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The Penguin, the Press, and the Marketplace is a paper written about the marketing of Linux. "Linux companies using professional PR firms inevitably slide towards the business/financial/hype angles, since the flacks can't understand the technology. Overall this is OK, since that is what most of the stories are about. However, the mindset will kill numerous technical articles, as frustrated Q&A columnists and (real) technical writers, seeing deadline approach, wander off to more easily written stories."

Dan Kaminsky has written a paper on why open source software is "the optimum economic paradigm for software." He's seeking feedback for the next revision.

A new version of the Linux/Alpha FAQ is out. It should eventually find its way onto alphalinux.org; meanwhile it's available on the author's site.

A new list for Linux and aviation applications has been announced. See the announcement for more information and signup details.

A review of "Internet Complete", a Sybex book, has been made available by Rob Slade, the reviewer. The summary judgment seems to be negative, due to poor materials in some sections of the book. He offers "Zen and the Art of the Internet" or "The Internet Book" as other books with similar themes but overall better quality.

The Linux Newbie Administrator Guide has been updated, contents are roughly doubled since the last release. Have a look and see what they have been up to.

A site called "B.AZAR" has put up a lengthy study (in French) on network data processing solutions. It includes an extensive section on Linux with reviews of distributions, office suites, and "groupware." It can be read in English via Babelfish. (Found in NNL).

Events

IDG has put out a summary press release about last week's LinuxWorld conference. They now claim over 12,000 attendees, which seems high, but they should know. Next conferences are scheduled for August 9-12 in San Jose (note that they moved the dates and no longer step on the O'Reilly conferences) and January 10-13, 2000, in Washington DC.

Sean Reifschneider, from tummy.com, has made available his reports for the second, third and fourth days at LinuxWorld, along with more pictures:

(For those who missed it last week, Sean's report from the first day is also available).

More LinuxWorld Pictures. The folks from AbiSource have put up a LinuxWorld photo page. It suffers from excessive volume and little organization, but still has some good stuff.

Windows refund activities have not stopped altogether. Here's a page put together by "Just Jeff" which advocates taking things to a new level: PC manufacturers who refuse to abide by the EULA and give refunds are to be taken to small claims court. (This site is hosted on Tripod, so don't be surprised by obnoxious popup ads...)

Web sites

The Linux Forum promises an easy-to-use, BBS-style forum for people in the Linux community. Here is their announcement.

User Group News

The SSLUG Windows Refund Day appears to have gone off very well. The group offered a free Linux installation as an alternative, 250-300 people showed up and over 50 machines got make-overs. Here's the note we got from Peter Toft with a few more details. Pictures and Real Video coverage are also available.

A new user group is forming in the Red Deer, Alberta, Canada area. See the announcement if you would like to participate.

There is interest in starting a user group in the Burlington, Vermont area. Please see the announcement and get in touch with the instigator if you're interested.

A new user group is also being formed in Hampton Roads, Virginia. See the announcement for details.

Help wanted

The Free Software Foundation has issued a request for a couple of people to serve as volunteer coordinators. The work is 2-3 hours per week, and they are looking for people who can stick with it for a long time.

The folks at Linuxpower.org are looking for people to help them out in expanding their site. In particular, they are looking for writers to submit material. If you think you can help them out, check out their announcement and drop them a note.


March 11, 1999

   

 

