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Linux-Announce Digest #986
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Mon Jul 2 04:13:10 2001
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Linux-Announce Digest #986, Volume #3 Mon, 2 Jul 01 04:13:04 EDT
Contents:
LOCAL: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts Meeting Jul 2001 (ale@tazmania.org)
Linus' Autobiography (Jim Haynes)
Slackware 8.0 released (Slackware Linux Project)
WWW: Unmaintained Free Software -- an Index of orphaned Free Software projects (Uwe Hermann)
AdaVox-0.5 Released ("Warren W. Gay VE3WWG")
LOCAL: Dayton OH UNIX/Linux meeting, 1st thursday (Daniel Tasch)
Cipher- Linux FAQ's and Howto's, OC'ing and Books ("CIPHER")
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Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2001 02:19:38 CST
From: ale@tazmania.org
Subject: LOCAL: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts Meeting Jul 2001
Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - July meeting notice
Join your fellow Linux enthusiasts for
our regular monthly meeting!
Thursday 12 July, 2001
7:30 PM
Home Depot Corporate Headquarters
2455 Paces Ferry Road, N.W.
Atlanta, GA
Building C Auditorium
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THIS MONTH:
Topic: Linux Home Automation
Speaker: Chris Ferris
This month's presentation will talk about how you can make Linux control
various things around your home. From home security to controlling appliances
and lights, home automation is still a geek's hobby. Chris will discuss
hardware that is currently available, and what needs to be available to
make home automation mainstream. Chris will also discuss the various
software packages available to manage the hardware, including one he is
currently writing. He will also demonstrate whatever he has working at the
time.
This will be an open discussion, and all audience members are encouraged
to bring up cool things they have done around their home in the field of
home automation.
Chris Farris has been using and promoting Linux since 1993. The is a
founding member of the Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts, and an organizer of
the Annual Linux Showcase & Conference. He currently works for
<a href=http://www.primeharbor.com>PrimeHarbor Technologies</a>, a
technology consulting and development firm based in
Atlanta, GA. In whatever free time he can find he works on
<a href=http://www.linuxhomeauto.com>Home Automation</a>
under Linux.
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For more info about ALE, visit our web page:
http://www.ale.org/
For directions to Home Depot Corporate Headquarters:
http://www.ale.org/directions.shtml
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Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2001 02:20:34 CST
Subject: Linus' Autobiography
Reply-To: jhaynes@alumni.uark.edu
From: haynes@alumni.uark.edu (Jim Haynes)
"Just for Fun" by Linus Torvalds with David Diamond, HarperCollins,
ISBN 0-06-662062-4
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Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2001 02:23:24 CST
From: Slackware Linux Project <press@slackware.com>
Subject: Slackware 8.0 released
Announcing Slackware Linux 8.0!
The first major release for 2001, Slackware Linux 8.0 continues the
Slackware tradition of simplicity, stability, and security. It is the
essential Linux distribution from the team that knows Linux inside and
out. Among the many program updates and distribution enhancements,
you'll find the two most advanced desktop environments available today:
KDE 2.1.1 (with Qt 2.3.1 providing support for anti-aliased fonts) and
GNOME 1.4 (with one of the largest collections of pre-compiled GNOME
applications available). We include the stable Linux 2.2.19 kernel as
well as the latest 2.4.5 Linux kernel, bringing you advanced
performance features such as the ReiserFS journaling filesystem and
kernel support for XFree86's DRI (the Direct Rendering Interface) that
brings high-speed hardware accelerated 3D graphics to Linux.
>From the beginning, Slackware has offered a stable and secure Linux
distribution for UNIX veterans as well as an easy-to-use system for
beginners. Slackware includes everything you'll need to run a powerful
server or workstation. Each Slackware package follows the setup and
installation instructions from its author(s), offering you the most stable
and easily expandable setup.
Here are some of the advanced features of Slackware 8.0:
- Runs the 2.2.19 version of the Linux kernel from ftp.kernel.org
- Special kernels were prepared to support hardware such as
ATA/66 and ATA/100 IDE controllers, SCSI cards, and even speech
synthesizers providing access to Linux for the visually impaired
community. The proven stability of the 2.2.x kernel series along
with Slackware's track record of careful attention to system
security make it the perfect choice for running your production
servers.
