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Sourceforge
BIE 5.5.0 (beta) released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=303642
New features in BIE 5.5 include a new plug-in architecture allowing the
addition and removal of features without restarting; support for
EDIFACT and HL7 document formats; HTTP Post and Run Command actions;
enhancements to the transaction log viewer and message schema
generator; and a number of new macros for unit conversions were also
added to the Map Builder tool. The Business Integration Engine (BIE) is
a full Java-based application to application integration server.
Changes: SERVER: * Plugin Manager Chain action types may now be loaded
and unloaded into BIE without needing to restart the system. This
system will provide, over the next few releases, the ability to plug in
most other units of the BIE server. * Code Reorganization (Developers
Only) A reorganization of the codebase for BIE has begun, in
anticipation of broad architectural changes and refactoring planned to
begin in BIE 6.0. Source code, which previously lived exclucively under
the src/ directory, may now also be found under the commons-bie/,
commons-tools/, installer/, plugins/, and src/ directories. * Added
Feature - Added HTTP Post action (contributed by Hugh Brien). * Added
HL7 support. * Added EDIFACT support. * RFE 734256 - Allow transaction
log to be cleaned. * RFE 765461 - save option for XSD Added Save option
for the generated schema. * RFE 734242 - paste boxes. Added Paste box
for allowing the user to paste content to a textarea for the schema
generating. * Added Run Command action * Enhanced HTTP Basic
authentication support for web services. MAP BUILDER: * Fixed a bug
that allowed macro parameters to be displayed after macro was deleted.
* Added new macros: Convert Inches To Centimeters, Convert Centimeters
to Inches, Convert Fahrenheit to Celsius, Convert Celsius to
Fahrenheit. BUG FIXES: * Fixed bug 774447 - Mail Configuration: smtp
authentication. * Fixed bug 784960 - Schema Generator fully expands all
elements. * Fixed bug 764738 Delimited data source does not understand
empty fields * Fixed bug 790579 - On upgrade if database connection not
available it will fail.
Chiba 0.9.1 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=303472
This is mainly a maintainance release which fixes some issues with the
installation. Namely the xerces + xml-apis have been added again to the
war-files. Other modifications are limited to smaller corrections to
Schema2XForms builder, import statements and javadoc. Chiba provides an
implementation of the W3C XForms standard, thereby delivering generic,
xml-based form-processing for the web.
phpWebSite 0.9.3-1 Stable Released!
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=303663
The phpWebSite development team has released version 0.9.3-1 of its
popular content management system. The main purpose of this release is
to address the recently discovered security vulnerability issues that
were posted across many security forums. Fixes for the XSS, DOS, and
SQL injection problems are all included. Many other updates have been
made to the core, providing the ability to run phpWebSite in SSL mode.
Over 40 bugs have been closed and 4 user submitted patches applied to
phpWebSite since the release of 0.9.3. All in all we feel this is one
of our most stable releases to date.
TclXML v3.0rc1
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=302894
Release candidate 1 of version 3.0 of the TclXML package is now
available. This release candidate introduces a binding for libxml2 to
the TclXML package. This allows an application to use the libxml2
parser class to parse an XML document, setting callbacks in the usual
fashion. No significant changes have been made to the pure-Tcl or expat
parser classes. It is planned to perform some bug fixes to the pure-Tcl
parser class for release candidate 2.
Turck MMCache for PHP version 2.3.23 is released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=303184
This is should be the last version prior to the stable 2.4.0 release.
Please test this release as much as possible. Turck MMCache is a PHP
Accelerator, Optimizer, Encoder and Dynamic Content Cache. It increases
performance of PHP scripts by caching them in compiled state, so that
the overhead of compiling is almost completely eliminated. Also it uses
some optimizations for speed up of PHP scripts execution. Turck MMCache
typically reduces server load and increases the speed of your PHP code
by 1-10 times. It has been tested with PHP 4.1.0 - 4.3.2 under Linux
and Windows with Apache 1.3 and 2.0. HTTP caching of mmcache.php was
disabled. Usage of POSIX semaphors on Mac OS X was disabled. Handling
of scripts with PHP syntax errors was fixed. ZE2 support was improved
(tested with php5-200308140730).
