O | S | D | N NEWSLETTER June 13, 2003 EVERYTHING SERIES
The 'Everything Series' Newsletter is developed to bring Open Source related content to a user with a focus for everything Open Source we have to offer. If you'd like to receive more content relating to Open Source subscribe at http://www.osdn.com/newsletters/ ============================================================== Sponsored by Thinkgeek http://www.ThinkGeek.com/ ============================================================== Slashdot Stronger Anti-Spam Law Proposed http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/13/0345214 NumberField writes "The fight against Spam is making for some strange bedfellows. A new bill sponsored by Senator [0]Charles Schumer (D-NY) and the right-wing [1]Christian Coalition that would let individuals sue spammers for $1000 per message. What isn't clear is how they will define spam broadly enough to outlaw it, but narrowly enough to avoid making it a bonanza for lawyers. For [2]more information, see Schumer's [3]fact sheet (PDF), or his [4]press release." Links 0. http://www.senate.gov/~schumer 1. http://www.cc.org/ 2. http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-1016779.html?tag=fd_top 3. http://www.senate.gov/~schumer/SchumerWebsite/pressroom/special_reports/The%20Schumer%20SPAM%20ACT%20fact%20sheet%206.11.03.pdf 4. http://www.senate.gov/~schumer/SchumerWebsite/pressroom/press_releases/PR01782.html Oldest Modern Humans Found http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/13/0331232 [0]DrLudicrous writes "Anthropologists have [1]reconstructed and dated three skulls from Ethiopia that they believe to be the oldest anatomically modern human skulls in existance. They date to 160,000 years ago, in agreement with genetic studies that pin the arrival of modern humans to at least 150,000 years ago. The skulls also demonstrate evidence of ritual burial." [2]UC Berkeley has the [3]original release as well. Links 0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/06/030612090827.htm 2. http://www.berkeley.edu/ 3. http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2003/06/11_idaltu.shtml The Enemy Within: Firewalls and Backdoors http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/13/0310245 [0]hrbrmstr writes "[1]SecurityFocus is running an article on [2]firewalls and backdoors on their InFocus site. They provide info on firewall types, backdoor classifications, some examples of real backdoors and tips on mitigating their use on your network." Some good topics explained for the beginner, and it's a nice refresher for the veteran admin as well. Links 0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1. http://www.securityfocus.com/ 2. http://securityfocus.com/infocus/1701 Los Angeles Gets Own TLD http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/13/0126225 [0]DM420 writes "On June 9th, Los Angeles officially becomes the world's first city to have its own Internet domain.Great to hear since one day I hope to be an owner of my own TLD and this is a step in the right direction. ;) The registry is located at [1]www.la and further details at [2]DMnews.com" Looks like an Irish firm made a deal with Laos to use the .la TLD. Looks to be on the pricier side of domains, though. Links 0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1. http://www.la/ 2. http://www.dmnews.com/cgi-bin/artprevbot.cgi?article_id=24139 Open Spectrum: Toward Ubiquitous Connectivity http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/12/1823257 [0]obiwan2u writes "[1]ACM's [2]Queue magazine has a moderately dense article describing how [3]new intelligent radios may free up under-utilized spectrum bandwidth, possibly providing solutions to the [4] last mile bottleneck." Links 0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1. http://www.acm.org/ 2. http://www.acmqueue.org/ 3. http://www.acmqueue.org/issue3/openspec1.cfm?client_no=NEW 4. http://www.broadnetalliance.org/who_we_are_principles.html Slashback: Mars, Linksys, Torrent http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/09/0111209 Slashback tonight brings updates and followups on several recent Slashdot postings. Among other things, Linksys says they're not violating the GPL, and Tiger Direct says that Michael Robertson's claims about Microsoft targeting Lindows buyers are way off base. Speaking of which, Microsoft has decided it makes more sense to embrace schools than to alienate them with hard-nosed licensing policies on donated PCs. Also, a torrent file for the Red Hat 9 version of Ximian's latest desktop, and more. Read on for the details. Philips Introduces Mirror TV http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/12/2226201 UnknowingFool writes "[0]PCWorld.com is reporting that [1] Philips is introducing mirror TV. It is a combination mirror with LCD monitor that will be rolling out to hotels. The screens will be 1280 x 768 resolution and come in 17, 23, and 30 inch sizes. It reminds me of TV PiP where the main part is the mirror and the smaller part is the monitor. [2]Philips hopes to install it in homes later." Links 0. http://www.pcworld.com/ 1. http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,111100,00.asp 2. http://www.philips.com/ Do We Still Need Telcos (and ISPs)? http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/12/1933247 eraserewind asks: "Are telecom providers and ISPs going to continue to be necessary in the future? Why are we all paying subscriptions for communicating? What I want is a global extremely-high-speed ad-hoc wireless data & voice network, where the only entry cost is a mobile phone (or newtork card or whatever). Devices communicate peer to peer, or routed via other people's idle devices. Remember there is no subscriptions, so don't expect to piggy-back on someone's paid for DSL bandwidth. What are the technological barriers? What kind of protocols would you need? What hardware advances? How would you solve problems of geographic isolation? Are there theoretical, political or economic reasons it couldn't work?" Bill Gates, Entertainment God? http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/12/1930257 [0]ppgreat sent in a wired story about the [1]home of the future sort of story discussing A/V in a Microsoft Media Player 9 future. As seems to always be the case, there's a lot of cool stuff in there, but more than a few eyebrow raises. Links 0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1. http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.07/40gates.html PPC 970 Powerbooks and Powermacs in Production? http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/12/1921217 Thadddius_Brinks writes "MacWispers.com is reporting [0]here that apple is currently in production of a redesigned single processor PowerPC 970 Powermac system and a 15.4 inch Powerbook. They (MacWhispers.com) are also standing by their earlier claims about the speed of the new processor." This article consolidates many of the major rumors surrounding WWDC including the rumor of a new case for the Powermacs, but it raises the ultimate question: 17" Powerbook, or PPC 970 Powerbook? Links 0. http://www.envestco2.com/macwhispers/archives/000071.php Freshmeat Aapl C++ Template Library 2.8.