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Sourceforge
OpenEJB 0.9.2 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=282705
The 0.9.2 release is one that the whole team is quite proud of. OpenEJB
0.9.0 marked are first release with special Tomcat embedded support.
Thanks to all the user feedback that support has just gotten better and
better. The 0.9.2 release contains a neat surprise for OpenEJB/Tomcat
users -- TOOLS! The new integration features a webapp with a setup
verifier, JNDI browser, EJB viewer, Class browser, and even an Object
invoker! You can browse the OpenEJB namespace and know right away
exactly where the ejb is and what it is called. When you find one you
like, just click it and it will open up into the EJB viewer. While
there you can check out it's home, remote and bean classes in the class
browser. The Object invoker allows you to actually create and invoke
your EJBs without writing a single line of code. OpenEJB 0.9.2 also
contains a new openejb.base variable to complement the openejb.home
variable. The openejb.base variable allows you to have several
configurations of OpenEJB all running against the same OpenEJB install.
This makes using OpenEJB in IDEs like Eclipse or NetBeans even easier.
Move the openejb_loader-0.9.2.jar into your project's lib directory,
set the openejb.base, and you'll be debugging your EJB apps
front-to-back without the need for remote debugging support or special
editor plug-ins. Thanks to all the OpenEJB users for all the great
ideas! You speak, we listen.
http://openejb.sourceforge.net/download.html
LTI-Lib Version Beta 1.9.3 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=282700
LTI-Lib is an object oriented computer vision library written in C++
for Windows/MS-VC++ and Linux/gcc. It provides lots of functionality to
solve mathematical problems, many image processing algorithms, some
classification tools and much more. This release provides new functors
and features, many bug fixes and more documentation. Download --------
You can get this and previous releases from:
https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=45767 Homepage
-------- For more information please visit our homepage:
http://ltilib.sourceforge.net ChangeLog --------- For more details
about the changes in this release please visit the ChangeLog page at:
https://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=163728
Acknowledgments --------------- Thanks to all developers at the Chair
of Computer Science: Suat Akyol, Pablo Alvarado, Daniel Beier, Axel
Berner, Ulrich Canzler, Peter Doerfler, Thomas Erger, Holger
Fillbrandt, Peter Gerber, Claudia, Goenner, Xin Gu, Michael Haehnel,
Christian Harte, Bastian Ibach, Torsten Kaemper, Thomas Krueger,
Frederik Lange, Henning Luepschen, Peter Mathes, Alexandros Matsikis,
Bernd Mussman, Jens Paustenbach, Norman Pfeil, Jens Rietzschel, Daniel
Ruijters, Thomas Rusert, Stefan Syberichs, Guy Wafo Moudhe, Ruediger
Weiler, Jochen Wickel , Benni Winkler, Xinghan Yu, Marius Wolf, Joerg
Zieren
Gallery v1.3.4 Release Candidate 2 available
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=282686
Gallery v1.3.4 Release Candidate 2 - This is the second (and, we fully
expect, final) *release candidate* for Gallery v.1.3.4. Changes from
RC1 essentially amount to small fixes for errors discovered since the
first release candidate in the backup_albums.php script and the new
"custom fields" code. Gallery is slick, intuitive web based photo
gallery with authenticated users and privileged albums. Easy to
install, configure and use. Photo management includes automatic
thumbnails, resizing, rotation, etc. User privileges make this great
for communities. Download it:
http://sf.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=7130 Read more about this
release candidate: http://gallery.sf.net/article.php?sid=75
phpwsBB 0.1.0 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=282990
phpwsBB is a native bulletin board module for the phpWebSite content
management system, version 0.9.2 or later. Today we release version
0.1.0 of phpwsBB. Features include anonymous posting, message editing
and deletion for registered users, thread locking and message forking
for admins, and ... well that's probably it. Be sure you have the
latest version of phpWebSite installed: http://phpwebsite.appstate.edu
and then download phpwsbb from: http://phpwsbb.sourceforge.net.
Aleph One 2003-05-30 Mac OS X Carbon and Windows releases
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=282073
Aleph One plays Marathon 2, Marathon Infinity, and third-party content
on a wide array of platforms with numerous enhancements. The new Mac OS
X Carbon and Windows SDL 2003-05-30 releases add significantly improved
Internet play, Lua scripting, Speex compression for realtime network
audio (making it much more practical in Internet games), an anisotropic
filtering option on video cards that support it, and more.
Slashdot
Stronger Anti-Spam Law Proposed
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/13/0345214
NumberField writes "The fight against Spam is making for some strange
bedfellows. A new bill sponsored by Senator [0]Charles Schumer (D-NY)
and the right-wing [1]Christian Coalition that would let individuals
sue spammers for $1000 per message. What isn't clear is how they will
define spam broadly enough to outlaw it, but narrowly enough to avoid
making it a bonanza for lawyers. For [2]more information, see Schumer's
[3]fact sheet (PDF), or his [4]press release."
Links
0. http://www.senate.gov/~schumer
1. http://www.cc.org/
2. http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-1016779.html?tag=fd_top
3.
http://www.senate.gov/~schumer/SchumerWebsite/pressroom/special_reports/The%20Schumer%20SPAM%20ACT%20fact%20sheet%206.11.03.pdf
4.
http://www.senate.gov/~schumer/SchumerWebsite/pressroom/press_releases/PR01782.html
Oldest Modern Humans Found
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/13/0331232
[0]DrLudicrous writes "Anthropologists have [1]reconstructed and dated
three skulls from Ethiopia that they believe to be the oldest
anatomically modern human skulls in existance. They date to 160,000
years ago, in agreement with genetic studies that pin the arrival of
modern humans to at least 150,000 years ago. The skulls also
demonstrate evidence of ritual burial." [2]UC Berkeley has the
[3]original release as well.
