O | S | D | N NEWSLETTER November 30, 2002 DEVELOPER SERIES
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PCGen -- A d20 Character Generator http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=25576 PCGen 2.6.3 is available MySQL Objective C API for Cocoa http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=42424 SMySQL version 0.7.0 i810 Framebuffer Device Driver http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=39579 Video Overlay Support for the Intel 810 and 815 Framebuffer 'Just For Fun' Network Management System http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=46041 JFF Network Management System 0.6.4 VietPad http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=46758 VietPad 1.0.2 Release Slashdot DHTML Bug Found in Mozilla 1.2 http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/30/0029226 [0]joyoflinux writes "The people at [1]Mozilla have announced that [2]Mozilla 1.2 contained a bug that caused sites that use DHTML to fail (more on the [1]front page). They have pulled 1.2 from the [2]releases page, pending a 1.2.1 release." Links 0. http://thejoyoflinux AT yahoo DOT com 1. http://mozilla.org/ 2. http://mozilla.org/releases/ Building the Enterprise D Out of LEGOs. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/30/0028214 [0]CleverNickName writes "A self-proclaimed "dork" has [1]built one of the best models of Enterprise D I have ever seen (and I think I speak with some authority)...entirely out of LEGOs. I can see my house from [2]here!" Links 0. http://wil AT wilwheaton DOT net 1. http://homepage.mac.com/happywaffle/enterprise.html 2. http://homepage.mac.com/happywaffle/misc/PhotoAlbum27.html Unfinished Adventures http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/29/227201 [0]Obiwan Kenobi writes "[1]Just Adventure has an [2]interesting article on unfinished games that were nixed in mid-development. Amongst the casualties are incomplete trilogies, an off beat 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea game, Blizzard's ill-fated Warcraft Adventures and the Star Trek title "Secret of Vulcan Fury."" Links 0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1. http://www.justadventure.com/ 2. http://www.justadventure.com/articles/UnfinishedGames/UnfinishedGames.shtm Cringely on P2P http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/29/225242 [0]rrwood writes "The latest [1]Cringely is out. In it, Bob give his take on P2P and Big Media and where it's all going. Nothing new there, but as usual, the interesting part is what SlashDotters will say here afterward." Links 0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1. http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20021128.html Massachusetts Appealing Microsoft Ruling http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/29/2120249 linuxwrangler writes "Criticizing the "loophole-filled deal" and saying "We are prepared to go it alone," Massachusetts Attorney General Tom Reilly has [0]announced that Massachusetts is appealing the Microsoft ruling. Seven other states have dropped out and are negotiating enforcement and attorney fees. West Virginia is still undecided on an appeal." Links 0. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2002/11/29/financial1439EST0213.DTL News from ApacheCon US 2002 http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/29/1844254 [0]pdw writes "[1]Apache Week [2]this week has a [3]feature detailing the happenings at last week's [4]ApacheCon in Vegas. Read up to find out what's new in the world of Apache." Links 0. http://www.weinstein.org 1. http://www.apacheweek.com/ 2. http://www.apacheweek.com/issues/02-11-29 3. http://www.apacheweek.com/features/apachecon2002 4. http://apachecon.com/2002/US/index.html Hello Kitty May Be Key to 3G Survival http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/29/1711236 [0]wa4osh writes "It's scary to think that sophisticated 3G mobile systems may depend for their survival on Hello Kitty (a cutesy Japanese pink cat with whiskers but no mouth) according to the recent Commdesign article "[1]Hello Kitty may be key to 3G success". The article suggests that 3G's main market is downloading ringtones and backgrounds. Reading between the lines, it also suggests that 3G did not find a killer application. For example, what happened to 3G Video phones, or using 3G to send video clips to each other? These are all things that can be done with today's 2.5G technologies - GPRS and 1XRTT. So what's 3G really for? Perhaps Wi-Fi / 802.11 is solving the real need for broadband data mobility." The Wall Street Journal has an article which suggests that cellular companies are [2]turning to Wi-Fi to hedge their bets. Links 0. http://wa4osh<at>yahoo<dot>com 1. http://commsdesign.com/news/OEG20021127S0042 2. http://online.wsj.com/article_email/0,,SB1038529896943393228,00.html Bricklin on Tablet PCs http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/29/177235 [0]t482 writes "Dan Bricklin [1]gives his first impressions of the Tablet PC. 