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Slashdot
Helix Server Source Released
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/22/1317237
[0]Rob Lanphier writes "RealNetworks just released [1]the Helix DNA
Server source code, the main engine powering the RealNetworks' Helix
Universal Server (nee RealServer). Additionally, the RealNetworks'
Public Source License (RPSL) just became [2]approved as an Open Source
Initiative (OSI) certified license. Speaking of which, the Helix DNA
Server is available under RPSL (which wasn't originally our stated
intention). Ask questions via IRC [3]during our live webcast at 11am
PST (19:00 GMT) or just [4]read the press release."
Links
0. http://slashdot.org/~robla
1. http://helix-server.helixcommunity.org/
2. http://www.opensource.org/licenses/real.php
3. http://www.helixcommunity.org/
4. http://www.realnetworks.com/company/press/releases/2003/helixdna.html
U.S. Air Force Developing Microwave Weapon
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/22/0420239
Makarand writes "A weapon that uses an intense microwave pulse to fry
electronics in computers and communication systems is being developed
by the US Air Force [0]according to this BBC News article. This weapon
is totally harmless to people and could be used in situations where
hitting targets could result in civilian casualties. This weapon could
be carried by an unmanned drone or a cruise missile." EMP weapons have,
in general, been under discussion and research for a very long time.
Links
0. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2679835.stm
Cloned Cat Not a 'Carbon Copy'
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/22/0534237
[0]bbsguru writes "When Texas A&M researchers announced the first
Cloned Kitty about a year ago, everyone expected to see a
Multiplicity-style pair of cats by now. Not so! The clone is
genetically identical, but in many other ways totally a different cat.
This [1] CNN Story has details."
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/science/01/21/cloned.cat.ap/index.html
Wikipedia Reaches 100,000th Article
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/22/0258226
An anonymous reader writes "'[0]Wikipedia, a community-built
multilingual encyclopedia, is announcing that the English edition of
the project has reached a milestone of 100,000 articles in development.
In addition, the project itself has celebrated its two-year anniversary
on January 15. But not just the English version has grown impressively:
More than 37,000 articles are now being worked on in the non-English
editions of Wikipedia.' Read the [1]press release for more information
or visit the website to enlighten yourself! It's great to see that this
interactive project works; at least I don't have to boot into Windows
to use Encarta anymore!"
Links
0. http://www.wikipedia.org/
1. http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia%3A2003_Press_Release
Apache 2.0.44 Released
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/21/1446233
[0]rbowen writes "The Apache Software Foundation is pleased to
[1]announce the release of Apache 2.0.44, which addresses a number of
security issues. [2]Download it from your favorite mirror." Rich notes
that it fixes some important security problems (under Windows) for the
Windows version. Also interesting is that now there truly is a split
between a development and regular releases, adopting the Linux kernel
model, with 2.1 being the dev Apache tree and 2.0 being the release
tree.
Links
0. http://apacheadmin.com/
1. http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/Announcement2.html
2. http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi
Cross-Platform GUI Toolkits (Again)?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/21/2036250
[0]Futurepower(R) queries: "It has been 2 1/2 years since the
[1]previous Ask Slashdot about GUI Toolkits. There were many helpful
comments then, such as [2]this one. Since then, Slashdot has discussed
[3]wxWindows vs. MFC and considered the book, [4]Creating Applications
with Mozilla. The best comparison table is apparently still the [5]GUI
Toolkit, Framework Page. Which is the best cross-platform GUI toolkit
that provides native look and feel? Which is the best overall? What
IDEs and other tools do you use? What are the [6]problems?" Slashdot
also had a [7]match-up between [8]GTK+ and [9]Qt, but some of you might
have missed that one. How have recent changes in this ballpark changed
your feelings on the issue?
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/06/02/025232&tid=156
2. http://ask.slashdot.org/comments.pl?cid=1011628&sid=5809&tid=156
3. http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/15/2058200&tid=156
4. http://books.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/10/15/0124228&tid=154
5. http://www.atai.org/guitool/
6. http://www.t4p.com/xplat.htm
7. http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/11/21/0227206&tid=156
8. http://www.gimp.org/~tml/gimp/win32/
9. http://www.trolltech.com/products/qt/windows.html
Michelin to Include RFID Transmitter in Every Tire
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/21/2332252
An anonymous reader writes "According to the [0]RFID Journal, Michelin
(the tire manufacturer) has [1]announced that it is planning on
embedding RFID transmitters into every tire. The article states that
'the microchip stores the tire's unique ID, which can be associated
with the vehicle identification number.' Let the privacy invasion
begin!" If they're going to embed electronics in tires, I wish they'd
start with tiny pressure gauges. (See also [2]this story from a few
days ago about the coming surge in RFID tags.)
