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Linux-Announce Digest #732, Volume #3 Sat, 12 Feb 00 21:13:08 EST
Contents:
WWW: One year anniversary of the "Brave GNU World", the monthly GNU forum - issue 12 has been released ("Georg C. F. Greve")
FIDOGATE 4.4.0 - Fido-Internet Gateway and Tosser (Martin Junius)
Sketch 0.6.5 - A vector drawing program (Bernhard Herzog)
pdftohtml 0.2 (Rainer Dorsch)
COMMERCIAL: Mandrake PowerPack v7 only $48.85! (Circadian Software)
The Linux-Net Project ("Hardburn")
WWW: LinuxLinks.com reaches 9000th verified Linux Link (Steve Emms)
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From: "Georg C. F. Greve" <greve@gnu.org>
Subject: WWW: One year anniversary of the "Brave GNU World", the monthly GNU forum - issue 12 has been released
Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 01:35:28 GMT
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is appropriate.]
One year anniversary of the "Brave GNU World",
the monthly GNU forum - issue 12 has been released
-- Georg Greve
Hi !
The 12th issue of the "Brave GNU World" column is online
now. It can be found on the GNU Webpage and its mirrors
or follow the links at the end of this posting.
This one is a very special release as it rounds up the first
year of "Brave GNU World." During this year the column has picked
up some remarkable features. Being released simultaneously online
in five languages (English, German, French, Japanese and Spanish)
and printed in the German "Linux-Magazin" as well as the "Linux
Magazine France," the column is the monthly forum with the widest
distribution worldwide as far as I know.
If you would like to receive mail about new issues directly, you can
subscribe to the "Brave GNU World" announcement mailinglist. Just
send mail to <brave-gnu-world-request@gnu.org> with "subscribe" in
the *body*. The mailinglist is only for announcements that are related
to the "Brave GNU World" and is of very low volume (between 1 and 4
mails a month).
The 12th issue covers the following topics:
* GNU Pascal Compiler (a truly Free Pascal compiler)
* Moodss (graphical system monitoring made easy)
* Free Software in the French government
(politics realizing the importance of Free Software)
* One year of Brave GNU World
(how the column came to pass, internal workings
and plans for the future)
This column intends to provide a forum for all GNU maintainers,
friends and associates and I am always open to suggestions. So if
you
* have questions about the GNU Project that might be of general
interest
* have a GNU Project and would like to improve its profile
* would like to start a GNU Project you are looking for people to
start it with
* think something doesn't get the publicity it deserves
* would like to see something made public
send mail to:
"Brave GNU World <column@gnu.org>"
This column is for everyone with an interest in Free Software,
so donīt hesitate to contact me if your project is under the
GPL/LGPL and youīd like to see it introduced here.
The eleventh issue can be found at
http://www.gnu.org/brave-gnu-world/issue-12.en.html
[ English version ]
http://www.gnu.org/brave-gnu-world/issue-12.fr.html
[ French version ]
http://www.gnu.org/brave-gnu-world/issue-12.de.html
[ German version ]
http://www.gnu.org/brave-gnu-world/issue-12.ja.html
[ Japanese version ]
http://www.gnu.org/brave-gnu-world/issue-12.es.html
[ Spanish version ]
or via the "Brave GNU World" homepage
http://www.gnu.org/brave-gnu-world/brave-gnu-world.en.html
[ English version ]
http://www.gnu.org/brave-gnu-world/brave-gnu-world.fr.html
[ French version ]
http://www.gnu.org/brave-gnu-world/brave-gnu-world.de.html
[ German version ]
http://www.gnu.org/brave-gnu-world/brave-gnu-world.ja.html
[ Japanese version ]
http://www.gnu.org/brave-gnu-world/brave-gnu-world.es.html
[ Spanish version ]
Thatīs it for now...
Regards,
Georg Greve
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Georg C. F. Greve <greve@gnu.org>
"Brave GNU World", the monthly GNU forum
in English, German, French, Spanish and Japanese.
Check it out at http://www.gnu.org/brave-gnu-world/
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From: Martin Junius <mj@orodruin.fido.de>
Subject: FIDOGATE 4.4.0 - Fido-Internet Gateway and Tosser
Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 01:54:31 GMT
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=================================================================
FIDOGATE 4.4.0, a stable version of the new FIDOGATE release
=================================================================
FIDOGATE Version 4
===========================
* Fido Internet Gateway
* Fido Zone Gateway
* Fido Tosser
* Fido Ticker
* Fido Areafix and Filefix
===========================
Internet:
=========
http://www.fido.de/fidogate/
ftp://ftp.fido.de/pub/fidogate/
http://www.fido.de/pub/fidogate/
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/fido/
http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/fido/
(probably still in .../pub/Linux/Incoming)
fidogate-4.4.0.tar.gz 1140 Kbyte
fidogate-4.4.0-1.src.rpm 1140 Kbyte
fidogate-4.4.0-1.i386.rpm 1130 Kbyte
Fido File Request:
==================
2:2452/110, 111 +49-241-876604 (V.34, ISDN V.110/X.75)
Magic FIDOGATE or
fgate436.tgz 1140 Kbyte
======================================================================
Changes in 4.4.0:
* NEW STABLE RELEASE based on 4.3.6.
* charset.map: translation tables completed.
* ftn2rfc: line formatting changes (filling to MessageLineLength only
for lines >= 80 chars).
* Distribution now as i386 and src RPM for RedHat 6.0 (should work
with other glibc-based distributions as well). Binary RPM installs
new sample config files for FIDOGATE point.
* Some minor bugfixes to scripts and C source.
