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Asymptopia BlackJack 1.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/118688/ Asymptopia BlackJack is a full-featured casino-style blackjack game written in Python using PyGame for graphics. You play with up to 6 robots against the dealer. You can specify which player is you. It is dynamic, addictive, and you don't lose real money! avrLab 0.20 http://freshmeat.net/releases/118665/ avrLab tries to be an complete IDE for the AVR microcontroller chips from Atmel. It offers an editor with syntax highlighting which has standard editor commands like copy, cut, paste, goto line, search, and replace. Additionally, it includes support for tavrasm (a compiler for the AVR assembly language), uisp (used for the communication to the AVR), and much more. CapiSuite 0.4.1a http://freshmeat.net/releases/118651/ CapiSuite is an ISDN telecommunication suite providing easy-to-use telecommunication functions which can be controlled from Python scripts. It uses a CAPI-compatible driver for accessing the ISDN-hardware, so you'll need a CAPI-compatible driver. CapiSuite is distributed with two example scripts for call incoming handling and fax sending. They provide a multi-user answering machine with fax recognition, remote inquiry, and fax receiving/sending functions. Cheetah Server 1.2 http://freshmeat.net/releases/118640/ Cheetah is a very minimal Web server for testing small local sites, or to continue to serve some content while configuring your primary Web server. It has very few features (and is single-threaded, non-forking for now), except that it will serve files in a directory under a user-specified port, does not require root access, and can serve Last Modified information to aid caching. Cygnus IRC Services 0.2.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/118654/ Cygnus IRC Services is a services program for IRC networks. It provides networks with NickServ, ChanServ, MemoServ, and RootServ. It aims to be highly configurable and very feature rich. It currently supports DreamForge, Bahamut, Prometheus, and UnrealIRCd. DOLFIN 0.3.3 http://freshmeat.net/releases/118681/ DOLFIN is used as a platform for research in adaptive finite element methods for PDEs at Chalmers Finite Element Center and at the Department of Computational Mathematics at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden. Ebotula 0.1.6 http://freshmeat.net/releases/118642/ Ebotula is an IRC bot for administration tasks in one or more channels. He has four access levels. The top level is the bot master. In this level have a user complete acces of all functions. The next level is the channel owner. He is the administrator in one channel. The other both are friends and other users. The bot is a multithread applikation and can execute simultaneously more commands. The data are contained in gdbm hash files. ErfurtWiki R1.00e http://freshmeat.net/releases/118702/ ErfurtWiki is a small Wiki engine implemented in PHP which can store its pages in a MySQL, ADOdb, or a flat file database. The Wiki source parsing is rather complete but is very extensible. It stands out from other Wikis in that it does not define the whole page layout itself; instead it allows for very quick integration into an existing Web site. The core 'library' is fully contained in one script file, but a collection of extension plugins is also available. Additionally, it can cache referenced images. The simplicity of the image uploading function makes it also a good choice as 'lite' CMS for private homepages. Fink 0.5.1 CVS_SNAP-05042003 (CVS) http://freshmeat.net/releases/118667/ 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. FireHOL R5 v1.120 http://freshmeat.net/releases/118698/ FireHOL is a script producing stateful iptables firewalls. It can control any number of internal/external interfaces, offers control on any combination of routed traffic, sets up DMZ routers and servers and all kinds of NAT, provides strong protection (flooding, spoofing, etc), transparent caches, and more. Its goal is to be completely abstracted and powerful but also easy to use, audit, and understand. Gaim 0.60 (Stable) http://freshmeat.net/releases/118676/ Gaim is a GTK2-based instant messenger application. It supports multiple protocols via modules, including AIM, ICQ, Yahoo!, MSN, Jabber, IRC, Napster, Gadu-Gadu and Zephyr. It has many common features found in other clients, as well as many unique features. Gaim is not endorsed by or affiliated with AOL TimeWarner, Microsoft, or Yahoo. GGTL -- Generic Game-Tree Library 1.0pre1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/118694/ GGTL is a C library to help people program computer games. It is targeted in particular at two-player zero-sum games with perfect information. Examples of such games are (in no particular order): Chess, Checkers, Go, Othello, Tic-Tac-Toe, and Connect-4. For these games, GGTL can currently provide iterative deepening Alpha-Beta game-tree search, unlimited undo, and saving to/resuming from files. An Othello game, Moth, and a Tic-Tac-Toe game comes bundled with GGTL. GNU Coreutils 5.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/118643/ GNU Coreutils are a set of basic file, shell, and text manipulation utilities for the GNU operating system that are expected to exist on every operating system. Previously, they were offered as three individual packages: fileutils, sh-utils, and textutils. GRender 0.1.1-beta http://freshmeat.net/releases/118661/ GRender is a GTK+ frontend for the A|W Maya and MentalRay for Maya render. It handles render job queues without starting the Maya's interface, using all the power of the workstation. IceWM Control center 2.