Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 13:56:28 -0600 To: Recipient List Suppressed:; From: Kai Staats <kstaats@terraplex.com> Subject: Powerful 3rd Party Software for Yellow Dog & Black Lab Linux: Dear Associates of Terra Soft Solutions, I am pleased to introduce Abria SQL, Linda, VAST & DEEP, and BRU for Yellow Dog Linux and Black Lab Linux distributions for PowerPC. An Abria SQL CD will be shipping with each set of Champion Server 1.2.1, available the first week of October. These four additions to our already strong and growing suite of applications demonstrates our commitment to offering complete and well supported distributions. If you have any suggestions for software that you would like to have ported, please deliver an email to sales@terrasoftsolutions.com "Abria" SQL by AbriaSoft A turnkey installation of MySQL 3.22 and 3.23 (beta), Perl 5.6, Perl DBI 1.14, PHP 3 & 4, Apache Web Server 1.3.12, and Webmin. The installation program intelligently handles upgrades, downgrades and complex dependency conflicts and issues common with Linux software installations, allowing anyone to benefit from the speed and power of MySQL immediately. Included in the release of Abria SQL Standard are all of the features included in Abria SQL Lite, comprehensive tools for managing MySQL and Apache Web Server, and Webmin, which is the most popular web-based admin tool for Apache. An Abria SQL CD will ship with every Champion Server 1.2.1 set (1st week of October): http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/products/intro_solutions.shtml#abria "Linda" by Scientific Computing Associates Through four simple commands to annotate codes and the precompiler, developers can use Linda to "parallelize" existing serial applications, enabling efficient, high-performance in a parallel computing environment. Less time consuming than hand recoding, less expensive than traditional super-computing, Linda and Black Lab Linux PowerPC clusters offer an ideal parallel development and computing system. Linda will be available soon from Terra Soft Solutions ... http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/products/intro_solutions.shtml#linda "VAST" and "DEEP" by Pacific Sierra Research VAST is a precompiler that automatically applies high-level vector and parallel optimizations to C and Fortran programs. Of specific interest is VAST-C/AltiVec, which automatically vectorizes C programs for AltiVec-enhanced C compilers, such as the modified gcc distributed by Black Lab Linux. VAST can also automatically parallelize programs for SMP systems and supports the OpenMP pragma suite, applicable to Apple's new dual-processor systems. DEEP is a highly graphical code analysis tool that combines compiler and run-time performance information about AltiVec vectorization, MPI performance, and SMP performance and relates everything back to the original source code. With DEEP, you can quickly locate performance bottlenecks (scalar, vector, or parallel) in application codes. VAST and DEEP will be available soon from Terra Soft Solutions ... http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/products/intro_solutions.shtml#psrv "BRU" by Enhanced Software Tech Industry recognized BRU Backup and Restore Utility v16.0 is now available for Linux and Unix systems. BRU is a functionally-rich backup solution designed for networked applications. BRU-PE (Personal Edition) now shares the complete BRU feature set under a non-commercial personal use license. To securely "push" data to BRU, BRU Client Packs are also available. BRU will be available soon from Terra Soft Solutions ... http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/products/intro_solutions.shtml#bru Sincerely, kai