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System admin class slides available. Eklektix has put online the slides from the LinuxWorld tutorial on "Linux system administration in large network environments" that was presented by LWN editors Liz Coolbaugh and Jonathan Corbet.

AboutLinux.com launched. Bill Henning, the person behind CPUReview, has launced a new site called AboutLinux.com. Check it out for articles and reviews about our favorite OS.

The Linux Documentation Project has a new home. All the goodies you have come to expect from LDP can now be found at www.linuxdoc.org. All of the LDP mailing lists will be moving to lists.linuxdoc.org as well.

Funding free software development. The The Uber Collective is being set up as a nonprofit organization which intends to help fund the work of free software developers. We wish them luck.

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IBM's has established a Linux Developer's resource page. It contains links to news, development information, etc. related to Linux. (Thanks to Mike Gerdts)

August 19, 1999

   

 

Software Announcements


Package Version Description
Acidblood 1.2.9 Full-featured IRC Bot
adzapper 0.1.26 HTTP proxy that filters ads
AIDE 0.2 Free replacement for Tripwire(tm)
aimirc 0.11 AOL Instant Messenger to Internet Relay Chat gateway
alarm applet 0.7 Simple alarm for the GNOME panel
Alfajor 1.4 Cookie Filter (Python)
ALSA driver 0.4.0 An alternative implementation of Kernel sound support
AlsaPlayer 0.99.26 PCM (audio) player for Linux/ALSA
Altima 0.2.0 A free version of the Ultima online
AMC Mail Client 0.0.1 Gnome-Integrated Mail Client
Anachronism 0.2 RTS strategy
Apache::Archive 0.1 Allow users to view/download component parts of archive files
argtable 1.2 C/C++ programmer's library for processing command line arguments.
Aurora redhog.6 Graphical init controller for Linux
barrendero 1.0 Program for keeping free space in the mail spool dir
BASS 1.0.7 Bulk Auditing Security Scanner
bibtool 1.4 Simple tool to help BibTeX users maintain bibliography files
Blackbox 0.51.0 WindowManager for X11 written in C++
bnc4all 0.3 full featured FTP protocol bouncer/bouncenetwork
Cd Backup C++ v0.1b Backups files onto multipule CDs.
cdrecord 1.8a24 Allows the creation of both audio and data CDs
centerICQ 1.0.X a textmode-based ICQ clone for Linux
cgvg 1.5 Tools for command-line source browsing.
CLPQ 0.3 Console Printer Queue Program
code2html 0.8.0 Converts a program's source code to syntax highlighted HTML
Colortail 0.3.0 Colorized tail.
CompuPic 4.6 build 1015 CompuPic Graphical Digital Content and File Manager for Linux
Coral Tree Library Set 1.4.0 Set of abstraction libraries covering both UNIX and Win32
ctDSM 1.4.0 C++ Library-Based Distributed Shared Memory
ctNET 1.4.0 Networking abstraction portion of Coral Tree Library Set
curl 5.10 Command line tool for getting data from a URL
dcd 0.80 Simple command-line CD player
DECnet for Linux 2.01 DECnet socket layer and applications
Dejafilter 0.03 Content-filtering CGI-based proxy script for Deja.com queries
demcd 2.0.6 CDPlayer for Linux
Disc-Cover 0.8.5 Generate covers for audio cds non-interactively using cddb
DizzyICQ 0.16 ICQ clone for console text, ncurses/icqlib based.
Dlint 1.3.3 A Domain Name Server Verification Utility
dNotes 0.3 Java based notes collector
ecasound 1.4.6r5 Sound processing, multitrack recording and mixing
elm2mutt 1.1 Converts email aliases from Elm to Mutt
email2sms 0.50 e-mail to SMS Perl filter with text compression and MIME support
Endeavour 1.02 Linux/X File and Image Browser
Epeios 19990816 Collection of general purposes C++ libraries working under UNIX and Windows.
Ethereal 0.7.2 GUI network protocol analyzer
ez-ipupdate 2.0.0 utility for updating the dynamic DNS service offered at http://www.ez-ip.net
Fastresolve 2.2 Fast log file IP address resolver and utilities
FCheck 2.07.38 2.07.38 Server Policy Enforcement / Intrusion Detection
Fortify 1.4.4 Provides full strength, 128-bit encryption facilities to Netscape browsers