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/06/030612090827.htm
2. http://www.berkeley.edu/
3. http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2003/06/11_idaltu.shtml
The Enemy Within: Firewalls and Backdoors
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/13/0310245
[0]hrbrmstr writes "[1]SecurityFocus is running an article on
[2]firewalls and backdoors on their InFocus site. They provide info on
firewall types, backdoor classifications, some examples of real
backdoors and tips on mitigating their use on your network." Some good
topics explained for the beginner, and it's a nice refresher for the
veteran admin as well.
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.securityfocus.com/
2. http://securityfocus.com/infocus/1701
Los Angeles Gets Own TLD
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/13/0126225
[0]DM420 writes "On June 9th, Los Angeles officially becomes the
world's first city to have its own Internet domain.Great to hear since
one day I hope to be an owner of my own TLD and this is a step in the
right direction. ;) The registry is located at [1]www.la and further
details at [2]DMnews.com" Looks like an Irish firm made a deal with
Laos to use the .la TLD. Looks to be on the pricier side of domains,
though.
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.la/
2. http://www.dmnews.com/cgi-bin/artprevbot.cgi?article_id=24139
Open Spectrum: Toward Ubiquitous Connectivity
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/12/1823257
[0]obiwan2u writes "[1]ACM's [2]Queue magazine has a moderately dense
article describing how [3]new intelligent radios may free up
under-utilized spectrum bandwidth, possibly providing solutions to the
[4] last mile bottleneck."
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.acm.org/
2. http://www.acmqueue.org/
3. http://www.acmqueue.org/issue3/openspec1.cfm?client_no=NEW
4. http://www.broadnetalliance.org/who_we_are_principles.html
Slashback: Mars, Linksys, Torrent
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/09/0111209
Slashback tonight brings updates and followups on several recent
Slashdot postings. Among other things, Linksys says they're not
violating the GPL, and Tiger Direct says that Michael Robertson's
claims about Microsoft targeting Lindows buyers are way off base.
Speaking of which, Microsoft has decided it makes more sense to embrace
schools than to alienate them with hard-nosed licensing policies on
donated PCs. Also, a torrent file for the Red Hat 9 version of Ximian's
latest desktop, and more. Read on for the details.
Philips Introduces Mirror TV
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/12/2226201
UnknowingFool writes "[0]PCWorld.com is reporting that [1] Philips is
introducing mirror TV. It is a combination mirror with LCD monitor that
will be rolling out to hotels. The screens will be 1280 x 768
resolution and come in 17, 23, and 30 inch sizes. It reminds me of TV
PiP where the main part is the mirror and the smaller part is the
monitor. [2]Philips hopes to install it in homes later."
Links
0. http://www.pcworld.com/
1. http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,111100,00.asp
2. http://www.philips.com/
Do We Still Need Telcos (and ISPs)?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/12/1933247
eraserewind asks: "Are telecom providers and ISPs going to continue to
be necessary in the future? Why are we all paying subscriptions for
communicating? What I want is a global extremely-high-speed ad-hoc
wireless data & voice network, where the only entry cost is a mobile
phone (or newtork card or whatever). Devices communicate peer to peer,
or routed via other people's idle devices. Remember there is no
subscriptions, so don't expect to piggy-back on someone's paid for DSL
bandwidth. What are the technological barriers? What kind of protocols
would you need? What hardware advances? How would you solve problems of
geographic isolation? Are there theoretical, political or economic
reasons it couldn't work?"
Bill Gates, Entertainment God?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/12/1930257
[0]ppgreat sent in a wired story about the [1]home of the future sort
of story discussing A/V in a Microsoft Media Player 9 future. As seems
to always be the case, there's a lot of cool stuff in there, but more
than a few eyebrow raises.
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.07/40gates.html
PPC 970 Powerbooks and Powermacs in Production?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/12/1921217
Thadddius_Brinks writes "MacWispers.com is reporting [0]here that apple
is currently in production of a redesigned single processor PowerPC 970
Powermac system and a 15.4 inch Powerbook. They (MacWhispers.com) are
also standing by their earlier claims about the speed of the new
processor." This article consolidates many of the major rumors
surrounding WWDC including the rumor of a new case for the Powermacs,
but it raises the ultimate question: 17" Powerbook, or PPC 970
Powerbook?
Links
0. http://www.envestco2.com/macwhispers/archives/000071.php
Freshmeat
Aapl C++ Template Library 2.8.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125808/
Aapl is a C++ template library for generic programming. It contains
Linked List, Avl Tree, Vector, Binary Search Table, Double Ended Queue,
Finite State Machine Graph, String, and Sort. The library is designed
to be versatile for the programmer. For example, the linked list
utilizes both inheritance and templates to allow a single instance of a
data structure to be an element in multiple lists. In general, Aapl
data structures do not have private data members and are thus not
abstracted away.
Adamantix 1.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125822/
The Adamantix project (formerly known as Trusted Debian) aims to create
a highly secure but usable Linux platform. It brings together security
solutions including kernel patches, compiler patches, security related
programs, and techniques.
AIOCP 1.0.016
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125864/
AIOCP (All In One Control Panel) is a professional platform-independent
all-in-one solution to completely manage a Website through a
user-friendly Web interface. It includes by default all needed modules
for Website management and a long list of extra modules, including a
CMS, WYSIWYG editor, languages, users, menus, languages, forums, news,
newsletter, links, downloads, reviews, awards, chat, polls, calendar,
banners, search engine, e-commerce, e-business, statistics, online
help, system tools, shell, backup, MIME, whois, ping, traceroute, MySQL
database management, transcoding, custom modules, code libraries,
images, and sounds. Each module is perfectly integrated into the system
and has adequate management and control tools.
aquaBSD 0.60.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125758/
aquaBSD is a Aqua-like theme, made for BSD users. It is a modification
of the aquaLinux theme (without Tux).
