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Linux-Announce Digest #803
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Linux-Announce Digest #803, Volume #4 Fri, 18 Jun 2004 14:13:03 EDT
Contents:
xhkeys v 2 (Michael Glickman)
[ANN] xmds-1.3-4 released! xmds solves complex problems simply and quickly (Paul Cochrane)
QUIK Computing goes open-source with Ace Operator (Amit Chatterjee)
ANNOUNCE: RIP Linux CD boot/rescue system! (robotti@godmail.com)
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From: Michael Glickman <michg@alphalink.com.au>
Subject: xhkeys v 2
Date: 18 Jun 2004 01:50:02 GMT
xhkeys is an XFree86 keyboard tool that allows to utilise multimedia
keys, or other keys that otherwise make no use with X
With xhkeys you can assign a particular action to any key or key
combination (key and shift state) that can be of one of the following types:
- built-in operation (e.g. window circulation)
- calling an external application
- calling a custom module (plugin)
- sending a key event to a specified application
(simulating key press/release)
- sending a mouse button event to a specified application
(simulating button press/releases)
For version 2 the code was substantially revised and new features have
been added. Here are the major ones:
* Plugins. Having CD Audio and mixer control as built-in functions
looked very awkward. Now they are implemented as separate modules, and
the framework is open for other modules
* On-screen display (OSD). Now the application can provide a feedback by
showing some messages, like application name or alias (custom title),
current CD Audio position, sound volume. You can customise OSD
parameters like position, text font, colour etc.
* Continuous plugin call. No xhkeys_cdaudio plugin can work as a real CD
player, so that it not only starts playback, but can regularly update
OSD with current position.
xhkeys is available from: http://wmalms.tripod.com/#XHKEYS
M.
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Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 01:06:53 CST
From: Paul Cochrane <cochrane_nospam@physics.uq.edu.au>
Subject: [ANN] xmds-1.3-4 released! xmds solves complex problems simply and quickly
From: Paul Cochrane <cochrane_nospam@physics.uq.edu.au>
Subject: [ANN] xmds-1.3-4 released! xmds solves complex problems simply and quickly
Newsgroups: comp.misc
This message is to announce the release of xmds version 1.3-4.
Release 4 of xmds-1.3 fixes a parsing bug found when using the
<noises> tag. It also adds some functionality in terms of command
line option parsing of both xmds and the xsil2graphics utility
program; see xmds --help and xsil2graphics --help for more
information, or the man pages, or the pdf version of the
documentation. There are now man pages available for xmds,
xsil2graphics and the loadxsil.m utility script, which are installed
when one does a 'make install'. The loadxsil.m script is also now
installed when a 'make install' is performed. Additionally, three
more example simulations have been added; two from biology, and one
from electronics.
The documentation of xmds has also been updated. This includes
mention of the new noise sources and how to specify them using the
'kind' attribute of the <noises> tag, and how to generate a new
simulation script by using the --template option to xmds. Other
general textual improvements have been made as well.
xmds - the eXtensible Multi-Dimensional Simulator - is a program for
solving equations - fast. It is an Open Source tool to simplify the
computer modelling of various systems, and is currently being
developed within the Australian Centre for Quantum-Atom Optics at the
University of Queensland in Australia.
There are many situations in many areas where a system of interest can
be modelled by a differential equation or equations. Such areas
include: physics, mathematics, engineering, physical and theoretical
chemistry, theoretical and computational biology, finance, and
economics. Modelling these systems involves writing a computer
program to find a solution to the equations, which is not necessarily
easy to do. This is where xmds comes in. The advantage of using xmds
instead of doing the same job by means of conventional programming is
the same as ordering a pizza as opposed to making one yourself. The
only thing you have to learn to become an xmds user is "How to order a
pizza". There are a couple of important differences here though:
normally you have to pay for the pizza, while xmds comes for free; and
xmds is like a gourmet pizza outlet - one has the option of exotic
things like solving stochastic equations, which the chain-brand "pizza
vendors" don't offer! xmds therefore makes writing complex computer
simulations simple.
Another major advantage of xmds is that it is free. The source code
and documentation can be freely downloaded from the xmds web site,
http://www.xmds.org/. xmds runs on Linux, Unix (including MacOS X)
and the Cygwin environment on Windows, help for installing xmds on
these systems is available both from the web site and the xmds
distribution. xmds is especially useful in solving complex problems
requiring solving the problem over many different random parameters.
Such problems can be parallelised (run on lots of computers at the
same time) and xmds does this automatically with little user input,
making the solution of these problems a breeze.
Often writing a computer program to solve complex problems can be very
difficult, time-consuming, and error-prone. This is where xmds
excels. One merely needs to write a script in a high-level form which
is easy for a person to understand, and xmds goes off and writes the
low-level code for you, producing code that is better for a computer.
This makes the writing of a simulation program significantly easier,
reducing the development time, and almost eliminating bugs since xmds
has written the vast majority of the code for you and has used
thoroughly tested code and techniques in the production of the
program. The output program that xmds writes is still about as fast
as code hand-written by an expert, so one can has the best of both
worlds: quick development time, and quick execution.
You can find examples of the use of xmds for solving complex (and
simple) problems in the examples page of the xmds web site:
http://www.xmds.org/examples/.
So, if you're trying to model a bunch of atoms bouncing around
together, the diffusion of an electrolyte solution, the reaction of
enzymes with a substrate, or the volatility of stock prices, then xmds
is the simulation tool for you.
For more information visit the web site http://www.xmds.org/.
