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September 20, 2003 BUSINESS SERIES
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Slashdot
Java Desktop System Rivals XP, OSX in Usability
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/19/2134224
protohiro1 writes "In this [0]glowing review Chris Gulker calls Sun's
[1] Java Desktop System 'the most polished and real-world user-ready
Linux desktop in existence.' Well, I'm sold. Will this finally sell the
PHBs on a linux corporate desktop?" Newsforge and Slashdot are both
part of OSDN.
Links
0. http://newsforge.com/newsforge/03/09/18/003212.shtml?tid=23
1. http://sdc.sun.com/partners/sunjavasystem/javadesktopsystem/
PHP Usage in the Enterprise
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/19/2133204
[0]acostin writes "Some open survey results were published about PHP
usage in the enterprise on the [1]InterAKT site. An alternative survey
on the PHP open source mouvement can be found on [2]Zend site. See how
we've evaluated the PHP market size($$$), what people think about PHP
as an alternative to Java and .NET, and what should be done in order to
have your large clients adopt open source solutions."
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.interakt.ro/index_art_11.html
2. http://www.zend.com/zend/php_survey_results.php
Next-gen PCMCIA: Expresscard
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/19/2119201
An anonymous reader writes "According to [0]this article at
WindowsForDevices, the PCMCIA trade association rolled out version 1.0
of its next-generation standard for modular mobile and desktop computer
expansion at this week's Intel Developer Forum in San Jose, CA. Dubbed
"ExpressCard", the new standard is "thinner, lighter, faster" than the
group's previous PC Card standards, according to PCMCIA chairman Brad
Saunders. ExpressCard achieves its space reduction by replacing the
legacy parallel buses of the first and second generation PCMCIA card
standards with state-of-the-art, high-speed serial connections,
following a trend common in current computer system design."
Links
0. http://www.windowsfordevices.com/news/NS3811053324.html
Tzero Electric Car: 0-60 in 3.7 Seconds
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/19/1952223
If you have a spare 6,800 lithium-ion laptop batteries lying around,
you can build your own [0]electric sports car.
Links
0. http://nytimes.com/2003/09/19/automobiles/19ELEC.html
P2P Filesharing vs. The Web
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/19/216230
[0]The Importance of writes "The recent RIAA lawsuits have raised
[1]many questions and [2]issues, but the focus has been on P2P
filesharing. Before there was P2P, though, there was filesharing via
webservers. There doesn't seem to be much complaint about the RIAA
shutting down people who upload MP3s to their homepage. Why do many
people seem to treat http filesharing different than P2P filesharing?
[0]LawMeme has [3]one answer."
Links
0. http://research.yale.edu/lawmeme/
1. http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/15/2033232&tid=95
2. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/15/1036231&tid=141
3. http://research.yale.edu/lawmeme/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1219
Telstar 4 is Down
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/19/1920234
An anonymous reader writes "Sometime this morning (Sept. 19) [0]Telstar
4 had a major onboard failure. I just checked a few minutes ago and
there are CW carriers up on 11700 MHz V & 12200 MHz H, so the
spacecraft would appear to still be in its orbital slot - just no
traffic. The [1]Loral Skynet site has no mention of this yet, but
supposedly Telstar 8 was already scheduled to replace T4, so they may
just speed the process up. This turn of events will no doubt be of some
small concern to [2]Intelsat, who recently agreed to [3]purchase most
of Loral's US domestic fleet, including T4."
Links
0. http://www.cyberstar.com/fleet/telstar4/t4ov_us.asp
1. http://www.loralskynet.com/
2. http://www.intelsat.com/
3.
http://www.intelsat.com/aboutus/news/articles.aspx?year=2003&art=20030815_01_EN.xml&lang=en&footer=30
S3's DeltaChrome Graphics Chip
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/19/1837243
[0]Noob Jones writes "The Tech Report has an [1]article about a new
video card in the works at S3. 'S3 Graphics is back with a new chip,
dubbed DeltaChrome, which looks like it might just be strong enough to
become a player in the mid-range consumer graphics market.' With a
third player back in the graphics market both Nvidia and ATi are going
to have things to worry about but this can only spell good news for
customers."
