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Article Manager 1.26 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113677/ Article Manager is a fully featured Web content management system that makes it easy for non- technical users to easily update and manage articles, news stories, headlines, and editorials. It includes the following features: supports multiple users with different access levels (Administrators, Editors, Trusted Writers, and Writers), uploads up to 10 images per article, password protected login screen, advanced setup options to make it easy to customize the program, a powerful search engine, a customizable database, the ability to customize the HTML templates, and much more. Axxrom 1.3 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113637/ Axxrom is a dark blue theme with transparency. Boot Everywhere Linux 0.20-r1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113687/ bootE Linux is yet another minimalist (i386) Linux distribution and is contained entirely on a single floppy disk. It supports only single user mode, and is intended as a repair/rescue/emergency distribution. CacheIt 2003-02-11 (Stable) http://freshmeat.net/releases/113581/ CacheIt is a PHP class designed to facilitate caching. You subclass Cachable and implement the get method of Cachable, and you instantiate it as well as instantiate CacheIt with arguments of the instance of your subclass of Cachable, the path (ending in a trailing slash) to the directory that cached data will be kept, and the number of seconds that a cached entry can be kept before expiring. Then, just call the get method of the instance of CacheIt and caching happens automatically. This doesn't do LRU or anything like that--if you're concerned about the cache directory getting too large, have a cron job scan it occasionally and delete the oldest files. CBQ.Init GUI 0.02b http://freshmeat.net/releases/113660/ CBQ.Initi GUI is a frontend to the CBQ.INIT script. It allows users to easily limit their bandwidth at the IP/port level. CGI Contact Form 1.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113592/ CGI Contact Form is an extremely simple Perl contact form manager for Web sites. It accepts a visitor's name, company, e-mail address, phone number, and any comments or questions. It features intelligent handling of errors such as invalid e-mail addresses and missing input. After submission, it forwards the information to an e-mail address along with the date, time, host name or IP address, operating system, and browser version. Examples and thorough instructions are included. CGI::Application 3.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113616/ CGI::Application is intended to make it easier to create sophisticated, reusable web-based applications. This module implements a methodology which, if followed, will make your web software easier to design, easier to document, easier to write, and easier to evolve. CGI::Application builds on standard, non- proprietary technologies and techniques, such as the Common Gateway Interface and Lincoln D. Stein's excellent CGI.pm module. CGI::Application judiciously avoids employing technologies and techniques which would bind a developer to any one set of tools, operating system or web server. CGI::Application works exceedingly well under Apache/mod_perl. It is also fully compatible with any other web server (UNIX or NT) which implements the Common Gateway Interface. Citadel/UX 6.05 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113622/ Citadel/UX is an advanced client/server messaging and collaboration system for BBS and groupware applications. Users can connect to Citadel/UX using any telnet, WWW, or client software. Among the features supported are public and private message bases (rooms), electronic mail, real-time chat, paging, etc. The server is multithreaded and can easily support a large number of concurrent users. In addition, SMTP, IMAP, and POP3 servers are built-in for easy connection to Internet mail. Citadel/UX is both robust and mature, having been developed over the course of the past thirteen years. dk.brics.automaton 1.3-3 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113664/ dk.brics.automaton is a DFA/NFA implementation with Unicode alphabet and support for all standard regular expression operations: concatenation, union, intersection, complement, Kleene star, etc. Dockside 1.