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Slashdot
Screenshot History of Windows
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/20/1229210
jobugeek writes "Neowin has an article that shows the progression of
[0]Microsoft Windows from pre-windows [1]1.0 through the 2003 server.
For those of you who have used all of them, I'm sorry."
Links
0. http://www.microsoft.com/
1. http://www.neowin.net/articles.php?action=more&id=53&perpage=1&pagenum=1
Cell Numbers To Be Added To 411
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/21/0158222
[0]darthC0der writes "Looking for a friend but don't have her phone
number with you? For now, you can call directory assistance for her
home number, but her wireless digits are off limits from 411. Not for
long. The cellular providers are now getting close to making the
cellluar numbers available to 411 callers. Here's the link to a [1]CNN
article. I don't about you guys but I personally do not want my
cellular number to be made available so easily."
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/biztech/03/19/wireless.show.ap/index.html
Bluetooth + WiFi + GSM = Wanda
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/20/2253201
[0]nackrm writes "CNN is [1]reporting on the latest from Texas
Instruments seen recently at the Cellular Telecommunication and
Internet Association (CTIA) conference in New Orleans. They've managed
to jam these three techs into one chip. Soon we'll be seeing the techie
equivalent of a swiss army knife."
Links
0. http://acm.cs.uwec.edu
1. http://money.cnn.com/2003/03/20/technology/techinvestor/hellweg/index.htm
Slashback: Privacy, Spectrum, Location
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/16/0431202
Slashback tonight brings you yet another handful of updates and
amplifications to previously posted stories, including some naysaying
to Lessig's idea of the spectrum as commons, more free books from Baen,
and the European answer to GPS. Read on for the details.
Bioware Releases Neverwinter Nights Linux Client Beta
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/20/2319213
valedaemon writes "Well, I thought that the world would end before this
day dawned, but [0]Bioware has finally made good on its promise of a
[1]Linux client for Neverwinter Nights. You still need a Windows
installation in order to copy the game data, but the good news is that
the downloadable is only 4.4 MB. I could write more, but why? Go play!"
Links
0. http://www.bioware.com/
1. http://nwn.bioware.com/downloads/linuxclient.html
Slackware 9 Unleashed to World
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/20/2146230
[0]kiltedtaco writes "[1]Slackware Linux 9.0 is out! Based on gcc 3.2,
and equipped with kernel 2.4.20 (ptrace-patched), XFree86 4.3, GNOME
2.2 and KDE 3.1. You can read the full [2]announcement, or just go grab
a copy for yourself at either the [3]Slackware Store or these lovely
[4]mirrors." I know a lot of people who first cut their teeth on Slack
when trying Linux. It's cool to see that it's still around.
Links
0. https://www.tacomeat.net
1. http://www.slackware.com/
2. http://slackware.com/announce/ANNOUNCE.9_0
3. http://store.slackware.com/
4. http://www.slackware.com/getslack/
Cirocco Live Liquid Cooled Rack
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/20/1933256
[0]Mark Grant writes "[1]Cirocco have developed a [2]liquid cooled rack
of AMD Duron 1.1Gs in a Beowulf cluster. The rack has been installed in
[3]Cambridge University, England and has been under trial since
Christmas. The system is being put through its paces running
[4]chemical research algorithms. Critical to Cirocco's liquid cooling
system are the hot swappable [5]quick couplings. These allow servers to
be disconnected whilst the cooling system is in operation." The graph
with live temperature readings is pretty neat.
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.cirocco.co.uk/
2. http://www.cirocco.co.uk/products_cooling.htm
3. http://www.cam.ac.uk/
4. http://www-theor.ch.cam.ac.uk/people/ardlouis/group/
5. http://www.cirocco.co.uk/products_couplings.htm
Sun 'Calls JBoss bluff' on J2EE compliance
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/20/1858220
[0]joshmccormack writes "According to c|net's news.com Sun has
[1]finally responded to JBoss Group's request for J2EE compliance
testing. Simon Phipps, Sun's chief technology evangelist stated in the
article he thinks JBoss Group is bluffing, that their code won't pass
the tests, and that some of the code is just copied from Sun."
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://news.com.com/2100-1013-993471.html
Dying Languages, Fading Formats
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/20/1416214
utopyr writes "[0]A story on BBC News looks briefly at the problems in
[1]preserving human languages in digital formats. The scope of the
problem? Of the world's roughly 6,500 languages (of which, fewer than
500 are [2]listed here), half will be extinct within the century, as
the last speakers die. However, formats are proving [3]even more
ephemeral than human memory."
