O | S | D | N NEWSLETTER February 07, 2003 BUSINESS SERIES
The 'Business Series' Newsletter is developed to bring Open Source related content to a user with a focus for business and migration issues in Open Source. 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 Sony Combines Pocket Drive with 802.11 http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/06/0011226 [0]Ernest writes "They presented this at Net&Com 2003 in Tokyo. I've found this announcement in German at [1]ComputerWoche Sony selected Linux as the file server's operating system. They'll start selling this little 390 gram thing on the japanese market at the end of March for 585$. Inside is a 20GB 2.5" disk of which (only) 17GB will be available for files." Links 0. mailto:ernest@terku i l e .ch 1. http://www.cowo.de/index.cfm?pageid=254&artid=45504 ESA to Give New Life to Old Satellites http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/06/0016252 [0]JPNews writes "The European Space Agency is [1] designing a program (www.esa.int) to re-configure dying television transmission satellites to be used as a [2]XM Radio-like satellite radio network. 'Once in position, 35,000 km away in space, TV satellites will remain in orbit forever, but their useful life amounts to 15 years or less... further life can be squeezed from a low-propellant TV satellite switched over to mobile digital radio broadcasting where precision position control is less important.'" Links 0. http://jpnewswire.blogspot.com/ 1. http://www.esa.int/export/esaCP/SEM67L1A6BD_index_0.html 2. http://www.xmradio.com/how_it_works/satellites.html Is the BSA "Grace Period" a Scam? http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/02/0733256 An anonymous reader asks: "I work at a small non-profit that has 18 employees plus a 13 seat computer lab. We received a form letter from the Business Software Alliance (BSA) telling us to do a self audit and if we find any unlicensed software to report it during our 'Grace Period' because 'if you organization's software is not licensed, it could become to focus of a BSA investigation'. Now this is obviously a method to scare up some business for the BSA members. If we ignore this, how likely is it that we will be 'investigated'. I know that I cannot produce the original CD's and/or documentation for some of the software that we HAVE paid for." Nokia's Cellular GBA - The N-Gage http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/06/0029236 An anonymous reader writes "Hold on to your Game Boys, folks! It appears that the Finland cell phone manufacturer, Nokia, will be throwing in its lot in the handheld gaming industry with its [0]N-Gage. Not only is this critter capable of playing games, but other noticeable features include a cell phone, radio, and MP3 player. Game companies such as Sega, Taito, and Eidos have already expressed support for it." Links 0. http://www.n-gage.com/ Carmack Needs Rocket Fuel http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/05/2243243 [0]Reality Master 101 writes "Saw an [1]interesting post on the [2]Experimental Rocket Propulsion Society BBS from [3]John Carmack, who is working on an [4]X-prize vehicle. Apparently he is having a lot of trouble getting Peroxide from the major suppliers, and is possibly thinking of helping someone set up a company to produce peroxide. With NASA's recent problems, there has been a lot of talk about promoting more private investment in rocketry. But how can it happen when the suppliers won't even sell peroxide to well financed, registered, X-prize teams? Anyone want to start a peroxide business?" Links 0. mailto:RealityMaster101@hotmai[ ]om ['l.c' in gap] 1. http://lists.erps.org/archives/erps-list/msg04244.shtml 2. http://lists.erps.org/index.shtml 3. http://www.idsoftware.com/ 4. http://www.armadilloaerospace.com/ Remotely Counting Machines Behind A NAT Box http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/05/2129218 Overtone writes "[0]Steve Bellovin of [1]AT&T Labs Research has published a paper showing [2]how to remotely count the number of machines hiding behind a NAT box (in IMW 2002, the [3]Second Internet Measurement Workshop). Your friendly DSL or cable broadband provider could implement this technique to enforce their single-machine license clause. Bellovin explains how to change the NAT software to defeat the measurement scheme, but the fix is complicated and unlikely to appear in commercial home gateways anytime soon." Links 0. http://www.research.att.com/~smb/ 1. http://www.research.att.com/ 2. http://www.research.att.com/~smb/papers/fnat.pdf 3. http://www.icir.org/vern/imw-2002/ Gnome 2.2 Released http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/05/2031210 heydrick writes "[0]This message confirms that [1] Gnome 2.2 is officially released. And a month ahead of the originally planned six-month release cycle. Check out the [2]Gnome 2.2 Start Page and use a [3]mirror to download." Links 0. http://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2003-February/msg00255.html 1. http://www.gnome.org/ 2. http://www.gnome.org/start/2.2/ 3. http://www.gnome.org/mirrors/ftpmirrors.php3 Dell Dropping The Floppy http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/05/1933223 adambwells