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Linux-Announce Digest #182
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Linux-Announce Digest #182, Volume #4 Sat, 7 Sep 2002 22:13:03 EDT
Contents:
Austrian Mineral Oil Market leader turns to IBM and Linux ("Stacy Simpson")
GUIFFY 4.6 compare/merge released ("Bill Ritcher")
ANN: BayPIGgies mtg Wed 9/11 7:30pm (Wesley J. Chun)
[LOCAL] Linux Users Los Angeles-Tues, 9-17 / JsP and PHP (LULA Announce)
InfraRed-HOWTO 3.4 (Werner Heuser)
[ANN] Pexit is a multi-protocol chat and p2p app (Dani)
No subject given (sorceror@telocity.com)
noteedit-2.0.15: gcc-3.x/TiMidity++ (J Anders)
DeveloperIQ: GentooLinux 1.2, PhatLinux, compile your kernel... (Frederick Noronha)
win2lin Project update ! ("[H]omer")
Announce amigashell 2.2 (Gurkan Sengun)
Vim reference card 0.4 (Volker Duetsch)
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From: "Stacy Simpson" <stacysim@us.ibm.com>
Subject: Austrian Mineral Oil Market leader turns to IBM and Linux
Date: 8 Sep 2002 01:26:16 GMT
Stacy Simpson
Media Relations
IBM Corporation
Route 100, Somers, NY 10589
Ph: 914-766-4123 (t/l: 826-4123)
E: stacysim@us.ibm.com
FINAL PRESS RELEASE
OMV with Linux on a Success Course
Vienna, September 4th, 2002, OMV, number one on the domestic Austrian
mineral oil market, is consolidating 27 SAP R/3 systems implemented
on various platforms to a single SAP landscape, utilizing mySAP on
Linux IBM eServer zSeries. First results from the new IBM solution
reveal significant performance enhancements for SAP applications, as
well as, high availability and stability of all systems.
"We're absolutely convinced of the quality, availability and
scalability of mySAP together with Linux on eServer zSeries. By
contrast with other platforms, this solution offers us an opportunity
to effectively manage our extensive and heterogeneous IT landscape",
says Walter Rotter, IT Manager at OMV.
Advantages throughout
As an internationally active oil and natural gas corporation with a
workforce of around 5,700 persons, OMV has to rely on a secure and
reliable SAP platform to be able to exploit its vast amounts of SAP
data. A stable, single central SAP instance, with unprecendented
capabilities to manage large volumes of data at highest availability
levels, are the advantages IBM is able to offer its customers with
this solution. At the moment, OMV filling stations are to be found in
eleven central and eastern European countries. On the worldwide
scale, OMV is also active in a number of countries such as Australia,
Great Britain, Ireland, Yemen and Pakistan.
Implementation in Record Time
IBM and OMV launched the implementation of SAP R/3 and Linux zSeries
on 13 October, 2001. Installation and a first test run were started
within five days. "The IBM zSeries solution is professional,
efficient and a cost effective architecture that enables us to expand
the system with ease any time we want. For example, when projects
come up at short notice, or start off slowly, or exist only
temporarily, the workload can be accomodated without the necessity of
adding new hardware or buying more servers, which was the case in the
past with SAP upgrades. Instead, with zSeries' unique resource
sharing, we eliminated the need for the costly hardware we kept in
reserve for peek demand", says Walter Rotter.
IBM eServer zSeries, the Fastest-Growing Platform
IBM eServer zSeries with Linux is IBM's newest offering to
consolidate workloads - from twenty to up to several hundred Unix or
Intel-based servers, with unmatched scalable performance and highest
reliability. Last year, the zSeries became the fastest-growing server
platform in the industry and it is the only one that witnessed growth
for five quarters in succession.(strikethrough:
)
About IBM
IBM is the world's leading server company and information technology
provider, with 80 years of leadership in helping
businesses innovate. IBM helps customers, Business Partners and
developers in a wide range of industries that leverage the power of
the Internet for e-business.
