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Slashdot
Lindows CEO Funds XBox Hacking Contest
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/04/1522202
[0]Kai writes "PCWorld.com recently posted an [1]article on how Lindows
CEO Michael Robertson is funding the 'Linux on XBox Hacking Challenge'.
He was previously annonymous donor who donated $200,000 to the project.
His donation will be split in to two prizes, one to who completes part
A of the challenge, and the other to the who completes part B. Part A,
running Linux on the XBox, has already been completed, but Part B,
running Linux on XBox with no hardware modifications has yet to be
completed. Part A of the challenge can be downloaded from
[2]Sourceforge." Without a bios change, it seems like part B might be a
bit tricky. T. adds: Tricky, but not hopeless. Eric C. writes "The
[3]Neo Project recently updated its client so users can use free
processor cycles to try and crack the private key that Microsoft uses
to sign Xbox software."
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,108391,00.asp
2. http://sourceforget.net/
3. http://www.theneoproject.com/
The Growth of Picture Phones
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/05/0252240
[0]Da1ek writes "Bill Thompson has a article on BBCi, commenting on the
flurry of picture messaging phones. 'With cameras everywhere,
technology consultant Bill Thompson wonders if we should be worried
about where the images of ourselves are ending up', check out the full
article [1]here."
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2621745.stm
How Will Animals Look 250 Million Years From Now?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/05/0619245
[0]angkor writes "'How will Earth look 5 million, 100 million, even 200
million years from now?' [1] Fantasic and fun speculation from Animal
Planet. It's the work of Dougal Adams, who started this idea years ago
in the out-of-print After Man: A Zoology of the Future."
Links
0. http://2bangkok.com/
1. http://animal.discovery.com/convergence/futureiswild/futureiswild.html
BBC To Ditch "Tomorrow's World"
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/04/1415207
Pipsicola writes "The [0]BBC news site reports their decision to ditch
the Popular science show, Tomorrows World , after 30 years. It may not
have had the most bleeding edge content (we often dubbed it 'Yesterdays
World' ...), but it was one of the few programmes which fired the
imagination of young British nerds. Several generations of Britain's
scientists and technologists grew up watching TM. Lets hope the BBC
fulfills its promise to replace it with more science-based shows using
a different format. Which formats have worked in other countries I
wonder?"
Links
0. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/2625699.stm
My Segway HT "Month-iversary"
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/04/2335219
[0]Phillip M. Torrone writes "I didn't realize it, but I've been using
a Segway HT for one month as of 01/04/03. To put it simply--it's been
great and the HT has exceeded all expectations, I'm cautiously
optimistic that this was a great purchase and look forward to the next
30 days. You can read, see and hear about my experiences here:
[1]http://www.bookofseg.com."; I have yet to see one of these in real
life, but they do look fun.
Links
0. http://www.bookofseg.com
1. http://www.bookofseg.com/
Number of Jobs by Programming Language
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/04/2311217
[0]The Viking writes "I was curious about which programming languages
are hot with employers, so I did an informal search of several job
search engines. The [1]results are interesting (to me, at least). Are
these numbers relevant? We can certainly debate whether or not the
online job search engines are representative of the actual employment
landscape."
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.bitbreather.com/programming_languages.html
Linux Is Cheaper
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/04/2214229
An anonymous reader writes "ZDNet is running a story on what a lot of
us already know: [0]Linux IS cheaper than Windows. This not because it
is free. It is because Linux admins, although slightly more expensive,
can handle a significantly larger number of systems than their Windows
counterparts."
Links
0. http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2907876,00.html
NSF Works Toward A Digital Science Library
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/04/211247
An anonymous reader writes "USA Today has an article on the [0]effort
of 'More than 100 teams of educators nationwide are working with the
National Science Foundation to develop what they hope will be the
nation's most comprehensive [1]digital library for the sciences.'" The
article describes this library as intended to "support science
education at all levels, from pre-kindergarten through postdoctoral
research."
