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July 08, 2003 EVERYTHING SERIES
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Slashdot
Hardware-Based Commute-Map Gadget
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/08/0037222
coreymetrics writes "Anyone have one of [0]these things? While it's no
substitute for an improved mass-transit solution in the Puget Sound
area, [1]TrafficGauge's new gadget sure looks like it beats any PDA or
cell phone auto traffic map I've used. It uses the same data that
powers the Washington State DOT's indispensable [2]website. Now why
can't auto makers put this kind of thing in a dash instead of mostly
worthless GPS navigation and DVD units?"
Links
0. http://www.trafficgauge.com/product.html
1. http://www.trafficgauge.com/
2. http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/PugetSoundTraffic/
RFID Industry Confidential Memos
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/07/229216
An anonymous reader writes "Cryptome has learned www.autoidcenter.org
(RFID flak) has made [0]internal memos available for perusal at their
site. Those RFID people sure have some interesting plans for the
future. Who needs conspiracy theories, when you can hear it from the
horses mouth? Weeeeee!
"
Links
0. http://cryptome.org/rfid-docs.htm
Massachusetts Probing Microsoft Settlement Gripes
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/07/2333243
tassii writes "In [0]this article from Reuters, Massachusetts' DA's
office told the judge in the Microsoft Anti-trust trial that it was
looking into Microsoft settlement complaints. Among complaints being
examined by Massachusetts was whether Microsoft had violated portions
of the settlement prohibiting pacts requiring exclusive support of
Microsoft software. Massachusetts was also examining whether the
company had properly offered communications protocols allowing
non-Microsoft software to work well with Windows." An [1]Associated
Press article covers the same story; the non-Microsoft software
mentioned in both stories is Linux, but it's not clear which company's
promotion of Linux is drawing the attention.
Links
0.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=581&ncid=581&e=4&u=/nm/20030707/tc_nm/microsoft_massachusetts_dc
1. http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/030707/microsoft_antitrust_3.html
Michigan's Proposed Spam Law Called Toughest In U.S.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/07/2157215
[0]goats_in_boats writes "A new bill ([1]PDF or [2]HTML) was presented
to the [3]Governor of Michigan that would require spam sent to
residents of the State to be identified as such. Highlights include the
requirement that unsolicited email 'Include in the e-mail subject line
"ADV:" as the first 4 characters' and that 'a person who violates this
act is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more
than 1 year or a fine of not more than $10,000.00, or both.' An
[4]article in the Detroit Free Press calls the bill 'the most stringent
anti-spam law in the nation.'"
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1.
http://www.michiganlegislature.org/documents/2003-2004/billenrolled/house/pdf/2003-HNB-4519.pdf
2.
http://www.michiganlegislature.org/documents/2003-2004/billenrolled/house/htm/2003-HNB-4519.htm
3. http://www.michigan.gov/gov
4. http://www.freep.com/money/tech/des3_20030703.htm
Teach An Old Athlon New Tricks
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/07/2219216
[0]budn3kkid writes "Seems like [1]Upgradeware have a new [2]gadget out
for those overclockers looking to upgrade their age old Athlon mobo
(KT133, KT266 etc.) with a spanking new AMD Barton CPU. Also, saw an
article [3]at ol' Tom's about it right here as well."
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.upgradeware.com/
2. http://www.upgradeware.com/english/product/xptmc/xptmc.htm
3. http://www6.tomshardware.com/cpu/20030703/index.html
9th Circuit Court Finds 'Thumbnailing' Fair Use
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/07/2141216
[0]mark_wilkins writes "A photographer named Leslie Kelly had sued
Arriba Soft Corporation for infringing his copyrights to photos when
they made thumbnails of his pictures and stored them in a public image
search engine. Today the federal 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
[1]affirmed the district court's ruling that making these thumbnail
copies of images for the search engine was 'fair use.' Since the
applicability of fair-use defenses to copyright infringement touches on
all kinds of common uses of the Internet as well as rulemaking related
to the [2]scope of the DMCA, this decision will probably have an effect
on the discussion. (Note that this case was decided by a 3-judge panel
and thus isn't binding precedent.)" Note that the court also reversed
in part the lower court's ruling, specifically saying that the lower
court should not have ruled on "whether the display of the larger image
is a violation of Kelly's exclusive right to publically display his
works."
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1.
http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/ca9/newopinions.nsf/8E22982657C96BE188256D5C00518BF5/$file/0055521oop.pdf?openelement
2. http://www.copyright.gov/1201/
Trustworthy Software For The NSA?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/07/2054249
[0]Janus Daniels writes "There's a new story from the New York Times,
as reprinted at CNET News, about [1]security concerns for Government
agencies buying software from overseas. According to the article, a
whistle-blower who helped sell software to the National Security Agency
says that much of the development work is subcontracted to China,
raising serious national security risks. He also discovered in the
sales-support database... the names of more than 30
[identity-classified] employees of the United States National Security
Agency...'"
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://news.com.com/2100-1009_3-1023414.html?tag=fd_top
SCO Taking Linux Discussion To Japan
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/07/1914248
levin writes "EETimes is carrying a new story about our good friend
Darl McBride, CEO of SCO. His [0]latest escapades include a trip to
Japan in response to the [1]CE Linux Forum initiative undertaken by
several big-name Japanese tech firms such as Sony and Toshiba. He's
putting his famous tainted code dog-and-pony show on parade, trying to
influence some of the major CELF founders."
Links
0. http://www.eetimes.com/sys/news/OEG20030703S0026
1. http://www.celinuxforum.org/PressRelease/pr02.htm
Distributed Computing Economics
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/07/183256
[0]machaut writes "In a ClusterComputing.org article, Jim Gray,
director of Microsoft's Bay Area Research Lab, provides an
[1]interesting economic analysis for building distributed systems. When
do you choose a grid over a cluster or a supercomputer? When does it
pay off to move a task to the data vs moving the data to the task? He
takes current hardware and networking costs into account to answer
those questions."
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.clustercomputing.org/content/tfcc-5-1-gray.html
Freenet Creator Debates RIAA
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/07/1733230
[0]smd4985 writes "Over at CNET News.com, there's a [1]good coverage of
a debate between Ian Clarke of [2]Freenet and Matt Oppenheim of the
RIAA." In discussing whether it's "legal and moral to create and use
Freenet", which is "a radically decentralized network of file-sharing
nodes tied together with strong encryption", the RIAA's Oppenheim
suggests: "Other than the fact that most infringers do not like to use
Freenet because it is too clunky for them to get their quick hit of
free music, it is no more of a threat than any of the popular P2P
services."
Links
0. http://www.susheeldaswani.com
1. http://news.com.com/2010-1027_3-1023325.html?tag=fd_nc_1
2. http://freenet.sourceforge.net/
Freshmeat
Arbitrary Command Output Colourer 0.4.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128479/
acoc is a regular-expression based colour formatter for programs that
display output on the command-line. It works as a wrapper around the
target program, executing it and capturing the stdout stream.
Optionally, stderr can be redirected to stdout, so that it, too, can be
manipulated. acoc then applies matching rules to patterns in the output
and applies colours to those matches.
ARIA Business Management 0.98
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128549/
ARIA is business class management (ERP) software. It lets you manage
inventory levels, maintain payroll, and process orders. It is written
primarily in PHP and incorporates the ADODB database abstraction layer.
