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Extreme Linux papers online Last week's Usenix conference included an Extreme Linux (Beowulf clusters and such) workshop. Now, most of the papers and presentations from the workshop are available on the Extreme Linux web site. Check it out for a good view of what is going on in this, well, extreme branch of the Linux community.

Events

Looking for another Linux event this summer? The Ottawa Linux Symposium will be held July 22-24th. Alan Cox will be the primary speaker and Corel and Rebel.com have announced their sponsorship of the event.

Winter Linux World Expo moved. Here is the press release from IDG announcing the change of venue and date for next winter's Linux World Expo. The new event will be held in New York, on February 1-4, 2000. The reason, evidently, is that the event grew too large for the previous venue.

SANS Linux security workshop SANS has issued a call for papers for their "Workshop On Securing Linux," which will be held in San Francisco on December 15 and 16, 1999.

UKUUG Linux conference registration deadline The advance registration deadline for the UKUUG Linux Conference (June 25-26, Birmingham) is this Friday, June 18. Alan Cox has been recently confirmed as a speaker at this event.

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User Group News

"Serving the community" takes on a new meaning on Bainbridge, Island, a community outside Seattle, Washington where computer equipment donated for auction in order to raise money for charity will now be pre-installed with Linux. For an excellent idea to help charities in your area, check out description of the work being done to support the 38th annual Bainbridge Island Rotary Club Auction/Garage Sale by the Kitsap Peninsula Linux User Group (KPLUG).

A mailing list for discussion of UK LUG organizational issues has been created. According to this note from Kevin Taylor, the list is open to anyone involved in the organization of a UK based user group. For more information, check the Lugmasters Homepage.


June 17, 1999

   

 