'The most important thing to know about the Tablet PC, as far as I'm concerned so far, is that Microsoft did a great job...of naming it.' and then goes on to give a fascinating [2]history of pen computing." Links 0. http://xminc.com/linux 1. http://danbricklin.com/log/tabletpc.htm 2. http://www.bricklin.com/tabletcomputing.htm Movielink.com: Nice But Not Ready For Prime Time http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/26/2125212 [0]Ismenio writes with the following review of the online film distribution system Movielink.com. Here's his Quick summary: "Pros: convenient, prices are OK, selection includes some "new" releases, no late fees. Cons: no widescreen format, technical issues in download, only 24-hour-watch period, no search function, for US only." Read on for the rest of his review. Links 0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ER1 Personal Robot Reviewed http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/29/158206 [0]Makarand writes "The Mercury News is carrying a [1]review of the [2]ER1 Personal Robot from [3]Evolution Robotics Inc (of Pasadena, CA). The ER1 resembles neither a dog nor any robot in sci-fi movies. It is a 3-wheeled platform (resembling an industrial table) holding a laptop (running Windows) for its brains and a Web camera for its eye. The ER1 sells at $600 (laptop not included). For an extra $100 you get a completely assembled ER1. Evolution plans to sell expansions like grippers and infrared sensors in the future. If your laptop is Wi-Fi capable you can drive the robot around inside your home or control it using the Internet from anywhere." Links 0. mailto:{the-Junta(@)HotMail.} 1. http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/4619368.htm 2. http://www.evolution.com/product/consumer/er1/ 3. http://evolution.com/ Freshmeat AlberT-EasySite 1.0.0-a1 (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/104960/ AlberT-EasySite is a PHP-based site generation system that pays particular attention to graphics and to the complete separation of PHP and HTML code. It is a plugin based system. Template "objects" are handled by a plugin, making it very easy to add your own custom objects. Multiple themes and users support are included, as are the predefined HTML objects include, repeat, title, table, subDomain, counter, etc. It embeds AlberT-cache to speed up performance. Anti-censorship Tools (proxyTools) 2002.11.29 http://freshmeat.net/releases/105025/ Anti-censorship tools (proxyTools) consists of a huge Perl application (localProxy) and a set of tools to analyze the user's network (proxies, firewall rules, name servers, etc.). LocalProxy abstracts external services in an uncensored, reliable, fast manner to the localhost, where they may be used by standard clients (Web browsers, Usenet news clients, SOCKS-capable clients, etc.). Various combinations of strategies are tried to ensure the non-censored nature of the information, and multiple, parallel services (e.g. HTTP proxies) are used to ensure reliability and speed. The tools are capable of automating collection of the data required for localProxy. LocalProxy builds a configuration for the user and dynamically adjusts to using the fastest strategies and proxies available to it. The tools are useful for network analysis (firewall rules, proxy capabilities, etc.) independently of localProxy. Astro::FITS::Header Module 2.4 (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/105042/ The Astro::FITS::Header Perl module and its associated sub-classes are object-orientated classes for reading, modifying, and writing out FITS standard header blocks to FITS and NDF files. bMotion 0.0.2 http://freshmeat.net/releases/105019/ bMotion is an AI script for eggdrop bots that gives them a bit of life and makes them better channel members on IRC. It exposes a plugin interface, allowing its functionality and behavior to be easily adjusted and extended with simple (yet powerful) TCL scripts. CVS Monitor 0.6 Stable (Stable) http://freshmeat.net/releases/105034/ CVS Monitor is a Perl CGI application for monitoring activity in a CVS repository. It is somewhat similar in purpose to cvsweb, but far more useful when you just want to keep an eye on development, allow management/clients to see what is happening, or provide the public with a view into the project. FUDforum 2.3.6RC2 (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/105029/ FUDforum is templatable forum with i18n support based on PHP and either MySQL or PostgreSQL. It features a user/group management system, a multi-lingual spell checker, both flat and thread message views, a private messaging system with mult-iuser forwarding capabilities, poll file attachments, and much more. It is an extremely fast and scalable forum that can fulfill the needs of both small and large forum operators. Genmenu 1.0 (Stable) http://freshmeat.net/releases/105011/ Genmenu can generate menus for Blackbox, Fluxbox, Openbox, Window Maker, and Enlightenment based on the program binaries found installed on a system. The list of programs to search for are contained within the script. Users can, to a limited degree, customize their menus via a set of interactive questions. GNUstep 0.8.3 http://freshmeat.net/releases/104997/ GNUstep is a set of general-purpose Objective-C libraries based on the OpenStep standard developed by NeXT (now Apple) Inc. The libraries consist of everything from foundation classes, such as dictionaries and arrays, to GUI interface classes such as windows, sliders, buttons, etc. GNUstep 1.5.1 (LaunchPad) http://freshmeat.net/releases/104996/ GNUstep is a set of general-purpose Objective-C libraries based on