ATutor 1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128531/
ATutor is an Open Source Web-based Learning Content Management System
(LCMS) designed with accessibility and adaptability in mind.
Administrators can install or update ATutor in minutes. Educators can
quickly assemble Web-based instructional content. Students learn in an
adaptive learning environment.
Bandwidth alarm 1.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128563/
bwalarm lets you know by SMS or email if the bandwidth usage on your
Unix machine goes above "normal". It's configured very
simply, and can monitor either an iptables chain or interface counter,
packets, or bytes. It runs as a daemon process and is intended to be
obvious and reliable enough to warn you of expensive bandwidth bills
before they arrive.
BBStatus 2.0RC15
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128439/
BBStatus is an IP accounting package, and an SNMP and IP monitoring
tool for Linux. It collects, summarizes, and displays the values from
its database. It can be used for IP accounting (using iptables, you can
design various kinds of accounting filters), SNMP monitoring (collects
data making SNMP requests), IP monitoring (using ping, it stores and
summarizes values like min, avg, max reply time, and packet loss), and
client traffic filtering (using various types of filters). It also
provides user based access so that every user can log in and check the
traffic from/through his/her IP addresses. It requires PostgreSQL,
Apache with mod_auth_pgsql, Perl(Net::SNMP), and RRDTool.
Bibkeeper 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128579/
Bibkeeper is a Java graphical interface for working with BibTeX (.bib)
databases. The intention is to provide a user-friendly tool for
accessing and editing your bibliographical databases.
bigloo 2.6a
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128495/
Bigloo is an implementation of the Scheme programming language. It
relies on an optimizing compiler from Scheme to C. Bigloo enables
connections between Scheme code and C code. It proposes many extensions
to Scheme such as a regular parser compiler, an lalr parser compiler,
pattern matching, an object layer, etc.
Biglook 0.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128492/
Biglook is a graphical toolkit for the Bigloo Scheme system. Even if
the current Biglook implementation relies on the Tk library, Biglook
proposes a high programming level by mapping low level Tk widgets to
Bigloo classes. In that, Biglook programs resemble STk programs.
Biglook enables graphical user interface for Bigloo programs. It is
implemented by the means of a Bigloo library. Programs making use of
Biglook widgets are compiled into native code on the major Unix
versions.
Bubble Shooter 2 2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128508/
Bubble Shooter 2 is a game mini-pack which includes Strategic, Arcade,
Sniper, and Marathon games. The goal of these games is to pop all the
colored bubbles that fill the board. It's a bit like Bust-a-Move or
Bubblet, but with rather different and varying gameplay. It is highly
addictive. There is an online contest for the best players. Versions
for PalmOS 5 (hi-res) and for older devices are both available.
Callflow 20030707
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128562/
Callflow is a collection of awk and shell scripts that will take a
capture file that can be read by Ethereal and produce a callflow
sequence diagram. The scripts have been primarily tested with SIP call
flows, but should work for other network traffic as well.
Cavepilot 0.3.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128541/
Cavepilot is another cave-flying game like the old classics, Turbo
Raketti and Gravity Force You fly a small rocket in a 2D cave and try
to shoot down your opponent. It currently supports one or two local
players.
Chemtool 1.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128538/
Chemtool is a GTK+-based 2D chemical structure editor for X11. Drawings
can be exported in XFig format for further annotation, or as Postscript
files (using xfig's companion program transfig). A set of sample
molecular structure drawings is included in the archive.
CVSGnome 0.4.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128513/
CVSGnome is a build environment for the GNOME project which allows a
systems administrator to install GNOME from either released source
Tarballs or from bleeding edge CVS depending on what is wanted. This
script also works as a general building wrapper around other sources.
When started, it shows an interactive self-explanatory menu.
Distributed Checksum Clearinghouse 1.1.42
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128575/
Distributed Checksum Clearinghouse (DCC) is a system of clients and
servers that collect and count checksums related to mail messages. The
counts can be used by SMTP servers and mail user agents to detect and
reject bulk mail. DCC servers can exchange common checksums. The
checksums include values that are "fuzzy", or constant across
common variations in bulk messages.
doc2xml 0.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128482/
doc2xml converts Microsoft Word files to XML, which can in turn be
converted to something more useful.
Dolibarr 0.2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128556/
Dolibarr is a small and simple Web interface with ERP and CRM
capabilities. It is designed for small companies and freelancers, and
can be used to deal with the bills and documentation required for
company management.
edit-on JavaBean SDK 1.0.47
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128519/
The edit-on JavaBean SDK is a customizable, feature-rich JavaBean that
allows developers to add WYSIWYG editing functionality to their AWT- or
Swing-based applications. It features an intuitive word processor-like
user interface that enables XHTML content authoring with XML markup,
and has a royalty free run-time license.
edit-on Pro 3.1.200 (3.x)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128518/
edit-on Pro is a cross-platform, in-browser, WYSIWYG editor Java applet
which enables XHTML content authoring with XML markup. The editor is
compact, powerful and requires no special libraries or client plugins.
It includes CSS support, table editing, a spelling checker,
multi-language support, and features an API that allows full
customisation and seamless integration into Web-based applications. It
perfectly complements content management systems, e-learning, knowledge
management systems, and CRM. A free trial version is available for
download and includes complete developer samples and a comprehensive
integration manual.
eNetwizard Matrix Server 0.0.1 (Core)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128477/
eNetwizard Matrix Server is a content management system with a rich set
of features that rival the expensive proprietary counterparts. It can
satisfy the content management and application serving requirements of
the individual to the largest of enterprises. Best of all, it can
manage and render an unlimited number of domains from a single running
copy of the distribution. eNetwizard Matrix Server is
platform-independent, robust, scalable, highly customizable, and fully
supported. It includes complex user security measures, complete
worldwide language capabilities, comprehensive logging abilities,
thorough session management functions, and an array of Web applications
and management wizards.
Ephox EditLive! for Java 2.0.2.361
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128559/
EditLive! for Java is a cross-platform, browser-based Web content
authoring tool. It enables business users to edit HTML, XHTML, and XML
content via an easy-to-use WYSIWYG interface. It includes advanced
table editing, CSS support, spell checker, and integrated image and
hyperlink browsing via WebDAV. It is designed for use with Web content
management, knowledge management and e-learning applications.
fingerdvd 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128478/
fingerdvd is a Python module and commandline tool which can fingerprint
a DVD and use the fingerprint to submit or retrieve disc information.
FireStorm 1.0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128488/
FireStorm is a powerful development tool that reduces the amount of
coding required for a typical business application by automatically
generating the persistence tier. It reverse-engineers existing data
sources and generates a Java persistence framework that is independent
of any specific persistence technology, and then offers the choice of
generating implementation logic based on JDBC or EJB. The generated
source code conforms to the widely accepted Data Access Objects (DAO)
design pattern and has no dependencies on any proprietary runtime
libraries.
flexbackup 1.2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128578/
flexbackup is a configurable and easy to use Perl-based backup tool,
that can backup local files as well as remote machines (using ssh). It
allows the backup itself to be made with afio, cpio, tar, dump, star,
or pax. It can work with tape drives, or can easily archive to on-disk
files.
FreeMarker 2.3pre6 (Lazarus)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128546/
FreeMarker is a template engine that was originally designed so that
servlet-based applications could keep graphical design separate from
application logic. The templates provide an easy and highly flexible
way to generate any kind of text output (HTML, RTF, PostScript, TeX,
source code, etc.) from a variety of data sources such as Java objects,
Jython objects, XML object models, and more.
