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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
Zynot Foundation Forks Gentoo
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/26/048221
[0]deque_alpha writes "The [1]Gentoo Linux distribution has been forked
by a group of Gentoo developers and community members. This fork is
being placed under the control of the non-profit [2]Zynot Foundation,
which will "hold the source code, trademarks, and any other
intellectual property developed by and for its community." The [3]goals
of the fork include improving stability and cross-platform reliability
to bring the Gentoo-developed technology to the enterprise and embedded
arenas." Another reader points out Zack Welsh's long article at
Zynot.org on [4]reasons for forking the Gentoo distribution.
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] h o m e . net
1. http://www.gentoo.org/
2. http://www.zynot.org/
3. http://www.zynot.org/info/faq.html
4. http://www.zynot.org/info/fork.html
Amazon Hacks For Fun and Money
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/26/0017257
An anonymous reader writes "There's a new BusinessWeek article looking
at [0]some of the cool hacks coming out of Amazon's [1]open API and XML
feed policy. Some nifty stuff - 27,000 developers have apparently
signed up to build hacks on Amazon data. It seems '..most are only
part-timers and hobbyists, but a growing number are serious programmers
who seek to make a living selling products based on the data Amazon is
offering on a silver platter.'"
Links
0. http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jun2003/tc20030624_9735_tc113.htm
1. http://www.amazon.com/webservices
Hall On Worldwide Open Source Movement
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/2353220
[0]adamsmith_uk writes "There's an article up on ZDNet [1] summarizing
an interesting speech from Jon "Maddog" Hall about non-US open-source,
as well as protecting open-source from 'looters' - well worth a read:
'The open-source development community is an international treasure and
should be protected as such, said veteran Linux advocate Jon "Maddog"
Hall, in a talk in Birmingham, UK, that emphasized the role of
open-source software outside the United States.'"
Links
0. http://www.convea.com
1. http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-1020316.html
Public Domain Act Introduced Into Congress
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/2248222
AnElder writes "In his blog yesterday Lawrence Lessig said
'...Congresswoman Lofgren (D-CA) and Congressman Doolittle (R-CA)
[0]have agreed to introduce the Public Domain Enhancement Act into
Congress.' Today the [1]Eldred Act website features two press releases
announcing [2]the act's introduction, as well as its [3]immediate
support by '...the American Association of Law Libraries, the American
Library Association, and the Association of Research Libraries...'" We
ran a link to the petition supporting this Act [4]a few weeks back.
Links
0. http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/lessig/blog/archives/2003_06.shtml#001315
1. http://eldred.cc/
2. http://www.eldred.cc/eablog/000092.html
3. http://www.eldred.cc/eablog/000093.html
4. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/03/1641229&tid=103
WiFi Exposes Sensitive Student Data
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/2211236
[0]cfarivar writes "'Like leaving a vault open, the [1]Palo Alto
Unified School District failed to place a number of highly sensitive
computer files containing student information in a locked location on
its network. Using a laptop with a wireless card outside the district's
main office, the Palo Alto Weekly [2]gained access to such data as
grades, home phone numbers and addresses, emergency medical information
complete with full-color photos of students and a psychological
evaluation."
Links
0. mailto:cfarivar @ ocf.berkeley.edu
1. http://www.pausd.palo-alto.ca.us/
2.
http://www.paloaltoonline.com/paw/paonline/weekly/thisweek/2003_06_25.wire25.html
Comics On The Net - A Business Primer
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/2140242
[0]Snotty Pippen writes "There's a new article/report/white paper
called [1]Comics on the Internet: A Primer in 7 Parts that's showing up
in all the right places. It's currently being cited over at [2] Heath
Row's Media Diet and [3]The Comics Journal's Journalista blog. Media
Diet says thinks it's the first report of its kind. The Comics Journal
says it's how to migrate comic books from print to web and make it
work. I think it's a somewhat comprehensive overview, and the bit about
print-on-demand comics is interesting."
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.indignantonline.com/eclectica/comics_white_paper.htm
2. http://www.cardhouse.com/heath/2003_06_22_archive.html#105646559165985549
3. http://www.tcj.com/journalista/zarch200306D.html#other2
Intellivision Operating System Revealed
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/2017255
Thanks to an anonymous reader for pointing to the [0]IntyOS site, which
[1]has released Version 0.2 Alpha of a "multitasked operating system
for the [2]Intellivision console." According to the site, IntyOS
"..includes a powerful GUI which handles a mouse pointer, windows,
menus, icons, etc", and was "..written from scratch in CP-1600 assembly
language in order to fit exactly to the hardware specificities of the
Intellivision. Its main goal is now to see how far it's possible to go
with today's technologies on such a limited system from the early 80's"
There's also a [3]site mirror available, and the demo ROM is
[4]viewable in a Java applet.
