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Slashdot
LOTR The Musical!
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/29/1957225
Blue Stone writes "The Lord of The Rings, is to [0]become a [1]musical,
to be staged in [2]London's West End, in 2005, on the book's 50th
anniversary. The £8m (US$12m) production has lyrics by [3]Shaun
McKenna and music by Stephen Keeling and Bernd Stromberger, while
[4]Matthew Warchus will direct." If they can get Leonard Nimoy to sing
the Bilbo Baggins song on stage, I'd go ;)
Links
0. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/2944402.stm
1. http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/news/story/0,11711,965572,00.html
2. http://www.londontheateronline.com/LondonTheatremap.html
3. http://www.mercurymusicals.com/associates/mckenna.html
4. http://www.zealpictures.com/production/warchus_bio.html
Copy Protection a Crime Against Humanity
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/30/0227258
[0]Trevalyx writes "An article over at [1]Wired looks into the
[2]relation between copy protection and the reality of a rational
amount of 'wiggle room' that is typically provided by the legal system.
It's a topic covered often on Slashdot, but it's still a good read.
Should be accompanied by a visit to the [3]Electronic Frontier
Foundation for your Daily Dose of Defending Digital Freedom." The
article does a good job of giving examples of legal leeway that's
granted every day.
Links
0. http://www.trevalyx.com
1. http://www.wired.com/
2. http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.06/view.html
3. http://www.eff.org/
Running a Research Lab on Free Software?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/30/0221234
Neurotensor asks: "My lab is researching quantum computing, and I don't
like the fact that Windows / Visual Basic [seems to be] the preferred
solution for controlling the experiments. It's not just a pride thing,
unlike many colleagues I know what I'm missing out on, in the free
software world. I've wasted a *lot* of time and effort trying to
implement some very simple stuff with free (and better) alternatives,
simply because certain hardware manufacturers utterly refuse to support
anything other than Windows." There were [0]older [1]articles that
touched on this subject, 2 years ago, but are others still finding
themselves in the same situation as the submitter?
Links
0. http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/03/24/0251208&tid=156
1. http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/11/19/2015259&tid=134
YOPY Arrives
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/29/2356252
[0]Victor Tramp writes "Apparently the fabled Linux based [1]YOPY
handheld has been put on the market after all! Not only do they look
like cool PDA versions of a Gameboy Advance SP (they fold), they look
like they give the Zaurus a real run for the money, featurewise. Though
the fastest processor is 206MHz, they include CompactFlash and MMC
slots on the [2]3700 model. Apparently you can download their [3]Linupy
distro, too. And finally, they don't seem to be [4]vaporware!"
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] a i l . c om
1. http://yopy.com/english/products/overview.htm
2. http://yopy.com/english/products/yp3700_overview.htm
3. http://yopy.com/english/download/overview.htm
4. http://yopy.com/english/preorder/predorder_orderinfo.htm
Department of Defense Gadget Show
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/29/2347210
blackp writes "[0]DefenseLINK has an article about [1]Force Protection
Equipment Demonstration IV. This year they had over 2,600 gadget and
equipment for defense and government agencies. The list includes kevlar
suits, body heat camo, a RoBoCop Suit, even biometric identification.
Some pictures are available, although somewhat limited. This show seems
perfect for the geek with a big budget." Or the government with a big
budget. Still, some neat things on display.
Links
0. http://www.defenselink.mil/
1. http://www.defenselink.mil/news/May2003/n05142003_200305145.html
Microsoft to Pay AOL $750M in Settlement
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/29/2245236
aoteoroa writes "Microsoft will [0]pay $750 million to AOL Time Warner
to settle an antitrust lawsuit filed by AOL on behalf of its subsidiary
Netscape last year, the companies said Thursday. At first blush the
deal looks good, but I can't help but wonder how a deal that ties AOL
to IE again will negatively impact my [1]favorite web browser." Here's
a news.com story that [2]also covers it. Is the browser war over? If
so, it sure was anticlimactic.
Links
0. http://money.cnn.com/2003/05/29/technology/microsoft/index.htm
1. http://www.mozilla.org/
2. http://news.com.com/2100-1032_3-1011296.html
3 Major HD Makers Recalling Drives?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/29/1943216
[0]mauriceh writes "Seems that 3 major Hard Disk companies have a
problem with defective 40GB platters. A [1]major recall is in the
works." Seagate, Hitachi, and Maxtor 40 & 80 gig drives appear to be
the troubled drives.
