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Date: 1998-04-08 11:13:16
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Linux-Announce Digest #979, Volume #2 Wed, 8 Apr 98 11:13:16 EDT
Contents:
perf-0.1 - personal financial calculator (tyoung)
WWW: LinuxFocus -- April 1998 (Miguel A Sepulveda)
COMMERCIAL: IPAD v0.6.1 (Intelligent vector drawing package) (Sergio Masci)
COMMERCIAL: Synchronous Protocol Suites ("Mikel L. Matthews")
WWW: We wish to assist you promoting your products (Peter Littmann)
COMMERCIAL: Linux Support for Java Workshop (James Gray)
LOCAL: Washington DC Linux User Group meeting, April 15 (Przemek Klosowski)
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From: tyoung <tyoung@netaxis.com>
Subject: perf-0.1 - personal financial calculator
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 13:09:20 GMT
Reply-To: tyoung <tyoung@netaxis.com>
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A Linux executable version of perf-0.1 (with test files) is newly
available at:
ftp://ftp.softserv.dynip.com/pub/linux/perf/perf.tgz (32kb)
A README file is available in the same directory.
The ftp server is available every hour on the hour (and a bit earlier).
perf is a simple 'Personal Financial Calculator' intended to help
individuals to make IRA and ROTH IRA decisions. As such, it is useful
only to U.S. taxpayers. (bc is a better calculator for other
applications.)
You should at least look at the README file before April 15th.
Source for this alpha version is not available.
Happy Retirement!
ICQ# 4891876 -- tyoung@netaxis.com -- softserv@dynip.com
Check Public Key Server for PGP key.
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From: Miguel A Sepulveda <angel@mercury.chem.pitt.edu>
Subject: WWW: LinuxFocus -- April 1998
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 13:09:41 GMT
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LINUX FOCUS ==== http://www.linuxfocus.org =========================
L I N U X LF is a FREE web magazine written by and for Linux
F O C U S fans -- We go beyond tips and tricks, focusing on
E Z I N E in-depth articles and tutorials on a variety of
subjects. Check out LF at the above URL!
=====================================================================
LINUXFOCUS ENSURES ITS FUTURE:
LINUXFOCUS HAS ITS OWN DOMAIN
LinuxFocus has registered its own domain and thanks to the generous
sponsorship of several ISPs in Spain we have both a Spanish official
server and a host server for the international magazine. These are
the new URLs for the project:
www.linuxfocus.org Main Web Server (Hosted by Nova.es)
ftp.linuxfocus.org Main FTP Server " "
(will be active in a few days)
www.es.linuxfocus.org Secondary Web Server (Hosted by CTV.es)
ftp.es.linuxfocus.org Secondary FTP Server " "
LINUXFOCUS(R)
The magazine now counts with the legal registration of its name. We
felt taking this step necessary to prevent malicious people from
profiting of the effort of our members and taking over the name
of our magazine.
FRENCH GROUP NEAR COMPLETION
Thanks to the hard work of the French LF members readers in France
and the Franco-phone world will soon be able to read all of the articles
of our magazine in French. Their work of translation is almost complete
and they are already working on the May 1998 articles.
CONTENTS OF THE MAY 1998 ISSUE
-- MINDSEYE: 3D MODELING by Martin van Velsen
-- RENDERMAN by Carlos Calzada Grau
-- THE POSTSCRIPT LANGUAGE by Emre Demiralp
-- REAL-TIME LINUX by Ismael Ripoll
-- INTRODUCTION TO DNS by Andreas J Gundacker
-- OPENGL: THE 3D SCENE by Miguel Angel Sepulveda
-- GLUT: USING MENUS by Miguel Angel Sepulveda
-- POVRAY: BASIC NOTIONS by Antonio Castro
-- GRAPHICS CORNER: WRITING TEXT WITH PHOTOSHOP by Juan Manuel
-- GRAPHICS CORNER: WRITING TEXT WITH GIMP by Phil Ross
-- CREATING A (SOMEWHAT USEFUL) VERSION OF LINUX by Mooneer Salem
-- SQL: INTRODUCTION TO SQL by Manuel Soriano
INSTALLING POSTGRESQL
-- THE X DISPLAY MANAGER by Joel McCarty
-- STAROFFICE FOR LINUX by Ismael Ripoll
LINUX FOCUS ==== http://www.linuxfocus.org ==============================
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From: Sergio Masci <sergio@titan.demon.co.uk>
Subject: COMMERCIAL: IPAD v0.6.1 (Intelligent vector drawing package)
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 13:16:28 GMT
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IPAD V0.6.1 (Beta) for Solaris 2.5 (SPARC), Linux 2.0.x (Intel),
OS/2 WARP, NT 3.51, Win 95, Win 3.1 and MSDOS is now available for
download. Although IPAD is a COMMERCIAL product, the evaluation
version is available for download FREE of charge.
*********************************************************
Some very simple IPAD demos are now provided which
can be displayed on most web browsers (as animations)
without the need to install IPAD. They can also be
displayed on image viewers which are capable of
displaying GIF animations.
