Linux-Announce Digest #491, Volume #3 Sun, 23 May 99 19:13:14 EDT
Contents:
COMMERCIAL YellowDog Linux now in Australia (Anthony Rumble)
LOCAL: San Francisco 5/25: Non-Intel Linux Ports (Michael Higashi)
COMMERCIAL: SuSE Linux 6.1 (Linux Mall Information)
COMMERCIAL: Configuration Management tool: AccuRev ("Damon B. Poole")
COMMERCIAL: Security CD-ROM available ("Steve G.")
util-linux-rhcn-2.9r RPMs for Red Hat 5.2/6.0 and kernel 2.2 (James Bourne)
WWW: Take my Linux site -- please. ("Gary's Encyclopedia")
Updated Linux Newbie Administrator Guide ver.0.41 (bklimas)
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From: Anthony Rumble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: COMMERCIAL YellowDog Linux now in Australia
Date: Sun, 23 May 1999 20:43:48 GMT
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* Yellow Dog... Bites..
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* Yellow Dog Linux Champion Server with Manual and Binder
Yellow Dog Linux Champion Server is Terra Soft Solution's Linux
release for Apple Macintosh PPC and G3 hardware designed
specifically for internet, intranet, development,
and other mission-critical environments that demand the
most out of the operating system.
(Comes with Full Installation system + Errata CD)
Supports PowerMac, Mac G3, and iMAC
See the web site for pictures and more information.
Price: AUD $99
http://www.EverythingLinux.com.au
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Anthony Rumble
If it's Anything Linux, it's at http://EverythingLinux.com.au
Phone: 0500 500 EMU Direct 02-9798-7604 Fax 02 9798 2854
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From: Michael Higashi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: LOCAL: San Francisco 5/25: Non-Intel Linux Ports
Date: Sun, 23 May 1999 21:04:51 GMT
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May 18, 1999 Linuxcare, Inc., is proud to present Australian computer
scientist Paul Mackerras in a free, one-hour seminar titled "Porting Linux
to Non-Intel Architectures," to take place Tuesday, May 25, from 5:00 to
6:00 PM, in San Francisco, Calif. Mackerras, a noted Open Source
developer, is the maintainer of the Open Source Linux/PPC port for the
Power Macintosh and the Linux PPP package (ppp-2.x) for remote
networking.
Mackerras is on a short visit to California from Canberra, Australia,
making this seminar a special, one-time event. The seminar will take place
at the Linuxcare offices, 650 Townsend Street, San Francisco, in room
3228b (third floor).
Admittance is free and open to all. Seating, however, is limited, so
please register early at: http://www.linuxcare.com/goodies/linux_PPC/
About Linux/PPC
Linux/PPC, a port of the Linux kernel to Apple Computer's Power Macintosh
platform, is estimated to be in use on hundreds of thousands of Power Macs
worldwide. Mackerras released a port of the Linux kernel for his PCI-based
Power Macintosh 7500 in September 1966, pre-dating the release of Apple's
MKLinux for the PCI Power Macs in December 1996. Since then, Mackerras has
taken a leading role in updating the port to support more devices and
newer models of the Power Macintoshes and Power Mac clones. He continue to
maintain Linux/PPC along with Cort Dougan and others.
About ppp-2.x
The Open Source Linux ppp-2.x software package implements the IETF
Point-to-Point protocol over asynchronous (dial-up) serial lines. The
package includes kernel drivers and user-level programs, in particular the
PPP daemon (pppd). ppp-2.x is also supported under Solaris, SunOS 4.x,
Compaq True64, various free BSD variants, and other Unices. Mackerras
currently maintains the package along with a team of volunteers,
coordinated through a mailing list in classic Open Source fashion.
Mackerras himself developed pppd and the kernel drivers for Linux,
Solaris, and SunOS.
