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Gadgets: Watch with Built-in Grounding Strap
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Gadgets: Mobile Power Inverter
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/630f/
Gadgets: Presentation Remote
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/630b/
Interests: Megatokyo Lanyard
http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/megatokyo/coolthings/60e9/
Caffeine: Penguin Energy Gum
http://www.thinkgeek.com/caffeine/candy/61f2/
Computing: SnapStream Personal Video Station 3
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/avcards/619c/
Gadgets: Arc LED Flashlight
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/lights/6270/
Gadgets: Laser Widow
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/lights/604c/
Computing: 17" Samsung 170N LCD Display
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/display/lcd/624e/
PC Mods: Startech Cool Aluminator PC Case
http://www.thinkgeek.com/pcmods/cases/6297/
Computing: Multimedia Access Panels
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/accessories/628f/
Computing: Zip-Linq Cell Phone Charger Kits
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/accessories/62aa/
Computing: Kensington WiFi Finder
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/accessories/6247/
Computing: Zip-Linq Retractable Network/Modem Cables
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/accessories/62a1/
Computing: Zip-Linq Zip-Mouse
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/keyboards/629b/
Cube Goodies: Smart Mug
http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/mugs/6235/
Cube Goodies: Moving Gear Clock
http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/lights/601e/
Computing: BenQ FP2081 20" LCD Display
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/display/lcd/6259/
Gadgets: Microscope Pen
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/tools/6222/
Gadgets: Candeloo Rechargeable Lamps
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/lights/5efd/
Sourceforge
WAP11GUI version 0.12 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=307273
WAP11GUI is an SNMP management application for the Linksys WAP11
wireless access point. It provides a Unix/Linux user with a graphical,
QT based interface with which to configure and manage a WAP11 AP over a
LAN. The biggest news (if you could call it that) in this release is
that a memory leak that went unnoticed for 2 years has been fixed. Many
thanks to the user who took the time to report this issue. The leak was
really only noticable when using the ethernet/wireless statistics
windows. Randomly selected binary packages will be posted in the
following days. I don't have access to every single falvor and version
of Linux, let alone other operating systems - I release binaries for
systems that I happen to have installed and working at the moment, and
that's it. If you'd like to see your OS/distribution supported, you
might want to consider creating and uploading your own packages. Have
fun pushing that "Help" button, Ori Pessach
Babeldoc 1.1.9 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=307275
After a month of work, Babeldoc 1.1.9 has been released. Babeldoc is
integration tool that can plumb together data flows. It is completely
configurable and scriptable. It is heavily XML biased but not
exclusively so. This is going to be the last development release - the
next set of releases are going to be Release candidates to version 1.2.
This now has the J2EE module added. Please test. I would be interested
in how to more diverse container support in the build. Additionally
lots of changes to the documentation. The Configuration Information
Objects are now widespread. Lots of small fixes throughout.
Azureus 2.0.2.2 has been released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=307255
Azureus 2.0.2.2 has been released. Azureus is a Java-based BitTorrent
Client. This update is strongly recommended as versions 2.0.2.0 and
2.0.2.1 had poor performance. Both .jar and .exe are available. The
.exe is bundled with an SWT update. This version includes stability and
performance fixes; and adds Italian language support.
e1000-5.2.16 stable release
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=307264
e1000-5.2.16 stable release is available in .tar.gz format to compile
against any 2.4 kernel. This project contains the Linux kernel driver
for the Intel(R) PRO/100 Ethernet devices, Intel(R) PRO/1000 gigabit
Ethernet devices, and Intel(R) PRO/10GbE devices. This project serves
as a focal point for further driver development and discussion.
Health Monitor 1.1 Beta Updated
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=307293
Health Monitor is a System Monitoring Application developed with Visual
Basic .NET, it use WMI to collect system performance (CPU, Memory ...),
check disk space, services, events from Event Viewer and notify by
e-mail the administrator. Fixed a small bug on start-stop service from
GUI (it didn't refresh the status).
Slashdot
The Last Days Of Atari - In Full Color
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/05/0644214
[0]AtariKee writes "[1]Scott Evans (famous to video game collectors as
the sole owner of [2]Army Battlezone and two [3]Marble Madness 2
machines) stopped out at the former [4]Atari's Milpitas, CA facility
[most recently a [5]Midway office] and took a [6]large collection of
pictures of what was once the mighty arcade giant's headquarters." The
good news is that Scott "was able to obtain and preserve the majority
of what you see here."
