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A discussion forum for the StarOffice Suite from Star Division is now available.

Crossroads, the ACM Student Magazine has issued a Call-For-Papers inviting authors to submit articles on a variety of different Linux topics.

The latest update of the BogoMips mini-Howto has been published. The current lowest BogoMips rating went to Tim Van der Linden, for his Intel 8088, running 0.02 BogoMips and the highest rating when to Ivo Plana's AMD K6-2, overclocked at 400 Mherz, beating out the Alpha chips.

The Table of Contents from the March 1999 issue of the Linux Journal is now available. The feature articles for this month have a heavy emphasis on international issues, including multi-lingual and international character set support.

Events

The second Call-For-Papers for the inaugural Conference of Autralian Linux Users has been issued. The conference will be held July 9th through the 11th in Melbourne, Australia.

Eric Raymond will be visiting Denmark January 24th and 25th. For those of you in Denmark who haven't had a chance to hear Eric talk, we recommend the experience highly. Check out the announcement for links to more information.

It is fairly normal for a conference to issue a "call for presentations." But Linux Kongress has instead issued a call for location. If you would be interesting in hosting the Kongress, and you have a location in Germany, drop them a note.

Some coverage of Comdex West (Vancouver, BC) can be found on the CPU Review site. Included is some discussion of Vancouver Linux User's Group booth there.

Web sites

A new web site providing commercial 1-800 phone support for Linux has been announced. Their web site, LinuxSupportLine.com remains unreachable as of press time.

Dutch-speaking Linux users may want to check out www.nl.linux.org, which just came online a few weeks ago. They are having a logo contest ("with some actual prizes") for you artists out there.

Mailing Lists

The Greek linux mailing lists linux-greek-users, linux-howto and hellug have moved to a new server. For more information, see their announcement.

User Group News

A LUG is forming in Kalmar, Sweden. Here is their announcement, in Swedish.

Skane Sjelland Linux User Group (SSLUG) has announced that they have passed the 2000 member mark, an indication of the growing interest in Linux in Denmark and Sweden.

An attempt is being made to find or start a New Orlean Linux User Group. If you are interested or have information about an existing group, reply to this posting from Andy Johnson.


January 21, 1999

   

 

