O | S | D | N NEWSLETTER February 05, 2003 DEVELOPER SERIES
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The 0.96r002 release fixes a few bugs and also adds a major optimization in the OpenGL renderer (some levels go more than twice as fast now). Crystal Space is an Open Source 3D SDK for Unix, Windows, MacOS/X. It renders with OpenGL or software and features curved surfaces, volumetric fog, dynamic colored lighting, terrain engine, LOD, procedural textures, portals, etc. GPGrelay 0.91has been released http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=249447 GPGrelay is a small email-relaying server that uses GnuPG (the GNU Privacy Guard) to sign/encrypt (SMTP-Relay) or verifies/decrypts (POP3-Relay) emails. This enables many email-clients to send and receive emails that are PGP-MIME conforming. This release includes bugfixes and minor feature enhancements. MPlayer OS X v1.1 released http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=249048 MPlayer OSX is multimedia player with playlist, supporting playback of all widely used media types (MPEG 1-4, DivX, AVI, ASF, Ogg Vorbis, RealMedia, QuickTime Movie, MPEG layer 1-3, AC3, WindowsMediaAudio and more) and movie subtitles of various formats (MicroDVD Player, Subrip and more). It is based on Mac OS X port of MPlayer - Movie Player for Linux. This new version includes latest build of MPlayer binary and few features distributed as standalone application without need of additional installation of binaries, libraries and other stuff. leafnode 1.9.33 (stable) released http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=249049 This release comes with roughly a dozen fixes and one feature, "noread", to complement the "nopost" feature. Leafnode is a caching Usenet news proxy that enables online newsreaders to read news off-line. It is designed for zero (full-automatic) maintenance. Please see https://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=137713 for details. Fire 0.32.b.2 released http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=248956 Fire 0.32.b is now available with three new localizations (Spanish, Russian, and Danish) and many bug fixes. We have an all new smiley parser built for speed and better consistency with official clients, and improved MSN reliability. Fire is a multi-protocol instant messenger client for Mac OS X based on freely available libraries for each service. Currently Fire handles AOL Instant Messengerâ¢, ICQ®, MSN® Messenger, Jabber, limited IRC, and Yahoo!® Pager communications. Thanks to Graham, Alan, Paul, Lasse, Matt, Alessandro, Stephane, and Martin for their help on this release. Fire 0.32.b.2 corrects a nib corruption problem that prevented Fire from launching in French. Download is here: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/fire/Fire.app0.32.b.2.dmg?download ReactOS 0.1.0 released http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=249012 ReactOS 0.1.0 has been released. Among the new features and fixes, especially worth mentioning are booting from CD and self-hosting (ReactOS compiles ReactOS). ReactOS is an Open Source effort to develop a quality operating system that is compatible with Windows NT applications and drivers. xawdecode version 1.6.7 released http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=249027 xawdecode 1.6.7, containing bug fixes, has been released. X11 TV application based on xawtv 2.x series which adds many enhancements like Xvideo rendering support, deinterlacing, real time divx recording, integrated alevt teletext browser and provides a plugin API to add any functionnality one might think of. here are the modifications: xawdecode-1.6.7 (02/02/03) - AC_PREREQ(2.5) added in configure.in to nsure autoconf greater than 2.5 is used and therefore prevents earlier autoconf version to generate buggy shell code - removal of acconfig.h et DEFINE templates added in configure.in - killing of "header not found" errors while compiling alevt with particular configurations - various warning killing in alevt with gcc-3.2 - detection of systems using the devfs file system and therefore /dev/v4l/video0 as video device - patch #644358: add of ffmpeg mpeg1 video codec - patch #651746: new debian packaging (fonts are now in an independant package) - better handling of NET_WM compliant window managers (fullscreen and stay on top features) - aligned to new ffmpeg libavcodec API (LIBAVCODEC_BUILD >= 4641). Previous version of libavcodec are not any more supported. Builds fine with official ffmpeg 0.4.6 - now really find and use first available YUY2 Xvideo port in case one is already used by another application you can "apt-get" deb packages with: http://xawdecode.sourceforge.net/debian/ bye Pingus ;-) Native win32 port of the qt library started http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=248232 In December 2002 a native win32 port of the qt library has been started. The port is completly based on the gpl'ed qt/x11 sources in the kde-cygwin cvs. See http://kde-cygwin.sourceforge.net/qt2-win32 for further details, screenshots and other project relating things. Ralf Habacker Project Leader KDE-CYGWIN bogofilter-0.10.1.4 - a bugfix/beta release http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=248266 The 0.10.1.4 release includes bugfixes for MIME and HTML processing, code clean-ups, and additional spam scoring algorithms. The bogofilter package implements a fast Bayesian spam filter along the lines suggested by Paul Graham in his article "A Plan For Spam". bogofilter is written in C and is supported on Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris and Mac OS X. spamprobe-0.8b released http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=248262 This release fixes a problem with crashes in the regex routines on RedHat 8 systems. SpamProbe is a fast, intelligent, automatic spam detector using Paul Graham-style Bayesian analysis of word counts in spam and non-spam emails. Filtering adapts to personal tastes automatically. No manual rule creation required. Slashdot Mitsubishi Robot - Watchdog, Nurse, Annoying Friend http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/04/2214232 [0]jomaree writes "The SMH Online [1]reports that Mitsubishi Heavy Industries have developed a robot (to run on Linux) with voice and face recognition capabilities. The robot would be able to connect to the Internet, contact you by e-mail or a mobile phone and, say, send you a message if it 'hears' a strange noise inside your home. It can also remember the side effects of medication. Reportedly, Mitsubishi claim that the robot 'will become a future house-sitter, caretaker, nurse and friend for the family'. Unfortunately the robot can also be programmed to ask 'You're home late. What have you been up to?' Don't we already have people for that?" The Japanese newspaper [2]Mainichi Shimbun has a story with pictures. Links 0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/02/04/1044318609797.html 2. http://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/news/20030204p2a00m0fp033000c.html Listen To Your Game Boy Advance http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/05/028251 [0]filmsmith writes "It looks like Nintendo may be interested in using the GBA to enter the PDA market and even considering itself competition for the [1] Apple iPod. It smells of DMCA pandering, though. 