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February 06, 2003 DEVELOPER SERIES
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Computing: iGesture Pad
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/keyboards/5cca/
Electronics: SOCOM Navy Seals for PS2
http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/ps2/ps2soft/5ceb/
Electronics: PowerPad Pro XBOX Controller
http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/xbox/xboxhard/5bec/
Electronics: SI-5 Gen2 Speakers
http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/audio/5c86/
Electronics: Panzer Dragoon ORTA for Xbox
http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/xbox/xboxsoft/5ce8/
Computing: PowerPad Extended Life Notebook Batteries
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/accessories/5cec/
Computing: Glow Wire PC Lights
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/casemods/5b85/
Gadgets: ER1 Personal Robot System
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/5ce0/
Gadgets: Securikey Authentication System
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/security/5cd6/
Electronics: Infoglobe Caller ID Display
http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/phones/5c83/
Computing: Dual RW DVD/CD Internal Drive
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/drives/5c94/
Computing: ADS Firewire Drive Kit
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/drives/5cd1/
Electronics: PS2 Network Adapter
http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/ps2/ps2hard/5bd7/
Computing: Asylum GeForce Ti4600 AGP 4x
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/avcards/5ce3/
Computing: D-Link USB/FM Radio Adapter
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/accessories/5cc7/
Computing: Linksys USB 2.0/Ethernet Adapter
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/accessories/5c97/
Computing: Logitech Cordless Freedom Joystick
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/gaming/5cc8/
Computing: IoGear Bluetooth to USB Adapter
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/accessories/5ce5/
Computing: NEC-Mitsubishi 18" LCD
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/display/lcd/5cc3/
Interests: QuickKill
http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/megatokyo/leetware/5c45/
Sourceforge
libxml2-pas-2.5.2 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=249975
libxml2-pas is pascal bindings for the libxml2 library from GNOME
project, a high-performance XML parser supporting also several related
technologies, like XML-Include, X-Path, XML Schema etc. libxslt-pas is
pascal binding for the libxslt library from GNOME project. It
implements a standard XSLT processor compliant to the W3C XSLT
standards. Also, the implementation supports standard XSLT extensions -
exslt. This part is now also translated and included in the
distribution. New versions of header translations is out. This package
contains translations of: libxml2-2.5.2 libxslt-1.0.24 libexslt-0.7.15
For more info, look at: http://sourceforge.net/projects/libxml2-pas
http://xmlsoft.org Besides that, do not hesitate to post your feedback
or questions to our mailing list:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
QuantLib 0.3.1 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=249594
Version 0.3.1 of QuantLib and QuantLib-docs have been released.
QuantLib is a quantitative finance C++ library for modeling, pricing,
trading, and risk management in real-life. A tool for derivatives and
financial engineering. SWIG generated wrappers are also released in
their 0.3.1 versions: QuantLib-Guile and QuantLib-MzScheme are included
for the first time, joining the existing wrappers QuantLib-Python and
QuantLib-Ruby. Another new package is the first official QuantLib.NET
release. This is a port of the original QuantLib (C++) to the .NET
Framework. The port has been done in C#, providing full compatibilty
with the CLI. QuantLib.NET can also use existing native libraries (eg.
BLAS, MKL, ATLAS) to speed up computation and random number generation.
Debian packages of QuantLib, QuantLib-docs and some wrappers will be
available shortly. Feedback welcome ciao -- Nando
DrJava stable release (20030203)
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=249913
A new stable release of DrJava is now available, providing key bug
fixes for the Interactions Pane. DrJava is an integrated Java
development environment that supports interactive evaluation of
expressions. It is primarily intended for students, but it has features
useful even for advanced users. This release includes several bug fixes
to the RMI code that allows the main portion of DrJava to communicate
with the Interactions Pane. These fixes should resolve the recent
problems users have experienced with resetting the Interactions Pane.
For more detailed information, please see the Release Notes.
Crystal Space 0.96r002 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=249604
A new release of Crystal Space is now available. The 0.96r002 release
fixes a few bugs and also adds a major optimization in the OpenGL
renderer (some levels go more than twice as fast now). Crystal Space is
an Open Source 3D SDK for Unix, Windows, MacOS/X. It renders with
OpenGL or software and features curved surfaces, volumetric fog,
dynamic colored lighting, terrain engine, LOD, procedural textures,
portals, etc.
GPGrelay 0.91has been released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=249447
GPGrelay is a small email-relaying server that uses GnuPG (the GNU
Privacy Guard) to sign/encrypt (SMTP-Relay) or verifies/decrypts
(POP3-Relay) emails. This enables many email-clients to send and
receive emails that are PGP-MIME conforming. This release includes
bugfixes and minor feature enhancements.
MPlayer OS X v1.1 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=249048
MPlayer OSX is multimedia player with playlist, supporting playback of
all widely used media types (MPEG 1-4, DivX, AVI, ASF, Ogg Vorbis,
RealMedia, QuickTime Movie, MPEG layer 1-3, AC3, WindowsMediaAudio and
more) and movie subtitles of various formats (MicroDVD Player, Subrip
and more). It is based on Mac OS X port of MPlayer - Movie Player for
Linux. This new version includes latest build of MPlayer binary and few
features distributed as standalone application without need of
additional installation of binaries, libraries and other stuff.
leafnode 1.9.33 (stable) released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=249049
This release comes with roughly a dozen fixes and one feature,
"noread", to complement the "nopost" feature. Leafnode is a caching
Usenet news proxy that enables online newsreaders to read news
off-line. It is designed for zero (full-automatic) maintenance. Please
see https://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=137713 for
details.
Fire 0.32.b.2 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=248956
Fire 0.32.b is now available with three new localizations (Spanish,
Russian, and Danish) and many bug fixes. We have an all new smiley
parser built for speed and better consistency with official clients,
and improved MSN reliability. Fire is a multi-protocol instant
messenger client for Mac OS X based on freely available libraries for
each service. Currently Fire handles AOL Instant Messengerâ¢, ICQ®,
MSN® Messenger, Jabber, limited IRC, and Yahoo!® Pager
communications. Thanks to Graham, Alan, Paul, Lasse, Matt, Alessandro,
Stephane, and Martin for their help on this release. Fire 0.32.b.2
corrects a nib corruption problem that prevented Fire from launching in
French. Download is here:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/fire/Fire.app0.32.b.2.dmg?download
ReactOS 0.1.0 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=249012
ReactOS 0.1.0 has been released. Among the new features and fixes,
especially worth mentioning are booting from CD and self-hosting
(ReactOS compiles ReactOS). ReactOS is an Open Source effort to develop
a quality operating system that is compatible with Windows NT
applications and drivers.
