Red Hat 4.2 Now Shipping

Red Hat 4.2 Now Shipping

Stable and Secure Red Hat Linux 4.2 Operating System Now Shipping

Research Triangle Park, N.C. -- Thursday, May 29, 1997 --The most stable and secure Linux operating system ever released is now available for Intel PC's, Alpha, and SPARC computers. Red Hat Software, Inc., announces the release of Red Hat Linux 4.2, the cooperatively developed desktop operating system for advanced computing solutions.

Red Hat Linux 4.2 includes all the latest Linux tools and utilities, and a 30% improvement in networking speed with the modular 2.0.30 kernel. It excels as a high performance server in extremely demanding environments, from se rving secure web pages to hosting large databases. Red Hat Linux 4.2 also performs as a user friendly, incredibly stable desktop client for applications from software development, to X-Terminal (thin client), to fast and reliable web browsing. Over 200 updated packages and 19 new packages contribute to the industrial strength performance, and simplified maintenance of this new version.

Red Hat Linux leads the industry in producing the most up-to-date security features, enabling increased resistance to intranet and internet-based attacks. Among these features are the latest versions of sendmail, BIND, INN, Apache, and others. Red Hat Linux 4.2 supports standard UNIX password authentication, as well as providing shadow password and MD5 password support for additional security. The most recent version of the Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM 0.57) system allows further authentication methods to be written and dynamically added to support special security needs.

The "Official" Red Hat Linux 4.2 / Intel boxed set offers end-users additional value with the inclusion of Metro-X 3.1.5 advanced X server from Metro Link, and Red Baron, a secure web browser . "Official" Red Hat Linux 4.2 boxed sets for Intel, Alpha, and SPARC computers are available at software dealers, and directly from Red Hat Software, Inc. Boxed sets contain two CD-Roms, boot diskettes, and the Red Hat Linux 4.2 User's Guide. Suggested retail price is around $49.95.

Red Hat Linux 4.2, published under the GNU general public license, may be downloaded from Red Hat's FTP site, ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/redhat-4.2, and many mirror sites.

About Red Hat

Red Hat Software, Inc., located in Research Triangle Park, NC, works with a huge team of volunteer Linux developers over the Internet to build the latest, most stable versions of this remarkable technology. Red Hat Linux is the leading Linux operating system in use by commercial, development and academic Linux users worldwide. Red Hat also publishes and maintains industry standard commercial applications for Linux including OSF Motif, CDE, and the Applixware Office Suite.

From: "Red Hat Software" 
Subject: COMMERCIAL: Red Hat Motif 2.0.1 for Intel
Date: 1997/05/29
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Red Hat Software is pleased to announce the release of Red Hat Motif 2.0.1!  
The latest version of this popular developers tool is newly updated and 
available for shipping now.

Description
===========

Red Hat Motif 2.0.1 is the full OSF/Motif development system. Red Hat Motif
will turn your Linux PC into a Motif development workstation. This release
is ported specifically for use with the new X11R6 (XFree86 3.2) version of
the XWindow system. 

For developers, Motif 2.0.1 makes creation of software applications and
custom widgets simple. The many toolkit enhancements, new widgets, and UIL
improvements provide uncomplicated application portability across a variety
of platforms. 

New for this edition is the KL Group's XRT Professional Developer's Suite 
(PDS), a package of market-leading widgets and utilities for professional 
Motif developers.  The PDS has a retail value of $5,000, but is provided
at no extra cost to Red Hat Motif customers.

For end users, Red Hat Motif 2.0.1 improves their interface performance.
The virtual screen support unclutters their workspace by providing alternate
locations for chosen windows, while providing greater consistency with PC
environments. 

