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Linux-Announce Digest #917
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Linux-Announce Digest #917, Volume #3 Fri, 9 Feb 01 16:13:02 EST
Contents:
COMMERCIAL: Linux for Beginners W/Free Laptop! (Rajesh Goyal)
COMMERCIAL: Linux box $389 (sales)
LOCAL: Founding a Linux Users Group in Pakistan (Naseer.Bhatti@lois.pathlink.com)
MAILING-LIST: Linux Security Newsletter (Dave Wreski)
IBM Wins LinuxWorld Award (kgill@brodeur.com)
Fcron 0.9.5 - a replacement for Vixie cron and anacron (Thibault Godouet)
MultiMail Offline Reader, v0.38 (William McBrine)
Toast-It - New Free CD Toaster - Windows look and feel (Alain =?iso-8859-1?Q?Qu=E9m=E9neur?=)
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From: Rajesh Goyal <rajesh@linuxcertified.com>
Subject: COMMERCIAL: Linux for Beginners W/Free Laptop!
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 20:53:33 GMT
Reply-To: info@linuxcertified.com
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LinuxCertified.com announces "Linux for Beginners" for busy
professionals
- - All attendees get a free Linux laptop!
info@linuxcertified.com
http://www.linuxcertified.com/
Linux is fast becoming a key component of the Network age of today and
the future. Linux is now core of systems ranging from small smart
devices to supercomputer clusters. A working knowledge of Linux is
critical for professionals who use computing devices as tools for their
work..
"Linux for beginners" course is designed for busy professionals with no
prior experience with Linux or any other flavor of UNIX. This two-day
introduction to Linux broadens their horizons with a detailed overview
of the operating system.
Attendees learn how to effectively use a Linux system as a valuable
tool. They get familiar with the architecture and various components of
the operating system, learn both graphical and command line tools, and
learn to do basic networking. The class is scheduled for
February17-18th,
2001.
In addition to carefully designed lecture material delivered by
experienced
Linux professionals, there is a heavy emphasis on hands-on learning.
Attendees get a powerful Linux laptop on their arrival, along with other
class materials. At the end of the class they take this laptop with
them
to further enhance their Linux expertise. Professionals with basic
UNIX experience can enroll in the the popular "Linux Certification
Bootcamp" class.
About LinuxCertified.com
The mission of LinuxCertified.com is to bring Linux to mainstream IT
usage. We firmly believe that Linux has an enormous potential, once it
crosses over from the early adopters to the more mainstream users. Our
goal is to help this transition by providing:
- - Linux trained and certified professionals
- - Linux certified products that cater to mainstream users rather than
early adopters.
Contact:
info@linuxcertified.com
http://www.linuxcertified.com/
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Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.
Linux Professionals Institute and the LPI logo are trademarks of the
Linux Professional Institute, Inc.
RED HAT is a registered trademark of Red Hat, Inc.
LinuxCertified.com is an independent entity from organizations providing
Linux certification exams, and they do not sponsor our classes.
All other names and trademarks are the property of their respective
owners.
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From: sales <sales@storeanywhere.com>
Subject: COMMERCIAL: Linux box $389
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 20:56:04 GMT
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WWW.Storeanywhere.com is promoting its
Linux box 500Mhz with following configurations
for $389. If in 1U rackmount chassis, its price
will be $599.
AMD K6II 500Mhz CPU/Fan
64mb Ram
10.2G HDD/Floppy Drive
52X CD-Rom
8mb VGA and 3D sound
Keyboard/mouse
If you have any questions please e-mail us on
sales@storeanywhere.com or simply call us on
(718) 934-7313 .
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From: Naseer.Bhatti@lois.pathlink.com
Subject: LOCAL: Founding a Linux Users Group in Pakistan
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 20:59:42 GMT
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Hi, Naseer Bhatti. Goni is my nick at DalNET and 23280942 is my ICQ No.
and geniusbhatti@hotmail.com is m y E-mail ady.
Catch me also at 0092-300-8482803.
