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Slashdot
VeriSign Changes DNS Servers: No ASCII Needed
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/02/066207
An anonymous reader points to this [0]story at The Register and this
one [1](in French) at news.yahoo, writing "VeriSign has made changes to
the root DNS so that they handle non-ascii names (for .com and .net).
Furthemore, an erroneous lookup results in getting a VeriSign IP, not
an error message." An excerpt: "The IAB [Internet Architecture Board]
feels that the system VeriSign had deployed for .com and .net contains
significant DNS protocol errors, risks the further development of
secure DNS, and confuses the resolution mechanisms of the DNS with
application-based search systems."
Links
0. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/29058.html
1. http://fr.news.yahoo.com/030201/35/30bn2.html
E.U. Commission Suggests Permissive Copyright Rule
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/02/0229224
An anonymous reader submits "ITworld.com is reporting: 'The European
Commission on Thursday presented a draft directive that punishes
copyright infringement for commercial purposes, but [0]leaves the home
music downloader untouched, infuriating the entertainment industry.'"
Links
0. http://www.itworld.com/Net/4087/030131euantipiracy/
Strong Bad Creators Interviewed
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/01/2252251
[0]Bill Hughes writes "The folks over at ResExcellence have [1]posted
an interview with the Brothers Chapman, the two guys who create and run
the Homestar Runner/Strong Bad web site." If you have not seen
[2]homestarrunner, prepare to be baffled and amused. This site has
mostly justified Flash to me :)
Links
0. http://www.ResExcellence.com
1. http://www.resexcellence.com/hack_html_03/01-30-03.shtml
2. http://www.homestarrunner.com/
First OpenVMS Boot On IA64
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/01/1814211
vaxzilla writes "At 3:31pm EST on Friday, January 31st, 2003,
[0]OpenVMS for the Intel IA64 architecture [1] successfully booted and
ran a DIR command. The Intel Itanium family of processors is the third
architecture supported by OpenVMS in its [2]25 year history. Originally
it ran on Digital Equipment Corporation VAX systems; in the early
1990s, support was added for the DEC Alpha processors. Following the
acquisition of DEC by Compaq, and more recently Compaq by HP, the
Itanium and Itanium2 port of OpenVMS is now being undertaken by HP.
Congratulations on a job well done to the folks at ZK03 in Nashua, NH!"
Links
0. http://www.openvms.compaq.com/
1. http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=b1et1g%241nc%241%40web1.cup.hp.com
2. http://www.openvms.compaq.com/openvms/25th/index.html
Warner Brothers Announce The Matrix: Special Edit
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/01/158252
Kartik3 writes "IGN.com is reporting that Warner Bros. is releasing a
[0]2-disc special edition DVD of The Matrix (loaded with extras) on
April 29th and [1]The Animatrix (An Anime series set in the world of
the Matrix) DVD on June 3rd." If Animatrix is half as cool as the promo
comic that was given out at the Matrix opening, I'll like it.
Links
0. http://dvd.ign.com/articles/384/384353p1.html
1. http://dvd.ign.com/articles/384/384422p1.html
Updated Information On Shuttle Tragedy
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/01/1928240
Thanks to all the readers who have sent links related to today's
shuttle disaster. An [0]Associated Press story carried on Salon says
that an independent board (with members from the Air Force, Navy,
Transportation Department and other federal agencies) has been
appointed to investigate the disaster. CNN is carrying [1]official
statement from President Bush. Rediff.com has an article on the life of
[2]Indian astronaut Kalpana Chawla. [3]borisonanovitch points to "more
info on [4]the science aboard Columbia and links to other NASA
research." fabel reminds us "Most of the media is focusing on the
slight damage that ocurred at takeoff (that NASA discounted at the
time) but STS-107 was *delayed* for 6 months (original launch date 19
Jul 2003) Update: 02/01 23:51 GMT by [5]T: [Note, should read "2002."]
because of [6]cracks in the propellant feed lines to the 3 main
engines. A defect that could have caused catastrophic failure. Did the
fix work or not?"