'It looks like protection will be in place to ensure that even content recorded by users (through the use of a special adapter) will not be able to be shared with other users.' [2]Planet Gamecube has the article here." Links 0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1. http://www.apple.com/ 2. http://www.planetgamecube.com/news.cfm?action=item&id=3916 Where Should Space Exploration Go From Here? http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/05/0333200 [0]Lovejoy asks: "I have done extensive reading since the [1]Columbia tragedy about what's next for human space exploration. Most of the punditry agrees that extending the shuttle program for many more years is a [2]bad idea. So what are the practical alternatives? I've seen ideas for [3]new spacecraft, a carbon nanotube [4]space elevator, among other things. What are the best ideas you've seen? Will the best idea win, or the one with the most pork barrel contracts? Does space travel/exploration have to be THIS expensive? What are the best short term/long term solutions?" Links 0. http://www.oc.edu/staff/dan.lovejoy 1. http://www.nasa.gov/columbia/ 2. http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/comment-bennett020403.asp 3. http://www.orbital.com/LaunchVehicle/SpacePlane/ 4. http://www.howstuffworks.com/space-elevator.htm CPU Convective Water Cooling http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/04/2137214 [0]biso writes "The possibility of cooling a CPU with gravitational convective flow of water is [1] here analyzed and experimented with positive results. Many liquid cooling systems have been experimented by overclockers to better dissipate the heat from CPUs. The major part of these coolers is characterized by a relatively complex system requiring pumps or other active devices. Sometimes even liquid nitrogen is used. I built a simpler cooler, able to dissipate the same heat flux of a normal heatsink." Links 0. http://digilander.libero.it/mbiso/index.html 1. http://digilander.libero.it/mbiso/sirpal/sirpal.html Opera 7.0 Security Holes ... Fixed http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/05/013249 An anonymous reader writes "[0]GreyMagic has issued five new security advisories for the recently-released [1]Opera 7.0. They affect [2]the security model, [3]the javascript console, [4]images, [5]the history and [6]the error log (allowing access to the history). A new version will be released within 24 hours to fix the holes, according to an [7]article at [8]The Register." Update: 02/05 02:01 GMT by [9]T: An anonymous reader writes "[1]Opera Software have just released Opera 7.01 for Windows. This version fixes [10]the recently discovered security holes less than 24 hours after they were discovered - a very impressive turnaround! The release is currently only available on [11]Opera's FTP site. It can be downloaded [12]with Java (12.9Mb) or [13]without (3.3Mb)." Links 0. http://www.greymagic.com/ 1. http://www.opera.com/ 2. http://www.greymagic.com/adv/gm002-op/ 3. http://www.greymagic.com/adv/gm003-op/ 4. http://www.greymagic.com/adv/gm004-op/ 5. http://www.greymagic.com/adv/gm005-op/ 6. http://www.greymagic.com/adv/gm006-op/ 7. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/29177.html 8. http://www.theregister.co.uk/ 9. http://www.monkey.org/~timothy/ 10. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/05/013249&tid=172 11. ftp://ftp.opera.com/ 12. ftp://ftp.opera.com/pub/opera/win/701/en/java/ow32enen701j.exe 13. ftp://ftp.opera.com/pub/opera/win/701/en/std/ow32enen701.exe Gnome 2.0 Officially Available For Solaris http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/04/2314208 MoonRider writes "Today, Sun Microsystems announced the availability of the GNOME 2.0 Desktop for the Solaris Operating Environment. You could already download beta versions of the [0]Gnome 2.0 desktop but this is the "official" release that will replace CDE as the default desktop for the Solaris operating system. You can get it on the [1]Sun website." Links 0. http://gnome.org 1. http://wwws.sun.com/software/star/gnome/ Red Hat Certification Program For Education http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/04/1959232 [0]Frank Caviggia writes "The Inquirer has a story up about Red Hat providing educational institutions with the ability to certify students as Red Hat Certified Technicians (RHCT) and Red Hat Certified Engineers (RCHE) how this will relate to Microsoft's MSCE program. You can find the story [1]here. Red Hat has more information on the program [2]here." Links 0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1. http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=7600 2. http://www.redhat.com/training/academy/ Digital Celebrities http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/04/1925249 partridge writes "[0]Carson Daly's simulacrum is the new [1]Max Headroom. I guess this makes [2]Clear Channel Communications the current embodiment of Network 23? Now we just have to wait for the [3]blipverts to start making consumer's heads explode." Links 0. http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/03/technology/03DALY.html?pagewanted=1 1. http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max+Headroom 2. http://www.clearchannel.com/ 3. http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Set/9078/max.htm 5th Anniversary of Open Source http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/04/1918243 [0]Augustus De Morgan writes "Five years ago today a [1]brainstorming session in Palo Alto led to the adoption and promotion of the "[2]open source" label. (You can find references to the label [3]much earlier, however.) For some, it was a [4]dark divergence from the free software movement; for others, the beginning of the adoption of key software principles into mainstream. Here's a [5]growing set of resources and stories about the history of free and open source software, and a [6]lament about the decline of altruism in the open source community." Links 0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1. http://opensource.org/docs/history.php 