Linux-Announce Digest #453, Volume #3 Wed, 14 Apr 99 01:13:18 EDT
Contents:
gengetopt 1.0.0 - Generate C main that parses options using getopt_long (Arturo Tena)
CONFERENCE: Linux Expo '99 Finalizes List of Keynote Speakers (Stacy Doster)
Nut - Nutrition Software (Jim Jozwiak)
COMMERCIAL: The Computer Underground sells Linux boxes and support (Mark Nielsen)
QNX-style synchronous message passing for (RT)Linux ("R. FINDLAY")
WWW: Linux Development Tools ("=?iso-8859-1?Q?G=E9rard?= Milmeister")
Quotes v1.4-0 - retrieces stock quotations and linux news ("Didimo Grimaldo")
More Varkon CAD (GPL-)sources now released (Johan Kjellander)
LOCAL: Cincinnati Linux Users Group April Meeting ("Jeffrey S. Gilton")
Linux Mall Newsletter #13 ("Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier")
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From: Arturo Tena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: gengetopt 1.0.0 - Generate C main that parses options using getopt_long
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 21:14:05 GMT
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gengetopt generate a C 'main' function that uses 'getopt_long' function
to parse the options, validate them and do certain tasks in response.
'gengetopt' is distributed under 'GPL', but the code generated is not
under any license.
'gengetopt' is perfect if you are too lazy (like me) to write all stuff
required to call 'getopt_long', or if you have a little program and wish
it took options.
Generated code works if you use 'autoconf' or 'automake'.
gengetopt 1.0.0 is the first public release, and can be found here:
http://arturo.directmail.org/code/gengetopt/gengetopt-1.0.0.tar.gz
And a little web page here:
http://arturo.directmail.org/code/gengetopt/
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From: Stacy Doster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: CONFERENCE: Linux Expo '99 Finalizes List of Keynote Speakers
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 21:41:51 GMT
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Linux Expo '99 Finalizes List of Keynote Speakers
Chapel Hill, NC, April 12, 1999-- Representatives from Linux Expo '99
have announced the Business Keynote for the 5th Annual Linux Expo. John
Paul, Senior VP of the new AOL products unit, at Netscape Communications
has been added to the list of distinguished speakers. John Paul joins
Red Hat Software's CEO and Chairman, Bob Young, the Kick Off Keynote
Speaker and the Technical Keynote, Jim Gettys, one of the original
authors of the X Window System. For three business-centered and
technology-packed days, May 20-22, the fifth annual Linux Expo will
take over the Raleigh Convention Center in Raleigh, NC.
John Paul, the former Netscape server SVP and general manager, will be
heading up the new America Online Netscape browser project. "As head of
Netscape's Server product division, John Paul has been actively involved
in the most significant changes affecting the Internet and enterprise
software markets over the last four years," commented Red Hat Software's
Bob Young. "From this vantage point he is in a unique position to
recognize the importance of Linux and the open source movement to the
future of the computing industry."
With the addition of John Paul, the fifth annual Linux Expo Keynotes add
another level of prestige to an already distinguished list of technical
and business speakers. The conference is highlighted by industry
experts sharing their Linux knowledge from the latest in kernel
developments to open source enterprise solutions. In addition to a
fabulous list of technical and business speakers, Linux Expo will also
have some informal Birds of a Feather sessions for experts and new users
alike, as well as, work-in-progress sessions showing some new and
innovative roads Linux is taking. New this year, an ExtremeLinux Track
introducing topics such as cluster creation and kernel programming like
filesystems.
This year's Linux Expo is shaping up to be a can't-miss event. Visit
the record number of Expo exhibitors showing the latest in Linux-based
hardware, software, and service solutions. Join great companies like:
IBM, Red Hat Software, SuSE, VA Research, Silicon Graphics, BEA Systems,
Linux Hardware Solutions, Ki Networks, Magic Software, plus many more!
In addition to the hardware, software, component and applications
vendors, the Linux Expo will also keep with tradition and have the
annual email garden, third annual Linux Bowl, paint ball, and other
great activities for Linux gurus from across the globe.
For more information about Linux Expo or to register for the events of
the Expo, please see http://www.linuxexpo.org.
