The UNIX® CRONicle |
July 1999 |
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Online version: http://www.sluug.org/cronicle/
Wednesday, July 14, 1999 at 6:30 PM
Sunnen Products, 7910 Manchester
| 6:30 PM | Tutorial | The History of Editors by Rich Seible |
| 7:00 PM | Call For Help | (An opportunity for you to ask technical questions of the group) |
| 7:15 PM | Social, off-line conversations, & book sales | |
| 7:20 PM | Admittance to building may no longer be possible See Meeting Directions | |
| 7:30 PM | Presentation | Learning VI Editing Commands by Stan Reichardt |
Abstract:
There is a text editor called "vi" on Unix systems that scares new users.
The "vi" editor is old and has a reputation of not being easy to learn; but, it is on vitrually every Unix-like OS. It's speed and power make it well worth the effort.
This presentation will provide an overview of how to learn the "vi" editor, an introduction on what to learn first, what to learn next, finding support materials to do it right and using "vi" on non-Unix OSs.
This presentation will NOT be for the "vi" experts, but a guide for those that want to teach themselves and others. Hopefully, it will be a useful introduction for those just beginning their journey into the vastly rewarding territory of Unix and Open Software.
Biography:
Stan Reichardt is the volunteer Editor for The UNIX®CRONicle, the Official Publication of the STL!/unix/usr/group, i.e., the St. Louis Unix User's Group newsletter.
Stan has been using Linux for several years. He started out years ago coding COBOL on a national WANG VS-100 network. Over the years he has been known to administer various Unix/Novell/LAN systems and support desktop PC users. He tolerates main frames and would like to avoid Micro$oft in all forms. He provides 24/7 PC and Internet support to family and friends. Contributing his point of view to the SLUUG steering committee and to the SLUUG UNIX® CRONicle newsletter are secondary to his fascination with books and Linux. He loves his wife and son. He tolerates their dog.
[ Editor's Notes:
Stan gave a quite long winded and opinionated tutorial in March entitled "Running the Satan Security Tool under Linux". So when he offered to do another tutorial, this time on "vi", the Steering Committee decided it would be long enough to be the main presentation and still not be so long as to put everone to sleep.
Stan likes to ask questions that almost everyone else thinks are "stupid", just to stir the pot. -- editor ]
Abstract:
They're everywhere, they're everywhere (in UNIX that is). Stone tablets just didn't quite work with electrons, so it gets better from there.
[ Rich will introduce you to facts that will amaze your mother, your friends, even your dog. If not factual, then it will be entertaining.
Recent history is not all that it seems. Much is always left out by those that were there. The rest they make up. -- ed ]
Biography:
Rich Seibel is a consultant for Advanced Resources Inc. Rich was trained as an electrical engineer at Purdue University in 1966. He started out maintaining computers 25 years ago and moved into software and tracking technology. He is currently developing software for client server systems.
He has been a SLUUG board member and steering committee member in the past and has been doing tutorials for the Unix Users Group for quite a few years. Currently he is the organization's Secretary and general recorder.
[ Editor's Notes:
Rich was co-presenter on last month's fine presentation of the Micro$oft Anti-Trust Case. ]
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Title of the Month The 25% discount special this month is on the Learning vi book, vi pocket reference, Learning GNU Emacs book, and the GNU Emacs pocket reference. |
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.
| General Meeting | July 14, 1999 at 6:30 PM Sunnen Products 7910 Manchester St. Louis, MO |
| Linux SIG | July 15, 1999 at 7:00 PM ( TOPIC: ) Securing the Apache Web Server by Matthew Feldt Indian Trails Library 8400 Delport Drive (at Midland) |
| Steering Committee | July 20, 1999 at 6:00 PM Daugherty Systems One City Place (2nd floor) Creve Coeur, MO |
The STL!/unix/usr/group meets the 2nd Wednesday of every month at Sunnen Products, 7910 Manchester Blvd, just east of Hanley on Manchester.
Directions From Downtown
See map at http://www.sluug.org/info/sunnen.html
(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 (SLUUGLS) meets the 3rd Thursday of every month at the Indian Trails Public Library.