2. http://www.opensource.org/ 3. http://groups.google.com/groups?q=+%22open+source%22&start=100&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&scoring=d&as_drrb=b&as_mind=12&as_minm=2&as_miny=1990&as_maxd=3&as_maxm=2&as_maxy=1995&selm=gilC7rFAD.80w%40netcom.com&rnum=152 4. http://www.gnu.org/gnu/thegnuproject.html 5. http://echo.gmu.edu/freeandopen/ 6. http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue6_12/lancashire/index.html Review of BeOS Developer Edition 1.1 http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/04/1748234 TweetZilla writes "Good review if you are a fan of BeOS. Not ready for regular users but tinkerers will probably love it to death. [0]OSNews is carrying the story." Links 0. http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=2729 Freshmeat Advanced Tree Explorer 3.8 http://freshmeat.net/releases/111835/ Advanced Tree Explorer is a Java menu navigation aid for Web sites, help systems, documentation, intranets, etc. Agata Report 4 beta 002 (Stable) http://freshmeat.net/releases/111811/ Agata Report is a database reporting tool and EIS tool (graph generation), like Crystal Reports. It is written in PHP-GTK, and allows you to edit and get SQL results from several databases. It connects to a database, lists its tables and fields, and allows you to link among tables, make constraints and orders, apply functions, and make queries. The result is exported to a PostScript or text file, or spreadsheet format. Its interface has English, Portuguese, Italian, French, German, and Swedish support. There is a Merge tool that allows you to write any document and insert variables from the database, a Dia tool that allows you to generate Dia format diagrams, and a label tool that allows you to generate address labels. ALSA driver 0.9.0rc7 (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/111830/ The Advanced Linux Sound Architecture is composed of several parts. The first is a fully modularized sound driver which supports module autoloading, devfs, isapnp autoconfiguration, and gives complete access to analog audio, digital audio, control, mixer, synthesizer, DSP, MIDI, and timer components of audio hardware. It also includes a fully-featured kernel-level sequencer, a full compatibility layer for OSS/Free applications, an object-oriented C library which covers and enhances the ALSA kernel driver functionality for applications (client/server, plugins, PCM sharing/multiplexing, PCM metering, etc.), an interactive configuration program for the driver, and some simple utilities for basic management. Amaya 7.2 http://freshmeat.net/releases/111783/ Amaya is a complete web browsing and authoring environment and comes equipped with a WYSIWYG style of interface. It lets users both browse and author valid Web pages, with standards including (X)HTML, native MathML, and SVG documents. It also includes a collaborative annotation application (RDF). Background Buddy 1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/111752/ BackgroundBuddy is an automatic wallpaper changer for GNOME 2 that supports subfolders and runs as a daemon. BB LighthouseBlue 0.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/111728/ BB LighthouseBlue is a Blackbox port of the LighthouseBlue GTK theme. BHL 1.3.4 http://freshmeat.net/releases/111828/ BHL is an Emacs mode which enables you to convert plain TXT files into HTML, LaTeX, and SGML (Linuxdoc) files. The BHL mode handles common font-styles, three levels of sections, any kind of lists, tables, URLs and horizontal rules. BHL handles a table of contents: you can browse the toc, insert the toc where you want, and update the sections' numbers with one keystroke. CASM 0.2.6s http://freshmeat.net/releases/111859/ CASM is an offline content management tool. It is ideal for creating and maintaining dynamic or static Web, WAP, or XML sites. CASM is implemented as an integrated command-line application which contains the Content Assembling Language compiler, an optimizer for HTML, CSS, and XML, HTML tidy integration, a powerful site file structure builder, and more. Content Assmebling Language (CAL) is a markup language designed to separate site content from display properties. CAL has a comfortable templating mechanism, if-then-else structure, variable substitution, file including, recordset handling, looping functions, and more. CCZE 0.1.150 http://freshmeat.net/releases/111838/ CCZE is a fast log colorizer in C, intended to be a drop-in replacement for RASZi's colorize.pl. CdGet 0.2.2 http://freshmeat.net/releases/111763/ CdGet is a smart downloading system used to retrieve the MP3 files of a CD. It uses freedb and Direct Connect, but is not a traditional Direct Connect client. Instead, it tries to do the work for you, searching for sources, matching the wanted album, automatically finding the best sources, and probing for new ones if the transfer is too slow or is interrupted. Finally, it saves the file to the right place, which is configurable, based on the artist, album, title of the song, and track number. cfg2html Linux 1.9 http://freshmeat.net/releases/111821/ Cfg2html is a UNIX shell script that creates HTML and plain ASCII system documentation for software and hardware configurations. It supports HP-UX 10.xx/11.xx, SunOS/Solaris, AIX, SCO Open Server, Linux (SUSE, Debian, and RedHat), and NT4.0/Win2000 systems. Plugins for SAP R/3, Oracle, Informix, Samba and SWAT, ITO and NNM, XP48, XP256 & XP512, SureStore E, SuperDome, OLA/R, SCM, AutoRAID, FC60, Tip/X, MC/SG, and OmniBack are included. cfg2html AIX 2.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/111820/ Cfg2html is a UNIX shell script that creates HTML and plain ASCII system documentation for software and hardware configurations. It supports HP-UX 10.xx/11.xx, SunOS/Solaris, AIX, SCO Open Server, Linux (SUSE, Debian, and RedHat), and NT4.0/Win2000 systems. Plugins for SAP R/3, Oracle, Informix, Samba and SWAT, ITO and NNM, XP48, XP256 & XP512, SureStore E, SuperDome, OLA/R, SCM, AutoRAID, FC60, Tip/X, MC/SG, and OmniBack are included. cfg2html Solaris 1.5 http://freshmeat.net/releases/111806/ Cfg2html is a UNIX shell script that creates HTML and plain ASCII system documentation for software and hardware configurations. It supports HP-UX 10.xx/11.xx, SunOS/Solaris, AIX, SCO Open Server, Linux (SUSE, Debian, and RedHat), and NT4.0/Win2000 systems. Plugins for SAP R/3, Oracle, Informix, Samba and SWAT, ITO and NNM, XP48, XP256 & XP512, SureStore E, SuperDome, OLA/R, SCM, AutoRAID, FC60, Tip/X, MC/SG, and OmniBack are included. Code striker 1.6.4 http://freshmeat.net/releases/111863/ Codestriker is a Perl CGI script that is used for performing code reviews in a