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125808/ Aapl is a C++ template library for generic programming. It contains Linked List, Avl Tree, Vector, Binary Search Table, Double Ended Queue, Finite State Machine Graph, String, and Sort. The library is designed to be versatile for the programmer. For example, the linked list utilizes both inheritance and templates to allow a single instance of a data structure to be an element in multiple lists. In general, Aapl data structures do not have private data members and are thus not abstracted away. Adamantix 1.0.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125822/ The Adamantix project (formerly known as Trusted Debian) aims to create a highly secure but usable Linux platform. It brings together security solutions including kernel patches, compiler patches, security related programs, and techniques. AIOCP 1.0.016 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125864/ AIOCP (All In One Control Panel) is a professional platform-independent all-in-one solution to completely manage a Website through a user-friendly Web interface. It includes by default all needed modules for Website management and a long list of extra modules, including a CMS, WYSIWYG editor, languages, users, menus, languages, forums, news, newsletter, links, downloads, reviews, awards, chat, polls, calendar, banners, search engine, e-commerce, e-business, statistics, online help, system tools, shell, backup, MIME, whois, ping, traceroute, MySQL database management, transcoding, custom modules, code libraries, images, and sounds. Each module is perfectly integrated into the system and has adequate management and control tools. aquaBSD 0.60.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125758/ aquaBSD is a Aqua-like theme, made for BSD users. It is a modification of the aquaLinux theme (without Tux). Astaro Security Linux 4.008 (Stable 4.x) http://freshmeat.net/releases/125879/ Astaro Security Linux is a firewall solution. It does stateful packet inspection filtering, content filtering, user authentication, virus scanning, spam protection, VPN with IPSec (PKI for X.509 certificates) and PPTP, Wireless LAN, VLAN, PPPoE, PPPoA, and much more. With its Web-based management tool, WebAdmin, and the ability to pull updates via the Internet, it is pretty easy to manage. It is based on a special hardened Linux 2.4 distribution where most daemons are running in change-roots and are protected by kernel capabilities. Atlantis 0.1.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125861/ Atlantis is a native Web browser for the GNOME desktop. BIE 5.2.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125929/ BIE (Business Integration Engine) is an open source integration system that makes it easy for organizations to exchange data with external trading partners regardless of their native applications. It competes in the same space as applications like Microsoft Biz Talk except that it is truly cross-platform since it written in Java. Blocks 3D 1.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125852/ Blocks 3D is yet another 3D puzzle game that resembles Tetris a bit. The goal of the game is to fill planes of blocks so that they disappear. The game uses Crystal Space and is thus hardware accelerated using OpenGL. Blue dot 1.20 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125833/ Blue dot is a CGI tracking and Web site activity measurement script which generates Apache combined style access log files. These log files can be analyzed with most standard log analysis tools to track a site's popularity, referrers, hosts, etc. The logging is based on inserting a small piece of JavaScript or SSI code into every Web page. This code requests a very small blue dot image from a server where the call is logged. Blue dot can also be configured to set and log session and persistent cookies. This can be used, for example, to track pay-per-click search engine ROI. BomberClone 0.9.9 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125924/ BomberClone is a free Bomberman-like game for Linux and Windows. The rules of the game are simple: run though a level and bomb other players. It features powerups that give you more strength, make you walk faster through the level, or let you drop more bombs. Borges Documents Management System 0.9.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125862/ Borges is an open-source project aimed at XML-aware documentation projects which care about internationalisation, reusable contents, teamwork, etc. The system currently support the DocBook DTD. Broccoli18 PIC18F Programmer 0.5 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125940/ Broccoli18 is a suite of programming tools for the PIC 18F series of microcontrollers made by Microchip. Features include ability to read and write code memory, data EEPROM, ID bytes, and configuration word. A simple circuit connecting the PIC to the PC parallel port is required. BusyB 1.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125896/ BusyB is a simple system for automatically executing builds. If you have software that you want to build at certain times or when certain things happen, BusyB is the utility for you. CaLStats 0.0.2 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125855/ CaLStats is a set scripts for monitoring computer availability. It creates images of the network structure, and marks active or inactive computers. Camlserv 0.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125874/ Camlserv is a lightweight Web server written in Ocaml for highly interactive Web pages or even online browser-based games. The server can already be used as a fast frontend to a MySQL database. Cerberus Intrusion Detection System 0.0.4 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125937/ cIDS is an intrusion detection system, not based on packets, but rather based on actual intrusion recognition (as in a remote login from root, etc). It also logs scanning attempts and all remote attempts. It is good for private users looking for some form of security on their box. Comic Collection 0.04 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125902/ Comic Collection is a Java (AWT) application to allow automatic download, storage, categorisation, and search of Web comics. Current 1.4.4 (Stable) http://freshmeat.net/releases/125890/ Current is a server implementation for Red Hat's up2date tools. It's designed for medium-sized departments to be able to set up and run their own up2date server, feeding new applications and security patches (RPMs) to workstations