CONTENTS: a2ps apsfilt ash bc cdparano cdrdao cdrtools diff enscript ghostscr groff gsfonts ispell jed joe jove ksh93 lvm man manpages mc mp3 mt_st mysql oggutils quota raidtool rpm sc screen seejpeg sox sudo texinfo vim workbone zsh       
a2ps:     GNU a2ps-4.13b.
a2ps:
a2ps:     GNU a2ps is an Any to PostScript filter.  Of course it processes
a2ps:     plain text files, but also pretty prints quite a few popular
a2ps:     programming languages.  a2ps is used by apsfilter (apsfilt.tgz),
a2ps:     so be sure to install this package if you plan to do any printing.
a2ps:     Also contained in this package is psutils-1.17, a collection of
a2ps:     programs for manipulating PostScript files.
a2ps:
a2ps:
a2ps:
apsfilt:  apsfilter-6.1.1.
apsfilt:
apsfilt:  Apsfilter is a printer input filter.  With apsfilter installed and
apsfilt:  configured, you can print many different file types (like ASCII,
apsfilt:  PostScript, and DVI, as well as compressed versions of all of these)
apsfilt:  directly with 'lpr', and apsfilter will automatically handle the
apsfilt:  conversion process on the fly.
apsfilt:
apsfilt:  To configure apsfilter, run the SETUP program in /usr/lib/apsfilter.
apsfilt:
apsfilt:
ash:      Kenneth Almquist's ash shell.
ash:
ash:      A lightweight (62K) Bourne compatible shell.  Great for machines with
ash:      low memory, but does not provide all the extras of shells like bash,
ash:      tcsh, and zsh.  Runs most shell scripts compatible with the Bourne
ash:      shell.  Note that under Linux, most scripts seem to use at least some
ash:      bash-specific syntax.  The Slackware setup scripts are a notable
ash:      exception, since ash is the shell used on the install disks.  NetBSD
ash:      uses ash as its /bin/sh.
ash:
ash:
bc:       GNU bc 1.06 - An arbitrary precision calculator language.
bc:
bc:       bc is a language that supports arbitrary precision numbers with 
bc:       interactive execution of statements.  There are some similarities in
bc:       the syntax to the C programming language.
bc:
bc:
bc:
bc:
bc:
bc:
cdparano: cdparanoia-III-alpha9.8
cdparano:
cdparano: Cdparanoia is a Compact Disc Digital Audio (CDDA) extraction tool,
cdparano: commonly known on the net as a 'ripper'.  It reads digital audio data
cdparano: from a Compact Disc and saves it to sound files.  Cdparanoia has been
cdparano: designed to read correct audio data even using cheap CDROM drives
cdparano: prone to misalignment, frame jitter and loss of streaming.
cdparano: Cdparanoia will also read and repair data from CDs that have been
cdparano: damaged in some way.
cdparano:
cdparano:
cdrdao:   cdrdao-1.1.5
cdrdao:
cdrdao:   cdrdao burns proper disc-at-once (DAO) audio discs.  In DAO mode the
cdrdao:   disc is written in one shot, so you don't have to have irritating 2
cdrdao:   second gaps interrupting a live recording.
cdrdao:
cdrdao:
cdrdao:
cdrdao:
cdrdao:
cdrdao:
cdrtools: cdrtools-1.10
cdrtools:
cdrtools: Tools for mastering and writing compact discs.
cdrtools:
cdrtools: cdda2wav -- CD audio sampling utility.
cdrtools: cdrecord -- burn discs in most ATAPI and SCSI CD-R drives.
cdrtools: mkisofs  -- create ISO9660/HFS/Joliet CD-ROM images.
cdrtools:
cdrtools:
cdrtools:
cdrtools:
diff:     GNU diffutils-2.7
diff:
diff:     The GNU diff utilities - finds differences between files. (to make
diff:     source code patches, for instance)
diff:
diff:
diff:
diff:
diff:
diff:
diff:
enscript: GNU enscript 1.6.1
enscript:
enscript: Enscript converts text files to PostScript and spools the generated
enscript: output to a printer or saves it to a file.  If no input files are
enscript: given, enscript processes standard input.  Enscript can be extended to
enscript: handle different output media and it has many options for customizing
enscript: printouts.  