writes "Dell wants to stop including floppy drives as standard hardware on its Dimension line of desktops, and will start this practice later this quarter, as reported in this Yahoo [0]article. Says Dell's product marketing: We would like to see customers migrate away from floppies as quickly as possible, because there are better alternative technologies out there ... it's an antique technology. At some point, you've got to draw the line. You wouldn't think of using a processor from 15 years ago." They plan to educate their customers about recordable CDs and USB pen drives as replacements." Links 0. http://biz.yahoo.com/ibd/030205/tech_1.html Jack Valenti's Views On The Digital Age http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/05/1828238 [0]ditogi writes "The [1]Harvard Political Review did a quick [2]interview with the lord of darkness himself, Jack Valenti. He gives his thoughts on government mandated copy prevention, fair use, and lobbying. In response to his famous 'VCR is [to the movie industry]...as the Boston strangler is to the woman home alone.' quote, he responds, 'I wasn't opposed to the VCR.' And what does he think of his current job? 'I think lobbying is really an honest profession.'" My favorite quote: "In the digital world, we don't need back-ups, because a digital copy never wears out. It is timeless." Update: 02/05 20:05 GMT by [3]T: [4]Derek Slater writes "I'm the author of the Valenti article you guys linked to. I've made [5]some brief comments about it on my site, and figured I'd send them along." Links 0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1. http://www.hpronline.org/main.cfm 2. http://www.hpronline.org/news/347207.html?mkey=628413 3. http://www.monkey.org/~timothy/ 4. http://cmusings.blogspot.com 5. http://cmusings.blogspot.com/2003_02_02_cmusings_archive.html#88495460 Sim-Dud? http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/05/1559236 [0]Lumpish Scholar writes ""The Sims Online" was one of the most anticipated releases of 2002; but (according to [1]this Los Angeles Times story in the Baltimore Sun, "'The Sims Online' sold 105,000 copies, or only about a quarter of the initial shipment in December," and (as quoted in [2]this article in the New York Times), "the company's president, John S. Riccitiello, said the number of subscribers was half what Electronic Arts expected." (Check out [3]Google News for more articles, and a registration-free partner link to the New York Times story.) Meanwhile, the game's [4]customer reviews at Amazon.com have an average rating of only two (out of five) stars." Links 0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1. http://www.sunspot.net/technology/la-fi-sims4feb04,0,4697897.story?coll=bal-technology-headlines 2. http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/03/technology/03SIMS.html 3. http://news.google.com/news?q=%22sims+online%22 4. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000067FDV/ref=cm_rev_all_1/102-0709448-0156118?v=glance&s=videogames&vi=customer-reviews&me=ATVPDKIKX0DER Newsforge Reports E-Government Conference laden with Open (and Shared) Source goodies http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/06/1512247 - by Tina Gasperson - The Center of Open Source & Government is sponsoring a conference that is designed to "raise awareness" and "share experiences among policy makers" from the U.S. and Europe. The event is jam-packed with speakers that Open Source advocates will find interesting. And Microsoft will be there too. SPI working on elections, welcoming Perens back to the fold http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/05/1526200 - by Tina Gasperson - Software in the Public Interest (SPI), the entity that owns the Debian trademark, is holding elections and working to generate enough interest in said elections to actually elect some new board members. Ironically, the last "original" board member just resigned at the same time a former board member is getting re-acquainted with the project. LPI helps UnitedLinux with certs; extends offer to other distros http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/05/1356201 - by Tina Gasperson - Linux Professional Institute and UnitedLinux announced at LinuxWorld that they are working together to produce two certifications specific to UnitedLinux. The exams do not change the status of LPI as a vendor-neutral certification, says Evan Leibovitch. Newsforge Newsvac Group to push Linux for desktop computing http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/07/0111200 The widespread use of Linux on the desktop hasn't caught on so far. But don't count it out quite yet: A new group, the Linux Desktop Consortium, is being formed by a growing number of Linux and application vendors to promote the use of the open-source operating system on corporate and home desktops. Knoppix gives bootable, one-disk Linux http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/07/014221 Computers should work for humans, but too often the relationship has been upside down. Technologies such as Knoppix and Live Eval, though, illustrate a way in which Linux radically alters computing's "terms of trade." Knoppix offers advantages for common situations you're likely