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Slashdot
New Whitespace-Only Programming Language
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/01/0332202
foobarbazquux writes "Introducing [0]whitespace, a language designed to
compensate for the "white-space doesn't count" culture of contemporary
programming languages. Amaze your friends by hiding programs in your
web-pages! Astound colleagues by putting a virus in your text file!"
(And for those who prefer obfuscation to invisibility, [1]Koshatul
writes "This article in the Sydney Morning Herald, tells of a [2]new
programming language which 'makes it impossible to express a security
vulnerability in a program's source code.'")
Links
0. http://compsoc.dur.ac.uk/whitespace/
1. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
2. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/03/31/1048962694949.html
Gentoo Linux Rethinks Package Management System
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/01/0234215
YOU ARE SO FIRED! writes "In an effort to conform to the [0]LSB
standards, [1]Gentoo Linux will be adopting RPM as the standard form of
package management in portage 2.1. More information can be found in the
[2]Gentoo weekly newsletter. I'd surely be fired if I would've proposed
such an idea!"
Links
0. http://www.linuxbase.org/spec/
1. http://www.gentoo.org/
2. http://www.gentoo.org/news/en/gwn/20030401-newsletter.xml
RFC 3514: New Bit Defined for IPv4 Headers
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/01/0218226
[0]RFC 3514 was just released, with a new bit definition for use in the
headers of IP packets. Because there are important security
implications, anyone coding internet services (on either the client or
server end) should probably take a look.
Links
0. ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc3514.txt
LCD Price Fixing?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/31/2341256
bilsaysthis asks: "Bill Kearney [0]poses a really interesting question,
one which I've been puzzled by for a while too: 'What's with prices on
LCD displays? On one hand a laptop can be had with UXGA resolution
display for $1000. Try buying that display alone and you'll find it's
also around $1000. Then there's how much they're gouging for the same
resolution in an LCD television.'" Sadly enough, as much as I want one
of these for my wall, the market is willing to bear these prices. How
long will it be before this hardware becomes affordable?
Links
0. http://www.ideaspace.net/users/wkearney/archives/000203.html
Operational Testing of Linux Kernel 2.5.x
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/31/1658205
[0]G3ckoG33k writes "[1]The Open Source Development's Lab has begun
operational testing of the 2.5.x Kernel: "The staff at OSDL has been
involved with development and testing of 2.5 since the beginning and
we've noticed that it seems to be very stable for a development tree.
So good, in fact, that we think it is ready to be tested in a
production environment. We have planned and begun execution of a
project to test the 2.5 kernel in our data center using our production
environment. The project includes lots of testing and lots of escape
hatches so we don't run recklessly off the edge. We began with some of
the simpler, less critical servers and, as we build confidence, are
moving to the more complex servers. Today we have several servers
running 2.5 and within a month we'll have most of the data center
migrated to 2.5." Can anyone say Dare Devils?"
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.osdlab.org/newsletters/newsletter_2003_mar.html
Mozilla Project Turns 5
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/31/2239240
GreyWolf3000 writes "As this notice in tinderbox shows, Mozilla
[0]turns five years old today. A great testament to the ability of open
software models debunking the myth that while the community can hack a
kernel or compiler together, we can't build a large scale project
designed for everyday folks to use. The trunk is feature frozen for the
upcoming alpha release for 1.4. Can't wait to see what's in store
next!" Read on for another odometer reading -- Mozilla's 200,000th bug
report, perhaps just as auspicious a landmark.
Links
0. http://tinderbox.mozilla.org/showbuilds.cgi?tree=SeaMonkey
Susan Kare: Mother of Icons You Love (or Hate)
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/31/1940248
[0]bughunter writes "One of today's Yahoo Daily Picks is the
[1]personal exhibit of Susan Kare: the mimimalist creator of most of
the [2]original Macintosh icons then, later, the [3]iconic elements for
Windows 3.0, and she didn't stop there. More than just icons, her GUI
elements have become part of the modern collective subconscious -
trashcans, bombs, and Happy Macs are universally recognized by computer
literate persons the world over. (I can personally attest that the Mac
System 6 beachball is burned into my soul...) She deserves some
recognition of her own."
Links
0. http://(bughunter) (at) (earthlink.net)
1. http://www.kare.com/index.html
2. http://www.kare.com/MakePortfolioPage.cgi?page=2
3. http://www.kare.com/MakePortfolioPage.cgi?page=6
Paypal Charged Under PATRIOT Act
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/31/1610218
A reader writes: "[0]Yahoo has the story: [1]Paypal has been [2]charged
under the PATRIOT act for accepting and profiting from transactions
with illegal gambling sites. According to their [3]new rules they will
no longer allow gambling payments due to the higher chargeback risk.