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.safestuff.com/
2. http://www.safestuff.com/bradley.htm
3. http://www.safestuff.com/marbleman.htm
4. http://www.atari.com
5. http://www.midway.com
6. http://www.safestuff.com/ataritrip
Is it Just Me, Or Is Our Mainframe Missing?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/05/0525243
xnuandax writes "Here's a salient lesson for those system security
personnel who spend their time fretting over the [0]theoretical
crack-ability of their 1024 bit encryption keys. [1]Australian Customs
have recently suffered a rather unfortunate set back in their "War
Against Terror" with the admission that two of their secure mainframe
servers have been [2]wheeled out of the building by persons unknown.
I'll bet my $2 that the root password on those boxes was 'trustno1'."
Links
0. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/03/25/2125211&tid=93
1. http://www.customs.gov.au/
2. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/09/04/1062548967124.html
First New Gaiman Sandman In 7 Years
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/05/0043251
meltoast writes "On September 17th, [0]DC is releasing the first new
installment in the Sandman series in over 7 years. [1]Endless Nights is
written entirely by award winning Neil Gaiman and drawn by seven
different artists. Pre-order from ... well... [2]where ever you want."
Links
0. http://www.dccomics.com/
1. http://www.dccomics.com/features/endlessnights/index.html
2.
http://service.bfast.com/bfast/click?bfmid=2181&sourceid=39391960&isbn=1401200893
RIAA Offers Amnesty to File Sharers
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/05/0042257
[0]Mister Dre writes "Apparently, the RIAA [1]is planning to offer
amnesty to file sharers who promise to delete copyrighted material from
their computers. To take advantage, of course, you 'have to send a
completed, notarized amnesty form to the RIAA, with a copy of a photo
ID.'" Hey RIAA, how about I just stop sharing files, and we call it
even? I know I own most of the CDs for the files I listen to, but I
stopped buying those too so you'll know where I stand.
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://au.news.yahoo.com/030904/11/lkfp.html
Power Grid Insecurities Examined
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/04/2337212
[0]Joe Barr writes "Chris Gulker has taken a [1]long and careful look
at the infrastructure of our power grids and has come to some rather
unsettling conclusions." A good read that outlines where the current
power grid is at, and suggests some paths for the future that may help
avoid future blackouts.
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/03/2041231&tid=11
Slashback: Ascent, Patents, Transferability
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/04/225242
Slashback tonight brings updates on iTunes music sharing (the mentioned
auction's been pulled), the continuing fight against software patents
in Europe, the recently scuttled balloon-record attempt, and more. Read
on for the details.
Universities Taken Offline to Fight Worms, Viruses
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/04/2135209
[0]chrismg2003 writes "Nationwide universities are opening their doors
to new students but closing off their network services. The Blaster
worm has caused universities to take drastic actions to protect their
campus networks. Universities have gone as far as [1]shutting down
their entire resnet network and bringing it back up dorm-by-dorm after
each computer has been certified worm-free. The ICMP ping requests
alone have brought down my university's resnet multiple times and we
are scrambling to clean the worm from all computers before it forces us
to follow suit with other universities."
Links
0. http://www.puter.homeunix.com
1. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25845-2003Sep4.html
Sharp Zaurus C-7x0 Reviewed
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/04/1826234
[0]jwr writes "The fine folks at [1]BargainPDA have a [2] full-length
review of the latest [3]Sharp Zaurus C-7x0 handhelds. " We've covered
this PDA [4]in the past but this is a much more in depth review on this
solid looking device.
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.bargainpda.com/
2. http://www.bargainpda.com/default.asp?newsID=1592&showComments=true
3. http://www.ezaurus.com/
4. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/29/2320211&tid=100
IBM's New Linux Advertising
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/04/1821217
[0]Amit Shah writes "IBM is [1]airing a commercial featuring Linux as
reported on [2]Economic Times. This could be the first major way to
reach out to normal users and explain the benefits of open source and
Linux. The ad says, "Collecting data is only the first step toward
wisdom, but sharing data is the first step toward community""
Links
0. http://amitshah.nav.to/
1. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?msid=164838
2. http://www.economictimes.com/
Electronic Voting: Your Worst Nightmares are True
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/04/199210
[0]jfreon writes "On [1]Democracy Now Bev Harris of [2]BlackBoxVoting
fame, [3]disclosed (near the end of the transcript) that in the
[4]compromised 1.8Gigs off Diebold's FTP site they uncovered "an actual
election file containing actual votes on election day from San Luis
Obispo County, California". Problem is, the date stamp was 3:31pm -
during voting hours! The Diebold system uses a wireless network card.
