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February 07, 2003 DEVELOPER SERIES
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Computing: iGesture Pad
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/keyboards/5cca/
Electronics: SOCOM Navy Seals for PS2
http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/ps2/ps2soft/5ceb/
Electronics: PowerPad Pro XBOX Controller
http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/xbox/xboxhard/5bec/
Electronics: SI-5 Gen2 Speakers
http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/audio/5c86/
Electronics: Panzer Dragoon ORTA for Xbox
http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/xbox/xboxsoft/5ce8/
Computing: PowerPad Extended Life Notebook Batteries
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/accessories/5cec/
Computing: Glow Wire PC Lights
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/casemods/5b85/
Gadgets: ER1 Personal Robot System
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/5ce0/
Gadgets: Securikey Authentication System
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/security/5cd6/
Electronics: Infoglobe Caller ID Display
http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/phones/5c83/
Computing: Dual RW DVD/CD Internal Drive
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/drives/5c94/
Computing: ADS Firewire Drive Kit
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/drives/5cd1/
Electronics: PS2 Network Adapter
http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/ps2/ps2hard/5bd7/
Computing: Asylum GeForce Ti4600 AGP 4x
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/avcards/5ce3/
Computing: D-Link USB/FM Radio Adapter
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/accessories/5cc7/
Computing: Linksys USB 2.0/Ethernet Adapter
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/accessories/5c97/
Computing: Logitech Cordless Freedom Joystick
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/gaming/5cc8/
Computing: IoGear Bluetooth to USB Adapter
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/accessories/5ce5/
Computing: NEC-Mitsubishi 18" LCD
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/display/lcd/5cc3/
Interests: QuickKill
http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/megatokyo/leetware/5c45/
Sourceforge
libxml2-pas-2.5.2 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=249975
libxml2-pas is pascal bindings for the libxml2 library from GNOME
project, a high-performance XML parser supporting also several related
technologies, like XML-Include, X-Path, XML Schema etc. libxslt-pas is
pascal binding for the libxslt library from GNOME project. It
implements a standard XSLT processor compliant to the W3C XSLT
standards. Also, the implementation supports standard XSLT extensions -
exslt. This part is now also translated and included in the
distribution. New versions of header translations is out. This package
contains translations of: libxml2-2.5.2 libxslt-1.0.24 libexslt-0.7.15
For more info, look at: http://sourceforge.net/projects/libxml2-pas
http://xmlsoft.org Besides that, do not hesitate to post your feedback
or questions to our mailing list:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
QuantLib 0.3.1 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=249594
Version 0.3.1 of QuantLib and QuantLib-docs have been released.
QuantLib is a quantitative finance C++ library for modeling, pricing,
trading, and risk management in real-life. A tool for derivatives and
financial engineering. SWIG generated wrappers are also released in
their 0.3.1 versions: QuantLib-Guile and QuantLib-MzScheme are included
for the first time, joining the existing wrappers QuantLib-Python and
QuantLib-Ruby. Another new package is the first official QuantLib.NET
release. This is a port of the original QuantLib (C++) to the .NET
Framework. The port has been done in C#, providing full compatibilty
with the CLI. QuantLib.NET can also use existing native libraries (eg.
BLAS, MKL, ATLAS) to speed up computation and random number generation.
Debian packages of QuantLib, QuantLib-docs and some wrappers will be
available shortly. Feedback welcome ciao -- Nando
DrJava stable release (20030203)
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=249913
A new stable release of DrJava is now available, providing key bug
fixes for the Interactions Pane. DrJava is an integrated Java
development environment that supports interactive evaluation of
expressions. It is primarily intended for students, but it has features
useful even for advanced users. This release includes several bug fixes
to the RMI code that allows the main portion of DrJava to communicate
with the Interactions Pane. These fixes should resolve the recent
problems users have experienced with resetting the Interactions Pane.
For more detailed information, please see the Release Notes.
Crystal Space 0.96r002 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=249604
A new release of Crystal Space is now available. 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 ;-)
Slashdot
Sony Combines Pocket Drive with 802.11
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/06/0011226
[0]Ernest writes "They presented this at Net&Com 2003 in Tokyo. I've
found this announcement in German at [1]ComputerWoche Sony selected
Linux as the file server's operating system. They'll start selling this
little 390 gram thing on the japanese market at the end of March for
585$. Inside is a 20GB 2.5" disk of which (only) 17GB will be available
for files."