See map at http://www.stllinux.org/directions/
As you may know, SLUUG is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting UNIX and open systems technology. We hold monthly meetings, each of which features a tutorial and technical presentation, sales of O'Reilly books, and opportunities for informal face-to-face "networking." We also hold monthly steering committee meetings and special interest group (SIG) meetings, such as the Linux SIG. SLUUG also runs several mailing lists and hosts a booth at the annual ITEC Expo at the downtown St. Louis Convention Center.
For several years, SLUUG has offered inexpensive dial-up Internet and command-line UNIX service to its members. Through this service, our members can surf the 'net, send and recieve email, participate in Usenet news groups, create and maintain their own personal web pages, learn about web and software development, and learn new UNIX skills. We recently added a "sand box" machine to our mix to give members a chance to really get some hands-on experience with tools such as the Apache Web Server, Perl, Python, gcc, Tcl, etc. without fear of adversely impacting other users.
All of the equipment and labor for running this system these past several years has been donated by SLUUG members and sponsors. We also pay for our own phone lines and domain name (sluug.org). The space, electricity, and Internet connection have been freely donated by the Washington University School of Business. The machines are currently located on campus in the basement of Simon Hall.
SLUUG is now in need of a new home for this system. We are looking for space that could house our system.
We require approximately 120 sq. ft. of floor space, an Internet connection (preferably T1), and access to 110v or 220v power (we have our own 110v to 220v transformer if needed). Our network and power utilization are both quite low. Since we are a volunteer organization [we all have day jobs :-(] we will also need physical access to the site during evenings and weekends to perform system administration and maintenance. Another Washington University campus location would be ideal since it would allow us to keep our same phone numbers.
Here is a rough breakdown of the equipment we would house at this location (subject to change):
Please let me know if you can help us out. I assure you we are very good tenants! If you need more specific information on the hardware or other aspects of this system, please contact Gary Meyer by sending mailto:gary@mail.sluug.org.
Below are results of the attendance & survey sheets collected at the...
SLUUG General meeting on 9 June 1999:
SLUUG Linux SIG meeting on 17 June 1999:
Results of each question on our OPTIONAL survey/questionaire:
[ Note that the general meeting results are listed under "Gen" and the Linux SIG results are under "SIG" ]
1. Did you attend the last SLUUG General meeting?
Gen/SIG
2. Did you attend the last SLUUG Linux SIG meeting?
Gen/SIG
3. Which style interface do you prefer?
Gen/SIG
4. What UNIX text editor(s) do you use?
Gen/SIG
5. Do you also use any of the above same editors on non-UNIX O/Ss?
Gen/SIG
6. Which UNIX word processing package(s) do you use?
Gen/SIG
7. Have you ever written a local "man" page type document with nroff/troff/gnroff?
Gen/SIG
8. Tutoral (only at General meeting):
Regular Expressions by Mike Kriz
Gen/SIG
9. Presentation:
Gen/SIG
SLUUG COMMENTS:
LINUX SIG COMMENTS:
OBSERVATIONS:
Seems like more of the regulars are choosing not to respond to survey questions.
OPINION:
We really don't want to ask too many
questions, neither too often, nor too fast. We might get answers,
then have to think about the results.
submitted by Dave Mills
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To keep up with NET events:
http://www.linuxtoday.com- daily news of mostly (but not only) Linux events.
http://www.slashdot.org- news for nerds - stuff that matters!
http://www.freshmeat.net- daily updates of Internet software releases. (check out the "appindex" button).
http://www.32bitsonline.net- Because There's More Than One Way to Compute.
http://www.lwn.net- Linux Weekly News.
http://www.webwatcher.org- Tracks when numerous WWW pages were last updated.
For the Paranoid:
http://linuxtoday.com/stories/6276.html- Careful, they might hear you. http://www.fcw.com/pubs/fcw/1999/0531/web-nsa-6-3-99.html - Congress, NSA butt heads over Echelon
To configure a Linux machine:
http://www.monitorworld.com- Specs on over 2100 monitors from 150+ manufacturers.
http://www.monitorservice.com- After Monitor FAQ page follow Performance Parameters link.
http://www.hercules.com/monitors- The monitor data base that had the one that I wanted!
http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html- Knowlege base of Linux compatible modems!For the Linux beginner:
http://www.linux.org/ - What is Linux?
http://www.linuxberg.org- Useful info and easy downloads.
http://www.linuxplanet.com/ - ...for newbies.
http://qlink.queensu.ca/~3srf/linux-admin/ - Linux Administration Made Easy" (LAME) Pre-Release
http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/ - The Linux Documentation Project
DSL
http://linuxtoday.com/stories/6434.html - BellSouth denies ADSL to Linux Users
http://linuxtoday.com/stories/6443.html - CNET News.com: BellSouth DSL leaves Linux in the lurch
http://linuxtoday.com/stories/6451.html - Inside Info on ADSL and BellSouth
http://linuxtoday.com/stories/6772.html - BellSouth continues obstinacy on Linux/ADSL.