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113636/ Dockside is a desktop companion application which provides quick access to a growing list of system and Internet information monitors through a familiar 'dock-like' user interface. The location, orientation, and overall look is configurable through an extensive set of user preferences and built into the theme engine. EC Email Client 1.25 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113608/ EC is an email reader and composer written using Perl and the Perl/Tk GUI libraries. It supports reading, composing, and sorting messages in user-defined folders, and allows users to send and recieve file attachments. email-rblcheck 0.9-beta-9 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113621/ rblcheck is a per user/domain configurable RBL checker for qmail and sendmail which supports 550 Sod off messages during the SMTP negotiation. EQ XMMS Graphical Equalizer 0.4 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113688/ EQ is a realtime graphical equalizer that will equalize everything you play through XMMS (OGG, MP3, WAV, etc.). It features three different bands (10, 15, and 31), all of them with ISO central frequencies, independent gain settings for left and right channels, and more than +-14dB of gain per band. EXACT 1.20 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113685/ EXACT is a program that implements POP Before SMTP Relay Authentication. It will work as is with Exim, and configuration instructions are provided in this file. It will work with Sendmail and Postfix without problems. POP Before SMTP Relay Authentication is commonly used on systems that provide both IMAP or POP services and SMTP services, to authenticate users for mail sending based on their previous authentication against an IMAP or POP server. Exmh 2.6.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113617/ Exmh is an X user interface for MH mail. MH provides a set of UNIX commands that manage folders and mail messages. MH has a zillion features as a result of several years of availability. Exmh provides a graphical interface to many of these features, as well as MIME, PGP/GPG support, NNTP, and more. Far 1.00 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113590/ Far (find and replace) is simple but powerful Perl script for replacing text in files based on regular expressions. It features the ability to handle multiple from/to pairs and to recurse into directories. fastUtil 2.50 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113614/ fastUtil provides type-specific Java maps and sets with a small memory footprint, which feature much faster (2 to 10 times) access and insertion. The classes implement their standard counterpart interfaces (e.g., Map for maps) and can be plugged into existing code. Besides the usual features, fastUtil provides reference-based containers (which do not use equals() to compare objects) and linked structures. Most iterators provided by fastUtil classes are bidirectional, or even implement the standard list iterator interface. FIAIF is an Intelligent Firewall 1.9.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113682/ FIAIF is an Intelligent Firewall. It provides a highly customizable script for setting up an iptables-based firewall. Configuration is done through one configuration file for each network to which the firewall is connected. FIAIF supports masquerading, port forwarding, traffic shaping, and more. Flipit 0.3.4 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113585/ Flipit is a simple command line program that supports the X10 Firecracker (model CM17A) on a Unix machine. It is known to work on Linux, OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD and Solaris. FOX 1.0.32 (Stable) http://freshmeat.net/releases/113618/ FOX is a C++-based toolkit for GUI development. It includes a rich set of widgets and has powerful yet simple layout managers, MDI widgets, and mega-widgets. FOX incorporates support for XDND for drag and drop, X clipboard and X Selection, watching other I/O channels and sockets, timers and idle processing, object serialization and deserialization, a registry to save persistent settings, and 3D widgets using Mesa or OpenGL. FOX works on Linux, IRIX, Solaris, HP/UX, AIX, Tru64 Unix, Windows 9x,NT,2K (VC++, GNUWIN32, Borland, VisualAge C++), FreeBSD, and Sequent. Foxtrot 2.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113605/ Foxtrot is a small and powerful API for using threads with the Java(TM) Foundation Classes (JFC/Swing). It is based on a new concept, the Synchronous Model, which greatly increases ease of use. FreeCraft 030210 (CVS snapshot) http://freshmeat.net/releases/113651/ FreeCraft is a free cross-platform real-time strategy gaming engine. It is possible to play against human opponents over a LAN or the Internet, or against the computer. The engine can be used to build RTS games like C&C, WarCraft, StarCraft, or AOE. Since FreeCraft only provides the engine, you need either the FcMP (FreeCraft Media Project) or the original game (normal or expansion CD), so FreeCraft can extract the files which are necessary for playing a game. ganttproject 1.7 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113641/ ganttproject lets you plan projects using a Gantt diagram. glDesigner 0.2 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113661/ glDesigner is a GTK 2 GUI to work with OpenGL objects. A part of this project is glInterpret, which implements an interpreter for OpenGL. This project was started to be an interactive tutorial for OpenGL. Grid Application Framework for Java 1.