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diff --git a/linux-news-4 b/linux-news-4 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..bef600e --- /dev/null +++ b/linux-news-4 @@ -0,0 +1,216 @@ +From: Lars.Wirzenius@helsinki.fi (Lars Wirzenius) +Subject: Linux News #4 (October 26 - November 6, 1992) + + + L i n u x N e w s + + A summary of the goings-on of the Linux community + + Issue #4, October 26 through November 6, 1992 + + + "The rumors our demise are exaggarated" + + + + +**** Highlights in this issue + +- comp.os.linux splitting in voting stage +- xsysinfo +- kernel 0.98 pl3 +- LILO version alpha.6 +- Updates to SLS +- tvtwm +- Xview3 libraries and tools +- poeigl 1.7 and admutil 1.4 +- Linus got some money + + +**** Editorial + +This issue is even more late than the previous one. I haven't had +time and energy to do very much about Linux News (and a bunch of other +things), so I missed last week completely, and even now this issue is +rather quickly done. Sorry about that. + +A major thing happening in comp.os.linux right now is the vote for +splitting the group into subgroups. This has been discussed sometimes +quite heatedly for a long time, and I won't say much more about it, +except that I personally hope for at least the creation of +comp.os.linux.announce, if only because it would make it easier for me +to do Linux News (I wouldn't have to hunt for announcements, I could +just pick them from one newsgroup). + + +**** 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. + +In fact, if you read Linux News, and think that it is a Good Thing, +and you want to make me happier, send me a post card to the following +address: + + Lars Wirzenius + Ohratie 16 C 198 + SF-01370 VANTAA + Finland + +(Letter bombs, as long as they are marked as such, can go to the same +address. :-) + +I take no responsibility whatsoever for any information in Linux News, +or any problems due lack of information. If you get killed due to +Linux News, mail me, and I'll feel sorry for you, but that's just +about all I can do. + + +**** Notices + +Linux News is only a summary, if you want more information about a +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). + + +**** News section + + +October 27. Gabor Herr announced xsysinfo, a program for X that +displays information about kernel parameters in a graphical form. The +displayed values are CPU load, CPU idela, memory size, cache size, and +swap size. + The program requires Linux 0.98 (or later), a working ps (0.97.6 or +later), the 4.1 jump libs and XFree 1.1. + FTP: tsx-11.mit.edu: xsysinfo-1.0.tar.Z (in /incoming at time of +announcement, final directory not known); +sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/Incoming/. + (Source: <1992Oct27.111232.35261@news.th-darmstadt.de>) + + +October 27. Linus Torvalds announced version 0.98, patchlevel 3 of +the kernel. Both context diffs and full source are available. + 0.98 pl3 fixes the following things: + * all known NULL-pointer problems (see announcement of 0.98pl2 in +Linux News #3) + * minor 387-emulation problems + * ASK_SVGA, broken by pl2 + There are no new features. + IMPORTANT: There is a major bug in 0.98pl3. The bug will cause the +super-block to not be properly updated when mounting/unmounting +filesystems, which will destroy the filesystem. + FTP: nic.funet.fi: pub/OS/Linux/testing/Linus/ + (Source: <1992Oct27.194952.14193@klaava.Helsinki.FI> +<1992Oct29.121938.16664@klaava.Helsinki.FI>) + + +October 28. Werner Almesberger announced LILO version alpha.6. LILO +is a generic boot loader Linux, which allows one to boot Linux from +the hard disk. + The new version fixes bugs. Also, it should be better at booting +other operating systems. Problems with bootin MS-DOS 5 should be +fixed. + FTP: sunsite.unc.edu: pub/Linux/incoming/ and tsx-11.mit.edu: +pub/linux/ALPHA/lilo/, files lilo.6.tar.Z (source and documentation), +lilo.6.ps.Z (documentation in PostScript format). + (Source: <1992Oct28.023703.10271@bernina.ethz.ch>) + + +October 28. Linux News #3 contained an announcement of Wampes for +Linux, but it didn't include a description. Olaf Erb described it +today follows: + ``It is a package for packet-radio. It includes a program like +ka9q-net that allows logging into the unix machine over ax.25, NET/ROM +and telnet. It includes a convers-server, bbs program and some other +utils.'' + FTP: see previous issue. + (Source: <1992Oct28.205832.22507@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de>) + + +October 29. Qi Xia announced bug fix version 0.9.1 of cksum. cksum +is a POSIX conforming checksum utility. + FTP: sunsite.unc.edu: pub/Linux/Incoming/ and tsx-11.mit.edu +(filenames or final directories not given). + (Source: <1992Oct29.162508.6753@sol.ctr.columbia.edu>) + + +November 1. Peter MacDonald announced new fixes for SLS. Check the +HISTORY file and obtain the packages that have been listed as changed, +especially the z?fix.taz packages (which are collections of patches +and fixes). + (Source: <1992Nov1.201314.11156@sol.UVic.CA>) + + +November 4. Peter MacDonald announced a new addition to SLS: the +Interviews programs idraw and iclass. They are in their own series, +in anticipation of the full Interviews environment. + (Source: <1992Nov4.175627.21814@sol.UVic.CA>) + + +November 5. Peter MacDonald announced new fixes for SLS. This should +fix the problems with permission problems in root. Also, ghostscript +with most drivers was added. + (Source: <1992Nov5.204626.314@sol.UVic.CA>) + + +October 30. R. Ramesh announced an upload of tvtwm, a window manager +for X. + All binaries were compiled with jump table 4.1, gcc 2.2.2d7 and +Xv2.1 shared libraries. tvtwm requires m4. + FTP: sunsite.unc.edu: /pub/Linux/Incoming/, files tvtwm-src.tar.Z, +tvtwm-bin.tar.Z and m4.Z. + (Source: <1992Oct30.161702.6567@utdallas.edu>) + + +November 1. Ed Rodda announced Pari 1.37 for Linux. It is a +sophisticated math solver. + FTP: math.ucla.edu: pub/pari (no binaries, but is reported to +compile easily). + (Source: <921031117@orca.wimsey.bc.ca>) + + +November 2. Kenneth Osterberg announced the Xview3 library and tools +ported for Linux. Xview is a user-interface toolkit for X. It +follows the Open Look GUI specification. + The package contains libxview.a, libolgx.a, olwm, olwmslave, +cmdtool/shelltool, props, textedit, and clock. Headerfiles for xview, +olgx, and pixrect, man pages, and online help files are also included. + This release contains binaries and diffs against xview sources. +Installation requires gcc. + FTP: tsx-11.mit.edu: xview3.tar.Z (directory not yet known), +sunsite.unc.edu: /pub/Linux/incoming/. + (Source: <lmfken.720695460@bluese2>) + + +November 3. Peter Orbaek announced poeigl 1.7 and admutil 1.4. + Poeigl contains init, getty, login, hostname, mesg, users, who, and +write. + Admutils contains chsh, ctrlaltdel, init, last, newgrp, passwd, +shutdown, reboot, halt, fastboot, fasthalt, su, and an example +/etc/rc. + This is a source code only release. It should be compilable with +Linux 0.97pl4 and gcc 2.2.2. + FTP: nic.funet.fi and tsx-11.mit.edu: poeigl-1.7.tar.Z and +admutil-1.4.tar.Z (directories not known at time of announcement). +ftp.daimi.aau.dk: /pub/Linux-source/ (presumably the same filenames). + (Source: <1992Nov3.090246.29076@daimi.aau.dk>) + + +November 6. Peter Anvin announced the final sum for the USA Linux +fund collection, $785 and $750 after wire transfer charges. + Linus thanks everybody, and reports that his computer has now been +paid in full. He has also received other donations (both money and +things), for which he is also grateful. |