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Sourceforge
Gallery v1.3.4 and Gallery Remote v1.0.1 Released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=285885
Three years to the day since Gallery became a SourceForge project,
we're pleased to announce the release of Gallery v1.3.4 as well as
Gallery Remote v1.0.1. Gallery v1.3.4 is both a new feature and bugfix
release, and is recommended for all Gallery users. New features for
v1.3.4 include: the ability to download your gallery to burn to CD or
browse offline, additional photo print services, auto-rotation of JPEGs
when possible, and the ability to add new customized description fields
to photos. In addition, v.1.3.4 fixes numerous minor bugs, and extends
support for PHP-Nuke to versions 6.5 and newer, and improves the
Windows XP Publishing Wizard interface. Alongside the new Gallery
release comes the release of Gallery Remote v1.0.1, which fixes many
bugs, implements HTTP basic authentication, and allows you to save and
load Gallery Remote projects. Gallery v1.3.4 and Gallery Remote v1.0.1
are available from the Gallery Download Page:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=7130
Zsh 4.0.7 and 4.1.1 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=286040
Finally, a development version of zsh is available again. 4.1.1
introduces many new features both in the main shell and as library
add-ons. It has been in development for some time and is believed to be
fairly stable. 4.0.7 is a bug-fix release for the stable branch of zsh.
zsh is a shell probably most similar to ksh, but with countless
enhancements and differences.
BZFlag 1.7g2 "steely eyed banana" released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=285923
Now with twice as mojo! New features include a nifty server
administration system, autoconf, cheating protection, expanded platform
support and much more. BZFlag is an OpenSource OpenGL Multiplayer
Multiplatform battlezone capture the flag game. Get it today at
http://bzflag.org/
FreeDOS kernel 2030 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=285969
FreeDOS kernel build 2030 is out with quite a few important bugs fixed.
FreeDOS aims to be a complete, free, 100% MS-DOS compatible operating
system. FreeDOS is free because it is released under the GNU General
Public License.
Netatalk 1.6.3 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=285971
The Netatalk development team is proud to announce version 1.6.3 of the
Netatalk File Sharing suite. Netatalk is a collection of server
programs and utilities for handling various protocols employed by Apple
Macintosh computers on Unix compatible systems. This allows Unix hosts
to act as file, print, and time servers for Apple Macintosh (classic
MacOS as well as MacOS X) computers. The suite contains: * afpd - a
file server that implements the Apple Filing Protocol, allowing clients
running MacOS to access Unix file servers * atalkd - an implementation
of the AppleTalk protocol * papd - a print server that enables
Macintosh computers to access printers connected to Unix servers *
timelord - a time server for synchronizing time over the network *
megatron - a tool to convert files in Macintosh specific formats like
BinHex, AppleSingle, or MacBinary into files readable by Unix computers
* various other utilities Netatalk is a Free/Open Source Software
project and is released under the GNU General Public License (GPL).
Please see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html for the full license
text. News in Netatalk 1.6.3 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Netatalk 1.6.3 is a
maintenance release for the 1.6 series that fixes various small bugs
and glitches in Netatalk. Please see the NEWS file contained in the
distribution for more detailed information.
Slashdot
Telstra Denies Selling BigPond Customers' Data
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/0337255
[0]Red Wolf writes "The Age reports that allegations that Telstra sells
email addresses of BigPond customers have been [1]denied by the telco.
Melbourne-based IT worker Mark Edwards had doubts in this direction
when he began receiving unusually large amounts of spam at his bigpond
email address. Edwards grew suspicious because some of the spam being
issued to him was also addressed only to a number of users within the
bigpond.com domain, indicating that the unsolicited mass emailings were
being sent to lists of BigPond users."
Links
0. http://redwolf.com.au/column/
1. http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/06/24/1056220588600.html
Collapsible LCD Screens
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/0250217
[0]Schart writes "I can't seem to find any pictures of exactly what
they mean by 'collapsible LCD,' but [1]NEC today [2]announced a new
line of low(ish) priced LCD screens that 'fold up for easy
portability.'" Anyone out there who can supply visual documentation?
