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Linux-Announce Digest #257
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Linux-Announce Digest #257, Volume #4 Thu, 12 Dec 2002 11:13:02 EST
Contents:
Folding @ Home - distributed computing for Linux (Znak)
TightVNC 1.2.7 - free multi-platform remote desktop software (Constantin Kaplinsky)
ANN: CVSPermissions toolkit v 0.1 available (Vivek Venugopalan)
timetravel 2.4 ("Dennis Bijwaard")
ANNOUNCE: live cd-rom for education (Hilaire Fernandes)
OBB 0.1 Released (Yannick Gingras)
Fargo-Moorhead Linux User Group (Dustin Rue)
Yarrow RGTP client 1.2.0 released (Thomas Thurman)
Fargo-Moorhead Area LUG (Dustin Rue)
announcing accudate 1.0.0 (David Mathog)
Fargo-Moorhead Linux User Group (Dustin Rue)
Issue #45 of Georg's Brave GNU World, the monthly GNU forum has ("Georg C. F. Greve")
[ANN] LORIA ANNOUNCES RELEASE 1.0 OF SMARTEIFFEL, THE GNU EIFFEL COMPILER (Gnu Eiffel Announce)
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From: Znak <linribar@net.hr>
Subject: Folding @ Home - distributed computing for Linux
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 09:55:14 CST
Linux friends,
Install Folding@home on your computers, help scientists to find drugs
for diseases, join our LINUX team and let the world see United Power of
Linux!
What does Folding@Home do?
Folding@Home is a distributed computing project which studies protein,
misfolding, aggregation, andrelated diseases. We use novel computational
methods and large scale distributed computing, to simulate timescales
thousands to millions of times longer than previously acheived. This has
allowed us to simulate folding for the first time, and to now direct our
approach to examine folding related disease.
What are proteins and why do they "fold"?
Proteins are biology's workhorses -- its "nanomachines." Before proteins
can carry out their biochemical function, they remarkably assemble
themselves, or "fold." The process of protein folding, while critical
and fundamental to virtually all of biology, remains a mystery.
Moreover, perhaps not surprisingly, when proteins do not fold correctly
(i.e. "misfold"), there can be serious effects, including many well
known diseases, such as Alzheimer's, Mad Cow (BSE), CJD, ALS, and
Parkinson's disease.
How can you help?
You can help our project by downloading and running our client software.
Our algorithms are designed such that for every computer that joins the
project, we get a commensurate increase in simulation speed.
After downloading Folding@home client, enter (right click configure –
user - team number) team number : 163 - which is number of LINUX team.
Send this post to all your LINUX friends!
Folding@home: http://folding.stanford.edu/
team number: 163
LINUX team info & statistics:
http://folding.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/teampage.detailed?q=163
United Power of Linux
LINUX team
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From: Constantin Kaplinsky <const@ce.cctpu.edu.ru>
Subject: TightVNC 1.2.7 - free multi-platform remote desktop software
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 09:55:13 CST
Hello everyone,
I'm pleased to announce new TightVNC 1.2.7 release.
TightVNC is an improved version of VNC, free cross-platform remote
desktop package. It offers many new features, improvements and
bugfixes. Unlike the original VNC, it can work well over slow Internet
connections, and provides more configuration options. TightVNC can be
used to perform remote administration tasks in Unix/Linux, Windows,
and mixed network environments. It can be useful in distance learning
and remote customer support. TightVNC is freely available under the
terms of the GNU General Public License, and is fully compatible with
the standard VNC. For more details, please visit the TightVNC Web
site:
http://www.tightvnc.com/
Both Win32 and Unix/Linux versions exist. RPM packages for Red Hat
Linux 7.x are available (built and tested under Red Hat Linux 7.2).