Astaro Security Linux 4.008 (Stable 4.x)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125879/
Astaro Security Linux is a firewall solution. It does stateful packet
inspection filtering, content filtering, user authentication, virus
scanning, spam protection, VPN with IPSec (PKI for X.509 certificates)
and PPTP, Wireless LAN, VLAN, PPPoE, PPPoA, and much more. With its
Web-based management tool, WebAdmin, and the ability to pull updates
via the Internet, it is pretty easy to manage. It is based on a special
hardened Linux 2.4 distribution where most daemons are running in
change-roots and are protected by kernel capabilities.
Atlantis 0.1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125861/
Atlantis is a native Web browser for the GNOME desktop.
BIE 5.2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125929/
BIE (Business Integration Engine) is an open source integration system
that makes it easy for organizations to exchange data with external
trading partners regardless of their native applications. It competes
in the same space as applications like Microsoft Biz Talk except that
it is truly cross-platform since it written in Java.
Blocks 3D 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125852/
Blocks 3D is yet another 3D puzzle game that resembles Tetris a bit.
The goal of the game is to fill planes of blocks so that they
disappear. The game uses Crystal Space and is thus hardware accelerated
using OpenGL.
Blue dot 1.20
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125833/
Blue dot is a CGI tracking and Web site activity measurement script
which generates Apache combined style access log files. These log files
can be analyzed with most standard log analysis tools to track a site's
popularity, referrers, hosts, etc. The logging is based on inserting a
small piece of JavaScript or SSI code into every Web page. This code
requests a very small blue dot image from a server where the call is
logged. Blue dot can also be configured to set and log session and
persistent cookies. This can be used, for example, to track
pay-per-click search engine ROI.
BomberClone 0.9.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125924/
BomberClone is a free Bomberman-like game for Linux and Windows. The
rules of the game are simple: run though a level and bomb other
players. It features powerups that give you more strength, make you
walk faster through the level, or let you drop more bombs.
Borges Documents Management System 0.9.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125862/
Borges is an open-source project aimed at XML-aware documentation
projects which care about internationalisation, reusable contents,
teamwork, etc. The system currently support the DocBook DTD.
Broccoli18 PIC18F Programmer 0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125940/
Broccoli18 is a suite of programming tools for the PIC 18F series of
microcontrollers made by Microchip. Features include ability to read
and write code memory, data EEPROM, ID bytes, and configuration word. A
simple circuit connecting the PIC to the PC parallel port is required.
BusyB 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125896/
BusyB is a simple system for automatically executing builds. If you
have software that you want to build at certain times or when certain
things happen, BusyB is the utility for you.
CaLStats 0.0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125855/
CaLStats is a set scripts for monitoring computer availability. It
creates images of the network structure, and marks active or inactive
computers.
Camlserv 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125874/
Camlserv is a lightweight Web server written in Ocaml for highly
interactive Web pages or even online browser-based games. The server
can already be used as a fast frontend to a MySQL database.
Cerberus Intrusion Detection System 0.0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125937/
cIDS is an intrusion detection system, not based on packets, but rather
based on actual intrusion recognition (as in a remote login from root,
etc). It also logs scanning attempts and all remote attempts. It is
good for private users looking for some form of security on their box.
Comic Collection 0.04
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125902/
Comic Collection is a Java (AWT) application to allow automatic
download, storage, categorisation, and search of Web comics.
Current 1.4.4 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125890/
Current is a server implementation for Red Hat's up2date tools. It's
designed for medium-sized departments to be able to set up and run
their own up2date server, feeding new applications and security patches
(RPMs) to workstations and servers.
Darkbot 7rc8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125810/
Darkbot is a very fast and small IRC bot written in C. Originally
created as an aid for help channels to answer repeated questions from
its virtually unlimited database, it has became a very popular talking
robot in a generic sense, being used all over IRC networks for
different purposes and in 18 languages. Data can be added to it and
managed dynamically online or edited in its database files offline. An
extensive but easy-to-understand list of commands and features,
including some channel operation functions and levels of protection,
makes Darkbot a very flexible but somehow powerful and complex robot,
with almost human conversations and reactions.
DBG DEBUGGER AND PROFILER 2.11.22
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125928/
DBG is a PHP debugger and profiler. It makes it much easier to discover
the origins of problems and bugs in PHP scripts. It's equipped with the
ability to backtrace errors. It shows local and global variables as
well as parameters which have been passed to all nested function calls
at any point of execution. Among other things, it allows you to execute
scripts in a step-by-step manner, set breakpoints (including
conditional ones), evaluate expressions, and watch variables. The
profiler allows you to find bottlenecks in PHP code at the functions
level as well as the modules level and even the source lines level.
dbmjui 0.1.91
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125802/
DMBJUI is an attempt to clone DBMGUI, the database manager for SAPDB.
It uses the Java programming language.
Device::SerialPort 0.20
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125838/
Device::SerialPort is a Perl interface to the POSIX serial and modem
routines. Its functionality mirrors the Win32::SerialPort module so
that serial routines can be written across platforms easily.
distcc 2.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125817/
distcc is a parallel build system that distributes compilation of
C/C++/ObjC code across machines on a network. It can be set up in just
a few minutes and makes builds up to ten times faster. It does not
require machines to share a filesystem or have the same libraries or
header files, and installation does not need superuser privileges.
