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Slashdot
Building Your Own Glowing Cyber-Balls?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/18/035223
[0]krezel asks: "So I've been drooling over the [1]Ambient Orb, a cool
little gadget 'glowing ball' that you changes colors based the 'health'
of things you specify. It can do stuff like fade from red to yellow to
green as your stock portfolio improves. However, being a poor college
student I can't afford its $200 price tag. I've found lots of
[2]sources for super bright multi-color LED's. Cast a couple of them in
some translucent resin, hook them up to a power source, and you've got
yourself a cheap glowing ball. But I've yet to find any good
information on how to build hardware that will let me control relays
for devices like this through my serial or parallel port. Basically I'm
looking for a cheap way to build a board that will let me control 4-8
relays (for each color) over my serial port, and some info on how to
write the software for it. This could be a very cool project, and I
plan on making the plans available, and the code Open Source, when I'm
done with it. Any ideas?"
Links
0. http://www.chrismetcalf.net
1. http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/5da2/detail/
2. http://www.superbrightleds.com/
Study Finds Tivo Less of a Threat to Advertisers
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/18/0115236
[0]talboito writes "AdAge.com [1] reports that an internal study by
Proctor and Gamble concludes that Tivo viewers who fast forward through
ads recall their content at similar rates as those watching at normal
speeds. The article concludes with a choice quote by Proctor and
Gamble's former head of research on the significance of the results;
"[Proctor and Gamble] may still go out and try to browbeat the networks
into giving them a lower CPM [cost per thousand viewers] on the basis
of it, but they'd want to know either way.""
Links
0. http://[moc.loa] [ta] [otioblat]
1. http://www.adage.com/news.cms?newsId=37390
The Definite Desktop Environment Comparison
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/18/0040211
Gentu writes "OSNews posted a [0]very long and interesting comparison
between the most popular desktop environments today: Windows XP Luna,
Mac OS X Aqua, BeOS/Zeta and Unix's KDE and Gnome. Some of the points
in the article can be thought to be 'subjective', but overall many good
points are made and it seems that there is room for improvement for all
DEs."
Links
0. http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3064
Vapor-phase Processor Cooling
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/18/0016251
[0]Econolinecrush writes "If even exotic water-cooling isn't enough for
your processor cooling needs, there's always vapor-phase cooling. The
[1]Tech Report has an [2]interesting review of Asetek's latest
Vapochill system, an admittedly pricey cooling option, but one that
manages to fight off condensation while keeping even high-end
processors running at sub-zero temperatures. A little extreme? Sure,
but it's undeniably cool nonetheless." I haven't seen a cooling system
this intense since my organic chemistry labs.
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.tech-report.com/
2. http://www.tech-report.com/reviews/2003q1/asetek-vapochill/index.x?pg=1
A Photorealistic CGI TV Series Coming Real Soon Now
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/17/1215215
ziggy_zero writes "[0]SoulPix has revealed their project named
"SoulFire", a photorealistic computer-generated TV series created
entirely with 3ds max. Here's a [1]trailer (it's in German). Looks
pretty cool, better than those CGI cartoons I've seen - although
definitely not even Final Fantasy quality. Note - apparently the DivX
version was encoded using a weird codec that doesn't work on all
players, so you might be better off getting the Quicktime version."
Links
0. http://www.soulpix.de/
1. http://www.soul-fire.com/
The Era Of Satellite News Gathering
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/17/2128211
[0]swimgeek writes "The TV Technology for covering news as it happens
is changing. This article specifically talks about the [1]transition
from ENG (Electronic News Gathering) to SNG (Satellite News Gathering).
The American TV networks are close to spending $100 million for this
transition, anticipating a possible war in Iraq."
Links
0. http://www-users.cs.umn.edu/~ashutosh/
1. http://www.poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=23585
WebDAV Buffer Overflow Attack Compromises IIS 5.0
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/17/2139258
[0]rf0 writes "Well [1]CERT is [2]reporting a new overflow attack for
IIS 5.0. [3]Microsoft has [4]released a bulletin. Better download those
[5]patches and fix another security hole." [6]According to this CNET
story, Microsoft says that this is already being exploited, at the very
least since last Wednesday.
Links
0. http://www.65535.net
1. http://www.cert.org/
2. http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-09.html
3. http://www.microsoft.com/
4.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/bulletin/ms03-007.asp
5.
http://microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=C9A38D45-5145-4844-B62E-C69D32AC929B&displaylang=en
6. http://news.com.com/2100-1002-992920.html
Dissecting Localized Google Censorship
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/17/2046246
[0]carpe_noctem writes "[1]Linuxsecurity.com has a link to a rather
interesting story regarding [2]Google's use of localized censorship.
While not much information is given from the political side of why
Google might be censoring information likely to annoy certain
governments, it certainly isn't the first time [3]Google has come under
fire for censoring results on account of external pressures. Makes one
wonder how many pages get filtered out around the world."
Links
0. http://www.aboleo.net
1. http://linuxsecurity.com/
2. http://sethf.com/anticensorware/general/google-censorship.php
3. http://www.xenu.net/news/
Sharp Ships Zaurus SL-5600; 5500 Available Cheap
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/17/1924257
[0]Bill Kendrick writes "[1]LinuxDevices is reporting the good news:
Sharp is now shipping the Zaurus SL-5600 Linux-based PDA. Compared to
the SL-5500 that's been out for the past year, this new model sports a
400MHz X-Scale CPU, twice the Flash (32MB), twice the RAM (64MB) a much
better battery (1700 mAh), and a real speaker and mic. Learn more at
[2]Sharp's website." And [3]IceFox writes "Well I wasn't expecting this
to happen till next week, but I guess it was put up early. For a
limited time on [4]hsn.com you can get a Sharp Zaurus SL-5500 PDA for
$198.92, combined with a hsn.com [5]coupon you can bring the price down
to $169.08. For anyone who has wanted to play with this Linux PDA here
is your chance to get it for very cheap." Update: 03/18 02:03 GMT by
[6]T: Reader Brendan Hoar corrects the listed specs: "The specs for the
SL-5600 are incorrect. It should be 64MB of flash, 32MB of SDRAM. It's
technically *half* the RAM of the SL-5500, not twice the RAM." Thanks.
Links
0. http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/bill/
1. http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5108020734.html
2. http://www.sharpusa.com/products/ModelLanding/0,1058,1027,00.html
3. http://www.csh.rit.edu/~benjamin
4. http://www.hsn.com/cnt/sf/default.aspx?sf=EC&sz=6
5. http://dealcoupon.com/merchants/hsn.com.html
6. http://www.monkey.org/~timothy/
Creative SoundBlaster Audigy 2 Reviewed
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/17/1837202
[0]Julio writes "For some, the [1]Audigy 2 is what the original Audigy
should have been, however without trying to underestimate Creative
efforts, they are bringing us today a revamped soundcard that is set to
raise the bar like the original Live! did, many years ago. You will be
happy to know that Creative has taken care of the board quality from
the ground up, newer and better DACs are used to ensure
24-Bit/96-kHz/192kHz playback and among the rest of niceties the card
offers you have DVD-Audio playback, full 6.1 surround sound, THX
certification and the mandatory (for a Creative soundcard) EAX Advanced
HD."