Information on IBM eServer is available at http://www.ibm.com/eserver
. IBM news releases and fact sheets are available at
http://www.ibm.com. The IBM eServer brand consists of the established
IBM e-business logo with the following descriptive term "server"
following it. The following are either trademarks or registered of
International Business Machines Corporation in the United States or
other countries or both: IBM, the IBM e-business logo and zSeries.
Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. All others are
trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
IBM OMV
Aktiengesellschaft
Georg Haberl Bernhard
Hudik
Media Relations, IBM Austria Director
Corporate Communications
Tel.: +43 1 211 45 2265 Tel.: +43
1 40440 21660
Fax: +43 1 211 45 3500 Fax: +43
1 40440 20999
e-mail: Georg_Haberl@at.ibm.com e-mail:
bernhard.hudik@omv.com
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From: "Bill Ritcher" <Bill_Ritcher@Guiffy.com>
Subject: GUIFFY 4.6 compare/merge released
Date: 8 Sep 2002 01:26:20 GMT
Guiffy is the quintessential cross-platform visual compare/merge utility.
Features 2-way and 3-way smart, "SureMerge", interfaces. Compare and Merge
interfaces support Editing and Undo. Guiffy's compare views include Inline
diff highlighting. Guiffy includes integrated Folder
Compare/Synchronization features. Comes with builtin UNICODE and MBCS
support. And, a command line interface for CM/SCM integrations -- Works
with CVS, Perforce, SOS, and Starbase. Plus, a complete API package is
included.
Available for all Java-enabled platforms including: Windows, Linux, Unix,
MacOS 9/X, and OS/2 or eCS.
Guiffy 4.6 includes:
>> CVS integration as external diff/3-way merge tool (( Igloo and
SmartCVS ))
>> CVS integration as "conflict editor" (( Tortoise CVS ))
>> Merge checkpoint(save) / resume(open)
>> NEW Folder Compare controls
Homepage: http://www.guiffy.com
License: 30-day evaluation. Single User registration is $79.
Thank you for your support,
Bill_Ritcher@Guiffy.com
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From: wesc@deirdre.org (Wesley J. Chun)
Subject: ANN: BayPIGgies mtg Wed 9/11 7:30pm
Date: 8 Sep 2002 01:26:23 GMT
BayPIGgies: Silicon Valley-San Francisco Bay Area Python Users Group
Agenda: Using a New MVC Architecture to Create a
Pythonic XML-based Web Application Framework
When: September 11, 2002 @ 7:30pm
Where: Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Speakers: Paul McGavin, Donovan Preston, Sam Penrose from InterSight
We will discuss how we are applying a new Python-based MVC
architecture to create an efficient, Pythonic web application
framework that separates presentation templates from the Python
source code with DOMTemplate. The framework componentizes behavior
into reusable objects with DOMWidgets and DOMHandlers.
After creating web applications in three separate Python frameworks
-- Webware for Python, Zope and Apache/Python cgi -- InterSight
decided to create its own MVC framework, based on some of the ideas
from IBM and Lutris Enhydra's Barracuda project, to power their
automated publishing applications. Their applications enable scalable
content: the ability to produce, from a single set of managed data
and images, many different marketing communication pieces: press-
ready Adobe InDesign and QuarkXPress files, web pages, order sheets,
sample stickers, price tags and more.
We are actively seeking speakers for BayPIGgies, esp. October 9th!
If you would like to give a talk at one of our meetings (any Python-
related topic), please contact us!
more info including directions: http://www.baypiggies.net
hope to see some of you on Wednesday!
-wesley
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
"Core Python Programming", Prentice Hall PTR, © 2001
http://starship.python.net/crew/wesc/cpp/
Silicon Valley-San Francisco Bay Area Python Users Group (BayPIGgies)
http://www.baypiggies.net
wesley.j.chun :: wesc at deirdre.org
cyberweb.consulting : henderson, nv : cyberweb at rocketmail.com
http://roadkill.com/~wesc/cyberweb/
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From: LULA Announce <somewhat@pacbell.net>
Subject: [LOCAL] Linux Users Los Angeles-Tues, 9-17 / JsP and PHP
Date: 8 Sep 2002 01:26:27 GMT
[LULA Sep 17, 2002 Meeting Announcement - Please repost]
LULA (Linux Users of Los Angeles) presents:
"Java Server Pages, Jakarta Tomcat, and PHP"
Speakers: Joseph Roseblum and Tim Frichtel
When: Tuesday, September 17th, 2002, 7-9 pm
Where: Tom Bradley Center, 5213 West Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
Cost: Free
Summary: Tim Frichtel, the Director, Systems Support of Learning Tree
International will speak on PHP and Joseph Roseblum will
speak on JSP and JSP/Tomcat.