Links
0. mailto:ernest@terku i l e .ch
1. http://www.cowo.de/index.cfm?pageid=254&artid=45504
ESA to Give New Life to Old Satellites
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/06/0016252
[0]JPNews writes "The European Space Agency is [1] designing a program
(www.esa.int) to re-configure dying television transmission satellites
to be used as a [2]XM Radio-like satellite radio network. 'Once in
position, 35,000 km away in space, TV satellites will remain in orbit
forever, but their useful life amounts to 15 years or less... further
life can be squeezed from a low-propellant TV satellite switched over
to mobile digital radio broadcasting where precision position control
is less important.'"
Links
0. http://jpnewswire.blogspot.com/
1. http://www.esa.int/export/esaCP/SEM67L1A6BD_index_0.html
2. http://www.xmradio.com/how_it_works/satellites.html
Is the BSA "Grace Period" a Scam?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/02/0733256
An anonymous reader asks: "I work at a small non-profit that has 18
employees plus a 13 seat computer lab. We received a form letter from
the Business Software Alliance (BSA) telling us to do a self audit and
if we find any unlicensed software to report it during our 'Grace
Period' because 'if you organization's software is not licensed, it
could become to focus of a BSA investigation'. Now this is obviously a
method to scare up some business for the BSA members. If we ignore
this, how likely is it that we will be 'investigated'. I know that I
cannot produce the original CD's and/or documentation for some of the
software that we HAVE paid for."
Nokia's Cellular GBA - The N-Gage
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/06/0029236
An anonymous reader writes "Hold on to your Game Boys, folks! It
appears that the Finland cell phone manufacturer, Nokia, will be
throwing in its lot in the handheld gaming industry with its [0]N-Gage.
Not only is this critter capable of playing games, but other noticeable
features include a cell phone, radio, and MP3 player. Game companies
such as Sega, Taito, and Eidos have already expressed support for it."
Links
0. http://www.n-gage.com/
Carmack Needs Rocket Fuel
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/05/2243243
[0]Reality Master 101 writes "Saw an [1]interesting post on the
[2]Experimental Rocket Propulsion Society BBS from [3]John Carmack, who
is working on an [4]X-prize vehicle. Apparently he is having a lot of
trouble getting Peroxide from the major suppliers, and is possibly
thinking of helping someone set up a company to produce peroxide. With
NASA's recent problems, there has been a lot of talk about promoting
more private investment in rocketry. But how can it happen when the
suppliers won't even sell peroxide to well financed, registered,
X-prize teams? Anyone want to start a peroxide business?"
Links
0. mailto:RealityMaster101@hotmai[ ]om ['l.c' in gap]
1. http://lists.erps.org/archives/erps-list/msg04244.shtml
2. http://lists.erps.org/index.shtml
3. http://www.idsoftware.com/
4. http://www.armadilloaerospace.com/
Remotely Counting Machines Behind A NAT Box
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/05/2129218
Overtone writes "[0]Steve Bellovin of [1]AT&T Labs Research has
published a paper showing [2]how to remotely count the number of
machines hiding behind a NAT box (in IMW 2002, the [3]Second Internet
Measurement Workshop). Your friendly DSL or cable broadband provider
could implement this technique to enforce their single-machine license
clause. Bellovin explains how to change the NAT software to defeat the
measurement scheme, but the fix is complicated and unlikely to appear
in commercial home gateways anytime soon."
Links
0. http://www.research.att.com/~smb/
1. http://www.research.att.com/
2. http://www.research.att.com/~smb/papers/fnat.pdf
3. http://www.icir.org/vern/imw-2002/
Gnome 2.2 Released
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/05/2031210
heydrick writes "[0]This message confirms that [1] Gnome 2.2 is
officially released. And a month ahead of the originally planned
six-month release cycle. Check out the [2]Gnome 2.2 Start Page and use
a [3]mirror to download."