collaborative fashion, as opposed to using patches sent in unstructured emails. Authors create code review topics, and the nominated reviewers are automatically notified by email. Reviewers can view the proposed diff in plain text mode, coloured-diff mode, and can also view the original and new files that comprise the review in their entirety when Codestriker is linked with CVS. Comments are made on a per-line basis, and comments submitted by the other reviewers can be viewed as they are created. Emails are sent to the appropriate parties when comments are created. The author is free to submit comments against the review comments. The end result is a structured set of review comments instead of a pile of unstructured emails. Codestriker also features the ability to search over existing topics in a variety of ways. Crystal Space 0.96r002 http://freshmeat.net/releases/111813/ Crystal Space is a free and portable 3D engine written in C++. It supports a large number of 3D features. DaveDAP 0.7.4 http://freshmeat.net/releases/111744/ DaveDAP is a PHP-based engine to browse, search, and edit an LDAP server over the Web. You can browse your LDAP server in tree mode, or you can search for users based on any number of easily configurable criteria. DaveDAP aims to be a Web-based replacement for GQ. EMS MySQL Manager 1.0.0.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/111794/ EMS MySQL Manager provides powerful tools for MySQL Server administration and object management. Its Graphical User Interface (GUI) allows you to create/edit all MySQL database objects in a simple and direct way, run SQL scripts, manage users and administer user privileges, execute SQL queries, extract, print, and search metadata, and export/import data. It also supplies many more services that will make your work with the MySQL server as easy as it can be. eXchaNGeR 0.11 http://freshmeat.net/releases/111814/ The eXchaNGeR XML browser is a browser and editor framework, written in Java, that visualizes elements in a XML document. The user can browse through and manage the visible elements in the document with external services, or she can make changes to the content of the XML document with the built-in XML editor. Fast Light WRITER 0.0.14 http://freshmeat.net/releases/111861/ Flwriter is a small WYSIWYG multi-lingual word processor based on the FLTK library. UTF-8 Xhtml is used as the native file format. It can export documents to Unicode Rich Text Format. Both right-to-left and left-to-right words can be entered on the same line. Genuts Framework 0.5.1b (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/111788/ The Genuts project provides a consistent Java framework for game development. It contains a library with classes primarily intended for sprite-based games, including functions for sprite manipulation and collision detection. GkrellMMS 2.1.8 http://freshmeat.net/releases/111839/ GkrellMMS is a plugin for controlling XMMS from within GKrellM. GLib 2.2.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/111802/ GLib is a library containing many useful C routines for things such as trees, hashes, and lists. GLib was previously distributed with the GTK toolkit, but has been split off as of the developers' version 1.1.0. GNUnet 0.5.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/111847/ GNUnet is a peer-to-peer framework with focus on providing security. All link-to-link messages in the network are confidential and authenticated. The framework provides a transport abstraction layer and can currently encapsulate the peer-to-peer traffic in UDP, TCP, or SMTP messages. GNUnet supports accounting to provide contributing nodes with better service. The primary service build on top of the core GNUnet framework is anonymous file sharing. GOBLIN Graph Library 2.5.4 http://freshmeat.net/releases/111837/ The GOBLIN project consists of a C++ class library for a large series of graph optimization problems, GOSH, an extension of the Tcl/Tk scripting language to graph objects, and GOBLET, a graphical user interface to the library functions. GOBLET includes a graph editor, but provides only basic graph layout methods. GPL Arcade Volleyball 0.7.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/111818/ GAV (GPL Arcade Volleyball) is an object-oriented multi-platform Arcade Volleyball clone. It supports multiplayer and theme customization. GQview 1.3.0 (Unstable) http://freshmeat.net/releases/111831/ GQview is an image viewer for X windows. Features include single click file viewing, external editor support, thumbnail previews, thumbnail caching, and adjustable zoom. GQView has the ability to compare files and list similar or duplicate images based on content. Full screen view and slideshows allow for basic presentation of images. The program offers simple image file management with the ability to copy, move, rename, and delete files. Image collections, similar to a song playlist, are also supported. GTetrinet 0.6.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/111846/ GTetrinet is a clone of the popular Windows game Tetrinet. It is written for Gtk/GNOME, and is designed to be fully compatible with the original Tetrinet, as well as being identical in gameplay. GTK+ 2.2.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/111803/ GTK, which stands for the Gimp ToolKit, is a library for creating graphical user interfaces. It is designed to be small and efficient, but still flexible enough to allow the programmer freedom in the interfaces created. GTK provides some unique features over standard widget libraries. ICEMail 4.0.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/111804/ ICEMail is a full-featured Java email client based on the JavaMail API. It provides support for IMAP, POP3, local MH folder hierarchies, and any other JavaMail SPI provider. ICEMail is fully SMIME v2 compliant, allowing the creation and viewing of signed/encrypted email. It supports the viewing of attachments via the Java Activation Foundation, providing MIME and MailCap capabilities, including the HotJavaBean integrated into the application for Web browsing. In addition, ICEMail has a built in address book with vCard support. Interactive Tools Job Manager 1.05 http://freshmeat.net/releases/111731/ Job Manager helps you update and maintain your job postings section without having to manually modify HTML files. JACK Rack 1.2.