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The application can then calculate the distance between the animals and the distribution of them on the map across a specified time period. All data can be exported as tables to be used in spreadsheet applications or statistics programs. BASH Debugger 0.42 http://freshmeat.net/releases/136561/ BASH Debugger provides a patched BASH that enables better debugging support as well as improved error reporting. It also contains the most comprehensive source code debugger for BASH that has been written. It can be used as a springboard for other experimental features (such as a timestamped history file), since development is maintained openly and developers are encouraged to participate. Blassic 0.7.2 http://freshmeat.net/releases/136582/ Blassic is a classic Basic interpreter. The line numbers are mandatory, and it has PEEK & POKE. The main goal is to execute programs written in old interpreters, but it can be used as a scripting language. CGI-Shell 0.21 (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/136611/ CGI-Shell provides a shell using CGI, so everyone who has a CGI directory on a Web server can also have a shell on it. It's comparable to telnet or SSH. College Radio Database 0.9.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/136589/ The College Radio Database is Web-based software for radio stations. It allows you to track large collections of CDs by unique ID, assign status, do basic searches, and more. It also tracks airplay, allowing easy entry of spins from the CD database, as well as entry of DJ-supplied music. Top XX overall/by genre charts can be generated between 2 dates, and you can check up on DJ attendance, number of spins versus station spins, and more. It also includes the ability to maintain DJ schedules in table form for multiple semesters. This software has been in use at WMBC Radio and evolving since the year 2000. CRM114 Discriminator 2003-09-20-Beta http://freshmeat.net/releases/136627/ CRM114 is a Controllable Regex Mutilator and Smart Filter, designed for easy creation of filters for things like incoming email redirection, spam filtering, system logs, or monitoring processes. Filtering rules can be either hard-coded (such as regexes), soft-coded (calculated at runtime or read from an external file or process), or learned dynamically by phrase matching (by SBPH hashing). This makes it possible to create very accurate filters with very little actual work. Accuracies over 99.9% are achievable. Dnsmasq 1.16 http://freshmeat.net/releases/136590/ Dnsmasq is lightweight, easy to configure DNS forwarder designed to provide DNS (domain name) services to a small network where using BIND would be overkill. It can have its upstream DNS servers automatically configured by PPP or DHCP, and it can serve the names of local machines which are not in the global DNS. It can integrate with the ISC DHCP daemon to serve the names of local machines which are configured using DHCP. Dnsmasq is ideal for networks behind NAT routers and connected via modem, ISDN, ADSL, or cable-modem connections. eMoviX 0.8.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/136565/ eMoviX is a micro (7MB) Linux distro meant to be embedded in a CD together with all video/audio files you want. A CD burned with eMoviX will be able to boot and play automagically all of its files with MPlayer. Supported formats are AVI (in particular DivX & XviD formats), MPEG, QuickTime, WMV, ASF, MP3, Ogg, and in general everything supported by MPlayer. Eternal Lands 0.8.3 Alpha http://freshmeat.net/releases/136608/ Eternal Lands is a multiplatform (Windows/Linux) 3D isometric MMORPG. It requires a hardware-accelerated video card that supports at least OpenGL 1.2. FetchmailMon 0.3 http://freshmeat.net/releases/136615/ FetchmailMon is a set of tools that allows the user to monitor fetchmail processes. FIFOs 0.0.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/136562/ FIFOs is a program that can be inserted into a pipe and, when given the total size of a stream, will buffer the input the proper amount for the measured Input Rate and Output Rate. Firebird Relational Database 1.5 RC6 (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/136600/ Firebird is a relational database offering many ANSI SQL-92 features that runs on Linux, Windows, and a variety of Unix platforms. It offers excellent concurrency, high performance, and powerful language support for stored procedures and triggers. freecolor 0.7.