FScript 0.6 (J2ME)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128530/
FScript is an extremely simple scripting language. Its intended use is
as an embedded language in other Java programs. It is very simple to
embed; it can be as simple as sub-classing one class to add your own
functionality. However, it is not a complete programming language, as
it has no library of standard functions (such as IO and string
processing). FScript supplies base functionality (such as flow control,
variable handling, and basic math operations) that can extended by the
host application. The only requirement is a Java 2 runtime environment.
fwlogview 0.3.5 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128580/
fwlogview is a graphical, realtime, colorized logviewer for netfilter
and other logs written in Java. It displays the logentries which are
related to the firewall action. You can hide unimportant columns or
change the order in which columns are shown.
galculator 1.1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128542/
galculator is a GTK 2 based scientific calculator supporting algebraic
mode as well as RPN. Features include arithmetic operations plus
precedence handling, full keypad support, trigonometric functions,
power, square root, natural and common logarithm, constants (e, PI),
and inverse and hyperbolic functions. It supports different number
bases (decimal, hexadecimal, octal, and binary) and angle bases
(radiant, degree, and grad).
Gerwin 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128544/
Gerwin is a tool that aid you in creating data models and then
(perhaps) implementing them in a relational database. You can draw your
data model via an entity-relation diagram, generate the tables from it
(another graphical diagram), and then generate the SQL that creates
such relational tables. Several SQL dialects are supported (for most
popular free software database systems) and it is very easy to patch
the sources to support more.
Getleft 1.1.1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128569/
Given a URL, Getleft will try to download all links. As it goes, it
modifies the original HTML pages so that the absolute links get changed
to relative links, and links to active pages get changed to the
resulting pages. It supports thirteen different languages.
ggcov 0.1.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128534/
Ggcov is a GTK+ GUI for exploring test coverage data produced by C
programs compiled with gcc -fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage. It's
basically a GUI replacement for the gcov program that comes with gcc.
gmorgan 0.01
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128523/
gmorgan is a fully programmable General MIDI rhythm station. It
features chord recognition for playing in real-time.
GNU TeXmacs 1.0.1.17
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128510/
GNU TeXmacs is a free scientific text editor, which was inspired by
both TeX and GNU Emacs. The editor allows you to write structured
documents via a "wysiwyg" and user friendly interface. The
program implements high quality typesetting algorithms and TeX fonts.
It is also possible to use TeXmacs as an interface to computer algebra
systems. Finally, TeXmacs supports the Guile/Scheme extension language,
which makes it possible to adapt the user interface to specific needs,
and even to extend the editor.
Graphico 1.20
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128487/
Graphico is a 3D graphics API for Java and/or C++, based on OpenGL.
Grisbi 0.4.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128504/
Grisbi is personal accounting software for that can manage multiple
accounts, multiple currencies, and multiple users. It manages third
parties, expenditures and receipts categories, and also budgetary
lines, financial years, and other information. It is adapted for
personal use as well as for associations.
High Level Assembly Language 1.52
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128500/
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.
Horgand 1.02
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128517/
Horgand is a graphical FM real time organ with auto-accompaniment. It
is jack capable, with DSP effects to emulate and store organ sounds.
IlohaMail 0.8.8 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128540/
IlohaMail is a lightweight, multilingual Webmail client that is easy to
use and install. It runs on a stock build of PHP, and does not require
databases (although database support is available) or the IMAP library
(it is powered by a custom IMAP/POP3 library). It supports all
essential functionality, including a full contacts list and a user
customizable interface. Other features include support for multiple
domains (virtual hosts), built-in spam prevention, and activity
logging.
invoicebot 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128526/
invoicebot is a custom time tracking, quotation, and invoicing system
for consulting firms. It is used in house for all of thoughtbot's
invoicing. It is written in Perl and MySQL.
Jacquard 1.8.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128527/
Jacquard is a Web-database integration toolkit, written as a Java
Servlet package. It is designed to make it extremely easy to build two-
and three-tier client-server applications which will be completely
portable to any hardware platform and operating system which supports a
Java 1.2-compliant JVM or a JDBC 2.0-compliant database management
system, or any Web server or Web Application Server which supports the
JSDK 2.0 API.
Jameleon 1_0-docs-HttpUnit-RC2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128525/
Jameleon is an automated testing tool that separates applications into
features and allows those features to be tied together independently,
creating test-cases. These test-cases can then be data-driven and
executed against different environments. The goal is to create an
automated testing tool that can be used for the enterprise. A UI that
ties a series of features to a test-case, generating both the test
script and the test-case documentation is in the works.
jEdit 4.2pre3 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128473/
jEdit is an Open Source text editor written in Java. It has many useful
features, such as syntax highlighting, bracket matching, regular
expression searching, multiple file search and replace, folding, and
keyboard macros. jEdit also includes a powerful plugin architecture
that allows more than 80 plugins to be downloaded and installed from
within the editor.
JProfiler 2.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128503/
JProfiler is a fully dynamic profiler based on the Java virtual machine
profiling interface (JVMPI). It is targeted at J2EE and J2SE
applications, and features CPU profiling, memory profiling, thread
profiling, and VM telemetry information.
JRat 0.5.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128557/
JRat is a Java runtime analysis toolkit that enables developers to
better understand the runtime behavior of their Java programs. This
includes but is not limited to performance profiling.
kcd 7.0.0 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128536/
kcd is a directory change utility similar to NCD. It helps you navigate
the directory tree. You can also supply part of the desired directory
name in the command line and let kcd find it for you.
Least 1.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128476/
Least is a tool for fitting generic data to a user-specified function
using the least squares method. It supports multidimensional and
multiparametric fitting, linear or non-linear functions in the
parameters, and error in the independent variable(s).
libdaemon 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128455/
libdaemon is a lightweight C library that eases the process of writing
UNIX daemons. It contains a daemonizing fork() wrapper, a powerful
syslog() wrapper, PID file management, and signal serialization.
LibTomMath 0.11
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128493/
LibTomMath provides highly optimized and portable routines for a vast
majority of integer-based number theoretic applications (including
public key cryptography).
Libxml 2.5.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128522/
Libxml is the XML C library developed for the Gnome project. The
library code is portable (to Linux, Unix, Windows, embedded systems,
etc.) and modular; most of the extensions can be compiled out. Libxml
implements a number of existing standards related to markup languages,
including the XML standard, Namespaces in XML, XML Base, Relax NG, RFC
2396, XPath, XPointer, HTML4, XInclude, SGML Catalogs, and XML
Catalogs. In most cases, libxml tries to implement the specifications
in a relatively strict way. To some extent, it provides support for the
following specifications, but doesn't claim to implement them: DOM, FTP
client, HTTP client, SAX, and DocBook SGML. Support for W3C XML Schemas
is in progress. It includes xmllint, a command line XML validator.
libxml++ 0.24
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128547/
libxml++ is a C++ interface for working with XML files, using libxml
(gnome-xml) to parse and write the actual XML files. It has a simple
but complete API.
Linux Bandwidth Arbitrator 1.0 (Guide)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128520/
Linux Bandwidth Arbitrator allows beginning-to-advanced network
administrators to control bandwidth. It is designed to be completely
turn-key in its default configuration. You just plug it into your
network trunk, and it self configures and immediately starts slowing
"bandwidth hogs". It also comes with finer controls that are
easy to use, and can be configured to target specific applications such
as Kazaa, IMAP, and POP. Traffic can be limited by host IP, subnet, and
content blocking.
