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Sourceforge
Audacity sound editor 1.1.3 beta
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=261798

    Audacity 1.1.3 is the latest development snapshot of Audacity, a
    multitrack sound editor for MacOS, Linux and Windows. Version 1.1.3
    includes a mixer toolbar for directly controlling the hardware input
    and output levels and recording source, gain and pan controls in every
    track, improved audio I/O with lower latency, higher quality
    resampling, and more. Audacity's project files now use standard AU
    files, so they can be read by other programs, but unfortunately this
    version of Audacity cannot open project files written by previous
    versions of Audacity. 

SOURCEFORGE.NET UPDATE - 2003-03-18 EDITION
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=262061

    0. Intro 1. New RSS Feeds 2. New SF.NET Download mirrors. 3. Project of
    the month 4. Work for SourceForge.net 5. Stats and Top Projects SF.NET
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    Dear SourceForge.net Developer, With this sitewide update, I'm pleased
    to announce two new enhancements to SourceForge.net. First, we've
    implemented new RSS feeds that are accessible to all projects and
    developers to aid in the publishing of information and project status
    to other sites. Second, SF.NET has added two new download servers,
    including our first mirror in Australia. Details below. Progress on IBM
    DB2's deployment on SF.NET continues. We are in the final phases of
    testing before we rollout it out to SouceForge.net itself. Currently,
    only mailing list archives are being powered by DB2. As you might have
    noticed in recent weeks, SF.net's project search database has been
    overwhelmed at times. As we roll out DB2 to the rest of the site in
    April, we expect this issue, and other issues like it to be resolved.
    Finally, in this time of global political uncertainty, it is good to be
    reminded that Open Source software has no boundaries. The work you do
    on your Open Source project benefits countless individuals and nations
    in every corner of the globe. Regardless of location, faith, or race,
    developers are collaborating together to create software that will not
    only benefit themselves, but all of humanity. At a time when it's hard
    to see something positive in the news, remember in our own way, the
    Open Source community is making a difference. Thank you for supporting
    SourceForge.net and the Open Source software movement. As always, if
    you have a question or want to share feedback regarding the site,
    please feel free to email me directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pat- Patrick
    McGovern Director, SF.NET [EMAIL PROTECTED] New RSS Feeds.
    --------------------------------------------- A convenient way to keep
    up-to-date with the SourceForge.net site, project news, activity
    information, and new projects is now available. SourceForge.net
    provides a number of RSS feeds that may be accessed using an RSS reader
    or aggregator (some content management systems also allow you include
    data from an RSS feed on your website, much as Slashdot and Freshmeat
    do in the right sidebar of their layout). Using these RSS feeds, you
    can keep up-to-date with the latest project news and file releases,
    Site Status updates and SourceForge.net statistics (such as top
    projects). Project-specific RSS feeds may now be accessed using the
    "View list of RSS feeds available for this project" link on the Summary
    page for each project. Information about the full set of the available
    SourceForge.net RSS feeds (14 feeds, in all), including information on
    the software needed to view RSS feed data and a complete list of the
    options available for each RSS feed, may be found at:
    https://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=15483&group_id=1
    New SF.NET Download mirrors.
    --------------------------------------------- SF.NET now has two
    additional download mirrors. The first, Flow Communications, is our
    first mirror in Australia. We know, from looking at statistics, that
    SF.NET has many enthusiastic developers 'down under'. We are very
    excited that SF.net now has a server in Australia to allow users in
    that part of the world acquire files faster. To learn more about Flow
    Communication, please visit their website at: http://www.flow.com.au/
    Our second new mirror is Aleron, located in Virgina, USA. Aleron
    provides high-speed, high-performance Internet connectivity, data
    transmission and value-added network applications for it's customers.
    For more information, please visit their website at:
    http://www.aleron.com/ The SF.NET team would like to thank Flow
    Communications, Aleron, and our other download partners, in helping
    distribute Open Source code and Open Source binaries around the world.
    Currently SF.NET serves approximately 500,000 files daily and these
    mirrors help a great deal in providing global accessibility to all of
    the software generated by our 60,000 projects. SourceForge.net's March
    2003 Project of the month.
    --------------------------------------------- Keeping a team of people
    on task and well organized is a difficult chore. There are timelines to
    meet, information to organize, and the need to be more efficient.
    SourceForge.net's March 2003 Project of the Month helps with all of
    these difficult issues. TUTOS, 'The ultimate team organization
    Software', is a broad focused Open Source Application targeted at
    making groups of individuals more successful when collaborating. Tutos
    Project of the month page: http://sourceforge.net/pom_0303.php Tutos
    Home Page: http://www.tutos.org Tutos SF.NET Summary Page:
    http://sourceforge.net/projects/tutos Work for SourceForge.net
    --------------------------------------------- We have a new position
    for a senior web developer available at SourceForge.net. We are looking
    for someone to help us maintain, upgrade, and add new features to