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1.
http://www.digitimes.com/NewsShow/Article1.asp?datePublish=2003/05/26&pages=01&seq=2
A Supernova In Red/Blue Plaid, Please
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/29/1648241
Snotnose writes "The New York Times is reporting that scientists have
found a [0] a supernova factory . From the article, scientists
estimated that the cluster alone, which contains up to a million stars,
probably produces a supernova once every two years. That is a rate 50
times higher than usual in entire galaxies. Stars explode in Earth's
home galaxy, the Milky Way, only once in a century.. Sounds pretty
awesome. "
Links
0. http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/28/science/28ASTR.html
Might Mars Contain Life?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/29/1939248
[0]stagmeister writes "According to the [1]BBC, the [2]Viking probes to
Mars in the 1970s "detected strange signs of activity in the Martian
soil - akin to microbes giving off gas," and that while those findings
were not acknowledged as proof of life then, "[3]in 1997, reached the
conclusion ... that the so-called LR (labelled release) work had
detected life." At the same time, the British are [4]launching a probe
to try to find life on Mars."
Links
0. mailto:jasonlustig@@@adelphia...net
1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/
2. http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/viking.html
3. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2941826.stm
4. http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/123715_mars27.html
San Mehat On Web Services & .Net
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/29/1647201
A reader writes: "There's an interview with [0]San Mehat in regards to
.Net & Webservices. He has some interesting comments about what will
work and what won't work, and where things are going." San is well
known for [1]his Netwinder work, as well as being a good [2]DJ. And, in
the interest of full disclosure, San does work for [3]VA Software, the
parent company of [4]OSDN, as is DevChannel.
Links
0. http://webservices.devchannel.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/28/0821232
1. http://www.netwinder.org/howto/Disk-Update-HOWTO-6.html
2. http://www.nthdegreerecords.com/sanmehat.asp
3. http://www.vasoftware.com
4. http://www.osdn.com
Newsforge Reports
Wireless access for the masses!
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/28/0033238
- By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - Bradenton, FL - So far I've only been
able to find three local wireless "hot spots." Each one is on a
different network, and all of them charge substantial daily fees to
connect. The funny thing is, wireless access is dirt-cheap to provide,
and businesses smart enough to give it to people like me for free would
almost certainly profit from my increased patronage.
Tux goes to college
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/27/1514225
- by Russell Pavlicek - In an era when mature Linux distributions
abound, do you need a special one just for college? Robert Kennedy
Collegein Delémont, Switzerland, thinks so. This institution allows
its students to learn entirely via the Internet, so the computer tools
at the student's disposal are critical to the success of both the
learner and the college itself. The school's CollegeLinux 2.3, a
single-CD Linux distribution, is a ...
Commercial CAD/CAM for Linux?
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/28/138215
- by Carl Brown - I recently returned from my annual pilgramage to the
Eastec 'Advanced Productivity Exposition' trade show in Springfield MA,
billed as 'The East Coast's Largest Annual Manufacturing Event.' Every
year since 1999, I have made the rounds there, asking all the CAD/CAM
vendors at the show the same simple question: "Do you have any plans
for a Linux version?" The answer has always been an unequivocal "No."
The excuses varied, but ...
Newsforge Newsvac
Lindows.com Revelation Could Be Fatal Blow to SCO
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/29/229251
Anonymous Reader writes "Lindows.com announced today that it has
previously entered into an agreement through which SCO would provide
Lindows with certain technology. According to Michael Robertson, CEO of
Lindows.com, this means that Lindows.com customers will not have to
worry about SCO's ongoing attempts to "protect its IP." Interestingly
enough, this may cause a much larger impact than Robertson bargained
for. Read more at OfB.biz."
Darl McBride threatens to sue Linus Torvalds
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/29/1338209
Dave B writes "SCO boss Darl McBride had a bad day yesterday. Novell
cast doubt on SCO's claim to any System V Unix IP, the stock price lost
24% and then it seems Mr McBride publicly threatened to sue Linus
Torvalds. The Inquirer has the story."
Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/29/1545250
LogError writes "The Chief Tehnology Officer of Core Security
Technologies discusses the security threats, his top five security
tools, the importance of penetration testing and information security
in general."
Gauging the enterprise-readiness of open-source financial apps
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/29/1548233
Michael S. Mimoso writes "Today, Linux-based applications are being
used to manage and make large sums of money in the financial services
industry. Meanwhile, applications for businesses outside the financial
services space are few and far between. Only two open-source financial
products -- Nola and SQL-Ledger -- have gained much notice in the
business world."
Big Machines, Big Linux
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/29/1518229
The joke used to be that IBM's mainframes were the useless dinosaurs
of computing. None of IBM's rivals are laughing now. With Linux gaining
popularity on IBM's zSeries, the mainframe is making a strong comeback.
LindowsOS enters Japanese market
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/29/158221
Lindows.com, Inc. today announced a distribution agreement with
Japan's EDGE corporation. Under the program, LindowsOS will be sold for
home, work and educational uses, according to the announcement.
Why you shouldn't use Linux
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/29/152231
You probably already know the advantages of Linux. Even if it may
seems contradictory for a site dedicated to Linux, I think that's
important that new users and beginners know the disadvantages and
limitations of Linux. This knowledge is essential to correctly evaluate
if Linux will meet your needs. It will also make deceptions less
likely, since you will know what are the main limitations of the OS.