Links
0. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/webguide/2003-01-03-digital-library_x.htm
1. http://nsdl.org/render.userLayoutRootNode.uP
Data Mining Briefly Explained
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/04/1937217
[0]handy_vandal writes "Time.com has published an interesting
[1]article on data mining." Note the prominent sticker ;)
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1.
http://www.time.com/time/globalbusiness/article/0,9171,1101021223-400017,00.html?cnn=yes
Slides Of Microsoft Anti-GPL Advocacy
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/04/1835222
An anonymous reader links to these [0]slides outlining Microsoft's
position on Free software licenses, in particular the GPL, writing
"Regarding the latest memo from MSFT, the current politics is to be
against 'copyleft' type licensing... Protecting freedom is fundamental
for Free Software and MSFT knows that. They don't want licenses that
protect our freedom." Makes an interesting companion piece to the
[1]anti-OSS memo mentioned the other day.
Links
0. http://www.foo.be/photo/ms-pres-lux/
1. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/03/195206&tid=109
Freshmeat
Afternoon Stalker 1.0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108354/
Afternoon Stalker is a clone of the 1981 Intellivision game Night
Stalker. The player is in a two-dimensional maze. The player is
attacked by robots that shoot at it and that it must shoot down.
ALSA Patch Bay 0.4.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108349/
ALSA Patch Bay is a small GUI version of ALSA's aconnect, a utility to
connect and disconnect two existing ports on an ALSA sequencer system.
Apache Tooling Scripts 0.1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108310/
Apache Tooling Scripts is a set of scripts for creating and removing
Apache virtual Web sites. It creates entries in httpd.conf and a new
Web directory with an index.htm file.
ARSIG 1.0_pre01 (PHDS)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108401/
ARSIG is a GNU Linux distribution designed especially for diskless
routers, where the main (primary) boot-up device is compact-flash card.
The goal is to make the "static" part of the operating system
lay on the CF card, mounted as readonly. All other parts of the OS that
need read-write access are mounted in RAM.
avidemux 0.9pre28
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108370/
Avidemux is a graphical tool to edit AVI. It allows you to multiplex
and demultiplex audio to/from video. It is able to cut video, import
BMP, MJPEG, and MPEG video, and encode them. You can also process video
with included filters. It requires divx4linux and GTK/GDK.
burnmp3 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108348/
burnmp3 is a Tcl/Tk GUI for burning audio CDs from MP3 files. It also
lets you import .m3u playlists, and rip CDs to MP3.
Checky 0.5.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108362/
The Checky plugin is a simple interface for Web content and resource
developers to free and commercial online Validator and Checker
services. With Checky, you can easily setup, combine, and use 18 online
Validator and Checker services. Simply choose your services with
Checky-Agent, then browse to a Web resource and press F10 to display
the results of the selected services in a new browser tab or window.
Service interfaces are available for HTML, XHTML, CSS, RDF, RSS, XML,
SGML, WAI, 508, and various viewers, valets, and purifiers.
Cherokee 0.4.0 beta4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108395/
Cherokee is a tiny, ultrafast, lightweight Web server. It is
implemented entirely in C, and has no dependencies beyond a standard C
library. It provides only the most basic HTTP functionality, but is
extremely fast and small.
Chora CVS Viewer 1.2 (Stable 1.x)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108399/
Chora is the module in the Horde application framework that provides a
read-only WWW interface to any number of CVS repositories. Advanced
features include a visual branch view of the repository history,
pretty-printing output via the Horde framework, annotation, and output
compression.
Custom 0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108383/
Custom is an E-Commerce system providing Ordering and Invoicing, Stock,
Supplier, and Catalogue Management. Easily customisable, it is written
in Python for use as CGI scripts (under Apache or any other Web server)
with a simple example site and example database. Custom is intended as
a modern replacement for Sage.
Domino on Acid 1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108351/
Superficially, Dominoes on Acid is a solitaire variant of Dominoes with
weird colorful tiles (and this view is enough to play the game). But on
a deeper level it is a GUI for natural deduction. Every completed
domino is equivalent to a proof of a tautology in classical
propositional logic. The game can be played online as an applet or
offline as an application. It is built on a simple isometric engine
that can be used independent of the game.
e2undel 0.81
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108379/
e2undel is an interactive console tool that recovers the data of
deleted files on an ext2 file system under Linux. A library that allows
you to recover deleted files by name is included. e2undel does not
manipulate any internal ext2 structures, and it does not require any
additional tools. It should be useable without knowledge of the ext2
interna.