and servers. Darkbot 7rc8 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125810/ Darkbot is a very fast and small IRC bot written in C. Originally created as an aid for help channels to answer repeated questions from its virtually unlimited database, it has became a very popular talking robot in a generic sense, being used all over IRC networks for different purposes and in 18 languages. Data can be added to it and managed dynamically online or edited in its database files offline. An extensive but easy-to-understand list of commands and features, including some channel operation functions and levels of protection, makes Darkbot a very flexible but somehow powerful and complex robot, with almost human conversations and reactions. DBG DEBUGGER AND PROFILER 2.11.22 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125928/ DBG is a PHP debugger and profiler. It makes it much easier to discover the origins of problems and bugs in PHP scripts. It's equipped with the ability to backtrace errors. It shows local and global variables as well as parameters which have been passed to all nested function calls at any point of execution. Among other things, it allows you to execute scripts in a step-by-step manner, set breakpoints (including conditional ones), evaluate expressions, and watch variables. The profiler allows you to find bottlenecks in PHP code at the functions level as well as the modules level and even the source lines level. dbmjui 0.1.91 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125802/ DMBJUI is an attempt to clone DBMGUI, the database manager for SAPDB. It uses the Java programming language. Device::SerialPort 0.20 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125838/ Device::SerialPort is a Perl interface to the POSIX serial and modem routines. Its functionality mirrors the Win32::SerialPort module so that serial routines can be written across platforms easily. distcc 2.6 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125817/ distcc is a parallel build system that distributes compilation of C/C++/ObjC code across machines on a network. It can be set up in just a few minutes and makes builds up to ten times faster. It does not require machines to share a filesystem or have the same libraries or header files, and installation does not need superuser privileges. Divine Intervention 1.8 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125831/ Divine Intervention consists of two programs. The first is a very accurate BPM measurement tool. The second is a player which can change the tempo of music. The player allows nudging, forward and backward movement by measures, and other nice things. DrScheme 1.03 p1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125841/ DrScheme is a graphical environment for developing programs using the Scheme, MzScheme, and MrEd programming languages. DrScheme runs under Windows 95/98/NT, MacOS, and Unix/X. DrScheme's features include source text highlighting of syntax and run-time errors, support for multiple levels of Scheme from beginner to advanced, an algebraic stepper for the beginner language, interactive and graphical static analysis, a graphical user interface (GUI) library, objects, threads, modules, exceptions, TCP/IP, regular expressions, and filesystem support. DSPAM 2.6.0.68 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125893/ DSPAM is a server-side anti-spam agent for UNIX email servers. It masquerades as the email server's local delivery agent and filters/learns SPAM using a Bayesian statistical approach which provides an administratively maintenance-free, self-learning Anti-Spam service. Each email is broken down into its most interesting tokens, each assigned a spam probability. All probabilities are then combined to produce a statistical probability of spam. This approach, applied to a mature corpus of email, has the potential to yield a 99.5% success rate with only 0.03% chance of false positives. dvdrtools 0.1.5 (Beta) http://freshmeat.net/releases/125913/ dvdrtools is a fork of cdrtools, with the primary goal of supporting writing to DVDs. dvipng 0.3 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125858/ 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. eDonkey2000 16.39 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125823/ eDonkey2000 A file-sharing system that works with any type of file. It doesn't rely on one central server, yet searches are quick, and your client doesn't get bogged down with endless search requests. You have the ability to search all the files being shared on the network, and to transfer any type of file. It automatically resumes interrupted transfers from alternate sources, and even introduces ways to share a whole collection of files (so you can get all the songs in an album etc.). Users are able to download a file from multiple sources at the same time, and files can be uploaded while being downloaded. Effort: Zero Franchise Manager 0.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125611/ The Effort: Zero Franchise Manager (EZFM) is a set of PHP files designed to minimize the effort needed to create a website for a Madden 2003 PC Franchise. One of the modes offered by Madden 2003 PC is the "Franchise" mode which allows you to play and manage a team over multiple seasons. This program aim to reduce some of the busywork by automatically generating Web pages to display the information contained in the Stat Files, and in a consistent and appealing manner. Encompass 0.5.99.3 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125931/ Encompass is a Web browser for GNOME. It uses the GtkHTML engine for speed and size, making it one of the smallest and fastest browsers available. It currently has few features. ep 1.0pre4 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125866/ Extended pipelining is an easy-to-use pipeline process (re)director. It has the main ability to run any number of subprocesses and redirect them basic filedescriptors. Basic filedescriptors are 0 (standart input), 1 (standart output) and 2 (standart errput). There is no restriction of pipe connection except that process outputs (output, errput) must be bound with one or more processes input. ergologic 1.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125655/ ergologic is built to be simple, ergonomical, easy to understand (logical), and fit in an office environment. It should work on a standard distribution (tested with SuSE and Red Hat). Ethereal 0.9.13 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125813/ Ethereal is a network protocol analyzer, or "packet sniffer", that lets you capture and interactively browse the contents of network frames. The goal of the project is to create a commercial-quality packet analyzer for Unix, and the most useful packet analyzer on any platform. Fano 1.