Lab Rats search for cheeze...
http://linuxtoday.com/stories/7113.html - PC Week: PC Week Labs' tests show what path Linux must take
http://linuxtoday.com/stories/7116.html - Sm@rt Reseller: Linux Vs. NT, Round Two: And The Winner Is...
[ ...is this the NT high water mark? -- editor ]
http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/story/story_3505.html - The Hidden Failure of Windows 2000
Other
http://linuxtoday.com/stories/7105.html - Linux Professional Institute News for June 24, 1999
http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/CWFlash/990621B00E - Home Depot Testing Linux For Mushrooming PC Volume
http://linuxtoday.com/stories/7003.html - IBM has Linux Training over the Internet ( 61 Slides )
http://linuxtoday.com/stories/7021.html - Infoworld Circulating Petition to Halt UCITA
http://linuxtoday.com/stories/6407.html - Byte.com: Connecting Linux To The Internet
http://linuxtoday.com/stories/6418.html - Performance Computing: Top Open-Source Security Tools For UNIX
http://linuxtoday.com/stories/6427.html - ZDNet: Desktop Linux OSes: Less Pain, Many Gains
follow up to June newsletter item...
http://linuxtoday.com/stories/7115.html - PC Week: Will Microsoft 'open up'?
http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/199906/vmware&page=1 - Test Drive: VMware for Linux
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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.
Visit the Linux SIG home page (http://www.stllinux.org/) 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 SLUUGLS refer to the WWW home page for the group at http://linux.feldt.com or contact Matthew Feldt by mailto:linux@www.feldt.com.
The CTI SIG is no longer having regular meetings and is currently using a webboard format.
The Computer Telephony Integration (CTI) Users Group is a non-profit organization open to developers, end-users, sales people, and others who share the common interest of melding the telecommunications and computing worlds.
For more information on SLUUG CiTI contact Tony Zafiropoulos by mailto:tonyz@ctitek.com or (314)878-9855.
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.
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.
For more information about sponsoring the St. Louis UNIX Users Group, contact Ed Wehner, send mailto:wehner@mail.sluug.org.
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.
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 Chris Wanta by mailto:cfw1@mail.sluug.org or visit http://www.sluug.org/~cfw1/help.html.
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.
| Address Changes and Membership |
Klaus Mueller | Home: +1 (573) 334-6477
331 S Spring Ave Cape Girardeau, MO 63703 mailto:mueller@mail.sluug.org |
| BBS Questions | Jim (Knight) Ford | mailto:knight@mail.sluug.org
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| Corporate Sponsors | Ed Wehner | mailto:wehner@mail.sluug.org
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| Newsletter Submissions |
Editorial team: | mailto:editor@mail.sluug.org
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| 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 |
| O'Reilly Books | Dave Mills | Work: (314)230-5151, extension 103
mailto:mills@mail.sluug.org |
| Presentations | Open Position | Currently send info/ideas to mailto:gary@mail.sluug.org
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| Steering Committee Information |
Gary Meyer | Home: (314)781-8644
mailto:gary@mail.sluug.org |
| SLUUG Treasurer | Christine Wanta | mailto:cfw1@mail.sluug.org
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| Special Interest Groups (SIGs) | ||
| Computer Telephony Integration (CTI) |
Tony Zafiropoulos | Phone: (314)878-9855
http://www.ctitek.com/ctiusers/ctiusers.html mailto:tonyz@ctitek.com |
| Linux | Matthew Feldt | Home: (314)429-5433
http://www.feldt.com mailto:linux@www.feldt.com |
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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St. Louis UNIX Users Group
P.O. Box 411302
Creve Coeur Post Office
St. Louis, MO 63141-9998