Links
0. http://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2003-February/msg00255.html
1. http://www.gnome.org/
2. http://www.gnome.org/start/2.2/
3. http://www.gnome.org/mirrors/ftpmirrors.php3
Dell Dropping The Floppy
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/05/1933223
adambwells writes "Dell wants to stop including floppy drives as
standard hardware on its Dimension line of desktops, and will start
this practice later this quarter, as reported in this Yahoo [0]article.
Says Dell's product marketing: We would like to see customers migrate
away from floppies as quickly as possible, because there are better
alternative technologies out there ... it's an antique technology. At
some point, you've got to draw the line. You wouldn't think of using a
processor from 15 years ago." They plan to educate their customers
about recordable CDs and USB pen drives as replacements."
Links
0. http://biz.yahoo.com/ibd/030205/tech_1.html
Jack Valenti's Views On The Digital Age
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/05/1828238
[0]ditogi writes "The [1]Harvard Political Review did a quick
[2]interview with the lord of darkness himself, Jack Valenti. He gives
his thoughts on government mandated copy prevention, fair use, and
lobbying. In response to his famous 'VCR is [to the movie
industry]...as the Boston strangler is to the woman home alone.' quote,
he responds, 'I wasn't opposed to the VCR.' And what does he think of
his current job? 'I think lobbying is really an honest profession.'" My
favorite quote: "In the digital world, we don't need back-ups, because
a digital copy never wears out. It is timeless." Update: 02/05 20:05
GMT by [3]T: [4]Derek Slater writes "I'm the author of the Valenti
article you guys linked to. I've made [5]some brief comments about it
on my site, and figured I'd send them along."
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.hpronline.org/main.cfm
2. http://www.hpronline.org/news/347207.html?mkey=628413
3. http://www.monkey.org/~timothy/
4. http://cmusings.blogspot.com
5. http://cmusings.blogspot.com/2003_02_02_cmusings_archive.html#88495460
Sim-Dud?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/05/1559236
[0]Lumpish Scholar writes ""The Sims Online" was one of the most
anticipated releases of 2002; but (according to [1]this Los Angeles
Times story in the Baltimore Sun, "'The Sims Online' sold 105,000
copies, or only about a quarter of the initial shipment in December,"
and (as quoted in [2]this article in the New York Times), "the
company's president, John S. Riccitiello, said the number of
subscribers was half what Electronic Arts expected." (Check out
[3]Google News for more articles, and a registration-free partner link
to the New York Times story.) Meanwhile, the game's [4]customer reviews
at Amazon.com have an average rating of only two (out of five) stars."
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1.
http://www.sunspot.net/technology/la-fi-sims4feb04,0,4697897.story?coll=bal-technology-headlines
2. http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/03/technology/03SIMS.html
3. http://news.google.com/news?q=%22sims+online%22
4.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000067FDV/ref=cm_rev_all_1/102-0709448-0156118?v=glance&s=videogames&vi=customer-reviews&me=ATVPDKIKX0DER
Freshmeat
Anthill Pro Build and Release Management Server 2.0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111992/
Anthill Pro is an automated manager for the build and release process
of Java software development. It can provide daily reports of an
overnight build, with automated test runs, a revision log which lists
newly implemented features. Anthill Pro adds to the already robust
feature set of the open source version of Anthill. Anthill Pro is easy
to use in heterogeneous environments since it allows you to use
different JDKs and different classpaths to build different projects. It
also provides robust support for project dependencies, allowing you to
rebuild all dependent projects with the latest version of a dependency.
Every project can store its latest artifacts in Anthill's built-in
repository, and Anthill gives you the ability to rebuild any previously
built version.
AstroCam System 2.3.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112086/
AstroCam is an C-based Stepmotor Controlsystem including a CGI Web
interface. You can use it for controlling webcams over the
Internet/intranet or everything else you want to do with a stepmotor.
atop 1.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112061/
Atop is an ASCII full-screen performance monitor, similar to the top
command. At regular intervals, it shows system-level activity related
to the CPU, memory, swap, disks and network layers, and it shows for
every active process the CPU utilization in system and user mode, the
virtual and resident memory growth, priority, username, state, and exit
code. The process level activity is also shown for processes which
finished during the last interval, to get a complete overview about the
consumers of things such as CPU time. Atop only shows the active
system-resources and processes, and only shows the deviations since the
previous interval.