Extcalendar 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108367/
Extcalendar is a large Web-based calendar application. It allows you to
browse the calendar by day, week, month, and category. It also includes
a very extended administration area where you can add your events and
categories and approve events submitted by others. The language of the
calendar can be set to Dutch, English, French, German, Arabic, or
Korean. The colors of the 'public' calendar can be configured. Several
search options can be set, as well as one of several default views.
Extcalendar is written in PHP, and it uses MySQL as a data storage
backend.
FIAIF is an Intelligent Firewall 1.5.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108402/
FIAIF is an Intelligent Firewall. It provides a highly customizable
script for setting up an iptables-based firewall. Configuration is done
through one configuration file for each network to which the firewall
is connected. FIAIF supports masquerading, port forwarding, traffic
shaping, and more.
gjiten 2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108346/
Gjiten is a Japanese dictionary program for GNOME which uses edict
format dicfiles. Besides being a word dictionary it also has a kanji
dictionary; any combination of stroke number, radicals, and search key
can be used for kanji lookups.
gnuPod 0.26
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108365/
gnuPod is a collection of tools which allow you to use your iPod under
Linux and other UNIX- like operating systems. HFS+ and FAT32 formatted
iPods are supported.
herbix 1.0-67
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108353/
Herbix is a Linux server that fits on a floppy. It supports ipchains
and can serve FTP, HTTP, IRC, DHCP, SMTP, and IDENT.
IceWM 1.2.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108384/
IceWM is a window manager designed for speed, usability, and
consistency. It is able to emulate the looks of Motif, OS/2, and
Windows, and allows you to have a customizable look using pixmaps.
IDMS Database Mail Agent 0.0.1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108381/
IDMS Database Mail Agent is an effort to develop a highly-scalable,
plugin-based, database-driven mail agent, hopefully replacing the
commercial ones used by large ISPs today. It is cluster-friendly and
easily configurable. Web-based frontend support is available.
ipkungfu 0.3.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108397/
IPKungFu is an iptables-based Linux firewall. The primary design goals
are security, ease of use, and performance, in that order. It takes
advantage of advanced features of iptables, tcpwrappers, and the Linux
kernel.
Java Development Environment for Emacs 2.3.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108372/
Java Development Environment for Emacs (JDEE) is an Emacs-based
integrated development environment (IDE) for developing Java
applications and applets. Features include multiple code browsers, a
JPDA-based debugger, method and field completion, template-based and
procedure-based code generation, Java source code interpreter,
context-sensitive help, and more.
Java+ Preprocessor 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108375/
Java+ is a Java preprocessor that adds its features to any Java
compiler. It has long, multi-line strings with executable inclusions
like Perl or Ruby, optionally segregates Java+ strings into
ResourceBundle files, eliminates the need for JSP or ASP and their
implied need for Java compilers on deployment servers (a security
concern), and adds absolutely no overhead in either space or time.
There are graphical and command line interfaces, and a simple, general,
and recursive string syntax.
jBNC 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108403/
jBNC is a Java toolkit for training, testing, and applying Bayesian
Network Classifiers. Implemented classifiers have been shown to perform
well in a variety of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and
data mining applications.
Jhead 1.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108355/
Jhead is a command line driven utility for extracting digital camera
settings from the Exif format files used by many digital cameras. It
handles the various confusing ways these can be expressed, and displays
them as F-stop, shutter speed, etc. It is also able to reduce the size
of digital camera JPEGs without loss of information, by deleting
integral thumbnails that digital cameras put into the Exif header. If
you need to add Exif support to a program, this is a simple program to
cut and paste from. Many projects, including PHP, have reused code from
this utility.
JPicTools 1.1alpha
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108373/
JPicTools is a set of development tools for the Microchip PIC
microcontroller.
JTMOS Operating System Build 4846
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108398/
The JTMOS Operating System project aims to create a fully functional
multitasking x86 operating system. It primarily targets low-end systems
with small hard disks, preferably i586 family or newer.
