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Linux-Announce Digest #828
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Linux-Announce Digest #828, Volume #4 Thu, 15 Jul 2004 09:13:02 EDT
Contents:
No Starch Releases "The Book of Nero 6 Ultra Edition" ("Kathryn Barrett")
specter v1.0 released (ruby joker)
Guikachu 1.5.1: GNOME Resource editor for PalmOS projects (ERDI Gergo)
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Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 10:01:03 CST
From: "Kathryn Barrett" <nostarchpr@oreilly.com>
Subject: No Starch Releases "The Book of Nero 6 Ultra Edition"
No Starch Press releases "The Book of Nero 6 Ultra Edition"
For Immediate Release
For more information, to request a review copy, or to schedule an
interview, contact Patrick Dunn (patrick@nostarch.com or 321.939.2740)
THE BOOK OF NERO 6 ULTRA EDITION
CD and DVD Burning Made Easy
San Francisco, CA - With over 120 million users, Ahead Software's Nero
Ultra 6 may be the most popular and powerful CD and DVD burning program in
the world, but it can be tricky to master. "The Book of Nero 6 Ultra
Edition" (No Starch Press, July 04, $19.95), by best-selling author
Wallace Wang, is an easy to follow, step-by-step guide to getting the most
out of Nero, developed with the help and support of Ahead Software.
Nero is a great tool for burning CDs and DVDs and it can do a whole lot
more, but many users do not know how to access all of its powerful
features. "Nero is a great little program that consistently wins high
marks for its technical capabilities," explains author Wallace Wang, "but
those same high-powered technical features can make it hard for less
technically-savvy people to use. I wrote this book to help the average
person tame the power of Nero." "It's very frustrating to burn a CD, just
to discover that the data didn't burn correctly and what you've got is
about as good as a drink coaster," adds No Starch Press publisher William
Pollock. "No one needs more drink coasters. Who uses those?"
Wang takes readers through the essentials of CD and DVD burning
(preventing the coaster syndrome), then introduces readers to Nero's other
impressive capabilities. Readers learn how to:
* Copy music onto a CD, whether to archive their favorites, or to make the
ultimate mix CD
* Burn music with the highest sound quality, remove unnecessary pauses,
and balance tracks like a pro
* Back up important data, freeing up space on the hard drive and saving
files in the case of computer crashes
* Save vacation photos as a slide show to share with friends and family,
or make that important work presentation really pop with photos
accompanied by music
* Burn a DVD video disc of favorite video moments
* Design fantastic labels and disc covers for CDs and DVDs, so mix CDs
make perfect gifts and home movies look store bought
* Edit sound, including how to remove the hisses and pops from songs
recorded from tapes and vinyl LPs
* Use Nero as a full-featured audio and video player, to replace the other
media players on their computer
Combining the best parts of a media player, a design program, a sound
editor, and a video editor, Nero makes it possible to create CDs and DVDs
that work and that do exactly what they're supposed to do. "The Book of
Nero 6 Ultra Edition" shows how.
THE BOOK OF NERO 6 ULTRA EDITION
CD and DVD Burning Made Easy
by Wallace Wang
ISBN 1593270437, July 04, $19.95 US ($27.95 Cdn), 216 pp.
Available at fine bookstores everywhere, from www.oreilly.com/nostarch, or
directly from No Starch Press (www.nostarch.com, orders@nostarch.com, and
800.420.7240)
No Starch Press titles are distributed throughout the U.S. by O'Reilly
Media.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Ahead Software: www.nero.com
Table of contents: http://www.nostarch.com/nero_toc.htm
Sample chapter from the book:
http://www.nostarch.com/download/nero_ch5.pdf
Cover image: http://www.nostarch.com/nero_big.htm
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Wallace Wang is the author of over 40 computer books, including several
Dummies books, the best-seller "Steal This Computer Book" (No Starch
Press), and the forthcoming "Steal This File-Sharing Book" (No Starch
Press, Sept 04). He is also a successful standup comic who has appeared on
A&E's "Evening at the Improv" and appears regularly at the Riviera Comedy
Club in Las Vegas.
ABOUT NO STARCH PRESS
Since 1994, No Starch Press has published unique books on technology, 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 books tackle topics that people care
about.
For more information, to request a review copy, or to schedule an
interview, contact Patrick Dunn (patrick@nostarch.com or 321.939.2740).
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Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 13:41:04 CST
From: ruby joker <ruby@joker.linuxstuff.pl>
Subject: specter v1.0 released
I'm proud to announce first release of specter.
specter is a userspace logging facility for Linux. It uses netfilter
ULOG target for packets gathering, and then passes them to attached
plugins. Modularized structure makes specter very flexible and robust.
It's based on ulogd, but has improved design and wider functionality.
Current version includes new EXEC module and rewritten configuration
syntax.
You can download it at my homepage:
http://joker.linuxstuff.pl
Any comments welcome.
rj
--
. o . >> http://joker.linuxstuff.pl <<
. . o It's easier to get forgiveness for being wrong
o o o than forgiveness for being right.
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From: ERDI Gergo <cactus@cactus.rulez.org>
Subject: Guikachu 1.5.1: GNOME Resource editor for PalmOS projects
Date: 15 Jul 2004 10:55:04 GMT
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Dear users of both large and small computing tools,
A new stable release of Guikachu is available.
About Guikachu
==============
Guikachu is a GNOME application for graphical editing of resource
files for PalmOS-based pocket computers. The user interface is
modelled after Glade, the GNOME UI builder.
Catch it all from http://cactus.rulez.org/projects/guikachu/
Features
========
* Uses GNOME-VFS, you can load files from anywhere, e.g. from the
Web, from an SMB share, from a tarball.
* Exporting to/importing from PilRC .rcp files
* Support for non-Palm PilRC targets (like the eBookMan)
* Support for the following PalmOS resource types:
=09- String and string list resources
=09- Dialog resources
=09- Menu resources
=09- Form resources
=09- Bitmap resources
=09- Per-application resources (e.g. version number)
* WYSIWYG Form Editor, with drag & drop capability and visual resizing
* Flexible, complete undo support
* Sample file with sample GNU PalmOS SDK-based application
* Documentation (a complete user's manual)
About these releases
====================
A more sophisticated GNOME 2 port than 1.5.0, this release utilizes
the advanced features of GTK+ 2.4, providing a much nicer look and an
array of usability improvements:
=09* List editors and the Menu Editor supports the in-place
editing features of GtkTreeView
=09* New GTK+ 2.4 file selector
=09* Bug fixes
Guikachu uses the GNOME 2 platform, particularly the GNOMEmm and GTKmm
C++ bindings. The ImageMagick library is used for managing bitmap
resources. To actually create the PalmOS resource files, you will also
need PilRC (part of the GNU PalmOS SDK) to compile the .rpc files
produced by Guikachu.
Beware of bug=E9mons!
Cactus
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