Slashdot
Brazilian Rocket Explodes on Launch Pad
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/22/2142211
[0]steman writes "BBC News Online says that [1]16 people have been
killed and a Brazillian space rocket was destroyed in an explosion in
Brazil. It seems that the space race is heating up again, with many
countries getting involved such as [2]China, [3]Europe and [4]Japan to
name just three. Will the future of space exploration be dominated by
names other than Russia and the USA?"
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3175131.stm
2. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3090875.stm
3. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3159797.stm
4. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3003584.stm
Perl Modules as RPM Packages
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/22/218255
[0]libertynews writes "[1]KPLUG President Kevin Pedigo has just
announced his latest project -- [2]RPMPAN, an archive of CPAN Perl
modules in RPM format, generated nightly."
Links
0. http://www.brianlane.com
1. http://www.kplug.org/
2. http://rpmpan.sourceforge.net/
Carmack on New id Game, Game Theory
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/22/217218
An anonymous reader writes "CNN/Money interviewed [0]id Software wizard
John Carmack at the recently completed QuakeCon. Among the [1]topics
discussed is Nintendo's recent announcement that today's games are too
complicated and hard for players. Carmack, surprisingly, agrees, saying
'I agree strongly with that point of view, but I'm in the minority in
the PC space. I want a game you can sit down with, pick up and play.
[Role playing games], for example, got to where they had to have a book
ship with the game.'"
Links
0. http://www.idsoftware.com/
1. http://money.cnn.com/2003/08/21/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/index.htm
Flaming Cellphones
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/22/2053258
[0]phorm writes "Many of us have heard the urban legend of cellphones
[1]causing fires at the gas pump, but how about the hazards of
replacement batteries? Reuters is carrying a story about a woman whose
cellphone [2]burst into flame, causing her superficial burn injuries.
According to Nokia, the problem has occured before, and is related to
non-brand replacement batteries. For various reasons, these batteries
may overheat and catch fire, or even explode! So far I haven't found
much info on whether this has happened with other brands of phone,
though I do know that my little flip-phone gets very hot when running
in analog mode. Perhaps some slashdot readers have had a similar
experience?"
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1.
http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/wirelessandmobiletips/story/0,24330,3399097,00.html
2.
http://news.excite.com/odd/article/id/349004%7Coddlyenough%7C08-21-2003::08:46%7Creuters.html
WIPO Pressured to Kill Meeting on Open Source
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/22/2014231
panthan writes "The Washington Post has has an article about a proposed
meeting of the WIPO concerning open source having been [0]removed from
consideration, apparently due to pressure from the US State Department
and the USPTO. 'In short order, lobbyists from Microsoft-funded trade
groups were pushing officials at the State Department and the U.S.
Patent and Trademark Office to squelch the meeting. One lobbyist, Emery
Simon with the Business Software Alliance, said his group objected to
the suggestion in the proposal that overly broad or restrictive
intellectual-property rights might in some cases stunt technological
innovation and economic growth.'" Lawrence Lessig has [1]some comments.
Links
0. http://www.detnews.com/2003/technology/0308/22/technology-250851.htm
1. http://www.lessig.org/blog/archives/001436.shtml
Red Hat Enterprise 3 Beta Reviewed
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/22/1921259
viewstyle writes "eWEEK has got a [0]review of Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3.0 Beta, code named Taroon. It now has the new Red Hat Bluecurve
interface. New important stuff includes: logical volume management and
access control lists in the file system. The access control list
feature is something that has been in Windows and Solaris for some
time. If you're interested, you can [1]download it here."
Links
0. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1228480,00.asp
1. ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/beta/taroon/en/
Open Source at TiVo
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/22/1848248
[0]CowboyRobot writes "[1]ACM Queue has an [2]article by TiVo
co-founder Jim Barton, in which he explains how the company relies on
open source technologies to create a closed-source product. A good
lesson in how other companies can do the same. From the article:
Careful management of our sources to abide by the terms of the GNU
General Public License while protecting our proprietary developments is
a small price to pay for this benefit."
