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June 17, 2003 DEVELOPER SERIES
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Sourceforge
Civil 0.82 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=284082
Civil 0.82 was released today. This version includes faster LOS code,
support for battles from multiple theatres and numerous bug fixes and
enhancements. Civil is a turn-based strategy game about battles in the
American Civil War. Features network play, fancy graphics and audio.
PCGen 5.1.6 is available
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=284520
PCGen is a Java-based RPG character generator and maintenance program
that works on all platforms (Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, etc). All
datafiles are ASCII so they can be modified by users, and are available
through the pcgendm project. An XML conversion is underway. Mac OS X
users - if you quit PCGen using close or quit, your preferences will
not be saved. The preference files are only saved if you use the
File->Exit menu item to exit PCGen. This is a java issue (our thanks to
Conor for finding the reason for this long-standing issue!) For users
who have trouble getting the 3 zip files to unzip properly, we have
some OS-specific installs that should help minimize the chance of
install related errors. Links to these installs can be found at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pcgen/files/Alternate%20PCGen%20Releases/
These are the same PCGen everyone else uses, just packaged with
installers which target Windows and Mac OS X users specifically.
Typically there is a lag between when the official release is done and
when these special installers are ready. We always recommend that users
install new versions of PCGen in a 'new' directory. Below is a list of
everything that has been addressed in this release. If you reported one
of these, please verify that it is was addressed properly. PCGen is
available at http://pcgen.sourceforge.net , and the main discussion
group is at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pcgen . If you wish to
discuss making your own custom lst files for use with PCGen, the data
monkeys have made their home at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pcgenlistfilehelp and they pride
themselves in being able to field all questions about the data - from
very basic to very advanced. All three zips are required to run PCGen:
pcgen516_part1of3.zip, pcgen516_part2of3.zip and pcgen516_part3of3.zip.
Bugs 730410 Character Sheet Output of HTML generates error 698090
SKILLLIST does not work 701285 COUNT[FEATTYPE=xxx] doesn't count all
feats of type xxx 747292 Make NATURALATTACKS: tag available in
class.lst 750983 Exporting an SA class list causes exception 750265
Skill editor doesn't save class info Features 725099 Add PREVISION
743826 PREVISION tag 722063 Feat Tab is inconsistent with other Tabs
PCGenDocs: Documentation Requests 727374 Post Export Sheet processing
PCGenDocs: Output Sheet Bugs 748030 TH weapon attack not showing up in
XSLT sheets 750860 Bardic Music checkboxes not appearing 750861
Negative Skill misc mod not showing up The PCGen Development Team
Treebeard version 0.8 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=284615
Treebeard is a cross platform XSLT IDE written in Java; it's editor
allows the loading and editing of an XML document and an XSLT document
at the same time. It can apply the XSLT to the XML and display the
output for further editing / saving in XML, HTML or PDF. Treebeard also
has a plug-able XML and XSLT parser architecture, and comes bundled
with Xalan2.5 and Saxon7.5. Treebeard can be downloaded at
http://treebeard.sourceforge.net New stuff: * Basic code completion *
Look & Feel * (very minimal) Emacs key bindings * Upgraded xalan, fop,
etc * Ability to (mostly) save desktop layout * updated the plain /
html view pane * Fixed the systemid error so xsl includes work :) *
Misc bugs
PHPSurveyor release 0.97 Final
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=285184
PHPSurveyor, a set of PHP Scripts for developing, and publishing online
surveys, makes its final 0.97 release. 0.97 concentrated on
implementing templates so that users could develop their own 'look and
feel' to their surveys. This release includes 3 templates. Releases
with the 0.98 moniker will be aimed at implementing localisation for
the public survey screens, and some additional features like
date/time-stamping of survey responses and a better way of ordering
pre-defined answers.
OpenEJB 0.9.2 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=282705
The 0.9.2 release is one that the whole team is quite proud of. OpenEJB
0.9.0 marked are first release with special Tomcat embedded support.
Thanks to all the user feedback that support has just gotten better and
better. The 0.9.2 release contains a neat surprise for OpenEJB/Tomcat
users -- TOOLS! The new integration features a webapp with a setup
verifier, JNDI browser, EJB viewer, Class browser, and even an Object
invoker! You can browse the OpenEJB namespace and know right away
exactly where the ejb is and what it is called. When you find one you
like, just click it and it will open up into the EJB viewer. While
there you can check out it's home, remote and bean classes in the class
browser. The Object invoker allows you to actually create and invoke
your EJBs without writing a single line of code. OpenEJB 0.9.2 also
contains a new openejb.base variable to complement the openejb.home
variable. The openejb.base variable allows you to have several
configurations of OpenEJB all running against the same OpenEJB install.
This makes using OpenEJB in IDEs like Eclipse or NetBeans even easier.
Move the openejb_loader-0.9.2.jar into your project's lib directory,
set the openejb.base, and you'll be debugging your EJB apps
front-to-back without the need for remote debugging support or special
editor plug-ins. Thanks to all the OpenEJB users for all the great
ideas! You speak, we listen.
http://openejb.sourceforge.net/download.html
Slashdot
Lobbyists Urge South Australia To Drop Open Source Bill
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/17/0253255
[0]Red Wolf writes "[1]The Age [2]reports that South Australia has
caused eyebrows at the [3]Initiative for Software Choice (ISC) to be
raised in concern, with the organisation [4]writing to Premier Mike
Rann over a proposed [5]Open Source software bill. The ISC, by its
[6]own definition, is a "global coalition of large and small companies
committed to advancing the concept that multiple competing software
markets should be allowed to develop and flourish unimpeded by
government preference or mandate"."