Linux Operating System Passes With Flying Colors
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/29/1445204
Ready for a new operating system on your computer? Because a new
operating system is ready for you. I'm talking about Linux, the free
software alternative to Microsoft Windows.
SCO's 10k report
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/29/1418233
Anonymous Reader writes "Open Source bug hunters have been checking all
available SCO material. In their 10k report (tax?) Karsten Self has
uncovered confirmation of Novell's claim to the System V copyrights.
Copyrights that Darl McBride was reported to claim as SCO's property as
recently as yesterday. No doubt he was misquoted."
QuickHelp Linux 1.1
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/29/1411252
Harold Halbleib writes "Help Authoring and Deployment Made Easy for
Linux Applications. Placitas, NM â May 28, 2003 - Excel Software today
announced the availability of QuickHelp for Linux. QuickHelp is a
development tool for creating and deploying application help to Mac OS
9, Mac OS X, Windows 95 through XP and virtually all Linux
distributions. Help information for Linux has traditionally been
delivered as ReadMe files, man pages or a loose ...
Freshmeat
Arkhe Theme 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124193/
Arkhe Theme is a nice-looking theme containing a CG Knot.
AweMUD 0.1.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124409/
AweMUD is a MUD server for use with fantasy-settings. Features include
skill-based character development, fully dynamic objects and
characters, and custom worlds. The engine will eventually have
completely interactive rooms (items can be placed under benches, doors
can be destroyed), complex magick, and interactive NPCs.
Background Buddy 1.21
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124427/
BackgroundBuddy is an automatic wallpaper changer for GNOME 2.x,
FluxBox, WindowMaker, and XFCE that supports multiple directories as
well as subdirectories in those multiple directories and runs as a
daemon.
BenMP3 1.0.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124339/
BenMP3 is a small and powerful sound player for the Linux console (with
or without ncurses). It can play MP2, MP3, MPEG, OGG, wav, aiff, xm,
it, mod, and CD formats. It has French and English interfaces.
Bug-Track.com 2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124422/
Bug-Track.com is a Web-based service specifically designed to log and
track your project's bugs. You can access encrypted reports of your
bugs, issues, or defects from anywhere at any time through a Web
browser (or lock it into just your own Web server). It features
unlimited users and unlimited projects.
CCT Chinese TeX system 0.5.0 Beta 3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124324/
CCT is a Chinese Language Extention to TeX that was developed by the
Academy of Sciences in Beijing.
cgipaf 1.3.0pre4 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124393/
cgipaf is a combination of three CGI programs. passwd.cgi, which allow
users to update their password, viewmailcfg.cgi, which allows users to
view their current mail configuration, and mailcfg.cgi, which updates
the mail configuration. All programs use PAM for user authentication.
It is possible to run a script to update SAMBA passwords or NIS
configuration when a password is changed. mailcfg.cgi creates a
.procmailrc in the user's home directory. A user with too many invalid
logins can be locked. The minimum and maximum UID can be set in the
configuration file, so you can specify a range of UIDs that are allowed
to use cgipaf.
Cream for Vim 0.22
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124371/
Cream is a configuration of the famous Vim text editor that makes it
easier to use, like an Apple- or Windows-style text editor. It uses
Vim's own extensibility to improve menus, keyboard shortcuts, and
editing behavior. Cream seamlessly maintains Vim's insertmode to access
all the power of the original Vim plus many custom Cream extensions.
CueAct 0.1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124347/
CueAct is a utility that uses the CueCat driver to execute specific
commands when a barcode is swiped with a CueCat reader. The program can
run different programs based on different types of barcodes read, or
the particular reader that has been used to read a barcode. The options
for barcode recognition and commands to run are fully configurable, and
the utility can run as a standard program or a daemon in the
background.
CueCat driver for Linux 0.8.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124345/
Linux device driver for CueCat barcode readers that supports multiple
PS/2 CueCats on either the keyboard port, mouse port (without disabling
the mouse) or USB port through a PS/2 -> USB adapter, or native USB
CueCats. A standalone application that doesn't require the driver and
also reads barcodes from a CueCat connected to a serial port through a
homemade PS/2 -> serial converter is included as well. The driver
separates CueCat barcode scancodes from normal keyboard or mouse
scancodes, decode the barcodes, performs error-checking on them and
send them in clear text through a normal character device file. NOTE :
the company that created the CueCat has disappeared. CueCat readers are
no longer produced or distributed.