--
cochrane_nospam@physics.uq.edu.au
Quantum mechanics: the dreams stuff is made of.
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Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 07:22:08 CST
From: Amit Chatterjee <amit.chatterjee@quik-j.com>
Subject: QUIK Computing goes open-source with Ace Operator
*/FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE/*
QUIK Computing goes open-source with Ace Operator
*June 7, 2004
Raleigh, NC*
QUIK Computing is pleased to announce it is open-sourcing Ace Operator
beginning with Release 1.3.0b. The source code is released under the
terms and conditions of the LGPL commonly used by prominent open-source
projects. Ace Operator has been developed using the Java technology and
a number of popular, open-source products including MySQL and Tomcat.
Ace Operator is a collaboration tool for enabling interactive
communications between live company representatives and online users
from web sites. By simply clicking on the "live help" button, online
customers can get access to company representatives and exchange
information in real-time. In addition, company representatives can
monitor online users and initiate a dialog with a user. Ace Operator is
ideal for online companies that offer products and services over the
web. It is also suitable for pre-sales collaboration and for customer
support centers. Ace Operator can be deployed in a hosting environment
as a revenue generating application for ASP/ISP and web hosting
companies. Ace Operator runs on any Java-enabled computer and is
supported on Linux and Windows operating systems. For more information
on the product, please visit
http://www.quik-computing.com.
In Ace Operator release 1.3.0b, the user interface has undergone major
enhancements and support for hosting Ace Operator as a service has been
enhanced. Release 1.3.0b is a beta release. The production release is
planned for August 2004.
About QUIK Computing:
QUIK Computing is a software technology company incorporated in May,
2002, and located in Raleigh, North Carolina. The company develops
software products using new and emerging technologies and tools.
Contact Information:
Company URL: http://www.quik-computing.com
E-mails: info@quik-j.com <mailto:info@quik-j.com>, sales@quik-j.com
<mailto:sales@quik-j.com>
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From: robotti@godmail.com
Subject: ANNOUNCE: RIP Linux CD boot/rescue system!
Date: 18 Jun 2004 17:00:06 GMT
Reply-To: robotti@godmail.com
This is a bootable CD Linux rescue system!
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Recovery Is Possible! v9.5
The bootable CD image `RIP-9.5.iso.bin' can be written to a CD/DVD disk,
using cdrecord/dvdrecord etc.
The 2.6.7 kernel has IDE, SCSI and SATA support.
The kernel also has PCMCIA, LVM2, RAID, and Ethernet/cable/dsl/ppp/
pppoe/wireless networking support.
These are some of the programs it contains (partimage/partimaged, parted,
dump/restore, reiserfsck, fsck.reiser4, fdisk, cfdisk, sfdisk, mke2fs,
e2fsck, tune2fs, debugfs, mkfs.xfs, jfs_mkfs, jfs_fsck, xfs_repair,
cdrecord/dvdrecord, mkisofs, dvd+rw-format, growisofs, ntfsresize,
mkntfs, ntfsclone, lynx, mutt, fetchmail, ncftp, epic irc, tin, telnet,
wget, naim, zgv, testdisk, smbclient, smbmount, ssh/sshd, rsync, udp-sender/
receiver, lde, blesstivo, rtvpatch, chntpw, cmospwd, grub, grubconfig,
smartctl, memtest86, captive-ntfs, magicrescue)
It also includes the DVD udf filesystem packet writing tools
(cdrwtool, mkudffs, pktsetup).
The 'reiserfsck' and 'fsck.reiser4' programs are used to check and repair
a Linux reiserfs and reiser4 filesystem.
The 'xfs_repair' program is used to repair a Linux
xfs filesystem.
The 'jfs_fsck' program is used to check and repair
a Linux jfs filesystem.
The 'e2fsck' program is used to check and repair
a Linux ext2 or ext3 filesystem.
The 'ntfsresize' program non-destructively resizes Windows XP/2000/NT4
or Windows Server 2003 NTFS filesystems. Read /usr/doc/RIP/ntfsresize.txt
on the rescue system.
The 'parted' program is used for creating, destroying, resizing (fat16/32,
ext2/3, reiserfs v3.6), checking and copying partitions, and the file
systems on them. This is useful for creating space for new operating
systems, reorganising disk usage, copying data between hard disks and
disk imaging.
The partition image program 'partimage' saves partitions in the ext2,
ext3, reiserfs, jfs, xfs, ufs, ntfs, fat16, and fat32 formats to an
image file. Only used blocks are copied to save space and increase
the speed. The image file can be compressed, in gzip or bzip2 formats.
============ WinNT/XP & BIOS password change programs! ==============
The chntpw program will enable you to view some information and
change user passwords in a Windows NT/XP SAM userdatabase file.
Read /usr/doc/RIP/chntpw/README.
cmospwd is a CMOS/BIOS password recovery tool.
Read /usr/doc/RIP/cmospwd.txt.
ATTENTION! The read-write NTFS support in the kernel is just for use
with chntpw, it has no other use.
If you want to mount a NTFS partition, mount it read-only!
# mount -t ntfs -o ro /dev/hda1 /mnt/win
ATTENTION! If you want to mount a Windows (NT/2k/XP) NTFS partition
read-write, use captive-ntfs. # mount-ntfs "For help!"
=====================================================================
You can also install and boot the system from a USB flash/pen drive.
The flash drive needs to hold at least 30MB, and be no more than
1GB.
There are also FreeBSD CD and Linux Floppy versions of the rescue system!
You can get it here!
http://www.tux.org/pub/people/kent-robotti/looplinux/rip
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