Links
0. http://www.matchstick.com
1. http://www.acmqueue.org/
2. http://acmqueue.org/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=53
Top University Rankings for 2004 Released
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/22/1755259
jemecki writes "[0]US News and World Report has posted their annual
[1]rankings for the [2]top colleges and universities in America. Of
particular interest to Slashdotters are the top [3]Computer Engineering
and [4]Electrical Engineering universities and the top [5]overall
engineering schools. For those that don't want to RTFA, Harvard and
Princeton are the best in the country, and MIT, Stanford and Berkeley
are the best in Engineering."
Links
0. http://www.usnews.com/
1. http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/rankindex_brief.php
2. http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/ranknatudoc_brief.php
3.
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/engineering/phd/enps05_brief.php
4.
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/engineering/phd/enps06_brief.php
5.
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/engineering/phd/topprogs_withphd_brief.php
The Trilogy as One
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/22/1723222
[0]jmays writes "New Line is re-releasing 'The Fellowship of the Ring'
and 'The Two Towers' except this time, [1]in their respective extended
versions. When? Once each week for the two weeks prior to the opening
of 'The Return of the King.'"
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/8/1061560805
On Videogame Journalism
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/22/1657245
[0]Michael_Blessed writes "The most [1]incisive critique of games
journalism currently out there. I would say that as I participated, but
there's some real illuminating stuff in there. And it's all true - I
should know, being a games 'journalist' myself." It's a whole long
series - read all 11 parts.
Links
0. http://www.blessedmagazine.com
1. http://www.insertcredit.com/features/journalism/index1.html
Freshmeat
2-Disk X window embedded Linux 1.2.0 (Source code)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133436/
2-Disk X window embedded Linux is a tiny net-centric Linux that aims at
portable secure remote system usage. It contains many utilities
including: X Windows, vncviewer, rdesktop, a Web browser, a file
manager, a text editor, a terminal, a window manager, a menu system, a
dialog system, X scripting facilities, and many others. It aims to work
from 1 or 2 floppy disks in any remote location.
Alpaca 0.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133512/
Alpaca is a multitasking operating system for Z-80 based arcade
hardware. It has been designed to run on both Pac-Man and Pengo based
arcade machines, but can easily be ported to other machines with
similar architectures. It supports four concurrently running processes,
task switching, simple inter-process messaging, semaphores, and a basic
window-based graphical interface.
Apache DoS Evasive Maneuvers Module 1.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133516/
The Apache DoS Evasive Maneuvers Module is a module for Apache 1.3 that
provides functionality for detecting and fighting off DoS attacks and
brute force attacks. It does this by adding addresses to a 10-second
'403 List' and rejecting rapidly repeated requests for the same URL
from the same addresses, using an internal hash table, on a per-child
basis. This module can be configured to talk to ipchains, ipfilter, or
any other tool designed to push the attack out to the network layer,
and provides email notification in the event of an attack.
Atom'o'run 1.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133510/
In Atom'o'run, the character "Atomio" has to escape from an
exploding nuclear bomb. It uses 3D OpenGL for the graphics, while the
gameplay is 2D (just jump and run as fast as you can, left to right).
BFilter 0.8.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133493/
BFilter is a smart filtering HTTP proxy. It removes ads, webbugs, and
popups. Unlike the majority of similar tools, it doesn't rely on a list
of blocked URLs, but instead parses HTML on the fly, and detects ads
using a set of heuristic rules. BFilter has a built-in JavaScript
engine which detects popups and js-generated ads.
Blassic 0.6.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133507/
Blassic is a classic Basic interpreter. The line numbers are mandatory,
and it has PEEK & POKE. The main goal is to execute programs
written in old interpreters, but it can be used as a scripting
language.
CheckRDF 38.7143
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133459/
CheckRDF is a tool, consisting of a shell script and a Haskell program,
for downloading RDF site summaries and showing news in a text file and
in an HTML file. It is highly configurable.
CILib 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133461/
CILib is a framework for developing Computational Intelligence
algorithms such as particle swarms, evolutionary algorithms, neural
networks, etc.
ColorDesigner 1.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133456/
ColorDesigner is a small app which lets the user design a color set.