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125836/ Fano is a fast and powerful encoder and soft-decision sequential decoder for K=32, rate 1/2 convolutional codes. The algorithm it uses is many times faster than the Viterbi algorithm. It also includes support routines to generate metric tables that are optimized for Gaussian noise with a specified Eb/N0 ratio, and a test driver that exercises the encoder/decoder routines and keeps statistics. Firestarter 0.9.2 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125898/ Firestarter is a firewall tool for Linux, and uses GNOME. You can use the wizard to create a basic firewall, then streamline it further using the dynamic rules. You can open and close ports with a few clicks, or stealth your services giving access only to a select few. It features a real-time hit monitor which you can watch as attackers probe your machine for open ports. g3data 1.3.0rc1 (GTK-2.0) http://freshmeat.net/releases/125851/ g3data is a program for extracting data from graphs (i.e., scanned graphs from scientific publications). It can read many different image formats and outputs the extracted data through stdout or to a file. GStreamer 0.6.2 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125881/ GStreamer is a streaming media library and set of tools that enable applications to share a common set of plugins for things like video decoding and encoding, audio encoding and decoding, audio and video filters, audio visualisation, Web streaming and anything else that streams in real-time or otherwise. It is modelled after research software worked on at the Oregon Graduate Institute. GSwaret beta 4 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125511/ GSwaret is a friendly text mode user interface based on Dialog for Swaret, a package updating system for Slackware. Haystack snapshot 0604 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125829/ Haystack is a powerful tool designed to enable each and every individual manage all of her information in the way that makes the most sense. By removing the arbitrary barriers created by applications that only handle certain information "types", and recording only a fixed set of relationships defined by the developer, users can define whichever arrangements of, connections between, and views of information they find most effective. Such personalization of information management will dramatically improve your ability to find what you need when you need it. High Level Assembly Language 1.49 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125827/ The High Level Assembly Language (HLA) was designed to allow advanced assembly language programmers to write more readable and powerful assembly language code. It makes it possible to write code by leveraging knowledge of high level languages like C, C++, Pascal, and Delphi. HLA compiles into 80x86 assembly language, which is assembled by MASM, TASM, or Gas. Historical Event Markup and Linking Project 0_5.6-20030612 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125868/ 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.' Intensely Violet 0.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125695/ Intensely Violet is a theme with light shining through a violet-coloured flower. The background is by dolcevitas (Panda Gielen). Ismo 0.0.10 (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/125899/ Ismo is a Web application framework and application suite written in PHP. It's easy to use but still powerful and flexible. Jaffm 0.7.4.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125907/ Jaffm is a lightweight wxWindows (GTK+ interface) file manager for Unix, written in C++. It is aimed at nonsense-free file management. It is mostly inspired by the List View in Mac OS Finder, but does and will have Unix-handy features such as an interactive location bar, and a simple but elegant user interface. jCIFS 0.7.9 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125816/ jCIFS is an SMB client library written entirely in Java. It closely follows the CIFS specification supporting Unicode, named pipes, batching, multiplexing IO of threaded callers, encrypted authentication, full transactions, domain/workgroup/host/share/file enumeration, NetBIOS sockets and name services, the smb:// URL protocol handler, a java.io.File like API, RAP calls, NTLM HTTP Authentication, and more. Jife 0.2 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125826/ Jife is a spell checking IRC robot written in Java. It provides for a flexible suggestion architecture, including using a database interface for storing wordlists. JPublish 2.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125892/ JPublish is a powerful Web publishing system designed to ensure a clean separation of developer roles. It includes support for multiple templating engines, including Jakarta Apache's Velocity, FreeMarker, and WebMacro. It supports numerous scripting languages including Python, BeanShell, and JavaScript. It is modular and provides for easy extensibility. LaNewsFactory 0.8.4 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125847/ LaNewsFactory is a PHP news and forum engine for Web sites. It requires no database software, and uses XML files to store news. It provides forums, news system behaviors, topics, moderation, several authentication levels, threaded comments, search capacity, HTML template support, Web admin, and internationalization (11 languages). libstldb4 0.3.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125886/ libstldb4 is a C++ wrapper for the sleepycat db4 database. It uses the STL in the API where sensible, allows standard IOStreams for data access where sensible, e.g. getting the value of a key should be able to use an istream interface to allow simple partial value retreival, and moves the transaction parameter to be the last optional parameter or provides two versions of the same method for trans/nontrans. The API has been modified to use more standard types. Operator overloading is used to allow quick and dirty coding (mydb[ "key" ] = "value";) to set and cerr. Linux4Geeks 0.01 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125532/ Linux4Geeks is a LFS-based small distro which works around several problems and issues mainstream Linux distributions have. It offers different versions compiled for each architecture and has all the packages required for a slim installation including a firewall and network administration tools, amongst others. Loopess 2.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125811/ Loopess is a small signal and select loop library for applications running on POSIX operating systems. It provides a convenient abstraction of signals, file descriptor events, and timeouts for single-threaded applications using a simple C++ class structure. Loopess properly handles the race condition introduced by mixing signals with the select system call. LyxDogs 1.