Links
0. http://www.salon.com/news/wire/2003/02/01/probe/index.html
1. http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/02/01/shuttle.bush.statement/
2. http://www.rediff.com/news/2003/feb/01spec.htm
3. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
4. http://science.nasa.gov/
5. http://www.monkey.org/~timothy/
6. http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/sts107_delay_020624.html
AOL Reports Its First Drop In Subscribers
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/01/2128256
[0]Flamesplash writes "Yahoo! is running this AP story about [1]AOL's
first drop in subscribers. 170,000 US subscribers have left AOL in
their fourth quarter of 2002, apparently due to users becoming more
comfortable with broadband connections. It should be noted though that
'AOL has said it has stopped simply signing up new customers for the
sake of counting them.'"
Links
0. http://flamesplash AT yahoo DOT com
1.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=528&e=1&cid=528&u=/ap/20030131/ap_on_hi_te/aol_subscribers
Quickly Filling Up 150GB of Legal Media Files?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/31/2134218
Fred Nowicki asks: "If you have ever used the P2P client [0]Direct
Connect (or [1]DC++) to find media on the Internet, you know that the
best hubs have ridiculous sharing requirements, i.e., over 100GB. It
isn't too difficult to amass a collection of 100GB of illegal movies
and MP3s with all the crap that's out there, but I'd like to play it
straight: I want to collect 150GB of pure legal stuff. So here's my
million dollar question: What is the best and fastest way for me
achieve this? I want to offer interesting, neat stuff (movies, music,
programs, etc.), not just Linux distros, mind you. One thing I've found
so far is a mirror of the [2]Prelinger Archives on archive.org, which
offers over 37GB of wacky, interesting stuff on divx format (in MPEG-2,
it's over 350GB, but that seems like cheating if I take that route).
One downside of this site is that it's not a very fast connection
(about 50KB/sec through their FTP via my cable modem -- I'd like a
throughput of at least 100KB/sec). I've considered mirroring the
Gutenberg project, but there are all sorts of redistribution issues
with a bunch of their files, and I don't want to go through all that
hassle. Come on, Slashdot. Give me some URLs!"
Links
0. http://www.neo-modus.com/
1. http://sourceforge.net/projects/dcplusplus/
2. http://www.archive.org/movies/prelinger.php
A Commodore 64 For The New Millenium
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/01/2035204
[0]samdu writes "The [1]CommodoreOne is now [2]available for purchase.
The C=1 is a reimplementation of the Commodore=64 in an ATX form
factor, 65c816 processor running at approximately 20 MHz, VGA out, an
updated SID (with backward compatibility), 32 MB of RAM, standard IDE,
PS/2 ports, and a 64 compatible cartridge slot. Let the hobbying
begin." We've run previous stories on related [3]efforts.
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://c64upgra.de/c-one/
2. http://www.kdh-shop24.de/catalog/default.php
3. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=98/08/14/1458254&tid=95
The Always-Encrypted Firewire Hard Drive
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/01/1918216
[0]ducman points to the announcement of an [1]encrypted hard drive
running on the [2]MacNN website. The drive features a DES 64-bit/ 40bit
key strength and "is intended for use by banks, insurance providers,
government agencies, and those individuals with sensitive digital
intellectual property. It supports the IEEE 1394a connectivity
standard, in addition to USB 1.1 and 2.0. It offers data transfer rates
over FireWire 400 of 100, 200, or 400 Mbps. The SuperGuard is expected
to be available February 7." Sounds great -- but the USB key stuck in
the back looks like a likely point of failure.
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://fwdepot.com/thestore/product_info.php?products_id=331
2. http://www.macnn.com/
Freshmeat
Between Book's Pages 0.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111395/
Between Book's Pages (BBPS) is a simple and small PHP/MySQL application
to manage bookmarks on a server. It differs from other such programs
because bookmarks are not stored in folders; instead, each bookmark can
be assigned to an indefinite number of categories.
Borges Documents Management System 0.7.12
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111409/
Borges is an open-source project aimed at XML-aware documentation
projects which care about internationalisation, reusable contents,
teamwork, etc. The system currently support the DocBook DTD.
ChomboVis 3.10.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111423/
ChomboVis is a program for visualization of 2D and 3D AMR data sets. It
is layered on top of the Visualization Toolkit (VTK) and provides a
graphical and programmable user interface for interacting with the data
set.