DivXWMAConverter 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124395/
DivXWMAConverter allows you to convert DivX movies files with WMA audio
so that they can be converted under Mac OS X with DivX Validator. The
WMA codec is not available under Mac OS X, as a consequence tools like
DivX Validator won't be able to validate DivX files including WMA
audio. Although movie players like MPlayer allow you to play such DivX
movies, MPlayer is much slower than Quicktime for playing movies, and
G3-based computers (500MHz and slower) may not be fast enough to play
high-resolution DivX movies. For these machines, DivXWMAConverter can
be very helpful.
Dragon Character Training 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124431/
Dragon Character Training is a PalmOS program using stroke recognition
to help you learn to read and write Chinese characters. It is good for
learning Mandarin vocabulary and characters.
DSPAM 2.6.0.64
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124354/
DSPAM is a server-side anti-spam agent for UNIX email servers. It
masquerades as the email server's local delivery agent and
filters/learns SPAM using a Bayesian statistical approach which
provides an administratively maintenance-free, self-learning Anti-Spam
service. Each email is broken down into its most interesting tokens,
each assigned a spam probability. All probabilities are then combined
to produce a statistical probability of spam. This approach, applied to
a mature corpus of email, has the potential to yield a 99.5% success
rate with only 0.03% chance of false positives.
EBsuite.com 05312003
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124385/
EBsuite.com is a Web-based e-business software suite for small to
mid-sized businesses and developers. Its project management module
contains integrated bug tracking, file checkin/checkout, patch
management, project/task scheduling, a Gantt chart, a calendar/task
application, and much more.
ecamegapedal 0.4.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124418/
Ecamegapedal is a real-time effect processor tool that includes a
graphical user interface for controlling effect parameters. It is meant
to be used as a virtual guitar or studio effect box. In addition to
real-time operation, it supports reading from and writing to audio
files. All audio objects and effect plugin types provided by the
ecasound libraries are supported, including ALSA, JACK, OSS, aRts, over
20 file formats, over 30 effect types, LADSPA plugins, and
multi-operator effect presets. It uses the ecasound and Qt libraries.
Echo Web Application Framework 1.0 Release Candidate 3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124341/
Echo is a framework for developing object-oriented, event-driven Web
applications in Java. Echo removes the developer from having to think
in terms of "page-based" applications and enables him/her to
develop applications using the conventional object-oriented and
event-driven paradigm for user interface development. Knowledge of
HTML, HTTP, and JavaScript is not required. Tutorials, white papers,
and full API documentation are available.
EzSDK 4.69
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124353/
EzSDK is a PHP SDK which includes a PHP source code generator, a
library of PHP classes, and an application environment consisting of
premade supporting modules. The modules handle user application and
data access security, DB compatibility (with MySQL, MS SQL, Oracle,
etc.), a built-in GUI interface with an interactive desktop, and more.
Fast OnlineUpdate for SuSE 0.10.0pre2 (Beta)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124359/
Fast OnlineUpdate for SuSE (fou4s) is a bash script that provides the
functionality of YOU (YaST OnlineUpdate), but can also work in
background and check for updates every night. It supports resumed
downloads and proxies by using wget. GPG signatures are also checked.
FireStorm 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124416/
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.
Flat Assembler 1.46.9.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124321/
The Flat Assembler is a fast and efficient self-assembling 80x86
assembler for Linux, DOS, and Windows. It supports all
8086-80486/Pentium instructions with MMX, SSE, SSE2 and 3DNow!
extensions. It can produce output in binary, MZ, PE, or COFF formats.
It has advanced but easy-to-use macroinstruction support, and it does
multiple quick passes to optimize the code for size. It is totally
written in assembly language.
Formmail-trap 2.6 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124336/
Formmail-trap is a CGI program that automatically detects attempts to
probe a formmail open relay and reports the event to the ISP of the one
who made the attempt.
FreeJ 0.5 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124397/
FreeJ is a digital instrument for video livesets, featuring realtime
rendering of multilayered video and chained effect filtering directly
on the screen. It plays with video4linux devices, DIVX/AVI files, and
PNG images, letting you dynamically apply on each layer a chain of
effect plugins.
FreeMarker 2.3pre1 (Lazarus)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124335/
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.
Genmake 2003_05_29
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124327/
Genmake creates Makefiles for C/C++ projects from a simple project
description. The project description file can contain any number of
projects and dependencies between them. The description is organized
into workspace, projectspace and filespace and supports any number of
build modes (debug, release, etc.).
ggcov 0.1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124374/
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.
gnokii 0.5.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124398/
gnokii is a Linux/Unix tool suite for Nokia (GSM) mobile phones. It
provides a virtual Hayes-AT compatible modem to allow data calls to be
made to a modem or ISP as well as providing a phone book, and SMS and
ringtone management. Phones supported include recent models such as the
6310, 6510, and 6210, and older phones like the 3110, 3810, 8110, 5110,
6110 and their derivatives.
gURLChecker 0.5.0 (Unstable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124428/
gURLChecker is a C/GNOME 2 tool that can check links on a single Web
page or on a whole Web site in order to determine the validity of each
page.