BEJY 1.1.1.41
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112065/
BEJY is a modular server application. It has functionality similar to
inetd and some helper classes/functions to ease the implementation of
new protocols. It provides a generic multithreaded TPC/IP server
implementation with optional SSL support, covering the complete
connection and thread management. Each supported service provides its
protocol implementation(s), where the protocol dependend handling is
done. The current version comes with HTTP, SMTP, POP3, and IMAP
protocol implementations. The HTTP protocol implementation also
contains a servlet engine, a JSP engine, a handler to invoke CGI, and
other useful things.
Big Sister 0.98beta3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112112/
Big Sister is an SNMP-aware monitoring program consisting of a
Web-based server and a monitoring agent. It runs under various Unixes
and Windows.
Clover framework 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112030/
CloverETL is Java-based framework for creating ETL transformations. It
follows the concept of transformation graphs which consist of
individual nodes performing simple operations on data. Any
transformation can be defined as a set of interconnected nodes through
which data flows.
Dav 0.8.0 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112109/
Dav (Dav Ain't Vi) is meant to provide a stable text editor that is
efficient in both memory and processor usage. Its user interface is
designed to be intuitive and to increase productivity.
DMI Gallery 2.0-pre-1 (Galerias II)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112035/
DMI Gallery is an editor-oriented image gallery application based on
DMI. The editor just needs to FTP full-sized pictures into the
directory and small and medium-sized thumbnails are automatically
created. If a text documents with the same name as the picture is
uploaded, it will be inserted as a description. DMI Gallery provides a
complete set of navigation controls, and allows designers to create
templates in their favorite HTML editor to customize the look and feel
of the image gallery.
DMI Gallery 1.4.1 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112033/
DMI Gallery is an editor-oriented image gallery application based on
DMI. The editor just needs to FTP full-sized pictures into the
directory and small and medium-sized thumbnails are automatically
created. If a text documents with the same name as the picture is
uploaded, it will be inserted as a description. DMI Gallery provides a
complete set of navigation controls, and allows designers to create
templates in their favorite HTML editor to customize the look and feel
of the image gallery.
EnergyMech 2.9.2 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112047/
The EnergyMech is an advanced IRC bot. It has many features including
DCC partyline, powerful userlist handling, a telnet console, bot
linking, and more.
exiftags 0.97
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112098/
exiftags parses a JPEG file looking for Exif (Exchangeable Image File)
data, formatting, and printing image properties. Digital cameras
typically add Exif data to the image files they produce containing
information about the camera and digitized image. exiftags includes
support for some camera manufacturer-specific properties.
eZ publish 3.0 release candidate 2 (Unstable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112036/
eZ publish is a professional open source content management system
(CMS). It lets you update and maintain the content of your site through
a user friendly Web interface, eliminating the need for HTML code. It
is dual licenced under the GPL and the eZ publish Professional licence,
where you can get the right to use the source code for making your own
commercial software. It is useful for building Web sites, Web shops,
intranets/extranets, news sites, portals, and more.
FLP 1.040
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112107/
FLP (Flaimo's Little Package) is a collection of PHP classes for
internationalization. It formats date and time strings, replaces
keywords, converts measurement units between SI and the US Customary
System, and more.
Frogg 1.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112031/
Frogg is a completely stand-alone player for Ogg Vorbis files, although
support for other formats is coming soon. Designed from the ground up
for low memory usage and a lightweight GUI, it's great for playing the
occasional Ogg clip without starting up iTunes.
Gammu 0.68 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112090/
Gammu (formerly known as MyGnokii2) is cellular manager for various
mobile phones and modems. It currently supports Nokia 3210, 33xx, 3410,
3510, 51xx, 5210, 5510, 61xx, 62xx, 63xx, 6510, 7110, 82xx, 8310, 9110,
and 9210, and AT devices (such as Siemens, Alcatel, WaveCom, IPAQ, and
other). It has a command line version with many functions for
ringtones, phonebook, SMS, logos, WAP, date/time, alarm, calls, etc. It
can also make full backups and restore them. It works on various Unix
systems (like Linux) and Win32.
gcc 3.2.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112058/
The GNU Compiler Collection contains frontends for C, C++, Objective-C,
Fortran, Java, and Ada as well as libraries for these languages. It is
a full-featured ANSI C compiler with support for K&R C as well. GCC
provides many levels of source code error checking traditionally
provided by other tools (such as lint), produces debugging information,
and can perform many different optimizations to the resulting object
code.