Software Announcements


Package Version Description
a2t 3.0 A simple ASCII-art to HTML-table convertor
Amaya 1.4a Ttest-bed browser/authoring tool of the W3C
asp2php 0.57 Converts Active Server Pages (ASP) to PHP3 scripts
aterm 0.3.2 xterm replacement with fast transparency, tinting and NeXT scrollbar
auto-upload 1.0.0 program that uploads files to an FTP account non-interactively
automake 1.4 Automake is a tool for automatically generating Makefiles.
BANAL 0.07 Book-keeping (and other stuff) for small businesses
Berlin 0.0.1 distributed windowing system
BeroFTPD 1.3.2 FTP server program based on WU-FTPD
Bnetd 0.3b Emulates a StarCraft Battle.net server
BurnIT 1.5pre2 Java front-end to cdrecord and mkisofs
Busycursor 0.3 Change mouse cursor during X-application startup
cdr 1.1 CD ripper and encoder frontend
CGM Viewer Applet 1.0 Scriptable vector graphics viewer written in Java.
clig 1.1.0 command line interpreter generator
CLN 1.0 Class Library for Numbers (C++)
cthumb 1.0 Automatic creation of a picture album in HTML w/ thumbnails
curl 5.5 Tiny command line client for getting data from a URL
CVS 1.10.4 Concurrent Versions System
Cyclone 0.03p2 Internet Relay Chat Daemon used by SlashNET
Cyphesis 0.0.7 Fantasy RPG using A-Life techniques.
DAC960 drivers for Linux 2.2.0pre4 and 2.0.0.pre4 Mylex DAC960 drivers updated!
DailyUpdate 6.01 Grabs dynamic information from the internet and integrates itinto your webpage
Darxite 0.1 Controllable daemon that downloads via FTP in the background
Dave Gnukem 0.4 GGI-based 2D scrolling platform game, similar to Duke Nukem 1
DB_Browser 1.11 Web-based utility to browse and modify a postgres database
dc20 1.0 User friendly package for the Kodak DC20 camera
DECnet for Linux 1.01 DECnet socket layer and applications
DigiTemp 1.2 Digital thermometer for Linux, DOS, win95 using DS1820 sensors
distributed.net clients 2.7105.430 Client for participation in the RC5 and DES cracking contests
DOSEmu 0.98.5 Application that enables the Linux OS to run many DOS programs
e2fsprogs 1.14 Ext2 Filesystem Utilities
Empire 4.2.3 Complex internet multi-player real-time wargame.
EPIC 4pre2.001-NR12 ANSI capable textmode IRC Client
flwm 0.12 The Fast Light Window Manager
FreeWRL 0.18 Free VRML browser for Linux
fresh-split 1.0 Perl scripts for splitting freshmeat news
fsh 0.1 Fast and secure remote command execution.
FUSE (Free Universal Simulator Engine) 0 Engine for area-based simulation games (ala Sym*)
GeneWeb 1.10 A combo web interface and genealogy program combined on steroids
gFTP 1.0 A multithreaded ftp client for X Windows
GHX 2.20 (99/01/17) GTK clone of the Hotline software
glFtpD 1.14.5 FTP Daemon for Linux. Great program for an ISP or anyone!
GLib 1.1.13 The GLib library of C routines
GMasqdialer 0.99.0 Gnome Client for the Masqdialer System
gmind 0.90.2 gmind is a code-guessing game for GNOME, much like MasterMind.
GNOME 0.99.3 GNU Network Object Model Environment
Graphics Muse Tools 0.1 Set of tools, brushes, and patterns for use with the Gimp
Grip 0.9 A gtk-based frontend for CD-rippers
gRun 0.9.1 GTK based Run dialog
GTalk and QTalk 0.02 GTK+ and QT Squeak Smalltalk
GTK+ 1.1.13 Library for creating graphicaluser interfaces
GtKali 0.1.7 Gtk+ interface to Kali using Jay Cotton's kalinix.lib
GtkSamba 0.3.2 Gtk front end to configuring Samba
GtkSC 0.12 Utility for listing and playing SHOUTcast streams
GTKWave 1.0.7 Wave viewer for Verilog simulation
GtkZip 0.3g A program for maintaining your Iomega Zip drive disks underLinux
gUserNet 1.2a2 Program to activate/deactivate RedHat's network interfaces.
Hermes 1.2.3 An optimized pixel format conversion library with other tricks
icecast 0.8.1 MP3 Audio Broadcasting System
icewm 0.9.29 Window Manager designed for speed, usability and consistency
IglooFTP 0.3.2 Graphical and User Friendly FTP CLient
IMP 1999-01-15 IMAP and PHP3 based webmail system
irssi 0.3.0 GTK+ based IRC client with GNOME panel support
JavaCat 0.1.0 Java client for the Teaser and Firecat system.
jEdit 1.3final Powerful text editor
jukebox 0.5 Jukebox for mp3-files with html-interface and playerdaemon
klm 0.4.0 KDE frontend for the LM SENSORS linux kernel
KNewMail 3.0b1 KDE application designed to check multiple pop3 servers for email.
Kover 0.30 An easy to use WYSIWYG cd cover printer for KDE
kPGPShell 0.12 A KDE shell for GPG/PGP2/PGP5
KWebWatch 0.71 Utility to monitor web pages, looking for updated content
KWM Headlines 1.0 Root menu Headlines for KDE
laddr 1.0.3 Lesstif Address Book
Launcher 0.52 One-stop filetype/application mapping solution
LCDproc 0.4-pre2 Displays system statistics on an external LCD display
ldescent 0.0.20 Linux Descent
libctk-0.1.1 0.1.1 A support library to create CGI programs
Licq 0.51 ICQ clone for linux with most of the functionality of the official Java version
LinuxTaRT 2.26 Feature-rich email signature generator
LiveMix redhog.1 Mixing of live broadcasts of streaming media.
lsb-fhs 0.52 test suite for filesystem hierarchy aspects of the Linux Standard Base
Lynx 2.8.2dev.13 fully-featured, text-based World Wide Web browser
MailMan 1.0b8 Mailing list manager with built in web access
make_news_site 0.07 A simple web news site creator
MetaKit 1,8,5 Structured storage database library in C++, with Tcl and Python interfaces
Midnight Commander 4.5.7 Unix file manager and shell
minordomo 0.4 A minimalistic mailing list manager
mod_perl 1.17 Brings together the full power of Perl and the Apache HTTP server
moodss 6.1 Modular Object Oriented Dynamic SpreadSheet
MUGU 0.1.1a A graphical multi-player game system written in Java
multisort 1.0 small, fast C program that merges httpd logs and orders by date
naim 0.9.2 Console-mode AOL Instant Messenger client for Linux and compatible unices