    SourceForge.net. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of development
    experience on high end, high volume websites (3+ million page views a
    day). He/she as a vast level of knowledge of Internet technologies:
    PHP, PostgreSQL, MYSQL, DB2, Linux, PERL, Apache, LDAP, Mailman. A
    flare for design / UI is a bonus. SourceForge is a unique site with
    unique challenges. We are looking for someone at the top of his/her
    game. Location of Job is in Fremont, California. Please send resume and
    URL's of sites you have worked on to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Text resumes
    only. (No MSWORD files!) Stats and Top Projects.
    --------------------------------------------- Number of Projects:
    58,245 Number of Registered Users: 586,017 Daily Stats for March 12,
    2003 SF.NET : 1,907,806 pages served SF.NET project web space :
    3,211,337 pages served Total Pages: 5,119,143 CVS updates: 14,161 Open
    Source Files downloaded in 24 period: 454,134 Outgoing Mailing list
    emails: 1,362,151 Top 20 SourceForge.net Projects 1. Gaim
    http://sourceforge.net/projects/gaim/ Gaim is an all-in-one IM client
    that resembles AIM. Gaim lets you use AIM, ICQ, Yahoo, MSN, IRC,
    Jabber, Napster, Zephyr, and Gadu-Gadu, all at once. Gaim is NOT
    endorsed by or affiliated with AOL, Yahoo, MSN or Napster. 2.
    phpMyAdmin http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpmyadmin/ phpMyAdmin is a
    tool written in PHP intended to handle the administration of MySQL over
    the WWW. Currently, it can create and drop databases, create/drop/alter
    tables, delete/edit/add fields, execute any SQL statement, manage keys
    on fields. 3. XboxMediaPlayer http://sourceforge.net/projects/xbplayer/
    The XboxMediaPlayer for the Xbox allows you to use a modded Xbox to
    play/view DivX, XVID, MPEG-1/2, MP3, JPG & other supported
    video/audio/picture formats via your TV so it can used as a multimedia
    jukebox. It also supports streaming media over a network. 4. DC++
    http://sourceforge.net/projects/dcplusplus/ This project is aimed at
    producing a C++ version of the popular DirectConnect client, enhancing
    functionality and performance. A hub (server) is planned. 5. JBoss.org
    http://sourceforge.net/projects/jboss/ The JBoss/Server is the leading
    Open Source, standards-compliant, J2EE based application server
    implemented in 100% Pure Java. 6. eMule for Linux
    http://sourceforge.net/projects/lmule/ This is a Linux port of eMule
    client (see http://www.emule-project.net) using wxWindows class
    library. 7 Miranda IM Client
    http://sourceforge.net/projects/miranda-icq/ A free Win32 instant
    messaging client. Smaller, Faster, Easier. 8. zenTrack
    http://sourceforge.net/projects/zentrack/ A complete project
    management, bug tracking, ticket, and tech support/help desk/phone log
    system. Tracker is configuable and adaptable; a simple design. Supports
    most databases, including mySql, Oracle, postgres, others. Works on
    Windows and Unix. 9. Compiere ERP + CRM Business Solution
    http://sourceforge.net/projects/compiere/ Smart ERP+CRM solution for
    Small-Medium Enterprises in the global marketplace covering all areas
    from customer management, supply chain and accounting. For $2-200M
    revenue companies looking for "brick and click" first tier
    functionality. 10. POPFile - Automatic Email Classification
    http://sourceforge.net/projects/popfile/ POPFile is an email
    classification tool with a Naive Bayes classifier, a POP3 proxy and a
    web interface. It runs on most platforms and with most email clients.
    11. PCGen -- A Character Generator
    http://sourceforge.net/projects/pcgen/ PCGen is a java character
    generator and maintenance program. All datafiles are ASCII so they can
    be modified by users, and are available through the pcgendm project. An
    XML conversion is underway. 12. Dev-C++
    http://sourceforge.net/projects/dev-cpp/ Dev-C++ is an full-featured
    Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for Win32. It uses GCC, Mingw
    or Cygwin as compiler and libraries set. 13. ScummVM
    http://sourceforge.net/projects/scummvm/ ScummVM is a cross-platform
    interpreter for SCUMM-based games, used by LucasArts in games like
    Maniac Mansion, Monkey Island, Day Of The Tentacle, The Dig, etc. It
    also includes a non-SCUMM interpreter for Simon The Sorcerer 1/2. 14.
    Newsfighter http://sourceforge.net/projects/newsfighter/ Newsfighter is
    a J2EE web portal designed and geared for indy media. It combines a
    skinnable template engine with a host of web-based content management
    features. Cross-site data sharing and trust modelling features are in
    the queue. 1.5 FreeCraft real-time strategy game engine
    http://sourceforge.net/projects/freecraft/ This is a free
    cross-platform real-time strategy game engine. It is possible to play
    over LAN, internet or against the computer and to build C&C, W*rCr*ft,
    St*rCr*ft or AOE like RTS games with it. Currently, only a W*rCr*ft II
    compatible theme is available. 16. Hibernate
    http://sourceforge.net/projects/hibernate/ Hibernate - Relational
    Persistence for Idiomatic Java. 17. TUTOS
    http://sourceforge.net/projects/tutos/ TUTOS is the ultimate team
    organization software; a webbased groupware or ERP/CRM system to manage
    events/calendars, addresses, teams, projects, tasks, bugs, mailboxes,
    documents, and your time spent with these things. 18. XMeeting
    http://sourceforge.net/projects/xmeeting/ The project goal is to
    produce a Mac OS X native application that does Internet VoIP and video
    conferencing. The application will base on protocol stack developed by
    openh323.org. 19. bitpim http://sourceforge.net/projects/bitpim/ BitPim
    allows synchronization of Phone Book, Calendar, WallPapers and
    RingTones with the LG VX4400 cell phone. 20. Fink
    http://sourceforge.net/projects/fink/ Fink is an attempt to bring the
    full world of Unix Open Source software to Darwin and Mac OS X.
    Packages are downloaded, built automatically and installed into a tree
    managed by dpkg. 