--
LOCATION:
Tom Bradley Youth and Family Center
5213 West Pico Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90019
Telephone: (323) 692-0669
North side of West Pico Blvd.
between Cloverdale Avenue and Cochran Ave.
between major cross streets of Fairfax Avenue and La Brea Ave.
For a map, see
http://maps.yahoo.com/py/maps.py?addr=5213+W.+Pico&csz=90019
DIRECTIONS:
>From 10 East or West - Exit north on La Brea, go one mile,
turn left onto Pico, go west about 1/2 mile and park.
>From 405 Freeway North or South, go 10 East - see above.
>From 5/101/170 Freeway North or South, go 10 West - see above.
North
Cochran Cloverdale
| |
| |
| |
| alley |
| +-----------| |
| lot | |
| Center | |
+---------------------+------------------+
| | Pico(1/2 mile) |
| | |
La Brea
South ^
|
(from 10 Freeway)
^
PARKING:
Metered parking on Pico, Cochran, and Cloverdale;
free after 6PM.
Free parking also available in the rear lot; entered only from Cochran
via the alley, but it's a bit cramped.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
See http://www.lula.org
or http://www.lalugs.org
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From: Werner Heuser <Werner.Heuser@web.de>
Subject: InfraRed-HOWTO 3.4
Date: 8 Sep 2002 01:26:30 GMT
Hi,
the new issue v3.4 of the Linux-InfraRed-HOWTO is available at
http://mobilix.org/howtos.html
Werner
changes:
- improved the Linux PDA (Agenda, iPAQ, Yopy, Zaurus) chapter
with information about PPP, OpenOBEX, printing and more,
- worked the new syntax for -s option of irattach into the
appropriate sections,
- reworked and improved the IrDA and USB chapter,
- reworked printing stuff, removed obsolet hints to
irlpt_server and IrLPT,
- described how to use the Common Unix Printing System - CUPS,
- added the new irda-users mailing list address as well as
of the new archive,
- added links to Gnome IrDA applet and Beamster GTK/Python
into the new GUI section,
- added link to Japanese translation,
- added information about some LIRC programms
(IR Chooser, IControl, jlirc),
- changed all references to URLs into hyperlinks,
- changed all @s in mail addresses to _at_ to help
prevent spam (at least a little),
- URL corrections (LDP, ..),
- minor changes (spell checking, formatting)
--
|=| Werner Heuser = Keplerstr. 11A = D-10589 Berlin = Germany
|=| <wehe_AT_mobilix.org> T. 0049 - (0)30 - 349 53 86
|=| http://MobiliX.org UniX on Mobile Systems: HOWTOs,Software
|=| http://Xtops.DE Laptops+PDAs pre-installed with UniX
|*| This is no time for phony rhetoric -- Lou Reed
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From: semi_lucid@mailcity.com (Dani)
Subject: [ANN] Pexit is a multi-protocol chat and p2p app
Date: 8 Sep 2002 01:26:34 GMT
Pexit is a multi-platform, multi-protocol application. It seamlesly
implements popular chat and instant-messaging protocols such as IRC and
TOC, as well as having its own versatile protocol which allows
plain-text, audio and video chatting. Also, Pexit features its own
peer-to-peer protocol, and supports others, including OpenNap and
gnutella.
Pexit is written in Java, is plugin-in based, and has an open API. It
fully supports the addition of third party plugins.
Download it free at www.pexit.com.
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Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2002 20:25:05 CST
Subject: No subject given
From: sorceror@telocity.com
The next meeting of the Metro Detroit Linux Users Group will be
held Monday, September 9th, 2002 from 7:00pm-9:00pm at:
Cybx International Inc.