xawdecode version 1.6.7 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=249027
xawdecode 1.6.7, containing bug fixes, has been released. X11 TV
application based on xawtv 2.x series which adds many enhancements like
Xvideo rendering support, deinterlacing, real time divx recording,
integrated alevt teletext browser and provides a plugin API to add any
functionnality one might think of. here are the modifications:
xawdecode-1.6.7 (02/02/03) - AC_PREREQ(2.5) added in configure.in to
nsure autoconf greater than 2.5 is used and therefore prevents earlier
autoconf version to generate buggy shell code - removal of acconfig.h
et DEFINE templates added in configure.in - killing of "header not
found" errors while compiling alevt with particular configurations -
various warning killing in alevt with gcc-3.2 - detection of systems
using the devfs file system and therefore /dev/v4l/video0 as video
device - patch #644358: add of ffmpeg mpeg1 video codec - patch
#651746: new debian packaging (fonts are now in an independant package)
- better handling of NET_WM compliant window managers (fullscreen and
stay on top features) - aligned to new ffmpeg libavcodec API
(LIBAVCODEC_BUILD >= 4641). Previous version of libavcodec are not any
more supported. Builds fine with official ffmpeg 0.4.6 - now really
find and use first available YUY2 Xvideo port in case one is already
used by another application you can "apt-get" deb packages with:
http://xawdecode.sourceforge.net/debian/ bye Pingus ;-)
Slashdot
Sony Combines Pocket Drive with 802.11
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/06/0011226
[0]Ernest writes "They presented this at Net&Com 2003 in Tokyo. I've
found this announcement in German at [1]ComputerWoche Sony selected
Linux as the file server's operating system. They'll start selling this
little 390 gram thing on the japanese market at the end of March for
585$. Inside is a 20GB 2.5" disk of which (only) 17GB will be available
for files."
Links
0. mailto:ernest@terku i l e .ch
1. http://www.cowo.de/index.cfm?pageid=254&artid=45504
ESA to Give New Life to Old Satellites
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/06/0016252
[0]JPNews writes "The European Space Agency is [1] designing a program
(www.esa.int) to re-configure dying television transmission satellites
to be used as a [2]XM Radio-like satellite radio network. 'Once in
position, 35,000 km away in space, TV satellites will remain in orbit
forever, but their useful life amounts to 15 years or less... further
life can be squeezed from a low-propellant TV satellite switched over
to mobile digital radio broadcasting where precision position control
is less important.'"
Links
0. http://jpnewswire.blogspot.com/
1. http://www.esa.int/export/esaCP/SEM67L1A6BD_index_0.html
2. http://www.xmradio.com/how_it_works/satellites.html
Is the BSA "Grace Period" a Scam?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/02/0733256
An anonymous reader asks: "I work at a small non-profit that has 18
employees plus a 13 seat computer lab. We received a form letter from
the Business Software Alliance (BSA) telling us to do a self audit and
if we find any unlicensed software to report it during our 'Grace
Period' because 'if you organization's software is not licensed, it
could become to focus of a BSA investigation'. Now this is obviously a
method to scare up some business for the BSA members. If we ignore
this, how likely is it that we will be 'investigated'. I know that I
cannot produce the original CD's and/or documentation for some of the
software that we HAVE paid for."
Nokia's Cellular GBA - The N-Gage
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/06/0029236
An anonymous reader writes "Hold on to your Game Boys, folks! It
appears that the Finland cell phone manufacturer, Nokia, will be
throwing in its lot in the handheld gaming industry with its [0]N-Gage.
Not only is this critter capable of playing games, but other noticeable
features include a cell phone, radio, and MP3 player. Game companies
such as Sega, Taito, and Eidos have already expressed support for it."
Links
0. http://www.n-gage.com/
Carmack Needs Rocket Fuel
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/05/2243243
[0]Reality Master 101 writes "Saw an [1]interesting post on the
[2]Experimental Rocket Propulsion Society BBS from [3]John Carmack, who
is working on an [4]X-prize vehicle. Apparently he is having a lot of
trouble getting Peroxide from the major suppliers, and is possibly
thinking of helping someone set up a company to produce peroxide. With
NASA's recent problems, there has been a lot of talk about promoting
more private investment in rocketry. But how can it happen when the
suppliers won't even sell peroxide to well financed, registered,
X-prize teams? Anyone want to start a peroxide business?"
Links
0. mailto:RealityMaster101@hotmai[ ]om ['l.c' in gap]
1. http://lists.erps.org/archives/erps-list/msg04244.shtml
2. http://lists.erps.org/index.shtml
3. http://www.idsoftware.com/
4. http://www.armadilloaerospace.com/
Remotely Counting Machines Behind A NAT Box
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/05/2129218
Overtone writes "[0]Steve Bellovin of [1]AT&T Labs Research has
published a paper showing [2]how to remotely count the number of
machines hiding behind a NAT box (in IMW 2002, the [3]Second Internet
Measurement Workshop). Your friendly DSL or cable broadband provider
could implement this technique to enforce their single-machine license
clause. Bellovin explains how to change the NAT software to defeat the
measurement scheme, but the fix is complicated and unlikely to appear
in commercial home gateways anytime soon."
Links
0. http://www.research.att.com/~smb/
1. http://www.research.att.com/
2. http://www.research.att.com/~smb/papers/fnat.pdf
3. http://www.icir.org/vern/imw-2002/
Gnome 2.2 Released
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/05/2031210
heydrick writes "[0]This message confirms that [1] Gnome 2.2 is
officially released. And a month ahead of the originally planned
six-month release cycle. Check out the [2]Gnome 2.2 Start Page and use
a [3]mirror to download."
Links
0. http://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2003-February/msg00255.html
1. http://www.gnome.org/
2. http://www.gnome.org/start/2.2/
3. http://www.gnome.org/mirrors/ftpmirrors.php3
Dell Dropping The Floppy
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/05/1933223
adambwells writes "Dell wants to stop including floppy drives as
standard hardware on its Dimension line of desktops, and will start
this practice later this quarter, as reported in this Yahoo [0]article.
Says Dell's product marketing: We would like to see customers migrate
away from floppies as quickly as possible, because there are better
alternative technologies out there ... it's an antique technology. At
some point, you've got to draw the line. You wouldn't think of using a
processor from 15 years ago." They plan to educate their customers
about recordable CDs and USB pen drives as replacements."
Links
0. http://biz.yahoo.com/ibd/030205/tech_1.html
Jack Valenti's Views On The Digital Age
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/05/1828238
[0]ditogi writes "The [1]Harvard Political Review did a quick
[2]interview with the lord of darkness himself, Jack Valenti. He gives
his thoughts on government mandated copy prevention, fair use, and
lobbying. In response to his famous 'VCR is [to the movie
industry]...as the Boston strangler is to the woman home alone.' quote,
he responds, 'I wasn't opposed to the VCR.' And what does he think of
his current job? 'I think lobbying is really an honest profession.'" My
favorite quote: "In the digital world, we don't need back-ups, because
a digital copy never wears out. It is timeless." Update: 02/05 20:05
GMT by [3]T: [4]Derek Slater writes "I'm the author of the Valenti
article you guys linked to. I've made [5]some brief comments about it
on my site, and figured I'd send them along."