It's good to see them charged for something, even if they have never
had to atone for the thousands of customer dollars they have
[4]stolen." I know of a number people who've had problems, but I will
say that I've had no problems with PayPal - on both my personal account
and on the [5]Subscription side of things.
Links
0. http://www.yahoo.com/
1. http://www.paypal.com/
2. http://biz.yahoo.com/djus/030331/0912000807_1.html
3. http://www.wired.com/news/ebiz/0,1272,58208,00.html
4. http://www.paypalwarning.com/
5. http://slashdot.org/subscribe.pl
Lindows Media Computer: Power to Strike Microsoft?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/31/1740213
[0]Augustus writes "[1]LinuxHardware.org has just published the first
review of the [2]Lindows Media Computer from iDOTpc.com. The review
covers the hardware behind the machine but also goes through all of the
machine's claimed functionality: "After looking over all the media
hype, I went searching for one of these little machines. Could the
Lindows Media Computer really pull off meeting the new Windows machine
in a pitched battle? It did boast ÂInstant on DVD, CD, MP3, and VCD
playback as one of the prime features. And, it was only a fraction of
the price for a Windows Media Center system. At the time, only one
vendor had them available, [3]iDOTpc.com. After some communication, the
folks at iDOTpc.com were kind enough to loan me one of the units to
take for a spin." You can find the [4]full review over at
[1]LinuxHardware.org."
Links
0. http://www.linuxhardware.org
1. http://www.linuxhardware.org/
2. http://www.lindows.com/
3. http://www.idotpc.com/
4. http://www.linuxhardware.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/31/1654255&mode=thread
Snag the Red Hat 9 ISOs, via Cash or BitTorrent
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/31/1256236
Red Hat Linux 9 is out, and as of today the ISOs are [0]officially
available to Red Hat Network subscribers ($60/yr). Or, as of right now,
you can [1]grab the same ISOs using BitTorrent. For those unfamiliar
with this free/Free P2P download protocol, an introduction follows,
written by ololiuhqui. Update: 03/31 23:45 GMT by [2]J: After roughly
four hours, BitTorrent has transferred over 500 full copies of all 3
ISOs, and a total of over 1.5 TB, at 170 Mbytes/sec. Thanks to the more
than 3000 people who helped each other download the data, and
especially to the more than 200 who got full copies and still have
their clients open, to keep serving data to everyone else :)
Links
0. http://www.redhat.com/mktg/rh9iso/
1. http://bitconjurer.org/BitTorrent/rh9.html
2. http://jamie.mccarthy.vg/
Freshmeat
Allegro 4.0.3 RC 3 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118108/
Allegro is a multi-platform game library for C/C++ developers that
provides many functions for graphics, sounds, player input (keyboard,
mouse, and joystick), and timers. It also provides fixed and floating
point mathematical functions, 3D functions, file management functions,
compressed datafile, and a GUI.
AllTasks.net 1.37
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118113/
AllTasks.net allows a company to manage all parts of a task from idea
to execution and evaluation. Work together on big projects and/or
gather daily tasks into one common system.
Argus Monitoring System 3.2_RC-20030331 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118112/
Argus is a system and network monitoring application. It will monitor
nearly anything you ask it to monitor (TCP + UDP applications, IP
connectivity, SNMP OIDS, etc). It presents a clean, easy-to-view Web
interface. It can send alerts numerous ways (such as via pager) and can
automatically escalate if someone falls asleep.
Bayesian Pattern Filtering Library 0.2.0beta
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118121/
Bayesian Pattern Filtering Library is a general purpose library
designed for building Bayesian Filters. Its primary purpose is to
provide an easy-to-use interface to allow the building of Bayesian
filters regardless of the data being analyzed. A user will only need to
provide a tokenizer, hash function, and comparison function in order to
build a Filter.
Bioperl 1.2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118093/
Bioperl is set of Perl Modules for bioinformatics. It contains objects
for Sequences, features on Sequences, and other important
bioinformatics attributes.
BKchem 0.4.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118066/
BKchem is a chemical drawing program written in Python.
Bugzero 2.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118067/
Bugzero is an easy-to-install Web-based bug, defect, issue, and
incident tracking system. It can be customized to fit software,
hardware, and help desk support situations. It is platform and database
system independent (based on Java). It supports multiple projects,
group-based access, automatic bug assignment, file attachment, email
notification, metric reports, and workflow. It also features advanced
search capability, a comprehensive bug audit trail, CVS version control
integration, and an easy to use system administration tool for project
configuration and user account management.
cgipaf 1.3.0pre2 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118082/
cgipaf is a combination of three CGI programs. passwd.cgi, which allow
users to update their password, viewmailcfg.cgi, which allows users to
view their current mail configuration, and mailcfg.cgi, which updates
the mail configuration. All programs use PAM for user authentication.