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125923/ LyxDogs lets you print a mail merge using a LyX letter and a text database that you create with an editor. A mail merge takes the name, address, and enclosures from the database and prints the letter, the envelope, an SASE if needed, and part or all of other LyX documents. LyxDogs also lets you simply print an envelope for a LyX letter, or print an SASE, or print part or all of any LyX document. Mamory 0.2.10 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125897/ Mamory is a library for ROM management in emulator-related projects. It also has a CLI client. MEDICI 0.1.3 (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/125856/ MEDICI is an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) library. EDIFACT (ISO 9735), ASC X.12, and TRADACOMS syntaxes are currently supported. MEDICI provides a parser for EDI streams and functions to query EDI guidelines for validation information, reference information, and design notes. MEDICI does not dictate how EDI guidelines should be implemented, but provides an interface which can be used to interrogate external implementations and an example guideline implementation for internal use. MoviX 0.8.0rc1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125849/ MoviX is a small Linux distro that transforms your PC in a powerful multimedia box. After booting your PC with MoviX, a user-friendly console menu will allow you to use MPlayer (www.mplayerhq.hu) to play any DVD/VCD, video/audio files (most noticeably DivX, AVI, MPEG, QuickTime, WMV, ASF, MP3, and OGG/VORBIS), TV (provided you have a TV card), and radio stations on the Internet (if you are connected to a LAN). Since the entire operating system is loaded into RAM, you do not even need a hard disk to use MoviX. mvnForum 1.0.0 RC1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125853/ mvnForum is a powerful, easy to use bulletin board. mysqltcl 2.20 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125905/ mysqltcl is the Tcl interface to mysql realtional database. It is the next version of mysqltcl1.53 (new contributor) with many new futures: Tcl8.0-Object support, Unicode support, configure support, no connection limitation, nested queries, handling of binary files (containing null values), and many extra commands: seek on result block, escaping of string, last inserted id, introspection of connection and query state, and query metadata (schema). NanoBlogger 1.7 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125814/ NanoBlogger is a simple blogger written in bash that's completely command-line driven. It features easy editing and managing of entries, automatically organizes and archives your entries, builds Web pages from templates and stylesheets for easy customization, and keeps a separate HTML file of all your entries for extra portability. It doesn't require any Javascript or server-side scripting; just upload the Web page to your server and NanoBlogger takes care of the rest. ngetw 0.2 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125875/ ngetw is a user-friendly Web frontend to using nget. It will not get nget working for you, but it will work nget once you have it configured. It will download articles from USENET that you have queued. You can then search for articles, queue/dequeue groups of articles, subscribe/unsubscribe to newsgroups, etc. Header refreshes can be scheduled every n hours. The queue will warn you if you have queued too much (and the posts will expire before you have downloaded them). NIST Ad-Hoc On Demand Distance Vector Driver 2.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125906/ The NIST Implementation of the Ad-Hoc On Demand Distance Vector protocol is a kernel-level driver for the Linux 2.4.x operating system. It supports the ix86, ARM, and MIPS architectures. Ad-Hoc routing protocols support networks in which both end users and routers can move freely while retaining network connections. nullredir 0.1.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125839/ nullredir is a TCP traffic redirector that changes \0 into \r\n and vice versa. This is needed in order to talk to anything else besides other XMLSockets from flash. XMLSockets in flash use \0 (the ASCII NULL character) as the EOL ("end of line") character. OZradio 0.9.6.0 beta http://freshmeat.net/releases/125837/ OZradio is a Linux FM radio player and CD Player for KDE and GNOME. It supports BTTV-compatible FM and TV cards. It features the ability to save up to 10 preset stations, a sound mixer, volume control, a mute button, automatic frequency scanning, on-demand recording and replay of radio, and programmable recording. PDFGo 1.0.7 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125871/ The PDFGo.com PDF Java Library is a pure Java component for PDF file parsing and visualization, letting you view PDF files on the Web without the need of Acrobat Reader. Perl HL7 Toolkit 0.65 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125904/ Perl HL7 Toolkit provides a number of Perl libraries and scripts for developing HL7-capable applications in Perl. phpSysInv 0.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125805/ This is a set of scripts that maintain a database of file signatures and checks them on a regular basis to ensure that none of the files have been compromised on a server and will email the administrator when there are any discrepancies. The file signatures are stored in a PostgreSQL database and it is structured to allow for multiple servers to use the same remote backend database. picoSQL 1.5 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125860/ picoSQL is an Italian RDBMS. Because it derives from a commercial project, it is already robust, fast, and rather complete. PIMd 2.1.0-alpha29.18 (development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/125909/ PIMd is a PIM-2 sparse-mode multicast router, ported to Linux; kernel patches are available for various BSD-based OSes that do not already support PIM multicasting. It can support native multicasting and/or tunnels. POPFile 0.19.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125889/ POPFile is an automatic email classification tool using a Naive Bayes classifier, a POP3 proxy, and a Web interface. It runs on most platforms and with most email clients. Pro Forma 0.2.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125916/ Pro Forma is a GUI tool that lets you fill out forms on your computer like you would with a typewriter. It's clever in the way that it can look at a document, find blank spaces where you're likely to type, and put a textbox there for you to type in, sitting right on top of the line. It's quick to learn and easy to use, and produces nice looking output. Pro Forma 0.2.