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.hpronline.org/main.cfm
2. http://www.hpronline.org/news/347207.html?mkey=628413
3. http://www.monkey.org/~timothy/
4. http://cmusings.blogspot.com
5. http://cmusings.blogspot.com/2003_02_02_cmusings_archive.html#88495460
Sim-Dud?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/05/1559236
[0]Lumpish Scholar writes ""The Sims Online" was one of the most
anticipated releases of 2002; but (according to [1]this Los Angeles
Times story in the Baltimore Sun, "'The Sims Online' sold 105,000
copies, or only about a quarter of the initial shipment in December,"
and (as quoted in [2]this article in the New York Times), "the
company's president, John S. Riccitiello, said the number of
subscribers was half what Electronic Arts expected." (Check out
[3]Google News for more articles, and a registration-free partner link
to the New York Times story.) Meanwhile, the game's [4]customer reviews
at Amazon.com have an average rating of only two (out of five) stars."
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1.
http://www.sunspot.net/technology/la-fi-sims4feb04,0,4697897.story?coll=bal-technology-headlines
2. http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/03/technology/03SIMS.html
3. http://news.google.com/news?q=%22sims+online%22
4.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000067FDV/ref=cm_rev_all_1/102-0709448-0156118?v=glance&s=videogames&vi=customer-reviews&me=ATVPDKIKX0DER
Freshmeat
2-Disk X window embedded Linux 1disk 1.0 update
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111699/
2-Disk X window embedded Linux is a tiny net-centric Linux that aims at
portable secure remote system usage. It contains many utilities
including: X Windows, vncviewer, rdesktop, a Web browser, a file
manager, a text editor, a terminal, a window manager, a menu system, a
dialog system, X scripting facilities, and many others. It aims to work
from 1 or 2 floppy disks in any remote location.
Advanced Midnight Commander 1 (4.6-patches)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111507/
The Advanced Midnight Commander has as its main goal to make a
bugfixed, stable version of the well-known Midnight Commander. Most of
known bugs are fixed, and it has a rewritten FTPfs with FXP support,
handles symlinks well, and has some new useful features.
aesutil 1.0.6 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111957/
aesutil is a small library and command line program to encrypt or
decrypt data using the Rijndael algorithm in CBC mode.
Alert Manager 1.0-RC4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111959/
Alert Manager allows you to monitor the output (exit status or text) of
any system command and take action when a command fails or succeeds. It
was created to handle all alert commands (emailing, paging, etc.) for a
production environment in which it is not permissible to lose a single
message. It has a very flexible configuration file that allows the
creation of "alert chains", chains of alerts, each with its
own alert command, fallback command, success command, and other
options. It has a method for passing messages (alert text) from the
commandline to the various alert commands defined in the configuration
file.
apache installer 0.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111893/
apache installer is an automated installation script for Apache, PHP,
MySQL, and mod_ssl. It generates httpd.conf files, can automatically
update programs, and is compatible with Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, and
OpenBSD. It is designed to be conscious of security and optimization
rather than being particularly user-friendly.
Archive 1.9.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111945/
Archive is a fully drag-and-drop multi-format archiver. Drag a
directory onto it to create an archive. Drag an archive onto it to
extract to a directory. It can also compress and decompress streams
(for example, you could drag a .gz file onto Archive and from Archive
into your text editor).
Axualize 1.0.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111976/
Axualize is a tool for creating applications by actualizing Java
objects using XML. Axualize is based on JSR-57, and is intended to
allow developers to create Java applications dynamically using XML. To
understand how this could be useful, imagine a J2EE application with
multiple client UIs being generated from Web applications. Using
Axualize, you can present multiple form-based GUI front ends to your
application by dropping in a Web application which builds your GUI
applications using Axualize XML generated with JSP and whatever
application framework you please.
BabelQL 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111832/
BabelQL is C preprocessor script that allows many different SQL
dialects to be generated from a single source file. SQL is generated by
entering macros and running the file through the preprocessor with a
target argument that specifies the desired SQL dialect.
Background Buddy 1 (XFCE)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111903/
BackgroundBuddy is an automatic wallpaper changer for GNOME 2 that
supports subfolders and runs as a daemon.
Background Buddy 1 (FluxBox)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111901/
BackgroundBuddy is an automatic wallpaper changer for GNOME 2 that
supports subfolders and runs as a daemon.
Background Buddy 1 (WindowMaker)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111888/
BackgroundBuddy is an automatic wallpaper changer for GNOME 2 that
supports subfolders and runs as a daemon.
buildpkg 0.0.2r28-rc2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111937/
Buildpkg is a package build system. It gives you the opportunity to
create package system (rpm, dpkg, etc.) independent descriptions (.def)
which can be used to create binary packages on every system. It can be
also used to track installations and create packages of the installed
files. If you want more safety, you can use the 'jail' feature. In this
mode a chroot-ed environment will be created from the (configurable)
list of programs and the installation will be done here. Besides Linux,
Solaris/SunOS, and FreeBSD packages are also supported.
Buildtool 0.10
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111984/
Buildtool is a set of integrated utilities which make programs more
portable and easier to build on any kind of Unix-like system.
CBoard 0.1.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111966/
CBoard is a console frontend to GNU Chess, using the ncurses library
for the interface. It can edit PGN tags, annotate moves with NAG, and
more.
cdargs 1.22
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111927/
cdargs adds a bookmark feature and a simple filebrowser to the builtin
shell command `cd'. This lets you jump to various places throughout the
filesystem with just a few keystrokes. It is intended for heavy shell
users.
Connect Daily Web Calendar 2.1.11
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111961/
Connect Daily, a Web-based calendaring system, allows multiple users to
add and edit calendar events using a Web browser. The calendar display
can be directly integrated into your Web site. It provides advanced
capabilities for managing resources and facilities. The approval
processes allow many users to edit calendars, with the assurance that
all items added are approved. It supports event download to MS Outlook
and Palm OS PDAs. Authentication to LDAP directories is also supported.
CVS-SSH2 Plug-in for Eclipse 0.0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111953/
CVS-SSH2 Plug-in for Eclipse is an Eclipse plug-in to allow CVS access
on an encrypted session by SSH2 protocol.
Debt Minder 1.1.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111860/
Debt Minder is a specialized tool for debt management. It is user
friendly, complete, functional, and economical, and considers account
subtleties such as introductory APRs, varying interest rates, split
interest rates, external payments, and more. Its visualization
capabilities include pie charts, line graphs, bar charts, area graphs,
debt to income ratios, and colored payoff tables. An integrated
amortization calculator for American and Canadian methods is included,
and payoff schedules can be exported to XML, CSV, and tab delimited
files
DeskNow 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111917/
DeskNow is a free mail and collaboration server. In addition to
standard SMTP and POP3, it offers Web-based collaboration tools such as
advanced Webmail with spam filtering, document management to let users
store and share documents online, unlimited Web calendars with sharing
and combined views, message boards, and address books. All the services
are tightly integrated to improve productivity and semplicity. DeskNow
can integrate with an existing qmail, or run as a standalone SMTP and
POP3 server.
