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Slashdot
Debian's Own SourceForge
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/31/0321243
rescdsk writes "Raphael Hertzog recently [0]announced [1]Alioth, a
[2]SourceForge installation dedicated for Debian use. All developers
automatically have accounts, though anyone may get an account. Quoting
the front page, the purpose of Alioth is multiple: to provide
facilities to free software projects supported by Debian developers, to
make it easier for non-Debian developers to contribute to projects
initiated by Debian, and to support projects whose goal is to promote
Debian or one of its derivatives. Go peer with great wonder!"
Links
0.
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2003/debian-devel-announce-200303/msg00024.html
1. http://alioth.debian.org/
2. http://sf.net/
Flash Memory And Its future
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/31/013226
[0]NETHED writes "[1]C|NET News is running an article about [2]Flash
Memory's future. Here is a [3]How Stuff Works link about Flash memory.
An interesting read especially considering how small these things are
currently. Does the slashdot crowd have a new size benchmark for small
sizes?"
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://news.com/
2. http://news.com.com/2009-1040-994240.html?tag=fd_lede1_hed
3. http://computer.howstuffworks.com/flash-memory.htm
Last-Mile Fiber Optic
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/30/232218
[0]Johnny Mnemonic writes "The newsletter [1]"The Town Paper" tracks
the development of "traditional" new developments--developments with
integrated shopping, parks, and that are pedestrian friendly. Their
recent issue has an [2]article that describes a [3]new community in
Issaquah WA that has, among it's interesting features: a wired LAN in
every home, free community Intranet, and a choice for a fiber optic
connection. It is probably no coincidence that Microsoft is planning on
building 3 million square feet of office space there. How much is a
pre-wired house worth to you? What will this do for community
building?"
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.tndtownpaper.com/
2. http://www.tndtownpaper.com/Volume5/issaquah_highlands.htm
3. http://www.issaquahhighlands.com/
Build Your Own PCB Milling Machine
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/30/2355211
[0]mwandel writes "It used to be that one off amateur printed circuit
boards were all etched in acid. A lot of companies nowadays use a
special form of milling machine to mill them out of solid copper clad
circuit boards. This guy Jonathan Westhues built his own [1] PCB
milling machine out of various parts, with a laminate trimmer as the
milling head. Lots of other neat hacks on his [2]Webpage as well."
Links
0. http://www.sentex.net/~mwandel
1. http://cryolite.ath.cx/i/pcb-router
2. http://cryolite.ath.cx/i/index
U.S. Forces In Iraq Ban GPS Phones
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/30/2334242
[0]Brian Enigma writes "According to a report last night on NPR and
[1]these [2]two articles, Central Command has banned a particular
satellite phone from reporters. It seems that it not only has a GPS--to
help locate which satellite to use--but also (if activated) transmits
the users location back to the phone company. Eavesdropping this signal
is nontrivial, but still possible."
Links
0. http://netninja.com
1. http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/business/5451652.htm
2. http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/B360131.htm
Japanese Makers To Forge An Internet TV Standard
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/30/2213259
An anonymous reader writes "Five Japanese TV manufacturers will form a
working group to hammer out technical specifications by October for
[0]digital TVs with Internet access. They will develop a consumer
electronics version of Linux to provide functions and performance
required for digital products. The resulting source code will be made
available through the General Public License procedure."
Links
0. http://www.eet.com/sys/news/OEG20030327S0043
Why ICANN Needs Fresh Blood
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/30/1958218
[0]scubacuda writes "[1]Akash Kapur of [2]CircleID has written an
editorial, [3] Why ICANN Needs Fresh Blood: A Deeper View . Kapur
writes, "[4]ICANN was born amid the heady days of Internet euphoria.