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.theage.com.au/
2. http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/06/16/1055615720403.html
3. http://www.softwarechoice.org/
4. http://softwarechoice.org/download_files/DearSouthAustraliaRann.pdf
5. http://www.linuxsa.org.au/oss-bill/
6. http://softwarechoice.org/about.asp
Making Ice Cream With Liquid Nitrogen
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/17/0041250
[0]JasonMaggini writes "Popular Science has an article on how to whip
up [1]a batch of ice cream in 30 seconds or so by using liquid
nitrogen. Just the thing for those hot summer days. The article is by
Theodore Gray, creator of the ultra-spiffy [2]Periodic Table Table."
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.popsci.com/popsci/hometech/article/0,12543,458641,00.html
2. http://www.periodictabletable.com/
Sony Launches 2 New "Video" Clie Models
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/17/0411246
boss_ton writes "Sony is launching its newest Clie handhelds(NX80V,
NX73V ), a combination personal video player and personal digital
assistant, to the United States.Its already a huge hit in Japan. Amazon
is reporting the launch date as July 11th. The NX80V is priced at $600.
[0]Here's the scoop on CNet. The [1]official product page is here."
Links
0. http://news.com.com/2100-1041_3-1017581.html
1.
http://www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/eCS/Store/en/-/USD/SY_DisplayProductInformation-Start?ProductID=RXkKC0.N4kEAAAD1t0qLUc.n&Dept=hp&CatalogCategoryID=R8AKC0.N9tcAAAD1i_.LUc.f
(Short-, Medium-, Long)wave Radio Meets Digital Stereo
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/16/2240202
[0]cryptec writes "Today shortwave radio will have some new life pumped
into it as the German broadcaster [1]Deutsche Welle will be the first
full time shortwave broadcaster of [2]DRM (Digital Radio Mondiale). DRM
is a full stereo fully digital broadcast system. The quality of the
broadcasts are close to that of FM radio. [3]For samples check out this
link." Akai adds this link to an [4]article in the San Francisco
Chronicle with some more information, like the involvement of the BBC
and Voice of America in this undertaking.
Links
0. http://www.scanbc.com
1. http://www.dw-world.de/
2. http://www.drm.org/
3. http://www.drm.org/system/centraudiov201.htm
4.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2003/06/16/financial1812EDT0283.DTL
Worms Going Further, Faster
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/16/2226249
Major Byte writes "Rob Kolstad's [0]MOTD (pdf) column in [1]Usenix
[2]login; passes along a few distilled factiods from a CAIDA analysis
of the 'Sappire/Slammer' Worm. When it was at full blast it was
scanning over 3 billion systems per hour--a speed that 'a "better"
vulnerability would have enabled infection of the entire internet in 15
minutes, a "flash worm" or a "Warhol Worm."' I think 'better' to mean
'able to infect across a lot of platforms.'"
Links
0. http://www.usenix.org/publications/login/2003-04/openpdfs/motd.pdf
1. http://www.usenix.org/
2. http://www.usenix.org/publications/login/
IBM Responds To SCO: Business As Usual
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/16/2248200
Newsforge is running a statement from IBM on its [0]decision not to bow
to [1]SCO's demand that they stop shipping AIX. In a statement this
short, there's not much room for weaselly language, but the
even-shorter version is this: "IBM's Unix license is irrevocable,
perpetual and fully paid up. It cannot be terminated."
Links
0. http://newsforge.com/newsforge/03/06/16/2232255.shtml?tid=52
1. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/16/1940219&tid=88
Hydrodemolition Robot Crushes With Water
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/16/2154254
[0]Roland Piquepaille writes "In [1]'Robot pummels roads with water',
the Augusta Chronicle says that a hydrodemolition robot is going to
restore seven bridges in Georgia. "It's a robot that destroys
everything in its path with a crushing stream of water 15 times more
powerful than a jackhammer. The robot looks like a street cleaner
machine on steroids and is expected to begin use August 1 to resurface
seven bridges on Gordon Highway from Walton Way to the bridge at the
South Carolina state line." This kind of robot needs only two workers
to operate it, instead of 15 workers for a jackhammer, is less noisy
and more gentle for the foundations. You'll find more details in
[2]this summary."
Links
0. http://radio.weblogs.com/0105910/
1. http://www.augustachronicle.com/stories/061203/met_045-6278.000.shtml
2. http://radio.weblogs.com/0105910/2003/06/16.html
UK To Hold Public Enquiry On Spam
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/16/2048239
feepcreature writes "Is something going to be done about email spam at
last? In the UK, the [0]All Party Parliamentary Internet Group is to
hold a [1]public enquiry into spam. These politicians seem to
understand the scale of the spam problem, and they are considering a
new global level organization to deal with the Internet, as well as new
laws, inter-government action and technical solutions. But will more
international bodies help? Would laws work?"
Links
0. http://www.apig.org.uk/
1. http://www.apig.org.uk/press_release13th_june_2003.htm
SCO Terminates IBM's Unix License
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/16/1940219
AKAImBatman writes "SCO has [0]terminated IBM's license to use Unix
code. SCO is filing for an injunction that will require IBM to cease
all sale of AIX as well as accrue damages for each day IBM continues to
sell AIX."