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125824/ Pro Forma is a GUI tool that lets you fill out forms on your computer like you would with a typewriter. It's clever in the way that it can look at a document, find blank spaces where you're likely to type, and put a textbox there for you to type in, sitting right on top of the line. It's quick to learn and easy to use, and produces nice looking output. PyHtmlTable 1.12 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125880/ PyHtmlTable is a class for Python CGIs to generate HTML tables on the fly. It allows you to set individual row and cell attributes via arbitrary dictionaries, and span rows and columns. It autogrows the table if cells are set outside its initial range. It allows dynamic insertion of new rows and columns anywhere in the table, and allows bulk population of table data via arrays to arbitrary locations in the table. It also provides default cell attributes for tablewide uniformity and the ability to override these on a cell-by-cell basis. PyHtmlTable is intended to be a functional equivalent to Table.pm or Table.php. Quark 1.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125815/ Quark is a daemon-like player that uses Gstreamer to play music. It features a front-end that sits in your system tray. Radeox 0.7 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125842/ Radeox is a Wiki markup rendering engine written in Java. It is part of the weblog and Wiki tool, SnipSnap. Radio Shortest Path First 1.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125911/ Radio Shortest Path First (RSPF) is a routing protocol for wireless networks. This particular implementation is written for Linux and conforms to version 2.2 of the protocol specification. Retro Native Forth Release 6 (Build 9) (RETRO6) http://freshmeat.net/releases/125865/ Retro is a clean, usable Forth-based operating system. It attempts to be a simpler and easier-to-use alternative to more complex operating systems. REXML 2.7.0 (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/125938/ REXML is an XML 1.0 compliant, reasonably fast, non-validating XML parser. It has an API that is designed to be intuitive, straightforward. and terse. REXML includes a tree model parser, a SAX2 streaming parser, and a pull parser. It also includes a full XPath implementation. All of REXML's parsers pass 100% of the Oasis XML non-validating tests. ROCK Linux 2.0.0-beta4 (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/125809/ ROCK Linux is a distribution build kit for creating Linux distributions. You can easily design and build your own distribution by choosing packages, compilers, and optimization options, and optionally enable the GCC Stack-Smashing Protector for enhanced security. It is also possible to choose custom configure options, cross-compile, and much more. Many specialized targets (customized distributions) have already been created, such as a Desktop, Router, or Minimal distribution. A variety of architectures are supported. RSS Mix Tape 1.3.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125840/ RSS Mix Tape reads items from specified RSS feeds and displays them in a list. Selected posts can be categorized and commented on, and an RSS feed is generated for each category. It also supports LiveJournal input whether or not you are a paid user. rtEq 0.6.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125830/ rtEq is a realtime 31-band equalizer. It supports ALSA and OSS for I/O. Rumor 1.0.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125882/ Rumor is a realtime monophonic MIDI keyboard to Lilypond converter. It receives MIDI events, quantizes them according to its metronome on the fly, and outputs intelligently handwritten-like corresponding Lilypond notation. Tempo, meter, key and other parameters can be set via commandline options. Rumor can use ALSA/OSS or emulate MIDI input with computer keyboard. It is scriptable with Guile. Rumor has been tested on several major J. S. Bach organ pieces. Samizdat 0.0.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125872/ Samizdat is a generic RDF-based engine for building collaboration and open publishing Web sites. It will let everyone publish, view, comment, edit, and aggregate text and multimedia resources, vote on ratings and classifications, filter resources by flexible sets of criteria, and cooperate and coordinate on all kinds of activities. It intends to promote values of freedom, openness, equality, and cooperation. sendcard 3.2.0 (Stable) http://freshmeat.net/releases/125870/ sendcard is an advanced ecard program. It is very flexible and easy to customize. Some of its features are: an easy installation wizard, password-protected administration controls, statistics on the cards sent, a smart template system, multiple recipients support, delayed sending, support for JPEG, GIF, PNG, Flash, Java applets, Quicktime, and other media types, optional background music, optional emoticons, support for 9 databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Interbase, MS SQL, mSQL, OCi8, ODBC, Oracle, and Sybase), optional email notification of receipt, print-friendly layouts, and comprehensive documentation. sendEmail 1.42 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125803/ SendEmail is a lightweight tool written in Perl for sending SMTP email from the console. It was designed to be used in bash scripts, Perl programs, and Web pages. It requires no special modules, and has a simple interface, making it very easy to install and use. It should work on any platform that has Perl and supports Unix sockets, but was designed for Linux. SetDesigner 2.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125900/ SetDesigner is a tool specifically designed for aiding in the design and visualization of theatrical sets. It is not a CAD program. The laws of physics are not enforced by the program itself. Sets can be designed in SetDesigner by sizing and arranging predefined common elements of sets (for example: platforms, and flats), and defining paint schemes for these objects. slack*more 1.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125933/ Slack*more installs and secures Slackware Linux. The package is divided into two parts. The INSTALL directory contains the tools for installing, removing, or upgrading programs, and the SECURE directory contains the tools for the preliminary securing of the system. SlackCheck 2.70 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125914/ SlackCheck allows users to keep many Slackware machines up to date with the latest packages. All upgrades are performed from single machine though SSH (or RSH). It generates an upgrade script and list of non-standard packages for every machine. SpyImage 3.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125894/ SpyImage is a PHP script that creates a real-time image based on Winamp track information. It parses information from the client's spyamp plugin data. This is a server-based application where one installation can be used by multiple users. ssltunnel.pl 1.