Links
0. http://www.rfidjournal.com/
1. http://www.rfidjournal.com/article/articleview/269/1/1/
2. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/14/1357201&tid=158
Australian Gov't Lobbied To Implement Media Levies
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/22/002216
TheScream writes "[0]Screenrights has been activly promoting its
proposal for a CD-R DVD-R levy (similar to that implemented in Canada,
[1]as previous reported on /.) with a 5 minute interview on popular
Australian breakfast television show Today. [2]News.com.au reports that
Screenrights and [3]APRA "...want a recording levy of between 3 per
cent and 10 per cent..." and includes highly debateable mis-truths such
as "Every kid does it, so let's facilitate some standards in the
marketplace.""
Links
0. http://www.screen.org/
1. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/11/0015247&tid=141
2. http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,5866158%255E15306,00html
3. http://www.apra.com.au/
Multimedia Windowpanes
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/21/1824239
[0]prostoalex writes "Washington Post talks about recent innovations in
the world of windows (yes, lowercase). A Minnesota company [1]is
offering windows that double as entertainment centers, being used as
projection screens for home entertainment systems and DVD players. A
Yale professor is quoted to be excited about new product: 'One minute
you're looking out your bay window at your neighbor's back yard, and
the next you're watching Tom Cruise and 'Top Gun''."
Links
0. http://www.moskalyuk.com/deals/
1. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19548-2003Jan20.html
Self-Regulating SSL Certificate Authority?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/21/207244
[0]bcg asks: "It has come that time again to renew some of my SSL
certificates and part with substantial amounts of cash. This has got me
thinking - why should we pay large amounts of cash for authorized certs
when so little is done by the companies issuing them? Sure they get you
to send them a copy of a business certificate but how does this prove
the character of those running the SSL server? What ideas can we come
up with for a self-regulating certification authority? Could we set
something up along the lines of the many free DNS servers around but
use it to authenticate SSL certs?" We last touched on this subject in
October, when someone was searching for [1]cheap SSL certs. We've also
discussed [2]why certs are so expensive. Why not take it one step
further and discuss ways of making and authenticating our own certs for
free...or [3]as close to free [4]as possible?
Links
0. http://www.blacksheepsoftware.com.au
1. http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/10/02/000241&tid=172
2. http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/03/18/1855230&tid=93
3. http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/09/06/0451218&tid=148
4. http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/04/12/157243&tid=93
Freshmeat
AbstractDB 0.54
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110223/
AbstractDB is a PHP wrapper class which provides easy and simple class
methods to access the most important database functions. It contains
classes implementing the functionality for native PHP functions
(MySQL), PEAR, PHPLIB, and METABASE. It allows you to switch between
these database abstraction layers by changing only a single line of
code, allowing you to use a unified abstraction layer for database
access.
ACME 2.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110242/
ACME is a small GNOME tool to make use of the multimedia buttons
present on most laptops and Internet keyboards: Volume, Brightness,
Power, Eject, My Home, Search, E-Mail, Sleep, Screensaver, Finance,
WWW, Calculator, Record, Close Window, Shade Window, Play, Stop, Pause,
Previous, Next, Groups, Media, Refresh, and Help buttons. It works on
all the platforms GNOME supports (laptops and PCs). It uses either OSS
or ALSA for Volume control.
AdvanceMAME 0.63.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110278/
AdvanceMAME is a port of the MAME, MESS, and PacMAME emulators for
arcade monitors and TVs, but also for normal PC monitors.
AdvanceMENU 2.2.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110279/
AdvanceMENU is a frontend for AdvanceMAME, MAME, MESS, RAINE and other
arcade emulators. It supports extended features like PNG/MNG/MP3
animated snapshots, up to 192 previews at the same time, and many other
features.
AppWrap 0.10
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110227/
AppWrap is a self-organizing Content Management System. All data
managed is input and maintained by users, and the program provides
access and storage. It is designed so that an administrator can easily
increase the scope of data under management. The distribution includes
sample tables and reports for recording and displaying status for
project managers. These examples can be adapted for specific needs, and
complete documentation is included for adding new data sets and custom
development. AppWrap is intended for managing mildly dynamic data
without the labor of hand-coding and managing multiple CGI forms and
templates, or the expense of CRM systems.
Astaro Security Linux 2.032 (Stable 2.x)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110267/
Astaro Security Linux is a firewall solution. It does stateful packet
inspection filtering, content filtering, user authentication, virus
scanning, VPN with IPSec (PKI for X.509 certificates) and PPTP, and
much more. With its Web-based management tool, WebAdmin, and the
ability to pull updates via the Internet, it is pretty easy to manage.
It is based on a special hardened Linux 2.4 distribution where most
daemons are running in change-roots and are protected by kernel
capabilities.
AstroFlow Bandwidth Management 1.100
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110178/
AstroFlow Bandwidth Management is a bandwidth management solution that
features reports and many configuration options. With little or no
knowledge of bandwidth management and packet shaping, it is possible to
manage the traffic on your network, prioritize certain protocols such
as POP3, SMTP, or databases, and guarantee that all mission-critical
applications will have bandwidth available to them at all times,
regardless of what other protocols are doing on your network.
