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Linux-Announce Digest #348
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Linux-Announce Digest #348, Volume #4 Wed, 12 Mar 2003 20:13:02 EST
Contents:
[LOCAL] New LUG in Florida (Smitty)
New LUG in the Tampa Bay, Florida area (Smitty)
Ryth(M)aid + Gui v0.0.1a10 released ("florian schmidt")
ANNOUNCE: Tcl/Tk 8.4.2 Release ("Jeff Hobbs")
Ryth(M)aid v0.0.2 released (Florian Schmidt)
Sketches of Q 1.0 (for Zaurus / Qtopia) (Josua Dietze)
New Version of Squeak Smalltalk Available ("Delbert Murphy")
Cincinnati Linux Users Group - March Meeting (Jeff Gilton)
Guardian Digital Launches Open Source Secure Mail Suite (Jennifer Olson)
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From: Smitty <a.smitty@verizon.net>
Subject: [LOCAL] New LUG in Florida
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 18:59:52 CST
The Florida Linux User's Group has been established to serve the needs of
Linux users in the Tampa Bay area of Florida.
Our website address is:
http://www.flalug.org
Thomas Smith
Co-founder
FLALUG
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From: Smitty <a.no.spam.smitty@verizon.net>
Subject: New LUG in the Tampa Bay, Florida area
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 18:59:54 CST
The Florida Linux User's Group has been established to serve those in this
area who want both free software and freedom. Our website address is:
http://www.flalug.org
Thomas Smith
Co-founder, FLALUG
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From: "florian schmidt" <mista.tapas@gmx.net>
Subject: Ryth(M)aid + Gui v0.0.1a10 released
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 19:00:15 CST
Minor bugfixes. and it compiles with g++ 3.0 now (if you install the
freshest tse3-release (0.2.7)).
here's a short description:
Ryth(M)Aid + GUI generates a drum, bass, and piano track according to a
given set of chords. It is useful for instrument players who want to
practice playing to certain harmonies. It is most useful for a jazz 4/4
swing style. It uses tse3 for MIDI sequencing
and GTK+ for a GUI.
check the project homepage on:
http://rythmaidgui.sourceforge.net
This version is still full of bugs and a minority of desired features are
implemented yet. But check it out anyways (i allready find it useful for
practising)..
--
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sound clips - http://www.arted.biz/mista.tapas
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From: "Jeff Hobbs" <jeffh@ActiveState.com>
Subject: ANNOUNCE: Tcl/Tk 8.4.2 Release
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 19:00:18 CST
Tcl/Tk 8.4.2 Release Announcement
March 3, 2003
The Tcl Core Team is pleased to announce the 8.4.2 releases of the Tcl
scripting language and the Tk toolkit. This is the second patch release
of Tcl/Tk 8.4. More details can be found below. We would like to
express our gratitude to all those who submit bug reports and patches.
This information is invaluable in enabling us to identify and eliminate
problems in the core.
Where to get the new releases:
==============================
Tcl/Tk 8.4.2 sources are freely available as open source from the
Tcl Developer Xchange web site at:
http://www.tcl.tk/software/tcltk/8.4.html
This web page also contains additional information about the releases,
including new features and notes about installing and compiling the
releases. Sources are always available from the Tcl SourceForge
project's file distribution area:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=10894
Windows, Linux, Solaris and HP-UX binaries are available from:
http://www.activestate.com/Tcl
For additional information:
===========================
Please visit the Tcl Developer Xchange web site:
http://www.tcl.tk/
This site contains a variety of information about Tcl/Tk in general, the
core Tcl and Tk distributions, Tcl development tools, and much more.
Thank you for your contributions:
=================================
As usual, this release includes contributions from the Tcl community.
We have a page honoring these contributors at:
http://www.tcl.tk/software/tcltk/contributors.html
Summary of Changes since Tcl/Tk 8.4.1:
======================================
The following were the main changes in Tcl/Tk 8.4.2. A complete list
can be found in the changes file at the root of the source tree. The
more complete ChangeLog is also included with each source release. This
is a patch release, so it primarily included bug fixes and corrections
to erratic behavior. Below are only the most notable changes.
