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Resources

TheGimp for July. The July issue of TheGimp.com is now available. It includes an article on Gimp scripting in Perl, and a lot of other good stuff, including Annette Scanlon as the Artist of the Month.

Linuxberg theme collection. Linuxberg has announced their new themes collection which contains over 1500 themes. These are all for Window Maker and KDE - there are no GNOME themes there.

Events

Linux at HP World HP World 99 will be held in San Francisco from August 15 to 20. There will be a number of Linux-related events at this conference.

Campus party! Campus Party 2k-1 will be held in southern Spain next week. It is a large celebration of computers in general, with a fair number of Linux events in particular. Looks like fun, even if their web page is unreadable. (Thanks to kernel hacker Rik van Riel, who will be giving a talk there and also reporting on the event in his web diary).

For all of us who could not make it to the Ottawa Linux Symposium, here is Justin Maurer's report from the event.

LinuxWorld has announced the finalists for its "Editors' Choice Awards." They like Caldera and Mandrake, and somehow have managed to Coda and Midnight Commander in competition with each other...

Unix turns 30 - logo wanted Here's another logo contest for the Gimp bashers out there - this one is being run by The Open Group as part of the celebration of the 30th anniversary of Unix. The deadline is August 12.

Ziff-Davis has put out this release on the "Linux Business Expo" which will happen during Comdex in Las Vegas this November.

Open source/open science. The Open Source/Open Science conference, which will be held in New York on October 2, has announced a logo contest for their event. The deadline is August 2.

Web sites

User Friendly BBS. The User Friendly comic strip now has its own bulletin board system that looks like it means to take you right back to the early '80's. Except, of course, that it's running on Linux... (Thanks to "Mike Z.").

July 29, 1999

   

 