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.techspot.com/reviews/hardware/audigy2/index.shtml
Freshmeat
abcde 2.1.1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116558/
abcde is a frontend to cdparanoia, wget, cd-discid, id3, and your
favorite Ogg/MP3/Flac encoder (Oggenc is the default). It grabs an
entire CD and converts each track to Ogg/MP3/Flac, then comments or
ID3-tags each file, all with one command. It supports multiple output
in a single CD read, volume normalization, gapless encoding (with
Lame), parallelization, SMP, HTTP proxies, customizable filename
organization and munging, playlist generation, and remote distributed
encoding via distmp3.
ADODB 3.31
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116626/
ADODB is a set of advanced PHP database abtraction classes. It supports
MySQL, PostgreSQL, Interbase/Firebird, Informix, Sybase SQL Anywhere,
Oracle, MS SQL 7, Sybase, DB2, FrontBase, Foxpro, Access, ADO, and
generic ODBC. A metatype system is built in, making it possible to
figure out that types such as CHAR, TEXT, and STRING are equivalent in
different databases. It also features an SQL to HTML popup menu and SQL
to HTML table support. It has code to support record paging and
blob/clob support.
AdvanceMAME 0.66.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116637/
AdvanceMAME is a port of the MAME, MESS, and PacMAME emulators for
arcade monitors and TVs, but also for normal PC monitors.
Allegro 4.0.3 RC 2 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116666/
Allegro is a multi-platform game library for C/C++ developers that
provides many functions for graphics, sounds, player input (keyboard,
mouse, and joystick), and timers. It also provides fixed and floating
point mathematical functions, 3D functions, file management functions,
compressed datafile, and a GUI.
aMember 1.9.2 (Pro)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116606/
aMember is a flexible user management script. It has support for
PayPal, Clickbank, Multicards, 2Checkout, Revecom, PayPal
multi-currency processing, Authorize.net, Q-Chex, E-Gold and offline
payments (offline cheques/Western Union/Money Order), and allows you to
setup paid membership areas on your site. It also can be used without
any payment system (you can manage users manually). Unique features are
support for multiple payment systems at the same time and support for
multiple products (subscriptions) with different levels of access,
pricing, and time periods.
Aranha 0.0.325
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116567/
Aranha is a piece of software written to allow Web applications to be
written more cleanly and more easily. It is a Local FastCGI Responder,
although work is in progress to allow it to work as a FastCGI
Authoriser and a FastCGI Filter. It is based on the programming
language Lua, and contains many extensions to enable easy Web site
development and maintenance.
asciijump 0.0.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116560/
asciijump is an ASCII art game about ski jumping.
Axualize 1.1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116585/
Axualize is a tool for creating applications by actualizing Java
objects using XML. Axualize is based on JSR-57, and is intended to
allow developers to create Java applications dynamically using XML. To
understand how this could be useful, imagine a J2EE application with
multiple client UIs being generated from Web applications. Using
Axualize, you can present multiple form-based GUI front ends to your
application by dropping in a Web application which builds your GUI
applications using Axualize XML generated with JSP and whatever
application framework you please.
Babeldoc 1.0RC3 (1.x)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116610/
Babeldoc is a framework and set of applications to process documents
for business-to-business and other Internet/integration applications.
It is primarily intended for text documents, especially XML, but
supports a wide range of operations and data types. It has a
sophisticated journaling system that supports replaying and
reprocessing. Babeldoc is pipeline based and supports numerous ways to
combine the pipeline stages in a dynamically reconfigurable fashion. It
has a GUI and a Web-based console for document processing and
monitoring, and comes with tools for the tranformation of flatfile data
to XML, archival, and cryptography. Additionally it is able to scan
various data sources based on sophisticated constraints.
BASHISH 1.9.18
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116620/
Bashish is a theme-engine using bash and other POSIX shells to
customize nearly all aspects of the terminal: title, colors, prompt,
font, background, etc. It has a modular design which makes it easy to
add features (and it does have a lot) while keeping good performance.
Bifrost Firewall iptables GUI 0.9.3-cb1 (Beta)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116575/
Bifrost is a firewall management interface to iptables (iptables GUI).
The system is inspired by Checkpoint, Cisco PIX, and Watchguard
firewall management. With Bifrost you are able to work with incoming
and outgoing traffic flows rather than focusing on interfaces. The
system supports both IPSEC and High Availability. It is even possible
to manage HA from the GUI. Bifrost has an advanced anti-spoofing
function. There is also a very easy-to-use log watch function where you
can apply filtering. Logging is controlled per rule. You can turn
on/off logging for a rule on the fly, and there is built-in protection
against log flooding. All firewall changes are made without interrupt
already established connections. There is also support for traffic
marking (mangle), very useful when you are working with QOS (bandwidth
management) and advance routing such as policy-based routing. If you
for some reason need something extra, it is possible to add your own
commands.
CheckBook Tracker 0.9.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116662/
In order to leave Windows behind most people need a fully-functional
money management program. CheckBook Tracker seeks to solve that
problem. It has the feel and features of packages like Microsoft Money
without requiring the user to build their own sources or find an RPM
for their distribution. Its features include Import / Export QIF files
straight from Money or Quicken, autocomplete, check printing, split
transactions, balance forecasts and more.
Class::Date 1.1.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116647/
Class::Date provides a date datatype for Perl. You can create new
Class::Date objects with a constructor from different scalar formats,
array refs, and hash refs, and then you can easily manipulate it by the
builtin "+" and "-" operators (e.g.,
$date=date([2001,03,15])+'3Y 1s'). Relative date types also available
CodeGuide 6.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116598/
CodeGuide is a lean and fast IDE for Java and JavaServerPages. It
features on-the-fly error checking, incremental background
("instant") compilation, powerful refactoring capabilities,
and support for generic types. A visual debugger with on-the-fly class
replacement (HotSwap) is also included.
CvsGraph 1.4.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116617/
CvsGraph is a utility for generation of graphical representation of
revisions and branches from a CVS/RCS repository.
CVSps 2.0b2 (Beta)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116603/
CVSps is a program for generating 'patchset' information from a CVS
repository. A patchset in this case is defined as a set of changes made
to a collection of files, and all committed at the same time (using a
single 'cvs commit' command). This information is valuable to seeing
the big picture of the evolution of a cvs project. CVSps allows you to
see history of committed patchsets, restrict by author, date range,
files affected, branches affected. CVSps can generate a diff of a given
patchset.
D Parser 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116655/
The D Parser is a scannerless GLR parser generator based on the Tomita
algorithm. It is self-hosted and very easy to use. Grammars are written
in a natural style of EBNF and regular expressions and support both
speculative and final actions.
dailystrips 1.0.27
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116586/
dailystrips is a utility to download your favorite online comic strips
each day. What sets it apart from the rest is its "local"
mode of operation, which automatically downloads strips for you.