Links
0. http://intyos.free.fr/index.php
1. http://intyos.free.fr/index.php?page=download
2. http://www.intellivisionlives.com/
3. http://intyos.spatula-city.org/
4. http://intyos.free.fr/index.php?page=demo
Small Footprint Computers
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/1946244
Robert Cliff writes "VIA's [0]Mini-ITX based computers have been
covered in Slashdot before, but not by [1]this company. [2]This product
is interesting because it is a SiS based, fanless 233 MHZ system
measuring only 4.75 x 6.25 x 1.9 inches, and it can run off BOTH AC and
DC. If you need something larger / powerful, they have [3]other
Mini-ITX based systems, which they claim is built "on same factory that
builds the cases for many high-end audio products". These guys seem to
be [4]heavily promoting Linux."
Links
0. http://www.viavpsd.com/
1. http://www.norhtec.com/
2. http://www.norhtec.com/products/gp/
3. http://www.norhtec.com/products/
4. http://www.norhtec.com/info/
RIAA To Sue Hundreds Of File Swappers
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/1811255
Shackleford writes "[0]The Washington Post has an [1]article saying
that the RIAA is preparing hundreds of lawsuits against Internet users
who illegally trade copyrighted music files. The lawsuits will target
people who share 'substantial' amounts of copyrighted music, but anyone
who shares illegal files is at risk, RIAA President Cary Sherman said
in a conference call today. The first round of lawsuits will be
prepared during the next eight to 10 weeks. They will ask for
injunctions and monetary damages against file swappers. It seems that
after a federal judge ruled in April that file-sharing services have
legal uses and thus should not be shut down, the RIAA has found that it
must go after individual users rather than the services that they use."
palmech13 points to a [2]similar article on Yahoo News.
Links
0. http://www.washingtonpost.com/
1. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30875-2003Jun25.html
2.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030625/ap_en_mu/downloading_music_4
Will Cellular Swamp WiFi?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/1720254
hhutkin writes "Sure, Wi-Fi is great for my home network. But what else
can it do? After reading this [0]article, I'm convinced that cellular
is becoming more ubiquitous with wireless networking than wi-fi will
ever be. Just look at all the devices that are coming on the market
using cellular technology. I can send email and pics, browse the web,
plus listen to MP3s all on one cellular device. It makes the notion of
a hotspot almost meaningless." But 802.11x is high-bandwidth, and often
unmetered ...
Links
0. http://www.business2.com/articles/mag/0,1640,50167,00.html
Freshmeat
aedGUI 0.1.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127238/
aedGUI is a cross-platform C++ GUI library that works with SDL.
Ajaqs 0.9.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127240/
Ajaqs is a Web app that organizes FAQs on a per-project basis. It is
designed to be deployed under popular Web and application servers. It
aims to serve two purposes: to provide engineering groups a mechanism
for consolidating and preserving in-house knowledge in connection to
product development and usage, and to provide small companies with a
Web interface for exposing searchable, internationalizable information
related to products and services.
aldap 1-rc1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127208/
aldap is designed as a groupware, Web-based, central contact manager.
It can supplement end-users' personal address books or stand alone. It
includes scripts and a wizard to set up an LDAP server or if import an
existing Outlook contact database easily. Its features include adding,
viewing, deleting, and modifying of print entries and organizational
units, 4 permission levels for creating login accounts, VCard export,
Outlook conversion tools, plenty of end user help, and more.
Anarch Revolt Deck Builder 20030527
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127281/
The Anarch Revolt Deck Builder is a cross-platform inventory manager
and deck builder for players of the collectible card game
"Vampire: The Eternal Struggle".
Another NBD distribution 0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127248/
The Another NBD distribution provides both an NBD (network block
device) client and server as well as SGML-based manual pages. It
provides numerous additional features beyond the original NBD tools
distribution, including a multi-threaded implementation, robustness
enhancements, a server monitoring tool, and more detailed user
messages. The tools are fully compatible with the existing Linux kernel
NBD driver.
BEAST/BSE 0.5.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127246/
BEAST (the BEdevilled Audio System) is a GTK+/GNOME-based frontend to
BSE (the Bedevilled Sound Engine). BSE comes with the abilities to
load/store songs and synthesis networks (in .bse files), play them
modify them, etc. BEAST provides the necessary GUI to make actual use
of BSE. Synthesis filters (BseSources) are implemented in shared
library modules, and get loaded on demand.
black-versus-white 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127124/
black-versus-white is designed to be small, out-of-the-way, and easy to
use without sacrificing minimalism and style. It is a mainly black
style in the KDE theme and KDE color set, and a mainly white GTK theme
on the thinice engine because it is impossible to read with black
backgrounds and inconsistent variables. A bit of usability is sacrified
in the KDE theme for the sake of keeping it completely black and white,
but you can switch the style to keramik, which has alpha blending and
is significantly easier to use. The icewm theme also works well in KDE
itself (set the window decorations to icewm and copy the theme to the
correct directory).
