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August 07, 2003 EVERYTHING SERIES
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Slashdot
Sinclair's Answer To The Segway
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/06/234234
slumos writes "BBC News Online is reporting on [0]Sir Clive Sinclair's
reaction to the Segway. The [1]British inventor thinks it's fine for
factories, but not for crowded streets, and he's even planning some
competition in the form of a top-secret follow-up to the [2]Sinclair
C5."
Links
0. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3125341.stm
1. http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive_Sinclair
2. http://www.sinclairc5.com/
Novell To Cease NetWare Development?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/06/2241249
[0]Karl Cocknozzle writes "CNET News is reporting that [1]Novell may
discontinue NetWare following the purchase of Linux software company
[2]Ximian - for details on the purchase, see the [3]recent Slashdot
article. Novell plans to run its NetWare services - such as eDirectory
and Secure Identity Management - on the Red Hat and SuSE Linux
distributions."
Links
0. mailto:(kcocknozzle) (at) (hotmail.com)
1. http://news.com.com/2100-7252_3-5060413.html?tag=fd_top
2. http://www.ximian.com/
3. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/04/1329218&tid=170
Former Intel Engineer Pleads Guilty To Taliban Aid
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/06/2252246
[0]theodp writes "Following up on an [1]earlier Slashdot story,
software engineer Maher "Mike" Hawash [2]pleaded guilty Wednesday to
conspiring to provide services to the Taliban, agreeing to testify
against other suspects in exchange for the dropping of other terrorism
charges. He will serve at least seven years in federal prison under the
deal. In March, federal agents seized Hawash from a parking lot outside
Intel Corp., where he worked, and held him as a material witness until
charges were filed five weeks later."
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/04/190223&tid=103
2. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,93944,00.html
Real Announce Helix Grant Program, Player
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/06/2136202
[0]Rob Lanphier writes "RealNetworks made two announcements at
LinuxWorld this week: we will be [1]giving out up to $75,000 by the end
of the year for development of open source projects based on the
[2]Helix multimedia platform. Also, we just formally launched the
[3]Helix Player project, which is a project to build a GTK+ based user
interface for Linux, Solaris, and other UNIXy operating systems. Press
releases for the [4]grant program here and [5]player project here"
Links
0. http://slashdot.org/~robla
1. https://www.helixcommunity.org/2003/grants/
2. https://www.helixcommunity.org/
3. https://player.helixcommunity.org/
4. http://www.realnetworks.com/company/press/releases/2003/hcgp.html
5. http://www.realnetworks.com/company/press/releases/2003/helixplayer.html
SCO Targets US Government, TiVo
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/06/2232223
An anonymous reader writes "According to SCO, if you have a TiVo
set-top box, or those models of Sharp Zaurus which use Linux, someone
now [0]owes them $32, since the company wants money 'for each embedded
system using Linux.' SCO also says government agencies [1]must pay up
to $699 for each copy of Linux that they use."
Links
0. http://www.eetimes.com/story/OEG20030806S0025
1. http://www.washingtontechnology.com/news/1_1/daily_news/21384-1.html
Community Involvement for an Open Source Project?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/06/2043214
pfleming asks: "Several months ago I began a maintenance fork of some
niche software. Essentially, these are PHP/MySQL scripts for real
estate offices. The original developer moved on to an incompatible
version to what I was using. Upgrading for me and many other users was
not the easiest option. Luckily the software is GPL'd and so continued
work on the fork is not a big deal. I have set up a site, made it
available for download, announced the availability of the fork on
[0]Freshmeat and the forums for the original software. Now I have a few
people subscribed to the project on Freshmeat, and a few on a mailman
list set up for the project. This project has been listed on the [1]GNU
Website and other mirror sites but doesn't get much discussion on the
mailman list and nothing from the Freshmeat subscribers. There is
usually an increase in interest (indicated by a short term increase in
site hits) when new releases are announced but this fades back to
regular traffic of ~40 visits per day as measured by webalizer after a
short period of time. Is this an anomaly? Should I be thankful that
there aren't tons of bug reports and feature requests?"