It is possible to run a script to update SAMBA passwords or NIS
configuration when a password is changed. mailcfg.cgi creates a
.procmailrc in the user's home directory. A user with too many invalid
logins can be locked. The minimum and maximum UID can be set in the
configuration file, so you can specify a range of UIDs that are allowed
to use cgipaf.
changedfiles 0.9.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118120/
changedfiles is a framework for filesystem replication, security
monitoring, and/or automatic file transformations--essentially any
application where you'd poll files or directories and either do
something to them or send them somewhere else (or both). The difference
is, the kernel tells you when they change, instead of you having to
poll. Besides which, it's an easy real time FTP push mirror to one or
multiple sites. The changedfiles system consists of two parts: a kernel
module (works with Linux kernel version 2.4) which reports to a device
whenever a file on the filesystem changes, and a daemon which runs in
user space and can be configured to do almost any action when a change
to a file matching the one of the patterns it looks for is reported.
The kernel module is SMP safe and has been tested on Intel, PowerPC,
and Alpha.
CHRendezvous 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118078/
This program lets users search for local Rendezvous services such as
Web servers and iChat users. It also facilitates publishing a
Rendezvous service on the network.
Component Conversion Utility 0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118069/
The Component Conversion Utility is designed to minimize the time
needed to create skeleton code in a variety of languages. Given a
database connection, for example, the CCU can use existing tables to
create Java files replete with accessors, mutators, and common methods.
In addition to translating programming languages, it allows a user to
define entities/attributes in a friendly GUI. Supported languages
include Java, HTML/JavaScript, XML, SQL, VB/ASP .Net, and C.
dvb-mpegtools 0.2.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118081/
dvb-mpegtools provides various small programs helpful for converting,
demuxing, changing, analyzing, and remuxing MPEG transport streams
coming from DVB receiver cards. They mostly work on the PES level, but
tools for manipulating elementary streams are also included. The
package used to be included with the DVB driver.
Fast OnlineUpdate for SuSE 0.9.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118133/
Fast OnlineUpdate for SuSE (fou4s) is a bash script that provides the
functionality of YOU (YaST OnlineUpdate), but can also work in
background and check for updates every night. It supports resumed
downloads and proxies by using wget. GPG signatures are also checked.
Fink 0.5.1 CVS_SNAP-20033103 (CVS)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118057/
The Fink project wants to bring the full world of Unix Open Source
software to Darwin and Mac OS X. It modifies Unix software so that it
compiles and runs on Mac OS X and makes it available for download as a
coherent distribution. Fink uses Debian tools like dpkg and apt-get to
provide powerful binary package management. You can choose whether you
want to download precompiled binary packages or build everything from
source.
Gauche 0.6.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118075/
Gauche is an R5RS Scheme implementation that aims to be a handy tool
for daily work. Quick startup, a built-in system interface, and native
multilingual support are some of its goals. It has an OO system similar
to STklos and Guile. It supports UTF-8, EUC-JP, and Shift-JIS multibyte
encodings natively.
harvest 1.9.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118123/
Harvest is a system to collect information and make it searchable using
a Web interface. It can collect information using HTTP, FTP, NNTP, and
local files. Supported formats include HTML, DVI, PS, fulltext, mail,
man pages, news, troff, WordPerfect, C sources, and many more. Adding
support for new formats is easy due to Harvest's modular design.
hdup 1.6.8 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118085/
hdup is used to back up a filesystem. Features include encryption of
the archive (with mcrypt), compression of the archive (bzip/gzip/none),
the ability to transfer the archive to a remote host or restoring from
a remote host (with ssh), and no obscure archive format (it is a normal
compressed tar file).
ImageAlbum 2.0.0 Beta 1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118034/
ImageAlbum is an easy-to-use Web application for picture collections
written in PHP (safe-mode savvy). It features user accounts with access
privileges for entire collections or individual images, picture
comments, automatic thumbnail generation, and a nice interface (which
is completely template-based). Pictures can be uploaded using an upload
form or via FTP (which is nice when you have a lot of images to
upload). Images can be stored outside of the regular HTML directory
used by the Web server to increase security.
Infrared-HOWTO 3.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118109/
The Infrared-HOWTO (formerly known as the IR-HOWTO) is an introduction
to Linux and infrared devices and how to use the software provided by
the Linux/IrDA project. This package uses IrDA(TM) compliant standards.
Remote Control (RC) via infrared is not the aim of the project, though
this topic is partly treated in the HOWTO.