Enterprise Volume Management System 1.9.0-pre3 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111880/
The Enterprise Volume Management System (EVMS) Project has the goal of
providing unparalleled flexibility and extensibility in managing
storage. It represents a new approach to logical volume management, as
the architecture introduces a plug-in model that allows for easy
expansion or customization of various levels of volume management.
Ferox 0.1b
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111902/
Ferox is a small MUD client for Linux based on the Qt library. It has
full ANSI support, user defined triggers/keybindings, and a simple
scripting interface for configuration.
FreeLords 0.2.0 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111891/
FreeLords is a turn-based strategy game similiar to W*rl*rds. It can be
played with friends on one computer or via a network.
gCVS 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111923/
gCVS is a GTK port of WinCVS, a Windows-based CVS client.
GKrellM Mailwatch 2.2.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111939/
GKrellM Mailwatch is a GKrellM plugin which monitors mailboxes. It can
monitor multiple mailboxes with extra counters and supports the mbox,
maildir, and MH formats.
GNOME Structured File Library 1.7.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111915/
The GNOME Structured File Library is a utility library for reading and
writing structured file formats. Support for MS OLE2 streams is
complete, as is zip import. There is also support for document metadata
and some initial work on decompressing VBA streams in OLE files for
future conversion to other languages. This library replaces libole2 and
is used in gnumeric, mrproject, and eventually abiword.
Gnumeric 1.1.16 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111916/
Gnumeric is a powerful and easy to use spreadsheet using GNOME. Its
goal is to provide a full featured spreadsheet and a smooth migration
path for people and organizations currently using proprietary
applications. It provides more sheet functions and greatly improved
accuracy when compared to Microsoft's Excel. A plugin system lets you
extend Gnumeric, adding functions, I/O formats, and real time data
capabilities. The existing Python, Guile, and Perl plugins let you
define complex functions. Gnumeric is capable of reading and writing MS
Excel, and reading Lotus, Applix, Quattro Pro, OpenCalc, XBase, DIF,
SYLK, HTML, Psion, MPS, oleo, sc, misc. text formats, and its native
XML. It can also generate Latex, HTML, and others.
Gnusto 0.1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111886/
Gnusto is a JavaScript-based interpreter for Z-machine adventure games,
as produced in the 1980s by Infocom and in recent times by the Inform
compiler.
gqueue 0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111892/
gQueue is a Gnome2 frontend for lpq and lprm working with CUPS. It has
Gnome system tray support and can show all jobs in printing queues as
well remove jobs.
GtkTerm 0.98.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111894/
GtkTerm is a serial port terminal written in GTK+ . It is a clone of
the famous Hyperterminal. The port can be set up, and the control
signal can be toggled. It also supports file transfers and an
hexadecimal view of the data.
GUNit 0.1.999 (0.2 beta 2) (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111971/
GUNit is a C unit testing framework in the spirit of JUnit. The
framework incorporates an easy-to-use GUI based on the GNOME libraries.
GUNit 0.1.99 (0.2 beta) (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111932/
GUNit is a C unit testing framework in the spirit of JUnit. The
framework incorporates an easy-to-use GUI based on the GNOME libraries.
GWorkspace 0.4.6.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111973/
GWorkspace is the official GNUstep workspace manager. It is a clone of
NeXT's workspace manager. It is ready for daily usage.
gzinc 0.06
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111890/
gzinc provides a graphical GNOME frontend for the zinc arcade game
emulator.
Hierarchical Data Format 1.5.46 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111977/
HDF (Hierarchical Data Format) is a general purpose library and file
format for storing scientific data. It arranges data into datasets
(multidimensional arrays) and groups (a structure for organizing
objects).
High Performance Liquid for KDE 0.9.6pre4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111907/
High Performance Liquid is a C++ KDE style that provides a
"Liquid"-like user interface. It's the style that brought
translucent menus, on the fly HSV color adjustment, and fast
alphablending to Unix/X Windows user interfaces.
Horde Application Framework 2.2.1 (Stable 2.x)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111962/
The Horde Application framework is a set of PHP classes providing
common ways to handle preferences, browser detection, authentication,
help systems, MIME, connection tracking, cross-application
communication, and more.
ibWebAdmin 0.91
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111970/
ibWebAdmin is a web based admin tool for the InterBase/Firebird
database servers. Beside creating, modifying, and deleting of
databases, tables, domains, generators, triggers, indices, and users,
it supports import and export of data in CSV file format. It features
browsing through tables and entering/editing of data, including BLOBs.
IceCrack 1.0.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111964/
IceCrack is a simple theme based on the TigertCrack theme for Metacity.
It was designed to match the colors of the PrettyOkayish GTK theme.
Iter Vehemens Ad Necem 0.401
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111986/
Iter Vehemens ad Necem (IVAN) is a graphical roguelike game which
currently runs in Windows, DOS, and Linux. It features advanced
bodypart and material handling, multi-colored lighting and, above all,
deep gameplay.
Jabber Gadu-Gadu Transport 1.4.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111951/
The Jabber Gadu-Gadu transport provides Gadu-Gadu protocol support
(which is a very popular proprietary instant messaging protocol in
Poland).
JBoss 3.0.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111949/
JBoss is an Open Source, standards-compliant, Enterprise JavaBeans
application server implemented in pure Java. JBoss provides
JBossServer, the basic EJB container and JMX infrastructure, JBossMQ
for JMS messaging, JBossMail for mail, JBossTX for JTA/JTS
transactions, JBossSX for JAAS based security, JBossCX for JCA
connectivity, and JBossCMP for CMP persistence. It integrates with
Tomcat Servlet/JSP container and Jetty Web server/servlet container,
and enables you to mix and match these components through JMX by
replacing any component you wish with a JMX-compliant implementation
for the same APIs. The goal is to provide a full J2EE stack in the
Free/Open Source software world.
Jetty 4.2.7 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111935/
Jetty is an Open Source HTTP Servlet Server written in Java. It is a
full featured HTTP/1.1 server and a Servlet container. It is designed
to be small, fast, embeddable and extensible. It supports HTTP/1.1,
servlets 2.3, and JSP 1.2.
kcurses 0.5.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111895/
kcurses is a set of simple widgets and UI abstractions for ncurses, to
handle list boxes, vi-like field-editing, and mouse selections. It will
probably include some database-connection abstractions as well in the
future.
kkeyled 0.8.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111981/
KKeyled is a KDE panel tray widget which displays the LED states of the
keyboard (ie. Caps Lock, Num Lock, and Scroll Lock). It is particularly
useful for wireless keyboards without LEDs, and can be used to set the
LED states of the keyboard aswell.