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.techreport.com/etc/2003q3/deltachrome/index.x?pg=1
More on BTX Motherboards
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/19/186218
venger writes "Anandtech has an article on the [0]new standard of cases
and motherboards that is soon to be released. Looks like they are
trying to cater for the increase in heat devices are now producing
while keeping the noise levels down!" We [1]mentioned BTX earlier.
Links
0. http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.html?i=1876
1. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/17/1537207&tid=137
Review: Sun StarOffice 7
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/19/1730251
[0]ValourX writes "[1]Here's the Internet's first comprehensive review
of Sun's new StarOffice 7 suite. With the ability to export to PDF and
SWF and greatly improved conversion filters, [2]Sun's $80 office suite
is more than a match for the upcoming ultra-expensive [3]Microsoft
Office System 2003."
Links
0. http://www.thejemreport.com
1. http://www.thejemreport.com/software/staroffice7.htm
2. http://wwws.sun.com/software/star/staroffice/index.html
3. http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/
Microsoft Works on Search Capabilities
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/19/1657231
bl8n8r writes "Microsoft is [0]betting millions that someday it will be
as well known for search as Google is. Some of its efforts to simplify
search on the Internet will soon be in place. The new version of
Microsoft's MSN Internet service, available this winter, will include a
tool for retrieving digital photos based on images in the pictures. For
example, users can ask their computers to retrieve all pictures that
include a specific person's face or background."
Links
0. http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/09/19/microsoft.google.ap/index.html
Newsforge Reports
Monolithic software decimates IT budgets
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/19/032238
- by Jeff Childers - Corporate IT budgets have become paralyzed by
their resistance to monolithic, all-or-nothing upgrades accompanied by
painful services interruptions and unexpected cost overruns. Their
obstinacy has been learned by hard experience, and is caused by the
near ubiquitous use of Microsoft software in business.
Linux Advisory Watch - September 19, 2003
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/19/2251233
Folks, there are a lot of advisories this week. Be sure to check your
distribution carefully, as many of them are significant. This week,
advisories were released for mana, pine, gtkhtml, openssh, sendmail,
MySQL, xfree86, buffer, kernel, and KDE. The distributors include SCO,
Conectiva, Debian, EnGarde, FreeBSD, Gentoo, Immunix, NetBSD, Red Hat,
Slackware, SuSE, Trustix, TurboLinux, and Yellow Dog.
Review: Java Desktop System on Linux
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/18/003212
- by Chris Gulker - Open source is ready for the real world. Sun
Microsystems' just-released Java Desktop System for x86 is a polished
Linux desktop that rivals Windows XP and even Mac OS X for fit, finish
and ease of use. Whether corporations, governments and educational
institutions adopt it will likely have more to do with migration issues
and financial concerns than the viability of this Gnome-based user
environment.
Newsforge Newsvac
Lycoris' Award Winning OS Raises the Bar
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/20/0153247
Jason Spisak writes "Lycoris' Award Winning OS Raises the Bar. Redmond,
WA - September 19, 2003- Lycoris Desktop/LX Update 3 hits shelves this
week, combining all the power and simplicity of Desktop/LX with the
latest Lycoris technology. This much anticipated Update the the award
winning Desktop/LX OS features a new Help Center with interactive
audio-visual tutorials, hundreds of updated drivers, crisper font
handling, increased printer support ...
Launch of LQT Network Solution
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/19/2126255
Philippe Gagne writes "You can now have a perfectly functional network
for less than $800 US. LQT Network Solution includes: a mail server
with anti-virus and anti-spam, a VPN, a PDF print server, etc. Based on
linux technology, LQT Network Solution is a software solution that can
be installed in less than 30 minutes, without any prior knowledge of
linux required. www.lqtsystems.com"
Hackers Pass Out New Software For Attacks
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/19/2117216
Robert E. Harvey, M.D. writes "Security researchers on Tuesday detected
hackers distributing software to break into computers using flaws
announced last week in some versions of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows
operating system. The threat from this new vulnerability - which
already has drawn stern warnings from the Homeland Security Department
- is remarkably similar to one that allowed the Blaster virus to infect
hundreds of thousands of computers ...