ITracker 1.6.0 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118092/
ITracker is a Java J2EE issue/bug tracking system designed to support
multiple projects with independent user bases. It supports features
such as multiple versions and project components, detailed histories,
issue searching, file attachments, dynamic reports with charts, and
multiple email notifications.
j 0.18.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118129/
J is a multifile, multiwindow programmer's editor written entirely in
Java. It features syntax highlighting for Java, C, C++, XML, HTML, CSS,
JavaScript, Lisp, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, Scheme, Tcl/Tk, Verilog, and
VHDL, automatic indentation, directory buffers, regular expressions,
multifile find and replace, autosave and crash recovery, undo/redo, and
FTP/HTTP support. All keyboard mappings can be customized. Themes may
be used to customize the editor's appearance.
Java Financial Library 1.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118058/
The Java Financial Library is a library for Java applications that
converts between currencies and retrieves stock information. It uses
external data sources (Yahoo and Oanda) for the quote and currency
data.
Jeff's Digital Notary 0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118104/
Jeff's Digital Notary is a Web-based digital notary service. It's
written in Python and allows you to setup your own digital notary
really quickly. It uses GPG for all signing.
Levenshtein 0.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118114/
Levenschtein is a Python C extension and C libray to compute
Levenshtein string distance, string similarity, normal and generalized
string set medians, and other related quantities.
libike 0.9.4.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118119/
libike is a cross-platform C library for managing IKE negotiations. The
library implements RFC-standard ISAKMP/IKE exchanges and utilizes a
callback mechanism to delegate tasks of the actual packet transmission
and security policies management to the external code.
LibTPT 1.20 (Release)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118063/
TPT is a template scripting language implemented in C++. The LibTPT
parser transforms TPT templates into text. The parser, which integrates
with your C++ code through a simple class API, is small and fast,
focusing on functionality instead of rich feature sets. Uses include
on-the-fly HTML and source code generation.
LSID Resolution Stacks 0.2 (Java)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118095/
A Life Science Identifier (LSID) Resolver is a software system that
implements an agreed LSID resolution protocol to allow higher-level
software to be able to locate and access the data uniquely named by any
LSID URN. This project is the first implementation of a Web
service-based LSID URN resolution protocol, and includes Java J2EE,
Perl, and Win32 COM/C++ client & server stacks, example programs,
and tutorials on how to establish a LSID resolver for any organization.
LSID Resolution Stacks 0.03 (Perl)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118094/
A Life Science Identifier (LSID) Resolver is a software system that
implements an agreed LSID resolution protocol to allow higher-level
software to be able to locate and access the data uniquely named by any
LSID URN. This project is the first implementation of a Web
service-based LSID URN resolution protocol, and includes Java J2EE,
Perl, and Win32 COM/C++ client & server stacks, example programs,
and tutorials on how to establish a LSID resolver for any organization.
LULI Tournament Manager 0.9 beta
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118134/
LULI Tournament Manger is a Web-based tool to help people
running/organising tournaments. It's mainly written for Intranet LAN
party usage, but it will work as well for any other type of tournament.
It is not restricted to a certain style of tournament. Instead,
administrators may freely combine Registration, KO Rounds, and
Leagues/Heats.
mboxgrep 0.7.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118124/
mboxgrep is a small utility that scans a mailbox and displays messages
matching a basic, extended, or Perl-compatible regular expression. It
supports mbox, MH, nnmh, nnml, and maildir folders.
Memo 1.9.2 (GTK2)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118102/
Memo displays the time as text (e.g. "It's just gone five to
ten"), and your next appointments, memos, and alarms in a small
window.
mod_epp 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118086/
mod_epp is an Apache 2.0 module that implements the EPP over TCP
protocol as defined in draft-ietf-provreg-epp-tcp-06.txt and the
session management parts of draft-ietf-provreg-epp-0(6|7|8).txt. This
is not a full implementation of EPP; this module just makes it possible
to write an EPP server as a set of CGI scripts.
MuSE Streamer 0.8.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118072/
MuSE is a user-friendly tool for network audio streaming, making life
easier for independent free speech radio stations. It can mix, encode,
and stream sound over the Internet that can be tuned in to by the
majority of audio players. It can simultaneously mix up to 6 encoded
audio channels plus a sound card input signal, sending the result to an
Icecast server. It offers an intuitive GTK+ interface for real-time
operation and can also be used from command line.
MW Speaker 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118131/
MW Speaker is the worst speech synthesis software ever. You provide a
phrase, and MWSpeaker looks up each word in Merriam-Webster's online
dictionary, downloads the corresponding pronounciations, and plays them
in sequence.
ngetcgi 0.1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118070/
ngetcgi is an CGI front end for nget that makes it easier to select and
download files.
NMM 0.1.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118103/
NMM is a multimedia middleware package that allows you to develop all
kinds of multimedia processing applications. A number of plug-ins
supporting various media-types, operations, and I/O devices are
included. The Multimedia-Box application built on top of NMM provides
an extensible home entertainment system for DVD and CD playback, TV
with time-shifting, and MP3 playback and encoding.