Software Announcements


Package Version Description
AccuRev 1.0.7a Cross Platform Configuration Management for Distributed Development
Advanced Playstation Joystick .11.2 Linux Support for Direct Pad Pro interface, NegCon, and Dual Shock Controllers.
Adventure++ 1.9.0 A text-based game creator.
Aldona 0.8.1 Lithuanian keymap utility for the Window Maker dock
AleVT 1.5.0-pre3 Videotext/Teletext decoder and viewer
Alfajor 1.3 Cookie Filter (Python)
AMaViS 0.2.0-pre6 A Mail Virus Scanner, looks for viruses in e-mail attachments
AMessage 0.5 GTK+ rewrite of XMessage
Apache JMeter 1.4 URL bench application
Army Maker 0.1 A GTK/Perl based application to help maintain Warhammer armies.
asbutton 0.3 A dockable application launcher for use in AfterStep.
asmem 1.3 Memory utilization monitor for X.
asNews 0.3.6 Simple news retrieving software which shows the news on your desktop
Aspell .28.1 Intelligent Spell Checker
auth_ldap 1.3.3 LDAP authentication for Apache
autostatus 1.2-beta A fast, hierarchical network monitoring system
Basilisk II 0.7 An attempt at creating a free, portable 68k Mac emulator.
Berlin 0.1.0 distributed windowing system
bidwatcher 0.9.9 tool for eBay users - track and snipe auctions
binutils 2.9.5.0.3 Provides programs to assemble and manipulate binary andobject files.
bk2site 0.7.4 Transforms Netscape bookmark file into yahoo-like website.
blink 0.5 a perl script that downloads random jpegs and draws them on your X11 display
BlueLava 0.3 A CGI-based x10 interface for home automation, etc
BMUD 0.4 GNOME mud client
Bochs 990718 Portable x86 PC emulation software package
bras 0.8.0 rule based command execution with Tcl
BrijnSMS 0.1alpha A web-based authentication front-end to SMS Client written in PHP
C-Forge IDE 1.3-2 Multi-user C/C++ integrated development environment
cadaverserver 0.99.4 realtime artificial intelligence battle game server
CADC 0.4 device driver for cheap serial 8 Channel DAC
Calcium 2.1 powerful & flexible interactive web-based Calendar
Caliban Instant Messaging 0.1 Implementation of OpenPGP-secured Instant Messaging System
CapsiChat 0.19 Multi-user Internet chatbox/haven
CDJ 0.1.0 CD player for DJs
centerICQ 0.01 a textmode-based ICQ clone for Linux
CGI Port Scanner 0.0.1beta CGI Port Scanner
CGI-x10 0.4 Perl/CGI interface to Bottlerocket x10 firecracker software
chbg 0.6 Desktop background changer and manager
chpasswd 1.2 change user password by WWW
cipherczar 0.5b ncurses environment that helps solve simple substitution ciphers
Cistron Radius Server 1.5.4.3 Free Radius Server with many features
CoffeeCup HTML Editor for Linux 4.0 Powerful GTK HTML Editor
cole 2.0.0 A free C OLE library
CompuPic 4.6 build 1008 CompuPic Graphical Digital Content and File Manager for Linux
count.pl 0.1 Text based hit counter for SSI with unique features
crocodiles 0.02 An ISP packet accounting management package
cst-calendar 1.1 Web based, php3/mysql powered organisational calendar
CUP 0.10j CUP is a LALR arser Generator for Java
cursobj 1.0 cursobj gives textbox and label objects to ncurses and more.
cvs2cl.pl 1.114 Generates ChangeLog for any CVS working copy
Dead Link Check 0.3 Finds information on validity of HTTP references.
demcd 2.0.4 CDPlayer for Linux
DGen/SDL 1.17 DGen Sega Genesis emulator, ported to SDL
Diary.py 1.0 Diary is a simple journal program to record daily events, etc.
Digital Media System (DMS) 0.0.1 A streaming floating point audio architecture.
Disc-Cover 0.8.2 Generate covers for audio cds non-interactively using cddb
DiskDrake 0.1 Graphical hard-drive partitioner
distWrap 1.0 rdist wrapper that quickly generates an rdist script.
Drall 0.11.1 Allows users to access their directories and files remotely via a web browser
DynDNS 0.36 Dynamic DNS server
e2fsprogs 1.15 Ext2 Filesystem Utilities
Eaglesp3 0.99 Spice3 simulation upgrade and library for the CadSoft Eagle layout system