the OpenStep standard developed by NeXT (now Apple) Inc. The libraries consist of everything from foundation classes, such as dictionaries and arrays, to GUI interface classes such as windows, sliders, buttons, etc. Hibernate 1.2 rc2 http://freshmeat.net/releases/105000/ Hibernate is a powerful, high performance object/relational persistence and query service for Java. It lets you develop persistent objects following common Java idiom, including composition, association, inheritance, polymorphism, and the Java collections framework. To allow a rapid build procedure, Hibernate rejects the use of code generation or bytecode processing. Instead, runtime reflection is used and SQL generation occurs at system startup time. It supports Oracle, DB2, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Sybase, Interbase, Microsoft SQL Server, Mckoi SQL, Progress, SAP DB, and HypersonicSQL. ipkungfu 0.2.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/104998/ IPKungFu is an iptables-based Linux firewall. The primary design goals are security, ease of use, and performance, in that order. It takes advantage of advanced features of iptables, tcpwrappers, and the Linux kernel. Jaffm 0.6 http://freshmeat.net/releases/105032/ Jaffm is a lightweight wxWindows (GTK+ interface) file manager for Unix, written in C++. It is aimed at nonsense-free file management. It is mostly inspired by the List View in Mac OS Finder, but does and will have Unix-handy features such as instant command execution, an interactive location bar, and a simple but elegant user interface. JaxMe 1.51 http://freshmeat.net/releases/105023/ JaxMe is a Java/XML binding framework based on SAX2. It consists of a set of code generators that read an XML schema and generate code for parsing conformant XML documents into corresponding Java objects, saving those objects into a database or, vice versa, reading such Java objects from a database and converting them into XML. JaxMe supports namespaces, relational databases, and Tamino. JaxMe comes with an integrated application framework and a generator for EJB entity beans with BMP (bean managed persistence). JPluck 1.0 b3-2 http://freshmeat.net/releases/105009/ JPluck is a Java-based toolkit for creating Plucker documents. It includes the JPluck X GUI for managing and downloading sites. LighthouseBlue 0.6.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/105004/ LighthouseBlue is a theme engine based on Red Hat's Bluecurve theme. It features a non-distracting clean look with neutral yet warmish colours taking into account UI usability issues. msnlib D3 http://freshmeat.net/releases/104995/ msnlib is an MSN Messenger protocol library and text-mode client written in Python. nail 10.3 http://freshmeat.net/releases/105039/ Nail is a mail user agent derived from Berkeley Mail 8.1. It is intended to provide the functionality of the POSIX.2 mailx command with built-in support for MIME messages, POP3, and SMTP. It also contains some minor enhancements like the ability to set a From: Address. Nail offers its full command set both for interactive and batch use, and is especially useful for sending attachments from scripts or for reading mail via slow connections and on bad terminals. In recent system environments, nail is Unicode/UTF-8 capable. Net::Dict 1.0.3 http://freshmeat.net/releases/105006/ Net::Dict provides a simple API to the DICT protocol. It handles all network-related issues and provides DICT responses in PHP datatypes to make it easy for a developer to use DICT servers in programs. netspeed_applet for gnome 0.7 http://freshmeat.net/releases/105018/ netspeed_applet is a little GNOME applet that shows the traffic on a specified network device (for example eth0) in kbytes/s. ng-utils 0.2 http://freshmeat.net/releases/105017/ ng-utils is a collection of small tools to access netgroup contents. NMO-SDK 0.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/105031/ The NMO SDK is a portable, object oriented software development kit written with and for the C++ language. OpenComal 0.2.6-pre1 (Pre-releases) http://freshmeat.net/releases/105007/ OpenComal is a free implementation of the Comal programming language. Currently supported platforms are Linux, MS-DOS, and Win32. OpenH323 Gatekeeper 2.0.2 http://freshmeat.net/releases/105003/ The OpenH323 gatekeeper is a free H.323 gatekeeper based on the OpenH323 project. You can use it to manage a Voice-over-IP network and let endpoints (eg. ohphone or Netmeeting) communicate through symbolic names. It also has an external interface for other applications. It runs on Linux and a number of other *IX platforms and MS-Windows. Phoenix Browser 0.4 (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/105013/ Phoenix is a redesign of the Mozilla browser component. It is similar to Galeon, K-Meleon, and Chimera, but it is written using the XUL user interface language, and is designed to be cross-platform. PHP TroubleTicket 0.1.4 (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/105026/ PHP Trouble Ticket attempts to adress the need for a centralized means of problem reporting and tracking in multi-user environments (medium to large companies, development groups, etc.). It helps to direct problem reports to the responsible administrator(s), keep track of the status of a problem being worked on, and offers an up-to-date list of recent changes applied. PHP Trouble Ticket aims to be widely configurable, easy to use even for the not technically inclined and multi-language capable. Plume 0.7.