Linux Virtual Server 1.1.7 (IPVS for kernel 2.5)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128481/
The Linux Virtual Server Project is an Open Source project to cluster
many real servers together into a highly available, high-performance
virtual server. The LVS handles connections from clients and passes
them on the the real servers (so-called Layer 4 switching) and can
virtualize almost any TCP or UDP service, like HTTP, HTTPS, NNTP, FTP,
DNS, ssh, POP3, IMAP4, SMTP, etc. It is fully transparent to the client
accessing the virtual service.
LoadBar 1.0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128512/
LoadBar is a simple CPU load graph, shown as a thin line on the left
side of the desktop.
MacXM 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128565/
MacXM is a control program for the XM PCR satellite receiver, an XM
radio powered and controlled by a USB connection.
MainBrain School 1.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128553/
MainBrain School is a Web-based information portal for schools which
allows parents to log in to view their students' assignments, grades,
attendance, class Web sites, school calendars, and updates; it can also
alert parents of potential problems before they become real issues. It
helps schools use the Internet to improve parent-teacher communication.
MicroBlogger 1.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128558/
MicroBlogger is a fast, flexible, secure, reliable, and bloat-free
weblog engine written entirely in Bash script. It is designed to have
absolutely no dependencies on any outside programs--no PHP, no SQL, no
CGI, no CSS, no JavaScript, no Perl, no XML, no DHTML, nothing.
MicroBlogger is completely self-contained and self-regulating, and is
ready for you to use straight out of the box. MicroBlogger has become a
favorite of those who don't want the bloat and confusion normally
associated with other weblog engines. Its advantages include speed, an
easy to use menu subsystem, and an incredibly small footprint. A fully
working MicroBlogger site, complete with backend, can occupy as little
as 10KB of storage space.
MidHosting FTPd 1.0.1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128489/
mhftpd was created in order to provide FTP access to a hosting server.
It is based on vftpd, which is itself an extension of the Linux port of
the OpenBSD ftpd. mhftpd is a fast, secure, and reliable FTP server. It
supports virtual users, quotas, and other standard FTP features. mhftpd
may work as a stand-alone daemon, as well as inetd-wrapped service.
Music Player Daemon 0.8.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128516/
Music Player Daemon (MPD) is a server that allows remote access for
playing music (MP3, Ogg Vorbis, and Flac) and managing playlists. The
design focus is on integrating a computer into a stereo system that
provides control for music playback over a local network. Currently, it
includes a Web interface, phpMp. The goals are to be easy to
install/use, to have minimal resource requirements, stability, and
flexibility.
mvc 0.8.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128486/
MVC is a text mode v4l video capture program that features motion
detection. It is very small and easy to use, and could be used to
monitor and record the people that enter your room.
myJCQ 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128571/
myJCQ (my Java ICQ Client) is a simple ICQ client written in Java. At
the moment, only basic messaging is supported.
N-View 2.8a (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128564/
N-View is a network monitor for small and medium-sized networks. It
features automatic scanning of subnets for host addresses, monitoring
of ICMP responses from all hosts, signalling of timeouts and delays in
the GUI and by mail, a portscanner, an SNMP client (MIB browser and
trap receiver), a graphical display of network traffic for network
interfaces, connectivity to hosts by telnet, HTTP browser, or an
arbitrary external program (such as ssh), printing of network diagrams,
automatic generation of HTML pages, and more.
Octave 2.1.49 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128499/
Octave is a high-level language, primarily intended for numerical
computations. It provides a convenient command line interface for
solving linear and nonlinear problems numerically, and for performing
other numerical experiments. It may also be used as a batch-oriented
language.
org.benow.media 0.01
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128483/
org.benow.media is the BeNOW Streaming Media Framework. It is a set of
Java interfaces and classes used in the development of streaming media
applications. The media interfaces define InputElements,
ManipulatorElements, and OutputElements which read, manipulate, and
output multimedia data. These elements can be linked together, forming
a media graph that does a specific thing. Implementations of these
elements include file readers, a javalayer based MP3 decoder, and a
javasound writer. Its goal is to be a Java-based engine capable of
reliably delivering a complex icecast-compatible audio stream. The
framework is architecturally similar to gstreamer and JMF.
org.benow.meta 0.01
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128484/
org.benow.meta (the BeNOW Meta Object Framework) is a set of Java
interfaces and classes used to describe things. There are meta objects
for Albums, Tracks, Artists, Photographs, Movies, Actors, Forums,
Comments, Projects, Bugs, etc. These objects provide a standardized
interface to common things, in an attempt to straighten out some of the
chaos associated with data management. These objects may be stored and
retrieved via the org.benow.repository framework and may be used for
communication and presentation of the associated information. Having
the information located within objects (instead of simple
name->value pairs) allows for navigation of links, strict
formatting, transparent security, and data validation.
org.benow.repository 0.01
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128480/
org.benow.repository (The BeNOW Object Repository Framework) is a set
of Java interfaces and implementations of an object store. The primary
interfaces define adding, removing, updating, and querying of objects
in an ObjectRepository. An implementation that uses a modified version
of Castor JDO to persist objects to a relational database is included,
along with a repository-based implementation of the org.benow.security
objects, an RMI publishing security administrator, and an
implementation of a serialization-based ObjectRepository.
org.benow.security 0.01
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128475/
org.benow.security (The BeNOW Security Framework) is a set of Java
classes that present a simple user/role/permission-based security
layer. It consists mostly of interfaces, which could be implemented in
various ways, such as with database backends for user storage.
org.benow.util 0.01
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128474/
org.benow.util (The BeNOW Utilities) are a set of Java classes that are
useful within larger projects. It includes a command line application
facilitator, a configuration API, a notification API, and many other
small handy utilities.
org.benow.web 0.01
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128471/
org.benow.web (the BeNOW Web Application Framework) is a set of Java
classes that facilitate the development and deployment of complex Web
applications. It uses XML/XSL, enhanced Castor JDO Object persistence
(via MySQL, Oracle, etc), object caching, LOG4J logging and Web
administration, real-time XSL editing, and user/role/permission
security. Full documentation and examples are included.
photos 4.0b1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128555/
photos is a Web-based photo database for storing metadata about digital
photos so you can find them again later. It supports adding photos one
at a time, or as a group by directory. It is intended to be run locally
but can be run on a remote Web server if you've got the space and the
bandwidth.
PHPCoder 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128586/
PHPCoder is a Web-based frontend to the Turck MMCache encoding
functions, which are similar to the Zend Encoder product. PHPCoder
enables you to encode your PHP scripts and applications into
non-reversible byte-code, thus preventing users of your programs from
viewing or alterting the source code while having full functionality.
Another excellent use for PHPCoder is to encode your applications PHP
configuration files, that way someone viewing your source code does not
see your databae login and password information. It also allows you to
set restrictions on the encoded scripts, you can lock a script to a
particular server IP address, server host name, visitor IP, or even
place a time limit on the script so it will expire after a configurable
amount of time. You specify Text, HTML, or PHP code that should be
prepended and appended to each file before it is encoded, allowing you
to easily and securely implement your own licensing scheme.
Plone CMS 1.0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128554/
Plone CMS is a content management system that is simple to set up,
maintain and modify. It is designed to be a proper content management
system that can replace Interwoven Teamsite or Opentext's Livelink.
