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Linux-Announce Digest #170
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Linux-Announce Digest #170, Volume #4 Mon, 12 Aug 2002 19:13:04 EDT
Contents:
[SLUG] Suncoast LUG Meetings ("Paul M. Foster")
Linux for sale - £2.50 per CD or less, including first class postage and packing. ("Simon Finnigan")
lftp-2.6.0 - reliable command line driven ftp client ("Alexander V. Lukyanov")
distcc: A free, simple, efficient distributed C/C++ compiler (Martin Pool)
[ANNOUNCE] SMSTerm 0.5 (Nick Hill)
LAoE v0.4.09 released! (oli4)
LessTif Release 0.93.36 is out (Danny Backx)
STklos 0.53 - a Scheme compiler/interpreter (Erick Gallesio)
SMSTerm 0.5 - Alternate mirror for free.house.cx (Nick Hill)
University of Massachusetts Intro to Linux course (Justin Seiferth)
p2z - converts Palm data to Zaurus (initial release) (Werner Heuser)
Windows Based Linux Management ("Steven Jones")
[Announcement] GLLUG - The Greater London Linux User Group (UK) - Meeting - 14th September (Colin Murphy)
E Equational Theorem Prover 0.7 "Dhajea" released (Stephan Schulz)
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From: "Paul M. Foster" <paulf@quillandmouse.com>
Subject: [SLUG] Suncoast LUG Meetings
Date: 12 Aug 2002 23:10:04 GMT
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* Suncoast Linux Users Group (SLUG) *
* Meeting Schedule *
*************************************
TAMPA ****************************************************
14 August 19:00-21:00 Tampa
(second Wednesday of each month)
PricewaterhouseCoopers -- Room 684
3109 W. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, Blvd
Lakepointe I Building
Tampa, FL 33607
See http://www.suncoastlug.org/meetings.html#tampa for directions.
SARASOTA/BRADENTON ***************************************
21 August 18:00-21:00 Sarasota
(third Wednesday of each month)
Baker Electronics
8323 Lindbergh Court
Sarasota, FL
See http://www.bish.net/directions/
DUNEDIN **************************************************
24 August 10:00-12:00 Dunedin
(fourth Saturday of each month)
Dunedin Public Library,
223 Douglas Ave.,
Community Room A.
Dunedin, FL
See http://www.suncoastlug.org/meetings.html#dunedin for directions.
BRANDON **************************************************
5 September 20:00-22:00 Brandon
(first Thursday of each month)
Brandon Barnes & Noble
Brandon Town Center
Brandon, FL
See http://www.suncoastlug.org/meetings.html#Brandon for directions.
NEW PORT RICHEY ******************************************
7 September 13:00-15:00 New Port Richey
(first Saturday of each month)
New Port Richey Public Library
(second level meeting rooms)
5939 Main St.
New Port Richey, FL
See http://www.suncoastlug.org/meetings.html#npr for directions.
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ACTIVITIES:
Meetings include:
1) Presentation: As indicated.
2) Question & Answer Session.
3) Raffle and free stuff!
Bring your boxes, questions, problems, and plenty of good cheer!
(And don't forget to start your installs early!)
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From: "Simon Finnigan" <simon@therealm.freeserve.co.uk>
Subject: Linux for sale - £2.50 per CD or less, including first class postage and packing.
Date: 12 Aug 2002 23:10:07 GMT
I`m selling copies of Linux in the UK for £2.50 per CD or less, depending on
how many you order. As an example, I charge £6.75 for Mandrake 8.2,
including delivery by first class post. I will also discuss pricing for
large orders - email me if you want to order a lot of CD`s and we`ll come to
a deal.
I take payment by NoChex, cheque or postal order. For international orders,
please email me to confirm postage costs - I can also accept PayPal
payments.