Worse: "So that means if they can pull the information in, they can
also send information back into those machines. ""
Links
0. mailto:jfreon@@hotmail.com
1. http://www.democracynow.org/
2. http://www.blackboxvoting.com/
3. http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/04/159216
4. http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,59925,00.html
Freshmeat
::pelikan:: 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134830/
::pelikan:: is a theme featuring a pelican on a blue background, made
with The GIMP.
Akeni LAN Messenger 1.2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134811/
Akeni LAN messenger is a cross-platform instant messenger client. It is
a P2P program that works on your LAN without the need of an Internet
connection or a dedicated server. The client has an user interface
similar to AIM, ICQ, or MSN Messenger. It supports all the standard IM
features such as chat, group conference, presence management, file
transfer, and emergency alert/notification. Extra features include
contact management and optional tabbed chat sessions.
AnnotateIt! 0.4.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134843/
AnnotateIt! is an open source electronic response system targeted at
composition instructors and students. It allows a user to annotate HTML
and provides facilities for group interaction. Annotations may be
either hyperlinked or inline, depending on the user's preference. It
also features reporting of meta information (annotation types and
counts), predefined annotations, community annotations, conversion of
documents to HTML for annotation, easy document management, and an
assignments calendar.
arctic 0.30 (Sawfish)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134746/
Arctic is a cold feeling, clean theme. It uses all of the features of
DR 0.16.x, including Eterm Automode and Epplets. There are matching
gkrelm, licq, GTK, pixmap GTK, and XMMS themes
arctic 0.1 (XFWM4)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134745/
Arctic is a cold feeling, clean theme. It uses all of the features of
DR 0.16.x, including Eterm Automode and Epplets. There are matching
gkrelm, licq, GTK, pixmap GTK, and XMMS themes
Arno's IPTABLES Firewall Script 1.8.1BETA-5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134807/
Arno's IPTABLES firewall script was originally derived from Seven's
(single-homed) IPTABLES script. The biggest differences are that this
script has support for dual-homed machines, support for masquerading
(NAT), support for ethernet ADSL/DSL modems (for both static and
dynamically assigned IPs), support for all IP protocols, and support
for VPNs like IPSEC (Freeswan). It also features (stealth) portscan
detection, extensive user definable logging with rate limiting to
prevent log flooding, port forwarding, optimizing the throughput of
your internet connection, protection against SYN/ICMP flooding (DoS
attacks), support for UPnP, and much more. It's easy to configure and
highly customizable. It additionally includes a filter script
(fwfilter) to make your firewall log more readable.
AstroFlowGuard Bandwidth & Security Management 1.002
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134869/
AstroFlowGuard is a Linux-based bandwidth manager, stateful firewall,
intrusion detection system, and VPN server. With its user-friendly
interface, automatic failover, and smart recovery system, it is the
complete tool for anyone wanting to manage bandwidth and network
security. It uses a hierarchical class-based system which provides a
logical, intuitive view of network classes along with their priorities.
It has the ability to manage P2P applications such as Kazaa and the
like, manage firewall and bandwidth by time of the day, precedence,
strings in any packet, and much more. Diagnose your network by powerful
reporting tools that drill down to IP, port, and protocol level with
graph and pie charts. It is a self-contained system that offers simple
installation by means of a bootable CD and ease of use via a Web based
GUI.
Babeldoc 1.1.9 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134790/
Babeldoc is a framework and set of applications to process documents
for business-to-business and other Internet/integration applications.
It is primarily intended for text documents, especially XML, but
supports a wide range of operations and data types. It has a
sophisticated journaling system that supports replaying and
reprocessing. Babeldoc is pipeline based and supports numerous ways to
combine the pipeline stages in a dynamically reconfigurable fashion. It
has a GUI and a Web-based console for document processing and
monitoring, and comes with tools for the tranformation of flatfile data
to XML, archival, and cryptography. Additionally it is able to scan
various data sources based on sophisticated constraints.
BBclone 0.32.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134863/
BBclone is a PHP Web counter on steroids which displays individual logs
as well as aggregated data. It is a clone of Big Brother webstats,
except that it is written in PHP and it relies only on flat files (no
database needed). BBclone enables any Web site administrator to have a
very precise view of who visit the website: OS, browser, date,
referring page etc. Main features include reload resistance, hostname
resolution, proxy workaround, and blacklist.
beltane 2.0 (2.x)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134838/
Beltane is a Web-based central management console for the samhain file
integrity system. If samhain is used in a client/server setup, beltane
enables the administrator to browse client reports, acknowledge them,
and update file signature databases stored centrally on the log server.
Bessie the Annihilator 0.8.8 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134794/
Bessie the Annihilator allows teachers to post assignments and grades
for their classes on the Web.