Brian 0.1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127218/
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.
cdpr 2.0.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127348/
cdpr (Cisco Discovery Protocol Reporter) shows the switch and port that
a machine is connected to, provided that the device supports CDP. It
can also optionally decode the full CDP packet. cdpr was written to
help network/system administrators find out about the equipment that a
machine is connected to. This is done by capturing and decoding a Cisco
Discovery Protocol (CDP) packet.
cgdb 0.3.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127319/
cgdb is a lightweight, but fully functional curses frontend to gdb. The
goal of cgdb is to be lightweight and responsive, not encumbered with
unnecessary features. The interface retains the familiar GDB text-based
interface with 100% of the original functionality. The interfaces also
provide additional features, such as a source code window, shortcut
keys, visual setting of breakpoints, regex searching capabilities, and
more.
CodeViz 0.11 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127221/
CodeViz is a call graph visualisation tool which uses a variety of
different data collection methods to generate its call graphs. Using a
modified version of the GNU Compiler, very accurate call graphs that
precisely reflect the compiled code may be created. If using a compiler
is undesirable, CodeViz is able to directly parse C/C++ code itself,
and even analyse binaries with objdump, so it will work if the source
isn't available.
Connect Daily Web Calendar 2.1.16
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127297/
Connect Daily, a Web-based calendaring system, allows multiple users to
add and edit calendar events using a Web browser. The calendar display
can be directly integrated into your Web site. It provides advanced
capabilities for managing resources and facilities. The approval
processes allow many users to edit calendars, with the assurance that
all items added are approved. It supports event download to MS Outlook
and Palm OS PDAs. Authentication to LDAP directories is also supported.
cVokTrainer 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127342/
cVokTrainer is a vokabulary trainer based on ding's data files.
CVS Accesslist Patch 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127179/
The CVS Accesslist Patch is a safe way to keep users accessing only the
modules you specify. It works simply: A person is only able to perform
CVS operations if he has a copy of the original module on his machine.
It has a configuration file under the CVSROOT tree; in this file, you
specify which user will be able to access the modules in your
repository.
CyberNeko HTML Parser 0.7.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127351/
NekoHTML is a simple HTML scanner and tag balancer that enables Java
application programmers to parse HTML documents and access the
information using standard XML interfaces. The parser can scan HTML
files and "fix up" many common mistakes that human (and
computer) authors make in writing HTML documents. NekoHTML is written
using the Xerces Native Interface (XNI) that is the foundation of the
Xerces2 implementation. This enables application programmers to use the
NekoHTML parser with existing XNI tools without modification or
rewriting code.
Damn Small Linux 0.3.11
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127304/
Damn Small Linux is a business-card size (50MB) Linux distribution.
Despite its minuscule size it strives to have a functional and easy to
use desktop.
DRT 0.3.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127236/
DRT is a design recovery tool for interactive graphical applications
running under the X Window System. The tool automatically captures
actions performed while using such an application. Functions
particularly relevant to each action are highlighted. Moreover, the
action itself is described visually from fragments of the application
display. One can search and browse these actions to learn about the
design of an application.
DSPAM 2.6.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127286/
DSPAM is a server-side anti-spam agent for UNIX email servers. It
masquerades as the email server's local delivery agent and
filters/learns SPAM using a Bayesian statistical approach which
provides an administratively maintenance-free, self-learning Anti-Spam
service. Each email is broken down into its most interesting tokens,
each assigned a spam probability. All probabilities are then combined
to produce a statistical probability of spam. This approach, applied to
a mature corpus of email, has the potential to yield a 99.5% success
rate with only 0.03% chance of false positives.
Effort: Zero Franchise Manager 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127306/
The Effort: Zero Franchise Manager (EZFM) is a set of PHP files
designed to minimize the effort needed to create a website for a Madden
2003 PC Franchise. One of the modes offered by Madden 2003 PC is the
"Franchise" mode which allows you to play and manage a team
over multiple seasons. This program aim to reduce some of the busywork
by automatically generating Web pages to display the information
contained in the Stat Files, and in a consistent and appealing manner.
Enca 0.99.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127283/
Enca detects the encoding of text files, on the basis of knowledge of
their language. It can also convert them to other encodings, allowing
you to recode files without knowing their current encoding. It supports
most of Central and East European languages, and a few Unicode
variants, independently on language.