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/118691/ The IceWM Control Center allows you to run various tools for configuring IceWM's options. Issue Manager 0.8.7 http://freshmeat.net/releases/118697/ The Issue Manager is a simple product for managing (structuring, editing, prioritizing, categorizing) issues. It is primarily used to manage information. IzPack 3.0.7 (Stable) http://freshmeat.net/releases/118637/ IzPack is a powerful Java installer builder. It is able to create lightweight and modular installers. You have the choice of the installer panels you want to use (some can do the same job, so that you can select the one you prefer), and you even have the choice of the kind of installer that you want to use. IzPack doesn't use any portion of native code, it is designed to be fully independent from the operating system that runs it. It is very easy for the end user with a properly installed JVM to use an installer made with IzPack, since a single "java -jar installer.jar" will launch it. Java Remote Method Invocation Language 2.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/118701/ jRML (Java Remote Method Invocation Language) is a Java object (de)serialization and messaging library which uses a more compact format than XML-RPC. It is also easier to use than most SOAP implementations. kShowmail 3.0.4 http://freshmeat.net/releases/118668/ kShowmail is a KDE tool for watching for email on POP3 servers. Headers and complete email messages can be displayed, and email can be deleted without downloading. The information can be refreshed via timers, and a sound can be played when new email arrives. External programs like fetchmail/sendmail can be called via configurable menu entries or if new mail arrives. Spam complaints can also be sent via configurable menus. KWappen 1.14 (Stable) http://freshmeat.net/releases/118660/ KWappen is a colorful KDE3.1 board game. The goal of the game is to eliminate the game tiles as quickly as possible. The game is solved if every column has one tile or no tiles. The game is not a clone of any other board game, and the rules of the game are entirely unique. KWappen requires a screen resolution that at least as large as 1024x768 pixels. Leif 0.3.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/118639/ Leif is a KDE tool for the SonyEricsson T68/T68i mobile phone. It supports phonebook editing, SMS management, and file uploading. libdv 0.99 http://freshmeat.net/releases/118648/ The Quasar DV codec (libdv) is a software codec for DV video, the encoding format used by most digital camcorders, typically those that support the IEEE 1394 (a.k.a. FireWire or i.Link) interface. libdv was developed according to the official standards for DV video: IEC 61834 and SMPTE 314M. linc is not cyberoam 1.2 http://freshmeat.net/releases/118646/ linc is a free multiplatform client for Cyberoam and 24online. Cyberoam is an employee Internet management system used by corporate networks. 24online is a subscriber management system for broadband ISPs. mod_auth_vhost 1.0.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/118645/ mod_auth_vhost is an Apache authentication module that uses virtual file paths for basic authentication. Instead of using the AuthUserFile directive, AuthVhostUserFile can be used to set the location of the basic authentication password file with a virtual path. It also supports a VirtualAuthRoot directive that works like VirtualDocumentRoot in mod_vhost_alias to determine where to find password files based on the server name. MyProxy 20030405 http://freshmeat.net/releases/118677/ MyProxy is a privacy-enhancing personal HTTP 1.1 proxy. Arbitrary URLs can be blocked by regular expression patterns and optionally replaced by transparent GIFs. Cookies can be controlled based on server/domain name. The "Referer", "User-Agent", and "From" HTTP headers can be dealt with in various ways. All user settings are configured through an HTML user interface. Novelwriting 0.3 http://freshmeat.net/releases/118678/ Novelwriting is a Python program to generate random structured documents based on a grammar. It is similar to the Dada Engine, but is more extensible. OpenSymphony Core 2.1.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/118706/ OSCore is a set of small utility classes that are useful in J2EE and even non-J2EE applications. Components include utilities to modify text, dates, primitive data, and XML. Also included is an EJB-compatible sequence generator that can easily be used by entity beans to provide unique IDs for primary keys. OperStats 1.2.