to encounter. Let's start with a look at a few concrete applications of Knoppix and related packages that you might need in your own computing. Linux upsets Unix home http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/07/013201 Linux clusters born in the world of academia are sprouting legs and appear ready to march right into the enterprise, despite the growing pains facing the emerging technology. Sam's joins $300 Linux PC club http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/06/1936211 Sam's Club, the members-only branch of retail giant Wal-Mart, has entered the budget PC race with a $299 system running Red Hat's version of the Linux operating system. Peace, Love ... and Lycoris http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/06/1934236 Anonymous Reader writes "'Flower Power' was the mantra of a generation in the 1960s. That metaphor takes on a whole new meaning as DesktopLinux.com interviews Lycoris executives, CTO Joseph Cheek and marketing guru Jason Spisak about Lycoris' Linux desktop." PC-To-Phone calls available for GNU/Linux http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/06/172206 Anonymous Reader writes "GnomeMeeting.Org, OpenH323.org and Quicknet Technologies Team to Deliver First Complete End User VoIP Solution for Linux." MS Frets Not Over Slammer, Linux http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/06/1626226 Despite online flap over a line in Microsoft's latest SEC filing referencing open-source software's impact on sales of its own applications, as well as reports that a South Korean civic group may sue over Slammer damages, the tech giant isn't losing any sleep. Announcing the GNOME 2.2.0 Desktop and Developer Platform http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/06/1625232 Five months ago, we were only just beginning to recover from the enormous task that was GNOME 2.0. We were committed to a six month release cycle for 2.2, and after such a long period of development and point-releases, we were excited to be working on new features again. We were, as the release code names suggested, "Back to the Future". MandrakeSoft extends its enterprise offerings with http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/06/1618208 Gael Duval writes "MandrakeSoft today announced the immediate release of Mandrake Corporate Server 2.1, a comprehensive and versatile Linux solution that provides large accounts with critical business server functions, plus MandrakeSoft's famous "user friendly" touch." Candle Introduces Leading-Edge Performance Management And Availability Technology For Linux Environ http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/06/1331259 Candle Corporation announced OMEGAMON(r) XE (Extended Edition) for Linux, a comprehensive solution for managing the performance and availability of the Linux operating system running on IBM eServer zSeries mainframes. Freshmeat Anthill Pro Build and Release Management Server 2.0.5 http://freshmeat.net/releases/111992/ Anthill Pro is an automated manager for the build and release process of Java software development. It can provide daily reports of an overnight build, with automated test runs, a revision log which lists newly implemented features. Anthill Pro adds to the already robust feature set of the open source version of Anthill. Anthill Pro is easy to use in heterogeneous environments since it allows you to use different JDKs and different classpaths to build different projects. It also provides robust support for project dependencies, allowing you to rebuild all dependent projects with the latest version of a dependency. Every project can store its latest artifacts in Anthill's built-in repository, and Anthill gives you the ability to rebuild any previously built version. AstroCam System 2.3.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/112086/ AstroCam is an C-based Stepmotor Controlsystem including a CGI Web interface. You can use it for controlling webcams over the Internet/intranet or everything else you want to do with a stepmotor. atop 1.9 http://freshmeat.net/releases/112061/ Atop is an ASCII full-screen performance monitor, similar to the top command. At regular intervals, it shows system-level activity related to the CPU, memory, swap, disks and network layers, and it shows for every active process the CPU utilization in system and user mode, the virtual and resident memory growth, priority, username, state, and exit code. The process level activity is also shown for processes which finished during the last interval, to get a complete overview about the consumers of things such as CPU time. Atop only shows the active system-resources and processes, and only shows the deviations since the previous interval. BEJY 1.1.1.41 http://freshmeat.net/releases/112065/ BEJY is a modular server application. It has functionality similar to inetd and some helper classes/functions to ease the implementation of new protocols. It provides a generic multithreaded TPC/IP server implementation with optional SSL support, covering the complete connection and thread management. Each supported service provides its protocol implementation(s), where the protocol dependend handling is done. The current version comes with