Links
0.
http://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/news/articles.asp?guid=%7BB095053D-5814-4FF0-BD33-DC03CE5F4131%7D&newsid=805136133&symb=SCOX&sid=1453151
Chinese Manned Space Flight Set For Autumn
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/16/174205
brandido writes "According to an article at [0]Space.com, "Chinese
space officials remain on schedule for the [1]first piloted flight of
that nation's Shenzhou spacecraft. Chief designers and mission
directors say Shenzhou 5 will be launched in autumn, reported the
People's Daily last week." Between this, the [2]X-Prize, and
[3]multiple launches of [4]Mars probes in the last few weeks, it looks
like the space race may be heating back up?"
Links
0. http://www.space.com/
1. http://www.space.com/astronotes/astronotes.html
2. http://www.xprize.com/
3. http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/02/1048218&tid=160
4. http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/10/1916247&tid=160
Freshmeat
abcm2ps 3.6.1 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126197/
abcm2ps is a package that converts music tunes from ABC format to
PostScript. Based on abc2ps version 1.2.5, it was developed mainly to
print baroque organ scores that have independant voices played on one
or more keyboards, and a pedal-board. It introduces many extensions to
the ABC language that make it suitable for classical music.
aiSee 2.1.87 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126214/
aiSee reads a textual, easy-to-read, and easy-to-learn graph
specification and automatically calculates a customizable graph layout.
This layout is then displayed, and can be printed or interactively
explored. aiSee features 15 basic graph layout algorithms (including
force-directed layout), recursive subgraph nesting, fish-eye views, and
an animation interface. It has been optimized to handle huge graphs
automatically generated by applications (e.g. compilers).
Anthill Pro Build and Release Management Server 2.0.11
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126256/
Anthill Pro is an automated manager for the build and release process
of software development. It can provide daily reports of an overnight
build, with automated test runs, a revision log which lists newly
implemented features. Anthill Pro adds to the already robust feature
set of the open source version of Anthill. Anthill Pro is easy to use
in heterogeneous environments since it allows you to use different JDKs
and different classpaths to build different projects. It also provides
robust support for project dependencies, allowing you to rebuild all
dependent projects with the latest version of a dependency. Every
project can store its latest artifacts in Anthill's built-in
repository, and Anthill gives you the ability to rebuild any previously
built version.
arch revision control system 1.0pre0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126189/
arch is a modern replacement for CVS, specifically designed for the
distributed development needs of open source projects. It has uniquely
good support for development on branches (especially good merging
tools), distributed repositories (every developer can have branches in
their own repository), changeset-oriented project management (arch
commits changes to multiple files at once), and, of course, file and
directory renaming.
Brian 0.1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126211/
Brian is a jump-and-run platform game that uses Pygame and was inspired
by Commander Keen. It is named after "Monty Python's Life of
Brian", of which the game may contain some references.
C Server Pages 4.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126171/
"C Server Pages" is a C++ application server. It runs server
pages written in HTML with C++ embedded and templates with C++ beans.
It features scalability and integration with the backend, multiprocess
and multithread functionality, and it is tunable, load balancing, and
behaves well even when highly loaded.
Cayenne 1.0b4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126290/
Cayenne is a free object-relational persistence framework written in
Java. Its goal is to make development of database Java applications
faster and more consistent with the Object Oriented Programming
concept. Some of the ideas used in Cayenne have been inspired by the
persistence mechanism of NeXT's (and now Apple's) WebObjects
application server.
CFL 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126184/
CFL (C Foundation Library) is a C library that simplifies systems
software development on UNIX. The library includes functions for memory
management, string parsing, sub-process execution, filesystem
traversal, I/O, interfaces to IPC mechanisms including
pseudo-terminals, shared memory, semaphores, and other facilities. It
also has implementations of common dynamic data structures like linked
lists, queues, stacks, and hash tables, a real-time scheduler similar
in functionality to the cron daemon, and high-level APIs to Berkeley
sockets and other networking functions. Full API documentation is
included.
changedfiles 0.9.6.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126279/
changedfiles is a framework for filesystem replication, security
monitoring, and/or automatic file transformations--essentially any
application where you'd poll files or directories and either do
something to them or send them somewhere else (or both). The difference
is, the kernel tells you when they change, instead of you having to
poll. Besides which, it's an easy real time FTP push mirror to one or
multiple sites. The changedfiles system consists of two parts: a kernel
module (works with Linux kernel version 2.4) which reports to a device
whenever a file on the filesystem changes, and a daemon which runs in
user space and can be configured to do almost any action when a change
to a file matching the one of the patterns it looks for is reported.
The kernel module is SMP safe and has been tested on Intel, PowerPC,
and Alpha.
Compact Disc Input and Control Library 0.61
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126183/
The Compact Disc Input and Control library encapsulates CD-ROM reading
and control. Applications wishing to be oblivious of the OS- and
device-dependent properties of a CD-ROM can use this library. Some
support for disk image types like BIN/CUE and NRG is available, so
applications that use this library also have the ability to read disc
images as though they were CDs. A sample utility for displaying CD info
is included.
Confirm 0.50
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126241/
Confirm is an email challenge-response system which virtually
eliminates all unsolicited email. It is written in C and procmail, and
is easily customized. Unsolicited email is checked against valid
sender/recipient headers; unauthorized email is held pending a one-time
confirmation reply from the sender.
Desktop ROCK Linux 2.0.0-beta5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126280/
Desktop ROCK Linux is a source distribution based upon the distribution
build kit ROCK Linux. It is released with an automatic build system as
well as prebuilt ISO images. It inherits the state-of-the-art tool
chain from ROCK Linux and also includes the latest KDE and GNOME
releases and many other packages. The build system allows optimized
rebuilds of single packages or the whole ISO.
distcc 2.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126199/
distcc is a parallel build system that distributes compilation of
C/C++/ObjC code across machines on a network. It can be set up in just
a few minutes and makes builds up to ten times faster. It does not
require machines to share a filesystem or have the same libraries or
header files, and installation does not need superuser privileges.