Class.Jabber.PHP 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111428/
Class.Jabber.PHP is a class which you can use to connect to the Jabber
network. It allows you to easily connect to a server and interact with
it. It supports all packet types (message, iq, and presence), is very
flexible, and offers both high-level methods (registration, message
sending, etc.) and low-level methods (packet sending, etc.).
DCP-Portal 5.2 (Final)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111432/
DCP-Portal is a content management system with advanced features like
Web-based update, link, file, member management, poll, calendar, etc.
Its main features include an admin panel to manage the entire site, a
smart HTML editor to add news, content, and annoucements, the ability
for members to submit news/content and write reviews, and much more.
DiaSCE 1.3.1 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111415/
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.
doxygen 1.3-rc3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111410/
Doxygen is a cross-platform, JavaDoc-like documentation system for C++,
Java, C, and IDL. Doxygen can be used to generate an on-line class
browser (in HTML) and/or an off-line reference manual (in LaTeX or RTF)
from a set of source files. Doxygen can also be configured to extract
the code-structure from undocumented source files. This includes
dependency graphs, class diagrams and hyperlinked source code. This
type of information can be very useful to quickly find your way in
large source distributions.
E-CELL Simulation Environment 3.1.4 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111419/
The E-CELL Simulation Environment (E-CELL SE) is a software package for
cellular and biochemical modeling and simulation. E-CELL attempts to
provide a framework not only for analyzing metabolism, but also for
higher-order cellular phenomena such as gene regulation networks, DNA
replication, and other occurrences in the cell cycle.
Finance management module for PHPRojekt 1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111420/
budget-addon is a finance management module for the PHProjekt groupware
suite for clubs, etc. with a shared bank account.
GNU Source-highlight 1.6.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111397/
GNU Source-highlight produces a document with syntax highlighting when
given a source file. At the moment, it handles Java, C/C++, Prolog,
Perl, PHP3, Python, Flex, and ChangeLog as source languages and HTML
and XHTML as output formats.
GNU6 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111412/
GNU6 provides an environment for the rapid development, testing, and
deployment of multi-threaded projects configured by XML. It delivers
essentially the same functionality as applications like WebMethods,
ECXpert, etc., but has several advantages over them. The essential core
of GNU6 is very small and can be implemented not only in Java but also
with any language that supports multi-threading. GNU6 is not demanding,
and can run and perform mission critical tasks with very modest
hardware.
Greenwich 0.5.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111427/
Greenwich is a graphical whois client for GNOME. It is written in Perl
and makes use of the GNOME bindings for Perl.
HIDAM 0.460
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111392/
HIDAM aims to be a hierarchical editor that features creation of many
types of HD files (TODO lists, specifications, etc.), plugins for
certain types, XML file format, database storage, and a multi-Language
UI.
iiitAccessServer 1.0-RC3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111431/
The iiitAccessServer is a rule-based enterprise authorization system
written in Java. It works as a server and is usable with any
programming language able to open a socket. The server fetches its data
from LDAP and stores it in optimized form in one or more MySQL
databases, used as a persistent 2nd-level cache to achieve high
performance. The entire system is designed to be scalable and
fault-tolerant.
IRC Services 5.0.9 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111396/
Services for IRC Networks (or just Services for short) provides for
definitive nickname and channel ownership, automatic channel mode
setting, memo (short message) storage and retrieval, and greater IRC
operator control over the network.
Japple 2.2.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111429/
Japple is a rapid application development environment for building Web
applications and services. Built on the Java2 Platform and open
standards, Japple allows you to develop and deploy Web applications
faster, easier, and more efficiently than traditional methods.
Java Units of Measure 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111430/
This is a Java package with abstract data types for measurable
quantities (like volume and speed) and units for measuring them (like
liters and furlongs per fortnight). You may convert from one set of
units to another, and may add your own quantities and units.
Katalog 1.10pre1 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111404/
Katalog is set of shell scripts to create/list/search an index of your
CDs. It is very simple and fast. All indices are compressed with gzip
to save space. Because it is written in sh, it is very portable.
Katalog uses egrep to search indices.