Eternal Lands 0.7.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127239/
Eternal Lands is a multiplatform (Windows/Linux) 3D graphical online
world that will evolve into a fully-featured MMORPG. It requires a
hardware-accelerated video card that supports at least OpenGL 1.2.
evolvotron 0.1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127312/
Evolvotron is an interactive "generative art" application to
evolve images/textures/patterns through an iterative process of random
mutation and user-selection driven evolution. If you like lava lamps,
and never got tired of the Mandelbrot set, this could be the software
for you. It's implemented using Qt, and is multithreaded.
eZ publish 3.1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127287/
eZ publish is an open source content management system and development
framework. As a content management system (CMS) it's most notable
feature is its revolutionary, fully customizable, and extendable
content model. This is also what makes it suitable as a platform for
general Web development. Its stand-alone libraries can be used for
cross-platform, database independent PHP projects. eZ publish is also
well suited for news publishing, e-commerce (B2B and B2C), portals, and
corporate Web sites, intranets, and extranets. eZ publish is dual
licenced between GPL and the eZ publish professional licence.
File Service Protocol 2.8.1b5 (Beta)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127299/
FSP is a UDP-based protocol for transferring files. It has many
benefits over FTP, mainly for running anonymous archives. It is usable
on lines with high packet loss ratio (70% WiFi), can go behind
firewalls and unoticed by port scans (because of UDP), does not
overload networks when hosting ISOs or movies, share files on modem
lines without eating all of the bandwidth, and keeps lamers away from
your site (they don't know how to get to it). This project is active
continuation of the FSP code base (abandoned for the last 5 years).
Fink 0.5.3 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127273/
The Fink project wants to bring the full world of Unix Open Source
software to Darwin and Mac OS X. It modifies Unix software so that it
compiles and runs on Mac OS X and makes it available for download as a
coherent distribution. Fink uses Debian tools like dpkg and apt-get to
provide powerful binary package management. You can choose whether you
want to download precompiled binary packages or build everything from
source.
Fireflies Screensaver 2.06
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127337/
Fireflies is an OpenGL screensaver for Linux (using xscreensaver) and
Windows. It also works as a standalone program, which allows you to
move and rotate the camera. Swarms of bugs fly around the screen
leaving colorful translucent trails that get blown around by the wind.
Geek Code Generator 1.7.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127265/
The Geek Code Generator will generate a geek code block for you by
asking you a series of questions about yourself. The generated code can
be pasted into your .sig or anywhere else you would like to display
your geekiness.
Genmake 2003_06_25
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127313/
Genmake creates Makefiles for C/C++ projects from a simple project
description. The project description file can contain any number of
projects and dependencies between them. The description is organized
into workspace, projectspace and filespace and supports any number of
build modes (debug, release, etc.).
GNU glpk 4.0 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127310/
The GLPK package is intended for solving linear programming (LP) and
mixed integer linear programming (MIP) problems. It is a set of
routines organized in the form of a library and written in the ANSI C
programming language.
GNU TeXmacs 1.0.1.15
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127271/
GNU TeXmacs is a free scientific text editor, which was inspired by
both TeX and GNU Emacs. The editor allows you to write structured
documents via a "wysiwyg" and user friendly interface. The
program implements high quality typesetting algorithms and TeX fonts.
It is also possible to use TeXmacs as an interface to computer algebra
systems. Finally, TeXmacs supports the Guile/Scheme extension language,
which makes it possible to adapt the user interface to specific needs,
and even to extend the editor.
gnuvd 1.0-beta2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127249/
Gnuvd is a program that uses the Van Dale online service to query the
Dutch dictionary. It has a command-line frontend and (optionally) a
GNOME frontend, and it provides a small elisp package to perform
queries from within Emacs. The Web page is in Dutch.
Gwget2 0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127302/
Gwget2 is a Gnome2 front-end to wget.
heartbeat 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127244/
Heartbeat is a server and service monitoring program written in PyGTK,
featuring XML configuration and support for unlimited servers and
services.
HTML::PopupTreeSelect 1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127243/
HTML::PopupTreeSelect is a Perl module which creates an HTML popup tree
selector using HTML::Template. The HTML and Javascript produced will
work in Mozilla 1+ (Netscape 6+) on all operating systems and Microsoft
IE 5+ on Windows and Mac. The design for this widget is based on the
xTree widget from WebFX and resembles a Windows Explorer directory
tree.
ICEMail 4.0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127275/
ICEMail is a full-featured Java email client based on the JavaMail API.
It provides support for IMAP, POP3, local MH folder hierarchies, and
any other JavaMail SPI provider. ICEMail is fully SMIME v2 compliant,
allowing the creation and viewing of signed/encrypted email. It
supports the viewing of attachments via the Java Activation Foundation,
providing MIME and MailCap capabilities, including the HotJavaBean
integrated into the application for Web browsing. In addition, ICEMail
has a built in address book with vCard support.
IceWM SilverXP Theme 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127125/
IceWM SilverXP Theme is inspired by the Silver Theme of Microsoft
Windows XP. The title bars and window borders have look of Windows XP.
The colors of all elements are very similar to the colors of the
Windows XP interface.
