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Resources

A new version of the CD Writing HOWTO is available and contains major changes. Unfortunately, the version on Metalab (and thus many mirrors) is out of date, and getting that changed seems to be a problem. Meanwhile, head over to this site for the latest in CD burning wisdom.

The Linux Administrator's Security Guide has been released. The author has chosen to put it out in PDF format only, under a restrictive (no modifications) license. Head over to his site to get a copy.

Events

Alan Cox in Ottawa. The Ottawa Linux Symposium will be held July 22-24 in (surprisingly) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Keynote speakers include Alan Cox and Jes Sorensen.

ZD gets into open source. Ziff-Davis has put out an announcement for its upcoming "Open Source Forum," to be held in Austin, TX on June 30 and July 1, 1999. Speakers include Eric Raymond, Ransom Love, Tim O'Reilly, and Matthew Szulik. As one might expect, this will be a very business-oriented event.

Results from Open Networks 99 Peter Toft sent us a summary of events at the Open Networks 99 gathering held in Copenhagen - a joint production of the Dansk Unix User Group and the Skåne Sjælland Linux User Group. RealVideo clips are available for many of the presentations, several of them are in English (the rest in Swedish or Danish).

There is also a set of photos from Open Networks 99 available at gphoto.org. It looks like a good time was had by all.

Web sites

The Free Software Job Page is exactly that - a page dedicated to listings of jobs working on free software. It is hosted on the GNU project web site.

User Group News

The Virtual Linux Users Group has no physical location. Instead they "meet" via IRC at 8:00 PM CST (GMT - 6) on Wednesdays and Sundays.

May 6, 1999

   

 

