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The Open Source Who's Who site, a great reference for finding out who is associated with what project and to commemorate people who have given their time and resources to enrich the Open Source community, is approaching its 1000th listing (over 900 are in the database now). A prize will be awarded to the person submitting the 1000th valid submission. Check out their site for more details.

A variety of Linux training class are now being offered in Central Ohio by LANshark Systems, Inc. Check their training page for more information.

Events

Linus Torvalds will be granted a Doctor of Honors from the School of Mathematics and Science, Stockholm University, according to this press release from the University itself (in Swedish). Tim Lundstrom was kind enough to point out the announcement, as well as to provide a rough translation. The press release mentions that Linus is one of the youngest people ever to receive this recognition and that Linux, for which he is responsible, is praised by scientists around the world.

Dana Diederich has put up a transcript of a session held at Networld+Interop earlier this month. The speakers were Tim O'Reilly, Greg Olson, and David Beckemeyer, talking, of course, about open source software and business. It's an interesting session, worth a read.

Here is a report from the second NetProject Linux conference, held last week in London. Thanks to Alain Williams for writing it up and sending it our way.

Web sites

A website for "Everything about games on Linux", called the Dutch Linuxgames website is available (and in Dutch). English translations of the pages are expected at some point. The site contains reviews, news, how-tos and more and has been updated over the past week. Gerrit Holl, the site author, would very much like to find some Dutch-speaking people who can help him keep the site up-to-date.

User Group News

The Central Ohio LUG will be holding a "Mr. Fixit" session at their upcoming meeting.

May 20, 1999

   

 