Postfix 2.0.13-20030706 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128485/
Postfix is an attempt to provide an alternative to the widely-used
Sendmail program. Postfix attempts to be fast, easy to administer, and
hopefully secure, while at the same time being sendmail compatible
enough to not upset your users.
PRepS 1.9.5 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128574/
PRepS is a problem reporting and tracking system similar to Gnats, only
simpler to use. Currently, PRepS is best used with smaller projects or
projects where all developers have access to the same network. For more
"remote" projects, Gnats may be a better choice.
PyKota Print Quota System 1.13
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128528/
PyKota is a centralized and extensible print quota system for the
Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS) and LPRng. It features per-printer
user and group quotas, automated email warning to users and quota
administrator, commandline tools which mimic the disk quota utilities,
PostgreSQL and OpenLDAP backends, and much more.
PyObjC 1.0b1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128496/
PyObjC is a bridge between Python and Objective-C that allows full
featured Cocoa applications to be written in pure Python. It can also
be used with other Objective-C class libraries, as well as C and C++
source. The installer package includes a number of Project Builder
templates and Python syntax coloring files. It supports full
introspection of Objective-C classes and direct invocation of
Objective-C APIs from the interactive interpreter.
PyPE 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128570/
PyPE (Python Programmers Editor) was written in order to offer a
lightweight but powerful editor for those of you who think emacs is too
much and idle is too little. Syntax highlighting is included out of the
box, as is multiple open documents via tabs. Being written in Python
and wxPython allows PyPE to be used on basically every platform
available.
RabbIT 2.0.27
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128568/
RabbIt is the mutating, caching webproxy which is used to speed up
surfing over slow links like modems. It does this by removing
advertising and background images and scaling down images to low
quality JPEGs. RabbIT is written in Java and should be able to run on
any platform. It does depend upon an image converter if imagescaleing
is on. The recommended image converter is "convert" from the
ImageMagick package.
remstats 1.0.13a
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128561/
Remstats is a system of Perl scripts to collect performance data, store
them using RRDtool, monitor the data for anomalies, generate alerts,
and display the data in graphical form.
RPG1 0.0.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128582/
RPG1 is a text-mode console role playing game written in Perl. It
features ASCII graphics provided by the ANSI::Color module, an
inventory, a magic system, food depletion, killing, getting killed, a
library system, and themes. It also features a top-down view
orientation.
rssh 2.1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128584/
rssh is a small shell that provides the ability for system
administrators to give specific users access to a given system via scp
or sftp only.
Seminole Webserver 2.33 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128537/
Seminole Webserver is a portable Web server designed to be used in
embedded systems, where memory space is at a premium. It is written in
C++, and has a mechanism to direct requests to application-specific
code, complete with the decoding of "CGI" parameters. It also
includes a "filesystem" that can package up Web content (and
optionally compress it) and store it in a ROM or other "flat"
device. It comes with a simple example to make it a standalone
Webserver under POSIX platforms for evaluation and testing.
socklog 1.1.1 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128501/
socklog cooperates with the runit package to create a small and secure
replacement for syslogd. socklog supports system logging through Unix
domain sockets (/dev/log) and UDP sockets (0.0.0.0:514) with the help
of runit's runsvdir, runsv, and svlogd. socklog provides a different
network logging concept, and also does log event notification. svlogd
has built in log file rotation based on file size, so there is no need
for any cron jobs to rotate the logs. socklog is small, secure, and
reliable.
Space Hulk 1.4.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128498/
Space Hulk is a board game which takes place in the world of Warhammer
40000. It is a two player turn-based game where one player plays the
'Marine', and the other player plays the alien called 'Genestealer'.
This video game is a complete conversion of the board game with the 2nd
edition rules. It features playing over the network, either in real
time or asynchronously via email.
SpamReview 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128470/
SpamReview is a generic spam quarantine management system works with
any anti-spam application that can forward spam to a quarantine
address.
Support Information Tracker 1.0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128514/
Support Information Tracker is a knowledge base for organizations.
Features include multiple document versions, group permissions,
document submission reviews, and many more.
sysstat 4.1.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128566/
The sysstat package contains the sar, mpstat, and iostat commands for
Linux. The sar command collects and reports system activity
information. This information can also be saved in a system activity
file for future inspection. The iostat command reports CPU statistics
and I/O statistics for tty devices and disks. The statistics reported
by sar concern I/O transfer rates, paging activity, process-related
activites, interrupts, network activity, memory and swap space
utilization, CPU utilization, kernel activities, and TTY statistics,
among others. Both UP and SMP machines are fully supported.
tasks 1.6.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128545/
tasks is built on PHP and MySQL. It features a dynamic hierarchical
view of your tasks, scheduling due dates and associating URLs with
tasks, an iCalendar of your tasks (scheduled tasks can go into the
calendar as events or task list). and a mobile version for easy access
with a PDA.
Teapot 1.0.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128490/
Teapot (Table Editor And Planner) is a 3D spreadsheet that can easily
be extended by new functions in C. It includes English, Dutch, and
German message catalogs.
The BWidget Toolkit 1.2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128497/
The BWidget Toolkit is a high-level widget set for Tcl/Tk that uses
native Tcl/Tk 8.x namespaces. They feature a professional look and feel
and don't require a compiled extension library.
The XSLT C library for GNOME 1.0.31
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128524/
Libxslt is a C library for GNOME which allows developers to work with
XSLT. It is based on libxml for XML parsing, tree manipulation, and
XPath support. It is written in plain C, making as few assumptions as
possible, and sticking closely to ANSI C/POSIX for easy embedding. It
should work on Linux, Unix, and Windows. Though not designed primarily
with performances in mind, libxslt seems to be a relatively fast
processor. It also include full support for the EXSLT set of extension
functions as well as some common extensions present in other XSLT
engines.
ttylinux 3.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128472/
ttylinux is a minimalistic Linux distribution that can fit in 4 MB of
disk space. It contains software needed to log into an ISP by modem or
ISDN, surf the Web, and provide Web content to the world. The minimum
hardware requirement is a 386SX with 10 MB of RAM for a ramdisk setup
or 5 MB of RAM for a hard disk setup.
txt2man 1.4.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128509/
Txt2man converts flat ASCII text into the man page format. This allows
man pages to be authored without knowledge of nroff macros. It is a
shell script that uses GNU awk, and it should run on any Unix-like
system.
vcp 1.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128529/
vcp copies files and directories using a curses or text-only interface.
Its options and output are similar to cp. It provides visual
information about the files copied and left to copy, the amount of data
written and to be written, the amount of data being written every
second, and two status bars representing the number of files copied and
to copy. When output is sent to the console, a status bar, size copied,
and speed are shown.
WaveSurfer 1.5.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128494/
WaveSurfer is a sound visualization/manipulation tool for novice and
advanced users, with a simple and intuitive user interface. It can be
adapted to different tasks, such as speech research and education,
speech/sound analysis, and sound annotation/transcription. You can also
make more advanced/specialized applications by extending it with custom
plugins or embed WaveSurfer components in other applications. Its
flexible interface handles many different file formats, and it runs on
many flavors of Windows and Unix. It also supports encoding and Unicode
with unlimited file size, and more.
webrowse 1.5.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128577/
Webrowse, inbrowse, and "go" are tools that facilitate
interfaces between a Web browser (Netscape, Mozilla, or Mosaic) and
other components of a Unix desktop, such as the command line, the X11
cut buffer, editors, email readers, etc. Browse any source of text,
HTML, files, URLs, pieces of URLs, simple search and lookup
specifications, etc., including automatic markup of implicit URLs and
paths in the text.