enscript:
enscript:
enscript:
enscript:
ghostscr: Ghostscript version 5.50a
ghostscr:
ghostscr: Preview, print and process PostScript documents on both PostScript and
ghostscr: non-PostScript devices.  If you need X11 support, you should also 
ghostscr: install the package 'gs_x11' found on the XAP series.  It contains a 
ghostscr: /usr/bin/gs with support for X11.
ghostscr:
ghostscr:
ghostscr:
ghostscr:
ghostscr:
groff:    GNU groff 1.17 document formatting system.
groff:
groff:    The groff package provides versions of troff, nroff, eqn, tbl, and 
groff:    other Unix text-formatting utilities.  Groff is used to 'compile' man
groff:    pages stored in groff/nroff format into a form which can be printed or
groff:    displayed on the screen.  These man pages are stored in compressed
groff:    form in the /usr/man/man? directories.
groff:
groff:
groff:
groff:
gsfonts:  Fonts for the Ghostscript interpreter/previewer.
gsfonts:
gsfonts:  These fonts come from gnu-gs-fonts-other-5.50.tar.gz and
gsfonts:  gnu-gs-fonts-std-5.50.tar.gz.
gsfonts:
gsfonts:
gsfonts:
gsfonts:
gsfonts:
gsfonts:
gsfonts:
ispell:   ispell-3.2.03
ispell:
ispell:   Ispell is a fast screen-oriented spelling checker that shows you your
ispell:   errors in the context of the original file, and suggests possible 
ispell:   corrections when it can figure them out.  Compared to UNIX spell, it
ispell:   is faster and much easier to use.  Ispell can also handle languages
ispell:   other than English.  Ispell has a long history, and many people have
ispell:   contributed to the current version -- some of the major contributors
ispell:   include R. E. Gorin, Pace Willisson, Walt Buehring, and Geoff 
ispell:   Kuenning. 
ispell:
jed:      jed-B0.99-12
jed:
jed:      JED (by John E. Davis) is an extremely powerful but small emacs-like
jed:      programmer's editor that is extensible in a C-like macro language and
jed:      can do color syntax highlighting.  Among the many features:
jed:          Emacs, wordstar, EDT emulation;
jed:          C, Fortran, TeX, text editing modes;  Full undo;
jed:          GNU Emacs compatible info reader, and lots more.
jed:
jed:      JED is also 8 bit clean, so you can even edit binary files!  
jed:
joe:      Joe text editor v2.9.5
joe:
joe:      Joseph H. Allen's easy to use text editor, similar to WordStar[tm].
joe:
joe:
joe:
joe:
joe:
joe:
joe:
joe:
jove:     Jonathan's Own Version of Emacs (4.16) 
jove:
jove:     A mostly Emacs compatible text editor, with man pages and the 
jove:     'teachjove' tutorial program.  If you'd rather have the real thing, 
jove:     the actual Emacs editor/environment is available in series 'E'.
jove:
jove:
jove:
jove:
jove:
jove:
ksh93:    AT&T Korn Shell 93 (2001-01-01.0000)
ksh93:
ksh93:    The KornShell language and interactive shell were designed by
ksh93:    David G. Korn at AT&T Bell Laboratories.  Besides offering a powerful
ksh93:    interactive shell, it also offers a robust programming language with
ksh93:    such features as associative arrays and built in integer math
ksh93:    operations.  ksh is an excellent choice for system administration
ksh93:    scripts and for everyday interactive use.
ksh93: 
ksh93:    The official site for the Korn Shell is http://www.kornshell.com/
ksh93:
lvm:      lvm_0.9.1_beta6
lvm:
lvm:      Heinz Mauelshagen's LVM (Logical Volume Manager) for Linux.
lvm:      LVM adds an additional layer between the physical peripherals and the
lvm:      I/O interface in the 2.4.x kernel to get a logical view of disks.  
lvm:      This allows the concatenation of several disks (so-called physical
lvm:      volumes or PVs) to form a storage pool (so-called Volume Group or VG)
lvm:      with allocation units called physical extents (called PE).  With LVM,
lvm:      you can actually extend, resize, or relocate storage dynamically.
