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. **** Legalese Linux News can be copied, re-published, printed, hung on walls, used as toilet paper, and used in any other way you wish. If you distribute LN outside comp.os.linux and the LINUXNEWS channel, please tell me: the more people I know are reading LN, the more eager I am to put energy into it. 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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 They have been superseded by the DOC and SERIAL channels on the linux-activists@niksula.hut.fi mailing list (send an empty mail to linux-activists-request@niksula.hut.fi to get a help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: ) 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: ) 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: ) 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: ) 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: ) 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>)