Software Announcements


Package Version Description
AbiWord 0.5.5 Fully featured word processor
Acidblood 1.2.9 b1 Full-featured IRC Bot
ACS 0.1.2 GPL licensed multi-line voice response telephony platform
Aegis 3.15 Transaction-based software configuration management system
afbackup pre3.2beta4 Client-server backup system
aKtion! 0.3.5 KDE video player based on xanim
Alfalinux 0.1.0 Slackware Linux on two floppy disks
Alien 6.34 Converts between the rpm, dpkg, stampede slp, andslackware tgz file formats
Apache JServ 1.0b4 Java servlet engine
Argo/UML 0.7 Argo/UML -- Providing Cognitive Support for Object-Oriented Design
ascpu 1.5 A CPU load monitor.
aumix 1.18.3 Color text mode sound mixer with GPM support
Avataria 0.19990502-1 Graphical avatar chat environment
AVFS 0.4 C library add-on, which enables all programs to look insidecompressed files
Berkeley DB 2.7.5 Provides embedded database support for traditional and client/server application
Big Brother 1.2a Highly efficient network monitor
Biglook 0.1 A graphical Toolkit for Bigloo
bnc4all 0.1c full featured FTP protocol bouncer/bouncenetwork
Bugzilla 2.4 mozilla.org's bugtracking system
Bullucks 1.0 alpha Experimental chess program
C-Forge IDE 1.2-3 Multi-user C/C++ integrated development environment
Calamaris 2.24 Statistic tool for Squid, NetCache and relatives
Camden 1.0.0 PHP/MySQL based customer feedback system with real-time chat
CHC 1.0 Columbia House Play Club Catalog Browser
Clustor 2.0 beta Clustor - software for high performance computing
CMatrix 0.98c Ncurses eye-candy demo like
cthugha 1.4 An oscilliscope on acid, displays patterns in sync with music.
curl 5.8 Command line tool for getting data from a URL
cvsd 0.5 cvsd is a chroot/suid wrapper for running a cvs pserver more securely.
Data::Locations 5.0 A virtual file manager which allows to read/write data to and from virtual files
dcd 0.70 Simple command-line CD player
DECnet for Linux 1.91 DECnet socket layer and applications
dhcpcd 1.3.17.pl5 DHCP client daemon for Linux Kernels 2.1.x
Disc-Cover 0.5 Generate covers for audio cds non-interactively using cddb
Display Ghostscript DGS 0.5.6 The Display Ghostscript System for GNUstep.
DND 0.4.0 GUI of Molecular Dynamics
DOSEmu 0.98.6 Application that enables the Linux OS to run many DOS programs
ECLiPt Mirroring Tool 2.1 pre 9 Full-featured mirroring script
Eddie 1.0.0 Robust, clustering, load balancing, redundant, queueing web server frontend.
efingerd 0.9 Another finger daemon for linux
efs 1.0 Extent File System support (read-only)
egrep-finger 1.25 patch Extended finger program using extended regular expressions
Emacspeak 10.0 A full-fledged speech output interface to Emacs
Epop 2.9 Erlang POP3 client/server package
epssplit 1.0.1 A program to split encapsulated postscript files
erikyyyphone 0.99.0 Internet audio conferencing application
Etherboot 4.2.0 Source code for making TCP/IP boot ROMs to boot Linux and other OSes
Ethereal 0.6.0 GUI network protocol analyzer
Extreme Wave 0.2.1 A libre 3d modeler being developed for Linux.
ezbounce 0.85 A very configurable IRC Proxy
fb 1.5 Binary file viewer, editor, and manipulator.
Fetchmail 5.0.3 Free, full-featured, robust, well-documented remote-mailretrieval utility
FreeMarker 1.4.5 HTML templating system for Java servlets
ftpgrab 0.0.6a FTP mirror utility
gaim 0.8.0 GTK based AOL Instant Messenger
GAP Project Announcement A new approach to distributed administration
Geheimnis 0.52 A KDE shell for GPG/PGP2/PGP5
Genius 0.4.0 An arbitrary precision integer and multiple precision floatingpoint calculator
Genpage 1.0b4 Provides framework for separating content management from layout design
getIt! redhog.2 Turns a server directory structure into a collapsable tree on a web-page.
gfcc 0.6 GTK+ firewall (ipchains)
gicqd 0.0.90b GNU ICQ-compatible Server
GlobeCom Jukebox 3.0 pre 14 Music jukebox with integrated CDDB aware ripping and groupware functionality
GMagic 0.01 Realtime property database for UIs
Gmenu2Kmenu 1.1 Script to convert a Gnome panel structure to a KDE panel structure
GNOME Disk Catalog 0.09 Keeps your ZIP disks, floppy disks and CD-ROMs in order
GnomeHack 1.0.2 Nethack for Gnome
GNU Go 2.0 An attempt to distribute a free program to play Go
GNU Prolog 1.1.0 Free Prolog compiler with constraint solving over finite domains
Gqcam 0.1 GTK based QuickPict clone
GREED 0.777 A utility that can get and resume files from a web site.
Green Box 0.01b Next-generation drum machine
GTimer 1.1.3 Scheduler for your personal activities
gView 0.1.4 GTK/ImLib Image Viewer
GXAnim 0.30 GTK+ front end for Xanim movie player
gxsnmp 0.0.11 snmp managment frontend
