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Linux-Announce Digest #153
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Mon Jul 1 16:13:08 2002
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Linux-Announce Digest #153, Volume #4 Mon, 1 Jul 2002 16:13:03 EDT
Contents:
"Mobile UniX" news feed at MobiliX.org (Werner Heuser)
Linux-Kongress 2002: Call for Workshops (Jochen Topf)
New book: Linux Cluster Architecture ("Alex Vrenios")
New book on Linux Clusters ("Alex Vrenios")
ANNOUNCE: web2ldap release 0.10.10 (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Michael_Str=F6der?=)
Guikachu 1.3.0 "Meep-meep! *vroooooom*": GNOME Resource editor for (ERDI Gergo)
COMMERCIAL: _Advanced Linux Networking_ book available (Rod Smith)
Linux Gazette #80 (July 2002) available (Linux Gazette)
DigiTemp v2.5 for Linux Released ("Brian C. Lane")
LAoE v0.4.07 (oli4)
PhotoAlbum.pl v1.0.0 Released ("Brian C. Lane")
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Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 14:29:21 CST
From: Werner Heuser <Werner.Heuser@web.de>
Reply-To: Werner Heuser <wehe@mobilix.org>
Subject: "Mobile UniX" news feed at MobiliX.org
MobiliX is pleased to announce the "Mobile UniX" news feed.
You may find news about UniX and its derivatives
(BSD, IRIX, Linux, Solaris, ..) on laptops and notebooks, on
handheld computers (HPCs) and Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs)
and on mobile devices in general (watches, calculators, wearables ..).
Also news about mobile computing in general,
if there is a relation to UniX in some way and about
connectivity from mobile devices to UniX machines.
Here's where to find the news feeds
http://mobilix.org/newsfeed.html
You may include it into your webpage if you like.
Werner
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|=| http://Xtops.DE Laptops+PDAs pre-installed with UniX
|*| This is no time for phony rhetoric -- Lou Reed
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From: Jochen Topf <jochen@remote.org>
Subject: Linux-Kongress 2002: Call for Workshops
Date: 1 Jul 2002 19:30:08 GMT
Linux-Kongress 2002
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Call for Workshops
As in the last two years the German Unix User Group (GUUG) with the support
of the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is planning to hold
five 3-day workshops from Sunday, September 1, to Wednesday, September 4 just
before the Linux-Kongress. The workshops will give Open Source developers
from around the world the chance to meet in person and work on their
projects. All Open Source projects are encouraged to apply for sponsorship.
All expenses, including travel, accommodation and conference fees for the
Linux-Kongress will be paid for participating projects.
This is a unique chance for people who have been working together over the
Internet but never seen each other to meet face-to-face and give their
common project a push. Maybe you can use this workshop to finally get the
1.0 version done, or you need to come together to redesign your API, or
maybe you just want to write some code non-stop for a few days.
Workshops will take place at the "Kloster Walberberg", a former medieval
castle and now a monastery and conference hotel set in a beautiful park.
Everything, food, drinks, Internet connection will be provided for, so you
can really concentrate on the job. Meeting rooms will be open 24h a day for
your hacking pleasure.
Please see the FAQ at http://www.linux-kongress.org/2002/workshops/faq.html
for all the details and information about how to apply.
Please make sure to apply soon as the planning time is quite short.
If you have any questions don't hesitate to contact Jochen Topf at
jochen.topf@guug.de.
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Jochen Topf jochen@remote.org http://www.remote.org/jochen/ +49-721-388298
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From: "Alex Vrenios" <kx9i@worldnet.att.net>
Subject: New book: Linux Cluster Architecture
Date: 1 Jul 2002 19:30:12 GMT
A new book, titled "Linux Cluster Architecture" is just released by Sams
Publishing. You may get more details from their web site at
http://www.samspublishing.com/catalog/product.asp?session_id={1D52189C-E6D2-
410E-B397-653F9BFC351B}&product_id={9A0466FC-FCE2-43C2-B717-D481B4C05304}&t=
{BC7B3B10-067A-418B-9C6D-4E1F7762B281}&p={9A0466FC-FCE2-43C2-B717-D481B4C053
04}
or just http:/www.samspublishing.com/ and search by ISBN number: 0672323680
This book starts with gathering the hardware, PC nodes, a hub and cables,
etc., then walks you through the Linux OS modifications necessary to make
them all aware of one another. The software development environment is set
up for NFS, plenty of IPC examples are followed by a detailed description of
cluster software architecture; a simple master-slave server is presented as
an example. Techniques for external performance measurement and internal
processing time analysis help you understand how these kinds of programs
work, and how you can examine and tune their performance.
All the book's software will (there is a problem currently) be available for
download soon.