To download new release, follow the links at the download page:
http://www.tightvnc.com/download.html
As compared to the previous version, TightVNC 1.2.7 adds a number of
new features, improvements and bugfixes. Here is a summary of changes
introduced in the Unix/Linux version of TightVNC 1.2.7:
- The most significant problem with local cursor handling has been
solved -- now clients can see remote cursor movements performed on
the server or by another client. New PointerPos encoding and
cursor shape updates both minimize bandwidth requirements and
greatly improve responsiveness of the mouse pointer, while still
allow to track correct pointer position in all situations.
- In all the places where display numbers had to be used, now it's
easy to use port numbers as well. The viewers now allow to use new
"hostname::port" syntax, in addition to the traditional
"hostname:display" format.
- In servers, decreased JPEG quality factors for low quality levels.
This improves bandwidth usage while the image quality remains
satisfactory in most cases. In clients, JPEG compression is now
enabled by default, because usually it's a reasonable choice. To
prevent viewers from requesting JPEG compression, new -nojpeg
option can be used.
- Improved RPMs for Linux.
- Bugfix for Xvnc's -localhost and -interface options that were
broken on many systems. Xvnc -version command-line option is now
supported.
- Tight encoding is now documented in rfbproto.h files within source
archives.
- Java viewer: Implemented new buttons "Login again" and "Close
window" near the disconnect or error messages in the applet mode,
and introduced new "Offer Relogin" parameter to control this
improvement.
- Java viewer: Support for connections via HTTP proxies using HTTP
CONNECT method. This will not work in the applet mode, due to Java
security restrictions.
- Java viewer: Extra .vnc files have been removed, having just
index.vnc should be enough. Also, an example HTML page has been
prepared, to simplify installation under a standalone Web server.
- Java viewer: Added a MANIFEST to the JAR archive, to allow easy
execution of the JAR file, using java -jar command-line option.
- Other minor improvements and bugfixes.
--
With Best Wishes,
Constantin
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From: vivekdeja@yahoo.com (Vivek Venugopalan)
Subject: ANN: CVSPermissions toolkit v 0.1 available
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 09:55:12 CST
CVSPermissions is a toolkit that will allow CVS administrators to
setup directory level access permissions in CVS. This toolkit is a
collection of shell scripts and CVS configuration information to
achieve the ACL functionality.
The latest version is available at
http://www.magic-cauldron.com/cm/cvspermissions/cvspermissions.html
Please send your comments and feedback to vivek who has an e-mail
account on magic-cauldron.com
Thanks
Vivek
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From: "Dennis Bijwaard" <bijwaard@DoNotSpamHome.nl>
Subject: timetravel 2.4
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 09:55:22 CST
All,
I've updated the timetravel kernel module from Tigran Aivazian to the
2.4.x kernel and added /proc/timetravel support to add/remove a number
of time-shifted processes.
I've done this update to gain some knowledge of kernel programming and
this was fun. The source can be retrieved from my homepage below.
Although this can obviously be used for bypassing time-based licensing/expiry
restrictions of some commercial package it is *NOT* the intended use of
this module! The 'intended' behavior is to test year 2000, year 2037
compliance and/or communication between timeshifted programs without
disturbing the BIOS and other time-related issues that can be tested/analyzed
when no source code for the app in question is available.
The same target can be achieved by patching (g)libc or preloading a library
that replaces gettimeofday (like timewarp does) and remaining entirely in
userspace but doing it in kernel we find more elegant.
--
Kind regards,
Dennis Bijwaard (http://members.home.nl/bijwaard)
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From: Hilaire Fernandes <hilaire@ext.cri74.org>
Subject: ANNOUNCE: live cd-rom for education
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 09:55:13 CST
We have build a live Freeduc system on CD-ROM which doesn't need any
installation to be used. From the user point of view the system use XFCE
and the applications are available from various drawers.
The idea of the live Freeduc system on CD-ROM is to let the end user -
mainly teacher - to easily access the free education application.
>From a technical point of view, it is based on KNOPPIX/Debian, this
gives us the possibility to easily add and to package additional
software.
