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Linux-Announce Digest #918
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Fri Feb 9 17:53:55 2001
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Linux-Announce Digest #918, Volume #3 Fri, 9 Feb 01 17:13:05 EST
Contents:
rp-pppoe 2.8 -- Robust PPPoE client for Linux, NetBSD, Solaris and ("David F. Skoll")
popsneaker 0.5.0 (Stefan Baehre)
Yahtzee game ("Rick Townsend")
ASPSeek 1.0.2 stable search engine released (Maxim Drogaytsev)
LOCAL: OFLUG meeting in Norway (Tomas Olaj)
COMMERCIAL: 2U Rackmount server $889 (sales)
The Glasgow Haskell Compiler -- version 4.08.2 (Julian Seward)
CONFERENCE: Python-9 Conference (Dinara Suleymanova)
LOCAL: The Linux Society General Meeting, Friday 13-Feb (Stefan Mashkevich)
WWW: Intro. To Linux at U-Online ("U-Online")
RawWrite for Windows 0.4 (John Newbigin)
LOCAL: 28 Feb - [HRPM] Meeting/Dinner Announcement
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From: "David F. Skoll" <dfs@roaringpenguin.com>
Subject: rp-pppoe 2.8 -- Robust PPPoE client for Linux, NetBSD, Solaris and
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 20:59:51 GMT
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Version 2.8 of rp-pppoe has been released. (There was no public 2.7 release.)
rp-pppoe is a user-mode client and server for the Point-to-Point
Protocol over Ethernet, a protocol used by many ADSL service providers.
It runs on standard Linux kernels (2.0, 2.2 or 2.4; no kernel modification
required), NetBSD and Solaris. rp-pppoe is released under the GNU
General Public License, and can be obtained from:
http://www.roaringpenguin.com/pppoe/
Changes from Version 2.6 to 2.8:
Added init scripts for TurboLinux, courtesy of Yasuhiro Sumi.
Made relay.c check packet lengths rigorously; made it throw out Ethernet
frame padding on discovery packets.
Completely restructured source file tree.
Much internal restructuring to eliminate a bunch of global variables.
adsl-connect now executes /etc/ppp/adsl-lost whenever connection is dropped
or cannot be established.
Split pppoe.c into pppoe.c and discovery.c.
Added relay agent (pppoe-relay). Development of the relay agent was
funded by IBM Corporation.
Made adsl-connect script use the "-U" (host-unique) option to better support
multiple PPPoE links.
Added support for kernel-mode PPPoE (EXPERIMENTAL, UNSUPPORTED!)
Added "-o" option to PPPoE server; encoded server PID in pppoe-server
cookie.
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David F. Skoll
Roaring Penguin Software Inc. | http://www.roaringpenguin.com
GPG fingerprint: 9314 DC81 CE49 05C5 2F64 252B 3134 AD1F 1216 8F20
GPG public key: http://www.roaringpenguin.com/dskoll-key-2001.txt
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From: Stefan Baehre <popsneaker@ixtools.de>
Subject: popsneaker 0.5.0
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 21:03:42 GMT
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Popsneaker is a mailfilter for remote filtering of POP3
email accounts. It is mostly useful for computers which have
a dial-in connection to the internet. You can define rules
to select emails, which you don't want to download to your
local box. This is a simple and effective way to get rid of
spam, advertisings and other kinds of unwanted mail. The
filter rules are very flexible and powerful, but still easy
to handle. The main ruletypes are using regular expressions
to deny, to accept or to make an assumption on the mail.
Popsneaker 0.5.0 is a completly rewritten release. Previous
versions where implemented as Tcl scripts. These scripts
have had more advanced features but were slower in
execution. The 0.4 series of popsneaker is also still
available.
You can download popsneaker from:
http://www.ixtools.de/popsneaker/
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http://www.ixtools.de/
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From: "Rick Townsend" <rtee@btinternet.com>
Subject: Yahtzee game
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 21:04:35 GMT
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Runs fine on my system, RedHat 7 KDE2 Qt-2.2.3.
What it is: Yahtzee clone 1-10 players.
Where it is: www.btinternet.com/~rtee/
Size : 25k
Regards.
RTee
rtee@btinternet.com
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From: Maxim Drogaytsev <max@sw.com.sg>
Subject: ASPSeek 1.0.2 stable search engine released
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 21:03:34 GMT
Reply-To: max@sw.com.sg
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Hello,
I'm happy to announce that we have just released new stable version of
ASPSeek search engine software. ASPSeek is developed in C++ using STL
library, and available under GNU GPL. ASPSeek consists of an indexing
robot, a search daemon, and a CGI search frontend. It can index as many
as a few million URLs and search for words and phrases, use wildcards,
and do a Boolean search. Search results can be limited to time period
given, site or Web space (set of sites) and sorted by relevance
(PageRanks are used) or date. ASPSeek is optimized for multiple sites
(threaded index, async DNS lookups, grouping results by site, Web
spaces), but can be used for searching one site as well. Other features
include stopwords and ispell support, a charset and language guesser,
HTML templates for search results, excerpts, and query words
highlighting.