Divine Intervention 1.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125831/
Divine Intervention consists of two programs. The first is a very
accurate BPM measurement tool. The second is a player which can change
the tempo of music. The player allows nudging, forward and backward
movement by measures, and other nice things.
DrScheme 1.03 p1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125841/
DrScheme is a graphical environment for developing programs using the
Scheme, MzScheme, and MrEd programming languages. DrScheme runs under
Windows 95/98/NT, MacOS, and Unix/X. DrScheme's features include source
text highlighting of syntax and run-time errors, support for multiple
levels of Scheme from beginner to advanced, an algebraic stepper for
the beginner language, interactive and graphical static analysis, a
graphical user interface (GUI) library, objects, threads, modules,
exceptions, TCP/IP, regular expressions, and filesystem support.
DSPAM 2.6.0.68
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125893/
DSPAM is a server-side anti-spam agent for UNIX email servers. It
masquerades as the email server's local delivery agent and
filters/learns SPAM using a Bayesian statistical approach which
provides an administratively maintenance-free, self-learning Anti-Spam
service. Each email is broken down into its most interesting tokens,
each assigned a spam probability. All probabilities are then combined
to produce a statistical probability of spam. This approach, applied to
a mature corpus of email, has the potential to yield a 99.5% success
rate with only 0.03% chance of false positives.
dvdrtools 0.1.5 (Beta)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125913/
dvdrtools is a fork of cdrtools, with the primary goal of supporting
writing to DVDs.
dvipng 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125858/
This program makes PNG graphics from DVI files as obtained from TeX and
its relatives. Its benefits include speed; it is the fastest
bitmap-rendering code for DVI files. On a fairly low-end laptop, it
takes less than a second to generate 150 one-formula images.
Furthermore, it does not read the postamble, so it can be started
before TeX finishes. There is a -follow switch that makes dvipng wait
at EOF for further output, unless it finds the POST marker that
indicates the end of the DVI. It supports PK and VF fonts, color
specials, and more.
eDonkey2000 16.39
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125823/
eDonkey2000 A file-sharing system that works with any type of file. It
doesn't rely on one central server, yet searches are quick, and your
client doesn't get bogged down with endless search requests. You have
the ability to search all the files being shared on the network, and to
transfer any type of file. It automatically resumes interrupted
transfers from alternate sources, and even introduces ways to share a
whole collection of files (so you can get all the songs in an album
etc.). Users are able to download a file from multiple sources at the
same time, and files can be uploaded while being downloaded.
Effort: Zero Franchise Manager 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125611/
The Effort: Zero Franchise Manager (EZFM) is a set of PHP files
designed to minimize the effort needed to create a website for a Madden
2003 PC Franchise. One of the modes offered by Madden 2003 PC is the
"Franchise" mode which allows you to play and manage a team
over multiple seasons. This program aim to reduce some of the busywork
by automatically generating Web pages to display the information
contained in the Stat Files, and in a consistent and appealing manner.
Encompass 0.5.99.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125931/
Encompass is a Web browser for GNOME. It uses the GtkHTML engine for
speed and size, making it one of the smallest and fastest browsers
available. It currently has few features.
ep 1.0pre4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125866/
Extended pipelining is an easy-to-use pipeline process (re)director. It
has the main ability to run any number of subprocesses and redirect
them basic filedescriptors. Basic filedescriptors are 0 (standart
input), 1 (standart output) and 2 (standart errput). There is no
restriction of pipe connection except that process outputs (output,
errput) must be bound with one or more processes input.
ergologic 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125655/
ergologic is built to be simple, ergonomical, easy to understand
(logical), and fit in an office environment. It should work on a
standard distribution (tested with SuSE and Red Hat).
Ethereal 0.9.13
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125813/
Ethereal is a network protocol analyzer, or "packet sniffer",
that lets you capture and interactively browse the contents of network
frames. The goal of the project is to create a commercial-quality
packet analyzer for Unix, and the most useful packet analyzer on any
platform.
Fano 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125836/
Fano is a fast and powerful encoder and soft-decision sequential
decoder for K=32, rate 1/2 convolutional codes. The algorithm it uses
is many times faster than the Viterbi algorithm. It also includes
support routines to generate metric tables that are optimized for
Gaussian noise with a specified Eb/N0 ratio, and a test driver that
exercises the encoder/decoder routines and keeps statistics.
Firestarter 0.9.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125898/
Firestarter is a firewall tool for Linux, and uses GNOME. You can use
the wizard to create a basic firewall, then streamline it further using
the dynamic rules. You can open and close ports with a few clicks, or
stealth your services giving access only to a select few. It features a
real-time hit monitor which you can watch as attackers probe your
machine for open ports.
g3data 1.3.0rc1 (GTK-2.0)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125851/
g3data is a program for extracting data from graphs (i.e., scanned
graphs from scientific publications). It can read many different image
formats and outputs the extracted data through stdout or to a file.
GStreamer 0.6.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125881/
GStreamer is a streaming media library and set of tools that enable
applications to share a common set of plugins for things like video
decoding and encoding, audio encoding and decoding, audio and video
filters, audio visualisation, Web streaming and anything else that
streams in real-time or otherwise. It is modelled after research
software worked on at the Oregon Graduate Institute.
GSwaret beta 4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125511/
GSwaret is a friendly text mode user interface based on Dialog for
Swaret, a package updating system for Slackware.
Haystack snapshot 0604
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125829/
Haystack is a powerful tool designed to enable each and every
individual manage all of her information in the way that makes the most
sense. By removing the arbitrary barriers created by applications that
only handle certain information "types", and recording only a
fixed set of relationships defined by the developer, users can define
whichever arrangements of, connections between, and views of
information they find most effective. Such personalization of
information management will dramatically improve your ability to find
what you need when you need it.