Avantgo is also supported, for downloading comics to PDAs.
Damascus 0.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116640/
Damascus is a GTK+ 2.x client for the Gale communication protocol. It
is somewhat modelled after IM/ICQ-style interfaces. If you don't know
what Gale is, this client probably won't be very useful; you need a
valid Gale key to send anything, and Damascus can't generate them
(yet). Gale is also scary and confusing.
Dasher 3.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116600/
Dasher is an information-efficient text-entry interface, driven by
natural continuous pointing gestures. It is a competitive text-entry
system wherever a full-size keyboard cannot be used--on a palmtop or
wearable computer, when operating a computer one-handed, by joystick,
touchscreen, trackball, or mouse, or when operating a computer with
zero hands (i.e., by head-mouse or by eyetracker).
DazLi's Gnometris Themes 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116540/
DazLi's Gnometris Themes is a collection of backgrounds and blocks for
Gnometris.
Dia 0.91
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116601/
Dia is a program for creating diagrams of all kinds. The current
version can do UML class diagrams, Entity-Relationship modeling,
network diagrams, and much more. The engine is very flexible and
dynamically loads diagram-types from disk. It can currently export to
PostScript and load/save in an XML format.
Disc-Cover 1.5.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116646/
Disc-cover provides an easy way to produce covers for audio CDs. It
scans audio CDs and uses information from the CDDB or CDINDEX database
to build a back and front cover for the CD. Output is in Latex, Dvi,
PDF, Postscript, HTML, plain ASCII, or any other format suited for
cdlabelgen.
docbook-utils 0.6.13
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116631/
docbook-utils contains scripts for easy conversion from DocBook SGML
files to other formats (for example, HTML, RTF, and PostScript), and
for comparing SGML files.
DOTCONF++ library 0.0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116602/
dotconf++ is a dotconf like configuration file parser written in C++.
It supports macro substitution from the environment or from the file
itself, config file inclusion, easy handling of XML like tags, checking
for required tags, and more. The whole document (with all inclusions)
is parsed into a useful tree structure that is easy to use in your
program.
dvipng 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116554/
This program makes PNG graphics from DVI files as obtained from TeX and
its relatives. Its benefits include speed; it is the fastest
bitmap-rendering code for DVI files. On a fairly low-end laptop, it
takes less than a second to generate 150 one-formula images.
Furthermore, it does not read the postamble, so it can be started
before TeX finishes. There is a -follow switch that makes dvipng wait
at EOF for further output, unless it finds the POST marker that
indicates the end of the DVI. It supports PK and VF fonts, color
specials, and more.
EasyMirror 1.18.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116671/
EasyMirror is an FTP mirror program written in C. It is powerful and
easy to use, handles regular expressions, and will process remote
ls-lR.gz-type index files to improve performance of scans.
Emdros 1.1.10.fix1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116576/
Emdros is a text database engine for annotated or analyzed text. It is
applicable in linguistics, publishing, text processing, and other
fields dealing with annotated text. Emdros has a powerful query
language for asking relevant questions of the data. It is middleware,
acting as a layer between a client (written by the user), and an
underlying database. PostgreSQL and MySQL are supported.
EMS MySQL Manager 1.1.5.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116605/
EMS MySQL Manager provides powerful tools for MySQL Server
administration and object management. Its Graphical User Interface
(GUI) allows you to create/edit all MySQL database objects in a simple
and direct way, run SQL scripts, manage users and administer user
privileges, execute SQL queries, extract, print, and search metadata,
and export/import data. It also supplies many more services that will
make your work with the MySQL server as easy as it can be.
eTktab 3.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116594/
eTktab edits ASCII tablature for 4, 5, and 6 stringed instruments. Its
features include 30 fretboard positions available via a single
keypress, lyrics editing, expression marks (hammer-on, etc.), chord and
solo note insertion modes, and custom guitar tunings and keybindings.
eXtended Allow - Deny list for PAM 0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116592/
XAD is a very easy to configure PAM module. Through a very easy
language you can allow/deny access to users.
fetchmail 6.2.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116651/
Fetchmail is a free, full-featured, robust, well-documented remote-mail
retrieval and forwarding utility intended to be used over on-demand
TCP/IP links (such as SLIP or PPP connections). It supports every
remote-mail protocol now in use on the Internet: POP2, POP3, RPOP,
APOP, KPOP, all flavors of IMAP, and ESMTP ETRN. It can even support
IPv6 and IPSEC.
FFTW 3.0-beta1 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116639/
FFTW is a fast C FFT library. It includes complex, real, symmetric,
multidimensional, and parallel transforms, and can handle arbitrary
array sizes efficiently.It is typically faster than other freely
available FFT implementations, and is even competitive with
vendor-tuned libraries (benchmarks are available at the homepage). To
achieve this performance, it uses novel code generation and runtime
self optimization techniques (along with many other tricks).
FFTW 2.1.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116638/
FFTW is a fast C FFT library. It includes complex, real, symmetric,
multidimensional, and parallel transforms, and can handle arbitrary
array sizes efficiently.It is typically faster than other freely
available FFT implementations, and is even competitive with
vendor-tuned libraries (benchmarks are available at the homepage). To
achieve this performance, it uses novel code generation and runtime
self optimization techniques (along with many other tricks).
fwanalog 0.6.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116552/
fwanalog is a shell script that parses and summarizes firewall
logfiles. It understands logs from ipf (xBSD, Solaris), OpenBSD 3.x pf,
Linux 2.2 ipchains, Linux 2.4 iptables, and some routers and firewalls
(Linksys, Cisco). The excellent log analysis program, Analog (which is
also free software), is used to create the reports.
Galeon 1.2.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116672/
Galeon is a GNOME Web browser based on Gecko (the Mozilla rendering
engine). It is fast, has a light interface, and is fully
standards-compliant.
Gequel 0.98
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116561/
GEQUEL is a GTK/C based frontend for the popular MySQL database engine.
It was loosely derived from an old program by the same author
(xsqlmenu). It can retrieve data from MySQL databases, present them in
nice browser, and allows for update, delete, insert, and copy
operations.
Gestalter 0.6.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116568/
Gestalter is a free vector drawing program. The user interface is
loosely modeled after Adobe Illustrator. The central element is the
Bezier curve used as a base part for almost every other object. Complex
paths are possible, compound paths can be constructed, grouping of
elements is enabled, and everything can be screened by a mask. Adding
and deleting of nodes is implemented as well as transformations
(translation, rotation, scaling, and skewing).
Getleft 1.1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116664/
Given a URL, Getleft will try to download all links. As it goes, it
modifies the original HTML pages so that the absolute links get changed
to relative links, and links to active pages get changed to the
resulting pages. It supports thirteen different languages.
ggcov 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116589/
Ggcov is a GTK+ GUI for exploring test coverage data produced by C
programs compiled with gcc -fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage. It's
basically a GUI replacement for the gcov program that comes with gcc.
gnetload network load meter 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116652/
The gnetload network load meter is a network and ISDN load meter that
is similar to xisdnload, but works in a distributed environment. It
includes an agent (devstata) that runs on machines with interfaces to
be monitored and periodically sends status information over the
network. A display program (gnetload) collects and displays the data.