Software Announcements


Package Version Description
AC3D 2.0 A powerful and intuitive 3D modeller that really shows off the power of Linux.
Amcl 0.6 A simple Mud CLient for X written in GTK libs.
AML 1.4 AML -- an implementation of a basic register machine with support for ASM.
Apache::Session 0.99.7 Session manager for web applications
AptFind 0.5.1 AptFind is an ncurses interface for finding and installing packages using APT.
Artistic Style 1.8.1 Indentation and reformatting filters for C, C++, Java
asbutton 0.2 A dockable application launcher for use in AfterStep.
asDrinks 1.0 News headlines from nerd/UNIX type sites in your AfterStep startmenu
asmail 0.52 0.52 Asmail is a
aspbm 0.7 AfterStep Phone bill monitor
AVFS 0.3 C library add-on, which enables all programs to look insidecompressed files
BeroLinux 1.0 Linux distribution based on RedHat 5.2
BigBrother WebStats 0.21 Counter for websites that produces some statistics based on the info gathered
bip 1.2.2 Send messages to pagers using the Internet
bk2site 0.5.2 Transforms Netscape bookmark file into yahoo-like website.
bobot++ 1.95 An IRC bot written in C++.
Bochs 990219a Portable x86 PC emulation software package
BurnIT 1.5pre5 Java front-end to cdrecord and mkisofs
cdrecord 1.8a19 Allows the creation of both audio and data CDs
CGI::WeT 0.6.2 A set of Perl scripts to allow Web Themeing.
CGIProxy 1.1 Anonymizing, filter-bypassing HTTP proxy in a CGI script (in Perl)
Citation 1.5 Web Based Tool for Bibliographic Conversions
Commerce.cgi 1.02 Shopping cart script with Store Manager
ConferenceRoom 1.6.5 IRC server with web integration tools
Crescendo 1.0.1 Gnome front-end to the TinyFugue mud client.
Dallas DS-1820 Sensor Monitor 0.0.1 Basic interface to Dallas Semi 1-wire temperature sensors
Dave Gnukem 0.44 GGI-based 2D scrolling platform game, similar to Duke Nukem 1
DB_Browser 1.12 Web-based utility to browse and modify a postgres database
DNRD 1.2 Proxy DNS server for home networks with multiple ISPs
efingerd 0.8 Another finger daemon for linux
egcs 1.1.2-pre3 Experimental set of enhancements for the GNU tools
Egoistic Wordlist Generator 2.1 A wordlist generator with a variety of options.
ElectricEyes 0.3.8 Lightweight GTK+/GNOME-based image viewer
Email Security through Procmail 1.68 Email filter to remove remote security exploits of email clients
esh 0.7.5 New Unix shell
faq-system 0.3.2 cgi package to manage one or more faq databases.
ffingerd 1.19
FFTW 2.1 The Fastest Fourier Transform in the West
Flashback 0.5a Flashback is an mp3 visualization program.
flwm 0.19 The Fast Light Window Manager
FTP4ALL 2.25 FTP server program for UNIX systems
Gamora 0.66.0 Java based server construction, hosting, and adminstration architecture.
GCD 1.4 A cd-player with a gtk+ interface
gcombust 0.1.7 gtk+ frontend for mkisofs and cdrecord
GECCO 0.2.0 A graphical application base for system configuration
Generic NQS 3.50.5 The Leading OpenSource Batch Processing System For UNIX
GeneWeb 2.00 A combo web interface and genealogy program combined on steroids
Giram 0.0.9 Giram is a modeller, written in GTK+
GKill 1.1 GTK-GUI to send signals to processes.
glFtpD 1.15.8 FTP Daemon for Linux. Great program for an ISP or anyone!
glitter 1.1 Text mode user interface for RPM
GlobeCom Jukebox v3.0 prerelease 11 Music jukebox with integrated CDDB aware ripping and groupware functionality
GNOME 1.0.2 GNU Network Object Model Environment
GnomeICU 0.62a Formerly GtkICQ, now Gnome Internet Communication Utility
GnoRPM 0.7 A graphical front end to the Redhat package managementsystem
gnotepad+ 1.1.1 An easy-to-use, yet fairly feature-rich, simple text editor
Gnumeric 0.15 Spreadsheet, a new foundation for spreadsheet development, part of GNOME
Golgotha Forever 3D FPS/strategy game that will be available on nearly platform/OS.
GQview 0.6.0 X11 image viewer for the Linux operating system
Graphic Counter Language 2.10.D.1 Programming language for the development of web counters
GREED .1 A utility that can get and resume files from a web site.
Grip 1.4 A gtk-based frontend for CD-rippers
Gtk-- 1.0.0 C++ interface for the popular GUI library gtk.