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/105038/ Plume is a complete set of packages to create and administer a network of diskless computers used as X terminals. The station root file system is extensively based on Debian, with as few new packages as possible. It is clean and lean, as well as easy to understand. PornView 0.1.3 http://freshmeat.net/releases/105010/ PornView is a GTK+-based image viewer/manager. Features include thumbnail previews, thumbnail caching, directory tree views, and and adjustable zoom. Fullscreen view and slideshows allow for basic presentation of images. PSetMixer 0.2 http://freshmeat.net/releases/105036/ PSetMixer is a small commandline OSS-compliant sound mixer designed to be usable from shell scripts, Tcl/Tk, etc. Q's Nicolatter for X 1.7.5 http://freshmeat.net/releases/105035/ Q's Nicolatter is a Kana-Kanji keyboard input method server. It provides a common operation method over X applications which process Japanese text. It can be used with Gtk+, Qt, etc. applications. It supports the Romaji-Kana, JIS Kana, and NICOLA keyboard arrangements. Radiator Radius Server 3.4 http://freshmeat.net/releases/105002/ Radiator is flexible, extensible, and authenticates from a huge range of auth methods, including SQL, proxy, DBM, files, LDAP, NIS+, password, NT SAM, Emerald, Platypus, Freeside, TACACS+, PAM, external, OPIE, POP3, EAP, and Active Directory. It runs on Unix, Win95/98/NT/2000, MacOS 9, MacOS X, VMS, etc. rawrec 0.9.98 http://freshmeat.net/releases/105005/ rawrec and rawplay are utilities designed to provide the user with a simple way of recording and playing raw audio data. Options exist to control the timing and padding of the run as well as the dsp parameters. The main ring buffer size and buffer fragment size can be set if desired. These programs are particularly useful in conjunction with the sox utility. Sandwish for Metacity 2.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/104784/ Sandwish for Metacity is a port of the Sawfish theme. searchtool 0.4.0 (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/105030/ searchtool is a server browser for Internet games. It features the ability to ping servers, download a new serverlist, search for player(s), manage your favourite servers, connect to server of choice, and more. Half-Life and Unreal-Tournament are supported. SILC 0.9.6 (Toolkit) http://freshmeat.net/releases/105014/ SILC (Secure Internet Live Conferencing) is a protocol which provides secure conferencing services in the Internet over insecure channels. SILC superficially resembles IRC, although they are very different internally. The purpose of SILC is to provide secure conferencing services. Strong cryptographic methods are used to secure all traffic, and all messages are encrypted and authenticated. The SILC also supports secure file transferring. The SILC is delivered as SILC Client for end users, SILC Server for system administrators, and SILC Toolkit for application developers. Silva Web Authoring System 0.8.6.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/105015/ Silva is a Zope-based Web application designed for the creation and management of structured, textual content. It allows users to enter new documents as well as edit existing documents using a Web interface. It stores the content in a structured format (XML) and keeps a strict separation between the way the content is used and the way it is presented. TcheReport 0.0.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/104959/ TcheReport is a set of PHP classes which generate reports in diverse formats from information obtained from external sources (such as a database). It allows personalized formatting and linking with other classes. Tessellation 1.0.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/105012/ Tessellation lets you create nice colorful tilings like Escher with 8 basic figures. tk92 0.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/105041/ tk92 is multi-platform software for configuring Radio Shack PRO-92 and PRO-2067 scanner radios. It lets you read a memory image from the receiver or an SPG file, view and change settings using a graphical interface, and sort memory channels by frequency or by label. Users can import and export memory channel and talk group data from CSV files. tk92 can then write the image from the computer back to the radio. TrueBlue 1.