WWNet Building
30927 Schoolcraft Road
Livonia, MI 48150
Directions are available at "http://www.mdlug.org/meetings/next.php".
This month we will be holding a 'swap meet'. Bring that PC, book, card,
or whatever that you no longer use. Buy/trade for more, cooler stuff.
Donate working equipment for use as MDLUG demos and servers. President
Rodney Hampton will accept donations of working equipment for charity
(Pentium-class or greater, please!).
Sincerely,
Ray Ingles secretary@mdlug.org (248) 396-7149
"Open source code is not guaranteed nor does it come with a warranty."
- the Alexis de Tocqueville Institute
"I guess that's in contrast to proprietary software, which comes with
a money-back guarantee, and free on-site repairs if any bugs are found."
- Rary
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From: J Anders <j.anders@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de>
Subject: noteedit-2.0.15: gcc-3.x/TiMidity++
Date: 8 Sep 2002 01:30:04 GMT
Version 2.0.15 of the musical score editor NoteEdit is available:
http://rnvs.informatik.tu-chemnitz.de/~jan/noteedit/noteedit.html
1.) In principle it can be compiled with gcc-3.x! But read
this carefully: Many users install g++ - 3.x (and only gcc-3.x)
and expect C++ programs can be linked with QTs/KDEs which are
compiled with g++ - 2.x. But as experiences show:
It is not possible! You have to re-compile the whole KDE
and the whole Qt (takes 3 days). I did it and I couldn't
start my self-compiled KDE/QT. So perhaps you have to
re-compile still other (?) libraries.
Or wait for a new SuSE version. SuSE (http://www.suse.com)
is the one and only distributer who includes NoteEdit.
And I was notified by the SuSE Linux AG they prepare
a special g++-3.x version of NoteEdit.
2.) All NoteEdit users who had problems (delay)
during replay using the TiMidity++ in server mode:
I made a terrible mistake in documentation. The
correct command is:
timidity -iA -B2,8 -Os
^^^
And do not forget to install the eawpats (otherwise
the one and only instrument is piano):
http://www.stardate.bc.ca/eawpatches/html/default.htm
3.) I'm not quite sure whether all works with the
gcc-3.x-compiled NoteEdit. They removed my
preferred C++ class (ostrstream) and replaced
it against another (ostringstream) which has
different behaviour (seekp(0) does not cut the string).
So if you have problems: Let me know!
--
J.Anders, Chemnitz, GERMANY (ja@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de)
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From: Frederick Noronha <fred@bytesforall.org>
Subject: DeveloperIQ: GentooLinux 1.2, PhatLinux, compile your kernel...
Date: 8 Sep 2002 01:30:07 GMT
=================================================================
DeveloperIQ "India's first complete software mag" Sept 2002 issue:
=================================================================
Highlights from the issue, compiled by FN:
* Free as in freedom... focus on some alternate OSs
- SpinOS (an OS that blurs the distinction between kernels
and applications).
- ReactOS: an Open Source effort to develop a quality
operating system that is compatible with Windows NT
applications and drivers.
- BeOS: contains advantages from several OSs without
ancient oddments of older versions.
- Inferno: middleware, networking operating system, and
a development environment for embedded systems.
- Gentoo Linux 1.2: High-performance ports-based Linux
metadistribution. Gentoo Linux has an advanced package
management system called Portage.
- Phat Linux 3.3: You can install Phat Linux on your
computer without repartitioning your hard disk.
- S.Ha.R.K: a dynamic configurable kernel architecture
designed for supporting hard, soft and non real-time
applications with interchangeable scheduling algorithms.
* In the CD:
- SpinOS
- ReactOS
- BeOS
- Phat Linux 3.3
- Gentoo Linux 1.2
- Vita Nuova Inferno - netowrk operating system
- SHaRK
- XFree86 (freely redistributable, open-source
implementation fo the XWindows Systems)
* Post your problem: Questions on
- How to figure out if your Ethernet card is recognised?
(itconfig netstat)
- How to access files on an MS-DOS partition or floppy
- What does it mean if your meachine boots, says LI and
then freezes?
- What if you forget your Linux password?
- How to install GNU software in Linux?