Looking 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111411/
Looking is a dark theme featuring an intriguing blond.
Mail Exit Guard 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111391/
Mail Exit Guard runs a specified program and guarantees that if the
program exits abnormally, the exit code will be EX_TEMPFAIL. This
allows you to safely run all kinds of programs from a .forward file.
MailScanner 4.12-1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111408/
MailScanner is an Email virus scanner, vulnerability protector, and
spam tagger. It supports the Sendmail and Exim MTAs, and the Sophos,
McAfee, F-Prot, F-Secure, CommandAV, InoculateIT, Inoculan 4.x,
Kaspersky, Nod32, AntiVir, RAV, Panda, and Clam anti-virus scanners. It
supports SpamAssassin for highly successful spam identification. It is
specifically designed to handle Denial Of Service attacks. It is very
easy to install, and requires no changes at all to your sendmail.cf
file. It is designed to be lightweight, and won't grind your mail
system to a halt with its load; a good PC can process over 1.5 million
messages per day. It can be integrated into any email system,
regardless of the software in use.
Modeling Framework 0.8.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111426/
Modeling Framework fills the gap between the Python object world and
relational databases in that it allows users to transparently create,
retrieve, update, or delete Python objects from a database without
having to write a single line of SQL. Main features include generation
of database schema, generation of Python code templates ready to be
used, support for transparent mapping of (class) inheritance in
relational databases, object-oriented query language, use of standard
Python getters to traverse relationships (the related objects are
automatically fetched when needed and when appropriate), and automatic
checking for referential-integrity constraints, etc. Supported
databases are PostgreSQL and MySQL.
Penggy 0.2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111414/
Penggy is a project that aims to provide connection trough AOL. Its
goals are to support IP tunneling and other proprietary parts of the
AOL protocol like mail, newsgroups, billing info, etc. It includes
implementations of the P3 (i.e. old) and FLAP (i.e. new) protocols, and
permits connection with different media (e.g. PSTN, ISDN, Cable, DSL,
TCP/IP).
Pixory Beta 2.4 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111382/
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.
PopAsm 0.0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111425/
PopAsm is an assembler (an assembly language compiler) designed to
support the syntaxes of TASM/MASM and NASM, gathering together the best
features of each of them. It is intended that it will support all
instructions from Intel compatible CPUs, including MMX, 3DNow!, and SSE
extensions.
RoboRally Board Editor 0.5.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111417/
RoboRally Board editor is a Java utility for creating boards for the
board game, RoboRally. It has a simple graphical interface where you
choose an element of a game and place it on the board where you like
it, much like an ordinary drawing program. When elements are in place
you can remove, rotate, and edit them as you see fit. When you feel
done you can export your board as a JPEG and print it with your
favorite printing tool. The current version supports all the features
of the standard RoboRally game.
SaveMyModem 0.15 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111413/
SaveMyModem is an anti-spam, mail-shaping, and delete-on-server mail
tool. It is designed for users with slow dialup connections, who are
tired of downloading large amounts of spam and worm and virus
attachments.
Seahorse 0.6.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111377/
Seahorse is a Gnome front end for GnuPG, the GNU Privacy Guard program.
It is a tool for secure communications and data storage. Data
encryption and digital signature creation can easily be performed
through a GUI and Key Management operations can easily be carried out
through an intuitive interface.
SOWAS 0.1.0-pre4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111388/
SOWAS is a general-purpose multi-user financial bookkeeping system
implemented in Python using MySQL and wxPython.
Sux Services 0.2.2 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111406/
Sux Services are new-generation IRC services which aim to be robust,
flexible, and scalable. They are multi-threaded and use an SQL backend
(MySQL) to store their databases.
Syslinux 2.01
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111393/
SYSLINUX is a boot loader for the Linux operating system which operates
off of MS-DOS floppies. It is intended to simplify first-time
installation of Linux, rescue disks, and other uses for boot floppies.