KBudget 0.4.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108345/
KBudget is a budgeting and money management program for KDE. It allows
you to manage accounts and transactions.
KDE 3.1-rc6 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108344/
KDE is a powerful graphical desktop environment for Unix workstations.
It combines ease of use, contemporary functionality and outstanding
graphical design with the technological superiority of the Unix
operating system. KDE is a completely new desktop, incorporating a
large suite of applications for Unix workstations. While KDE includes a
window manager, file manager, panel, control center and many other
components that one would expect to be part of a contemporary desktop
environment, the true strength of this exceptional environment lies in
the interoperability of its components.
Konstruct 20030104
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108357/
Konstruct is a build system which helps you install KDE releases and
applications on your system. It downloads defined source tarballs,
checks their integrity, decompresses, patches, configures, builds, and
installs them. A complete KDE installation should be as easy as
"cd meta/kde;make install". Optionally, you can install
additional applications like KOffice, KDevelop, or Quanta (for example,
"cd apps/koffice;make install").
Last One 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108393/
Last One is a multi-player version of the Crazy Eights card game
(similar to Uno) for Palm OS. Dozens of game variations (including the
one that this game is named after) are possible through a unique game
options system.
libmcrypt 2.5.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108356/
Libmcrypt is a library which provides a uniform interface to several
symmetric encryption algorithms. It is intended to have a simple
interface to access encryption algorithms in ofb, cbc, cfb, and ecb
modes. The algorithms it supports are DES, 3DES, RIJNDAEL, Twofish,
IDEA, GOST, CAST-256, ARCFOUR, SERPENT, SAFER+, and more. The
algorithms and modes are also modular so you can add and remove them on
the fly without recompiling the library.
linuxsms 0.59
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108385/
Linuxsms is a Perl script to send SMS to GSM phones. There is support
for multiple servers/gateways (some servers require registration). The
script has an adressbook, the ability to compress SMS, and the ability
to check for new versions.
Lopica Winter 2002
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108389/
Lopica is collection of scripts, code snippets, extension installers,
FAQs, how-tos, and other goodies for Java Web Start and the Java
Network Launching Protocol (JNLP).
Lumiere 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108400/
Lumiere is a GNOME 2 frontend to mplayer. mplayer is embedded into a
bonobo control that acts as a CORBA server for handling video files.
Nautilus View integrates mplayer inside Nautilus.
Media Librarian 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108392/
Media Librarian is a catalog database for movies and music, covering a
variety of formats (DVD, CD, VHS, etc.). What sets it apart is the
ability to create cross-reference links between items, based on
whatever relationship you want to assign.
ModLogAn 0.8.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108388/
ModLogAn is a modular logfile analyzer that combines speed with
flexibility. It parses the logfiles generated by several server-types
(HTTP, FTP, mail, streaming, etc.) and other logfile sources
(flow-tools, ipchains, PABXs): currently 24 parsers. It features
incremental logfile processing and internal resolving, and is able the
split (mass-hosting) and combine logfiles (clusters) internally. The
output can be based on the internal template engine to generate your
own look & feel.
monopd 0.7.0 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108382/
monopd is a dedicated game server daemon for Monopoly-like board games.
Clients such as Atlantik can connect and allow users to play various
games with other users of the network.
motion 3.1.5 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108358/
motion uses a video4linux device for detecting movement. It makes
snapshots of the movement which can be converted to MPEG movies in
realtime (or later for low CPU usage), making it usable as an
observation or security system. It can take actions like sending out
email and SMS messages when detecting motion.
MyCCompiler 2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108404/
MyCcmpiler is a yacc/lex (flex/bison) C language preprocessor and
language parser. It includes a functional K&R compatible C language
preprocessor library, and is an ideal starting point for those who are
developing program generators, N generation languages, and others who
are interesting in understanding the mechanics of compiler construction
and usage.
OpenComal 0.2.7-pre1 (Pre-releases)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108352/
OpenComal is a free implementation of the Comal programming language.
Currently supported platforms are Linux, MS-DOS, and Win32.