New release lksctp-2_5_65-0_6_8 available
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=262312

    A new release of lksctp based on linux kernel 2.5.65 is available for
    download. This includes a kernel patch against 2.5.65 that includes
    sctp specific changes that didn't go into 2.5.65; and a lksctp tools
    tar ball that includes the user level library and test programs for
    sctp users and developers. Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP)
    is a reliable, message-oriented, multihomed transport protocol.
    Developed by the IETF SIGTRAN working group to transport SS7 over IP,
    it is now the third general-purpose transport developed by the IETF.
    NOTE: Several users reported build/configure issues for the previous
    release of lksctp-tools. We are still investigating this issue, but
    have been unable to reproduce this issue locally. If you see the
    following error: ... checking for BSD-compatible nm... /usr/bin/nm -B
    ltconfig: you must specify a host type if you use `--no-verify' Try
    `ltconfig --help' for more information. configure: error: libtool
    configure failed make: *** [config.status] Error 1 we'd greatly
    appreciate any debugging/fix for the issue. Best Regards, Jon Grimm 

SpamAssassin 2.51 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=262344

    SpamAssassin is a mail filter to identify spam using text analysis.
    Using its rule base, it uses a wide range of heuristic tests on mail
    headers and body text, to identify "spam", or unsolicited commercial
    email. Download at: http://spamassassin.org/downloads.html If you're
    running 2.50, this release is strongly recommended, since 2.50 cannot
    expire Bayes tokens from its databases. It's also no longer a beta
    release. Changes: - Bayes locking and concurrency issues fixed - Bayes
    expiration was not working; fixed - spamd was not enabling Bayes after
    auto-learning without restart; fixed - safer way to attach spams, for
    broken mail clients, using 'report_safe 2' - a few doco cleanups 

EJBCA 2.0 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=261721

    EJBCA 2.0 is finally released after extensive development and testing.
    This is an important milestone for EJBCA and with all the new features
    it is ready for the enterprise. EJBCA is a fully functional certificate
    authority with a very flexible and powerful administration interface.
    Changes ------------- Added Hard Token funtionallity, EJBCA can now
    store store pin/puk data in database. Added email notification to added
    end entities. Added Key Recover funtionallity. Changed initial
    temporary super administrator from "CN=Walter" to "CN= SuperAdmin".
    Removed CA and ROOTCA types in "ra adduser" cmd, from now on use
    certificate profiles. Added allowOverrideKeyUsage in certificate
    profiles. New fields in DN, givenname, surname, initials.
    ExtendedKeyUsage extension (for use in OutLook). New servlet in
    adminweb, AdminCertReqServlet that creates users out of PKCS10-
    requests. Moved batch and deploy scripts into build.xml. Moved external
    jars into ear-file. Tested on Weblogic 7.1. Lots of bugfixes and
    cleanups. A copy of our latest release can be found here:
    http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=39716&release_id=
    147439 

XOOPS 1.3.9 released!
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=261713

    The XOOPS team is pleased to announce the release of XOOPS 1.3.9 If you
    are already running XOOPS2 RC2 or a first time user, please read
    http://www.xoops.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=700 This release
    includes a number of security based enhancements which fix possible
    cross site script and SQL injection vulnerabilities. Therefore all
    1.3.8 users are STRONGLY ADVISED to upgrade as soon as possible. It
    also includes an upgrade script that will modify one of the database
    tables to enhance performance of database access. - Full Package
    http://www.xoops.org/modules/mydownloads/viewcat.php?cid=16 For new
    users that would like to use XOOPS 1.3.x for some reason instead of
    XOOPS2 ;-). This package contains entire XOOPS 1.3.9 source and a
    several number of language packages. - Patch Files
    http://www.xoops.org/modules/mydownloads/singlefile.php?lid=341 ->
    [tar.gz]
    http://www.xoops.org/modules/mydownloads/singlefile.php?lid=342 ->
    [zip] For those who already have XOOPS 1.3.8 running. This package
    contains only the files that have been modified from XOOPS 1.3.8. To
    upgrade from 1.3.8, overwrite the old files with the new ones, then
    point your browser to 138_to_139.php and follow the instruction
    displayed. Don't forget to remove this file from the server after the
    upgrade is complete. 

DataVision 0.7.4 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=261734

    DataVision 0.7.4 is now available from SourceForge at
    http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=33343 DataVision
    is an Open Source reporting tool similar to Crystal Reports. Reports
    can be designed using a drag-and-drop GUI. They may be run, viewed, and
    printed from the application or exported as HTML, XML, PDF, LaTeX2e,
    DocBook, or tab- or comma-delimited text files. The output files
    produced by LaTeX2e and DocBook can in turn be used to produce PDF,
    text, HTML, PostScript, and more. Changes: * Moved from MinML to MinML2
    XML parser. * Output app version number when printing stack traces. *
    If a SQL table or column name can't be found, look for it again while
    ignoring schema names. * Stop running a report after the first Ruby
    script error. This way, you won't see the same error message over and
    over. Bug fixes: * Parameters, formulas, and user columns can now
    appear in suppression procs. * Fields, parameters, formulas, and user
    columns are now found within suppression procs or the report's startup
    script when a report is looking for them. This fixes a few related
    problems. * The suppression proc edit command now appears properly in
    the Undo and Redo Edit menu items. 

GLE -- alpha blending in version 3.1.0
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=261419

    GLE is a library of C functions that draw extruded surfaces, including
    surfaces of revolution, sweeps, tubes, polycones, polycylinders and
    helicoids. GLE uses the OpenGL(R) API to perform the actual rendering.
    The new version 3.1.0 includes new varients of existing functions that
    allow alpha-blending (transparency) to be used. Any subroutines that
    used to take RGB arguments now have analogous *_c4f() versions that
    take RGBA (alpha) colors. A simple demo showing alpha transparency can
    be found in the examples/alpha.c file. Also in the 3.1.0 release: -- a
    minor memory leak fix -- other minor, forgetable fixes You can get our
    latest release here:
    https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=5539&release_id=
    147184 

Razor! Gaming Engine for Palm devices 0.91 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=261369

    Razor! allows you to develop all kinds of fun games for your Palm
    device :-) Enjoy color, sprites, perfect timing and sound. Can be used
    with the popular PRC-Tools and CodeWarrior development environments.
    This release focuses on full compatibility with the CW9 development
    tool. A copy of our latest release may be found here:
    https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=54402&release_id
    =147113 Enjoy! 