Software Announcements


Package Version Description
AccuRev 1.0.5 Cross Platform Configuration Management for Distributed Development
ACPLT/KS 1.0.5 Open and free communication system for Process Control (Engineering)
ACS 0.2.0 GPL licensed multi-line voice response telephony platform
afbackup 3.2 Client-server backup system
aKtion! 0.3.6 KDE video player based on xanim
Alien 6.37 Converts between the rpm, dpkg, stampede slp, andslackware tgz file formats
AMC 0.0.3 Answering Machine Checker
asDrinks 1.7 News headlines from nerd/UNIX type sites in your AfterStep startmenu
aspbm 0.9 AfterStep Phone bill monitor
autorun 1.3 CDROM mounter for beginners and lazy users
bag 0.2.3 bag is used to buffer data
bgcheck 0.4 A process monitor used to limit the amount of background processes
bibtool 1.3 Simple tool to help BibTeX users maintain bibliography files
bigtwo 0.50 Dai-di (Big two) internet card game
Blackjack 0.1 Simple blackjack game for the console
Caitoo 0.6.3 KDE app to get files from the internet
Cashcow 1.0 Library for clearing credit card payments with the Danish PBS system
Catalog 0.10 Build, maintain and display Yahoo! like resources catalogs.
cdar 0.0.1 CD ARchiving utility for backing up to multisession CDRs and CDRWs
CDR-Toaster 0.95 Tk frontend for cd-burning. Uses mkisofs and cdrecord
Cervisia 0.0.1 KDE CVS frontend
CGI++ 0.4 C++ macro-preprocessor for writing CGI/Database applications
CGI::WeT 0.6.4 A set of Perl scripts to allow Web Themeing.
chbg 0.2 Desktop background changer and manager
Cheops 0.60pre2 Network User Interface
ClanBomber 0.8 Bomberman clone for ClanLib (X11 for now).
CMatrix 1.0a Ncurses eye-candy demo like
Coconut Webmail Pro 1.0 Fully featured web based email system
Common UNIX Printing System 1.0b1 Internet Printing System for UNIX
Cooledit 3.10.0 Full featured text editor for the X Window System
Copy Quota 1.0 Utility to copy a user quota to several users
cstream 1.4 dd(1)-like tool, precise bandwidth limiting/reporting, fifo support
CVS 1.10.6 Concurrent Versions System
Dante 1.0.0-pre1 Free socks v4/5 implementation
Darxite 0.2 Controllable daemon that downloads via FTP in the background
DBE 0.97 Easily insert, delete, and update records in a database table.
dbMan 0.0.7pre3 Tk database manager based on Perl, Tk, DBI, DBD (primary for Oracle and PgSQL)
Demi-FTPd 1.2 FTP server with Web conf/admin/monitor and plugins
Disc-Cover 0.6.1 Generate covers for audio cds non-interactively using cddb
DLDialog 1.1.2 Displays dialog boxes in terminal and X11 mode to interact with scripts
DocWiz 0.63 A GUI tool for developing Javadoc documentation
dopewars 1.4.2 Drug dealing game set in New York
DoxPrint Gateway Windows to Netware using Linux Middleware--no client software needed
EasyGTK 0.20 Wrapper library for GTK
egrep-finger 1.26 Extended finger program using extended regular expressions
EiC 4.0 A bytecode C interpreter/compiler
EPIngle 0.4 GTK Builder
EPIwm 0.4 window manager
Etherboot 4.2.1 Source code for making TCP/IP boot ROMs to boot Linux and other OSes
Ethereal 0.6.2 GUI network protocol analyzer
Exim 3.00 Message Transfer Agent for Unix systems
Fake 1.1.2 Utility to switch in backup servers on a LAN
FakeBO 0.4.0 Fakes trojan server responses and logs incoming requests
Faq-O- Matic 2.702 Automatic maintenance of a FAQ
FFTW 2.1.2 The Fastest Fourier Transform in the West
fhttpd 0.4.2 FTP/HTTP server with modules support
Flog 0.50 ftpd log analyzer
flwm 0.24 The Fast Light Window Manager
Fnorb 1.01 Python CORBA 2.0 ORB
Fortify 1.4.2 Provides full strength, 128-bit encryption facilities to Netscape browsers
ftpgrab 0.1.0 FTP mirror utility
G-BOOK DeLUXE 1.1 PERL Based guestbook CGI
Gaby 1.9.4 An address book written in GTK
Gallery Maker 1.1.2 A tool to make HTML galleries from images and thumbnails
Gamora 0.67.0 Java based server construction, hosting, and adminstration architecture.
GATOS 0.0.3 ATI-TV software for Linux.
gdbm 1.8.0 GNU database library for C
gentoo 0.11.6 Two-pane filemanager using GTK+, 100% GUI configurable
gFTP 2.0.1 A multithreaded ftp client for X Windows
GIMP Imagemap plug-in 0.9 GIMP plug-in for creation of clickable imagemaps.
gist 1.0.0 An object-oriented web application platform
GIZMO 0.9 GIZMO 3D Scene Graph Toolkit
Glide 2.60 Glide 2.60 for Voodoo Banshee and Voodoo 3
Glilo 0.3 GTK+ based lilo frontend
GlobeCom Jukebox 3.0pre15 Music jukebox with integrated CDDB aware ripping and groupware functionality
Gmurf 0.3.1 A wave audio processor for Linux to mix and edit waves.
Gnofin 0.5.3 A simple GNOME checkbook application
GNU C library 2.1.1pre3 The GNU C library is used as the C library in the GNU system
GNU Oleo 1.99.3 Free spreadsheet application
gpm-dict 1.1 The universal dictionary for Linux
gpppkill 0.9.18 Ends idle ppp connections
GQ 0.2.1 GTK LDAP client
GQmpeg 0.5.99 A front end to the mpg123 mpeg audio player
Graphic Counter Language 2.20.3.D Programming language for the development of web counters