About Paul Mackerras
Mackerras, 39, is a member of the research faculty in the Department of
Computer Science at Australian National University in Canberra. His
research interests include parallel networking protocols, parallel volume
rendering, extensible parallel debuggers, real-time robot control, and
three-dimensional data visualization. Mackerras has authored numerous
conference papers and peer-reviewed journal articles. In his spare time he
once built a single-board computer using on the Motorola MC68030
processor, and ported the NetBSD operating system to run on it; this
system served as his home computer for many years. Mackerras is also the
ANU team leader responsible for porting Linux to the Fujitsu
distributed-memory multicomputer platform (AP1000, AP1000+, and AP3000
systems).
About Linuxcare, Inc.
Linuxcare, Inc. is the first company to provide a complete solution for
Linux technical support, consulting, education and product certification
for Global 1000 companies. Linuxcare supports all major distributions of
Linux on all major platforms, offering a variety of programs including
24x7 enterprise-class telephone support. The company hosts
www.linuxcare.com, the world's largest technical-support resource for
Linux. Founded in 1998, Linuxcare is headquartered in San Francisco,
Calif. The company can be reached at 888-LIN-GURU (888-546-4878) and at
www.linuxcare.com.
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[EMAIL PROTECTED], www.linuxcare.com
Linuxcare. At the center of Linux
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From: Linux Mall Information <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: COMMERCIAL: SuSE Linux 6.1
Date: Sun, 23 May 1999 21:00:38 GMT
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Linux Mall Announcement:
SuSE Linux 6.1 Now Shipping Date: 5/18/99
The English language version of SuSE 6.1 is now shipping! SuSE is number one
in Europe, and for good reason. With SuSE 6.1 you get both of the latest and
greatest window managers: KDE and GNOME, as well as the standard offerings.
SaX (SuSE advanced XF86 configuration tool) makes setting up XFree 3.3.3.1
easy, and YaST (Yet another Setup Tool) simplifies installation and package
management for SuSE.
As usual, SuSE leads the pack in graphics support - 6.1 includes the latest
version of XFree and support for all 3Dfx video cards. Enjoy accelerated
support for your Voodoo, Voodoo II and Voodoo Rush cards, and beta drivers
for Voodoo Banshee and Voodoo III cards.
SuSE 6.1 also includes all the office productivity software you'll ever need
with the WordPerfect 8 Download Edition (new in this release) and StarOffice
5.0 Personal Edition.
Last, but not least, SuSE is based on the 2.2 kernel release. That means
additional device support, better memory management, and more. This 5-CD set
comes with: a 450-page manual, boot floppy and 60 days installation support
by SuSE LLC via e-mail, fax or phone. SuSE 6.1 is available now, find out
more about it at LinuxMall.com.
Learn more about SuSE 6.1:
http://www.linuxmall.com/products/01043.html
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Linux on CD for $1.89, or even free: http://www.LinuxMall.com/FreeCD.html
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Linux Top 40 list: http://www.LinuxMall.com/hotlist.html
LinuxMall.com Associate Program:
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From: "Damon B. Poole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: COMMERCIAL: Configuration Management tool: AccuRev
Date: Sun, 23 May 1999 21:02:21 GMT
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Ede Development Introduces Next Generation Software
Configuration Management Tool
AccuRev Provides Cost Effective, Accurate Means for
Managing Collaborative Development
Boston, MA, May 18, 1999 -- Ede Development Enterprises,
Inc. today announced the immediate availability of
AccuRev[tm] , the only software configuration management
(SCM) solution that automatically and accurately tracks
all aspects of software code changes without imposing any
strict development rules or requiring any additional
resources, special knowledge or effort. AccuRev allows
organizations to build software in parallel as a team,
isolate specific files relevant to given tasks, and
reproduce specific releases from the past - making it
easy for organizations to meet the demands for faster
time to market and high software quality.
AccuRev's ease of use, and unparalleled tracking methods
enable managers and developers to seamlessly meet the
needs of team-based development across multiple
environments, multiple releases and multiple platforms.
It enables software development teams to collaborate and
manage software development activities -- including
change tracking, task management, code development,
testing, documentation, release management, and ongoing
maintenance.