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113653/ Grid Application Framework for Java (GAF4J) is a lightweight framework that abstracts all grid semantics from the application logic and provides a simpler programming model that lines up smoothly with common Java programming models. It abstracts the details of interfacing with a grid middleware, which is assumed to be the Globus Toolkit, for transferring files to remote nodes, starting remote jobs, and monitoring their execution status. It provides a simpler programming model that enables the development of maintainable Java applications uncluttered with calls to grid services. GTKsubtitler 0.2.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113615/ GTKsubtitler is a tool for editing and converting subtitles for DivX films. It allows you to move subtitles, change their format, convert them to ISO-8859-1/2, and merge two sets of subtitles. Helix DNA Server 9.0 DR1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113533/ The Helix DNA Server is a universal media delivery engine that supports the real time packetization and network transmission of any media type to any device. It includes support for MP3 audio (.mp3), RealAudio, and RealVideo (.rm, .ra, .rv). Other data types are supported through the Helix Universal Server. It uses RTSP/RTP streaming delivery for standards-compliant clients and proxies, an RTSP cloaked protocol over HTTP, and media data delivery via TCP, UDP unicast and multicast, and HTTP. HyperSCSI 20030218 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113584/ HyperSCSI is a new storage protocol designed for the transfer of SCSI data and commands over networks. It runs on Ethernet-based networks, but does not use TCP/IP as a foundation for communications. While this may run counter to convention, it has allowed HyperSCSI to achieve high throughput without the need for complex and expensive hardware add-ons. Intrinsic advantages of bypassing TCP/IP include immunity to cracking via the Internet, simplicity, and plug-and-play functions. It supports IDE and SCSI hard disk drives, optical, tape, and even removable USB drives. It is compatible with Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet (with and without Jumbo frames), and 802.11b wireless LANs. IBM Grid Toolbox 1.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113649/ The IBM Grid Toolbox is a set of installable packages that includes the Globus Toolkit 2.2 with additional documentation and custom installation scripts written for IBM eServer hardware running AIX and Linux. IBM LoadLeveler (AIX 5.1) enablement as an alternative job manager is provided. The IBM Grid Toolbox is an integrated set of tools and software that facilitate the creation of grids and applications that can exploit the advanced capabilities of the grid using a combination of this toolbox and other technologies. IceMe 1.1.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113654/ IceMe is a graphical menu and shortcut editor for the IceWM window manager, written in Python and GTK+. You can edit menu entries with drag and drop as well as cut and paste. Both the default menu and the local menu in the users home directory can be edited. IDMS Database Mail Agent 0.0.3 (Stable) http://freshmeat.net/releases/113650/ IDMS Database Mail Agent is an effort to develop a highly-scalable, plugin-based, database-driven mail agent, hopefully replacing the commercial ones used by large ISPs today. It is cluster-friendly and easily configurable. Web-based frontend support is available. IMAP Proxy 1.1.3 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113613/ The IMAP Proxy server is a caching IMAP proxy server. It was written to reduce the load that Webmail clients put on an IMAP server by keeping server connections alive for reuse, thus avoiding a new server connection for each Webmail transaction. imgSeek 0.6.4 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113599/ imgSeek is a photo collection manager capable of searching through an image database, in which the query is expressed either as a rough sketch painted by the user or as another image you supply. You simply draw a rough sketch of what you want to find and imgSeek displays for you a thumbnail view of the best matches. You may also create slideshows, generate Web photo albums, edit image metadata including EXIF JPEG data, organize images into a keyword hierarchy, and more. IRC Services 5.0.10 (Stable) http://freshmeat.net/releases/113600/ 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. Jabber Test Suite 1.0.2 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113663/ The Jabber Test Suite is a suite of tools and scripts that are used to test the performance and reliability of Jabber servers. Java String Analyzer 1.0-1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113665/ The Java String Analyzer is a tool for analyzing the flow of strings and string operations in Java programs. For each string expression, it computes a finite-state automaton that provides an upper approximation of the values that may appear at runtime. JaxMe 1.54 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113684/ JaxMe is a Java/XML binding framework based on SAX2. It consists of a set of code generators that read an XML schema and generate code for parsing conformant XML documents into corresponding Java objects, saving those objects into a database or, vice versa, reading such Java objects from a database and converting them into XML. JaxMe supports namespaces, relational databases, and Tamino. JaxMe comes with an integrated application framework and a generator for EJB entity beans with BMP (bean managed persistence). JFreeVote 1.