Features
========

 o An extensibility framework to ease application and widget development.
   Support for desktop infrastructures such as virtual window management
   and workspace management.

 o Numerous toolkit enhancements including a Uniform Transfer Model (UTM)
   for simplified data transfer. 

 o Convergence with PC styles including seven new widgets.

 o UIL improvements which include 64-bit support, platform independent uid
   files and support of extensibility features.

 o A common user interface across a wide range of applications and platforms.
   Easy-to-use PC windowing-style interactive behavior, providing users with
   rapid skill transfer.

 o Distinctive 3-D beveled user interface elements.

 o A single, stable, widely available application programming interface
   (API) allowing application developers to "write it once" for many
   platforms.

 o A superior set of tools offering high developer productivity in
   establishing a consistent look and feel.

 o Internationalization, easing access to worldwide markets.

 o Hardware independence for scalability across all types of operating and
   file systems. 

 o Network transparency based on the XWindow system.

Red Hat Motif includes:
=======================

 o Motif Window Manager (mwm) 
 o Shared Motif widget Library (libXm.so.2.0 and libXm.so) 
 o Motif Demos 
 o Static Motif Widget Library (limXm.a)
 o Static Mrm UIL Libraries 
 o UIL Compiler 
 o Motif Header Files 
 o Manual Pages for Motif Function Calls 
 o Imakefile Support 
 o Source to OSF/Motif Demos 
 o Over 400 quality color pixmaps, most with transparent backgrounds 
 o Pixmap Editor 
 o Xbmbrowser Utility 

Also includes the KL Group Professional Developer's Suite containing:

 o XRT/3d: Stunning, informative and dynamic 3D charts and graphs
 o XRT/field: Data-entry fields, without tedious XmText validation code
 o XRT/gear: the basic component collection (tab, outliner/tree, progress,
   tips, printing, icons, and much more)
 o XRT/graph: the most popular 2D charting and graphing widget; new version
   3.0 also includes property pages, more chart types, and other enhancements
 o XRT/table: handy, multi-purpose, high-performance widget for displaying
   and editing tabular information

Requirements
============

Red Hat's Motif for Linux is compatible with all major Linux distributions,
including Red Hat, Slackware, Debian, Caldera and others.

Compatible with ELF: libc 5.0.9, 5.2.18+ (built agasint 5.3.12) xpm 3.4f
XFree86 3.1.x+

386/486/Pentium/Pentium Pro PC
8 MB memory
15 MB hard disk space
CD-ROM drive

Cost: $149.00
Payment methods: Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover credit cards.
Upgrades to Motif 2.0.1 are available for $50.00 with proof of prior purchase.

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Red Hat Software, Inc.
(888) RED-HAT1 -- (919) 572-6500 -- (919) 572-6726 (fax)
http://www.redhat.com -- s...@redhat.com

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Red Hat Motif 2.0.1 now shipping

Red Hat Motif 2.0.1 is the full OSF/Motif development system. Red Hat Motif will turn your Linux PC into a Motif development workstation.

For developers, Motif 2.0.1 makes creation of software applications and custom widgets simple. The many toolkit enhancements, new widgets, and UIL improvements provide uncomplicated application portability across a variety of platforms.

New for this edition is the KL Group's XRT Professional Developer's Suite (PDS), a package of market-leading widgets and utilities for professional Motif developers. The PDS has a retail value of $5,000, but is provided at no extra cost to Red Hat Motif customers.

For end users, Red Hat Motif 2.0.1 improves their interface performance. The virtual screen support unclutters their workspace by providing alternate locations for chosen windows, while providing greater consistency with PC environments.

See Red Hat Motif description for more complete information.

Motif for Alpha or SPARC Computers

Photos from Mars... the DOW at 8000... what could possibly top this news? Red Hat Motif 2.0.1 for Alpha and SPARC computers is NOW SHIPPING!!!

Red Hat Motif 2.0.1 for Alpha and SPARC computers is the full OSF/Motif development system. Available for years for Intel systems, Red Hat Motif will now turn your Alpha or SPARC computer running Linux into a complete Motif development workstation.