Links
0. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2857041.stm
1. http://www.language-archives.org/
2. http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/englangn_ascii.html
3. http://www.deadmedia.org/
Turn Your Monitor Into an HDTV
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/20/1721247
[0]orangerobot writes "ViewSonic has released an [1]interesting new box
that turns any VGA monitor into an HDTV video display with support for
standards up to 1080i. At $399 it's a little on the pricey side, but
according to the [2]review from EnvyNews, the unit performs pretty
well." Like the review, I can't figure out what the target market for
this is, but it's still a cool device.
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.viewsonic.com/products/video_box_nextvisionn6.htm
2. http://www.envynews.com/review.php?ID=410
Freshmeat
6's Keen TV Listings Scanner 0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116939/
6's Keen TV Listings Scanner is a program that accepts a list of your
favourite TV shows, movies, actors, and actresses, and running from
crontab, performs a daily search for them in gist.com's TV listings
search engine, and emails you a summary of the results. You get a daily
email listing 15-20 programs that you'd probably like to watch, and, of
course, gist.com lets you exclude channels that you cannot access.
A-A-P 0.104 (Agide)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116970/
The goal for A-A-P is to make it easy to locate, download, and install
software. Additionally, it supports making changes to a program and
managing different versions that exist in the world, making it useful
both for users and for developers. It uses a recipe that is similar to
a Makefile, but with many enhancements, such as integrated Python
script support, support for Internet access, and version control. An
IDE will be provided that integrates your favorite editor, debugger,
and other tools.
A-A-P 0.123
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116969/
The goal for A-A-P is to make it easy to locate, download, and install
software. Additionally, it supports making changes to a program and
managing different versions that exist in the world, making it useful
both for users and for developers. It uses a recipe that is similar to
a Makefile, but with many enhancements, such as integrated Python
script support, support for Internet access, and version control. An
IDE will be provided that integrates your favorite editor, debugger,
and other tools.
Achievo 0.9.3 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117001/
Achievo is a Web-based project management and tracking tool for small-
to medium-sized companies, aiming to become a fully featured ERP-like
system in the future. Features include a time registration module with
several statistical tools. Achievo is multi-language, fully
customizable, and uses a modular system to allow future extensions.
CapiSuite 0.4.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116960/
CapiSuite is an ISDN telecommunication suite providing easy-to-use
telecommunication functions which can be controlled from Python
scripts. It uses a CAPI-compatible driver for accessing the
ISDN-hardware, so you'll need a CAPI-compatible driver. CapiSuite is
distributed with two example scripts for call incoming handling and fax
sending. They provide a multi-user answering machine with fax
recognition, remote inquiry, and fax receiving/sending functions.
Connect Daily Web Calendar 2.1.13
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116964/
Connect Daily, a Web-based calendaring system, allows multiple users to
add and edit calendar events using a Web browser. The calendar display
can be directly integrated into your Web site. It provides advanced
capabilities for managing resources and facilities. The approval
processes allow many users to edit calendars, with the assurance that
all items added are approved. It supports event download to MS Outlook
and Palm OS PDAs. Authentication to LDAP directories is also supported.
connect-tunnel 0.03
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116947/
connect-tunnel is a simple Perl script that lets you tunnel anything
through a CONNECT-aware HTTP proxy. It supports multiple tunnels and
multiple connections to those tunnels, and all of the authentication
methods that libwww-perl supports (Basic, Digest, and NTLM). It works
under Unix and Windows.
cpCommerce 0.02
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116921/
cpCommerce is an e-commerce script with a layout that can be completely
customized by editing 5 files. It is designed in a modular fashion with
templates, and requires PHP and MySQL.
DBMonster 0.2.2 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116937/
DBMonster is a tool which helps database application developers with
tuning the structure of the database, tuning the usage of indexes, and
testing the application performance under heavy database load.
DBMonster generates as much random data as you wish and puts it into an
SQL database. It provides a very pluggable interface and is trivial to
use.
DConnect Daemon 0.2.1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116958/
DConnect Daemon is a daemon which acts as a Direct Connect hub. It is
written in pure C and utilizes threads. It aims to be very fast, with a
very good protocol implementation.
Elm ME+ Elm 2.4ME+ PL101 (25)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116951/
Elm 2.4ME+ is based on Elm 2.4. It contains enhanced MIME and character
set support. It can read mail from POP or IMAP folders and can pass
mail to the PGP or GPG programs. It also includes modules for TLS/SSL,
iconv, and SMTP.
fbdump 0.4.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116975/
fbdump is a simple tool to capture snapshots from the Linux kernel
framebuffer device and write them out as a PPM file. Currently, most
packed-pixel framebuffer formats and the vga16 framebuffer are
supported.