Hamster Font Manager 1.01 Easy GUI to manage fonts for X11/GS/TeX
hotmole 0.93 Bash script to download and forward a user's Hotmail email as a batch job
HTML PLAIN 1.0.4 A revolutionary HTML precompiler
HuggieTag 0.8.4 Tagline and signature adder for email and news
hwclock 2.7 Read and set the Hardware Clock
Hypermail 2 alpha 20 Mail(box) to HTML converter with threads and MIME support.
IceDJ 0.9.7 MP3 streaming and radio station managment suite written in Perl
IcePref 0.7 A graphical configuration tool for Ice WM written with PyGTK
icewm 0.9.38 Window Manager designed for speed, usability and consistency
IDS POP 0.9.3 A small, fast, and efficient POP3 server.
ip_masq_icq 0.54 ICQ masquerading module for Linux
ircbase 0.7.2 Advanced scriptable detachable GUI-controllable irc client
JChemPaint 0.1 A 2D molecular structure editor written in Java
jed 0.99.4 Powerful editor, terminal and X11 interface
jEdit 1.6pre5 Powerful text editor
jukebox 0.8 Jukebox for mp3-files with html-interface and playerdaemon
kdem 1.0.1 OpenGL Digital Elevation Model (DEM) viewer for the KDE.
Keyes 1.1 Xeyes in the kpanel
KGoodStuff 0.6.2 KDE button-bar like FvwmButtons or tkGoodStuff
Kife 0.1 Frontend for Kinstall data base
Kim 1.2.0.96 The Kim is interactive process manager for OS Linux.
KNewMail 3.1 KDE application designed to check multiple pop3 servers for email.
koffle 0.0.3 wwwoffle cache-browser
KreateCD 0.2.2 Frontend for CD writers using KDE
KRunning 0.1.6 A database manager for your private running events
KSendFax 0.3.2 KDE interface to FAX-packages
Kuninstaller 0.3 Program for uninstalling KDE applications.
KWvDial 0.3 Graphical Re-Implementation of WvDial PPP Dialer Command Line Interface
LAGII 0.1.2 Linux AGI Interpreter
Lazarus 0.0.5 Lazarus Object Pascal IDE
ld.so 1.9.11 ELF dynamic linkers, dynamic linker library and utilities
libcsc 0.1 General Programming Library
Libtool 1.3 GNU libtool is a generic library support script
Licq 0.70c Advanced graphical ICQ clone and more for Unix
Limo 0.1.2 Configurable replacement for ls
Linux Virtual Server 0.9 Linux Load Balancing and NAT
Linuxconf 1.15r2 Sophisticated administrative tool
LinuxInfo 1.1.1 Gives system information about your Linux system
LinuxTaRT 2.28 Feature-rich email signature generator
lm_sensors 2.3.1 LM78 and LM75 drivers
LyX 1.0.2 Advanced LaTeX-based typesetting and text-editing program for X11
MailMan 1.0rc1 Mailing list manager with built in web access
MARS 1.4pre1 Java-based network services status monitor
mcrypt 2.1.18 A replacement for the old unix crypt(1). Uses several block algorithms.
MGA 0.3 Masquerading Gateway Administation script
Minimalist 1.3.4 Minimalist Mailing List Manager
mmake 1.31 mmake will generate a Makefile for your Java programs.
mmusic 0.9.0 Database Frontend to handle large music collections
Moneydance 2.0 Personal finance application written in java
MpegTV Player (mtv) 1.0.9.0 A realtime MPEG Video+Audio player
MRTd 1.6.0A Routing protocol daemon (BGP, RIP, OSPF) and tools
msend 3.0 An implementation of the message send protocol (RFC1312).
MSWordView 0.5.10 Microsoft Word 8 document viewer
MyAdmin 0.4 Fully administer a mysql database from the web
MySQL 3.22.22 SQL (Structured Query Language) database server
naim 0.9.5 Console-mode AOL Instant Messenger client for Linux and compatible unices
netscape-icons 19990504 Netscape Communicator icon set
Netscape.ad 19990504 Hot Key and Navigation enhancement for Netscape Communicator
News Peruser 4.0beta19 An offline newsreader for Linux and X11
Nicq 0.0.5 A different and new kind of icq clone
nmap 2.2-BETA3 Full featured, robust port scanner
ntop 1.1 Network usage monitor
OBM 0.2 Intranet application to help manage a company or a contact database.
Octave 2.0.14
OpenMap 3.2.3 JavaBeans tool kit for building applications/applets with maps
pavuk 0.9pl12 Webgrabber with an optional Xt or GTK GUI
PEQ Quote Library 050499 The quotation library for Portable Easy Quote (PEQ).
PerlHoo 1.1 Yahoo-like Web Directory
pi-address V0.3.1 X11 based Address Manager for Palm Pilot Address DB
pinfo 0.5.2 Hypertext info file viewer
PoPToP 0.8.0 PPTP Server for Linux
Portable Easy Quote 0.7.3 A fortune like random quote displayer
Printing HOWTO database interface 24-Apr-1999 Perl code for driving a printer config tool from the HOWTO's printer database
Pynche 1.0 Color Editor
pyrpg 0.1.1 The Python Role Playing Game Engine
Q2sdb 0.5 Quake 2 Server Database with client/server query mechanism.
Qstat 2.3b A command-line program that displays the status of Internet Quake servers
Quake3: Arena test 1.03 The test version of Quake3: Arena
QVocab 0.20.3 A program to learn the vocabulary of a foreign language