Software Announcements


Package Version Description
AbiWord 0.7.1 Fully featured word processor
Acrobat Reader 4.0 Acrobat reader for linux and other unices
AddLibs.py 0.1 Allows you to create amusing stories using words you enter.
AfterStep 1.7.111 Window manager for the X/Windows environment with NeXT look and feel
AGuide 0.1.19990612 An AmigaGuide clone written in Perl/Tk
AGX-UserProfile 1.4.0 A 'controlpanel' to configure and administer a Linux box.
Apache JServ 1.0 Java servlet engine
apsfilter 5.1.2 Intelligent line printer input filter
asNews 0.2.5 Simple news retrieving software which shows the news on your desktop
aspbm 1.0 AfterStep Phone bill monitor
aumix 1.22 Color text mode sound mixer with GPM support
autorun 2.0 CDROM mounter for beginners and lazy users
BattleChat 0.9 Chat interface for Blizzard's Battle.Net
bawt 0.3.1 A module-based multi-net/chan C bot expandable via perl.
Bind 8.2.1 T6B Berkeley Internet Name Domain
binutils 2.9.4.0.5 Provides programs to assemble and manipulate binary andobject files.
blink 0.3 a perl script that downloads random jpegs and draws them on your X11 display
boclient 1.3.0-pre BackOrifice and NetBus remote administration client
bookmarker 1.4 WWW based bookmark manager
Cacheability Engine 1.02 CGI/command line script to check Web page cacheability
CCF 990613 Virtual environment for distributed computation
CCFlauncher 990613 Enables remote uses to initiate and join ongoing collaborative sessions
CClinux 1.5 Single floppy linux based on 2.2.x kernels with GNU tools
cd-console 2.1 curses-based cd-player program
CDDBP Proxy 1.3 CDDBP to HTTP proxy.
cdplayer.app 0.4 CD player with CDDB support.
CDR-Toaster 0.99 Tk frontend for cd-burning. Uses mkisofs and cdrecord
cdrecord 1.8a22 Allows the creation of both audio and data CDs
cdrom_speed 2 alpha Small program to select cdrom drive speed
CGI++ 0.7 C++ macro-preprocessor for writing CGI/Database applications
ClanBomber 0.91 Bomberman clone for ClanLib (X11 for now).
ClanLib 0.1.15 The platform independent game SDK.
Coconut Webmail Pro 1.1 Fully featured web based email system
coda 5.2.4 Full featured network filesystem
Code Crusader 2.1.0 complete code development environment, inspired by MetroWerks CodeWarrior
Common UNIX Printing System 1.0b3 Internet Printing System for UNIX
Cooledit 3.11.3 Full featured text editor for the X Window System
ctm 1.2 SNMP interface statistics gatherer
Cuttlefish pushcache 1.0 Push server based on Squid
DAC960 drivers 2.0.1 and 2.2.1 Mylex DAC960 drivers updated!
DECnet for Linux 1.94 DECnet socket layer and applications
DejaSearch 1.4 DejaSearch is a frontend to DejaNews, the leading Usenet archive
dennis 0.09 Automated DNS builder
Diary.py 0.5 Diary is a simple journal program to record daily events, etc.
DND 0.5.1(snap shot) GUI of Molecular Dynamics
Downloader for X 0.97 Downloads files from the Internet via both FTP and HTTP
DreamIrcd 3.2.1 Advanced irc server daemon with lots of enhancements
durep 0.71 Disk Usage Reporter
Dynamic DNS Perl Scripts 0.0.1 A Set of Perl scripts to update a domain using bind8 Dynamic Update Feature
eat 0.1 removes the first X lines from stdin
Edcom Pre v1.0.1 An easy to administer, multiuser, story posting system, written in perl5.
eGTK 0.3.2 Bindings to GTK+ widget toolkit for Eiffel.
Empg123 1.1 Allows you to place playlists and mp3's into your Enlightenment root menu
ext2resize 990615 Resizes ext2 filesystems
Fetchmail 5.0.4 Free, full-featured, robust, well-documented remote-mailretrieval utility
flmake 0.1 Graphical user interface for make , compiler output and nedit
FLTK 1.0.4 C++ user interface toolkit for X and OpenGL
FPSE Clone 0.01 Microsoft Frontpage Server Extensions CLONE (non MS)
FreeWRL 0.20.a1 Free VRML browser for Linux
fryit 0.2.1 Graphical frontend for cdrecord.
fsresize 0.08 Resizes FAT16 and FAT32 filesystems
FTP with Source 1.0 The FTP JavaBean Suite implements the FTP protocol.