Graphtool 0.04 Create graphs from Gnumeric files
GREED .8+ BETA2 A utility that can get and resume files from a web site.
Green Frog Linux 0.2a (Keoppi) A small fully featured 2.2.x+devfs/glibc 2.1 based Linux distro.
GTKeyboard 0.4 Graphical Keyboard for the physically disabled
gtkgo 0.0.10 Go game for Linux and Windows
GtkSheet 7.4 A matrix/grid widget for Gtk+
GTKYahoo 0.14 GTK based Yahoo! Pager client
Half-life Server for Linux Half-Life Server for Linux 1.0.0.9 Half-life Dedicated Server for Linux
Heart 0.12 Redundant, distributed cluster technology - part of HA systems
htmlcrunch 0.1 a simple HTML-compressor
IceDJ 0.9.9 MP3 streaming and radio station managment suite written in Perl
icewm 0.9.39 Window Manager designed for speed, usability and consistency
ICI 2.1.2 A dynamic, interpretive language with C-like syntax
Image::Grab 0.9.3 Perl Module to grab images with dynamic URLs from the Internet
ImageMagick 4.2.5 Package for display and interactivemanipulation of images for X11
imgvtopgm 2.0 PNM to Palm Pilot Image Viewer converter
installwatch 0.5.5 Installwatch logs created and modified files during the installation of a progra
IPAD 0.9.00 Intelligent vector drawing package
ipfwadm- wrapper 1.1.2 ipfwadm replacement for 2.2 kernels: translates to ipchains
ITK 0.0.14-pre1 Basic self-contained no-frills toolkit for Xlib.
J'Express Professional 3.1.1 Lets you create multilingual installers and auto-updaters
jed 0.99-5 Powerful editor, terminal and X11 interface
jEdit 1.6pre7 Powerful text editor
JEL 0.8.1 A compiler for one-line expressions into java bytecode.
kexpress 0.2.2 kexpress is a newsreader for KDE. Easy to use, with offline reading.
KisoCD 0.3pre4 KDE frontend for mkisofs and cdrecord
KJukeBox 0.1.14 KJukeBox is an MP3 Player which can handle big MP3 archives
KLyX 0.10.0 A modern approach of writing documents with a computer
kmplot 0.1.0 Mathematical function plotter for the kde-desktop
KMySQL 1.1.2 A MySql client for KDE.
knetmon 0.99pre5 KDE-aware X frontend for many network tools, especially samba
LAGII 0.1.4 Linux AGI Interpreter
lando 0.1 command execution server for UNIX
LibGGI 2.0 Beta 2.1 Generic graphics library running on top of many graphics subsystems
libsmb 19990514 Enables access to SMB shares in any C++ program under Unix
Limo 0.1.3 Configurable replacement for ls
LinGate for Linux 0.0.4 Network gateway software with many facilities.
Linuxconf 1.15r3.1 Sophisticated administrative tool
LinuxGT Server Edition 1.0S Streamlined (textual install) Linux for use as a robust Server
LOOP L O O P 16.843 PC Linux demo, 1st place at Spring Break 1999
lsh 1999-05-11 GPL'd implementation of SSH.
Lynx 2.8.2pre4 fully-featured, text-based World Wide Web browser
maildrop 0.64 maildrop mail filter/mail delivery agent
MARS 1.4pre7 Java-based network services status monitor
mcrypt 2.2.0pre5 A replacement for the old unix crypt(1). Uses several block algorithms.
memwatch 2.59 Memory leak/corruption detection, ANSI-C source code with test program.
mgeupsd 0.5 MGE Pulsar UPS monitor
mgstep 0.1.1.2 An attempt at creating a small lite derivative of GNUstep
midentd 1.6 identd with masquerading support
MM 1.0.3 Shared Memory Library
mmusic 0.9.1 Database Frontend to handle large music collections
MSWordView 0.5.13 Microsoft Word 8 document viewer
Nano-X 0.4 Tiny X replacement for Linux based palmtops and POS units
NetLED 1.2 Monitor connections using your keyboard LEDs.
Netscape Communicator 4.6 All-in-one browser and communications suite
netscape- wrapper 2.1.0 Netscape Communicator 'launching' feature enhancment
Netscape.ad 19990514 Hot Key and Navigation enhancement for Netscape Communicator
Nicq 0.1.0 A different and new kind of icq clone
Nilo 19990517 Network boot Image LOader
NumPres 0.0.3 Caller ID program
OpenBSD 2.5 OpenBSD - Proactively Secure Multiplatform OS. 
OpenCA 0.108a Open Certification Authority Package
Oracletool 0.89 A web based tool for Oracle DBA's written in Perl.
osar Free implementation of 'sar' system reporting suite
OSS 3.9.2l Provides sound card drivers for most popular sound cards under Linux
Paloma 0.81g Relational music/mp3 database system
Panorama 0.11.2 Framework for creating, rendering, and processingthree-dimensional images
pavuk 0.9pl13 Webgrabber with an optional Xt or GTK GUI
PCI Utilities 2.0 Utilities for diagnostics and cofiguration of PCI devices
PEQ Quote Library 051499 The quotation library for Portable Easy Quote (PEQ).
PIKT 1.4.0 An innovative new systems administration paradigm
Pilot-PPP 0.1 Connects your palm pilot to your linux box with PPP
pinfo 0.5.3 Hypertext info file viewer
Popchecker 1.2 Tool for removing large mails on pop servers without downloading
PoPToP v0.8.5 PPTP Server for Linux
PortSentry 0.90 Detects and responds to port scans against a target host inreal-time.
ppmtofb 0.22 Display graphics on universal framebuffer devices.
ppp 2.3.8
PRCS 1.2.14 Provides a way to deal with setsof files and directories as an entity
procinfo 17