EzSDK 4.70
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126249/
EzSDK is a PHP SDK which includes a PHP source code generator, a
library of PHP classes, and an application environment consisting of
premade supporting modules. The modules handle user application and
data access security, DB compatibility (with MySQL, MS SQL, Oracle,
etc.), a built-in GUI interface with an interactive desktop, and more.
Framework for Object Oriented Web Development 0.8.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126257/
Framework for Object Oriented Web Development is a collection of base
classes (ripe for extending) which handle object persistence, user
authorization, security, data administration, input handling, and all
the things required to build OO Web applications.
FreeVMS 0.0.46 (Unstable kernel)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126196/
FreeVMS is an OpenVMS-like operating system which can run on several
architectures like i386, PPC, Alpha, and many others. It consists of a
POSIX kernel and a DCL command line interpreter. The only architecture
currently supported is i386.
FUDforum 2.5.0RC6 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126218/
FUDforum is templatable forum with i18n support based on PHP and either
MySQL or PostgreSQL. It features a user/group management system, a
multi-lingual spell checker, both flat and thread message views, a
private messaging system with mult-iuser forwarding capabilities, poll
file attachments, and much more. It is an extremely fast and scalable
forum that can fulfill the needs of both small and large forum
operators.
Generic Information Server Toolkit 2.1.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126205/
Generic Information Server Toolkit (GIST) provides support for managing
user definable information objects, so you don't write any CGI programs
or SQL in your HTML, or worry about indexing your data: GIST does it
for you. You define your data and its structure and GIST takes care of
adding, changing, deleting and indexing it, allowing you to focus on
the important issues of providing the features and facilities your user
community expect and demand.
GFax 0.6beta4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126281/
Gfax is a pop up fax application for Gnome. It supplies the familiar
pop up window when printing to a fax printer. Gfax currently works with
Hylafax.
gnocl 0.5.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126264/
gnocl is a GTK / Gnome extension for the programming language Tcl. It
provides easy to use commands to quickly build Gnome compliant user
interfaces including the Gnome canvas widget and drag and drop support.
It is loosely modeled after the Tk package.
Gridlock 1.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126212/
Gridlock is a collection of grid-based board games for GNUstep,
including Ataxx, Reversi, Gomoku, Connect Four, Breakthrough, and Glass
Bead. You can play against another person or computer opponents of
varying difficulty.
gURLChecker 0.5.2 (Unstable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126247/
gURLChecker is a C/GNOME 2 tool that can check links on a single Web
page or on a whole Web site in order to determine the validity of each
page.
hackerlab 1.0pre0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126193/
libhackerlab is a general purpose C library that offers a pleasantly
refreshing alternative to libc.
HASAS 1.6.0 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126269/
HASAS (HydroAcoustic Signal Analysis System) is a modular system for
passive sonar signal analysis. It can be used for biological research
or surveillance, for example. The soundcard is used as input device,
and it currently includes all the very basic functionality; beamformed
audio, direction finding, level histogram, LOFAR/DEMON (narrowband
spectrogram), wideband spectrogram, and raw audio.
HOZ 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126260/
HOZ (Hacha Open Zource) is an Hacha clone written in pure C. It's
smaller and faster than the original, and it's Open Source.
ImageArchive 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126215/
ImageArchive is a PHP class for browsing images. This class enables you
to look through a tree structure of images as thumbnails and then to
zoom in to an individual image and rotate it. The zoomed image is
created on the fly and can be a variety of sizes. The GD extension is
required on the server, and JavaScript is required on the client. The
class was tested on Apache under Windows and Linux, but does not
contain any Apache-specific code.
iNet Factory 5.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126271/
iNet Factory is a robust suite of TCP/IP networking components for the
Java platform. They provide all the tools necessary to quickly develop
network-capable Java applications with minimum coding effort. Included
are components for finger, FTP, HTTP, SMTP, POP3, MIME, NNTP, nslookup,
rexec, rlogin, rsh, telnet, whois, and other frequently-used protocols.
Infrared-HOWTO 3.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126242/
The Infrared-HOWTO (formerly known as the IR-HOWTO) is an introduction
to Linux and infrared devices and how to use the software provided by
the Linux/IrDA project. This package uses IrDA(TM) compliant standards.
Remote Control (RC) via infrared is not the aim of the project, though
this topic is partly treated in the HOWTO.
install4j 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126213/
install4j is a cross platform Java installer that produces native
launchers and installers for all major platforms. install4j offers an
intuitive GUI that makes it easy to quickly define installation
projects. A command line compiler and an integration for Apache ANT are
included.
International Components for Unicode (C/C++) 2.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126035/
ICU provides a Unicode implementation, with functions for formatting
numbers, dates, times, and currencies (according to locale conventions,
transliteration, and parsing text in those formats). It provides
flexible patterns for formatting messages, where the pattern determines
the order of the variable parts of the messages, and the format for
each of those variables. These patterns can be stored in resource files
for translation to different languages. Included are more than 100
codepage converters for interaction with non-unicode systems.
IRC BotNET 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126259/
BotNET is an IRC bot that has two modes: stand-alone and BotNET mode.
Its features include: authentication, channel control, a full-featured
memo system, seen system, info system, raw commands, logging
capabilities, a help system, and the ability to act as a file sharing
node. In BotNET mode, the bot cooperates with others of its kind to
perform these features in tandem.
