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The second draft of the Linux Ecology HOWTO is out. Have a look for a collection of tips on how to reduce the impact of your Linux system on our planet.

Brazilian Linux poll results released. The folks at Linux in Brazil ran a poll asking their readers what they wanted to see in upcoming distributions. The results have now been released in English. Included in the results is a strong desire for better documentation, and quite low level of interest in bundled proprietary software.

Events

The Linux Counter logo vote ends October 1. If you have not already voted on your favorite logo, head on over to the voting page and let them know what you think. (Thanks to Denis Havlik).

Linux-Kongress pictures posted. Pictures from the sixth Linux-Kongress have been posted by Joerg Lehmann.

Cape Town Computer Faire. Here is a bulletin from the Cape Town (South Africa) LUG concerning their highly successful presence at the Cape Computer Faire; included is a link to pictures from the event.

Web sites

Themes.org relaunch. Themes.org has announced its relaunch; the big news seems to be that you can now customize the web site with themes as well...

Sir Linux. NTKnow points out (via Netcraft) that the British Monarchy web site is now running on a Linux server...


September 23, 1999

   

 

Software Announcements


Package Version Description
ac3dec 0.5.5 A free Dolby Digital (AC-3) decoder for unix
ACPLT/KS 1.1.3 Open and free communication system for Process Control (Engineering)
active 1.30 news, events and projects on the web
Alkaline UNIX/NT Search Engine 1.3 Web site and intranet search engine and spider, ala Altavista or Excite.
Apache-SSL 1.3.9+ssl_1.37 Secure Webserver (using SSLeay)
Apache::Session 1.03 Session manager for web applications
Apache::SetWWWTheme 1.0.2 Apache perl module to create nav tools and give a common look/feel to a site
Appletalk Configurator 1.1 GTK+ GUI for Netatalk package
arc 1.0 arc produces Java classes from ASN.1 source code
Artistic Style 1.11.4 Indentation and reformatting filters for C, C++, Java
asmutils 0.05 A set of different utilities for Linux/i386 written in assembly language
Aurora redhog.b Graphical init controller for Linux
Autoclose 0.4 This utility automatically closes one app when another is finished
bcalc 0.0.2 Desk calculator
Berkeley MPEG Tools 1.5b A set of tools for playing, encoding MPEG layer 1 video files
Berlin 0.1.1 distributed windowing system
bidwatcher 0.9.10 tool for eBay users - track and snipe auctions
BNC 2.6.4 IRC proxy server
Bond Distributed Object System 2.0 beta 3 Distributed object system, agent framework
cdrecord 1.8a29 Allows the creation of both audio and data CDs
centerICQ 1.7.6 a textmode-based ICQ clone for Linux
CluClo 1.0.0 Cluster Cloner, system to create clone one system
CMC 0.03 Chaos Mail Checker
convergence 0.0 sorting program that works from both ends of a list
CSCMail 1.2b Gtk E-Mail Client written in Perl
Cut The Crap 0.3.0 Ad-blocking proxy-like python-based software.
CxIV 0.70b Fully threaded discussion system with many features written in C
Daydream 2.07 Daydream BBS version 2.07
DejaSearch 1.66 DejaSearch is a frontend to DejaNews, the leading Usenet archive
dirIcn 0.3 A little view plugin for Zfm.
Disc Backup pre-1.1 Backups files onto multipule CDs.
dnsjava 1.1 Implementation of DNS in Java
Doc++ 3.3.15 Powerful Javadoc like C++ documentation creation tool.
dopewars 1.4.4 Drug dealing game set in New York
Double Choco Latte 19990916 Software Configuration Management/Bug/Enhancement Tracking Software
ds3 0.3.3 Modem/ISDN sharing tool for linux
DWUN 0.2c Controls PPP link by client requests for connection
Ecology-HOWTO 0.3 Linux as a mean to protect our environment.
Endeavour ppower 0.1.4 Linux/X File and Image Browser
enprt.csh 0.1 Entitled Printing from Netscape Navigator under UNIX-like OSes
EO 210999 snapshot Templates-based, ANSI-C++ compliant evolutionary computation library
Epeios 19990922 Collection of general purposes C++ libraries working under UNIX and Windows.