Image Display System 0.82
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127300/
IDS is a CGI written in Perl that generates a multi-gallery photo album
Web site on the fly. All you need to provide are the images and
(optionally) descriptions. Features include support for
internationalization, user interface themes, thumbnail generation for
JPEG, PNG, TIFF, and GIF images, and the display of whatever other file
types you choose. If you allow them to do so, guests can leave comments
and order prints. Your files are searchable by name and description,
and can be managed via a Web-based administrative interface.
ImpAKT 2.5.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127253/
ImpAKT is a tool for Dreamweaver MX PHP developers who need to
implement complex and interactive dynamic Web sites. Unlike standard
PHP or Dreamweaver MX Web development that requires manual code
modification to implement the application logic, ImpAKT uses the
InterAKT Transaction Engine, which allows for the generation of
software triggers and features an intuitive GUI editor that increases
productivity and avoids error-prone manual coding.
IRC Services 5.0.20 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127256/
Services for IRC Networks (or just Services for short) provides for
definitive nickname and channel ownership, automatic channel mode
setting, memo (short message) storage and retrieval, and greater IRC
operator control over the network.
Jena 1.2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127255/
Jena is Java toolkit for developing semantic Web applications. It
includes an RDF API, ARP, an RDF parser used for the W3C semantics Web
sandbox, RDQL (an RDF query language and processor), and a DAML API.
JFtp 1.32
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127291/
JFtp is a Swing Java network and file transfer client. It supports FTP
using its own FTP API and various other protocols like SMB, SFTP, NFS,
HTTP, and file I/O using third party APIs. It includes many advanced
features such as recursive directory up/download, browsing FTP servers
while transferring files, FTP resuming and queueing, browsing the LAN
for Windows shares, and more. The FTP API is separated from the GUI and
can also be used in third-party applications. It should ideally be
launched in a Web browser via Java Web Start (contained by the Java 1.4
plugin), but can also be started locally.
JMP 0.31
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127220/
Java Memory Profiler (JMP) uses the JVMPI interface to track objects
and method times in the JVM (Java Virtual Machine). It uses a GTK+
interface to display statistics. The current instance count and the
total amount of memory for each class is shown as is the total time
spent in each method.
JOELib 2003-06-25
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127290/
JOELib is a computational chemistry library which supports SMARTS
substructure search, descriptor calculation, processing/filtering
pipes, and conversion of different chemical file formats. It is written
in 100% pure Java, and interfaces to external programs are available.
jpegpixi 0.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127219/
"Jpegpixi" is short for "JPEG pixel interpolator".
It is a command-line utility which interpolates pixels in JFIF images
(commonly refered to as "JPEG images"). This is useful to
correct images from a digital camera with CCD defects. Jpegpixi is
unique in that it tries to preserve the quality of the JFIF image as
much as possible. Most graphics programs decode JFIF images when they
are loaded, and re-encode them when they are saved, which results in an
overall loss of quality. Jpegpixi, on the other hand, does not decode
and re-encode the image, but manipulates the encoded image data,
protecting the quality of the image as much as possible.
JSVN 0.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127296/
JSVN is a Java graphical front-end to the Subversion revision control
system. It uses the svn CLI instead of JNI for repository access, and
includes Ant tasks for accessing Subversion repositories and a plugin
for IntelliJ IDEA. It is 100% Java, very small, and very portable.
KServiceMenu 0.2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127331/
KServiceMenu is a tool to create, edit, and manage Konqueror's
servicemenus appearing when using the right mouse button on a
directory, file, device, etc.
libdbi-drivers 0.7.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127334/
The libdbi-drivers project hosts the database-specific drivers for
libdbi, a database abstraction library written in C. Currently drivers
are available for mSQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQLite.
LibStroke 0.5.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127325/
LibStroke is a stroke and gesture recognition library. It can be used
to easily add the capability to recognize mouse strokes to an
application. Examples of programs which are LibStroke-enabled are
FVWM2, gEDA, and PCB. There are GNOME, C, TCL, and Java libraries and
bindings available aswell.
libtrash 2.1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127262/
libtrash is a shared library which implements a trash can on GNU/Linux.
When preloaded, it intercepts calls to a series of GNU libc functions
and, instead of permanently destroying files, moves them to a
"trash can".
linuXMPCR 0.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127232/
linuXMPCR is a Perl interface for the XM Radio XMPCR computer receiver.
The program has two parts: one is the module that controls the radio,
and the other is the very basic interface that does everything it is
needed to do.
Mail Master 1.51
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127292/
Mail Master is a full distributed management interface integrating
sendmail, SpamAssassin, horde, and Open Anti-virus. It includes
unlimited users, integrated anti-virus, user configurable spam-filter,
a Web mail interface, disk quotas, custom sendmail setup, POP3, IMAP,
and multi-level management (lets domain administrators and users manage
their mail settings).