CONTACT: Stacy Doster
Linux Expo
1-919-942-3318
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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phone 919.942.3318
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From: Jim Jozwiak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Nut - Nutrition Software
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 21:48:41 GMT
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Nut allows you to record what you eat and analyze your
meals for nutrient composition. The database included is
the USDA Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release
12, which contains 5,976 foods.
This database of food composition tables contains values
for calories, protein, carbohydrates, fiber, total fat,
saturated fat, monounsaturated fat, polyunsaturated fat,
and cholesterol; vitamins A, thiamin, riboflavin, niacin,
pantothenic acid, B6, folate, B12, C, and E; and minerals
calcium, copper, iron, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus,
potassium, selenium, sodium, and zinc. Nutrient levels
are expressed as a percentage of the "Daily Values",
the familiar standard of food labeling in the United
States. In addition, approximate levels of omega-6 and
omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids are shown.
You may search this list of foods and view nutrient values
for different serving sizes; you may also rank foods in
order of level of a particular nutrient. You may change
the daily calorie level to correspond to your personal
metabolism, and the levels for fat, carbohydrates, and
fiber are automatically adjusted. You may add your own
recipes to the database, by creating them from the foods
in the database.
This software is available from SAL, Scientific Applications
on Linux, http://SAL.KachinaTech.COM/Z/0/NUT.html . SAL is
the first place to look for scientific and engineering
software.
Thanks,
Jim Jozwiak
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From: Mark Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: COMMERCIAL: The Computer Underground sells Linux boxes and support
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 21:47:44 GMT
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Subject: The Computer Underground sells Linux computers and provides networking and
programming support.
If you have any questions, please send e-mail to
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
or go to our website at
www.tcu-inc.com
or call us at
1-888-485-5865
What is The Computer Underground?
A group of UNIX consultants who sell, support, and provide networking and
programming consultation for Linux computers. We sell from the sub-$1,000
computer market to the Beowulf (super computer) and RAID market. In
addition, The Computer Underground has hired a specialist in UNIX to
become TCUs Beowulf and RAID expert.
Here is an example of a sub-$1,000 computer we are selling.
I would say that the only two items that would need any upgrades would be
the video card and memory.
http://www.tcu-inc.com/hardware/Specials/0.html
Our company tries to focus its programming skills on Perl, PHP, database
SQL (postgresql, mysql, oracle, etc), Javascript, HTML, UNIX shell
scripting, C++, NT programming, Java, and other languages. For networking,
we focus on providing Linux solutions for Windows, Macintosh, and UNIX
environments. Yes, we provide WindowsNT support, but we prefer to provide
LINUX support. Linux (and soon FreeBSD) is the key ingredient for The
Computer Underground, but our consultants do have a wide variety of
skills in other UNIX operating systems and also NT.
In addition, The Computer Underground has created informal connections to
other consultation companies to provide our customers with other sources
of computer consultation. We accept no kickbacks. We just ask that the
other companies make our customers happy, that is all.
The Computer Underground will also have direct ties to Global Technology.
TCU will be assisting Global Technology in their project management
starting
in May.
In addition, The Computer Underground is also directly involved with the
Crossroads 2001 server providing customers with a gateway to the internet.
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The philosophy behind TCU:
The Computer Underground has its name based on revolution. Out with the
old, in with the new (unless the old is still very good). We want to
provide to our customers the technologies that are the best for them. This
means, we keep our hands clean of any deals that may go on in the
background. We accept no kickbacks from any referrals, we will not let
other companies advertise our on website, we try not to over advertise our
own company with stupid java programs and animated gifs, and we try to
keep our website clean and simple and useable by all web browsers. We let
people know what they want to know, and even present links to other
websites so that people can compare and contrast our products and services
to other companies or other information centers. We don't want to sell
unless the customer feels comfortable buying a product from us.
We will be redesigning our website in May.
Thanks for reading this!
Mark
President of TCU
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From: "R. FINDLAY" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: QNX-style synchronous message passing for (RT)Linux
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 21:40:42 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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We are relatively new to the LINUX/RTLinux business, but have had a
number of years experience with the QNX realtime OS.
Like all people who have used a programming paradigm and toolset long
enough, you want the same toolset everywhere you go.
With that in mind, we have made a crude stab at providing LINUX/RTLinux
with the basics of the QNX style synchronous message passing in the form
of a static library.