More informations & screenshots at
http://www.ofset.org/projects/edusoft/edusoft.html
Hilaire
--
OFSET - http://www.ofset.org
Organization for Free Software
in Education and Teaching
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From: Yannick Gingras <ygingras@ygingras.net>
Subject: OBB 0.1 Released
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 09:56:52 CST
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The Open Beat Box (OBB) project is really proud to announce the release
of OBB 0.1, our first public release.
OBB is a virtual drum machine. It is a program to make songs with
music sample in loops instead of the traditional method with scores
and instruments.
Version 0.1 is a proof of concept release. We don't have a lot of
features implemented but this relate is still a complete running demo.
Among the hi priority goals of the OBB project are the following features :
- - Completely skinable user interface
- - portability
- - easy inter-collaboration between song composers
Images of OBB 0.1 are available:
http://openbeatbox.org/gallery/shots/
You can download OBB 0.1 from our web site :
http://openbeatbox.org/get_it/
Good or bad, we appreciate your comments on OBB.
- --
Yannick Gingras
Coder for OBB : Operationally Bloodthirsty Basidiomycetes
http://OpenBeatBox.org
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From: Dustin Rue <ruedu@fmlug.org>
Subject: Fargo-Moorhead Linux User Group
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 09:56:53 CST
For anyone in the Fargo (ND) Moorhead (MN) area who is interested in
being part of a linux user group in the Fargo-Moorhead area, check out
http://fmlug.org. Since we're very small, 3 people, we don't hold
formal meetings or anything but have a simple website and forums area.
Thanks
Dustin
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From: Thomas Thurman <thomas@thurman.org.uk>
Subject: Yarrow RGTP client 1.2.0 released
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 09:56:58 CST
Yarrow 1.2.0 released
=====================
Yarrow is a web CGI front end to the RGTP message board protocol,
as used on the Cambridge GROGGS system, for Linux and compatible
systems.
New in this version:
* Installation script.
* HTTP compression support and basic caching support.
* If the user has sufficient permission on the RGTP server, they
may change the message of the day and edit the user database.
* All reliance on static HTTP content is removed, making
installation simpler. All CSS is included within the HTML.
* Enhancements for those running text-only browsers.
* Tidying and bug fixing.
You can download it from:
ftp://ftp.thurman.org.uk/pub/thurman/rgtp/yarrow-1.2.0.tar.gz
ftp://ftp.thurman.org.uk/pub/thurman/rgtp/yarrow-1.2.0.tar.bz2
You can experiment with an installed version at:
http://rgtp.thurman.org.uk/gossip
Screenshots at:
http://rgtp.thurman.org.uk/yarrow/screenshots/
Manual at:
http://rgtp.thurman.org.uk/yarrow/docs/
Yarrow is implemented in Python, and released under the GNU General
Public License.
T
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From: Dustin Rue <ruedu@fmlug.org>
Subject: Fargo-Moorhead Area LUG
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 09:57:00 CST
Just wanted to alert anyone in the Fargo-Moorhead area (ND-MN) of a new,
startup LUG. We're three people strong right now but hoping to grow.
Check out our site at http://fmlug.org and let us know what you think.
Dustin
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From: David Mathog <mathog@caltech.edu>
Subject: announcing accudate 1.0.0
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 09:57:02 CST
Reply-To: mathog@caltech.edu
accudate is a simple "date" which emits to stdout the date/time
in this format:
2002-12-08 14:26:27.577
accudate's only advantage over "date" is that it shows the time down to
milliseconds. accudate is primarily intended for use in profiling rapidly
executing shell scripts. The ANSI C source code (accudate.c) is
downloadable from:
ftp://saf.bio.caltech.edu/pub/software/linux_or_unix_tools/
There is no Makefile, simply build it with:
gcc -Wall -pedantic -ansi -o accudate accudate.c
or the equivalent.