This release fixes a searchd coredump after telnetting to the searchd
port, aseek-users subscribe instructions, navleft in default template,
problems with EscapeURL not properly escaping queries, a DebugLevel bug,
and socklen_t is now fixed if it is not defined. Several other small
improvements including more charsets, a Turkish stopword file, and the
ability to run a search query on other engines are also included.
Homepage: http://www.sw.com.sg/products/aspseek/
Download: http://www.sw.com.sg/products/aspseek/form/
Contact: aseek@sw.com.sg
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From: Tomas Olaj <tomas.olaj@hiof.no>
Subject: LOCAL: OFLUG meeting in Norway
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 21:04:05 GMT
Reply-To: tomas.olaj@hiof.no
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OFLUG - Østfold (county) Linux User Group, Norway
Hello,
The commitee is pleased to announce an invitation to the first OFLUG
meeting this year.
Location: Østfold University College, Tuneveien 20, Sarpsborg Town,
Norway.
We will meet outside the building.
Time: Monday, Februar 26, 2001, (1800-2000)pm
Subject: Mr. Audun Vaaler, a project engineer at Østfold
University College, will give a speech about
ZOPE <http://www.zope.org>.
Thereafter we will have a social meeting (includes eating and drinking(a
lot)).
More information about OFLUG? Have a look at <http://oflug.linux.no>.
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Sincerely,
-^-Tomas Olaj
Olaj Tomas A.P.
Østfold University College (HiØ), Faculty of Computer Sciences
Os Allee 11, NO-1757 Halden, phone +47 6921 +5300/(fax) +5302
M.Sc. student, Informatics, The Artificial Intelligence Research Group
"Small and simple is beautiful ... but there are bad genes too!"
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From: sales <sales@storeanywhere.com>
Subject: COMMERCIAL: 2U Rackmount server $889
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 21:05:05 GMT
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has February Specials. One of them is
2U rackmount server K7 800Mhz
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Gigabyte server mainboard
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20G 7200rpm HDD
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8mb Linux compatible VGA card
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Keyboard/Mouse
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From: Julian Seward <Julian_Seward@muraroa.demon.co.uk>
Subject: The Glasgow Haskell Compiler -- version 4.08.2
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 21:03:08 GMT
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The Glasgow Haskell Compiler -- version 4.08.2
================================================
We are pleased to announce a new release of the Glasgow Haskell
Compiler (GHC), version 4.08.2. The source distribution is freely
available via the World-Wide Web and through anon. FTP, under a
BSD-style license. See below for download details. Pre-built
packages for Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris and Win32 are also available.
Haskell is "the" standard lazy functional programming language; the
current language version is Haskell 98, agreed in December 1998.
GHC is a state-of-the-art optimising compiler for Haskell, generating
good code for a variety of platforms. The distribution includes space
and time profiling facilities, a large collection of libraries, and
support for various language extensions, including concurrency,
exceptions, and foreign language interfaces (C, C++, whatever).
A wide variety of Haskell related resources (tutorials, libraries,
specifications, documentation, compilers, interpreters, references,
contact information, links to research groups) are available from the
Haskell home page at
http://www.haskell.org/
GHC's Web page lives at
http://www.haskell.org/ghc/
+ What's new in 4.08.2
=======================
No new features, just a few minor bug fixes.
+ What's new in 4.08
=====================
This should be a stable release. There have been many enhancements
since 4.06, and boat-loads of bug-fixes.
There are the following changes
- New profiling subsystem, based on cost-centre stacks.
- Working x86 native code generator: now it works properly, runs
about twice as fast as compiling via C, and is on a par for
run-time speed (except in FP-intensive programs).
- Implicit parameters (i.e. dynamic scoping without the pain).
- DEPRECATED pragma for marking obsolescent interfaces.
- In the wake of hslibs, a new package system for
libraries. -package should now be used instead of -syslib.
- Result type signatures work.
- Many tiresome long-standing bugs and problems (e.g. the trace
problem) have been fixed.
- Many error messages have been made more helpful and/or
accurate.
For full details see the release notes:
http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/4.08/users_guide/release-4-08.html
+ Important Info For Win32 users
=================================
ALERT: For reasons as yet not understood, as of January 2001 Cygwin's
mingw package has a problem that causes GHC-compiled binaries to be
built incorrectly. The fix is to ensure that your mingw package is
dated 20001111 (you can set this in the Cygwin installer). See the
installation guide for more details.