Sun's Schwartz Speaks Out on Linux, SCO
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/19/2114201
Sun Microsystems Inc. last week announced its Java Enterprise System
and its Java Desktop, which will fundamentally change Sun's software
pricing, delivery and licensing models. After the announcement at the
Sun Network conference in San Francisco, Jonathan Schwartz, Sun's
executive vice president for software, sat down with eWEEK senior
editor Peter Galli.
Device Profile: D-Link "Central Home Drive"
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/19/2049228
Digital home communications technologies specialist D-Link worked with
Intel to build an innovative "Central Home Drive" that leverages an
embedded Linux operating system and Universal Plug-n-Play (UPnP)
technology to create a network-attached repository for shared
multimedia files in the home that works in heterogeneous networks out
of the box. The device will ship mid-October 2003 with an MSRP of
$249.99.
Who Will Defend HTTP?
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/19/187224
Ernest_Miller writes "All sorts of organizations have made their voice
heard in defense of filesharing via Kazaa, Grokster, BearShare, and
other P2P services. LawMeme asks why no one is defending filesharing
via http."
Boot Linux faster
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/19/1757200
Idean writes "This article shows you how to improve the boot speed of
your Linux system without compromising usability. Essentially, the
technique involves understanding system services and their
dependencies, and having them start up in parallel, rather than
sequentially, when possible."
[Romania] MS Quietly Bags Government while Entrepreneurs Eye First Linux/FLOSS Expo
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/19/1628243
On September 17 Romanian IT&C minister Dan Nica and Steve Balmer signed
a strategic partnership between the Romanian government and Microsoft.
Sun StarOffice 7 Reviewed
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/19/1546212
Jem Matzan writes "After days of testing every program in the suite
I've finally completed a comprehensive review of StarOffice 7. It's
inexpensive, powerful, and it converts to Flash, PDF, and other
proprietary formats without any trouble. With the scant few feature
additions and high pricetag of MS Office System 2003, Sun's cheaper and
more stable suite could be in a position to damage Microsoft's Office
sales."
Intel net processors, Linux power new Radisys telecom hardware
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/19/1527237
Radisys unveiled two processor boards and an integrated system at the
Intel Developer Forum (IDF) in San Jose, CA this week. According to
Radisys, the trio of new products -- all designed to do heavy lifting
in telecom/datacom applications -- include: the industry's first dual
processor Processor PMC (PrPMC) based on the Intel IXC1100 control
plane processor; the industry's first fully integrated PICMG 2.16, dual
OC-3c ATM-to-IP gateway line ...
Freshmeat
aiSee 2.1.90 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136447/
aiSee reads a textual, easy-to-read, and easy-to-learn graph
specification and automatically calculates a customizable graph layout.
This layout is then displayed, and can be printed or interactively
explored. aiSee features 15 basic graph layout algorithms (including
force-directed layout), recursive subgraph nesting, fish-eye views, and
an animation interface. It has been optimized to handle huge graphs
automatically generated by applications (e.g. compilers).
ApacheTop 0.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136415/
A curses-based top-like display for Apache information, including
requests per second, bytes per second, most popular URLs, etc.
CentralNic Toolkit 0.0.9 (PHP)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136424/
The CentralNic Toolkit is CentralNic's system for instantaneous
Registry-Registrar Communications. Registrars can use this system to
register and modify CentralNic domain names in real time, with no
delays for human intervention or e-mail processing. The Toolkit also
provides advanced and efficient methods for searching for and querying
domain names and whois records, and retrieving account information.
ClanLib 0.7.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136406/
ClanLib is a cross-platform game SDK currently supporting Windows,
Linux, and BeOS. It provides easy-to-use interfaces for 2D graphics,
sound, resources, networking, and OpenGL. The goal is to provide a game
SDK that does all the dirty work that all modern games need to
implement anyway, thus making the game developer concentrate on the
gameplay instead of reinventing the wheel over and over again.
Cloxten 0.1.7-1 Pre-Alpha (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136407/
Cloxten is a digital alarm clock and counter. It is able to execute a
variety of events and actions at set times, such as send messages, play
sounds or music, show a reminder window, open a file, or execute a
program.
ColorDesigner 1.10
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136466/
ColorDesigner is a small app which lets the user design a color set.
