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Linux-Announce Digest #230
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Fri Nov 15 15:13:09 2002
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Linux-Announce Digest #230, Volume #4 Fri, 15 Nov 2002 15:13:06 EST
Contents:
mod_auth_mysql version 4.1.0 released (Matthew Palmer)
Mutlilingual Text Editor for Indian languages (Kalyana Krishnan)
REVIEW: ESA, Essential System Administration... a third-time round (Frederick Noronha)
IBM and Sharp Team on Enterprise-Class, Linux-Based Mobile Solution (Stacy Simpson)
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Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 14:53:35 CST
From: Matthew Palmer <mpalmer@debian.org>
Subject: mod_auth_mysql version 4.1.0 released
I am pleased to announce the release of mod_auth_mysql 4.1.0, an
authentication module for Apache which uses a MySQL backend to store
authentication and authorization data. This release is the second in the
"super-merge" series, a merging of two divergent forks of the codebase
(versioned 3.20 and 2.30a).
It is available for download from
http://ieee.uow.edu.au/~mjp16/prog/progs/mod_auth_mysql-4.1.0.tar.gz.
Debian packages are already in the unstable archive.
Features in this release include:
* autoconf support, for ease of building
* Code cleanups a-plenty
* Improved intrinsic documentation
The autoconf support needs testing on a wide variety of platforms. Try it
out, send me your comments.
Planned enhancements for 4.2.0 are:
* Normalise the configuration language, get back to a single set of
configuration primitives
* Major code cleanliness issues
--
Matthew Palmer, Debian Developer
mpalmer@debian.org http://www.debian.org
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Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 14:53:43 CST
From: Kalyana Krishnan <rkk@acharya.iitm.ac.in>
Subject: Mutlilingual Text Editor for Indian languages
Multilingual Data preparation software for
Indian languages and South Asian scripts.
Systems Development Laboratory, IIT Madras, India
is pleased to announce the availability of a useful
multilingual text editor running under Linux
for Indian languages and some South Asian scripts.
The text editor may be used to prepare multilingual
documents in all the Indian languages as well as
English (standard Roman). The text may be used for
linguistic processing in a uniform manner across
all the Indian languages. The editor application
is not tied to the availability of any specific
font resource and can be configured to use many
different fonts without effecting any change in the
data entry method. This has been achieved through
the use of syllable level codes to represent the
text internally. The present version supports the
following scripts.
Devanagari, Gujarati, Gurmukhi, bengali, Oriya,
Telugu, Kannada, Tamil and Malayalam. Other scripts
which can be used with the editor include Sinhalese,
Bali, Oromo (Ethiopia), Japanese Kana and classical
Greek. BDF fonts for the Indian scripts are included
in the distribution.
Details of the editor along with downloading
instructions, system requirements etc., are available
at the web site of the Systems Development Lab.
http://acharya.iitm.ac.in/software/Linux_ed.html
It has been the policy of the lab to distribute the
multilingual software free of charge. The multilingual
editor for Linux may be downloaded free from the
above site. The downloadable software also includes
utilities for converting the text to other formats
such as HTML, PDF and Graphic images. The web site
has many pages devoted to the intricacies of computing
with Indian languages.
The application has been developed using GTK 1.2 and
is known to work properly with X11 in RedHat6.2 and 7.2.
It should work with other distributions as well.
For specific information please contact
R.Kalyana Krishnan
Professor
Department of Computer Science
IIT Madras 600 036
India
rkk@acharya.iitm.ac.in
rkk@shiva.iitm.ernet.in
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Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 23:43:36 CST
From: Frederick Noronha <fred@bytesforall.org>
Subject: REVIEW: ESA, Essential System Administration... a third-time round
ESA, ESSENTIAL SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION A THIRD TIME ROUND....
O'Reilly has come out with a new edition of *Essential System
Administration* covering "all the fundamentals of running Unix and the
[GNU/]Linux systems, and more".
This book, as with its past edition, offers a 'task-oriented perspective'
for the sysadmin. That means, one doesn't have to wade through all the
features of the *nix operating system, to find what one wants. "In the third
edition, Frisch covers all the fundamentals and essential tasks required to
run such divergent Unix systems as AIX, FreeBSD, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris,
Tru64, and more," promise the pbulishers.
What's new? Expanded coverage of networking, electronic mail, security, and
kernel configuration. Also services like LDAP, PAM, DHCP, and DNS. There's
also discussions of many important Free/Libre and Open Source Software
(FLOSS) tools. Including SSH, Cfengine, Amanda, RRDTool and Cricket.
Says author AEleen Frisch: "As I see it, this means finding a middle ground
between a general overview that is just too simple to be of much use to
anyone but a complete novice, and a slog through all the obscurities and
eccentricities that only a fanatic could love."
This third edition comes at a steep price -- US$54.95. One wishes the Indian
editions could come out faster, at more affordable South Asian prices.