+ Mailing lists
================
We run mailing lists for GHC users and bug reports; to subscribe, use
the web interfaces at
http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users
http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-bugs
There are several other haskell and ghc-related mailing lists on
www.haskell.org; for the full list, see
http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/
Please send bug reports about GHC to glasgow-haskell-bugs@haskell.org;
GHC users hang out on glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org. Bleeding
edge CVS users party on cvs-ghc@haskell.org.
+ On-line GHC-related resources
================================
Relevant URLs on the World-Wide Web:
GHC home page http://www.haskell.org/ghc/
Haskell home page http://www.haskell.org/
comp.lang.functional FAQ http://www.cs.nott.ac.uk/~gmh/faq.html
+ How to get it
================
The easy way is to go to the WWW page, which should be
self-explanatory:
http://www.haskell.org/ghc/
Once you have the distribution, please follow the pointers in the
README file to find all of the documentation about this release. NB:
preserve modification times when un-tarring the files (no `m' option
for tar, please)!
+ System requirements
======================
To compile the sources, you need a machine with 32+MB memory, GNU C
(`gcc'), `perl' plus a version of GHC installed (3.02 at least). This
release is known to work on the following platforms:
* i386-unknown-{linux,freebsd,netbsd,cygwin32,mingw32}
* sparc-sun-solaris2
* hppa1.1-hp-hpux{9,10}
Ports to the following platforms should be relatively easy (for a
wunderhacker), but haven't been tested due to lack of time/hardware:
* i386-unknown-solaris2
* alpha-dec-osf{2,3}
* mips-sgi-irix{5,6}
* {rs6000,powerpc}-ibm-aix
The builder's guide included in distribution gives a complete
run-down of what ports work; an on-line version can be found at
http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/4.08/building/building-guide.html
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From: Dinara Suleymanova <dinaras@foretec.com>
Subject: CONFERENCE: Python-9 Conference
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 21:06:04 GMT
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Event Title: The Ninth International Python Conference
URL: www.python9.org
Brochure URL: http://www.python9.org/p9-brochure.pdf
Meeting dates: March 5-8, 2001
Venue: The Hilton Long Beach, Long Beach, California.
Target Audience: Python language users and developers
Event Description: The International Python Conference, *the* event to
learn more about Python and to meet other users and developers. This
year, due to the growing interest in and attention to the language, the
conference promises to break all records; more tutorials, more tracks,
more papers, more demos and posters, and of course more attendees than
ever !
Event Organizer: Foretec Seminars, Inc.
Contact Person: Joya Subudhi
Postal Address:
1895 Preston White Drive
Suite 100
Reston, VA 20191
Phone: + 1 703 - 620-9053
Fax: + 1 703 - 620-9071
E-mail: info@python9.org
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From: Stefan Mashkevich <mash@mashke.org>
Subject: LOCAL: The Linux Society General Meeting, Friday 13-Feb
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 21:05:27 GMT
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========================================================
http://www.thelinuxsociety.org
What: The Linux Society General Meeting
When: Friday February 13, 2001 at 6:15 pm (sharp!) to 8:30 pm
Where: The NYPC Office
Room 1560, floor 15
The New Yorker Hotel,
481 Eighth Avenue (at 34th Street)
Manhattan, New York City
Agenda:
Introduction to Samba
Adam Kosmin
a partner in the NYC multimedia firm of SpiderLab,
will talk about
installing and configuring
Samba Server
the popular Linux/Microsoft file translation utility.
==================================
The Linux Society (TM)
http://www.thelinuxsociety.org
is a SIG of NYPC (http://www.nypc.org)
meeting monthly in mid-town Manhattan.
We hold a General Meeting each month on a topic of
interest to new or experienced LINUX users.
We also have a Linux Study Group in progress,
meeting two evenings each month
All our meetings are free and open to all.
For more information please check our web site
or send an email to: info@thelinuxsociety.org
========================================================
Stefan Mashkevich
Public Relations, The Linux Society
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From: "U-Online" <info@mosaictechnologies.com>
Subject: WWW: Intro. To Linux at U-Online
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 21:04:51 GMT
Reply-To: "U-Online" <info@mosaictechnologies.com>
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U-Online Launches Linux Course
Fredericton, NB
Canada
U-Online (www.u-online.net) has launched the first in a series of Linux
Training Courses with the release of "An Introduction to Linux: A Workshop
Approach."
This Web-based course, developed by U-Online's parent company Mosaic
Technologies Corporation (www.mosaictechnologies.com), provides users with a
hands-on introduction to the Linux operating system, with emphasis on
practising essential skills for setting-up and using a Linux desktop. In
all, it covers general information on more than 50 Linux distributions.
The course is designed for new users as a way to familiarize themselves with
Linux, but it does assume the user already has some flavor of Linux
installed on their system. Because the course is online, it is applicable to
users of Linux for PC, Macintosh, Alpha and others.