Its early promise to be the world's first global democracy (not to
mention an entirely new form of governance) was a product of that
euphoria. But like so many dot-coms, ICANN quickly succumbed to the
hubris of its own vision. If ICANN has been a troubled organization
from the start, then that is in no small measure because it
over-promised at the start....What's needed is fresh blood -- new
personalities, and new ideas to break the ideological impasse." Kapur
lists cancelled at-large elections, the authoritarianism and secrecy of
ICANN discussion, and the narrowing possibility that ICANN could
represent a new model of governance as indicators that global democracy
has failed."
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.circleid.com/articles/2580.asp#bio
2. http://www.circleid.com/
3. http://www.circleid.com/articles/2580.asp
4. http://www.icann.org/
Are Programmers Engineers?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/30/1914239
[0]The Llama King writes "[1]The Houston Chronicle has an interesting
story about a debate in the [2]Texas Legislature over [3]whether
programmers are really engineers. A quote: " 'It's one of the silliest
issues we're having to deal with this session, but it's also one of the
most important,' said Steven Kester, legislative director of the
American Electronics Association, an organization of computer
companies." Are you really an engineer? Or just a code-monkey?"
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.chron.com/
2. http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/
3. http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/front/1841652
Knoppix 3.2 Available
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/30/1830235
TheCrimsonUnbeliever writes "The latest version of Knoppix (bootable
Linux distribution on CD) is out - New features include: KDE 3.1.1 -
XFree86 4.3 - Evolution 1.2.1 - OpenOffice 1.0.2 - KOffice 1.2.1 - The
ability to create a home directory on a memory stick or similar - More
information is available at the [0]KNOPPIX English homepage." If you're
getting started with Knoppix (and speak English), you should also check
out [1]knoppix.net for the excellent forums hosted there.
Links
0. http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html
1. http://www.knoppix.net
Another Breakthrough in Prime Number Theory
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/30/1714253
[0]Battal Boy writes "From [1]aimath.org: Dan Goldston and his Turkish
colleague Yalcin Cem Yildirim have smashed all previous records on the
size of small gaps between prime numbers. This work is a major step
toward the centuries-old problem of showing that there are infinitely
many 'twin primes': prime numbers which differ by 2, such as 11 and 13,
17 and 19, 29 and 31,...I am especially proud of this achievement as
Yalcin is a close friend of mine from way back! You may also want to
check out the [2]Mercury News Article and Dan Goldston's [3]home page
where you can see a photo of Dan's back being slowly but surely broken
by two of his children ..." Finding patterns in primes [4]seems to be
all the rage.
Links
0. http://giray.uzmen.com
1. http://aimath.org/
2. http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/5483833.htm
3. http://www.math.sjsu.edu/~goldston/
4. http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/25/0053238&tid=134
Freshmeat
A touch of gold 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117958/
A touch of gold is a theme with orange/gray colors and a background
drawn by the scene artist Critikill.
ALE 0.4.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118017/
ALE aligns and merges several similar images from a digitizing device
(such as a digital camera or scanner) into a single image. This may
have the effect of producing a relatively alias-free image (sometimes
called "anti-aliasing").
AqMoney 0.5.1 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118019/
AqMoney is a console tool for home banking using OpenHBCI and
Libchipcard. It supports all of the features offered by OpenHBCI.
AS Macroassembler 1.42 Build 27 (Current)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117986/
AS is a portable macro cross-assembler for a variety of microprocessors
and controllers. Though it is mainly targeted at embedded processors
and single-board computers, you also find CPU families in the target
list that are used in workstations and PCs.
AutoDia 1.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118004/
AutoDia is a Perl application designed to allow the easy creation of
XML diagrams from various data sources. The output is meant for use
with Dia (or any XML parser). AutoDia supports any language through the
use of handlers, and a good handler for Perl as well as a simple
handler for C++ are included.
AVInfo 0.7.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118006/
AVInfo is a utility for displaying AVI information. It returns the
length of a clip, FPS, resolution, codec, audio and video bit rate,
number of key frames, sound parametrs, and the number and type of
streams, including detailed information for each.
ccrypt 1.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117969/
ccrypt is a commandline utility for encrypting and decrypting files and
streams. It was designed as a replacement for the standard Unix crypt
utility, which is notorious for using a very weak encryption algorithm.
ccrypt is based on the Rijndael cipher, which is the U.S. government's
chosen candidate for the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES). This
cipher is believed to provide very strong security. A compatibility
mode is included for decrypting legacy "unix crypt" files.