- Also included is the 2.4.5 Linux kernel. The latest in the modern
kernel branch, the 2.4.5 provides advanced features and hardware
support not available in 2.2.19 such as hardware accelerated 3D
graphics under XFree86 4.1.0, journaling filesystem support
(providing fast and reliable recovery in the event of a power
failure), and iptables packet filtering support.
- Generic IDE (bare.i) and SCSI (scsi.s) boot images work with nearly
all Intel-based (and compatible) computer systems. Additional
precompiled kernels (69 varieties in all) and boot images provide
specialized support for hardware such as Adaptec SCSI controllers,
parallel-port IDE devices, IBM PS/2 machines with the Microchannel bus,
Symmetrical Multiprocessing machines, ATA/100 controllers and disk
support, and much much more.
- System binaries linked with the GNU C Library, version 2.2.3 (glibc-2.2.3)
- XFree86 4.1.0
This version of XFree86 represents a major re-design, and brings with it
many greatly anticipated new features, most notably support for hardware
accelerated graphics using the Direct Rendering Interface supported by
the 2.4.5 Linux kernel. The 3D performance rockets past anything you've
ever seen before. Gamers, get ready. :)
- GhostScript and APS-filter are included to support many common PC printers.
Among these are:
HP670, HP690, HP850, HP855, HP870, HP890, HP1100 and HP1600
- Installs gcc-2.95.3 as the default C, C++, Objective-C and Fortran-77
compiler. egcs-1.1.2 is also included (this can be useful for compiling
older kernels). Also included is the recently released gcc-3.0.
- Support for fully encrypted network connections with OpenSSL and OpenSSH.
- Apache 1.3.20 web server with Dynamic Shared Object (DSO) support, SSL,
and PHP (pre-configured to run right out of the box)
- PCMCIA, CardBus, and APM support for laptops. (pcmcia-cs-3.1.26)
- New development tools, including Perl 5.6.1, Python 2.0.1, and graphical
tools like Qt designer, KDevelop, and Glade.
- Updated versions of the Slackware package management tools make it easy
to add, remove, upgrade, and make your own Slackware packages.
- Web browsers galore! Includes Netscape Communicator version 4.77,
Konqueror 2.1.1, Mozilla 0.9.1, and galeon 0.11.0.
- The complete K Desktop Environment (KDE) version 2.1.1, including the
KOffice productivity suite, networking tools, GUI development with
KDevelop, multimedia tools, the Konqueror web browser and file manager,
dozens of games and utilities, international language support, and more.
- The GNU Network Object Model Environment (GNOME) 1.4. Includes a full range
of GNOME packages such as: abi-0.7.14-2, control-center-1.4.0.1,
gdm-2.2.2.1, glade-0.6.2, glib-1.2.10, gnome-audio-1.4.0,
gnome-games-1.4.0.1, gnome-applets-1.4.0.1, gnome-core-1.4.0.4,
gnome-media-1.2.3, gnome-pim-1.4.0, gnome-libs-1.2.13, gnome-print-0.29,
gnome-utils-1.4.0.1, gnome-python-1.4.1, gtk+-1.2.10, sawfish-0.38,
gnome-user-docs-1.4.1, gimp-1.2.1, gnumeric-0.65, gedit-0.9.6, gftp-2.0.8,
pan-0.9.7, xchat-1.6.4, xmms-1.2.5, xscreensaver-3.32, galeon-0.11.0,
gtm-0.4.9, mozilla-0.9.1, nautilus-1.0.3, gnomeicu-0.96.1, and many more.
This is the most up-to-date GNOME collection available from any source.
- Large repository of contributed software compiled and ready to run. This
includes various window managers, support for 3Dfx gaming cards, XFree86
3.3.6 servers to support older hardware, OpenMotif-2.1.30, XEmacs,
gcc-3.0, ISDN support, and much more (see the /contrib directory).