High Level Assembly Language 1.49
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125827/
The High Level Assembly Language (HLA) was designed to allow advanced
assembly language programmers to write more readable and powerful
assembly language code. It makes it possible to write code by
leveraging knowledge of high level languages like C, C++, Pascal, and
Delphi. HLA compiles into 80x86 assembly language, which is assembled
by MASM, TASM, or Gas.
Historical Event Markup and Linking Project 0_5.6-20030612
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125868/
Historical Event Markup and Linking Project (Heml) provides an XML
schema for historical events and a Java Web app which transforms
conforming documents into hyperlinked timelines, maps and tables. It
aims to provide a most information-rich interchange format for
historical data, and thus add a historical component to the growing
movement for a 'Semantic Web.'
Intensely Violet 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125695/
Intensely Violet is a theme with light shining through a
violet-coloured flower. The background is by dolcevitas (Panda Gielen).
Ismo 0.0.10 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125899/
Ismo is a Web application framework and application suite written in
PHP. It's easy to use but still powerful and flexible.
Jaffm 0.7.4.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125907/
Jaffm is a lightweight wxWindows (GTK+ interface) file manager for
Unix, written in C++. It is aimed at nonsense-free file management. It
is mostly inspired by the List View in Mac OS Finder, but does and will
have Unix-handy features such as an interactive location bar, and a
simple but elegant user interface.
jCIFS 0.7.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125816/
jCIFS is an SMB client library written entirely in Java. It closely
follows the CIFS specification supporting Unicode, named pipes,
batching, multiplexing IO of threaded callers, encrypted
authentication, full transactions, domain/workgroup/host/share/file
enumeration, NetBIOS sockets and name services, the smb:// URL protocol
handler, a java.io.File like API, RAP calls, NTLM HTTP Authentication,
and more.
Jife 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125826/
Jife is a spell checking IRC robot written in Java. It provides for a
flexible suggestion architecture, including using a database interface
for storing wordlists.
JPublish 2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125892/
JPublish is a powerful Web publishing system designed to ensure a clean
separation of developer roles. It includes support for multiple
templating engines, including Jakarta Apache's Velocity, FreeMarker,
and WebMacro. It supports numerous scripting languages including
Python, BeanShell, and JavaScript. It is modular and provides for easy
extensibility.
LaNewsFactory 0.8.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125847/
LaNewsFactory is a PHP news and forum engine for Web sites. It requires
no database software, and uses XML files to store news. It provides
forums, news system behaviors, topics, moderation, several
authentication levels, threaded comments, search capacity, HTML
template support, Web admin, and internationalization (11 languages).
libstldb4 0.3.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125886/
libstldb4 is a C++ wrapper for the sleepycat db4 database. It uses the
STL in the API where sensible, allows standard IOStreams for data
access where sensible, e.g. getting the value of a key should be able
to use an istream interface to allow simple partial value retreival,
and moves the transaction parameter to be the last optional parameter
or provides two versions of the same method for trans/nontrans. The API
has been modified to use more standard types. Operator overloading is
used to allow quick and dirty coding (mydb[ "key" ] =
"value";) to set and cerr.
Linux4Geeks 0.01
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125532/
Linux4Geeks is a LFS-based small distro which works around several
problems and issues mainstream Linux distributions have. It offers
different versions compiled for each architecture and has all the
packages required for a slim installation including a firewall and
network administration tools, amongst others.
Loopess 2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125811/
Loopess is a small signal and select loop library for applications
running on POSIX operating systems. It provides a convenient
abstraction of signals, file descriptor events, and timeouts for
single-threaded applications using a simple C++ class structure.
Loopess properly handles the race condition introduced by mixing
signals with the select system call.
LyxDogs 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125923/
LyxDogs lets you print a mail merge using a LyX letter and a text
database that you create with an editor. A mail merge takes the name,
address, and enclosures from the database and prints the letter, the
envelope, an SASE if needed, and part or all of other LyX documents.
LyxDogs also lets you simply print an envelope for a LyX letter, or
print an SASE, or print part or all of any LyX document.
Mamory 0.2.10
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125897/
Mamory is a library for ROM management in emulator-related projects. It
also has a CLI client.
MEDICI 0.1.3 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125856/
MEDICI is an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) library. EDIFACT (ISO
9735), ASC X.12, and TRADACOMS syntaxes are currently supported. MEDICI
provides a parser for EDI streams and functions to query EDI guidelines
for validation information, reference information, and design notes.
MEDICI does not dictate how EDI guidelines should be implemented, but
provides an interface which can be used to interrogate external
implementations and an example guideline implementation for internal
use.
MoviX 0.8.0rc1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125849/
MoviX is a small Linux distro that transforms your PC in a powerful
multimedia box. After booting your PC with MoviX, a user-friendly
console menu will allow you to use MPlayer (www.mplayerhq.hu) to play
any DVD/VCD, video/audio files (most noticeably DivX, AVI, MPEG,
QuickTime, WMV, ASF, MP3, and OGG/VORBIS), TV (provided you have a TV
card), and radio stations on the Internet (if you are connected to a
LAN). Since the entire operating system is loaded into RAM, you do not
even need a hard disk to use MoviX.
mvnForum 1.0.0 RC1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125853/
mvnForum is a powerful, easy to use bulletin board.
mysqltcl 2.20
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125905/
mysqltcl is the Tcl interface to mysql realtional database. It is the
next version of mysqltcl1.53 (new contributor) with many new futures:
Tcl8.0-Object support, Unicode support, configure support, no
connection limitation, nested queries, handling of binary files
(containing null values), and many extra commands: seek on result
block, escaping of string, last inserted id, introspection of
connection and query state, and query metadata (schema).
