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Linux-Announce Digest #681
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Linux-Announce Digest #681, Volume #4 Mon, 16 Feb 2004 03:13:02 EST
Contents:
No Starch Press Releases "Wicked Cool Shell Scripts" (fwd) ("Frederick Noronha (FN)")
First German Webmin book (holger reibold)
Version 0.9 of Automatous Monk released (Paul Reiners)
Version 0.9 of Automatous Monk released (Paul Reiners)
[ADMIN] comp.os.linux.announce report for Mon Feb 16 00:05:01 CST 2004 (cola-admin@stump.algebra.com)
SourceForge.net Sitewide update: Feb 9th, 2004 (fwd) ("Frederick Noronha (FN)")
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Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2004 11:21:09 CST
From: "Frederick Noronha (FN)" <fred@bytesforall.org>
Subject: No Starch Press Releases "Wicked Cool Shell Scripts" (fwd)
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WICKED COOL SHELL SCRIPTS
101 Ways to Customize Linux, UNIX, and Mac OS X Systems
San Francisco, CA - The UNIX shell is the main scripting language of every
Linux, Mac OS X and UNIX system, whether a rescued laptop or a
million-dollar mainframe. The introduction of Apple's Mac OS X and the
continued growth of the Linux installed base mean that more and more users
are finding that they have a UNIX system on their desk. Although UNIX can
be complex to work with, the fact that users can tweak their systems to do
what they want with just a few lines of shell scripting code makes UNIX
incredibly fun and powerful to use.
"Wicked Cool Shell Scripts" (No Starch Press, US $29.95) gives Linux,
UNIX, and Mac OS X power users 101 customizable shell scripts that they
can use to solve common problems, personalize their computing environment,
and soup up Web and Internet productivity. "Harnessing the power of UNIX
is often perceived as a job for complex programming languages (e.g. Perl,
C, C++), but if readers can type a command at the command line, they can
create shell scripts and customize their UNIX environment," explains
author Dave Taylor.
As the author of the popular computer books "Learning UNIX for Mac OS X
Panther" (O'Reilly) and "Teach Yourself UNIX in 24 Hours" (Sams), among
others, Taylor knows that a good computer book should be focused. So
instead of delving into all issues of the shell, this book provides a
cookbook-style collection of scripts that let command line users get down
to business right away. "What makes 'Wicked Cool Shell Scripts' unique is
that it focuses on functional solutions rather than a long discussion of
computer programming terms, concepts and capabilities," Taylor explains.
The 101 scripts, written in Bourne Shell (sh) syntax, help to improve
existing tools on all Linux, Mac OS X, and UNIX systems, and let users
create new tools that are missing from ordinary systems.
The scripts include:
* An interactive spell checker that identifies and fixes spelling and
typing errors in any document
* A disk backup utility that keeps files safe in the event of a system crash
* Web logfile analysis tools that measure the traffic to a web site,
identify the most popular pages, and report any errors
* A weather tracker that reports the current temperature and UV Index, as
well as facts like population and latitude and longitude
* Shell script games, including the old favorite, Hangman
* And 96 more!
With thorough explanations of the syntax and techniques used to build the
example scripts that show readers how to write their own sophisticated
shell scripts, "Wicked Cool Shell Scripts" is a must have for any geek,
wanna-be, or computer aficionado. As Taylor describes it, "this book is
for everyone from system administrators looking for new tips and tricks to
the savvy home user who enjoys pushing their skills envelope, and it's
great fun too!"
WICKED COOL SHELL SCRIPTS
101 Scripts for Linux, Mac OS X, and UNIX Systems
by Dave Taylor
ISBN 1593270127, January 2004, $29.95 ($43.95 Cdn), 368 pp.
Available at fine bookstores everywhere
To order from the publisher: visit www.nostarch.com, email
orders@nostarch.com, or call 800-420-7240
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Table of contents: http://nostarch.com/frameset.php?startat=wcss_toc
Sample scripts from the book (scroll down for links):
http://nostarch.com/frameset.php?startat=wcss
Cover image: http://nostarch.com/frameset.php?startat=wcss_big
Author's site: www.intuitive.com/wicked/
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dave Taylor has a Masters degree in Education, an MBA, and has written a
dozen technical books, including "Learning UNIX for Mac OS X Panther"
(O'Reilly), "Solaris for Dummies" (Wiley), and "Teach Yourself UNIX in 24
Hours" (SAMS). He was a contributor to BSD 4.4 UNIX, and his software is
included in many major UNIX distributions.