Class::XPath 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118023/
Class::XPath is a Perl module which adds XPath-style matching to your
object trees. This means that you can find nodes using an XPath-esque
query with match() from anywhere in the tree. Also, the xpath() method
returns a unique path to a given node which can be used as an
identifier.
Collink 0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117991/
Collink is a link extractor/collector based on Qt library. It saves
lists of links as plain text or better as a Downloader for X list
providing different names for files to save. You can filter links by
filename extension and via regular expression.
CPP Socket library 0.8.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117967/
CPPSocket is a small Classlibrary for C++ that supports a easy usage of
socket-programming for networking-software. It provides a simple
object-oriented interface to the classic C library calls.
Darius Tools 1.3 (Admin)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117989/
Darius Tools is a collection of miscellaneous scripts which are useful
for a variety of purposes. They are all designed to be faster and
easier to use than the command line that would normally be required to
accomplish the same task. For example, there are scripts for mass
conversion of WAV files to Ogg files and Ogg files to WAV files, for
converting LaTeX to PostScript and viewing the output in ggv, for
creating image thumbnails, for converting from the Euro to another
currency, for automated updating via FTP and for removing backups
recursively. The Darius Tools are split among several packages
according to different categories.
Desktop ROCK Linux 2.0.0-alpha
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117972/
Desktop ROCK Linux is a source distribution based upon the distribution
build kit ROCK Linux. It is released with an automatic build system as
well as prebuilt ISO images. It inherits the state-of-the-art tool
chain from ROCK Linux and also includes the latest KDE and GNOME
releases and many other packages. The build system allows optimized
rebuilds of single packages or the whole ISO.
DotGNU Execution Environment 0.1.4 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117999/
The DotGNU Execution Environment is the core architectural component of
DotGNU that provides the functionality of accepting, validating and
satisfying Web service requests. The DGEE integrates the components on
the Web service execution path, including network servers, protocols,
virtual machines, and security mechanisms into a unified application.
In its basic form the DGEE allows the installation and removal of Web
services within the repository, accepts XML-RPC requests for these Web
services, and generates browsable documentation for these Web services
in HTML and XML form.
Efisto 0.1.2 (Server)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118020/
Efisto (Easy File Send To) enables users to send files to anyone who
has email and Web access. When the sender uploads files with the efisto
client, the recipient gets an email with an URL that can be used to
download the files. It features automatic creation of compressed
archives, download notification, expiration of files, and expiration
notification.
Enterprise Gantt 0.4.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118024/
Enterprise Gantt is a Gantt chart library, and is becoming a generic
charting library to support a variety of charts. The library strongly
conforms to the Model View Controller architecture recommended by Sun.
A lot of effort has been put into this library, from the design
perspective rather than the feature perspective, to make this the most
flexible library of its kind.
Fast OnlineUpdate for SuSE 0.9.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118027/
Fast OnlineUpdate for SuSE (fou4s) is a bash script that provides the
functionality of YOU (YaST OnlineUpdate), but can also work in
background and check for updates every night. It supports resumed
downloads and proxies by using wget. GPG signatures are also checked.
Gambas 0.52 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117998/
Gambas is a graphical development environment based on a Basic
interpreter, like Visual Basic. It uses the Qt toolkit, but is able to
use any other toolkit that a module is written for.
GNOME Cherokee 0.2.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117985/
GNOME Cherokee is a Web server applet for the GNOME 2 panel. It's
configurable on-the-fly and very easy to use. It's also integrated with
the rest of your GNOME desktop.
GNOME Debian Package Manager 0.0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118012/
GDPM is GNOME-based graphical manager for Debian packages. It aims to
fully replace the command-line tools apt-get, apt-cache, and dpkg by
offering an easy way to install, remove, upgrade, and browse Debian
packages.