Ncurses Hexedit 0.9.0 Ncurses file hex editor - edit/insert/delete/search
Net::RawIP 0.03 Perl module for easy manipulation of raw IP packets directly from Perl
News Peruser 4.0 Alpha 35 An offline newsreader for Linux and X11
nmap 2.03 Full featured, robust port scanner
npadmin 0.8.0 Command line SNMP based network adminstration tool for printers
nsListen 1.0 Clicking on a SHOUTcast server link starts the streaming mp3 playing.
nss 1.2 Netscape Startup Script. Script to handle Netscape launches.
One Time Pad Toolkit 1.0 Cheezy Encryption
Othello 0.3 Graphical othello game written with GTK
Pack install monitor 1.1.0 Pack install monitor
PacNet Server 0.5 Server software for PacNet
PCI Utilities 1.10 Utilities for diagnostics and cofiguration of PCI devices
PCP 1.20 Pike CP - stubborn upload/download program
Perceps 3.4.1 Automatic documentation generator for C++
PiGTK Slashdot Headline Viewer 1.9 Slashdot Headline Viewer written in Pike/GTK.
Pike 0.6.110 Interpreted, object-oriented programming language with a syntax similar to C
PIKT 1.1 An innovative new systems administration paradigm
pilot-ldif 0.20 Program that uses pilot-addresses to sync the Netscape and Pilot address books
pilot2pine 0.1 Converts Palm Pilot addressbooks to pine's addressbook and vica versa
pkgbuild 0.1 The RPM package development environment
pload 0.9.2 Display ppp statistics in an X window
Prometheus Truecolour (PTC) 2.0.11-2 A portable, lowlevel framebuffer access library with very fast on the fly conver
psntools 2.0 Administrative tools for large numbers of accounts
qpopper-mysql 0.4b A patch to add a decent set of MySQL capabilities to qpopper 2.53
Qstat 2.2b A command-line program that displays the status of Internet Quake servers
Queue 1.10 Innovative load-balancing/batch-processing system and rsh replacement
QuickPPP 1.0 Simple console C utility that sets up a PPP connection to an ISP using pppd.
Quotes 1.2-0 Financial Quotations and Linux headlines
R 0.63.2 A language and environment for statistical computing.
radiusclient 0.3.1 framework and library for writing RADIUS clients
rand 1.5 random pipe
Rasca 1.0.0 Extended MP3 Player.
Ray++ 0.3 easily extensible C++ library for ray tracing
RealTimeBattle 0.9.5 RealTimeBattle, a robot programming game for Unix
Retardotracer 1.0.0 parallel (mostly reverse, some fowards) raytracer
rio v1.01dew1 A patch to the rio utilities to allow Rio->PC uploading
Rio&Mpman4Linux v1.01 Upload tools for MpMan portable MP3 players
RioExpress v0.005 Manager for the Rio portable MP3 player.
Ripenc 0.4 Bourne shell script frontend to Cdparanoia, and Bladeenc.
rq2proxy 2.0 A tunnelling proxy for Quake 2 (and other UDP-based games)
rscript 0.4b Remotely executes a list of commands as root or user, can email a confirmation.
Samba 2.0.0 Allows clients toaccess to a server's filespace and printers via SMB
shout 0.1.2 A supplying and a receiving client for the shoutcast streaming mp3 system.
SkyeFinger 0.12 A Finger client written in Java 1.1.
slap 2.2 SmartLabel printing for UNIX
splitfmnews 0.1.3 Splits the freshmeat newsletter digest into individual messages.
TCL Developer Studio 0.19 small
Teaser 0.3.1 Server for the Teaser and Firecat System
textoolspro 1.0 Nice boxes for structuring data, good for school and software projects
tgif 4.0.6
The CGI Toolkit 0.1.1-2 A simple support library to create CGI program.s
TiK 0.55 Tcl/Tk version of AOL Instant Messenger
Timesheet.php 0.70 PHP application to keep track of hours worked on a project.
tipxd 1.0.0 IPX tunneling daemon
tircproxy 0.4.3 Transparent IRC Proxy with DCC CHAT and DCC SEND support
tixlpq 0.3.6 Nice GUI for printmanagement
TkSmb 0.8.2b TclTk X11 shell for smbclient
TPROC 0.4 Very simple text processing language for assembling Text files.
Traveller's Linux 1.1.4 Minimal floppy Linux distribution
Trinux 0.48 2-disk distribution that includes network security tools and runs in RAM
TThread 0.1.3 A Cross-platfrom Threading library.
ttmkfdir current A tool to create fonts.dir files from TrueType fonts
Uptimed 0.03 Uptime record daemon keeping track of the highest uptimes the system ever had
VICE 0.16.1 Versatile Commodore Emulator
VM 6.64 Emacs-based mail reader
WallP 0.62 Random desktop wallpaper changer
Website META Language 1.6.8 Webdesign HTML-generation toolkit
WeT Perls 0.4.1 A set of Perl scripts to allow Web Themeing.
Windows 95/NT Masqdialer Client 1.2.0 Win95/NT Client for Jeff Meininger's MasqDialer Server
winMasqDialer 0.0.2.0 Alternative Windows client for the Masqdialer server.
WMFreshmeat 1.1 Put Fresheat headlines in your Window Maker root menu.
WMLinuxToday 1.1 Put LinuxToday headlines in your Window Maker root menu.
WMSegfault 1.1 Put Segfault.org headlines in your Window Maker root menu.
WMSlashdot 1.1 Put Slashdot headlines in your Window Maker root menu.
wmsound 0.9.2 Sound server package for WindowMaker
WWWThreads 3-19990119 WWW based discussion forums
xap 0.5.4 X application panel and simple file manager
XawTV 2.34 TV application and a few utilities
Xcoral 3.2 Xcoral is a multiwindow mouse-based text editor for Unix/X11
XFgradebook 1.28 A simple grade tracking program for teachers written in Xforms.
xfsft 1.0.3 X11 font server with TrueType support and Internationalization
XGlobe 0.2 A toy that displays a globe on your X desktop
xhippo 0.3 Gtk-based playlist manager for various UNIX sound players
xpulse 0.2.4 System load gauge
Xwhois 0.2.9 Small and fast GTK+ X11 client for the internet whois network services.
xwpe-alpha 1.5.14a A programming environment for UNIX systems
YAX Standard Services 0.99.1 The Standard Services for the YAX API and YAX Window System.
 

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