A SYSLINUX floppy can be manipulated using standard MS-DOS (or any
other OS that can access an MS-DOS filesystem) tools once it has been
created, and requires only a ~ 9K DOS program or ~ 18K Linux program to
create it in the first place. It also includes PXELINUX, a program to
boot off a network server using a boot PROM compatible with the Intel
PXE (Pre-Execution Environment) specification, ISOLINUX, a program to
boot off ISO 9660 CD-ROMs in native mode, and MEMDISK, a tool to boot
legacy operating systems (e.g. DOS) using a Linux boot loader
regardless of medium.
Todmorden 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111390/
Todmorden is a theme featuring a photo which was taken on a hill
overlooking Todmorden in West Yorkshire, England.
twocrypt 0.01-alpha
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111422/
twocrypt (2c) is a PoC tool for the ultra-paranoid. It encrypts two
files into one. Different passphrases can be used to decrypt to
different variants. The output is not distinguishable from a single
encrypted file, and the tool uses a legitimate algorithm that iself
does not indicate the intent to hide any information.
xconvers 0.8.2 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111398/
Xconvers is a client for the amateur radio convers system (port 3600),
which resembles IRC. The convers system is optimized for producing less
traffic, because some of its servers are connected through the radio
waves, where bandwidth is scarce.
xlog 0.8 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111400/
Xlog is an easy to use program for logging your radio contacts.
Contacts are saved in a browsable list which can be edited.
Yet another Linux FAQ 2.14
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111401/
Yet another Linux FAQ is a comprehensive FAQ about the Linux Operating
System. It is a great document for Linux beginners to read. This FAQ
tries to help those new to Linux help themselves. It covers topics such
as kernel recompilation and X Window System configuration.
Zeemo 1.0.3 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111407/
Zeemo is an all-in-one application that combines free advertising,
searching for advertisements, instant messaging, and file sharing. You
can use it to search for different items such as a car, chat, date,
home, or job, and will receive all the advertisements that match your
criteria. After you find an item, you can add it to your favorites and
send a message or (if the owner of the advertisement is online) start
chatting. You can even download related files if the owner of the
advertisement has enabled this. Zeemo does not ask for your name,
address, email, or other personal information, so your anonymity is
guaranteed.
Newsforge Reports
Commentary: Hard for Open Source software to be mainstream in developing countries
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/29/2152219
- by Sebastian Bassi - There is a lot of fuss about government adoption
of Open Source Software (OSS) around the world. One well-known case is
the initiative in Peru, but there are several more in other third world
countries like Argentina [1], Brazil, Paraguay and Chile.
Linux Advisory Watch - January 31st 2003
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/31/0927219
- 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. This week, advisories were
released for kdeutils, noffle, dhcp3, tomcat3, courier, mysql,
fetchmail, vim, webalizer, postgresql, and cvs. The distributors
include Debian, Guardian Digital's EnGarde ...
I'll tell you where you can put those patents (to good use)
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/29/1956211
- by Tina Gasperson - In these tough economic times, it pays to keep a
finger in the air in case wind of a great new money-making idea comes
along. Thanks, SBC! No more missed mortgage payments for me!
Newsforge Newsvac
The Big Lessons of a Little Worm
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/02/1139219
Even though systems engineers quickly blunted Slammer's weekend attack,
that success can't hide the gaping holes in the Internet's armor.
Drupal Content Management System v4.1.0
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/02/1138250
Anonymous Reader writes "Version 4.1 of the Drupal open source content
management system (blogs, news, publishing, discussion, etc...) was
released today. It's a pretty impressive release, proving Drupal to be
a real contender in the CMS world. This release includes support for
user profiles, comment moderation, improved forums, an auto-throttle
congestion control mechanism, improved statistics tracking, paging,
various performance improvements, ...
Mandrake 9.1 Beta 3 Screenshots & Review (Rant
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/02/1137255
Anonymous Reader writes "I have posted some screenshots and a little
review/rant of Mandrake 9.1 beta 3 at my site."
TightVNC: Remote X the fast, easy & secure way
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/02/1137221
Joe Barr writes "All in all, TightVNC was as easy to configure and use
as it was to install, even when I opted for extra privacy by using a
secure tunnel between Susan's machine and mine. Here's how I did it."