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.necmitsubishi.com/
2.
http://www.necmitsubishi.com/newsNew/index.cfm?url=http://www.necmitsubishi.com/newsNew/PressDEtail.cfm?document_id=786
KaZaA Wants to Be An Official Content Distributor
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/008200
[0]scubacuda writes "[1]Detroit News: [2]Nikki Hemming, CEO of
[3]KaZaA, says KaZaA wants to be the official online distributor for
the entertainment industry. 'Realize that this technology is
inexorable, and come to the table,' says Hemming to our friends Hilary
Rosen and Jack Valenti."
Links
0. http://`moc.emani' `ta' `aducabucs'
1. http://www.detnews.com/2003/technology/0306/20/technology-197745.htm
2. http://www.business2.com/webguide/0,1660,71314,00.html
3. http://www.kazaa.com/
MandrakeClustering Shows Off At ISC2003
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/24/2314234
[0]joestar writes "Just released today at [1]ISC2003, Germany, is
"[2]MandrakeClustering", a high-performance computing Linux
distribution/solution, which sounds interesting, at least in the PR:
Pentium support with optimizations made with the Intel compiler, 64-bit
Opteron support (with in this case, up to 16 GB of RAM for each
cluster's node!), parallelized URPMI (Mandrake's apt-get) and other
dedicated tools. This product is based on a one-year research project
"CLIC" involving MandrakeSoft and partners. A good snapshot of the
product running a 3D real-time demo is [3]available here. The
interesting point now: MandrakeClustering's goal is to provide a system
which is easy to deploy, easy to administer and use. Well... Mum would
certainly love to play Quake with this toy."
Links
0. http://slashdot.org/
1. http://www.isc2003.org/
2. http://www.mandrakesoft.com/company/press/briefs?n=/mandrakesoft/news/2424
3. http://clic.mandrakesoft.com/demo-en.html
Apple Hardware VP Defends Benchmarks
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/24/2154256
Greg Joswiak, vice president of hardware product marketing at Apple, in
a phone interview today, defended Apple's [0]performance claims for its
upcoming Power Mac G5, after they [1]came under fire in the wake of
[2]yesterday's announcement. Read on for the details.
Links
0. http://www.apple.com/powermac/performance/
1. http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/24/1232237&tid=181
2. http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/23/198247&tid=174
More Cheap Linux PCs
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/24/2029224
[0]prostoalex writes "The low-cost Linux PC market so far dominated by
Lindows [1]got a new entrant. According to News.com, Linare plans to
sell a [2]$199 no-monitor model with 1GHz VIA CPU, 128MB RAM, 20GB HDD,
KDE, OpenOffice. An extra $50 would get the user upgraded to a 2GHz
Athlon. Company is located in beautiful Bellevue, WA, which, as
News.com noted, is quite close to another Seattle suburb - Redmond,
WA."
Links
0. http://www.moskalyuk.com/deals/
1. http://news.com.com/2100-1042_3-1020137.html
2. http://www.linare.com/product.htm
Labelling RFID Products
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/24/2012250
[0]John3 writes "Following [1]Wal-Mart's recent announcement that they
plan to push RFID in their stores, [2]CASPIAN (Consumers Against
Supermarket Privacy Invasion and Numbering) has [3]posted proposed
legislation that would require a product to be labeled if it contained
an RFID tag. Beyond the label requirement, the proposed legislation
also sets up some strict restrictions on the use of RFID data. Even
though RFID is not in widespread use, it's probably best to start
working on these types of protections before the products are on the
shelves."
Links
0. http://`moc.sllenroc' `ta' `3nhoj'
1. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/06/188239&tid=158
2. http://www.nocards.org/
3. http://www.nocards.org/rfid/rfidbill.shtml
Internet Emulator
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/24/192254
[0]John3 writes "[1]InternetNewsM is reporting that [2]PlanetLab is
getting closer to reality. According to [3]this article, a consortium
of universities (including Princeton) is launching a test-bed platform
based on Red Hat Linux. This project is different than [4]Internet2 or
some of the other "alternate Internet" networks being developed, and
seems to offer the most benefit to distributed computing projects
rather than generic WAN/Internet communications."
Links
0. http://`moc.sllenroc' `ta' `3nhoj'
1. http://www.internetnews.com/
2. http://www.planet-lab.org/
3. http://www.internetnews.com/infra/article.php/2226461
4. http://www.internet2.org/
Microsoft Steps Up Anti-Spam Efforts
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/24/192209
An anonymous reader writes "Bill Gates announces new focus at Microsoft
to abolish spam. Read the announcement titled [0]Toward a Spam-Free
Future."