KTris 0.1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111974/
KTris is a tris game for KDE. It allows you to set up the size of the
field and the number of symbols to line up to win.
Libxml 2.5.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111967/
Libxml is the XML C library developed for the Gnome project. The
library code is portable (to Linux, Unix, Windows, embedded systems,
etc.) and modular; most of the extensions can be compiled out. Libxml
implements a number of existing standards related to markup languages,
including the XML standard, Namespaces in XML, XML Base, RFC 2396,
XPath, XPointer, HTML4, XInclude, SGML Catalogs, and XML Catalogs. In
most cases, libxml tries to implement the specifications in a
relatively strict way. To some extent, it provides support for the
following specifications, but doesn't claim to implement them: DOM, FTP
client, HTTP client, SAX, and DocBook SGML. Support for W3C XML Schemas
is in progress.
LinCVS 1.1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111896/
LinCVS is an easy-to-use, graphical frontend for the CVS-client
supporting both CVS-versions 1.9 and 1.10. It can check out a module
from and import of a module to a repository, update or retrieve the
status of a working directory or single files, and common operations
like add, remove and commit, diff against the repository or view of the
log messages in list form.
Linux Veejay 0.3.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111695/
Veejay is a video tracking tool for X Windows and the Linux console,
which is similar in concept to FastTracker and ProTracker. Samples can
be lined up on tracks and patterns, which are then arranged to video.
It currently supports mjpeg. The project emphasises direct (user)
interaction, and it is possible to navigate through samples, define
various types of looping, increase and decrease playback speed,
navigate through the effect chain, and apply entire chains of effects
in realtime, using a joystick or keyboard.
Login Anomaly Detection System 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111872/
The Login Anomaly Detection System (LADS) detects anomalies in logins
and logouts and is able to perform various actions in response.
Logtalk 2.15.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111898/
Logtalk is an open source object-oriented extension to the Prolog
programming language. Integrating logic programming with
object-oriented and event-driven programming, it is compatible with
most Prolog compilers.
Lush 0.97
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111911/
Lush is an object-oriented Lisp interpreter and compiler with a
seamless interface to C, a vector, matrix, and tensor engine, a huge
numerical library, a GUI toolkit, and bindings to GSL, SDL, OpenGL,
V4l, and others. It is an alternative to Matlab, Python, and Scheme,
and allows Lisp and C to be mixed within a single function, providing a
unique combination of flexibility and efficiency. Lush is an ideal
programming language for researchers in AI, computer vision, audio,
image, and video processing, machine learning, statistics,
bio-informatics, as well as for interactive graphics and multimedia
applications.
melancolic 0.0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112000/
melancolic aims to be a simplistic, yet efficient and robust Ogg Vorbis
audio streamer. It reads raw audio data on stdin and encodes it to one
or more Ogg Vorbis streams at different bitrates, which it offers to
clients through HSLP on a chosen TCP-port. HSLP (HTTP and Shoutcast
Like Protocol) is a completely informal, unspecified protocol (defined
as "the protocol which melancolic does") which tries to be as
compatible as possible with existing HTTP/Shoutcast/Icecast-enabled
audio players as well as HTTP/WWW-clients.
Midnight Commander 4.6.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111990/
GNU Midnight Commander is a text-mode full-screen file manager. It uses
a two panel interface and a subshell for command execution. It includes
an internal editor with syntax highlighting and an internal viewer with
support for binary files. Also included is Virtual Filesystem (VFS),
that allows files on remote systems (e.g. FTP servers) and files inside
archives to be manipulated like real files.
mlmmj 0.2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111980/
mlmmj (Mailing Listmanager MMJ) is a mail- server independent
reimplementation of the ezmlm mailing list manager.
mod_auth_imap 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111972/
mod_auth_imap is an Apache module to provide authentication against an
IMAP mail server. The httpd.conf or .htaccess file can specify server
name and port of the desired IMAP server. It is also compatible with
stunnel for IMAP over SSL.
MultipartRequest 1.30b3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111900/
MultipartRequest parses a multipart form data input stream, and saves
any files/parameters encountered for subsequent use. It supports both
CGI and Servlets. Files can be uploaded to memory(for database
application), or streamed to the file system. Support has been added
for international characters, however this feature has not been
rigorously tested.
MUSCLE 2.25
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111883/
MUSCLE (Multi User Server Client Linking Environment) is a messaging
server and networking API. It is portable to any OS with a sockets API
and a C++ compiler. It lets programs communicate via streams of
PortableMessages (very similar to BeOS's BMessage class) layered over
TCP streams. The included server program ("muscled") lets its
clients message each other, and/or store information in its serverside
hierarchical database. The database supports queries via regex and
"live" updates via a subscription mechanism, and may be
subclassed to if application-specific logic is needed.
MuseScore 0.0.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111936/
MuseScore is a WYSIWYG musical score typesetter for Linux. It uses
TrueType fonts for display and printing.
OpenLink Universal Data Access Driver Suite 5.0 (Single-Tier ODBC Drivers)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111865/
The OpenLink Universal Data Access Driver Suite is a suite of
high-performance drivers for ODBC and JDBC that enable development of
database-independent applications under Linux. It supports OpenLink
Virtuoso, Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft ACCESS, IBM DB2,
Informix, Sybase, Ingres II, Progress, PostgresSQL, DBASE, Paradox, and
other ODBC-compliant databases. It runs on x86, Itanium, Alpha, PPC,
Mips, and StrongArm platforms.
OpenLink Virtuoso 3.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111866/
OpenLink Virtuoso is a server product that implements multiple industry
standard protocols as part of a single cross platform product offering.
Its broad protocol support enables it to offer Web, file, and database
server functionality alongside native XML storage, universal data
access middleware, and a Web services platform as part of a cohesive
single server solution.
ORSA 0.3.0-rc1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111960/
Orbit Reconstruction, Simulation, and Analysis (ORSA) is a C++
framework for the development of algorithms oriented to the simulation
and analysis of the orbital evolution of bodies in space. The main
goals of the project are the implementation of state of the art orbit
integration algorithms, with concerns on accuracy and performance, and
the development of a number of analysis tools. Commandline and
graphical interfaces are also provided.