Goben 0.0.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118033/
Goben is a GTK+ 1.2 GUI for playing Go. It allows any combination of
human vs computer, computer vs computer, or human vs human play, and
supports any board size from 5x5 to the full 19x19. Computer players
are controlled via GTP for compatibility with GNUGo and other GTP
talking Go programs.
GOBLIN Graph Library 2.6 Build5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117987/
The GOBLIN project consists of a C++ class library for a large series
of graph optimization problems, GOSH, an extension of the Tcl/Tk
scripting language to graph objects, and GOBLET, a graphical user
interface to the library functions. GOBLET includes a graph editor, but
provides only basic graph layout methods.
Highlight 2.0b-6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118032/
Highlight is a universal source code to HTML, XHTML, RTF, TeX, or LaTeX
converter. (X)HTML output is formatted by Cascading Style Sheets. It
supports Bash, C, C++, C#, COBOL, Java, Perl, PHP, and 40 more
programming languages. It's possible to easily enhance the parsing
database.
HTTrack Website Copier 3.30-alpha (Unstable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117983/
HTTrack is an easy-to-use offline browser utility. It allows you to
download a Web site from the Internet to a local directory, building
recursively all directories, getting HTML, images, and other files from
the server to your computer. HTTrack arranges the original site's
relative link-structure. Simply open a page of the mirrored Web site in
your browser, and you can browse the site from link to link, as if you
were viewing it online. HTTrack can also update an existing mirrored
site, and resume interrupted downloads.
iConquer 2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117977/
iConquer is an addictive game of world conquest, played by 1 to 6
players. The object of the game is to conquer the world by occupying
all 42 countries on the map. It features artificial intelligence
algorithms to set the player up against formidable computer opponents
with six AI "personalities" to choose from. It also supports
network play, a powerful help system with detailed information on each
stage of the game along with tips and strategies, customizable strategy
play, and gorgeous graphics.
IFG 0.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118005/
IFG is a tool to generate iptables rules. This program can work with
the INPUT and OUTPUT chains of the filter table. It can create rules
for diferents protocols (TCP, UDP, ICMP), IP addresses, and ports. You
can choose different interfaces (lo, eth0, ppp0), choose the state of a
connection, and LOG all the rules. It also has an option to save all
the rules that you made into a file. The program was written in GTK+ 2,
and the interface was made with glade-2.
Inventory 0.65
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117992/
Inventory is a inventory program written in GTK2. It uses MySQL and is
simple, fast, and easy to use.
Jabberwocky 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117997/
Jabberwocky is a Lisp IDE containing a Lisp-aware editor with syntax
highlighting, parentheses matching, a source analyzer, indentation, a
source level debugger, a project explorer, and an interaction buffer.
It is the replacement for the Lisp Debug project.
jRSVP 1.1.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118001/
jRSVP is a Java 1.4 tool for Rapid Serial Visual Presentation, a
technique for extremely fast reading. It uses the Multivalent library
for parsing input documents, and is able to read PDF, PS, HTML, man
pages, and other documents. It displays texts on a word-by-word or
sentence-by-sentence basis and features a file history and bookmarks.
Jump n Bump 1.41
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117976/
Jump n Bump is a funny multiplayer game about cute little fluffy
bunnies, which is both fun and addictive for the whole family. It
features network play.
KySMS 0.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117993/
KySMS is yet another graphical frontend for smssend. This one has a
phonebook with groups.
Makin' Bakon Typing Tutor 0.3.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118035/
Makin' Bakon Typing Tutor is a terminal-based typing tutor game written
in C++ (with STL) and Curses. It contains both structured and
fortune-based lessons. Learn to type to a professional standard while
you're saving Pig's bacon! Warning: Includes material that may offend.
MCal PHP Calendar 1.15
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118018/
MCal is a blatant, and well noted, hack/rewrite of JCal. It is a
Web-based PHP package providing calendar and appointment functionality.