Courier 0.43.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136405/
The Courier mail transfer agent (MTA) is an integrated mail/groupware
server based on open commodity protocols such as ESMTP, IMAP, POP3,
LDAP, SSL, and HTTP. Courier provides ESMTP, IMAP, POP3, Webmail, and
mailing list services within a single consistent framework. Individual
components can be enabled or disabled at will. Courier implements basic
Web-based calendaring and scheduling services integrated in the Webmail
module.
Digital Tester 0.6 ALPHA
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136432/
Digital Tester can be used by testers as a cost-effective test
management solution. By using the built-in reports and third-party
tools like Crystal Reports, it will help you analyze your test results,
allowing you to quickly identify areas of your application that have
bugs.
DKMS 0.36.05
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136464/
DKMS (Dynamic Kernel Module Support) is a framework where device driver
source can reside outside the kernel source tree so that it is very
easy to rebuild modules as you upgrade kernels. This allows Linux
vendors to provide driver drops without having to wait for new kernel
releases (as a stopgap before the code can make it back into the
kernel), while also taking out the guesswork for customers attempting
to recompile modules for new kernels. For veteran Linux users it also
provides some advantages since a separate framework for driver drops
will remove kernel releases as a blocking mechanism for distributing
code.
DSPAM 2.7.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136431/
DSPAM is a server-side anti-spam agent for Unix email servers. It
masquerades as the email server's local delivery agent and effectively
filters spam using a combination of de-obfuscation techniques, token
chains, and Bayesian analysis. The result is an administratively
maintenance-free, self-learning anti-spam tool. This approach, applied
to a mature corpus of email, has the potential to yield a 99.75%
success rate with less than a 0.01% chance of false positives.
ego file manager 0.8.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136441/
The ego file manager is a GTK+2 file manager that uses libferris for
its VFS and provides evas2 and GTK tree views.
elf 0.5.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136440/
elf is a comfortable command-line ELF object file header analyzer.
Unlike many other similar projects, this project is aimed at the
analysis of the ELF header, so as a large feature-set as possible is
planned.
File::Scan 0.66 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136433/
File::Scan allows users to make multiplataform virus scanners which can
detect Windows/DOS/Mac viruses. It include a virus scanner and
signatures database.
Firebird viewer and exporter 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136428/
Firebird viewer and exporter is a small Web front-end to register and
browse the contents of several Firebird/ Interbase databases. It can
export your databases into HTML, Excel, or XML, and import them later.
g5-ish 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136339/
g5-ish is a low contrast theme, inspired by Apple's G5.
Gambas 0.70 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136472/
Gambas is a graphical development environment based on a Basic
interpreter, like Visual Basic. It uses the Qt toolkit, but is able to
use any other toolkit that a module is written for.
Gestalter 0.6.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136412/
Gestalter is a free vector drawing program. The user interface is
loosely modeled after Adobe Illustrator. The central element is the
Bezier curve used as a base part for almost every other object. Complex
paths are possible, compound paths can be constructed, grouping of
elements is enabled, and everything can be screened by a mask. Adding
and deleting of nodes is implemented as well as transformations
(translation, rotation, scaling, and skewing).
GKrellm SNMP Monitor 0.20
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136437/
GKrellm SNMP Monitor is a plugin for GKrellM that lets you easily
monitor SNMP vars. Some examples are server load via UCD-SNMP daemon or
ambient temperature via router environment MIB.
Gtk2-Perl 1.00rc2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136402/
Gtk2-Perl allows Perl developers to write GTK+ 2.x applications. The
bindings use an object oriented syntax that attempts to remain close to
the C API, but take a Perlish approach where appropriate.
Gtk2::PodViewer 0.03
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136471/
Gtk2::PodViewer is a Perl POD document widget for Gtk2-Perl
applications. The module also comes with a simple POD document browser.
istrice 1.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136454/
istrice allows a client to assign the compilation of a C/C++ source
file to a remote server throughout the mediation of a Master Server. It
is an implementation of a distribuited compilation environment under
Unix systems. Using the ISTRICE environment you can distribuite the
compilation across a set of 'friend' computer around the network,
reducing the compilation time and system load of a slow or busy
computer.