WeeWM 0.0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128581/
WeeWM (Wee Enhanced Environment) is a fast and light window manager for
XFree86. Everything can be done with a keyboard. It is customizable,
and has dock management, smart window placement, virtual desktops, and
more.
WeWiMo 0.0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128585/
WeWiMo (Web WiFi Monitor) is a script for monitoring computers
connected to access point running Linux and hostap WiFi card driver
(ZCom XI-626).
white_dune 0.25beta39 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128533/
white_dune is a graphical VRML97 editor. VRML97 (Virtual Reality
Modeling Language) is the ISO standard for displaying 3D data over the
Web via browser plugins. It has support for animation, realtime
interaction and multimedia (image, movie, sound). White_dune can read
VRML97 files, display and let the user change the scenegraph/fields,
and load and store x3d (the next generation VRML XML format) files if
configured to work with the nist.gov x3d translators. It also has
support for stereoscopic view via "quadbuffer"-capable stereo
visuals, and support for 3D input devices like a joystick, spaceball,
or magnetic tracker.
WordNet-Similarity 0.05
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128226/
WordNet-Similarity is a collection of Perl modules for the WordNet
system. They are designed as object classes with methods that take two
word senses as input and return the semantic relatedness of these word
senses.
Xeuphoric 0.14.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128552/
Xeuphoric is a port of Euphoric, Fabrice Francès' Oric emulator,
to the X window system. It emulates the Oric-1, the Oric Atmos, and the
Telestrat.
yaccc 0.1b
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128560/
yaccc (yet another cyan chat client) is a commandline client written in
Python for the CyanChat protocol. CyanChat is the chat service owned
and maintained by Cyan Worlds (creators of Myst and Riven).
Yet Another Rio Receiver Server 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128567/
YARRS is (yet another) Unix-based server for the SONIC|blue Rio
Receiver. It uses dhcpd, nfsd, ssdp, and HTTP servers to provide MP3
content. Written in Perl, it should work on any Unix platform, and is
fully documented.
Youhp3 3.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128539/
Youhp3 (Youpee's One Unlimited HTML PreProcessor) is an HTML
preprocessor that allows you to embed code of any script language, as
well as calling any external program to generate text files. It is
specifically designed to work with HTML/XML documents, and provide
traditional features, such as define, include, macro, conditional
tests, and loop.
Newsforge Reports
Centrino Laptops Becoming Popular Among Linux Geeks
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/07/126229
- by Werner Heuser - Three months after Intel has released their new
technology, laptops based on the Centrino(TM) features are already very
popular in the Linux community. For almost all Centrino based laptops
from different manufacturers there are installation reports available
at TuxMobil.
Saving an old laptop with Knoppix
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/06/212212
by Peter Johansson An old laptop of mine fubared its Linux partition
beyond (easy) repair so I decided a clean install was the way to go.
When I went to install a recent Debian system I had trouble with PCMCIA
under the 2.2 kernel, and XFree gave me a blank screen under 2.4.
Knoppix, however, made everything work automagically (with the
exception of sound).
Happy 4th of July!
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/30/2328239
July 4th is Independence Day here in the United States of America, so
NewsForge is taking a three-day weekend except for a few NewsVac items
we'll post between now and Monday. See you then!
Newsforge Newsvac
Open source user group announces 2003 awards
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/08/0226208
Anonymous Reader writes "The Australian Unix and Open Systems User
Group (AUUG) is calling on the open source community to nominate
outstanding Australians who have contributed to the open source cause
for its second annual awards. The Open Source Awards (OSA) 2003, which
were launched last year alongside AUUG's annual technical conference in
Melbourne, are designed to encourage and recognise work undertaken by
Australians towards the open ...
Massachusetts Probing Microsoft Settlement Gripes
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/07/2117224
Anonymous Reader writes "Massachusetts, the state appealing Microsoft's
landmark antitrust settlement, has told a federal judge it is probing
potential breaches of the pact. [I]n a filing posted on the court's Web
site on Monday, that it was looking at whether the world's largest
software maker had retaliated against a computer maker for promoting
Linux, an alternative to Microsoft's Windows operating system."
Basic Hardening Linux
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/07/207252
An Anonymous Reader writes "Linux is capable of high-end security;
however, the out-of-the-box configurations must be altered to meet the
security needs of most businesses with an Internet presence. This
chapter shows you the steps for securing a Linux system called
hardening the server using both manual methods and open source security
solutions."
Sources say IBM to drop Windows-based storage
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/07/1722219
IBM plans to discontinue its line of Windows-based network-attached
storage (NAS) devices in order to focus on higher-end products,
including an upcoming file server that will run Linux, sources said
this week.
Linux and Open Source is Better for Business than MS Windows
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/07/1750251
Anonymous Reader writes "A Linux user and businessman tests both
Windows and Linux and concludes that Linux and Open Source is better
for business than Microsoft Windows. Read the editorial at OSNews.com."
Big, Fault-Tolerant Servers Meet Linux
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/07/1650202
NEC Solutions America Inc. and Stratus Technologies Inc. are looking
to Linux as a way to expand the reach of their respective
fault-tolerant servers.
Netli, Linux Take Web to Warp Speeds
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/07/1623216
In physics, distance in space often translates into longer durations
of time. The farther you go, the longer it will take you to get there.
Unless you change the way you're going.
SAP, Sharp Go in a Linux, Java Mobile Direction
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/07/165216
Enterprise software company SAP AG and Japanese electronics giant
Sharp have teamed up in order to build applications that deliver
real-time data across corporate networks to smaller mobile devices.
Pogo Linux, MySQL Team on Open-source Appliance
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/07/1538212
Two small companies aimed to spread the gospel of open-source
technologies Monday as Pogo Linux said it agreed to build an appliance
powered by MySQL AB's open-source database.
SuSE Linux In Space With CC CompuNet in 2.4 Million Euro Engagement
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/07/158200
SuSE Linux announced a new 2.4 million euro engagement with the German
Aerospace Center (DLR) on a high-performance storage system for
Columbus, the European space lab project.
Thinkgeek
Gadgets: FM Radio Pen
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/60bf/
Gadgets: USB Memory Pen
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/60a3/
Interests: Ph34r t3h Cute Ones Poster
http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/megatokyo/coolthings/6193/
Interests: Broken Miho Poster
http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/megatokyo/coolthings/6188/
Caffeine: Chargers Caffeinated Espresso Beans
http://www.thinkgeek.com/caffeine/candy/5f75/
Caffeine: Shock Triple Mocha
http://www.thinkgeek.com/caffeine/drinks/6122/
Caffeine: Brute Force Energy Drink
http://www.thinkgeek.com/caffeine/drinks/6184/
PC Mods: ThermalTake SubZero CPU Coolers
http://www.thinkgeek.com/pcmods/cooling/603e/
Computing: Archos AV120 w/ DVR Attachment
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/handhelds/5fe2/
Computing: ICE-Cube Barebones Mini-PC
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/handhelds/5fd7/
Cube Goodies: geek. bumper sticker
http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/stickers/5f96/
Interests: Megatokyo Bumper Sticker 3-pack
http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/megatokyo/coolthings/5fc2/
Cube Goodies: There's no place like 127.0.0.1 bumper sticker
http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/stickers/5fa6/
Cube Goodies: hacker. bumper sticker
http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/stickers/5f9e/
Cube Goodies: Killer coding ninja monkeys Bumper Sticker
http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/stickers/5faa/
Cube Goodies: I Brake For LAN Parties Bumper Sticker
http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/stickers/5fbe/
Gadgets: USB Memory Watch
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/watches/5eec/
Caffeine: Jolt Gum - Spearmint Office Fishbowl
http://www.thinkgeek.com/caffeine/candy/612a/
Gadgets: Boostaroo Portable Amplifier
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/3399/
Gadgets: Mathmos Space Projector
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/lights/600c/
Sourceforge
EVMS 2.1.0 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=289226
The EVMS team is announcing the next major release of the Enterprise
Volume Management System. Package 2.1.0 is now available for download.