OpenLDAP 2.1.11 (LDAPv3)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108386/
The OpenLDAP Project is a collaborative effort to provide a robust,
commercial-grade, fully featured, open source LDAP software suite. The
project is managed by a worldwide community of volunteers that use the
Internet to communicate, plan, and develop OpenLDAP Software and its
related documentation. OpenLDAP Software provides a complete LDAP
implementation including server, clients, C SDK, and associated tools.
PCI Utilities 2.1.11
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108364/
The PCI Utilities package contains various utilities dealing with the
PCI bus, and also a library for portable access to PCI configuration
registers. It includes `lspci' for listing all PCI devices (very useful
for debugging of both kernel and device drivers) and `setpci' for
manual configuration of PCI devices.
phpBugTracker 0.9.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108396/
phpBugTracker is an attempt to copy the functionality of Bugzilla while
providing a codebase that is independent of the database and
presentation layers.
PHPEclipse 1.0.4preAlpha
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108405/
PHP Eclipse adds PHP support to the Eclipse IDE Framework.
Pixory Beta 2.2 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108387/
Pixory is a "personal image server". It allows you to store
your photos on your own PC and access them, compose them into albums,
and share them anywhere on the Internet. It presents a standard Web
interface through which you can browse and organize your photos. All
user-entered album data is stored in XML. Pixory displays image
metadata such as the EXIF information embedded in image files by most
digital cameras and scanners.
Poooks.py 0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108391/
Poooks.py is Python/GTK program for reading books in plain text. It
lets you use any font to read text, and it supports named bookmarks for
files.
PostgreSQL IPv6 Patch 20021230
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108380/
The PostgreSQL IPv6 Patch is an effort to create a fully
IPv6-compatible PostgreSQL server, including porting all IPv4 types to
IPv6.
Project Manager X 0.75
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108347/
PMX is a simple project management tool for OS X. It allows you to
track, group, and manage project items and resource allocation. It
displays the project in a nice Gantt Chart that can be printed.
qGo 0.0.14
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108394/
qGo is a Go board, SGF editor, and client for the Internet Go Server.
You can review and edit games, connect to IGS, and play against a
computer program supporting GTP (like GnuGo). Go is an ancient board
game which is very common in Japan, China, and Korea.
SISC 1.7.1-beta
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108376/
SISC is an extensible Java-based interpreter of the algorithmic
language Scheme. It uses modern interpretation techniques and handily
outperforms all existing Java interpreters (often by more than an order
of magnitude). In addition, SISC is a complete implementation of the
language. The entire R5RS Scheme standard is supported. This includes a
full number tower including complex number support and arbitrary
precision integers and floating point numbers, proper tail recursion,
hygienic macros, and full support for first-class continuations (not
just the escaping continuations found in many other systems).
SmtpLib 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108390/
Smtplib is a lightweight library for sending messages over SMTP.
Smtplib provides an input/output stream interface to an SMTP server, as
opposed to proving a complete MIME infrastructure. Smtplib is written
in Java and requires a JVM version 1.1 or Greater.
vhost 3.03r1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108350/
vHost is a one-step solution for all virtual hosting needs. It enables
a Linux/BSD server with single or multiple IP addresses to handle
unlimited Web/FTP/email domains. It comes with both command-line and
Web-based graphical user interface, which gives maximum control to a
domain's owner, while relieving the system administrator of most
routine administration tasks. The latest version also offers a
"clustering" capability.
X11 Disk Activity Feedback A.01.11.01
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108371/
xdaf (X11 Disk Activity Feedback) is a small tool to provide a visual
feedback of local disk activity by changing the default X11 mouse
pointer to an animated wheel.
XMMS Album List 0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108361/
XMMS Album List is a small program written with GtkPerl and XMMS::Perl,
which allows directories to be loaded into XMMS by double clicking
them.
Newsforge Reports
Commentary: Linux myths that never die
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/04/1221251
- by John Fitzgibbon -As a long-time Microsoft Windows user who
recently switched almost exclusively to Linux, I'd like to share a few
observations on the transition.
Linux Advisory Watch - January 3rd, 2002
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/03/0956214
By: Benjamin D. Thomas Linux Advisory Watch is a comprehensive
newsletter that outlines the security vulnerabilities that have been
announced throughout the week. It includes pointers to updated packages
and descriptions of each vulnerability.
