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Table of Contents

• HEADLINE: SLUUG Linux SIG InstallFest is 9 September
• Next Meeting Details for 13 September
• Tutorial:Dynamic DNSwith Chad A. Bersche
• Presentation: Citrix server by "InfoLan" with Russ Smith
• Next Linux SIG Meeting is 21 September
• Book Special(s):
• Upcoming Events
• Meeting Directions
• Article(s)
• Sandbox
• BSD Archives Available to Local Members
• Quotations
• Interesting Browsing
• Personal Commentary
• Special Interest Groups (SIGS)
• Linux SIG (SLUUG-LS)
• Digital Alpha SIG
• Steering Committee
• Sponsors
• SLUUG on the World Wide Web
• SLUUG Administration is volunteer based.
• /usr/groups/other 
• Contacts
• Submitting Articles to the SLUUG CRONicle
• SLUUG PO Box

Headline Article

The Saint Louis Linux SIG is having its first Linux Installfest. Participants are invited to bring their computers to the event in order to receive assistance on installing the Linux operating system. Local experts will be on hand to answer any questions about Linux and/or open source software. Food and drink will be provided and numerous prizes and T-shirts will be given out.

Date: Saturday 9 September 2000
Time: 1:00pm - 5:00pm
Location: Quatrix Consulting, LLC, 11605 Studt Avenue, Suite 120
St. Louis (Creve Coeur), MO 63141-7052
Directions/Map: http://www.stllinux.org/directions/qett.html/

From I-270 go east on Olive Blvd.
Go right (south) on New Ballas Road.
Go left (east) on Studt Avenue.
Quatrix Consulting is on the left.

Sponsors:

For more information on SLUUG-LS refer to the WWW home page for the group at http://www.stllinlux.org or contact Matthew Porter by mailto:matthew@linuxguys.net

[ We felt that this article was so important to the community that we issued a separate extract mail message. This was so that our Linux inclined subscribers can have a much smaller message to forward on to others. -- Editor ]

Next Meeting Details

Tutorial

Abstract:
So, now you have that high speed data line to your house and you're just itchin' to be able to telnet, ping or just otherwise have your machine named on the net. Well, if you're not up to registering your own domain name, don't care if it's something "cute" or not, Dynamic DNS may be what you're looking for. The Dynamic DNS will be examined, clients discussed, features outlined and gotchas pointed out.

Biography:
Chad Bersche has done a number of presentations in the past.

Ideas about this discussion are welcome; please send mailto:cab3@iname.com 

Presentation

Abstract:
InfoLAN of StL will speak on using CITRIX Systems' MetaFrame for UNIX application servers with WinFrame for Microsoft clients.

Deploy UNIX Systems Applications to Any Device, Over Any Connection with Citrix MetaFrame for UNIX Operating Systems.

With the continued popularity of the UNIX platform, organizations are anxious to provide broader access to UNIX and Java applications, from any device, without requiring an extra software tier or terminal emulation.

Citrix MetaFrame(tm) for UNIX Operating Systems delivers these applications to users anywhere, via any network connection or device-thin-client terminal to handheld. With MetaFrame application server software, users also gain the benefits of improved performance over low-bandwidth connections and tighter security. Further, when MetaFrame for Windows and MetaFrame for UNIX Operating Systems are used together, they can deliver virtually any application to any device.

Ideas about this discussion are welcome; please contact Russell (Russ) Smith at 314-966-5688 Fax 314-966-6890
or send mailto:rsmith@infolan.com 
InfoLAN, Inc., 13610 Barrett Office Drive, Suite 109G, Ballwin, MO 63021
http://www.infolan.com/

For detailed information on WinFrame and MetaFrame:
http://www.citrix.com/

Next Linux SIG Meeting Is 21 September

Abstract:
Oracle 8i, the database for Internet computing, is changing the way information is managed and accessed to meet the demands of the Internet age, while providing significant new features for traditional applications. Using solutions developed and deployed with Oracle 8i, any organization can exploit the unlimited opportunities the Internet provides. * Now, that power is available for the Linux platform...