ITracker 1.7.3 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126217/
ITracker is a Java J2EE issue/bug tracking system designed to support
multiple projects with independent user bases. It supports features
such as full i18n support, multiple versions and project components,
detailed histories, issue searching, file attachments, dynamic reports
with charts, configurable field values, and multiple email
notifications.
JASA 0.21
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126231/
JASA (Java Auction Simulator API) allows researchers in computational
economics to write high-performance trading simulations using a number
of different auction protocols. The software is designed to be highly
extensible, so that new auction rules can easily be implemented. The
software also provides base classes for implementing simple adaptive
trading agents. It was developed for research carried out at the Agent
Applications, Research and Technology group of Liverpool University.
Jaxe 1.4.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126204/
Jaxe is a Java XML editor with a graphical document-oriented interface.
It is configurable with an XML schema and a configuration file. It
supports validation at element insertion, and is customisable with Java
modules. There is an HTML preview with an XSLT stylesheet. Examples
include XHTML strict and a Docbook article.
JTMOS Operating System Build 5991
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126223/
The JTMOS Operating System project aims to create a fully functional
multitasking x86 operating system. It primarily targets low-end systems
with small hard disks, preferably i586 family or newer.
Kernel TCP Virtual Server 0.0.14
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126181/
Kernel TCP Virtual Server is a Layer-7 switching software in the Linux
Virtual Server framework. It can do application-level load balancing
(such as content-based scheduling) inside the Linux kernel. The reason
for implementing it inside the kernel is to avoid the overhead of
context switching and memory copying between user-space and
kernel-space. Although the its scalability is lower than that of IPVS
(IP Virtual Server), it is flexible, because the content of the request
is known before the request is redirected to the real server.
KRconLinux 0.1RC4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126237/
KRconLinux is a KDE tool for querying and managing game servers like
Half-Life mods (Counter Strike, Dod, etc.), Quake series, and more. It
features a console to send rcon commands, a server log receiver, an
(incomplete) IRC bot to monitor the games, and a chat console to
interact with the players inside the game. It is capable of listing the
available server maps and changing them, establishing server settings
via configuration files, changing the current server password, updating
and modifying the server ban list, kicking and banning players, and
changing server variables.
Landscapes by B. Kaemper 3.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126234/
Landscapes by B. Kaemper is a theme created with artworks of the
painter B. Kaemper. It contains a KDE theme, an IceWM decoration, an
icon set, images for the slide show screensaver, a console schema, a
splash screen, and a KFM background image.
libDSP 4.6.0 (stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126248/
libDSP is a C++ library of digital signal processing routines,
including standard vector operations, digital filtering, and
transforms.
libptp 1.0pre4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126240/
libptp is a Picture Transfer Protocol support library. It is used for
downloading images from PTP cameras. It currently works with most
modern Kodak, HP, SONY, Nikon, Canon, and other cameras that are PTP
compatible. It also works with some MP3 players, like the Kodak MP3.
This package contains also 'ptpcam', the tool used to tweak camera
properties.
LibTomMath 0.05
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126201/
LibTomMath provides highly optimized and portable routines for a vast
majority of integer-based number theoretic applications (including
public key cryptography).
LILO 22.5.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126268/
LILO is a Boot loader for Linux/x86 and other PC operating systems. It
is responsible for loading your Linux kernel from either a floppy or a
hard drive and passing control to it. It is capable of booting beyond
cylinder 1024 of a hard disk if the BIOS supports EDD packet call
extensions to the int 0x13 interface. LILO can also be used to boot
many other operating systems, including DOS, Windows (all versions),
OS/2, and the BSD variants. The LILO distribution includes full source,
documentation and support files.
Linux Bandwidth Arbitrator 4.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126216/
Linux Bandwidth Arbitrator allows beginning-to-advanced network
administrators to control bandwidth. It is designed to be completely
turn-key in its default configuration. You just plug it into your
network trunk, and it self configures and immediately starts slowing
"bandwidth hogs". It also comes with finer controls that are
easy to use, and can be configured to target specific applications such
as Kazaa, IMAP, and POP. Traffic can be limited by host IP, subnet, and
time of day controls can be set.
Linux-Mobile-Guide 3.13
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126244/
The Linux-Mobile-Guide (formerly called the Laptop-HOWTO) is a guide
covering laptop and PDA related Linux features, such as installation
methods (via PCMCIA, without CD drive, etc.), hardware features
(PCMCIA, IrDA, APM, etc.), and configurations for different (network)
environments.
LUFS Userland Filesystem 0.9.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126258/
LUFS is a hybrid userspace filesystem framework supporting many
"exotic" filesystems (localfs, sshfs, ftpfs, httpfs,
socketfs, freenetfs, and nutellafs) transparently for any application.
It can be regarded as doing the same job as the VFS (virtual filesystem
switch) in the kernel: it is a switch, distributing the filesystem
calls to its supported filesystems. However, LUFS filesystems are
implemented in userspace. This would be a drawback for local
filesystems where the access speed is important, but proves to be a
huge advantage for networked filesystems where the userland flexibility
is most important.
monopd 0.8.0 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126270/
monopd is a dedicated game server daemon for Monopoly-like board games.
Clients such as Atlantik can connect and allow users to play various
games with other users of the network.
MoviX2 0.3.0rc1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126230/
MoviX2 is a small Linux distro that transforms your PC in a powerful
multimedia box. Using the GUI version of mplayer to play audio/video
files, after booting your PC with MoviX2 you will be able to play any
DVD/VCD, most video/audio files (most noticeably DivX but generically
any AVI, MPEG, QuickTime, WMV, ASF, MP3, and OGG), and also radio
stations on the Internet if you are connected to a LAN. And since all
systems will be completely loaded in RAM, you do not even need a HD to
use MoviX2.