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113598/ JFreeVote is a set of Java tools to manage a e-vote process. It provides authentication, vote unicity, vote secrecy (with extensive use of cryptography), deferred vote counting, an interventor module, atomic transtactions with failure recovery, proctection against direct database inspection, emission and validation of digital vote certificates, multiple simultaneous consults, and census. A chat and forum system are included. JFreeVote is oriented to domestic (Web) or presidential votes (via an electoral collage). jMax 4.0.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113640/ jMax allows one to interactively design dataflow circuits. The basic data types that can go through are integers, symbols, lists, etc. It is an event-driven system and has been used for MIDI processing. A second part of the system (DSP) allows a continuous signal to flow through a circuit, which is most useful for PCM sound (ie. microphone, sound files, etc). The system is extensible by using shared libraries, you may add data processor types, data types, GUI elements, device types, and more. Data processors may also be designed as circuits and reused. jwma 0.9.7 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113644/ jwma is a Web mail implementation based on the JSP Model 2 architecture. It builds on standard Java APIs (Java Mail API, Java Server Pages, and Java Servlet API) and relies on some available open source technologies (Xerces, Castor, Jakarta-ORO). jwma is designed and implemented for use with an IMAP server. It allows complete control over the store (creating, deleting, and moving folders, mailboxes, and messages). It supports MIME messages, supports text/plain message processing (e.g. making plaintext URLs "clickable"), and supports automatic sent & read mail archiving. It features a trash mailbox, includes a small addressbook, allows simple configuration of its features, and can be used in parallel with other mail clients (like Pine or Eudora). KMLDonkey 0.3 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113683/ KMLDonkey provides integration for the MLDonkey P2P software and KDE 3, in the form of a Kicker applet, ed2k protocol handling for Konqueror, and a control panel applet to bring it all together. LASANGE 0.2 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113633/ LASANGE aims to create a mostly-automated LAN session administration and management system. It provides game server management (instant deploy of Gameserver) and tournament management in a more advanced and automated way than other systems. It also consists of basic tools for LAN sessions such as a Generic Modular Masterserver. latex4jed 1.3.2 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113597/ latex4jed is an S-Lang file for the Jed editor which provides a greatly enhanced LaTeX mode, similar to AUC TeX. It features menus, shortcuts, templates, syntax highlighting, document outlines, integrated debugging, symbol completion, full integration with external programs, and more. It was designed with both the beginner and the advanced LaTeX user in mind. libyahoo2 0.6.3 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113648/ libyahoo2 is a single-threaded, asynchronous Yahoo! Messenger library currently used in Everybuddy. It is written in C. Communication is by means of requests and callbacks. Linux-HA 1.0.1 (Stable) http://freshmeat.net/releases/113667/ Heartbeat provides a heartbeat and IP address takeover functions for a high-availability Linux cluster. It monitors the members of the cluster and tells you when one goes down within a few seconds. The current version runs over serial ports and UDP broadcast/multicast. It is easily adapted to different interconnect media and protocols. It also will re-allocate IP addresses and other resources to other members of the cluster when a machine goes down, and move them back when it comes back up. LinuxMagic magic-smtpd 0.7.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113692/ MAGIC-SMTPD is a drop-in replacement for Dan Bernstein's qmail-smtpd, and was originally designed to be part of the LinuxMagic Magic Mail Server. This opensource version has been released to allow others to benefit from its anti-spam components, and valid user checking to reduce server loads and spam volumes. It is designed to support stock qmail installations, qmail/vpopmail installations, and database connectivity. Designed for ISP service, this will work for all mail servers large and small. Mainstreet Credit Verification Engine 3.0.