lvm:
lvm:
man:      man-1.5h1
man:
man:      The man package is a collection of tools used for searching and
man:      reading the online system documentation.  In fact, on most UNIX-like
man:      operating systems it is the primary means of finding out how programs
man:      on the system work.  For example, 'man man' will display the
man:      documentation for man itself.
man:
man:      Man requires the groff text processing package.
man:
man:
manpages: Man-pages 1.38
manpages:
manpages: Man pages are online documentation for Linux.  This package includes
manpages: many section 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, and 8 man pages for Linux.
manpages:
manpages: The man-pages distribution is maintained by Andries E. Brouwer with
manpages: the help of more writers, editors, and other contributors than we
manpages: can name here.  (See the list in /usr/man/man-pages-1.38.Announce)
manpages:
manpages:
manpages:
mc:       mc-4.5.51
mc:
mc:       The Midnight Commander is a Norton Commander clone, a program that
mc:       manipulates and manages files and directories.  Useful, fast, and has
mc:       color displays on the Linux console.  Mouse support is provided
mc:       through the gpm mouse server.  This is a lightweight compilation of
mc:       mc for use on the text console or in an xterm.
mc:
mc:       mc was written by Miguel de Icaza and Mauricio Plaza.
mc:
mc:
mp3:      MP3 players
mp3:
mp3:      This package contains two command-line MP3 players for Linux,
mp3:      amp-0.7.6 and mpg123-0.59r.
mp3:
mp3:
mp3:
mp3:
mp3:
mp3:
mp3:
mt_st:    mt-st-0.6 - controls magnetic tape drive operation
mt_st:
mt_st:    This mt originates from BSD NET-2.  Some Linux SCSI tape-specific
mt_st:    ioctls have been added to the original source and the man page has
mt_st:    been updated.  Although this mt program is tailored for SCSI tape, it
mt_st:    can also be used with the QIC-02 driver and hopefully with other Linux
mt_st:    tape drivers using the same ioctls (some of the commands may not work
mt_st:    with all drivers).
mt_st:
mt_st:
mt_st:
mysql:    mysql-3.23.39
mysql:
mysql:    MySQL is a fast, multi-threaded, multi-user, and robust SQL
mysql:    (Structured Query Language) database server.  It comes with a nice API
mysql:    which makes it easy to integrate into other applications.
mysql:
mysql:    The home page for MySQL is http://www.mysql.com/
mysql:
mysql:
mysql:
mysql:
oggutils: Ogg Vorbis libraries and tools
oggutils:
oggutils: Ogg Vorbis is a fully Open, non-proprietary, patent-and-royalty-free,
oggutils: general-purpose compressed audio format for high quality
oggutils: (44.1-48.0kHz, 16+ bit, polyphonic) audio and music at fixed and
oggutils: variable bitrates from 16 to 128 kbps/channel. This places Vorbis in
oggutils: the same class as audio representations including MPEG-1 audio layer
oggutils: 3, MPEG-4 audio (AAC and TwinVQ), and PAC.  This package includes
oggutils: an encoder and player, as well as programming libraries for developing
oggutils: programs that use the Ogg Vorbis CODEC.
oggutils:
quota:    Linux disk quota utilities (2.00)
quota:
quota:    An implementation of the diskquota system for the Linux operating
quota:    system -- keeps those greedy users from gobbling up 100% of the hard
quota:    drive space.  Should work for all filesystems because of integration 
quota:    into the VFS layer of the operating system.  This system is a heavily
quota:    modified version of the Melbourne quota system by Robert Elz, which
quota:    uses both user and group quota files.  Edvard Tuinder <ed@ow.org> and
quota:    Marco van Wieringen <mvw@planets.ow.org> are responsible for the 
quota:    additional code and porting effort to make quotas work on Linux.
quota:
raidtool: raidtools-19990824-0.90.
raidtool:
raidtool: Utilities required to support RAID-0/1/4/5.  Its main goal is to group
raidtool: several disks or partitions together, making them look like a single
raidtool: block device.  For updated information on RAID, please read the
raidtool: docs in /usr/doc/raidtools-0.90/Software-RAID.HOWTO/.
raidtool:
raidtool: These utilities require a 2.2.19 or newer kernel.