iHook 0.9.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124403/
iHook is a graphical frontend for any command-line executable. It gives
scripts a pleasant Aqua face, and allows script writers to provide
graphical feedback without having to learn one of the higher APIs
available for Mac OS X. iHook accomplishes this through its ability to
understand a set of directives. When a script writes an iHook Directive
to stdout, iHook will modify its own interface based on the content of
the Directive. In this way, a simple shell script can have an Aqua
interface, complete with a progress bar and drawer. When launched in
the Finder, iHook prompts the user to choose a script to run; iHook
also accepts file drops on its icon, and will attempt to run the
dropped file. When no user is logged in, iHook tries to execute
/etc/logout.hook. This makes iHook highly useful as an interface for
Mac OS X LogoutHooks.
imageSearch 0.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124307/
imageSearch is a Python script that recursively searches directories
for duplicate images. When duplicates are found, they are displayed in
a GUI as a tree with buttons for deleting the ones you don't want.
j4RCS 0.1.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124406/
j4RCS is a simple Java Swing frontend for the RCS program. It allows
you to manage projects made of several files instead of doing it file
by file with the commandline program.
JTAG Tools 0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124348/
JTAG Tools is a software package which enables working with JTAG-aware
(IEEE 1149.1) hardware devices and boards through a JTAG adapter. This
package has an open and modular architecture with the ability to write
miscellaneous extensions like board testers, flash memory programmers,
and so on.
KBabel 1.2beta2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124333/
KBabel is a set of tools for editing and managing PO files created by
gettext. Its main component is a powerful and comfortable PO file
editor which features full navigation capabilities, full editing
functionality, the ability to search for translations in different
dictionaries, spell and syntax checking, showing diffs, and much more.
It also includes a "Catalog Manager", which is a file manager
view that provides an overview of PO files. Last but not least, it
includes a standalone dictionary application which provides the
additional capability of accessing KBabel's powerful dictionaries.
kcd 6.13.0 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124370/
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.
KGuitune 0.2 (KDE3)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124391/
KGuitune is a guitar-and-other-instruments tuner. It takes a signal
from the microphone, calculates its frequency, and displays it on a
note scale graphic and an oscilloscope. It supports normal, Wien, and
physical tuning.
Kiwa 0.11.0 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124399/
Kiwa is a Web-based, object-oriented development and run-time
environment. The goal of this project is to allow site administrators
to graphically design their site's businness workflows (XML automats).
It uses a template system to display pages, and offers easily
extendable object libraries that can be plugged as cartridges.
LANforge FIRE & ICE 3.7.3-beta3 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124392/
The LANforge is a unified multi-protocol network traffic generation and
WAN simulation application. It allows testing and verification labs to
simulate real world customer traffic. The WAN simulator allows the
injection of latency and other network oddities like dropped,
duplicated, and re-ordered packets. The LANforge provides a scriptable
command line interface with Perl libraries as well as a graphical user
interface.
libmplot 0.6.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124351/
libmplot is a library for drawing graphics primitives such as lines and
text into a bitmap.
licq-osd 1.2.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124362/
The licq-osd plugin that enables licq to display new messages as an On
Screen Display message.
Linux Security Auditing Tool 0.6.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124366/
Linux Security Auditing Tool (LSAT) is a post install security auditing
tool. It is modular in design, so new features can be added quickly. It
checks many system configurations and local network settings on the
system for common security/config errors and for packages that are not
needed. It has been tested on Linux (Gentoo, Red Hat, Debian, etc.) and
Solaris (SunOS 2.x).
linuxsms 0.64
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124401/
Linuxsms is a Perl script to send SMS to GSM phones. There is support
for multiple servers/gateways (some servers require registration). The
script has an adressbook, the ability to compress SMS, and the ability
to check for new versions.
Log Tool 1.2.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124424/
Logtool is a syslog file parser, report generator, and monitoring
utility. It takes logfiles from syslog, multilog, or other ASCII log
generating sources as input from stdin, and depending on command line
switches and/or config file settings, will parse and filter out
unwanted messages from the logfile accordingly, and generate output in
ANSI color, formatted ASCII, CSV (for spreadsheets), or HTML format. It
is very handy for use in automated nightly reports, and online
monitoring of logfile activity. It comes with some simple example
scripts and documentation.
m0n0wall pb11r400
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124413/
m0n0wall is an all-in-one firewall software package that is based on
FreeBSD. It is geared towards embedded PCs, but the CD-ROM version also
works on standard PCs. It includes an easy-to-use Web interface like
commercial firewall boxes do. PHP is used instead of shell scripts, and
the entire system configuration is stored in a single XML-formatted
file. There is support for wireless LAN, VPN, traffic shaping, and
more.
mkvtoolnix 0.4.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124410/
mkvtoolnix is a set of tools that allow users to display information
about, extract streams from, merge several streams into, and split
Matroska media files. Supported stream types include video streams from
AVIs or Ogg files and Vorbis audio from Ogg files among many others.