EPIpage3 0.3 page3.com women download perl script
EPIWEB 0.0.2 A GPL'ed web server wich will support HTTP/1.1. Fully configurable.
EPIwm 0.5-2 window manager
epsprint 0.1 Epson-compatible dot matrix printer filter
ESM 0.02 A system monitoring tool.
Expect 5.30.1
eXtace 1.2.2 ESD FFT visual plugin, eye-candy
FastGL 1.43 A very wonderfull C/C++ graphics library
FCheck 2.07.40 Intrusion Detection & Policy Enforcement
Flash 0.9.1 Secure menuing shell for restricting local unix users
flexbackup 0.9.2 Flexible backup script
Fm 0.2 Gtk+ lightweight file manager
fookb 0.8 Xkb state indicator
FOP 0.10.0 An XSL formatter written in Java that outputs PDF
FreeBSD 3.3-RELEASE A stable secure open source operating system.
freemed 19990922 Free medical management software in a web browser
FTP4ALL 3.005 FTP server program for UNIX systems
Funbot 1.1.0 Modular Perl bot for IRC
Fwctl 0.20 High level configuration tool for Linux 2.2 packet filters firewall
Gaby 1.9.11 A small personal databases manager using GTK+
gAlan 0.2.1 Modular OSS/Win32 synth/sequencer/drum-machine/fx
Galway 0.25 Guile-gtk HTML Editor
gbe 0.0.21 gbe is a gameboy emulator for X and SVGAlib
gcombust 0.1.23 gtk+ frontend for mkisofs and cdrecord
GConf 0.1 Configuration storage library, like libproplist or the Windows Registry
GdkMagick 0.3 Image conversion and communication library for the ImageMagick and GDK toolkits
gEDA 19990919 gEDA is an collection of tools which are used to make electrical circuit design,
Geek Code Generator 1.5 Generates a Geek Code using a series of qeustions
geektalkd 1.13 Simple, yet extendable chat server
Getleft 0.6.5 Tcl/Tk site grabber powered by Curl
gif2png 0.7 converts GIF image files to PNG format
GIFgraph::Map 1.02 Generate HTNL map text
gmail 0.4.3 Gmail is an experiment in an sql vfolder-based email system.
GNU cfengine 1.5.2 A tool for administering Networks of Diverse Machines
GNU Go 2.4 An attempt to distribute a free program to play Go
GNU parted 0.0.1 A partition editor, for creating, destroying, resizing and copying partitions.
GNU Pth 1.2b5 GNU Portable Threads
GnuPG.pm 0.02 Perl interface to the Gnu Privacy Guard
GNUware 1.3 A low cost CD containing over 1000 free Linux and UNIX programs.
gomenu 0.02 Menu script (bash/ksh) allows dynamic menu and help editing.
GProc 0.3.4 Managing process from the Gnome panel
Gsnhood 0.0.2a SMB share browse utility
GtKali 0.9.2 Gtk+ interface to Kali.
gtkfind 1.0.1 GTK+ version of find(1)
GtkShadow 0.2 web-oriented graphic tool
guiftp 0.0.1 A simple FTP client using the GTK+ toolkit
HDE-WUI 1.0.0b (rev. 19990916_1600) Web-based Administration Tool for Linux Servers
HOWTO Search 1.3 Easy to search HOWTO database with over 200 HOWTOs.
HTML::Template 0.06 A simple and fast HTML Template module for Perl
htnews 0.6.7 Email robot for adding news items to a webpage.
Hyperplay 1.3.3 Multimedia authoring engine
hypersrc 0.6 freeware GUI (GTK+) program for browsing source code
icmpmonitor 1.1 Multiple host monitoring tool
IglooFTP PRO 0.9.3 Powerfull and User Friendly FTP client
InfraRed-HOWTO 2.9 How to use the software provided by the Linux/IrDA project.
install-ssh 1.5.1 Downloads, Patches, Compiles, and Installs SSH in RPM format
Intelligent TETRIS 1.6.0 A tetris clone for SVGAlib or X11
International Kernel Patch 2.2.12.2 Collection of internationally developed crypto for the Linux kernel
ipchains-firewall 1.6.1 Rules-based ipchains firewall/masquerading script suite
ipfwadm Dotfile module 1.00 GUI ipfwadm wrapper, simplifies firewall and masquerade setup
iroffer 0.1b33 Standalone, compiled fileserver for IRC
ivtools 0.7.10 Application frameworks for drawing editors and spatial data servers
J'Express Professional JExpress Professional 4.0 Lets you create multilingual installers and auto-updaters
jdbtool 0.2 GPL Java Graphical Debugger
Jetty 2.3.0A HTTP/1.1 Servlet server written in Java
Jikes 1.04 Java compiler that translates Java source into bytecoded instruction sets
KHexEdit 0.8.4 Versatile binary file editor for KDE
KpcWizard 0.1 KDE Printer Configuration Wizard
kruiser 19990916 Win95-like file manager for KDE with many features