BIE 5.5.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134813/
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 BizTalk except that it
is truly cross-platform since it written in Java.
Bugzero 3.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134844/
Bugzero is an all-in-one product for software bug tracking, defect
issue incident tracking, trouble ticketing, help desk support, and
customer email management. It is simple to use and avoids complexity by
making the tasks or projects separate and independent. It is platform
and database system independent (based on Java). It supports multiple
projects, group and field level access control, automatic bug
assignment, file attachment, email notification, inbound email
management, metric reports, and workflow. It also features advanced
search capability, a comprehensive bug audit trail, CVS version control
integration, self registration to public projects, and an easy to use
system administration tool for project configuration and user account
management.
Cartel 0.0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134836/
Cartel is designed to be a CMS along with being a client
extranet/portal. Written in Java, it will work with any JDBC-capable
RDBMS, and is platform independent (developed on Win2K/Linux using
Tomcat and PostgreSQL).
Crimson Fields 0.3.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134796/
Crimson Fields is a tactical war game in the tradition of Battle Isle.
Mission objectives range from defending strategically vital locations
to simply destroying all enemy forces in the area. Tools are available
to create custom maps and campaigns. The original Battle Isle maps can
be played if the player has a copy of the game files.
DataVision 0.7.12
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134846/
DataVision is a reporting tool similar to Crystal Reports, written in
Java. It supports multiple data sources (JDBC, text files) and output
formats (HTML, XML, PDF, LaTeX, comma- and tab-separated data files,
and DocBook). It lets you design reports with a drag-and-drop GUI.
Report descriptions are stored as XML.
DOLFIN 0.3.10
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134833/
DOLFIN is used as a platform for research in adaptive finite element
methods for PDEs at Chalmers Finite Element Center and at the
Department of Computational Mathematics at Chalmers University of
Technology, Sweden.
drugref 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134818/
Drugref is a collaborative effort to create and maintain a database of
pharmaceutical reference information, tagged by language, country, and
reference source. A Web interface written in PHP4 allows the community
of health professionals to maintain and review content. The database
structure, implemented in PostgreSQL, is designed to facilitate
automated decision support. "Tagging" allows one to import
information from any source in parallel, thus allowing drugref to work
as a generic interface to any kind of (comercially or freely) available
drug reference information.
Elk 3.99.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134855/
Elk (the Extension Language Kit) is an implementation of the Scheme
programming language. It can be used as a standalone Scheme
interpreter, or as an embeddable, reusable extension language subsystem
for applications written in C or C++ through the libelk library.
Ephox EditLive! for Java 2.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134849/
EditLive! for Java is a cross-platform, browser-based Web content
authoring tool. It enables business users to edit HTML, XHTML, and XML
content via an easy-to-use WYSIWYG interface. It includes advanced
table editing, CSS support, spell checker, and integrated image and
hyperlink browsing via WebDAV. It is designed for use with Web content
management, knowledge management and e-learning applications.
Fandango 0.2.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134871/
Fandango is a GL-rendered, Python-scripted CAD program. The low-level
functionality is programmed in C++, and then the relevant functions are
exposed to Python and used as building blocks for more functions.
Currently the memory core allows lines, triangles, line strips, and
triangle strips. Texture, blending, and lighting can be switched on and
off from a command line.
FastCST 0.1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134800/
FastCST (Fast Change Set Tool) is an experiment in creating a secure
revision control system that uses digital signatures and other
cryptographic means to verify the identity of submitters. It focuses on
the requirements of configuration managers more than software
developers by allowing revisions to be rejected and undone easily. It
supports various unique features such as reliable moved file detection,
compressed ZIP archives, XML meta-data, and a simple work-flow. A major
focus of the project is to use only open or standardized technologies.
It is targetted at all Unix platforms and Windows and includes a full
manual.
Filelight 0.6.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134883/
Filelight graphically represents a file system as a set of concentric
segmented rings, aiming to show where diskspace is being used. Segments
expand from the center, representing files and directories. The size of
segments is proportional to the size of the files they represent.
Directories have child segments which represent the files they contain.
Filelight performs a similar function to the command line tool du, but
all the information is shown in a compact graphical fashion.
FileRepair 1.3.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134809/
FileRepair is an application to compare files across a network and, if
necessary, modify one so that it is identical with the other. It's
based on the wxWindows toolkit and currently runs on both Linux (GTK
GUI and CLI versions) and Windows, though any platforms supported by
the toolkit should be possible.
flphoto 1.1rc2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134854/
flphoto is a basic image management and display program based on the
FLTK toolkit. It can read, display, print, and export many image file
formats, and supports EXIF information provided by digital cameras.