ToscanaJ 1.0 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=261403

    After having tested the last release for a while on a workshop, we now
    consider the current version of ToscanaJ stable enough to be called a
    1.0 release. Development will of course go on, but this version gives
    you a rather complete feature set for creating and deploying conceptual
    systems based on simple relational databases. The feature list esp. of
    ToscanaJ as the main viewer component exceeds what has been there
    before, hopefully opening new applications for Formal Concept Analysis.
    As usual you will find more information in the change log and release
    notes. A copy of our latest release can be found here:
    https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=37081&release_id
    =143007 




Slashdot
GDDR2 Emerging As A Real Standard
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/24/0154205

    An anonymous reader writes "I [0]noticed here that EE Times is
    reporting that the [1]GDDR2 standard is finally becoming a reality.
    Both NVIDIA and ATI's latest chips offer support. ATI helped spearhead
    the initiative to develop the standard. The significance of this is
    great, since it may very well mean that every 18 months or so a new
    graphics memory standard will be released." 
Links
    0. http://www.hardwareaccelerated.com/
    1. http://www.eet.com/semi/news/OEG20030321S0037

Top Ten Dying Game Genres
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/23/2242235

    [0]Ant sent us a fun link to an article running over at GameSpy
    discussing the [1]Top 10 Dying Game Genres. Although I don't think
    Puzzle games have died - I think they've transformed: Pikmin is just a
    fancy puzzle game, after all ;) But I still want Dr Mario for my GBA. 
Links
    0. http://antfarm.ma.cx
    1. http://www.gamespy.com/top10/march03/genres/

Apple to Announce new MacOS X version in June
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/23/2212244

    swiert writes "Apple has announced that the WWDC conference has been
    rescheduled in order to present the new version of OS X, codenamed
    "Panther". Unfortunately, [0] Apple haven't given any details about
    what to expect from Panther, but after Jaguar this looks promising." 
Links
    0. http://developer.apple.com/wwdc/index.html

Miyazaki's 'Spirited Away' Wins Best Animated Picture
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/24/021242

    [0]DavidBrown writes "Moments ago, Hayao Miyazaki won the [1]Best
    Animated Picture award for '[2]Spirited Away.' It's about time." 
Links
    0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
    1. http://www.oscar.com/oscarnight/winners.html
    2. http://us.imdb.com/Title?0245429

Why Port To PC? Shareware Still alive!
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/23/236226

    An anonymous reader writes "Here is an interesting [0]interview with
    Tom Anthony, describing why Ambrosia Software are porting their Mac
    games to the PC market. Do you think their games can really sell after
    being ported? I thought shareware was dead, but all their games are
    still using shareware as well." 
Links
    0. http://www.hardwareaccelerated.com/content/interviews/ambrosia/indexphp

Anything Box Releases An Album To Share
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/23/228210

    cats writes "[0]Anything Box, the synthpop band from the 80's who had a
    hit with 'Living in Oblivion' have released an introspective albumn in
    mp3 format under a 'freeware' style license. Anyone who has ever seen
    these guys perform know they are just a bunch of nice people trying to
    make ends meet as musicians. I had the opportunity to hang with Claude
    before his show in NJ at The Pipe back in 1998. He had some interesting
    asides about how the music business in general operates. They
    manipulate the artists' work as well as take huge cuts of musicians'
    profits. The album is available via [1]download as one big zip file
    including artwork and is in mp3 format. Very cool." 
Links
    0. http://www.anythingbox.com/
    1. http://www.anythingbox.com/files.htm

The Thin Line Between Reality and Video Games
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/23/2144215

    [0]Boomzilla writes "San Jose Mercury news is carrying [1]an article
    about a 2-year-old Silicon Valley start-up called [2]Keyhole and their
    product Earthviewer. The Mountain View company makes interactive 3-D
    maps that fuse high-resolution satellite and aerial imagery, elevation
    data, GPS coordinates, and overlay information about cities and
    businesses to deliver a streaming, 3D map of the entire globe. Since
    the start of the war, many news networks have been using the maps to
    zoom in on, over and around the Iraqi landscape to help viewers see
    where the war is being fought. Keyhole is financed by Sony Broadband
    Entertainment, graphics-chip maker [3]Nvidia and others. Keyhole uses
    satellite images, aerial photos and other data to create 3-D maps that
    perform much like high-quality video games. Way cool!" 
Links
    0. http://www.boomzilla.com
    1. http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/business/5455940.htm
    2. http://www.earthviewer.com/
    3. http://www.nvidia.com/

The Status Quo Of Computer Vision
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/23/1939241

    [0]prostoalex writes "The Industrial Physicist sums up [1]the recent
    advances and developments in the world of computer vision. They mention
    [2]an application for human-computer interfacing using a Webcam,
    Philips Research Lab [3]Seeing with Sound product, which augments
    vision for visually impaired, as well as [4]various frontal face
    detection applications." 
Links
    0. http://www.moskalyuk.com/jobs/
    1. http://www.aip.org/tip/INPHFA/vol-9/iss-1/p18.html
    2. http://www.cv.iit.nrc.ca/research/Nouse/
    3. http://www.seeingwithsound.com/
    4. http://vasc.ri.cmu.edu/demos/faceindex

A Hotter Sun May Be Contributing To Global Warming
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/23/2038250