Shuttle Apparently Disintegrates
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/01/1633242
Space shuttle Columbia apparently disintegrated in flames over Texas
minutes before it was to land Saturday in Florida. TV video showed what
appeared to be falling debris, as NASA declared an emergency and sent
search teams to the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
Experts: Microsoft security gets an 'F'
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/01/1342208
Computer security experts say the recent "SQL Slammer" worm, the worst
in more than a year, is evidence that Microsoft's year-old security
push is not working. "Trustworthy Computing is failing," Russ Cooper of
TruSecure Corp. said of the Microsoft initiative. "I gave it a
'D-minus' at the beginning of the year, and now I'd give it an 'F."'
GarageGames Launches Marble Blast for Linux
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/01/139229
Anonymous Reader writes "GarageGames announced today the release of the
Linux version of their highly acclaimed 3D game, Marble Blast."
Why recordable DVDs wont last
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/01/137227
The conventional wisdom has been that recordable DVDs would replace the
VHS cassette as the media of choice for archiving TV shows and movies.
But that vision seems pretty shortsighted.
Crossing the Desktop Linux Chasm in San Diego
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/01/133218
How can Lindows and the Desktop Linux Summit get past their bad PR?
SVLUG hosts "openMosix: Kernel-Level Linux Clu
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/01/132229
Bruce Knox, openMosix Project writes "Moshe Bar, project manager of the
openMosix Project, will speak on openMosix at the Silicon Valley Linux
Users Group meeting Wednesday, February 5th, 2003."
Thinkgeek
Computing: iGesture Pad
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/keyboards/5cca/
Electronics: SOCOM Navy Seals for PS2
http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/ps2/ps2soft/5ceb/
Electronics: PowerPad Pro XBOX Controller
http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/xbox/xboxhard/5bec/
Electronics: SI-5 Gen2 Speakers
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Sourceforge
Native win32 port of the qt library started
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=248232
In December 2002 a native win32 port of the qt library has been
started. The port is completly based on the gpl'ed qt/x11 sources in
the kde-cygwin cvs. See http://kde-cygwin.sourceforge.net/qt2-win32 for
further details, screenshots and other project relating things. Ralf
Habacker Project Leader KDE-CYGWIN
bogofilter-0.10.1.4 - a bugfix/beta release
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=248266
The 0.10.1.4 release includes bugfixes for MIME and HTML processing,
code clean-ups, and additional spam scoring algorithms. The bogofilter
package implements a fast Bayesian spam filter along the lines
suggested by Paul Graham in his article "A Plan For Spam". bogofilter
is written in C and is supported on Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris and Mac OS
X.
spamprobe-0.8b released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=248262
This release fixes a problem with crashes in the regex routines on
RedHat 8 systems. SpamProbe is a fast, intelligent, automatic spam
detector using Paul Graham-style Bayesian analysis of word counts in
spam and non-spam emails. Filtering adapts to personal tastes
automatically. No manual rule creation required.
openMosix 2.4.20-2 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=247894
openMosix is a Linux kernel extension for single-system image
clustering. Taking n PC boxes, openMosix gives users and applications
the illusion of one single computer with n CPUs. openMosix is perfectly
scalable and adaptive. This release fixes a bug, which affected
SMP-kernels and caused the machine to hang when unmounting filesystems
at reboot. RPMs are compiled with gcc-3.2 under RedHat 8.0. Also: This
release features a new RPM: openmosix-kernel-source, which holds the
kernel tree with the openMosix-patch applied, installed under /usr/src.
Users compiling their own modules have requested this for a while.
(You've got it :) Martin Downloads available from
http://www.openMosix.org
Sodipodi 0.29 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=247687
Sodipodi 0.29 is the first version based on Gtk+ 2.0 widget set and
including limited support for Windows32 environment. The list of
required libraries is much shorter than it was before, most notably
both libgnome and libgnomeprint are not needed (although the latter can
be used if present). It also support Xft font database in addition to
gnome-print and privately specified fonts. Being platform port, it
(almost) does not add new user-visible functionality.
AviSynth 2.5.0 Beta Released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=247836
After a long testing and debugging period, we are now ready to present
the AviSynth 2.5.0 beta. A big thanks to everyone here - the testers -
the patient developers - and those spreading the word of AviSynth! We
have some great features under the hood of the new AviSynth that
hopefully will be able to bring non-linear video editing to a new
level! (ok - enough with the rants). The summed up changes: * Native
planar YV12 support. * Multiple audiochannels. Unlimited number of
channels is now supported. * Float samples support. AviSynth is now
capable of processing samples as floats. * Automatic sample conversion.