* Corrected some execution traces that were not firing.
* Multiple signs no longer accepted as valid integer.
[string is integer ++1] => 0
*** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***
* Revisited Tcl/Tk finalization and reloading to allow for repeat
load/unload of Tcl correctly.
* Negative return codes now propagated correctly by procs.
* Syntax error in [expr 0x] now detected.
* [catch {return}] properly returns 2 (was 0).
* Corrected 'file atime|mtime' for non-ascii paths.
* Corrected crash from 'dde eval' with {} service name.
* Several command trace corrections.
* Corrected [info loaded {}] for static packages in multiple interps.
* Corrected MT-safety for [clock format].
* Corrected [info complete] from stopping at NULL char.
* Command rename traces get fully-qualified names.
*** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***
* Improved VFS file performance across platforms.
Notably [glob] on Windows is 2.5 times faster.
* Added `make valgrind` target to Unix makefile.
* Lack of Cygwin support indicated by configure error. Cygwin is
currently not supported, although mingw still is.
* [glob -types l] missed broken symlinks on Unix.
* Accept non-ASCII7 for $::tcl_platform(user) on Win.
* Correct crash when Tcl_DeleteEvents deletes last event.
* Fixed parser that missed some missing ] syntax errors.
* Memory leak during command rename plugged.
* Reduced per-thread memory overhead.
* Use xnet library on HP 11 (64 bit).
* Corrected jis round-trip encoding.
* Stop MacOSX hang trying to read a write-only pipe.
* Added cut and splice C API functions for file channels on Mac.
* Fixed [binary scan] failures on some wide ints.
* Plugged data leak during thread exit.
* [pkg_mkIndex -load] now does a case-insensitive match.
*** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***
* Made [place info] complete and bring into line with other geometry
managers.
* Better handling for half-dead windows.
* Better handling of narrow scrollbars on OSX.
* Made the [text see] work when the widget is unmapped.
* Stopped [wm withdraw] and [wm transient] from interfering with each
other.
* Made sure that Tk always knows whether its windows are mapped or not.
* Clip long lines so they show correctly even when they hit
windowing-system limits.
* Stopped selection handling crashes under KDE3.0.
* Image creation cannot trigger Tk's death.
* Corrected entering data for Entry when the mouse button is pressed.
* Make canvas item coordinate list handling consistent to stop
segfaults. Cannot now create items without coordinates.
*** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***
* Better support for themed and animated cursors on OSX.
* Stopped motion events from morphing into button press and motion
events.
* Removed memory leak in GIF image loader.
* Made OSX menus support UTF8 text and icons.
* Stop message boxes from getting extremely wide.
* Make focus behaviour of spinboxes more like entries.
* New demo showing off Tk's Unicode font handling.
* Bring event handling more into line with the OSX standard.
Also improves "dead key" handling.
* Improvements to [panedwindow] pane size and sash handling.
* Stopped read of freed memory when working with large composite fonts.
* Stopped crash in Windows XP scrollbar handling. Windows scrollbars
now appear "disabled" when there is nothing to scroll, in accordance
with the native style.
*** POTENTIAL VISUAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***
* Stopped panedwindow from crashing when embedded in a window with a
different visual to the root window.
* Limit the screen-size of [tk_get*File] file type selection menu.
* Rework standard dialogs to use [grid].
* Correct boolean return value of Entry/Spinbox 'selection present'
and Listbox 'selection includes' when disabled.
* Improved display of indicators in disabled checkbuttons and
radiobuttons.
* Make Tk pick the first best matching font on the font path.
*** POTENTIAL VISUAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***
* Fixed conversion of apple event parameters to posix path names.
* Implemented simple XOR text drawing in Tk_DrawChars on Windows.
* Make %-substitutions for events only read data out of the event
structure when that field is valid for that event type.
*** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***
--
Tcl Core Team and Maintainers
Jeff Hobbs, Tcl Core Release Manager
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From: Florian Schmidt <mista.tapas@gmx.net>
Subject: Ryth(M)aid v0.0.2 released
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 19:00:48 CST
Minor bugfixes. and it compiles with g++ 3.x now (if you install the
freshest tse3-release (0.2.7)).
here's a short description:
Ryth(M)Aid + GUI generates a drum, bass, and piano track according to a
given set of chords. It is useful for instrument players who want to
practice playing to certain harmonies. It is most useful for a jazz 4/4
swing style. It uses tse3 for MIDI sequencing
and GTK+ for a GUI.
check the project homepage on:
http://rythmaidgui.sourceforge.net
This version is still full of bugs and a minority of desired features
are implemented yet. But check it out anyways (i allready find it useful
for practicing)..
--
mista.tapas@gmx.net
sound clips - http://www.arted.biz/mista.tapas
like jazz and computers and linux? - http://rythmaid.sourceforge.net
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From: Josua Dietze <digidietze_cutthisoff_@t-online.de>
Subject: Sketches of Q 1.0 (for Zaurus / Qtopia)
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 19:00:54 CST
Reply-To: digidietze@t-online.de
Overview:
"Sketches of Q" is a drawing tool for quick sketches or notes on a PDA that
runs with Qtopia (like the Zaurus 5x00). It is not intended as an imaging
or a CAD program. But there are two (mildly) clever things about it:
1. a doubled virtual resolution that enables antialiased and smoothed drawing
2. a filling algorithm that works like real pouring of color and can be
stopped at any moment so that filling of unclosed areas is possible.
New in Version 1.0:
- Undo management
- improved toolbar
- other small fixes
More Information:
http://www.zauruszone.farplanet.net/wiki/index.php?Sketches%20of%20Q
Download:
http://www.handango.com/sharp/PlatformProductDetail.jsp?productId=29714
--
Josua Dietze
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From: "Delbert Murphy" <darthtriad@ameritech.net>
Subject: New Version of Squeak Smalltalk Available
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 19:00:56 CST
Hello All,
On March 5th, Squeak 3.4 was released. This release presents a milestone in
the history of the project, because it is the first release ever that was
created by the Squeak community. It shows that the Squeak community is
active and thriving, and proves that Squeak can and will be successful
without the stewardship of corporations like Apple and Disney, who have
largely sponsored development so far.
Squeak 3.4 is also the first step towards a more modular Squeak. It supports
access to SqueakMap, a package catalogue system that is under development.
With SqueakMap, Squeak users are now able to load additional functionality
from the Internet, much like Perl's CPAN or Debian's APT system. SqueakMap
will make it easier to distribute various configurations of Squeak, ranging
from 'bare bones' (for embedded applications) to 'all bells and whistles'
(for education and new users).
Squeak is a personal multimedia environment aimed at end-users of all ages,
developers, authors, and teachers. Beneath its graphical user interface, it
is powered by a descendant of the Smalltalk-80 language. Squeak was started
by the same people that gave you the graphical user interface,
object-oriented programming, and other goodies, and is continually evolving
with leading-edge ideas.
In addition to providing a personal user environment, Squeak can serve in
various networking structures, ranging from classic client-server
configurations (such as webserving) to peer-to-peer collaboration
environments with 3-D interfaces.
You can obtain Squeak from http://www.squeak.org/.
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From: Jeff Gilton <jeff@jsgis.com>
Subject: Cincinnati Linux Users Group - March Meeting
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 19:01:11 CST
Reply-To: jeff@jsgis.com
The March general meeting of the Cincinnati Linux Users Group
will be on Saturday, March 22nd, at 10:30 a.m. The location
will be:
Cincinnati Community Resource Center
3610 Park 42 Drive
Sharonville, OH 45241
We are trying alternate meeting locations. This month we will
be at the Cincinnati Community Resource Center. Next month we
will be at the Miami Systems Co. in Blue Ash. For directions,
see our web site.