BENIDS 0.1.3 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110289/
BENIDS is a pcap-based Network Intrusion Detection System for Linux. It
uses its own XML rule file format which allows arbitrary, complex
boolean matching conditions. It generates IDMEFv0.3 alert messages, and
also supports fragment and TCP stream reassembly.
Bookmarks For Javadoc 0.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110162/
Bookmarks For Javadoc is a simple Java tool that generates a Mozilla
bookmark file for a set of Javadocs, allowing you to import them into
your sidebar for quick access and keyword searches.
bug-buddy 2.2.101
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110243/
The goal of bug-buddy is to make reporting bugs very simple and easy
for the user, while making the reports themselves more useful and
informative for the developer.
camorama 0.16
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110257/
camorama is a GNOME 2 Webcam application featuring various image
filters.
Coldtags suite 1.25
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110226/
The Coldtags suite is a collection of custom JSP tags that provides 90+
custom JSP tags for common programming tasks faced by JSP developers.
It also includes custom tags similar to the Web controls in the .NET
framework.
CrisoftRicette 1.0pre12 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110228/
CrisoftRicette is a simple PHP application to build your personal
archive of cooking recipes in a MySQL database. The interface has
international support.
DiaSCE 1.0.5 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110258/
DiaSCE is a C/C++ code editor for GNOME. It pretends to be a complement
to Glade, so it doesn't include an environment for GUI's development.
It has neither a debugger or other kind of tool to help debugging. Its
goal is to provide a light code editor that doesn't need too many
resources and makes use of external tools (gcc, glade, ddd, etc.) for
some tasks.
Drivel 0.8.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110221/
Drivel is a LiveJournal client for the GNOME desktop. It's designed to
utilize the new features of GNOME 2.0, including GConf, GnomeVFS, and
GTK 2.0.
ENodes 1.0.2 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110270/
ENodes is a reliable Web development and publishing framework written
in Perl and geared on mod_perl. Working as a full layer on Apache, it
allows you to manage multiple domains dispatched between multiple Web
masters. It includes versioning, access locking, parallel version
testing, fine granularity of permissions and version management, user
workflow, import/export mechanisms, and a fully-integrated plugin
interface.
Epiar 0.2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110224/
Epiar is a space adventure/combat game where you begin as a shuttle
pilot in a galaxy generally ruled by anarchy, with few stable
governments and numerous rebel factions. You start your adventure off
doing whatever you want, but generally trying to save up money for a
new starship, your adventure taking off from there.
exifprobe 1.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110284/
exifprobe displays the structure and content of image files which begin
with a valid TIFF header or JPEG SOI. It "interprets" valid
TIFF and EXIF IFDs and standard JPEG markers, and displays MakerNotes
which are found to be in TIFF IFD format. Known MakerNotes are
interpreted. Unknown ("private") TIFF tags are displayed by
tag number, type, and value. "UNDEFINED" TIFF data which is
not recognized and unrecognized MakerNotes or APPn segements may be
hex/ASCII-dumped by option. Two output formats are available.
FEWT Traveler 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110211/
Traveler is a script that is used to change hardware, network, or any
other configuration settings at startup.
File Roller 2.2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110247/
File Roller is an archive manager for the GNOME environment. As an
archive manager, it can create and modify archives, view the content of
an archive, view a file contained in the archive, and extract files
from the archive. File Roller is only a frontend (a graphical
interface) to archiving programs like tar and zip.
Firestarter 0.9.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110260/
Firestarter is a firewall tool for Linux, and uses GNOME. You can use
the wizard to create a basic firewall, then streamline it further using
the dynamic rules. You can open and close ports with a few clicks, or
stealth your services giving access only to a select few. It features a
real-time hit monitor which you can watch as attackers probe your
machine for open ports.
ftpsync 1.37
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110207/
ftpsync is a tool that allows mirrors to be incrementally and
recursively made from remote FTP servers. It examines time stamps and
sizes, and is designed to operate in a manner similar to rsync.
geskoctrl 0.3.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110251/
geskoctrl is an application to download/upload firmware for GESKO
PBXes. geskoctrl is also useful for controlling these PBXes.
glark 1.6.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110254/
glark offers grep-like searching of text files, with very powerful,
complex regular expressions (e.g., "/foo\w+/ and /bar[^\d]*baz$/
within 4 lines of each other"). It also highlights the matches,
displays context (preceding and succeeding lines), does
case-insensitive matches, and automatic exclusion of non-text files. It
supports most options from the GNU version of grep.
Glom 0.6.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110234/
Glom allows you to design MySQL table definitions and the relationships
between them. It also allows you to edit and search the data in those
tables.
