Linux-Announce Digest #391, Volume #3 Thu, 11 Mar 99 15:13:26 EST
Contents:
MAILING-LIST: Linux Without Borders (a new E-list) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
WWW: New Linux WWW site (Artur Prusinowski)
LEM - a small linux for embedded apps with X Server. (=?iso-8859-1?Q?S=E9bastien?=
HUET)
FFTW 2.1: New Parallel FFTs (Steven G. Johnson)
COMMERCIAL: Debian/i386 2.1 (slink) CDs from Germany (Heiko Schlittermann)
AOLServer external database driver for InterBase (Sebastian Skracic)
efax version 0.9beta available (Ed Casas)
LOCAL: Suncoast Linux Users Group (Paul Braman)
LOCAL: Rice University Installfest (Houston, TX) (James Mitchell)
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Subject: MAILING-LIST: Linux Without Borders (a new E-list)
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 18:53:50 GMT
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Linux Without Borders
This E-list is dedicated to discussion and implementation of the
vision that in countries whose citizens are not yet rich enough
to own Personal Computers(PCs), computers must be *shared*; and
that the way to enable sharing while preserving individual
privacy is to install Linux, a multi-user, multi-tasking
operating system, on PCs owned cooperatively, or by businesses.
This will enable citizens to establish their own accounts on a
commonly owned, or rented, computer, where they can do all the
things that citizens of wealthier countries can do: write, do
accounts, and -- perhaps most important -- use "their" computer
to communicate with other people, in their own country and
throughout the world.
(Acknowledgement: The name "Linux Without Borders" was suggested
by Eric S. Raymond)
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From: Artur Prusinowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: WWW: New Linux WWW site
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 18:58:37 GMT
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I finished creating my Linux site. It has tons of Links and literarly
hundreds of Linux software links as well as books and some news stuff.
I'm looking for some feedback. The url is http://nj5.injersey.com/~arty3
Check it out and let me know what you think
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From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?S=E9bastien?= HUET <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: LEM - a small linux for embedded apps with X Server.
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 18:51:54 GMT
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see, help, insult, contribute...
http://perso.club-internet.fr/sebhuet/lem.html
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steven G. Johnson)
Subject: FFTW 2.1: New Parallel FFTs
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 19:01:22 GMT
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We are pleased to announce version 2.1 of FFTW, available from our web site:
http://theory.lcs.mit.edu/~fftw
FFTW is a free collection of fast C routines for computing the Discrete
Fourier Transform in one or more dimensions. It includes complex, real,
and parallel transforms, and can handle arbitrary array sizes efficiently.
This release contains many improvements in the parallel transforms,
besides various miscellaneous changes (see the release notes at
http://theory.lcs.mit.edu/~fftw/release-notes.html).
We now support parallel real-complex transforms, in addition to complex
transforms, for both shared-memory threads and MPI. Distributed
one-dimensional transforms with MPI are also newly included. All of the
parallel transform code is now folded into the main documentation and the
autoconf-based installation process of FFTW.
Cordially,
Steven G. Johnson
Matteo Frigo
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From: Heiko Schlittermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: COMMERCIAL: Debian/i386 2.1 (slink) CDs from Germany
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 18:56:04 GMT
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Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 'Slink' has officially been released. Debian
<http://www.debian.org/> is a free operating system based on the Linux
kernel ("a Linux distribution").
internet & unix support Heiko Schlittermann offers Debian 2.1 for the
i386 architecture on CD:
- - Set consists of 4 CDs.
- - We use CD-Rs in order to produce up-to-date CDs.
- - Our CD images are updated weekly.
- - Source code included (unless it is not available in Debian).
- - contrib included.
- - non-free/non-us -> see below
- - Bootable CD.
Additions (compared to the Official Debian CDs):
- - 'multicd2' access method for dselect: seamless install of packages
from more than one CD
- - non-free and non-US (But we only distribute packages whose license
permits us to distribute it; see Web page for details.)
- - KDE 1.1 packages from the KDE's current 1.1 CVS tree
To be expected:
It is to be expected that there will be minor updates to Debian
2.1. We plan to provide a CD containing these updates.
Pricing and Ordering:
The 4 CD set costs 40DM, or about $25. We accept all major credit cards (Amex,
Euro/Master, Visa, Diners) via out SSL-Server. For more info and ordering visit
our Web page:
http://debian.schlittermann.de/
Heiko Schlittermann
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From: Sebastian Skracic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: AOLServer external database driver for InterBase
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 18:30:23 GMT
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External database driver
This driver is implemented as standalone executable. Once started,
it acts as a database proxy daemon which translates AOLServer
database requeste into InterBase specific API calls. AOLServer
communicates with proxy daemon via TCP/IP, so they can be running
on different hosts.