FlyWay 0.3.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116948/
FlyWay is a navigational route planner for pilots. It allows the user
to find and select waypoints (airports, navigational aids, and fixes),
then calculates distances, courses, wind corrections, and times.
Information about the waypoints is provided (including frequencies,
elevation, fuel availability, and runway descriptions). The route data
is also used to fill in an editable FAA Flight Plan form. FlyWay has an
X11 GUI based on the PyQt library.
ftpq 1.06 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117010/
ftpq allows users to queue ftp upload requests for processing when a
network connection is available. Useful for web authors with a dial-up
link to the net, for example: just queue any changed files and have
them automatically uploaded on dial-up.
GGI 2.0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116977/
GGI (General Graphics Interface) aims to develop a reliable, stable,
and fast graphics system that works everywhere.
GPSMan 6.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116955/
GPSMan (GPS Manager) is a graphical manager of GPS data that makes
possible the preparation, inspection, and edition of GPS data in a
friendly environment. It supports communication with both Garmin,
Lowrance, and Magellan receivers, and real-time support for any
receiver using NMEA-0183. It can also be used in command-line mode.
graphopt 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116932/
graphopt is a graph layout optimizer based on the iterative application
of laws of physics instead of using finite-pass algorithms.
gURLChecker 0.3-4 (Unstable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116899/
gURLChecker is a C/GNOME 2 tool that can check links on a single Web
page or on a whole Web site in order to determine the validity of each
page.
Highlight 2.0b-4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116938/
Highlight is a universal source code to HTML, XHTML, RTF, TeX, or LaTeX
converter. (X)HTML output is formatted by Cascading Style Sheets. It
supports Bash, C, C++, C#, COBOL, Java, Perl, PHP, and 40 more
programming languages. It's possible to easily enhance the parsing
database.
HTML Forms generation and validation 2003.03.20
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116917/
HTML Forms generation and validation is a PHP class that generates HTML
forms supporting keyboard navigation, server side and client side field
validation, the ability to stop the user from submiting a form more
than once, sub-form validation, composition and generation of the HTML
output with fields displayed as fully accessible or in read-only mode,
generation of Javascript field related functions, and automatic
capitalization of the text of a field. A plug-in filter is provided for
composing forms with the Smarty template engine.
Inti 1.0 Beta7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116941/
Inti is a set of integrated C++ foundation classes for developing GTK+
applications on Linux. It comes with more than 330 classes that wrap
most of the objects found in the GTK+ libraries. It has its own system
of signals and slots, and has a standard string compatible UTF-8 string
class, a full set of example programs, a C++ version of the GTK+
demonstration program, and an extensive tutorial. It unleashes the
power of GTK+ with a state-of-the-art C++ GUI toolkit. It makes
developing applications easy, intuitive, and efficient, and is designed
to work nicely with the GNU toolchain, and take advantage of the
standard C++ features provided by the GNU compiler.
JChemPaint 1.9.5 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116956/
JChemPaint is a Java 2 program for drawing 2D chemical structures like
those found in most chemistry textbooks.
JVerify 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116999/
JVerify is a Java application that enables you to monitor for changes
in any file on your Unix system, but most notably executable binaries,
thus alerting you to a possibly backdoored binary. It runs on any
platform that supports JSDK 1.4.x and has a MySQL database (will expand
to other DBs in the future).
K Executable Viewer 0.1-03202003
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116943/
This program allows users to view (and eventually modify) details of
ELF (and other) executables with a nice KDE interface.
KDE 3.1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116933/
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 20030320
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116934/
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").
Lightweight C++ 0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116965/
Lightweight C++ is a programming language that looks like C++ and is
directly translated to readable C code. It supports function
overloading, member functions, inheritance, polymorphism (virtual
functions), multiple inheritance, virtual inheritance and pure virtual
functions, constructors/destructors, new/delete, and simplistic
templates.
Linux Systems Management Interface 0.03
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116950/
The Linux Systems Management Interface (LSMI) system is a Web frontend
to an Enterprise Management System. It aims to deliver an easy-to-use
interface for system administrators to use in managing their systems.
It deals with statistics gathering, trend analysis, alarms, and traps.