HTTP, SMTP, POP3, and IMAP protocol implementations. The HTTP protocol implementation also contains a servlet engine, a JSP engine, a handler to invoke CGI, and other useful things. Big Sister 0.98beta3 http://freshmeat.net/releases/112112/ Big Sister is an SNMP-aware monitoring program consisting of a Web-based server and a monitoring agent. It runs under various Unixes and Windows. Clover framework 0.3 http://freshmeat.net/releases/112030/ CloverETL is Java-based framework for creating ETL transformations. It follows the concept of transformation graphs which consist of individual nodes performing simple operations on data. Any transformation can be defined as a set of interconnected nodes through which data flows. Dav 0.8.0 (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/112109/ Dav (Dav Ain't Vi) is meant to provide a stable text editor that is efficient in both memory and processor usage. Its user interface is designed to be intuitive and to increase productivity. DMI Gallery 2.0-pre-1 (Galerias II) http://freshmeat.net/releases/112035/ DMI Gallery is an editor-oriented image gallery application based on DMI. The editor just needs to FTP full-sized pictures into the directory and small and medium-sized thumbnails are automatically created. If a text documents with the same name as the picture is uploaded, it will be inserted as a description. DMI Gallery provides a complete set of navigation controls, and allows designers to create templates in their favorite HTML editor to customize the look and feel of the image gallery. DMI Gallery 1.4.1 (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/112033/ DMI Gallery is an editor-oriented image gallery application based on DMI. The editor just needs to FTP full-sized pictures into the directory and small and medium-sized thumbnails are automatically created. If a text documents with the same name as the picture is uploaded, it will be inserted as a description. DMI Gallery provides a complete set of navigation controls, and allows designers to create templates in their favorite HTML editor to customize the look and feel of the image gallery. EnergyMech 2.9.2 (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/112047/ The EnergyMech is an advanced IRC bot. It has many features including DCC partyline, powerful userlist handling, a telnet console, bot linking, and more. exiftags 0.97 http://freshmeat.net/releases/112098/ exiftags parses a JPEG file looking for Exif (Exchangeable Image File) data, formatting, and printing image properties. Digital cameras typically add Exif data to the image files they produce containing information about the camera and digitized image. exiftags includes support for some camera manufacturer-specific properties. eZ publish 3.0 release candidate 2 (Unstable) http://freshmeat.net/releases/112036/ eZ publish is a professional open source content management system (CMS). It lets you update and maintain the content of your site through a user friendly Web interface, eliminating the need for HTML code. It is dual licenced under the GPL and the eZ publish Professional licence, where you can get the right to use the source code for making your own commercial software. It is useful for building Web sites, Web shops, intranets/extranets, news sites, portals, and more. FLP 1.040 http://freshmeat.net/releases/112107/ FLP (Flaimo's Little Package) is a collection of PHP classes for internationalization. It formats date and time strings, replaces keywords, converts measurement units between SI and the US Customary System, and more. Frogg 1.0.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/112031/ Frogg is a completely stand-alone player for Ogg Vorbis files, although support for other formats is coming soon. Designed from the ground up for low memory usage and a lightweight GUI, it's great for playing the occasional Ogg clip without starting up iTunes. Gammu 0.68 (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/112090/ Gammu (formerly known as MyGnokii2) is cellular manager for various mobile phones and modems. It currently supports Nokia 3210, 33xx, 3410, 3510, 51xx, 5210, 5510, 61xx, 62xx, 63xx, 6510, 7110, 82xx, 8310, 9110, and 9210, and AT devices (such as Siemens, Alcatel, WaveCom, IPAQ, and other). It has a command line version with many functions for ringtones, phonebook, SMS, logos, WAP, date/time, alarm, calls, etc. It can also make full backups and restore them. It works on various Unix systems (like Linux) and Win32. gcc 3.2.2 http://freshmeat.net/releases/112058/ The GNU Compiler Collection contains frontends for C, C++, Objective-C, Fortran, Java, and Ada as well as libraries for these languages. It is a full-featured ANSI C compiler with support for K&R C as well. GCC provides many levels of source code error checking traditionally provided by other tools (such as lint), produces debugging information, and can perform many different optimizations to the resulting object code. GCompris 2.