So thats my short overview. I have been working over Linux/UNIX for the
last 6 years. I have just formed a Linux Users Groups here in
Pakistan and starting the first meeting tomorrow Tuesday in Lahore. This
is just a brief overview of what we are doing. We will just first
introduce ourself and have fome formal talk.
Just to post this stuff here. Will gather more information about the
meetings and post them here. Any suggestions ?
don't hessitate to contact me.
Thanks,
Naseer
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Posted via http://nodevice.com
Linux Programmer's Site
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From: dave@nic.com (Dave Wreski)
Subject: MAILING-LIST: Linux Security Newsletter
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 20:57:43 GMT
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The LinuxSecurity.com weekly newsletter summarizes the most notable
security issues that concern Linux and open source security administrators
and security professionals. It is distributed Monday mornings by Guardian
Digital.
Contained in the newsletter include information on:
- Latest security news
- Notification of improvements made to the site
- Comments from the community
Please visit us to subscribe to this list and information about our others
at http://www.linuxsecurity.com/mailinglists.html.
Regards,
Dave Wreski
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From: kgill@brodeur.com
Subject: IBM Wins LinuxWorld Award
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 20:53:23 GMT
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Hello!
Just a heads-up: IBM won IDG's LinuxWorld Show Favorite award. Please let
me know if you are interested in pursuing this story and I would be happy
to set up interviews with IBM executives.
Thanks!
Katherine Gill
Brodeur Worldwide for IBM
617-587-2080
kgill@brodeur.com
* * *
Contact:
Alise McNeill
IBM Corporation
919-254-6262
alisem@us.ibm.com
IBM DELIVERS WINNING LINUX SOLUTION FOR SMALL BUSINESSES
LinuxWorld Convention and Expo, New York, February 2, 2001. . .The
industry's first Linux*-based integrated software solution for small
businesses has won Show Favorite honors for the System Integration catagory
at this year's LinuxWorld Convention and Expo.
IBM's Small Business Suite for Linux includes DB2 Universal Database,
WebSphere Application Server and Lotus Domino. This offering is bundled
together to deliver the tools necessary to help customers with messaging
and collaboration, productivity, Web site creation and design, and data
management. IBM also includes a fully integrated install program that
allows customers and business partners to deploy, quickly and easily, the
key software featured in the suite on both servers and desktops.
According to IDC, small businesses represent 48 percent of all Linux server
installations.
The Small Business Suite for Linux is available for only $499 (US) and
gives growing companies the opportunity to utilize IBM's industry-leading
software at a significant cost savings.
About IBM
IBM is the world's largest information technology company, with 80 years of
leadership in helping businesses innovate. IBM Software offers the widest
range of applications, middleware and operating systems for all types of
computing platforms, allowing customers to take full advantage of the new
era of e-business. The fastest way to get more information about IBM
software or solutions for Linux is through the Internet at:
http://www.ibm.com/linux.
*Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds.
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From: Thibault Godouet <fcron@free.fr>
Subject: Fcron 0.9.5 - a replacement for Vixie cron and anacron
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 20:55:16 GMT
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What is new in this release (0.9.5) ?
- -------------------------------------
- - security fix : a standard user used to be able to run a job as root
if root had reinstalled a user's fcrontab (until the next change
of the fcrontab by the owner).
- - added the options "strict" and "noticenotrun" to tell fcron respectively
if a job should be removed from lavg queue if its execution interval is
exceeded, and if fcron should mail user to report the non-execution
of a job.
- - added option nolog to reduce disk access and save energy for laptops,
and/or get more readable log files when this option is used with lines
running very often (the only things logged with nolog are errors).
- - better handle of changes in /etc/passwd : the fcrontabs do not need to
be reinstalled anymore if this file is modified.
- - some other small improvements added and various bugs have been fixed.
What is fcron ?
- ---------------
Fcron is a scheduler. It aims at replacing Vixie Cron, so it implements
most of its functionalities.
But contrary to Vixie Cron, fcron does not need your system to be up
7 days a week, 24 hours a day : it also works well with systems which
are not running neither all the time nor regularly (contrary to
anacrontab).