LJChk 0.0.16
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116962/
LJChk is a script for working with livejournal servers via the XMLRPC
over HTTP protocol. Functions include continous checking for friends'
updates, monitoring changes in a friends list, posting both in your own
journal and in community journals, with the ability to use all the
options available through the livejournal Web interface, and
auto-posting quote lists with references to other users' posts.
lvs-kiss 1.23 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116935/
lvs-kiss is designed to make load-balancing with fail-over simpler. The
primary design-goal is for you to get load-balancing with fail-over up
and running withing an hour or so. The secondary design goal is to be
able to make this software as flexible as possible. Embedding of perl
in configuration-files and load-balancing with custom made tests should
be possible without too much hassle.
Managing Gigabytes for Java 0.7.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116983/
MG4J (Managing Gigabytes for Java) is a collaborative effort aimed at
providing a free Java implementation of inverted-index compression
techniques; as a by-product, it offers several general-purpose
optimised classes, including fast and compact mutable strings,
bit-level I/O, fast unsychronised buffered streams, (possibly signed)
minimal perfect hashing, etc.
Mcafee Virus Update Notify 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116940/
Mcafee Virus Update Notify (mcvu) will notify you when there is a new
virus update file available. You can send a message by SMB, local
broadcast, or mail. When using the mail method you even get detailed
info about the new .dat release.
MP3 STATION alpha-pre2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116963/
MP3 STATION is a plain text Linux/Unix tool set for managing MP3
playback in a car with as little user interaction as possible. It can
restart the last playlist at the last played track, transparently load
directories, transparently recompile playlists, and keep a repository
of all the playlists. It is a simple ncurses client for comunicating
with cm3s. All programs run under a non-privileged user account.
MPC8XX Debugging Library 0.0.2 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116972/
The MPC8XX Debugging Library lets you debug MPC8xx-based boards by
means of a LPT port debugging cable. A GDB patch is also available to
use the library from GDB.
Mplinuxman 1.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116957/
Mplinuxman is a file manager program for the MPMan F60 USB portable MP3
player. It can send and receive files using an intuitive graphical user
interface (GTK2). It features playlists, ID3 tags on the player,
hot-plugging support, and a random list function to fill up the
available space on the device.
MyAddressbook 2.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116986/
MyAddressbook is an address book in C for the console. It is simple
enough, but has all basic functions of usual addressbook and it is
quite comfortable in use. The output format can be easily changed to
fit a user's needs.
MyClient 2.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116997/
MyClient is a simple and clean Web client interface for the MySQL
database. Features include multiple query windows, one-button table
descriptions, one button database switching, query save and load, and
query results saving. It is not a full featured administration tool,
but rather a quick and easy query interface designed for those who are
looking for a Web-based implementation of the command line interface.
Nmap 3.20 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116992/
Nmap is a utility for network exploration or security auditing. It
supports ping scanning (determine which hosts are up), many port
scanning techniques (determine what services the hosts are offering),
and TCP/IP fingerprinting (remote host OS or device identification).
Nmap also offers flexible target and port specification, decoy/stealth
scanning, sunRPC scanning, and more. Most Unix and Windows platforms
are supported in both GUI and commandline modes. Several popular
handheld devices are also supported, including the Sharp Zaurus and the
iPAQ.
Open BEAGLE 1.0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117002/
Open BEAGLE is a versatile C++ evolutionary computation framework. It
provides an Object-Oriented software environment enabling the
implementation of almost any kind of evolutionary algorithm, such as
genetic algorithms and genetic programming.
Openwall Linux kernel patch 2.2.25-ow1 (Linux 2.2)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117004/
The Openwall Linux kernel patch is a collection of security
"hardening" features for the Linux kernel. In addition to the
new features, some versions of the patch contain various security
fixes. The "hardening" features of the patch, while not a
complete method of protection, provide an extra layer of security
against the easier ways to exploit certain classes of vulnerabilities
and/or reduce the impact of those vulnerabilities. The patch can also
add a little bit more privacy to the system by restricting access to
parts of /proc so that users may not see what others are doing.
Palace 0.2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117007/
Palace is an XMMS plugin originally based on the XPLSISNJASP 0.8.0
plugin, but recently rewritten. Its current function is to use a device
attached to the computer's 25-pin parallel port to control some type of
electronic device in synchronization with music, typically a light
show.
PhoneOn 1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116904/
PhoneOn powers on the phone on a Treo after a reset.
phpLinks 2.1.3.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117003/
phpLinks is a free PHP script which allows you to run a very powerful
link farm or search engine simulation. Features include full search
capabilities, recursive multilevel site categorization, full referrer
tracking, site reviews, site ratings, link validation, related
categories, category searching, and search term tracking.