GnuCash 1.7.8 RC 3 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110241/
GnuCash allows you to track bank accounts, stocks, income, and
expenses. As quick and intuitive to use as a checkbook register, it is
based on professional accounting principles to ensure balanced books
and accurate reports. It is backed by an active development community
and is blossoming into a full-fledged accounting system.
gThumb 2.0.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110248/
gThumb is an image viewer written for the GNOME environment. It lets
you browse your hard disk, showing you thumbnails of image files. It
also lets you view single files (including GIF animations), organize
images in catalogs, print images, view slideshows, set your desktop
background, and more. It supports Nautilus thumbnails.
gtk-engines 2.2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110238/
gtk-engines is a collection of basic theme engines for GTK+.
HTML Code Convert 2.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110245/
HTML Code Convert helps speed up the conversion of HTML code into
different formats, including Java Script, JavaServer Pages, Microsoft
ASP, PHP, Perl, and the UNIX Shell. It is particularly useful in CGI
scripting.
IMAP Spam Begone 0.96
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110225/
IMAP Spam Begone is a script that scans an IMAP inbox for spam using
SpamAssassin, moving any found to another folder. Unlike normal mail
setups it does not need to be involved in mail delivery, and can be run
on a completely different machine to where your mailbox is stored.
isdn2dbox 0.5 beta
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110244/
isdn2dbox checks the Linux logfile for ISDN calls, and sends
notification of these calls to dbox2. It features optional MySQL
support, a debug mode, and a daemon mode.
isp4you 0.8.0a
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110133/
isp4you is a Webmin module that creates a virtual Apache Web server and
a user (with a random password). It automatically creates DNS entries,
up to 100 mail accounts, a MySQL database, quotas, etc. You can also
create a new Webmin user that will only have access to its own new
account. The supported languages are English, Dutch, Spanish, German,
Turkish, and French.
JGraph 2.0 (For Java 1.4)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110249/
JGraph is a robust and complete graph component that is better than
many of its commercial competitors. With the JGraph zoomable component,
you can display objects and relations (networks) in any Swing UI. It
can also be used on the server-side to read an GXL graph, apply a
custom layout algorithm, and return the result as an SVG image.
JGraphpad 1.2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110272/
JGraphpad is a powerful diagram editor for Swing that offers XML, drag
and drop, zoom, automatic layout, print support, and much more. With
JGraphpad, you can create flow charts, maps, UML diagrams, and networks
with thousands of nodes. JGraphpad is available with sourcecode, which
may be used to develop new (commercial) applications.
Jpedal 1.85 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110274/
Jpedal (Java PDF Extraction and Decoding Library) is a pure Java
library to extract content from Adobe's PDF file format and provide a
rasterizer. Text fragments are extracted as XML elements with font and
location information. Images are extracted in both their raw formats
and their clipped and scaled formats as TIFF, PNG, or JPEG files.
Jpedal is used in both commerical and open source projects and
continues to be actively enhanced.
jpilot-syncmal 0.71.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110202/
jpilot-syncmal is a MAL (Mobile Application Link) plugin for J-Pilot.
It was built upon malsync, and can be used to synchronize PDAs with MAL
servers such as AvantGo.
KDE 2D Workbench 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110240/
The KDE 2D Workbench is a Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) authoring
tool. It provides editing facilities for shapes, animations,
style-sheets, and scripts, etc.
KDE Pocket PC Contacts Import 0.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110275/
KDE Pocket PC Contacts Import lets you import your Windows CE (or
PocketPC) contacts into KDE's address book.
knoda 0.5.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110216/
knoda is a database frontend for KDE based on the hk_classes library.
Lazy8 Ledger 1.32
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110230/
Lazy8 Ledger is a very simple yet powerful accounting program designed
for people who have experience in bookkeeping. It is a plugin for
jEdit. You can enter any type of bookkeeping activity and break out the
activities to any number of accounts. There are numerous standard
reports that are the basis of accounting needs and then there are tools
to make your own reports. Furthermore, it is Unicode-compatible in all
respects.
lazyread 1.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110252/
Lazyread is a C program that auto-scrolls files or command output to
the screen. It includes dynamic scroll-speed changing, pause, search
strings, color options, file info, different scroll modes, and much
more.
libsvgtoswf 0.3.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110276/
libsvgtoswf converts Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) into Macromedia
Flash (SWF) files.
libwebserver 0.3.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110266/
libwebserver is a library for adding Web-based remote interfaces to
your programs. It is independent of other Web servers, easy to use, and
supports HTTPS with OpenSSL.
Linux X10 Universal Device Driver 1.5.1b (Linux-2.4.x)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110264/
This project provides a /dev interface to an X10 network through Linux
kernel modules. It is intended to provide a standard interface and
syntax to shell script utilities (such as cat and echo), Perl scripts,
C programs, or Java programs so that everything from a quick hack to a
more advanced program can manipulate the X10 devices in an automated
home regardless of the transceiver used. Its simplest use is with shell
scripts (examples of which are provided in the package). Currently the
project supports the 4 main X10 transceivers (PowerLinc Serial,
PowerLinc USB, CM11A, and Firecracker/CM17A).