Links
0. http://freshmeat.net/
1. http://www.gnu.org
11-Pound Model Plane Vs. The Atlantic, Again
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/06/1913242
Luap Nanreffeh writes "Last year, ([0]/. Story 1, [1]/. story 2)
Maynard Hill and some retired NASA buddies tried to set a record for
[2]flying a model aeroplane across the atlantic ocean (from
[3]Newfoundland to Ireland). Their plan, using GPS, onboard
controllers, and a gallon of gas, would have been the first to cross
the Atlantic under FAI rules. They didn't have much luck last year, but
now they're at it again. The first launch should be tonight."
Links
0. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/04/29/166206&tid=159
1. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/08/1329211&tid=99
2. http://tam.plannet21.com/
3. http://www.gov.nf.ca/tourism/
The Economics Of Spamming
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/06/1831256
Shardleton writes "What kind of an idiot would buy penis-enlargement
pills? Even more idiotic, who would buy them from a spammer? Apparently
LOTS of people, according to [0]this article at Wired. The operators of
a spamvertised order site left their customer logs exposed. There were
6,000 orders for the pills since July 4. Sayeth Wired: "Do the math and
you begin to understand why spammers are willing to put up with the
wrath of spam recipients, Internet service providers and federal
regulators.""
Links
0. http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,59907,00.html
AMD Buys Pre-VIA Cyrix Media-GX Division
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/06/1543209
An anonymous reader writes "A long time ago, in what feels like a
different universe, Cyrix created the first sub-$1000 PC based on a 2
chip solution called the Media-GX. Soon after National Semiconductor
bought Cyrix, keeping the Media-GX team and selling the 686MX team to
VIA. In the meantime, the Media-GX team have created the a [0]series of
single chip PCs, and a totally new CPU, the GX2. Now National
Semiconductor is [1] selling the division to AMD, which should give it
a higher profile and better fab technology again." Reader [2]jlouderb
reminds us of National Semiconductor's [3]Device Girls promotion, "a
lame take-off on the Spice Girls," and points to [4]coverage at eWeek
of the purchase.
Links
0. http://www.national.com/appinfo/solutions/0,2062,396,00.html
1. http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030806/sfw028_1.html
2. http://www.extremetech.com
3. http://www.reviewsonline.com/images/cdx99/cdx99388a.jpg
4. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1211183,00.asp
Apple Public Source License Now FSF Approved
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/06/1729213
[0]BWJones writes "[1]Apple has now made their [2]public source license
2.0 free. From the release "The Darwin team at Apple is pleased to
announce that version 2.0 of the Apple Public Source License has been
[3]certified as a 'Free Software License.' APSL 2.0 includes numerous
changes and simplifications to make it even easier to use Apple Open
Source software as part of your programs. To indicate acceptance of
APSL 2.0, you can now use your new or existing "Apple ID", rather than
having a separate Darwin account."" [4]proclus adds "This is great news
for Darwin-based free software projects like [4]The GNU-Darwin
Distribution and [5]Fink. GNU-Darwin has had an [6]ongoing discussion
about this development, and annouced and end to our '[7]Free Darwin
Campaign,' so long as Apple avoids DMCA-based legal action."
Links
0. http://prometheus.med.utah.edu/~marclab/
1. http://www.apple.com/
2. http://www.opensource.apple.com/news/2.0-announce.html
3. http://www.opensource.apple.com/news/2.0-announce.html#APSL
4. http://www.gnu-darwin.org/
5. http://fink.sourceforge.net/
6. http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=6042
7. http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/19/1310232&tid=122
Freshmeat
ADODB 3.70
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131781/
ADODB is a set of advanced PHP database abtraction classes. It supports
MySQL, PostgreSQL, Interbase/Firebird, Informix, Sybase SQL Anywhere,
Oracle, MS SQL 7, Sybase, DB2, FrontBase, Foxpro, Access, ADO, and
generic ODBC. A metatype system is built in, making it possible to
figure out that types such as CHAR, TEXT, and STRING are equivalent in
different databases. It also features an SQL to HTML popup menu and SQL
to HTML table support. It has code to support record paging and
blob/clob support.
ARIA Business Management 0.99-2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131803/
ARIA is business class management (ERP) software. It lets you manage
inventory levels, maintain payroll, and process orders. It is written
primarily in PHP and incorporates the ADODB database abstraction layer.
Bandwidth Management Tools 0.0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131802/
Bandwidth Management Tools is a total bandwidth management solution for
Linux and can be used for firewalling, traffic graphing, and shaping.
It is not based on any currently-available bandwidth management
software.