PowerDNS daemon 2.9.7 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116954/
PDNS is an advanced high performance authoritative nameserver with a
host of backends. Besides plain BIND configuration files, PDNS reads
information from MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL and many other databases.
Backends can easily be written in any language, and a sample Perl
backend is provided. PDNS powers http://express.powerdns.com, a
Web-based DNS maintenance site, and the top level domain .TK.
procps 3.1.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116988/
procps is a package of utilities which includes ps, vmstat, top, w,
skill, snice, pgrep, pkill, free, sysctl, pmap, uptime, and kill. These
utilities report what is running, who is logged in, how long the system
has been running, and what is using up memory. They can be used to kill
processes and change run-time kernel configuration values.
shntool 1.2.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116995/
shntool is a multi-purpose WAVE data processing and reporting utility
that supports various lossless file formats with helper programs. These
include SHN (via shorten), FLAC (via flac), AIFF (via sox), APE (via
mac), OFR (via OptimFROG), LPAC (via lpac), and WV (via WavPack). It
features len, fix, md5, join, split, cat, cmp, conv, info, and strip
modes.
Simple File Manager .023
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116952/
Simple File Manager is a PHP-based file manager that allows files to be
uploaded, renamed, edited, and deleted. It can also create
sub-directories, require authentication, restrict the files and
directories that can be edited, specify disk space quotas and maximum
file sizes, and more.
SKYRiX Web Groupware 4.1pl8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116936/
SKYRiX Web Groupware is a set of Web-based applications for contact,
appointment, project, and content management. It is comparable to
Exchange and SharePoint portal servers. SKYRiX servers run on almost
any Linux system, can synchronize with Palm PDAs and are completly
scriptable using XML-RPC.
SMATCH 0.44
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116973/
SMATCH is an experiment in finding Linux kernel errors. There are two
main parts to Smatch. The first is a patch to the gcc sources to print
out a lot of information. The second part is a collection of Perl
scripts and libraries to analyze the information.
SnipSnap 0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116944/
SnipSnap is an easy to install and use Web log and Wiki engine written
in Java. It has no external dependency on Web servers or databases, as
both are built-in.
Spacewar 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116966/
Spacewar is an arcade game in which two players have to destroy each
other's space ship by hitting them with their lasers. It uses SDL and
runs on both Linux and Windows.
SpamAssassin 2.51
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116993/
SpamAssassin is a mail filter that uses a wide range of heuristic tests
on mail headers and body text to identify spam. Once identified, the
mail can then be optionally tagged as spam for later filtering. It
provides a command line tool to perform filtering, a client-server
system to filter large volumes of mail, and Mail::SpamAssassin, a set
of Perl modules that implement a Mail::Audit plugin -- allowing
SpamAssassin to be used in a Mail::Audit filter, a spam-protection
proxy POP/IMAP server, or almost anywhere.
ssum 0.7.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116991/
ssum generates md5 sums for every segment of a file, checks against
that record for bad segments, and can create a rip file which is used
by ssum to rip segments of data from valid copies of the files into a
single file. The rip function reads these files and creates an inject
file, which can be transfered back to the location that contains
corrupt files and injected into them.
StormSiren 0.60
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116924/
StormSiren is a personal severe weather monitoring tool that
communicates information from National Weather Service issued bulletins
on potential and imminent hazardous weather. When such bulletins are
detected, the program sends a concise summary of the alert to one or
more devices, including pagers, SMS-capable wireless phones, or e-mail
accounts. The summaries are designed to fit within a 160 character
display and contain the type of hazard, the affected counties and
cities defined by the user, and the issue and expiration times of the
bulletin.
TAMS 1.21a5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116971/
TAMS (Text Analysis Markup System) is a qualitative or ethnographic
coding and data extraction-analysis system.
TechTables 2003-03-20
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116994/
Tech tables is an asset and trouble ticket management system using PHP
and PostgreSQL or MySQL. It lets you track computing assets, contacts,
and trouble tickets.
Thy 0.4.165 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116978/
Thy is a lightweight httpd designed to be clean and fast, yet powerful
enough to serve many hits a day.
white_dune 0.22beta39 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116953/
VRML97 (Virtual Reality Modeling Language) is the ISO standard for
displaying 3D data over the web via browser plugins. It has support for
animation, realtime interaction and multimedia (image, movie, sound).
Dune can read VRML97 files, display and let the user change the
scenegraph/fields, and load and store x3d (next generation VRML xml
format) files if configured to work with the nist.gov x3d translators.