Perl IRC Statistics Generator 0.45
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111926/
pisg is a smart Perl script which generates statistics from IRC
logfiles.
phpCodeGenie 1.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111944/
phpCodeGenie is a code generator for PHP/MySQL applications. Just
design your database tables and phpCodeGenie can write the PHP scripts
and programs for you. It will build data entry forms, insert scripts,
database lister scripts, edit record forms, update record scripts,
delete confirmation scripts, delete scripts, search forms, search
scripts and other frontend/database interaction code. Basically, it
provides a core basic code from which you can build on.
phpIntranet 2.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111958/
phpIntranet is a PHP/SQL intranet application. It includes a front end
for managing a staff database, an inventory database, modular
calendars, a tournament engine (round robin, single elimination),
SpamAssassin configuration integration, birthdays, image storing, etc.
phpIntranet also includes a session -> SQL based shopping cart and
an orders database to integrate into an e-commerce Web site.
phpVideoPro 0.4.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111979/
phpVideoPro is a program to manage your collection of DVDs, Video CDs,
and video tapes. It stores all data in a database, and provides you
with features for adding/changing entries, displaying lists, printing
labels and lists, and more. An online help system is built-in to guide
you when necessary. Support for multiple languages is provided
(English, German, French, Polish, Bulgarian, Swedish, etc.), and
supported databases include MySQL and PostgreSQL.
picoSQL 1.2beta (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111933/
picoSQL is an Italian RDBMS. Because it derives from a commercial
project, it is already robust, fast, and rather complete.
playlist 2.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111868/
Playlist is a Perl script which creates XMMS-compatible lists and HTML
index files for any file format (Ogg, MP3, MPG, etc.). It can also fix
ID3 tags on MP3 files, and for complete albums it will use the CDDB to
recover the track numbers. It is useful for large MP3 collections,
music video lists, and apps which do not provide their own playlist
support.
Pluggable Identification Modules 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111950/
PIM is a library which aims at enabling the system administrator to set
up a different identification policy on a per application basis, even
with applications that do not provide this possibility. In short, PIM
performs for identification what PAM performs for authentication.
prtunnel 0.1.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111918/
prtunnel tunnels a TCP connection through to a remote server using an
HTTP or SOCKS5 proxy. It is useful if you are behind a proxy and want
to use a program that doesn't have native proxy support.
R3R 0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111943/
R3R is a program that can download and display news feeds that are
written in the RSS 3.0 syndication format.
ReactOS 0.1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111533/
ReactOS is an Open Source effort to develop a quality operating system
that is compatible with Windows NT applications and drivers.
Retro Native Forth 1.0 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111897/
RetroForth is a clean, usable Forth-based operating system for
computers using 80386 and higher CPUs. It attempts to be a simpler and
easier to use alternative to more complex operating systems.
Ringtone Tools 2.09
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111914/
Ringtone Tools is a set of tools for creating ringtones and logos on
mobile phones.
RSSLibJ 0.1.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111941/
RSSLibJ is a Java class library designed primarily to generate RSS data
in various formats, based on a simple object model. Either RSS or RDF
can be generated, and custom generators can be supplied as well.
RubyFilter 0.10
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111908/
RubyFilter is a Ruby email filtering program that can serve as a
replacement for email delivery programs such as procmail. It is also a
Ruby module which provides classes that make it easy to write programs
that filter and deliver email.
S tar 1.5a12 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111920/
Star is a very fast, POSIX-compliant tar archiver. It reads and writes
POSIX compliant tar archives as well as non-POSIX GNU tar archives.
Star is the first free POSIX.1-2001 compliant tar implementation. It
saves many files together into a single tape or disk archive, and can
restore individual files from the archive. It includes a FIFO for
speed, a pattern matcher, multi-volume support, the ability to archive
sparse files and ACLs, the ability to archive extended file flags,
automatic archive format detection, automatic byte order recognition,
automatic archive compression/decompression, remote archives, and
special features that allow star to be used for full and incremental
backups. It includes the only known platform independent
"rmt" server program that hides Linux incompatibilities. The
"rmt" server from the star package implements all
Sun/GNU/Schily/BSD enhancements and allows any "rmt" client
from any OS to contact any OS as server.
sam2p 0.42
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111999/
sam2p is a Unix commandline utility that converts many raster (bitmap)
image formats into Adobe PostScript or PDF files. The images are not
vectorized. It gives full control to the user to specify
standards-compliance, compression, and bit depths. It is common that
sam2p can compress an image down to an 50kB Level1 PostScript file
without quality loss, while other popular converters produce
multi-megabyte output. It provides some Level3 compression filters even
on Level1 devices.
ScheduleWorld 2003-02-04
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111769/
ScheduleWorld is calendar that is based on open standards and is
compatible with Microsoft Outlook and Lotus Notes. It provides a client
and a server, and supports encrypted calendar components. By default
the NHL and NBA schedules are included, along with date and time
support for over 50 languages. It features HTML customization and
multiple simultaneous color-coded calendar views, and works on any
system with Java 1.4.
Setedit 0.5.0 RC1 (Beta)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111946/
Setedit is a text editor specially designed for programmers. It has a
nice interface with mouse support, menus and windows (text mode). The
editor is a very good choice for people with DOS background, especially
people accustomed to Worstar and Borland editors. The editor has
overlapped windows so you can see more than one file at the same time,
configurable syntax highlighting, macros, rectangular selection, block
indentation, as well as customizable keyboard shortcuts and menus.
Skylendar 1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111737/
Skylendar is modern astrology software for Linux/KDE3, with the
following features: a powerful wheel chart with up to 4 concentric
rings, SQL database support, powerful data/restrictions set management,
and full internationalizability.
SMATCH 0.38
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111925/
SMATCH is an experiment in finding Linux kernel errors. There are two
main parts to Smatch. The first is a patch to the gcc sources to print
out a lot of information. The second part is a collection of Perl
scripts and libraries to analyze the information.
sms2mtel 0.2a
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111978/
sms2mtel is a small Perl script for sending SMSes to mtel (a Bulgarian
GSM operator).
Spkgtool 0.2.0beta
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111985/
Spkgtool is a software management system that uses symbolic links for
maintaining packages and a "ports" style backend for building
package from source tarballs. It has its own built linking application,
but it also can act as a GUI frontend to your favorite symbolic link
package system (supporting graft, epkg, and stow). It is written with
bash scripts and Makefiles. The GUI is dialog and Xdialog (depending on
your environment). Aside from building ports, it will also build and
install "GNU-friendly" source tarballs.
srecord 1.13
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111940/
SRecord is a collection of powerful tools for manipulating EPROM load
files. It understands a number of file formats including Motorola
S-Record, Intel hex, Tektronix hex and binary, for both input and
output. SRecord filters include cropping, filling, splitting, joining,
and more. All filters may be applied to all file formats.
SunGazer Packetfilter 0.4.0pre1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111934/
The SunGazer Packetfilter is a small and simple tool to set up firewall
rules. It works with IPTABLES and is easy to use and configure.
SuperUpdate 3.0 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111963/
SuperUpdate provides distributed content and site management through a
Web browser. It features a full WYSIWYG HTML editor (Java Applet) that
works on Netscape and an ActiveX control for Internet Explorer. It is
installed right on a Web server (Apache, IIS, and others) and works on
the local filesystem. A fully functional demo is available online,
along with a free trial download. It provides a complete site manager,
fine-grained access rights, version control, and workflow process.
SuperUpdate provides full Web content management with minimal
integration on existing sites.
