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Bill Henning has added results for the K6-3 400 and Celeron 400A processors to his Linux kernel compilation benchmark at CPU Review. He has also reorganized things and added a chart of his results (up to 52 processors now).

The Linux Newbie Administrator Guide has been updated, with the contents increasing by a third. It also has a new location, having moved from http://www.magma.ca/~bklimas/ to http://sunsite.auc.dk/linux-newbie/.

Another administration guide recently announced is Linux Administration Made Easy ("LAME"); it aims to produce a comprehensive document on the administration of Linux systems.

A FreeDOS CDROM is now available from SuperAnt, a a Linux and Open Source technology provider and packager. For more information, check out their press release.

More jargon. Eric Raymond has announcedanother release of the Jargon File, incorporating comments brought out by the previous round.

"PC Upgrading and Maintenance" from Smart Computing is reviewed by Rob Slade this week.

Web sites

The home of the "Linux Powered" logo, of which we are very fond, has moved to http://www.ericson.net/linux-logo/, according to Matt Ericson.

Pinguim News is a new daily Linux news site in Portuguese.

User Group News

The first meeting of the Sao Paulo Linux Users Association (LinuxSP) will take place on April 24th. Here is their announcement and their website (in Portuguese).

April 22, 1999

   

 

Software Announcements


Package Version Description
Apache-SSL 1.3.6+1.3.4 Secure Webserver (using SSLeay)
APE 0.2.0 APE Portable Environment for C++ Threads, Sockets, etc.
APRIL 4.2 Agent Process Interaction Language
apsfilter 5.0.1 Intelligent line printer input filter
Arrow 1.0.3 An elegant, powerful, graphical interface to electronic mail
Authen::Smb 0.8 Perl module to authenticate against NT domain servers from UNIX
BBHeadlines 0.0 Displays Web Headlines in the Blackbox Root menu.
Bero Offline Mail 1.0.0
Blender 1.60 Extremely fast and versatile 3D Rendering Package
bookmng 0.11 Turn netscape bookmarks into html files
BootLogo 0.3 A bootmessage generator for Lilo-colors
C-Forge IDE 1.2 Multi-user C/C++ integrated development environment
Catalog 0.5 Build, maintain and display Yahoo! like resources catalogs.
cdcd 0.4.5 A no-nonsense CLI CD player
cdrecord 1.8a21 Allows the creation of both audio and data CDs
chord2html 1.0 A Perl script to convert CHORD input files to HTML
ClanBomber 990417 Bomberman clone for ClanLib (X11 for now).
CMatrix 0.96 Ncurses eye-candy demo like
Code Crusader 2.0.0 complete code development environment, inspired by MetroWerks CodeWarrior
Code Medic 1.0 UNIX Debugging Environment
Collaborative Virtual Workspace 3.1 CVW takes virtual meetings one step further
ConferenceRoom 1.6.7 IRC server with web integration tools
curl 5.7 Tiny command line client for getting data from a URL
DataGate's Connector 1.3 DG Connector is a Web-based Instant Intranet solution.
dbMan 0.0.5b Tk database manager based on Perl, Tk, DBI, DBD (primary for Oracle and PgSQL)
Dead Link Check 0.1.2 Finds information on validity of HTTP references.
debauch 0.3 Memory debugging library that doesn't require recompiling executables
DejaSearch 1.2 DejaSearch is a frontend to DejaNews, the leading Usenet archive
demcd v1.1 CDPlayer for Linux
Dents 0.0.3 Well-designed nameserver which aims to be completely standards comformant
dexios.template 1.4 HTML templating system for Java servlets
dhcp-dns 0.1.5 Update DNS with data from DHCPD
Diald 0.99 Autodial Daemon
Disc-Cover 0.3 Generate covers for audio cds non-interactively using cddb
DLDialog 1.0.9 Displays dialog boxes in terminal and X11 mode to interact with scripts
dnet 0.0.1 A menu-driven frontend to Distributed.net Clients and Personal Proxies for Linux
dnsjava 0.9 Implementation of DNS in Java
Doc++ 3.3.11 Powerful Javadoc like C++ documentation creation tool.
dog 1.2 Buffering replacement for cat
Dr Geo 0.7.7 Interactive Geometry
dti-suche 0.1 A search script for the german dance music index
Dynip.expet 1.0 Expect script to update a web page with your IP address.
e-smith server and gateway 2.02 Open-source software that converts a PC into a Linux Internet server