Both can be run on the same machine, or be used to report on the state
of a dedicated router on another machine. Using multicast or broadcast
addresses, data can be fed to more than one instance of gnetload. A
menu for taking network interfaces up and down is also provided.
gnom 1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116628/
gnom is a solid, light, and clear style.
GNUitar 0.2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116574/
GNUitar is guitar effects software that allows you to use your PC as
guitar processor. It includes the following effects: wah-wah, sustain,
distortion, reverberator, echo, delay, tremolo, vibrato, and
chorus/flanger.
GNUstep 1.6.0 (LaunchPad)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116668/
GNUstep is a set of general-purpose Objective-C libraries based on the
OpenStep standard developed by NeXT (now Apple) Inc. The libraries
consist of everything from foundation classes, such as dictionaries and
arrays, to GUI interface classes such as windows, sliders, buttons,
etc.
GTetrinet 0.7.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116578/
GTetrinet is a clone of the popular Windows game Tetrinet. It is
written for Gtk/GNOME, and is designed to be fully compatible with the
original Tetrinet, as well as being identical in gameplay.
H-Sphere 2.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116581/
H-Sphere is a multiserver control panel for automating web hosting
tasks. It has many advanced features, a sophisticated billing system,
private label/resellers support, and an integrated trouble ticket
system to automate and improve your web hosting service. It is designed
to work on many servers and can be scaled by adding more web servers,
mail servers, database servers, and DNS servers without any downtime.
It provides a simple, easy to use web interface that can be maintained
from any computer with an internet connection. H-Sphere is written in
Java and works with any SQL-compliant database.
Historical Event Markup and Linking Project 0_5.5-dev
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116597/
Historical Event Markup and Linking Project (Heml) provides an XML
schema for historical events and a Java Web app which transforms
conforming documents into hyperlinked timelines, maps and tables. It
aims to provide a most information-rich interchange format for
historical data, and thus add a historical component to the growing
movement for a 'Semantic Web.'
IcePref2 2.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116548/
IcePref2 is an updated, overhauled, improved, and perfected version of
the original IcePref (which was abandoned by the original author). This
new version includes many new features and bugfixes, and is a
sub-project of the IceWM Control Panel project. It is optimized for
IceWM 1.2.2 and better.
IlohaMail 0.8.6 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116608/
IlohaMail is a lightweight, multilingual Webmail client that is easy to
use and install. It runs on a stock build of PHP, and does not require
databases (although database support is available) or the IMAP library
(it is powered by a custom IMAP/POP3 library). It supports all
essential functionality, including a full contacts list and a user
customizable interface. Other features include support for multiple
domains (virtual hosts), built-in spam prevention, and activity
logging.
INTERact INTERNET PROVIDER 1.0-7d
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116665/
INTERact INTERNET PROVIDER is an RPM package for configuring and
running a Linux server as an ISP or intranet server. It configures DNS,
a Web server, mail, and a MySQL database for multiple accounts on a
single or multiple servers. It handles invoicing, provides static
binaries, and includes the INTERact BBS system.
IPStat 0.9.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116551/
IPStat is an IP accounting package for Linux with a Java Servlet/JSP
Web interface. It collects, summarizes, and displays IP accounting
data. It supports ipchains/iptables and daily/monthly per-user limits,
and all its data is stored in a MySQL database.
Ivy software bus 0.2.2 (Python)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116570/
Ivy is a simple protocol and a set of libraries that allows
applications to broadcast information through text messages, with a
subscription mechanism based on regular expressions.
Jay's Iptables Firewall 0.9.91 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116588/
Jay's Iptables Firewall is a bash script that allows one to easily
install and configure a firewall on a Linux system. It was initially
written for use on a home LAN, but can be extend to any type of
network. It features support for multiple (external/internal)
interfaces, TCP/UDP/ICMP header control, masquerading, synflood
control, spoofing control, port forwarding, (experimental) upload
limits, VPNs (like vtun), ToS (bandwith managment), denying hosts,
ZorbIPTraffic, Spyware list IP, log options, and more. The firewall is
able to launch custom iptables rules, and the configuration of the
firewall is assisted by an optional, interactive, curses-based Perl
script.
JGraph 2.1 (For Java 1.4)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116562/
JGraph is a robust and complete graph component that is better than
many of its commercial competitors. With the JGraph zoomable component,
you can display objects and relations (networks) in any Swing UI. It
can also be used on the server-side to read an GXL graph, apply a
custom layout algorithm, and return the result as an SVG image.
K Executable Viewer 0.1-03172003
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116577/
This program allows users to view (and eventually modify) details of
ELF (and other) executables with a nice KDE interface.
KPasswords 0.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116621/
KPasswords provides a convenient interface for managing usernames with
passwords and other sensitive information. The information is stored in
a hierarchical XML file, and passwords can be shown or hidden.
Languenet 1.1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116629/
Languenet is a PHP application originally written for Language
departments of Universities, allowing users to register for educational
courses online and administrators to manage course data, add grades,
print certificates, and more. The whole program is accessible by a
simple browser. It is currently only available in German.
latd 1.17
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116580/
The latd daemon allows users to connect to a Linux system from a
LAT-enabled terminal server (e.g. a DECserver). It also provides a
"reverse-LAT" so that printers and modems on LAT terminal
servers can be accessed from Linux.
LFT 2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116611/
LFT (formerly FFT) is an alternative traceroute program for displaying
the route packets take to an IP network host/socket. Unlike Van
Jacobson's traceroute, which is available on almost every platform
today, LFT uses TCP in order to elicit ICMP TIME_EXCEEDEDs or other IP
route data. As a result, LFT often executes much faster and sees behind
some configurations of firewalls. Its stateful engine lets the user
know when it encounters a stateful firewall or other interesting
conditions. It also does AS number and netblock name lookups en route.
Most importantly, LFT can trace specific TCP-based protocol routes (not
just IP) to assist network engineers with manual fault isolation of
network application problems.
libike 0.9.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116661/
libike is a cross-platform C library for managing IKE negotiations. The
library implements RFC-standard ISAKMP/IKE exchanges and utilizes a
callback mechanism to delegate tasks of the actual packet transmission
and security policies management to the external code.
Linux 2.2.25 (2.2)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116641/
Linux is a clone of the Unix kernel, written from scratch by Linus
Torvalds with assistance from a loosely-knit team of hackers across the
Net. It aims towards POSIX and Single UNIX Specification compliance. It
has all the features you would expect in a modern fully-fledged Unix
kernel, including true multitasking, virtual memory, shared libraries,
demand loading, shared copy-on-write executables, proper memory
management, and TCP/IP networking.
Lorentz 0.1b
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116599/
Lorentz is a curve fitting program aimed for the fitting of
spectroscopic data. The fitting function is specified as a
user-extendable list of symbols representing various peak shapes,
backgrounds, etc.