GCompris 2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112083/
GCompris is a complete educational suite for children 3 to 10 years
old. It is activity-based, and currently includes more than 30
activities. It offers activities dedicated to little kids which teach
them how to use a mouse and keybord. It teaches letters, numbers, and
words, basic algebra training, reading time on an analog clock, and
much more.
GKrellM Volume 2.1.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112055/
GKrellM Volume is a plugin which controls the sound mixer device of
your choice.
GNU TeXmacs 1.0.1.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112040/
GNU TeXmacs is a free scientific text editor, which was inspired by
both TeX and GNU Emacs. The editor allows you to write structured
documents via a "wysiwyg" and user friendly interface. The
program implements high quality typesetting algorithms and TeX fonts.
It is also possible to use TeXmacs as an interface to computer algebra
systems. Finally, TeXmacs supports the Guile/Scheme extension language,
which makes it possible to adapt the user interface to specific needs,
and even to extend the editor.
gPHPEdit 0.0.31 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112079/
gPHPEdit is a GNOME2 editor that is dedicated to editing PHP files and
other supporting files, like HTML/CSS. It has support for drop-down
function lists, hints showing parameters, and syntax highlighting.
HTTP Navigator 2.0.1 alpha
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112073/
HTTP Navigator is a set of PHP classes, based on Perl's LWP, that
simplifies sending and receiving HTTP messages. Features include:
cookie handling, basic authentication, chunked encoding, and
keep-alive.
icoutils 0.18.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112082/
The icoutils are a set of programs for extracting and converting images
in Microsoft Windows icon and cursor files. These files usually have
the extension .ico or .cur, but they can also be embedded in
executables and libraries (.dll-files). Icoutils can also create icon
and cursor files.
IDSA 0.95
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112096/
IDS/A is a combined system logger, reference monitor, and intrusion
detection system for applications. An IDS/A enabled application can not
only be monitored, but also instructed to restrict functionality.
Features include a powerful logging component and an extensible and
modular access control subsystem which can driven by misuse signatures,
anomaly detection modules, or even a human operator.
Jahia CMS and Portal Server 4.0 Alpha 1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112076/
JAHIA CMS and Portal Server is an open source and collaborative Java
solution for building complex and dynamic Web sites. Unlike traditional
corporate portal solutions, JAHIA provides a comprehensive and
out-of-the-box platform for developing, integrating, delivering, and
managing Content, Web Applications, and Web Services across intranets,
extranets, and the Internet.
JSX2 0.1.5 (Object Export)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112039/
In one line, JSX2 externalizes object data as XML, so it can be
distributed, stored, and processed independently of the code that
created it. In another line, that data can be deserialized back into
objects. JSX uses the JOS API, and so works for all objects, complex
object graphs, dynamically adjusts to recompiled classes, and enables
classes to customize their serial form for evolution. The XML format
for JSX2 is much easier to process than that of JSX.
K-3D 0.2.5.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112060/
K-3D is a 3D modeling, animation, and rendering system for GNU/Linux
& Win32. Features include creation and editing of geometry in
multiple realtime OpenGL solid, shaded, and texture-mapped views;
unlimited undos and redos; complete extensibility at runtime through
third-party plugins; animated procedural geometric effects; all
parameters animatable through a consistent control-spline based
interface; rendering pipeline to Renderman Interface compliant
rendering engines; optimization for use with the Aqsis rendering
engine, which features solid modelling, true displacement, and user
programmable shaders; and support for background and batch rendering.
KCachegrind 0.3a
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112081/
KCachegrind visualizes traces generated by profiling, in various ways,
including a TreeMap visualization of the calls happening, and a
condensed version, the Coverage analysis. It's designed to be fast and
to provide a quick overview of very large programs, such as KDE
applications. It uses Cachegrind as profiling backend, which uses the
CPU simulator in Valgrind. Thus, profiling does not need any
preparation, can cope with shared libraries and plugin architectures,
and allows for profile runs to not influence the measuring by the
profile itself, however, the disadvantage to this is slower profile
runs.