NanoBlogger 1.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125814/
NanoBlogger is a simple blogger written in bash that's completely
command-line driven. It features easy editing and managing of entries,
automatically organizes and archives your entries, builds Web pages
from templates and stylesheets for easy customization, and keeps a
separate HTML file of all your entries for extra portability. It
doesn't require any Javascript or server-side scripting; just upload
the Web page to your server and NanoBlogger takes care of the rest.
ngetw 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125875/
ngetw is a user-friendly Web frontend to using nget. It will not get
nget working for you, but it will work nget once you have it
configured. It will download articles from USENET that you have queued.
You can then search for articles, queue/dequeue groups of articles,
subscribe/unsubscribe to newsgroups, etc. Header refreshes can be
scheduled every n hours. The queue will warn you if you have queued too
much (and the posts will expire before you have downloaded them).
NIST Ad-Hoc On Demand Distance Vector Driver 2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125906/
The NIST Implementation of the Ad-Hoc On Demand Distance Vector
protocol is a kernel-level driver for the Linux 2.4.x operating system.
It supports the ix86, ARM, and MIPS architectures. Ad-Hoc routing
protocols support networks in which both end users and routers can move
freely while retaining network connections.
nullredir 0.1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125839/
nullredir is a TCP traffic redirector that changes \0 into \r\n and
vice versa. This is needed in order to talk to anything else besides
other XMLSockets from flash. XMLSockets in flash use \0 (the ASCII NULL
character) as the EOL ("end of line") character.
OZradio 0.9.6.0 beta
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125837/
OZradio is a Linux FM radio player and CD Player for KDE and GNOME. It
supports BTTV-compatible FM and TV cards. It features the ability to
save up to 10 preset stations, a sound mixer, volume control, a mute
button, automatic frequency scanning, on-demand recording and replay of
radio, and programmable recording.
PDFGo 1.0.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125871/
The PDFGo.com PDF Java Library is a pure Java component for PDF file
parsing and visualization, letting you view PDF files on the Web
without the need of Acrobat Reader.
Perl HL7 Toolkit 0.65
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125904/
Perl HL7 Toolkit provides a number of Perl libraries and scripts for
developing HL7-capable applications in Perl.
phpSysInv 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125805/
This is a set of scripts that maintain a database of file signatures
and checks them on a regular basis to ensure that none of the files
have been compromised on a server and will email the administrator when
there are any discrepancies. The file signatures are stored in a
PostgreSQL database and it is structured to allow for multiple servers
to use the same remote backend database.
picoSQL 1.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125860/
picoSQL is an Italian RDBMS. Because it derives from a commercial
project, it is already robust, fast, and rather complete.
PIMd 2.1.0-alpha29.18 (development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125909/
PIMd is a PIM-2 sparse-mode multicast router, ported to Linux; kernel
patches are available for various BSD-based OSes that do not already
support PIM multicasting. It can support native multicasting and/or
tunnels.
POPFile 0.19.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125889/
POPFile is an automatic email classification tool using a Naive Bayes
classifier, a POP3 proxy, and a Web interface. It runs on most
platforms and with most email clients.
Pro Forma 0.2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125916/
Pro Forma is a GUI tool that lets you fill out forms on your computer
like you would with a typewriter. It's clever in the way that it can
look at a document, find blank spaces where you're likely to type, and
put a textbox there for you to type in, sitting right on top of the
line. It's quick to learn and easy to use, and produces nice looking
output.
Pro Forma 0.2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125824/
Pro Forma is a GUI tool that lets you fill out forms on your computer
like you would with a typewriter. It's clever in the way that it can
look at a document, find blank spaces where you're likely to type, and
put a textbox there for you to type in, sitting right on top of the
line. It's quick to learn and easy to use, and produces nice looking
output.
PyHtmlTable 1.12
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125880/
PyHtmlTable is a class for Python CGIs to generate HTML tables on the
fly. It allows you to set individual row and cell attributes via
arbitrary dictionaries, and span rows and columns. It autogrows the
table if cells are set outside its initial range. It allows dynamic
insertion of new rows and columns anywhere in the table, and allows
bulk population of table data via arrays to arbitrary locations in the
table. It also provides default cell attributes for tablewide
uniformity and the ability to override these on a cell-by-cell basis.
PyHtmlTable is intended to be a functional equivalent to Table.pm or
Table.php.
Quark 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125815/
Quark is a daemon-like player that uses Gstreamer to play music. It
features a front-end that sits in your system tray.
Radeox 0.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125842/
Radeox is a Wiki markup rendering engine written in Java. It is part of
the weblog and Wiki tool, SnipSnap.
Radio Shortest Path First 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125911/
Radio Shortest Path First (RSPF) is a routing protocol for wireless
networks. This particular implementation is written for Linux and
conforms to version 2.2 of the protocol specification.
Retro Native Forth Release 6 (Build 9) (RETRO6)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125865/
Retro is a clean, usable Forth-based operating system. It attempts to
be a simpler and easier-to-use alternative to more complex operating
systems.
REXML 2.7.0 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125938/
REXML is an XML 1.0 compliant, reasonably fast, non-validating XML
parser. It has an API that is designed to be intuitive,
straightforward. and terse. REXML includes a tree model parser, a SAX2
streaming parser, and a pull parser. It also includes a full XPath
implementation. All of REXML's parsers pass 100% of the Oasis XML
non-validating tests.