ABOUT NO STARCH PRESS
Since 1994, No Starch Press has published unique books on computing, with
a focus on Open Source, security, hacking, web development, programming,
gaming, and alternative operating systems. Our titles have personality,
our authors are passionate, and our goal is to make computing accessible
to everyone.
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From: holger reibold <holger@reibold.de>
Subject: First German Webmin book
Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2004 17:31:41 CST
Hi there,
bomots.de is a new small German publishing company.
We just published the first German Webmin book
at www.bomots.de.
It's a small paperback book with 148 pages.
Best Regards,
Holger
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From: Paul Reiners <reiners@monkeybrains.net>
Subject: Version 0.9 of Automatous Monk released
Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2004 17:33:35 CST
Version 0.9 of Automatous Monk has been released. Automatous Monk is an
open-source program for generating music from cellular automaton evolutions.
Automatous Monk can be downloaded from here:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/automatous-monk/
Some MIDI files generated by the Monk can be heard here:
http://www.automatous-monk.com/
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From: Paul Reiners <paulreiners@earthlink.net>
Subject: Version 0.9 of Automatous Monk released
Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2004 17:34:38 CST
Version 0.9 of Automatous Monk has been released. Automatous Monk is an
open-source program for generating music from cellular automaton evolutions.
Automatous Monk can be downloaded from here:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/automatous-monk/
Some MIDI files generated by the Monk can be heard here:
http://www.automatous-monk.com/
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Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 00:06:28 CST
Subject: [ADMIN] comp.os.linux.announce report for Mon Feb 16 00:05:01 CST 2004
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Subject: comp.os.linux.announce report for Mon Feb 16 00:05:01 CST 2004
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Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 01:11:02 CST
From: "Frederick Noronha (FN)" <fred@bytesforall.org>
Subject: SourceForge.net Sitewide update: Feb 9th, 2004 (fwd)
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0. Intro
1. January Project of the Month: phpBB
2. February Project of the Month: Compiere ERP + CRM
3. New Features and Services Page
4. Stats and Top Projects
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January Project of the Month: phpBB
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Top 25 Projects:
1. Gaim
https://sourceforge.net/projects/gaim
Gaim is a GTK2-based instant messenger application. It supports
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Jabber, IRC, Napster, Gadu-Gadu and Zephyr. It has many common
features found in other clients, as well as many unique features.
2. guliverkli
https://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli
Home of VobSub, Media Player Classic (MPC) and other miscellaneous
utilities.
3. BZFlag - Multiplayer 3D Tank Game
https://sourceforge.net/projects/bzflag
Open Source OpenGL Multiplayer Multiplatform Battle Zone capture the
Flag. 3D first person Tank Simulation.
4. Azureus - BitTorrent Client
https://sourceforge.net/projects/azureus
A Java Based BitTorrent Client.
5. AWStats
https://sourceforge.net/projects/awstats
AWStats is a free powerful and featureful server logfile analyzer that
shows you all your Web/Mail/FTP statistics including visits, unique
visitors, pages, hits, rush hours, OS, browsers, search engines,
keywords, robots visits, broken links and more...
6. phpMyAdmin
https://sourceforge.net/projects/phpmyadmin
phpMyAdmin is a tool written in PHP intended to handle the
administration of MySQL over the Web. Currently, it can create and drop
databases, create/drop/alter tables, delete/edit/add fields, execute any
SQL statement, manage keys on fields.
7. eGroupWare: Enterprise Collaboration
https://sourceforge.net/projects/egroupware
eGroupWare is a multi-user, web-based groupware suite developed on a
custom set of PHP-based APIs. Currently available modules include:
email, address book, calendar, infolog (notes, to-do's, phone calls),
content management, forum, bookmarks, wiki
8. Compiere ERP + CRM Business Solution
https://sourceforge.net/projects/compiere
Smart ERP+CRM solution for Small-Medium Enterprises in the global
marketplace covering all areas from customer management, supply chain
and accounting. For $2-200M revenue companies looking for "brick and
click" first tier functionality.