FORUM 2.0.5 Another PHP3/Mysql forum with some nifty features
FOX 0.99.61 C++-Based Library for Graphical User Interface Development
FreeBSD 4.0-19990816-CURRENT A stable secure open source operating system.
FREEdraft 0.38 2D mechanical cad project
freemed 19990818 Free medical management software in a web browser
FreeWRL 0.20 Free VRML browser for Linux
fryit 0.3.4 Graphical frontend for cdrecord.
FTP4ALL 3.002 FTP server program for UNIX systems
FVWM 2.2.2 The classic highly configurable virtual window manager
FXPy 0.99.63 Python interface to the FOX GUI library
Gaby 1.9.8 An address book written in GTK
Galway 0.19 Guile-gtk HTML Editor
GBuffy 0.2.2 A GTK+ multiple mailbox monitor program
gcc 2.95.1
GdkMagick 0.1 Image conversion and communication library for the ImageMagick and GDK toolkits
Geheimnis 0.66 A KDE shell for GPG/PGP2/PGP5
Getleft 0.6 Tcl/Tk site grabber powered by Curl
getpost 0.1 Retrieve a single news posting by Message-ID
gfcc 0.7.1 GTK+ firewall (ipchains)
gicqd 0.0.94b GNU ICQ-compatible Server
GIP 0.1 Make installation/uninstallation easier
Giram 0.1.1 Giram is a modeller, written in GTK+
GKrellM 0.6.1 System monitor package
glTron 0.41 tron-like game with a 3D view
Gnome Toaster 08-17-99 create CDRs the easy way with Gnome/Gtk
GnomePM 0.3.0 GNOME equivilent of the Yahoo! (C) Java Portfolio Manager
GNU Pth 1.1b7 GNU Portable Threads
gnumaniak 1.5 Various man pages for GNU utils packages
gomenu 0.01 Menu script (bash/ksh) allows dynamic menu and help editing.
GProc 0.2.5 Managing process from the Gnome panel
gsndconfig 0.4 gsndconfig is a sound configurator written in Gtk+ 1.2.
GtkPlot 4.0 2D Scientific plots widget for Gtk+
gtkpool 0.3.2 Simple GTK+ pool game
GtkSheet 7.10 A matrix/grid widget for Gtk+
gView 0.1.9 GTK/ImLib Image Viewer
HaruspeX 4.0 Visual environment for image databases
htmlPARSER 0.9 beta 1 htmlPARSER is a set of python classes which parse HTML templates
Humanoid 0.3.5.30 A pure Java arcade video game clone of the classic
ibs 0.3.4 The intelligent backup system for Debian GNU/Linux.
IcePref 0.10 A graphical configuration tool for Ice WM written with PyGTK
icewm 0.9.46 Window Manager designed for speed, usability and consistency
infobot 0.44.2 Pseudo-AI IRC bot written in Perl
Instant Mounter 0.2 alpha GNOME Application to mount/umount multiple drives with a click.
Intelligent TETRIS 1.5.3a A tetris clone for SVGAlib or X11
International Kernel Patch 2.2.11.2 Collection of internationally developed crypto for the Linux kernel
jdfetch 0.3.0 A set of tools to fetch and format news boxes
jdresolve 0.5.1 Resolves IP addresses into hostnames. Supports Apache logs and recursion.
JetSpeed .006 An OpenSource GroupWare/Portal
JFreshmeat-NNTP 0.0.1 Java NNTP-based Freshmeat announcement retriever
jpilot 0.93 Palm pilot desktop software for Linux
kdesu 0.95 A KDE front end to the UNIX su(1) command.
Kmap 0.4 Nmap port-scanner frontend for QT/KDE
le editor 1.5.3 Text editor with powerful block operations, similar to NE.
lftp 2.0.4 Sophisticated command line based FTP client
libavl 1.4.0 Iterative AVL tree library with threaded variants
libcdaudio 0.99.1 A versatile multiplatform CD player library supporing CDDB and CD Index
Libgraph 0.0.2 A library to build graphs in gif format.
libical 0.11a Library for iCal protocols: iCAL core, iTIP, iMIP, iRIP, CAP
liboop 0.3 Low-level event loop dispatcher.
libradio 0.3.4 A simple, easy to use C library to control FM Tuner cards
LinPyro 0.21 A pyromaniacs game for Linux.
Linux Memory Technology Device project 19990817 Support for Flash and RAM devices under Linux
Linux-HA 0.4.2 Heartbeat subsystem for High-Availability Linux project
logcoloriser 1.0.4 Ssyslog log colourising PERL script
LoST 0.95 The LOst Space Tracker
Lotus Domino R5 Sneak Preview Messaging, Groupware, Workflow, Intranet Server
Lynx 2.8.3.dev6 fully-featured, text-based World Wide Web browser
MagiCapture 0.2.1 Screen capture and preview utility for the X Window System