radiusContext 1.52 A RADIUS accounting log analysis package
rdbm 0.9 Reliable database library
recover 0.4 A utility which automates some steps to undelete a file.
Remembrance Agent 2.02 Remembrance Agents are an augmented, associative memory.
Reservation System 0.02 Java Reservation System
riolist 1.1 Builds random play lists for Diamond RIO
ripit 1.3 Front-end for Ripping/Encoding/Tagging MP3s
rlpr 2.01 Print from remote sites to your local printer w/o configuring remote site
rxtx 1.3-3 rxtx is a native serial library for linux supporting CommAPI
sblive 0.1b Linux Driver for SoundBlaster Live! and Live! Value.
Scintilla 0.91 Source code editing component and tiny IDE for Win32 and GTK+.
sdts++ 1.0.2 C++ toolkit for reading and writing Spatial Data Transfer Standard (SDTS) files
Services 4.2.4 Provides nick/channel/memo services for IRC networks
setiherder 0.1b GTK interface to monitor and control multiple SETI@home clients.
sh-utils 1.16h GNU shell programming utilities
Shout plugins 0.3 Netscape helper scripts to listen to Shoutcast in mpg123 or x11amp
shtool 1.2.2 Shell Script Collection
Siag Office 3.1.13 Free office package for Unix
sitecopy 0.6.0 Maintain remote copies of locally stored web sites
SkySOUND v0.48.000 Free demo or game oriented MP3 Library
slang 1.3.5 A powerful interpreted language
Slinux Kernel 1.2 Security Enhanced Linux Kernel
SMake 1.3.0 Skeleton Make - Makefile Generator
SmallEiffel -0.78Beta#5 The GNU Eiffel Compiler
sn 0.2.5 Hassle-free usenet news system for small sites
SNES9x 1.19 Portable, freeware Super Nintendo Entertainment System(SNES) emulator
Snort 1.0 Libpcap packet sniffer/logger/lightweight IDS
SoundTracker 0.1.2 A music tracker for X / GTK+
SpaceThing 0.0.1.2 Internet space life simulator
sudo 1.5.9p1 Provides limited super user priviledges to specific users
SWI-Prolog 3.2.6 Cross-Platform Prolog Compiler and Library
syslog-ng 1.1.12 A portable syslogd replacement with enhanced, flexible configuration scheme.
Tac 0.12 An AOL Instant Messenger client in pure TCL
Tcl/Tk 8.1 A portable scripting environment for Unix, Windows, andMacintosh
The Gimp 1.1.5 The GNU Image Manipulation Program
The Linux Image Montage Project pre-1014 Linux Image Montage Project Preview Release
Tiny Fugue 4.0s1 MUD client
tkMOO-light 0.3.19-dev-05 Powerful cross-platform chat client.
TkSETI 1.24 A GUI for automated control of the SETI@Home client for UNIX.
TkTag 1.0 MP3 tag editor
tn5250 0.13.2 5250 Terminal emulator for Linux, Unix and Win32
Town 1.0.3 Java database API with quick and easy access
treeps 1.1.0 X/Motif graphical process tree visualizer
TrueReality 1999050200 N64 Emulator
Universe 0.11.2 Space Strategy game
utftpd 0.2.0 tftpd daemon with finer grained access control
util-linux 2.9q Miscellaneous system utilities
V-NUT : VRML-Nintendo Utility Toolkit 1.1.1.alpha Tools to help in amateur N64 (Nintendo 64 video game console) development
VK Tools 0.3 MPEG Stream Analyzer
vMac 0.1.9.3 Emulates a Motorola 68000 based Apple Macintosh Plus
VSound 0.1 Allows you to record the audio stream of most sound applications
vtun 1.5 Virtual Tunnels over TCP/IP networks.
WaveLAN/IEEE driver 0.2.6 Kernel network device driver for WaveLAN/IEEE wireless network card
WebEvent 3.1b9 WebEvent is web calendar software for your web site.
WebFetch 0.06 Perl5 module infrastructure to export and retrieve news for web display
webgrep 1.6 HTML check and search utilities
WebMacro Servlet Framework 0.89.1 Java server-side web template engine and servletdevelopment framework
Welcome2L 3.01 Linux ANSI boot logo
whichcap 0.11 Allows Linux capabilities to be used via sudo
Work report 0.1pre Keeps track of your hours of work
wxHTML 0.2 HTML (and richtext viewer) widget for wxWindows 2
wxWindows/GTK 2.1 beta 3 GTK port of the cross-platform wxWindows C++application framework class library
X-Chat 0.9.5 GTK+ Based IRC Client. Alot like AmIRC (Amiga).
X-Mame 0.35b12.1 The Unix version of the Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator
X-SETI 0.3.2 Tk/Expect frontend for the SETI@home UNIX client
XawTV 2.43 TV application and a few utilities
xcallerid 2.2.1 callerID program that pops up incomingphone numbers in an X-window
Xmahjongg 3.0b10 Colorful X solitaire Mah Jongg game
Xref-Speller 0.93.3 C and Java Source Browsing and Advanced Editing for (X)Emacs. X2html conv.
xterm patch #100 A terminal emulator for the X Window System
XTrkCad 2.2.0 Model Railroad CAD program for Linux
yarec 0.65 Console based sample recorder/player
Zebra 0.63 Route Server and Route Reflector daemon
ZNibbles 0.0.6 Networked multiplayer nibbles/snake game for X11/Motif
 

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