Mckoi SQL Database 1.0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127324/
Mckoi SQL Database is a full featured SQL-92 relational database
management system written in Java. The software can operate as either a
dedicated multi-client, multi-threaded database server, or can be used
as an embedded database inside a Java application. The engine is
designed to be easy to use and maintain and versatile for sophisticated
database development tasks. The software provides a JDBC 2.0 driver.
mnoGoSearch 3.2.12 (3.2.x)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127266/
mnoGoSearch (formerly known as UdmSearch) is a full-featured Web search
engine which you can use to build search engines over HTTP, HTTPS, FTP,
and NTTP servers, local files, and database big text fields. It
supports Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, miniSQL, Solid, Virtuoso,
InterBase, SAPDB, iODBC, EasySoft ODBC, and unixODBC database backends.
mnoGoSearch is also known to work with MS SQL, SyBase, and Oracle
through ODBC. It has text/html and text/plain built-in support, and
external parsers support for other document types. An automatic
language/charset guesser for more 70 language/charset combinations is
included, along with basic authorization support, and you may index
password-protected intranet HTTP servers with proxy authorization
support.
moodss 17.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127257/
Moodss (the Modular Object Oriented Dynamic SpreadSheet) displays data
described and updated in one or more modules loaded at startup time or
dynamically. Data is originally displayed in tables. Graphical viewers,
summary tables, free text viewers, and threshold entries can be created
from any number of table cells. Moodss has full drag'n'drop support in
the UI, and comes with numerous modules for system, database, network,
and other types of monitoring. New modules can be developed in Tcl,
Perl, Python, or C. A monitoring daemon (moomps) for UNIX is included.
It can react to thresholds and record data history in any database for
later analysis or for presentation using common software.
MP3 Streaming DownSampler for PHP 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127349/
The MP3 Streaming DownSampler for PHP is written with cable modem/DSL
users with low upstream caps in mind. Using LAME, it dynamically
downsamples a requested MP3 to a bitrate which can be streamed. It
doesn't use temporary files, so you don't have to take the time to do
any batching, and you just give it a directory with symlinks to your
music in a place the Web server can reach. The interface is simplistic
and fast, meant for immidiate plug and play access.
mpiBLAST 1.1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127217/
mpiBLAST is an MPI based parallel implementation of NCBI BLAST. It
consists of a pair of programs that replace formatdb and blastall with
versions that execute BLAST jobs in parallel on a cluster of computers
with MPI installed. There are two primary advantages to using mpiBLAST
versus traditional BLAST. First, mpiBLAST splits the database across
each node in the cluster. Because each node's segment of the database
is smaller it can usually reside in the buffer-cache, yielding a
significant speedup due to the elimination of disk I/O. Second, it
allows BLAST users to take advantage of efficient, low-cost Beowulf
clusters because interprocessor communication demands are low. mpiBLAST
achieves super-linear speedup in situations where the database is too
large to fit into RAM, and near linear speedup in other situations. It
does not require a dedicated cluster.
multitail 2.8.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127328/
multitail lets you view one or multiple files like the original tail
program. The difference is that it creates multiple windows on your
console (with ncurses). It can also use colors while displaying the
logfiles, for faster recognition of which lines are important and which
are not. It supports regular expressions. It has interactive menus for
editing given regular expressions and deleting and adding windows. One
can also have windows with the output of shell scripts and other
software.
NewsMonster 1.0RC1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127234/
NewsMonster is an advanced Weblog manager, reputation system,
micropayment economy, and semantic Web application. It allows the user
to keep track of news and use reputation within the blogging community
to help discover new Weblogs, important articles, and other compelling
relationships.
NMM 0.2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127309/
NMM is a multimedia middleware package that allows you to develop all
kinds of multimedia processing applications. A number of plug-ins
supporting various media-types, operations, and I/O devices are
included. The Multimedia-Box application built on top of NMM provides
an extensible home entertainment system for DVD and CD playback, TV
with time-shifting, and MP3 playback and encoding.
noeGNUd 0.7.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127288/
noeGNUd is an alternate ASCII, 2D, and 3D user interface for nethack
& slashem that uses SDL and OpenGL.
OpenCCG 0.8.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127260/
OpenCCG, the OpenNLP CCG Library, is a collection of natural language
processing components and tools which provide support for parsing and
realization with Combinatory Categorial Grammar (CCG).
OUTO 0.0.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127268/
OUTO (Outo Unit Tester by Otso) is a simple unit tester for C (or C++
as well) on Linux.
page 0.1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127285/
page is a small UNIX utility for printing a specific page in a file or
standard input. It's a replacement for the otherwise painful use of
tail and head.
PCRE++ 0.9.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127250/
PCRE++ is a C++ wrapper-class for PCRE library (Perl Compatible Regular
Expressions). It allows you to use Perl-alike regular expressions in
your C++ applications. You can use it to search in strings, to split
strings into parts using expressions, or to search and replace a part
of a string with another part.