The time is shown down to 1 millisecond but the run time of accudate
itself will effect the times shown. For instance, on one Solaris machine
a series of accudate commands emitted times .01 seconds apart, while
on a linux Athlon XP 2200 the same series showed times .002 seconds apart.
--
David Mathog
mathog@caltech.edu
Manager, Sequence Analysis Facility, Biology Division, Caltech
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From: Dustin Rue <ruedu@fmlug.org>
Subject: Fargo-Moorhead Linux User Group
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 09:56:54 CST
For anyone in the Fargo (ND) Moorhead (MN) area who is interested in
being part of a linux user group in the Fargo-Moorhead area, check out
http://fmlug.org. Since we're very small, 3 people, we don't hold
formal meetings or anything but have a simple website and forums area.
Thanks
Dustin
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From: "Georg C. F. Greve" <greve@gnu.org>
Subject: Issue #45 of Georg's Brave GNU World, the monthly GNU forum has
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 09:57:32 CST
Reply-To: Brave GNU World <column@gnu.org>
[Please repost and forward this article widely, wherever it
is appropriate.]
Issue #45 of Georg's Brave GNU World,
the monthly GNU forum has been released.
-- Georg Greve
Hello everyone,
Issue #45 of the column is now online and it can - as usual - be found
on the GNU Webpage and its mirrors. Otherwise just follow the links at
the end of this posting.
Georg's Brave GNU World is a monthly column which is being released
simultaneously in eight languages (English, German, French, Japanese,
Spanish, Korean, Portugese and Italian) on the web and printed in the
German "Linux-Magazin," the "Linux Magazine" U.K., the "Microsoftware"
(largest computer magazine in Korea) and the "Linux Magazine France."
This makes it the monthly column with the widest distribution
worldwide afaik.
If you would like to receive mail about new issues directly, you can
subscribe to the "Brave GNU World" announcement mailinglist. Just
send mail to <brave-gnu-world-request@gnu.org> with "subscribe" in
the *body*. The mailinglist is only for announcements that are related
to the "Brave GNU World" and is of very low volume (between 1 and 2
mails a month).
The 45th issue covers the following topics:
* preview-latex [ bridging WYSIWYG and LaTeX ]
* Lire [ free yourself of the task of logfile-reading ]
* GNU Source Highlight [ publish / beautify sources easily... ]
* Ksrc2html [ ...also with a nice interface ]
* Free Software in Asia [ Free Software leaping forward in Asia ]
This column intends to provide a forum for all GNU maintainers,
friends and associates and I am always open to suggestions. So if
you
* have questions about the GNU Project that might be of general
interest
* have a GNU Project and would like to improve its profile
* would like to start a GNU Project you are looking for people to
start it with
* think something doesn't get the publicity it deserves
* would like to see something made public
send mail to:
"Brave GNU World <column@gnu.org>"
This column is for everyone with an interest in Free Software,
so don't hesitate to contact me if your project is under a Free
Software license (http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/license-list.html)
and you'd like to see it introduced here.
The 45th issue can be found at
http://www.gnu.org/brave-gnu-world/issue-45.en.html
[ English version ]
http://www.gnu.org/brave-gnu-world/issue-45.de.html
[ German version ]
http://www.gnu.org/brave-gnu-world/issue-45.it.html
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http://www.gnu.org/brave-gnu-world/issue-45.ja.html
[ Japanese version ]
http://www.gnu.org/brave-gnu-world/issue-45.ko.html
[ Korean version ]
or via the "Brave GNU World" homepage
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[ English version ]
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That's it for now...