LiveCut 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110233/
LiveCut is a graphical helper for people who have to synchronize
different media sources like audio or video sources, slides, text
transcriptions, while making movies or SMIL presentations. It allows
you to easily mark the time at which events happen, and generates a
simple text file which can be reused either manually or automatically
later (e.g., in an SMIL generator).
LongPlayer 0.98.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110239/
LongPlayer extends the functionality of a traditional MP3 player and is
meant for people with a large MP3 or Ogg Vorbis collection who want to
listen to it all day. The GUI allows you to view, rate, replay, delete,
etc. songs previously listened to, as well as define collections of
music it will choose from to fill the MP3 player's playlist. It does
this in a more advanced way than a traditional player, taking into
account the rating of the song and the time that has passed since the
song has last been listened to. LongPlayer works with both XMMS and
WinAmp.
MilterD 1.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110219/
MilterD is an anti-spam filter based upon the Sendmail Milter API. It
is extremely effective when configured and is highly extensible. It
applies a set of rules to each section of an incoming mail message,
allowing full control over what mail is allowed in.
MrProject 0.8 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110265/
MrProject is a project management program that can help with building
project plans and tracking the progress of a project.
My Movies Database 2003-01-19
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110051/
My Movies Database is a movie DB management tool that allows the
management of movies, actors, directors, friends and loans, physical
supports, and languages. It also connects to the IMDB to retrieve
movies data and avoid typing. Finally, it supports sending email
messages to friends that do not return items.
Open Beat Box 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110222/
Open Beat Box (OBB) is an open-source beat box.
OpenOffice.org 1.0.2 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110277/
OpenOffice.org is the Open Source project through which Sun
Microsystems is releasing the technology for the popular StarOffice
productivity suite.
ora2html 1.30
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110255/
Ora2html generates HTML or plain ASCII reports of installed Oracle
databases running on a server. It includes information about
config-files, layout, objects, schemas, etc., and supports Oracle
versions 8-9i, running on Linux, Solaris, and Tru64.
PapuaWEB 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110020/
PapuaWEB is a page publishing environment with authentication. You can
use PapuaWEB as a "virtual" editor (not WYSIWYG) to edit
pages and templates in different languages. All pages and templates are
stored in a MySQL database, which means that you have no real files at
all. All editing is done through a very easy Web interface (called the
backend) and every page and template has its own owners so that
different users can edit different pages and templates.
Photon BBS .1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110212/
Photon BBS is a multi-platform perl-based BBS that runs on nearly any
OS. It is built around an extensible framework to allow infinite
possibilities for customization.
Photopub 0.1.5 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110236/
Photopub is image publication software designed primarily for easily
maintaining a Web site of pictures taken with digital cameras (although
it can be used for arbitrary images, it has some features which make it
most suitable for them). It runs as a CGI script or under mod_perl, and
is fully themable and highly customizable.
Php Comment 0.9.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110246/
Php Comment is a system that allows Web masters to add dynamic comments
to their Web site. It is quick and easy to install. Php Comment
includes its own message management module, and its presentation is
managed by CSS. Most of the Web site editors enable you to modify the
style of your pages only with the mouse.
PHP SQLView 1.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110280/
SQLView provides a user friendly interface for browsing a SQL database
and modifying SQL tables using a Web browser. This is strictly an
application to give users access to view and modify their SQL tables.
It is not a tool to help database administrators (other than perhaps
getting users to manage their own data).
phpBlogger 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110176/
This program is a Web log utility for a single developer. Its main
purpose is to allow an employer to keep track of the work that's been
done on a daily basis. It provides a detailed search engine, reviewer,
and mailer plugin for mailing logs by hand. It can be setup to
automatically update with cron.
PyTone 1.11.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110292/
PyTone is an MP3 jukebox written in Python with a curses-based GUI.
While providing advanced features like crossfading and multiple
players, special emphasis is put on ease of use, making PyTone an ideal
jukebox system for use at parties.
Qmail-Scanner Statistics 2.0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110293/
Qmail-Scanner Statistics (QSS) uses the Qmail-Scanner Logfile to
generate daily, monthly, and yearly statistics. It also shows a
complete list of viruses stopped by Qmail-Scanner, the top five domains
from which the viruses came, as well as the countries of origin.
Samsung Contact 8.0.1 (Server)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110288/
Samsung Contact is Samsung SDS's Linux/Unix unified communication,
business messaging, and collaboration system. It supports desktops
running Microsoft Outlook, including support for calendaring, wide-area
scheduling, public folders, and delegation.
smartmontools 5.1-4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110268/
smartmontools contains utilities that control and monitor storage
devices using the Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology
(S.M.A.R.T.) system built into ATA and SCSI hard drives. This is used
to check the reliability of the hard drive and to predict drive
failures. Version 5.x is designed to comply with the ATA/ATAPI-5
specification. Future releases will comply with the ATA/ATAPI-6 and
ATA/ATAPI-7 specifications. It is meant to be an up-to-date replacement
for the ucsc-smartsuite and smartsuite packages, and is derived from
that code.