ROCK Linux 2.0.0-beta4 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125809/
ROCK Linux is a distribution build kit for creating Linux
distributions. You can easily design and build your own distribution by
choosing packages, compilers, and optimization options, and optionally
enable the GCC Stack-Smashing Protector for enhanced security. It is
also possible to choose custom configure options, cross-compile, and
much more. Many specialized targets (customized distributions) have
already been created, such as a Desktop, Router, or Minimal
distribution. A variety of architectures are supported.
RSS Mix Tape 1.3.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125840/
RSS Mix Tape reads items from specified RSS feeds and displays them in
a list. Selected posts can be categorized and commented on, and an RSS
feed is generated for each category. It also supports LiveJournal input
whether or not you are a paid user.
rtEq 0.6.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125830/
rtEq is a realtime 31-band equalizer. It supports ALSA and OSS for I/O.
Rumor 1.0.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125882/
Rumor is a realtime monophonic MIDI keyboard to Lilypond converter. It
receives MIDI events, quantizes them according to its metronome on the
fly, and outputs intelligently handwritten-like corresponding Lilypond
notation. Tempo, meter, key and other parameters can be set via
commandline options. Rumor can use ALSA/OSS or emulate MIDI input with
computer keyboard. It is scriptable with Guile. Rumor has been tested
on several major J. S. Bach organ pieces.
Samizdat 0.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125872/
Samizdat is a generic RDF-based engine for building collaboration and
open publishing Web sites. It will let everyone publish, view, comment,
edit, and aggregate text and multimedia resources, vote on ratings and
classifications, filter resources by flexible sets of criteria, and
cooperate and coordinate on all kinds of activities. It intends to
promote values of freedom, openness, equality, and cooperation.
sendcard 3.2.0 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125870/
sendcard is an advanced ecard program. It is very flexible and easy to
customize. Some of its features are: an easy installation wizard,
password-protected administration controls, statistics on the cards
sent, a smart template system, multiple recipients support, delayed
sending, support for JPEG, GIF, PNG, Flash, Java applets, Quicktime,
and other media types, optional background music, optional emoticons,
support for 9 databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Interbase, MS SQL, mSQL,
OCi8, ODBC, Oracle, and Sybase), optional email notification of
receipt, print-friendly layouts, and comprehensive documentation.
sendEmail 1.42
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125803/
SendEmail is a lightweight tool written in Perl for sending SMTP email
from the console. It was designed to be used in bash scripts, Perl
programs, and Web pages. It requires no special modules, and has a
simple interface, making it very easy to install and use. It should
work on any platform that has Perl and supports Unix sockets, but was
designed for Linux.
SetDesigner 2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125900/
SetDesigner is a tool specifically designed for aiding in the design
and visualization of theatrical sets. It is not a CAD program. The laws
of physics are not enforced by the program itself. Sets can be designed
in SetDesigner by sizing and arranging predefined common elements of
sets (for example: platforms, and flats), and defining paint schemes
for these objects.
slack*more 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125933/
Slack*more installs and secures Slackware Linux. The package is divided
into two parts. The INSTALL directory contains the tools for
installing, removing, or upgrading programs, and the SECURE directory
contains the tools for the preliminary securing of the system.
SlackCheck 2.70
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125914/
SlackCheck allows users to keep many Slackware machines up to date with
the latest packages. All upgrades are performed from single machine
though SSH (or RSH). It generates an upgrade script and list of
non-standard packages for every machine.
SpyImage 3.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125894/
SpyImage is a PHP script that creates a real-time image based on Winamp
track information. It parses information from the client's spyamp
plugin data. This is a server-based application where one installation
can be used by multiple users.
ssltunnel.pl 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125763/
ssltunnel.pl is an SSL tunnelling script that supports reproxying to
build a chain of proxies, thus allowing access even if the local proxy
inserts characters that would normally mess up SSH and other binary
TCP/IP protocols. It supports basic proxy authentication and can even
work without SSH.
strace 4.4.98
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125910/
strace is a useful diagnositic, instructional, and debugging tool.
System adminstrators, diagnosticians and troubleshooters will find it
invaluable for solving problems with programs for which the source is
not readily.
Struts 1.1-rc2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125917/
Struts is a Jakarta project that provides a J2EE framework for building
Web applications. It is based on a Model 2 approach, a variant of MVC.
Struts provides its own Controller component and integrates with other
technologies to provide the Model and the View. For the Model, Struts
can interact with any standard data access technology, including
Enterprise Java Beans, JDBC, and Object Relational Bridge. For the
View, Struts works well with JavaServer Pages, Velocity Templates,
XSLT, and other presentation systems.
TAMS 2.15a7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125807/
TAMS (Text Analysis Markup System) is a qualitative or ethnographic
coding and data extraction-analysis system.
testmail 3.1.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125846/
testmail is a Perl script that checks email availability at the POP3
server, filters it according to defined rules, and--depending on the
selected method--gets the messages to the local mailbox and/or removes
it from the server. It uses Perl libnet module and helps you escape
from spam.
ThinStation 0.92
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125863/
Thinstation is a mini Linux distribution that enables you to convert
standard PCs into full-featured, diskless thin clients supporting all
major connectivity protocols like Ica, Windows terminal services (RDP),
X, telnet, ssh, etc. It can be booted from the network using
Etherboot/PXE or from standard media like floppy/CD/hd/flash-disk etc.
The configuration is centralized to simplify terminal management.
tvrec tools 0.1b
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125891/
tvrec tools is a set of scripts for controlling an alternative
capture-script to record TV with a Linux system. These shell scripts,
together with some other standard Linux programs, allow you to trigger
recording, view recording status, and delete the whole recording queue
via email or SMS (short message service).
viPlugin 0.0.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125844/
viPlugin is an Eclipse plugin that adds vi functionality to the editors
that are provided with Eclipse (JDT, CDT, ...).