CSVC4XML 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133472/
CSVC4XML (CSV Compaction for XML) leaves intact only the elements
required for processing and compacts the other elements to reduce the
CPU load and the amount of memory used for XML documents of record
forms, such as a checklist and a list of names.
cuckooo 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133469/
cuckooo is a KDE KPart which allows OpenOffice.org to be run inside a
Konqueror window or as a standalone application with the KDE look and
feel.
cx_Oracle 3.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133500/
cx_Oracle is a Python extension module that allows access to Oracle,
and conforms to the Python database API specifications. This module is
currently built against Oracle 8.1.7 and Oracle 9.2.
dc_qt 0.0.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133499/
dc_qt is a Qt GUI for the dctc Direct Connect client. Direct Connect is
a peer-to-peer file sharing program similar to IRC.
DHCP-locator 0.02
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133460/
DHCP-Locator is a pair of programs/scripts that log the switch IP
address, port in switch, MAC address, and IP address when a host is
getting an IP address from a DHCP server. It uses ISC DHCP server logs
as input. It's excellent for abuse issues in large networks.
Digital Tester 0.3 ALPHA
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133480/
Digital Tester can be used by testers as a cost-effective test
management solution. By using the built-in reports and third-party
tools like Crystal Reports, it will help you analyze your test results,
allowing you to quickly identify areas of your application that have
bugs.
Divx-like Skin 2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133378/
Divx-like Skin is based on a Windows Divx player.
Ecdysis 2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133467/
Ecdysis is a clean, techy LCD theme.
FurthurNET 1.7.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133481/
Furthur is a peer-to-peer cataloging and music sharing tool that allows
a fully enforceable legal sharing model, instant downloads with no
waiting lists, in-depth cataloging functionality, and detailed
attribute searches.
GiNaC 1.1.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133485/
GiNaC (GiNaC is Not a CAS (Computer Algebra System)) is a C++ library
for symbolic calculations. It is designed to allow the creation of
integrated systems that embed symbolic manipulations together with more
established areas of computer science (like computation-intense numeric
applications, graphical interfaces, etc.). Contrary to other CASes it
does not try to provide extensive algebraic capabilities and a simple
programming language but instead accepts a given language (C++) and
extends it by a set of algebraic capabilities.
GL-117 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133483/
GL-117 is an OpenGL- and SDL-based action flight simulator written in
C++. It provides a random terrain generator, lighting effects, sounds,
and joystick support.
GPLIGC 1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133482/
GPLIGC is a program to analyze IGC flight data from GNSS flight data
recorders used by glider pilots. It can be used to optimize flights for
the online contest (2003 rules). It uses Perl/Tk and gnuplot. The
openGLIGCexplorer (written in C++) allows one to view the data in 3D
with OpenGL, and can also be used as a digital elevation model terrain
viewer.
Gtk2-Perl 0.95
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133455/
Gtk2-Perl allows Perl developers to write GTK+ 2.x applications. The
bindings use an object oriented syntax that attempts to remain close to
the C API, but take a Perlish approach where appropriate.
IBGS 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133489/
IBGS is a game server for board games such as chess, go, checkers, and
nine nens morris. Data about players and games are stored in an SQL
database. The FICS protocol is supported. The IBGS Client is part of
this project.
ImageSpace 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133486/
ImageSpace creates 2D images by mutating syntax trees according to user
input. The user acts as the fitness function and selects images by
aesthetic criteria. Selected images can be rendered and saved in
resolutions up to 2048x2048.
Issue Dealer 0.9.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133503/
The Issue Dealer is a simple product for managing (structuring,
editing, prioritizing, categorizing) issues. It is primarily used to
manage information.
IzPack 3.1.0b (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133515/
IzPack is a powerful Java installer builder. It is able to create
lightweight and modular installers. You have the choice of the
installer panels you want to use (some can do the same job, so that you
can select the one you prefer), and you even have the choice of the
kind of installer that you want to use. IzPack doesn't use any portion
of native code, it is designed to be fully independent from the
operating system that runs it. It is very easy for the end user with a
properly installed JVM to use an installer made with IzPack, since a
single "java -jar installer.jar" will launch it.
kavi2svcd 0.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133454/
kavi2svcd is a GUI for generating MPEG files from an AVI file using
transcode and mplex. It then generates a Video CD image using vcdimager
and burns to CD with cdrdao. It can generate m1v, m2v, and mpa files,
multiplex the MPEG file, generate cue and bin files, and allows the
generated command lines to be edited before executing them.