EasyStat 2.0 EasyStat is a statistical application for web pages.
ecasound 1.3.1r4 Sound processing, multitrack recording and mixing
Emacs/W3 4.0-pre.44 Full-featured web browser for written entirely in Emacs-lisp
Emperor 1.2.1 conquer all the cities of a world!
ext2resize 1.0.3 Resizes ext2 filesystems
eXtace 1.1.11 ESD FFT visual plugin, eye-candy
failoverd 1.7.2 Provide rudimentary failover capability for Linux
FOP 0.8.3 An XSL formatter written in Java that outputs PDF
Free Pascal Compiler 0.99.12b Turbo Pascal 7.0 and Delphi II compatible 32bit Pascal Compiler
freemed 19990723 Free medical management software in a web browser
freshmeat newsletter to HTML converter 0.2 procmail filter to convert freshmeat email newsletter to HTML
fsync 2.19 file synchronization program written in Perl
FTP Logger 1.3 Perl(CGI) WU-FTPD log analyzer for WEB
FXPy 0.99.55 Python interface to the FOX GUI library
gaddr 1.1 A simple GTK+ Addressbook
GAG 1.31 A graphical boot manager, with a lot of interesting features.
gaim 0.9.5 GTK based AOL Instant Messenger
Galway 0.16 Guile-gtk HTML Editor
Ganymede 0.99.5 GPL'ed Network Directory Management System
Gaspell .28 A Gnome Frontend to Aspell
gchbkgrd 0.9.3b Program to constantly change the desktop's background
gd 1.6.2 A library used to create GIF images
Getleft 0.5.2 Tcl/Tk site grabber powered by Curl
gfirecracker 0.1.0 Gtk control panel for the X-10 Firecracker
GFlash 0.0.3 A testing/Flashcard application for Linux
ghost_edit 0.2-1 A fast and simple GTK-based host table editor
GHX 3.0 GTK clone of the Hotline software
Giram GnomePM 0.1.3-2 Giram is a modeller, written in GTK+
GISM 0.5.3 GISM Implements Stacked Monitors in a single process.
Glacier 0.0.2 Another e-mail client for Gnome.
glFtpD 1.16.8 FTP Daemon for Linux. Great program for an ISP or anyone!
glTron 0.31 tron-like game with a 3D view
Gnofin 0.6.0 A simple GNOME checkbook application
GnoMail 0.0.3 GnoMail is a yet another GNOME email client.
gnomba 0.1 Gnome Samba Browser
GnomeHack 1.0.3 Nethack for Gnome
GnomePM 0.1.3-3 GNOME equivilent of the Yahoo! (C) Java Portfolio Manager
gnotepad+ 1.2.0pre1 An easy-to-use, yet fairly feature-rich, simple text editor
GNotes! 1.63 A nifty GNOME Panel applet that allows you to create notes on your desktop.
GNU make 3.77.91 Controls the generation of executables and other non-source files
GNU Privacy Guard 0.9.9 GPLed PGP replacement tool
GNU Pth 1.0.2 GNU Portable Threads
GNU shtool 1.4.5 Shell Script Collection
GNU Trueprint 5.0 A program for printing source code in a variety of languages to ps printers
good-dog 1.5 better than cat
gphoto 0.3.5 GNU Digital Camera download software
GProc 0.1.0 Managing process from the Gnome panel
GQuiz 1.01 GTK+ based tool for helping with memorization
GRASS 5.0beta2 Public Domain GIS software
Green Frog Linux 0.3a (Foggles) A small fully featured 2.2.x+devfs/glibc 2.1 based Linux distro.
GSFV 0.1 Simple File Verification (.sfv)
Gsh 0.1.2 Shell with an integrated terminal window.
GTK File Browser 0.30 Small, fast, lightweight, GTK File Browser
GtkBalls 1.05pre1 GtkBalls is a simple logic game.
GtkComboButton 0.3 A Combobutton for GTK+
GTKML 0.1 A proposed XML markup language for describing GTK user interfaces
GtkPlot 3.0 2D Scientific plots widget for Gtk+
GtkSheet 7.8 A matrix/grid widget for Gtk+
GTKstep 1.7 Improves the default look and feel of the GTK+ widget set
GTKtalog 0.02 Fast Disk Catalog using a friendly interface with powerfull file research module
GtkX10 0.1.1 GTK app for controlling X10 devices from a Firecracker device
gx10 0.4.0 X10 controller
HSX 99/07/28 Hotline Server clone for Unix
HTML::Embperl 1.2b5 Embed Perl into HTML Pages with a lot of features especialy for dynamic webpage
HTMLPerlSETI 0.6 Display SETI@home client statistics in an HTML table.
ibs 0.3.1 The intelligent backup system for Debian GNU/Linux.