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113623/ Mainstreet Credit Verification Engine (MCVE) is a scalable Credit Card Processing Engine for Linux and UNIX. MCVE is designed to handle credit card authorizations and is certified to support major clearing house protocols. Features include support for multiple modems, multiple merchant accounts, and multiple processors, all simultaneously -- as well as IP and SSL connectivity along side SQL database support. Designed in C, conforming to POSIX standards, and utilizing light weight processes (threads), this product is able to handle a large number of transactions with high speed and minimal CPU usage. Matt's C Utility Library 0.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113399/ Matt's C Utility Library is a collection of useful routines for writing programs in C. It has code for common data structures, file handling, parsing, and networking tasks. MiddleMan 1.4.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113662/ Middleman is a fast HTTP/HTTPS proxy server with features designed to remove unwanted content and increase privacy. It features an XML-like configuration file and an intuitive Web interface. It can be used to filter HTTP headers, block certain files or mime types, block cookies to and from certain sites, redirect requests, forward requests through another proxy using NTLM or Basic authentication, block inappropiate content using a keyword scoring system, and manipulate the contents of files using either its builtin rewrite feature or an external program or script. It fully implements the HTTP/1.1 protocol, including persistent connections and gzip encoding. Mioga 1.2.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113602/ Mioga is a groupware application suitable for intranet use. All the functionality of Mioga can be reached through any HTML browser. The interface is designed with HTML templates which allow the look and feel and the ergonomics of Mioga to be fully and easily customizable. It is written in Perl and uses a PostgreSQL database. It uses DAV for file management, providing you with a complete DAV workspace with Mioga user access controls (ACLs). Mioga includes the followig applications: file manager, organizer, todo tasks, shared folders (with version control), forms, intranet search, and administration tool. My Movies Database 2003-02-18 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113547/ My Movies Database is a movie DB management tool that allows the management of movies, actors, directors, friends and loans, physical supports, and languages. It also connects to the IMDB to retrieve movies data and avoid typing. Finally, it supports sending email messages to friends that do not return items. Netscape Communicator 7.02 (Mozilla-based) http://freshmeat.net/releases/113604/ Netscape Communicator is the all-in-one web browser and communications suite that makes it easy to send Internet email, read newsgroups, create web pages, and browse the World Wide Web. Netx 0.5 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113580/ Netx (Network eXecute) is a JNLP (Java Network Launching Protocol) client that can also be used as a component to provide applications with JNLP features and support. It downloads code over a network, caches it, and runs it in a secure sandbox environment. It operates in a manner similar to Web Start, but is smaller, faster, and has no splash screens. nmaFPS 0.79 beta http://freshmeat.net/releases/113620/ nmaFPS is a simple, portable 3D first person shooter. The aim is to shoot down as many drones as you can. You lose if the number of drones flying around goes above 10. noeGNUd 0.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113601/ noeGNUd is an alternate ASCII, 2D, and 3D user interface for nethack that uses SDL and OpenGL. Noname 1.01 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113594/ Noname is a simple Perl script that updates your zoneedit.com domains with your current IP address, which is useful if you receive dynamically assigned addresses. P300DRV 0.9 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113638/ P300DRV is Linux printer driver for the Olympus P300 dye sublimation printer. Page Publisher 1.22 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113681/ Page Publisher is an advanced content management system that allows non-technical users to easily update information on their Web sites without the need to learn HTML. PCX Portal 0.2 (UserProperties) http://freshmeat.net/releases/113691/ The PCX Portal provides a desktop environment, company, user and app management, context sensitive help, and multi-lingual support. It is written in Perl, and designed to provide the foundation for Web-based applications that need all of the above. PCX Portal 0.0.08 (template app) http://freshmeat.net/releases/113690/ The PCX Portal provides a desktop environment, company, user and app management, context sensitive help, and multi-lingual support. It is written in Perl, and designed to provide the foundation for Web-based applications that need all of the above. PCX Portal 0.2.00 (pcxportal) http://freshmeat.net/releases/113689/ The PCX Portal provides a desktop environment, company, user and app management, context sensitive help, and multi-lingual support. It is written in Perl, and designed to provide the foundation for Web-based applications that need all of the above. PHP Generic Access Control List 3.1.0b4 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113629/ PHP Generic Access Control List provides a set of PHP functions giving Web developers a simple, yet immensely powerful "drop in" permission system for their current Web-based applications. phpBlogger 1.0.5 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113656/ This program is a Web log utility for a single developer. Its main purpose is to allow an employer to keep track of the work that's been done on a daily basis. It provides a detailed search engine, reviewer, and mailer plugin for mailing logs by hand. It can be setup to automatically update with cron. Plugger for Mozilla 1.1.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113603/ Plugger for Mozilla is a modification of Plugger, a very small multimedia plugin for the Unix versions of Netscape, Mozilla, and Opera which uses external programs to show and play many file formats. This modification fixes bugs which occurred with Mozilla 1.x and allows a player to stream a media file directly from the URL. PostgreSQL File Finder beta-2 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113612/ PostgreSQL File Finder is an alternative to the locate/updatedb commands found in most Linux environments. It searches the filesystem for all files and directories and stores that information in a PostgreSQL database. It can also collect file lists from other hosts, giving you the opportunity to search for files on several hosts using the same command. Pound 1.3 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113624/ Pound is a reverse HTTP proxy, load balancer, and SSL wrapper. It proxies client HTTPS requests to HTTP backend servers, distributes the requests among several servers while keeping sessions, supports HTTP/1.1 requests even if the backend server(s) are HTTP/1.0, and sanitizes requests. prokyon3 0.9.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113669/ prokyon3 is a multithreaded MP3/Ogg Vorbis manager and tag editor. It was written in C++ using the Qt3 widget set and the MySQL database. prokyon3 can access MP3 files on harddisk, CDROM, SMB, and NFS. MP3 files can be played using XMMS, and can even be played when the files are on CD as prokyon3 identifies CDs by content. The files view is customizable and favorite artists are supported. prokyon3 also offers an editor for ID3 tags and has been designed to support tagging for multiple files en masse. Q 4.1.3 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113679/ Q is a powerful and extensible functional programming language based on the term rewriting calculus. When programming with Q, you specify an arbitrary system of equations which the interpreter uses as rewrite rules to reduce expressions to normal form. Q is useful for scientific programming and other advanced applications, and also as a sophisticated kind of desktop calculator. The distribution includes the Q programming tools, a standard library, add-on modules for interfacing to GNU Octave, Tcl/Tk and IBM's Data Explorer, and an Emacs mode. Q-Midi 1.8.2 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113680/ Q-Midi is a MIDI interface module which allows you to write MIDI applications in the Q programming language. It runs on top of Grame's MidiShare package. Most basic MidiShare functionality is available, including timing functions for realtime programming and MIDI file access. A sample MIDI player application is included (which requires Tcl/Tk). SDBA Revolution 1.5 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113589/ SDBA Revolution is an open-source server written in Perl which provides an architecture to simplify and streamline the process of writing applications that run on an instant messaging network. It features easy scripting of IM responses, session variables which are consistent across messages, session time limits, support for multiple "apps" from one bot, basic security, and the ability to use multiple access lists of password files. It makes writing IM apps very much like writing mod_perl or PHP pages. The homepage has full tutorials and documentation. Seminole Webserver 2.21 (Stable) http://freshmeat.net/releases/113595/ Seminole Webserver is a portable Web server designed to be used in embedded systems, where memory space is at a premium. It is written in C++, and has a mechanism to direct requests to application-specific code, complete with the decoding of "CGI" parameters. It also includes a "filesystem" that can package up Web content (and optionally compress it) and store it in a ROM or other "flat" device. It comes with a simple example to make it a standalone Webserver under POSIX platforms for evaluation and testing. SKYRiX XML Processing Libraries 4.2-2 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113607/ The SKYRiX XML library package is a set of Objective-C libraries for processing XML and XML-like data. It includes a SAX2, DOM, and XML-RPC implementation for Objective-C. SAX drivers are provided for accessing HTML and XML files using libxml2, XML using expat and CoreFoundation, iCal/vCard using libical, pyx and plist files. The package works with GNUstep and the Apple Cocoa Foundation. SmokePing 1.19 (Stable) http://freshmeat.net/releases/113671/ SmokePing is a network latency monitor which works in a way that is similar to MRTG. It measures network latency to a configurable set of destinations on the network, and displays its findings in easy-to-read Web pages. SmokePing has special support for monitoring hosts with dynamic IP addresses. SmokePing uses RRDtool as its logging and graphing back-end, making the system very efficient. The presentation of the data on the Web is done through a CGI which creates graphs on demand. SNMP::Info 0.2 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113645/ SNMP::Info gives an object oriented interface to information obtained through SNMP. This module is geared towards network devices. Speciality sub-classes exist for a number of network devices and MIBs. snortalog 1.7.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113628/ Snortalog (formerly known as Snort-ng) is a powerful Perl script that summarizes Snort logs, making it easy to view any network attacks detected by Snort. It can generate charts in HTML. It works with all versions of Snort, and can analyze logs in two formats: syslog alerts and text alerts. It does not include a database for maximum performance. SSH ManaGeR 0.5.5b http://freshmeat.net/releases/113609/ SSH ManaGeR (sshmgr) is a Unix open ssh client wrapper script written in Perl. It is a handy commandline utility for people who have many remote user accounts that are accessed via ssh, sftp, scp, ftp, and telnet. sshmgr includes scmdmgr (which allows for remote command execution), sftpmgr (which behaves identically to sshmgr except instead of starting a shell, it's an sftp session), scpget/scpput (both are scp wrappers), ftpmgr (same as sftpmgr but for normal FTP), and telnetmgr (same as sshmgr but for telnet). All of these utilize a shared configuration file for user account profiles. Passwords are not stored in this plain text configuration file and the use of RSA keys for SSH connections is strongly suggested. Straw 0.16 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113634/ Straw is desktop RSS aggregator for the GNOME 2.0 environment, written in Python. Tapir User Manager 0.10.3 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113668/ Tapir User Manager provides all of the user management features common on large-budget commercial Web sites for new and existing sites based on PHP/Apache/MySQL, including permanent login, email verification, password recovery, and a sophisticated administration interface. Thy 0.4.116 (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/113611/ Thy is a lightweight httpd designed to be clean and fast, yet powerful enough to serve many hits a day. Tiger Map Server 0.5 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113586/ The Tiger Map Server dynamically renders road maps of the United States. The server contains a multi-threaded Web server and a custom drawing library. All un-projected shape files are supported, including ESRI's version of the US Census' Tiger/Line Database. It is intended to be used on Web sites and in mobile GPS applications without Internet connections. tinybar fb 1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113537/ tinybar fb is a blue/grey theme made to look like the pekwm theme by the same name. uControl 1.3.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113666/ uControl gives you the ability to take those useless keys, that you're certain would have been better fashioned as something else, and turn them into something useful. It started out as a simple hack to remap the caps lock key to a control key, but has since evolved into a fairly sophisticated means of not only remapping modifier keys, but giving your trackpad a virtual scroll wheel, or giving lefties a sensible mouse, or giving people with disabilities the ability to type with one hand. UMLd 0.3.2 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113674/ UMLd is a management daemon for systems running many instances of the user mode Linux kernel. Designed for a hosting environment, UMLd allows users and administrators to control