon for Linux Kernels 2.1.x
Drall 0.10.0 Allows users to access their directories and files remotely via a web browser
DTM 0.4.99.3 Easy font installation and configuration for X11/GS/TeX/...
dvorak7min 1.0 ncurses-based typing tutor for the Dvorak layout
eCos 1.1 Real Time Operating System
egcs snapshot 19981101 Experimental set of enhancements for the GNU tools
Eggdrop 1.3.22 IRC bot, written in C
Empire 4.2.1 Complex internet multi-player real-time wargame.
eMusic DR0.7 CD, mp3, mod and wav player for Linux
EPIC 4pre2.001-NR7 ANSI capable textmode IRC Client
Exim 2.05 Message Transfer Agent for Unix systems
Exult 0.04 Ultima 7 world viewer
Fake 1.0.1 Utility to switch in backup servers on a LAN
FCT 1.1.0 HTML based tool for the configuration of a firewall
Fetchmail 4.6.6 Free, full-featured, robust, well-documented remote-mailretrieval utility
fix-rhcd 0.3 Tool for creating your own Red Hat Linux CDR from the ftp site.
FMan 0.1.0 FLTK Man page browser
FOX 0.9.0 C++-Based Library for Graphical User Interface Development
Free Trek 0.0.8 Star Trek type space battle simulator
FreeAmp 1.0.0 Open Source MP3 player
g2s 0.3.7 An alternative to inetd/tcpwrapper/chrootuid/relay/tcp-env/antispam/etc.
Gaby 0.1.9 An address book written in GTK
gEDA 19981110 gEDA is an collection of tools which are used to make electrical circuit design,
gentoo 0.9.13 Two-pane filemanager using GTK+, 100% GUI configurable
Get Right 1.0 HTTP resume for failed transfers.
GLload 0.1.2 OpenGL(r) load meter
gmysql 0.3.1 A GTK+ front-end to MySQL databases
Gnome Masqdialer 0.2.1 Gnome Client for the Masqdialer System
GNU C library 2.0 The GNU C library is used as the C library in the GNU system
GNU m4 1.4 Standard Unix macro processor with extensions
GNU Privacy Guard 0.4.3 GPLed PGP replacement tool
gnu.regexp 1.0.5 GNU regular expression package for Java
Gpulse 0.7 CPU monitor like Pulse from BeOS
GQmpeg 0.4.0 A front end to the mpg123 mpeg audio player
grep 2.2c GNU grep, egrep and fgrep.
grunch 1.0 Merge partial scans into a larger image
GTK MikMod .01b GTK interface to MikMod for Unix
GtkAda 0.2.1 Ada95 binding of Gtk+ version 1.0.4 and 1.0.5.
gtkapm 0.1 Advanced X11 batterymonitor using prediction algorithm
GTKFIG 0.5.2 Figure drawing tool for GTK, similar to xfig, TeXCAD and SmartDraw
GtkSamba 0.1.1 Gtk front end to configuring Samba
GTKstep 1.0.6-2 Improves the default look and feel of the GTK+ widget set
GtkWhois 0.7b GTK frontend to the 'whois' command
guiTAR 0.0.3 guiTAR is a tar frontend for Gtk+
GXedit 1.16 Simple GPL'ed graphical editor using GTK
gxTar 0.0.3 Gnome/GTK+ front-end to tar/gzip/zip
HCP 0.1.6 A protocol for every form of human communication over networks
HyperHelp 5.2.0 Context-sensitive, on-line help system for UNIX
icewm 0.9.15 Window Manager designed for speed, usability and consistency
ImageMagick 4.1.4 Package for display and interactivemanipulation of images for X11
jEdit 1.0.1 Powerful text editor
JitterBug 1.6.1 Web based bug tracking tool
JTetris 1.0.0 Java version of Tetris
KNewMail 2.4 KDE application designed to check multiple pop3 servers for email.
KSirc snapshot 981107 Full features X11 IRC Client based on sirc
ktalk 0.2.7 intuitive talk client, including addressbook, word wrap etc.
KuickShow 0.6.1 A fast, comfortable and easy-to-use image viewer/browser
KVIrc 0.8.0 Enhanced visual IRC client for X11/KDE
KXicq 0.2.12 The KDE ICQ clone
Latte 1.1 Better web authoring language
LEAP RDBMS 1.2.4 A free Relational Database Management System
LilyPond 1.1.4 The GNU Project music typesetter
LinPopup 0.9.4 Linux port of Winpopup, running over Samba.