Stupid-FTPd 1.4beta
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110271/
stupid-ftpd is an ftp server which provides normal, ftp-daemon
functionality and a command-line mode. It uses an /etc/passwd
independent user database which allows many variations of permissions.
Subversion 0.17
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110229/
The goal of the Subversion project is to build a version control system
that is a compelling replacement for CVS in the open source community.
TCP/Anywhere 1.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110210/
TCP/Anywhere is capable of running multiple daemons on different ports
to tunnel common TCP applications, such as email and telnet, through a
proxy server. This allows access to otherwise inaccessible Internet
applications.
The Open For Business Project 2.0.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110205/
The goal of Open For Business is to create a set of tools and
applications for business software and a community of developers and
users to benefit from it and contribute to it. It uses Java, J2EE, XML,
services, workflow, rules, content management, and analysis.
TKAlbum 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110237/
TKAlbum is a GUI for assisting in the generation and maintenance of
HTML photo albums. It uses the "album" script and Image
Magick to generate hierarchically organized HTML photo albums, and can
download pictures from digital cameras supporting the USB mass storage
protocol.
TkSQL 0.8.21 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110231/
TkSQL allows you to edit the tables of PostgreSQL and MySQL databases.
You can use it from the shell prompt, specifying the name of a table,
or an SQL satement, or just the name of a database. It has filter
capabilities which are very easy to use. Two views are possible (tables
and form) and both views can coexist. TkSQL can edit a join of two
tables (limited to the first of such tables). Totals and subtotals can
be done quickly, and displayed inline with the data or in a separate
window. Queries can be created in no time and all working conditions
can be saved at once (comprising subtotals, relative time constraints,
layout, etc.). It also provides basic tools for creating tables.
treeps 1.2.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110287/
Treeps is program for Unix/Linux that is designed to make monitoring
and interacting with the running programs on your system easy and
intuitive. A "real time" tree view shows the relationships
between the processes and is color-coded to provide easy interpretation
of various values. The process tree displays any combination of
users/groups and can be used to drill down into process details and
then extract key fields for continuous monitoring. A number of actions
can be performed on processes, such as signal, renice, trace, view man
page, etc.
tv-listings.sh 2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110232/
tv-listing.sh is a bash script that will download today's TV listings
from a Web site and format the results. It can be plugged into a cron
job to get the results emailed to you daily. By default, it works for
the UK, but with a little tweaking, it should be able to download other
listings.
tXtFL 0.3.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110282/
tXtFL is a text-based football simulator. Teams can be coached from the
command-line, built through unique plays, and then tested on the field.
It does not require 3D or even 2D accelerated graphics.
Vanilla Object Oriented Templates 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110154/
VOOT (Vanilla Object Oriented Templates) is a simple PHP class for
creating Web pages with templates. It supports user-defined HTTP
headers, and it is capable of processing PHP contained in rendered
templates. This class was written with simplicity and flexibility in
mind: templates can take the form of any text-based file, and you can
define as many content placeholders as you like in each template. To
indicate a placeholder in a template, you just surround a key word with
percentage signs.
VISCA Camera Control Library 0.05
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110259/
libvisca is a control library for VISCA-compliant video cameras.
Vstr string library 1.0.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110215/
Vstr is a safe and fast string library for C. It is designed for
network communication. Its design uses chunks of ptr+length data, so
adding, substituting, and deleting data are all fast operations. This
model also allows it to do automatic referencing for mmap() areas of
memory. Shortcut APIs are included to mmap() a file into a Vstr string,
and read()/write() data to/from a Vstr string. Another big feature of
the library is a POSIX and ISO 9899:1999 compliant printf() like
function, which can also be extended with user supplied formatters that
are gcc warning compatible. The total API is over 140 functions, but
laid out in a easy to remember manner, including data parsing
functions, a non-destructive split() function, and conversion functions
(among others).
Web components 2.00 (FormForge)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110262/
Web components is a collection of visual programming elements that can
be used when creating a PHP-based Web site. It is similar in spirit to
ASP.NET.
xpad 1.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110220/
xpad is a paperless substitute for leaving sticky notes, index cards,
or "post-it" notes all over your desk. It opens small text
boxes on the X display so that notes can be written and then left to be
read later.
yahoo2mbox 0.11
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110256/
yahoo2mbox retrieves the messages from Yahoo! Groups archive and stores
them in a local file in mbox format.
Zool Linux 3 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110286/
Zool Linux is a project whose goal is to assist in making Linux
mini-distributions, useful for floppy-based rescue systems, or to check
hardware and network connections. It supports many different
filesystems and utilities.
