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Linux-Announce Digest #520
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Linux-Announce Digest #520, Volume #4 Thu, 28 Aug 2003 09:13:03 EDT
Contents:
COMMERCIAL: SciTech SNAP Graphics 2.0.0 Release Candidate 2 ("Kendall Bennett")
zblast 1.3 - simple but fairly manic shoot-em-up (Russell Marks)
[PRODUCT ANNOUNCE] WDX V0.2 High Availability product ships today ("Dominique Chabord")
Announce: rta-0.6.0 adds /proc-like capability (Bob Smith)
Blueprint for a Better Linux Distribution (DoubleZ)
3rd International Symposium on Open Control Systems, Sept. 9-10,2003 (Jutta Steinhoff)
HotBel.be - 400 belgian Linux sites (stun@free.tr)
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Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 19:32:49 CST
From: "Kendall Bennett" <KendallB@scitechsoft.com>
Subject: COMMERCIAL: SciTech SNAP Graphics 2.0.0 Release Candidate 2
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SciTech SNAP Graphics 2.0.0 for Linux
Professional Edition
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Where can I download it?
========================
You can download SciTech SNAP Graphics 2.0.0 Release Candidate 2 from
our web site using the following URL:
http://www.scitechsoft.com/products/ent/snap_linux.html
What's new in this version?
===========================
This version adds support for some newer ATI Radeon graphics chipsets,
some older laptop chipsets, and contains various bug fixes. A list of
public changes can be found here:
http://www.scitechsoft.com/snap_linux_changes.txt
About SciTech SNAP Graphics for Linux
=====================================
SciTech SNAP Graphics provides high performance graphics accelerator
access across a wide range of modern graphics hardware and operating
systems. The core technology is our SciTech SNAP Graphics Architecture,
which is a cross platform device driver technology enabling the use of
the same device drivers in all versions of SciTech SNAP Graphics.
Sharing the drivers between platforms improves the quality and
performance of device drivers for all supported operating systems.
The install archive contains the end user Linux installation of SciTech
SNAP Graphics. It contains all of the necessary Linux based utilities
and device drivers that work with SciTech SNAP based applications, as
well as full support for XFree86 4.0.2 and later official releases.
Applications that can utilise SciTech SNAP currently include
applications developed using the SciTech MGL graphics library, or
applications written to work directly with the SciTech SNAP device
drivers.
For more detailed information about SciTech SNAP Graphics for Linux
(including the list of supported graphics chipsets) see the complete
readme at:
http://www.scitechsoft.com/ftp/snap/linux/readme.txt
Support
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If you have any problems or wish to discuss this beta release, please
use the SciTech newsgroups at:
news://news.scitechsoft.com/scitech.snap.graphics.linux
Please note that the product has a 21-day evaluation period; if you
would like to purchase it for continued use, it is available in
our online store. Once you have registered, you can get
priority support by opening tickets on the SciTech HelpDesk:
http://www.scitechsoft.com/support/helpdesk/
---
Kendall Bennett
Chief Executive Officer
SciTech Software, Inc.
Phone: (530) 894 8400
http://www.scitechsoft.com
~ SciTech SNAP - The future of device driver technology! ~
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Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 05:28:39 CST
Subject: zblast 1.3 - simple but fairly manic shoot-em-up
From: Russell Marks <russell.marks@ntlworld.com>
zblast is a simple but fairly manic shoot-em-up. There are versions
for both svgalib and X.
zblast's homepage is here:
http://www.svgalib.org/rus/zblast/
You can also download it from ibiblio:
ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/games/arcade/zblast-1.3.tar.gz
Version 1.3 fixes a stupid buffer overrun, and somewhat reluctantly
adds support for auto-fire.
* Changes in zblast 1.3
Fixed exploitable (to give group-id games) buffer-overrun in
hi-score-writing.
Finally gave in and added auto-fire, but only when run with
`-autofire', and at the cost of disabling high-score saving. Thanks to
Oohara Yuuma for contributing the code, and to "Ariel" for also
suggesting auto-fire support.
Fixed brokenness on second repeat of the levels. Thanks to Oohara
Yuuma for spotting this.
-Rus.