Trustworthy Computing in 2002
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/02/1445254
- By Chris Pike, reprinted from Pikeus - 2002 was the year that Linux
made big news and Microsoft admitted it was their greatest threat.
Microsoft's continued attempts at spreading Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt
(FUD) in an effort to turn people away from Linux and Open Source
didn't get them anywhere. Their focus on increased security didn't get
them anywhere either. To top it off, they even ended up paying people
to use their software.
Newsforge Newsvac
Microsoft's Reaction to OSS Adoption
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/04/1216249
Slashdot: inode_buddha writes "Eric S. Raymond has the eighth
"Halloween" memo available here."
Linux TCO edge: Lower labor costs
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/04/1216222
The question of whether Linux's total cost of ownership (TCO) is lower
than that of Windows or other operating systems has inspired many
fierce debates among enterprise IT professionals.
Lindows CEO Funds Xbox Hacking Challenge
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/04/1214252
Contest invites coders to devise ways to run Linux on gaming
console--both with and without hardware hacks.
Aberdeen Group Targets IT Trends For 2003
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/04/1213257
IT spending will show meager growth, outsourcing will be a bright spot
but potentially troublesome, and Linux won't move out of the back of
the shop. That's the take on 2003 from the Aberdeen Group, which this
week identified its top tech trends for the coming year. And if the
market-research firm is on target, outsourcers will have the most to
look forward to.
Linux conferences for 2003
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/04/1213203
Can't go to many conferences this year? Just go to a couple good ones.
Desktop Options
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/04/1212225
Anonymous Reader writes "Michael C. Barnes takes an in-depth look at
desktop operating system options available on the market today in this
exclusive article at DesktopLinux.com."
Ohioedge CRM breaks into the Top
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/04/1211253
Sandeep Dixit writes "On December 25th, Ohioedge, a Cleveland, Ohio
based open source Enterprise Java (J2EE) software vendor, released its
flagship product Ohioedge CRM to SourceForge.net under Mozilla Public
License 1.1."
Linux-Based ASP Celebrates Launch
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/04/1210248
Linux-Ferret writes "Business IT Solutions World Wide (BITSWW) is proud
to announce the successful launch of its PersonalWebtop service."
Tech Spending Ready to Climb
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/03/2150210
This year, Linux and wireless technologies will lead a rebound in the
tech sector, study finds.
Linux security strong as ever
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/03/2148256
Perhaps in response to the excessive publicity given to the strong
security associated with Linux and open source software, it's no
surprise that a number of commentators are making a high-profile
argument that Linux, just like every other platform, does indeed have
security issues. Members of the open source community have always known
that Linux is not immune from security threats, so there is no argument
there. What is in question is the ...
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P.E.T. 1.3 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=240443
P.E.T. (PHP Processor Engine for Templates) class is released in
version 1.3. P.E.T. cleans up your PHP scripts by using templates for
output. It is quick to learn and easy to use but still powerful. With
very few lines of code you display your output, use Server Side
Includes, dump the result to disk and more. The new method
"$pet->get_content" returns all content added by $pet->add_content
until this moment for the reason of debugging.
Perl Shell 1.0 "Dithyramb" released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=240459
The Perl Shell (psh) combines aspects of bash and other shells with the
power of Perl scripting. It aspires to be your primary login shell.