"AccuRev was designed on the premise that organizations
should be able to reap the benefits of excellent SCM
without having to make huge investments in software,
hardware, or personnel," said Ted Ede, President, Ede
Development. "AccuRev is the only tool to track and
version all file content, file and directory names,
labels, branches and stream definitions - enabling
flawless reproduction of source configurations."
"Our mission-critical projects require secure and
reliable code repositories that meet the complex demands
of our team-based development efforts," said Alicia Pena,
Release Engineer, Alteon WebSystems. "We found AccuRev to
be the most comprehensive -- yet simple to use -- and
cost effective software configuration management solution
available. As an ex-administrator of ClearCase, I know it
would require three full-time people to support our 40
developers. With AccuRev we only need one."
"AccuRev addresses our cross-platform needs by flawlessly
tracking and synchronizing our development at work, on
our Linux laptops and on our home computers," said Carl
Scholz, Vice President of Packaged Solutions at
Texterity, Inc.
AccuRev's transaction-based database and hot backups
guard organizations against data loss due to hardware,
network, and power failures, and allow companies to
better manage code development and change within teams,
throughout the enterprise and around the world. AccuRev
repositories can be stored on, and accessed from UNIX,
NT, or Linux systems via TCP/IP.
Additionally, AccuRev's unique transaction-oriented
triggers allow users to customize and consolidate process
management functions, increasing development efficiency
and code accuracy. AccuRev also integrates seamlessly
with other third-party tools.
Pricing and Availability
AccuRev is available immediately on Sun Solaris, Compaq
Alpha UNIX, Hewlett Packard HP-UX, IBM AIX, Linux (Intel
and PowerPC), Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 (client and
server), and Windows 95/98 (client only). Ports to Apple
MacOS X, other UNIX platforms and Java will follow.
The cost for a single user license is $749 and includes
one year of support and updates. Volume discounts apply.
An introductory 15% discount will apply to all orders
placed by July 30, 1999.
About Ede Development Enterprises, Inc.
Based in North Reading, MA, Ede Development, Inc. is a
privately owned company that provides easy-to-use, cost
effective client/server change and configuration
management systems for software development teams.
AccuRev's unique approach to configuration management
allows organizations to build software in parallel as a
team, isolate specific files relevant to given tasks, and
reproduce specific releases from the past without
imposing any strict development rules or requiring any
additional resources, special knowledge or effort.
Ede Development also offers extensive SCM training,
consulting and integration services. (www.ede.com)
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From: "Steve G." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: COMMERCIAL: Security CD-ROM available
Date: Sun, 23 May 1999 21:01:18 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Linux Security CD-ROM available.
SuperAnt is announcing that effective immediately,
they will be making available a Security CD-ROM.
This CD-ROM contains the sniffers, port scanners, PGPi, crytography
tools, hex editors, disassemblers, nuke protection Linux administration,
programming guides and other tools useful for protecting systems.
It contains Linux and DOS based solutions. It includes email tools,
ftp, and networking utilities.
SuperAnt is a Linux and Open Source technology provider and packager,
selling and marketing business and recreation CD-ROMs on the Internet.
For more information about SuperAnt products and services, please visit
their web-site at http://www.superant.com.
Press Contact:
Steven Gibson
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Web-site: www.superant.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (James Bourne)
Subject: util-linux-rhcn-2.9r RPMs for Red Hat 5.2/6.0 and kernel 2.2
Date: Sun, 23 May 1999 21:03:40 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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We have posted the i386.rpm, src.rpm, and patches on our WWW site at
http://www.affinity-systems.ab.ca/software/ for util-linux-rhcn-2.9r. This
is built for upgrading to the Linux 2.2 series kernels and should work under
Red Hat 5.0, 5.1, 5.2, and 6.0 but were compiled under a relatively stock
Red Hat 5.2 system with Kernel 2.2.9.