NSCL Data Acquisition System 7.1-005 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118100/
The NSCL Data Acquisition system is a general purpose nuclear physics
data acquisition system for small to medium scale nuclear physics
experiments. It can be combined with NSCL SpecTcl to form a powerful
online/offline data handling system. It is in use at several university
labs and, of course, the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory
at Michigan State University.
Null Webmail 0.7.1 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118110/
Null Webmail is a simple yet powerful POP3/SMTP Webmail CGI written in
C. It's small, fast, complete, and a breeze to install and use.
Opale 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118122/
Opale is a very simple personal financial account manager for KDE and
KOffice.
Open Sound World 1.1beta2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118097/
Open Sound World (OSW) is a scalable, extensible programming
environment that allows musicians, sound designers, and researchers to
process sound in response to expressive real-time control. It combines
a familiar visual patching paradigm with solid programming language
features such as a strong type system and hierarchical name spaces. OSW
also includes an intuitive model for specifying new components using a
graphical interface and high-level C++ expressions, making it easy to
develop and share new music and signal processing algorithms.
Papercut NNTP Server 0.9.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118101/
Papercut is a multi-threaded NNTP server written in Python. Its main
objective is to integrate existing Web-based message board software
(Phorum is one of the supported ones) with a Usenet front-end. However,
its extensibility enables developers to write their own containers for
the storage of the Usenet articles (messages). That means that the code
is extensible enough that you could write new containers to integrate
the news server with other Web message board projects or even other
ways to store the messages.
PHPBalanceSheet POC-20030331
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118088/
PHPBalanceSheet is an effort to implement a Web-based accounting
package using PHP.
Pine 4.53
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118099/
Pine® is a tool for reading, sending, and managing electronic
messages. Pine was designed by the Office of Computing &
Communications at the University of Washington specifically with novice
computer users in mind, but it can be tailored to accommodate the needs
of "power users" as well.
POP-Before-SMTP Relay Authorization Daemon 0.5.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118130/
popbsmtpd watches syslog for successful POP and IMAP logins, and writes
IP address entries to a database to permit SMTP mail relaying for a
configurable duration. No changes to any other software are required,
and it can process logins where the IP address and the authentication
success are recorded on separate log entries (i.e., when using
stunnel). It has a user-configurable scheme for recognizing and
extracting values from log entries, making it possible to use with many
POP and IMAP daemons without requiring any programming changes. These
configurations can be tested using sample log data.
Portable Coroutine Library 0.99
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118014/
This is a Portable Coroutine Library implementation written in ANSI C.
Coroutines can be used to implement cooperative threading among many
tasks without overloading the OS with threads/processes. Since context
switch between coroutines is very fast, certain applications might have
performance gain in using this type of threading.
portatux 0.72
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118127/
portatux is an interactive ncurses interface as well as a command line
program for easily controlling the 8 data pins in the parallel port.
Psycho Path 1.12.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118089/
Psycho Path is a small, addictive arcade game for Palm OS made in the
spirit of Carmageddon and GTA. Your aim is to crush pedestrians by
moving your car in twists and zigzags.
Python Desktop Server 0.4.20
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118087/
The Python Desktop Server is a combined Weblog authoring tool,
XMLRPC/SOAP server, and news aggregator. It allows one to read RSS news
feeds, post to a community server (such as Radio Userland or any Python
Community Server installation), and includes tools for Weblog and
homepage management. It features a Web interface, a built-in Web
server, extensibility through scripts that connect via XMLRPC or
macros, and a plugin architecture.
PyX 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118091/
PyX is a Python package for the creation of encapsulated PostScript
figures. It provides both an abstraction of PostScript and a TeX/LaTeX
interface. Complex tasks like 2D and 3D plots in publication-ready
quality are built out of these primitives.
RPL/2 4.00pre6e (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118079/
RPL/2 (Reverse Polish Lisp/2) is a langage derived from the RPL made by
Hewlett-Packard for its HP-28S. It has some extensions (preprocessor,
compilated libraries, new functions), a TeX output, and can draw
graphics.
Sagasu 1.99.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118125/
Sagasu is a GNOME tool to find strings in multiple files. The user
specifies the search directory and the set of files to be searched.
Double-clicking on a search result launches a user command that can for
example load the file in an editor at the appropriate line. The search
can optionally ignore CVS directories. Sagasu is a Japanese word that
means "to search."
Samsung Contact 8.0.2 (beta) (Server)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118061/
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.
shmux 0.7a
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118090/
shmux is a program for executing the same command on many hosts in
parallel. For each target, a child process is spawned by shmux, and a
shell on the target obtained one of the supported methods: rsh, ssh, or
sh. The output produced by the children is received by shmux and either
output in turn to the user in an easy to read format, or written to
files for later processing, making it well suited for use in scripts.
snortalog 1.9.0rc1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118074/
Snortalog is a powerful Perl script that summarizes Snort logs, making
it easy to view any network attacks detected by Snort. It can generate
charts in HTML and text output. It works with all versions of Snort,
and can analyze logs in three formats: syslog, fast, and full snort
alerts.
swsusp 2.4 Beta19-19 (2.4 Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118065/
swsusp enables you to suspend your machine without having to use APM or
BIOS support. It creates an image which is saved in your active swaps.