raidtool:
raidtool:
raidtool:
rpm:      rpm-4.0.2
rpm:
rpm:      RPM is a tool from Red Hat Software used to install and remove
rpm:      packages in the .rpm format.  When installing RPM packages on
rpm:      Slackware, you may need to use the --nodeps and --force options.
rpm:      Before installing any binary package, it's wise to examine it to
rpm:      see what it's going to do, and if it will overwrite any files.  You
rpm:      can use rpm2tgz to convert .rpm packages to .tgz packages so you
rpm:      can look them over.
rpm:
rpm:
sc:       The 'sc' spreadsheet. (v. 7.7)
sc:
sc:       This is a simple spreadsheet program.
sc:
sc:
sc:
sc:
sc:
sc:
sc:
sc:
screen:   GNU screen-3.9.9
screen:
screen:   Screen is a full-screen window manager that multiplexes a physical
screen:   terminal between several processes (typically interactive shells).
screen:   Each virtual terminal provides the functions of a DEC VT100 terminal
screen:   and several control functions from the ISO 6492 (ECMA 48, ANSI X3.64)
screen:   and ISO 2022 standards (e.g. insert/delete line and support for
screen:   multiple character sets).  There is a scrollback history buffer for
screen:   each virtual terminal and a copy-and-paste mechanism that allows
screen:   moving text regions between windows.
screen:
seejpeg:  seejpeg-1.10
seejpeg:
seejpeg:  Seejpeg is an image viewer which uses SVGAlib.  In spite of the name,
seejpeg:  it understands the JPEG, GIF, PPM, BMP and TARGA formats.  One nice
seejpeg:  feature of seejpeg is that it automatically decides on the best video
seejpeg:  mode to use based on the image being displayed and the video card
seejpeg:  being used.  
seejpeg:
seejpeg:  Evan Harris is the author of seejpeg.
seejpeg:
seejpeg:
sox:      sox-12.17.1
sox:
sox:      Sox is a universal sound converter, player, and recorder.  It can
sox:      play, record, and convert between several sound file formats such as
sox:      .au, .snd, .voc and .wav.
sox:
sox:
sox:
sox:
sox:
sox:
sudo:     sudo-1.6.3p7
sudo:
sudo:     'sudo' is a command that allows users to execute some commands as 
sudo:     root.  The /etc/sudoers file (edited with 'visudo') specifies which
sudo:     users have access to sudo and which commands they can run.  'sudo' 
sudo:     logs all its activities to /var/log/ so the system administrator
sudo:     can keep an eye on things.
sudo:
sudo:
sudo:
sudo:
texinfo:  GNU texinfo-4.0
texinfo:
texinfo:  'Texinfo' is a documentation system that uses a single source file to
texinfo:  produce both on-line information and printed output.  Using Texinfo,
texinfo:  you can create a printed document with the normal features of a book,
texinfo:  including chapters, sections, cross references, and indices.  From the
texinfo:  same Texinfo source file, you can create a menu-driven, on-line Info
texinfo:  file with nodes, menus, cross references, and indices.
texinfo:
texinfo:  This package is needed to read the documentation files in /usr/info.
texinfo:
vim:      Version 5.8 of Vim: Vi IMproved
vim:
vim:      Vim is an almost compatible version of the UNIX editor vi.  Only the
vim:      'Q' command is missing (you don't need it).  Many new features have
vim:      been added: multi level undo, command line history, filename 
vim:      completion, block operations, etc.
vim:
vim:
vim:
vim:
vim:
workbone: Workbone 2.40-2
workbone:
workbone: Text-based audio CD player.
workbone:
workbone:
workbone:
workbone:
workbone:
workbone:
workbone:
workbone:
zsh:      zsh version 4.0.1
zsh:
zsh:      Zsh is a UNIX command interpreter (shell) which of the standard shells
zsh:      most resembles the Korn shell (ksh), although it is not completely
zsh:      compatible.  It includes enhancements of many types, notably in the
zsh:      command-line editor, options for customizing its behavior, filename
zsh:      globbing, features to make C-shell (csh) users feel more at home and
zsh:      extra features drawn from tcsh (another 'custom' shell).  Zsh was 
zsh:      written by Paul Falstad.
zsh:
zsh:
