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Apache Ant 1.5.2 beta 1 (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/114181/ Ant is a Java based build tool, similar to make, but with better support for the cross platform issues involved with developing Java applications. Ant is the build tool of choice for all Java projects at Apache and many other Open Source Java projects. Aqsis Development 0.7.4 http://freshmeat.net/releases/114202/ Aqsis is a Renderman(tm) compliant 3D rendering toolkit. It is based on the Reyes rendering approach. Features include programmable shading, true displacements, NURBS, CSG, Motion Blur, and direct rendering of subdivision surfaces. ARSC Really Simple Chat 2.2 http://freshmeat.net/releases/114133/ ARSC Really Simple Chat is a Web chat system that uses PHP and MySQL. It works with every browser in existence, even text-based ones, and it uses the server push technique or, if possible, its own socket server. It is very simple to install and use ARSC. It includes some important features, such as operators, kick-ing, whispering, and more. Multiple rooms and different languages are available. To run ARSC on your site, you need a Web server that understands PHP, and can connect to a MySQL database. Averist 1.7.5.0 (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/114197/ Averist is a module that adds an authentication layer to any CGI application written in Perl. It supports initial authentication through CGI (form), and it can use CGI (hidden form fields) or cookies for reauthentication after a configurable timeout. It can also use a DBM file, a flat file database, or an SQL database for storing session tickets for increased security. The username and password check at the initial authentication can be done via a DBM file, an LDAP directory, a NIS database, the passwd database, a passwd-style file, or an SQL database. Averist is written in Perl for easy customization and expansion. Bait and Switch Honeypot System Beta-1 (Stable) http://freshmeat.net/releases/114186/ The Bait and Switch Honeypot System combines the snort Intrusion Detection System (IDS) with honeypot technology to create a system that reacts to hostile intrusion attempts by marking and then redirecting all "bad" traffic to a honeypot that partially mirrors your production system. Once switched, the would-be hacker is unknowingly attacking your honeypot instead of the real data, while your clients and/or users are still safely accessing the real system. Life goes on, your data is safe, and you get to learn about the bad guy as an added benefit. ccdoc 08r38 http://freshmeat.net/releases/114128/ Ccdoc is a Javadoc-inspired tool that automatically generates HTML Web documentation from C++ programs by parsing the source file headers. It was designed to aid the collaboration between package users and package developers. It runs on FreeBSD, Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris, and Windows (98, 2k, Me, and XP). check CRC 4.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/114102/ check is a simple commandline utility to calculate CRC-32 or Adler-32 checksums on the fly (that is, as a filter within a command pipeline), or to calculate such checksums on a list of files given as arguments. It is fast and was designed to be used for verification of backups and archives written to semi-reliable media (e.g., tapes), but it can also be used to compare files against versions stored within ZIP archives (same CRC) or to verify one-to-many copies without the need for multiple byte-for-byte comparisons. Compiere 2.4.4 http://freshmeat.net/releases/114179/ Compiere is the Open Source ERP & CRM solution with first tier functionality for the small-medium enterprise. Designed for the global marketplace, Compiere is easy to install and implement. In contrast to other solutions, you will be able to enter invoices after about 4 hours, without functionality compromises or irreversible implementation time decisions. Consultant Communicator 3 Beta 7 (Testing) http://freshmeat.net/releases/114195/ Consultant Communicator (ConsultComm) is a lightweight, cross-platform program that allows anyone managing multiple projects, clients, or tasks to effectively keep track of exactly how much time has been spent on each project. deborphan 1.5 http://freshmeat.net/releases/114235/ deborphan finds packages installed on your Debian/GNU system that have no other packages depending on them. Its primary goal (and default action) is to trace unused libraries. A dialog frontend, orphaner, is included in the package for easy removal of packages. Domain Technologie Control 1.0.beta.0.10.7 http://freshmeat.net/releases/114167/ Domain Technologie Control (DTC) is a set of PHP scripts that manage a MySQL database that handles all the host information. It generates backup scripts, statistic calculation scripts, and config files for bind, Apache, qmail, and proftpd, using a single system UID/GID. With DTC, you can delegate the task of creating subdomains, email, and FTP accounts to users for the domain names they own. DoXFS 0.6.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/114142/ DoXFS (pron. docs-eff-ess) is a document management system that uses the XFS filesystem to store both content (files) and meta-data (file attributes), bypassing the traditional architecture of filesystem and database, and leveraging the built-in advantages of XFS. Currently, it offers a Web frontend based on PHP and standard management functionality (create, delete, attributes add/delete, etc.) as well as extras such as versioning and Full Text Indexing (using Namazu). dvgrab 1.2 http://freshmeat.net/releases/114157/ dvgrab receives audio and video data from a digital camcorder via an IEEE 1394 (widely known as FireWire) link and stores them into an AVI file. It features autosplit of long video sequences into several files, and supports saving the data as raw frames, AVI type 1, AVI type 2, and image files. exifprobe 1.1.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/114183/ Exifprobe examines and reports the contents and structure of JPEG and TIFF image files. It will recognize all standard JPEG markers (including APPn markers) and will report the contents of any properly structured TIFF IFD encountered, even when entry tags are not recognized. Recognized TIFF and TIFF/EP tags are expanded, including EXIF2.2 sections and camera MakerNotes which are found to be in TIFF IFD format. GPS and GeoTIFF tags are recognized and entries printed in "raw" form, but are not expanded. Location, size, and format of image data is reported. FIAIF is an Intelligent Firewall 1.10.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/114169/ 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. frog3d 0.5 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113794/ frog3D is a simple 3DS file viewer. You can edit in C++ with Qt and OpenGL. Funned Final http://freshmeat.net/releases/114151/ Funned is a very simple port scan detection tool, that alerts you in syslog when someone is scanning your host. g-page 2.13 (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/114234/ g-page is a client/server application designed to send text messages to pagers or SMS enabled PCS phones. It supports the SNPP, WCTP, and SMTP (email) protocols, and works on a stand-alone workstation or across a network. Gangplank conferencing system 1.0.0.beta.10 (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/114124/ Gangplank is a Computer Mediated Communication (CMC) system (or "chat server") which supports real-time communication between users, currently using a text-based user interface. It runs as an Internet server which implements the standard telnet protocol, so no special client program is necessary for users. Server-side processing provides input editing/history and terminal- handling features over the telnet connection for standard ANSI terminals. This code has been in production use on a private server since early 1993. This single-process server is fast, efficient and stable. Grace 5.1.12 http://freshmeat.net/releases/114149/ Grace is a WYSIWYG 2D plotting tool for X Windows System and Motif (recent versions of Lesstif should be fine too). Grace is a descendant of ACE/gr, also known as Xmgr. Gubby 0.4.2 http://freshmeat.net/releases/114200/ Gubby continually shows where Procmail has placed new email. It runs both in commandline and in an ncurses environment with colors (similar to those of Mutt), and will update the screen in realtime. It uses very few resources. Users can launch a specified mailreader on a folder by pressing enter. Helix DNA Producer Milestone 5 http://freshmeat.net/releases/114238/ The Helix DNA Producer is a multi-format media-encoding engine for creating streaming broadcasts, on-demand streaming content, and downloadable audio video files. It supports RealAudio, RealVideo, and Ogg Vorbis, and includes many input and output filters, variable bitrate encoding support, option for two-pass encoding, audio gain control, and Firewire support. Hephaestus 2.02 http://freshmeat.net/releases/114185/ Hephaestus is a computer role playing game construction kit or "RPG maker". It includes a map editor and supports scripting using Java. IMP 3.2 (3.x Stable) http://freshmeat.net/releases/114194/ IMP allows universal, Web-based access to IMAP and POP3 servers and provides an addressbook, LDAP directory searches, full support for sending and receiving attachments, and many other features normally only found in desktop email clients. It is being actively developed. isp4you 0.8.4 http://freshmeat.net/releases/114203/ isp4you is a Webmin module that creates a virtual Apache Web server and a user (with a random password). It automatically creates DNS entries, up to 100 mail accounts, a MySQL database, quotas, etc. You can also create a new Webmin user that will only have access to its own new account. The supported languages are English, Dutch, Spanish, German, Turkish, and French. JGAP 1.0-RC1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/114193/ JGAP (pronounced "jay-gap") is a genetic algorithms package written in Java. It is designed to require minimum effort to use "out of the box", but is highly modular and allows custom components to be easily plugged in by the more adventurous. JPluck 0.9 beta 2 http://freshmeat.net/releases/114182/ JPluck allows users to convert Web sites to Plucker documents. It creates Plucker documents ready to be installed and read. JSX2 0.2.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/114147/ In one line, JSX2 externalizes object data as XML, so it can be distributed, stored, and processed independently of the code that created it. In another line, that data can be deserialized back into objects. JSX uses the JOS API, and so works for all objects, complex object graphs, dynamically adjusts to recompiled classes, and enables classes to customize their serial form for evolution. The XML format for JSX2 is much easier to process than that of JSX. JWIG 1.1-1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/114174/ The JWIG programming language is a Java-based high-level language for development of interactive Web services. It contains an advanced session model, a flexible mechanism for dynamic construction of XML documents, in particular XHTML, and a powerful API for simplifying use of the HTTP protocol and many other aspects of Web service programming. KAlcatel 0.3.2 http://freshmeat.net/releases/114140/ KAlcatel allows you to manage messages, calls, contacs, todos and the calendar in Alcatel One Touch 50x and 70x mobile phones. The protocol used by this phone is binary and not documented, so this program can't guarantee any functionality in all cases. kbarcode 1.1.8 (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/114158/ KBarcode is a barcode and label printing application for KDE 3. It can be used to print everything from simple business cards up to complex labels with several barcodes, such as article descriptions. KBarcode comes with an easy-to-use WYSIWYG label designer, a setup wizard, batch import of labels (directly from the delivery note), thousands of predefined labels, database managment tools, and translations in many languages. Even printing more than 10,000 labels in one go is no problem for KBarcode. Additionally, it is a simple xbarcode replacement for the creation of barcodes. All major types of barcodes like EAN, UPC, CODE39, and ISBN are supported. Kernel TCP Virtual Server 0.0.11 http://freshmeat.net/releases/114134/ Kernel TCP Virtual Server is a Layer-7 switching software in the Linux Virtual Server framework. It can do application-level load balancing (such as content-based scheduling) inside the Linux kernel. The reason for implementing it inside the kernel is to avoid the overhead of context switching and memory copying between user-space and kernel-space. Although the its scalability is lower than that of IPVS (IP Virtual Server), it is flexible, because the content of the request is known before the request is redirected to the real server. knetfilter 3.1.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/114152/ Knetfilter is a KDE frontend to iptables. It is used with Linux 2.4 to manage the functionality of netfilter. Knetfilter lets you set up most common firewall configurations, as well as perform more sophisticated management of a complex firewall. It is also possible to use an integrated interface to tcpdump and nmap. KPopup 0.9.5pre2 (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/114163/ KPopup is simple GUI for sending and receiving Microsoft(tm) Winpopup messages. Kydpdict 0.5.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/114175/ Kydpdict is a graphical frontend to Collins' English/German-Polish and Polish-English/German dictionaries. Lazarus Newsreel 1.3 http://freshmeat.net/releases/114170/ Lazarus Newsreel is a CGI application for maintaining news articles on your Web site. It supports multiple authors (with attribution) and keeps everything in convenient, easy to back up Berkeley database files. lfs-install 4.0.3 http://freshmeat.net/releases/114189/ lfs-install is a free script for compiling a GNU/Linux system automated from source code. It does compilation based on Linux From Scratch. lfs-install supports compiler optimization flags for various Intel IA-32 or compatible processors and allows you to create a bootable build CD-ROM. libdvdread 0.9.4 http://freshmeat.net/releases/114241/ libdvdread provides a simple foundation for reading DVD video disks. It provides the functionality that is required to access many DVDs. It parses IFO files, reads NAV-blocks, and performs CSS authentication and descrambling. Linux X10 Universal Device Driver 1.5.5 (Linux-2.4.x) http://freshmeat.net/releases/114204/ This project provides a /dev interface to an X10 network through Linux kernel modules. It is intended to provide a standard interface and syntax to shell script utilities (such as cat and echo), Perl scripts, C programs, or Java programs so that everything from a quick hack to a more advanced program can manipulate the X10 devices in an automated home regardless of the transceiver used. Its simplest use is with shell scripts (examples of which are provided in the package). Currently the project supports the 4 main X10 transceivers (PowerLinc Serial, PowerLinc USB, CM11A, and Firecracker/CM17A). Magellan 3.1.2 http://freshmeat.net/releases/114168/ Magellan is a powerful CMS (content management system) designed for Ampoliros. It is one of the most commonly used Ampoliros modules, and serves as a Web gateway platform for many other Ampoliros modules. Magellan is able to handle sites of all sizes, from standard institutional sites to very large portals. Content is strictly separated from aspect and from code, and both are entirely administered through Magellan. With Magellan unique functions, it is possible to include many elements in the same page, while maintaining the same overall appearance. MakeMP3.py 1.5 http://freshmeat.net/releases/114127/ MakeMP3.py is a Python script for ripping a CD into a set of named MP3 files. It finds your CD's album and track names from an online CDDB database, then coodinates both the ripping, naming, and encoding of the music tracks. It uses the ultra-fast gogo MP3 encoder. Mambo SiteServer 4.0.12 RC 3 http://freshmeat.net/releases/114240/ Mambo SiteServer is a dynamic Web content management tool that is capable of building sites from several pages to several thousand. It comes complete with 10 built-in modules, a WYSIWYG editor, site statistics, an admin interface, and much more. Mango 0.25 http://freshmeat.net/releases/114135/ Mango is recipe management software. The main motivation of the project is to provide an open source Mealmaster compatible application. Mindi Linux 0.82 http://freshmeat.net/releases/114129/ Mindi-Linux uses a skeleton ramdisk and your kernel, modules, and tools to build a boot/root disk set. The first floppy boots your kernel, then loads your modules and installs your tools from additional floppies. Mindi works for almost any Linux kernel or distribution. MrProject 0.9.1 (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/114178/ MrProject is a project management program that can help with building project plans and tracking the progress of a project. MyPhpMoney 1.3RC1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/114171/ MyPhpMoney is a tool written in PHP to manage bank accounts through a Web interface. It uses MySQL to store data and relies on the PHPLIB (template, session, and database abstraction). NetHack 3.4.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/114126/ NetHack is a single player dungeon exploration game that runs on a wide variety of computer systems. NISCA 2.3.2 http://freshmeat.net/releases/114160/ NISCA (Network Interface Statistics Collection Agent) is a more flexible PHP4-based MRTG replacement. It supports both SNMP and reading localhost's /proc/net/dev device file directly for statistics gathering. It uses MySQL to store collected data in, and stores statistics for bytes transferred, packets transferred, transfer errors, and dropped packets separated into a per interface incoming and outgoing set. It generates both graphs and a textual report table using the data from any timeframe contained in the database. The entire package runs using PHP4; it uses the CGI binary version of PHP for stats collection (running in the background as a "daemon") and either the CGI or Apache module versions to generate the GUI form and reports. It can also import existing MRTG logfiles. Noah's Classifieds 1.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/114138/ Noah's Classifieds is a Web-based, highly customizable classified ad application that allows users to post advertisements to unlimited categories and sub-categories. Features include an easy install, image upload for categories and advertisements, variable fields for advertisements, customizable email notifications, category locking, pending ads, bad word replacement, ad expiration, template and stylesheet based, most popular ads, and a lot more. NS WebMail 0.9.2 http://freshmeat.net/releases/114153/ NS WebMail offers standard mail functions for POP3 inbox management. Mail is sent using SMTP protocol. It has been designed to be light and simple, to avoid having to use heavy IMAP or SQL servers, and it has full MIME support for incoming and outgoing mail. It is Perl-strict and mod_perl-compliant, and has security using HTTP authentication or cookies. OracleEditor.php 1.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/114192/ OracleEditor.php is a standalone PHP script which allows you to browse your Oracle database tables and insert, update, and delete rows in any table. It requires no installation and no configuration. PassGuard Framework 0.02alpha http://freshmeat.net/releases/114159/ PassGuard Framework is a library for the PassGuard suite of programs that is used to manage numerous passwords in an encrypted file. Encryption is managed with a plugin system, which allows easy support for any kind of encrypted file. PassGuard gpasman plugin 0.02alpha http://freshmeat.net/releases/114161/ The PassGuard suite is a set of software that manages your passwords encrypted in a file. You just have to remember one, and different encrypted file formats are supported via plugins. The PassGuard gpasman plugin is the plugin that manages gpasman files encrypted with the RC2 algorithm. PHP::Session 0.16 http://freshmeat.net/releases/114166/ PHP::Session is a Perl module which provides a way to read and write PHP4 session files. This allows you to make your Perl Web applications share session data with your PHP4 Web applications. PHPlist 2.1.2 http://freshmeat.net/releases/114150/ PHPlist is a set of PHP pages that implement a mailing list system. It uses MySQL for storing the information. Particular aspects of the system include posting to the mailing list via a Web page. It is thus a kind of "announcements" list. It can deal with very large email address lists. Users can sign up to multiple lists. If a message is sent to multiple lists, they will only receive one copy of the email. If people sign up, they can identify the geographical location they're in allowing messages to be sent only to a subset of these. You can add place holders in your email that will be replaced with personal details (such as the person's name). pycress 0.6 http://freshmeat.net/releases/114155/ pycress is a tiny tool to analyse the logfile access.log of squid. PyQStat 1.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/114144/ PyQStat is a fairly simple Python wrapper around QStat, an application designed to report server status for a wide variety of realtime game servers. PyQStat invokes QStat via os.popen and parses its XML output mode. Although primarily intended as an importable module for integrating QStat functionality into other applications, PyQStat can also be used from the command line. Recon 0.90.0beta http://freshmeat.net/releases/114243/ Recon is a general SSL watchdog, checking for common, certificate-related errors in SSL-enabled services. Provide it a list of SSL services for which you are responsible, run it periodically, and Recon will warn you of impending certificate expirations, mismatched certificate names, and unavailable services. rssh 2.0.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/114201/ rssh is a small shell that provides the ability for system administrators to give specific users access to a given system via scp or sftp only. SDBA Revolution 1.6 http://freshmeat.net/releases/114165/ SDBA Revolution is an open-source architecture written in Perl which simplifies and streamlines 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. It makes writing IM apps very much like writing mod_perl or PHP pages. It currently supports AIM, MSN, ICQ, YIM, and Jabber. The homepage has full tutorials and documentation. shmerge 0.0.43 http://freshmeat.net/releases/114177/ Shmerge is a small package management system used to automate installation of software, from installation to configuration and more. It's based on the ideas of other merge-tools, but completely rewritten from scratch. It should help administrators to manage their systems. Simkin 1.23 http://freshmeat.net/releases/114232/ Simkin is a scripting language for Java/XML. Simkin is designed to let your users control all or part of your Java application. They write scripts in a very simple scripting language which can be embedded in XML. The scripts can call down into the API you've exposed from your Java classes. You write the mechanism, your users write the policy. Simkin for C++ 2.16 http://freshmeat.net/releases/114233/ Simkin is a simple scripting language that can be used to customize C++ applications such as games. Scripts can be embedded within files such as XML or in databases. Socat 1.3.1.0 (Stable) http://freshmeat.net/releases/114156/ Socat is a relay for bidirectional data transfer between two independent data channels. Each of these data channels may be a file, pipe, device (terminal or modem, etc.), socket (Unix, IP4, IP6 - raw, UDP, TCP), a client for SOCKS4, proxy CONNECT, or SSL, etc. It provides forking, logging, and dumping, different modes for interprocess communication, and many more options. It can be used, for example, as a TCP relay (one-shot or daemon), as a daemon-based socksifier, as a shell interface to Unix sockets, as an IP6 relay, for redirecting TCP-oriented programs to a serial line, or to establish a relatively secure environment (su and chroot) for running client or server shell scripts with network connections. Sshtools-J2SSH 0.1.0 Beta http://freshmeat.net/releases/114239/ J2SSH is an object-orientated Java implementation of the SSH version 2 protocol. It provides a rich, powerful, and extensible SSH API that enables developers to gain access to SSH servers and to develop entire SSH client/server frameworks. The API library provides a fully-featured SSH2 implementation specifically designed for cross-platform development. Higher level components, representing both the standard SSH client and SSH servers, are provided which implement the protocol specification for user sessions and port forwarding. The specification currently supports public key and password authentication and a full implementation of the SFTP protocol. SynCE 0.7 http://freshmeat.net/releases/114131/ The purpose of the SynCE project is to provide a means of communication with a Windows CE or Pocket PC device from a computer running Linux, *BSD, or another Unix system. Tapir User Manager 0.10.4 http://freshmeat.net/releases/114199/ 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. TinyButStrong 1.61 http://freshmeat.net/releases/114143/ TinyButStrong is a template class for PHP that allows you to generate HTML pages using MySQL, ODBC, SQL Server, or ADODB databases. It features simple block management, useful display formats, conditional displaying for blocks and locators, a cache system, and the ability to include other HTML pages and execute associated scripts. TPassguard 0.02alpha http://freshmeat.net/releases/114162/ TPassguard is designed for working with Unix systems or the Web, where you need to remember a number of passwords. This program manages passwords in an encrypted file, so that you only have to remember one. It uses the PassGuard Framework and can be interfaced with any kind of encryption via a plugin system. Tulka Whiteboard 0.6.6 http://freshmeat.net/releases/114184/ Tulka is a Java-based communication tool designed for e-learning with an integrated chat and a shared whiteboard. It is possible to upload and display of various (ps, dvi, pdf, rtf, html, doc) document formats to the whiteboard. Only a Java enabled Web browser is required on the client side, so there is no need to install anything on the client side. views 0.2 beta http://freshmeat.net/releases/114187/ views (View Images Exclusive With SDL) is a fast and small console to X image viewer that supports following formats: BMP, PNM, XPM, LBM, PCX, GIF, JPEG, PNG, and TGA. Web components 2.01 (FormForge) http://freshmeat.net/releases/114123/ Web components is a collection of visual programming elements that can be used when creating a PHP-based Web site. It is similar in spirit to ASP.NET. Web Log 0.5.0 (Stable) http://freshmeat.net/releases/114191/ WebLog is a Web interface to Syslogd, the Unix system log daemon. It supports viewing logs, loading various log files (in syslogd format), displaying an arbitrary number of lines, and searching for a specific string in the loaded log file. It uses a PHP interface to a MySQL database for faster operations. X-ChaMan 0.5.6 http://freshmeat.net/releases/114180/ X-ChaMan is a chapter manager for AVI/DIVX movies. It can display a simple GUI menu providing a choice of language (for BIVX) and chapter selection. X-ChaMan runs with mplayer. x-Desktop 1.0.2 (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/114154/ The x-Desktop is designed to unify different operating system desktop interfaces into a browser-only application interface. It helps users to feel comfortable with any application using the interface they are used to. It helps companies to unify their intranet applications into one desktop interface--built on existing interfaces or one which incorporates their own CI. It helps you design the same interface for all types of devices using browsers like PDA and other mobile devices, Notebooks, Desktops, Tablett Computers and any other future devices which may come up. XML Benchmark 1.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/114141/ XML Benchmark is a C/C++/Java XML parsers benchmarking toolset. Supported parsers include LibXML2, Xerces, Oracle XDK, Expat, RXP, QT, and Sun Crimson. Benchmarking fields include parsing (native, SAX, DOM), DOM manipulation, schema validation, XSL transformation, and XML signature and encryption. YAZ 2.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/114137/ YAZ (yet another Z39.50 toolkit) is a portable C/C++ programmer's toolkit which supports the development of Z39.50v3 clients and servers. Sample clients and a server are included with the distribution. ZAP! 1.4 http://freshmeat.net/releases/114139/ ZAP! is a module which makes it fairly straightforward to build WWW-based user interfaces for groups of Z39.50-based information resources. It hides much of the complexity of the underlying protocol and requires mostly an understanding of HTML and some understanding of the Z39.50 database model. ZynAddSubFX 1.0.9 http://freshmeat.net/releases/114145/ ZynAddSubFX is a powerful real-time, multi- timbral software synthesizer for Linux. It has microtonal capabilities, and the instruments it creates sound like those from professional keyboards. It includes effects like reverb, echo, chorus, and phaser. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe - If you do not wish to subscribe to Freshmeat, go to: http://www.osdn.com/newsletters/unsubscribe.shtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Copyright (c)1999-2002 Open Source Development Network. All rights reserved.