Oracle is leading the support for internet-based applications with the Oracle Internet Platform. It is the only comprehensive, integrated internet platform providing customers with everything needed to develop, deploy, and manage Internet applications.

The availability of Oracle8i on Linux enables current Linux users to deploy enterprise-class applications with unparalleled performance at the lowest possible cost. In addition, users reap the scalability and flexibility benefits of Oracle8i in Linux's open environment.

Biography:
Craig McElroy has been an Oracle DBA and application developer for over four years. His experiece with the Linux OS dates back to 1994. He is currently employed at World Wide Technology, Inc. as a Java developer/(reluctant) DBA, using Linux as his development and gaming platform of choice.

Ideas about this discussion are welcome; please send mailto:craig@buchek.com

Special Promotion(s)

Title of the Month The September discount special will be 25% on titles to be announced. There will be a 10% discount on all other books.

All regularly priced titles are 10% off retail cost at the general meeting. (Excludes featured, or specially priced or promotional items)

The O'Reilly and Associates line of books is available at each monthly general meeting as a convenience to our members.

Each month features a book related to that month's presentation or tutorial topic.
Discounts off retail cost are offered to all members and each month's featured book(s) may be additionally discounted. Usually, all titles are discounted 10%, while special titles are discounted 25%.

Upcoming Events

Meeting Directions

Directions From Downtown

1. Take 40 West to the Hanley exit.
2. Turn left (south) onto Hanley.
3. Turn left (east) onto Manchester, then turn right ASAP into the Sunnen Products driveway.

(NOTE: A security guard from Sunnen is scheduled to be at the door from 6:20 PM to 7:20 PM to allow entry. After 7:20, the door will be unattended and attendees may not be able to enter.)

The SLUUG Steering Committee meets the Tuesday following the general meeting at 6:00 PM in the 2nd floor training room of Daugherty Systems, One City Place in Creve Coeur.

The SLUUG Linux SIG (SLUUG-LS) meets the 3rd Thursday of every month at the Indian Trails Public Library.

See map at http://www.stllinux.org/directions/

• Sandbox
• BSD Archives Available to Local Members
• Quotations 
• Interesting Browsing
• Personal Commentary 

Sandbox

SLUUG members can experiment with web-related technologies on a new sandbox machine named Pilsner. The server is a Pentium 200 running the Linux 2.2.12 kernel.

The server is built with the following:

--Apache 1.3.12
--Perl 5.6 and mod_perl
--Tomcat and Cocoon from the Apache group. These products support Java servlets and XML processing.
--Qmail and ezmlm. Qmail is a secure, high-performance alternative to Sendmail. With EZMLM users can quickly and simply create and manage mailing lists.
--PHP 4.0. Embed the PHP scripting language into web pages for server-side processing.
--MySQL Database.
--Java 1.2

To get an account, contact Rich Seibel by mailto:rich@mail.sluug.org

BSD Archives Available to Local Members

The St Louis BSD User Community http://www.stlbsd.org/ has provided to the SLUUG sandbox and SLUUG membership a BSD version archive on CDROM. Currently there are at least 6 versions of FreeBSD and OpenBSD in the archive for Intel, Alpha, Sparc, and others. Along with the CD's are some printed installation instructions from the Internet in a binder. The disks are available for use within the sandbox or a single set may be "checked out" and used offsite if you promise to return them within a couple weeks.

All SLUUG members are welcome to borrow any of the BSD versions on CD. That is why STLBSD put the BSD Version Archive together. It's on the honor system, we just ask that you get them back to the archive so that they will be available for other members.

The archive is stored at the SLUUG sandbox. If I recall correctly the archive has a jewel boxed set of OpenBSD2.6 and also a burned set of 2.7. There is also a binder with the "official" installation instructions printed from the Internet.

For more information members can contact John Brooks by sending mailto:john@stlbsd.orgfor details.

