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Linux-Announce Digest #844
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Linux-Announce Digest #844, Volume #3 Sun, 27 Aug 00 18:13:04 EDT
Contents:
LOCAL: Linux Installfest, Roseville, CA - 9/16/2000 ("Verbus M. Counts")
COMMERCIAL: AMD Thunderbird @ 1 GHz - LINUX System ("Verbus M. Counts")
Announcing BackMeUp for Linux (Max Heijndijk)
Announcing Conmen for Linux (Max Heijndijk)
LOCAL: Alice Springs Linux Userg Group - Next meeting Tuesday, September 5th (Adrian Casey)
Announcing GenerateMenus for Linux (Max Heijndijk)
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From: "Verbus M. Counts" <verbus@hotmail.com>
Subject: LOCAL: Linux Installfest, Roseville, CA - 9/16/2000
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 18:43:30 GMT
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Roseville Linux Training Center
Your source for all your Linux needs:
Hardware, Software, Support, Service and Training.
Roseville Linux Training Center is proud to announce our Grand Opening:
Time: 12am - 6pm
Date: September 16, 2000
Place: 10 South Grant Street, Roseville, CA 95678
Activities: Linux Installfest and free pizza!!!!!
An Installfest is an event to which you bring your computer and we help
you install Linux, or assist you with the configuration of your existing
Linux system.
There will also be demonstrations of Linux running a variety of software
and presentations on what Linux is, so if you're curious about Linux this is
your chance to experience it first-hand.
For more information, and registration details, visit:
http://www.roseville-ltc.com
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From: "Verbus M. Counts" <verbus@hotmail.com>
Subject: COMMERCIAL: AMD Thunderbird @ 1 GHz - LINUX System
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 18:44:28 GMT
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Rocky Ridge Server and/or PowerStation
AMD Thunderbird @ 1 GHz
Features the newly introduced, very powerful AMD Socket-A Athlon
Thunderbird processor at 1 GigaHertz with on-die L2 cache and the new
VIA KT-133 chipset!
CPU core @ 1GHz, FSB @ 200MHz, L2 cache: 256K @ 1GHz.
128MB PC133 SDRAM memory @ 133MHz.
Hard Drives: Two 30.7GB UDMA-66MB/second transfer rate,
CD-ROM: 48X UDMA 33MHz/second transfer rate, 1.44MB FDD
Monitor: Viewsonic 17'', 16'' Viewable, .27mm, 1280x1024
Video: 8MB AGP-2X video, Modem: 56K V.90 faxmodem with voice
Ports: high-speed EPP/ECP parallel port, two high-speed serial ports,
FOUR USB ports Expandable (7-bay mid-tower case, 8 expansion slots:
5-PCI, 1-ISA, 1-AGP,1-AMR),
Dual Boot: Windows98SE pre-installed and optimized, Norton AntiVirus 5.0
and
Linux – Mandrake 7.1 pre-installed and optimized
104-key Windows keyboard, scroll mouse
2 year warranty (parts & labor).
Only $ 2,499.00 Great NT or LINUX Server
http://www.roseville-ltc.com
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From: Max Heijndijk <max@positronic.net>
Subject: Announcing BackMeUp for Linux
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 19:00:44 GMT
Reply-To: Max Heijndijk <cchq@wanadoo.nl>
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
======================
Bmu 0.22 is now available.
ABOUT BMU:
==========
BackMeUp constists of three shellscripts that can do backup and restore
operations on a Linux system.
It is intended for small backups of your system and user configuration
files.
You can restore the backups without losing the original configuration
files.
OBTAINING BMU:
==============
Visit http://go.to/conmen/
Best regards, Max Heijndijk
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From: Max Heijndijk <max@positronic.net>
Subject: Announcing Conmen for Linux
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 19:00:09 GMT
Reply-To: Max Heijndijk <cchq@wanadoo.nl>
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
======================
Conmen 0.21 is now available.
ABOUT CONMEN:
=============
Conmen is a collection of shellscripts that can execute often used
commands via a dialog screen.
DESCRIPTION:
============
Features are:
- - Play MP3's with mpg123.
- - Encode WAV's/MP3's to MP3 with notlame.
- - Edit MP3 info tags with id3ed
- - Record and Rip CD'S with cdrecord and cdrdao.
- - Turn a soundcard on or off in one go(sb16, sbawe, sblive).
- - Change and save mixer settings for different soundcards/drivers (with
aumix).
- - View a Photo-CD with pcdview (from package xpcd).
- - Print graphics with the XW-TOOLS.
- - Run lxdoom, quake, quakeworld and quake2 from a menu.
- - Run Quake I, II games in an X Window.
- - Compile a kernel, copy it to kernel-install-path and run LILO in one
go.
- - Remove backupfiles, selectable by extension.
- - Query your RPM database and write it to a file.
- - Make floppy-images.
- - Copy MBR to a floppy and restore MBR from a bootfloppy.
- - Show Proc-info
- - Start and kill an internet connection (multiple accounts),
chatscripts, resolv.conf, and ppp-options will be generated
automatically.
All these things can be turned on or off by root for different users.
You can put /usr/bin/conmen in your /etc/passwd file to use this program
as a shell for users . You can then, if desirable, grant users acces to
shell commands by turning on the Shell Access option in the user
control.
OBTAINING CONMEN:
=================
Visit: http://go.to/conmen
Best regards, Max Heijndijk
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From: Adrian Casey <axiiom@ozemail.com.au>
Subject: LOCAL: Alice Springs Linux Userg Group - Next meeting Tuesday, September 5th
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 18:57:03 GMT
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The next ASLUG meeting will be Tuesday, September 5th, 18:30 at the Det
421 Rec Room, Schwarz Crescent.
As always, come along for the latest in Linux news and support. Bring
your PC too for immediate upgrade!
See you there.
Cheers.
Adrian Casey.
www.aslug.org.au
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From: Max Heijndijk <max@positronic.net>
Subject: Announcing GenerateMenus for Linux
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 19:01:14 GMT
Reply-To: Max Heijndijk <cchq@wanadoo.nl>
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
======================
Genmen 0.03 is now available.
ABOUT GENMEN:
=============
GenMen (Generate Menus) is a shellscript that creates menus for any
Window Manager. It is a frontend for the debian 'menu' package which is
also included in Mandrake-Linux 7.1 and up.
DESCRIPTION:
============
Features are:
- - Copy menu entryfiles from /usr/lib/menu to your ~/.menu or /etc/menu
directory.
- - Remove menu entries by writing zero-byte files to your ~/.menu or
/etc/menu directory.
- - Create and edit menu entryfiles.
- - Create some menu entryfiles that are predefined within the
shellscript.
- - Update the menus.
- - Read the menu documentation.
- - The script is bilingual (english / dutch)
OBTAINING GENMEN:
=================
Visit http://go.to/conmen/
Best regards, Max Heijndijk
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