Project Ballantain 1.0.0 Yet another single floppy router, dialup<->ethernet+IP masq+dhcpd+diald
PySol 2.13 A Python-based Solitaire card game
Q2Java 0.9.4 Allows Quake2 games to be written in Java
Qstat 2.3d A command-line program that displays the status of Internet Quake servers
QuIRC 0.9.75 X IRC client written in C++ with full Tcl/Tk scripting.
re2c 0.9.1 Fast and flexible lexer generator
RealPlayer G2 alpha Plays streaming audio and video over the Internet
REBOL/Core Messaging Language 2.0 Network-based messaging language
rglclock 1.3.1 Rotating 3D clock
Rio & Mpman 4 Linux v1.06 Upload tools for MpMan portable MP3 players
ripperX 0.96 A graphical interface to cdparanoia and 8hz-mp3
rmcore 1.0 Shell script to list/remove core files
Robot Race 49 An Excellent 90% completed Robo Rally server needing an equivalent client.
Samba 2.0.4a Allows clients toaccess to a server's filespace and printers via SMB
Scintilla 1.0 Source code editing component and tiny IDE for Win32 and GTK+.
ScryMUD 1.9.1 Original MUD Server and Java Client
sfspatch 2.3.2 The Steganographic File System Kernel Patch
sh-utils 1.16j GNU shell programming utilities
shtool 1.2.6 Shell Script Collection
Siag Office 3.1.14 Free office package for Unix
Sketch 0.6.0 Vector drawing program, implemented in python
SkySOUND 0.52.000 Free demo or game oriented MP3 Library
slang 1.3.6 A powerful interpreted language
slap 2.2.4 SmartLabel printing for UNIX
Slashdot Reader 1.18 Slashdot article and comments reader.
SLRN 0.9.5.6 An NNTP based newsreader for Unix, VMS, and OS/2 systems
SMake 1.3.2 Skeleton Make - Makefile Generator
SmallEiffel -0.78Beta#6 The GNU Eiffel Compiler
snarfnews 0.8 Downloads stories from various news sites and converts to text or Pilot format.
Snort 1.0.1 Libpcap packet sniffer/logger/lightweight IDS
Snoweb 0.3 hypertext literate programming mode for xemacs
SpeedyCGI 1.7 Speeds up Perl CGI scripts by running them persistently
SplitFire 1.05 Complete IRC script for IRCII-EPIC.
Sportslog 1.0 Gtk+ application for tracking athletic events such as running and cycling
Spruce 0.3.9 Simple email client coded for X with the Gtk widget set
ssh 2.0.13 Remote Login Program
Superficie 0.5 A program for basic 3D surfaces viewing and manipulation.
Sympa 2.2.5 An efficient multilingual Mailing List Manager.
tavrasm 1.06 Assembler for the Atmel AVR series of micro-controllers
Tcl-GDBI 990517 Tcl extention for accessing mysql database.
textutils 1.22l GNU text file processing utilities
The Cool Zippi Tool 1.2 X-Forms based compression frontend
The Entity Project 990517 An advanced adventure game engine written in Java.
The Linux Image Montage Project pre-1120 Linux Image Montage Project Preview Release
thor.pl 1.0 Thor, the System Monitor
TiK 0.70 Tcl/Tk version of AOL Instant Messenger
tin 1.4-19990517 Curses based threaded NNTP and spool based UseNet newsreader
TkSETI 1.30 A GUI for automated control of the SETI@Home client for UNIX.
TWIG 0.3.2a A web-based IMAP client written with PHP3
UConvert 1.01-p1 A units conversion program with thousdands of possible conversions.
unarj 2.43 arj un-archiver
uparrow 0.6 tcl command loop
VICE 1.0 Versatile Commodore Emulator
ViperDB 0.7 A smaller and faster option to Tripwire
Visual GTK BETA 1.1 A simple IDE to create GTK programs.
VMWare 1.0 Allows you to run multiple OSs at the same time
vpnd 1.0.5 Virtual Private Network Daemon - encrypted TCP/IP.
Web-4M 2.5 Comprehensive collaboration/groupware environment
WebDiary/ ViewMaker 1.4 http://dante.urbanet.ch/~patrick/programm/viewMaker/
WebEvent 3.1 WebEvent is web calendar software for your web site.
WebKNotes 0.3137 Web based knowledge notes database written in Perl.
which 2.5 Show full path of commands
Wisio 0.15 An experimental project for a graphical windowing system
wmGrav 1.3 Simulates several objects acting under gravity.
wmpinboard 0.8.4 Window Maker pinboard dock-app
wmsensors 1.0.3 wmsensors draws graphs of data from your sensor chips
Work report 0.1 Keeps track of your hours of work
WWWOFFLE 2.4d Simple proxy server with special features for use with dial-up internet links
WWWThreads 3.41 WWW based discussion forums
X-Chat 0.9.6 GTK+ Based IRC Client. Alot like AmIRC (Amiga).
X-SETI 0.5 Tk/Expect frontend for the SETI@home UNIX client
X11Spy 0.06 X11Spy is a GTK based Quake3 server browser
XGGI 1.6.1 X server which uses LibGGI to do hardware independent graphics and input
Xplanet 0.1 An Xearth wannabe
XQF 0.8.99.3 QuakeWorld/Quake2 server browser and launcher for Linux/X11
XScreenSaver 3.12 Modular screen saver and locker for the X WindowSystem
XTC 0.1.7 An XTree Clone for Linux and other UNIXes
xterm Patch #103 A terminal emulator for the X Window System
Yacas 1.0 Yet Another Computer Algebra System
Zebra 0.65 Route Server and Route Reflector daemon
Zigzag 0.70 A unique hyperstructure kit for Linux
Zombie 0.70 Library and server for developing networked apps/games.
 

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