For full details of what distributions I am selling, along with a full price
list and details on how to pay, visit my site:
http://mysite.freeserve.com/linuxsales
If this posting is against the newsgroup charter, please email me off the
group and I`ll make sure I don`t post here again.
Thank you for your time.
--
For cheap Linux CD`s (£2.50 each or less in the UK) visit:
http://mysite.freeserve.com/linuxsales
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From: "Alexander V. Lukyanov" <lav@yars.free.net>
Subject: lftp-2.6.0 - reliable command line driven ftp client
Date: 12 Aug 2002 23:10:11 GMT
This is announcement of a new major version of LFTP.
News since last version (2.5.4):
* separated rate limitations for download and upload (set limit-rate 200:100).
* added SSL certificate support and several SSL related settings.
* connection slot support. Now you can switch sessions with Meta-[123...]
or with command `slot <name>'. You can also use slot:<name> as a pseudo-URL.
* per-slot queues. Now you can have several queues for the same site using
different slots.
* queue can be stopped now. Use `queue' with no args to create a stopped
queue, `queue start' to run it, `queue stop' to stop it. When you exit lftp,
the queue will start automatically.
* mirror now appends source base name to target if target ends with a slash.
* improved hftp:proxy setting. Now it defaults to http:proxy and is not
needed if ftp:proxy is set to `http://...'.
* fixed mirror in case of server without MDTM command (Glenn Maynard).
* mirror could start multiple transfers if it could not cd to a direcory,
even without --parallel (test case by Glenn Maynard).
* fixed fd leak in `(commands)' structure (Glenn Maynard).
* fixed memory leak in '(commands)'.
LSM entry:
Begin3
Title: LFTP command line file transfer program
Version: 2.6.0
Entered-date: 2002-08-02
Description: LFTP is a shell-like command line ftp client. It is
reliable: can retry operations and does reget automatically.
It can do several transfers simultaneously in background.
You can start a transfer in background and continue browsing
the ftp site or another one. This all is done in one process.
Background jobs will be completed in nohup mode if you exit
or close modem connection. Lftp has reput, mirror, reverse
mirror among its features. Since version 2.0 it also supports
http protocol. Other features include: ipv6 support, context
sensitive completion, output redirection to files or to pipe,
SOCKS support (configure option), ftp and http proxy support,
transfer rate throttling for each connection and for all
connections in sum, job queueing, job execution at specified
time, opie/skey support in ftp protocol, ssl for http and ftp,
fxp transfers.
Keywords: ftp client, readline, reliable, background, parallel, http
Author: lav@yars.free.net (Alexander V. Lukyanov)
Maintained-by: lav@yars.free.net (Alexander V. Lukyanov)
Primary-site: ftp.yars.free.net /pub/software/unix/net/ftp/client/lftp
1476 kB lftp-2.6.0.tar.gz
Alternate-site: metalab.unc.edu /pub/Linux/system/network/file-transfer
Platforms: Unix, G++
Copying-policy: GNU GPL
End
LFTP has a web page at http://lftp.yar.ru/
--
Alexander.
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From: Martin Pool <mbp@sourcefrog.net>
Subject: distcc: A free, simple, efficient distributed C/C++ compiler
Date: 12 Aug 2002 23:10:17 GMT
distcc is a program to distribute compilation of C or C++ code across
several machines on a network. distcc should always generate the same
results as a local compile, is simple to install and use, and is often
significantly faster than a local compile.
Unlike other distributed build systems, distcc does not require all
machines to share a filesystem, have synchronized clocks, or to have
the same libraries or header files installed. Machines can be running
different operating systems, as long as they have compatible binary
formats or cross-compilers.
Version 0.7 is a beta release that succesfully and reliably builds
projects such as GNOME, KDE, the Linux kernel, Samba and gcc several times
faster than local compilation.
distcc can be downloaded from
http://distcc.samba.org/
--
Martin Pool
Stallman is right, though, we aren't talking about freedom enough. Do
people really spend their weekends helping annoying new people install
free software because it has a more efficient development methodology?