GTKmp3make 0.43 GTK front end for cdripper and mp3 encoder
GtkPortScan 1.0 A simple yet very useful GUI port scanner done with Gtk+ for Linux.
GTKstep 1.5 Improves the default look and feel of the GTK+ widget set
GVM 0.001 Generic Virtual Machine for Perl
httptunnel 1.96 Creates a two-way data tunnel through an HTTP proxy
Hypermail 2 alpha 15 Mail(box) to HTML converter with threads and MIME support.
icecast 1.1.2 MP3 Audio Broadcasting System
icqmail 1.0 ICQ->Email gateway
ImageMagick Package for display and interactivemanipulation of images for X11
imlib 1.9.4 Advanced replacement library for libraries like libXpm
Install-Sendmail 2.1 install-sendmail will configure sendmail and fetchmail for you.
ipchains-firewall 1.51 Shell script to set up firewalling and IP masq rules for ipchains
ippl 1.2.4 IP Protocols Logger
irssi 0.7.2 GTK+ based IRC client with GNOME panel support
ISC DHCP 2.0b1pl18 Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Client and Server implementation
JavaJoystick 0.1.0 Java class wrapper for the Linux Joystick Driver, version 1.2.x and above.
jEdit 1.4final Powerful text editor
jonama 1.0.2 SSL proxy
jpub 0.4 Integrated platform for intranets with OS like features
KBiff 2.2.7 New mail notification utility for KDE
kbquery 0.07 Command-line search util for the linux knowledge base
kcmlaptop 0.77 Puts battery control in the KDE panel, starts command when low battery.
KDevelop 0.3 KDevelop is a new C++ development environment for Unix/X11.
KHotKeys 0.1 This application lets you assign commands to different hotkey combinations.
Kibble 0.7.2 A knowledge base program
KKinit 0.2 Kerberos ticket manager for KDE
kmikmod 2.02 Multithreaded module player for KDE
KMol 0.2.1 Chemical calculator for the KDE
KRunning 0.0.27 A database manager for your private running events
Launcher 0.70 One-stop filetype/application mapping solution
LEM 0.1 LEM is a small linux + x (11Mo) distrib for embedding apps.
Licq 0.61 Advanced graphical ICQ clone and more for Unix
Linux JDK 1.2pre-v1 Provides a full port of Sun's JDK (Solaris version) to Linux
Linux joystick driver 1.2.14 Provides Linux support for joysticks
Linux Letters and Numbers Alpha 0.1.5 Educational Childrens Game for Linux
Linuxconf 1.13r15 Sophisticated administrative tool
LinuxInfo 1.0.6 Gives system information about your Linux system
Listar 0.119a Mailing list managementsoftware
mail2sms 0.30 Convert a mail to a short message
mdate 0.5.3 A freely-available mayan date program
mod_ssl 2.2.4-1.3.4 Apache Interface to OpenSSL
morse 0.4.0 A morse code translator.
mount.app 2.5 Window Maker dock app for managing storage devices
MP3info 0.3.1 A small program to set MP3s' ID3
MpegTV Player (mtv) 1.0.8.16 A realtime MPEG Video+Audio player
mtr 0.33 Network diagnostic tool
Mutt 0.95.4 Small but very powerful text-based mail client for Unix operatingsystems
netcomics 0.5 A perl script that downloads today's comics from the Web
Nightfall 0.9 Eclipsing binary star program
OSE 6.0pl8 C++ class library, build environment and documentation tools.
Pack install monitor 1.1.5 Pack install monitor
PAiN Linux Loader 19990202-fix Linux Loader for the PAiN diskmag
Perl 5.005.56 High-level, general-purpose programming language
PilotManager 1.107 Synchronize databases on your PalmPilot with applications on Unix
pk 0.8.7 pk is an Open-Source POSIX Threads embedded real-time kernel
Pliant 11 Efficient and extendable programming language
pload 0.9.4 Display ppp statistics in an X window
ppp 2.3.6
ProcEdit 0.8 X11 Oracle Procedure Editor
procmail 3.12 Versatile e-mail processor.
psgplay 0.4 Music player for all the old Atari tunes.
Public Bookmark Generator 0.2 Generate a public bookmark (selected items) out of your bookmarks
pyKDE 0.6 Python bindings for QT 1.42 and KDE1.1 Code your KDE applications in python.
qps 1.6.2 Displays processes in an X11 window
QtDragon 0.7.4 A tool to configure the telephone-related stuff of a DataBoxSpeed Dragon
QtEZ 0.77.1 Qt based rapid application development environment
Queue 1.20.1-pre2 Innovative load-balancing/batch-processing system and rsh replacement