Bibkeeper 0.22
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131839/
Bibkeeper is a Java graphical interface for working with BibTeX (.bib)
databases. The intention is to provide a user-friendly tool for
accessing and editing your bibliographical databases.
BitAnarch 1.0.5-beta2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131775/
BitAnarch is a compact BitTorrent client. It is available in three
languages, with multiple downloads support, automatic bandwidth
distribution, full Unicode filename support, newsgroup scanning,
automation, drag-and-drop support, etc.
BusyB 1.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131790/
BusyB is a simple system for automatically executing builds. If you
have software that you want to build at certain times or when certain
things happen, BusyB is the utility for you.
COWeb 0.4.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131766/
COWeb (Common Objects for Web) is a set of PHP libraries to manage
databases, links, images, articles, cache, and more.
CVSGnome 0.4.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131805/
CVSGnome is a build environment for the GNOME project which allows a
systems administrator to install GNOME from either released source
Tarballs or from bleeding edge CVS depending on what is wanted. This
script also works as a general building wrapper around other sources.
When started, it shows an interactive self-explanatory menu.
CWirc 1.0.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131837/
CWirc is a plugin for the X-Chat IRC client to transmit raw Morse code
over the internet using IRC servers as reflectors. The transmitted
Morse code can be received in near real-time by other X-Chat clients
with the CWirc plugin. CWirc tries to emulate a standard amateur radio
rig: it sends and receives Morse over virtual channels, and it can
listen to multiple senders transmitting on the same channel. Morse code
is keyed locally using a straight or iambic key connected to a serial
port, or using the mouse buttons, and the sound is played through the
sound card, or through an external sounder.
CxxTest 3.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131769/
CxxTest is a JUnit/CppUnit/xUnit-like framework for C++ that doesn't
require RTTI, member template functions, exception handling, or any
external libraries (including memory management, file/console I/O, or
graphics libraries). It is distributed entirely as a set of header
files which makes it extremely portable and usable.
Goggles 0.5.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131821/
Goggles is a frontend for the Ogle DVD player. It supports all the
features that Ogle provides, including bookmarks, and adds automatic
starting, automatic bookmarks, a convenient preferences panel for
setting keyboard shortcuts, DXR3 settings, and language and country
preferences. It is written in C++ using the FOX Toolkit.
grepmail 5.10
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131830/
grepmail searches a normal or compressed mailbox (gzip, bzip2, or tzip)
for a given regular expression and returns those emails that match the
query. It also supports searches constrained by date and size.
HN updater 0.05
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131807/
HN updater is a small utility that update your computer's IP address on
the Hammer Node DNS server. It is possible to supply an alternate IP
address to use.
HTML_ToPDF 3.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131833/
HTML_ToPDF takes the hassle out of generating a PDF file from a Web
page. It will convert any HTML document into a format that will look
the same on any platform and printer. It includes support for
converting images, using the stylesheets to customize the look of the
PDF file, and error handling.
IMAPFilter 0.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131804/
IMAPFilter connects to remote IMAP mail servers and processes messages
according to defined filters (rules). It is intended to be executed
before a user accesses his/her mailboxes.
IMLogger 0.60
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131801/
IMLogger provides a usable program to enable network administrators to
log certain instant messaging activities (namely, login and logout).
AIM, Yahoo, MSN, and Jabber will eventually be supported. This is very
useful in Universities where campus police want to trace a SN back to a
port/dorm room.
INSERT 1.01
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131787/
INSERT (the Inside Security Rescue Toolkit) aims to be a
multi-functional, multi-purpose disaster recovery and network analysis
system. It boots from a credit card-sized CD-ROM and is basically a
stripped-down version of Knoppix. It features good hardware detection,
fluxbox, emelfm, links-hacked, clamav, airsnort, ssh, tcpdump, lcrzoex,
chntpwd, and much more.
IP Sentinel 0.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131836/
IP Sentinel is a tool that tries to prevent unauthorized usage of IP
addresses within an ethernet broadcast domain by answering ARP
requests. After receiving faked replies, requesting parties store the
MAC in their ARP tables and will send future packets to this invalid
MAC, rendering the IP unreachable.
IVS Milter 0-1-1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131795/
IVS Milter is a virus and spam scanning milter. It makes use of the
antivirus package ClamAV and can also read the headers generated by
SpamAssassin.