Links
0. http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/execmail/2003/06-24antispam-print.asp
Mom Meets Linux - A Lindows 4.0 Review
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/24/175252
[0]JimLynch writes "We just put up the first review of Lindows 4.0,
with a twist. I actually gave it to my Mom to see if she could use it.
Find out if Lindows 4.0 [1]passed the "Mom Test.""
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,1134574,00.asp
Freshmeat
Azure 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127199/
Azure is a Web log client that allows you to create and edit Web log
posts on your phone, PDA, or personal computer. It uses J2ME CLDC/MIDP
1.0. It can be used with any system that supports Moveable Type's XML-
RPC API.
BitlBee 0.80
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127201/
BitlBee emulates an IRC server. Everything that is said on this server
is forwarded to users on the MSN/ICQ/Jabber/Yahoo! networks, and
responses are also returned.
C++ Portable Types Library (PTypes) 1.8.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127159/
The C++ Portable Types Library (PTypes) is a simple alternative to the
STL that includes multithreading and networking. It defines dynamic
strings, character sets, variants, lists and other basic data types
along with threads, synchronization primitives, and IP sockets. It is
portable across modern Unix and Windows systems and includes a sample
HTTP daemon showing the full power of the library.
CaLStats 0.0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127223/
CaLStats is a small set of scripts for monitoring computer
availability. It creates images of the network structure and marks
active or inactive computers.
Cantus 1.99.1-1 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127162/
Cantus is an easy to use tool for tagging and renaming MP3 and
OGG/Vorbis files. It has many features including mass tagging and
renaming of MP3s, the ability to generate a tag out of the filename,
filter definitions for renaming, recursive actions, CDDB (Freedb)
lookup (no CD needed), copy between ID3V1 and ID3V2 tags, and a lot
more.
CFL 1.1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127140/
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.
CodeWorker 2.16
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127136/
CodeWorker is a scripting language for producing reusable, tailor-made,
evolveable, and reliable IT systems with a high level of automation. An
extended BNF syntax allows defining new domain-specific languages or
parsing existing formats (HTML pages for example). A template-based
syntax like PHP and JSP allows writing the patterns for generating
code. The code generation knows how to preserve protected areas with
hand-typed code and offers code expansion, source-to-source
translation, and program transformation. These tasks are executed in a
straightforward process, with no binding to an external programming
language and with no translation of requirements specification in a
constraining format.
Confirm 0.53
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127216/
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.
Coyote Linux 2.00-pre6 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127215/
Coyote Linux is a single floppy distribution for people who have an
Internet connection that they wish to share with other computers on a
LAN. In addition to connection sharing, it also provides firewall
services to help protect the internal network. The goal of the Coyote
project is to make it as quick and easy as possible to share an
Internet connection.
daudio 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127203/
daudio is a set of programs for fully synchronized, distributed MP3
audio over a local Linux network.
DaveDAP 0.8.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127167/
DaveDAP is a PHP LDAP administration tool which allows you to browse
your LDAP tree, create, delete, edit, and copy objects, and perform
searches. You can even copy objects between two LDAP servers and
recursively delete/copy entire containers.
Desktop ROCK Linux 2.0.0-beta6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127230/
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.
Digital Room Correction 2.2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127182/
DRC generates digital room correction FIR filters to be used within
HiFi systems in conjunction with real time convolution engines like
BruteFIR.
Distributor load balancer 0.6.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127225/
Distributor is a software TCP load balancer. Like other load balancers,
it accepts connections and distributes them to an array of back end
servers. It is compatible with any standard TCP protocol (HTTP, LDAP,
IMAP, etc.) and is also IPv6 compatible. It has many unique and
advanced features and a high-performance architecture.
DrWright 0.17
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127144/
DrWright is a program that forces you to take regular breaks from your
computer. If you like whistles, bells, and a thousand options, this is
not for you. Feel free to check out xwrits instead. DrWright monitors
keyboard and mouse activity and displays a small meter in the
notification area on your panel. When it starts blinking, you know it's
time to take a break. If you don't, it will lock your screen to force a
break.
etrex-cache 0.0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127212/
Etrex-cache is a collection of scripts to enable simple manipulation of
a Garmin Etrex in Linux with a view to interacting with geocaching.com.