Of course not. If it were only about efficiency, hobbyists would
volunteer to replace the old ballasts in companies' fluorescent
lights.
-- Don Marti, LinuxWorld On-Line
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From: nikhil@free.house.cx (Nick Hill)
Subject: [ANNOUNCE] SMSTerm 0.5
Date: 12 Aug 2002 23:10:21 GMT
SMSTerm version 0.5 has been released!
SMSTerm is an application which allows you to communicate with your
computer thru SMS from anywhere. It uses the ICQ2000 protocol to
send/recieve SMS'es.
It launches a shell on a pty, and serves as a bridge between a GSM
mobile phone, and your computer. All data sent to it is sent unaltered
to the spawned shell, and all the output from the shell is sent to the
GSM mobile phone. Its useful for performing some remote administration
systems, especially from areas, where you don't have a connection to
the Internet. It also comes with a command line SMS sender.
Changes:
- SMSTerm 0.5 comes with a small daemon which can be used to send SMS's
from the command line or any scripts, again through ICQ. The
daemon is there for allowing multiple instances of
icqsms-send.pl to be started with only one ICQ connection
active.
- Send Initialisation SMS to a pre-determined mobile phone since
ICQ no longer has a standard GSM number allocated to a
particular ICQ UIN. All further communication has to be done
only by replying to the number received in the initialisation
SMS from SMSTerm.
grab it at:
http://free.house.cx/~nikhil/SMSTerm-0.5.tar.gz
or
http://free.house.cx/~nikhil/SMSTerm-0.5.tar.bz2
look it up at:
http://freshmeat.net/projects/smsterm/
if you have any comments/suggestions, please send them to:
<nikhilwiz at yahoo dot com>
thanx!
Nikhil.
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From: oli4 <news@oli4.ch>
Subject: LAoE v0.4.09 released!
Date: 12 Aug 2002 23:10:31 GMT
audiosample-editor LAoE v0.4.09 for linux and windows now available at
www.oli4.ch/laoe.
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From: Danny Backx <danny.backx@skynet.be>
Subject: LessTif Release 0.93.36 is out
Date: 12 Aug 2002 23:10:35 GMT
The LessTif Core Team is pleased to announce
Release 0.93.36
of the LessTif library!
This is an intermediate release:
- it contains many XmText bugfixes, including one that broke 0.93.34 badly
- several other miscellaneous fixes
About LessTif:
LessTif is a "free" (LGPL'd) implementation of the OSF/Motif standard
GUI toolkit for X11. LessTif aims to be source compatible with the Motif
(a product of The OpenGroup) versions 1.2 and 2.1.
So at this point, nearly all Motif 1.2 apps compile and work out of the box
with LessTif! We still lack substantial parts of the new 2.1 functionality,
but most 2.x applications can already be built, and used (many don't use
the 2.x novelties).
Some run-time problems however may still exist. The LessTif Core team is
interested in hearing about Motif applications which don't work with LessTif.
Bug reports are welcome - patches are even more welcome!
More information, source code, and binaries for several platforms
are available at:
http://www.lesstif.org
http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/lesstif
The LessTif Core Team
P.S. This release was built using the following versions of the auto* tools:
Running on:
Linux 2.4.18-4GB #1 Wed Mar 27 13:57:05 UTC 2002 i686
Using:
autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.53
automake (GNU automake) 1.6.2
ltmain.sh (GNU libtool) 1.4.2 (1.922.2.53 2001/09/11 03:18:52)
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From: Erick Gallesio <eg@essi.fr>
Subject: STklos 0.53 - a Scheme compiler/interpreter
Date: 12 Aug 2002 23:10:38 GMT
This is an announce for the 0.53 release of STklos.
STklos is a free Scheme System (nearly) conform to R5RS. The aim of this
implementation is to be fast as well as light. The implementation is
based on an ad-hoc Virtual Machine. STklos can also be compiled as a
library, so that one can easily embed it in an application.