It also has support for stereoscopic view via
"quadbuffer"-capable stereo visuals.
xmlBlaster 0.844
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116961/
XmlBlaster is XML based MOM (Message oriented Middleware) with a lot of
features. It is a publish/subscribe and point-to-point MOM server which
exchanges XML-encoded messages. Communication with the server is based
on CORBA (using JacORB), RMI, XML-RPC, native socket, or a persistent
HTTP plugin. Subscribers can use XPath expressions to filter the
messages they wish to receive and add their own MIME-based filter
plugins. C/C++, Java, Perl and PHP client demos are included in the
xmlBlaster test suite, and Tcl and Python demo clients are scheduled.
XmlBlaster also provides a browser callback framework, allowing
browsers (Netscape, Mozilla, MSIE) to receive instant callbacks over a
persistent http connection. A security plugin framework allows
authentication/authorization in many ways. Currently there are LDAP-
and passwd-based plugins available.
Yabasic 2.722
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116979/
Yabasic implements the most common and simple elements of the basic
language. It comes with goto/gosub, with various loops, with user
defined subroutines and libraries. Yabasic does monochrome line
graphics and printing. Yabasic runs under Unix and Windows, it is small
(around 200KB) and free.
Yellow Dot Cursors 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116911/
Yellow Dot Cursors is a cursor set based on the Red Dot Cursor theme by
uga for Xfree 4.3. The cursors are beige, rather than a gradient of
black to white, and the dot is yellow. Some cursors are animated.
Newsforge Reports
What if Microsoft decides to go Open Source?
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/17/1233239
- By Donald K. Rosenberg - People often speculate about Microsoft's
bringing out a Linux version of Office, but everyone assumes that they
would never try to Open Source their products -- after all, Microsoft
is the acme of proprietary software. But they have begun to twirl the
seven veils lately. While Microsoft's critics denounce Shared Source as
a sham, at least it's a move away from binary-only, and although its
rule is "look, don't touch" ...
Iraq's renewal: U.S. using tools that could have been free
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/18/1815234
- by Tina Gasperson - The U.S. State Department has a plan for the
renewal of post-Hussein Iraq, called the "Future of Iraq" project. In
fact, they're already making deals with technology companies for tools
to help in that renewal. But one of the geographical imaging tools they
picked up from an outside vendor has a free counterpart created by the
U.S. Army. It's called GRASS.
Why Shared Source is not Open Source
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/12/1330253
- By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - This topic has been written about at
least 1000 times. But hardly anyone seems to have highlighted the
biggest practical difference between Open Source and Shared Source:
That you can modify Open Source software to fit your device (and other
software), while Shared Source only lets you modify your device (and
other software) to fit the Shared Source software.
Newsforge Newsvac
Making The GPL Easier For Companies To Swallow
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/20/2249215
There is a new GPL "wrapper" gaining momentum on Capitol Hill. Dubbed
O-STEP, the Open Source Threshold Escrow Program allows vendors to
license their products until so many millions are made, then agree to
release the code under GPL.
Could a Budget Crisis Persuade More States to Adopt OSS?
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/20/2029211
An Anonymous Reader writes ""Texas State Senator John Carona has
proposed a new bill to the Texas Legislature mandating the
consideration of Open Source software and standards, following Oregon's
footsteps. Both states are currently in a budget crisis. Could similar
bills spread across the US nation of states whom also are in a budget
crisis?" Steven Barnhart elaborates."
HP to support Red Hat enterprise line
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/20/1949226
Michael S. Mimoso writes "Support is a serious driver for enterprise
Linux adoption for mission critical duties. Not only does it help to
have a major hardware or software vendor stand behind a Linux vendor,
but it soothes the anxieties of IT administrators wondering if their
favorite Linux distribution has long-term viability.
SuSE readies Linux 8.2 for X86-64
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/20/190233
The good news, however, for AMD is that SuSE is ready to release its
full X86-64 version of Linux, version 8.2, quite a time before the
official launch.
.Net Is Moving To Linux, Unix
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/20/1851205
As Microsoft and Sun Microsystems prep new Web services development
platforms for debut this spring, Linux developers can expect the Mono
Project to be completed not long after--by early fall.
KDE 3.1.1 Released
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/20/1848233
The KDE Project today announced the immediate availability of KDE
3.1.1, a maintenance release for the third generation of the most
advanced and powerful free desktop for Linux and other UNIXes.
Lindows CEO attacks Intel's Centrino Linux lockout
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/20/1831203
Intel is going through a major internal struggle over desktop Linux,
and the pro-Microsoft marketing droids are currently winning, according
to Lindows.com CEO Michael Robertson.