By separating external driver to another host, we can access
databases for which no client library is available on platform
AOLserver runs. An example for this would be InterBase 4.0 running on
Linux host which we want to connect to AOLServer running on Solaris
box. Let's assume that InterBase client library is not available
for Solaris. So we build external db driver on Linux host using
available Linux InterBase client library. Now AOLServer on Solaris
and proxy daemon on Linux can talk to each other using AOLServer's
database-independent external data source protocol.
..... and the bad news:
Development of internal version is abandoned because InterBase client
API is not thread safe. Therefore, if you're still using it, you
are urged to migrate to external version.
..... however:
You can still use the same InterBase datasource and the same C/Tcl
scripts you developed so far.
Current release: 1.0.0
More info: <URL:http://www.lavsa.com/sskracic/aolinterbase/>
Regards,
Sebastian Skracic
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From: Ed Casas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: efax version 0.9beta available
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 18:28:14 GMT
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I have uploaded efax version 0.9beta to metalab.unc.edu. This is
a beta test version of a program that lets you send and receive
faxes using any fax modem. The changes from the previous version
are described in the README file that is appended below.
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Introduction
This is the README file for a pre-release beta version, version
0.9beta, of efax, a small ANSI C/POSIX program that sends and
receives faxes using any fax modem (Class 1, 2 or 2.0).
efax is smaller and easier to install than HylaFAX or
mgetty+sendfax. As one user put it ``EFAX is a nice simple
program for single user systems.''
The ``fax'' command, a shell script, lets you send, receive, view
and print faxes. In larger systems, faxes can be sent by
printing to a ``fax'' printer and received faxes can be e-mailed
as MIME attachments to an administrator for distribution. efax
can also pass incoming data calls to a getty program.
The efax package includes ``efix,'' a program to convert between
various image file formats. To fax Postscript files you will
need Ghostscript. To view faxes you can use any program that
displays PGM files (e.g. xloadimage or xv). efix can also
convert received files to Postscript or HP Laserjet formats for
printing.
This version of the program was written & tested under Linux 2.0.
Previous versions have been compiled and used under most versions
of Unix and should work with minor changes on any UNIX with an
ANSI C compiler and libraries that include select(2) and
termios(4).
efax is distributed as a gzip'ed tar file, efax09beta.tar.gz. It
may be obtained by anonymous FTP from metalab.unc.edu in
/pub/Linux/Incoming or /pub/Linux/apps/serialcomm/fax.
Changes from version 0.8a to version 0.9
- - fixed bad (0x0 pixel) file output on new glibc systems
- - fixed bad file output on 64-bit systems
- - automatic selection of baud rate and class
- - hardware flow control made optional
- - modernized directory and file names
- - many bugs removed, others added
Manifest
The efax distribution should contain the following files:
README - this file
COPYING - the GNU General Public License
Makefile - makefile to make all/install/clean
efax.c - program to send and receive faxes
efix.c - program to convert between file formats
efaxmsg.{h,c} - functions to print errors, warnings, etc
efaxlib.{h,c} - functions common to efax and efix
efaxio.{h,c} - low-level modem i/o functions
efaxos.{h,c} - OS-dependent functions
fax.1 - man page for fax(1)
efax.1 - man page for efax(1)
efix.1 - man page for efix(1)
fax - a (Bourne) shell script to create, send,
receive, view and print faxes.
Installation
Edit the makefile and change the compile command and destination
directories if required.
Type "make" to compile the efax and efix binaries.
Edit the configuration information at the beginning of the
``fax'' script according to the comments.
Type "make install" to install the fax script, the binaries and
the man pages.
Read the fax(1) man page first for information on using efax.
The efax(1) man page has details on resolving problems, setting
up a network fax server and using efax to handle both fax and
data calls.
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From: Paul Braman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: LOCAL: Suncoast Linux Users Group
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 18:25:25 GMT
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Suncoast Linux Users Group (SLUG)
All interested Linux users in the area are invited to our general meeting
and installation/configuration/troubleshooting session.
Date: Wednesday, 10 March 1999
(second Wednesday of every month)
Time: 7:00-9:00 PM
Place: Science Lab (D003) at
Thomas Jefferson High School,
4401 West Cypress Street, Tampa
(just north of I-4/I-275 between Lois and Westshore Blvd.)
Installation: Bring in your computer for the latest versions of
Debian, Red Hat, Slackware, and S.u.S.E, and/or
the current GNU software.
Further info: http://www.terrym.com/slug/meeting.html
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From: James Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: LOCAL: Rice University Installfest (Houston, TX)
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 19:21:55 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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The Rice University (Houston, TX) LUG will be hosting an Installfest on
Saturday March 20. Anyone interested in getting Linux installed on
their computer may attend for free. More details (including system
requirements) may be found on:
http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~rlug/installfest.html.
^-^ - James Mitchell
(O O) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
( v ) JIBA! http://www.owlnet.rice.edu/~jwmitch/
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