JedABC 1.13.0 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131774/
JedABC is an extension to the JED editor that turns it into a powerful
and easy to use IDE (Integrated Development Environment) for ABC files,
with full integration with players, and previewers. It is similar in
concept to BarFly or runabc, with several advantages. It works on
Windows and Linux, and possibly other Unix variants.
JGraph 2.2.2 (For Java 1.3)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131765/
JGraph is a robust and complete graph component that is better than
many of its commercial competitors. With the JGraph zoomable component,
you can display objects and relations (networks) in any Swing UI. It
can also be used on the server-side to read an GXL graph, apply a
custom layout algorithm, and return the result as an SVG image.
JSch 0.1.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131796/
JSch is a pure Java implementation of SSH2. It allows you to connect to
an sshd server and use port forwarding, X11 forwarding, file transfer,
etc. You can integrate its functionality into your own Java programs.
KBVT 0.5.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131771/
KBVT is a tool for small libraries. It consists of a couple of Java
programs and uses a MySQL database. It allows you to manage books,
users, events, etc. The GUI and documentation are written in German.
LargoRecipes 0.9.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131825/
LargoRecipes is an application for managing recipes. It does
sophisticated ingredient parsing, handles RecipeML and MealMaster file
formats, and generates recipe Web pages. Future plans include
integration with an XML database.
libferris 1.1.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131799/
libferris is a virtual filesystem that exposes hierarchical data of all
kinds through a common C++ interface. Access to data is performed using
C++ IOStreams and Extended Attributes (EA) can be attached to each
datum to present metadata. Ferris uses a plugin API to read various
data sources and expose them as contexts and to generate interesting
EA. Current implementations include Native (kernel disk IO with event
updates using fam), xml (mount an xml file as a filesystem), edb (mount
a berkeley database), ffilter (mount an LDAP filter string) and mbox
(mount your mailbox). EA generators include image, audio, and animation
decoders.
libmng 1.0.6alpha1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131813/
libmng is the reference library for MNG, the animation extension to the
popular PNG format. It provides powerful animation features combined
with PNG's robustness and patent freedom.
libstldb4 0.3.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131798/
libstldb4 is a C++ wrapper for the sleepycat db4 database. It uses the
STL in the API where sensible, allows standard IOStreams for data
access where sensible, e.g. getting the value of a key should be able
to use an istream interface to allow simple partial value retreival,
and moves the transaction parameter to be the last optional parameter
or provides two versions of the same method for trans/nontrans. The API
has been modified to use more standard types. Operator overloading is
used to allow quick and dirty coding (mydb[ "key" ] =
"value";) to set and cerr.
Liferea 0.2.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131838/
Liferea (Linux Feed Reader) is an RSS/RDF feed reader. It's intended to
be a clone of the Windows-only FeedReader. It can be used to maintain a
list of subscribed feeds, browse through their items, and show their
contents using GtkHTML.
Linstall Wizard 1.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131841/
Linstall is a full featured Linux installation wizard for X11. It
allows Linux developers to distribute their programs in a easy to
install and use interface.
Linux Bandwidth Arbitrator 2.4 (CD distribution)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131817/
Linux Bandwidth Arbitrator allows beginning-to-advanced network
administrators to control bandwidth. It is designed to be completely
turn-key in its default configuration. You just plug it into your
network trunk, and it self configures and immediately starts slowing
"bandwidth hogs". It also comes with finer controls that are
easy to use, and can be configured to target specific applications such
as Kazaa, IMAP, and POP. Traffic can be limited by host IP, subnet, and
content blocking.
Linux monitor 2.0RC1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131814/
Linux Monitor is system monitoring software for linux. It has server
and client programs to monitor processes, disk space, load avarage, and
remote services (HTTP, SMTP, and NNTP). If no interval is given, the
default (15 minutes) is used. Errors from the database are viewed via a
Web browser with a PHP script. The Linux monitor server reports errors
to syslog or into a PostgreSQL or MySQL database.
Lucane 0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131828/
Lucane is an extensible groupware platform written in Java. Some sample
applications are bundled with the platform, like a peer to peer quick
message service, client/server and peer to peer file sharing,
multi-user chat, and forums. The platform as a whole provides easy
development for your networked applications with an object based
network protocol, client/server and peer to peer integration, user and
groups management, internationalization, and more.