Syntext Dtd2Xs 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111982/
Dtd2Xs allows you to convert complex, modularized XML DTDs and DTDs
with namespaces to XML Schemas. As an example of Dtd2Xs conversion
check out DocBook XML Schema generated from XML DocBook DTD 4.2, and
XSL-FO Schema generated from XSL-FO DTD.
Syntext XslGen 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111988/
XslGen is a simple but effective tool for Web site content management.
Develop HTML layout in your favorite HTML editor, and keep your content
in XML. XslGen lets you seamlessly fuse your HTML templates and complex
XML content into a sophisticated web site. Technically, XslGen provides
simple HTML-embeddable language, which provides easier-to-use shortcuts
to XSLT instructions.
TAseLoader 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111947/
TAseLoader is a C++ class written for a 3D Engine. It only loads ASE
filetypes (ASE Scene Export).
The XSLT C library for GNOME 1.0.25
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111968/
Libxslt is a C library for GNOME which allows developers to work with
XSLT. It is based on libxml for XML parsing, tree manipulation, and
XPath support. It is written in plain C, making as few assumptions as
possible, and sticking closely to ANSI C/POSIX for easy embedding. It
should work on Linux, Unix, and Windows. Though not designed primarily
with performances in mind, libxslt seems to be a relatively fast
processor. It also include full support for the EXSLT set of extension
functions as well as some common extensions present in other XSLT
engines.
TinyMonitor 09.c
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111884/
TinyMonitor was written out of pure necessity for a simple monitoring
program that watched the actual content of returned pages rather than
simply checking to see if the httpd service was running. (Experience
has proven that the web server running doesn't necessarily mean it's
reporting the content you want.) This program can be used for simple
Web server monitoring or can be used to verify a page is returning what
you expect (e.g., a 200 rather than a 404). This is an excellent choice
for someone who doesn't want to spend thousands on a program that will
do actual HTTP content monitoring (i.e. SiteScope or HP OpenView
Internet Services).
TomPong 0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111942/
TomPong is a very simple implementation of the classic Pong game, using
Python and Pygame. It features realistic physics for motion using
vectors, not-so-realistic but very fun spin dynamics, and scoring.
TUTOS 1.0.20030205
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111965/
TUTOS (The Ultimate Team Organization Software) is a groupware or
ERP/CRM suite that helps small to medium teams manage various things in
one place. Its features include personal and group calendars, an
address book, product and project management, bug tracking,
installation management, a task list, notes, files, mailboxes, and
useful links between all of the above.
TWiki 01 Feb 2003
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111930/
TWiki is a flexible, powerful, and simple Web based collaboration
platform. It is suitable for dynamic intranets and knowledge bases, and
for sharing and managing documents and collaborative projects. It
resembles a normal Web site, but every page can be changed from a
browser. It features automatic link generation, full text search, group
authorization, Web forms, reporting, change notification, file
attachments, revision control of pages and attachments, a modular
templating system with skins, hierarchical navigation based on the
topic parenting feature, and more. Plugins can be used to enhance the
program and build groupware applications.
Velosurf 0.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111887/
Velosurf is a thin but efficient database abstraction layer meant to be
used with Jakarta Velocity. Its aim is to provide template writers a
set of context variables that automatically map database tables and
relationships.
WatchLog 0.1b
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111885/
WatchLog is a Perl program designed to give users a better real-time
view of their Web traffic. Simply doing a 'tail -f' on the server log
file often yields confusing results as you can be bombarded with
scrolling with a single hit. WatchLog attempts to present the same
information in a clean, formatted, real time view of the activity on a
Website by watching the logfile and presenting only the relevant data.
WebPublisher for PHProjekt 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111954/
WebPublisher is a PHProjekt module which allows users to manage a
public Web site from within PHProjekt. It doesn't need to create extra
tables or modify the PHProjekt source. All that is needed is to create
some folders with the file manager, give them some special categories,
and upload the files to these folders.
Wipe 011203
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111928/
Recovery of supposedly erased data from magnetic media is easier than
what many people would like to believe. A technique called Magnetic
Force Microscopy (MFM) allows any moderately funded opponent recover
the last two or three layers of data written to disk. Wipe repeadetly
overwrites special patterns to the files to be destroyed, using the
fsync() call and/or the O_SYNC bit to force disk access.
X Northern Captain 5.0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111924/
X Northern Captain is a file manager for X Windows. XNC has the same
ideology as Norton Commander but also many additional and specific
functions including a Virtual File System with support for tar, zip,
rar, rpm, deb, bzip2, and lha archives, FTP support, built-in
xterminal, viewer for JPEG, GIF, BMP, TGA, XPM, and XBM formats, an
editor, users menu, extensions association, bookmarks for frequently
used directories, and more.
XDrawChem 1.6.4 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111983/
XDrawChem is a program for drawing chemical structures. Features
include fixed length and fixed angle drawing, a ring tool to
automatically draw rings, automatic alignment of structures in
reactions, and structure diagram generation. It can access structures
in the NCI database by name, CAS number, or formula. It can predict 1H
NMR, 13C NMR, and simple IR spectra. XDrawChem can work with its native
file format, ChemDraw files, and any format supported by OpenBabel (MDL
Molfile, CML, etc.).
XOSD 2.1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111909/
XOSD is a simple library to display shaped text on your X display, like
a TV On Screen Display. It also contains an XMMS plugin, and a simple
example program that can display system logs overlayed on your desktop.
ZenWeb 2.15.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111905/
ZenWeb is a system for building entire Web sites, not just pages. It
allows you to focus on the content and the structure of the website,
while leaving page construction, markup, layout, and navigation as
secondary concerns. It provides tools for complete Web site design and
creation, simple paragraph to HTML generation with embellishments, and
a rich set of tools for page and Web site creation, modification, and
customization.
Slashcode
How do I add additional fields in users.pl
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/04/0657222
I want to add a zip code field to the signup form for new users. Now,
obviously the generation of the form as well as the processing (and
saving the data in the DB) all happens through users.pl. My Perl skills
are VERY rusty and the last time I touched it (Perl 4) there were not
subs, so when I looked at the code it confused the hell out of me. Is
there an example out there of where someone added additonal fields?
Obviously, the zip code field needs to be there when users sign up,
needs to be processed and the field stored in the db (I know how to
create the column ;-) and if someone makes changes in his preferences,
it needs to show up there as well. I know this is a lot to ask, but can
somebody point me in the right direction? There is a line of code that
calls: if ($uid = $slashdb->createUser($matchname,
$form->{email}, $form->{newusernick})) { I assume that's where I
would add the new field. But what is $form-> and what do I need to
do to enable something like $form->{zipcode} ? Sorry for my
ignorance - I'm more of a Java guy... --Michael
Missing index.shtml (?)