Essentially, it just ties together the excellent gpspoint (for actually
talking to the device) and gpsbabel for converting file formats. The
most useful feature is the Web browser helper script to enable
downloading of waypoints directly from geocaching.com to an Etrex.
ficl 4.0.31
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127132/
Ficl (Forth inspired command language) is an ANS Forth interpreter
written in C. Unlike traditional Forths, this interpreter is designed
to be embedded into other systems as a command/macro/development
prototype language. Ficl provides object extensions that can be used to
wrap methods and structures of the host system without altering them.
Firebird .NET Data Provider 1.1 Alpha 2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127086/
The Firebird .NET Data Provider is an ADO.NET data provider for
Firebird. It is written in C# and provides a high-performance native
implementation of the Firebird API. It also includes an implementation
of the Firebird Services API and Firebird array datatype support.
Firepass 1.1.0a
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127158/
Firepass is a tunneling tool allowing users bypass firewall
restrictions and encapsulate data flows inside legal ones that use HTTP
POST requests. TCP or UDP based protocols may be tunneled with
Firepass.
Frameworks 0.2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127129/
Frameworks is a Video4Linux Webcam controlling utility based on gqcam.
It is designed for acquiring frames for stop-motion animation and
claymation. Files are saved in a scheme suitable for editing with the
GIMP Animation Plugin, and frame averaging is supported.
FreeMarker 2.3pre5 (Lazarus)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127186/
FreeMarker is a template engine that was originally designed so that
servlet-based applications could keep graphical design separate from
application logic. The templates provide an easy and highly flexible
way to generate any kind of text output (HTML, RTF, PostScript, TeX,
source code, etc.) from a variety of data sources such as Java objects,
Jython objects, XML object models, and more.
galculator 1.1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127139/
galculator is a GTK 2 based scientific calculator supporting algebraic
mode as well as RPN. Features include arithmetic operations plus
precedence handling, full keypad support, trigonometric functions,
power, square root, natural and common logarithm, constants (e, PI),
and inverse and hyperbolic functions. It supports different number
bases (decimal, hexadecimal, octal, and binary) and angle bases
(radiant, degree, and grad).
Geo::Weather 1.32
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127195/
Geo::Weather is a Perl module used to retrieve weather.com information
based on city/state or US zip code.
GKrellM 2.1.13 (GTK 2.0)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127226/
GKrellM is a GTK-based stacked monitor program that charts SMP CPUs,
disks, load, active net interfaces, and internet connections. There are
also builtin monitors for memory and swap, file systems with
mount/umount feature, mailbox checking including POP3 and IMAP,
clock/calendar, laptop battery, sensors (temperatures, voltages, and
fans), and uptime. It has LEDs for the net monitors and an on/off
button and online timer for PPP. There is a GUI popup for
configuration, plugin extensions can be installed, and many themes are
available. It also features a client/server monitoring capability.
GnomeMeeting 0.98
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127148/
GnomeMeeting is an H.323 compatible videoconferencing and VoIP/IP
telephony application that allows you to make audio and video calls to
remote users with H.323 hardware or software (such as Microsoft
Netmeeting). It supports all modern videoconferencing features, such as
registering to an ILS directory, gatekeeper support, making multi-user
conference calls using an external MCU, using modern Quicknet telephony
cards, and making PC-to-phone calls.
gPHPEdit 0.4.0 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127161/
gPHPEdit is a GNOME2 editor that is dedicated to editing PHP files and
other supporting files, like HTML/CSS. It has support for drop-down
function lists, hints showing parameters, and syntax highlighting.
GTick 0.2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127172/
GTick is a metronome application. It features a scale from 30 beats per
minute to 250 BPM and arbitrary beat modes (meters). It uses GTK+ and
OSS.
gURLChecker 0.5.3 (Unstable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127188/
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.
Happy Drop-down menus 1.11
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127149/
Happy Drop-down menus are drop-down Java menu applets available in
numerous themes and suitable for a top bar navigation layout. It
includes a configuration tool and features support for true-type fonts,
multiple event triggers, and more. Buttons and menu items are
non-sticky, which means they release immediately unless a submenu
launches.