The main changes from JCal include better PHP/HTML coding
style/formatting, and portability enhancements, mainly in the
configuration.
Mock Objects for C++ 1.1.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117994/
mockpp is a platform independent generic unit testing framework for
C++. Its goal is to facilitate developing unit tests in the spirit of
Mock Objects and EasyMock. It does not include its own framework for
flow control and analysis, but works with CppUnit.
netcount 0.7a
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117984/
netcount is a command line PPP traffic logging and statistics display
tool for Linux. Logging is done via a small shell script which is
called during the ip-up, ip-down, and system startup processes and from
cron, while analysis and printing is done by a program written in
Python. Statistics can be made on a per-call, daily, and/or monthly
basis. Also part of the package is nstat, an X utility to display
connection status, to hang up, and to start and terminate pppd.
nut 7.22
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117996/
nut is nutrition software to record what you eat and analyze your meals
for nutrient composition. The database included is the USDA Nutrient
Database for Standard Reference, Release 15, which contains 6,220
foods. This database contains values for vitamins, minerals, fats,
calories, protein, carbohydrates, fiber, etc., and includes the
essential polyunsaturated fats, Omega-3 and Omega-6. Nutrient levels
are expressed as a percentage of the Daily Value, the familiar standard
of food labeling in the United States, but also can be fully
customized. Recipes can be added. The program is completely menu-driven
and there are no commands to learn.
openHBCI 0.9.9 (Unstable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118016/
openHBCI is a C++ library for the German HomeBanking Computer
Interface. It includes some tutorials for testing the library. Its
current capabilities include complete key management on disc (RDH)
and/or chip-card (DDV), the ability to perform single customer credit
transfers, and the ability to get balance reports.
OProfile 0.5.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118011/
OProfile is a low-overhead, transparent profiler for Linux. It is
capable of instruction-grain profiling of all processes, shared
libraries, the kernel, and device drivers, via the hardware performance
counters.
PBS 0.87
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117979/
PBS is a user-support call management system and call tracing system.
It is based on intranet technologies, and it allows you to manage and
account calls, inventory, projects, and performance. It features a
knowledge base and reports for the manager.
PHP Documentation Generator 0.16
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118031/
PHP Documentation Generator is a Perl script similar to javadoc. It
helps you generate a set of HTML pages from comments in PHP source
files. Currently, this script parses the PHP source code to detect the
objects attached to the comments.
phpCodeViewer 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118007/
phpCodeViewer is a highly-customizable, general purpose file viewer
tool for the Web. It produces directory listings similar to apache's,
and lets you click on (source code) files inside those directories to
view them online with line numbering and syntax highlighting.
phpDVDprofiler 20030330
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118003/
phpDVDprofiler is a simple Web frontend to your DVDprofiler collection
based on PHP and MySQL.
pylcd 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117978/
PyLCD is a Python module that provides access to the LCDproc daemon.
QuickRip DVD 0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118021/
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.
ReactOS 0.1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118010/
ReactOS is an Open Source effort to develop a quality operating system
that is compatible with Windows NT applications and drivers.
ROX-Filer 1.3.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117982/
ROX-Filer is a fast and powerful graphical file manager. It has full
drag-and-drop support and background file operations, and is highly
configurable. It can also act as a pinboard, allowing you to pin
frequently used files to the desktop background.
rrd-snort 1.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117970/
rrd-snort is a script that creates a graph from alerts/events stored in
a Snort database in order to see distribution of "top n"
attack methods. The user can customize data gathering/graphing options.
Schroedinger 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117817/
Schroedinger is the combination of Apache Tomcat with a nice, clean
Swing GUI. It provides an easy way to create and test JSP and Servlet
Web applications. It records every JSP/HTTP activity so that every
possible bug can be corrected immediately. Schroedinger can be used in
personal mode, which prevents others from using its JSP Server while
you develop the application. Alternatively, Schroedinger's working
directory can be opened via file-sharing, so that a JSP can be copied
to any computer of the JSP development team.