WebShop 0.9.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125901/
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.
WLA DX 8.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125834/
WLA DX is yet another macro assembler that can program the GB-Z80, Z80,
6502, 65c02, 6510, 65816, HuC6280, and SPC-700 CPUs. Included in the
package there is a GB-Z80 disassembler and few converters. WLA DX was
initially programmed to compile ROM images for Gameboy, but nowadays it
can also patch existing ROM images with code, and even compile program
files and ROM files for other CPUs like the NES-6502, C64-6510, and
SNES's SPC-700.
XBindKeys_Config 0.1.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125519/
XBindKeys_Config is an easy-to-use GTK program for configuring
Xbindkeys, a program that associates keys to shell commands under X.
xfce 3.90 (xfce4)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125512/
Xfce is an easy-to-use and easy-to-configure environment for X11 based
on GTK2. A priority is adherence to standards, specifically those
defined at freedesktop.org.
Slashcode
Handling logging issues
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/22/0533218
I'm using cronolog for my apache logs, and I really, really like it.
I'd like to be able to use it on the slash logs as well, which become
large and cumbersome over time with many sites running on a server. How
do you all handle your logs? What do you use for log rotation? How long
do you keep logs? Is anyone using cronolog, or something like it with
slash?
RSS to Story?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/21/1727241
Hi, I'm looking for a way to grab remote RDF and post them as stories.
portald seems only to handle blocks. I'm aware of the elixus.org, and
the RSS2Story plugin in their patch of slashcode, but I can't get the
plugin installed, and it seems to be left unfinished. So is there any
other way to do this?
launch of slash site "stupidsecurity.com"
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/18/2133212
Announcing the opening of StupidSecurity.com. The site is meant to be a
chronicle of idiotic and deceptive "security" measures. From the "three
questions" that the airlines finally stopped asking to the closing of
Meigs Airport in Chicago supposedly for security reasons, we want YOUR
gripes about security measures that are just plain dumb! I'd welcome
submissions (the stupider the better!), comments, complaints, and
praise!
MySQL 4.1+
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/16/1639224
I want to start using MySQL 4.1 to take advantage of the new Spatial
extensions in MySQL to further enhance my plugin. I saw the recent
story referring to using MySQL 4, but no direct mention of experience
with versions 4+. Any tips or recommendations? Should I make the
upgrade only on my development box, or is using 4+ okay. Any experience
with 4.1, which is alpha?
Section-specific Quick Links
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/16/1540217
I'm in the process of setting up a intranet Slash 2 site for a company.
With the aid of the Crow Book I've got everything installed and with
the L'n'F that they want, and we are in the process of adding some
initial content and getting the blocks running the way they want.
However, we're having problems getting section-specific quick links
blocks to work. Example: I have a section called legal, and a block
called legal_qlinks which has different links to index_qlinks.
index_qlinks shows up on the homepage as I expect, but nothing is
displayed in the right "frame" if I click no the section title under an
article. What am I doing wrong? The Crow Book (page 127) suggests that
this should work.
Need help building Slash templates
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/13/1634251
I have comps for a site I want built in Slash. While I have worked with
Movable Type, building Slash templates is a whole different beast. I
need someone to help me convert my comps into a functioning Slash site.
If you have these skills, please drop me a line with your rates and
scheduling availability. You can see what the site will look like here.
--Markos
Preventing duplicates from being posted
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/10/2021250
I'm getting sick of seeing duplicate posts all the time on Slashdot. I
have a feature-request/enhancement that I would like to request for
slashcode. It would be nice if before a moderator submits a story to
check all of the URLS in that post and match it with the previous
weeks/months stories for the same URL. If there is a match, throw up a
warning saying that this story is a possible duplicate. This will help
the moderator out too, since they wouldn't have to read every story on
slashdot in the past two weeks. What do you think? Is this doable?
--Min Idzelis
Vorlonspace Is Back
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/08/0415234
Announced back in October last year, Vorlonspace was launched as a
Babylon 5 discussions site. In late January, the site went down and was
taken off the YASS list. It is now back up and the premise has changed
from Babylon 5 to a general sci-fi discussion site which has generated
more interest.
Adding ispell after slash is installed
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/08/0414234
Hi, I read the (archived) thread at:
http://ask.slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/03/22/1 724238&mode=thread
and I have "Running Weblogs with Slash", so I know that "... Slash 2.2
has added an ispell compatibility mode. If the ispell program exists
and points to an ispell binary, the Edit Story page will include a list
of potentially misspelled words.)" (thanks blagger), but I don't know
how exactly what to add, and into what directory,. I installed freebsd
5.0, then built and installed the slashcode port, and now I've
installed ispell. I then tried adding symlinks to ispell into various
directories, including /usr/local/slash/bin, and restarting my browser
and the freebsd box. Nothing obvious changes. Can someone tell me
exactly which file to put where to enable spell-checking? I'm running
slash-2.2.6 on Freebsd 5.0. Thanks... P.S. Sorry if I misspelled
anything, but...
Shouldn't Slash Be Represented at OSCOM 3?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/02/171253
I found out that OSCOM 3, The Open Source Content Management
Conference, is taking place in Cambridge, MA, from May 28-30. I was
surprised to see that Slash does not appear to be represented in any
way. I posted a story to CTDATA suggesting that our community try to
represent itself in some fashion. If anyone wants to discuss how we can
influence the organizers of this conference to include a Slash
presentation, please email me at dave_aiello at ctdata.com.
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