Jay's Iptables Firewall 1.0.1 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136425/
Jay's Iptables Firewall is a bash script that allows one to easily
install and configure a firewall on a Linux system. It was initially
written for use on a home LAN, but can be extend to any type of
network. It features support for multiple (external/internal)
interfaces, TCP/UDP/ICMP control, masquerading, synflood control,
spoofing control, port forwarding from specific interfaces, VPNs, ToS
(bandwith managment), denying hosts (IP or MAC address), ZorbIPTraffic,
Spyware list IP, Pre/Post scripts, log options, and more. The firewall
is able to launch custom iptables rules, and the configuration of the
firewall is assisted by an optional, interactive, curses-based Perl
script.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 0.52
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136452/
[EMAIL PROTECTED] is a small financial software package that lets you manage
your household. It uses MySQL for its data, supports networking, and
has multiuser support.
John the Ripper 1.6.36 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136423/
John the Ripper is a fast password cracker, currently available for
many flavors of Unix (11 are officially supported, not counting
different architectures), DOS, Win32, BeOS, and OpenVMS. Its primary
purpose is to detect weak Unix passwords. It supports several crypt(3)
password hash types which are most commonly found on various Unix
flavors, as well as Kerberos AFS and Windows NT/2000/XP LM hashes.
Several other hash types are added with contributed patches.
JPluck 2.0 beta 2 (2.x)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136459/
JPluck converts Web sites and RSS feeds to Plucker documents for
offline reading on your handheld.
js2mouse 030919
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136460/
Js2mouse converts joystick events into mouse events, so the user can
use his joystick/gamepad as a pointer instead of the mouse. It works
with any kind of joystick (analogic or digital) and with any kind of
program (XFree86, GPM, etc.). The user does not need to be root. It can
emulate PS/2 and IMPS/2 protocols, and joystick keys can be assigned.
Documentation is included.
JSch 0.1.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136450/
JSch is a pure Java implementation of SSH2. It allows you to connect to
an sshd server and use port forwarding, X11 forwarding, file transfer,
etc. You can integrate its functionality into your own Java programs.
libferris 1.1.10
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136439/
libferris is a virtual filesystem that exposes hierarchical data of all
kinds through a common C++ interface. Access to data is performed using
C++ IOStreams and Extended Attributes (EA) can be attached to each
datum to present metadata. Ferris uses a plugin API to read various
data sources and expose them as contexts and to generate interesting
EA. Current implementations include Native (kernel disk IO with event
updates using fam), xml (mount an xml file as a filesystem), edb (mount
a berkeley database), ffilter (mount an LDAP filter string) and mbox
(mount your mailbox). EA generators include image, audio, and animation
decoders.
libstldb4 0.3.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136438/
libstldb4 is a C++ wrapper for the sleepycat db4 database. It uses the
STL in the API where sensible, allows standard IOStreams for data
access where sensible, e.g. getting the value of a key should be able
to use an istream interface to allow simple partial value retreival,
and moves the transaction parameter to be the last optional parameter
or provides two versions of the same method for trans/nontrans. The API
has been modified to use more standard types. Operator overloading is
used to allow quick and dirty coding (mydb[ "key" ] =
"value";) to set and cerr.
Magelan Graphics Editor 1.0 RC3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136435/
The Magelan Graphics Editor is a simple 2D vector graphics editor with
basic support for AutoCAD DXF files (both reading and writing). It
features complete and easy control over each entity's properties and
support for mouse gestures. The package also includes a compact
Drawing/Editor API which can be used wherever 2D graphics
modelling/editing is required.
ModLogAn 0.8.10
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136410/
ModLogAn is a modular logfile analyzer that combines speed with
flexibility. It parses the logfiles generated by several server-types
(HTTP, FTP, mail, streaming, etc.) and other logfile sources
(flow-tools, ipchains, PABXs): currently 24 parsers. It features
incremental logfile processing and internal resolving, and is able the
split (mass-hosting) and combine logfiles (clusters) internally. The
output can be based on the internal template engine to generate your
own look & feel.
moodss 17.10
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136467/
Moodss is a modular monitoring application, which supports operating
systems (Linux, UNIX, Windows, etc.), databases (MySQL, Oracle,
PostgreSQL, DB2, ODBC, etc.), networking (SNMP, Apache, etc.), and any
device or process for which a module can be developed (in Tcl, Python,
Perl, Java, and C). An intuitive GUI with full drag'n'drop support
allows the construction of dashboards with graphs, pie charts, etc.,
while the thresholds functionality includes warning by emails and user
defined scripts. Any part of the visible data can be archived in an SQL
database by both the GUI and the companion daemon, so that complete
history over time can be made available from Web pages, common
spreadsheet software, etc.
mosquitotools 0.1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136418/
The mosquitotools allow to read dive profiles from a Suunto mosquito
dive computer and to show them graphically, including depth, tissue
saturation, and ascend / descend speed vectors. Additional tools are
allow to create dive profiles from a few command line options and to
create decompression tables.