Security Filter 1.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117981/
SecurityFilter is intended for use by Java Web application developers.
It provides robust security and automatic authentication services for
Web applications. It mimics the behavior and configuration format of
container-managed security, but has several important advantages that
make it an ideal solution for single-context, public Web sites, or when
it is necessary or simply desirable to avoid the server configuration
hassles and portability issues associated with container-managed
security.
SiteBar 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117968/
SiteBar is a multi-user bookmark database that lets users view, add,
and maintain links from anywhere. It's intended as a Mozilla/Netscape
sidebar, but can also be used in a main browser window.
Themus 0.1.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117988/
Themus is a collection of theme utilities for GNOME. You can manage
your themes by going to themes:/// in Nautilus, where they are
displayed and can be applied, installed, or deleted.
TopicEngine 1.19
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118025/
The TopicEngine is an advanced TCL script for eggdrop bots for managing
the topic in one or more channels. It allows users to change or lock
the channel topic through the use of public commands in the channel,
with fine-grain permission controls available. Users do not have to be
opped to change the topic (but the bot must be if the channel is +t).
It can automatically refresh the topic after a netjoin, and allows
command caching to avoid flooding the channel with topic changes. The
topic can also be locked by appropriate people. TopicEngine will
attempt to communicate with other TopicEngine bots in the channel to
avoid a topic live-lock flood.
Turaco CL 0.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118028/
Turaco CL is a tool for extracting PNM image files out of arcade game
ROMs. It also can regenerate arcade game ROMs from PNM image files.
Once the image files have been extracted, you can edit them in your
favorite paint program. They can then be encoded back into game ROMs to
be played in an emulator or real arcade hardware.
Virtual Universe / Virtual Worlds 0.19
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118009/
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.
Wingmaker 0.1-final
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117940/
Wingmaker is a theme based on wingmaker art with an edited image and
bright red/yellow colors.
yChat++ 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117975/
yChat is a Web-based chat server daemon which is compatible with all
browsers that support frames and Javascript.
Newsforge Reports
Open Source needs centralized PR, not development
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/23/1322252
- By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - It happened again: A complaint was
brought up on a free software email list I'm on about the lack of a
certain type of open source program, but there are several healthy
projects in that area I knew about, and other list members pointed out
yet others. Why didn't we all know about all of them? And if we don't
know, how can we expect potential corporate open source adopters, who
aren't on "inner circle" Linux and ...
Linux Advisory Watch - March 28th, 2003
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/28/111207
- By Benjamin D. Thomas - This week, advisories were released for
openssl, apcupsd, bonsai, krb5, lpr, mutt, heimdal, kernel, ecartis,
glibc, mysql, bitchx, mod_ssl, netpbm, rxvt, zlib, evolution, samba,
kerberos, ethereal, and file. The distributors include, Caldera,
Debian, Guardian Digital's EnGarde Secure Linux, Gentoo, Mandrake,
NetBSD, Red Hat, SuSE, Trustix, and Turbolinux.
Gordano - an "Exchange Replacement" that predates Exchange
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/14/1320221
- By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - The company Web site says, "Gordano has
provided robust and secure messaging for over eight years and continues
to innovate and lead the market. Since 1994, the Gordano Messaging
Suite has been deployed in over 20,000 organizations in 120+ countries
and supports over 54 million Email accounts. These companies and users
have enjoyed the benefits of low cost of ownership of our solution
allowing them to reduce their ...
Newsforge Newsvac
KOBOL 1.3.2, a COBOL IDE and compiler for Linux and Windows
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/31/0443201
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA - 31 March 2003 -- theKompany.com, producers
and distributors of high-quality open source and commercial software
for Linux, Windows, Mac OS X and embedded systems, are pleased to
announce the release of Kobol version 1.3.2.
Debian Project has new leader
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/30/1416255
The winner of the election is Martin Michlmayr.
