If you would like to unsubscribe from XSWeekly at any time, simply send an e-mail to xsweekly-unsubscribe@wuzzle.org and you will be removed. You can e-mail me at demigod@xsweekly.com with any questions, suggestions, etc. XSWEEKLY Shell Related News 07.10.00 - 13.10.00 ------------------------------------------------- I know it, you know it, we all know it. EFNet is going down the tube, worse than usual this time. The main servers are getting hammered by script kiddies, splits are happening more and more, and the number of server delinking is out of hand. Because of this, a lot of talk has been going around about moving channels to another server. Apparently that didn't last too long, but why? There are two sides to this that I want to rant on, 1) Forcing people to goto the new server and 2) The one's who refused to move just because it wasn't EFNet. Now, moving server is probably a pretty good idea, but the execution in how it was being done was poorly done. A move to openprojects.net was tried and apparently failed. Why did it fail? Maybe do to the fact that it was never discusses with some of the main people in the LS community. Maybe it was do to the fact that to a lot of people, the move felt very forced. Nothing was ever discusses really, it was just an up and move and then "Come to this server now because." That was really the WRONG way to do it. No matter who you think you are, you cannot force people to move just because you think its a good idea. On the other side of this are the one's who flat out refused to move, because... Because it wasn't EFNet, or because they just didn't feel like moving, or because of a list of other really bad reasons. Nothing to the effect that I stated above, basically just because. This too is WRONG. If it was decided upon that the chans should move and these people just refused to move, all that would do is hold up progress just because they didn't feel like it. Personaly, I don't know which is worse. Forcing a move, or refusing to move just because. Take some time to think about it. Think who it will affect. Think of what it will affect, then make your decisions. - demigod ---------- [ Mail Bag ] ---------- This weeks mailbag question is: Should I hard link to files within the news letter? e-mail - demigod@meganet.net url - http://www.xsweekly.com/mail.html ----------- [ Spotlight ] ----------- - Links Warehouse This is a new site by SpirtWnd that seeks to become the ultimate link site for shells, skinning, custo, etc... He has a really good idea but needs some help in collecting links. Stop over there and submit some links. Who knows, you might win something if you submit enough of them. url - mjasp.infopages.net ................................................. -= Shell Specific =- ................................................. ------------------ [ Top News Stories ] ------------------ - Desktopian's New Look ~ quilk (11:21 10.10 na) Looks like quilk did up a totally new look for desktopian while tin is working on his tin_toys posting app. I like the new look personally. Loads faster, looks cleaner, and is a bit easier to navigate. Take a look. url - http://www.desktopian.org (source: http://www.desktopian.org) +-------<*>-------+ - Links Warehouse Opens With A Contest ~ SpiritWnd (11:07 13.10 na) "Links Warehouse is just that, it is a sight that is primarily designed to house links to either sites or files. Categories and Subcategories can be added upon request by the administrators (which is something I will get to shortly). "If a link is broken, it can be reported as broken and the next time the user who either originated the link and/or edited the link will be flagged that the link is broken. "Now, to maintain this level of sophisticated user handling requires that every user have a personal user id and pw. This way not only can the posts be monitored, but when you post automatically is your information attached to the post. "Administrators are handy in this site as well. Each category can have their own administrators. I.E. Shells, Skinz, Linux, etc.. who have the ability to add subcategories on demand or add news to that individual area of the site. "The sites primary design was so that a main SiteOp can walk away from the site and barely maintain the site while the active users of the site can keep the information up without difficulty or programming. "I ask that you please check it out. There are still features that I am implementing. As I posted the site at 70% to start getting the links in. Some of the categories and subcategories are lame and were initially test only. Yet, I will have the complete execution of administrative control over the categories/subcategories in place by Saturday. "This site is built in ASP and sits on an active database. I spent a couple of months trying to find what is the best way to honestly build a resource site and keep it up even in the absence of a SiteOp. This is the design I came up with. "To help the Links Warehouse get their links collection together. Enter in as many links as you can (there are specific rules, like non-repetition in different categories/ subcategories.) and not being bogus links. Top 3 winners get faboo prizes....Like: "1st prize is either (winners choice) a VooDoo-4 AGP Video Card or a 30GB Maxtor Drive." url - mjasp.infopages.net e-mail - msaurondon@hotmail.com (source: SpiritWnd via e-mail) +-------<*>-------+ - New IRC Server For LiteStep Channels? (11:13 13.10 ls) It seems that c0mrade got sick and tired of all the splits and troubles connecting to efnet and set up all the major LiteStep channels on a new server. irc.openprojects.net is home to a lot of the big *nix channels including BSD, Debain, slashdot, and enlightment to name just a few. Stop by and check it out. server - irc.openprojects.net (source: jalist via irc) ----------- [ Web Sites ] ----------- - Jugg's Site and PureLS.org Back Online ~ jugg (11:04 13.04 pls) It looks like jugg is finally settled into his new place and he has his server set back up. url - http://www.purels.org http://jugg.logicpd.com/ e-mail - jugg@earthling.net (source: http://jugg.logicpd.com/) +-------<*>-------+ - ls.themes.org Opens, Kinda (11:33 13.10 ls) ls.themes.org is now open, kinda. As of right now it just links to litestep.net but it's still nice to see LiteStep up there with the other shells like enlightment. url - ls.themes.org (source: http://www.litestep.net) ------ [ Misc ] ------ - Creen ~ etoffi (13:02 11.10 ls) This is a patch for LiteStep that helps in the placement of graphics on your screen. e-mail - etoffi@bigfoot.com (source: LS Mailing List ~ download creen, folks) +-------<*>-------+ - New Rainlendar Example Config ~ Rainy (11:01 13.10 ls) Bill Kraski sent Rainy a new example config for Rainlendar. He also notes that you must be running at least build 090400 of LS for Rainlendar to work. url - http://gamma.nic.fi/~rainy/) e-mail - rainy@iki.fi (source: http://gamma.nic.fi/~rainy/) --------------- [ Latest Builds ] --------------- - LiteStep o 24.6 build 100600 o http://builds.litestep.net/builds/ls-0246-dev-20001006.zip - DarkStep o 0.971 o http://www.darkstep.com/files/DarkStep971.zip - geOShell o 4.6.5a o http://news.geoshell.com/Plugins/Download/geoshellr465a.zip - PureLS o 052900 o http://209.46.69.134/purels/binaries/00-05-29r.zip ................................................. -= Alt OS Specific =- ................................................. --------------- [ Latest Builds ] --------------- - SEAL o 1D (042900) o http://www.home.sk/public/seal/sealexe.zip - V2_OS o 0.70 o ftp://vp.dyn.dhs.org/0.70/v2_os.img .................................... All contents Copyright (c) 1999-2000 XSWeekly. All rights reserved.