9. ScummVM
https://sourceforge.net/projects/scummvm
ScummVM is a cross-platform interpreter for several point-and-click
adventure engines. This includes all SCUMM-based adventures by
LucasArts, Simon the Sorcerer by AdventureSoft, and Beneath a Steel Sky
and Broken Sword 2 by Revolution
10. Webmin
https://sourceforge.net/projects/webadmin
A web-based system administration tool for Unix servers and services.
11. phpGedView
https://sourceforge.net/projects/phpgedview
The phpGedView project parses GEDCOM 5.5 genealogy files and displays
them on the Internet in a format similar to PAF. All it requires to run
is a PHP enabled web server and a gedcom file. It is easily
customizable for use on many different web sites.
12. FileZilla
https://sourceforge.net/projects/filezilla
FileZilla is a fast FTP client for Windows with a lot of features.
FileZilla Server is a reliable FTP server.
13. phpWebSite Content Management System
https://sourceforge.net/projects/phpwebsite
Developed by the Web Technology Group at Appalachian State University,
phpWebSite provides a complete web site content management system. All
client output is XHTML 1.0 and meets the W3C's Web Accessibility
Initiative requirements.
14. FCKeditor
https://sourceforge.net/projects/fckeditor
This HTML editor (DHTML editor), for ASP, ASP.NET, ColdFusion, PHP and
JavaScript brings to the web many of the powerful functionalities of
known desktop editors like Word. It's really lightweight and doesn't
require installation in the client.
15. WinMerge
https://sourceforge.net/projects/winmerge
A visual text file differencing and merging tool for Win32 platforms.
Useful for determining what has changed between project versions, and
then merging changes between versions
16. ABC [Yet Another Bittorrent Client]
https://sourceforge.net/projects/pingpong-abc
ABC is an improved client for the BitTorrent which supports queueing
system with priority, global and local preference setting for
downloading torrent, 3 upload options to do with completed file, with
ABC_TWEAK you can adjust status display by yourself.
17. TightVNC
https://sourceforge.net/projects/vnc-tight
TightVNC is an improved version of VNC, great free remote-desktop tool.
The improvements include new bandwidth-friendly "tight" encoding, local
cursor support on the client side, enhanced GUI, many bug fixes, and
more.
18. MegaMek
https://sourceforge.net/projects/megamek
MegaMek is a networked Java clone of BattleTech, a turn-based sci-fi
board game for 2+ players. Fight using giant robots, tanks, and/or
infantry on a hex-based map.
19. Overnet/eDonkey2000 GUI
https://sourceforge.net/projects/ed2k-gtk-gui
Gtk2-GUI for the Overnet and eDonkey2000 command line clients (cores),
based on the Gtk+-toolkit and the GNet library.
20. Ultr@VNC
https://sourceforge.net/projects/ultravnc
Ultr@VNC: Video driver and ddi accelerated win32 server. Compatible with
tight and real viewer and servers. Building Filetransfer, dynamic Single
window/desktop switching, dynamic server input lock, Auto resize on
desktop (res/depth) change, ms-logon ....
21. POPFile - Automatic Email Classification
https://sourceforge.net/projects/popfile
POPFile is an email classification tool with a Naive Bayes classifier, a
POP3 proxy and a web interface. It runs on most platforms and with most
email clients.
22. Dev-C++
https://sourceforge.net/projects/dev-cpp
Dev-C++ is an full-featured Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for
Win32. It uses GCC, Mingw or Cygwin as compiler and libraries set.
23. Gallery
https://sourceforge.net/projects/gallery
A slick, intuitive web based photo gallery with authenticated users and
privileged albums. Easy to install, configure and use. Photo
management includes automatic thumbnails, resizing, rotation, etc. User
privileges make this great for communities.
24. AMSN
https://sourceforge.net/projects/amsn
AMSN (Alvaro's Messenger) is a MSN messenger clone for
linux/unix/windows/mac. It features multilanguage support, file
transfers, new graphical interface, emoticons, multiple profiles
support, dock icon, sound events, email notification, and url
processing.
25. PCGen :: An RPG Character Generator
https://sourceforge.net/projects/pcgen
PCGen is a Java role-playing game character generator and maintenance
program. All datafiles are ASCII, so they can be modified by users, and
are available through the pcgendm project. An XML conversion is
underway.
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