KRunning 0.2.3 A database manager for your private running events
Kticker 1.0.0beta3 News ticker widget that downloads news headlines and displays them periodically
LANdb 0.64 Provides network managers with a means of cataloging network connections.
LAuRA 0.6.1 Little Audiogram Recorder/Archiver
lcccd14 0.1.0 Kernel module for astronomical CCD camera LcCCD14
libglade 0.6 XML-based runtime user interface loader for GNOME
libptb 0.0.5 Library to develop apps with user customizable toolbars and menus
Linux JVM 1.1.8 IBM incredibly fast JDK for the Linux platform.
Linux-HA 0.4.4 Heartbeat subsystem for High-Availability Linux project
logicMind 1.0 color guessing game
mail2news-easy 2.3 Converts mail to news and news to mail.
Mangle 1.30 C/C++ Source de-formatter/de-commentor
mcrypt 2.2.3pre1 A replacement for the old unix crypt(1). Uses several block algorithms.
mdate 1.0.1 A freely-available mayan date program
MHonArc 2.4.3 Perl mail-to-HTML converter.
MICO 2.3.0 MICO Is COrba
moodss 8.2 Modular Object Oriented Dynamic SpreadSheet
Mops 0.42c 3D modeling environment written in C with Tcl/Tk.
MP3 encode scripts 0.01 Example scripts for batch encoding and converting an entire CD to MP3 files
MP3c 0.22 Audio-CD to MP3-Converter, with use of CDDB. Included GUI and cmdline-support
mp3db 0.3.1 Recursively scans a directory for mp3s and uploads them to a database or file.
multiforum 0.2 Multiforum version of forum, a php & mysql based web forum
MyGuestbook 0.9.0 A simple Guestbook using PHP3 and MySQL, several languages supported
n2m 0.0.5 News to unix mailbox fetcher
NAMG 0.1.6 Downloads mail from a NetAddress account and forwards it locally
NCC Headlines Browser 1.0 Headline browser for the popular spanish Linux news site NCC
Nessus 0.98.2 A free, open-sourced and easy-to-use security auditing tool
NEStra 0.64 Dynamic-Recompiling NES (Nintendo Entertainment System) emulator
netfilter 0.1.8 New NAT/packet-filtering infrastructure for Linux 2.3.5
nstreams 0.99.1 Network streams analyzer
ntop 1.2a6 Network usage monitor
ODBC-ODBC Bridge 0.4.0.0 Provides ODBC access from Unix to remote ODBC data sources
OpenClassroom Alpha 01 (Server) Linux distribution for the Educational market.
OpenLDAP 1.2.7 LDAP suite of applications and development tools
OpenMail 6.0-1 Business Messaging for Linux
Oracle TableBrowser 2.0pre10 An Oracle Table and Index Browser/Modifier for Linux/GTK
Orgasm 0.04 Machine code assembler for 6502 microprocessors
Pan 0.5.2 Gnome/GTK Newsreader
Paralogger 0.86 Script to ease the process of setting up a root tail window
pcmcia-cs 3.1.0 Card Services for Linux is a complete PCMCIA or ``PC Card'' support package.
Perl WebStats v1.0 Perl Apache log analyzer/report generator
pgpenvelope 2.6.3 GPG/PGP5 filter for Pine
phPERL 0.0.1 Preprocessor for embedding perl in html files
pngcrush 1.1.6 Optimizer for PNG files that can also delete specified chunks
PNGgraph.pm 1.11 Chart-plotting perl module
pnmtopng 2.37.3 PBMplus/NetPBM converters to/from PNG image format
PostgreSQL 6.5.2 Robust, next-generation, Object-Relational DBMS(ORDBMS)
PostgreSQL JDBC Driver 6.5.2 JDBC driver for the PostgreSQL DBS
ppower 0.1.4 Software for listening to and controlling x10 home automation devices.
pppcosts 0.66 A small utility that calculates and displays online cost and time
pppd 2.3.10
PVM 3.4.2 A portable message-passingprogramming system
pyChing 0.9.2 Cast and interpret I Ching hexagrams
pypvm 0.8.5 Provides an interface to the Parallel Virtual Machine to Python
QScheme 0.3.0 Really fast, small and easy to interface Scheme interpreter
Quadra 1.1.0 A shareware, TCP/IP multiplayer T*tris-like game.
Quick Image Viewer 1.2-pre2 A very small and pretty fast GDK/Imlibimage viewer
RadioActive 0.7 Radio tuner for X11 and Video4Linux
Rael's Binary Grabber 1.2.3 Automated tool for downloading binaries from UseNet newsgroups.
rc-pppd 0.1 rc scripts for starting/ending pppd sessions.
RC5 Auto Launch 0.1 RC5 Client auto launcher script.
RearSite 0.91 Tool for updating personal www pages
retepGraph 0.5 A map generation suite for Java
Revize 2.2 Web site content management server