At the next system bootup, the kernel detects the saved image, restores
the memory from it and then it continues to run as before you've
suspended.
Tabula-Musica 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118111/
Tabula-Musica is a "swiss knife" jukebox, which tries to
cover everything. It's written in full modular Python and is easy to
extend and adjust. You can controll the server over Web, telnet, and a
shell client. It currently supports xmms, lirc, and lcdproc.
The Tamber Project 1.2.4 (Pogo)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118096/
The Tamber project is a free, componentised n-tier website engine that
uses open languages such as XML and JavaScript. In a nutshell, content
is stored in separate XML files, in databases, or other data objects;
business functions are carried out by JavaScript and ASP; and
presentation is controlled by an XSL transformation, which allows for
delivery over multiple channels such as HTML, WAP and email. Currently
Tamber contains modules that support; automatic locale detection,
search engine tracking and optimisation, e-commerce catalogues;
shopping carts and order management, secure sign in, data access and
conversion services, advanced session management, content managemt
tools and forums.
Thy 0.4.242 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118098/
Thy is a lightweight httpd designed to be clean and fast, yet powerful
enough to serve many hits a day.
web-cyradm 0.5.3-1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118076/
web-cyradm is a Web-based tool to admin the Cyrus IMAP Server and
partially the Postfix MTA with a nice and fast frontend written in PHP.
It supports multiple virtual domains, setting quotas, and mapping email
adresses to mail accounts.
Webplan 0.03 beta
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118073/
Webplan is a small Web tool for resource or shift planning. Several
teams can mange their shifts, and administrators can easily identify
open gaps for important shifts. Vacation planning is also supported,
and the program is administrable via a Web interface.
WIMS 3.28
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118064/
WIMS (WWW Interactive Mathematics Server) is a CGI Web application
designed to host interactive mathematical educational activities such
as exercises, computational math, and graphing tools. It features
automatic score processing with strong anti-cheating mechanisms,
virtual classes allowing teachers to guide/control student works,
online exercise creation, animated graphics, a message board allowing
inline mathematical formulas, and more. It can also be easily used for
education within other disciplines.
X Resource Graph 0.2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118107/
X Resource Graph (XRG) is a system monitor that shows graphs for CPU
usage, memory usage, network usage, disk usage, current weather, and
stock market data. It is designed to use as little overhead possible
while showing a lot of information about the resource usage in a nice
interface.
Xerces2 2.4.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118118/
Xerces2 is the next generation Apache Xerces-J XML parser. This version
of Xerces-J defines the Xerces Native Interface (XNI), and provides a
complete, standards compliant reference implementation using XNI. The
parser was completely re-designed and re-implemented to be simpler and
more modular. To help contribute to this project, visit the Apache XML
Project web page and join the xerces-j-dev mailing list.
xrmap 2.26 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118060/
Xrmap is a program running under X that can interactively display
portions of the Earth, using the huge CIA world vector map. It is based
on an earlier console utility 'rmap'. It features political boundaries,
major and minor rivers, glaciers, lakes, canals, etc. The map remains
accurate under a very large zoom factor, which can possibly exceed 100.
Spherical, rectangular, Mercator and Miller projections are
implemented, and all features can be interactively set from the GUI.
Newsforge Reports
Dalai Lama announces Yellow Hat Linux
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/23/213251
Dharamsala, India, 1 April 2003 - The Dalai Lama today announced the
official release of Yellow Hat GNU/Linux. Produced by the Gelugpa or
"Yellow Hat" sect of Tibetan Buddhism, this GNU/Linux distribution is
designed to encourage benevolence and cooperation. The Dalai Lama said,
"The experience of sharing free software will teach all human beings
the principle of benevolence toward other beings. Software is
formalized knowledge, and sharing ...
New managing editor joins NewsForge.com
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/31/1645253
- By Lee Schlesinger - You're going to be seeing my name around here,
so I thought I'd use my first byline to introduce myself. I'm Lee
Schlesinger, and I've joined OSDN as managing editor. I'll be keeping
tabs on the editorial side of NewsForge.com and DevChannel.org.
Open Source needs centralized PR, not development
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/23/1322252
- By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - It happened again: A complaint was
brought up on a free software email list I'm on about the lack of a
certain type of open source program, but there are several healthy
projects in that area I knew about, and other list members pointed out
yet others. Why didn't we all know about all of them? And if we don't
know, how can we expect potential corporate open source adopters, who
aren't on "inner circle" Linux and ...