    [0]no reason to be here writes "The sun seems to be getting hotter.
    Total radiation output has increased .05% per decade since the 1970s.
    [1] This article over at Yahoo! News has the scoop. Though .05% may not
    seem like much, if it has been going on for the last century or more
    (and circumstantial evidence suggest that it has), it could be a
    significant factor in the increase in global average temperature
    noticed during the 20th century." 
Links
    0. http://<ten.epacsten> <ta> <ddotolif>
    1. 
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=96&e=2&cid=96&u=/space/20030321/sc_space/sun_s_output_increasing_in_possible_trend_fueling_global_warming

Andy "Gollum" Serkis Speaks
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/23/1624258

    [0]Jondor writes "The BBC has an article in which Andy Serkis
    [1]answers questions about his roll as Gollum. Can't wait so spend a
    whole 9 hours watching for the full DVD release of LOTR!" 
Links
    0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] minus physicist
    1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/chat/hotseat/newsid_2853000/2853041.stm




Freshmeat
alived 0.2.1 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117271/

    alived is a simple daemon and client for sending keepalive messages.
    The server keeps a list of hostname to IP address, useful for when a
    remote DHCP client changes IP addresses. 

BPhpWebmail Frontend 1.4.1 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117265/

    BPhpWebmail Frontend is an easy-to-use and easy-to-install Web mail
    frontend. It features support for multiple POP and IMAP servers, Inbox,
    Outbox, Sent, and Saved folders, and an address book. 

BPhpWebmail Frontend 1.4.0 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117258/

    BPhpWebmail Frontend is an easy-to-use and easy-to-install Web mail
    frontend. It features support for multiple POP and IMAP servers, Inbox,
    Outbox, Sent, and Saved folders, and an address book. 

C&amp;amp;T 65548 fbdev driver 0.5 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117247/

    This is a framebuffer driver for the Linux 2.4.x kernel that supports
    the Chips&amp;Technologies 65548 video chip found in older Toshiba
    Satellite notebooks and Fujitsu Point 510. There is also experimental
    support for 65545 and 65540 chipsets. 

Card Munger 1.0 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117240/

    Card Munger is a set of tools (including card2latex) that are used to
    typeset little 'cards' (which look like business cards) from plain-text
    emailable originals. These cards are used to implement an economic
    system that functions without currency. Each card tells other people
    about the holders needs and abilities. The system's community members
    do things freely for one another, without asking for payment, and
    without bartering. No one keeps score. Each person simply takes care
    that her or his own life is balanced and unexploited. This system
    encourages cooperation and sharing. People who participate are under no
    obligation to provide any service, or to continue playing, and there is
    no possibility of debt or obligation. 

Cherokee 0.4.2 beta5 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117281/

    Cherokee is a tiny, ultrafast, lightweight Web server. It is
    implemented entirely in C, and has no dependencies beyond a standard C
    library. It is embeddable, extensible with plug-ins, and supports
    on-the-fly configuration by reading files or strings. 

CStyleX 0.1.1 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117235/

    CStyleX provides ref.xsl, man.xsl, and proj.xsl XSLT transforms that
    will convert an XML input file describing a library of C routines into
    an HTML references, man pages, and a project Web page. 

Debian Desktop User's Guide 0.01 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117264/

    The Debian Desktop User's Guide is a project to bring up-to-date and
    effective documentation to new Debian users. This document is based on
    the Progeny user's guide. This guide is planned to be released in
    conjunction with Sarge. 

DOMC 0.7.0 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117230/

    DOMC is a lightweight implementation of the Document Object Model (DOM)
    in ANSI C as specified in the W3C DOM Core Level 1 recommendation. When
    coupled with the Expat XML Parser Toolkit, DOMC can load, store, build,
    and directly manipulate XML documents represented as a tree in memory. 

Fingerprint Verification System 0.0.5 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117273/

    Fingerprint Verification System is an easy-to-use library that allows
    programmers to integrate fingerprint technology into their software
    without specific know-how. It is fast and small, and is great for
    embedded systems. 

Foomatic 3.0.0beta2 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117263/

    Foomatic is the printer/driver database of Linuxprinting.org. The
    XML-based system integrates free software printer drivers with all
    common spoolers (CUPS, LPRng, LPD, GNUlpr, PPR, PDQ, CPS, etc.) in
    UNIX. It generates printer/driver description files which, together
    with spooler-specific filter scripts, allow easy setup of print queues
    with access to all driver options. Foomatic ships with every major
    Linux distro and its Web site is used as a reference by vendors. It is
    an up-to-date and distribution-independent repository of printer and
    driver data, scripts, and utilities, accompanied by the wealth of
    knowledge, tips and tricks, solutions, and enlightenment provided by
    its newsgroups. 

gnetmd 0.6.0 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117228/

    gnetmd is a suite of NetMD-related programs and plugins. It includes
    the libgnetmd library, a standalone GNOME2.0 frontend, an XMMS plugin,
    and a Nautilus view. 

GNOME Cherokee 0.2 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117259/

    GNOME Cherokee is a Web server applet for the GNOME 2 panel. It's
    configurable on-the-fly and very easy to use. It's also integrated with
    the rest of your GNOME desktop. 

gnome-python 1.99.16 (GTK 2.0)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117245/

    gnome-python is a set of interfaces to gnome-libs. It also contains a
    copy of PyGTK, so you don't have to worry about gnome-python getting
    out of sync with your copy of PyGTK. The bindings cover almost all of
    the APIs in gnome-libs. 

gtkpod 0.50 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117256/

    gtkpod is a platform-independent GUI for Apple's iPod using GTK 2. It
    allows you to import your existing iTunes database, add/delete
    songs/playlists, edit ID3 tags, modify the iTunes database without
    having the iPod connected, and synchronize at a later time. It also
    features international charset support for ID3 tags, detects when
    adding already existing songs, and more. 