MAL Sync 1.7 synchronize Palm OS devices to Mobile Application Link (MAL) compliant servers
Midnight 0.9.5 Midi/Karaoke player and C++ midi library
MindTerm 0.99pre3 SSH-client in pure Java, includes stand-alone ssh- and terminal(vt100)-packages
Minimalist 2.0 Easy-but-powerful Mailing List Manager
MiniVend 3.14-3 Powerful freely redistributable shopping cart package
mod_dav 0.9.9-1.3.6 DAV protocol extensions for Apache
Moonshine 0.1.7 An application development environment for Linux.
MOSIX 0.93.1 for Linux 2.2.11 Single-system-image Clustering Software for Linux
MpegTV Player (mtv) 1.1.0.3 A realtime MPEG Video+Audio player
mrDBC 0.9 beta 1 python database classes for easy creation of database applications
mtr 0.40 Network diagnostic tool
Muddleftpd 1.1alpha5 A small, fast configurable ftp server that can run without root.
MudNames 1.4 Mud character name generator
Mutt 0.95.7 Small but very powerful text-based mail client for Unix operatingsystems
myip-upate.pl v1.0 MYIP.org automatic update script
N64 Controller Driver Module 1.2.14.5 N64 controller driver module for the Linux joystick driver
NAMG 0.1.2 Downloads mail from a NetAddress account and forwards it locally
NetSaint 0.0.4b4 A relatively simple active network monitor
News Clipper 1.16 Integrate dynamic information into your web page, in your own style.
ngtk 0.06.0 The Ncurses GUI ToolKit
NmapFE 0.9 GTK+ front end for Nmap.
nmsms 0.04 Newmail to sms announcer
Object-GTK+ Alpha C++ Wrapper for GTK+
omega 0.5.82 Implementation and extension of the M-Technology (MUMPS) standards
Omniserver 1.0.8 Application Server
oolaboola 0.3.0 digital DJ tool; real-time sound-file mixer
OpenDiS 0.0.2 Linux support for digital cameras running the Digita operating system.
OpenMap 3.3.3 JavaBeans tool kit for building applications/applets with maps
OSS 3.9.2q Provides sound card drivers for most popular sound cards under Linux
Palm-Mail 0.1.5 Interface between PalmOS Mail application and Unix mailbox files
pam_tacplus 1.2.8 PAM module to authenticate against TACACS+ (tacplus)
pcmcia-cs 3.0.14 Card Services for Linux is a complete PCMCIA or ``PC Card'' support package.
Perl PDC 1.1 Perl Project Detour Client
Perl Shell 0.002 Simple interactive Perl shell
perlbot 1.1.5 An IRC bot in Perl written with simplicity in mind
PFinger 0.7.3 Highly configurable replacement for GNU Finger
pgp4pine 1.62 Interactive program for using PGP with email programs, specifically Pine
PHP ircd 0.4.2 IRC server written in PHP
phpMyAdmin 2.0.3 Handles the basic adminstration of MySQL over the WWW
pidentd 3.0.7 Daemon implementing the IDENT (RFC1413) protocol
Ping 0.9 The official tennis simulator of the US army.
PoPToP 0.9.12 PPTP Server for Linux
Portaloo Alpha 19980813 Web Portal Engine
Powertweak-Linux v0.1.2 System performance enhancer.
pppd ppp 2.3.9
Pybliographer 0.6 tool for bibliographic databases manipulation
PyGCS 1.3.5 A very stripped down MUD-like chat-server written entirely in Python.
pypvm 0.8.2 Provides an interface to the Parallel Virtual Machine to Python
qc-net 0.08 A streaming daemon with clients for the B&W Connectix QuickCam.
qps 1.8.1 Displays processes in an X11 window
QTmclient 0.13 Qt based masqserver client
Qutar 0.98 Revision 5 QT interface for tar
randtype 1.1 Displays text at random intervals.
RAR For Linux 2.60 Beta A general purpose archiving and compression program
RealTimeBattle 0.9.10 RealTimeBattle, a robot programming game for Unix
RegExplorer 0.1.3 Regular Expression Explorer
rglclock 1.4.0.19990815 Rotating 3D clock
ROCK Linux 1.2.0 Linux Distribution for high skilled Linux User and Admins
RPGD 1.0 A multi-user, medieval-fantasy role-playing game
Ruby 1.4.0 An object-oriented language for quick and easy programming
rxvt 2.6.1 A VT102 emulator for the X window system
Sapphire 0.12.1 A new window manager for the X Windows System.
sawmill 0.2 Extensible window manager
Scene 0.1.4 Inventor and VRML toolkit.
screen 3.9.4 Full-screen window manager that multiplexes a physical terminal