This release is for the new EVMS design, which is based on user-space
volume discovery and communication with existing kernel drivers, such
as MD/Software-RAID and Device-Mapper. Downloads at the project page:
http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/evms/ Please see the INSTALL file
in the 2.1.0 package for information about installing and getting
started with the new EVMS. Since this new design is based on user-space
discovery, there will no longer be boot-time volume activation. Please
see the INSTALL file for information about how to activate your volumes
using the EVMS user-interfaces and utilities. The INSTALL file also
contains instructions for how users may easily "upgrade" an existing
2.4 kernel with Device-Mapper and EVMS 2.0.1 patches. Please see the
README file in the 2.1.0 package for more detailed notes concerning
this release and it's new features. EVMS 2.1.0 is supported on 2.4.21,
2.4.20, 2.4.19, and 2.5.73 kernels. If you have any questions, find any
bugs, or simply want to report success stories, please send email to
the EVMS mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) or visit the EVMS IRC
channel (irc.freenode.net, #evms). Please see the notes and changelog
at: http://www.sf.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=168707
NDoc version 1.2 beta released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=289572
A beta of the latest version of NDoc, the .NET Code Documentation
Generator, has been released. The new features include: - new HTML Help
2 documenter (beta version), - new HTML Linear documenter (alpha
version), - the MSDN documenter can now generate CHM or Online
documentation, - option to link to the .NET Framework SDK v1.0, v1.1 or
MSDN Online - support for Visual Studio 2003 and the .NET Framework
1.1, - plus many improvements and bug fixes... The NDoc v1.2 beta
source code is available for download at:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=36057&release_id=
168934
Columba 0.11.0 (unstable) released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=289631
A new unstable version of Columba is now available. Columba is an email
client written in Java, featuring a user-friendly graphical interface
with wizards and internalionalization support. Its a powerful email
management tool with features to enhance your productivity and
communication. So, take control of your email before it takes control
of you! This version contains numerous new features we want you to
testdrive. http://columba.sourceforge.net/downloads_unstable.php For
more information visit: http://columba.sourceforge.net/news.php
Python 2.3b2
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=288768
Python 2.3b2 has been released (29-Jun-2003). We encourage you to test
your applications with this release, as we plan on a final Python 2.3
release by early August.
SOURCEFORGE.NET UPDATE - 2003-06-20 EDITION
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=289543
0. Intro. 1. Improved Search. 2. Project of the month: Megamek. 3.
Updated Project Registration System. 4. New RSS Feeds. 5. Stats and Top
Projects.
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Dear SourceForge.net, One of our biggest challenges in managing
SourceForge.net has been handling our growth. With approximately 70 new
Open Source Projects and 700 new registered users being added to the
site each day, it can be quite a trick trying to stay ahead of the
curve. This month I want to mention two improvements that are
noteworthy. The first is project search. You can read about it below,
but essentially the average time for searching for projects (using the
left navbar) been reduced from 30 seconds to 1 second. The second is
the beginning of the process of weeding out "dead" projects. These are
projects that haven't had any real activity in the past 6 months and
have never released any files. This is a big change for us. When
SourceForge.net was started over 3 1/2 years ago, the vision was that
it would be the permanent record of Open Source Software - Nothing
would be deleted. We held on to the mission so strongly that we never
developed internal tools to delete projects. Now with over 63,000+
projects and 70 new ones being added daily, we do realize that not
-every- project has taken root. The real crusty/vacant ones (haven't
released files and have zero activity) will be put in a queue for
removal. This process will be done very carefully; we will give the
registered admins of the project ample warning and the ability to
'opt-out' of the removal. The upside for the SourceForge.net community
is that soon things will be a bit cleaner around here. Search results
will list less dead projects and the software map will be easier to
traverse. We still have some growing pains, but I hope you enjoy these
latest improvements. I want to thank you for supporting SourceForge.net
and the Open Source community. As always if you have some feedback or
issues related to the site, please feel free to email me directly at
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Patrick McGovern Director, SF.NET [EMAIL PROTECTED] Improved
Project Search --------------------------------------------- As
SourceForge.net continues to have significant growth in the size of its
user base, count of hosted projects, and daily activity, a significant
amount of work is done by the SourceForge.net team to ensure suitable
site performance and to work to resolve existing performance problems.
The SourceForge.net team is happy to announce that the "Software/group
search" facility is now operating in a more proper and functional
manner. Searches are now performed in real time and last only seconds.
Search users should no longer encounter the dreaded "search server is
overloaded" messages previously offered during peak traffic hours. The
SourceForge.net team expects to further expand the search facility in
the near future, and to increase the frequency of search updates
(currently twice-weekly) to better meet the needs of our hosted
projects. Your patience has been appreciated; we hope you enjoy your
search results... http://sourceforge.net/search/ Project of the Month:
MegaMek --------------------------------------------- The
SourceForge.net team loves games. Our favorites are online, net-based
games that offer the ability to battle friends and foes from all over
from world. SourceForge.net's June 2003 project of the month, MegaMek,
is a Java based networkable game for 2 or more players. It's a
strategic game that features brains over fast reflexes. The Software,
licensed under the GPL, has enjoyed a position in the top 25 SF.net
most active projects since it's founding in February 2002. With new
features being added daily, MegaMek is a project to keep an eye on.
http://sourceforge.net/potm/potm-2003-06.php Updated Project
Registration System ---------------------------------------------
SourceForge.net provides hosting for Open Source software development
projects. Each day, SourceForge.net evaluates more than 100 new
projects for hosting. Historically, there have been a number of
pitfalls in this process. In particular, ensuring that each new project
registration contains enough information to be properly considered by
the SourceForge.net team without the added delay of asking the
submitter for more information. Delays due to lack of information
previously impacted roughly 15% of our new project registrations,
causing these registrations to take more than our ideal two business
days to be processed fully. The project registration system on
SourceForge.net has recently been completely rewritten, integrating
fixes for all previously-reported issues (in the past couple of years)
and generally making the process more seamless for the submitter. Based
on information collected during the early stages of the project
registration process, the project registration system automatically
advises you as to what should be included in your project description,
and helps to bring potential pitfalls to your attention before the
registration request is submitted. Users of our past project
registration pages will note a larger amount of integrated
documentation, the ability to easily return to earlier stages in the
process without losing entered data, and the capability to review the
information you have provided (and make necessary changes) before
submitting it to the SourceForge.net team for consideration. We hope
these changes will help make the process of registering a project on
SourceForge.net easier to understand, and help us to further improve
the turnaround time on hosting requests. New RSS Feeds.