Frosted 0.25 (GkrellM)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134747/
Frosted is an ice cold theme from the arctic zone.
Frosted 0.1 (XFWM4)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134743/
Frosted is an ice cold theme from the arctic zone.
glass 0.1 (XFWM4)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134744/
A theme that goes with whatever background image you choose by being
almost completely transparent.
gmuck 1.09
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134870/
gmuck assists you in generating valid (X)HTML by examining the source
code that generates it. It is not a replacement for real validation
tools, but is handy for quick checks and in situations where validation
of the actual markup is troublesome. It is a line-oriented tool, so its
structural checking capabilities are limited, but it makes an attempt
to report syntactical errors as well as providing some lint-like
features.
gnome-mlview 0.6.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134827/
MlView is a tree-oriented XML editor for GNOME. It is written in C and
is heavily based on GTK, libgnomeui, and libxml2. Its aim is to ease
XML editing, with or without validation.
HarvestMan 1.2 alpha
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134853/
HarvestMan is a multithreaded off-line browser.It has many features for
customizing offline browsing through URL filters, depth-fetching, fetch
levels, domain filters, file limits, thread limits, download depth,
directory checking, and robot exclusion protocol. It is useful to
download an entire Web site or certain files from a Web site to the
hard disk for offline browsing later. It features an XML project file,
and support for the HTTP/HTTPS and FTP protocols. It works
transparently across proxies and can also crawl intranets.
incident.pl 2.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134829/
incident.pl is a small script that, when given syslogs generated by
snort or other tools, can generate an incident report for events that
appear to be attempted security attacks, gather information on the
remote host, and report the attack to the appropriate administrators.
J-Lan Communicator 1.2 build 20030904
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134851/
J-Lan Communicator is a small application that facilitates
communication between different hosts on the same local area network.
It does not require a central server and uses very little bandwidth by
taking advantage of a lightweight protocol and UDP packets.
JacORB 2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134804/
JacORB is a CORBA 2.0 implementation written in Java. It contains an
IDL compiler, a name service with graphical management interface, an
event and notification service implementation, and a transaction
service. DII, DSI, DynAny, native IIOP (1.2), Interceptors, OBV, AMI,
and ETF are supported. Tools for applets are included. The language
mapping complies with rev. 2.3 of the Java language.
Jess 6.1p5 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134878/
Jess is a fast, light rule engine and scripting environment written
entirely in Java. You can build Java software that has the capacity to
"reason" using knowledge you supply in the form of
declarative rules. It is supplied as a programmer's library, making it
ideal for embedding in larger applications. It is free for academic use
and can be licensed for commercial use.
kbirthday 0.7.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134814/
kbirthday is a Panel applet which reminds you of birthdays and
anniversaries listed in your KDE addressbook.
libintl-perl 1.02
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134847/
libintl-perl is a library that supports message translation for Perl,
written in pure Perl (version 5.004 or better). Its interface is very
similar to the gettext family of functions in C, and it uses the same
file formats as GNU gettext does, making it possible to use all tools
available for gettext itself and to seamlessly integrate
internationalized Perl code into mixed-language projects.
libpubsub 0.5.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134859/
libpubsub provides everything needed to set up a simple
publish/subscribe environment. It allows a programmer to let several
processes (not necessarily on the same host) exchange information with
each other in a very easy way. It is mainly intended for use in C++
applications, but the package also includes a tool to let shell scripts
use pubsub.
Linux 2.4.23-pre3 (2.4-testing)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134793/
Linux is a clone of the Unix kernel, written from scratch by Linus
Torvalds with assistance from a loosely-knit team of hackers across the
Net. It aims towards POSIX and Single UNIX Specification compliance. It
has all the features you would expect in a modern fully-fledged Unix
kernel, including true multitasking, virtual memory, shared libraries,
demand loading, shared copy-on-write executables, proper memory
management, and TCP/IP networking.
LiteSpeed Web Server 1.0.4b1 (Beta)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134774/
LiteSpeed Web Server is a full-featured, high-performance, secure, and
easy-to-use Web server that runs on Unix and Linux. It supports
HTTP/1.1, SSL, CGI, FastCGI, PHP, JSP, Servlets, GZIP compression, IP
level throttling, connection accounting, DoS attack prevention, and
instant recovery mechanisms. Installation is very easy with pre-built
binary. Administration and configuration is very easy through a Web
interface.