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From: "Alex Vrenios" <kx9i@worldnet.att.net>
Subject: New book on Linux Clusters
Date: 1 Jul 2002 19:30:15 GMT
All,
There is a new book titled "Linux Cluster Architecture" available
at most stores this month. You will learn how to
- assemble a Linux cluster using PCs and networking hardware
- configure the OS files and a software development environment
- use C functions and OS calls to make these PCs work together
- build a distributed transaction server, and then measure and
tune it for peak overall performance and throughput
- add near real-time performance monitoring and fault detection
and recovery techniques
Have a look at http://www.samspublishing.com and search "linux cluster"
for further details.
Thanks,
Alex
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From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Michael_Str=F6der?= <michael@stroeder.com>
Subject: ANNOUNCE: web2ldap release 0.10.10
Date: 1 Jul 2002 19:30:18 GMT
Reply-To: feedback@web2ldap.de
HI!
Find a new release of web2ldap with a fix for the last fix...
http://www.web2ldap.de/download.html
Ciao, Michael.
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From: ERDI Gergo <cactus@cactus.rulez.org>
Subject: Guikachu 1.3.0 "Meep-meep! *vroooooom*": GNOME Resource editor for
Date: 1 Jul 2002 19:35:01 GMT
Dear users of both large and small computing tools,
A new development release of Guikachu is available.
About Guikachu
==============
Guikachu is a GNOME application for graphical editing of resource
files for PalmOS-based pocket computers. The user interface is
modelled after Glade, the GNOME UI builder.
Catch it all from http://cactus.rulez.org/projects/guikachu/
Features
========
* libXML-based I/O
* Exporting to PilRC .rcp files (compile with pilrc -H)
* Support for non-PalmOS PilRC targets (like the eBookMan)
* String and string list resources
* Dialog resources
* Menu resources
* Form resources
* Per-application resources (e.g. version number)
* WYSIWYG Form Editor, with drag & drop capability and visual resizing
* XSLT style sheets and shell script to generate RCP files from
Guikachu documents
* Sample file with sample GNU PalmOS SDK-based application
* Documentation (a complete user's manual)
About these releases
====================
This is the first release of the 1.3 development branch of
Guikachu. Development branch means it's all about crazy experimenting
stuff and not about providing a usable, polished product -- so don't
quite replace your 1.2 Guikachu just yet.
New features and improvements:
* Huge speed-up in form editor. Yes, it's really that much
faster. Try resizing a widget in Guikachu 1.2 and 1.3
side-by-side and see the difference for yourself.
* Support for label widgets containing multiple lines of text
(use the '\r' escape sequence to insert a newline)
* Nicer Graffiti indicator icon in widget palette ;)
Known regressions:
* Files from the command line are not loaded
* Some property editors (notably list editors) may have
troubles with selecting the right item after
insertion/deletion. Please file bug reports about buggy
property editors at http://bugzilla.gnome.org
Guikachu uses GTK-- and GNOME-- for its user interface. File I/O is
implemented via the libxml package. Dialog windows are loaded via
libglade. GConf is used to store user preferences. You will need the
versions of these packages available in the GNOME 1.4 bundle (with the
exception of GNOME-- which you will need to upgrade to version 1.2.0)
To actually create the PalmOS resource files, you will also need PilRC
(part of the GNU PalmOS SDK) to compile the .rpc files produced by
Guikachu.
To use the stand-alone Guikachu-to-RCP converter program, xsltproc
(part of the libxslt package) is required.
Beware of bugémons!
Cactus
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\ http://cactus.rulez.org \ they want' -- RMS, at GUADEC 2001
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From: rodsmith@rodsmith.dyndns.org (Rod Smith)
Subject: COMMERCIAL: _Advanced Linux Networking_ book available
Date: 1 Jul 2002 19:35:05 GMT
Hi,
My latest book, _Advanced Linux Networking_, is now shipping. This book
is a general-purpose Linux networking book, but its focus is unique:
This book covers advanced topics and those that don't get much coverage
in typical Linux networking books. For instance, the chapter on Samba
includes information on using Samba's scripting features to set up a
network-accessible CD-burning station, and there are chapters on time
servers, font servers, and other often-overlooked servers. This book is
of interest to professional system administrators or advanced Linux
hobbyists who want a compact reference and tutorial to help them expand
their Linux networking expertise. I maintain a Web page on this book at
http://www.rodsbooks.com/adv-net/. Approximate page count: 750.