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/111862/ JACK Rack is a LADSPA effects rack for the JACK audio API. It supports arbitrary channels, LRDF XML plugin descriptions, and the LADCCA session management system. JSch 0.0.13 http://freshmeat.net/releases/111826/ 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. JSwat Java Debugger 2.13 http://freshmeat.net/releases/111755/ JSwat is a graphical, stand-alone Java debugger, using the JPDA library. It offers breakpoints with monitors and conditions, colorized source code display, single-stepping, displaying variables, viewing stack frames, and expression evaluation. JTAG Tools 0.2.2 http://freshmeat.net/releases/111807/ 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 miscellanous extensions like board testers, flash memory programmers, and so on. jzip.org 0.1.2 http://freshmeat.net/releases/111771/ jzip.org is WinZip like program written in java. It is platform independent and easy to use, offering jar archivization. It uses the Swing libraries for its GUI. Kodo JDO 2.4.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/111765/ Kodo JDO allows you to write database calls using Java statements instead of SQL statements, by supporting the Java Data Objects standard for transparent persistence. It is the most complete implementation of the JDO specification for relational data stores, and comes with tools for producing a schema from an object model, producing class files from an existing schema, and a performance pack (distributed caching and statement batching) that improves performance by 15 - 30 times. It supports most relational databases, application servers, and IDEs, and reduces the total coding effort by 20-40%. libtrash 1.8 (Stable) http://freshmeat.net/releases/111834/ libtrash is a shared library which implements a trash can on GNU/Linux. When preloaded, it intercepts calls to a series of GNU libc functions and, instead of permanently destroying files, moves them to a "trash can". Linux Easy Access Keyboard 0.5 (lineakd) http://freshmeat.net/releases/111764/ Linux support for Easy Access and Internet Keyboards features X11 support, window manager independence, ability to configure all keys (via GUI & .conf file), volume control, and sound controls. Logdog 2.0-RC2 http://freshmeat.net/releases/111842/ LogDog monitors messages passing through syslogd and takes actions based on key words and phrases (which can be regular expressions). It has a configuration file which allows you to specify a list of key words or phrases to alert on and a list of commands that can be run when those words are encountered. Managing Gigabytes for Java 0.6 http://freshmeat.net/releases/111852/ MG4J (Managing Gigabytes for Java) is a collaborative effort aimed at providing a free Java implementation of inverted-index compression techniques; as a by-product, it offers several general-purpose optimised classes, including fast and compact mutable strings, bit-level I/O, (possibly signed) minimal perfect hashing, etc. Markov Chain Random Name Generator 0.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/111808/ Markov Chain Random Name Generator provides a simple example of how a Markov Chain (MC) can be used to capture the dynamics of a series. It shows how a single text file can be used to adapt the parameters of the MC so that it reflects the properties of the text. You can use it to create random words derived from a particular text. For example, to generate names for RPGs, you can create one file named "Dwarves" and another named "Elves" and place a number of appropriate names in each file, and MCRNG will create names similar to those given. The MC code is completely separate from the random name generation and can easily be used in other projects. Modeling Framework 0.8.4 http://freshmeat.net/releases/111778/ Modeling Framework fills the gap between the Python object world and relational databases in that it allows users to transparently create, retrieve, update, or delete Python objects from a database without having to write a single line of SQL. Main features include generation of database schema, generation of Python code templates ready to be used, support for transparent mapping of (class) inheritance in relational databases, object-oriented query language, use of standard Python getters to traverse relationships (the related objects are automatically fetched when needed and when appropriate), and automatic checking for referential-integrity constraints, etc. Supported databases are PostgreSQL and MySQL. Netx 0.4.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/111776/ Netx (Network eXecute) is a JNLP (Java Network Launching Protocol) client that can also be used as a component to provide applications with JNLP features and support. It downloads code over a network, caches it, and runs it in a secure sandbox environment. It operates in a manner similar to Web Start, but is smaller, faster, and has no splash screens. OpenMCL 0.13.4 http://freshmeat.net/releases/111855/ OpenMCL is an Open Source version of Digitool's excellent Macintosh Common Lisp (MCL) implementation, which runs on LinuxPPC and MacOS X. It features a native code compiler, multithreading support, and good ANSI CL compliance. P2Z 0.3 http://freshmeat.net/releases/111850/ P2Z converts Palm Memo, ToDo, Addressbook, and Datebook data to the Zaurus builtin applications. p80 0.1.2 (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/111843/ p80 is a thread-based proxy server. Besides redirecting "Web content", it filters Web sites by searching for keywords in the requested HTML. It is possible to restrict access to p80 and to several Web sites. Every action (connecting to p80, connecting to a Web site, etc.) is logged. A graphical tool helps the user configure p80 correctly. Pango 1.2.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/111805/ The goal of the Pango project is to provide an Open Source framework for the layout and rendering of internationalized text. It uses Unicode for all of its encoding, and will eventually support output in all the world's major languages. PHP Ticket 0.7 http://freshmeat.net/releases/111825/ PHP Ticket is a ticketing system for keeping an advanced "todo" list of tasks. It features user authentication, MySQL database support, a search function, and easy installation/configuration. phpStyleSheetViewer 1.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/111766/ phpStyleSheetViewer allows you to preview CSS style sheets and see a sample of how every element will appear on your site. This allows Web front-ends to be built faster and more efficiently. Style sheets can be entered into a text box, or uploaded from your local system, or retrieved from a URL. pipemeter 0.8.