- Many more improved and upgraded packages, including:
devfsd-v1.3.11, e2fsprogs-1.22, kbd-1.06, lilo-21.7.5, modutils-2.4.6,
reiserfsprogs-3.x.0j, tcsh-6.10, util-linux-2.11f, apsfilter-6.1.1,
cdparanoia-III-alpha9.8, cdrdao-1.1.5, cdrtools-1.10, ispell-3.2.03,
joe-2.9.5, the K shell (ksh), mysql-3.23.39, Ogg Vorbis utilities,
raidtools-19990824-0.90, rpm-4.0.2, screen-3.9.9, sudo-1.6.3p7,
vim-5.8, zsh-4.0.1, autoconf-2.50, automake-1.4-p4, bin86-0.15.5,
binutils-2.11.90.0.19, cvs-1.11.1p1, gcc-2.95.3, gcl-2.4.0,
gettext-0.10.38, glibc-2.2.3, libpng-1.0.11, libtool-1.4, perl-5.6.1,
Python-2.0.1, slang-1.4.3, svgalib-1.4.3, autofs-3.1.7, bind-9.1.2,
epic4-1.0.1, fetchmail-5.8.6, inn-2.3.2, iptables-1.2.2, php-4.0.5,
mod_ssl-2.8.4-1.3.20, mutt-1.2.5i, ntp-4.0.99k23, openssl-0.9.6a,
openssh-2.9p1, pine4.33, ppp-2.4.1, proftpd-1.2.2rc3, rsync-2.4.6,
samba-2.2.0a, sendmail.8.11.4, procmail-3.15.1, tcpdump-3.6.1,
pidentd-3.0.12, tin-1.5.8, wget-1.7, yp-tools-2.5, ypserv-1.3.12,
expect-5.32.1, tcl8.3.3, tclx8.3, tk8.3.3, lesstif-0.92.32,
fvwm-2.2.5, xlockmore-5.00, and many more.
- Installs to a native Linux partition for maximum performance, or into a
\LINUX directory on an existing Windows FAT/FAT32 partition using
the Linux UMSDOS filesystem. With UMSDOS, you can install a complete
Linux system without repartitioning your hard drive!
- Another Slackware exclusive: Slackware's ZipSlack installation option is
the fastest, _easiest_ Linux installation ever. ZipSlack provides a
basic text-based Linux system as a 36 megabyte ZIP archive. Simply
unzip on any FAT or FAT32 partition, edit your boot partition in the
LINUX.BAT batch file, and you can be running Linux in less than five
minutes. The ZipSlack installation includes everything you need to
network with Linux (including Ethernet, token ring, SLIP and PPP),
develop Linux applications with C and C++, and extend the system
with additional software packages such as X. A ZipSlack system will
even fit on a Zip(TM) disk, so you can carry a personal Linux system
with you to run on any PC with a Zip(TM) drive.
HOW TO DOWNLOAD SLACKWARE:
The full version of Slackware Linux 8.0 is available for free download from
the central Slackware site hosted by SourceForge:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-8.0/
The ZipSlack version of Slackware can be downloaded from:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-8.0/zipslack/
OFFICIAL SLACKWARE CDROM SET:
Or, purchase the Slackware Linux 8.0 four CDROM set from Slackware Linux,
and help support the Slackware project!
This is the official release of Slackware on CDROM, and has many enhanced
features, including:
- Easy bootable CDROM installation. If your machine can boot a CDROM,
just boot the first disc to begin the installation process.
- Fully installed bootable live CDROM -- just boot the second disc and
run a full Linux system right off the disc, including networking,
development, and X with no installation necessary. Makes the
ultimate Linux rescue disc!
- The ZipSlack edition of Slackware Linux 8.0.
- The entire source code used to build Slackware Linux 8.0.
- Technical support via our online web discussion forum.
The price for the Slackware Linux CDROM set is $39.95 plus shipping.
Slackware Linux is also available by subscription. When we release a new
version of Slackware (which is typically once or twice a year) we ship it to
you and bill your credit card $24.95 plus shipping. Shipping is $5 in the USA,
Canada, and Mexico for First Class. Overseas is $9 PER ORDER. There is an
additional $3 COD charge (USA Only). UPS Blue Label (2nd day) [USA Only] is
$10 PER ORDER, UPS Red Label (next day) [USA Only] is $15 PER ORDER. Federal
Express (next day) [USA Only] is $20 PER ORDER.