The resulting files can be played back with mplayer or the Matroska
Direct Show filter under Windows.
mod_security 1.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124372/
Mod_security is an intrusion detection and prevention module for the
Apache Web server. Its purpose is to protect vulnerable applications by
detecting and (optionally) rejecting attacks. In addition to request
filtering, it also can create Web application audit logs. Requests are
filtered using regular expressions. Mod_security can analyse POST
payloads, unlike other similar projects.
Moodle 1.0.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124389/
Moodle is a learning management system for producing Internet-based
course Web sites. It is written in PHP and is easy to install and use
on Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X. It has been designed to support modern
pedagogies based on social constructionist theory, and includes
activity modules such as forums, resources, journals, quizzes, surveys,
choices, and assignments. It has been translated into 30 languages,
with more on the way. Moodle offers a free alternative to commercial
software such as WebCT and Blackboard, and is being used by a growing
number of universities, schools, and independent teachers for distance
education or to supplement face-to-face teaching.
Mozilla 1.0.2 (1.0)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124383/
Mozilla is a Web browser that is being developed by the Free Software
Community with the cooperation and support of Netscape. The current
Mozilla is a completely new software based on the "NGLayout"
layout engine and runs on almost all current operating systems.
Mozilla's user interface is written on top of NGLayout using XUL and
JavaScript. The Mozilla project only develops and tests the source code
for other projects / companies to use. Netscape 6 (the Web browser from
Netscape) and Beonex Communicator (an open-source project to make a
Mozilla for end-users) are directly based on Mozilla. Many other
projects use/embed Mozilla's rendering engine (e.g., Galeon).
Mozilla 1.4beta (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124390/
Mozilla is a Web browser that is being developed by the Free Software
Community with the cooperation and support of Netscape. The current
Mozilla is a completely new software based on the "NGLayout"
layout engine and runs on almost all current operating systems.
Mozilla's user interface is written on top of NGLayout using XUL and
JavaScript. The Mozilla project only develops and tests the source code
for other projects / companies to use. Netscape 6 (the Web browser from
Netscape) and Beonex Communicator (an open-source project to make a
Mozilla for end-users) are directly based on Mozilla. Many other
projects use/embed Mozilla's rendering engine (e.g., Galeon).
Music Player Daemon 0.6.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124357/
Music Player Daemon (MPD) allows remote access for playing music (MP3
and Ogg Vorbis) 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.
MyClassifiedsSQL 2.0 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124363/
MyClassifiedsSQL is a Perl/CGI/MySQL implementation of online
classifieds, similar to other classifieds or auction sites. It displays
all aspects of the classifieds and creates all of the files for you.
Only one file needs to be edited to specify the categories, colors,
template, and a few other site-specific variables and preferences. The
script supports email and deletion/modification of ads by users, as
well as searching ads, and auto-delete after an admin-specified number
of days.
NewsMonster Beta2.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124426/
NewsMonster is an advanced Weblog manager, reputation system,
micropayment economy, and semantic Web application. It allows the user
to keep track of news and use reputation within the blogging community
to help discover new Weblogs, important articles, and other compelling
relationships.
OBM 0.6.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124277/
OBM is an Intranet application written to help manage a company. It can
also be used as a contact and customer database or as a shared
calendar. It is written with PHP and requires MySQL to work (although
support for other databases is possible). It supports
internationalization and themes, and it includes: sales force, help
desk, time tracking, user, and administration modules.
Open BEAGLE 1.1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124379/
Open BEAGLE is a versatile C++ evolutionary computation framework. It
provides an Object-Oriented software environment enabling the
implementation of almost any kind of evolutionary algorithm, such as
genetic algorithms and genetic programming.
OpenClinic 0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124334/
OpenClinic is an easy to use, open source medical records system. It
has been mainly developed for private clinics, surgeries, and private
doctors. It is platform independent and has a multi-language
architecture.
oradump.pl 1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124380/
oradump.pl is a Perl script to reverse-engineer Oracle structures like
Tables, Views, Sequences, Indexes, Triggers, and Packages as SQL.
OS X mod MPlayer Skin 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124360/
OS X mod MPlayer Skin is a modification of phantomas's OS X Brushed
MPlayer skin. It includes the play and pause buttons as one in the
same, uses window manager window decorations, includes a playbar for
fullscreen mode (go to preferences/misc and select enable playbar), and
includes load, playlist, and fullscreen buttons from Everaldo's Crystal
icon theme. It also includes an about button based on an adaptation of
the MPlayer logo.
Panda PDF Generator 0.5.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124350/
The Panda PDF Generator is intended to make PDFs on the fly for the
Web, but may be used to generate any PDF document you want.