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/111785/ pipemeter is a command line utility that displays the speed and, if possible, progress, of data moving from its input to its output. PowerMail 1.7 http://freshmeat.net/releases/111822/ PowerMail is a redundant and distributed system for receiving mail via SMTP and storing it for users to access with POP. The way PowerMail works is quite unorthodox, and its design emphasizes speed and efficiency. Modified Maildir mailboxes allow PowerMail to employ hardlinks to save diskspace and deliver messages with thousands of recipients instantly. PowerMail can operate self-sufficiently or cooperate with a regular MTA to support mail forwarding. Propo 0.1.2 http://freshmeat.net/releases/111809/ Propo is a Java 2 program for training the eye to see proportions. When the program runs it shows a window divided into two areas (area A and area B). In area A, the program shows a geometric configuration of black dots, lines and circles with one red dot. In area B, the same configuration is shown slightly scaled with the red dot removed. The idea of the program is to click on the location of the red dot in area B. PTlink Services 2.22.4 (Stable) http://freshmeat.net/releases/111833/ PTlink Services provides channel/nick registration services for IRC networks. Specially developed for the PTlink IRC daemon, it includes features like channel logging, oper management, helper management, AJOIN user list, memo read acknowledgement, rotated logs, autoidentify on ghost, and ChanServ PROTECTED level. It also integrates NewServ for real time news delivering. PWC-Config 0.8 http://freshmeat.net/releases/111770/ PWC-Config is a graphical user interface for configuring all Web cameras supported by the PWC driver. pwdutils 2.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/111854/ pwdutils is a collection of utilities to manage the passwd and shadow user information. The difference to the shadow suite is that these utilities can also modify the information stored in NIS, NIS+, or LDAP. PAM is used for user authentication and changing the pasword. It contains passwd, chfn, chsh, and a daemon for changing the password on a remote machine over a secure SSL connection. The daemon also uses PAM so that it can change passwords independent of where they are stored. QMail-patches 1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/111797/ QMail-patches is a project aimed at creating a patch for qmail which adds the most-needed features. It includes authorization (and cram md5), tarpitting, a qmail-queue replacement, support for a list of banned "mail from" addresses, and relaying based on mail from an address. QuantLib 0.3.1 (QuantLib.NET) http://freshmeat.net/releases/111815/ QuantLib is a quantitative finance C++ library for modeling, trading, and risk management in real-life. It is also wrapped as Python/Ruby/Scheme modules and has been ported to the .NET framework with C#. QuantLib offers tools that are useful both for practical implementation and for advanced modeling. It features market conventions, yield curve bootstrapping, solvers, PDEs, Monte Carlo, exotic options, VAR, and so on. QuantLib 0.3.1 (MzScheme) http://freshmeat.net/releases/111786/ QuantLib is a quantitative finance C++ library for modeling, trading, and risk management in real-life. It is also wrapped as Python/Ruby/Scheme modules and has been ported to the .NET framework with C#. QuantLib offers tools that are useful both for practical implementation and for advanced modeling. It features market conventions, yield curve bootstrapping, solvers, PDEs, Monte Carlo, exotic options, VAR, and so on. QuantLib 0.3.1 (Guile) http://freshmeat.net/releases/111784/ QuantLib is a quantitative finance C++ library for modeling, trading, and risk management in real-life. It is also wrapped as Python/Ruby/Scheme modules and has been ported to the .NET framework with C#. QuantLib offers tools that are useful both for practical implementation and for advanced modeling. It features market conventions, yield curve bootstrapping, solvers, PDEs, Monte Carlo, exotic options, VAR, and so on. QuantLib 0.3.1 (Python) http://freshmeat.net/releases/111781/ QuantLib is a quantitative finance C++ library for modeling, trading, and risk management in real-life. It is also wrapped as Python/Ruby/Scheme modules and has been ported to the .NET framework with C#. QuantLib offers tools that are useful both for practical implementation and for advanced modeling. It features market conventions, yield curve bootstrapping, solvers, PDEs, Monte Carlo, exotic options, VAR, and so on. QuantLib 0.3.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/111780/ QuantLib is a quantitative finance C++ library for modeling, trading, and risk management in real-life. It is also wrapped as Python/Ruby/Scheme modules and has been ported to the .NET framework with C#. QuantLib offers tools that are useful both for practical implementation and for advanced modeling. It features market conventions, yield curve bootstrapping, solvers, PDEs, Monte Carlo, exotic options, VAR, and so on. Refocus 0.9.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/111779/ The Refocus Gimp plug-in can be used to sharpen images. It is intended to be used for scanned photos and slides, and in many cases produces much better results than the sharpen or unsharp mask plugins. It features a preview that helps you to select the best parameters. Remote Internet Connect 2.0.9 http://freshmeat.net/releases/111790/ RIC simplifies connecting a Linux box to the Internet from another machine running any operating system. A simple GUI allows the user to quickly connect, disconnect, or just check the the status of the Linux box's connectivity. rpmrebuild 1.4.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/111824/ rpmrebuild is a tool to build an RPM file from a package that has already been installed. It can be used to easily build modified packages, and works on any Linux distribution that uses RPM. RUNT 1.01 http://freshmeat.net/releases/111845/ RUNT (ResNet USB Network Tester) is Slackware Linux designed to run off of a 128 MB USB pen drive. It consists of a boot floppy image and a zip file, similar to zipslack. It is intended to be a fairly complete Linux installation for use as a testing tool capable of booting on any x86 computer with a USB port and a bootable floppy drive. SendSNPP 1.01 http://freshmeat.net/releases/111848/ SendSNPP is a program for sending messages through an RFC1861-compliant SNPP server. SNPP stands for Simple Network Paging Protocol, and is used by a wide range of paging and cellphone providers for sending pages and text messages. SendSNPP requires no special modules, and has been tested on Linux and Windows systems. It has a straight-forward interface, making it very easy to use. ServDoc 0.8 http://freshmeat.net/releases/111787/ ServDoc describes your system with just one command without the need to configure the documentation of every piece of software on your system. The idea