Ordering Information:
You can order online at the new Slackware Linux store:
http://store.slackware.com
Email orders and reseller information:
info@slackware.com
Or, send a check or money order to:
Slackware Linux, Inc.
1647 Willow Pass Road, Box 402
Concord, CA 94520
USA
Have fun! :^)
---
Patrick J. Volkerding <volkerdi@slackware.com>
Logan Johnson <logan@slackware.com>
Chris Lumens <chris@slackware.com>
David Cantrell <david@slackware.com>
Visit Slackware on the web at http://www.slackware.com !
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Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2001 02:24:21 CST
From: Uwe Hermann <uh1763@hermann-uwe.de>
Subject: WWW: Unmaintained Free Software -- an Index of orphaned Free Software projects
Unmaintained Free Software is a WWW-site which keeps track of orphaned
or unmaintained Free Software projects.
The site is located at: http://www.unmaintained-free-software.org
The software that drives this site is called 'unmaintained'.
Version 0.6 of 'unmaintained' has been released on June 30, 2001.
Get it from
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/unmaintained/unmaintained-0.6.tar.gz
Changes include:
* HTML 4.01 compliance.
* Made the code much more generic, so it can be used easier on other sites.
* Better accessibility of the site and its functions.
* Better documentation.
* Major database changes.
* Projects can be in more than one category now.
* Added several configuration options (See config.php for details).
* Removed two images, because I'm not sure whether I may distribute them.
* More error-checking.
* Improved the Next/Previous functionality.
* Some layout changes.
* Added utils/mailupdate.pl: A program which generates an email which
informs the recipient about new or updated projects on the site.
* The site is now officially available from unmaintained-free-software.org.
* Added utils/dumpdb.pl, which dumps the whole Unmaintained Free
Software database to a file.
* Moved the backend file(s) to:
http://www.unmaintained-free-software.org/backend/unmaintained.xml
http://www.unmaintained-free-software.org/backend/dbdump.sql
* As always: several bugfixes, typos, cosmetic changes, simplified code...
Visit http://www.unmaintained-free-software.org to see the new release
in action...
Any comments, patches, bugfixes etc. are welcome...
Uwe.
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| http://htsserver.sourceforge.net -- Holsham Traders |
| http://www.unmaintained-free-software.org -- Unmaintained Free Software |
:----------------------- http://www.hermann-uwe.de ------------------- :wq -:
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Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2001 02:29:06 CST
From: "Warren W. Gay VE3WWG" <ve3wwg@home.com>
Subject: AdaVox-0.5 Released
AdaVox 0.5 is a wave player, which is written almost entirely in
Ada95, using GNAT (3.13p). It has been tested for FreeBSD and Linux
(Red Hat 7.0, 2.2.16 kernel). It currently does not record wave
samples, but this will be coming in the future.
If you are running a big-endian machine like the DEC Alpha, this
should also be able to work with wave files that many wave players
cannot, on a big endian host. AdaVox adjusts its endian handling,
based upon the host characteristics and the expected endianness
of the sound file. This is untested, but I am interested to hear
any success stories, mailto:ve3wwg@home.com
Download : http://members.home.net/ve3wwg/adavox-0.5.tar.gz
FEATURES :
==========
*.wav : Wave File Formats
- Plays standard PCM wave files
- Plays Microsoft ADPCM wave files
- Plays IMA/DVI ADPCM wave files [1]
- Plays u-Law wave files
- Plays a-Law wave files
*.au : Sun file formats
- Plays standard PCM wave files
- Plays u-Law wave files
- Plays a-Law wave files
Other Features :
- Plays several files in sequence [2]
- Endian neutral **
- Ada 95 sound packages provided
- Optional realtime scheduling [5]
- For Linux and BSD (FreeBSD tested)
- Netscape friendly
[] see notes at the bottom
Limitations :
- Does not record sound files yet
- Will not play from a pipe or socket [6]
The project is also structured to permit the
re-use of some of the WC.Streams.* Ada packages.
This will allow developers to re-use some of
the provided software modules.