Mailgust 1.0 beta 1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116593/
Mailgust is a mailing list manager, newsletter distribution tool, and
message board system. All sent mail is stored on a Web message board
for visitors to read. It features unlimited lists, many different read
and write permission settings, HTML newsletters, post approval, no
timeouts, a Web archive, list importing, notification management, and
much more.
MaraDNS 1.0.16 (Recursive/Caching)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116632/
MaraDNS is a DNS server that strives to be secure and fully
open-sourced.
MIMEDefang 2.31
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116612/
MIMEDefang is a flexible MIME email scanner designed to protect Windows
clients from viruses. However, it can do many other kinds of mail
processing, such as replacing parts of messages with URLs, adding
boilerplate disclaimers, and so on. It can alter or delete various
parts of a MIME message according to a very flexible configuration
file. It can also bounce messages with unacceptable attachments.
MIMEDefang works with Sendmail 8.11/8.12's new "Milter" API,
which makes it more flexible and efficient than procmail-based
approaches.
Mindless 1.0.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116636/
Mindless is an SDL-based puzzle game similar to the classic boardgame
Mastermind. The goal of the game is to crack a secret code selected by
your opponent before he has cracked yours. You can play human vs.
human, human vs. computer, or computer vs. computer.
MiscTools 2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116658/
MiscTools is a collection of small UNIX utilities that are fairly
trivial but nevertheless useful. These include a binary dump program, a
directory browser/selector, a file truncator, an ASCII-code lookup
utility, a program for printing fortunes, a curses-based terminal lock
program, and a few others.
my-swatch 0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116607/
my-swatch pretends to be an implementation of msyslog and swatch
together. What it pretends to accomplish is put all together, to log
events to a remote database (like msyslog), and to awake triggers (like
swatch). When a certain condition occurs you can be notified by email
and awake certain events, like play a sound. You can also log the event
to a remote database and use a Web browser to surf through the logs.
MyProxy 20030317
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116649/
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.
Net::Server::Mail 0.07
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116635/
Net::Server::Mail is a versatile and extensible implementation of the
SMTP protocol and its different evolutions like ESMTP and LMTP. The
event-driven, object-oriented API makes it easy to incorporate the SMTP
protocol to your programs.
NetMap network scanner 0.2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116615/
NetMap is a network scanner written in Perl/GTK. It is not just another
nmap frontend. It is a modularized network prober/scanner that just
happens to have an nmap module. Incidentally, NetMap has nothing to do
with the network weather mapper.
Nmap 3.15BETA3 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116643/
Nmap is a utility for network exploration or security auditing. It
supports ping scanning (determine which hosts are up), many port
scanning techniques (determine what services the hosts are offering),
and TCP/IP fingerprinting (remote host OS or device identification).
Nmap also offers flexible target and port specification, decoy/stealth
scanning, sunRPC scanning, and more. Most Unix and Windows platforms
are supported in both GUI and commandline modes. Several popular
handheld devices are also supported, including the Sharp Zaurus and the
iPAQ.
Ozibug 1.4.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116557/
Ozibug is a platform-independent, Web-based bug tracking system. It is
written entirely in Java, and utilizes servlet technology. This allows
Ozibug to be installed and run on any platform for which a Java Virtual
Machine (JVM) and servlet container are available. It provides features
such as reports, file attachments, email notifications, audit trails,
an administration interface, and system statistics. For those who
require more flexibility, it also offers fine-grained access control,
multiple module support, a customizable appearance, customizable
reference data and full internationalization.
pam_krb5 1.3-rc7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116644/
pam_krb5 is designed to allow smooth integration of Kerberos 5
passwordchecking with applications built using PAM. It also supports
session-specific ticket files (which are neater), Kerberos IV ticket
file grabbing, and AFS token-grabbing.
pbbcmd 0.5.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116630/
pbbcmd is a small commandline tool to configure pbbuttonsd. Each option
can be read or changed through a simple interface.
PBButtonsd 0.5.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116627/
PBButtons is a daemon to handle special hardware on the Apple
iBook/PowerBook/TiBook. It controls the display brightness, the sound
volume, mutes the sound, changes the trackpad mode, puts the machine to
sleep, or ejects the CDROM on command. It also provides basic power
management features. An included client gives the user visual feedback
about all actions with nice little popup windows.
Pebrot 0.5.3 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116656/
Pebrot is an MSN messenger text client implemented with Python 2 (not
1.5). It also has a pretty curses-based interface.
Photoshrink 3.2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116556/
Photoshrink is a Python script originally intended to create thumbnail
gallery Web pages for directories full of large images. It now creates
two flavors of thumbnail images and writes supporting Web pages: a
slide show layout for medium thumbs and a thumbnail gallery layout for
small thumbs.
PHP-Calendar 0.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116622/
PHP-Calendar is a Web-based calendar that uses PostgreSQL or MySQL to
store data. It is designed to display properly only with modern
browsers. It is designed with accessibility in mind, but does not
degrade very well on Netscape 4.x.
phpFiglet 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116555/
phpFiglet is a PHP class file that can be called from your own programs
to display dynamic text in an unusual manner. It includes hundreds of
fonts and you can even make your own. It can be used for displaying
errors, printing messages to users, drawing attention and whatever else
you can think of.
Pointless 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116583/
Pointless is a wywiwyg (what you write is what you get) alternative to
PowerPoint and other presentation applications. Presentations are
created in a simple mark-up language and rendered using OpenGL and
FreeType for optimal visual quality.
PSMON 1.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116619/
psmon is a Perl script which can be run as a stand-alone program or a
fully functional background daemon, capable of logging to syslog with
customisable email notification facilities. The user defines a set of
rules in an Apache-style plain text configuration file. These rules
describe what processes should always be running on the system, and any
limitations on concurrent instances, TTL, and maximum CPU/memory usage
of processes. psmon scans the UNIX process table and, using the set of
rules defined in the configuration file, will respawn any dead
processes, and slay or "deal with" any aggressive or illegal
processes.
QuickRip DVD 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116659/
QuickRip is a basic DVD ripper for GNU/Linux written in Python and
PyQt. It lacks options to fine-tune how you want to rip your DVD, but
it makes ripping quick and easy, and so is ideal for those who aren't
bothered about framerates, clipping, and other unecessary options. It
uses mplayer and transcode to retrieve DVD info and rip the tracks.
Radeox 0.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116587/
Radeox is a Wiki markup rendering engine written in Java. It is part of
the weblog and Wiki tool, SnipSnap.
ranpwd 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116609/
ranpwd is a small utility for generating random passwords in a variety
of formats using /dev/(u)random.
Scout Portal Toolkit 1.1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116624/
The Scout Portal Toolkit (SPT) is a turnkey software package that
allows groups or organizations who have collections of knowledge or
resources they want to share via the Web to put that collection online
without a big investment in technical resources. It includes keyword
and fielded search engines, a recommender system, a metadata editor,
user agents (push technology to notify users of new resources), forums
(bulletin boards), resource quality ratings, resource annotations by
users, and support for multiple dynamic user interfaces, selectable on
a per-user basis.