Perl CD Burning Script 0.1-2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127224/
Perl CD Burning Script is a Perl frontend for cdrtools and mkisofs. It
provides a simple and easy-to-use script for creating ISO-files and
burning them onto a CD.
PetitTrack 1.2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127277/
PetitTrack is satellite tracker software for the Sharp Zaurus SL-5000D
and SL-5500 Linux PDA.
phpmypass 2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127316/
phpmypass is an organizable encrypted password storage system. Based
upon a salt generated from an authorization algorithm, passwords are
encrypted and decrypted. Passwords can be organized by groups, and
groups can be created or deleted.
pkdump 0.95
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127314/
pkdump detects TCP and UDP port scans and connection attempt from
foreign hosts over the Internet.
Postmach 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127194/
Postmach is a virtual implementation of E. L. Post's machine. It has
only 6 commands and includes a byte code assembler.
ProjectForum 2.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127298/
Easier to use and more interactive than conventional forum,
collaboration, or intranet software, ProjectForum lets you build an
intranet or project site where everyone can actively and directly
contribute, without complex software or a full-time administrator
getting in the way. It can be used for project planning, task
assignments, meeting notes, team discussions, research, brainstorming,
and more.
PyIrc 0.1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127280/
PyIrc is a Python module which tends to implement RFC 1459 and RFC
2812, also known as the IRC protocol. It is written to be as flexible
and reusable as possible. It is a pure Python module, which means that
it should run everywhere Python runs.
PyKota Print Quota System 1.09beta
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127327/
PyKota is a centralized and extensible print quota system for the
Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS) and LPRng. It features per-printer
user and group quotas, automated email warning to users and quota
administrator, commandline tools which mimic the disk quota utilities,
and much more.
Pytego 0.02
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127293/
Pytego is a two-player, cross-platform networked clone of the classic
boardgame "Stratego" from Milton Bradley developed using
Pygame and SDL.
Python Desktop Server 0.5.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127270/
The Python Desktop Server is a combined Weblog authoring tool,
XMLRPC/SOAP server, and news aggregator. It allows one to read RSS news
feeds, post to a community server (such as Radio Userland or any Python
Community Server installation), and includes tools for Weblog and
homepage management. It features a Web interface, a built-in Web
server, extensibility through scripts that connect via XMLRPC or
macros, and a plugin architecture.
Python milter 0.5.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127303/
The milter module for Python provides a python interface to Sendmail's
libmilter that exploits all its features. Milters can run on the same
machine as sendmail, or another machine. The milter can even run with a
different operating system or processor than sendmail. Sendmail talks
to the milter via a local or internet socket, and keeps the milter
informed of events as it processes a mail connection. At any point, the
milter can cut the conversation short by telling sendmail to ACCEPT,
REJECT, or DISCARD the message. After receiving a complete message from
sendmail, the milter can again REJECT or DISCARD it, but it can also
ACCEPT it with changes to the headers or body.
pywmdockapps 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127261/
pywmdockapps is a library for developing Window Maker dockapps in
Python. A collection of dockapps are included in the package.
QuickDownloader 3.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127099/
QuickDownloader is a download manager that accelerates downloads and
can resume broken downloads. It supports both HTTP and FTP.
Raydium alpha 0.54
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127251/
Raydium is a small/useless/ugly 3D engine which uses OpenGL. It
attempts to be easy-to-use and portable. It has been tested on Linux
and Windows, but it should work on any system with GL, GLU, and GLUT.
It features 80.000+ vertexes/frame, fog, blending, water (waves),
terraforming, and dynamic lighting.
redhat-config-network 1.2.13
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127263/
redhat-config-network is a GUI/TUI/CLI of the network configuration
tool for Red Hat Linux, supporting Ethernet, Wireless, TokenRing, ADSL,
ISDN, and PPP.
ReZound 0.8.0beta
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127307/
ReZound is graphical audio file editor primarily for (but not limited
to) the Linux operating system.
RFC 0.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127315/
RFC (Remote Filesystem Checker) is a set of scripts that aims to help
system administrators run a filesystem checker (like tripwire, aide,
etc.) from a "master-node" to several "slave-nodes"
using ssh, scp, sudo, and few other common shell commands.
Ricochet 0.98
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127229/
Ricochet is an automated agent for tracing and reporting internet junk
mail (a.k.a Spam). Ricochet analyses the headers of a spam to identity
the machines used for its injection, looks up the email addresses of
the machine owners, and mails a complaint to them. Ricochet uses
various network information resources like nameserver records, MX
records, and Whois databases worldwide to collect and verify this
information.
ROCK Linux 2.0.0-beta6 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127235/
ROCK Linux is a distribution build kit for creating Linux
distributions. You can easily design and build your own distribution by
choosing packages, compilers, and optimization options, and optionally
enable the GCC Stack-Smashing Protector for enhanced security. It is
also possible to choose custom configure options, cross-compile, and
much more. Many specialized targets (customized distributions) have
already been created, such as a Desktop, Router, or Minimal
distribution. A variety of architectures are supported.