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/04/0655221
Ok... I've managed to get just about everything on the site working,
but now I've found a really bizarre error. It looks as if index.shtml
can't be found. Now, I don't know what's going on here, but after my
last install I decided I'd grab all of the latest plugins and install
them to see what they all did. Fine, right, except that I needed to
upgrade my slash too. Simple solution - get the latest via CVS, and
reinstall everything. However, the new install doesn't seem to have any
.shtml files anywhere except for the FAQ and a couple of others, and my
error log is telling me index.shtml can't be found. If I change the URL
from http://gytha.anu.edu.au to http://gytha.anu.edu.au/index.pl I get
past the 404. Also, once you've logged in, the 404 disappears. It seems
as if an anonymous user gets a 404, but once you've created an account
you're fine. My error log doesn't tell me anything except that I'm
missing index.shtml. Can someone help me out?
No year in date for articles
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/03/2021253
Articles submitted and approved for the site have the date, but are
missing the year. For example a date looks like this: Wednesday January
29, @08:31PM The code in the appropriate template looks like this: [%
story.storytime %] I'm not sure at what point the "story" data
structure is generated. Probably that's where the problem is. Please
help.
PHP-Nuke to Slash conversion script released
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/04/2320209
Openflows Networks has just released nuke2slash 1.0 to the open source
community under the terms of the GPL. This package converts a PHP Nuke
4.2 site to Slashcode 2.2.6, preserving all articles, polls, comments,
and user accounts. This script hasn't been tested on later versions of
PHP Nuke, but could probably be modified to work on those without too
much difficulty. This software was written for ICANN Watch, with the
assistance of a generous grant from the Markle Foundation.
Slash daemon hangs after 12 hours
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/04/0654252
My slash daemon hangs either after 12 hours or after posting a story.
My slashd.log does not show any trouble (posted below) - btw, here's a
link to someone who had the same problem:
http://www.slugcity.com/pipermail/tech-slugs/2002- July/000183.html He
never figured it out, couldn't get help and finally gave up - I don't
have that luxury. Your help would be greatly appreciated... here's end
of the log: Mon Feb 3 15:46:06 2003 rand_cartoon.pl begin Mon Feb 3
15:46:06 2003 rand_cartoon.pl end (0.02s; set_recent_topics.pl 6s late)
Mon Feb 3 15:46:08 2003 set_recent_topics.pl begin Mon Feb 3 15:46:08
2003 set_recent_topics.pl end (0.00s; freshenup.pl in 172s) Mon Feb 3
15:49:00 2003 freshenup.pl begin Mon Feb 3 15:49:00 2003 Updating
03/02/01/206212 Mon Feb 3 15:49:02 2003 article.pl
virtual_user=virtslash ssi=yes sid='03/02/01/206212' section='articles'
bytes=18105 Mon Feb 3 15:49:02 2003 freshenup.pl updated
articles:03/02/01/206212 (The Future Of Nasa?) #### it hangs here so I
just recycle slashd Tue Feb 4 00:09:59 2003 Exiting slashd (TERM) with
pid 321 Tue Feb 4 00:10:05 2003 Starting slashd with pid 4032 Tue Feb 4
00:10:05 2003 Starting up Slashd (verbosity 2) with pid 4032 --Michael
Air-Registry
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/03/2024210
I have managed to get my slash site up, and it has been running for a
while. Check it out here. I was happy to be able to integrate the slash
login with my java servlet application. The links on the lower left of
the site link to a servlet, and it automatically pulls the user login
info into the java program. The java program allows you to
cross-reference pictures of aircraft with pilots and pictures other
people have taken. The site is pretty new, and I haven't announced it
the the aviation community yet. I still have a few bugs to work out.
(Like why does my 'About' page generate an exception?)
That horse is not quite dead yet... Slash on Windows
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/03/1927230
I've been asked to look into CMS's and discussion forum systems for my
company, and naturally my favorite website came to mind. When I looked
into the documentation and the older posts here, I realized it would
not be quite as simple as I hoped to set up a proof-of-concept system,
as I'm limited to Win2K as a server OS. Luckily, I found one post that
claimed to have managed it. I followed the documentation by Geo
detailing how to install Apache, MySQL, and mod_perl, and all went
well. Of course, almost every Perl module listed has been upgraded
since the writing, and many of the versions Geo used are no longer
available, but I decided to make a go of it anyway. While I'm new to
installing Slash, I know my way around the various Windows platforms
and Perl, and I was pretty sure I would be able to handle it. Of
course, I misjudged my own abilities, and I get stuck at an unmentioned
step - nmake test / nmake install for slash. I get some interesting
errors, listed below... would anyone have any ideas as to how to
proceed (moving away from Windows is not an option - stow the
flamethrowers)? User.c F:\VisualStudio\VC98\include\malloc.h(106) :
error C2059: syntax error : '('
F:\VisualStudio\VC98\include\malloc.h(107) : error C2059: syntax error
: '(' F:\VisualStudio\VC98\include\malloc.h(108) : error C2059: syntax
error : '(' E:/Perl/site/lib/auto/Apache/include/include\os.h( 149) :
warning C4005: 'lstat' : macro redefinition
E:\Perl\lib\CORE\XSUB.h(313) : see previous definition of 'lstat'
F:\VisualStudio\VC98\include\signal.h(102) : error C2059: syntax error
: '(' NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'C:\WINNT\system32\cmd.exe' : return
code '0x2' Stop. NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'C:\WINNT\system32\cmd.exe'
: return code '0x2' Stop. NMAKE : fatal error U1077:
'C:\WINNT\system32\cmd.exe' : return code '0x2' Stop.
MyShingle
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/03/1926214
I just completed a website aimed at solo and small firm lawyers called
MyShingle.com (http://www.myshingle.com). I have shared it with
colleagues but not publicly launched in the legal community. I figure
since your code made the site possible, that slash should be the first
place where I make the site public. As you probably know, blogging has
become very popular with lawyers these days...but your code is so much
more robust! Thanks. --Carolyn Elefant
Patch for submitting stories as plain text or HTML
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/29/2253238
I've just written two small patches which allow users to submit stories
in HTML or plain text using a selection box like the one for comment
submissions. You can see it in use here. A few suggstions have been
made on slashcode before to fix this, but none that allow you to submit
either type from one form.
Problems with Journal/Messages
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/29/2253200
I've just installed a slash site at the URL http://gytha.anu.edu.au/
which will be used for an internal website for our Hall of Residence,
Bruce Hall, at the ANU. The initial install seems to be working fine,
except for two things. The Journal and Messages links in the first box
don't work - they return internal server configuration errors. I don't
even know where to begin to look at why this might be the case, so I'm
just after a bit of advice as to where to look for reasons for these
errors. I'm running it on a box with a full install of RH8, and had no
problems at all during the installation process (which came as a shock
to me considering my previous attempts at installing slash). I know I
haven't configured other things on the site yet, but I'll get around to
that once everything else is working. Any help anyone out there can
offer would be appreciated.
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