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Linux-Announce Digest #263
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Linux-Announce Digest #263, Volume #4 Thu, 19 Dec 2002 14:13:04 EST
Contents:
Yet another Linux FAQ 2.11 ("TekMate")
New release of Quikscript (Graham Freeman)
Announce: Pico Lisp System (Alexander Burger)
"Running Linux, Fourth Edition" Released by O'Reilly (fwd) (Frederick Noronha)
Shareware: pdfcrypt 2.1 ("Sanface Software")
[PRC] Open Source CRM Project (Frederick Noronha)
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From: "TekMate" <tekmate@hotmail.com>
Subject: Yet another Linux FAQ 2.11
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 19:07:34 CST
http://www.cafecomputer.com/faqindex.htm
About: Yet another Linux FAQ is a comprehensive FAQ about the Linux
Operating System. It is a great document for Linux beginners to read. This
FAQ tries to help those new to Linux help themselves. It covers topics such
as kernel recompilation and X Window System configuration.
Changes: An updated site design, and a VI cheat sheet that can be accessed
from the articles page.
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From: Graham Freeman <gfreeman@cs.adfa.edu.au>
Subject: New release of Quikscript
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 19:07:42 CST
This posting announces the release of a new version of Quikscript
and an editor for preparing Quikscript documents.
Quikscript is a text formatting and typesetting program written in
PostScript. It enables documents to be prepared on any type of
hardware, using visible layout marks to control the appearance of
the output, and produce output on a PostScript printer by
despatching Qs and the document file to the device. No processing
is performed by the host hardware; all processing is done within
the printer. Non-Postscript printers can be handled using a
PostScript previewer like ghostscript.
The advantage that Quikscript provides, other than portability,
is precision of control over output. Because it is written in
PostScript, it is interpreted at run-time within the printer.
It is possible to create documents that modify the Quikscript
program during execution. It is very easy to include other
PostScript programs or fragments with Quikscript. It is possible
to use special PostScript fonts, such as hand-generated ones.
Graphics generated from a variety of sources can be easily included,
as can text output from computer programs. It is possible to embed
Quikscript within an EPS document, such as an advertisement. It
is particularly useful for formating the output of database queries
for printed reports.
Quikscript documents can be prepared using any text editor. Alternatively,
an editor is provided with Quikscript, Qse, which some people find useful.
Qse is written in Java, so it should be portable to most platforms,
provided
that a Java virtual machine is installed. Qse simplifies document preview
and printing, and has documentation built in through a help system.
The new version of Quikscript may be obtained by anonymous ftp from
ftp://ftp.adfa.edu.au/pub/postscript/Quikscript.tar.gz
and the separate files are available in
ftp://ftp.adfa.edu.au/pub/postscript/qsdir/.
Qse can be obtained in several forms:
ftp://ftp.adfa.edu.au/pub/postscript/Qse-install.sh
ftp://ftp.adfa.edu.au/pub/postscript/Qse-smallinstall.sh
ftp://ftp.adfa.edu.au/pub/postscript/Qse.exe
ftp://ftp.adfa.edu.au/pub/postscript/smallQse.exe
See the website
http://www.cs.adfa.edu.au/~gfreeman
for more details. (Note that our FTP server will check your site first
to verify that we are not a target for a denial-of-service attack. If
your ISP does not have the reverse DNS tables set up correctly, the FTP
request will fail. Contact me or your ISP if you have problems.)
Graham Freeman
g-freeman AT adfa.edu.au
17 December 2002
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Department of Computer Science, Australian Defence Force Academy
Phone +61-2-6268 8186 Fax +61-2-6268 8581
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From: Alexander Burger <abu@software-lab.de>
Subject: Announce: Pico Lisp System
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 19:07:45 CST
Hello world,
the Pico Lisp system is being released under the GPL. Though it is in existence
and use since almost 15 years now, it was never distributed in a formal way
(just given freely to anyone interested).
The newest versions will always be available at
http://www.software-lab.de/down.html
Pico Lisp compiles and runs only under Linux :-)
About Pico Lisp:
Pico Lisp can be viewed from two different aspects: As a general purpose
programming language, and a dedicated application server framework.
(1) As a programming language, Pico Lisp provides a 1-to-1 mapping of a clean
and powerful Lisp derivate, to a simple and efficient virtual machine. It
supports persistent objects as a first class data type, resulting in a database
system of Entity/Relation classes and a Prolog-like query language tightly
integrated into the system.
The virtual machine was designed to be
Simple
The internal data structure should be as simple as possible. Only one
single data structure is used to build all higher level constructs.