Please note that under Red Hat 6.0, cfdisk does not work correctly in the
binary distribution due to a missing libslang.so.0. You can install
util-linux-rhcn-2.9r using the --nodeps flag or get the SRPM and rebuilt it
locally.
Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Here is information on the package:
cafe:bash$ rpm -qi util-linux-rhcn
Name : util-linux-rhcn Distribution: Red Hat Contrib|Net
Version : 2.9r Vendor: Affinity Systems Inc.
Release : 1 Build Date: Tue May 18 13:49:58 1999
Install date: Tue May 18 13:55:07 1999 Build Host: cafe.affinity-systems.ab.ca
Group : Utilities/System Source RPM: util-linux-rhcn-2.9r-1.src.rpm
Size : 1194899 License: distributable
Packager : Red Hat Contrib|Net <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Summary : Collection of basic system utilities for Linux
Description :
util-linux contains a large variety of low-level system utilities
necessary for a functional Linux system. This includes, among other
things, configuration tools such as fdisk and system programs such
as login.
This package replaces all of util-linux, mount, fdisk (if installed as a
seperate package), lptune, and losetup. It also contains all the
documentation included with the original tar.gz file.
and the changelog:
cafe:bash$ rpm -q --changelog util-linux-rhcn
* Sun May 02 1999 James Bourne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
- - updated to util-linux-2.9r
- - backed off moretc patch to make more use ncurses instead of termcap.
- - updated all patches that applied with fuzz.
- - Docs updated to new layout.
* Wed Apr 14 1999 James Bourne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
- - updated to util-linux-2.9i
- - Added doc for sfdisk.examples
* Tue Feb 09 1999 James Bourne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
- - fixed bug in lib/proctitle.c which used spaces to pad the new argv[0]
instead of nulls.
- - removed gecos field patch. (problem noted by Michal Jaegermann
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
- - changed installation of rdev and friends to not install on non-install
archs (problem noted by Michal Jaegermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
- - added tunelp and sfdisk
* Mon Feb 01 1999 James Bourne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
- - Updated to util-linux-2.9h
- - Added full documentation and Obsoletes line
- - Modified MCONFIG to not install suid binaries and instead use the attr
flags in the spec file to allow non-root build
- - fixed patch for mount as it would fail during build (incorrect patch
targets) and re-enabled mount here as mount 2.9. Added losetup, mount
and swapon/swapoff as well as man pages
- - fixed makefile for location of rdev and friends instead of mv -f here
* Tue Jan 12 1999 Jeff Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
- - strip fdisk in buildroot correctly (#718)
Regards,
Jim
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James Bourne | Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Affinity Systems Inc. | WWW: http://www.affinity-systems.ab.ca
Everything Unix | Linux: The choice of a GNU generation
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From: "Gary's Encyclopedia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: WWW: Take my Linux site -- please.
Date: Sun, 23 May 1999 20:53:57 GMT
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ANNOUNCEMENT:
"Gary's Encyclopedia", at http://www.aa.net/~swear/pedia/index.html , has
been released to the Public Domain and is available for copying by anyone
interested in incorporating any of its content into a Linux web site. It
is mainly a Linux documentation site with > 1 MB of > 4000 annotated links
and other info in > 150 hierarchically-organized categories covering almost
anything that might interest a Linux user or developer.
In the unlikely event you would want to use the existing name, please
don't, as I intend to keep the site on the WWW with little maintenance.
COMMENTARY:
Gary's Encyclopedia has been on the web for over a year now and, while I
believe it is the best site available for finding Linux-related info,
I've been unsuccessful in convincing others of that [grin]. I've decided
that its low useage (50-100 home page hits per day) is not worth my
efforts in its continued normal maintenance.
(Use of key definitions and auto-indentation within Emacs has made editing
quite simple but it still takes many hours per week to extract, denotate,
and categorize links from these and other sources: Linux Today, Linux
Weekly News, Slashdot, Linux Gazette, and occasionally other Linux sites.
Occasional checks for broken links take many hours because the automated
tools I've tried identify many good links as broken and very many links
must be hand checked.)