ICRadius 0.7 Powerful cross platform radius server
IglooFTP PRO 0.9.0 Powerfull and User Friendly FTP client
Ilib 1.1.3 Image manipulation library for reading and writing images
indent 2.2.0 GNU indenting program
InfView 0.2.4 TUI info files viewer, good replacement for info with nice user interface
Insight 19990727 tcl/tk based GUI for GDB
Install-Sendmail 5.0 install-sendmail will configure sendmail and fetchmail for you.
IPAD 0.9.02 Intelligent vector drawing package
IPTraf 2.0.2 An ncurses-based IP LAN monitor
ir 1.0 Program to control Chris Dodge's IR device via command line, email, web, or cron
IR Remote Control driver for FlyVideo98 0.0.3 driver for the IR remote control in the FlyVideo'98 TV card
irssi 0.7.13 GTK+ based IRC client with GNOME panel support
ISIC 0.02 Sends controlled, semi-random packets to test IP Stacks and Firewalls
ISPd pre-beta Billing/user management software for ISPs
Java-Log 0.6 Java logging and tracing class library
jdresolve 0.5 Resolves IP addresses into hostnames. Supports Apache logs and recursion.
jdwhatsnew 0.2 CGI/cron combo to check for updates on sites. full web interface.
jedstate 0.5.1 Add-on for the jed text editor
Jetty 2.2.3 HTTP/1.1 Servlet server written in Java
JLex 1.2.4 A lexical analyzer generator, written for Java, in Java.
Joy2Key 1.5 Translate joystick movements into keyboard events (X and console)
jpilot 0.92 Palm pilot desktop software for Linux
JSetiTracker 1.1 Java Add-On Client for SETI@home
jwhois 2.0 A collection of Perl programs for the whois service
Keystone 0.60.02 Web-based problem tracking system, rewrite of an older system called PTS
KFibs 1.0.2 KFibs is a KDE client for FIBS.
kfirewall 0.4.2 GUI for ipchains or ipfwadm
kidSister 0.96 a task management application geared towards programmers
King of the Hill 0.7 Full client/server multiplayer artillery game in the scorched earth tradition
Kinstall 0.4 Program installator from source
krumple KDE Installation SyStem Installer Generator
ksysv 1.0.0pre1 editor for System V Init configurations
KVIrc 1.0.0 beta 2 Enhanced visual IRC client for X11/KDE
KWebDev 0.04 Web Development Environment
lando 0.2 command execution server for UNIX
lasteject 0.1 Eject CD on reboot/halt
Lazarus 0.1 Lazarus Object Pascal IDE
lb 1.0 Quick and Dirty Load-Balancing System in Perl
LCDproc v0.4-pre7 Displays system statistics on an external LCD display
LeakTracer 1.5 Trace memory leaks in C++ programs
lftp 2.0.3 Sophisticated command line based FTP client
libdatablk 0.99.1 A MOO-like flat type library for C
libical 0.10 Library for iCal protocols: iCAL core, iTIP, iMIP, iRIP, CAP
libRPG 1.0.0 A library for making RPG/Adventure games.
Licq 0.70g Advanced graphical ICQ clone and more for Unix
LilyPond 1.2.0 The GNU Project music typesetter
Linux Trace Toolkit 990721 Catalogs system events in minute detail.
Linuxconf 1.16r1.3 Sophisticated administrative tool
LiSt Directory 0.01 lists files & subdirectories recursively in a list format
LT XML 1.1 A set of XML tools and a developers' toolkit (in C)
Mailcrypt 3.5.4 Provides a simple interface topublic key cryptography with PGP
Majik 3D 0.00/M2 An online role-playing world
MakeEnv 0.1 Graphical front-end for make using GTK+
man-pages 1.25 The Linux manpages collection
Masqdialer Server 0.5.5 Protocol compatible replacement for Masqdialer server written in C
Mobitex Radio Modem Driver 2.5 Network driver for Ericsson Mobidems and other MASC-speaking modems
Modeline 0.5.0 A small utility to make XFree86/svgalib/framebuffer modelines.
mod_backhand 1.0 Local-area, heterogeneous web cluster load balancing module for Apache.
mod_ssl 2.3.10-1.3.6 Apache Interface to OpenSSL
Moneydance 2.0.3 Personal finance application written in java
moodss 8.0 Modular Object Oriented Dynamic SpreadSheet
Moonshine 0.1.4 An application development environment for Linux.