NOTES :
=======
[1] The CODEC has been designed to work for 2, 3,
4, and 5 bit samples. The 2 and 5 bit formats are
not standard formats, but are designed to be
compatible with CoolEdit-2000. The provided CODEC
works with all CoolEdit-2000 generated monophonic
files. However, CoolEdit-2000 generated sterio
files do not seem to play correctly, unless the
4-bit format is chosen. Even though CoolEdit-2000
plays its own files correctly, it is believed that
CoolEdit-2000 incorrectly interleaves the samples
for sterio files.
[2] The files are played in the sequence given on
the command line.
[3] There are some older mainframe CPU types that
use very odd endian formats that cannot be
supported. However, it is not likely that this
will be an issue with modern equipment.
[4] The magic is localized in the source files
wc-endian.ad[sb]. The rest of the application is
totally unaware of the endian issue, which makes
programming life much easier!
[5] The adavox command will establish a default
realtime priority of LO+1, where LO is the lowest
realtime priority (on platforms that support it).
This can be overrided on the command line with the
-R option. For this to work, it must be installed
setuid root (installed this way by default).
Otherwise, the command runs at normal priorities.
[6] Many people have asked me to fix wavplay to
play files from a pipe or socket. I seriously
looked at providing this functionality in adavox,
but concluded that it is just too much trouble for
the benefit gained. Some files like Microsoft's
*.wav file are just too complex to deal with in a
sequential fashion. Instead, the extra effort went
into providing endian-neutral support. Look for
server support to address streaming in the future.
FUTURE DEVELOPMENT :
====================
There was some MP3 support started, but this port
is a large task. I have backed away from this at
the present time, in favour of getting adavox out
there for others to use. It is useful for a
Netscape helper applicaton, replacing wavplay.
It is hoped that adavox will eventually retire
the wavplay project (currently wavplay 1.4).
In the mean time, the next effort will be focused
on record functionality. This will eventually
include conversion of one wave file format to
another (in addition to recording different
formats).
MP3 SUPPORT NEEDED :
====================
If someone wants to submit MP3 support (in Ada),
I will gladly integrate it into the existing code
base. However, before submitting code, please keep
the design goal firmly in mind. There is a minimum
of module interaction within the current design. In
a top level form, the interfaces are:
[SRC-FORMAT] -> [CODEC] -> [DEST-FORMAT]
The [SRC-FORMAT] represents one Ada stream
(WC.Streams.Wave or WC.Streams.AU for sound
files) as the source stream. The [DEST-FORMAT] is
currently only supported by WC.Streams.DSP (the
Digital Sound Processor). Eventually the
WC.Streams.Wave and WC.Streams.AU packages will
also serve as destinations, when the code is
complete (allowing recording or file format
conversions). Obviously, in order to record
samples, the WC.Streams.DSP package will also have
to be finished to act as a source.
In the middle of all of this is the [CODEC]. It
simply pumps wave samples from the source to the
destination, performing decompression as required.
This looks conceptually simple, but the
implementation is very tricky in Ada without
bringing in extra inter-module dependencies and
APIs. MPEG support is nearly a nightmare, when you
include ID3 Tag support. Maybe this is the
challenge you have been waiting for?
OGG-VORBIS SUPPORT :
====================
It would also be nice to have Ada95 OGG-VORBIS
support. Perhaps another ambitious person would
like to have a go at it?
--
Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
http://members.home.net/ve3wwg
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Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2001 02:30:58 CST
From: Daniel Tasch <taschda@dmapub.dma.org>
Subject: LOCAL: Dayton OH UNIX/Linux meeting, 1st thursday
The UNIX/Linux Special Interest Group of the Dayton Microcomputer
Association meets on the first thursday of evey month. The meeting is held
at the DMA office at 119 Valley St in Dayton at 7:00 pm.
Visitors and new users are always welcome.
For additional information contact:
Tony Snyder
snydert@dmapub.dma.org
937-275-7913
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Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2001 02:30:02 CST
From: "CIPHER" <xplosiv17@hotmail.com>
Subject: Cipher- Linux FAQ's and Howto's, OC'ing and Books
At http://www.ciph3r.f2s.com, you can find out about Linux (HowTO's for the
newbies), Tweaking step by step guides, IT books articles, Gaming and
ofcourse the latest news in the IT World. Don't hesitate to visit
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