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/136563/ freecolor adds color and bargraphs to the "free" command. gbsplay 0.0.2 http://freshmeat.net/releases/136596/ gbsplay emulates the sound hardware of the Nintendo Gameboy. It is able to play the sounds from a Gameboy module dump (.GBS format version 1 and 2) over /dev/dsp. Also included is an XMMS input plugin and a tool to display information about a .GBS file. GKrellM Dell Plugin 2.5 http://freshmeat.net/releases/136613/ i8krellm is a GKrellM plugin to control the fans on Dell Inspiron/Latitude notebook computers. It requires the Linux kernel module and i8kutils package found at http://www.debian.org/~dz/i8k/. It displays the current CPU temperature, mode indicator, and two animated fans. Temperature triggers can be set to cycle the fans off, low, or high speed. GKrellm SNMP Monitor 0.21 http://freshmeat.net/releases/136584/ GKrellm SNMP Monitor is a plugin for GKrellM that lets you easily monitor SNMP vars. Some examples are server load via UCD-SNMP daemon or ambient temperature via router environment MIB. Glacier GTK 2.4 http://freshmeat.net/releases/136583/ Glacier GTK is a calm, simple greyscale theme inspired by Mac OS X. gmorgan 0.17 http://freshmeat.net/releases/136633/ gmorgan is a fully programmable General MIDI rhythm station. It features chord recognition for playing in real-time. Group-Office 1.9 http://freshmeat.net/releases/136580/ Group-Office is Web-based office suite written in PHP that is extensible with modules. It features user management (optionally synchronized with system and Samba), module management, an email client, a file manager, a scheduler, project management, and Web site management. Hamilcar 0.0.3 http://freshmeat.net/releases/136631/ Hamilcar is an XML application server inspired by Apache Cocoon for Objective Caml, using the Yaxi library. It is designed around the concept of a pipeline that is traversed during the processing of a request with control structures embedded in XML tags directing the process according to various criteria. hk_classes 0.6.1-test3 http://freshmeat.net/releases/136597/ hk_classes is a set of C++ libraries for rapid development of database applications with all features a modern database application should have, like forms and reports. hk_classes is database and GUI independent. It also includes command line tools to use hk_classes in scripts. HTML Contain 1.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/136556/ HTMLContain is a script that converts an HTML page to standard Python dictionaries and lists. Tags are broken up in order and in depth. This makes them easy to get, manipulate, and rebuild into HTML again. All tag keys are lower cased and extra spaces are removed. In addition, you can convert any Web page to a contained state, and revert it back to HTML that is identical to its original state. Ked Password Manager 0.2.5 http://freshmeat.net/releases/136614/ Ked Password Manager helps to manage large amounts of passwords and related information, and simplifies the tasks of searching and entering password data. It is written as an extensible framework, which allows you to plug in custom password database backends and custom user interface frontends. knoda 0.6.1-test3 http://freshmeat.net/releases/136634/ knoda is a database frontend for KDE based on the hk_classes library. KTagebuch 0.72 http://freshmeat.net/releases/136577/ KTagebuch is a diary program for KDE 3. It has word processor-like functions and has a plugin to save the mood for every entry. LaTeX Service 0.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/136564/ LaTeX Service returns a LaTeX rendering of selected text as a TIFF image. libopennet 0.8.2 http://freshmeat.net/releases/136566/ Libopennet allows developers to open_net() files or URLs alike, and get a file descriptor back that they can use to read data from. It supports HTTP (read-only) and FTP (read or write). It also comes with read_net() to do a forceful read(), and lseek_net() for calling lseek on the socket/file. libwebserver 0.5.2 http://freshmeat.net/releases/136593/ libwebserver is a library for adding Web-based remote interfaces to your programs. It is independent of other Web servers, easy to use, and supports HTTPS with OpenSSL. Linux on the Linksys wrt54g 0.2 http://freshmeat.net/releases/136630/ wrt54g-linux is a mini-distribution for the Linksys wrt54g 802.11b/g access point and router. It includes basic tools such as sh, syslog, telnetd, httpd (with cgi-bin support), vi, snort, mount, insmod, rmmod, top, grep, find, nfs modules, etc. The installation script runs in about 20 seconds and installs strictly to the RAM disk. If you mess anything up, simply reset the box. After installing the distribution you'll be able to telnet in, add Web pages, change iptable rules, change routing, configure snort, etc. Maildirtree 0.2 http://freshmeat.net/releases/136621/ Maildirtree is a small program which is able to take flat hierarchies of Courier-IMAP format Maildir directories and print them out in format similar to tree(1). It also scans for unread messages and counts the total messages for each valid folder, and has partial support for recursing into an actual directory hierarchy of Maildirs. MemAid 0.4.