Hrk's LAN Connection daemon &amp;amp; client 1.0 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117238/

    hLan (Hrk's LAN Connection daemon and client) provides a way to
    minimize an ISP's charge sum while avoiding concurrency problems
    between the users of a LAN who share a pay-per-minute Internet
    connection. 

Intel Iometer 2002.02.15 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117253/

    Iometer is an I/O subsystem measurement and characterization tool for
    single and clustered systems. 

Jabberwocky 1.0.RC3 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117268/

    Jabberwocky is a Lisp IDE containing a Lisp-aware editor with syntax
    highlighting, parentheses matching, a source analyzer, indentation, a
    source level debugger, a project explorer, and an interaction buffer.
    It is the replacement for the Lisp Debug project. 

jGnash 1.3.1 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117242/

    jGnash is a personal finance application written in Java. A JVM of 1.4
    or greater is required. jGnash supports basic account types and simple
    investment accounts at this time. jGnash has support for split
    transactions, nested accounts, and currencies. jGnash can import QIF
    files excluding investment accounts and transactions. Data is stored in
    an XML format so it is easy to manipulate and read the data external to
    the program. 

Kobaz Eggdrop Scripts 2.2.6 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117279/

    KobazScripts is a collection of Eggdrop TCL scripts including the
    following features: Quotebot, Infobot, TriviaBot, Botnet Control,
    Password Checking, Dynamic Configuration File Management, Database,
    Math, no manual Ops, and a Help system. Certain scripts require others
    to run. 

libinterbase++ 0.0.196 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117136/

    libinterbase++ is just a thin C++ encapsulation layer on top of the
    original Interbase/Firebird C API. It provides support for databases
    (attach, detach, and get information about them), transactions (start,
    end, and control a transaction context), and tatements and queries (run
    SQL statements against a database). The library itself does not add any
    extra features not found in the original APIs; it should be quite fast,
    efficient and flexible. It has a very limited footprint in terms of
    binary size, so it's also suitable for CGI programming or little
    applications. 

libnova 0.7.0 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117261/

    libnova is a general purpose, double precision, celestial mechanics and
    astronomical calculation library. It can calculate aberration,
    nutation, apparent position, dynamical time, Julian day, precession,
    proper motion, sidereal time, solar coordinates (using VSOP87),
    coordinate transformations, planetary positions (Mercury - Neptune
    using VSOP87), planetary magnitude, illuminated disk and phase angle,
    lunar position (using ELP82), phase angle, elliptic motion of bodies
    (Asteroid + Comet positional and orbit data), asteroid + comet
    magnitudes, parabolic motion of bodies (comet positional data), orbit
    velocities and lengths, atmospheric refraction, rise/set/transit times,
    and semidiameters of the Sun, Moon, planets, and asteroids. 

LinTalk 0.1-1 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117283/

    LinTalk is a simple serverless instant messaging tool for GTK. The
    contact lists synchronize automatically between all known hosts. It
    also features a message history. 

mailsync 5.0.0-beta (*)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117274/

    Mailsync is a way of synchronizing a collection of mailboxes. The
    algorithm is a 3-way diff. Two mailboxes are simultaneously compared to
    a record of the state of both mailboxes at last sync. New messages and
    message deletions are propagated between the two mailboxes. Mailsync
    can synchronize local mailbox files in many formats and remote
    mailboxes over IMAP, POP, and IMAPS. 

Mod_Survey 3.0.15-pre6 (3.0.x-testing)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117287/

    Mod_survey is an Apache mod_perl module which allows users to create
    their own Web questionnaires using an XML-based tag notation. It
    supports exporting of data into several file formats, including SPSS
    syntax, semi-colon delimited fields, and SQL script. It also provides
    limited support for descriptive statistics of the submitted data, and
    stylesheet customizations of layout. 

Mod_Survey 3.0.14e (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117285/

    Mod_survey is an Apache mod_perl module which allows users to create
    their own Web questionnaires using an XML-based tag notation. It
    supports exporting of data into several file formats, including SPSS
    syntax, semi-colon delimited fields, and SQL script. It also provides
    limited support for descriptive statistics of the submitted data, and
    stylesheet customizations of layout. 

MP3 STATION alpha-pre5 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117251/

    MP3 STATION is a plain text Linux/Unix tool set for managing MP3
    playback in a car with as little user interaction as possible. It can
    restart the last playlist at the last played track, transparently load
    directories, transparently recompile playlists, and keep a repository
    of all the playlists. It is a simple ncurses client for comunicating
    with cm3s. All programs run under a non-privileged user account. 

OSTAY 0.1 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117237/

    OSTAY is an architecture to easily create Web aplications like portals,
    CMSes, database aplications, and different backend applications. It's
    written in PHP and based on MVC, so it's easy to create huge
    applications. 

oxine 0.2 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117297/

    oxine is a lightweight, purely OSD-based xine frontend for set-top
    boxes and home entertainment systems. It uses the on screen display
    functionality of xine to display its user interface elements like
    buttons, lists, sliders, and so on. Due to this, oxine can easily use
    any video output device the xine library provides. 

phpdbgrid 20030321b 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117098/

    phpdbgrid uses Adodb to view data in a database. It has many options to
    customize the layout. 

PHPki 0.02 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117296/

    PHPki is an Open Source Web application for managing a Public Key
    Infrastructure within a small organization. It provides a mechanism for
    the centralized creation and management of digital certificates for use
    with S/MIME-enabled email cilents. It will not create server, browser,
    or code signing certificates. 

phpMySQLDiff 1.2.8 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117249/

    phpMySQLDiff is a PHP script which generates an SQL-ALTER-Script for
    the differences between two databases. 