Newsforge Newsvac
Random Hacks of Kindness Volume #3 published
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/01/022209
An Anonymous Reader writes "Affero announced today the March 2003
publication of their community newsletter, Random Hacks of Kindness.
Good work and support provided by members of Freenode,
LinuxQuestions.org and Scoop Media communities are recognized. Care2002
is the featured open source project that is doing great things in the
health care community."
Scyld Computing and OSDgroup offer Beowulf Training
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/31/1915209
John Weathersby writes "Oxford, MS/Annapolis, MD March 31, 2003 The
Open Source Development Group, Inc, (www.osdgroup.com) and Scyld
Computing Corporation (www.scyld.com) have formed a strategic alliance
to provide training programs for Beowulf clustering technology.
SuSE Linux Firewall on CD 2
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/31/176209
In line with industry trends towards software appliances for security
applications, SuSE has released a bundled OS plus firewall software
installation. It comes with a minimal SuSE Linux preconfigured boot-up
system, which hardens the OS in turning off non-essential services. As
with other software appliances, a key benefit is being able to install
the firewall together with the OS, easily turning a PC into a
relatively robust appliance.
OpenZaurus 3.2 is released
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/31/1658217
I hereby announce the release of OpenZaurus 3.2. OZ (OpenZaurus) is an
alternative Linux distribution for Handheld devices, primarily the
Sharp SL-5000D and SL-5500 PDAs. Said distribution includes the Opie
graphical environment, and numerous enhancements to both kernel and
userspace when compared to the stock Embedix distribution on the
Zaurus.
IBM Moves Lawsuit from State to Federal Court
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/31/1631239
Anonymous Reader writes "IP attorney John S. Ferrell and
MozillaQuest.com's Mike Angelo discuss IBM's removal of SCO's Caldera v
IBM lawsuit to federal court. Why did IBM move the lawsuit to the
United States District Court for Utah? What effect will moving Caldera
v IBM to the District Court for Utah have on the outcome of the
lawsuit? What is IBM's defense likely to be? Will it work? All these
questions and more discussed in this in-depth, ...
Tarantella Enterprise 3 Validated on SuSE Linux Enterprise Server
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/31/1628221
Tarantella, Inc., a leading supplier of secure, application access
software, today announced that Tarantella Enterprise 3, Version 3.3 has
been successfully validated on the SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8
(SLES8) platform.
SuSE Linux 8.2: Evolutionary, but not Revolutionary
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/31/1535251
Anonymous Reader writes "OSNews posted an informative review of the
upcoming SuSE Linux 8.2. While the article concludes that this is
mostly an incremental point release with no major new features, we
learn about some minor installation problems, some usability issues,
tools that are there and tools that are missing (e.g. samba) and more."
IDT Offers Free Linux-Based Software Package for Interprise Family of Integrated
Communications Proc
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/31/1613240
IDT(TM) (Integrated Device Technology, Inc.; Nasdaq: IDTI), a leading
communications IC company, today announced it will provide royalty-free
Linux(R)-based software packages optimized for all members of its
Interprise(TM) family of integrated communications processors.
Providing the fundamental building blocks for a wide range of
Linux-based embedded designs, the IDT Linux solutions enable system
designers to add value through application code ...
Debian's Own SourceForge
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/31/168237
Raphael Hertzog recently announced Alioth, a SourceForge installation
dedicated for Debian use. All developers automatically have accounts,
though anyone may get an account. Quoting the front page, the purpose
of Alioth is multiple: to provide facilities to free software projects
supported by Debian developers, to make it easier for non-Debian
developers to contribute to projects initiated by Debian, and to
support projects whose goal is to ...
Growing trust in Linux not reflected in sales
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/31/165212
Confidence in open source software is growing, but there has been no
growth in overall usage, according to new research.
Thinkgeek
Cube Goodies: Portable Mini Fridge
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Gadgets: LightWedge Reading Light
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/lights/5cf2/
Gadgets: Binary Code Watch
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Books: High Score! The Illustrated History Of Electronic Games
http://www.thinkgeek.com/books/nonfiction/5e26/
Computing: LED Light Sticks
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Cube Goodies: Activision 10-in-1 TV Games
http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/toys/5d41/
Cube Goodies: Atari Classics 10-in-1 TV Games
http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/toys/5d39/
Computing: IQeye3 Network Camera
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/netcams/5e3b/
Electronics: FM Transmitter
http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/audio/5dab/
Computing: UV-Treated Rounded Cables
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/casemods/5e1f/
Computing: 4-D Optical Mouse
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/keyboards/5e45/
Books: Revolution OS DVD/VHS
http://www.thinkgeek.com/books/nonfiction/5dd5/
Gadgets: Wireless PenCam
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/5d8a/
Gadgets: WristLinx Communicator
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/watches/5db8/
Gadgets: Laser-Sighted MiniTemp
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/5d95/
Computing: Labtec Axis 712 Digital USB Headset
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/speakers/headsets/5de1/
Computing: Fly Fan USB Fan
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/accessories/5dee/
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: Viewsonic Airpanel Wireless 15" LCD
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/display/lcd/5df4/
Sourceforge
ECB 1.93 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=264120
ECB is a file/code browser for Emacs. It can be used to browse any type
of file and supports parsing of Java, C, C++, Elisp and other types of
source code. This release (1.93) includes bug fixes, layout
enhancements and enhancements to tree-buffers.