KisMAC 0.05d4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133497/
KisMAC is a stumbler application for Mac OS X that puts your card into
monitor mode. Unlike most other applications for OS X, it is completely
invisible and sends no probe requests.
Layer-7 Packet Classifier for Linux 2003-08-22 (Pattern Definitions)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133505/
This project is a filter that classifies packets based on application
(or layer 7) data. This means that it is able to classify packets as
HTTP, FTP, Gnucleus, etc, regardless of what port the services are run
on. It complements existing filters that classify based on route, port
numbers, and so on in the existing Linux QoS infrastructure.
libmelf 0.2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133508/
libmelf is a library interface for manipulating ELF object files. It is
designed to be simplistic, powerful, portable, and require very few
dependencies.
Liferea 0.3.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133519/
Liferea (Linux Feed Reader) is an RSS/RDF feed reader. It's intended to
be a clone of the Windows-only FeedReader. It can be used to maintain a
list of subscribed feeds, browse through their items, and show their
contents using GtkHTML.
LilyPond 1.8.1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133463/
LilyPond is a music typesetter. It produces beautiful sheet music using
a file as input. LilyPond is part of the GNU Project.
linphone 0.12.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133462/
Linphone is a Web phone with a GNOME interface. It let you make
two-party calls over IP networks such as the Internet. It uses the IETF
protocols SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) and RTP (Realtime Transport
Protocol) to make calls, so it should be able to communicate with other
SIP-based Web phones. With several codecs available, it can be used
with high speed connections as well as 28k modems.
Loggerithim 6.4.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133509/
Loggerithim is an extensible monitoring and remote management package.
It allows you to monitor your systems, proactively spot problems,
remotely manage, perform post-mortems, throw alerts when bad things
happen, predict future needs, and automate adminstration tasks.
mboxstats 1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133470/
mboxstats creates top-10 lists of the messages in a mailbox (top
writers/subjects/messages per day, etc.).
Mixmos 0.1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133484/
Mixmos is yet another GTK-based OSS mixer program. It's attempt to
create a nice and useful soundcard volume control program for Linux.
mudsbuilder 0.5.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133504/
Mudsbuilder is a set of tools for the creation of dungeon maps in MUDs.
Once a map is created, the user has the ability to generate LPC code
from that map for virtually any mudlib. It supports standard (south,
north, east, etc.) exits, ups and downs, and miscellaneous exits, such
as one-way exits.
noattach 1.1p1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133468/
noattach is a milter that parses the body of email messages from
sendmail, checks if the filename of attachments matches one of the
regular expressions in a given pattern file, and rejects those emails
that match. Filenames are RFC 2047- or RFC 2231-decoded if needed.
photos 4.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133458/
photos is a Web-based photo database for storing metadata about digital
photos so you can find them again later. It supports adding photos one
at a time, or as a group by directory. It is intended to be run locally
but can be run on a remote Web server if you've got the space and the
bandwidth.
PHP 2 Do 0.1.0 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133488/
PHP 2 Do is a simple todo list with categories, date entered, and date
due.
PHPlist 2.5.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133517/
PHPlist is a mailing list system that allows posting via a Web page. It
works well when used for announcements, and can handle very large email
address lists. Users can sign up to multiple lists, but will only
receive a single copy of cross-posted messages. When signing up, users
can identify their geographical location, and messages can be targetted
to these. You can add place holders in your email that will be replaced
with personal details (such as the person's name). Users can update
their own information, and unlike many other mailing list systems, they
can change their email address. HTML emails are supported.
phpMyFAQ 1.3.5-beta2 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133476/
phpMyFAQ is a multilingual, completely database-driven FAQ system. It
also offers a content management system, flexible multi-user support, a
news system, user tracking, language modules, templates, extensive XML
support, PDF support, a backup system, and an easy to use installation
script.
pipemeter-shd 0.03
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133479/
pipemeter-shd is a commandline filter that displays the data bandwidth
passing through a process.
PlanMyDay 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133471/
PlanMyDay helps you plan all the activities that have to be done today.