*********************************************************
To recap:
IPAD is the multiplatform front end to a special tool to be
completed some time in the future (see ZMech announcement
below). It currently provides most of the functionality of an
interactive GUI vector drawing package, together with some bit
mapped image handling. It allows easy editing across files using
multiple overlapping windows. The graphics objects drawn and
edited by IPAD have built in intelligence. They react to the
mouse and each other so as to maximise user productivity and
reduce tedious repetitive setup sequences.
With most other packages an object must first be selected and
placed into one of many modes in order for the package to
provide handles through which the object must be manipulated.
With IPAD however, simple rules govern the behaviour of an
object depending on what other objects it is touching and how it
is approached and grabbed.
Any object may be picked up and moved or its shape changed
without it first having to be selected, and if its edges are
touching any other object, IPAD will intelligently manipulate
those objects in order to reduce the knock on effects of the
change even where there are recursive dependencies. With most
other packages a simple change can require a lot of rework.
A very powerful feature of IPAD is the way it is able to
manipulate groups of selected objects. A group is not just a
collection of objects, it has properties of its own. A group can
be edited like any other object. Objects can be very easily
picked up or dropped from a group. Groups can also be opened and
their contents edited in their own windows.
IPAD also has a catagory system that allows the user to define
the properties of an object and to override those properties in
a derived object. Complex objects can thus be built by grouping
simpler objects and assigning them properties. This makes it a
very simple matter to create a set of component objects which
can be held in a template window, copied across into the working
drawing and the properties modified to suit the working drawing.
IPAD supports printers using PCL 5 (most HP), ESC-P2 (most
Epson), PostScript and anything else via ppm or png. It has been
designed from the ground up to be fast and responsive. The base
system is a 486DX 33MHz + 8MB RAM + ISA video card.
IPAD will (in the future) provide a mechanism to drive third
party backend software (e.g. code generators, state machine
generators etc.) For now you are restricted to just drawing with
it. Since IPAD is a COMMERCIAL product, its source code will not
be made available.
IPAD currently provides the same GUI interface on SPARC Solaris 2.5,
Linux 2.0.x (X11 and SVGALIB), MSDOS 6.2, OS/2 Warp, Windows 3.1,
Windows 95, and Windows NT 3.51.
The Linux version is distributed as two seperate ELF executables,
one being the SVGALIB exacutable (which handles the screen directly)
and the other being the X11 R6.3 executable. The SVGALIB executable
will only run on machines that have an SVGA card that is supported
by SVGALIB 1.2.10. Anyone having problems with ELF, SVGALIB or X11
R6.3 that would like to take a look at IPAD is advised to look at
the MSDOS version.
*********************************************************
NEW
ZMech - a state machine development tool is now
provided as an example visual programming tool built
using IPAD. Get a copy, stick it on a floppy and hide
it somewhere safe until you need it. Its a really
sophisticated case tool and the evaluation version is
currently available for $0.00. Get it now from the
primary IPAD distribution site.
*********************************************************
IPAD is available from
primary (high availability) site
http://www.demon.co.uk/titan
secondry sites
sunsite.unc.edu (and mirrors - linux distributions only)
pub/Linux/apps/graphics/draw
hobbes.nmsu.edu (and mirrors - OS/2 distribution only)
pub/os2/apps/graphics/draw
Send feedback and questions to
ipad@titan.demon.co.uk
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From: "Mikel L. Matthews" <mikel@gcom.com>
Subject: COMMERCIAL: Synchronous Protocol Suites
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 13:10:49 GMT
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GCOM, Inc. announces their Linux STREAMS X.25, SNA, Frame Relay, SDLC,
HDLC, LAPB, LAPD, QLLC and BiSync Data Communications Protocol Suites.
The GCOM Protocol Suites add both software and hardware to provide a
synchronous capability to a PC platform running Linux. For more
information see http://www.gcom.com, email sales@gcom.com or call
217-351-4241 and ask for sales.
GCOM, Inc.
1800 Woodfield Dr.
Savoy IL 61874
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From: peter.littmann@berlin.snafu.de (Peter Littmann)
Subject: WWW: We wish to assist you promoting your products
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 13:15:46 GMT
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Dear Sirs,
we just started the Freenix Banner Exchange, a service to all people
interested in the free unix community.
The service is now free for all members and each member will get one
exposure of their banner for each banner from a other member presented
on their site.
The banners can be in format 400 x 60 or in 88 x 31.
A Freenix Yellow Pages will be startet soon, too.
You can become a member or at least check if you have the possibility
to give us some space on your website for free/little money.
Sponsors are searched, too. They will at least listed on our
Sponsor-page and may get a special great ad in our yellow pages.