IceUtils 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127166/
IceUtils is a suite of command line tools designed to make creating a
game world and playing through that world an easier task. Although some
of the tools are specific to Iron Crown's Rolemaster role playing
system, other tools can be used for just about any game environment.
isdngw 0.3.2 (Seven Levels)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127174/
isdngw is an H.323 to ISDN gateway using the OpenH323 and PWlib
libraries, and the ISDN4Linux subsystem. It is based on isdn2h323.
Java Desktop Rolemaster Character Generator .9t
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127204/
Java Desktop Rolemaster Character Generator is a gradually-developing
cross-platform character generator for the Rolemaster FRP roleplaying
game from Iron Crown Enterprises. It can create and develop Rolemaster
characters quickly. It contains information from the Rolemaster FRP
book and the current Character Law.
JavaWizardComponent 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127084/
The Java Wizard Component is a Swing component that helps a
user-interface programmer present information to the user in a
step-by-step manner in which the next step is determined by the choices
made in the current step. This is useful for programming many kinds of
wizards, such as those used in installation programs and IDEs. This
library attempts to make it easy for developers to define their own
steps and to combine these steps in the desired order.
JDiff 1.0.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127200/
JDiff is a JavaDoc doclet that produces an HTML report of all the
packages, classes, methods, and so on that are different (the
"diff" part) between two Java APIs. It is great for reporting
what has changed between two releases of your product.
Katoob 0.3.4.91 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127228/
Katoob is a light-weight, multi lingual, BIDI-aware text editor. It
supports opening and saving files in multiple encodings. The main
support was for the Arabic language but other languages are also
supported.
libchipcard 0.9.1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127153/
Libchipcard is a C/C++ framework for easy access to
chipcards/smartcards via chip card terminals/readers. It uses the CTAPI
library provided by the manufacturer of the reader and provides a
filesystem on memory chip cards. It works under Linux, FreeBSD,
OpenBSD, and Windows, and has been tested with Towitoko and Kobil
readers even in parallel.
MHonArc 2.6.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127189/
MHonArc is a Perl program for converting mail or news messages into
HTML archives. It can also be used to convert individual messages into
HTML documents. Other capabilities include robust MIME support and
powerful user customization features.
MiddleMan 1.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127175/
Middleman is a robust proxy server with many features designed to
remove unwanted content, increase privacy, and to simply make surfing
the Web a more pleasant experience. Some of the highlights include
banner and popup blocking, HTTP and FTP content caching, NTLM and Basic
authentication when forwarding through another proxy server, regular
expression substitution in downloaded files and HTTP headers, regular
expression substitution on requested URLs, many URL commands to
temporarily change the proxy settings or to view information about a
requested file, complete support for HTTP/1.1 including persistent
connections and gzip encoding, and an intutive Web interface for
configuring the proxy.
MidHosting FTPd 1.0.1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127164/
mhftpd was created in order to provide FTP access to a hosting server.
It is based on vftpd, which is itself an extension of the Linux port of
the OpenBSD ftpd. mhftpd is a fast, secure, and reliable FTP server. It
supports virtual users, quotas, and other standard FTP features. mhftpd
may work as a stand-alone daemon, as well as inetd-wrapped service.
N-View 2.8 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127187/
N-View is a network monitor for small and medium-sized networks. It
features automatic scanning of subnets for host addresses, monitoring
of ICMP responses from all hosts, signalling of timeouts and delays in
the GUI and by mail, a portscanner, an SNMP client (MIB browser and
trap receiver), a graphical display of network traffic for network
interfaces, connectivity to hosts by telnet, HTTP browser, or an
arbitrary external program (such as ssh), printing of network diagrams,
automatic generation of HTML pages, and more.
NeXTensio 2.0.0 final (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127145/
NeXTensio is a collection of server behaviors and commands designed to
boost programmer productivity for task automation and form generation.
It based on UniFORM, the Unified FORM Architecture, and UniVAL, the
automated validation algorithm. NeXTensio allows developers to
concentrate the application logic in one location, while allowing
Insert/Edit/Delete operations. This provides great flexibility and a
centralized way of dealing with form logic. It includes KTML, the
online WYWIWYG HTML editor, and the Improved Repeat Region, which
features list filtering and sorting.
openMosix Cluster for Linux 2.4.21-1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127134/
openMosix is a a set of extensions to the standard Linux kernel
allowing you to build a cluster of out of off-the-shelf PC hardware.
openMosix scales perfectly up to thousands of nodes. You do not need to
modify your applications to benefit from your cluster (unlike PVM, MPI,
Linda, etc.). Processes in openMosix migrate transparently between
nodes and the cluster will always auto-balance.