Mimir 2.0-alpha-8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131780/
Mimir is an overkill, threaded, antiflood plugin for X-Chat 2.0.x.
Movie Mapper 0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131709/
Movie Mapper is a small program for indexing movie collections. It
browses given directory trees, searching for text files that contain
IMDB URLs. These URLs are used to generate database entries for movies.
Movie Mapper can also be used for offline indexing by creating text
files that contain offline movie titles. It tries to find matches from
IMDB for those titles listed in the text files.
MyThreads-Links 0.9.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131786/
MyThreads-Links is a Web-based links manager that looks similar to
Yahoo but was written in PHP and uses MySQL. It uses PHPLib templates
so that its very simple for anyone to change the look and feel of the
program without having to edit the code. Custom database fields can be
easily added and managed.
Nuxeo Collaborative Portal Server 2.2rc2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131809/
Nuxeo CPS is the collaborative web content management solution for
Zope. Users create and manage content in Workgroups and publish them in
Publications spaces (Hierarchies) through a dedicated workflow.
Managers can easily set global and local roles for users (Workgroup
Managers, Members, Visitors, Reviewers, and Readers). All actions are
available through simple Web interfaces. Nuxeo CPS also features office
document integration, indexing, and conversion to HTML format;
versioning; attached comments; interactive services (e.g.
mailing-lists); and skinning of hierarchies.
Open Palmtop Integrated Environment 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131767/
The Open Palmtop Integrated Environment aims at making a universal
graphical framework for most (embedded) distributions available and
providing a basic platform even for professional applications. As
reference platforms, HP's iPAQ and Sharp's Zaurus PDAs are directly
supported.
OpenVPN 1.5-beta4 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131783/
OpenVPN is a robust and highly configurable VPN (Virtual Private
Network) daemon which can be used to securely link two or more private
networks using an encrypted tunnel over the Internet. OpenVPN's
principal strengths include wide cross-platform portability, excellent
stability, support for dynamic IP addresses and NAT, adaptive link
compression, single TCP/UDP port usage, a modular design that offloads
most crypto tasks to the OpenSSL library, and relatively easy
installation that in most cases doesn't require a special kernel
module.
Pancho 9.2.1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131789/
Pancho is a utility that allows network administrators to make changes
to the configuration for a single node or group of nodes through SNMP
and TFTP. It also provides archiving functionality by allowing you to
copy the device configurations to a remote server through a scheduled
cron or at job.
pdfTeX 1.11a
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131777/
pdfTeX is an extended version of TeX that can create PDF directly from
TeX source files and enhance the result of TeX typesetting with the
help of PDF. When PDF output is not selected, pdfTeX produces normal
DVI output, otherwise it produces PDF output that looks identical to
the DVI output. An important aspect of this project is to investigate
alternative justification algorithms, optionally making use of multiple
master fonts.
php-syslog-ng 1.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131823/
php-syslog-ng is a frontend for viewing syslog-ng messages logged to
MySQL in realtime. It features customized searches based on device,
priority, and date.
PHPMailer 1.71 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131788/
PHPMailer is an email transport class which features multiple file
attachments, CCs, BCCs, REPLY-TOs, HTML messages, redundant SMTP
servers, and word wrap, among others. It can send email via sendmail,
PHP mail(), or with SMTP. Methods are based on the popular AspEmail
active server component.
QtTV 0.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131772/
QtTV is a TV guide that uses XMLTV as a backend to display TV listings
on any QT enabled platform, although it has been primarily designed for
the Sharp Zaurus.
schedutils 1.3.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131835/
The Linux scheduler utilities take advantage of the scheduler family of
syscalls that Linux implements across various kernels. These system
calls implement interfaces for scheduler-related parameters such as CPU
affinity and real-time attributes. The standard UNIX utilities do not
provide support for these interfaces, thus this package. The programs
that are included in this package are chrt and taskset. Together with
nice and renice (not included), they allow full control of process
scheduling parameters. The taskset program allows manipulation of task
CPU affinity and the chrt program allows manipulation of scheduling
priority and policy.
skalibs 0.30
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131808/
skalibs is a set of general-purpose, low-level C libraries, all in the
public domain. It can replace or hide the standard C library to some
extent. It is designed to allow building of small static binaries. It
is used in building all skarnet.org software, including execline and
skadns.
smartmontools 5.1-16
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131810/
smartmontools contains utilities that control and monitor storage
devices using the Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology
(S.M.A.R.T.) system built into ATA and SCSI hard drives. This is used
to check the reliability of the hard drive and to predict drive
failures. Version 5.x is designed to comply with the ATA/ATAPI-5
specification. Future releases will comply with the ATA/ATAPI-6 and
ATA/ATAPI-7 specifications. It is meant to be an up-to-date replacement
for the ucsc-smartsuite and smartsuite packages, and is derived from
that code.