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/105022/ TrueBlue attempts to emulate the look and feel of the Luna interface of Windows XP. It is not a perfect replica. It abandons some of the bells and whistles of the original in favor of a more unified and sober result, and it makes up by adding its share of eye candy. It uses 6 different engine themes: xeno, pixmap, flat, thinice, raleigh, and redmond95. Wavelet Signal Analyser 2002-11-26 http://freshmeat.net/releases/104735/ This (educational) tool visualises the stages (or 'octaves') of a wavelet transformation (daub4). Besides some built in test signals, it also does a real time transformation of the microphone audio channel. It can also be used to examine the smoothness (and noise) of a signal. Working Overloaded Linux Kernel 3.8 (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/105027/ The Working Overloaded Linux Kernel (WOLK) project provides development kernels for testing purposes only. These kernels provide a service for developers and end users who can't be up-to-date with the latest kernels/patches but want to test new kernel features. Patches may be added upon request. Slashcode Slashcode install on RedHat 8.0 http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/29/090250 I just got Slashcode installed on RedHat 8.0 and I documented the process here: http://www.heltzel.org/slashcode.html I hope this can help others trying to do the same thing. CTDATA.com Publishes Its 1,000th Story http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/28/0059255 I'm pretty proud of the fact that CTDATA.com published its 1,000th article at 10:56am this morning. Not bad for a site that's still running some pretty ancient code. We've done some interesting stuff with Slash in the past year, but most of it is hidden from the casual visitor to our three Slash-based sites. Hopefully, we'll get on the main branch of the project in the next few months-- we can't be relics forever. What exactly is isolation mode for? http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/19/074249 Each section has an isolation mode property, that determines (I think) wether or not sories from that section will be displayed on the front page or not. In addition, each story has it's own DisplayMode property, that, in effect, does the same thing. Which takes precedence? If Slash always uses the individual story's displaymode to determine whether to display the story, what's the point of the section-level isolation mode? Restricting Article Access? http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/19/073238 I've just started up a new slash site, however one feature that I would like, which doesn't seem to exist, is the ability to restrict users from reading certain stories. I know this seems counter-productive, however I have a valid reason. Namely that I have a subset of users who have more privileges, and thus stuff applies to them that wouldn't apply to regular users. It seems like the concept of a "security level", which users have, might be an ideal way to restrict Article viewing. I'm sure I can kludge something myself, but if there's already a supported/good way to do this, then that would be great. How to kickstart meta-moderation? http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/13/0311207 I have a small slash site with a small number of users (by design) with a few dozen stories and probably fewer than 200 comments posted so far. The slash engine is handing out moderation points, perhaps because I reset some of the configuration variables. But meta-moderation is not operating.I recall that this has something to do with the number of moderations (I'd look in the archives but the search function on slashcode has been down for a while...). Unfortunately, I have one user who could stand some meta-moderation NOW, before he drives other users away with his down-mods. Yet I don't see any configuration variables or anything else I can tweak to make meta-moderation start up. I would rather the enforcement of community standards come from the community rather than some heavy-handed act by the site administration. Any way to force meta-moderation on? Show Domains: Explain, please. http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/10/057254 On the user comments options page, an option exists to "Show the links domain only in recommended situations". What are the "recommended situations", exactly? How does this differ from the option to "Always show link domains"? Upgrading to MySQL 4? http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/03/015232 In order to support some other projects I need to roll out on my server, I need to upgrade to a real ACID database, which supports transactions. Has anybody yet tried using Slash running on MySQL 4.0, which now supports transactions? Are there any caevats or tricks to doing the switchover, beyond the general upgrade notes for MySQL? Slash plugins and version 2.3 http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/01/0552241 I've been looking at a lot of modules (specifically email.pm and Galleria), and it appears that they all require Slash version 2.3. Is upgrading from 2.2.6 to one of the 2.3 versions dangerous? Is it as simple as compiling and installing? Are there places to get these plugins written for the release version of Slash? Or am I being a nincompoop? How to Make Users Authors? http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/10/30/200220 What is the proper way to turn users into authors? I'm interested in this because I would like to use Slash as something my group uses to communicate with each other and the world. I would like the people in the group to function as the authors since it is their site. I've been looking around in documentation and FAQs but can't find this documented anywhere. SubnetID is masked using what? http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/10/30/1959257 When Slash stores the SubnetID in the database, what Subnet mask is it using? I was hoping to find this in the vars table, but no luck. Any ideas? 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