To do so, fcron allows you to use the standard mode in which you tell
it to execute one command at a given date and hour and to make it run
a command according to its time of execution, which is normally the same
as system up time. For example :
Run the task 'save //home// directory'
every 3h15 of system up time.
and, of course, in order to make it really useful, the time remaining
until next execution is saved each time the system is stopped.
You can also say :
run that command once between 2am and 5am
which will be done if the system is running at any time in this
interval. Or even :
run this job once every week as soon as the 15 minutes
load average is lower than 0.9
Fcron also includes a useful system of options, which can be applied
either to every lines following the declaration or to a single line.
Some of the supported options permit to: run jobs one by one, run jobs
at fcron's startup if they should have been run during system down time,
a better management of the mailing of outputs, set a nice value for a
job ...
What is planed for next releases ?
- ----------------------------------
I'd like to :
- - make a stable release :))
- - allow users to have several fcrontabs.
(I wonder if it is really necessary : what do you think
about it ? Please mail me answers at fcron@free.fr
<mailto:fcron@free.fr> )
- - add PAM support.
- - allow users to control their running jobs (renice, stop,
continue ...)
(propositions and help are welcome)
How you can help me
- -------------------
I especially need help for testing every fcron functionalities.
If you'd like to help me, please contact me at :
fcron@free.fr <mailto:fcron@free.fr>
Where can I get it ?
- --------------------
You can either go to the project home page at :
http://fcron.free.fr
or get it from metalab at
ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/daemons/cron/fcron-0.9.5.src.tar.gz
<ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/daemons/cron/fcron-0.9.3.src.tar.gz>
(108kB)
(I've sent the file but it may take some time before it is available on
metalab)
I hope you will enjoy it,
Thibault.
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From: William McBrine <wmcbrine@users.sourceforge.net>
Subject: MultiMail Offline Reader, v0.38
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 20:55:41 GMT
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MultiMail is a free, open source (GPL) offline mail packet reader for
Unix, DOS, OS/2 and Win32. It currently supports the Blue Wave, QWK, OMEN
and SOUP formats. It has a full screen, color user interface, built with
the curses library.
The MultiMail home page is:
http://multimail.sourceforge.net/
Alternately, you can get it via FTP:
ftp://multimail.sourceforge.net/pub/multimail/
Binaries for several platforms are available, along with the source code.
Sorry, no official Fidonet addresses at this time.
What's New in version 0.38?
- ---------------------------
* Transparency and monochrome color options
* Original timestamps of packets are preserved (manual updates allowed)
* Expert mode, removes help text from screen (more space for other stuff)
* SOUP fixes: Deal with broken References lines, separate mail better
* Fix for SIGWINCH in ncurses 5.0+
* New default colors
* Etc.
Begin3
Title: MultiMail (source)
Version: 0.38
Entered-date: 03FEB01
Description: MultiMail is a curses-based Blue Wave, QWK, OMEN and SOUP
offline mail reader for Unix and other systems.
Keywords: mail bluewave omen qwk soup bbs fido offline reader
Author: wmcbrine@users.sourceforge.net (William McBrine) et al.
Maintained-by: wmcbrine@users.sourceforge.net (William McBrine)
Primary-site: download.sourceforge.net /pub/sourceforge/multimail
204800 mmail-0.38.tar.gz
Alternate-site: sunsite.unc.edu /pub/Linux/system/bbs/mail
Original-site:
Platforms: C++, curses and InfoZip or PKZIP. Tested on Linux, Solaris,
NetBSD, MS-DOS, OS/2, and Win32.
Copying-policy: GPL 2.0
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From: Alain =?iso-8859-1?Q?Qu=E9m=E9neur?= <alain.quemeneur@voonoo.net>
Subject: Toast-It - New Free CD Toaster - Windows look and feel
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 20:52:23 GMT
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I present Toast-It, a new Microsoft Windows look alike CD Toaster for
Linux, using wxWindows library.
English Official Site -
http://www.chez.com/aquem/Toast-It/toast-it-en.html
French Official Site -
http://www.chez.com/aquem/Toast-It/toast-it-fr.html
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