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Linux News Issue 07
L i n u x N e w s
A summary of the goings-on of the Linux community
Issue #7, November 22 through 28, 1992
**** Highlights in this issue
- linux-man and linux-serial are gone
- Rik Faith made new utilities binaries
- XConquer 5.5
- Ingres
- dvi2pcl
- shadow login suite
- new FAQ
- Linux CD-ROM
- DikuMud
- Joe 1.0.7
- SLS update
- ACM, a flight simulator
- Seyon 1.3
- mbase 5.0
- no new kernels
**** Editorial
Um.., the mind is empty and I'm tired. I guess there won't be an
editorial tonight.
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**** Notices
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given subject, please see the source that is referenced at the end of
each note (for Usenet articles, the reference is the Message-ID of the
article). I try to include all the relevant information, including
ftp sites and filenames, as given in the announcements (I probably
won't have the time or energy to check filenames, or to find pointers
to other ftp sites). If possible, I will try to indicate directories
with a trailing /, e.g. ``pub/linux/SLS/''.
I won't include announcements on mailing lists or testing releases,
only things that are meant to be used generally (I admit that the line
can be somewhat difficult to draw, since the whole system is
pre-release). There will be exceptions.
**** News section
November 20. Michael K. Johnson annouced the demise of the linux-man
and linux-serial mailing lists at stolaf.edu. They have been
superseded by the DOC and SERIAL channels on the
linux-activists@niksula.hut.fi mailing list (send an empty mail to
linux-activists-request@niksula.hut.fi to get a help text).
(Source: <1992Nov20.021027.15187@news.stolaf.edu>)
November 23. Rik Faith announced a set of binaries of a number of
utilities. Included are bison 1.19, gawk 2.14, GNU fileutils 1.34,
groff 1.06, make 3.62, GNU's version of patch 2.0.12u8, GNU shellutils
1.8, GNU tar 1.11.1, GNU textutils 1.3, and assorted utilities from
BSD.
Man pages and info documents have been included when available in
the original packages. The programs have been compiled with gcc
2.2.2d and the 4.1 jump libraries.
The files should be in a form suitable for the SLS sysinstall
program and can also be installed by hand.
FTP: ftp.cs.unc.edu:/pub/faith/linux/utils/, tsx-11.mit.edu,
sunsite.unc.edu. Too many files to mention.
(Source: <17828@borg.cs.unc.edu>)
November 23. Andrew J. Cosgriff announced his upload of XConquer 5.5
binaries (presumably some kind of game). It needs the latest XFree
(libX11.so.2.1) and jumptables 4.1.
FTP: sunsite.unc.edu, tsx-11.mit.edu; source from
export.lcs.mit.edu: xconq5.5.tar.Z
(Source: <ins217t.722563113@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au>)
November 24. Zeyd M. Ben-Halim announced a new version of his port to
Linux of Ingres, the relational database manager. Sources only, no
binaries.
FTP: ingres03.lzh (you need lha to unpack this, and byacc to
compile it).
(Source: <1992Nov24.104348.22837@netcom.com>)
November 23. Thomas Dunbar announced dvi2pcl, a TeX dvi file
converter for HP PaintJet XL printers. May also work with a DeskJet.
FTP: tsx-11.mit.edu: /pub/linux/packages/TeX/dvi2pcl-bin.tz.
(Source: <9894@vtserf.cc.vt.edu>)
November 24. Ed Carp announced a port of John Haugh's shadow login
password suite (version 3.2.2) for Linux.
FTP: tsx-11.mit.edu:/incoming/shadow-3.2.2-linux.tar.Z (full
source), shadow-3.2.2-diffs.Z (patches against base distribution).
(Source: <1992Nov24.072848.2113@unislc.uucp>)
November 24. Marc-Michel Corsini uploaded and posted the newest FAQ.
FTP: tsx-11.mit.edu: pub/linux/doc/FAQ.
November 24. Monty H. Brekke announced his upload of xv 2.21
binaries. Xv is a program for viewing pictures; it supports several
image type.
FTP: tsx-11.mit.edu: xv2.21bin.tar.Z
(Source: <By7GDx.Jz6@news.iastate.edu>)
November 25. Adam J. Richter announced a Linux CD-ROM. It contains
full sources, Linux 0.98.1, X, gcc, TeX, among other things. The
format is ISO 9660. The price is $99. No shipment outside of
US/Canada yet. Contact
Yggdrasil Computing, Incorporated
CDROM sales
PO Box 8418
Berkeley, CA 94707-8418
for more information.
(Source: <3814@news.cerf.net>)
November 25. Byong Pak announced his upload of DikuMud for Linux. It
is a multiplayer text adventure game in D&D style.
FTP: tsx-11.mit.edu: diku-linux.tar.Z
(Source: <acVj02t82c1R01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com>)
November 26. Joseph Allen announced version 1.0.7 of the editor Joe.
This new version includes shell windows, better support for 8-bit
characters, and bug fixes.
FTP: world.std.com: src/editors/joe1.0.7.tar.Z
(Source: <ByBvGL.1D6@world.std.com>)
November 26. Peter MacDonald updated the version of SLS to the same
version that Softlanding Systems distributes. This should reduce a
few of the problems. As usual, if you want to upgrade, read the
HISTORY file.
(Source: <1992Nov26.210711.7078@sol.UVic.CA>)
November 26. John Hendrickson announced his upload of ACM, a flight
simulator for X.
FTP: sunsite.unc.edu.
(Source: <ByCJMs.DFG@news.cs.andrews.edu>)
November 28. M. Saggaf announced Seyon 1.3, a terminal program for X.
The new version contains bug fixes and a few new features.
FTP: sipb.mit.edu: pub/seyon/
(Source: <1992Nov28.024154.25143@athena.mit.edu>)
November 28. Zeyd M. Ben-Halim announced his upload of mbase 5.0. It
is a database.
FTP: tsx-11.mit.edu:/incoming, sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/Incoming,
file mbase.lzh.
(Source: <1992Nov28.110104.22179@netcom.com>)