If some filters doesn't support a specific sample type, they are
converted to the format preserving most quality. * Optimizations. Many
basic features has been optimized, and now performs much better than
previous versions. * Temporalsoften has a significant speed
improvement, scenechange detection and a new improved blend mode. *
Limiter can limit the YUV ranges, to avoid invalid color values and
improve compression. * ColorYUV makes it possible to do very exact
color corrections. ColorYUV has built-in auto-whitebalance and
auto-gain features. * Select separate planes using UToY, VToY and merge
them together again, using YToUV. * Fliphorizontal. implemented. *
SelectRangeEvery is now part of the core functions. * Blur, Sharpen,
Resize optimized. * Fast XviD colorspace conversions. * Updated
installer. * AviSynth icons. * See clip info using the info() command.
See more info in the release notes!
PalmVNC 2.0 final released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=247845
PalmVNC 2.0 is considered stable enough to deserve a "final" label.
Development of version 2.1 is already on track. PalmVNC 2 is the latest
evolution of PalmVNC, the VNC client for the Palm OS platform that
allows remote control of a desktop computer (Windows, Mac, Unix, ...)
over any TCP/IP connection. It supports high resolution on Cli and OS 5
devices.
Double Choco Latte 0.9.2 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=247867
Double Choco Latte is a project to create a solution for managing some
IT departments including software development and call center activity.
It has a web interface and will also have a stand-alone Java client.
Added ability to reassign in time cards, track reassignments when done
via time cards, and fixed PHP notices when uploading files.
PyXML 0.8.2 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=247639
Version 0.8.2 of the Python/XML distribution is now available. It
should be considered a beta release. The Python/XML distribution
contains the basic tools required for processing XML data using the
Python programming language, assembled into one easy-to-install
package. The distribution includes parsers and standard interfaces such
as SAX and DOM, along with various other useful modules. PyXML can be
downloaded from the following URLs:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/pyxml/PyXML-0.8.2.tar.gz
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/pyxml/PyXML-0.8.2.win32-py2.2.exe
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/pyxml/PyXML-0.8.2-2.2.Suse81.i386.rp
m Changes in this version, compared to 0.8.1: * Updated to Expat 1.95.6
(almost; one last minute bugfix snuck into the Expat release after
PyXML 0.8.2 was released). * Support more DOM L3 features in minidom:
isWhitespaceInElementContent, schemaType, isId, DOMImplementationSource
* Various bug fixes, including - 609641: minidom nodes not pickleable -
618156: Use character references in XMLGenerator if necessary - 622286:
marshal.wddx: 'recordset' element typo - 624420: Can't create 2nd
Sax2.Reader - 665486: Implement SAX skippedEntity for Expat The
Python/XML distribution contains the basic tools required for
processing XML data using the Python programming language, assembled
into one easy-to-install package. The distribution includes parsers and
standard interfaces such as SAX and DOM, along with various other
useful modules. The package currently contains: * XML parsers: Pyexpat
(Jack Jansen), xmlproc (Lars Marius Garshol), sgmlop (Fredrik Lundh). *
SAX interface (Lars Marius Garshol) * minidom DOM implementation (Paul
Prescod, others) * 4DOM and 4XPath from Fourthought (Uche Ogbuji, Mike
Olson) * Schema implementations: TREX (James Tauber) * Various utility
modules and functions (various people) * Documentation and example
programs (various people) The code is being developed bazaar-style by
contributors from the Python XML Special Interest Group, so please send
comments and questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bug reports may be filed
on SourceForge:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?group_id=6473&atid=106473 For
more information about Python and XML, see:
http://www.python.org/topics/xml/
New Mailing List for Tcl Threads Discussion
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=247015
There's now a new mailing list available for people wanting to talk
about threading issues in Tcl and its extensions (especially the Thread
extension, of course.) It's called Tcl-Threads, and to subscribe you
should visit http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/tcl-threads
and follow the instructions there.
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