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Date:       1999-05-14 19:13:17
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Linux-Announce Digest #485, Volume #3            Fri, 14 May 99 19:13:17 EDT

Contents:
  COMMERCIAL: Red Hat Linux 6.0 CDROMs (Linux Central)
  LOCAL: Vancouver Linux Users Group - Mon, May 17, 1999 (Dave Michelson)
  WWW: Third Issue of the "Brave GNU World", the monthly GNU forum (Brave GNU World)
  COMMERCIAL: Release of CIDLib C++ Class Libraries Version 1.0 ("Dean Roddey")
  Linux penguin in ASCII art (Przemek Borys)
  COMMERCIAL: Linux Training now Available in Central Ohio! (Scott Sharkey)
  LOCAL: Boston, MA- BLU.ORG - 05/19/99: CodeWarrior for Red Hat Linux (Guy W Bzibziak)

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From: Linux Central <sales@linuxcentral.com>
Subject: COMMERCIAL: Red Hat Linux 6.0 CDROMs
Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 20:53:41 GMT

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                       New from Linux Central
                      http://linuxcentral.com

                      Red Hat Linux 6.0 CD-ROMs
                         Set of 2 CDs $2.95

  These CDs contain a fully functional copy of Red Hat Linux 6.0
  including source code and WordPerfect 8 RPMs.  These CDs install
  Linux Kernel version 2.2.5, GNOME version 1.04 and KDE 1.1.1.

  Red Hat Linux 6.0 boasts an incredibly easy install, increased
  performance, and rock-solid stability. Be on the front lines of the
  Linux revolution! 

 What's new in 6.0?
  o The 2.2 kernel is included as the base for the operating system.
    You will notice significant speed and performance from your workstation
    because of the 2.2 kernel. This kernel also supports more peripheral 
    hardware, such as television and radio cards. 

  o The GNOME Graphical User Interface provides a Drag and Drop protocol to
    the desktop. 
    GNOME gives users the ease of a Drag and Drop protocol with the
    practicality of included applications. Just a few of the new
    applications include File Manager, GnoRPM, gftp, calculator, URL
    handlers, any many desktop settings tools. Use this new interface as an
    alternative to command line tasks such as file management and launching
    applications. Customizing the desktop is a cinch with the GNOME Control
    Center. Extras such as a CD player and calendar are bonuses that
    enhance the convenience of this GUI. Watch your productivity soar
    with GNOME.

 More features:
  o Improved SMP support allows better performance in multi-processor
    machines.

  o Software RAID allows for multiple hard drives to be used in combination
    for increased performance and reliability.

  o New version of glibc, the core system library providing NIS+ support,
    increased i18n awareness, and POSIX compliance.

  o Now uses the EGCS compiler as the standard compiler for better
    optimization and improved support for C++.

  o The RPM package technology allows users and administrators to easily
    upgrade and install software. Including RPM 3.0.

  o Latest versions of XFree86 for support of all the latest video cards.

  o Includes Apache, the worlds most popular web server.

  o Installation is now even easier than before and adds the ability
    install via HTTP, NIS configuration, and installation to RAID
    partitions.

  o New console group for easier user access to local devices like floppy
    drives and CD-ROMs.

Contents:
    2 CD-ROMs 
       o CD 1 - Binary Installation CD-ROM 
            * Includes on-line versions of Red Hat Installation Guide 
                       and Red Hat Linux Getting Started Guide.
            * Includes Corel's WordPerfect 8 in RPMs for easy install.
       o CD 2 - Source CD-ROM 

More details can be found at:
http://linuxcentral.com/products/lccd/redhat-6.0-gpl/


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From: davem@ece.ubc.ca (Dave Michelson)
Subject: LOCAL: Vancouver Linux Users Group - Mon, May 17, 1999
Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 21:02:16 GMT

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           The Vancouver Linux Users Group 

                http://www.linux.bc.ca/

                  will meet again on 

      Monday, May 17, 1999   7:30 - 9:00 pm   

                    at UBC in the 

  Centre for Integrated Computer Systems Research
                  2366 Main Mall

                   (CICSR 208)

  * * *   PLEASE NOTE THE LATER START TIME!   * * *

      AFTER THE MAIN DOORS TO CICSR ARE LOCKED, 
   PLEASE ENTER BY THE DOOR AT THE REAR OF THE BLDG
            (NEXT TO THE LOADING BAY)

- ----------------------------------------------------------
*Anyone* interested in Linux, UNIX, or GNU software is
most welcome to attend.  See the end of this announcement
for important information concerning parking and such.
- ----------------------------------------------------------
                        Agenda
- ----------------------------------------------------------

7:30 - 7:35   VanLUG Announcements

              - Brian Edmonds, UBC Computer Science

7:35 - 8:15   The GNU Image Manipulation Program

              - Ben Holt, Electric Media Solutions

It's a paint program!  It's a photo manipulation program!  It's an image
format conversion program! No, it's the GIMP!   Ben Holt, an experienced
multimedia designer and Vancouver Film School alumnus  will show why the
GIMP has become a killer app for anyone who deals with images.