[on GNOME] ...The original plan was to aim to make a desktop as good as the Macintosh,
and we should not lower our ambition by making one merely as good as Windows.
-- Richard Stallman

I'm not sure how this is done on an NT system, except that it involves a lot of clicking and rebooting.
-- Tom Wheeler

If you need to find a good pub in London follow people wearing
Debian shirts. It works, it really does.
-- Alan Cox

Follow up:
http://www2.linuxjournal.com/cgi-bin/frames.pl/lj-issues/issue73/3946.html
- Here is a PYTHON Tutorial
http://linuxfocus.org/English/July2000/article160.shtm
- Tutorial on writing GUI applications using Glade/libglade and Python:

Two Days In Tech Support
http://www.punchbaby.com/media/clips/funny/220v.mpg
http://www.punchbaby.com/media/clips/funny/BadDaySmall.mpeg

IBM Stuff
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/htx/nm/20000807/tc/ibm_dc_1.html
- Prototype of Wristwatch Running Linux
http://lwn.net/daily/linuxwatch_pen.jpg
- Picture of Wristwatch Running Linux
http://www.ibm.com/software/is/mp/linux/audio/ibm_linux-02.avi
- Pro-Linux IBM Commercial

Security
http://www.stlbsd.org/html/hacker.html
- Linux Death Match Article

More Tutorials
http://www.linux.com/firststep/newsitem.phtml?sid=60&aid=10091
- GIMP - Part 1
http://www.linux.com/firststep/newsitem.phtml?sid=60&aid=10193
- GIMP - Part 2

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Personal Commentary
Submitted by Almost Anyone

The following PERSONAL COMMENTARY expresses personal opinions and SLUUG exerts no more editorial control over such content than does a public library, bookstore, or newsstand. Any opinions, advice, statements, services, offers, or other information or Content expressed herein are those of the respective author and not necessarily supported by SLUUG. SLUUG does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any content, nor its merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose.
 

Microsoft Faces Pressure to Respond Soon to Linux Operating System Threat http://linuxtoday.com/stories/6933.html

On what Micro$oft can do to respond to Linux OS Threat...

...They can make it illegal. This is already underway. There is a new bill, backed (of course) by Microsoft, making it illegal to reverse engineer software. This is already underway, see http://www.simnet.org/{issue:UCITA}.

Check it out if you want to be frightened. What happens when the programmers who wrote Samba are in court? What happens if anybody who writes anything like MS products are in court, with high-paid lawyers on the other side? Regardless of Anti-trust trial, anybody can sue anybody else at anytime and allege anything. And the damage doesn't come from winning or losing the suit, the damage comes from the expense of defending yourself. If you do anything based on what you read here, OPPOSE THIS. This is perhaps the KEY ISSUE to consider. If this gets passed, things get ALOT HARDER for open source.

-- Linuxtoday comment by Benjamin Smith

ANY OPPOSING COMMENTS MAY BE MADE BY SENDING mailto:editor@mail.sluug.org for consideration for future publication.)

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Special Interest Groups (SIGS)

As our membership grows, we have had some inquiries about the possibility of having Special Interest Groups in several areas. If you are interested in starting or participating in a SIG for System Administration, Networking, C, Object Oriented Programming, a specific vendor, etc., please call Dave Mills at 230-5151, extension 103, or contact any officer of the group.

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St. Louis Unix Users Group - Linux SIG (SLUUG-LS)

Visit the Linux SIG home page ( http://www.stllinux.org/linux/ ) for the latest meeting details.
LOCATION DIRECTIONS:

Indian Trails Public Library
8400 Delport Drive
(at Midland)
(314)-428-5424

Follow 170:

Exit Page east to North-South Rd., go left on North-South Rd. to Midland, go left on Midland one block to Delport, the Library is on your left (see map at http://www.stllinux.org/directions/ ).

For more information on SLUUG-LS refer to the WWW home page for the group at http://www.stllinlux.org or contact Matthew Porter by mailto:matthew@linuxguys.net

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Digital Alpha SIG

The Digital Alpha SIG is for those interested in Digital UNIX and the DEC Alpha architecture. Visit the Digital Alpha SIG's home at http://www.sluug.org/~newton/asighome.html for more information.