For further information please look at our site:
<a href="http://littmann.firmen-info.de/banner/">
Yours sincerely
Peter Littmann
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From: James Gray <james@suse.com>
Subject: COMMERCIAL: Linux Support for Java Workshop
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 12:07:59 GMT
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=====================================================
S.u.S.E Adds Linux Support to Sun's Java Workshop 2.0
=====================================================
OAKLAND, CA & FUERTH, GERMANY (April 4, 1998) - Today S.u.S.E. released a
patch it has developed, which adds Linux support to Sun's Java Workshop
2.0. S.u.S.E.'s patch brings this powerful visual development tool for
professional Java programmers to the Linux community.
Java Workshop lets developers take full advantage of the Java platform to
create leading-edge Internet and intranet applications. It offers a
complete, easy-to-use toolset for building JavaBeans, Java applets, and
applications faster and easier than ever before. Java Workshop also lets
developers create and reuse JavaBeans, includes support for the latest
JDK, and comes with a fast compiler and profiler. Java Workshop is the
ultimate Java development environment - made by Sun and brought to Linux
by S.u.S.E!
Java WorkShop includes the following components:
* Visual Java GUI Builder - allows quick and efficient creation
of graphical user interfaces, testing of applications without
the need to compile, and automatic generation of Java code
* Palette of pre-built AWT Widgets and JavaBeans components
* Project and Portfolio Manager - makes file management easy by
handling organizational and control functions
* Source Editor - allows concurrent point-and-click editing of
several source files
* Source Browser - controls the object-oriented structure of
their development
* Build Manager - manages the build process, compiles only the
files that need updating, and automatically finds error
locations and hyperlinks back to the source code
* Project Tester - allows users to run applets without
starting up a separate Web browser
* Profiler - runs performance analysis
* Version Control Systems Support SCCS, RCS, PVCS
(Please note that the Debugger Tool is not yet usable with Linux.)
Product details
- ---------------
Price - $109 + shipping
Manufacturer: Sun Microsystems
Contents: 1 CD-ROM, 1 floppy diskette with Linux patch, binaries for
Solaris, Win 95, Win NT.
The patch is available for download from our FTP site at:
ftp.suse.com/pub/suse_update/JWS2.0/
To order or to find out more about Java Workshop, please visit our
Website at: http://www.suse.com/Product/jws/index.html
Note: S.u.S.E. Linux 5.2 will ship in the last half of April!
- ----------------------------------
S.u.S.E.
458 Santa Clara Avenue
Oakland CA 94610
info@suse.com http://www.suse.com
1-888-875-4689 1-510-835-7873
Fax: 1-510-835-7875
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From: Przemek Klosowski <przemek@rrdjazz.nist.gov>
Subject: LOCAL: Washington DC Linux User Group meeting, April 15
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1998 14:43:14 GMT
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The April 1998 meeting of Washington DC Linux user group will take
place on Wednesday, April 15, 7pm, at the National Institutes of Health;
see our home page,
http://www.tux.org/dclug/dclug.html.
This meeting will feature a talk by Paul Everitt, VP for Product
Development at Digital Creations, Inc., developers of web-tools and
applications for building database-driven websites. Their primary
platform is Linux, which is, as we all know, an excellent choice. He
will demonstrate the Python scripting language, especially as applied
to Web scripting.
We will also discuss our past InstallFest and plans for future ones.
The Fest on March 28 was one of our most successful, with good
attendance and pretty good success record. We finally got around to
actually use the Web-based registration system, and we had demo and
configuration clinics. Three cheers to David Lesher and David Niemi
for organizing and executing this event; thanks to all the volunteers
and to RedHat for coming and helping out.
The complete schedule for rest of 1998 is:
May 20
June 17
July 15
August 19
September 16
October 21
November 18
December 16
For other details, see our home page,
http://linux.wauug.org/dclinux/dclinux.html.
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** How to get there ***
************************
BIG PICTURE:
to Frederick to Baltimore & NYC
\ \
I-270 / /
\ \ / /
Gaithersburg \ I-95
\ Rockville / /
| | / /
\ ==I-495 beltway=/ /
// \\
// \\
|| Washington ||
|| DC ||
Fairfax ||
|| //
\\ //
=================
NIH AND VICINITY
Rockville Pike
I-270 spur (Rte 355)
\ \__________|____|_________________
\
/ I-495 Beltway
/ /---------|----|-----------------
Wisconsin Ave
| |
| |
| |
| |
Cedar Lane ========= | Bldg. 10 is the huge NIH hospital
| | | complex. There is some parking
West Dr.->| | | just to the north of it, off West Dr.
| | | as well as in the underground garage.
Bldg 10 | | Lippsett auditorium is located on the
| | left side of the main entrance hall.
South Drive === |
| |
M Medical Center
(Red Metro Line)
You can retrieve the NIH site map at URL
http://www.nih.gov or gopher://gopher.nih.gov
in "NIT/Bethesda Campus Info" / "NIH maps and photos" branch
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Przemek Klosowski <przemek@tux.org> _----___
------------------------------------------------ ##=\ ^^ ^^ ^=====O-
DC Linux User Group founder and president \ ^^ /
tux.org/dclinux rrdjazz.nist.gov/~przemek |_^_|
(301) 977 0046 (home) (301) 975 6249 (wrk) VvV
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