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From: "Dominique Chabord" <dominique.chabord@bluedjinn.com>
Subject: [PRODUCT ANNOUNCE] WDX V0.2 High Availability product ships today
Date: 28 Aug 2003 12:45:10 GMT
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Hello everybody, this is the announcement of WDX V0.2
Thank you for spreading this information around.
Annecy-France, August 18th, 2003
New Product: WDX, V0.2, High availability and disaster tolerance
Highlights:
- High-availability architectures of many nodes,
- Disaster tolerance framework for cluster-to-cluster
and room-to-room failover,
- Interoperating between Linux, NT and other operating =
systems.
Keyworks:
High Availability clusters, Failover, Multi-node stretched clusters,
Disaster tolerance, Multi-tiered applications, Linux, NT, VMS, UNIX
WDX ships TODAY. WDX is a versatile distributed lock manager
which implements synchronisation, watchdog and failover capabilities.
Immediat application of WDX is high availability clustering.
WDX software is Free-Software under GPL. WDX is delivered to
the community by Shaman-X project.
Shaman-X project aims at contributing to the management of
combinations of failures which may affect technical infrastructures of
large organizations and may lead them to serious crisis situations.
WDX V0.2 ships today for beta testing. To get the best demo, you should =
have
three or more Linux computers, all connected to two separate networks =
and a
gcc complilor. On a single computer with one ethernet adapter, you can =
get
something, but you'll need some imagination about WDX capabilities :-)
Install is straightforward (not rpm nor .deb yet), just a .tar and =
follow
instructions of http://downloads.shaman-x.org/wdx-readme.txt
Pointers to Shaman-X and WDX are:
http://shaman-x.org official homepage
http://wdx.shaman-x.org WDX repository
http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/shaman-x web page for developers
http://mail.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/shaman-x-support mailing list
Contributors of all kinds are welcome to join and Shaman-X project is =
also
looking for reference implementation projects.
Shaman-X manager is Dominique Chabord, dominique.chabord@shaman-x.org
Enjoy
Dominique Chabord
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From: Bob Smith <bsmith@linuxtoys.org>
Subject: Announce: rta-0.6.0 adds /proc-like capability
Date: 28 Aug 2003 12:50:01 GMT
Run Time Access (RTA) is a library that lets you separate
your user interface from your daemon by giving a database
interface and/or a virtual file system interface to your
program. RTA can make your program's internal variables,
structures, and array of structures look like tables in a
Postgres database or like files in a file system. The file
system interface is based on Fuse by Miklos Szeredi.
Both the database and the file system interface point to
the actual data in memory in your program. They are not
copies of the data.
RTA is available at http://www.runtimeaccess.com.
Please stop by and try the on-line demo.
Bob Smith
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From: double_z2003@yahoo.co.uk (DoubleZ)
Subject: Blueprint for a Better Linux Distribution
Date: 28 Aug 2003 12:50:05 GMT
Blueprint for a Better Linux Distribution.
--> Called CremDeLa Linux, it intends to be cream of Linux
distribution, polished and professional.
--> Based on Slackware, it will be orientated for the desktop. It
will focus on delivering a good GNOME desktop, with additional tools
for the tasks the user requires, like media, word-processing, e-mail
and internet.
--> It will invite the user to accustom himself with the terminal
interface, with useful configuration apps and intoductions.
--> It aims to be consistant and streamlined, the GNU tools' manuals
and others will be re-written for this.
--> It tries to accomplish nearly all tasks without having to ask the
user for a 'root password'.
--> We do all the configuration and tinkering - the user just Uses
the OS. The user shouldn't be forced to configure or tinker.
--> There shall be no duplication of apps, no confusion. Just the
cream, the crem de la crem of apps.
--> Autopackage shall be included in the distribution, it will be
used for any additional packages the user decides to install himself
(NOTE: The 'install in home dir' should be reviewed, if KDE or other
such integral apps were installed here it could be corrupted, modified
easily by the 'ordinary' user. Otherwise Autopackage is a great
system).
--> Never shall we exceed the limit of 1 CD-ROM for the distribution.
--> It should appeal to the power user who wants to have fun with
their OS, who wants little configuration and maintainance for a good
GUI and application selection.
--> It aims to be professional enough to be adopted in office
situations for small and home businesses, where it can be adopted and
used without thought of what OS it is - it just Works Right, period.