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/136594/ Memaid is a software designed to predict optimal time of repetitions (computes best possible intervals between reviews, using an Artificial Neural Network). It may be used in learning anything. It makes your learning process much more effective: less time wasted, more things you remember. MIB Smithy 2.3.3 http://freshmeat.net/releases/136626/ MIB Smithy is an application for SNMP developers, MIB designers, and Internet-draft authors. It provides a GUI-based environment for designing, editing, and compiling MIB modules according to the SMIv1 and SMIv2 standards. It accelerates the development process by providing an easy-to-use GUI environment for designing, editing, and compiling SNMP MIB specifications without the syntax and formatting concerns of designing MIBs by hand. It includes a number of built-in basic SNMP management tools, XML support, and (with MIB Smithy Professional) support for custom compiler output formats. MIB Smithy SDK 2.3.3 http://freshmeat.net/releases/136622/ MIB Smithy SDK is a dynamic extension to Tcl/Tk (8.1+) that allows development of custom scripts for controlling SNMP agents, manipulating SMI definitions, doing conversions, and more. It is based on the core of Muonics' MIB Smithy, and the SDK supports SMIv1 and SMIv2, as well as SNMPv1/v2c/v3 with HMAC-SHA-96 and HMAC-MD5-96 authentication and CBC-DES privacy. It also provides complete read-write access to all elements of SMI/MIB Module definitions, unlike similar extensions that provide only read access to a limited subset. The SDK allows multiple discrete SMI databases and SNMP sessions, and provides all of the built-in validation and error recovery capabilites of the full product, without the visual MIB development environment. mnoGoSearch-php 3.2.2 (Stable) http://freshmeat.net/releases/136574/ mnoGoSearch-php is a PHP frontend for the mnoGoSearch free Web search engine (formerly known as UdmSearch). It supports most of all original search.cgi features including cache mode, phrase search, weight factors, spell daemon, and others. multitail 2.9.3 http://freshmeat.net/releases/136602/ 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. Mysql - Exim - Qpopper interface 1.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/136571/ This project is an Exim, Qpopper, and MySQL mail system administration tool. Mysql Data Manager 1.72 http://freshmeat.net/releases/136628/ Mysql Data Manager is a Web-based MySQL client that provides local and remote database access. It allows direct data access and management via an easy and intuitive interface. Mysql Data Manager is a platform-independent CGI script. Odot 0.5 http://freshmeat.net/releases/136603/ Odot is a task list manager that organizes your tasks hierarchically and emphasizes ones which are due. p0f 2.0.2-rc1 (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/136592/ p0f is a versatile passive OS fingerprinting and masquerade detection utility, to be used for evidence or information gathering on servers, firewalls, IDSes, and honeypots, for pen-testing, or just for the fun of it. It is a complete rewrite of p0f version 1 that used to be maintained by William Stearns. Pauker 1.3.2 http://freshmeat.net/releases/136560/ Pauker is a generic flashcard program written in Java. It uses a combination of ultra-shortterm, shortterm, and longterm memory. You can use it to learn all the things you never want to forget, like vocabulary, capitals, important dates, etc. Perl Archive Toolkit 0.75 http://freshmeat.net/releases/136576/ PAR is a cross-platform packaging and deployment tool, dubbed as a cross between Java's JAR and Perl2EXE/PerlApp. It can turn your Perl programs into ready-to-run executables, build and use PAR files into @INC to avoid version conflicts, turn CPAN module distributions into PAR distributions, or install/uninstall/sign/verify PAR distributions. PHP Layers Menu 3.1.0 (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/136599/ PHP Layers Menu is a hierarchical dynamic menu system to rapidly choose among items on a Web page. It achieves a compact view and a reasonably small file size for pages with a very large number of entries. Its behavior is analogous to the GNOME, KDE, and MS Windows main menus. It also provides JavaScript-based Tree Menus whose look and behavior is analogous to the most commonly used file managers and to the Mozilla bookmarks management tool. Menus are dynamically generated using data retrieved from files, strings, and databases. It supports Mozilla, Netscape 4, 6, and 7, Konqueror, Opera 5, 6, and 7, and Internet Explorer 4, 5, 5.5, and 6. It also provides accessibility solutions for browsers that don't support JavaScript. pkdump 2.