Newsforge Reports
University of Philipines President Boosts Linux
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/21/2043259
- By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - In a letter to University of the
Philippines (UP) faculty and students posted on the UP Forum Online Web
site last December, the university's president, Dr. Francisco Nemenzo,
called for an institution-wide move from Windows to Linux. The final
paragraph of his letter said, "Let us all join the Linux revolutionary
movement. Good-bye, Bill Gates."
Intensive BSD sysadmin training is available, but no certs
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/20/1628253
- by Tina Gasperson - If you're interested in learning more about the
"other" Free Operating System, BSD, you can get training at a
relatively low cost. You just might have to travel thousands of miles
to get to it.
Run your power generating plant on Linux - securely
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/20/1432234
- By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - The "blue collar" side of computing is
often overlooked by IT journalists, but it is huge. Industrial
operations of all types, including refineries, power plants, railroads
and other transporters, and all kinds of manufacturers, are almost
entirely computer-controlled now. These are all "mission-critical
environments." Many of them have extraordinary security requirements.
And one of the most respected software ...
Newsforge Newsvac
Adding a clause to a GPL licensed product
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/22/0925213
I'm considering adding a new clause to the otherwise standard GPL
license that one of my products is under. It is basically designed to
stop people selling my product under a different name without paying
something towards my project.
A Double Chance for DMCA Reform
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/22/0924215
Again this Congress, we'll have two similar DMCA reform bills. Why two?
GNU/Linux Media Player Roundup
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/22/0921234
GonzoJohn writes "Linux Orbit takes a look at various media players
available under GNU/Linux."
MontaVista Launches Next-Generation Carrier Grade Linux
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/22/0921203
Annette Oevermann writes "MontaVista Software Inc. today announced the
immediate availability of MontaVista Linux® Carrier Grade Edition
3.0 (CGE), the third generation of the companyÂs carrier-grade Linux
operating system and development environment."
Untrusted computing
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/21/2050223
Anonymous Reader writes "In his The view from the desktop, Dennis E.
Powell describes how, now that we have Microsoft's attention, the
Redmond behemoth will come after us -- and what he believes we must do
to have a chance of victory."
Tonight Live: You too can sue...
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/21/2049214
Jeff Gerhardt writes "Tuesday, January 21st, 2003, from Chicago IL,
home of Buddy Guy's Legends, one of the best Blues Clubs in the galaxy.
Tonight LIVE on www.thelinuxshow.com, its open source mayhem.
EV7 AlphaServers unleashed as chip line heads into future
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/21/1454236
Customers of Hewlett-Packard Co's AlphaServer RISC machines got a look
at the probable future machines they will use over the next few years
as HP rolled out the "Marvel" line of servers, writes Timothy
Prickett-Morgan. The Marvels, which are based on the Alpha EV7
processor, are kickers to the current "Wildfire" series of AlphaServer
machines, which are based on the Alpha EV68 processors.
Microsoft doesn't care about local law
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/21/1451251
vosbergF writes "On several dutch sites (like http://www.webwereld.nl)
you can read that the Microsoft licences are not compatible (read:
against) the dutch law. In a reaction Microsoft said that they are not
interested in making their licence compatible with local laws."
New bill calls for drastic changes to DCMA
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/21/1451226
Anonymous Reader writes "The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA),
the brainchild of the Big Five American record labels and enacted to
serve them, the movie studios and book publishers, will be radically
amended to protect users if US representatives Rick Boucher (D-VA),
John Doolittle (R-CA), Spencer Bachus (R-AL) and Patrick Kennedy (D-RI)
have their way."
Review of Mandrake Linux 9.1 Beta 2
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/21/1450245
ladislav writes "In the first part of this series, Andrew D. Balsa
looked at Mandrake Linux 9.1 and its initial beta release. Despite
quite a few critical bugs, he was impressed with the progress and most
charmed by the new KDE 3.1. When Mandrake released the second beta, he
rushed to do another installation and these are his experiences,
together with some impressive new screenshots."
Thinkgeek
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Gadgets: SureFire Z2 Combat Light
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Gadgets: Snap Digital Mini Camera
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Tshirts: Geek Invaders
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Interests: Linux French
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Interests: O'Reilly 2003 Calendar
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Interests: Perl Gerl
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Interests: I dig Mac OS X
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Interests: Ninj4 Hooded Sweatshirt
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Sourceforge
SCons 0.10 is now available
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=244414
SCons alpha release 0.10 is now available for download. SCons is a
software construction tool (build tool, or substitute for Make)
implemented in Python, based on the winning design in the Software
Carpentry build tool competition (in turn based on the Cons build
tool). IMPORTANT: Release 0.10 contains the following interface
changes: - The meaning of the third argument passed to user-defined
Scanner functions has changed. It was formerly the target node being
built, and is now a list of directories (a path) which may be searched
for files found during the scan. - The .sconsign files are no longer
ASCII text, they are now a pickled (binary) Python data structure. This
release adds the following features: - SCons now prints a description
of Python functions being executed as actions to update a target. -
Scanners now support a "recursive" attribute that specifies the Scanner
will be re-applied to files found during the scan. - A new Clean()
method supports removing user-specified files when using the -c option.