ECLiPt Virtual Gallery Creator 1.0 Create nice WWW Image Galleries and index pages
Eddie 0.9.0b Robust, clustering, load balancing, redundant, queueing web server frontend.
Empg123 1.0 Allows you to place playlists and mp3's into your Enlightenment root menu
Energymech 2.5.31b9 Bot for irc with eggdrop like features to manage a channel
Executor 2.1-pr0 Allows you to run your Macintosh applications on PCs
Exult 0.07 Ultima 7 world viewer
ez-ipupdate 1.0.1 utility for updating the dynamic DNS service offered at http://www.ez-ip.net
fake identd 1.1 Robust non-forking standalone fake ident daemon
fastjar 0.50.1 Fast jar file creator written in C
Fetchmail 5.0.1 Free, full-featured, robust, well-documented remote-mailretrieval utility
Flying Windows 0.0 A spoof of Microsoft(tm)'s Flying Windows screensaver
Fnorb 1.0 Python CORBA 2.0 ORB
Freeciv 1.8.0 Implementation of Civilization II for UNIX/X released under the GPL
ftpgrab 0.0.4a FTP mirror utility
Galaxy PBW 1.0beta4 Closed-ended turn based multiplayer space strategy war game.
Ganymede 0.99 GPL'ed Network Directory Management System
GEM/3 3.13 GUI desktop environment produced by Digital Research
Genius 0.3.1 An arbitrary precision integer and multiple precision floatingpoint calculator
getIt! redhog.1 Turns a server directory structure into a collapsable tree on a web-page.
ghttpd 1.0 A HTTP daemon, secure, fast, efficient with CGI support
gnlogin 1.0 A GTK interface to ncpmount.
Gnome Websearch Applet 0.4 An applet for the GNOME panel that can search the web.
GnomeICU 0.63 Formerly GtkICQ, now Gnome Internet Communication Utility
Grap 0.0 GRAphical Pipe, a dirt-simple graphical back-end
GREED 0.666 A utility that can get and resume files from a web site.
grepmail 3.8 Searches a normal or gzipped mailbox for a given regularexpression
GtkSheet 7.1 A matrix/grid widget for Gtk+
GtkZip 0.5 A program for maintaining your Iomega Zip drive disks underLinux
Gtuner 0.2 A highly configurable gtk based radio tuner
gView 0.1.3 GTK/ImLib Image Viewer
health 0.01b A module for x86's that lets you see your CPU temp., voltages, etc. in real time
hftpd 0.3.0 alpha All singing, all dancing, ftpd from the great white north.
hotmole 0.8 Bash script to download and forward a user's Hotmail email as a batch job
HTML PLAIN 1.0.3 A revolutionary HTML precompiler
HTML Tidy 15th April 1999 Cleans up HTML source and formats it nicely.
HZIP 1.0 Parser/file stripper that compresses HTMLs by as much as 70%
IceDJ 0.9.2 MP3 streaming and radio station managment suite written in Perl
ICM 0.3 InterAgent Communications Model
icqtech 0.02 A Unix console daemon that assists technical support via ICQ
IDEntify 0.4.2 Extensible Integrated Development Environment
IglooFTP 0.6.1 Graphical and User Friendly FTP CLient
incant 1.3 Command Line and Tk dictionary client
International Kernel Patch 2.2.5.1 Collection of internationally developed crypto for the Linux kernel
ippl 1.4.5 IP Protocols Logger
IPPS 1.0 TCP/IP Port Scanner
IPTraf 1.4.3 An ncurses-based IP LAN monitor
Java HTMLGenerator 1.0 Generate HTML using the Java(tm) programming language
Java Test Driver 1.0 Test driver for Java class libraries
JCheckLinks 0.3 HTML hyperlink validator, java, multithreaded
jEdit 1.6pre1 Powerful text editor
Jetty 2.1.5 HTTP/1.1 Servlet server written in Java
jlclient 1.1 Utility for updating the dynamic DNS services at http://www.justlinux.com
jwhois 1.1 A collection of Perl programs for the whois service
JX 1.1.21 C++ application framework and GUI widget library for X
KDE 1.1.1pre1 Powerful graphical desktop environment for Unix workstations.
kexplorer 0.2 A highly configurable file system Win95-like explorer with many features
KJukeBox 0.1.11 KJukeBox is an MP3 Player which can handle big MP3 archives
kldap 0.3 kldap is a LDAP client (browser) for the KDE
klogic 0.922 Digital circuit simulation in KDE GUI
kmc_utils 0.2.4 Control and grab images from a Kodak Motion Corder high speed camera.
kmpg 0.5.0a A mp3 player for the K Desktop Environment.
kpsql 0.01 A SQL GUI client for PostgreSQL/K Desktop
KTimeMon 0.3a Yet another system usage monitor for KDE, with nifty features.