Space Hulk 1.4.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131770/
Space Hulk is a board game which takes place in the world of Warhammer
40000. It is a two player turn-based game where one player plays the
'Marine', and the other player plays the alien called 'Genestealer'.
This video game is a complete conversion of the board game with the 2nd
edition rules. It features playing over the network, either in real
time or asynchronously via email.
stresslinux 0.2.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131764/
stresslinux is a minimal Linux distribution that runs from a bootable
CDROM or via PXE. It makes use of some utitlities such as stress,
cpuburn, hddtemp, lm_sensors, etc. It is dedicated to users who want to
test their system(s) entirely on high load and monitor the health of
these systems.
Strike HA 0.1a
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131779/
Strike HA is a high availability system inspired by the Linux HA
Heartbeat project and Freeha. It is designed to be easy but highly
configurable. It features auto fail-back, packet signing, integrated IP
and MAC take-over ability, and monitoring tools.
SuperVESA FrameBuffer Driver 0.9 beta5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131824/
SuperVESAfb is a framebuffer driver for VESA 2.0-compliant graphic
cards. It allows you to change the resolution and color depth
on-the-fly.
tk_Brief 5.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131763/
tk_Brief is a GUI for easily writing single or multiple letters using
LaTeX. You do not need any knowledge of the LaTeX system. dinbrief,
letter, KOMA, and brief styles are all supported and translations are
available in German, English, and Dutch.
Video Disk Recorder 1.2.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131818/
Video Disk Recorder (VDR) is a digital sat-reciever program using Linux
and DVB technologies. It can record MPEG2 streams, as well as output
the stream to TV. It also supports plugins for DVD, DivX, or MP3
playback and more.
xCHM 0.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131773/
xCHM is a graphical CHM viewer for UNIX. It's based on CHMLIB and
written using the wxWindows framework. It is not an extractor, but a
standalone viewer, able to generate and show the topics tree, figure
out the homepage for the document, print the current page, and go
forward and backward in its history.
xinetd 2.3.12
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131782/
xinetd is a replacement for inetd, the internet services daemon.
Anybody can use it to start servers that don't require privileged ports
because xinetd does not require that the services in its configuration
file be listed in /etc/services. It can do access control on all
services based on the address of the remote host, time of access,
connection attempts, or process limits. Access control works on all
services, whether multi-threaded or single-threaded and for both the
TCP and UDP protocols. xinetd supports both internal access control,
and the use of the libwrap library. IPv6 with access control is also
supported. It can redirect service requests to other machines, and has
the standard built in services, including tcpmux.
Yerase TNEF Stream Reader 1.16
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131834/
ytnef is a program to decode TNEF streams (winmail.dat). Unlike other
similar programs, it can also decode meeting requests and create VCal
entries for easy import. It can also create vCard entries from contact
cards and vTodo entries from task entries. It also has a Perl script
that can be used in procmail recipes to automatically reformat incoming
mail appropriately.
Newsforge Reports
Red Hat and SuSE - United Linux
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/07/037204
MadPenguin writes: I would like to take a moment to express our
appreciation for the efforts that Red Hat is making to protect our
software and our freedoms. From the press release issued by SuSE Linux
today, it would appear that we all speak with one voice.
Signs point to Macromedia dropping JRun from product line
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/06/1413257
By Chris Preimesberger and Matt Liotta San Francisco-based Macromedia,
Inc. is de-emphasizing and may be planning to drop or sell off a former
mainstay of its business -- JRun Application Server -- from its product
line.
NewsForge reader listens in on SCO conference call
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/06/0238256
- by Matt Moen - Aug 5, 2003 - It was a phone conference. People called
in and pressed 9 and * or something if they had a question. The WSJ
reporter was the first. He asked two questions. Then the woman running
the conference call said, only one question per person. Followups were
not allowed except for the WSJ guy. Frankly, it seemed that SCO
couldn't handle followups with their weak claims.