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/112083/ GCompris is a complete educational suite for children 3 to 10 years old. It is activity-based, and currently includes more than 30 activities. It offers activities dedicated to little kids which teach them how to use a mouse and keybord. It teaches letters, numbers, and words, basic algebra training, reading time on an analog clock, and much more. GKrellM Volume 2.1.7 http://freshmeat.net/releases/112055/ GKrellM Volume is a plugin which controls the sound mixer device of your choice. GNU TeXmacs 1.0.1.3 http://freshmeat.net/releases/112040/ 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. gPHPEdit 0.0.31 (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/112079/ gPHPEdit is a GNOME2 editor that is dedicated to editing PHP files and other supporting files, like HTML/CSS. It has support for drop-down function lists, hints showing parameters, and syntax highlighting. HTTP Navigator 2.0.1 alpha http://freshmeat.net/releases/112073/ HTTP Navigator is a set of PHP classes, based on Perl's LWP, that simplifies sending and receiving HTTP messages. Features include: cookie handling, basic authentication, chunked encoding, and keep-alive. icoutils 0.18.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/112082/ The icoutils are a set of programs for extracting and converting images in Microsoft Windows icon and cursor files. These files usually have the extension .ico or .cur, but they can also be embedded in executables and libraries (.dll-files). Icoutils can also create icon and cursor files. IDSA 0.95 http://freshmeat.net/releases/112096/ IDS/A is a combined system logger, reference monitor, and intrusion detection system for applications. An IDS/A enabled application can not only be monitored, but also instructed to restrict functionality. Features include a powerful logging component and an extensible and modular access control subsystem which can driven by misuse signatures, anomaly detection modules, or even a human operator. Jahia CMS and Portal Server 4.0 Alpha 1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/112076/ JAHIA CMS and Portal Server is an open source and collaborative Java solution for building complex and dynamic Web sites. Unlike traditional corporate portal solutions, JAHIA provides a comprehensive and out-of-the-box platform for developing, integrating, delivering, and managing Content, Web Applications, and Web Services across intranets, extranets, and the Internet. JSX2 0.1.5 (Object Export) http://freshmeat.net/releases/112039/ In one line, JSX2 externalizes object data as XML, so it can be distributed, stored, and processed independently of the code that created it. In another line, that data can be deserialized back into objects. JSX uses the JOS API, and so works for all objects, complex object graphs, dynamically adjusts to recompiled classes, and enables classes to customize their serial form for evolution. The XML format for JSX2 is much easier to process than that of JSX. K-3D 0.2.5.2 http://freshmeat.net/releases/112060/ K-3D is a 3D modeling, animation, and rendering system for GNU/Linux & Win32. Features include creation and editing of geometry in multiple realtime OpenGL solid, shaded, and texture-mapped views; unlimited undos and redos; complete extensibility at runtime through third-party plugins; animated procedural geometric effects; all parameters animatable through a consistent control-spline based interface; rendering pipeline to Renderman Interface compliant rendering engines; optimization for use with the Aqsis rendering engine, which features solid modelling, true displacement, and user programmable shaders; and support for background and batch rendering. KCachegrind 0.3a http://freshmeat.net/releases/112081/ KCachegrind visualizes traces generated by profiling, in various ways, including a TreeMap visualization of the calls happening, and a condensed version, the Coverage analysis. It's designed to be fast and to provide a quick overview of very large programs, such as KDE applications. It uses Cachegrind as profiling backend, which uses the CPU simulator in Valgrind. Thus, profiling does not need any preparation, can cope with shared libraries and plugin architectures, and allows for profile runs to not influence the measuring by the profile itself, however, the disadvantage to this is slower profile runs. Linux Test Project 20030206 http://freshmeat.net/releases/112108/ The Linux Test Project is a joint project with SGI, IBM, OSDL, Bull, and Wipro Technologies with a goal to deliver test suites to the open source community that validate the reliability, robustness, and stability of Linux. The project consists of well over 950 individual testcases and a test driver to automate execution of the tests. Loggerithim 6.2.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/112102/ Loggerithim is a monitoring package. It allows you to monitor your systems graphically, proactively spot problems, perform postmortems, throw alerts when bad things happen, predict future needs, and automate routine administration tasks. ManEdit 0.5.8 (Stable) http://freshmeat.net/releases/112037/ The ManEdit UNIX Manual Page Editor is an editor specifically tailored for UNIX manual pages. It has a preview viewer, uses the manual page XML format for easy editing, and comes with a tutorial and reference guide. It uses the GTK+ widget set and features syntax highlighting, a complete drag and drop system for easy viewing and editing, a crash recovery system, and sample manual page templates. ManySMS 3.0 (Stable) http://freshmeat.net/releases/112074/ SMS is frontend for SmsSend. Users can easily send SMS messages to many GSM telephone numbers. The numbers are written in a text file. This program is designated for use in the Czech republic (operators: Eurotel, Paegas, Oskar), but can be easily adapted for different counties. It is written in Basic. mod_injection 0.3.