Gaby 1.9.7 An address book written in GTK
Galway 0.0.17 Guile-gtk HTML Editor
GameStalker Linux 1.02 Quake II/Quake3A Server Browser
Gamora 0.70.0 Java based server construction, hosting, and adminstration architecture.
gatelogin 1.0.0 Allows a user to login to a gateway and select a server behind the firewall
GCD 2.3 A cd-player with a gtk+ interface
Geheimnis 0.56 A KDE shell for GPG/PGP2/PGP5
getset addressbook 1 Easy to use and extendable addressbook (PIM).
gicqd 0.0.93 GNU ICQ-compatible Server
Giram 0.0.18 Giram is a modeller, written in GTK+
Glilo 0.4 GTK+ based lilo frontend
GMasqdialer 0.99.3 Gnome Client for the Masqdialer System
gMetronome 0.1.0 A metronome written with the GTK+ toolkit.
GMyNews 1.0 MyNews Admin utility for GNOME.
GNOME Media Framework 0.1 Framework for multimedia filter networks
gPhoto 0.3.1 GNU Digital Camera download software
GPI 0.2 A user friendly networked database management system generator
Grec 0.1.0 A file manager to X similar to Midnight Commander
Green Box V0.03 Next-generation drum machine
grepmail 3.9 Searches a normal or gzipped mailbox for a given regularexpression
Grip 2.3 A gtk-based frontend for CD-rippers
Gstring 1.0.0 Guitar tuner
Gtk::Dialog Alpha 3 Simple Perl interface to create dialog boxes with Gtk
GTKWave 1.1.28 Wave viewer for Verilog simulation
Guppi 0.9.0 GNOME application for plotting and analyzing data
HTML::Template 0.03 A simple and fast HTML Template module for Perl
htnews 0.6.4 Email robot for adding news items to a webpage.
Hyperplay 1.3.0x.19990613 Multimedia authoring engine
I-Gear 3.0.2 Internet Content Management Software
icewm 0.9.42 Window Manager designed for speed, usability and consistency
icmpmonitor 1.0 Multiple host monitoring tool
id3ed 1.8 ID3 tag editor for mp3 files. Interactive and command line modes.
IDS POP 0.9.6 A small, fast, and efficient POP3 server.
Image::Grab 0.9.5 Perl Module to grab images with dynamic URLs from the Internet
IPmeter 0.9b A network usage metering and billing application for IP traffic.
ircII 4.4I
ISC DHCP 3.0 Alpha 19990608 Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Client and Server implementation
jack 1.3.1 A console cd-ripper written in python
JCCSP 0.0.0 A JSP (JavaServerPages) source translator (and soon engine)
jEdit 1.7pre3 Powerful text editor
jmk-x11-fonts 2.1 Jim's character-cell fonts for the X Window System
JX 1.1.23 C++ application framework and GUI widget library for X
k12admin-client 0.3.3 A web-based server administration tool for K-12 school systems (client package).
k12admin-server 0.3.2 A web-based server administration tool for K-12 school systems (server package).
KBiff 2.3.8 New mail notification utility for KDE
KDevelop 0.4 KDevelop is a new C++ development environment for Unix/X11.
kfirewall 0.4.0 GUI for ipchains or ipfwadm
Kiosk 0.3b A WWW Based MySQL database manager
Kover 0.4 An easy to use WYSIWYG cd cover printer for KDE
KPackViewer 0.70 Package viewer to ease package administration
Kppp 1.6.14 KDE dialer and front end for pppd
kvideogen 1.2-1 Modeline generator for XFree86
Kvirus 0.5 A board/puzzle game for the KDE Environment.
K_TAG 0.2 An easy to use KDE based TAG editor for MP3 files.
LCDproc 0.4-pre6 Displays system statistics on an external LCD display
lftp 2.0.0 Sophisticated command line based FTP client
libfax 0.3.7 Library for C programs to easily send faxes using external programs.
libmmoss 2.0 Provides Java sound in Linux version of Netscape Communicator
libradio 0.3.2 A simple, easy to use C library to control FM Tuner cards
Libsigc++ 0.8.1 Callback framework for C++
Licq 0.70e Advanced graphical ICQ clone and more for Unix
Limo 0.2.1 Configurable replacement for ls
LinPopup 1.0.2 Linux port of Winpopup, running over Samba.
Linux JVM 1.1.6 IBM incredibly fast JDK for the Linux platform.
Linuxconf 1.16r1 Sophisticated administrative tool
LinuxGT Server Edition BETA 1.02S Full blown server distribution of Linux