PennMUSH 1.7.7p14 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124378/
PennMUSH is a MUD server that is often used for running social or
role-playing games, with an extensive internal programming language. It
runs on Unix systems, Windows, and MacOS.
phpWebThings 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124320/
phpWebThings is a set of PHP classes for creating a cool Web site with
user login, news, forum, user messages, downloads, FAQs, and more. It
allows the Webmaster to create his own site with freedom, using only
the features he wants, and allowing new features to be added easily.
poplimitd 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124337/
poplimitd is a daemon process that monitors a server maillog file for
POP3 or IMAP connections. Using configurable settings it monitors the
rate of logins based on the user account and IP address. If it finds
excessive usage, it will send a preconfigured email with the users
information to that user asking them to stop. On servers that suffer
from high POP3/IMAP load, this can dramatically modify user behaviour
and limit POP and IMAP connections and load.
pyDDR 0.6.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124411/
PyDDR is a clone of DDR ("Dance Dance Revolution") written in
Python. The idea of DDR is simple. There's a mat with four directional
arrows, and the game scrolls arrows up the screen to the beat while
playing a song. When the arrows reach the top of the screen (not sooner
and not later), the player hits the corresponding arrow on the pad, and
given that it's hit on time with the beat, points are scored. Based on
how well the dance is put together, s/he is graded at the end of the
song. Both keyboard and mat play are supported.
Python Web Objects 1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124342/
Python Web Objects is a dynamic page generation system that allows the
developer to embed Python code inside HTML.
Qgfe 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124369/
Qgfe is a graphical interface to the gnuplot program.
Qtexmaker 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124365/
Qtexmaker integrates many tools needed to develop documents with LaTeX
in just one application.
Ringlink 2.51 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124387/
Ringlink is a CGI Perl program that provides the tools you need to run
one or more rings of Web sites (i.e., systems of links between Web
sites of similar contents).
ROX-Filer 1.3.10
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124346/
ROX-Filer is a fast and powerful graphical file manager. It has full
drag-and-drop support and background file operations, and is highly
configurable. It can also act as a pinboard, allowing you to pin
frequently used files to the desktop background.
sa-exim-stats 0.70
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124349/
sa-exim-stats generates some spam/mail statistics from an sa-exim
logfile. sa-exim is a patch for Exim which integrates SpamAssassin into
Exim. Some of the statistics it displays are the "top n"
spam/clean/overall recipients and the average spam/clean score.
Salonify 0.76
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124344/
Salonify is a Perl script which displays images that you have organized
in a directory hierarchy. The Web user can choose to see photos as
thumbnails or in small, medium, or full-size format; rotate the images;
modify the captions; move from folder to folder or image to image
easily; and customize the layout. The administrator can also take away
any of these abilities from the user if they want. By default, the
captioning is totally democratic (or wiki-like)--anyone visiting your
site can change the captions. You can also lock this down. Salonify
generates nearly w3c-compliant HTML (getting closer all the time) and
renders quite well in all tested browsers, including w3m-img, lynx,
Mozilla, Opera, Netscape, Internet Explorer, etc.. It uses JavaScript
when available but does not depend on it, and makes special allowances
for bugs in certain browsers.
Scriptix 0.24
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124408/
Scriptix is a light-weight scripting language designed solely for
embedding and extending applications. It has most common language
features, including arrays, classes, exceptions, functions, loops, and
threads. Speed, flexibility, and simplicity are top priorities.
Shell Intrusion Detection 0.2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124367/
SID is a Shell Intrusion Detection system. The kernel part plugs into a
terminal-processing subsystem and logs hashed terminal lines. The user
part reads log entries (hashes), consults a list of allowed entries,
and takes appropriate action upon unexpected log entries.
Slackware Live CD 2.9.0.15
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124368/
Slackware Live CD is a 200MB live Linux distribution on CD that is
based on Slackware. It features many add-ons, including the scripts
required to create your own live CD.
SSHTerm 0.1.4 (Signed Applet)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124376/
SSHTerm is a Java SSH client that provides a whole range of features,
including port forwarding, password authentication, public-key
authentication, ANSI/VT100/VT220/VT320 terminal, full clipboard
support, record and playback input/output, and the ability to load/save
connection settings to a file.
SSHVnc 0.1.0 (Signed Applet)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124396/
SSHVnc is a standalone Java VNC viewer that secures VNC access by
integrating the popular TightVNC viewer with the SSHTools Java SSH API.
It features a clean and easy to use interface, simplifying the
complicated processes currently used to secure the VNC protocol through
SSH port forwarding.
SSHVnc 0.1.0 beta
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124377/
SSHVnc is a standalone Java VNC viewer that secures VNC access by
integrating the popular TightVNC viewer with the SSHTools Java SSH API.