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/118657/ OperStats is an IRC Operator and statistical services package for an IRC network. It aims to be highly configurable, stable, and feature-rich. It supports DreamForge, UnrealIRCd, and Bahamut. OZradio 0.7 beta http://freshmeat.net/releases/118653/ OZradio is a Linux FM radio player for KDE and GNOME. It supports BTTV-compatible FM and TV cards. It features the ability to save up to 10 preset stations, a volume control, a mute button, automatic frequency scanning, on-demand recording and replay of radio, and programable recording. PHP Prayer Board 0.5 http://freshmeat.net/releases/118684/ PHP Prayer Board records, organizes, and displays requests for prayer with a Web-based interface. popauthd.sh 0.2 http://freshmeat.net/releases/118641/ popauthd.sh is a bash script that checks your maillog file for succesful POP3 logins and adds authenticated hosts to your sendmail access.db. Entries expire after a configurable period of time. It supports ipop3d and sendmail, but would be very easy to adapt to other tools. Posadis 0.2.0 (Pos6 development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/118658/ Posadis is a Domain Name Server for Unix and Win32 systems. Its main target currently is to create a useful and stable DNS server. Poslib DNS library 0.9.5 http://freshmeat.net/releases/118649/ Poslib is a library which provides easy access to the Domain Name System. The client part can be used to create DNS client applications, while the server part lets you easily create a multi-threaded DNS server program, portable to many operating systems including Linux, FreeBSD, and Windows. PPPMon 1.3 http://freshmeat.net/releases/118700/ PPPMon is an RP3 clone. It shows the activity in the PPP conection, and starts/stops the PPP conetion in an easy way. sg_utils 1.03 (Linux 2.4) http://freshmeat.net/releases/118705/ The sg_utils package includes variants of the Unix dd command called sg_dd and sgp_dd that speed copies to, from, and between SCSI disks and CDROMs. sg_map and sg_scan supply information about SCSI devices and how they are related to other drivers. There are utilities for timing and testing SCSI devices and the SCSI bus. The sg3_utils package is for the Linux 2.4 series, while sg_utils is for the 2.2 series with some support for the 2.0 series. Shadow-JPEG 1.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/118687/ ShadowJPEG is a steganography example. It hides a file at the end of a JPEG image file. Cryptography is implemented using a simple private-key system which is used to encrypt the data before the injection. Simple Python Blogger 0.6.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/118671/ Simple Python Blogger is a small Python script to handle entries, users, sessions, and comments of a blog. the files are very simple to edit, change, and set up. It creates pages based on one HTML template file, which can be edited to suit your personal taste. SimpleData 3.0.13 http://freshmeat.net/releases/118695/ SimpleData is a Web application for managing your sales, inventory, invoices, quotes, purchases, and requests for quotes. It offers the ability to track all payments and balances on purchases and orders, and allows reports and forms to be printed or emailed. The printed forms are intended to fit in a standard 2-pane envelope for easy mailing. It features four sales and purchase reports, and can be easily extended. Siproxd 0.3.2 (Stable) http://freshmeat.net/releases/118666/ Siproxd is a SIP proxy for SIP based softphones hidden behind an IP masquerading firewall. It includes an RTP data stream proxy for incoming audio data (outgoing RTP data should be handled by IP masquerading by the firewall). Multiple local users/hosts can be simultaneously masqueraded. All configuration is done via one simple ASCII text file. SmallBoardPHP 0.44 (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/118644/ SmallBoardPHP is a small & quick messageboard. It uses a MySQL backend for speed. Spif 1.01 http://freshmeat.net/releases/118611/ Spif (Simplest Possible Infrastructure Framework) provides a simple API for model object access and uses a chain of responsibility to realize the infrastructure behind the interface. This means that you can write business code which accesses persistent, possibly remote objects without worrying about locking, distribution persistence, caching, etc. Using Spif, such features are easy to change later, without changing business code. Sws Web Server 0.1.4 http://freshmeat.net/releases/118662/ Sws Web Server is a fast, secure, and simple Web server. Thy 0.4.268 (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/118656/ Thy is a lightweight httpd designed to be clean and fast, yet powerful enough to serve many hits a day. transcode 0.6.4.20030318 (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/118650/ transcode is a text console video-stream processing tool. It supports elementary video and audio frame transformations. Some example modules are included to enable import of MPEG-1/2, Digital Video, and other formats. It also includes export modules for writing to AVI files with DivX, OpenDivX, XviD, Digital Video or other codecs. Direct DVD transcoding is also supported. A set of tools is available to extract and decode the sources into raw video/audio streams for import and to enable post-processing of AVI files. waimeaconfig 0.0.2 http://freshmeat.net/releases/118682/ waimeaconfig is a Waimea configuration program that configures Waimea menus and the waimearc, based on fluxconf. WebGUI 5.2.3 http://freshmeat.net/releases/118669/ 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. wmfuzzy 0.3 http://freshmeat.net/releases/118664/ wmfuzzy is a Window Maker dockapp clock that gives the time a textual approximation (instead of "21:17", the time is displayed as "Quarter Past Nine"). Xephyrus Image Tweak Tag Library 0.2 http://freshmeat.net/releases/118685/ The Xephyrus Image Tweak Tag Library provides an easy way to do some simple image manipulation operations on image files from within JSP pages. This can be particularly useful when combined with the File Upload Tag Library. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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.