When I started the site, there were few general Linux documentation sites
on line and none that I considered very useful for finding info on a
particular subject when it was needed. I'm glad to see that there are now
many Linux sites with documentation. I probably wouldn't have started my
site if those sites were available a year ago. I do wish that these
sites were more comprehensive and better organized for both searching
and browsing. I wish they would use many more categories, put lots of
info on each page, and not rely on search tools that often return junk.
I had intended to organize a distributed version of the site with many
people maintaining "canonical" pages for their topic which all interested
parties would help provide content for, but I never worked up sufficient
confidence in my social-organizational skills (and desires) to attempt it.
Most of the blame for the "failure" of my site is mine, but I feel the need
to assign some of the blame to the sad state of our culture in which people
value poor products in glitzy packages more than good products in plain
packages. I do take the blame for these reasons: I failed to make my site
look "professional". (I insisted on using very simple HTML with default
colors, no graphics, no advertising, etc.) I failed to widely publicize my
site by wide e-mailing of requests for links, etc. I failed to put my site
on a server for which I could easily implement a search tool and failed to
implement one in Java. I insulted the GNU world by my impolitic complaints
of their misuse of words like "free" (i.e., uncontrolled) and
"non-proprietary" (i.e., not owned). (GPL'd SW isn't even close to
deserving either adjective.) I lightly encoded my e-mail address on a
sub-page instead of using a e-mail hyperlink on the home page. I didn't
try hard to find someone to help me. Oh, well. I found enjoyment in the
attempt to do something good for Linux and in doing something "my way"
instead of the way one has to do things when professionally employed. I've
always enjoyed making an attempt more than having an accomplishment. (I
guess that explains a lot.) I'm glad I've helped Linux some in the attempt.
I hope to devote my future efforts to two things: 1) Helping develop (or at
least test) some multi-OS GUI SDK (wxWindows?) to encourage the
development of SW that runs on Linux by people who currently develop only
for other OSes. 2) Promoting free software (SW given freely without
copyright) and nearly-free software (SW licenced only to protect the
reputation, wealth, or freedom of its authors, not to otherwise control the
use of the software or its derivatives). I'm disturbed by the high
proportion of people who seem to want to prevent people from deriving
closed software from their "free" (GPL) software or even co-mingling the
two. I suspect many would like their software to be used in the 90% of
software that would only be written if kept closed but they use the (L)GPL
without careful consideration of alternatives or because existing
alternative licences always seem to require some troublesome rewriting.
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From: bklimas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Updated Linux Newbie Administrator Guide ver.0.41
Date: Sun, 23 May 1999 20:54:50 GMT
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Hi. We are pleased to announce that our family project,
the "Linux Newbie Administration Guide"
has been significantly updated again.
The guide is hosted at:
http://sunsite.auc.dk/linux-newbie/ (Sunsite Denmark),
and the mirrors are available at:
http://linux.umbc.edu/mirrors/newbie-admin-faq/ (Maryland),
http://www.linsup.com/newbie/ (Australia), and
http://www.magma.ca/~bklimas/ (Ontario).
It contains simple (hopefully) and minimalistic answers to
questions that the Linux users (or potential users)
administrating their own computers or a home network might
face--everything from reasons to choose Linux to the kernel
upgrade.
We aim at producing a practical guide that could be a Linux
newbie starting point: to get basic things working, to have
simple yet annoying problems solved, and to have the work
done under Linux. With the current version of the guide
(0.41),
we believe we are about half way. So more additions and
improvement are in progress.
The guide is distributed under the General Public License
(GPL).
We welcome contributions, comments, criticism (gentle,
please),
mirrors, distributions, etc.
Alesh Mustar (Slovenia) wrote a nice guide on upgrading the
kernel that we are happy to include in the guide.
We hope the guide is of help to Linux newbies. Please don't
hesitate to send your corrections!!!
Best regards,
Stan Klimas, Deep River, Ontario
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