After a long period of time with no releases (and two or more promises
of "OK, I'll release it", I have bundled the latest code in CVS into
the newly released version 1.0. I believe that Markus Peter is
responsible for most of the code in this release ($Markus++), although
I think there were some patches or clues from other folks ($folks{$_}++
foreach @contributor). I have dubbed this the "Dithyramb" release
(http://www.focusresearch.com/gregor/wow/2001-09-29.html). Here are
some notes about what is new (you can find more in the CHANGES file on
the web page noted below): * New 'if' builtin * New 'forfile' builtin:
"forfile *.txt less $_" is equivalent to bash's "for i in #.txt; do
less $i; done" * New redirection and piping syntax (incompatible with
old sh- like syntax): "ls >[=FILEHANDLE]" * Backticks work * A strategy
for finding and running Darwin/Mac OS X Appbunlde programs. * Support
for && and || with simple commands * Themes * Major startup time
reduction NOTE: You may need to modify your startup scripts / rc files
with this version. Please see README.upgrade in the distribution for
more information. You can find out more at The Perl Shell (psh) at:
http://www.focusresearch.com/gregor/psh/ Please note that Windows
functionality in this release has not seen much testing, so it may not
work correctly in that environment. Please post experience reports to
the mailing list. We are looking for folks interested in helping keep
future releases working under Windows environments. If you are so
inclined, then please so indicate. The next wave of changes being
contemplated for psh will take things in a new direction. First, where
the desire for shellish and perlish behaviors get in each other's way,
we will be moving toward shellish behavior. This will very likely
entail some modifications to the syntax required to advise the shell
"here be perl". Second, we are considering some changes which will make
psh more generic. So, while it will remain The Perl Shell (from an
implemenatation perspective), it may become The Poly Shell (from a
user's perspective). There is room for discussion on the psh-dev list
for those with comments, concerns, ideas, queries, curses, etc. as we
flesh out the details. Enjoy, -- Gregor
SynCE 0.6 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=240593
The purpose of the SynCE project is to provide a means of communication
with a Windows CE or Pocket PC device from a computer running Linux,
*BSD or other unices. The greatest addition to this release is the
GNOME-VFS module that allows you to browse your device in Nautilus! To
get this and other small fixes, download here:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=30550&release_id=
131446
oo2c-2.0.3 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=240158
Release 2.0.3 introduces experimental support for exceptions. OOC is an
Oberon-2 development platform. It consists of an optimizing compiler, a
number of related tools, a set of standard library modules, and a
reference manual.
jmove 0.3 available
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=240181
jmove eases the understanding and valuation of the design and
architecture of complex software written in java. It provides
dependency analysis, metrics, design rule checking and impact analysis.
The release 0.3 is available now. It contains a complete redesign and
vital functional extensions like source code analysis metrics etc..
WinTV PVR 250/350 Capture Only App 1.3 release
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=240184
This release is a stable release level that appears to work for people
in numerous countries and TV standards(NTSC and PAL). As the reports
seem positive from the 1.2.3 Release that corrected the Path issue in
this release the trace log file can now be disabled via a ini setting.
Command line capture only application for the Hauppauge WinTV PVR
250/350 Capture Cards. This application supports a subset of the
Hauppauge WinTV2000 application's command line options for capturing
directly to disk with minimal CPU utilization.
DataVision 0.6.0 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=240161
DataVision is an Open Source reporting tool similar to Crystal Reports.
Reports can be designed using a drag-and-drop GUI. They may be run,
viewed, and printed from the application or exported as HTML, XML, PDF,
LaTeX2e, DocBook, or tab- or comma-delimited text files. The output
files produced by LaTeX2e and DocBook can in turn be used to produce
PDF, text, HTML, PostScript, and more. Changes: * All table and column
names are now case-sensitive. When necessary, database table and column
names are quoted in SQL queries which allows for use of mixed-case
names. Warning: this new behavior may break some existing reports,
especially if you generated your report XML files manually and used all
upper-case for your table and column names. Use the new -q command line
flag to disable the quoting behavior and case sensitivity. See the
discussion in "Database Name Case Sensitivity" in the User's Manual. *
A new designer GUI infrastructure. It's an application! It's an applet!
It's two GUIs in one! * Image fields' values are now URL strings
instead of file path strings. For the next few releases, image fields
will also accept absolute file paths and convert them to ``file:''
URLs. * The PDF layout engine now outputs the basic 14 PDF type 1
fonts. * The code editor pane in various windows (selection criteria,
formulas, etc.) now have a scroll bar and improved layout. Bug fixes: *
Under Windows, the field popup menus wouldn't. They do, now. * Under
certain conditions, the FieldPicker window would not open. * The PDF
layout engine now places text correctly on the page. * When creating a
new image field, if there is an error the error messages will be
displayed correctly. * The LaTeX layout engine now sets the page width
and height properly, instead of always using 8.5 x 11 inches (USA
Letter). It also sets the paper size when using A4, A5, B5, US letter,
US legal, or executive. * The report description text edit box now has
scroll bars when necessary, and won't go bonkers with long description
text. * Escape many XML attributes values so that ampersands and other
characters are output correctly.
