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Bleeding Edge Magazine is the latest on-line Linux magazine. Note that everything at Bleeding Edge is provided under the Open Content Public License.

Excerpts from Linus Torvalds' essay in O'Reilly's recently published book, "Open Sources: Voices from the Open Source Revolution", have been made available on the LinuxWorld site. This essay is aimed at the topic of the Linux kernel, including design, portability issues and the future. There aren't a lot of major new innovations in store for the kernel. It's more a question of supporting a wider range of systems than anything else: taking advantage of Linux's portability to bring it to new systems.

LinuxStart.com can now be added to your "My Netscape" Homepage by simply going to LinuxStart and clicking on an icon. For more information, check out this note from Victor Goodman.

In response to the mentioned desire for pre-installed Linux systems for less than $1000.00, Mark Nielsen wrote us to let us know what he has available. In addition, he also provides systems on the high-end, having recently hired a Beowulf expert.

Events

Journees du Libre (Days of Free Software) is an event sponsored for the second year by the Linux User Group of Strasbourg, France. It will be held on March 26th and 27th. The program is available free of charge.

Oliver M. Bolzer sent us a link to his report on LinuxWorld Japan '99 (in Japanese).

Web sites

The Linux Forum is now at a new address.

March 25, 1999

   

 

Software Announcements


Package Version Description
AbiWord 0.5.2 Fully featured word processor
Aegis 3.11 Transaction-based software configuration management system
Apache 1.3.6 High performance, UNIX based HTTP server
Apache-SSL 1.3.4+1.3.1 Secure Webserver (using SSLeay)
Applix SHELF 1.3 An embedable fully featured programming language for Linux
aptilis 1.044 build 0020 Free CGI space with a new easier language
Artistic Style 1.8.2 Indentation and reformatting filters for C, C++, Java
ascp 1.0 A Control Panel for the AfterStep window manager
Authen::Smb 0.6 Perl module to authenticate against NT domain servers from UNIX
AutoGen 4.5.1 Templatized program/text generation system
BANAL 0.08 Book-keeping (and other stuff) for small businesses
Berkeley MPEG Tools 1.0 A set of tools for playing, encoding MPEG layer 1 video files
bgcheck 0.3 A process monitor used to limit the amount of background processes
bip 1.3 Send messages to pagers using the Internet
BitchX 75p2-10 ANSI capable, textmode IRC Client
Blackbox 0.50.4 WindowManager for X11 written in C++
BNC 2.6.0 IRC proxy server
BoboBot alpha 3 A
Buildkernel 0.89 Automates the task of building a Linux kernel
CGI::WeT 0.6.3 A set of Perl scripts to allow Web Themeing.
CircleMUD 3.0 beta patchlevel 15 Multi User Dungeon for Linux
Code Medic 0.7.0 UNIX Debugging Environment
DailyUpdate 7.00 Grabs dynamic information from the internet and integrates itinto your webpage
Dallas DS-1820 Sensor Monitor 0.0.3 Basic interface to Dallas Semi 1-wire temperature sensors
dcd 0.50 Simple command-line CD player
DHCP with Dynamic DNS 0.12 Dynamically update DNS from dhcpd.leases file
Distmp3 0.1.5 Distributed mp3compressing
Djvu Compressor 2.0 Innovative document image compression technique
Djvu Reference Library 2.1 Netscape plugin to decompress and view Djvu images.
DLDialog 0.19.2 Displays dialog boxes in terminal and X11 mode to interact with scripts
dnsjava 0.1 Implementation of DNS in Java
Domtools 1.4.0 High-level name server query tools
DubMed 1.1.3 An experimental Medline GUI with metadata-based links from cites to articles.
Enlightenment 0.15.4 Fast, flexible and very extensible Window Manager
Eraserhead RPG 0.0.4 RPG/II, RPG/III Compiler
FastGL 0.99z6 A very wonderfull C/C++ graphics library
FreeAmp 1.2.0 Open Source MP3 player
Freeciv 1.8.0 pre 2 Implementation of Civilization II for UNIX/X released under the GPL
FreeWorld BBS 0.2.1 BBS Software for Linux
FreeWRL 0.19 Free VRML browser for Linux
freezetag 0.9.1 Program for Editing of id3 Tags of mp3 files
freshmeat.php3 1.1 Retrieves the latest freshmeat news for a webpage
fvwm_menu_conv 1.2 Perl scripts that convert fvwm2 menus into icewm or blackbox
Galway 0.1.1 Guile-gtk HTML Editor
Ganymede 0.98 GPL'ed Network Directory Management System
GCD 1.5 A cd-player with a gtk+ interface
gcombust 0.1.9 gtk+ frontend for mkisofs and cdrecord
gdict 0.4 GTK Online Dictionary Program
GenPage 1.0b Provides framework for separating content management from layout design