Mplayer Orange 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126224/
Mplayer Orange is a clean and shiny skin.
myperl 0.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126245/
myperl allows you to execute Perl from inside of MySQL. It can either
be stored in a row, or it can be specified in your SQL statement. You
also can select other columns which will be passed to Perl.
MyPPP 0.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126226/
MyPPP is a PPP dialer and logger for Red Hat Linux. It lets users start
a PPP dialup connection to an ISP and records how much time has been
spent online every month.
Natural Docs 0.95
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126182/
Natural Docs is an extensible, multi-language, source code
documentation generator written in Perl. Its syntax is transparent so
the source comments read just as easily as the generated documentation.
It also focuses on automation and high-quality HTML output.
netcount 0.8b
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126276/
netcount is a command line PPP traffic logging and statistics display
tool for Linux. Logging is done via a small shell script which is
called during the ip-up, ip-down, and system startup processes and from
cron, while analysis and printing is done by a program written in
Python. Statistics can be made on a per-call, daily, and/or monthly
basis. Also part of the package is nstat, an X utility to display
connection status, to hang up, and to start and terminate pppd.
Nmap 3.28 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126261/
Nmap is a utility for network exploration or security auditing. It
supports ping scanning (determine which hosts are up), many port
scanning techniques (determine what services the hosts are offering),
and TCP/IP fingerprinting (remote host OS or device identification).
Nmap also offers flexible target and port specification, decoy/stealth
scanning, sunRPC scanning, and more. Most Unix and Windows platforms
are supported in both GUI and commandline modes. Several popular
handheld devices are also supported, including the Sharp Zaurus and the
iPAQ.
noexec 1.0.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126225/
noexec is a package for preventing a process from exec'ing another
process. It can be a useful security measure to prevent a user from
escaping to a shell. It may be able to prevent some kinds of CGI
exploits.
ogmtools 1.0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126246/
The ogmtools allow users to display information about (ogminfo),
extract streams from (ogmdemux), merge several streams into (ogmmerge),
and split (ogmsplit) Ogg files. Supported stream types include video
streams from AVIs or Ogg files and Vorbis audio from Ogg files. The
resulting files can be played back with mplayer or with the OggDS
Direct Show filters under Windows.
Open WebMail 2.10 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126262/
Open WebMail is a webmail system written with Perl. It is designed to
manage very large mail folder files in a memory efficient way. It also
provides a range of features to help users migrate smoothly from
Microsoft Outlook to Open WebMail. Open WebMail has the following
features: multiple languages, multiple iconset/styles, strong MIME
support, SMTP relaying, virtual hosting, user aliases, pure virtual
user, per user based capability, multiple authentication modules, PAM
support, folder/message management, draft folder, confirm reading
support, full content search, spellchecking, auto reply, mail filter,
webdisk, calendar, event reminder, POP3 support, online password
changing, message count preview, user history, and persistant running
support.
OpenGUI 4.1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126167/
OpenGUI (formerly FastGL) is a high-level C/C++ graphics &
windowing library built upon a fast, low-level x86 ASM graphics kernel.
It provides 2D drawing primitives and an event- driven windowing API
for easy application development, and it supports the BMP image file
format. You can write apps in the old Borland BGI style or in a
windowed style like QT. OpenGUI supports the keyboard and mouse as
event sources, the Linux framebuffer, SVGAlib, and XFree86-DGA2 (HW
accelerated) as drawing backends, Mesa3D under Linux, and 8, 15, 16,
and 32- bpp color modes.
Parasite 1.0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126274/
Parasite is a PHP PEAR::DB-based blogger with support for spell
checking, pingback, highlighted searching, Weblogs.com ping, RSS
headlines, and more.
Penguin Greetings 0.8.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126227/
Penguin Greetings is a Perl Web application to implement Internet
greeting cards on Linux and other Unix-based systems. It can be run as
a standard CGI application or as a persistent Perl interpreter (via
SpeedyCGI) for production settings. It includes a complete e-card
Website with 65 cards for users who want a "plug and play"
e-card solution. It is intended to make e-cards more like email by
using multipart MIME email and including message text. The HTML for the
cards and the creation screens are stored in templates based on Embperl
so that users can completely customize the look of the program. Via
Embperl, Perl expressions can be incorporated into templates for
server-side processing. Access to the card creation functions can be
optionally restricted to users in an htpasswd file. Cards are emailed
and databases updated by a separate daemon program which allows for
card scheduling and improves security and logging. Extensive
documentation is provided as well an demonstration Website that make
full use of the Embperl scripting capabilities.
Phony Mplayer 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126222/
Phony Mplayer makes Mplayer look like a desktop DVD player.
phpBB 2.0.5 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126221/
phpBB is a UBB-style dissussion board written in PHP backended by a
MySQL database. It includes features such as posting/replying/editing
messages, private messages, private forums, user and anonymous posting,
robust theming, user ranking by posts or by special, admin definable,
ranks, and much more.
phpMyFAQ 1.3.3 beta2 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126236/
phpMyFAQ is a multilingual, completely database-driven FAQ system. It
also offers a content management system, flexible multi-user support, a
news system, user tracking, language modules, templates, extensive XML
support, PDF support, a backup system, and an easy to use installation
script.
PreMail 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126161/
PreMail is a mail previewer and deleter that checks POP accounts and
presents a list of messages. You can then select and delete any of
these messages. By default, it uses .fetchmailrc as its list of
accounts.