--------------------------------------------- This is information from
the last sitewide email, but we think it's worth repeating. A
convenient way to keep up-to-date with the SourceForge.net site,
project news, activity information, and new projects is now available.
SourceForge.net provides a number of RSS feeds that may be accessed
using an RSS reader or aggregator (some content management systems also
allow you include data from an RSS feed on your website, much as
Slashdot and Freshmeat do in the right sidebar of their layout). Using
these RSS feeds, you can keep up-to-date with the latest project news
and file releases, Site Status updates and SourceForge.net statistics
(such as top projects). Project-specific RSS feeds may now be accessed
using the "View list of RSS feeds available for this project" link on
the Summary page for each project. Information about the full set of
the available SourceForge.net RSS feeds (14 feeds, in all), including
information on the software needed to view RSS feed data and a complete
list of the options available for each RSS feed, may be found at:
https://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=15483&group_id=1
Stats and Top Projects. ---------------------------------------------
Number of Projects: 63,569 Number of Registered Users: 642,495 Daily
Stats for June 11th, 2003 SF.NET : 1,762,941 pages served SF.NET
project web space : 4,037,233 pages served Total Pages: 5,800,174 CVS
updates: 15,017 Open Source Files downloaded in 24 period: 310,666
Outgoing Mailing list emails: 124712 Top 25 Projects: 1. GAIM
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gaim/ Gaim is a GTK2-based instant
messenger application. It supports multiple protocols via modules,
including AIM, ICQ, Yahoo!, MSN, Jabber, IRC, Napster, Gadu-Gadu and
Zephyr. It has many common features found in other clients, as well as
many unique feature. 2. phpMyAdmin
http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpmyadmin/ phpMyAdmin is a tool
written in PHP intended to handle the administration of MySQL over the
WWW. Currently it can create and drop databases, create/drop/alter
tables, delete/edit/add fields, execute any SQL statement, manage keys
on fields. 3. JBoss.org http://sourceforge.net/projects/jboss/ The
JBoss/Server is the leading Open Source, standards-compliant, J2EE
based application server implemented in 100% Pure Java 4. AWStats
http://sourceforge.net/projects/awstats/ Advanced Web Statistics
(AWStats) is a free powerful and featureful web server logfile analyzer
that shows you all your Web (but also FTP or Mail) statistics including
visits, unique visitors, pages, hits, hours, search engines, keywords,
robots, etc. 5. Dev-C++ http://sourceforge.net/projects/dev-cpp/
Dev-C++ is an full-featured Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
for Win32. It uses GCC, Mingw or Cygwin as compiler and libraries set.
6. guliverkli http://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli/ Home of
VobSub, Media Player Classic (MPC) and other misc utils. 7. BZFlag
http://sourceforge.net/projects/bzflag/ OpenSource OpenGL Multiplayer
Multiplatform battlezone capture the flag. 8. Tiki CMS/Groupware
http://sourceforge.net/projects/tikiwiki/ Tiki is a powerful
CMS/Groupware. Features: article, forum, newsletter, blog, file/image
gallery, wiki, drawing, tracker, directory, poll/survey & quiz, FAQ,
chat, banner, webmail, calendar, category, ACL, etc in Single Sign-on
or LDAP.(PHP/MySQL/Smarty) 9. ScummVM
http://sourceforge.net/projects/scummvm/ ScummVM is a cross-platform
interpreter for SCUMM-based games, used by LucasArts in games like:
Maniac Mansion, Monkey Island, Day Of The Tentacle, The Dig, etc. It
also includes a non-SCUMM interpreter for Simon The Sorcerer 1/2. 10.
Freecraft http://sourceforge.net/projects/freecraft/ This is a free
cross-platform real-time strategy game engine. It is possible to play
over LAN, internet or against the computer and to build C&C, W*rCr*ft,
St*rCr*ft or AOE like RTS games with it. Currently only a W*rCr*ft 2
compatible theme is available. 11. XboxMediaPlayer
http://sourceforge.net/projects/xbplayer/ The XboxMediaPlayer for the
Xbox allows you to use a modded Xbox to play/view DivX, XVID, MPEG-1/2,
MP3, JPG & other supported video/audio/picture formats via your TV so
it can used as a multimedia jukebox. It also supports streaming media
over a network. 12. wxWindows
http://sourceforge.net/projects/wxwindows/ wxWindows is a free C++
framework that facilitates cross platform software development,
including GUIs, threads, sockets, database, file system access, etc.
13. POPFile http://sourceforge.net/projects/popfile/ POPFile is an
email classification tool with a Naive Bayes classifier, a POP3 proxy
and a web interface. It runs on most platforms and with most email
clients. 14. moregroupware
http://sourceforge.net/projects/moregroupware/ Web-based groupware
written in PHP4. Including modules like webmail, notes, todo, contacts,
project management, calendar and others. 15. Compiere ERP + CRM
Business Solution http://sourceforge.net/projects/compiere/ Smart
ERP+CRM solution for Small-Medium Enterprises in the global marketplace
covering all areas from customer management, supply chain and
accounting. For $2-200M revenue companies looking for "brick and click"
first tier functionality. 16. TUTOS
http://sourceforge.net/projects/tutos/ TUTOS is the ultimate team
organization software, a webbased groupware or ERP/CRM system to manage
events/ calendars, addresses, teams, projects, tasks, bugs, mailboxes,
documents and your time spent with these things. 17. filezilla
http://sourceforge.net/projects/filezilla/ FileZilla is a fast FTP
client for Windows with a lot of features. FileZilla Server is a
reliable FTP server. 18. Armagetron
http://sourceforge.net/projects/armagetron/ Armagetron is a simple
action game modeled after the lightcycle sequence of the movie Tron.
The main focus lies on the multiplayer mode, which has already made
Armagetron a popular warmup game on LAN parties. 19. ffdshow
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffdshow/ ffdshow is DirectShow decoding
filter for decompressing DIVX and XVID movies using libavcodec or xvid
with rich set of video postprocessing filters. ffdshow can also be used
as a separate postprocessing filter for other decoders. 20. TV-Browser
http://sourceforge.net/projects/tvbrowser/ TV-Browser is a java-based
TV guide which is easily extensible using plugins. It is designed to
look like a paper based tv guide. 21. Mobicq
http://sourceforge.net/projects/mobicq/ Mobicq is a native ICQ client
for mobile devices, such as celluar phones. It is written using Java 2
Micro Edition (MIDP 1.0) and uses ICQ protocol version 8. 22. Alvaro's
Messenger http://sourceforge.net/projects/amsn/ Alvaro\'s Messenger is
a MSN messenger clone for linux/unix/windows/mac. It features
multilanguage support, file transfers, new graphical interface,
emoticons, multiple profiles support, dock icon, sound events, email
notification, url processing... 23. MAMEoX
http://sourceforge.net/projects/mameox/ MAMEoX is a port of the popular
MAME (Multi Arcade Machine Emulator) system to the XBOX. The main goals
of the project are to provide a well documented port with a consistent
coding style. 24. WebCalendar
http://sourceforge.net/projects/webcalendar/ WebCalendar is a PHP
application used to maintain a calendar for a single user or an
intranet group of users. 25. TortoiseCVS
http://sourceforge.net/projects/tortoisecvs/ TortoiseCVS is an
extension for Microsoft Windows Explorer that makes using CVS fun and
easy. Features include: colored icons, tight integration with SSH, and
context-menu interactivity.
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