Server optimized Linux 16.00
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116569/
SoL (Server optimized Linux) is a Linux distribution completely
independent from other Linux distributions. It was built from the
original source packages and is optimized for heavy-duty server work.
It contains all common server applications, and features XML boot and
script technology that makes it easy to configure and make the server
work.
SlackPkg 0.95
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116591/
Slackpkg is an automated package-management tool for Slackware Linux.
It can do tasks such as automatic downloading and installing or
upgrading, browse the MANIFEST.gz (Slackware package-contents guide),
and more. Dependencies are not automatically handled. It is not a
replacement for pkgtool, but a valuable add-on.
SSCDRFE 0.02alpha
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116564/
sscdrfe is small, simple frontend for cdrecord, cdrdao, and mkisofs. It
uses C++ and Qt. The main goal is to provide a nice small interface for
CD burning tasks .
SSTP 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116663/
SSTP (Server-Side Template Parser) is powerful tool for formatting
pages based on templates written in PHP. It will work with virtually
any HTML/XHTML page, and has support for advanced features such as
intelligent link correction. Rather than loading the template around
the page, SSTP takes any basic HTML/XHTML page and formats it according
to a template. The template is simply a regular HTML page with tags,
and can be created in any standard WYSIWYG HTML/XHTML editor.
Straw 0.18
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116623/
Straw is desktop RSS aggregator for the GNOME 2.0 environment, written
in Python.
Structured Document Validator 0.6.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116642/
Structured Document Validator implements a generalized method for
validating both the structure and content of structured documents. Any
data format that can be deterministically divided into tags and data is
classed as a structured document. This definition applies to a wide
array of data formats, including XML, Java properties files, and
delimited value files. The application performs validations based on
user-defined Structured Document Definitions (SDDs). It provides an
environment for validation, SDD development, and document editing.
Synergy for Mac OS X 0.9.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116579/
Synergy is a tiny Cocoa application for Mac OS X 10.2 (and later) that
puts three buttons to control iTunes in your menubar: previous track,
next track, and play/pause. It also provides you with visual feedback
about the currently playing tune and allows you to control iTunes via
system-wide hot key combinations. These features provide a very fast
way of skipping between songs when using the keyboard or the mouse,
without having to switch to iTunes or access its Dock menu.
TechTables 2003-03-17
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116596/
Tech tables is an asset and trouble ticket management system using PHP
and PostgreSQL. It lets you track computing assets, contacts, and
trouble tickets.
The Graph Template Library 1.2.0 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116590/
GTL can be seen as an extension of the Standard Template Library STL to
graphs and fundamental graph algorithms. It is a platform independent
and extendible C++ library, and is a useful aid to any software
designer. It contains the classes needed to work with graphs, nodes,
and edges, and some fundamental algorithms as building blocks for more
complex graph algorithms. Customized algorithms can be developed by
experienced programmers.
The Tamber Project 1.2.2 (Pogo)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116614/
The Tamber project is a free, componentised n-tier website engine that
uses open languages such as XML and JavaScript. In a nutshell, content
is stored in separate XML files, in databases, or other data objects;
business functions are carried out by JavaScript and ASP; and
presentation is controlled by an XSL transformation, which allows for
delivery over multiple channels such as HTML, WAP and email. Currently
Tamber contains modules that support; automatic locale detection,
search engine tracking and optimisation, e-commerce catalogues;
shopping carts and order management, secure sign in, data access and
conversion services, advanced session management, content managemt
tools and forums.
Toojays' Tagger 0.1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116572/
Toojays' Tagger (ttag) is a commandline utility which, given an Ogg
Vorbis file, calculates the TRM of that file and searches for that TRM
in the MusicBrainz database. If there is a match for the TRM, ttag then
offers to write the appropriate tags (artist, title, album and track
number) to the Ogg Vorbis file. The file will be renamed with the form
"Artist - Title.ogg". ttag is written in CWEB, however the
distribution includes a generated C++ file, so CWEB is not required to
compile ttag.
TrueCurve 1.0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116565/
TrueCurve is a theme based on the BlueCurve MetaCity theme released
with Red Hat 8.0; it is an attempt to perfectly copy the original
design.
Turck MMCache for PHP 2.3.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116559/
Turck MMCache is a opcode cache for PHP. It increases performance of
PHP scripts by caching them in a compiled state, so that the overhead
of compiling is almost completely eliminated. It also uses some
optimizations for speeding up PHP scripts' execution. It typically
reduces server load and increases the speed of PHP code by 1-10 times.
It is tested with PHP 4.1.0-4.3.1, and Apache 1.3 and 2.0 under Linux
and Windows.
Virtual QMail 1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116553/
Virtual QMail's goal is to create a virtual domains management system
for QMail. It is easy to setup, create, and maintain. It is also very
reliable and fast, and has been designed for big sites. It includes
software to manage domains, users, and aliases.
Virtual Universe / Virtual Worlds 0.17 PreAlpha
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116549/
VU/VW is a 3D cyberspace which offers more possibilities than just
chat: people can meet each other, build houses and worlds, and interact
with each other.
VUXcast 1.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116633/
VUXcast is a Web-based multi-user learning jukebox stream controller
for ices2. It uses a bell curve to select a song based on past
popularity, and tracks user preferences, attempting to learn from them.
Whale 0.2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116563/
Whale is a GNOME 2 application which provides a simple interface for
creating playlists and storing songs on your Apple iPod. For example,
you can add a song by simply dragging the file from Nautilus to the
Whale window.
xNeoterics 0.90
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116645/
xNeoterics is a cellular automaton simulation containing agents with
fixed-structure neural net brains that process input signals into
responses allowing the agents to forage and interact in a changing
environment of resources. The nets' weights and thresholds evolve via
standard genetic operators (mutation, crossover, etc.) while they try
to survive and reproduce by ingesting enough "energy" to
survive.
XPde 0.3.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116566/
XPde aims to recreate the Windows XP desktop environment on Linux in
order to allow Windows users to "feel at home" in front of a
Linux computer.
Xplanet 1.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116618/
Xplanet was inspired by Xearth, which renders an image of the earth
into the X root window. All of the major planets and most satellites
can be drawn, similar to JPL's Solar System Simulator. A number of
different map projections are also supported, including azimuthal,
Mercator, Mollweide, orthographic, and rectangular.
XScreenSaver 4.09
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116660/
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.
Newsforge Reports
Why Shared Source is not Open Source
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/12/1330253
- By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - This topic has been written about at
least 1000 times. But hardly anyone seems to have highlighted the
biggest practical difference between Open Source and Shared Source:
That you can modify Open Source software to fit your device (and other
software), while Shared Source only lets you modify your device (and
other software) to fit the Shared Source software.
What eGovOS must do
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/17/1259203
- By Richard Stallman - Two weeks ago, the main organizer of the eGovOS
(open source in e-government) conference begged me to speak at the
conference. It was not the first time. I refused, and I would like to
explain why. [Note: The eGovOS conference opens today. NewsForge editor
Robin 'Roblimo' Miller will be there starting this afternoon.]
