[MayaVi-users] The GPL'd database for Loads of Linux Links now includes http://mayavi.sourceforge.net/

[Barbara E. I. <be...@sh...>]

I've recently included the The MayaVi Data Visualizer website on the Loads
of Linux Links project website, which can be found here:

http://loll.sourceforge.net/linux/links/index.html

Complete details of this project can be found below.

Thanks for the link!

Barbara

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Loads of Linux Links (LoLL)--Version 1.0.1 Released

WHAT: GPLed database and software to generate a website with 3000+
subject-classified and searchable Linux links for all levels of Linux users.

WHERE: Loads of Linux Links (LoLL) home page (http://loll.sourceforge.net);
project page (http://sourceforge.net/projects/loll); file release area
(http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=42381); CVS
repository (http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=42381), mailing list
(http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/loll-general), and the
generated website (http://loll.sourceforge.net/linux/links) which is the
place to do your Linux searching!

WHY: Provides convenient access to information needed by all levels of Linux
users.

HOW: LoLL GPLed software and data (scripts, configuration files, and a
bookmark file that contains the basic link information), are used in
combination with bk2site (http://bk2site.sourceforge.net) to generate the
Loads of Linux Links website (http://loll.sourceforge.net/linux/links).


WHO: Andrew Willard (wil...@us...) and Barbara E. Irwin
(be...@us...).

The purpose of the Loads of Linux Links project is to collect, organise,
classify and maintain important URLs about Linux and the Open Source
movement for all levels of Linux users. The LoLL project now has 3000+ links
which are updated regularly.

What's New in Version 1.0.1

*Deleted invalid and out-of-date links. This database maintenance is
time consuming (even though we use htcheck to find all links where
there might be problems), but we feel this effort is an important part of
LoLL's mission to make accessible nothing but the highest-quality Linux
information.

*Added many links.  These far outweighed the deletions so our net number of
links has actually gone up by 300!

*Added a python script to generate a nicely formatted list of our category
hierarchies.

*Category renaming and reorganization.  This is part of an on-going effort to
make our classification of links as useful as possible to our users.

  *A number of category renamings.

  *Several minor category reorganizations.

  *Reorganization of the Distributions category.

       *Added the following sub-categories: Desktop, Embedded, Meta Sites,
       Mini, and Special Purpose. We link only to the more important
       distributions and depend on the meta sites to link to a more complete
       list of Linux distributions.

  *Reorganization of the Documentation category.

       *Added the following sub-categories: FAQs, Mailing Lists,
       Internationalization, and Publications.  Note that documentation
       links tend to appear twice in LoLL; once in a Documentation
       sub-category and once in the applicable subject category.

  *Added Meta Sites sub-category to the following categories: Distributions,
  Documentation--HOWTOs, Games, and Security and Privacy.

*Created a LoLL mailing list.  In the last three months there has been so much
interest in this project (25,000 web hits and 200 downloads) we felt it was
time to create a mailing list for interested users. To subscribe see
http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/loll-general.

This project originally began as a service for the Victoria Linux Users'
Group (VLUG, http://vlug.org) but in the true spirit of Linux, we decided to
share this valuable resource with the wider Linux community by putting the
Loads of Linux Links project on SourceForge. Like Linux, this is a work in
progress so stay tuned here on the mailing list for futher update
announcements concerning additional links and revised subject categories.
Also, like Linux, no one owns this project -- it's GPLed so the project can
never be hijacked by proprietary interests!

The current contributors to the project are Andrew Willard, past president
of VLUG with extensive experience with Linux hardware and software; Barbara
E. Irwin, current vice-president of VLUG with 30 years experience as a
professional librarian; and, most importantly, users of LoLL who submit new
or changed Linux-related URL's for the project with the assurance that their
contribution will remain under the GPL forever.

Resources

The generated LoLL website (http://loll.sourceforge.net/linux/links) which
is normally updated on a daily basis.  This is the place to do your Linux
searching!

LoLL home page (http://loll.sourceforge.net).

LoLL project page (http://sourceforge.net/projects/loll).

LoLL file release area
(http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=42381) which is
normally updated several times per year.

LoLL CVS repository (http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=42381) which is
normally updated on a daily basis.  This is the place to obtain the latest
bookmarks.html file that is used to generate our website.

LoLL mailing list (http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/loll-general)

VLUG (http://vlug.org) -- the sponsor for the initial effort on this
project. Thank You!

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Barbara Irwin
be...@sh...
Victoria, B.C.  Canada


                      The Roman Rule: The one who says it cannot be done
		      should never interrupt the one who is doing it.