----> TAKE IT AWAY, PEOPLE... POST YOUR IDEAS... MAKE THE BETTER
LINUX DISTRIBUTION... <----
The Terminal interface:
:: CremDeLa Linux :: [version 1.11]
System Resources
================
RAM Usage: 56MB (of 128MB)
Partition Usage: /dev/hda5 (root, ext2) 68% (Capacity 10.5GB)
Processes: 12 user processes (consuming 33MB of memory), 5 system
processes (consuming 13MB of memory)
User Login (Tip: Press the 'up' and 'down' keys to scroll users)
==========
Username: joejmac
Password: ******
Password incorrect.
Username: joejmac
Password: *******
Login accepted.
Load X-Windows GUI or terminal interface (X,T)? _T
/clear screen/
CremDeLa Linux 1.11
Welcome, Joe J. (Tip: For an introduction to terminal commands and
tasks, type 'termintro'
MORE TIPS -> * Tip: To launch the X-Windows GUI with a selected
desktop environment or window manager, type 'startx'. To start it in a
minimal environment with a terminal, type 'xinit'
* Tip: To set up the internet, type 'cdl-pppsetup'. Type 'ppp-on' to
connect and 'ppp-off' to disconnect. For a terminal-based web browser,
type 'links'
* Tip: For information on a command's options, or switches, type
'(command) --help'. For a manual containing further information on it,
type 'man' and the name of the command, e.g. 'man tar'
* Tip: Tar is an archiving app. From the terminal type 'tar -cf
(examplearchive).tar (directorytoarchive)' to create an archive of a
directory. For more information type 'tar --help'
* Tip: To extract a Tar/Gzip archive from the terminal type 'tar -xzf
(example).tar.gz'. To extract a Tar/Bzip2 archive type 'tar -xjf
(example).tar.bz2'
* Tip: Bzip2 can be used to compress files of any type, and is useful
for compressing Tar archives. Type 'bzip2 (filetocompress)' to
compress, 'bzip2 --help' for more information
* Tip: To see the current date and time, type 'date'
* Tip: Type 'ls -l' for a directory listing with detailed information
* Tip: 'chmod' and 'chown' can be used to set the permissions of
files. Type 'chmod u+rwx (file)' to add 'read-write-execute'
permission to the owner of the file. Type 'chown (username/uid)
(file)' to change owner. Type --help with 'chown' or 'chmod' for more
information
* Tip: Type 'top' for a process listing, with memory, CPU usage and
priority, refreshed per second
* Tip: Type 'ps -A' for a list of all processes and their
corresponding process IDs
* Tip: Type 'du -sh' for a summary on the amount of space the current
directory, and subdirectories, consume in MB or KB
* Tip: Type 'df' for information on the amount of space free and used
on mounted disks
* Tip: You don't have to manually mount and unmount CD-ROMs and floppy
disks)
/characters indicating progress (like oggenc) as shell
loads/[joejmac@cdlalinux]
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From: Jutta Steinhoff <j-steinhoff@web.de>
Subject: 3rd International Symposium on Open Control Systems, Sept. 9-10,2003
Date: 28 Aug 2003 12:50:08 GMT
SoftSympo'03 Sept. 9-10, 2003 in Helsinki/Finland
Hi all,
who is interested in future based technologies on open control systems
for realtime, the SoftSympo'03 - 3rd International Symposium on
Open Control Systems in Helsinki could be interesting:
http://www.pe.tut.fi/softsympo/
James Christensen, the father of IEC61131-3 and IEC61499, as well as
others who are defining the new IEC61499 standard for realtime
requirements in industry are joining the conference.
Program, abstracts, registration etc. are online.
Letter for participation
http://www.dachs.net/SoftSympo2003_Urgent_Call_for_Participation_200803.pdf
from Prof. Reijo Tuokko, Chairman of the conference.
BTW, Helsinki is a very nice city!
- Jutta Steinhoff
www.steinhoff-automation.com
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From: stun@free.tr
Subject: HotBel.be - 400 belgian Linux sites
Date: 28 Aug 2003 12:50:11 GMT
HotBel.be is a new belgian search engine for .be websites only.
400 Linux web pages in Belgium:
http://www.hotbel.be/search.php?s=linux
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