It imports the following entries from your built-in or extra
applications: todos, floating events (timed and untimed), and
user-defined events. You can assign the duration each of them takes and
reorder them as you wish. PlanMyDay calculates (from a given start
time) when every item should be finished. After you mark what percent
of each entry is finished, the complete timetable is recalculated.
PowerDNS daemon 2.9.11 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133491/
PDNS is an advanced high performance authoritative nameserver with a
host of backends. Besides plain BIND configuration files, PDNS reads
information from MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL and many other databases.
Backends can easily be written in any language, and a sample Perl
backend is provided. PDNS powers http://express.powerdns.com, a
Web-based DNS maintenance site, and the top level domain .TK.
PyX 0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133495/
PyX is a Python package for the creation of encapsulated PostScript
figures. It provides both an abstraction of PostScript and a TeX/LaTeX
interface. Complex tasks like 2D and 3D plots in publication-ready
quality are built out of these primitives.
RetroForth 6.14
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133474/
Retro is a clean, usable Forth-based development system. It currently
runs under Linux and DOS, or as an operating system.
rubyzip 0.5.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133478/
rubyzip is a Ruby module for reading and writing zip files.
Slackware Live CD 2.9.0.21
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133457/
Slackware Live CD is a 200MB live Linux distribution on CD that is
based on Slackware. It features many add-ons, including the scripts
required to create your own live CD.
Slibo 0.4.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133513/
Slibo aims to be a comfortable replacement for the xboard chess
interface, written for OpenGL and KDE. It uses the xboard protocol and
can be used with common chess engines like crafty or gnuchess, but it
provides its own chess engine too. Though its designed to be easy to
use for the new chess player, it supports playing multiple games the
same time, or anaylzing PGN files with multiple engines.
Smilehouse Workspace 1.0.1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133464/
Smilehouse Workspace is a Java based e-commerce application for
product, order, and customer information management. It can be used for
building and managing product catalogs, online stores, Webshops, and
b-to-b extranets. It currently runs on Tomcat and has two Web-based
interfaces. The first is a themed interface visible to the public, and
the second is a separate administration interface for managing both the
appearance and content of the published service (users and customers,
product information and related files, order information).
songanizer 0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133501/
songanizer is a script to organize a directory containing Ogg and MP3
files. The script accepts a list of directories in which the real Ogg
and MP3 files reside. It then reads information like author, album, and
genre from the files' ID3 tags and creates parallel directory
structures which just contain symbolic links to the directories in
which the real files live. The goal is to create virtual directory
structures which give different views of the data without having
redundant copies of the files themselves.
Support Information Tracker 2.0.1 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133498/
Support Information Tracker is a knowledge base for organizations.
Features include multiple document versions, group permissions,
document submission reviews, and many more.
System Rescue CD 0.2.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133496/
SystemRescueCd is a Linux system available from a bootable CDROM that
provides an easy way to perform administrative tasks on your computer,
such as creating and editing the partitions of the hard disk or backing
up data. It contains a lot of system utilities (such as parted,
partimage, and fstools), and basic programs (such as editors, midnight
commander, and network tools). It also includes QtParted, a Partition
Magic clone that makes editing partitons easy with its Qt graphical
user interface. This CDROM aims to be very easy to use and accessible
to everybody.
terminatorX 3.81
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133494/
TerminatorX is a realtime audio synthesizer that allows you to
"scratch" on digitally sampled audio data (*.wav, *.au,
*.mp3, etc.) the way hiphop-DJs scratch on vinyl records. It features
multiple turntables, realtime effects (built-in as well as LADSPA
plugin effects), a sequencer, and an easy-to-use GTK+ GUI.
WebForum 0.35.016
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133415/
Webforum is Java Web posting boards for forums. It makes a fast
bulletin board with support for i18n, administration, and moderation.
No relational database (JDBC) is needed.
Working Overloaded Linux Kernel 4.7s-Final (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133475/
The Working Overloaded Linux Kernel (WOLK) project provides stable and
development kernels for either server or testing purposes. These
kernels provide a server kernel and also a service for developers and
end users who can't be up-to-date with the latest kernels/patches but
want to test new kernel features. Patches may be added upon request.