It features a clean and easy to use interface, simplifying the
complicated processes currently used to secure the VNC protocol through
SSH port forwarding.
Submount 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124404/
The submount removable media handling system automatically mounts and
unmounts removable media devices such as CDROMs, DVDs, and floppy
drives. It is a two part system, with a small kernel module and a
userspace program. It provides the same functionality as supermount,
but (hopefully) avoids supermount's stability problems.
Sudoscript 2.1.0 beta1 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124331/
Sudoscript is a pair of Perl scripts (sudoscriptd/sudoshell) that
provide an audited root shell using sudo.
TAMS 2.12a5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124303/
TAMS (Text Analysis Markup System) is a qualitative or ethnographic
coding and data extraction-analysis system.
TechTables 20030528
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124402/
Tech tables is an asset and trouble ticket management system using PHP
and PostgreSQL or MySQL. It lets you track computing assets, contacts,
and trouble tickets.
The Distribulator 0.51
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124355/
The Distribulator is an SSH-based command execution and file transfer
utility. It includes support for both batch and console mode, XML
configuration, multiple server enviornments, and auditing via syslog.
The Distribulator is meant to be distributed computing for the rest of
us.
The Glasgow Haskell Compiler 5.04.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124330/
The Glasgow Haskell Compiler is a robust, fully-featured, optimising
compiler for the functional programming language Haskell. GHC compiles
Haskell to either native code or C. It implements numerous experimental
language extensions to Haskell for example concurrency, a foreign
language interface, several type-system extensions, exceptions, and so
on. GHC comes with a generational garbage collector, a space and time
profiler, and a comprehensive set of libraries.
ThingamaBlog 0.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124338/
ThingamaBlog is a cross-platform, standalone blogging application
written in Java. Basic features include the ability to maintain
multiple blogs, the ability to easily manage lots of entries,
customizable templates, find, edit, and delete entries functions,
'Quick Tags' for on the fly HTML editing, customizable archiving
options, the ability to organize entries by category, previewing of
entries in HTML or in plain text, and one-click publishing.
Turck MMCache for PHP 2.3.13
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124358/
Turck MMCache is a PHP accelerator and encoder. It increases
performance of PHP scripts by caching them in a compiled state, so that
the overhead of compiling is almost completely eliminated. It also uses
some optimizations for speeding up PHP scripts' execution. It typically
reduces server load and increases the speed of PHP code by 1-10 times.
It is tested with PHP 4.1.0-4.3.1, and Apache 1.3 and 2.0 under Linux
and Windows.
VetTux 2.0-5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124322/
VetTux is a modern animal clinic management and POS system. It aims to
provide the veterinarian with a complete solution for running a clinic.
WebEater 0.2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124394/
WebEater is a program for Web site retrieval and offline viewing. It's
written in 100% pure Java, it's small, and it currently works with
every site that uses pure HTML and most of the sites that use some sort
of pre-processor language (such as PHP).
WebJMS 1.0.0beta1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124230/
WebJMS is an HTTP to JMS bridge that automatically routes each HTTP
request to the appropriate JMS topic or queue. Subscribers and
receivers can then then process the request and respond to it
asynchronously. It creates a new paradigm for developing highly
scalable Web applications with unprecedented ease.
Wheel 'O Yum 2.6.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124356/
The Wheel 'O Yum is a program to assist in deciding where to eat. All
too often, excess time is spent among groups trying to decide. The
Wheel 'O Yum allows one or more people to vote on their favorite
restaurants and spin the wheel for a random, but educated, restaurant.
Wordlog 1.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124332/
Wordlog is a Weblog written in PHP and backed by MySQL. Its interface
is entirely ASCII-based and standards compliant. Features include
on-the-fly page editing, multiple users, administration access, comment
threading, URL parsing, and an easily customizable interface.
X-Cart 3.4.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124352/
X-Cart can be used both as a ready out-of-the-box shopping cart
solution and as a powerful shopping cart system for a customized Web
shop. X-Cart is based on the Smarty PHP templates engine and the MySQL
database backend. X-Cart features online credit card processing,
product options, inventory tracking, real-time shipment tracking, order
history, tax and shipping rates calculation, a powerful admin
backoffice, a built-in Web-based template editor, database
backup/restore, and more. X-Cart is optimized for smooth performance
and a clear look.
Xfsamba 0.1.372
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124312/
Xfsamba is an SMB (Windows) network navigator with upload, download,
rm, rmdir, mkdir, and tar capabilities. Xfsamba does not need to mount
remote Windows shares. Drag and drop is enabled for file
uploads/downloads.
XScreenSaver.App 2.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124434/
XScreenSaver.App is a Window Maker dockapp control for XScreenSaver.
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Gadgets: Squid Light
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Computing: Ideazon Zboard
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Computing: ICE-Cube Barebones Mini-PC
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Gadgets: Inova X5 LED Flashlights
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