The salient points of STklos are:
* efficient and powerful object system based on CLOS providing
- Multiple Inheritance,
- Generic Functions,
- Multi-methods
- an efficient MOP (Meta Object Protocol)
* a simple to use module system
* implements the full tower of numbers defined in R5RS
* easy connection to the GTK+ toolkit
* Perl compatible regular expressions thanks to the PCRE package.
* tail recursive calls are properly implemented
New in this release:
* Added support for SRFI-7
* Added support for SRFI-11
* Added support for SRFI-14
* Added support for SRFI-28
* Better LDAP support
* Added PRETTY-PRINTER
* Added TRACE
* Added APROPOS
* A bunch of new primitives: DIE, PAIR-MUTABLE?,
VECTOR-MUTABLE?, STRING-MUTABLE?, STRING-TITLECASE,
STRING-TITLECASE!, SYMBOL-VALUE*
* New syntax: IN-MODULE
* Changed the Boehm GC version to 6.1 alpha5
* Code cleaning to be accepted by gcc-3.x
* Bug corrections
* ...
Download: See http://kaolin.unice.fr/STklos/
--
Erick Gallesio | tel: +33 (0)492965153
Université de Nice - Sophia Antipolis | fax: +33 (0)492965155
ESSI - I3S -- 930, Route des colles | mailto:eg--at--unice.fr
BP 145 - 06903 Sophia Antipolis CEDEX - FRANCE
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From: nikhil@free.house.cx (Nick Hill)
Subject: SMSTerm 0.5 - Alternate mirror for free.house.cx
Date: 12 Aug 2002 23:10:41 GMT
Hi!
.cx (Christmas Island) domains seem to be down.
We have a DNS problem.
Please try an alternate location for getting SMSTerm:
http://psy.ed.asu.edu/~nikhil/SMSTerm-0.5.tar.gz
http://psy.ed.asu.edu/~nikhil/SMSTerm-0.5.tar.bz2
or
http://www.ilug-hyd.org.in/~nikhil/SMSTerm-0.5.tar.gz
http://www.ilug-hyd.org.in/~nikhil/SMSTerm-0.5.tar.bz2
Nikhil.
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From: seiferth@yahoo.com (Justin Seiferth)
Subject: University of Massachusetts Intro to Linux course
Date: 12 Aug 2002 23:10:48 GMT
For those of you interested in learning the basics of Linux, the
University of Massachusetts is offering on-line, accredited courses on
to provide an Introduction to Linux and Linux Administration during
the upcoming fall semester. See http://www.umassonline.net/ and search
for Linux to get more details. Those of us on the academic staff are
working hard both to make sure courses are offered and that the
distance learning environment is Linux friendly.
Justin
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From: Werner Heuser <Werner.Heuser@web.de>
Subject: p2z - converts Palm data to Zaurus (initial release)
Date: 12 Aug 2002 23:10:51 GMT
Reply-To: Werner Heuser <wehe@mobilix.org>
Hi,
p2z is a Perl tool that converts Palm Memo, ToDo, Adressbook and
Datebook data to the Zaurus Linux PDA builtin applications. It needs
Perl and opie-sh.