8:15 - 8:20   Break

8:20 - 9:00   The New Linux Distributions - Red Hat 6.0,
              SuSE 6.1, and Open Linux 2.2

              - Brian Bray, Minoru Development Corp.
               
If it's spring, the new Linux distributions must be out!  How do they
stack up?  Brian Bray, a long time UNIX enthusiast and professional
software developer, will moderate a panel discussion which seeks to 
determine whether the distributions are converging and which one is
best for specific purposes.

- -----------------------

Note: The nearest parkade is the Health Sciences Parkade just off East
Mall.  Parking is a flat $3 after 6 pm.  See

  http://vancouver-webpages.com/vanlug/meetings.html

for a site map.

Our meetings generally attract between 75 and 125 people.  Attendees
range from absolute newcomers to UNIX wizards. VanLUG is committed to
helping newcomers get up to speed.

Admission is free to all.  VanLUG discount cards will be available at
the meeting for $10.  Draw tickets for door prizes will be available for
$2 each.

- --
Dave Michelson
dmichelson@home.com



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From: Brave GNU World <column@gnu.org>
Subject: WWW: Third Issue of the "Brave GNU World", the monthly GNU forum
Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 21:05:03 GMT

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[Please repost and forward this article widely, wherever it
is appropriate.]


               Third Issue of the "Brave GNU World", the 
               monthly GNU forum, is online now
                                -- Georg Greve



Hi !

The thirs issue of the "Brave GNU World" column is online 
now. It can be found on the GNU Webpage and its mirrors
under


  http://www.gnu.org/brave-gnu-world/brave-gnu-world.en.html
  [ English version ]

  http://www.gnu.org/brave-gnu-world/brave-gnu-world.de.html
  [ German version ]

  http://www.gnu.org/brave-gnu-world/brave-gnu-world.fr.html
  [ French version ]

  http://www.gnu.org/brave-gnu-world/brave-gnu-world.ja.html
  [ Japanese version ]


The "Brave GNU World" is a "quadrolingual" (English, German, French and 
Japanese) monthly column that provides information about internal 
developments of the GNU Project and things of importance to the GNU 
community, while trying to give insights into the underlying philosophy.

The German version is also printed in the "Linux Magazin", Germany's
biggest GNU/Linux magazine.

The third issue covers the following topics:

 * Brave GNU World multilingual  (introduction)
 * Hurd                          (the GNU kernel)
 * official GNU projects         (what is it and what does it mean)
 * GNU User Group                (answering a question from Taiwan)

This column is intended to become a forum for all GNU maintainers,
friends and associates and I am always open to suggestions. So if 
you

 * have questions about the GNU Project that might be of general
   interest 

 * have a GNU Project and would like to improve its profile

 * would like to start a GNU Project you are looking for people to
   start it with 

 * think something doesn't get the publicity it deserves

 * would like to see something made public

send mail to:

        "Brave GNU World <column@gnu.org>"


Regards,

                Georg Greve




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From: "Dean Roddey" <droddey@charmedquark.com>
Subject: COMMERCIAL: Release of CIDLib C++ Class Libraries Version 1.0
Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 20:52:53 GMT

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Charmed Quark Software is pleased to announce version 1.0.0 of the CIDLib
C++ Class Libraries. This latest version has been posted to the Charmed
Quark Software website at:

    www.charmedquark.com

CIDLib is a general purpose C++ class library system, which currently
contains approximately 300 classes. CIDLib has no GUI services. It is
oriented towards back end server development though it certainly can be used
behind client side applications.

The reference release of CIDLib is for NT and Visual C++. However, there is
a Linux port which is very close to being completed. A link is available on
the main page if you are interested in being an early evaluator of this
port. If you are interested in porting CIDLib to other platforms, see the
porting links on the main page and contact CQS if you want to take on a
port. It should not be a huge amount of work, since CIDLib is immaculately
layered.

Licensing issues are covered on the main page, but the short overview is
that CIDLib is free for freeware and personal projects and has a very
reasonable licensing fee for shareware, commercial, and in-house projects.

A full class reference is available on line, as is the tutorial. The
tutorial is also available in its original Word97 format if you want to get
a more readable/printable version.

Full source code is provided, though of course it is all protected
intellectual property and cannot be used separately from CIDLib itself, as
is discussed in the legal issues link from the main page.


Here is a general list of the functionality provided by CIDLib in the 1.0.0
release.