VA Software Joins Open Source Software Institute
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/29/1925237
Oxford, MS - March 26, 2003 - The Open Source Software Institute (OSSI)
announced today that VA Software (Nasdaq: LNUX) has joined the
open-source advocacy group as a corporate member and sponsor. OSSI
(www.oss-institute.org) is a non-profit organization whose mission is
to promote the development and implementation of open-source
technologies and methodologies within the U.S. Federal government and
academic communities. Note: VA Software owns ...
Microsoft Antitrust Lawsuit Settlement Appeal To Be Heard
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/29/1136254
A federal appeals court will consider whether a settlement in the
antitrust lawsuit brought against Microsoft by the U.S. Justice
Department and state attorneys general was consistent with the public
interest.
Fujitsu preps Linux-based robot
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/29/1135203
Fujitsu has launched a humanoid robot - based on a real-time version of
the Linux operating system. The HOAP-2 is driven by an Intel Pentium
III running at 700MHz. It is half a metre high and weights 7kg, and is
scheduled to ship to Japanese consumers in July (Fujitsu will begin
taking orders next month).
Sun Drops Its Linux Distribution
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/29/1133257
Anonymous Reader writes "In a major strategy shift, Sun Microsystems
Inc. officials said it will stop offering its own customized version of
Linux and will instead turn to several other standard Linux
distributions."
Japan seeks new OS [ or anything but Microsoft ] for networked home appliances
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/29/1130218
NZheretic writes "The Japanese Consumer electronics makers and the
government are teaming up to make sure the coming generation of
Internet-connected home appliances will not depend on Microsoft Corp.
for an operating system. In working out the standards they plan to
adopt for networked appliances by 2007, manufacturers and the industry
ministry plan to make use of either Linux or the domestically developed
TRON operating system."
PlumpOS Released: Successor to clump/os
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/29/1123256
Bruce Knox, openMosix Project writes "At last, the successor to the
highly popular clump/os has arrived. With a new name, a new author, a
new logo, and based upon openMosix, PlumpOS has finally been released.
Distro Release: First Look At SuSE Linux 8.2
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/29/0145247
Once again I find myself checking out the newest SuSE release, and to
tell you the truth, I really enjoy it. My personal computer is running
Slackware (yes, I upgraded to 9.0 immediately), and I wouldn't trade it
for any other distribution in the world, but I've got to say is that
SuSE is still at the top of their game. When you look at all the
desktop distros out there such as Mandrake, Lycoris, and Red Hat, they
all really have their endearing ...
Enterprise Linux at Tipping Point
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/28/2012240
In 2004, Linux adoption will skyrocket, according to a recent study by
Forrester Research titled "The Linux Tipping Point." Based on
interviews with a wide array of firms, the study concludes that while
"enterprise support remains a concern," most respondents are continuing
with plans to adopt Linux.
Thinkgeek
Cube Goodies: Portable Mini Fridge
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Gadgets: LightWedge Reading Light
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Gadgets: Binary Code Watch
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Books: High Score! The Illustrated History Of Electronic Games
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Computing: LED Light Sticks
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Cube Goodies: Activision 10-in-1 TV Games
http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/toys/5d41/
Cube Goodies: Atari Classics 10-in-1 TV Games
http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/toys/5d39/
Computing: IQeye3 Network Camera
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/netcams/5e3b/
Electronics: FM Transmitter
http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/audio/5dab/
Computing: UV-Treated Rounded Cables
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/casemods/5e1f/
Computing: 4-D Optical Mouse
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/keyboards/5e45/
Books: Revolution OS DVD/VHS
http://www.thinkgeek.com/books/nonfiction/5dd5/
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/
Sourceforge
ECB 1.93 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=264120
ECB is a file/code browser for Emacs. It can be used to browse any type
of file and supports parsing of Java, C, C++, Elisp and other types of
source code. This release (1.93) includes bug fixes, layout
enhancements and enhancements to tree-buffers.