LinuxTaRT 2.50 Feature-rich email signature generator
local_reboot 0.1 A small utility to allow unprivileged users to reboot Solaris workstations
LOMAC 0.1 Low Water-Mark Mandatory Access Control for Linux
LoST 0.9 The LOst Space Tracker
Lynx 2.8.3dev.1 fully-featured, text-based World Wide Web browser
maildrop 0.65 maildrop mail filter/mail delivery agent
MailMan 1.0rc2 Mailing list manager with built in web access
man-pages 1.24 The Linux manpages collection
mars_nwe 0.99.pl17 Martin Stovers Netware Emulator
Masqdialer Server 0.5.2 Protocol compatible replacement for Masqdialer server written in C
memwatch 2.60 Memory leak/corruption detection, ANSI-C source code with test program.
Mesa/Vista Enterprise 3.0 Mesa/Vista is an integrated project data management tool.
MiniMate 3.14.0.0.1999061523 Administration tool for MiniVend
mmusic 0.9.2 Database Frontend to handle large music collections
Mobitex Radio Modem Driver 2.3 Network driver for Ericsson Mobidems and other MASC-speaking modems
mod_perl 1.20 Brings together the fullpower of Perl and the Apache HTTP server
Moonshine 0.1 An application development environment for Linux.
mpersistd 0.0.2 Client for Masqdialer that will keep link up when other clients are connected.
mpstat 0.0.6 Helps monitoring SMP machines
mrtg 2.7.5 Multi Router Traffic Grapher
mtr 0.39 Network diagnostic tool
Muac 1.1 A fast (n log(n)) algorithm for the 2D KS test
Muddleftpd 1.1 A small, fast configurable ftp server that can run without root.
Multipack 0.7 Python extension modules for data analysis
m_load 0.3 Tool to load and eject multiple CD-ROMs at once
NcFTP 3.0 beta 19 UNIX application program implementing the File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
NetFerret 0.1b1 Net Ferret is a web search tool with a self-updating search engine list.
netfilter 0.1.1 New NAT/packet-filtering infrastructure for Linux 2.3.5
Netscape Communicator 4.61 All-in-one browser and communications suite
News Peruser 4.0 beta 30 An offline newsreader for Linux and X11
nget 0.4 auto-resuming command line nntp file grabber
nmsms 0.02 Newmail to sms announcer
ORBit 0.4.90 Thin/fast CORBA ORB
OSE 6.0pl9 C++ class library, build environment and documentation tools.
OSS 3.9.2o Provides sound card drivers for most popular sound cards under Linux
Pam-Mysql 0.2 Pam module for MySQL
Perl PDC 1.0 Perl Project Detour Client
PerlSETI 0.3 GUI front end for the SETI@home client, programmed in Perl. Many Statistics.
pgpenvelope 2.6.1 GPG/PGP5 filter for Pine
PHP3 News Script 1.0 Simple website news script written in PHP3 with MySQL backend.
PHP3 Text Counter 1.0 Website hit counter written in PHP3
POP3 with Source 1.0 POP3 provides diverse applications with the ability to receive e-mails
pop3check 0.30 simple program checks a pop3 server to see if you have new mail
PoPToP v0.9.0 PPTP Server for Linux
PostgreSQL 6.5 Robust, next-generation, Object-Relational DBMS(ORDBMS)
PostgreSQL JDBC Driver 6.5 JDBC driver for the PostgreSQL DBS
ppower 0.1.1 Software for listening to and controlling x10 home automation devices.
Printer Port Programming Tool PPPT 0.3 Printer Port Programming Tool
Printerspy 0.9 Perl/Tk tool to monitor printers via SNMP
privtool 0.90 Beta GT005 Sun mailtool replacement with PGP support
pwcheck 0.7 MySQL password authentication for the Cyrus IMAP server.
PyKstat 0.01 Python interface to Solaris kernel statistics
PySol 2.90 A Python-based Solitaire card game
Python/Tk Empire Interface 990603 Cross Platform Empire GUI Client
QDMerge 0.1 A utility to generate documents from a template and data files.
QpThread Library for C++ 0.7 Thread library for C++ with support for signals, exceptions, timer etc.
Qt 2.00beta2 GUI software toolkit
Quotable Homer quotes 19990615 Homer Simpson quotes for `fortune`
Quotesaq 2.01 A quote script with a web interface for Eggdrop IRC bots
RadioActive 0.5 Radio tuner for X11 and Video4Linux