======================================================================
Needed:
* GNU CC or ANSI C compiler
* GNU make
* GNU flex/bison or lex/yacc
* Perl5
* sendmail m4 configuration files
* GNU m4 for the sendmail m4 configuration
======================================================================
$Date: 2000/02/11 14:57:21 $
Martin Junius
mailto:mj@fido.de
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From: Bernhard Herzog <sketch@online.de>
Subject: Sketch 0.6.5 - A vector drawing program
Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 01:51:10 GMT
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Sketch 0.6.5 - A vector drawing program
Sketch is a vector drawing program for Linux and other unices. It's
intended to be a flexible and powerful tool for illustrations, diagrams
and other purposes.
Despite the low version number, it already has advanced features like
gradients, text along a path and clip masks and is fully scriptable due
to its implementation in a combination of Python and C.
News:
- -----
This is mainly a bug-fix release.
Summary of the Changes since 0.6.4:
* "Snap To Objects" now also works for raster images and eps files.
* bzip2 compressed sk-files (and also ai and svg) can now be
uncompressed transparently if bzip2 is installed.
* A new example script that saves the current selection as an eps
file.
* Bug fixes
Homepage:
- ---------
http://sketch.sourceforge.net/
Features:
- ---------
o Drawing primitives:
o Rectangles
o Ellipses
o Bezier curves
o Bitmap images: JPEG, GIF,...
(all types the Python Imaging Library can read)
o Encapsulated PostScript
o Text
o All objects, including images and text, can be rotated,
scaled, sheared, etc. (all affine transformations are
possible)
o Gradient fills
o Special Effects and Features:
o Use rectangles, ellipses and bezier objects as guides
o Blend Groups: Automatically updated interpolations of
arbitrary objects
o Text can be converted to bezier objects.
o Text along Path
o Exports Encapsulated PostScript, SVG and Adobe Illustrator files
o Imports Adobe Illustrator, Corel CMX, SVG, XFig and WMF files
o Fully scriptable in Python
For more information, have a look at the Sketch webpage.
License:
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Sketch is released under GNU Library General Public License.
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From: Rainer Dorsch <rainer.dorsch@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de>
Subject: pdftohtml 0.2
Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 01:52:43 GMT
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Version 0.2 of pdftohtml is now available from
http://www.ra.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/~gosho/pdftohtml/code.html
pdftohtml0.2
============
Pdftohtml v. 0.20 converts Portable Document Format files to HTML. For further
information please visit the pdftohtml homepage
http://www.ra.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/~gosho/pdftohtml/
Changes from version 0.1:
- ------------------
- - All images from the PDF file are extracted as JPEG or PNG images.
- - A shell script pdftohtml is now the main user interface
(note: pnmtopng http://www.cdrom.com/pub/png/pngcode.html is now necessary)
- - A complex HTML layout mechanism was added (using CSS)
- - Frames are (optionally) used in the HTML output
Todo:
- -----
- - pdf vector drawings are not yet extracted.
- - Images are sometimes cut into multiple images.
- - Option to switch off page output
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Rainer Dorsch
Abt. Rechnerarchitektur e-mail:rainer.dorsch@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de
Uni Stuttgart Tel.: 0711-7816-215
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From: Circadian Software <info@ccsoft.cc>
Subject: COMMERCIAL: Mandrake PowerPack v7 only $48.85!
Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 01:52:20 GMT
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LINUXLAND IS TAKING PRE-ORDERS FOR THE POWERPACK v7 for $48.85!
http://www.LLand.com/easy7/
The Linux Mandrake PowerPack v7 worldwide release is right around the
corner - Mandrake is planning on shipping it on or around 2/23. We've
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From: "Hardburn" <admin@madtimes.com>
Subject: The Linux-Net Project
Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 01:55:14 GMT
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This is to announce the creation of the Linux-Net Project, located
(temperarly) at http://linux_net.tripod.com.
Several years from now, your home or office computer systems could change
from the many boxes around the building to a single, very powerful server at
the center with several termenals feeding off of it. Its similar to a
time-sharing minicomputer, but the termenals could be far more flexible.
For instance, your refrigerator may notice that milk is running low and,
being a termenal, asks the server to put "Milk" on the shopping list. Now
you get the shopping list off of your PDA, which is also a termenal, and see
that you should get milk. It could even be extended so that the server will
watch how much milk, or any other product, your family drinks and will
adjust the ammount you should get based on that.
The Linux-Net Project was started to start researching the possiblities of
modifying Linux for use in just such a system.
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From: Steve Emms <sde@linuxlinks.com>
Subject: WWW: LinuxLinks.com reaches 9000th verified Linux Link
Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 01:55:26 GMT
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LinuxLinks.com, http://www.linuxlinks.com/ has now reached
just over 9,000 verified LinuxLinks. This represents a huge
increase in the number of new links entered into database per
month and further demonstrates the continuing expansion of
quality websites on the net covering Linux.
Given the large number of sites, LinuxLinks now features a web-site
on a daily basis. The featured site is selected from those sites
at LinuxLinks which have been highly rated by our reviewers or
strongly recommended by site users. The list of featured web-sites
can be found at http://www.linuxlinks.com/Cool/ Recommendations for
sites not in the list are welcome. LinuxLinks now also features an
improved Java chatroom - http://www.linuxlinks.com/chat/ - where
visitors can discuss the latest Linux topics on a more immediate basis.
LinuxLinks.com is part of the Firstlinux.com network
http://www.firstlinux.com/
Steve Emms
sde@linuxlinks.com | http://www.linuxlinks.com/
CEO of LinuxLinks.com -- the Linux Portal Site
Phone: (520) 396-7905 | Fax: (520) 396-7905
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