mp3blaster 2.0b11 Provides interactive playing of mp3 files on a text console
MP3c 0.19 Audio-CD to MP3-Converter, with use of CDDB. Included GUI and cmdline-support
Mp3Jukebox 0.1.1 Internet/Web-based Mp3Jukebox
MpegTV Player (mtv) 1.1.0.0 A realtime MPEG Video+Audio player
mrtg 2.8.6 Multi Router Traffic Grapher
MyGuestbook 0.7.1 A simple Guestbook using PHP3 and MySQL, several languages supported
Naken Chat 1.07 Chat Server ported from Javachat
netbusd 0.1 netbuster clone for unix
netfilter 0.1.3.1 New NAT/packet-filtering infrastructure for Linux 2.3.5
Network Attached Secure Disk 1.1 Network-attached storage prototype
NewsForum 1.3.1 NewsForum - Put your news on the web
NowPlaying! 0.3-1 MP3 Server program that works with 'mpg123'
ntron 1.7pre1 A perl5 IRC bot in the early stages of development.
Nubell Client 0.9 Nubell Client is a Novell Client in TCL/TK
OnCue 19990722 Stage Lighting Controller Software
Open GRiD 0.1.1 A project to create Open Global Ranking Search Engine and Directory (Open GRiD)
OSS 3.9.2p Provides sound card drivers for most popular sound cards under Linux
Pagecast 1.1.0 Automates submitting lists of URL's to various Internet search engines.
passwdd 0.04 Password synchronization server/client
pavuk 0.9pl18 Webgrabber with an optional Xt or GTK GUI
pBuilder 1.00 Project Management System
Penguineyes 0.9 Linux-ified version of Xeyes written with GTK+ and Imlib
perlbot 1.0.1 An IRC bot in Perl written with simplicity in mind
PhoneLog 1.6.2 A small program that helps you see who's calling.
PHP 3.0.12 HTML-embedded scripting language
PHP ircd 0.3.1 IRC server written in PHP
pidentd 3.0.5 Daemon implementing the IDENT (RFC1413) protocol
PIKT 1.6.0 An innovative new systems administration paradigm
pop3check 0.90.3 simple program checks a pop3 server to see if you have new mail
POSIX 1003.1b clock/timer patch 2.3.11 Kernel patch to provide POSIX 1003.1b clocks and timers
povfront 1.0 GTK+ graphical interface for povray
ppp 2.3.9-pre
ppstats-rc5 7.0 Distributed.Net Bovine RC5-64 Personal Proxy Statistics
ptkrip 0.7 Perl/Tk frontend to cdparanoia and bladeenc
Public Bookmark Generator 0.4.1 Generate a public bookmark (selected items) out of your bookmarks
PURP 0.9.1 An ncurses-based RPM-manager
pvmsync 0.40 (lib-1.1.40) extends POSIX-like synchronization mechanisms to a Linux Beowulf cluster
QScheme 0.2.1 Really fast, small and easy to interface Scheme interpreter
Qt 2.0.1 GUI software toolkit
QtEZ 0.80.1 Qt based rapid application development environment
Quake3: Arena test 1.07 The test version of Quake3: Arena
Qutar 0.98 QT interface for tar
radio-spase 1.0 SPASE PCRadio V4L device driver
rblfilter 1.0.0 Checks E-mail against RBL lists
RegExplorer 0.1.1 Regular Expression Explorer
rglclock 1.3.4 Rotating 3D clock
Rio and Mpman Rio V1.07 Upload tools for MpMan portable MP3 players
rlinetd 0.4 inetd replacement on acid
RPGBoard 2.04 A WWWBoard-style message board script.
Ruby 1.3.6 An object-oriented language for quick and easy programming
RXP 1.1 Validating XML parser in C
Samba 2.0.5a Allows clients toaccess to a server's filespace and printers via SMB
Sarah Tracker 0.3 Program to create music with samples
Sarien 0.4.7 Play Sierra AGI version 2 and version 3 games like Kings Quest and Space Quest.
sim2181 0.10 Simulator for Analog Devices ADSP-2181 DSPs
Small Linux 0.7.1 Three diskette distribution that uses less than 4 megs of RAM
SMAUG 1.4 Ultimate Medieval-Style MUD Codebase
SmIRC 0.70 IRC client based on the Motif widget set.
SMTP::Server 1.0 A complete, extensible, RFC compliant SMTP server written in Perl
snarf Command-line URL retrieval tool with some unique features.
SoundTracker 0.1.9 A music tracker for X / GTK+
SplitFire 1.15 Complete IRC script for IRCII-EPIC.
ssct 1.0.0 Spell checks a word, then translates the result(s)
Sticker Book 0.1.1 Place stickers on a background scene