Linux Test Project 20030206
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112108/
The Linux Test Project is a joint project with SGI, IBM, OSDL, Bull,
and Wipro Technologies with a goal to deliver test suites to the open
source community that validate the reliability, robustness, and
stability of Linux. The project consists of well over 950 individual
testcases and a test driver to automate execution of the tests.
Loggerithim 6.2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112102/
Loggerithim is a monitoring package. It allows you to monitor your
systems graphically, proactively spot problems, perform postmortems,
throw alerts when bad things happen, predict future needs, and automate
routine administration tasks.
ManEdit 0.5.8 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112037/
The ManEdit UNIX Manual Page Editor is an editor specifically tailored
for UNIX manual pages. It has a preview viewer, uses the manual page
XML format for easy editing, and comes with a tutorial and reference
guide. It uses the GTK+ widget set and features syntax highlighting, a
complete drag and drop system for easy viewing and editing, a crash
recovery system, and sample manual page templates.
ManySMS 3.0 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112074/
SMS is frontend for SmsSend. Users can easily send SMS messages to many
GSM telephone numbers. The numbers are written in a text file. This
program is designated for use in the Czech republic (operators:
Eurotel, Paegas, Oskar), but can be easily adapted for different
counties. It is written in Basic.
mod_injection 0.3.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112089/
mod_injection is an Apache 2.0.X filter module. It allows you to inject
text in the HTTP response after a HTML tag, or after any given text
string. The main intention of this module is to add a banner to several
HTML pages on the fly.
mon modules 2003-02-06
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112085/
mon modules is collection of modules for mon which include an advanced
PostgreSQL monitor, a SAP R/3 monitor, a TCP connection and chat
monitor which works through a SOCKS server, and a WAP cgi-bin client
that lets you check the status of your servers using a WAP phone.
N-View 2.5 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112069/
N-View is a network monitor for small and medium-sized networks. It
features automatic scanning of subnets for host addresses, monitoring
of ICMP responses from all hosts, signalling of timeouts and delays in
the GUI and by mail, a portscanner, an SNMP client (MIB browser and
trap receiver), a graphical display of network traffic for network
interfaces, connectivity to hosts by telnet, HTTP browser, or an
arbitrary external program (such as ssh), printing of network diagrams,
automatic generation of HTML pages, and more.
O-Kiraku Nikki 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112050/
'O-Kiraku Nikki' is Japanese for 'A Nice Calendar'. It is a simple PHP
program that displays a calendar on a Web site, with the ability to add
as many annotations as desired to any day, and have these annotations
displayed on a Web page. It can be used as a diary, a Weblog, or a
scheduler, etc. It comes with full multilanguage (Unicode) support, and
includes by default English, Japanese, and Spanish translations. It has
been designed with both security and simplicity in mind.
openSkat 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112064/
OpenSkat is an cryptographically secure implementation of the german
card game Skat for multiple players over IRC (Internet Relay Chat). The
fairness is based on several zero-knowledge-proofs from Christian
Schindelhauers research paper "A Toolbox for Mental Card
Games". It has a graphical user interface based on xskat 3.4. The
modified sources are included and require an X11 environment.
Packet Excalibur 1.0.1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112091/
Packet Excalibur is a multi-platform graphical and scriptable network
packet engine with extensible text-based protocol descriptions. It is a
network tool designed to build and receive custom packets. Packet
Excalibur allows you to decide packet attributes from the physical
layer to the top, to sniff and spoof packets with a single interface,
to build scripts in the GUI, and to define additional protocols in
simple text files.
PHP vCard 2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112044/
PHP vCard generates vCards from any data. This is useful if you have a
lot contact information stored in regular databases and want to make
them available to end users as comfortable as possible. vCard files are
supported by many PIMs.
Pluggable Images Generator 0.2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112057/
Pluggable Images Generator (PIG) is mainly designed to create fractal
images and dislay them. But since it's based on plugins, it can be used
to create any type of computer generated image.
ppm2html 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112048/
ppm2html is a small Linux tool that converts an RGB PPM image to an
HTML page. The page will display an approximated version of the image
only using ASCII characters and color definitions. The tool makes full
use of 24 bit color in HTML. If a 'source string' is being defined this
string will repeatedly be used as the character source for rendering
the ASCII output. If omitted, random characters between 'a' and 'z'
will be used. The 'red', 'green', and 'blue' values define the
backgroundcolor of the HTML page. If no command line arguments are
given the page is rendered black.
pylibini 0.1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111738/
pylibini is a Python module which provides powerful access and easy
manipulation of .ini files in Python applications.