GeoStats 1.0.2 IRC Statistical Services
GIMP Imagemap plug-in 0.5 GIMP plug-in for creation of clickable imagemaps.
Giram 0.0.11 Giram is a modeller, written in GTK+
gnlogin 0.1 A GTK interface to ncpmount.
GnomeTREK 0.2 Search tool for the 1998 Star Trek Encyclopedia.
gnotepad+ 1.1.3 An easy-to-use, yet fairly feature-rich, simple text editor
GNU Plotutils 2.2 Utilities for plotting scientific data
GQ 0.1.9 GTK LDAP client
Graph Lm_Sensors (GLS) 0.02 Makes graphs and html file from lm_sensors output.
Graphic Counter Language 2.10 Programming language for the development of web counters
GREED .4 A utility that can get and resume files from a web site.
Grip 1.5 A gtk-based frontend for CD-rippers
Gsh 0.0.12 Shell with an integrated terminal window.
GTetrinet 0.1 A clone of the game Tetrinet.
GTKWave 1.1.0 Wave viewer for Verilog simulation
GtkZip 0.5a2 A program for maintaining your Iomega Zip drive disks underLinux
GXanim 0.02a GTK+ front end for Xanim movie player
GXedit 1.23 Simple GPL'ed graphical editor using GTK
icewm 0.9.35 Window Manager designed for speed, usability and consistency
id3ed 1.3 ID3 tag editor for mp3 files. Interactive and command line modes.
ipchains-firewall 1.6 Shell script to set up firewalling and IP masq rules for ipchains
ip_masq_icq 0.52 ICQ masquerading module for Linux
IsinGlass 1.18 Firewall setup script designed to protect dial-up users.
JCheckLinks 0.1 HTML hyperlink validator, java, multithreaded
Jetty 2.1.3 HTTP/1.1 Servlet server written in Java
Jikes v0.47 Java compiler that translates Java source into bytecoded instruction sets
Juke 0.2 Curses based juke box program
kbd 0.99 Keytable files and keyboard utilities
KBiff 2.2.8 New mail notification utility for KDE
KDevelop 0.31 KDevelop is a new C++ development environment for Unix/X11.
kdf 0.5.0 KDE frontend to df (status of disks), gives you quick access to all drives.
KIllustrator 0.6.3 Vector drawing program for KDE
kmodbox 0.4.0 Module player for KDE based on MikMod
KNewMail 3.0b6 KDE application designed to check multiple pop3 servers for email.
KPackage 1.2 GUI interface to the RPM and the Debianpackage manager
KPackViewer 0.60 Package viewer to ease package administration
kstock 1.0 BETA Grabs market information from webservers and displays a scroll text
LCDproc 0.4-pre5 Displays system statistics on an external LCD display
libmikmod 3.1.6 Full-featured sound library
libtcp++ 0.0.1c C++ class library to create TCP/IP clients/servers
Linux Scorched Terrareth Alpha 0.003 A Sc*rch*d E*rth clone for Linux
loop 0.2 Console utility
Lowlevel Quicktime Library 0.6.5 Low level Quicktime library for *NIX
Lynx 2.8.2dev20 fully-featured, text-based World Wide Web browser
Mailcrypt 3.5.3 Provides a simple interface topublic key cryptography with PGP
Mason 0.12.0 An automated firewall builder for ipfwadm or ipchains firewalls.
matritsa 0.1.0 A board game for kids
mdate 0.5.4 A freely-available mayan date program
Midnight Commander 4.5.27 Unix file manager and shell
mmusic 0.8.4 Database Frontend to handle large music collections
mod_ssl 2.2.6-1.3.6 Apache Interface to OpenSSL
moiss 0.5 Quantum Monte Carlo simulation program
mon 0.38pre7 Highly configurable service monitoring daemon
moodss 6.5 Modular Object Oriented Dynamic SpreadSheet
Mops 0.42a5 3D modeling environment written in C with Tcl/Tk.
MpegTV Player (mtv) 1.0.8.18 A realtime MPEG Video+Audio player
Muffin 0.8.1 Filtering proxy server for the World Wide Web written entirely in Java
MySQL 3.22.20 SQL (Structured Query Language) database server
Ncurses Hexedit 0.9.3 Ncurses file hex editor - edit/insert/delete/search
net-tools 1.51 Programs that form the base set of the NET-3 networking distribution
opensched 0.0.4 A project scheduling system for Unix systems, with LaTeX and EPS output.
OpenSSL 0.9.2b The Open Source toolkit for Secure Sockets Layer and Transport Layer Security
OpenXML 1.0.4 Pure Java, commercial-grade, fully featured framework for XML-based applications
OSS 3.9.2f Provides sound card drivers for most popular sound cards under Linux
PDAI 0.5.0 Public Domain Artificial Intelligence for Linux, etc.
percy 0.9 Percy, the talking penguin
perldap 1.2.1 Perl C and OO interface to LDAP
pi-address 0.2.13 X11 based Address Manager for Palm Pilot Address DB
pk 0.8.9 An Open-Source POSIX Threads embedded real-time kernel
playcd 1.27 A nice cd-playing tool
Poqqo 0.1 CD Data server
Postfix 19990317 The Postfix MTA