Colander Internet Agent 0.2.2 release
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=264197
Colander is a Java application which acts as a scripted personal
Internet agent (performance of arbitrary scripted tasks through the
provided framework.) Access is possible through a standard web browser.
Announcing release 0.2.2: This is a bugfix release that contains
numerous backported fixes and updates. Please see the release notes on
the file release page for details. Note that this version does not
include the proper handling of binary data that the unstable branch
does. Colander is in a useable state. It is listed as alpha software
due to changes that may yet occur in the interface and API.
BitMagic library version 3.1.2 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=264239
BitMagic is a C++ library implementing dynamic bitvectors with several
types of on-the-fly, adaptive compression. Designed for use in
databases, search systems, scientific projects. Version 3.1.2 primarily
focuses on memory consumption issues. Additional parameters added to
save memory in situations when thousands of bitsets are used. (see
http://bmagic.sourceforge.net/memsave.html); several build environment
problems were fixed; added support file for AIX; improved performance
of logical operations.
hl7d added to HL7 Toolkit
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=264258
This project aims at providing a Perl Toolkit for using the HL7
protocol (a data interchange protocol used in healthcare). The toolkit
will consist of a number of Perl libraries and scripts for developing
HL7 capable applications in Perl. An early version of the hl7 server
has been added to the project. This is a forking server that uses the
Net::HL7 module, and dispatches incoming HL7 messages to user defined
plugins.
Anjuta 1.0.2 (Tagore) released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=264261
The Anjuta team is pleased to announce the release of Anjuta 1.0.2.
Anjuta is an IDE (Integrated Developmetn Environment) for C and C++
targetting the GNOME platform. The main highlight of this release is
the advanced search/replace functionality. There have also been
numerous smaller feature additions, updates and bug fixes. The Anjuta
1.0.x series should now be considered dormant. New development will be
taking place on HEAD which targets the GNOME2 platform. The current
stable branch will only get critical bugfixes. Learn more about anjuta
at http://www.anjuta.org/
SnipSnap 0.4.1a and Radeox 0.6.1
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=263487
Released a bugfix release for SnipSnap and Radeox. The major change is
the improved performance of the Macro rendering mechanism that is now a
100 times faster. SnipSnap is a personal content management system
based on weblog and wiki technologies. It's intended for desktop use,
but can be deployed on servers. SnipSnap differs from other weblog and
wiki tools as it's focused on easy installation.
POP/SMTP e-mail jConduit now available via CVS.
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=263690
Users who build the project from sourcecode will be interested to note
that the latest sources now include the new Email jConduit, that allows
you to synchronize the Palm Mail database with the POP and SMTP servers
of your choice. Work on this jConduit is continuing (adding features
and such), but it is a good example of how to code a network-enabled
jConduit. Interested developers are encouraged to update their source
trees. This jConduit will be a part of our first beta binary release,
planned for sometime within the next few weeks.
FreeMarker 2.2 final available
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=263999
The first release of FreeMarker 2.2 labelled production/stable is
available. FreeMarker 2.2 incorporates some revolutionary new features:
names-spaces, support for 3rd party JSP taglibs, fine control over
whitespace, macros with default arguments. FreeMarker is a template
engine. It provides an easy way to generate textual (HTML, RTF,
PostScript, TeX, source code, etc) output from your data and helps you
separate design issues from application logic. Integrates with
servlets, XML, Python and more.
bogofilter-0.11.1.4 - new current release
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=263675
bogofilter 0.11.1.4 fixes several minor defects in 0.11.1.3 and updates
the help messages and FAQ. 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.
Privoxy 3.0.2 is released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=263687
This is the first maintenance release of Privoxy. There are no
significant new features in this release. Many bugs are fixed, and some
existing features have been enhanced. See ChangeLog for details.
Upgrading from 3.0.0 is recommended. Privoxy is a web proxy with
advanced filtering capabilities for protecting privacy, filtering web
page content, managing cookies, controlling access, and removing ads,
banners, pop-ups and other obnoxious junk. It is based on the Internet
Junkbuster.
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