kwave 0.29.5 A simple digital sound signal editor for KDE
kwintv 0.7.0 Watch TV in a window on your PC screen
LAGII 0.0.4 Linux AGI Interpreter
Lesstif 0.88.1 LGPL'd re-implementation of Motif
libwww 5.2.8 General-purpose client side Web API written in C for Unix and Windows (Win32)
Licq 0.70a Advanced graphical ICQ clone and more for Unix
Light Speed! 1.1 An interactive relativistic simulator
LinCity 1.11 City simulation game for SVGALib/X.
LinGate for Linux 0.0.1 Network gateway software with many facilities.
Linux Virtual Server 0.8 Linux Load Balancing and NAT
Linux-Sna 1.0.7 SNA for Linux
Linuxconf 1.14r4 Sophisticated administrative tool
LinuxGT 1.0 Formerly OpenShare Linux - LinuxGT Features a GUI Installation
LinuxInfo 1.1.0 Gives system information about your Linux system
Listar 0.122a Modular Mailing list management software
Lothar project 0.0.1 Tools for hardware configuration
lpe 1.1.9 Small, fast console mode programming editor
Lua-PSQL 0.5 PostgreSQL Database Driver for Lua-Linux
Lycadican FRPG 0.5 Lycadican Pen and Paper Open Content FRPG Game. A CRPG game is being designed.
MARS 1.3pre4 Java-based network services status monitor
mdmpoold 0.2 simulates linux serial devices on a windows box as serial port
mgstep 0.8.9 An attempt at creating a small lite derivative of GNUstep
mg^2 0.1.10 3D modeller for X11 using Gtk, Glib, Imlib, Gtk glarea, andMesa/OpenGL
mirrordir 0.10.38 Provides mirroring, backup, ftp, secure shell, secure file tranfer
MM 1.0.1 Shared Memory Library
mmusic 0.8.6 Database Frontend to handle large music collections
moodss 6.6 Modular Object Oriented Dynamic SpreadSheet
Mozilla M4 Webbrowser for X11 derived from Netscape Communicator
mp3blaster 2.0b8 Provides interactive playing of mp3 files on a text console
MpegTV Player (mtv) 1.0.8.22 A realtime MPEG Video+Audio player
MRTd 1.5.2 Routing protocol daemon (BGP, RIP, OSPF) and tools
mtr 0.37 Network diagnostic tool
Muddleftpd 1.0 A small, fast configurable ftp server that can run without root.
muLinux 5.0r5 A tiny implementation of Linux, which can reside on a single floppy
musplay 1.0 Allows you to play music on any Xterminal.
ncp 0.1 Copy files quickly inside your LAN
NetSaint 0.0.2p1 A relatively simple active network monitor
News Peruser 4.0beta12 An offline newsreader for Linux and X11
NFTP 1.53 Powerful, full-featured FTP client
Ninja IRC 1.0.8 Yet another ircII based client.
NTP 4.0.92g A time synchronization daemon which keeps your system time accurate.
nullidentd 1.0 Minimal lying identd daemon
nwmail 1.1 Checks pegasus mail, and spools it to local mail
OpenLDAP 1.2.1 LDAP suite of applications and development tools
OpenXML 1.0.6 Pure Java, commercial-grade, fully featured framework for XML-based applications
Oracle Session Manager 0.8 X11 program that can be used to monitor user sessions your Oracle Database
Oracle TableBrowser 0.5 An Oracle Table and Index Browser for X11
OSS 3.9.2i Provides sound card drivers for most popular sound cards under Linux
OWSKiller 3.0.0 Replacement for Oracle Web Server based on Java Servlets
pavuk 0.9pl9 Webgrabber with an optional Xt or GTK GUI
PC/SC Resource Manager 0.101 PC/SC smartcard Resource Manager, applications and drivers
PCI Utilities 1.99.5 Utilities for diagnostics and cofiguration of PCI devices
PEQ Quote Library 041699 The quotation library for Portable Easy Quote (PEQ).
Perlfect Search 2.0 Web site indexer and search engine.
PHPGen 0.4 Small PHP-script for generating PHP frontends to MySQL Databases
PIKT 1.3.0 An innovative new systems administration paradigm
pinfo 0.5.0 Hypertext info file viewer
Pingus 0.12 Lemmings clone with penguins.
pk 0.8.11 An Open-Source POSIX Threads embedded real-time kernel
Postilion 0.9.2 A mail user agent based upon the popular TkRat program
PyGCS 1.3.1 A very stripped down MUD-like chat-server written entirely in Python.
pyrpg 0.0.2 The Python Role Playing Game Engine
PySol 2.12 A Python-based Solitaire card game
Python/XML 0.5.1 Python modules for XML processing.
Q2Java 0.9.3 Allows Quake2 games to be written in Java
Q2sdb 0.3 Quake 2 Server Database with client/server query mechanism.
qps 1.6.8 Displays processes in an X11 window
qrend 0.1 Minimalist raytracer