OZradio 0.9.6.5 beta
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127155/
OZradio is a Linux FM radio player and CD Player for KDE and GNOME. It
supports BTTV-compatible FM and TV cards. It features the ability to
save up to 10 preset stations, a sound mixer, volume control, a mute
button, automatic frequency scanning, on-demand recording and replay of
radio, and programmable recording.
PennMUSH 1.7.7p16 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127214/
PennMUSH is a MUD server that is often used for running social or
role-playing games, with an extensive internal programming language. It
runs on Unix systems, Windows, and MacOS.
PennMUSH 1.7.6p12 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127213/
PennMUSH is a MUD server that is often used for running social or
role-playing games, with an extensive internal programming language. It
runs on Unix systems, Windows, and MacOS.
PHPMailer 1.70 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127160/
PHPMailer is an email transport class which features multiple file
attachments, CCs, BCCs, REPLY-TOs, HTML messages, redundant SMTP
servers, and word wrap, among others. It can send email via sendmail,
PHP mail(), or with SMTP. Methods are based on the popular AspEmail
active server component.
PHPTestManager 0.1.4beta
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127163/
PHPTestManager allows you to create and maintain school tests through a
Web interface.
PluckyBot 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127181/
PluckyBot is an extremely flexible IRC bot. It works on a system of
prioritized modules, making it easy to extend. The core IRC
communication is handled using POE::Component::IRC.
portmon 1.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127142/
Portmon is a daemon that is able to monitor network services and send
notification in the event that a server goes down. Portmon was designed
to be able to monitor a large number of servers/workstations and give
very configurable notification in the event of a network failure.
Project LRNJ: Slime Forest Adventure (Cromulent)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127227/
The goal of Project LRNJ is to create an entertaining console-style RPG
that teaches Japanese. Slime Forest is the prototype line: a simple
NES-like CRPG using graphics from the upcoming katakana adventure and a
training set of 1000 kanji. Its purposes are to attract interest and
funding, and to gather data and feedback on compatibility and
effectiveness.
Py Connect Four 1.7b 0.0.9b (Beta)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127209/
Py Connect Four is an implementation of the classic, two-player,
Connect Four game. Each player has a color, either black or red, and
they take turns putting their pieces in. The first player with four
pieces in a row at any angle wins the round. It is completely written
in Python, and uses the PyGame library with the SDL library.
Request Tracker 3.0.3 (Release)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127138/
RT is an industrial-grade trouble ticketing system. It lets a group of
people intelligently and efficiently manage requests submitted by a
community of users. RT is used by systems administrators, customer
support staffs, NOCs, developers, and even marketing departments to
track issues, outages, bugs, requests, and all kinds of other things at
thousands of sites around the world.
Rick's Rolemaster Character Generator 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127210/
Rick's Rolemaster Character Generator is a text-based generator for old
(pre-RMSS/FRP) Rolemaster games. It writes character sheets as text
files.
Roadsend PHP SiteManager 2.4.1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127170/
SiteManager is an Open Source Web Application Toolkit for PHP
Developers that includes a framework for code modules and layout
templates, database connectivity, SmartForms, sessions, and some other
tools. All parts of the system are integrated through object-oriented
libraries which allow for easy expandability and maintenance.
SDLJoytest 06-22-2003
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127130/
SDLJoytest is a program that allows users to select from all joysticks
found on the system (with SDL), and then test that selected joystick or
other game controller.
Securepoint Firewall and VPN Server 3.13 (Securepoint3)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127152/
Securepoint Firewall and VPN Server is a high-performance application
designed to offer full protection for network assets. The Security
Manager offers a graphical user interface with many features, different
configurations, and advanced reporting functions. The Securepoint
server is a complete firewall and VPN software system with an operating
system based on a secure Linux. VPN operation supports PPTP and IPSec
(X.509 certificates, preshared, RSA signature). You can use the
firewall on a standard PC with 2 to 16 network cards (including
Ethernet, ADSL, ISDN). It is very easy to install and administer. The
Securepoint Security Manager is available in English, German, and
Spanish, and works in online and offline mode.