Unlimited
There are no limits imposed upon the language due to limitations of the
virtual machine architecture. That is, there is no upper bound in symbol
name length, number digit counts, or data structure and buffer sizes,
except for the total memory size of the host machine.
Dynamic
Behavior should be as dynamic as possible ("run"-time vs. "compile"-time).
All decisions are delayed till runtime where possible. This involves
matters like memory management, dynamic symbol binding, and late method
binding.
Practical
Pico is not just a toy of theoretical value. Pico is used since 1988 in
actual application development, research and production.
The language inherits the major advantages of classical Lisp systems like
- Dynamic data types and structures
- Formal equivalence of code and data
- Functional programming style
- An interactive environment
Pico Lisp is very different from any other Lisp dialect. This is partly due to
the above design principles, and partly due to its long development history
since 1984.
(2) As an application server framework, Pico Lisp provides for
Database Management
Index trees
Nested transactions
Object local indexes
Entity/Relation classes
Pilog (Pico Prolog) queries
Multi-user synchronization
DB Garbage collection
User Interface
Browser GUI
HTML/WML generation
Applet I/O
Application Server
Process management
Process family communication
XML I/O
Import/export
User administration
Internationalization
Security
Object linkage
Java reflection
Postscript/Printing
Pico Lisp is not an IDE. Program development is done at the console, using bash,
vim and the Lisp interpreter.
The only type of GUI supported for applications is through a browser via HTML.
This makes the client side completely platform idependent. Applets are created
dynamically. They connect back to the Pico server and establish an interactive
user interface frontend, while all application logic runs on the server. Each
key press or mouse click is propagated to the server and can cause immediate
actions like in a local desktop application.
The GUI is deeply integrated with - and generated dynamically from - the
application's data model. Because the application logic runs on the server,
multiple users can view and modify the same database object without conflicts,
everyone seeing changes done by other users on her screen immediately due to the
internal process and database synchronization.
- Alex <abu@software-lab.de>
http://www.software-lab.de
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Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 23:22:54 CST
From: Frederick Noronha <fred@bytesforall.org>
Subject: "Running Linux, Fourth Edition" Released by O'Reilly (fwd)
========== Forwarded message ==========
For Immediate Release
December 18, 2002
For more information, a review copy, cover art, or an interview with
the authors, contact:
Kathryn Barrett (707) 827-7094 or kathrynb@oreilly.com
The Essential Guide to Linux
O'Reilly Releases "Running Linux, Fourth Edition"
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-Applications ready for prime time
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-Basic security and firewalling
-Package management on Debian
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A solid foundation text for any Linux user, the book also includes
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What the critics said about the previous edition of this book:
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Over time, 'Running Linux' has become my first choice for broad
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Computer Books, April 2001
"Amazon Best of 2000: Computer Networking"
"For beginners the best choice is the classic 'Running Linux.' There
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Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 05:10:36 CST
From: "Sanface Software" <sanface@sanface.com>
Subject: Shareware: pdfcrypt 2.1
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Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 12:42:26 CST
From: Frederick Noronha <fred@bytesforall.org>
Subject: [PRC] Open Source CRM Project
>From the PRC (Project Resource Centre) mailing list in India. The PRC list
aims to bring young students seeking Free Software projects in touch with
'gurus' and mentors who could help them. If you could play the role of a
mentor, please do join in this list. Details at the end of this
message. Thank you. Frederick Noronha, Journalist, India.
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December 19, 2002
The methodology for developing applications that works for AOSS
is as follows:
1)Develop the System Requirements Specification (SRS)
2)Develop the use cases
3)Develop the GUI/API designs
4)Develop the test plan
5)Develop designs using ArgoUML
6)Design the MySQl/PostgreSQL database pieces
7)Develop the [ bash | python | C | C++ | Java ] code
8)Update the test plan
The best approach is to take a small piece of the problem
and iterate over steps 2 through 7 until the whole application is
completed.
Each item above has as a rigorous peer review procedure to mark
completion.
AOSS is starting a open source project to develop a CRM application.
We will have one person do each of the above task.
If you would like to work on this project please fill
in your name and email address and reply to verbus@sonicisp.net
Position Name Email
0)Project Manager
1)Analyst 1
2)Analyst 2
3)Software Developer 1
4)Software Developer 2
5)Software Developer 3
6)Software Developer 4
7)Software Developer 5
There will be an iteration for each use case.
--
Regards,
Verbus Counts, Director R & D
Advanced Open Source Solutions, Inc.
5098 Foothills Blvd.
Suite 3176
Roseville, CA 95747
email: verbus@sonicisp.net
916-765-1624
Knowlege is power... share it equitably!
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