Colander Internet Agent 0.2.2 release
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=264197
Colander is a Java application which acts as a scripted personal
Internet agent (performance of arbitrary scripted tasks through the
provided framework.) Access is possible through a standard web browser.
Announcing release 0.2.2: This is a bugfix release that contains
numerous backported fixes and updates. Please see the release notes on
the file release page for details. Note that this version does not
include the proper handling of binary data that the unstable branch
does. Colander is in a useable state. It is listed as alpha software
due to changes that may yet occur in the interface and API.
BitMagic library version 3.1.2 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=264239
BitMagic is a C++ library implementing dynamic bitvectors with several
types of on-the-fly, adaptive compression. Designed for use in
databases, search systems, scientific projects. Version 3.1.2 primarily
focuses on memory consumption issues. Additional parameters added to
save memory in situations when thousands of bitsets are used. (see
http://bmagic.sourceforge.net/memsave.html); several build environment
problems were fixed; added support file for AIX; improved performance
of logical operations.
hl7d added to HL7 Toolkit
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=264258
This project aims at providing a Perl Toolkit for using the HL7
protocol (a data interchange protocol used in healthcare). The toolkit
will consist of a number of Perl libraries and scripts for developing
HL7 capable applications in Perl. An early version of the hl7 server
has been added to the project. This is a forking server that uses the
Net::HL7 module, and dispatches incoming HL7 messages to user defined
plugins.
Anjuta 1.0.2 (Tagore) released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=264261
The Anjuta team is pleased to announce the release of Anjuta 1.0.2.
Anjuta is an IDE (Integrated Developmetn Environment) for C and C++
targetting the GNOME platform. The main highlight of this release is
the advanced search/replace functionality. There have also been
numerous smaller feature additions, updates and bug fixes. The Anjuta
1.0.x series should now be considered dormant. New development will be
taking place on HEAD which targets the GNOME2 platform. The current
stable branch will only get critical bugfixes. Learn more about anjuta
at http://www.anjuta.org/
SnipSnap 0.4.1a and Radeox 0.6.1
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=263487
Released a bugfix release for SnipSnap and Radeox. The major change is
the improved performance of the Macro rendering mechanism that is now a
100 times faster. SnipSnap is a personal content management system
based on weblog and wiki technologies. It's intended for desktop use,
but can be deployed on servers. SnipSnap differs from other weblog and
wiki tools as it's focused on easy installation.
POP/SMTP e-mail jConduit now available via CVS.
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=263690
Users who build the project from sourcecode will be interested to note
that the latest sources now include the new Email jConduit, that allows
you to synchronize the Palm Mail database with the POP and SMTP servers
of your choice. Work on this jConduit is continuing (adding features
and such), but it is a good example of how to code a network-enabled
jConduit. Interested developers are encouraged to update their source
trees. This jConduit will be a part of our first beta binary release,
planned for sometime within the next few weeks.
FreeMarker 2.2 final available
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=263999
The first release of FreeMarker 2.2 labelled production/stable is
available. FreeMarker 2.2 incorporates some revolutionary new features:
names-spaces, support for 3rd party JSP taglibs, fine control over
whitespace, macros with default arguments. FreeMarker is a template
engine. It provides an easy way to generate textual (HTML, RTF,
PostScript, TeX, source code, etc) output from your data and helps you
separate design issues from application logic. Integrates with
servlets, XML, Python and more.
bogofilter-0.11.1.4 - new current release
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=263675
bogofilter 0.11.1.4 fixes several minor defects in 0.11.1.3 and updates
the help messages and FAQ. 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.
Privoxy 3.0.2 is released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=263687
This is the first maintenance release of Privoxy. There are no
significant new features in this release. Many bugs are fixed, and some
existing features have been enhanced. See ChangeLog for details.
Upgrading from 3.0.0 is recommended. Privoxy is a web proxy with
advanced filtering capabilities for protecting privacy, filtering web
page content, managing cookies, controlling access, and removing ads,
banners, pop-ups and other obnoxious junk. It is based on the Internet
Junkbuster.
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