Strip 0.3 Secure password and account manager for Palm Pilots.
stunnel 3.4a Universal SSL tunnel
suck 4.2.2 Grabs news from a remote NNTP news server
Sula Primerix II 0.09.1f Extensible multi-server IRC Client for X
susi pre-072799 An easy user-interface management
Swift Generator 0.10.2 Dynamic Flash content generator.
SWISH++ 3.0 File indexing and searching engine (typically used for web servers).
sysinfo.app 0.4.0 A process manager designed for use with Window Maker.
tar 1.13.5 utility used to store, backup, and transport files.
tavrasm 1.08 Assembler for the Atmel AVR series of micro-controllers
tclHTML .05 An HTML editor coded in Tcl/TK.
TeleGNOME 0.0.4 Program to view 'Teletekst'-pages over the Internet
terminatorX 3.2 Realtime Audio Synthesizer (DJ Scratching)
textutils 1.22n GNU text file processing utilities
The Global File System 19990720 A Shared Disk File System for Linux
The Linux Image Montage Project pre-1330 Linux Image Montage Project Preview Release
The Locomotive 4.2 java based servlet compatible web application server (runs on linux)
The Witty CD Player 0.0.3 CD Player with oversampling
THUD 0.16 Cycle-based Scheme-HDL register-transfer level simulator
TiK 0.75 Tcl/Tk version of AOL Instant Messenger
tin pre1.4-1990624 Curses based threaded NNTP and spool based UseNet newsreader
tkvnc 0.6 Button pallette for AT&T's VNC remote control software
TreeMultimap 1.0 A Java class derived from java.util.TreeMap which allows nonunique keys
treeps 1.1.1 X/Motif graphical process tree visualizer
Trf 1.8 Filtering channels for Tcl, MAC, Encryption, Error correction, various encodings
TT-News 0.2.3 A headline-news ticker for the TT news agency (Swedish)
TwinTRIS .5 Multiplayer tetris clone for all Unix boxes
Unix Desktop Environment 0.2.5b-BETA A new GUI for Unix with a completely new look'n'feel
UnrealIRCd 2.1.1 Advanced IRC daemon based off EliteIRCd with numerous of new features
UrlRec v 0.1 Keeps urls and make a bookmark file to use with any browser
util-linux 2.9v Miscellaneous system utilities
Vim 5.4 Popular vi clone that features syntax highlighting and an X11 interface
VMWare 1.0.3 Allows you to run multiple OSs at the same time
vsa 0.8 Visual Sound Analyzer
WAILI: Wavelets with Integer Lifting C++ wavelet transform library targeted at image processing
WaveLAN/IEEE driver 0.2.7 Kernel network device driver for WaveLAN/IEEE wireless network card
wavnorm , nplay, nrecord 0.4 Maximize the volume of 16 bit stereo wav files
Webalizer 1.3.0-04 Web server log analysis program
WHAMp 0.4 An mpg123 frontend using the gtk-toolkit
whowatch 1.1 Console program which displays in real time list of logged users.
Window Maker Theme Install 0.4 Window Maker theme installation program written in Gtk
wings mp3.app 0.5 MP3 player
wmflame 0.60 A windowmaker dock applet that draws flames.
WMNetMon 0.2p2 A WindowMaker dockable network host monitoring tool using ICMP pings.
X ARCHON 0.02 A clone of the classic ARCHON game
X-Chat 1.1.5 GTK+ Based IRC Client. Alot like AmIRC (Amiga).
X-Mame 0.36b1.1 The Unix version of the Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator
X-Tract Build 212 XML Script processor
XFree86 3.3.4 Freely redistributable implementation of the X Window System
XML::Parser 2.26 XML Parser module for perl based on James Clark's expat lib
XSane 0.30 A GTK-based X11 frontend for SANE, also a GIMP plugin
XSet 1.1.1 Fast in memory XML search engine in Java
xslt-parser 0.1 First Perl XSL-T Parser.
XTC 0.1.8 An XTree Clone for Linux and other UNIXes
XTux 0.2 Humorous Arcade game for X
Yacas 1.0.5 Yet Another Computer Algebra System
yafc 0.4.5 Yet Another FTP Client
Zebra 0.74 Route Server and Route Reflector daemon
Zope 2.0.0b1 Web application platform used for building high-performance, dynamic web sites.
 

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