Mowitz 0.3.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136427/
The Mowitz library contains a large collection of widgets for X
applications to use. It complements a widget set such as Xaw3d or
neXtaw.
NetInstaller 1.04
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136421/
NetInstaller lets you create setup wizards for Web applications written
in PHP. Users only have to upload two files; everything else will be
decompressed online on the server, created, and configured. This
eliminates the need to perform tedious permission changes (with chmod)
or to upload of hundred of files in order to install a PHP application
onto a Web server.
neXtaW 0.15.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136426/
neXtaw is a modified version of the Athena Widgets with a N*XTSTEP
appearance. It is based on the Xaw3d 1.5 library.
OpenTop 1.3.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136411/
OpenTop is a cross-platform, high-performance C++ class library that
extends the standard C++ library to provide features similar to (and
modelled on) core Java facilities such as resource management,
networking, I/O, multi-threading and support for the full Unicode
character range. OpenTop also contains a supplementary C++ XML Toolkit
which features a SAX-based validating XML parser.
pam_radius_auth.c 1.3.16
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136443/
pam_radius_auth is the PAM to RADIUS authentication module. It allows
any PAM capable machine to become a RADIUS client for authentication
and accounting requests. You will need to supply your own RADIUS server
to perform the actual authentication.
phpMyFAQ 1.3.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136409/
phpMyFAQ is a multilingual, completely database-driven FAQ system. It
also offers a content management system, flexible multi-user support, a
news system, user tracking, language modules, templates, extensive XML
support, PDF support, a backup system, and an easy to use installation
script.
picoSQL 2.0beta (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136413/
picoSQL is an Italian RDBMS. Because it derives from a commercial
project, it is already robust, fast, and rather complete.
Pogo 2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136416/
Pogo is a lightweight, elegant, programmable, and highly customizable
application launcher for X11.
py Request Tracker Report 1.0.13
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136420/
py Request Tracker Report is a set of tools for generating reports for
Request Tracker 2/3 (RT 2/3). Currently, it only supports the Postgres
("pg") and MySQL backends.
Pybliographer 1.1.92 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136419/
Pybliographer is a tool for managing bibliographic databases. It
supports several bibliography formats and can be used for searching,
editing, reformatting, etc, through its nice graphical interface for
GNOME. Due to its nature, it can be extended to many uses (generating
HTML pages according to bibliographic searches, etc). It is provided
with sample scripts.
S tar 1.5a26 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136417/
Star is a very fast, POSIX-compliant tar archiver. It reads and writes
POSIX compliant tar archives as well as non-POSIX GNU tar archives.
Star is the first free POSIX.1-2001 compliant tar implementation. It
saves many files together into a single tape or disk archive, and can
restore individual files from the archive. It includes a FIFO for
speed, a pattern matcher, multi-volume support, the ability to archive
sparse files and ACLs, the ability to archive extended file flags,
automatic archive format detection, automatic byte order recognition,
automatic archive compression/decompression, remote archives, and
special features that allow star to be used for full and incremental
backups. It includes the only known platform independent
"rmt" server program that hides Linux incompatibilities. The
"rmt" server from the star package implements all
Sun/GNU/Schily/BSD enhancements and allows any "rmt" client
from any OS to contact any OS as server.
Siag Office 3.6.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136430/
Siag Office is a free office package which consists of the spreadsheet
Siag, the word processor PW, the animation program Egon, the text
editor XedPlus, the file manager Xfiler and the previewer Gvu. Siag is
easy to use, yet infinitely flexible through multiple embedded
interpreters and a plugin mechanism that allows other programs to run
inside the main document. The supported interpreters are SIOD, Guile,
Tcl, and Python.