QuakeLaunch 0.06 Console application to grab Quake servers from master servers
Quick-Tk 0.2 Quick/Visual interface to Tk 4.1 script development
QuickList 0.4.0 MS Works like database application
Rasca 1.2.0 Extended MP3 Player.
Realmlifes 0.02 A fantasy world simulation game with AI
recover 0.1 A utility which automates some steps to undelete a file.
Rosenet Community Calendar 1999.04.01 Interactive Community Calendar for PHP3 and MySQL
SANE 1.0.1 Provides standardized access to anyraster image scanner hardware
Sarien 0.4.2.11 Play Sierra AGI version 2 and version 3 games like Kings Quest and Space Quest.
sdts++ 1.0 C++ toolkit for reading and writing Spatial Data Transfer Standard (SDTS) files
SetIP 0.02 A shell script to make it easy to connect to a Dynamic IP computer.
setiview 0.1.5 ncurses frontend for setiathome
sig_rotate.pl 1.0 A perl script that rotates signature files for you.
Simple Sockets Library Simple C programming interface to sockets
Sing-Along Disc Player for X11 1.3.0 A CD player for Linux X11 with spectrum analyser, mixer and more.
SiteMap 1.7 Creates an HTML SiteMap of your *.*htm* files
SKIRCD 0.4.25 IRC deamon
Slackware 4.0beta2 The Slackware distribution
SMDI 0.0.1 SMDI serial and TCP session protocol as APE library
snarfnews 0.5 Downloads stories from various news sites and converts to text or Pilot format.
Snort 0.99rc6 Libpcap packet sniffer/logger/lightweight IDS
SPITE DR0.1 GTK based utility that helps Eterm users write themes
Squid 2.2.STABLE2 High performance Web proxy cache
squid_redirect 3.0 Filter out animated ad banners from your pages
STAMOS 0.3 Gathers several information about the computer and generates an HTML file
stunnel 3.0 Universal SSL tunnel
syslog-ng 1.1.8 A portable syslogd replacement with enhanced, flexible configuration scheme.
tcpflow 0.12 TCP flow recorder
tgif 4.1.8 Vector-based draw tool
The Linux Console Data 1999.04.15 Data files for the Linux Console Tools
The Linux Console Tools 0.2.0 Allows you to set-up and manipulate theLinux console
think 0.1.2 Outliner and project organizer
TiMidity++ 2.0.0 Experimental MIDI to WAVE converter
TNT Packet Radio Terminal 1.8 A curses-based Packet Radio Terminal for Linux, Solaris, NetBSD.
todo list 0.09 a set of CGI scripts that create a web-based to-do list
tree.pl 1.09 Simple script to generate a html sitemap
Unix Desktop Environment 0.2.0 A new GUI for Unix with a completely new look'n'feel
UPX 0.71 powerful executable packer
VelociGen for Perl 1.1.3 High performance server programminglanguage
VelociGen for Tcl 1.1.3 High performance web server programming using Tcl
vines 2.0 Draw vines on your X or SunView screen
vpnd 1.0.4 Virtual Private Network Daemon - encrypted TCP/IP.
vtun 1.3 Virtual Tunnels over TCP/IP networks.
w3mir 1.0.7 HTTP copying and mirroring program
wcd 2.2.5
Web Secretary 1.31 Web page monitoring software
WebEvent 3.1b6 WebEvent is web calendar software for your web site.
WebMacro Servlet Framework o.85.1 Java server-side web template engine and servletdevelopment framework
WebMail 0.5 Web frontend for Unix system mailboxes
Websphere Application Server IBM Websphere Java Application Server Beta 2.02 Websphere Java Application Server
WIDD 1.0.3c Front-end application to manage databases through an X11interface
WMAmpMenu 0.25 A simple utility that inserts MP3 playlists in your WM root menu.
wmmixer-alsa 0.5 A hack of wmmixer to make it use ALSA (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture)
wmpinboard 0.8.3 Window Maker pinboard dock-app
WTEST 1.1 Web application testing tool
X-10 Heyu 1.25 Home automation with Linux
x11amp-alsa 0.3 ALSA output plugin for x11amp
xhippo 0.8 Gtk-based playlist manager for various UNIX sound players
xinetd 2.1.8.6b5 Powerful inetd replacement
XMovie 1.0.0 Play Quicktime movies in stereo
xmp 2.0.0dev43 A multi-format module player for UNIX
Xringd 1.20 Linux remote control via telephone
XShipWars 0.87 Space-themed universe engine for Internet gaming.
xskijump 3.1 Skijumping game for X
Xtend 1.1 X-10 daemon, homeautomation at your fingertips
xterm Patch #96 A terminal emulator for the X Window System
ya-wipe 0.58.4 Secure file wiper
 

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