Newsforge Newsvac
Dell Packages PowerEdge Servers with Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/07/0348209
SAN FRANCISCO -- Aug. 6, 2003--Dell will begin shipping Red Hat
Enterprise Linux ES with select Dell PowerEdge servers, along with a
hardware and software bundle suitable for small- and medium-sized
businesses, the company announced today.
Linux Terminal Server Project (LTSP) Releases Version 4.0
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/07/0325213
SAN FRANCISCO, CA â August 6, 2003 â In a move that will
create more IT options for a variety of users, the Linux Terminal
Server Project (LTSP) announced the release of LTSP 4.0. The latest
version of LTSPâÂÂs thin-client technology for Linux boasts faster
configuration, more flexibility and smarter utilities.
Promote-OpenSource online...
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/07/0323201
Glanz writes "Promote-Open Source is an OpenOpen affiliated site.
Roughly, OpenOpen is a group of individuals dedicated to the promotion
of Open Source and Free ( as in "freedom" ) software as an alternative
to closed source software and proprietary document formats. These
closed "standards" are usually designed to give less freedom to users
and software developers, in an effort to have some control over them,
usually by charging extortionate ...
TERRA SOFT PROVIDES HPC SYSTEM TO LOCKHEED, NAVY
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/07/0321235
Loveland, Colorado -- 06 August 2003 -- Terra Soft Solutions, Inc.,
leading developer of integrated PowerPC Linux solutions, has been
awarded the contract to fulfill a unique sonar imaging system for the
United States Navy through defense contractor Lockheed Martin.
Tom Carey and Mike Angelo Discuss SCO's IBM Lawsuit
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/07/0320201
Whether your interest is GNU/Linux, Unix, SCO-Caldera, IBM, BSD, law,
or whatever, this information-packed interview with IP attorney Tom
Carey provides some unique and well-thought insights and perspectives
to the SCO-Caldera intellectual property issues and the SCO v IBM
lawsuit.
Interact-TV unveils developer version of home entetertainment center
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/07/0317241
An anonymous coward writes "Interact-TV unveiled a developer's version
of the Linux-based Telly MC1000 Digital Entertainment Center, at
LinuxWorld today. The MC1000d developer version is a complete system
with full capabilities for playing, recording, and archiving TV shows;
ripping and burning CDs; playing DVDs, music, and digital photos; and
sharing media over a home network. But in addition, the special
developer version comes with tools that ...
Desktop Evolution, Lycoris, and Toshiba Relase Linux Tablet
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/07/0316258
STATEN ISLAND, New York & REDMOND, Washington - August 6, 2003 -
Desktop Evolution Incorporated, a leading developer of
high-performance, appliance and embedded devices, today announced
De-Tablet, a Linux Tablet built on the Toshiba Portegeî tablet
platform and pre-installed with Lycoris Desktop L/Xî Tablet Edition,
Linux Operating System.
LinuxWorld: Red Hat pads fund to fight SCO
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/07/0313224
Michael S. Mimoso writes "SAN FRANCISCO -- Fighting the SCO Group's ire
with fire, Red Hat Inc. has pledged $1 million to a new open-source
protection fund and filed a formal complaint."
BrightQ printing suite available for Kyocera Mita Printers and Multi-Functional
Products (MFPs)
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/07/0311233
Fairfield, New Jersey and Culver City, California â August 6, 2003
- Kyocera Mita, one of the worldâÂÂs leading document imaging
companies, and Codehost, Inc., a leading provider of software solutions
for manufacturers within the printing and imaging markets, today
announced the availability of CodehostâÂÂs BrightQ⢠suite of
Linux and Unix-based printing tools for use with Kyocera MitaâÂÂs
ECOSYS printers and multi-functional products (MFPs).
SCO targets Tivo and Sharp Zaurus
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/07/038246
Anonymous Reader writes "According to SCO, if you have a Tivo set-top
box, or those models of Sharp Zaurus which use Linux, you now owe them
$32."