QDist 0.9.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126198/
The QDist package implements the O(n log^2 n) time method for computing
the quartet distance between unrooted evolutionary trees.
Ragnarok Online Client 0.0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126190/
Ragnarok Online Client is a client to the Ragnarok online network, an
MMORPG. This project only provides an API to be able to program a
client without having to understand the protocol itself, and to keep
up-to-date just by the library.
RPL/2 4.00pre7a (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126195/
RPL/2 (Reverse Polish Lisp/2) is a langage derived from the RPL made by
Hewlett-Packard for its HP-28S. It has some extensions (preprocessor,
compilated libraries, new functions), a TeX output, and can draw
graphics.
rubrica 1.0.3 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126263/
rubrica is an address book written using GTK+ and GNOME. It allows you
to add personal data (name, surname, address, etc.), Web links, email
addresses, telephone numbers, job information (company where contact
works, company infos, contact's assigment, etc.) and notes. XML is used
to store the data. It can import addressbooks from GnomeCard and export
to HTML.
Safari Aquafier 2.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126147/
Safari Aquafier replaces Safari's brushed metal interface with an Aqua
one.
SaveMyModem 1.0pre4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126252/
SaveMyModem is an anti-spam, email-shaping, and delete-on-server email
tool. It is designed for users with slow dialup connections who are
tired of downloading large amounts of spam and worm and virus
attachments.
SiEd 0.0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126207/
SiEd is a simple text editor for Palm OS 3.5+. It is designed to allow
editing of large documents on any Palm. It is targeted more at users
with add-on keyboards for their Palm, as existing editors do not take
full advantage of the keyboard.
srecord 1.15
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126282/
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.
Stone's Throw 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126187/
Stone's Throw is a clone of the arcade classic Arkanoid with accurate
2D physics.
SurakWare Base Library 0.4.0-beta1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126232/
SurakWare Base Library (libswl) is a native C++ multi-platform system
library that provides an abstract layer to the key system routines as
well as utility modules, STL add-ons, and other useful classes for
solving common tasks (multi-threading, I/O streams, networking, etc.).
Sussen 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126273/
Sussen is a client for the Nessus Security Scanner. It is easy to use;
you can perform a vulnerability assessment with just a few mouse
clicks. It has a Glade-based user interface, Druids for common tasks,
GConf support, and Anjuta project support.
swsusp 1.0-pre8 (2.4 Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126202/
swsusp enables you to suspend your machine without having to use APM or
BIOS support. It creates an image which is saved in your active swaps.
At the next system bootup, the kernel detects the saved image, restores
the memory from it and then it continues to run as before you've
suspended.
Syldra 1.0 beta 1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126176/
Syldra is an EFnet-compatible IRC daemon based on Hybrid 6.3.1. It
provides many of the features of csircd, Hybrid 7, and ircd-ratbox in a
familiar and proven base.
TCPWatch 1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126266/
tcpwatch is a simple Python script that lets you monitor TCP
connections through a proxy. It displays the sessions in a window that
can also display the history of past connections. It is useful for
developing and debugging protocol implementations and Web services.
The Black Legacy 0.2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126272/
The Black Legacy is an online RPG project.
The Tamber Project 1.2.9 (Pogo)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126250/
The Tamber project is a free, componentised n-tier website engine that
uses open languages such as XML and JavaScript. In a nutshell, content
is stored in separate XML files, in databases, or other data objects;
business functions are carried out by JavaScript and ASP; and
presentation is controlled by an XSL transformation, which allows for
delivery over multiple channels such as HTML, WAP and email. Currently
Tamber contains modules that support; automatic locale detection,
search engine tracking and optimisation, e-commerce catalogues;
shopping carts and order management, secure sign in, data access and
conversion services, advanced session management, content managemt
tools and forums.
Transparent Mobile IP 0.14a (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126219/
Transparent Mobile IP (TMip) aims to provide IP mobility across
multiple networks, ensuring that all active TCP sessions will be
maintained upon client migration. No client-side software or alteration
to the IP stack is required. The network itself changes to provide
connectivity to hosts, using IP tunneling techniques.
Video CD plugin for xine 1-beta12a
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126185/
Video CD plugin for xine adds the full compliment of advanced Video CD
features, including playback control (PBC), display of hi-res still
frames, and menu selections. The plugin displays a good deal about the
internals of the Video CD and allows a bit of customization of display,
and where to start playing.
Virtual Universe / Virtual Worlds 0.27
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126265/
VU/VW is a 3D cyberspace which offers more possibilities than just
chat: it is a combination of the Web, chat, and instant messaging
within a realistic, three-dimensional cyberspace. Here people can meet,
interact with each other, and build houses and whole worlds. The
Virtual Universe is a virtual reality environment which runs on top of
the Internet.
Voodoo chat 0.18.16
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126243/
Voodoo chat is a fast, convenient, easily customized Web chat system
with the ability to continuously update the user messages (push). It
has 4 different ways of displaying messages: a Perl-daemon for
continuous update, PHP-stream, Java-script emulation of stream, and
classic refresh style. It features theme support, configurable rooms,
private messages, ignoring, user-status, a mini-mail system, inline
images, graphical statistics, user-info, language packs, and more.
Several data storage engines are available, including ones based on
files, SysV shared memory, and MySQL. It has been tested on a real
server with up to 360 simultaneous users.
Websphinx 0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126203/
WebSPHINX ( Website-Specific Processors for HTML INformation
eXtraction) is a Java class library and interactive development
environment for Web crawlers that browse and process Web pages
automatically.