The course subject areas are:
- - Getting Started
- - Introduction to Linux
- - Setting Up The KDE
- - Linux Commands
- - Linux Applications
- - Installing Applications
- - Getting Connected
- - Backing Up Data
- - Multimedia: Making It Work
One of the more unique features of the course is U-Online's Virtual Hard
Drive (VHD), which stores 300 MB of required and recommended software
downloads. From within the course, users can click a download link to Flash
plug-ins or an application like Xplorer and download it from the VHD.
The course also includes a downloadable full-color user guide/workbook,
loaded with illustrations, examples and activities. The guide, in PDF,
weighs in as a less than 3 MB download.
This is the first in a series of Linux training courses announced last year
by Mosaic. In the coming months Mosaic will release a course on Setting Up A
Linux Business Server and another course being developed by Mosaic partner
company, the Sona Valliappa Group, in India.
U-Online is a Web-based storefront for Mosaic offering learners a wide range
of courses, tutorials, and programs for upgrading skills, obtaining academic
credit or simply for personal growth. It also offers the perfect vehicle for
Mosaic to prototype, test and offer its own courseware and educational
products, such as Mosaic's WebCT Guides, Effective Online Teaching Course
and this new Linux course.
Mosaic Technologies Corporation (www.mosaictechnologies.com) is a
Fredericton, New Brunswick-based, multi-faceted advanced educational
technologies company that uses advanced design techniques and technologies
to create learning solutions that can be customized by the client and
delivered in various instructional systems. The company has completed
development projects for companies such as Harcourt, McGraw-Hill and
Bedford, Freeman and Worth Publishers. It also owns and operates Applied
Multimedia Training Centres in Calgary, Alberta and Winnipeg, Manitoba.
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From: John Newbigin <jn@it.swin.edu.au>
Subject: RawWrite for Windows 0.4
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 21:05:42 GMT
Reply-To: jn@it.swin.edu.au
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I have released RawWrite for Windows version 0.4. The new version has
better error reporting and a number of bug fixes including the no floppy
drives under NT bug.
There are also some new features such as number of copies.
Download from
http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/rawwritewin-0.4.zip
The Delphi source is available from
http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/rawwritewin-0.4.src.zip
The home page is http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/rawwrite.htm
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Swinburne University. Melbourne, Australia
http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn
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From: <chicks@chicks.net>
Subject: LOCAL: 28 Feb - [HRPM] Meeting/Dinner Announcement
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 21:00:42 GMT
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Please pass the word on for the next Hampton Roads Perl Mongers meeting:
What: The monthly Hampton Roads Perl Mongers Meeting
http://norfolk.pm.org/
Who: Everyone in Hampton Roads interested in perl. There
are no dues or signup requirements. All are welcome to
attend.
Where: Jefferson Lab in Newport News. Directions are on the web
and below.
When: 7:30 PM till whenever on Wednesday 28 February 2001
It's generally going to be on the last Wednesday of the
month unless major holidays intervene. (This puts us
consistantly one week before TWUUG.)
FOOD!: 6 PM right across Jefferson from the Lab at Plaza Azteca.
Good Mexican food. :-) You can show up later than 6pm
and still get fed, so drop by for a bit if you can.
Why: Why not? What could be better than to come and talk with
others about the world's most fun programming language?
Jabber, learn, teach, enjoy. Starbucks is not far away.
Agenda: Whatever people on the HRPM mailing list decide!
Various people who do perl rather often will be
there to answer your perl questions. Some expected
topics are on the site.
** This month Branson Matheson of Ferguson
Enterprises will be discussing regular expressions.
Directions: http://norfolk.pm.org/location.shtml
Take 64 until you get to the exit for Oyster Point West.
Upon exiting, you will be on Oyster Point Road headed
toward Jefferson Ave. (If, after exiting, you find yourself
approaching the Kiln Creek shopping center and passing Farm
Fresh and Kmart, you've exited in the wrong direction, so
turn around.) The third light ahead, and the biggest
intersection, is Jefferson Ave.
Turn left onto Jefferson and go to the second light. On
your left is Jefferson Lab. On your right is Dixie Trailer
Park.
(On the right, near the first light on Jefferson coming
from Oyster Point you will find Plaza Azteca. Yum.)
Turn left into Jefferson Lab (Onnes Road) and go about 100
yards to the T-intersection at which Onnes ends.
(Ignore the totally innocuous Guard Shack on your right.)
Turn left and head (in between all the flag poles)
directly to CEBAF Center where the meeting will be held.
Turn right just before you reach the circular drive in
front of CEBAF Center, and park in the parking lot you will
see on your left.
Find your way into the building and to the building atrium.
The atrium is right off the circular drive.
Room L104 branches off the atrium on the right.
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