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125763/ ssltunnel.pl is an SSL tunnelling script that supports reproxying to build a chain of proxies, thus allowing access even if the local proxy inserts characters that would normally mess up SSH and other binary TCP/IP protocols. It supports basic proxy authentication and can even work without SSH. strace 4.4.98 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125910/ strace is a useful diagnositic, instructional, and debugging tool. System adminstrators, diagnosticians and troubleshooters will find it invaluable for solving problems with programs for which the source is not readily. Struts 1.1-rc2 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125917/ Struts is a Jakarta project that provides a J2EE framework for building Web applications. It is based on a Model 2 approach, a variant of MVC. Struts provides its own Controller component and integrates with other technologies to provide the Model and the View. For the Model, Struts can interact with any standard data access technology, including Enterprise Java Beans, JDBC, and Object Relational Bridge. For the View, Struts works well with JavaServer Pages, Velocity Templates, XSLT, and other presentation systems. TAMS 2.15a7 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125807/ TAMS (Text Analysis Markup System) is a qualitative or ethnographic coding and data extraction-analysis system. testmail 3.1.3 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125846/ testmail is a Perl script that checks email availability at the POP3 server, filters it according to defined rules, and--depending on the selected method--gets the messages to the local mailbox and/or removes it from the server. It uses Perl libnet module and helps you escape from spam. ThinStation 0.92 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125863/ Thinstation is a mini Linux distribution that enables you to convert standard PCs into full-featured, diskless thin clients supporting all major connectivity protocols like Ica, Windows terminal services (RDP), X, telnet, ssh, etc. It can be booted from the network using Etherboot/PXE or from standard media like floppy/CD/hd/flash-disk etc. The configuration is centralized to simplify terminal management. tvrec tools 0.1b http://freshmeat.net/releases/125891/ tvrec tools is a set of scripts for controlling an alternative capture-script to record TV with a Linux system. These shell scripts, together with some other standard Linux programs, allow you to trigger recording, view recording status, and delete the whole recording queue via email or SMS (short message service). viPlugin 0.0.6 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125844/ viPlugin is an Eclipse plugin that adds vi functionality to the editors that are provided with Eclipse (JDT, CDT, ...). WebShop 0.9.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125901/ WebShop provides a framework for an Internet shop using EJB 2. It includes the beans necessary to operate an e-commerce enterprise, as well as a sample servlet implementation of a shop. WLA DX 8.9 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125834/ WLA DX is yet another macro assembler that can program the GB-Z80, Z80, 6502, 65c02, 6510, 65816, HuC6280, and SPC-700 CPUs. Included in the package there is a GB-Z80 disassembler and few converters. WLA DX was initially programmed to compile ROM images for Gameboy, but nowadays it can also patch existing ROM images with code, and even compile program files and ROM files for other CPUs like the NES-6502, C64-6510, and SNES's SPC-700. XBindKeys_Config 0.1.3 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125519/ XBindKeys_Config is an easy-to-use GTK program for configuring Xbindkeys, a program that associates keys to shell commands under X. xfce 3.90 (xfce4) http://freshmeat.net/releases/125512/ Xfce is an easy-to-use and easy-to-configure environment for X11 based on GTK2. A priority is adherence to standards, specifically those defined at freedesktop.org. Newsforge Reports Real-time alerting with Snort, part 2 of 3 http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/10/1738243 - by Jack Koziol - Last time we introduced some issues to consider when implementing real-time alerting with Snort. Once you've considered the issues, it's time to put your planning into practice. Today we'll talk about how to use swatch to handle alerts. Next time we'll cover setting up distributed three-tier alerting. Continental Airlines doesn't like Linux users http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/12/132234 - By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - In an article published June 3 by TechWeb under the title Microsoft Launches New Security Certification, a Continental Airlines employee had some nasty things to say about Linux users and developers. One-day Linux project brings Internet to disadvantaged Miami kids http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/11/2022224 - By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - Miami's Liberty City is one of the worst neighborhoods in a city famous for bad neighborhoods. The Liberty City Learning Center is a privately-run effort to help neighborhood children break the cycle of ignorance that keeps them there. And now, thanks to volunteers from two Florida Linux user groups and hardware donations from local businesses, Liberty City Learning Center can add computer and Internet training to ... Newsforge Newsvac Microsoft Linux? http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/13/0214210 Derek Kraan writes "David Coursey explores the possibility of a Microsoft Linux distro in a letter to Steve Ballmer. He outlines a possible Microsoft takeover of Linux, and relates it directly to their takeover of the internet." eZ publish 3.1 beta 2 release http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/13/0211238 eZ systems writes "eZ systems has released eZ publish 3.1 beta 2 which is the last of two beta releases for the eZ publish 3.1 content management system. This release includes bug fixing to the existing version of eZ publish 3.1 beta. Visit ez.no for more news about the 3.1 beta 1 release." LinuxQuestions.org adds a Review Section http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/13/0210236 linuxquestions writes "The review section allows you to quickly and easily compare and review your favorite Distributions. You can view pros, cons, price paid, rating and a short review. You can also add your own comments. German Penguins Launch Successful Counter-Attack in SCO vs Linux War http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/13/014250 Reader writes "German penguins call SCO-Caldera' bluff. MozillaQuest Magazine's (mozillaquest.com) Mike Angelo discusses the German injunctions with Univention's Peter H. Ganten, first to enjoin SCO's anti-Linux FUD. Leading the Penguin counter-attack on