Postilion 0.9.1 A mail user agent based upon the popular TkRat program
procps 2.0.1 A package of utilities which report on the state of the system
psgplay 0.6 Music player for all the old Atari tunes.
QpThread Library for C++ 0.5 Thread library for C++ with support for signals, exceptions, timer etc.
quicklaunch_applet 0.6 Small launcher icons for the GNOME Panel
RAPID 5.12 Commodity and stock graphing for technical analysis trading decisions
Red Hat Linux Starbuck BETA The Red Hat Official Linux distribution
rlinetd 0.3 inetd replacement on acid
rpm.cgi 0.25 A Perl CGI script frontend to the Red Hat Package Management (RPM) System.
rsync 2.3.0 File transfer program to keep remote files into sync
rxtx 1.3-1 rxtx is a native serial library for linux supporting CommAPI
Sarien 0.4.2.6cm5 Play Sierra AGI version 2 and version 3 games like Kings Quest and Space Quest.
savant 1.0 VHDL 93 analyzer/code generator
Services 4.2.1 Provides nick/channel/memo services for IRC networks
sfspatch 2.2.4 The Steganographic File System Kernel Patch
ShareTheNet 2.1.0 Linux router on a floppy. Windows based setup.
shout_tools 0.01.0001 CGI suite for icecast/shout song status/requesting
sitecopy 0.5.0 Maintain remote copies of locally stored web sites
Sketch 0.5.4 Vector drawing program, implemented in python
SkySOUND 0.35.000 Free demo or game oriented MP3 Library
slashdot.php3 1.1 Retrieves the latest slashdot news for a webpage
solariscentral.php3 1.1 Retrieves the latest news from SolarisCentral
SoundTracker 0.1.1 A music tracker for X / GTK+
Soupermail 1.0.3 Generic form to email handler
sqlbind8 0.4.0 SQL backend to Bind 8
SQLWork 1.1 A blatant rip of Oracle's SQL Worksheet for Windows.
Stathosts 1.5 Python app to gather network info and display in web page
sXid 3.2.0 All in one suid/sgid monitoring script written in C
tavrasm 1.03 tavrasm - assembler for the Atmel AVR series of micro-controllers
tcpgate 0.0.1 TCP Proxy/Gateway Daemon
Teaser 19990318 Server for the Teaser and Firecat System
terminatorX 2.3 Realtime Audio Synthesizer (DJ Scratching)
Terraform 0.2.8 Interactive digital terrain (height field) editor/viewer
tgif 4.1.3 Vector-based draw tool
TiMidity++ 2beta-3 Experimental MIDI to WAVE converter
tintin++ 1.73 (T)he k(I)cki(N) (T)ickin d(I)kumud clie(N)t
Toenail 0.1 App to parse menu and output to Blackbox style submenu file.
TrueReality 1999032200 N64 Emulator
TWIG 0.1pre7 A web-based IMAP client written with PHP3
Unix Desktop Environment (UDE) 0.1.10b A new GUI for Unix with a completely new look'n'feel
Uptime 3.00 Keep track of your uptime and compare it with other hosts.
util-linux 2.9o Miscellaneous system utilities
vb2c 0.01 Visual Basic to C/GTK Converter
VFU File Manager 1.46 Extensivelyl featured console (text-mode) file manager.
VM 6.70 Emacs-based mail reader
VMWare Build 103 Allows you to run multiple OS's at the same time (ie: windoze in linux)
vppp 2.1 Virtual PPP channel over a TCP connection with traffic shaping
wcd 2.2.2
Web Secretary 1.3 Web page monitoring software
Webalizer 1.22 Web server log analysis program
WebFetch 0.03 Perl5 module infrastructure to export and retrieve news for web display
WebKNotes wkn0.3076 Web based knowledge notes database written in Perl.
WebSQL for Sybase ASE 1.1 A web based SQL utility.
WMBeats 1.2 InternetTime Clock .. that features UTC and Local Time displays as well as date
wmsound 0.9.4 Sound server package for WindowMaker
wmToshiba.app 0.6.7 WindowMaker dock app. to control the fan on Toshiba laptops.
wmtv 0.6.2 WindowMaker TV dock.app
WWWThreads 3.2 WWW based discussion forums
www_proxy 0.0.3 HTTP proxy with the capability of modifying User-Agent value
xanim 2.80.1 Video Animation Playback for X11
xautolock patchlevel 15 automatic X screen locking/saving
XawTV 2.39 TV application and a few utilities
xcallerid 2.2.0 callerID program that pops up incomingphone numbers in an X-window
Xclasses 0.40.2 pre 3 C++ layout library for the X Window System
XCmail 0.99.7 MIME and POP3 capable mailtool for X11
XEBOT 0.3.01 Multiplatform stand alone GUI with rapid prototyping and external linkage
XML Parser for Java v2.04 XML Parser & Generator for Java
xtell 0.8 Simple messaging client and server, kind of networked write
YAX YUGO System 0.2.0 A basic implementation of the YAX Graphic System
Zgv 3.2 graphic file viewer for VGA and SVGA displays
Zigzag 0.68 A unique hyperstructure kit for Linux
ZMech 0.3.01 State machine development tool
 

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