- How to configure your network in Mandrake?
- How to create a 'multiboot' LILO in Linux?
* Compile your own Linux kernel. Continuing the journey
with Philip de Groot. Concluding of a two-part series.
* Look out for some database abstraction on PHP and
learn about the Perl DBI (use Perl to access many
different types of databases through a single API that
works independently of the actual database being used).
* Ad for Borland Delphi7 Studio. "Provides the migration
path to .NET that developers have been waiting for.
... you're in control of a complete e-business
development studio -- with the freedom to easily take
your solutions cross-platform to Linux. Visit
www.borland.com or email indiacustserv@borland.com
mentioning Delphi7 in the subjectline.
=================================================================
Contact DeveloperIQ (www.developeriq.com). Price Rs 100 in India.
Two CDs included. Bouquets and brickbats to ramdas@developeriq.com
Send your letters in under 350 words, mention address/job designation
=================================================================
Frederick Noronha
Freelance Journalist
http://linuxinindia.pitas.com
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From: "[H]omer" <uce@ftc.gov>
Subject: win2lin Project update !
Date: 8 Sep 2002 01:30:11 GMT
Reply-To: "[H]omer" <uce@ftc.gov>
The Windows to Linux Transition Project (win2lin) has now officially
started, (see news:3D77A7ED.8040908@ftc.gov for the original post)
Note for those who skip the original post: This has nothing to do with
*warez* or even software downloads. This is a maintained list of
applications. Just read the original post (linked above) and you'll
understand.
The webpage is up, although small and very basic just now, it will be
updated and polished regularly, (with your help, of course).
http://www.genesis-x.nildram.co.uk/win2lin.htm
Currently submissions are by Email only, until/unless I move to a dedicated
host.
***
Submissions:
TO: win2lin-submissions at genesis-x dot nildram dot co dot uk
SUBJECT: Software Submission
BODY:
submit=Windows Application Name | Linux Equivalent | License Type | URL
***
***
Corrections:
TO: win2lin-corrections at genesis-x dot nildram dot co dot uk
SUBJECT: Submission Correction
BODY:
replace=Windows Application Name | Linux Equivalent | License Type | URL
with=Windows Application Name | Linux Equivalent | License Type | URL
***
***
Comments:
TO: win2lin-feedback at genesis-x dot nildram dot co dot uk
SUBJECT: Something nice please :)
BODY:
Something nice please :)
Or failing that, something constructive
***
Note: Once again, let me reiterate. This is not software; warez or anything
to do with downloads. The URLs you submit should be for the
author's/distributor's/retailer's/maintainer's webpage ... *not* a download
link. These submissions will be scrutinised. Anything deemed to be illegal
or even remotely dodgy in nature will be reported to the software copyright
holder.
Regards,
Keith G. Robertson-Turner
win2lin Project Coordinator
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From: Gurkan Sengun <gurkan@linuks.mine.nu>
Subject: Announce amigashell 2.2
Date: 8 Sep 2002 01:30:15 GMT
hi
AmigaSHELL makes your boring gray on black colored
bash shell revive like in the old days. Just like on
Amiga(tm), blue, white, orange, black at its finest.
With a nice informational bar at the top.
regards
gürkan
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Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2002 20:25:46 CST
From: Volker.Duetsch@gmx.de (Volker Duetsch)
Subject: Vim reference card 0.4
Reply-To: volker.duetsch@gmx.de
Hi,
after almost 2 years I've updated the vim reference card
to version 0.4. The PDF-document consist of 2 pages DIN A4 and
is, at the moment, only in german available.
new since 0.3:
- macro shortcuts extended
- folding shortcuts listed
- better layout for online viewing and printing
- serveral (small) improvements
It's especially suited for newbies and beginners starting to use
vim, but it can be used as daily vim reference card, too.
The download can be found under: http://www.linuxclass.de/ext_vim.php
or http://www.linuxclass.de/download/vimref_0.4.pdf
regards,
Volker
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[ Volker Bernahrd Duetsch ## volker.duetsch@gmx.de ## volker@duetsch.net ]
[ http://www.duetsch.net ## http://www.linuxclass.de ]
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