SDL 0.10.0 SDL is a library that allows you portable low level access for graphics/sound
Secure-Linux Patch 1.1 Linux kernel patch to block most stack overflow exploits
sh-utils 2.0 GNU shell programming utilities
Sharity 2.0 Unix client for the Windows network file system
ShellSecure 0.3 ShellSecure shell scripts
si 0.6 /proc system information viewer
Simple Web Server 0.2.2 Simple web-server
Sing-Along Disc Player 2.0.0b A text-mode CD player with spectrum analyser, oscillator and DB.
SLFFEA 1.0 Free Finite Element Analysis
slurp 0.1.0 Watches as any program is installed and turns it into an RPM
SMS Client 2.0.8o Command line based utility which allows you to send SMS messages
snarf 2.0.8 Command-line URL retrieval tool with some unique features.
SNES9x 1.21 Portable, freeware Super Nintendo Entertainment System(SNES) emulator
SoundTracker 0.3.0 A music tracker for X / GTK+
star trek ency reader 0.6.7 Reads the star trek encyclopedia under linux
Strip 0.4 Secure password and account manager for Palm Pilots.
Sula Primerix II 0.09.4 Extensible multi-server IRC Client for X
Swift Generator 0.10.3 Dynamic Flash content generator.
Tacacs+ 4.0.3 Cisco tacacs+ daemon
tar 1.13.8 utility used to store, backup, and transport files.
Tcl/Tk 8.2.0 A portable scripting environment for Unix, Windows, andMacintosh
TCSH 6.09 Enhanced version of the Berkeley C shell (csh).
tinyproxy 1.2.9 A small, lightweight, easy-to-configure HTTP proxy.
tipxd 1.01 IPX tunneling daemon
TkZip 1.0.14 X front end to standard archiving/compression programs
Toolbox 0.4.6 a qt-based graphical configuration utility for the blackbox window manager.
ToyPlaneFDTD 0.3 In the vein of ToyFDTD, this is a 2D heavily commented FDTD code
ToyTLM 0.1 3D Transmission-Line-Matrix Simulator for Computational Electromagnetics
Trinux 0.62 2-disk distribution that includes network security tools and runs in RAM
TTC 3.1 Controls login on ttys
TwinTRIS .60 Multiplayer tetris clone for all Unix boxes
Twisted Reality 1.1.0 A fully buzzword-compliant roleplaying system.
Ultimate Basketball Challenge 0.2.0 5 on 5 basketball game for linux
UnrealIRCd 2.1.5-tabby Advanced IRC daemon based off EliteIRCd with numerous of new features
UPX 0.82 powerful executable packer
User Scan 0.0.4 User monitoring tool
VCHE 1.7.0 A hex editor which lets you see all 256 characters .
vchkpw 3.4.6 qmail addon package for virtual domain email
VDKBuilder 0.1.4 A RAD tool based on VDK Libray (a C++ wrapper of gtk+)
Virtual X68000 1.1.0.19990815 X68000 emulator
WebEvent 3.11 WebEvent is web calendar software for your web site.
WebFetch 0.09 Perl5 module infrastructure to export and retrieve news for web display
WebPageGen 0.82 Java servlet web page generation interface and html template class.
Wine 990815 Emulator of the Windows 3.x and Win32 APIs.
wmfire 0.0.3 fire in a window maker dock applet
wmG 0.0.2 A small, lightweight, GNOME-compliant window manager for X.
wmmmnn 0.3 wm-mail-mon-net-netselect combined in one compact app.
wmpinboard 0.9.1 Window Maker pinboard dock-app
WMpop 0.40 WidowMaker DockApp for monitoring a POP3 mailbox
WMPop3 0.5.6a Window Maker Dockable App. Checks a pop3 account to see if any mail is waiting.
wmseti 0.1.0 Windowmaker dockapp for your SETI@home statistics
X ARCHON 0.1 A clone of the classic ARCHON game
X-Chat 1.1.8 GTK+ Based IRC Client. Alot like AmIRC (Amiga).
X-ISP 2.6 X11 and XForms based visual interfaceto pppd and chat
X-Mame 0.36b2.1 The Unix version of the Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator
X/RTA 0.29 Audio Real Time Analyzer for X
xlHtml 0.0.4 XLS to HTML converter
XShipWars 1.11 Space oriented highly graphical network game system.
xslt-parser 0.11 First Perl XSL-T Parser.
XTC 0.1.9 An XTree Clone for Linux and other UNIXes
Yacas 1.0.8 Yet Another Computer Algebra System
Yiff! for X11 0.3 A foxy puzzle game
Zebra 0.77 Route Server and Route Reflector daemon
Zope 2.0.0b4 Web application platform used for building high-performance, dynamic web sites.
 

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