In our scheme the "sender" owns a block of shared memory. The
"receiver" listens on a fifo for a single integer. This integer
represents the index of the "senders" record in a memory mapped file
table. The "receiver" connects to the "senders" shared memory retrieves
the message and posts it's reply to the same location. The "sender"
listens to it's reply fifo and unblocks and retrieves it's reply.
Presto we have fully synchronous QNX style message passing.
We have already used this on a number of projects with great success.
Recently we have built a Tcl extension which exposes Send/Receive/Reply
commands to our Tcl/Tk scripts as well.
We are ready to share this source code with the open source community in
hopes that others can benefit from the paradigm.
http://www.holoweb.net/~simpl
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From: "=?iso-8859-1?Q?G=E9rard?= Milmeister" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: WWW: Linux Development Tools
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 20:38:28 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Linux Development Tools
=======================
This resource page is meant as a collection of links to development
software (i.e. programming languages, tools and libraries) available
for Linux. Most references to such tools are scattered around on more
general resources sites. The aim is to have these in a repository
exclusively reserved for development tools.
The address is:
http://212.55.205.69/~gemi/LDT/
I count on your help to keep this site up to date.
Regards,
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G�rard Milmeister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Tannenrauchstrasse 35
8038 Z�rich
Switzerland
+41 1 481 52 48
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From: "Didimo Grimaldo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Quotes v1.4-0 - retrieces stock quotations and linux news
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 20:58:11 GMT
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Quotes 1.4-0
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What is Quotes
In short financial quotations and Linux news. With this program
you can fetch the latest Stock quotations for up to 10 stocks
registered in NASDAQ or NYSE (quotes are delayed 15-20 mins.),
also currency conversion (any-to-any) in case you are looking
for the right moment to exchange and as a bonus Linux news from
Slashdot!.
Problems fixed
* Some of the servers in the Nasdaq pool have quotation
scripts with differing output thus causing spurious
output formatting problems. This has been helped
for what I know.
Enhancements
* Multiple currency support, with addCurrency you now have the
same functionality of addStock but for currency exchange.
* Output format and alignment has been improved (CLM).
* Includes QuotesMailer a convenience script to be used in a
crontab to have your quotations waiting for you when you
log in.
* System and Personal resource file(s). Added
clearStock/clearCurrency directives.
* Has a new option (-c|-config) that shows all configured
parameters as well as handlers, stocks and currencies that have
been defined.
* It is also now available in RPM format
More Details
FTP: ftp://ftp.iae.nl/pub/users/grimaldo/quotes-1.4-0.tar.gz
FTP:
ftp://ftp.iae.nl/pub/users/grimaldo/quotes-1.4-0.noarch.rpm
URL: http://www.iae.nl/users/grimaldo/quotes.shtml
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From: Johan Kjellander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: More Varkon CAD (GPL-)sources now released
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 20:49:45 GMT
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VARKON is a parametric 2D/3D CAD system and
CAD applications development tool available
as a free binary for Linux.
Mars 6:th we announced that Microform AB in Sweden,
the owners and developers of the VARKON system
had decided to release also the complete VARKON
sources under the GPL License.
All sources are still not ready for
release but the sources released Mars 6:th
have been updated today and a lot of new
sources have been added.
Current release status is:
The Database module (DB) : Released
The Execute module (EX) : Released
The Windowpac module (WP) : Released
The Geometry module (GE) : Partially released
The Grapac module (GP) : Soon to be released
The Interact module (IG) : Not yet released
The Analyzer module (AN) : Not yet released
The Program module (PM) : Not yet released
The Plotter module (PL) : Not yet released
To download the available sources, the binary
distribution or the full documentation in HTML-
format check:
http://www.varkon.com
Regards,
PS: Any comments that could help us do a
better job are appreciated.