RhythmLab 0.3 Displays and sounds polyrhythms
ROCK Linux 1.3.3 Linux Distribution for high skilled Linux User and Admins
routemon 1.0 Default route monitor for ISDN and PPP links
Rpc_Gotcha 1.1 Intrusion detection tool to detect and log rpc based attacks
RPLD 1.2 Server for IBM style RPL/RIPL boot proms
rpng/rpng2/wpng 1.01 demo PNG viewers (2) and PPM-to-PNG converter for Unix, Win32
Ruby 1.4.2 An object-oriented language for quick and easy programming
S3 Trio64 frame buffer driver for Linux/x86 0.1 Linux framebuffer driver for S3 Trio64-based cards on Intel
sawmill 0.8 Extensible window manager
Screen-Shooter 0.7 Gnome applet for taking screenshots
sfront 0.42 Translates MPEG 4 Structured Audio to C
si 0.8 /proc system information viewer
SiteMgrYAP 0.1.1 HTML-application for managing web sites.
Sketch 0.6.2 Vector drawing program, implemented in python
slap 2.2.6 SmartLabel printing for UNIX
SML/NJ 110.22 Compiler, development environment, and libraries for Standard ML
SMM++ 3.4 MUD client with mapping functionality and lots of other features
SNA for Linux 0.0 Provides the SNA protocol stack for the Linux OS.
SnapViewer 0.01a Picture/photograph viewer
SNES9x 1.25 Portable, freeware Super Nintendo Entertainment System(SNES) emulator
Swift Generator 0.11.1 Dynamic Flash content generator.
Tarpd 1.6 Proxy arp daemon for Linux.
tclreadline 1.0.0 GNU readline for the tcl scripting language
The Global File System 19990921 A Shared Disk File System for Linux
The Java SSH/Telnet Application/Applet 2.0 Fully featured telnet program for WWW-Browsers
THUD 0.18 Cycle-based Scheme-HDL register-transfer level simulator
Tiff2png 0.7 converts TIFF image files to PNG format
TkNotePad 0.6.6 A simple notepad editor written in Tcl/tk
TkRat 2.0b3 A graphical Mail User Agent (MUA) which handles MIME
tk_Brief 3.3 GUI for writing letters with LaTeX
tn3270 5.2.1 3270 emulator for Unix
ToyFDTDningodwaaswi 0.1.2 3D FDTD written in Delphi PASCAL with a Windows GUI
TT-News 0.3.0 A headline-news ticker for various news-sources.
TwinTRIS 0.93 Multiplayer tetris clone for all Unix boxes
TZO Internet Naming System 1.09-1 Dynamic DNS Software client
ubiqx library 4.0.2 Base-level utility modules from undergrad CS books.
UdmSearch 2.1.3 Fast WWW search engine for your site
UPX 0.83 powerful executable packer
View Designer X 1.2.1 User Interface Management System to create UIs with OSF/Motif widgets
volumed 1.0 Networked remote volume control
w3m 990902 pager/text-based WWW browser
WebAlbum 0.40 A perl script which produces html photo albums.
WebRun 1.5 Simple Java application distribution tool
Window Maker 0.61.0 X11 window manager with NEXTSTEP look and feel
wmseti 0.2.2 Windowmaker dockapp for your SETI@home statistics
wmtuneup 1.0 Put the latest tuneup tips on your WindowMaker menu
Worker 1.3.2 Highly configurable graphical Filemanager for X
WSoundServer 0.2.0 Sound Server for Window Maker
wu-ftpd 2.6.0pre3 FTP Daemon for UNIX systems
wui-mod_postgresql 0.51 PostgreSQL administration module for HDE-WUI
wvDecrypt 1.2.0 microsoft word 97 password validator and *almost* decrypter
WWWOFFLE 2.5 Simple proxy server with special features for use with dial-up internet links
X-Chat 1.2.1 GTK+ Based IRC Client. Alot like AmIRC (Amiga).
xcut 0.2 Put standard input into X11 cut and paste buffer.
XDBM 19990921 Database Manager designed specifically to hold XML data
XGlobe 0.4 A toy that displays a globe on your X desktop
xpuyopuyo 0.2.0 Tetris-like puzzle game with AI
Xref-Speller 1.1.0 Source browsing package for C and Java, Emacs and XEmacs inspired by ctags.
XShipWars 1.16 Space oriented highly graphical network game system.
Xterminal 0.6.11 Object Oriented User Interface with a client-serverarchitecture
xterminals 0.1 Manage X-Terminals as Netscape kiosks
ZAngband 2.3.0 Rogue-like roleplaying game
Zfm 18sept99 A new, very extensive and portable filemanager
Zircon 1.18.224 An IRC client written in tcl/tk
Zope 2.0.1 Web application platform used for building high-performance, dynamic web sites.
 

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