Hitachi Announces Strategic Partnership with Codehost
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/20/1829249
Codehost Inc writes "Hitachi and Codehost Inc., combine efforts for
development of handwriting recognition software for Hitachis
VisionPlate Linux-based Wireless Tablet.
Summary of W3C Royalty-Free Patent Policy
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/20/1735258
NZheretic writes "The [W3C] Patent Policy Working Group has released a
Working Draft of the Royalty-Free Patent Policy for review by the W3C
Advisory Committee and the public. The draft governs the handling of
patents in the process of producing and implementing W3C
Recommendations. Comments from both W3C Members and the public are
welcome through 30 April. Read an informative summary and the press
release and visit the patent policy home page.
Book Review - Maximum Security Fourth Edition
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/20/1726250
LogError writes "When you're about to read a book that already reached
its fourth edition, you know you're about to embark on an interesting
journey. What does this edition bring? Read on to find out."
Thinkgeek
Books: Revolution OS DVD/VHS
http://www.thinkgeek.com/books/nonfiction/5dd5/
Gadgets: WristLinx Communicator
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/watches/5db8/
Gadgets: Wireless PenCam
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/5d8a/
Gadgets: Laser-Sighted MiniTemp
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/5d95/
Computing: Viewsonic Airpanel Wireless 15" LCD
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Computing: Antec PlusView PC Case
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Computing: Labtec Axis 712 Digital USB Headset
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Computing: Fly Fan USB Fan
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Computing: Antec LanBoy Aluminum PC case
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/casemods/5de9/
Computing: UV-Treated 80mm Cooling Fans
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/casemods/5e01/
Computing: Klipsch GMX-D5.1
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/speakers/speakers/5d7b/
Computing: iMic USB Audio Interface
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/accessories/5d9c/
Tshirts: There's no place like 127.0.0.1
http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/generic/5d6a/
Tshirts: fsck it!
http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/sysadmin/5d71/
Cube Goodies: Circuitboard Glo Cube Lamp
http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/lights/5d22/
Cube Goodies: Circuitboard Business Card Case
http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/toys/5d15/
Cube Goodies: Set Of Circuitboard Coasters
http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/mugs/5d28/
Cube Goodies: circuit board clipboard
http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/toys/3226/
Books: Art Of Deception: Controlling the Human Element Of Security
http://www.thinkgeek.com/books/nonfiction/5ba0/
Books: BOFH Series - 3 Pack/Bundle!
http://www.thinkgeek.com/books/humor/5daf/
Sourceforge
EJBCA 2.0 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=261721
EJBCA 2.0 is finally released after extensive development and testing.
This is an important milestone for EJBCA and with all the new features
it is ready for the enterprise. EJBCA is a fully functional certificate
authority with a very flexible and powerful administration interface.
Changes ------------- Added Hard Token funtionallity, EJBCA can now
store store pin/puk data in database. Added email notification to added
end entities. Added Key Recover funtionallity. Changed initial
temporary super administrator from "CN=Walter" to "CN= SuperAdmin".
Removed CA and ROOTCA types in "ra adduser" cmd, from now on use
certificate profiles. Added allowOverrideKeyUsage in certificate
profiles. New fields in DN, givenname, surname, initials.
ExtendedKeyUsage extension (for use in OutLook). New servlet in
adminweb, AdminCertReqServlet that creates users out of PKCS10-
requests. Moved batch and deploy scripts into build.xml. Moved external
jars into ear-file. Tested on Weblogic 7.1. Lots of bugfixes and
cleanups. A copy of our latest release can be found here:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=39716&release_id=
147439
XOOPS 1.3.9 released!
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=261713
The XOOPS team is pleased to announce the release of XOOPS 1.3.9 If you
are already running XOOPS2 RC2 or a first time user, please read
http://www.xoops.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=700 This release
includes a number of security based enhancements which fix possible
cross site script and SQL injection vulnerabilities. Therefore all
1.3.8 users are STRONGLY ADVISED to upgrade as soon as possible. It
also includes an upgrade script that will modify one of the database
tables to enhance performance of database access. - Full Package
http://www.xoops.org/modules/mydownloads/viewcat.php?cid=16 For new
users that would like to use XOOPS 1.3.x for some reason instead of
XOOPS2 ;-). This package contains entire XOOPS 1.3.9 source and a
several number of language packages. - Patch Files
http://www.xoops.org/modules/mydownloads/singlefile.php?lid=341 ->
[tar.gz]
http://www.xoops.org/modules/mydownloads/singlefile.php?lid=342 ->
[zip] For those who already have XOOPS 1.3.8 running. This package
contains only the files that have been modified from XOOPS 1.3.8. To
upgrade from 1.3.8, overwrite the old files with the new ones, then
point your browser to 138_to_139.php and follow the instruction
displayed. Don't forget to remove this file from the server after the
upgrade is complete.