Chapter 11 (Backup and Restore) is available without charge, online
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/esa3/chapter/index.html
Table of contents, index, author bio, samples from
http://www.oreilly.com/catalogue/esa3/
ISBN 0-596-00343-9
1176 pages
Order from order@oreilly.com or see http://www.oreilly.com
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Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 10:09:19 CST
Subject: IBM and Sharp Team on Enterprise-Class, Linux-Based Mobile Solution
From: Stacy Simpson <stacysim@us.ibm.com>
Stacy Simpson
Media Relations
IBM Corporation
Route 100, Somers, NY 10589
Ph: 914-766-4123 (t/l: 826-4123)
E: stacysim@us.ibm.com
PRESS RELEASE
IBM and Sharp Team on Enterprise-Class, Linux-Based Mobile Solution
Openness and Flexibility Key to Creating An Extensive Embedded Linux
Deployment
for the Enterprise Market
ARMONK, NY and OSAKA, Japan. Nov. 15, 2002 – Building on the growing
momentum in workforce mobility and corporate investment in Linux®, IBM® and
Sharp Corporation today announced that they will bring together IBM
software and Sharp technologies in a Linux-based mobile solution that makes
it easier for businesses to extend enterprise applications to mobile
workers. The new Enterprise Edition Zaurus™ – Sharp’s Linux based PDA that
works on a foundation of IBM’s software – will offer seamless, wireless
access to a wide range of enterprise applications on an open, flexible
platform.
Targeted at an increasingly mobile workforce in which connectivity and
access to corporate information is crucial, the Enterprise Edition Zaurus
will allow mobile employees to easily access databases to check inventory
and order supplies, as well as manage e-mail, address book entries and
calendars while on the road. It will also enable companies to access a
wide range of applications from a variety of vendors. Sharp and IBM plan
to support speech recognition and multi-modal capabilities in future
editions.
The announcement creates new opportunities for companies to deploy
applications more rapidly by using the flexible, open-standards based Linux
and Java™ platforms. Companies will also have access to a rapidly expanding
community of developers building applications that enable mobile access to
enterprise data.
"As we move into the ‘On Demand’ age, companies need to access information,
applications and services on their own terms – when, where, and how they
choose," said Rodney Adkins, General Manager, IBM Pervasive Computing
Division. "Customers also expect new solutions and new devices to integrate
seamlessly with their infrastructure. IBM and Sharp are working to leverage
the flexibility of Linux and Java, tying together device technologies and
solutions to help enterprises extend their infrastructure to make access
simpler and interaction easier."
The collaboration with Sharp is a continuation of IBM’s strategy to develop
and deliver end-to-end pervasive computing solutions for enterprises and
mobile workers across different platforms. The move also extends Sharp’s
larger corporate strategy to create an open standards Linux /Java platform
with back-end support for various enterprise applications and databases
including IBM’s DB2®, as well as those from other vendors such as
Microsoft®, Oracle® and Sybase®.
“Sharp is committed to delivering a new generation of mobile computing
solutions to the enterprise customer that integrate world class hardware
functionality with breakthrough software capability,” according to Dr.
Yoichi Sakai, Director and General Manager of Sharp’s Communications
Systems Group. “Sharp’s vision is to extend the reach of the Zaurus Linux
and Java-based OS platform to the mobile workers’ everyday environment,
seamlessly delivering critical data regardless of location.”
Demonstrating IBM's growing momentum in pervasive computing and continued
investment in Linux, IBM will provide end-to-end Linux and Java-based
device infrastructure middleware that gives employees access to corporate
applications, information, intranets and databases while they are in the
field or on the move and also provides seamless connectivity. Solutions
using the Enterprise Edition Zaurus will include IBM’s WebSphere®
Everyplace Access (WEA) and WebSphere Everyplace Connection Manager (WECM)
middleware. In addition, IBM has a full range of open source-based
development tools from the WebSphere Studio family. By using an open
framework, developers have the flexibility to build and differentiate
products regardless of platform, which in turn could reduce the time to
market.
As one of the pioneers of handheld devices, Sharp has introduced innovative
features to the mobile computing category, including an integrated sliding
QWERTY keyboard, dual expansion slots (Compact Flash™ and SD/MMC), and an
open standards Linux/Java application platform. Sharp has demonstrated the
potential of this open standards platform by running Apache web server and
mySQL database on the Zaurus, and will continue to optimize the Zaurus for
mobile enterprise solutions and wireless connectivity.
This Enterprise Edition Zaurus is scheduled to be available by mid-2003 in
the US, followed by rollouts to additional markets worldwide.
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About Sharp
Sharp Corporation is a worldwide developer of innovative products and core
technologies that play a key role in shaping the future of electronics. As
a leader in liquid crystal displays (LCDs) and digital technologies, Sharp
offers one of the broadest and most advanced lines of consumer electronics,
information products and electronic components, while also creating new
network businesses. Sharp Corporation currently employs about 57,000 people
worldwide and recorded consolidated annual sales of over 1,803.7 billion
yen for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2002. For more information, please
visit Sharp’s Web site at http://sharp-world.com/index.html.
About IBM
IBM is the world's leading e-business company offering a wide range of
services, solutions and technologies that help businesses take full
advantage of emerging innovation. IBM's pervasive computing and mobile
Internet strategy is to extend e-business applications to the new class of
client devices. This involves building, deploying and developing mobile
applications by partnering with key industry players, developing
groundbreaking initiatives to set open industry standards; and deploying a
Business Innovation Services team with hundreds of wireless consultants.
IBM also makes chips for a wide range of devices from the world's most
powerful computers to the smallest cell phones. IBM can be found on the Web
at www.ibm.com.
*all statements regarding IBM’s future direction or intent are subject to
change or withdrawal without notice and represent goals and objectives
only.
Zaurus™ is a trademark of Sharp Electronics Corporation.
IBM®, WebSphere® and DB2® are registered trademarks of International
Business Machines Corporation in the United States and/ or other countries
Linux® is a registered trademark owned by Linus Torvalds.
Sybase® is a registered trademark of Sybase
Java™ is a trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc.
MS® Outlook® is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the
United States and/or other countries.
Oracle® is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation
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