UMLs running on the system via a TCP interface. It also supports network configuration and automated UML building. User Dialog Perl Module 0.85 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113606/ User Dialog Perl Module is an OOPerl interface for dialog-based applications such as dialog, cdialog, whiptail, gdialog, and kdialog. It features extensive documentation with detailed compatability charts, enhanced usage of cdialog font attributes, and text element alignment for curses based dialogs. It is useful for writing Unix system scripts in Perl, or for when quick, portable, and robust interfaces are required. UTMP Jeber 1.0.12 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113627/ UTMP Jeber is a small tool which prints broken entries found in the UTMP database on Unix systems. It has several methods of process analysis which you can select using command line arguments. It optionally removes broken entries. Warewulf 1.9 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113567/ Warewulf is a Linux cluster implementation tool that builds RAMDISK based filesystems and distributes them to the slave nodes. This facilitates a Central administration model for all nodes and includes tools needed to build configuration files, monitor, and control the nodes. It is totally customizable and can be adapted to just about any type of cluster. The node distributions are built from a virtual node filesystem residing on the master and transfered to the nodes either by Etherboot or CD-ROM images. Administration becomes scalable by having only one point of admin for all nodes. Node filesystems are very easy to customize, which makes Warewulf fit many different solutions. There are also a number of add-on software components (MPI, PVM, and Sun Grid Engine) for Warewulf. Webanalyse 1.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113225/ Webanalyse is a Web site traffic statistics tool written in PHP 4. It doesn't use any databases or Apache logs. Its reports include Web site statistics by day, week, month, and year, referer, host, IP, browser. The big advantage lies primarily in detail of each visit--you can follow the pages or articles which are visited on your site. WebAnalyse can be added very easily on all the pages where you wish to follow the activity. Webzap 0.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113675/ Webzap is an framework for the development of Web applications or views of multiple tier client server systems using the WingS API. In Webzap your application or view is defined in an XML file with the .webzap extension. It mainly defines the user interface objects and what should happen if a user interface object triggers an event. The controls are layed out using a template HTML file with the .thtml extension. wshare 0.2 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113619/ wshare is a command line-driven HTTP server that requires no setup or configuration prior to execution. All directories listed on the command line are indexed and shared via HTTP. X10-wish GUI 1.1.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113626/ This Java Client demonstrates the simplicity of creating a remote control client/server capability for an X10 automated home controlled by a Linux server with the X10-wish drivers installed. The socket server runs on the same machine as the X10-wish drivers and the Java client can be run on any machine with the Java runtime envrionment 1.3 (or higher) installed. xcave 1.0.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113630/ xcave is a wine cellar manager which allows you to browse wine stock, grouping bottles by country zones, add, modify, or suppress wine from a cellar, and print all stock. It is available in French, English, Dutch, and German. XScreenSaver 4.08 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113593/ XScreenSaver is a modular screen saver and locker for the X Window System. It is highly customizable and allows the use of any program that can draw on the root window as a display mode. More than 140 display modes are included in this package. XT-Mail 2.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113694/ XT-Mail scans the contents of email messages using the Exim local_scan feature. It operates after the sending client has completed the SMTP data phase and is waiting for an answer from the servers. Messages containing unwanted content can be rejected, redirected, or blackholed. It supports the F-Protd Daemon and SpamAssassin, and handles compressed attachments. Two different scanning facilities are supported: antivirus and antispam. yahoo2mbox 0.12 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113610/ yahoo2mbox retrieves the messages from Yahoo! Groups archive and stores them in a local file in mbox format. Zina 0.9.9 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113587/ Zina is a graphical interface to your MP3 collection, a personal jukebox, and an MP3 streamer. 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