        -----------------------------------

Abstraction Kernel
- -------------------
CIDLib implements its own 'micro kernel' layer which abstracts its from the
host platform and greatly enhances portability. Outside the kernel, no host
or RTL headers are used. This allows all CIDLib and client code to use a
high level of error reporting during compilations, without the need for
non-ANSI C++ compliant compiler extensions required for most direct
operating system or RTL access.

For instance, in the current Linux port which is underway, there is zero
(that's right zero) conditional code in the entire system (approximately 200
to 250K lines) which is platform specific. This is accomplished by having a
virtual kernel to which all other functionality is targeted.

Build Utility
- --------------
To support build infrastructure portability for CIDLib itself, the CIDBuild
utility provides convenient build services for the source code release. It
is written in plain C++ and is easily portable to other platforms and
development environments. It supports project dependency, header dependency
analysis, platform independent project settings, and message file
compilation.

You can of course build the system in your favorite IDE if you so choose.
But, from CQS' perspective, its important to provide a way to build multiple
versions automatically.

Advanced RTTI
- --------------
Polymorphic streaming, dynamic object creation, fully integrated runtime
type information system, type repository, and simple meta class support.

Collections
- ------------
Bags, sorted bags, deques, queues, stacks, doubly linked lists, singly
linked lists, hash maps, hash sets, and object arrays. They are fully
templatized, typesafe, and optionally thread safe on a per-instance basis.
Simpler arrays, stacks, queues, and deques are also provided for fundamental
data
types.

Core Data Types
- ----------------
Strings, memory buffers (heap, system, and shared system), areas, points,
sizes, colors, ranges, money, numerics, time stamps, etc...

Encryption Frameworks
- ----------------------
CIDLib has an encryption framework that you can extend to implement any
encryption algorithms you require. It currently supports Blowfish and MD5,
with others planned for future releases. You can easily plug in your own
algorithms or other 3rd party algorithms, to take immediate advantage of the
framework and have your algorithm's integrate seamlessly into the system.

Exceptions, Logging Support
- ----------------------------
Extensive support for error and message logging and exception management.
Fully C++ enabled, multiple language message file support with custom
message compiler which generates namespace based const message ids instead
of #define'd values. Runtime error and system exception stack trace dump
support.

File System Support
- --------------------
Directory iteration, general file system maintenance, find buffers, smart
path strings, binary files, text files, etc...

Streams
- --------
Text and binary streams, stream lexer, etc... Streams are abstracted from
the actual data source via implementation objects, so they can be extended
to use many different data sources. CIDLib comes with file, string, memory
buffer, and console based implementations. Stream format janitors support
safe scope based format changes. Endian transparency is provided for binary
data, to support heterogenous networks and data sharing in secondary
storage. Pluggable text encoders support any external encoding formats
desired.

Internationalization Support
- -----------------------------
CIDLib supports a very C++ oriented message compiler that is fully Unicode
oriented and allows you to load all text from external (and therefore
translatable) data, in an easy and convenient way. CIDLib is purely Unicode
oriented, only transcoding text to the local code page when to pass it to
system APIs (where required.)

Locale Support
- ---------------
Locale support allows you to localize your applications and CIDLib itself
uses this support to format numeric values, monetary values, times, dates,
etc... CIDLib gives you full access to locale information in a way that is
safe and convenient and consistent with the CIDLib style (and therefore
portable to any platforms that CIDLib is ported to.)

Mathematical
- -------------
4x4 homogenous matrices, 2D and 3D vectors, value maps, ranges, complex
numbers, core  mathmematical library interfaces.

Process Control
- ----------------
Threads, mutexes, semaphores, events, critical sections, threadsafe
counters. Janitors for mutexes, semaphores, critical sections, and thread
priorities.

TCP/IP
- -------
TCP/IP sockets support is provided, stream and datagram client and server
side datagram and stream sockets, a socket listener class, and IP addresses
and endpoints.

Fractals
- ---------
An object oriented, extensible fractal generation engine, with full
multiprocessor support. Pluggable fractal framework allows you to easily
create your own fractal types and have them rendered.

Graphics File Formats
- ----------------------
The CIDImage facility is a generalized framework for getting graphics file
formats into memory as bitmaps, and getting them back out after
manipulation, and getting information about them.

Ray Tracing
- ------------
An object oriented, extensible ray tracer with scene description language,
and full multiprocessor support. Framework based architecture allows you to
create your own object and texture types and fully integrate them into the
ray tracer.

Regular Expressions
- --------------------
A regular expression engine is provided for doing the usual regular
expression searches on strings. It supports most of the generally supported
short cuts and conveniences of grep type utilities.


        -----------------------------------

Please check out the new release and provide any feedback you might have,
about the code, packaging, architecture, documentation, etc... Your feedback
is much appreciated and will be taken seriously.