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Johan Kjellander, Microform AB
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From: "Jeffrey S. Gilton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: LOCAL: Cincinnati Linux Users Group April Meeting
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 20:50:46 GMT
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The April general meeting of the Cincinnati Linux Users Group
will be on Saturday, April 24th, at 10:30 a.m. The location will be:
Compuware Offices
4555 Lake Forest Drive
Room 140 (Westlake Center)
Blue Ash, OH
The program for this meeting will be:
The Gimp!
by Paul Visscher
See our web site for more information: http://www.clug.org
or contact me at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Jeff Gilton, President
Cincinnati GNU/Linux Users Group, Incorporated
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From: "Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux Mall Newsletter #13
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 22:09:20 GMT
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The Linux Newsletter #13
April 12, 1998
Copyright � 1995-1999 by Linux Mall
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Letter From the Publisher
Recent News and Announcements in the Linux World
Linux and the Business World
Upcoming Events in the Linux World
Samba:A License to Kill NT
Product Spotlight
Linux Humor
Linux Philosophy
Tips and software for Linux Users
Hot Links for Linux Users
Linux Newsletter Subscription and Policy statement
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Introduction
1999 is turning out to be a great year for Linux. The Linux World Expo, held
the first week of March, turned out to be a huge success. Many major
corporations are now publically backing Linux and making moves to support
Linux in a huge way. Almost all of the big names have come on board to
support Linux: Dell, IBM, Gateway, Compaq, Oracle, Corel, Apple, Informix,
Silicon Graphics, Hewlett Packard, Sun...the list goes on and on with only
one notable exception: and rumors abound that even that company is feeling
the pressure. Business and hobby users are reaping the benefits of Linux and
Open Source software - proving that it isn't just for hackers anymore. The
Linux "Community" becomes more diverse everyday - and that's a Good Thing.
This is our first newsletter of the year, but it certainly won't be the
last. We've pulled together some great news items, Linux testimonials, great
links for Linux Users and some reader comments and feedback. We've also
taken the liberty of highlighting some of Linux Mall's more popular and
useful items and throwing a little humor in as well. Some new sections have
been added to the Newsletter: Linux and Business and Linux Philosophy. Keep
in touch with us and help us make 1999 the Year of Linux.
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Letter From the Publisher
Boy, has business at Linux Mall been great over the last year. Every person
I hire seems to get swamped with things to do almost immediately. Ryan
Coulter, who I introduced as our new editor last year, got an opportunity to
follow his dream in Theater, and resigned as editor after his first "Linux
Newsletter". Fortunate for him, but unfortunate for us. Then I had intended
to make the time to personally put out more newsletters, but somehow other
things kept coming up. It has been almost a year since Ryan left, and
finally I have located a new editor. Drum Roll please! Introducing "Zonker"
as he likes to be called (yes, after the comic strip), as our new editor.
His real name is Joe B. Brockmeier, he is a former English major, broadcast
journalist and Linux nut with plenty of experience in all three. Please join
me in welcoming him as the new editor of Linux Newsletter! If I don't give
him too many other tasks he will probably even get them out monthly and on
time from here on out. Let's hope, and Enjoy!
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Recent News and Announcements about Linux and the Linux Community
You've probably heard this already, but it's a big one: Dell is now
pre-installing Red Hat Linux on their Workstations, and has plans in the
works to pre-install on their line of OptiPlex PC's. That's right
pre-installing. That means that there's enough demand out there to risk
angering the 800-pound gorilla of the industry. Read all about it on C|Net:
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,34025,00.html?owv
LinuxWorld has the latest release in the Halloween Series: Halloween V.
Eric S. Raymond continues the battle against FUD (and we're not talking
about Elmer here...).
http://www.linuxworld.com/linuxworld/lw-1999-03/lw-03-thesource.html?03-16
Linux Mall has unleashed the Linux Mall Associate Program - now you can fund
your Linux habit without leaving your computer! Join the Linux Mall
Associate Program, plop a link to Linux Mall on your Web site, in your
e-mail signature or newsgroup sig and you're set. You can read the full
announcement right here:
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Linux and the Business World
There are those who feel that Open Source Software and business don't mix,
but don't say that to Ransom Love, the CEO of Caldera Systems. You can read
an interview with Love on CNN Interactive:
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9903/16/linux.ent.idg/
Linux World reports that Linux is becoming an integral part of Compaq's
corporate strategy.
http://www.linuxworld.com/linuxworld/lw-1999-04/lw-04-compaq.html?04-07
Unfortunately the entire Linux Mall Newsletter will not fit in the space
allotted in this forum. For the entire text of the Newsletter please visit
our Web site: http://www.LinuxMall.com/announce/lxnews.013.html
You can subscribe to our newsletter at:
http://www.LinuxMall.com/subscribe.html
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