Here are the chapters in the book:
Part I. Low-Level Configuration
1. Kernel Network Configuration
2. TCP/IP Network Configuration
3. Alternative Network Stacks
4. Starting Servers
Part II. Local Network Servers
5. Configuring Other Computers via DHCP
6. Authenticating Users via Kerberos
7. File and Printer Sharing via Samba
8. File Sharing via NFS
9. Printer Sharing via LPD
10. Maintaining Consistent Time: Time Servers
11. Pull Mail Protocols: POP and IMAP
12. Running a News Server
13. Maintaining Remote Login Servers
14. Handling GUI Access with X and VNC Servers
15. Providing Consistent Fonts with Font Servers
16. Maintaining a System from a Distance
17. Performing Network Backups
Part III. Internet Servers
18. Administering a Domain via DNS
19. Push Mail Protocol: SMTP
20. Running Web Servers
21. Running FTP Servers
Part IV. Network Security and Router Functions
22. General System Security
23. Configuring a chroot Jail
24. Advanced Router Options
25. Configuring iptables
26. Using a VPN
--
Rod Smith, rodsmith@rodsbooks.com
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux & multi-OS configuration
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From: Linux Gazette <gazette@ssc.com>
Subject: Linux Gazette #80 (July 2002) available
Date: 1 Jul 2002 19:35:08 GMT
Reply-To: gazette@ssc.com
"Linux Gazette...Making Linux just a little more fun!"
Linux Gazette is a freely available, WWW e-zine that includes short articles
giving tips and tricks, ideas and suggestions for customizing and running
Linux. It is a member of the Linux Documentation Project.
Linux Gazette issue #80, July 2002, is out and can be found at:
http://www.linuxgazette.com/
For download purposes, individual issues of LG are available at:
ftp://ftp.ssc.com/pub/lg/
A list of mirror sites can be found at:
http://www.linuxgazette.com/mirrors.html
While we do not mail issues of LG to our readers--it's just too big--we do
have an announcement service. Write lg-announce-request@ssc.com with the
word subscribe in the body, and each month you will receive an e-mail notice
when we post Linux Gazette.
Topics in this issue include:
* The MailBag
* More 2-Cent Tips
* The Answer Gang
* News Bytes
* Pl/Python and Cursors in Pl/Pgsql for PostgreSQL , by Mark Nielsen
* Red Hat and USB devices , by Mark Nielsen
* Configuring GDM 2.2 , by Mark Nielsen
* The Foolish Things We Do With Our Computers , by Mike Orr
* Qubism , by Jon "Sir Flakey" Harsem
* Wine: Raising a toast to your Windows Apps on Linux , by Gaurav
Taneja
* My Guide To Linux Security , by Rob Tougher
* The Back Page
Read all about it in Linux Gazette.
Michael Orr
Editor, Linux Gazette
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From: "Brian C. Lane" <bcl@brianlane.com>
Subject: DigiTemp v2.5 for Linux Released
Date: 1 Jul 2002 19:35:12 GMT
DigiTemp is a simple to use interface to the Dallas Semiconductor DS18S20 (DS18S20-PAR), DS1822, (DS1822-PAR) and DS18B20 (DS18B20-PAR) digital temperature sensors. In the Linux version I also include a couple of useful Perl and RRD Tool scripts for creating graphs and dynamic signatures.
Features
* Easy Installation -- Uses 1 COM port
* Number of sensors limited only by the length and type of cable used.
* Passive adapter measures temperatures from -55 C to +70 C (-67 F to +158 F)
* Accuracy is +/- 0.5 C (0.9 F) (see Accuracy Notes below)
* 2 wire interface using the 1-Wire LAN protocol
* Support for 1-wire hubs using the DS2409 coupler chip (Linux v2.5, Windows v1.7)
The DigiTemp homepage is at http://www.brianlane.com/digitemp.php
Brian Lane
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http://www.brianlane.com
DigiTemp --[Inside 76.3F]--[Outside 74.4F]--[fozzy 79.0F]--[Drink 69.5F]--
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From: oli4 <news@oli4.ch>
Subject: LAoE v0.4.07
Date: 1 Jul 2002 19:35:15 GMT
LAoE v0.4.07 released! This is a minor release. Histogram analysis has been
added. A
better trace, a improved uniform channel selecting concept for many
plugins, a little
quality increase for pitch shift and time stretch, "coupled"-option on
normalize. Other
small changes and improvements done, to increase stability.
www.oli4.ch/laoe
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From: "Brian C. Lane" <bcl@brianlane.com>
Subject: PhotoAlbum.pl v1.0.0 Released
Date: 1 Jul 2002 19:35:18 GMT
PhotoAlbum.pl is a Perl script that creates a nice web friendly Photo Album of your pictures. It creates index files and individual pages with optional captions, image statistics and file names.
The Album generted it suitable for posting to a webpage, or burning to cdrom. One of the things I like to do is to take tons of pictures at family events and then burn cds for everyone. Having a nice HTML based Photo Album cdrom of an event is a big plus!
You can see examples of it here at my Photo Album page.
Requirements
* Perl
* Image Magick
* File::copy
* File::Basename
* POSIX
* Getopt::Std
It was written on Linux, but may work with any system using the above components.
The PhotoAlbum.pl homepage can be found at http://www.brianlane.com/photoalbum.php
Brian Lane
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http://www.brianlane.com
DigiTemp --[Inside 76.3F]--[Outside 74.4F]--[fozzy 79.0F]--[Drink 69.5F]--
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