You can provide feedback and download the product at:

    www.charmedquark.com

Thanks in advance.

- --------------------------
Dean Roddey
The CIDLib Class Libraries
Charmed Quark Software
droddey@charmedquark.com
http://www.charmedquark.com

"100% Substance Free. More cost, less content"






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From: Przemek Borys <pborys@p-soft.silesia.linux.org.pl>
Subject: Linux penguin in ASCII art
Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 21:09:39 GMT
Reply-To: pborys@zeus.polsl.gliwice.pl

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About a year ago I've created the following ascii-art.
I announced it then in a polish newsgroup, but I think, that
it looks quite nice and can be announced also to the rest of world :)
Here it is:
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    .--.
   |o_o |
   |:_/ |
  //   \ \
 (|     | )
/'\_   _/`\
\___)=(___/
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From: Scott Sharkey <ssharkey@lanshark.com>
Subject: COMMERCIAL: Linux Training now Available in Central Ohio!
Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 21:08:50 GMT

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LANshark Systems, Central Ohio's leading vendor of Linux solutions, is
pleased to announce the immediate availability of a series of training
classes for Red Hat Linux. The series includes Basic System
Administration, Advanced System Administration, Overview for Business, and
special topics such as Linux as a Web Server, Linux for Small Business,
and Integrating Linux and Windows NT. 

These classes will all be taught by experienced staff, in the Central Ohio
area. The Systems Administration classes are each one week long, while the 
special topics are generally 2-3 days. 

Registration for the first classes is now open, and the first 30 people to
sign up will receive a 15% discount. 

For more information, see our web page at 

http://linux.lanshark.com/training.htm 






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From: guybz@world.std.com (Guy W Bzibziak)
Subject: LOCAL: Boston, MA- BLU.ORG - 05/19/99: CodeWarrior for Red Hat Linux
Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 20:50:14 GMT

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Subject: LOCAL -Boston, MA- BLU.ORG - 05/19/99: CodeWarrior for Red Hat Linux

Keywords: Unix Linux Linux Distributions Software Development C/C++ BLU.ORG

Topic: CodeWarrior for Red Hat Linux
Presented by: Rick Grehan (rgrehan@top.monad.net) and Tom Thompson

When: 19 May 1999, Wednesday
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Where: MIT Building 3-133 [Mass. Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA]


Rick Grehan will be joined by Tom Thompson, also of Metrowerks. Tom and
Rick will bring a laptop outfitted with RH Linux 5.2, and running the
latest version of Metrowerks CodeWarrior for Red Hat Linux. We'll show the
CodeWarrior Integrated Development Environment, which provides visual
development of C/C++ applications. (The CodeWarrior IDE runs in X
Windows.) 

We'll have a sample application that we'll use to illustrate the
capabilities of the integrated editor, search engine. We'll also show the
IDE's project management features, and run through some compiles to
demonstrate how the IDE automates builds, handles file dependencies, etc. 

Of course, they'll be happy to answer any questions about the product, as
well as questions regarding future CodeWarrior products for Linux and any
other Metrowerks products that people are interested in.

About Rick Grehan (rgrehan@top.monad.net)

     Rick Grehan was technical director of BYTE Magazine's BYTE Labs,
     co-programmer of the BYTEmark benchmarks, and author of BYTE's
     "JAVATalk" column. Following that, he was a Senior Technical editor
     for Computer Design Magazine where he was in charge of the Embedded
     Systems section. Currently, he is the author of JavaPro Magazine's
     "Impure Thoughts" column. He works for Metrowerks, Inc. in their
     Discover Products Division.

About Tom Thompson

     Prior to coming to work for Metrowerks, Tom Thompson was a Senior
     Editor at BYTE Magazine, where he authored numerous articles and
     managed the Core Features section of the magazine. Tom was the
     author of a book on PowerPC programming on the Macintosh, and
     occasionally freelances for such publications as EE Times and
     MacTech Magazine.
     _________________________________________________________________

The Boston Linux & Unix Group [BLU.ORG], is the successor to the Boston
Computer Society's Linux & Unix User Group. We want to promote the
awareness and use of Open Systems, and to educate the public and our
members about Open Systems.

Linux is a UNIX-like operating system built around POSIX standards.
- From its inception less than eight years ago, it was developed over the
Internet by a group of people who (for the most part) have never seen
each other, and now runs on over (estimated) 4,000,000 computer systems.
The operating system (and the source code for it) is free to anyone
who wants it. It has been ported to at least the following platforms:
Intel, SPARC, Alpha, MIPS, PPC, and M68K. This is probably the largest
development project ever accomplished using the Internet.


For the latest information on this presentation, please see the URL:

        >>>>            http://www.blu.org/             <<<<
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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