Linux Java Developement Kit (JDK) 1.1.7v1a Provides a full port of Sun's JDK (Solaris version) to Linux
Linux Kernel Manager PR-0.1 The network-centric Linux kernel configuration and management tool
Linux Logo 2.12 Displays an ANSI or ASCII Linux penguin, along with some sytem information
Listar 0.112a Mailing list managementsoftware
lxandria 0.2 Small database for managing books
Lynx 2.8.2dev2 fully-featured, text-based World Wide Web browser
mcl 0.42.05 MUD client for Linux
mHockey 0.46 OpenGL based hockey game
Micq 0.3.1 Publically available ICQ clone for the console
MindsEye 0.5.31 3D modelling program for Linux
mod_dav 0.9.1-1.3.3 DAV protocol extensions for Apache
Mount.App 1.2 Window Maker dock app for managing mount points
MUMail 1.2.7 A Java applet designed to let you read your mail from a website
Mup 3.3 Music Publisher
MySQL 3.22.10 SQL (Structured Query Language) database server
Mystic Arena III Play-By-e-Mail (PBeM) game
NcFTP 3.0 beta 15 UNIX application program implementing the File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
net-tools 1.47 Programs that form the base set of the NET-3 networking distribution
Netscape Communicator 4.08 All-in-one browser and communications suite
NewsBot 1.0 IRC bot coded in perl that retrieves slashdot/freshmeat news and more
npadmin 0.7 Command line SNMP based network adminstration tool for printers
ocs-base 1.0-12 Base system for Linux intranet applications
ocscal 1.0-13 An intranet calendar system featuring shared appointments
ocsemail 1.0-12 Electronic web email system for you intranet
PostgreSQL 6.4 Robust, next-generation, Object-Relational DBMS(ORDBMS)
qml 3.0 Quick Markup to HTML language translator
Quick Image Viewer 1.0 A very small and pretty fast GDK/Imlibimage viewer
Replay 0.58 GTK-based MP3 player for X11
Samba 2.0.0 alpha 16 Allows clients toaccess to a server's filespace and printers via SMB
Sketch 0.5.1 Vector drawing program, implemented in python
SLRN 0.9.5.4 An NNTP based newsreader for Unix, VMS, and OS/2 systems
Soupermail 1 Generic form to email handler
StackGuard 1.1 Helps to prevent buffer overflows in subsequently compiled binaries
StarOffice 5.0 Personal Edition Office Package from Star Division
start 0.55 General purpose home page for an intranet
suck 3.10.2 Grabs news from a remote NNTP news server
gsula 0.03f Programmable multiple-server IRC Client for X with Guile extension
Summary (Pro) 1.1.3 Web server log analyzer tool
SyncBuilder 19981106 Build synchronization applications with a Palm device in Java
Teaser and Firecat alpha-i Copyleft replacement for the proprietary ICQ system
Ted 2.0 Ted, an easy rich text processor for Linux.
Test Environment Toolkit 3.2 A toolkit for test development and management
The fOX Project Announcement Desktop project centered around Hector Peraza's Xclass95
Theatre Commander 0.1 Networked, multiplayer, military strategy game for GTK.
tkcd 0.7 A tcl/tk interface for command line cd player, cdcd.
TkMAME 0.34b6.1 Tcl/Tk Front End for XMAME
tkMOO-light 0.3.16-dev-06 Powerful cross-platform chat client.
tomsrtbt 1.6.351 Single floppy diskette linux distribution
TrueReality 0.1.1 N64 Emulator
util-linux 2.9d Miscellaneous system utilities
VelociGen for Perl (VEP) 1.0c High performance server programminglanguage
VelociGen for Tcl 1.0c High performance web server programming using Tcl
VigMeUp 0.1.1 An alarm program for KDE that plays mp3s to wake you up.
Vim 5.4a Popular vi clone that features syntax highlighting and an X11 interface
w3cam 0.2 Web camera CGI for video4linux
WebMail 0.2.4 Web frontend for Unix system mailboxes
Webmin 0.63 Web-based interface for system administration for Unix
webnpadmin 0.1 Web front-end to npadmin
WebTTS 2.1 WWW-based Trouble Ticketing System for ISP's
Willows 3.1.8 Enables your Windows applications to run on UNIX, Macintosh and other systems
Windows 95/NT Masqdialer Client 1.0.5 Win95/NT Client for Jeff Meininger's MasqDialer Server
Wine 981108 Emulator of the Windows 3.x and Win32 APIs.
WMCpu 1.0 CPU/System stats monitor
wmsound 0.9.0 Sound server package for WindowMaker
wscr 1.2 A program to solve word jumbles and permute strings.
WSoundPrefs 0.9.0a WMSound Server Configuration Utility
WvDial 1.20 Intelligent Internet Dialer
X-Chat 0.3.0 GTK+ Based IRC Client. Alot like AmIRC (Amiga).
X-Mame 0.34b6.1 The Un*x version of the Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator
xfedor 5.0.1 Editor for BDF fonts, xbm and xpm images
Xmahjongg 3.0b8 Colorful X solitaire Mah Jongg game
xmp 1.1.7pre01 An OpenSource module for UNIX
Xrmftp 1.2 xforms based FTP client for the X Window System
Xterminal 0.6.1 Object Oriented User Interface with a client-serverarchitecture
Xwhois 0.2.4 Small and fast GTK+ X11 client for the internet whois network services.
Xxl 2.1.0 Simple, easy to use and user friendly graphical spreadsheet
yagIRC 0.66.1 Yet Another GTK+ IRC Client
 

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