SetDesigner 2.0 (SetObjectSubclass PB Template)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127193/
SetDesigner is a tool specifically designed for aiding in the design
and visualization of theatrical sets. It is not a CAD program. The laws
of physics are not enforced by the program itself. Sets can be designed
in SetDesigner by sizing and arranging predefined common elements of
sets (for example: platforms, and flats), and defining paint schemes
for these objects.
SetDesigner 2.0.1 (SetObject Framework)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127192/
SetDesigner is a tool specifically designed for aiding in the design
and visualization of theatrical sets. It is not a CAD program. The laws
of physics are not enforced by the program itself. Sets can be designed
in SetDesigner by sizing and arranging predefined common elements of
sets (for example: platforms, and flats), and defining paint schemes
for these objects.
SimPy 1.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127141/
SimPy is a discrete event, object-oriented, simulation package for
Python 2.2 and later. It uses generators which support efficient
implementation of coroutines. It allows easy interfacing to GUIs and
graphing packages for analysis. Tutorial and examples are included.
SuperKaramba 0.28
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127197/
SuperKaramba is a tool that allows anyone to easily create and run
little interactive widgets on a KDE desktop. Widgets are defined in a
simple text file and can be augmented with Python code to make them
interactive. Current widgets include everything from simple news
headline displays to complete custom replacements for kicker, the KDE
toolbar.
Support Information Tracker 1.0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127184/
Support Information Tracker is a knowledge base for organizations.
Features include multiple document versions, group permissions,
document submission reviews, and many more.
Tanne 0.7.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127180/
tanne is a small, secure session-management solution for HTTP. It
replaces common sessions with a system consisting of PIN and TANs, well
known from online banking. It's main purpose is to enable programmers
of Web applications to have real secure sessions without cookies or
session-ids.
Thy 0.6.242 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127157/
Thy is a lightweight HTTP daemon that is designed to be clean and fast,
yet powerful enough to serve many hits a day. Despite its small size,
it supports CGI, IPv6, SSL/TLS, and on-the-fly compression.
Traffic tool Troll 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127206/
The Traffic Tool Troll is a traffic monitoring and managing skript.
Traffic statistics are generated by port, hour, day, month, and year.
You can define a special period for your needs. The script is written
in Perl and uses iptables and MySQL to get and store the traffic.
VariCAD 9.0-1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127147/
VariCAD is a compact, fast, and easy to use 3D/2D CAD solution for
mechanical engineering. It contains everything you need for mechanical
engineering design.
vSACS 1.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127173/
vSACS is a simple, full-featured web hosting automation system that
provides its clients with sophisticated yet easy-to-use server
management tools. Emphasis is put on security and reliability, without
sacrificing flexible configurations for the advanced user. With
advanced recovery tools, sophisticated language management, long term
stability, and real time task execution, vSACS is a smart choice for
your Web-hosting business.
white_dune 0.25beta21 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127154/
VRML97 (Virtual Reality Modeling Language) is the ISO standard for
displaying 3D data over the web via browser plugins. It has support for
animation, realtime interaction and multimedia (image, movie, sound).
Dune can read VRML97 files, display and let the user change the
scenegraph/fields, and load and store x3d (next generation VRML xml
format) files if configured to work with the nist.gov x3d translators.
It also has support for stereoscopic view via
"quadbuffer"-capable stereo visuals.
xMule 1.4.1a
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127211/
xMule is an easy-to-use multi-platform synchronizing fork of the
popular eMule P2P file sharing client built upon the wxWindows library.
It incorporates the best features of eMule along with optimizations,
fixes, and support for multiple operating systems.
yawl 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127198/
This is a comprehensive "word game" word list for UNIX/Linux.
It is a superset of the author's ENABLE list, the "OSW", and
various lists researched by the author's colleague, Alan Beale. At
264,057 words, it is the largest list of its kind, suitable for use in
all manners of crossword-type board games and word construction games,
as well as for a spell checker dictionary. The YAWL package now
includes two anagramming utilities (supplied as source code, handled by
the included Makefile). There is also a shell script that extends the
UNIX "strings" system command.
ZapEdit 1.03
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127165/
ZapEdit is a site management tool that can be used to update Website
content through a browser. It features a WYSIWYG HTML editor that
provides an intuitive business user authoring environment, and works
with any existing HTML Website and on shared hosting accounts. ASP and
PHP versions are available, and both Apache and Microsoft IIS Web
servers are supported.
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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