WebWindow Java Browser 2.1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126229/
The WebWindow is a Java-based Web browsing component. It allows
developers to integrate Web pages directly into their Java application
without the need for a native Web browser. Some features of the
WebWindow include support for Javascript, CSS, frames, cookies,
applets, printing, and much more.
XDrawChem 1.7.2 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126238/
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, simple IR spectra, and estimated pKa. XDrawChem can work
with its native file format, ChemDraw files, and any format supported
by OpenBabel (MDL Molfile, CML, etc.).
XMPCR Front End 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126253/
XMPCR Front End is a GUI frontend to the linuXMPCR Perl modules. This
allows playing the XMPCR radio in Linux with a GUI interface.
Zina 0.9.18
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126192/
Zina is a graphical interface to your MP3 collection, a personal
jukebox, and an MP3 streamer. It can run alone, be embedded into an
existing Web site, or be used as a Postnuke/PHPNuke module. It is
similar to Andromeda, but is released under the GPL.
Slashcode
Handling logging issues
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/22/0533218
I'm using cronolog for my apache logs, and I really, really like it.
I'd like to be able to use it on the slash logs as well, which become
large and cumbersome over time with many sites running on a server. How
do you all handle your logs? What do you use for log rotation? How long
do you keep logs? Is anyone using cronolog, or something like it with
slash?
RSS to Story?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/21/1727241
Hi, I'm looking for a way to grab remote RDF and post them as stories.
portald seems only to handle blocks. I'm aware of the elixus.org, and
the RSS2Story plugin in their patch of slashcode, but I can't get the
plugin installed, and it seems to be left unfinished. So is there any
other way to do this?
launch of slash site "stupidsecurity.com"
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/18/2133212
Announcing the opening of StupidSecurity.com. The site is meant to be a
chronicle of idiotic and deceptive "security" measures. From the "three
questions" that the airlines finally stopped asking to the closing of
Meigs Airport in Chicago supposedly for security reasons, we want YOUR
gripes about security measures that are just plain dumb! I'd welcome
submissions (the stupider the better!), comments, complaints, and
praise!
MySQL 4.1+
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/16/1639224
I want to start using MySQL 4.1 to take advantage of the new Spatial
extensions in MySQL to further enhance my plugin. I saw the recent
story referring to using MySQL 4, but no direct mention of experience
with versions 4+. Any tips or recommendations? Should I make the
upgrade only on my development box, or is using 4+ okay. Any experience
with 4.1, which is alpha?
Section-specific Quick Links
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/16/1540217
I'm in the process of setting up a intranet Slash 2 site for a company.
With the aid of the Crow Book I've got everything installed and with
the L'n'F that they want, and we are in the process of adding some
initial content and getting the blocks running the way they want.
However, we're having problems getting section-specific quick links
blocks to work. Example: I have a section called legal, and a block
called legal_qlinks which has different links to index_qlinks.
index_qlinks shows up on the homepage as I expect, but nothing is
displayed in the right "frame" if I click no the section title under an
article. What am I doing wrong? The Crow Book (page 127) suggests that
this should work.
Need help building Slash templates
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/13/1634251
I have comps for a site I want built in Slash. While I have worked with
Movable Type, building Slash templates is a whole different beast. I
need someone to help me convert my comps into a functioning Slash site.
If you have these skills, please drop me a line with your rates and
scheduling availability. You can see what the site will look like here.
--Markos
Preventing duplicates from being posted
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/10/2021250
I'm getting sick of seeing duplicate posts all the time on Slashdot. I
have a feature-request/enhancement that I would like to request for
slashcode. It would be nice if before a moderator submits a story to
check all of the URLS in that post and match it with the previous
weeks/months stories for the same URL. If there is a match, throw up a
warning saying that this story is a possible duplicate. This will help
the moderator out too, since they wouldn't have to read every story on
slashdot in the past two weeks. What do you think? Is this doable?
--Min Idzelis
Vorlonspace Is Back
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/08/0415234
Announced back in October last year, Vorlonspace was launched as a
Babylon 5 discussions site. In late January, the site went down and was
taken off the YASS list. It is now back up and the premise has changed
from Babylon 5 to a general sci-fi discussion site which has generated
more interest.
Adding ispell after slash is installed
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/08/0414234
Hi, I read the (archived) thread at:
http://ask.slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/03/22/1 724238&mode=thread
and I have "Running Weblogs with Slash", so I know that "... Slash 2.2
has added an ispell compatibility mode. If the ispell program exists
and points to an ispell binary, the Edit Story page will include a list
of potentially misspelled words.)" (thanks blagger), but I don't know
how exactly what to add, and into what directory,. I installed freebsd
5.0, then built and installed the slashcode port, and now I've
installed ispell. I then tried adding symlinks to ispell into various
directories, including /usr/local/slash/bin, and restarting my browser
and the freebsd box. Nothing obvious changes. Can someone tell me
exactly which file to put where to enable spell-checking? I'm running
slash-2.2.6 on Freebsd 5.0. Thanks... P.S. Sorry if I misspelled
anything, but...
Shouldn't Slash Be Represented at OSCOM 3?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/02/171253
I found out that OSCOM 3, The Open Source Content Management
Conference, is taking place in Cambridge, MA, from May 28-30. I was
surprised to see that Slash does not appear to be represented in any
way. I posted a story to CTDATA suggesting that our community try to
represent itself in some fashion. If anyone wants to discuss how we can
influence the organizers of this conference to include a Slash
presentation, please email me at dave_aiello at ctdata.com.
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