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From: Gnu Eiffel Announce <gnu_eiffel_announce@yahoo.com>
Subject: [ANN] LORIA ANNOUNCES RELEASE 1.0 OF SMARTEIFFEL, THE GNU EIFFEL COMPILER
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 09:57:33 CST
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: smarteiffel@loria.fr
LORIA ANNOUNCES RELEASE 1.0 OF SMARTEIFFEL, THE GNU EIFFEL COMPILER
France -- 6 December, 2002 -- LORIA/INRIA-Lorianne, a leading research
laboratory in information technology, is pleased to announce the
release of SmartEiffel 1.0, the GNU Eiffel compiler. Formerly known
as SmallEiffel, SmartEiffel is complete implementation of Eiffel with
eight years of development behind it. SmartEiffel includes many new
language features such as agents and tuples, an extensive standard
library, and many support utilities. SmartEiffel runs Linux, and indeed
will run any platform where a JVM or ANSI C compiler are available
Along with the new name, the SmartEiffel team has extended its support
program to offer premium support and consulting services. This release
contains the following improvements over the last SmallEiffel release.
* The new Reference keyword is now implemented. Use reference INTEGER
instead of INTEGER_REF. INTEGER_REF will become obsolete.
* The new INTEGER_GENERAL, INTEGER_8, INTEGER_16, INTEGER_32,
INTEGER_64 types are now implemented.
* 64-bit architectures supported.
* Internal improvements in the type system (better C code produced)
* Buffered I/O. You may see big improvements in programs performing
lots of file reading or writing (STD_INPUT and STD_OUTPUT are also
buffered).
* The "tcc" C compiler is now supported, use release 0.9.14 or better.
* SmartZilla is now available for feature and bug-tracking!
* The new notation for free operators is now implemented.
* And many other improvements and bug fixes thanks to the SmartEiffel
user community.
Dr. Bertrand Meyer invented Eiffel in the 1980's. Designed from the
ground up to be an efficient, statically typed object-oriented
language, Eiffel is unique in its support for "Design by Contract
(DbC)" -- sophisticated assertion mechanisms that aid the design,
development and documentation of Eiffel software.
Dr. Dominique Colnet began the GNU Eiffel project in 1994. "I do not
claim that Eiffel is the language of the future (if any), but I think
that Eiffel is probably the best current tool for safe software
production in the context of large teams. Another important point is
the SmartEiffel compilation strategy, which demonstrates that Eiffel
code can run as fast as plain C code."
SmartEiffel is the basis for a large number of projects, such as the
ELJ project that is actively developing SmartEiffel bindings to various
databases and GUI libraries, including wxWindows. Geoff Eldridge, who
founded ELJ, likes Eiffel for it's clear syntax and semantics, and the
self-documenting aspects of Eiffel contracts that reduces his need for
reference materials. "So I am self-contained in my code development and
hence have more time to think about the problem and its solution." Geoff
also believes that DbC "is just brilliant. Once you have experienced
DbC you feel exposed with other languages without the facility." Geoff
also finds Eiffel to be very malleable, even though it is a statically
typed language.
Uwe Sander, the lead developer of the ELJ project, agrees. "Design and
development are closely related when working with Eiffel, not strictly
separated foes." Uwe also appreciates SmartEiffel's support for
interfacing to C and C++. "The integration with existing C code is now
much better than it is in any other language I know, including C++. You
can easily mess up a C++ project and let the old C style rule the project.
Such a thing will never happen in an Eiffel project. It is always clear
which language contains the top level logic."
Links
To download release 1.0, visit
http://smarteiffel.loria.fr/general/download.html
For more information about SmartEiffel, visit
http://smarteiffel.loria.fr
The SmartZilla database is at:
http://smartzilla.loria.fr/index.cgi
For more about premium support and contracting, visit
http://SmartEiffel.loria.fr/support/support.html
Subscribe to the SmartEiffel mailing list at:
http://smarteiffel.loria.fr/support/mailing-list.html
The home page for the ELJ project is here:
http://elj.sf.net/
For more resources and information on Eiffel in general, visit one of
these sites:
http://eiffel.com
http://www.cetus-links.org/oo_eiffel.html
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