The topic of discussion will be:
Linux And Multimedia
by Mark Harris
We will be having a board meeting starting at 9. Members are
welcome to attend board meetings.
See our web site for more information: http://www.clug.org
or contact me at jeff@jsgis.com
Jeff Gilton, Director
Cincinnati GNU/Linux Users Group, Incorporated
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From: Jennifer Olson <jen@guardiandigital.com>
Subject: Guardian Digital Launches Open Source Secure Mail Suite
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 19:01:14 CST
Guardian Digital today announced the delivery of the first secure, open
source enterprise solution for corporate messaging and antispam/antivirus
protection. Also announced is the next generation of EnGarde Secure Linux,
the award-winning secure Linux server operating system.
Highlights of Secure Mail Suite include:
- Build full-featured ISP, ASP, departmental or enterprise mail systems.
- Simple and secure Web-based management for all functions.
- Comprehensive anti-spam protection utilizing dozens of
technologies to intelligently analyze all email and provide
consistent protection from rapidly evolving threats.
- Protection from outside network eavesdropping using SSL & TLS
for encrypted communications.
- WebMail for secure remote access, LDAP, group scheduler,
vacation auto-away and detailed real-time graphs and reporting
for easy maintenance.
- Build corporate email policies to control content transmission.
- Automatic updates and support provides new defenses from new threats.
If you're interested in additional product information, please don't
hesitate to contact Guardian Digital at +1-201-934-9230 or 866-GD-LINUX or
by visiting http://www.guardiandigital.com.
GUARDIAN DIGITAL LAUNCHES OPEN SOURCE SECURE MAIL SUITE
Secure Mail Suite Available with New Version of Award Winning Secure Linux
Operating System
Allendale, New Jersey - March 3, 2003 - Guardian Digital, Inc., the
leading open source security company, today announced the availability of
the Guardian Digital Secure Mail Suite, the industry's most secure and
cost-effective email platform. Designed to meet the needs of small
businesses, enterprise level companies, ISPs and ASPs looking to secure
and manage corporate email operations, Secure Mail Suite is capable of
managing all email functions within an organization. The suite increases
employee productivity by simplifying management and drastically reducing
junk mail, virus and Internet threats. Secure Mail Suite is currently
available with Guardian Digital's EnGarde Secure Linux v1.5, the newest
version of the company's award winning secure Linux server operating
system.
"Guardian Digital is unique because its products are built with open
source code," said Bill Claybrook, research director, UNIX and Linux,
Aberdeen Group. "While many believe this makes the product insecure, it in
fact makes it more secure since many more developers are on the lookout
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The cornerstone of Guardian Digital's Secure Mail Suite is a robust,
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Through its use of advanced access control and authentication mechanisms,
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Secure Mail Suite comes with many additional features, including:
* Build full-featured ISP, ASP, departmental or enterprise mail systems.
* Simple and secure Web-based management for all functions.
* Comprehensive anti-spam protection utilizing dozens of technologies to
intelligently analyze all email and provide consistent protection from
rapidly evolving threats.
* Protection from outside network eavesdropping using SSL & TLS for
encrypted communications. Integrated certificate authority provides
digital certificate management.
* WebMail for secure remote access, LDAP, group scheduler, vacation
auto-away and detailed real-time graphs and reporting for easy
maintenance.
* Sophisticated authentication mechanism ensures only authorized users
connect. Build corporate email policies to control content transmission.
* Automatic updates and support provides new defenses from new threats.
* Support for all standard mail and Web clients.
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Secure Linux. EnGarde is the industry's most secure open source operating
system. Version 1.5 improves on ease of management with effortless
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security enhancements, improved intrusion detection and a Web-management
system to dramatically reduce support costs. Version 1.5 also adds to
EnGarde's unparalleled level of security by improving the Security Control
Center to provide greater management of system access and virtual
elimination of Trojan horse and other forms of attack.
Version 1.5 also includes increased support options including
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