PJIRC 1.81 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117300/

    PJIRC is a very complete IRC applet which handles multichannel,
    privates, text coloration, graphical smileys, etc. In addition, it's
    still quite light. 

Platform Independent Petri Net Editor Alpha 1.2 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117233/

    Platform Independent Petri Net Editor (PIPE) creates and analyses Petri
    Nets quickly, efficiently, and effectively. A key design feature is the
    modular approach adopted for analysis, enabling new modules to be
    written easily and powerfully, using built-in data layer methods for
    standard calculations. Six analysis modules are provided, including
    Invariant Analysis, State-Space Analysis (deadlock, etc.), and
    Simulation Analysis and Classification. PIPE adheres to the XML Petri
    net standard (PNML). The file format for saving and loading Petri Nets
    is extensible through the use of XSLT, the default being PNML. 

PocketKanji 0.4.11 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117280/

    PocketKanji is a kanji dictionary for the PalmOS. It will run on PalmOS
    version 2.0 or above. 

PostgreSQL Table Log 0.0.7 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117255/

    PostgreSQL Table Log contains functions that allow you to log
    PostgreSQL table inserts, updates, and deletes into another table. This
    can be used to recover the state of the logged table or to recover
    specific rows from a given time period. 

PyGTK 1.99.16 (GTK 2.0)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117243/

    PyGTK is a set of bindings for the GTK widget set. It provides an
    object oriented interface that is slightly higher level than the C one.
    It automatically does all the type casting and reference counting that
    you would have to do normally with the C API. 

PyORBit 1.99.4 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117244/

    PyORBit is a project to create Python bindings for ORBit, a fast,
    lightweight CORBA ORB used by the GNOME Desktop for application and
    component interaction (similar to Microsoft's COM). These bindings will
    be distributed under the GNU LGPL license. PyORBit will follow the
    proposed OMG Python bindings to insure compliance and compatibility,
    but we will also consider non-standard, optional extensions to improve
    performance and add features, if necessary. 

QDBM: Quick DataBase Manager 1.4.0 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117231/

    QDBM is a library of routines for managing a database. It is developed
    referring to GDBM for the purpose of the following three points: higher
    processing speed, smaller size of a database file, and simpler API. 

SaveMyModem 0.19 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117260/

    SaveMyModem is an anti-spam, mail-shaping, and delete-on-server mail
    tool. It is designed for users with slow dialup connections, who are
    tired of downloading large amounts of spam and worm and virus
    attachments. 

SCPA 1.0 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117156/

    SCPA (Squirrelmail Courier PHP Administrator) is a collection of PHP
    scripts which provide improved functionality for Squirrelmail, a
    popular WebMail interface. Using SCPA, you can change your password,
    add new users to a domain, and remove users from a domain, features
    which weren't present in SquirrelMail running with Courier-IMAP. 

SCREEM 0.6.1 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117250/

    SCREEM is a tag-based Web page editor which aims not only to aid in
    creating Web pages, but also to provide useful site maintainance
    facilities, including automatic link updating and site upload
    facilities. SCREEM has more than just the usual HTML tags, with
    features for including Javascript, PHP, cascading style sheets, etc
    within your site. 

Senken 0.2.4 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117276/

    Senken is a city simulation game. Players buy the land, build the
    infrastructure, balance the books, and convince people to move in. The
    game has both goal-oriented and just play modes. There is multiplayer
    support but it is not well tested. 

Shell Intrusion Detection 0.1.0 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117272/

    SID is a Shell Intrusion Detection system. The kernel part plugs into a
    terminal-processing subsystem and logs hashed terminal lines. The user
    part reads log entries (hashes), consults a list of allowed entries,
    and takes appropriate action upon unexpected log entries. 

shmux 0.6a 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117284/

    shmux is a program for executing the same command on many hosts in
    parallel. For each target, a child process is spawned by shmux, and a
    shell on the target obtained one of the supported methods: rsh, ssh, or
    sh. The output produced by the children is received by shmux and either
    output in turn to the user in an easy to read format, or written to
    files for later processing, making it well suited for use in scripts. 

Siproxd 0.2.8 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117282/

    Siproxd is a SIP proxy for SIP based softphones hidden behind an IP
    masquerading firewall. It includes an RTP data stream proxy for
    incoming audio data (outgoing RTP data should be handled by IP
    masquerading by the firewall). Multiple local users/hosts can be
    simultaneously masqueraded. All configuration is done via one simple
    ASCII text file. 

Spot Cleaner 0.1 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117288/

    Spot Cleaner can automatically remove commercials/advertisements from
    video files of type DivX ;-) AVI, recorded from TV. 

SQL ToolBox 0.5 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117257/

    SQL ToolBox is a database administration and code generation tool that
    features a graphical user interface, compatibility with JDBC databases,
    a code generator for EJBs, and CSV and XML data support. Its JBuilder
    and NetBeans integration supports a database browser and a SQL editor
    with syntax highlighting and syntax checking. 

swaret 1.1.3 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117246/

    swaret lets you keep your Slackware system up to date. It functions
    similarly to apt-get, the Debian package manager. 

The Gimp 1.3.13 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117270/

    The GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely
    distributed piece of software suitable for such tasks as photo
    retouching, image composition and image authoring. It can be used as a
    simple paint program, an expert quality photo retouching program, an
    online batch processing system, a mass production image renderer, a
    image format converter, etc. 

Thorn 0.3.0 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117232/

    Thorn is a UML modeling tool written in Java. It uses XML to save the
    models you create. Its purpose is to give the open source world a good
    modeling tool to help develop and manage the increasingly sophisticated
    development efforts of the open source community. 

tsemgr 0.05 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117298/

    tsemgr is a GTK application to manage the T68 mobile phone. 