Thinkgeek
Cube Goodies: Smart Mug
http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/mugs/6235/
Cube Goodies: Moving Gear Clock
http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/lights/601e/
Computing: BenQ FP2081 20" LCD Display
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/display/lcd/6259/
Gadgets: Microscope Pen
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/tools/6222/
Gadgets: Candeloo Rechargeable Lamps
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/lights/5efd/
Computing: ATi Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/avcards/623c/
Electronics: Mustek [EMAIL PROTECTED] D30 Digital Camera
http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/cameras/61a5/
PC Mods: Cigarette Lighter Mod
http://www.thinkgeek.com/pcmods/cables/61fd/
PC Mods: Bubble Lights
http://www.thinkgeek.com/pcmods/lighting/620c/
PC Mods: Meteor Light
http://www.thinkgeek.com/pcmods/lighting/6208/
Cube Goodies: Levitating Desktop Globes
http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/toys/61da/
Tshirts: No, I will not fix your computer
http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/frustrations/388b/
Interests: ph34r t3h Cute Ones T-Shirt
http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/megatokyo/leetware/6155/
Tshirts: anti-RIAA
http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/generic/61e7/
Tshirts: Safe Hex
http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/coder/61be/
Computing: USB Sharing Hub
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/accessories/5f2a/
Computing: Logitech Cordless MX Keyboard & Mouse
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/keyboards/61af/
PC Mods: Lian-Li Side Panel Aquarium Kit
http://www.thinkgeek.com/pcmods/cases/6151/
Cube Goodies: LED Binary Clock
http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/lights/59e0/
Gadgets: Ambient Orb Device
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/5da2/
Sourceforge
ScummVM 0.5.0 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=298448
ScummVM is a cross-platform adventure game interpreter, supporting
Simon the Sorcerer 1/2, Beneath a Steel Sky, and many LucasArts
adventures. A new stable release of ScummVM, version 0.5.0, is
available. Along with the usual bugfixes, this version supports several
new games (Enhanced Maniac Mansion/Zak McKracken, Beneath a Steel Sky).
This version has undergone extensive testing, and we are confident it
is our best yet. As a special bonus, Revolution Software Ltd. has
released Beneath a Steel Sky as freeware to coincide with this release.
BASS can be downloaded, along with ScummVM 0.5.0s source and binaries
for many platforms (Windows, Linux, PalmOS, WinCE, Dreamcast, etc),
from our download page (http://www.scummvm.org/downloads.php) For a
more detailed overview of what is new in 0.5.0, please consult our
release notes:
https://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=175327
Freevo version 1.3.3 is out
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=298486
This release includes many new features, one important feature is Xine
support to have DVD navigation (optional). Freevo is a Linux
application that turns a PC with a TV capture card and/or TV-out into a
standalone multimedia jukebox/VCR/PVR/HTPC. It uses MPlayer (included)
to play and record audio+video. It is optimized for use with a
TV+remote. Because of legal issues, the binary release doesn't contain
Mplayer anymore (and not Xine). Please download Mplayer from
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/design6/dload.html and Xine from
http://xinehq.de/index.php/releases. To have full Xine support in
Freevo, you need xine-ui > 0.9.21. Until Xine releases a new version,
you need a daily snapshot.
Audacity sound editor 1.2.0-pre1
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=298547
Audacity 1.2.0-pre1 is a public test release of the free Audacity sound
editor. This release has improved professional-quality audio
processing; major new features such as the ability to speed up, slow
down, and alter the pitch of a track; and many bug fixes since the last
beta version 1.1.3. Audacity is a fast multitrack audio editor and
recorder for Linux, MacOS, and Windows. Supports WAV, AIFF, Ogg, and
MP3 formats. Features include envelope editing, mixing, built-in
effects and plug-ins, all with unlimited undo. The Audacity web site
has complete release notes and download links:
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
zinf-2.2.4
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=298570
A new relese of zinf with bug fixes, enhancements, and a new build
system! Zinf is the continuation of FreeA*p and has all the same
features as FreeA*mp: MP3, Vorbis, WAV and audio CD playback, streaming
(SHOUTcast, Icecast, RTP) support, a powerful musicbrowser/playlist
editor, a themed interface and a RMP download manager.
phpBB 2.0.6 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=298626
phpBB Group are pleased to announce the release of phpBB 2.0.6 the
"phew, it's way to hot to be furry" Edition. This release had been made
to fix a number of potential security related issues and more annoying
bugs. Work continues on 2.2.0 and again we do not plan on further
releases of 2.0.x except where critical issues arise. phpBB is the
worlds leading Open Source flat style discussion forum software. It
includes all the features you expect to find in todays top of the line
software. For further details please see the Announcement on this
release at: http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=124245
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