rc 1.6 The shell from Plan 9 and 10th Edition Unix
RearSite 0.5 Tool for updating personal www pages
Remembrance Agent 2.03 Remembrance Agents are an augmented, associative memory.
retepPDF 1.1 A PDF generator library for Java
ripit 1.4 Front-end for Ripping/Encoding/Tagging MP3s
robomod 0.4.0 Perl sripts(s) to moderate newsgruops; multiple moderators support
RSF-1 1.3.1 High Availability software solution for server pairs
Scene 0.1.3 Inventor and VRML toolkit.
sci 0.3.7 A data entry screen builder which works from ASCII templates
SClient 0.6.0 Mud Client for X windows
ScryMUD 1.9.6 Original MUD Server and Java Client
Setedit 0.4.26 An editor for C/C++ programmers with a nice text interface.
SetiStats 0.1.1 Connects to Seti@Home´s stats page and displays current user count, etc.
SKIRCD 0.4.30 IRC deamon
SNMP with Source 1.0 SNMP provides network management framework for enabling and monitoring a network
SoolooScroopt ALPHA-1-0 A flexible, intelligent MP3 playlist manager
SoundTracker 0.1.6 A music tracker for X / GTK+
Sula Primerix II 0.7.13pre2 Extensible multi-server IRC Client for X
swim 0.3.0 Package administration and research tool for Debian
sXid 4.0.0 All in one suid/sgid monitoring script written in C
Syncal 0.7.3 Syncs an ical calendar with a Palm Pilot DateBookDB
tableau 1.38 Perl CGI program to generate and edit HTML tables based on CSV files.
Tcl-GDBI 990611 Tcl extention for accessing mysql database.
tgif 4.1.16 Vector-based draw tool
The Comic Book Database for Linux 0.7.1 Comics helps you keep track of almost every facet of you comic book collection.
The Linux Driver Development Kit (LDDK ) 0.6 LDDK is a Development Kit for Linux Kernel Driver Modules.
The WESP 1.0pre3 The Wesp is a sniffer which displays the packet data as an HTML page.
tixlpq 0.3.8 Nice GUI for printmanagement
tkMOO-light 0.3.19 Powerful cross-platform chat client.
tksmtp 0.2 A simple SMTP client ONLY, no POP3 or IMAP, written in TCL and TK
tkWorld 1.3.b2 Wes's Own Really Lazy Desktop
tkxanim 0.41 Tcl/Tk front end to xanim
TkZip 1.0.12 X front end to standard archiving/compression programs
tk_Brief 2.8 GUI for writing letters with LaTeX
ToyBoxFDTDbezhig 1.0 A 3D FDTD code that adds a variety of features to ToyFDTD.
Trinux 0.51 2-disk distribution that includes network security tools and runs in RAM
TT-News 0.2 A headline-news ticker for the TT news agency (Swedish)
Turbo Vision (Robert Hoehne port) 1.0.6 Nice and complete console TUI (Text User Interface) for C++
Twisted Reality 1.0.0 PR 2 A fully buzzword-compliant roleplaying system.
txt2pdf 2.1 A very flexible and powerful PERL5 converter from text files to PDF
UCD-SNMP 3.6.2 Various tools relating to the Simple Network Managemnet Protocol
UdmSearch 2.1.pre2 Fast WWW search engine for your site
UESQLC 0.3.0 Universal Embedded SQL Compiler for C++
URBAN 1.5.0 A nice shoot-'em-up game for Linux and DOS, lots of blood and gore.
UW Imap Server 4.6beta Univerity of Washington Imap server
VigMeUp 1.0.0 An alarm program for KDE that plays mp3s to wake you up.
w3m 990609 pager/text-based WWW browser
which 2.6 Show full path of commands
Wine 990613 Emulator of the Windows 3.x and Win32 APIs.
Worm Zone 1.32 Worm Zone is a multi-player worm game with Linux, win32 and DOS ports available.
wxHTML 0.2.3 HTML (and richtext viewer) widget for wxWindows 2
wxWindows/GTK 2.1 beta 6 GTK port of the cross-platform wxWindows C++application framework class library
X-SETI 0.8.1 Tk/Expect frontend for the SETI@home UNIX client
XChangeTitle 1.0 1.0 Change X Titlebar names
Xmms 0.9 X MultiMedia System
Xplanet 0.20 An Xearth wannabe
XScreenSaver 3.14 Modular screen saver and locker for the X WindowSystem
xterm Patch #107 A terminal emulator for the X Window System
ya-wipe 0.58.6 Secure file wiper
yafc 0.4.3 Yet Another FTP Client
ZMech 0.4.01 State machine development tool
Zut 1.4 Easy and fast graphical back-end
 

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