Veejay 0.3.3rc2 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117305/

    Veejay is a video tracker/editing tool for Linux, which is similar in
    concept to FastTracker and ProTracker but for video. You can make video
    samples and line them up on a pattern. You can set looptype, playback
    speed and do a number of effects or transitions on them while playing
    back from multiple video sources in realtime. The project emphasizes
    direct (user) interaction. It is possible to navigate through video
    samples, define various types of looping, increase and decrease
    playback speed, and navigate through the effect chain to apply a chain
    of effects using the keyboard while the interface keeps track of what
    you are doing. 

VideoDB 2003-03-23 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117248/

    VideoDB is a database to manage your personal video collection. It's
    mainly designed for videofiles but you can also put your DVDs and VHS
    tapes in it. It features fetching movie data/covers from the Internet
    Movie Database (IMDb), local caching of coverimages, an option to mark
    movies as seen, a search by genre or title/subtitle/plot/cast data, a
    filter for TV episodes, a random movie function and a simple borrow
    manager. It is a personal database, so no user
    management/authentication scheme is implemented. Everybody may
    add/edit/delete movies. 

VISUAL 0.0.19 (Designer)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117302/

    VISUAL is a collection of programs to allow a computer running Linux to
    interface with programmable controllers, exchange data with them, log
    data, run HMI (human machine interface) screens, and control a machine
    from a local computer or over an intranet. The live state of the
    machinery can be viewed in any browser using Java applets. 

Zorbstats 0.20 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117239/

    ZorbStats is a simple Web statistics generator using PHP and MySQL. It
    is simple to install an features visitor logs, browser stats, OS stats,
    and number of visits. It also allows you to search all logs. 




Slashcode
Cluster Rant
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/21/234230

    Yet another slash site for Beowulf/HPC cluster users. Check out Cluster
    Rant if you are interested. --deadline 

Upgrading
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/15/2012236

    I just wanted to suggest that someone out there who's rather good with
    Slash write a How-To on Upgrading to the latest CVS, or upgrading to
    the latest release, or both! It'd sure help me out. (a simple how-to in
    the comments to this article would help a great deal as well!) 

Misusing backSlash as Instant Messenger
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/13/1712245

    We just recently noticed, that backSlash is (in 1.x as well as 2.x) a
    very fine instant messenger between authors who just have web access or
    not liking IRC or ICQ. Just start a new story, put the message (up to
    50 characters) in the title field, and hit preview. Immediately your
    message is shown to all logged in authors when they load the next Slash
    page. And if you then have the submission list open with it's refresh
    of 900 seconds (the default valalue), you always have the newest
    messages even without hitting the reload button. It also proofed to be
    useful to send replies or ACK messages to acknowledge, that the message
    has been read. But be careful not to submit those messages as stories.
    This can be awkward. (So there's even a little bit of thrill when using
    this type of IM... ;-) 

What is the Mysterious future and why did it show
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/12/1952234

    Currently Slashdot has an article posted "in the Mysterious future"
    showing on the main page. What up with dat? 

SSL and slashcode fulltime
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/11/0737249

    Does anyone know if Slash works with SSL (not just for auth. but full
    time https)???? I need this and I'm not sure where to go from here.
    Current setup: Linux 8.0 / apache 1.3 / latest slash. (works very
    well). Some links and instructions would greatly be appreciated.
    thanks, -Kam. 

Streetnoise.org - Your Daily Political Roller Coaster
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/10/1820238

    Without further ado, here are the fruit of my last 12 weekends. The
    site runs on 2.6.6 and I probably won't touch it until there is a more
    decent upgrade strategy. Let me know if you like it and if you're
    interested in politics, please don't be shy and post a story when you
    run into something outrageous (which is easy these days). 

New Features!
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/10/0322236

    So bunch of new features are in the latest CVS. Including image and
    file support int stories. Other hight lights include: Slash::Relocate,
    an href tool that changes all of your links on your site to
    relocateable links. Coming soon to this will be a task to track if the
    link is dead or not (and give you an alternate link to google if it
    is). Slash meta language. Now in stories (and soon in Journals) you can
    use custom slash links to do all sorts of nifty little things. If you
    notice the story before this one with the like to you will noticed the
    hyper link to their homepage. Plus if you are logged in it will show
    you your Zoo Relationships. Finally, we now have image and file support
    with stories. Here is with his cat. Multi page documents are now
    supported by using the SLASH tag language. Bunch more that I am
    probably forgetting.... 

Storing Variable Calues
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/10/0216217

    Another questions about template editing, but more specifically about
    grabbing everything in an existing site that you've optimized and
    converting that information into something you can use in a theme. I've
    asked questions previously about templates and boxes (thanks to
    lottadot and ), but now I'd be interested to find out if I can grab
    things like site variables and menu alterations and stuff like that
    from the database, and put them in a form that is convenient to install
    in a new site. My guess is that it'll be in the form of some sql
    queries that need to be run on initial installation (in the sql_prep
    and _dump files in the theme)? Can anyone help me out? Is there an easy
    way to do it? If there isn't, why hasn't this been implemented? 

Innodb and Slash
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/09/1952228

    I'm wondering if people are using Innodb with Slash. The big issue
    seems to be converting tables that have FULLTEXT on them (like
    stories). Anyone know if there are any advantages to having Innodb
    tables? 

File Management System?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/09/0559213

    Krow added Blob support for stories. That is great, however, it stores
    all the info into a database. How hard would it be to design a plugin
    that works more like the gallery plugin for slash. IE: To be able to
    add PDF/Mp3s/Images, etc, into a story or comment, but have it stored
    in a directory or something rather than the database. 




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