is to provide a documentation module for every (or at least for many) standard software packages. Sux Services 0.2.3 (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/111812/ Sux Services are new-generation IRC services which aim to be robust, flexible, and scalable. They are multi-threaded and use an SQL backend (MySQL) to store their databases. swaret 1.0.1 (Stable) http://freshmeat.net/releases/111823/ swaret lets you keep your Slackware system up to date. It functions similarly to apt-get, the Debian package manager. Sylpheed 0.8.10 (Main) http://freshmeat.net/releases/111789/ Sylpheed is a GTK+ based, lightweight, and fast email client. Almost all commands are accessible with the keyboard. It also has many features such as multiple accounts, POP3/APOP support, thread display, and multipart MIME. One of Sylpheed's future goals is to be fully internationalized. The messages are managed in the MH format, so you'll be able to use it together with another mailer that uses the MH format. The Inspire IRC Chat Daemon 1.0 Alpha 9 (Alpha) http://freshmeat.net/releases/111700/ The Inspire IRC Chat Daemon is an IRC server which aims to be completely modular, offering stability, customizability, and a large feature set. The Tamber Project 1.2pre4 (Pogo) http://freshmeat.net/releases/111795/ The Tamber project is a componentized n-tier Web site engine that uses open languages such as XML and JavaScript. Content is stored in separate XML files, in databases, or other data objects. Business functions are carried out by JavaScript and ASP. Presentation is controlled by an XSL transformation, which allows for delivery over multiple channels such as HTML, WAP, and MHEG. Currently, Tamber can deliver to HTML and WAP, and contains modules that support e-commerce shopping carts, secure sign in, data access and conversion services, and advanced session management. TicaTK 2.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/111841/ TicaTK is a GUI toolkit for Web applications based on Javascript (on the client side) and PHP (on the server side). It provides an OO PHP API which allows complex Web interface creation and management (multiwindowing, drag-and-drop, contextual menus, etc.). TuxCards 1.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/111727/ TuxCards provides a hierarical notebook similar to CueCards under Windows. Every kind of note and idea may be managed and sorted within a tree structure. TuxTime Unix Client 0.2.4 http://freshmeat.net/releases/111829/ TuxTime Unix Client is the official client used for sending uptime records to The TuxTime Project. Vesta 8 http://freshmeat.net/releases/111827/ Vesta is an advanced system for source code control, versioning, configuration management, and building. It is an alternative to CVS+make. It has a variety of unique features including automatic language-independent dependency detection, guaranteed repeatability of builds, and seamless multi-site collaboration. VIPS 7.8.7 http://freshmeat.net/releases/111791/ VIPS is a free image processing system. It's particularly good with large images (i.e., images larger than the amount of RAM in your machine), and for working with colour. WebUtils 1.1.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/111844/ WebUtils is a Java library and toolkit for making the development of Web portals much more rapid and routine. It provides generic styles of reporting and look-and-feel, database connectivity, and much more. XCruiser 0.30 http://freshmeat.net/releases/111767/ XCruiser (formerly known as XCruise) is a filesystem visualization utility which compares a filesystem to a 3D-formed universe and allows you to "cruise" within it. It constructs a universe from directory trees, and you can navigate with a mouse. xmlwrapp 0.4.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/111836/ xmlwrapp is a modern C++ library for working with XML data. It provides a simple and easy to use interface for the very powerful libxml2 XML parser. ypserv 2.7 http://freshmeat.net/releases/111858/ The Network Information Service (NIS) provides a simple network lookup service consisting of databases and processes. It was formerly known as Sun Yellow Pages (YP). The functionality of the two remains the same, only the name has changed. Its purpose is to provide information, that has to be known throughout the network, to all machines on the network. Zenity 1.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/111751/ Zenity is a tool that allows you to display Gtk+ dialog boxes from the command line and through shell scripts. It is similar to gdialog, but is intended to be saner. Slashcode Missing index.shtml (?) http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/04/0655221 Ok... I've managed to get just about everything on the site working, but now I've found a really bizarre error. It looks as if index.shtml can't be found. Now, I don't know what's going on here, but after my last install I decided I'd grab all of the latest plugins and install them to see what they all did. Fine, right, except that I needed to upgrade my slash too. Simple solution - get the latest via CVS, and reinstall everything. However, the new install doesn't seem to have any .shtml files anywhere except for the FAQ and a couple of others, and my error log is telling me index.shtml can't be found. If I change the URL from http://gytha.anu.edu.au to http://gytha.anu.edu.au/index.pl I get past the 404. Also, once you've logged in, the 404 disappears. It seems as if an anonymous user gets a 404, but once you've created an account you're fine. My error log doesn't tell me anything except that I'm missing index.shtml. Can someone help me out? No year in date for articles http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/03/2021253 Articles submitted and approved for the site have the date, but are missing the year. For example a date looks like this: Wednesday January 29, @08:31PM The code in the appropriate template looks like this: [% story.storytime %] I'm not sure at what point the "story" data structure is generated. Probably that's where the problem is. Please help. PHP-Nuke to Slash conversion script released http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/04/2320209 Openflows Networks has just released nuke2slash 1.0 to the open source community under the terms of the GPL. This package converts a PHP Nuke 4.2 site to Slashcode 2.2.6, preserving all articles, polls, comments, and user accounts. This script hasn't been tested on later versions of PHP Nuke, but could probably be modified to work on those without too much difficulty. This software was written for ICANN Watch, with the assistance of a generous grant from the Markle Foundation. Slash