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St. Louis UNIX Users Group Steering Committee

The SLUUG Steering Committee meets the Tuesday following the general 2nd Wednesday meeting at 6:00 PM in the 2nd floor training room of Daugherty Systems, One City Place in Creve Coeur. The guard can direct you to the meeting location. Anyone is welcome to attend. If you would like to become more involved in the planning of SLUUG, feel free to join us at the next Steering Committee meeting. Meetings usually last 1.5 to 2 hours.

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Sponsors

Analysts International http://www.analysts.com/

Andersen Consulting http://www.ac.com/

Bradford & Galt http://www.bradfordandgalt.com/

CIBER, Inc. http://www.ciber.com/

Cypress Systems, Ltd. http://www.cypress-systems.com/

Daugherty Systems http://www.daugherty.com/

Informix Corporation http://www.informix.com/

Maryville Data Systems, Inc. http://www.maryville.com/

O'Reilly & Associates http://www.ora.com/

Phoenix Networks http://www.pnix.net/

Phoenix Networks http://www.phoenixnetworks.net/

Renaissance Worldwide, Inc. http://www.rens.com/

Sacerdoti Linux Machines http://www.slinuxmachines.com/ { link may be down }

Sun Microsystems http://www.sun.com/

Stopka & Associates http://www.stopka.com/

Sunnen Products http://www.sunnen.com/

Sykes Enterprises, Inc. http://www.sykes.com/

Technisource Inc. http://www.tsrc.net/

Triple-I Corporation http://www.triplei.com/

Venmar Systems, Inc. http://www.venmar.com/

The Law Offices of Rich McLennan, send mailto:mclennan@mail.sluug.org

 

For more information about sponsoring the St. Louis UNIX Users Group, contact Ed Wehner, send mailto:wehner@mail.sluug.org.

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SLUUG on the World Wide Web

The St. Louis UNIX Users Group maintains a WWW page at http://www.sluug.org/. Visit us to learn more about who we are and what we do, visit other UNIX user groups' WWW pages, sign up for a SIG, or just to browse.

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SLUUG Administration is volunteer based.

SLUUG is looking for volunteers to help with presentations, web page development, managing corporate sponsorships, and many other tasks. If you would like to help out contact Gary Meyer by mailto:gary@mail.sluug.org

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/usr/groups/other

We publish other user group meeting schedules on a reciprocal basis. If you are a member of another non-profit group, please inform them of our policy and invite them to exchange meeting information by mailto:editor@mail.sluug.org, or call any of the SLUUG officers.

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Contacts

BBS Questions	Gary Meyer	mailto:gary@mail.sluug.org
Corporate Sponsors	Ed Wehner	mailto:wehner@mail.sluug.org
O'Reilly Books	Dave Mills	Work: (314)230-5151, extension 103  mailto:mills@mail.sluug.org
Presentations	Open Position	Send info/ideas by mailto:rich@mail.sluug.org
Newsletter Submissions	Editorial team:	mailto:editor@mail.sluug.org
Publisher	Sanjiv Bhatia	Home: (314)519-9272  Work: (314)516-6520  FAX: (314)516-5400  mailto:sanjiv@aryabhat.cs.umsl.edu
Editor	Stan Reichardt	Home: (314)298-1183  mailto:editor@mail.sluug.org http://www.sluug.org/~stan mailto:stan@mail.sluug.org
Steering Committee Information	Gary Meyer	Home: (314)781-8644  mailto:gary@mail.sluug.org
SLUUG Secretary	Rich Seibel	mailto:rich@mail.sluug.org
SLUUG Treasurer	Mike Kriz	mailto:kriz@mail.sluug.org
Special Interest Groups (SIGs)
Linux SIG Chair	Matthew Porter	Home: (314)353-7988 mailto:matthew@linuxguys.net

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Submitting Articles to the SLUUG CRONicle

If you would like to submit an article to the CRONicle of general interest to the members of the St. Louis UNIX Users Group, send mailto:editor@mail.sluug.org The deadline for article submissions is two weeks before the next general meeting.

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SLUUG PO Box

The St. Louis UNIX Users Group has a P.O. box. All official correspondence with SLUUG should now be sent to:

    St. Louis UNIX Users Group
    P.O. Box 411302
    Creve Coeur Post Office
    St. Louis, MO  63141-9998

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