The state of SuSE
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/14/1421252
- By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - I spent a little time on AIM with SuSE
U.S. rep (and all-around nice guy) Holger Dyroff, discussing SuSE's new
products, trends in Linux desktop/consumer use, and the state of Linux
market penetration in general. This transcript has been edited (very
lightly) only for grammar and spelling, not content. Make sure you read
all the way to the end, where Holger mentions SuSE's take on SCO's
decision to commit corporate ...
Newsforge Newsvac
IBM: Linux keeps on Trucking
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/18/0531247
NZheretic writes "IBM / Rocksteady Networks Linux Infrastructure to
Provide America's Three Million Truckers Nationwide Truck Stop Wireless
Internet Access. 1,000 Truck Stops to Be Transformed to Offer
Transportation Industry e-Business on Demand."
The Definite Desktop Environment Comparison
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/18/0528249
Anonymous Reader writes "OSNews posted a very long and very interesting
comparison between the most popular desktop environments today: Windows
XP Luna, MacOSX Aqua, BeOS/Zeta and Unix's KDE and Gnome. Some of the
points in the article can be thought to be 'subjective', but overall
many good points are made and it seems that there is room for
improvement for all DEs."
Study Says Linux Getting Most Converts From Windows, not Unix
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/18/0527242
NZheretic writes "On Information Week: Contrary to popular opinion,
Linux is getting most of its developer converts from Windows rather
than Unix, research firm Evans Data said Monday. More than half of
Linux developers, 52%, formerly wrote primarily for Windows, while only
30% came from Unix, Evans Data said."
MontaVista Software Joins Open Mobile Alliance
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/17/225228
Annette Oevermann writes "CTIA Wireless, New Orleans, March 17, 2003
MontaVista Software Inc., the company powering the embedded revolution,
today announced it has joined the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA), a global
organization formed to foster worldwide growth in the mobile services
market.
Texas Bill Would Require Open Source Consideration
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/17/2156224
The Texas Legislature now has before it a bill, submitted by State
Senator John Carona, to require the state to consider open source and
open standards as part of the acquisition of software.
Gentoo vs. the n00b: Round 2?
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/17/2151246
Anonymous Reader writes "Here is a new article at OSNews, a
walkththrough of the Gentoo installation for newbies."
Installing Debian GNU/Linux on the Rebel NetWinder
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/17/2150240
GonzoJohn writes "For the serious techno-geek, Linux Orbit takes a look
at installing Debian GNU/Linux on a Netwinder 3100 mini server. Though
currently the Netwinder is not in production, the installation process
and the discoveries made make for an interesting Linux sleuthing
article. Lots of screen shots and configuration files included."
eCos announces eCos 2.0 Beta
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/17/2148209
eCosCentric Limited writes "eCosCentric Limited, the eCos and RedBoot
experts, working in conjunction with the eCos maintainers, today
announced the release of eCos 2.0 Beta, the latest version of the eCos
real-time operating system. This is a substantial release which
reinforces eCos as the premier royalty-free open source RTOS."
Lowdown on Linux Skills
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/17/2051205
What does it mean for IT professionals now that Linux is finding its
way into a growing number of corporate settings?
Getting Started With Linux
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/17/2034213
To hear some people tell it, Linux is taking the world by storm.
Unilever, a $52 billion consumer products giant, is switching to Linux
to run its businesses around the world.
Thinkgeek
Gadgets: Wireless PenCam
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/5d8a/
Gadgets: WristLinx Communicator
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/watches/5db8/
Gadgets: Laser-Sighted MiniTemp
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/5d95/
Computing: Labtec Axis 712 Digital USB Headset
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/speakers/headsets/5de1/
Computing: Fly Fan USB Fan
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/accessories/5dee/
Computing: Antec LanBoy Aluminum PC case
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/casemods/5de9/
Computing: UV-Treated 80mm Cooling Fans
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/casemods/5e01/
Computing: Viewsonic Airpanel Wireless 15" LCD
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/display/lcd/5df4/
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OnBoard Suite v2.1 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=260345
The OnBoard Suite team is excited to announce the release of v2.1 of
the OnBoard Suite. Thanks to everyone who contributed code, reported
bugs, and suggested ideas. The OnBoard Suite is a C-language
development environment that runs on and creates executables for the
Palm OS. The OnBoard Suite creates stand-alone, fully-fledged PRCs with
no need for run time libraries. OnBoard Suite comes with OnBoard C (a C
compiler), a built-in assembler, SrcEdit (a programmer's editor),
Sherpa (a palm-to-host porting tool) and documentation. This release of
the OnBSuite incorporates a large number of fixes including _many_
SrcEdit updates and bug fixes as well as new documentation (Users'
Guide and Cookbook).
SableVM 1.0.8 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=260788
SableVM is a portable bytecode interpreter. Its goals are to be
reasonably small, fast, and efficient, as well as providing a
well-designed and robust platform for conducting research. This version
fixes a few bugs. You can download the sources from:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=5523&release_id=1
46742
bogofilter-0.11.1.3 - new stable release
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=260827
The status of bogofilter version 0.11.1.3 has been promoted from
bogofilter-current to bogofilter-stable. The bogofilter package
implements a fast Bayesian spam filter along the lines suggested by
Paul Graham in his article "A Plan For Spam" . It is written in C.
Supported platforms: Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris and OS X.
JGraph Geneva (v2.1) released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=260845
JGraph is the most powerful, lightweight, feature-rich, and thoroughly
documented open-source graph component available for Java. It is
accompanied by JGraphpad, the first free diagram editor for Java that
offers XML, Drag and Drop and much more! Moved all GraphCell
dependencies to the GraphModel, added multiple grid styles, new font
attribute, and the API is now ready for combined port/vertex cells. Bug
fixes include improved live-preview, better zoom/grid integration,
handling of negative coordinates, and minor bug fixes. Java 1.4 is the
default version.
New project RSS feeds available
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=261025
Today SourceForge.net added project RSS feeds to the hosting services
they provide. You can now easily track various project information:
News items, DocManager updates, new File releases, and Summary
information. Project RSS Feeds: leaf
http://sourceforge.net/export/rss2_project.php?group_id=13751
Additional information on the new RSS feeds provided by SourceForge is
explained in the document below. Information regarding
SourceForge.net-provided RSS feeds
http://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=15483&group_id=1
FreeCraft stable 1.18 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=259595
The FreeCraft team is proud to announce the release of FreeCraft 1.18.