PyTone 1.12.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112106/
PyTone is a music jukebox written in Python with a curses-based GUI.
While providing advanced features like crossfading and multiple
players, special emphasis is put on ease of use, making PyTone an ideal
jukebox system for use at parties.
qpopper-mysql 0.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112080/
qpopper-mysql is a patch to Qualcomm's qpopper POP3 daemon to enable it
to do user authentication via a MySQL database, support virtual
domains, support Maildir-style mailboxes, and log logins into a MySQL
database for possible MTA SMTP authentication relaying use.
Quake2Forge 0.2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112104/
Quake2Forge is The QuakeForge Project's version of id Software's game,
Quake II. It aims to be a stable, portable codebase focusing on
improving the quality of the game whilst maintaining backwards
compatibility with the original.
Rain gutter 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111761/
Rain gutter is a theme based on a photo taken by octoberX.
RunLaunch 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112049/
Run Launch is a GNOME program execution utility not unlike the Windows
9x "Run" facility. Features include a "Run in
Terminal" facility, a file browser, program history, automatic
history completion, and keyboard shortcuts.
ScreenIRC 0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112066/
ScreenIRC is an IRC client that lets you close the GUI without being
disconnected from the IRC server. You can then reconnect later and see
what has happened on the channels while you were away.
sNibbles 0.1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112092/
sNibbles is a platform independent Snake/Nibbles game.
SPIKE 2.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112059/
SPIKE is an attempt to write an API that helps reverse engineer new,
unknown network protocols. It features several working examples.
struts-wml 1.1b3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112100/
struts-wml is a WML taglib for WAP enabled devices, based on
struts-html.
Subconv 0.2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112113/
Subconv converts DivX subtitles from one format to another (currently
only from srt/tmplayer/microdvd to tmplayer). It can also adjust
subtitle delay and split subtitles in a given time position.
Sweep 0.8.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112045/
Sweep is an audio editor and live playback tool. It supports many music
and voice formats including WAV, AIFF, Ogg Vorbis, Speex, and MP3, with
multichannel editing and LADSPA effects plugins. Inside lives a pesky
little virtual stylus called Scrubby who enjoys mixing around in your
files.
The Kiwi Toolkit 1.4.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112042/
The Kiwi Toolkit is a foundation class library containing many useful
classes that complement the Java Foundation Classes (JFC). It includes
many classes and components that were not provided with the JFC, such
as a TreeTable component, a DateChooser, an MVC charting package (bar
charts, line charts, pie charts), a plugin framework for Java, an
application resource manager (for loading images, icons, HTML pages,
audio clips, and other resources from JAR files), a better
internationalization API, and much more.
Tk LaTeX Editor 1.0.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112027/
Tk LaTeX Editor is a powerful LaTeX editor. It supports code
highlighting, a document structure navigator, a project and file
manager, spellchecking, command autocompletion, and much more.
TR-IRCD 5.0.5-r
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112095/
TR-IRCD is an ircd and a collection of services programs for IRC
networks. The ircd is heavily influenced by ircd-hybrid and Bahamut. It
includes support for IRC extensions such as md5-encrypted hostnames,
local channels, and autokill exclusions, modules for commands,
different protocols, channel modes, and languages. It supports IPv6 and
many different architectures.
Wcalc 1.5.2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112111/
Wcalc is a very capable calculator. It has standard functions (sin,
asin, and sinh for example), many pre-defined constants (pi, e, c,
etc.), support for using variables, a command history, hex/octal/binary
input and output, unit conversions, bit-shifting, embedded comments,
and an expandable expression entry field. It evaluates expressions
using the standard order of operations.
Webcpp 0.8.0 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112043/
Webcpp (Web C Plus Plus) is a command line utility that takes your
source code and converts it into an HTML file, using a fully
customizable syntax highlighting engine and stylesheets. Webcpp
currently supports Ada95, Assembler, ASP, Basic, C, C#, C++, Cg, CLIPS,
DOS Batch, EMF, Euphoria, Fortran, Haskell, Java, Javascript, Markup,
Modula2, Objective C, Pascal, Perl, PHP, Power Builder, Python,
RenderMan, Ruby, SQL, Tcl, Unix shell, UnrealScript, and VHDL
highlighting.