Sync4j version 0.1 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=239822
The Sync4j team is proud to announce the availability of the first
release of Sync4j. Sync4j is an Open Source SyncML server
implementation, written in Java. Relase notes: Sync4j 0.1 - Culhwch
==================== Welcome to the first release of Sync4j! Main
features: * SyncML 1.1 * Slow synchronization * Two-way synchronization
* One-way synchronization client to server and server to client * Sync
with and without separate initialization * Synchronization engine *
Implemented as a statefull session EJB * Open and extensible
architecture: o Pluggable synchronization engine o Pluggable protocol
support o Pluggable synchronization data sources * HTTP binding * JAAS
compliant security architecture The CVS tag for source code of this
release is culhwch_20021231
decopter-0.2.8 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=239800
A new release of decopter, an unrealistic helicopter simulator, has
been made available. Please enjoy the new look of the landscape,
helicopter model and not-so-realistic physics. Written in C++ with SDL.
PCGen 4.2.5 is available
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=239808
PCGen is a Java-based RPG character generator and maintenance program.
All datafiles are ASCII so they can be modified by users, and are
available through the pcgendm project. An XML conversion is underway.
!!!We're proud to announce the addition of three Creative Mountain
Games supplements!!! Lexus Group Combat, Trundlefolk Culture Class and
County Clergy all make their debut this week in PCGen! On the
outputsheets you'll notice a new block for melee and ranged weapons. We
think you'll like it! For those of you who have created your own
outputsheets, the old tokens should all still work, we've simply added
new functionality and made use of that in the outputsheets included in
the official releases. We always recommend that users install new
versions of PCGen in a 'new' directory. Below is a list of everything
that has been addressed in this release. If you reported one of these,
please verify that it is was addressed properly. PCGen is available at
http://pcgen.sourceforge.net , and the main discussion group is at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pcgen . All three zips are required to
run PCGen: pcgen425_part1of3.zip, pcgen425_part2of3.zip and
pcgen425_part3of3.zip. We've got some OS-specific installs of PCGen to
help those who have trouble installing the generic version available in
our yahoo group files page. Bugs 575438 unarmed proficiency/focus
problem +fix 659292 SA:<text>|<variable> zero value 656981 Error
loading pcg "Invalid PCGen Ver" Features 660927 add DESCISPI: tag
globally 556803 make ADD: tag global 659568 Remove the (#) for repeated
SA tags 657335 SHORTRANGE:x in GameMode 542495 New way to IGNORE 651725
Add COUNT[FEATNAME=something%] 612244 Allow for sub-game modes 524166
Favored Enemy / Special Abilities 635341 New House Rule: no max HD
572405 Vfeat in item customization PCGen:DM Bugs 657947
psionicshandbook pwr lvl wrong: sudden m PCGen:DM New Source Materials
660941 Creative Mountain G - Group Combat 660942 Creative Mountain G -
Trundlefolk Culture Class 660943 Creative Mountain G - County Clergy
PCGen:DM Tag Modification Requests 660922 PHB spells TARGETAREA to new
standard 659282 Evasion and Improved Evasion are now FEATs 660041
Standard abbreviations for DMG Classes PCGenDocs: Output Sheet Bugs
660913 Four attacks don't fit in weapon block 660912 Attack totals
incorrect on new weapon blocks 658271 If CON score ="*" formatting is
off 659924 OpenRPG sheet fails for clerics PCGenDocs: Output Sheet
Feature Requests 660915 Exotic weapons do not fit well in new block
647131 Ranged to hit at < 30 ft 657342 Ranged Weapon Tokens 656350
Prepared spell lists with names on HTML 656348 Turning table on HTML
sheets 645469 All notes exported 634147 Output Familiars To Masters
Char Sheet 657885 Filtering for Rage & Turning 653470 Tokens for Melee
Weapon Block 655962 SPYCRAFT Character Sheet (HTML) 656856 COUNT tokens
The PCGen Development Team
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