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/112089/ mod_injection is an Apache 2.0.X filter module. It allows you to inject text in the HTTP response after a HTML tag, or after any given text string. The main intention of this module is to add a banner to several HTML pages on the fly. mon modules 2003-02-06 http://freshmeat.net/releases/112085/ mon modules is collection of modules for mon which include an advanced PostgreSQL monitor, a SAP R/3 monitor, a TCP connection and chat monitor which works through a SOCKS server, and a WAP cgi-bin client that lets you check the status of your servers using a WAP phone. N-View 2.5 (Stable) http://freshmeat.net/releases/112069/ 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. O-Kiraku Nikki 1.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/112050/ 'O-Kiraku Nikki' is Japanese for 'A Nice Calendar'. It is a simple PHP program that displays a calendar on a Web site, with the ability to add as many annotations as desired to any day, and have these annotations displayed on a Web page. It can be used as a diary, a Weblog, or a scheduler, etc. It comes with full multilanguage (Unicode) support, and includes by default English, Japanese, and Spanish translations. It has been designed with both security and simplicity in mind. openSkat 1.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/112064/ OpenSkat is an cryptographically secure implementation of the german card game Skat for multiple players over IRC (Internet Relay Chat). The fairness is based on several zero-knowledge-proofs from Christian Schindelhauers research paper "A Toolbox for Mental Card Games". It has a graphical user interface based on xskat 3.4. The modified sources are included and require an X11 environment. Packet Excalibur 1.0.1 (Stable) http://freshmeat.net/releases/112091/ Packet Excalibur is a multi-platform graphical and scriptable network packet engine with extensible text-based protocol descriptions. It is a network tool designed to build and receive custom packets. Packet Excalibur allows you to decide packet attributes from the physical layer to the top, to sniff and spoof packets with a single interface, to build scripts in the GUI, and to define additional protocols in simple text files. PHP vCard 2.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/112044/ PHP vCard generates vCards from any data. This is useful if you have a lot contact information stored in regular databases and want to make them available to end users as comfortable as possible. vCard files are supported by many PIMs. Pluggable Images Generator 0.2.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/112057/ Pluggable Images Generator (PIG) is mainly designed to create fractal images and dislay them. But since it's based on plugins, it can be used to create any type of computer generated image. ppm2html 1.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/112048/ ppm2html is a small Linux tool that converts an RGB PPM image to an HTML page. The page will display an approximated version of the image only using ASCII characters and color definitions. The tool makes full use of 24 bit color in HTML. If a 'source string' is being defined this string will repeatedly be used as the character source for rendering the ASCII output. If omitted, random characters between 'a' and 'z' will be used. The 'red', 'green', and 'blue' values define the backgroundcolor of the HTML page. If no command line arguments are given the page is rendered black. pylibini 0.1.2 http://freshmeat.net/releases/111738/ pylibini is a Python module which provides powerful access and easy manipulation of .ini files in Python applications. PyTone 1.12.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/112106/ PyTone is a music jukebox written in Python with a curses-based GUI. While providing advanced features like crossfading and multiple players, special emphasis is put on ease of use, making PyTone an ideal jukebox system for use at parties. qpopper-mysql 0.8 http://freshmeat.net/releases/112080/ qpopper-mysql is a patch to Qualcomm's qpopper POP3 daemon to enable it to do user authentication via a MySQL database, support virtual domains, support Maildir-style mailboxes, and log logins into a MySQL database for possible MTA SMTP authentication relaying use. Quake2Forge 0.2.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/112104/ Quake2Forge is The QuakeForge Project's version of id Software's game, Quake II. It aims to be a stable, portable codebase focusing on improving the quality of the game whilst maintaining backwards compatibility with the original. Rain gutter 1.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/111761/ Rain gutter is a theme based on a photo taken by octoberX. 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