daemon hangs after 12 hours http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/04/0654252 My slash daemon hangs either after 12 hours or after posting a story. My slashd.log does not show any trouble (posted below) - btw, here's a link to someone who had the same problem: http://www.slugcity.com/pipermail/tech-slugs/2002- July/000183.html He never figured it out, couldn't get help and finally gave up - I don't have that luxury. Your help would be greatly appreciated... here's end of the log: Mon Feb 3 15:46:06 2003 rand_cartoon.pl begin Mon Feb 3 15:46:06 2003 rand_cartoon.pl end (0.02s; set_recent_topics.pl 6s late) Mon Feb 3 15:46:08 2003 set_recent_topics.pl begin Mon Feb 3 15:46:08 2003 set_recent_topics.pl end (0.00s; freshenup.pl in 172s) Mon Feb 3 15:49:00 2003 freshenup.pl begin Mon Feb 3 15:49:00 2003 Updating 03/02/01/206212 Mon Feb 3 15:49:02 2003 article.pl virtual_user=virtslash ssi=yes sid='03/02/01/206212' section='articles' bytes=18105 Mon Feb 3 15:49:02 2003 freshenup.pl updated articles:03/02/01/206212 (The Future Of Nasa?) #### it hangs here so I just recycle slashd Tue Feb 4 00:09:59 2003 Exiting slashd (TERM) with pid 321 Tue Feb 4 00:10:05 2003 Starting slashd with pid 4032 Tue Feb 4 00:10:05 2003 Starting up Slashd (verbosity 2) with pid 4032 --Michael Air-Registry http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/03/2024210 I have managed to get my slash site up, and it has been running for a while. Check it out here. I was happy to be able to integrate the slash login with my java servlet application. The links on the lower left of the site link to a servlet, and it automatically pulls the user login info into the java program. The java program allows you to cross-reference pictures of aircraft with pilots and pictures other people have taken. The site is pretty new, and I haven't announced it the the aviation community yet. I still have a few bugs to work out. (Like why does my 'About' page generate an exception?) That horse is not quite dead yet... Slash on Windows http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/03/1927230 I've been asked to look into CMS's and discussion forum systems for my company, and naturally my favorite website came to mind. When I looked into the documentation and the older posts here, I realized it would not be quite as simple as I hoped to set up a proof-of-concept system, as I'm limited to Win2K as a server OS. Luckily, I found one post that claimed to have managed it. I followed the documentation by Geo detailing how to install Apache, MySQL, and mod_perl, and all went well. Of course, almost every Perl module listed has been upgraded since the writing, and many of the versions Geo used are no longer available, but I decided to make a go of it anyway. While I'm new to installing Slash, I know my way around the various Windows platforms and Perl, and I was pretty sure I would be able to handle it. Of course, I misjudged my own abilities, and I get stuck at an unmentioned step - nmake test / nmake install for slash. I get some interesting errors, listed below... would anyone have any ideas as to how to proceed (moving away from Windows is not an option - stow the flamethrowers)? User.c F:\VisualStudio\VC98\include\malloc.h(106) : error C2059: syntax error : '(' F:\VisualStudio\VC98\include\malloc.h(107) : error C2059: syntax error : '(' F:\VisualStudio\VC98\include\malloc.h(108) : error C2059: syntax error : '(' E:/Perl/site/lib/auto/Apache/include/include\os.h( 149) : warning C4005: 'lstat' : macro redefinition E:\Perl\lib\CORE\XSUB.h(313) : see previous definition of 'lstat' F:\VisualStudio\VC98\include\signal.h(102) : error C2059: syntax error : '(' NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'C:\WINNT\system32\cmd.exe' : return code '0x2' Stop. NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'C:\WINNT\system32\cmd.exe' : return code '0x2' Stop. NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'C:\WINNT\system32\cmd.exe' : return code '0x2' Stop. MyShingle http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/03/1926214 I just completed a website aimed at solo and small firm lawyers called MyShingle.com (http://www.myshingle.com). I have shared it with colleagues but not publicly launched in the legal community. I figure since your code made the site possible, that slash should be the first place where I make the site public. As you probably know, blogging has become very popular with lawyers these days...but your code is so much more robust! Thanks. --Carolyn Elefant Patch for submitting stories as plain text or HTML http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/29/2253238 I've just written two small patches which allow users to submit stories in HTML or plain text using a selection box like the one for comment submissions. You can see it in use here. A few suggstions have been made on slashcode before to fix this, but none that allow you to submit either type from one form. Problems with Journal/Messages http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/29/2253200 I've just installed a slash site at the URL http://gytha.anu.edu.au/ which will be used for an internal website for our Hall of Residence, Bruce Hall, at the ANU. The initial install seems to be working fine, except for two things. The Journal and Messages links in the first box don't work - they return internal server configuration errors. I don't even know where to begin to look at why this might be the case, so I'm just after a bit of advice as to where to look for reasons for these errors. I'm running it on a box with a full install of RH8, and had no problems at all during the installation process (which came as a shock to me considering my previous attempts at installing slash). I know I haven't configured other things on the site yet, but I'll get around to that once everything else is working. Any help anyone out there can offer would be appreciated. Does anyone write design documents? http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/29/1732240 Not wanting to duplicate any work or step on toes, I'm hoping for some insight on current work taking place WRT sharing themes and plugins. Some documentation and specifications that goes further than the material in the O'Rielly book would be helpful, and I'm even willing to write something up after grokking the code and templates more fully. Also, has anyone started trying to put together a repository of plugins and themes? The 'plugin' box on the slashcode home page would seem to be the right place for this to show up, but I didn't find any pages that didn't just say "we're working on this, and could use more help". 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