LiVES 0.7.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134802/
LiVES (the Linux Video Editing System) is intended to be a simple yet
powerful video effects, editing, and playback system. It uses commonly
available tools (mplayer, ImageMagick, and GTK+), so it should work on
most Linux systems.
m0n0wall pb15r486
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134860/
m0n0wall is an all-in-one firewall software package that is based on
FreeBSD. It is geared towards embedded PCs, but the CD-ROM version also
works on standard PCs. It includes an easy-to-use Web interface like
commercial firewall boxes do. PHP is used instead of shell scripts, and
the entire system configuration is stored in a single XML-formatted
file. There is support for wireless LAN, VPN, traffic shaping, and
more.
MIMEDefang 2.37
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134850/
MIMEDefang is a flexible MIME email scanner designed to protect Windows
clients from viruses. However, it can do many other kinds of mail
processing, such as replacing parts of messages with URLs, adding
boilerplate disclaimers, and so on. It can alter or delete various
parts of a MIME message according to a very flexible configuration
file. It can also bounce messages with unacceptable attachments.
MIMEDefang works with Sendmail 8.11/8.12's new "Milter" API,
which makes it more flexible and efficient than procmail-based
approaches.
monotone 0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134862/
monotone is a distributed version control system with a flat peer
model, cryptographic version naming, meta-data certificates,
decentralized authority, and overlapping branches. It works out of a
transactional version database stored in a regular file. Network
communication is mediated via HTTP or NNTP.
mp3rename 3.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134884/
mp3rename is a command-line utility designed to help keep vast amounts
of MP3s easy to read and access by keeping nasty characters and odd
formatting conventions away. It has many options, including
organization by artist (in directories) and recursive renaming.
mpck 0.05
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134872/
mpck reads MP3 files and tries to determine if they are correct (i.e.
not damaged). Furthermore, it displays statistics such as the bitrate.
It is fast (0.6 seconds per file on an 800 Mhz computer) and supports
recursive checking of directories.
Music Player Daemon 0.8.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134826/
Music Player Daemon (MPD) is a server that allows remote access for
playing music (MP3, Ogg Vorbis, and Flac) and managing playlists. The
design focus is on integrating a computer into a stereo system that
provides control for music playback over a local network. Currently, it
includes a Web interface, phpMp, a GTK frontend, gtk2mp, a command line
tool, mpc, and a dock app, WMmp. The goals are to be easy to install
and use, to have minimal resource requirements, and to be stable and
flexible.
Netfilter Modbus/TCP 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134881/
Modbus/TCP is an open automation protocol used in a variety of SCADA,
PLC, and industrial IO applications. Modbusfw is a Linux 2.4.x
Netfilter Extension that permits filtering decisions (DROP, REJECT,
etc.) based on application-layer values, allowing finer-grained access
control than is currently possibly by simply blocking TCP port 502.
NFS Commander 0.54
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134867/
NFS Commander is a Mac OS X tool for managing NFS mounts and exports.
nj 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134822/
nj is an IRC nick juper. It connects to a specified server and tries to
jupe (or claim) a nick for you. If the nick is taken, it will
periodically repeat its attempt to see if the nick is taken, and when
the nick is released nj will take that nick.
Object-Oriented MPI 1.0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134840/
OOMPI is an object-oriented interface to the MPI message passing
library standard. It is used at a much higher level than the standard
MPI C++ bindings, providing a full class library that takes advantage
of many C++/object oriented abstractions for message passing. It is a
thin layer that runs over any MPI-1.1 compliant C implementation.
Optimizer 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134834/
Optimizer is a program which can help you achieve the highest lossy
compression that is visually acceptable. Input files may be in the
JPEG, PNG, or PNM formats, and the supported output formats are JPEG,
JP2 (JPEG 2000), or djvu/c44 (DJVU).
OverChat 0.1.6 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134815/
OverChat is an instant messenger server designed with portability in
mind, centralized around a large support library to aid client
development.
p0f2 2.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134819/
p0f2 is a versatile passive OS fingerprinting utility, to be used for
evidence or information gathering on servers, firewalls, IDSes, and
honeypots, for pen-testing, or just for the fun of it. It is a complete
rewrite of p0f version 1 that used to be maintained by William Stearns.
phpMyFAQ 1.3.7-dev (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134823/
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.
phpQuest 0.09
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134856/
phpQuest is a quiz and test system. Features include various forms of
quiz/test generation. You can use it to save to a local Web server,
make a quiz which uses uploaded pictures to display as an output or
make a test which outputs a percent, and allow users to copy HTML code
from the output to show others what they got on their test, which is a
great way to get hits.