DataVision 0.7.4 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=261734
DataVision 0.7.4 is now available from SourceForge at
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=33343 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: * Moved from MinML to MinML2
XML parser. * Output app version number when printing stack traces. *
If a SQL table or column name can't be found, look for it again while
ignoring schema names. * Stop running a report after the first Ruby
script error. This way, you won't see the same error message over and
over. Bug fixes: * Parameters, formulas, and user columns can now
appear in suppression procs. * Fields, parameters, formulas, and user
columns are now found within suppression procs or the report's startup
script when a report is looking for them. This fixes a few related
problems. * The suppression proc edit command now appears properly in
the Undo and Redo Edit menu items.
GLE -- alpha blending in version 3.1.0
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=261419
GLE is a library of C functions that draw extruded surfaces, including
surfaces of revolution, sweeps, tubes, polycones, polycylinders and
helicoids. GLE uses the OpenGL(R) API to perform the actual rendering.
The new version 3.1.0 includes new varients of existing functions that
allow alpha-blending (transparency) to be used. Any subroutines that
used to take RGB arguments now have analogous *_c4f() versions that
take RGBA (alpha) colors. A simple demo showing alpha transparency can
be found in the examples/alpha.c file. Also in the 3.1.0 release: -- a
minor memory leak fix -- other minor, forgetable fixes You can get our
latest release here:
https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=5539&release_id=
147184
Razor! Gaming Engine for Palm devices 0.91 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=261369
Razor! allows you to develop all kinds of fun games for your Palm
device :-) Enjoy color, sprites, perfect timing and sound. Can be used
with the popular PRC-Tools and CodeWarrior development environments.
This release focuses on full compatibility with the CW9 development
tool. A copy of our latest release may be found here:
https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=54402&release_id
=147113 Enjoy!
ToscanaJ 1.0 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=261403
After having tested the last release for a while on a workshop, we now
consider the current version of ToscanaJ stable enough to be called a
1.0 release. Development will of course go on, but this version gives
you a rather complete feature set for creating and deploying conceptual
systems based on simple relational databases. The feature list esp. of
ToscanaJ as the main viewer component exceeds what has been there
before, hopefully opening new applications for Formal Concept Analysis.
As usual you will find more information in the change log and release
notes. A copy of our latest release can be found here:
https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=37081&release_id
=143007
OnBoard Suite v2.1 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=260345
The OnBoard Suite team is excited to announce the release of v2.1 of
the OnBoard Suite. Thanks to everyone who contributed code, reported
bugs, and suggested ideas. The OnBoard Suite is a C-language
development environment that runs on and creates executables for the
Palm OS. The OnBoard Suite creates stand-alone, fully-fledged PRCs with
no need for run time libraries. OnBoard Suite comes with OnBoard C (a C
compiler), a built-in assembler, SrcEdit (a programmer's editor),
Sherpa (a palm-to-host porting tool) and documentation. This release of
the OnBSuite incorporates a large number of fixes including _many_
SrcEdit updates and bug fixes as well as new documentation (Users'
Guide and Cookbook).
SableVM 1.0.8 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=260788
SableVM is a portable bytecode interpreter. Its goals are to be
reasonably small, fast, and efficient, as well as providing a
well-designed and robust platform for conducting research. This version
fixes a few bugs. You can download the sources from:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=5523&release_id=1
46742
bogofilter-0.11.1.3 - new stable release
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=260827
The status of bogofilter version 0.11.1.3 has been promoted from
bogofilter-current to bogofilter-stable. The bogofilter package
implements a fast Bayesian spam filter along the lines suggested by
Paul Graham in his article "A Plan For Spam" . It is written in C.
Supported platforms: Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris and OS X.
JGraph Geneva (v2.1) released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=260845
JGraph is the most powerful, lightweight, feature-rich, and thoroughly
documented open-source graph component available for Java. It is
accompanied by JGraphpad, the first free diagram editor for Java that
offers XML, Drag and Drop and much more! Moved all GraphCell
dependencies to the GraphModel, added multiple grid styles, new font
attribute, and the API is now ready for combined port/vertex cells. Bug
fixes include improved live-preview, better zoom/grid integration,
handling of negative coordinates, and minor bug fixes. Java 1.4 is the
default version.
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