Thanks to everyone who contributed code, reported bugs, and suggested
ideas. FreeCraft is a free cross-platform real-time strategy game
engine. Here are the main new features: o Save and Load (Single Player)
o Shared Vision and Diplomacy o Replays o Auto Spell Cast o Much
Improved Multiplayer Support o FcMP and WC2 can be played against each
other o Many bug fixes For a complete list of changes, please see the
ChangeLog:
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/*checkout*/freecraft/fre
ecraft/doc/ChangeLog.html?rev=1.449 You can find a game on
irc.freenode.net, channel #freecraft. Enjoy!
phpESP 1.6 Final
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=259801
phpESP provides scripts to let non-technical users create surveys,
administer surveys, gather results, view statistics. All managed online
after database initialization. MySQL database backend. Version 1.6
incorporates several large changes since version 1.5. New features
include: save/resume feature on surveys, self-sign-up for respondents,
viewing of individual responses, a graphical interface for cross
analysis, and a system test script. Additionally, the install procedure
has been streamlined, and the documentation has been updated.
Non-English translations should be available out of the box for many
more platforms that have GNU Gettext support. Several new translations
are available in 1.6 including: Japanese, Swedish, and Greek. There
have been some minor database changes since 1.5, so please read the
INSTALL guide.
PCGen 4.3.5 is available
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=259786
PCGen is a Java-based RPG character generator and maintenance program
that works on all platforms (Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, etc). All
datafiles are ASCII so they can be modified by users, and are available
through the pcgendm project. An XML conversion is underway. We'll soon
be releasing another production release of PCGen - version 5.0.0. We'd
appreciate feedback on the editors, the Companions section of the
Resources tab (especially for Paladins and Blackguards) and the
Equipping tab. We're also considering using that release to migrate
PCGen to using java 1.4.1 now that Apple has released it. This decision
is not final yet, pending our testing efforts. For users who have
trouble getting the 3 zip files to unzip properly, we have some
OS-specific installs that should help minimize the chance of install
related errors. Links to these installs can be found at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pcgen/files/Alternate%20PCGen%20Releases/
These are the same PCGen everyone else uses, just packaged with
installers which target Windows and Mac OS X users specifically.
Typically there is a lag between when the official release is done and
when these special installers are ready. We always recommend that users
install new versions of PCGen in a 'new' directory. Below is a list of
everything that has been addressed in this release. If you reported one
of these, please verify that it is was addressed properly. PCGen is
available at http://pcgen.sourceforge.net , and the main discussion
group is at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pcgen . If you wish to
discuss making your own custom lst files for use with PCGen, the data
monkeys have made their home at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pcgenlistfilehelp and they pride
themselves in being able to field all questions about the data - from
very basic to very advanced. All three zips are required to run PCGen:
pcgen435_part1of3.zip, pcgen435_part2of3.zip and pcgen435_part3of3.zip.
Bugs 588777 LEVEL:X:SA:Something tag misbehaving 700446 4.3.4 - Cannot
reopen some character files 699891 Container behavior 584972 New party
file format breaks mutiuser 698832 Equipping Tab - Keyboard Issue #2
698828 Equipping Tab - Keybard Issue #1 698826 Equipping Tab - Location
Popup autosized wrong 698702 Duplicate loading of familiar 698670 4.3.4
won't load phb.pcc Features 698824 Equipping Tab - Add All Equipment
698840 Equipping Tab - Put plus/minus on Item column 606205 Add Buy%
and Sell% on Right Click menu for items PCGen:DM Bugs 682005
melee+thrown weapons need .Thrown 699141 "thundering" magical attribute
PCGen:DM List File Fixes 686265 added type:humanoid to
slayershobgobraces.lst 686263 added type:humanoid to
slayersgnollraces.lst PCGen:DM Tag Modification Requests 677326
TARGETAREA - sovereignspells.lst 677325 TARGETAREA -
deadlandswebspells.lst 677323 TARGETAREA - wayhucksterspells.lst 677316
TARGETAREA - slayersamazonsspells.lst 677315 TARGETAREA -
necromancyspells.lst 677314 TARGETAREA - montecookwebspells.lst 677313
TARGETAREA - thouhtskillpowers.lst 677312 TARGETAREA -
eldritch2spells.lst 677311 TARGETAREA - eldritchspells.lst 677310
TARGETAREA - kalamarspells.lst 677309 TARGETAREA - arcanaspells.lst
677320 TARGETAREA - deadlandsspells.lst 677319 TARGETAREA -
seabloodspells.lst 677318 TARGETAREA - slayerstroglodytesspells.lst
677317 TARGETAREA - slayershobgobspells.lst 677307 TARGETAREA -
traptreachspells.lst 677306 TARGETAREA - spellsspellcraftspe
spellsspellcraftspells.lst 677304 TARGETAREA - mythicracesspells.lst
677303 TARGETAREA - starfarershbspells.lst 677302 TARGETAREA -
melnibonespells.lst 677301 TARGETAREA - guardianspells.lst 677300
TARGETAREA - touchedgodsspells.lst 677298 TARGETAREA -
beyondtheveilspells.lst 677297 TARGETAREA - warspells.lst 677294
TARGETAREA - dragonsspells.lst 657059 Verify pipe is the only
delimiter:VISION 677295 TARGETAREA - dungeonsspells.lst PCGenDocs:
Output Sheet Bugs 702203 Greatsword outputs with N/A for To Hit & Dmg
699956 SAs missing from _combined 686797 Two-handed weapons: 1-H lines?
697216 TO-HIT under PB Range incorrect PCGenDocs: Output Sheet Feature
Requests 634092 TAG for ONLY Domain Spells 700057 Remove the race name
from the innate spell header The PCGen Development Team
AviSynth 2.0.8 and 2.5.1 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=259821
Two new versions of AviSynth has been released today. The 2.0.8 version
contains critical bugfixes, and is supplied for those who enjoy the
stability of the non-beta versions. Avisynth is a scripting language
and a collection of filters for simple (and not so simple!) non-linear
video editing tasks. It frameserves video to (most) applications.
AviSynth 2.5.1 beta is an update to the first 2.5.0 beta and contains
many fixes and additions, as well as some considerable speedups. Mainly
interlaced processing has been improved vastly, but also general
stability should be better.
Quartz 1.0.6 available
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=258718
This release of Quartz, contains several small corrections and bug
fixes, as well as a few new features (see change log). Quartz is an
enterprise-class Job Scheduler for use in stand-alone and full-blown
J2EE Applications. Quartz is very light-weight, highy scalable, and
extremely easy to use within your own applications. Changes: Changes in
version 1.0.6 ========================== 1- Added DB2v6Delegate for
usage with JDBC-JobStore and older versions of DB2. 2- Added
HSQLDBDelegate for usage with HSQLDB 1.7.X - previously, MSSQLDelegate
was used by HSQLDB users, but that was confusing. 3- Updated JavaDOC
and table-creation docs for all db types / delegates. 4- Implemented
JobStoreTX.getTriggersForJob(name, group) - it used to throw an
UnsupportedOperationException. 5- Misc small JavaDOC corrections. 6-
Additions to the Quartz tutorial. 7- Introduced
"org.quartz.spi.SchedulerPlugin" interface. 8- Introduced
"org.quartz.plugins.history" package - with plugins for recording
historical data. 9- Fixed bug in CronTrigger related to expressions
using "#" in the day-of-week field. 10- Fixed bug using non-global
JobListeners with the JDBC-Jobstore using OracleDelegate.
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