PlanMyDay 0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134801/
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.
polyB 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134808/
PolyB is a program for manipulating with lattice animals or
polyominoes, which resemble the shapes that appear in Tetris.
pwbuilder 0.6.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134824/
pwbuilder is a powerful tool for creating software packages for
Slackware Linux. pwbuilder aims to be the easiest tool in its category.
However, pwbuilder provides an advanced API that allows you to make
packages exactly in the way you want.
RPMAutoUpdate 1.3.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134797/
RPMAutoUpdate is an RPM update management and reporting tool that can
tell you exactly which RPMs provide updates relevant to your system. It
is intended for systems administrators and power-users.
rtkmerge 0.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134874/
rtkmerge is a GUI to the emerge command to handle packages under the
Gentoo Linux Distrubution. It was initially written to help when
running 'emerge world' to update the entire system. With rtkmerge you
get all the outdated packages presented in a list and you can easily
select which packages you want and don't want. USE-flags can be set
individually for each package.
runit 0.11.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134806/
runit is a daemontools alike replacement for SysV-init and other init
schemes. It currently runs on GNU/Linux, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, and can
easily be adapted to other Unix operating systems. runit implements a
simple three-stage concept. Stage 1 performs the system's one-time
initialization tasks. Stage 2 starts the system's uptime services (via
the runsvdir program). Stage 3 handles the tasks necessary to shutdown
and halt or reboot.
samhain 1.7.11
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134837/
samhain is a daemon that can check file integrity, search the file tree
for SUID files, and detect kernel module rootkits (Linux only). It can
be used either standalone or as a client/server system for centralized
monitoring, with strong (192-bit AES) encryption for client/server
connections and the option to store databases and configuration files
on the server. For tamper resistance, it supports signed
database/configuration files and signed reports/audit logs. It has been
tested on Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, and Unixware.
slidentd 1.0.0 (Current)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134799/
slidentd is a minimal ident (RFC1413) daemon which runs from inetd,
xinetd, or tcpserver. It is similar in purpose to pidentd, which is
installed with most Linux systems. However its design goals are
somewhat different. It was written because the author wanted a very
small, simple daemon that would not give out any sensitive information
(such as usernames). In this regard it is not RFC compliant (RFC 1413
requires the daemon to be insecure by default with secure settings as
an option).
sscript 0.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134875/
SScript is an object oriented scripting language with weak typing. It's
written in C++ and uses bytecode pre-compilation for speeder execution
and cheaper memory costs. Its syntax is somewhat inspired from those
found in Java or ADA. It has support for virtual functions,
polymorphism, interfaces, exceptions, and more. As Java does, it also
provides a garbage collector. One of the goals of this project is to
provide a way for real time strategy games to separate the AI and game
logic from the interface.
SuperKaramba 0.32
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134839/
SuperKaramba is a tool that allows anyone to easily create and run
little interactive widgets on a KDE desktop. Widgets are defined in a
simple text file and can be augmented with Python code to make them
interactive. Current widgets include everything from simple news
headline displays to complete custom replacements for kicker, the KDE
toolbar.
swaret-tools 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134865/
swaret-tools is a set of scripts that can be used by a system
administrator to set up a Slackware software repository and/or a mirror
of the dependency file for swaret (an updating tool for Slackware).
Templeet 1.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134876/
Templeet is a very powerful template engine which allows you to create
photo galleries, news systems, personal sites, blogs, etc. You can use
it to generate HTML, CSS, SVG pictures, SMIL, and any kinds of text
files. It offers multiple levels of caches.
ThinkSQL RDBMS 01.02
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134882/
ThinkSQL is a powerful, cross-platform, multi-threaded relational
database management system. It supports Core ISO SQL, transactions,
sub-selects, views, stored procedures, functions, comprehensive
constraints, large objects, multi-version concurrency control, on-line
backups, and a statistical optimizer that uses constraints and
relationships to improve plans. The SQL server is simple to install and
bloat-free. It runs under Windows and Linux and includes native ODBC,
dbExpress (Delphi/Kylix), Python, and JDBC drivers.
Thuban 0.9.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134842/
Thuban is an interactive geographic data viewer (GIS viewer) which
features methods to visualize, explore, and analyze geographic
information.
Thy 0.7.1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134828/
Thy is a lightweight HTTP daemon that is designed to be clean and fast,
yet powerful enough to serve many hits a day. Despite its small size,
it supports CGI, IPv6, SSL/TLS, and on-the-fly compression.
UNFS3 0.8.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134861/
UNFS3 is a user-space implementation of the NFSv3 server specification.
It is designed to be portable to different operating systems, with
built-in Linux and Solaris support.
