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diff --git a/linux-news-6 b/linux-news-6 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6a11f56 --- /dev/null +++ b/linux-news-6 @@ -0,0 +1,191 @@ +From: Lars.Wirzenius@helsinki.fi (Lars Wirzenius) +Subject: Linux News #6 (November 16 - 22, 1992) + + + L i n u x N e w s + + A summary of the goings-on of the Linux community + + Issue #6, November 16 through 25, 1992 + + + + + + + +**** Highlights in this issue + +- Back issues on LN via ftp +- New efsprogs +- SLS upgrades +- TeX upgrad in SLS +- 8-bit clean bash and rc +- ImageMagick +- Joe 1.0.5 +- Linux via Trickle +- BSD printer programs +- Sources for several Linux admin programs +- Seyon 1.1 + + +**** Editorial + +Back issues of Linux News are now available via anonymous FTP from +nic.funet.fi, directory /pub/OS/Linux/doc/Linux-News. This is an +archive of the LINUXNEWS channel on the linux-activists@niksula.hut.fi +mailing list. + +I will no longer be sending back issues via mail. + + +**** 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). There will be exceptions. + + +**** News section + + +November 17. Remy Card announced efsprogs version alpha 10.1. There +was a version alpha 10 announced the day before, but that contained a +bug, which was quickly fixed and now alpha 10.1 is the current +version. + efsprogs consists of mkefs and efsck, i.e. mkfs and fsck for the +extended filesystem. + Changes since version alpha 9 include man pages, and better +checking in efsck. + FTP: tsx-11.mit.edu, ftp-masi.ibp.fr [132.227.64.26]: +pub/linux/ALPHA/extfs, files efsprogs10.tar.Z (source and binary +programs), efsprogs10.src.tar.Z (source only programs), +efsprogs10.bin.tar.Z (binary only programs), efsprogs.p10.Z (patch to +upgrade from version alpha 9). + (Source: <1992Nov17.100225.13013@jussieu.fr>) + + +November 17. Peter MacDonald announced SLS upgrades. Changes include +upgrading the kernel to 0.98pl5 (with the test TCP/IP included in the +compiled kernel), fixing some configuration and permission problems +(e.g. X11 fonts), replacing some broken binaries. + Kernel 0.98pl5 will break some binaries, since it checks against +writing into the text segment. At least sc is affected. It is a good +idea to keep an older version of the kernel around. + FTP: The usual sites, check the HISTORY file for what files you +need. + (Source: <1992Nov17.182124.3273@sol.UVic.CA>) + + +November 17. Thomas Dunbar announced a slight update to TeX in SLS. +Fixes some problems, including a problem with xdvi. + FTP: the usual sites, t1/texman.taz, t2/texbin.taz. + (Source: <9709@vtserf.cc.vt.edu>) + + +November 18. Janne Himanka announced 8-bit clean versions of the +shells bash and rc. Bash is version 1.10 (since there are no patches +for 1.12). Rc is a clone of Plan 9's rc shell; Janne's version +includes GNU readline. + 8-bit cleanliness is preferred feature for most people who use +non-English languages, since their character sets are usually 8-bit, +instead of 7-bit ASCII. + FTP: nic.funet.fi:/pub/OS/Linux/util/shells/. + (Source: <JANNE.92Nov18231314@seita.oulu.fi>) + + +November 19. Andrew J. Cosgriff announced binaries of ImageMagick +2.0. These binaries require the jumptable jpeg and tiff libraries by +Rob Hooft. + ImageMagick is a program for displaying images and converting them +between various forms. + FTP: sunsite.unc.edu and tsx-11.mit.edu. + (Source: <ins217t.722142087@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au>) + + +November 20. Bruce Cheng announced diffs for ImageMagic 2.1. You +also need the original IM sources and the jump libs for different +image types. + FTP: export.lcs.mit.edu: /contrib/ (original sources), +sunsite.unc.edu: diff-imgik21.Z (diffs for Linux), libjpeg.a.Z (JPEG +lib version 3c), libtiff.a.Z (TIFF lib version 3.2b), liburt.a.Z (URT +lib version 3.1b). + (Source: <chengb.722231259@craft.camp.clarkson.edu>) + + +November 21. Joseph H Allen announced Joe version 1.0.5. Joe is a +small and fairly simple editor that has been on at least some versions +of Jim Winstead's rootdisk. There were several announcements for +versions 1.0.0 through 1.0.3 as well, but 1.0.5 seems to be the +current one. The summary of new features is too long to include here. + FTP: world.std.com: src/editors/joe1.0.5.tar.Z. + (Source: <By2LMM.JuI@world.std.com>) + + +November 20. Gustaf Neumann announced a Trickle server for Linux. +Trickle is a "caching file redistributor", which distributes files via +mail. + Addresses (all are the same machine, they just are for different +networks): TRICKLE@AWIWUW11.BITNET, TRICKLE@AWIWUW11.EARN, +TRICKLE@AWIWUW11.wu-wien.ac.at. + In order to use this, start by sending a mail to one of the above +addresses with a line containing "/HELP" and you should get a help +file in return mail. + (Source: <7222729118-34228@dec4.wu-wien.ac.at>) + + +November 20. Ross Biro announced a port of BSD's lpr package for +managing printer spools: lpr, lpq, and lprm. + FTP: sunsite.unc.edu. + (Source: <1992Nov20.211004.9713@leland.Stanford.EDU>) + + +November 20. Jim Winstead announced a set of sources for +miscellaneous Linux utilities. Utilities included are: doshell, ed, +fdformat, fdisk, frag, fsck, kill, makehole, mkfs, mkswap, more, +pathnames, setfdprm, setroot, setserial, setterm, sync, update. + FTP: tsx-11.mit.edu: system-0.98.tar.Z + (Source: <1992Nov20.213143.26320@muddcs.claremont.edu>) + + +November 21. M. Saggaf announced Seyon 1.1, a communications program +for X11. Version 1.0 was also announced recently. Note that there is +a Seyon channel on the linux-activists@niksula.hut.fi mailing list. + FTP: sipb.mit.edu: pub/seyon/ + (Source: <1992Nov21.080717.5816@athena.mit.edu>) |