Quick-Tk 1998-03-09 Quick/Visual interface to Tk 4.1 script development
Qvwm 1.0beta13a Windows 95 like window manager for the X Window System
R2D2 2.0 Tool for developing applications that require run-time symbolic data access.
rc.virt 2.60 perl script to automate adding ips for ip aliasing
Realmlifes 0.01 A fantasy world simulation game with AI
RealTimeBattle 0.9.7 RealTimeBattle, a robot programming game for Unix
Remembrance Agent 2.0 Remembrance Agents are an augmented, associative memory.
Ripenc 0.6.1 Bourne shell script frontend to Cdparanoia, and Bladeenc.
Ruby 1.2.3 An object-oriented language for quick and easy programming
Sarien 0.4a Verdandi-02 Play Sierra AGI version 2 and version 3 games like Kings Quest and Space Quest.
Scene 0.1.0 Inventor and VRML toolkit.
SciTech MGL 4.5b2 Multiplatform Graphics Library, a toolkit for creating games
ScryMUD 1.8.9 Original MUD Server and Java Client
sfspatch-2.2.3 2.2.3 The Steganographic File System Kernel Patch
Siag Office 3.1.7 Free office package for Unix
Ski 0.01a A simple game in curses that could be played on a line printer
Snow* 0.75.5 Tcl/Tk GUI for Snowblind CLI rio tools
SQLWork 0.91 A blatant rip of Oracle's SQL Worksheet for Windows.
ss5136dn 1.2 Driver and Utilities for SST 5136-DN family of DeviceNet interfaces.
stamp 2.0.6 Adds a graphical timestamp to a jpeg image
Sula Primerix 0.07.3 Extensible multi-server IRC Client for X
Swift Generator 0.4 Dynamic Flash content generator.
Synaesthesia 1.6 Program to reperesent music from CD or MP3 graphically.
syslog-ng 1.0.4 A portable syslogd replacement with enhanced, flexible configuration scheme.
TableGen 1.8 Creates java classes to represent and access an SQL database
TeamWave Workplace 4.2 Shared Internet places for any-time collaboration
tgif 4.1 Vector-based draw tool
The Gimp 1.1.3 The GNU Image Manipulation Program
The Linux Console Tools 1999.03.02 Allows you to set-up and manipulate the Linux console
The Linux Image Montage Project pre-325 LIMP Preview Release Tagged as Version 325
tictactoe 0.3 A simple console perl script that plays a coordinate-based tictactoe game
TiK 0.59 Tcl/Tk version of AOL Instant Messenger
TiMidity++ 1.3.5 Experimental MIDI to WAVE converter
tinyX 1.2 A reduced version of X Windows for use on systems with 4 megs of ram
TkMAME 0.35-pre5 Tcl/Tk Front End for XMAME
tk_Brief 2.6 GUI for writing letters with LaTeX
TOAD 0.42.17a C++ GUI library
Tripwire 2.0 Intrusion Detection System for Linux
tv.app 1.0 tv.app is a wharf dockable applet that acts as a remote control for XawTV.
TWIG 0.1pre5 A web-based IMAP client written with PHP3
UCD-SNMP 3.6 Various tools relating to the Simple Network Managemnet Protocol
Unix Desktop Environment 0.1.9-BETA A new GUI for Unix with a completely new look'n'feel
VFU File Manager 1.45 Extensivelyl featured console (text-mode) file manager.
Wcal 1.10 Web based calendar/planner especially suitable for multi-user setups
WebMacro Servlet Framework 0.80.1 Java server-side web template engine and servletdevelopment framework
Webmin 0.70 Web-based interface for system administration for Unix
WebTheme 1.3.1 Web Theme Library
WNIC 0.1 WNIC synchronous adaptdriver for Linux 2.2
Wolfenstein 3D for Linux 0.2 A Linux port of Wolfenstein 3D
WSoundPrefs 0.9.3 WMSound Server Configuration Utility
wu-ftpd 2.4.2 FTP Daemon for UNIX systems
WXftp 0.4.2 FTP client for X with nice and intuitive GTK+ and Motif GUI
X-Chat 0.9.2 GTK+ Based IRC Client. Alot like AmIRC (Amiga).
x11amp-alsa 0.2 ALSA output plugin for x11amp
xcallerid 2.1.10 callerID program that pops up incomingphone numbers in an X-window
XEBOT 0.3.00 Multiplatform stand alone GUI with rapid prototyping and external linkage
Xlockmore 4.13 screen saver / locker for the X Window System
xps 3.08 X/Motif dynamic display the Unix processes tree/forest
Xsoundtrack 0.0.4 http://www.ecoledoc.lip6.fr/~roux/xsound/index.html
Xterminal 0.6.6 Object Oriented User Interface with a client-serverarchitecture
Zircon 1.8.213 An IRC client written in tcl/tk
ZMech 0.3.00 0.3.00 State machine development tool
 

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