Scapy 0.9.14beta
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127284/
Scapy is a powerful interactive packet manipulation tool, packet
generator, network scanner, network discovery tool, and packet sniffer.
It provides classes to interactively create packets or sets of packets,
manipulate them, send them over the wire, sniff other packets from the
wire, match answers and replies, and more. Interaction is provided by
the Python interpreter, so Python programming structures can be used
(such as variables, loops, and functions). Report modules are possible
and easy to make. It is intended to do about the same things as
ttlscan, nmap, hping, queso, p0f, xprobe, arping, arp-sk, arpspoof,
firewalk, irpas, tethereal, tcpdump, etc.
Show 1.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127245/
Show is a fast, flexible, extensible, and bloat-free image viewer for
X11 that can fade images in, display them, and fade them out to black
according to user-specified values of fade speed and delay. It features
an extremely small executable footprint, support for well over a dozen
image formats, variable scaling, magnification, window positioning,
wildcard support, and logging abilities. It can also be easilly
incorporated into multimedia presentations, shell scripts, and other
utilities.
Smart Cache 0.88 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127294/
Smart Cache is full-featured pure Java proxy cache server. It can cache
any pages and make them available for offline browsing. Other features
include a URL filter, cookie filter, ability to fake User-Agents,
Referer, and Cookie headers, Web forwarder (accelerator) mode,
background downloading, multiple logs, fast operation, very
configurable garbage collection, cache directory structure copies
server structure, and cached files are ready for use (no headers
inside).
smtpmail 0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127267/
smtpmail is a little tool for users who have no local SMTP (mail)
server on their machine. It enables these users to send their mail
through a remote SMTP server.
SpamCruncher 0.1c
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127252/
SpamCruncher uses the SpamAssassin engine to identify spam on remote
POP3 or IMAP servers.
STklos 0.55
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127269/
STklos is a free Scheme System conforming to R5RS. The implementation
is based on an ad-hoc Virtual Machine. It can also be compiled as a
library, so that one can easily embed it in an application. Its
features include an efficient and powerful object system based on CLOS,
a simple-to-use module system, implementation of the full tower of
numbers defined in R5RS, and easy connection to the GTK+ toolkit.
STklos is the successor of STk, a Scheme interpreter tightly connected
to the Tk toolkit.
TicketMaster 3.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127305/
TicketMaster allows users to submit trouble tickets through a Web form
or an email gateway. It gives the option of emailing the creator of a
trouble ticket when updating or closing it. All tickets and information
are stored in a MySQL database.
Traktor 2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127259/
Traktor DJ Studio is a powerful and versatile software solution for
professional DJ mixing, live remixing, and mix recording using tracks
in MP3, WAV, AIFF and CDDA format. It exceeds the possibilities of
traditional DJ equipment by implementing a vast range of mixing
features that only software can provide. This includes graphic waveform
displays, tempo recognition and automatic synchronization, up to 10 cue
points and 10 tempo-precise loops per track, and a track database with
an ultra-fast search function.
Turck MMCache for PHP 2.3.17
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127258/
Turck MMCache is a PHP accelerator and encoder. It increases
performance of PHP scripts by caching them in a compiled state, so that
the overhead of compiling is almost completely eliminated. It also uses
some optimizations for speeding up PHP scripts' execution. It typically
reduces server load and increases the speed of PHP code by 1-10 times.
It is tested with PHP 4.1.0-4.3.2, and Apache 1.3 and 2.0 under Linux
and Windows.
uClinux 2.4.21-uc0 (2.4.x)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127241/
uClinux is a set of patches for Linux that supports MMUless processors.
It brings a full featured operating system onto platforms that would
otherwise run less advanced, simpler operating systems. uClinux gives
the programmer a Linux API with remarkably few concessions to the lack
of MMU (Memory Management Unit), and in terms of code size and
efficiency it has an advantage over standard Linux.
WebGUI 5.4.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127247/
WebGUI is a content management framework built to allow average
business users to build and maintain complex Web sites. It is modular,
pluggable, and platform independent. It was designed to allow the
people who create the content to manage it online, rather than content
management taking up the time of busy IT Staff. Whether you are
building a consumer site, an intranet, or an extranet, WebGUI has
something to offer.
whois 4.6.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127323/
whois supports all protocol extensions (RIPE, 6bone, CRSNIC) with the
familiar RIPE command line interface and IPv6 support. It also
automagically queries the right registry for all domains and most
netblocks.
xvkbd 2.5a
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127279/
xvkbd is a virtual (graphical) keyboard program for X which provides a
facility to enter characters onto other clients software by clicking a
keyboard displayed on the screen. It also has facility to send
characters specified as the command line option to other client.
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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