SCO, Univention GmbH and Tarent GmbH obtained preliminary injunctions from the Bremen and Munich Regional Courts - prohibiting SCO-Caldera from circulating "the idea that the Linux ... PowerBook, iBook nominated for Linux hardware award http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/12/1837224 The PowerBook and iBook have been nominated in the Best Linux Hardware category of the UK LinuxUser & Developer Awards. They're competing against the SGI Altrix 3000 (a family of clusters and superclusters) and the Xinit Sharq SPS440 (an enterprise-class SCSI-based server). Fujitsu Siemens: PC boom days are over http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/12/1551241 Adrian von Hammerstein, head of Europe's largest PC maker, says the PC industry is maturing and will not return to its high-growth days anytime soon. However, there is a silver lining. Mac G5: Too Little, Too Late http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/12/1747242 Instead of a hot new model, Apple needs a new manufacturing process that will enable it to compete price-wise with Windows. Of course, the G5's release instantly lowers the price on the G4. And those G4 Titaniums are still looking good. AOL Connects AIM, ICQ Users http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/12/1745221 Anonymous Reader writes "AOL has introduced a version of ICQ that can talk to AOL Instant Messenger users." Microsoft to kill popular Linux antivirus product http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/12/1729226 Users and resellers of RAV AntiVirus, popular especially on Linux platforms, are in limbo after Microsoft Corp. announced plans to buy the RAV technology from Romania's GeCAD Software Srl. Linux: Catalyst for Server Consolidation http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/12/1632255 "Linux on Intel is probably the optimal solution for server consolidation," said Ted Schadler of Forrester Research. "It can handle the workloads of Web servers, file and print, and database storage," he told NewsFactor. 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OpenEJB 0.9.0 marked are first release with special Tomcat embedded support. Thanks to all the user feedback that support has just gotten better and better. The 0.9.2 release contains a neat surprise for OpenEJB/Tomcat users -- TOOLS! The new integration features a webapp with a setup verifier, JNDI browser, EJB viewer, Class browser, and even an Object invoker! You can browse the OpenEJB namespace and know right away exactly where the ejb is and what it is called. When you find one you like, just click it and it will open up into the EJB viewer. While there you can check out it's home, remote and bean classes in the class browser. The Object invoker allows you to actually create and invoke your EJBs without writing a single line of code. OpenEJB 0.9.2 also contains a new openejb.base variable to complement the openejb.home variable. The openejb.base variable allows you to have several configurations of OpenEJB all running against the same OpenEJB install. This makes using OpenEJB in IDEs like Eclipse or NetBeans even easier. Move the openejb_loader-0.9.2.jar into your project's lib directory, set the openejb.base, and you'll be debugging your EJB apps front-to-back without the need for remote debugging support or special editor plug-ins. Thanks to all the OpenEJB users for all the great ideas! You speak, we listen. http://openejb.sourceforge.net/download.html LTI-Lib Version Beta 1.9.3 released http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=282700 LTI-Lib is an object oriented computer vision library written in C++ for Windows/MS-VC++ and Linux/gcc. It provides lots of functionality to solve mathematical problems, many image processing algorithms, some classification tools and much more. This release provides new functors and features, many bug fixes and more documentation. Download -------- You can get this and previous releases from: https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=45767 Homepage -------- For more information please visit our homepage: http://ltilib.sourceforge.net ChangeLog --------- For more details about the changes in this release please visit the ChangeLog page at: https://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=163728 Acknowledgments --------------- Thanks to all developers at the Chair of Computer Science: Suat Akyol, Pablo Alvarado, Daniel Beier, Axel Berner, Ulrich Canzler, Peter Doerfler, Thomas Erger, Holger Fillbrandt, Peter Gerber, Claudia, Goenner, Xin Gu, Michael Haehnel, Christian Harte, Bastian Ibach, Torsten Kaemper, Thomas Krueger, Frederik Lange, Henning Luepschen, Peter Mathes, Alexandros Matsikis, Bernd Mussman, Jens Paustenbach, Norman Pfeil, Jens Rietzschel, Daniel Ruijters, Thomas Rusert, Stefan Syberichs, Guy Wafo Moudhe, Ruediger Weiler, Jochen Wickel , Benni Winkler, Xinghan Yu, Marius Wolf, Joerg Zieren Gallery v1.3.4 Release Candidate 2 available http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=282686 Gallery v1.3.4 Release Candidate 2 - This is the second (and, we fully expect, final) *release candidate* for Gallery v.1.3.4. Changes from RC1 essentially amount to small fixes for errors discovered since the first release candidate in the backup_albums.php script and the new "custom fields" code. Gallery is slick, intuitive web based photo gallery with authenticated users and privileged albums. Easy to install, configure and use. Photo management includes automatic thumbnails, resizing, rotation, etc. User privileges make this great for communities. Download it: http://sf.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=7130 Read more about this release candidate: http://gallery.sf.net/article.php?sid=75 phpwsBB 0.1.0 released http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=282990 phpwsBB is a native bulletin board module for the phpWebSite content management system, version 0.9.2 or later. Today we release version 0.1.0 of phpwsBB. Features include anonymous posting, message editing and deletion for registered users, thread locking and message forking for admins, and ... well that's probably it. Be sure you have the latest version of phpWebSite installed: http://phpwebsite.appstate.edu and then download phpwsbb from: http://phpwsbb.sourceforge.net. Aleph One 2003-05-30 Mac OS X Carbon and Windows releases http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=282073 Aleph One plays Marathon 2, Marathon Infinity, and third-party content on a wide array of platforms with numerous enhancements. The new Mac OS X Carbon and Windows SDL 2003-05-30 releases add significantly improved Internet play, Lua scripting, Speex compression for realtime network audio (making it much more practical in Internet games), an anisotropic filtering option on video cards that support it, and more. 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