- New SetJobs() and GetJobs() method support setting or fetching the
default number of jobs. - The MinGW tool chain is now supported. - A
new --debug=includes option has been added. The following fixes have
been added: - SCons now symlinks or copies files from Repositories on
different file systems, when hard links won't work. - The Install()
method prints something when the -n option is used. - When the -n
option is used, SCons no longer creates duplicate source files in a
BuildDir(). - The Program() Builder (and other multiple-step Builders)
now work properly when only the source file is specified. - A bug when
building a file whose basename matched the directory in which it lived
has been fixed. - The -c options will now properly remove symlinks. -
The Environment.get() now returns None by default. - Error messages now
all start with "scons: ***". - Warning messages now all start with
"scons: warning:". Performance has been improved as follows: - Scanners
are now called once and only once per file. - Internal checks for
whether a file has a Builder have been significantly sped up. -
Unnecessary internal imports have been removed. The following changes
have been made to the SCons packaging: - The scons-local packages no
longer contain Python bytecode (*.pyc) files. The documentation has
been improved: - The initial explanation of SConscript files has been
improved. - A misformatted table in the StaticObject description has
been fixed. - New features have been documented.
lifelines internationalized
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=244180
LifeLines is a genealogy program to help with your family history
research. Its primarily strengths are its powerful scripting language
and the ability easily import and export information in the GEDCOM
format. Recent copies of lifelines now include Danish, French, German,
and Swedish message catalogs.
Millstone 3.0.2 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=244080
Millstone is a library for creating server side user interfaces for
networked Java applications. It provides easiness and modularity of
component based user interface development to Internet application
development as well as terminal independency. This version is service
release for the Millstone Base 3.0 and the Millstone WebAdapter 3.0
modules. This version includes fixes to both base and web-adapter
modules, and it also adds some previously unimplemented features to the
default theme.
JGAP 0.32 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=244075
JGAP is a genetic algorithms package written in Java. It is designed to
require minimum effort to use "out of the box," but is also designed to
be highly modular to allow for custom components to be easily plugged
in by the more adventurous. JGAP 0.32 is a maintenance release that
primarily includes optimizations to increase performance and reduce
memory consumption. Minor enhancements and fixes, as well as additions
to the documentation, are also included. Please see the Changelog for
details. JGAP 0.32 is considered an alpha release and is therefore not
feature-complete and may contain bugs.
EasySok 0.3.2 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=244037
EasySok is a sokoban game for KDE. It is themeable, has a level editor
and a solver, various import/export functions, a retro mode and other
nice features. This is just a bugfix release for users of gcc 3.2. If
you could compile EasySok 0.3.1, there is no need to switch to this new
version.
KRadio 0.2.7 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=244060
KRadio is a radio application for KDE3. It has support for video4linux
radio devices and lirc remote control. Changes in this release include:
the configuration dialog is now in KDE style; a configurable "good
signal" level has been added; and numerous bugs have been fixed. And
many fixes that can be read in the
http://www.kawo1.rwth-aachen.de/~witte/kradio/ChangeLog kradio can be
downloaded as usual from
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=45668 or from
http://www.kawo1.rwth-aachen.de/~witte/kradio.html And don't forget to
contribute your station preset file to our database ;) Have fun! Martin
drjava-20030115-2237 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=244050
This development release includes a new approach for the communication
between the main DrJava JVM and the JVM used by the Interactions Pane.
It should resolve many of the Interactions Pane problems that users
have recently encountered, and it needs to be tested on all platforms.
DrJava is an integrated Java development environment that supports
interactive evaluation of expressions. Download it by following the
"more download options" link on our home page.
TurboPower Orpheus 4.06 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=244023
Orpheus is an award-winning UI toolkit for Borland Delphi and
C++Builder. It contains over 120 components covering everything from
data entry to calendars and clocks. Other noteworthy components include
an Object Inspector, LookOut bar, & report views. This is a source-code
only release. TurboPower Orpheus project page:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/tporpheus
MPman MP-F70 suite 0.3 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=243804
Version 0.3 of the kernel driver and utilities for the MPman MP-F70
portable MP3 player is up for download. The kernel driver provides a
block device which you can then mount in read-write mode. The
mpf70-utils allow you to extract MP3 information and queue tracks to
the player in one command! http://sourceforge.net/projects/mpf70/
Chicken of the VNC 1.3.5 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=243785
Chicken of the VNC is a VNC client for Mac OS X. A VNC client allows
one to display and interact with a remote computer screen. In other
words, you can use Chicken of the VNC to interact with a remote
computer as though it's right next to you. This release contains
enhancements, including new encoding support, support for wheel mice,
and performance improvements.
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