Smb4k 0.3.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136408/
Smb4K is a SMB share browser for KDE 3.1.x. It provides scanning of
workgroups, hosts and shares. The mounted filesystems can be used via
Konqueror.
Term::Animation 0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136434/
Term::Animation provides a framework to produce sprite animations using
ASCII art.
Thy 0.8.2 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136470/
Thy is a lightweight HTTP daemon that is designed to be clean and fast,
yet powerful enough to serve many hits a day. Despite its small size,
it supports CGI, IPv6, SSL/TLS, and on-the-fly compression.
Warewulf 1.14
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136465/
Warewulf is a Linux cluster implementation tool that builds RAMDISK
based filesystems and distributes them to the slave nodes. This
facilitates a Central administration model for all nodes and includes
tools needed to build configuration files, monitor, and control the
nodes. It is totally customizable and can be adapted to just about any
type of cluster. The node distributions are built from a virtual node
filesystem residing on the master and transfered to the nodes either by
Etherboot or CD-ROM images. Administration becomes scalable by having
only one point of admin for all nodes. Node filesystems are very easy
to customize, which makes Warewulf fit many different solutions. There
are also a number of add-on software components (MPI, PVM, and Sun Grid
Engine) for Warewulf.
weatherspect 0.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136436/
WeatherSpect provides a reasonably accurate simulation of what the
weather looks like outside, in ASCII art. It includes rain, snow,
lightning, sleet, and hail.
Webswell Connect 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136386/
Webswell Connect is e-business integration framework based on the ebXML
standard. It allows easy, interactive and user-friendly installation.
It consists of an ebXML registry/repository server and client, a
messaging system for secure and reliable messaging and user interface
similar to popular email clients for sending/handling ebXML messages.
wmctrl 1.02
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136469/
The wmctrl program is a command line tool to interact with an
EWMH/NetWM-compatible X Window Manager. It provides command line access
to almost all the features defined in the EWMH specification. It's
possible to, for example, obtain information about the window manager,
get a detailed list of desktops and managed windows, switch and resize
desktops, change the number of desktops, make windows full-screen,
always-above, or sticky, and activate, close, move, resize, maximize,
and minimize them. The command line access makes it easy to automate
these tasks and execute them from any application that is able to run a
command in response to some event.
Zina 0.10.10
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136404/
Zina is a graphical interface to your MP3 collection, a personal
jukebox, and an MP3 streamer. It can run alone, be embedded into an
existing Web site, or be used as a Postnuke/PHPNuke module. It is
similar to Andromeda, but is released under the GPL.
Thinkgeek
Gadgets: Sidewinder Cell Phone Charger
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/tools/6383/
Gadgets: Computer Microscope
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/633f/
Interests: Volatile Hyperlinkage
http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/slashdot/tshirts/62db/
Interests: Soothing Green Light
http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/slashdot/tshirts/62d1/
Interests: News w/ Nerd Slant
http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/slashdot/tshirts/62c9/
Interests: Mainline Geek Culture
http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/slashdot/tshirts/62c3/
Electronics: Nikon Coolpix SQ
http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/cameras/63af/
Computing: 2-Port Integrated KVM Switch
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/accessories/62f2/
Gadgets: X-Linx 2-Way Personal Communicator
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/6316/
Computing: Logitech Internet Chat Headset
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/speakers/6326/
Electronics: iRock! Bling CD/MP3 Player
http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/mp3/6356/
Cube Goodies: Hot/Cold Mini Fridge
http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/toys/622b/
PC Mods: Velcro Wire Ties
http://www.thinkgeek.com/pcmods/cables/62ec/
Electronics: Mustek DV-3000 Multi-Function Digital Camera
http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/cameras/62ae/
Books: BOFH 4 - Dummy Mode Is Forever
http://www.thinkgeek.com/books/humor/6280/
Electronics: 2.4Ghz Cordless Headset Phone
http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/phones/63a0/
Gadgets: Watch with Built-in Grounding Strap
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/watches/62f7/
Gadgets: Mobile Power Inverter
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/630f/
Gadgets: Presentation Remote
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/630b/
Interests: Megatokyo Lanyard
http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/megatokyo/coolthings/60e9/
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