Slashcode
Slash on Mac OS X
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/12/158239
This is how I installed Slash on Mac OS X Server 10.2.6 on August 8,
2003. YMMV. This is not intended to be a tutorial, it is a log of what
I did for my system. You may wish to use a release version of perl, to
include different Apache modules, to compile with DSO, etc. Whatever.
If someone wants to take some or all of this information and include it
in a more comprehensive guide, be my guest.
How to Force Previewing?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/08/1931216
An anonymous user writes: "I'd like to see an option added to enable a
user to force themselves to preview a post before they actually post
the comment. At the moment, a user is required to preview a story
submission before they post it, but there is no way for this
requirement to be there for standard posts. I often find myself hitting
'submit' when I wish I'd previewed first. I know that a 'force post
preview' option could be added to the options section and implemented
in SLASH *very* easily, which would simply remove the 'Submit' button
from the initial post screen... so could someone do it? I'd do it
myself if I was able to update the CVS source :-)" This is a one-liner
change... details follow...
YogaCircle.net (New Yoga Slash Site)
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/28/0339211
Well this should be a first. A Yoga base Slash site. Check it out, if
you have any questions or comments let me know. Thanks for the code.
csdaily.com
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/28/0337226
Yet another Slash site, Computer Science Daily News. Aims to be a
resource for Computer Science professionals, researchers, students and
instructors. Hopefully this fills a niche, computer science
developments seem to be very decentralized, and hard to find. Slash
seems to be working out nicely, though I'm still learning the ropes...
--csdaily
Slash on server running Livejournal?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/24/0035257
Maybe this is the wrong venue to ask in, and I'm sorry if it is, but
this question has been nagging me for about the past week or so. I have
a personal server running Slackware 8 with a custom-compiled Apache
1.3.27 (with the appropriate mod_perl) and MySQL 4.0.13. This server is
currently running the LiveJournal server code and works quite well at
this. I'm interested in attempting to set up slash for personal use
(the Livejournal code is running for personal use as well), and herein
lies the question. Can slash be run on the same server in another
VirtualHost without having a separate apache installation/process and
doing some fancy trick with mod_rewrite? Or am I asking too much? I
will be happy to provide any further info anyone needs through e-mail
(the e-mail link above is NOT spam-armored at all).
QubitNews is finally launched!
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/24/0030227
QubitNews: News and Inforation from the Quantum Community. This is
conceived as a meeting-point for the community working in the fast
developing field of Quantum Information and Computation. This is an
open and free project devoted to the exchange of information in this
field.: news, stories, announcements, comments of scientific work,
debates, polls, forums, etc... Many aspects of your work that cannot
appear in scientific journals may find a place here. The main feature
of QubitNews is that it is dynamical: you are wellcome to participate
and modify the look and feel of this site. You may become an anonymous
user, site user or an Author. Visit the homepage and consult the
documents About, FAQ, How-To and GettingStarted. It may be useful,
helpful and a lot of fun.
Tuxedo.org Now running Slashcode
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/23/2014232
Tuxedo.org is now running Slashcode. I should have done this a couple
of years ago... Most recent story is Linus Torvalds Comments on SCO
Lawsuit and Linux. Hope you all enjoy the new site! --Chuck Peters
Best hosting service for Slash?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/23/1449209
I'm going to be doing some "big things" with Slashcode but am
interested in going through someone to set up Slashcode and the server,
so that I can just right in and start building the site. What are the
best hosting services out there? Will they set up Slash for me? What
kinds of experiences have people had?
Dissociated Press goes Slash
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/23/1442252
After a bit of poking and prodding, I've converted Dissociated Press to
Slashcode (2.2.6). Works great!
So Long, and Thanks for all the Fish!
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/13/1816237
All things come to an end and its been a wonderful ride. Today is my
last day at OSDN and this will be the last thing I will be posting on
Slashcode. It has been fun working on Slash for the last few years and
I have enjoyed working with the Slash community (tf32, ACS, vladinator,
ericdano, and many more that I am forgetting). On Monday I start work
for MySQL so I will be a bit busy for a while but I expect you will
still see Slash stuff coming from me in the future. I will continue to
be in #slash for a while, and you can still always reach me via email.
The best of luck with you and your sites, it has been great!
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