WebShop 0.7.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112094/
WebShop provides a framework for an Internet shop using EJB 2. It
includes the beans necessary to operate an e-commerce enterprise, as
well as a sample servlet implementation of a shop.
wGui 0.1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112034/
wGui is a simple, platform-independent dialog manager library using SDL
and FreeType2. Written in C++ (with extensive use of the Standard
Library and STL), the intention is to leave all of the antiquated C
paradigms out of it (like #defines).
Yet Another Font Installer 0.3.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112056/
Yet Another Font Installer (YAFI) is a set of programs that allow you
to install TrueType and Type1 fonts for various applications like
XFree, LaTeX, etc.
Slashcode
How to point new_motd.pl to a new file?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/06/0319225
I'm trying to make new_motd.pl to use my own quotes that are relevant
to my site. Here's what I've done so far : Created text file with
quotes (myfile). Ran strfile -r myfile. Changed new_motd.pl to:
chomp(my $t = `/usr/games/fortune 100% myfile`); Well, it's not working
- anyone know what's up?
Ideas for an Online FAQ
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/07/0310243
So I am thinking about creating a section on Slashcode.com just for a
FAQ. We can use subsections to seperate out the FAQ (AKA Install,
MySQL, Slashd...) and if someone would be willing to come up with new
topics (for that matter new topics and icons are normally welcome) we
could use those. The thing is, would it be useful? Would a number of
you be willing to write up pieces of the FAQ? All you would need to do
is submit them as stories.
Bad install of libapreq-1.1
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/05/1737226
Problems with comments not getting updated and slashd hanging there
after. I noticed that my slash site was running just fine til someone
posted a comment. When they posted a comment and freshenup.pl ran it
updated the articles and ran /htdocs/index.pl. I'd then see index.pl
hung in my ps -ax. Once I killed the process everything ran fine (but
wouldn't update the index.shtml page til the next freshenup.pl call!)
So, I remembered some vague cpan install problem that required a manual
install from my .cpan/build directory. I searched for a way to remove
perl modules and found a script (thank you Alan Burlison you're a GOD)
that let me remove the libapreq-1.1 stuff. Once removed, I installed
the 1.0 version and things are running like a champ! You'll remember
that libapreq has Apache::Cookie in it. Hope this helps folks out.
Libapreq-1.1 just came out on January 31, 2003! (Which is why my
previous test installs were by the book and this one done this weekend
BOMBED!)And yes... I bought the book!P.S. If you're like me, and didn't
install slash in /usr/local like a good boy you'll need to change your
slashdir & sbindir variables accordingly. Apparently when you edit
your slash make file and change slash_prefix(?) it doesn't propogate to
these two fields. (I know, I'm such a pagan!)
Slash on OS X
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/06/1723252
I'm thinking of using Slash to host a site from my machine running OS
X. Has anyone had any luck following the INSTALL under Darwin and
actually getting Slash up and running? Or is there a good HOWTO I can't
find? Or best of all, can someone put together a .pkg to accompany the
.rpm?
How do I add additional fields in users.pl
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/04/0657222
I want to add a zip code field to the signup form for new users. Now,
obviously the generation of the form as well as the processing (and
saving the data in the DB) all happens through users.pl. My Perl skills
are VERY rusty and the last time I touched it (Perl 4) there were not
subs, so when I looked at the code it confused the hell out of me. Is
there an example out there of where someone added additonal fields?
Obviously, the zip code field needs to be there when users sign up,
needs to be processed and the field stored in the db (I know how to
create the column ;-) and if someone makes changes in his preferences,
it needs to show up there as well. I know this is a lot to ask, but can
somebody point me in the right direction? There is a line of code that
calls: if ($uid = $slashdb->createUser($matchname,
$form->{email}, $form->{newusernick})) { I assume that's where I
would add the new field. But what is $form-> and what do I need to
do to enable something like $form->{zipcode} ? Sorry for my
ignorance - I'm more of a Java guy... --Michael
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?)
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