UnNaTuRaL 0.1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134857/
UnNaTuRaL is a platform-independent role-playing engine. It was named
for the "UnNaTuRaL laws" of infinite individual user-created
worlds. These detailed worlds are built entirely from resource files
(simple, easy-to-read text-files) which control the language of the
user interface, the terrain of the world, and its creatures, conflicts,
and encounters.
Vector Visuals 2003.09.04-beta
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134831/
Vector Visuals provides an easy-to-use, object-based API for creating
and manipulating Java2D-rendered shapes and images. It features object
embedding, dynamic connectors, and multithreaded task support.
Vista Nova osCommerce Release Candidate 1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134817/
The Vista Nova edition of osCommerce is optimized for the needs of
online shops in Germany. The need for a particular, localized edition
of osCommerce is based in the fact that the project is mainly focused
on the English-speaking community in the Web. Vista Nova adapts
osCommerce to reflect the overall legal framework in Germany, the
preferred payment methods, the preferred shipping and handling methods,
the language, the currency, the taxes, and the behavior of German
shoppers as recognized by studies.
WAP11GUI 0.12
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134841/
WAP11GUI is an SNMP management application for the Linksys WAP11
wireless access point. It provides a Unix/Linux user with a graphical,
Qt-based interface with which to configure and manage a WAP11 AP over a
LAN.
WOOP::GridShell 0.98
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134812/
WOOP::GridShell provides a skinnable JavaScript scalable imagemap
Web-based user interface as the frontend to a simplified, intelligent,
grid computing environment. It also includes the artificial
intelligence programming language "SequenceL", which has the
ability to naturally and automatically parallelize and distribute
itself across a heterogenous grid or cluster. No software installation
(other than a Web browser) is necessary to access a GridShell server.
xCHM 0.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134832/
xCHM is a graphical CHM viewer for UNIX. It's based on CHMLIB and
written using the wxWindows framework. It is not an extractor, but a
standalone viewer, able to generate and show the topics tree, figure
out the homepage for the document, print the current page, and go
forward and backward in its history.
xdiskusage 1.46
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134845/
xdiskusage is a user-friendly program to show you what is using up all
your disk space. It is based on the design of the "xdu"
program written by Phillip C. Dykstra. Changes have been made so it
runs "du" for you, and can display the free space left on the
disk, and produce a PostScript version of the display.
XDrawChem 1.7.5 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134880/
XDrawChem is a program for drawing chemical structures. Features
include fixed length and fixed angle drawing, a ring tool to
automatically draw rings, automatic alignment of structures in
reactions, and structure diagram generation. It can access structures
in the NCI database by name, CAS number, or formula. It can predict 1H
NMR, 13C NMR, simple IR spectra, and estimated pKa. XDrawChem can work
with its native file format, ChemDraw files, and any format supported
by OpenBabel (MDL Molfile, CML, etc.).
XDU 2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134803/
XDU is a graphical disk usage tool. It lets you know very easily which
directories and files are consuming the most disk space.
XMMS 1.2.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134877/
XMMS is a multimedia player based on the look of WinAmp. XMMS plays
MPEG layer 1/2/3, Ogg Vorbis, WAV, all formats supported by libmikmod,
and CD audio. XMMS has a plugin system for Input / Output / Effects /
Visualization, and through plugins it can play a lot more sound and
video formats.
Yaxi 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134791/
yaxi is a library for OCaml XML data manipulation. It provides
implementations of XML 1.0, XPath, and XSLT with a functional taste.
Yeemp Encrypted Messaging Program 0.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134821/
Yeemp is a decentralized instant messaging system. It uses GPG over SSL
for encryption, and UTF-8 to enable non-Latin text to be transferred.
The clients include support for Japanese, Cyrillic, and Ogham input, as
well as direct UTF-8. Yeemp includes a command-line client, an X
client, a server, and a simple Web-based client. The clients can also
use the AIM and ICQ protocols.
YourAmigo Enterprise Search 2.1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134820/
YourAmigo Enterprise Search is a Website or intranet search engine
which is able to index and search content that is often hidden to other
search engines. In addition to supporting traditional spidering
methods, it implements a novel agent-based architecture to allow Web
server-based Java agents to gather information about static, dynamic,
and unlinked content from the local Web server and forward it to a
central search server.
Slashcode
How to Allow Longer Subjects?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/30/1923252
An anonymous reader asks: "By default there is a limit on how long a
poster's subject can be. Is there a way to get beyond this limitation,
so that the subject lines for comments and stories can be longer?"
Sure, it's easy... this is a good introduction to using MySQL to
customize Slash.
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!
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