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/136570/ pkdump detects TCP and UDP port scans and connection attempt from foreign hosts over the Internet. PMK 0.6.4 (Snapshot) http://freshmeat.net/releases/136586/ PMK aims to be an alternative to GNU autoconf configure scripts. It attempts to avoid the use of scripts in packages that can hide trojans, to minimize the number of dependencies, and to be easy to use for users and developers. Qazoo 0.2 http://freshmeat.net/releases/136573/ Qazoo is a Yahoo! instant messenger client for Qtopia/ Sharp Zaurus. QCad 2.0.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/136619/ QCad is a powerful but easy to use 2D CAD program for Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X. It uses DXF as its standard file format. While other CAD packages are often rather complicated to use, QCad tries to stay comfortable, and even an absolute beginner can create professional drawings with a minimum of effort. QuickSwitch 1.05 http://freshmeat.net/releases/136581/ QuickSwitch lets you switch network profiles on the fly (IP address, DNS, routes, NFS shares, etc.). There is a command-line configuration mode by which you can change your entire network setting in one line (including DNS and routing table). It is highly configurable, supports DHCP/BOOTP/NIS/NFS/etc., and also includes a curses-based GUI which you can use as a profile selector on startup. RapidTeX 0.2.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/136591/ RapidTeX is a LaTeX preprocessor that allows users to write more intuitive source files more easily. Short forms are available for a lot of common TeX commands. The source files are more like a plain text file and are therefore faster to make and easier to read. The Latin subset of Unicode is supported. It also comes with a RapidTeX to HTML converter called RapidHTML. rawdog 1.3 http://freshmeat.net/releases/136575/ rawdog is an RSS Aggregator Without Delusions Of Grandeur. It uses Mark Pilgrim's feed parser. It runs from cron, collects articles from a number of feeds, and generates a static HTML page listing the newest articles in date order. It supports per-feed customizable update times, and uses ETags, Last-Modified, and gzip compression to minimize network bandwidth usage. Shishi 0.0.7 http://freshmeat.net/releases/136616/ Shishi is a (still incomplete) implementation of Kerberos 5, which can be used to authenticate users in distributed systems. It contains a library that can be used by application developers, and a command line utility for users. Shishi supports Kerberos authenticated telnet client/server, IMAP client/server (via GSSAPI), SSH client/server (via GSSAPI), rsh/rlogin client, and a PAM module for host security. Skipjack Payment 1.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/136568/ Skipjack Payment is a class to facilitate online transaction through the Skipjack Payment Gateway. You can also fetch information about the transaction status. StarOffice 7 http://freshmeat.net/releases/136624/ StarOffice is an integrated Microsoft Office-compatible suite of productivity applications. It provides Web-enabled word processing, spreadsheet, presentation graphics, email, news, charting, and graphics applications. Tutka 0.10.3 http://freshmeat.net/releases/136601/ Tutka is a tracker style MIDI sequencer for Linux (and other systems; only Linux is supported at this time though). It is similar to programs like SoundTracker, ProTracker and FastTracker except that it does not support samples and is meant for MIDI use only. wput 0.3.4 http://freshmeat.net/releases/136598/ wput is the opposite of wget, capable of uploading files to FTP servers with an easy to use command line interface similar to wget's (old) one. yawk 1.2.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/136612/ yawk is a wiki clone written in gawk. It supports the usual text styles, lists, and tables. Additional and optional features are formatting with stylesheet classes, file uploads, and a framed user interface mode. It works on plain text files and does not require a database. Yaxi 0.3.3 http://freshmeat.net/releases/136629/ yaxi is a library for OCaml XML data manipulation. It provides implementations of XML 1.0, XPath, and XSLT with a functional taste. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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.