Andreas Gohr has written this application, it is available in
IPKG format at my page http://mobilix.org/p2z.html
Werner
--
|=| Werner Heuser = Keplerstr. 11A = D-10589 Berlin = Germany
|=| <wehe(@)mobilix.org> T. 0049 - (0)30 - 349 53 86
|=| http://MobiliX.org Linux and BSD on Mobile Computers
|=| http://Xtops.DE Laptops+PDAs pre-installed with UniX
|*| This is no time for phony rhetoric -- Lou Reed
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From: "Steven Jones" <sabien_jones@hotmail.com>
Subject: Windows Based Linux Management
Date: 12 Aug 2002 23:10:55 GMT
Hello,
I put a post in here a few weeks ago that upset you Linux gurus about
creating a Windows based Linux Server manager. Ive done a little web site
about it
www.sabien.uklinux.net
With some screenshots on it - feel free to shout at me, tell me why you hate
it etc etc
REALLY I dont mean to upset you guys - honestly I think some people would
find this a useful tool! :-)
Thanks,
Steve
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From: Colin Murphy <SpudULike@-blueyonder.co.uk>
Subject: [Announcement] GLLUG - The Greater London Linux User Group (UK) - Meeting - 14th September
Date: 12 Aug 2002 23:10:58 GMT
That is right, your eyes do not deceive you, The Greater London Linux User
Group is, at long last, going to have another meeting.
The date for your diaries is Saturday 14th September 2002, 12noon until 5pm.
Doubtless to say, there will also be a session in some pub afterwards,
should you not be able to make it during the day.
We will be meeting in the New Cavendish Street campus of Westminster
University, this is in the shadow of the BT Tower, nearest tube stations
are Great Portland Street and Goodge Street. You will find a map at [
http://www.wmin.ac.uk/static/maps.asp ]
For this meeting, and all the future meetings, we have the use of the
Universities 'large' lecture theatre, the network lab and the
Multimedia lab.
The large lecture theatre -
Hopefully you will appreciate the use of this larger lecture theatre. For
those that went last time, your comments and criticisms were justified
about the smaller theatre being too small. We are still finalising the
details of the talks, so these will be posted to the web site soon,
<http://gllug.linux.co.uk>.
The network lab -
We will use the network lab, this month, for rolling demo installations.
The multimedia room -
This will be used as a chat area, away from the lectures.
There are monitors, desks and power, so people are welcome to set up their
own equipment here if they want.
Hopefully we will have some BoaF groups form here.
********************************************
The GLLUG website, you remember - it's at http://gllug.linux.co.uk, has had
a revamp. Do make sure you have a look, pass on your comments.
********************************************
The meeting after the next meet is booked for the 19th October 2002
--
Colin Murphy -SpudULike@blueyonder.co.uk
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From: schulz@informatik.tu-muenchen.de (Stephan Schulz)
Subject: E Equational Theorem Prover 0.7 "Dhajea" released
Date: 12 Aug 2002 23:11:02 GMT
The E equational theorem prover version 0.7 "Dhajea" has been
released.
E is a a purely equational theorem prover for clausal logic with
equality. Thus, you can specify a mathematical problem (e.g. a
mathematical puzzle), a (small) piece of program code or some hardware
elements in clausal logic (using rules of the form "If A and B and C
then D or E or F" in a PROLOG-like syntax), and try to have the system
prove certain properties of the described structure. Be warned that
this can consume inane (in fact, theoretically unlimited) amounts of
CPU time and memory for difficult problems.
E 0.7 has been carefully tested on all CNF problems of the TPTP
problem library, version 2.4.1, and showed no unexpected
behaviour. The prover can produce checkable proof objects, a simple
proof checker is included in the distribution.
Important changes are a much simplified rewrite engine, direct PCL2
support, a better automatic mode, and better memory control
features. In automatic mode, this version should behave exactly like
the prerelase version that participated in CASC-18. To achieve this,
we have refrained from including a couple of more recent
improvements. They will be included in E 0.71, due out in some weeks.
E is available as a source distribution for UNIX-variants. It installs
cleanly under all UNIX variants I could get my hands on: Various
versions of GNU/Linux for Intel and SPARC, SunOS (with tweaking),
Solaris and HPUX.
The system is distributed under the GNU General Public License.
You can find the source distribution and additional information at
http://wwwjessen.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/~schulz/WORK/eprover.html
Our servers are usually rebooted Monday mornings between 3:30 and 4:00
CET, and may be unavailable during this time.
Have fun!
Stephan
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