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August 10, 2003 EVERYTHING SERIES
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Slashdot
China to Be Laptop Leader
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/09/2028246
[0]prostoalex writes "IMS Research [1]says that by the end of the year
People Republic of China might become world's biggest laptop
manufacturer. The plants will be largely owned by Taiwanese
manufacturers, though. Taiwan is current #1."
Links
0. http://www.moskalyuk.com/jobs/
1.
http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030808.gtchina0808/BNStory/Technology/
Building a Better Bomb
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/09/2028232
dr who and the darlix writes "There is a nice article here about
[0]carbon composite warheads being tested. They destroy their targets
while minimizing collateral damage."
Links
0. http://www.llnl.gov/str/JulAug03/Murphy.html
More on Spintronics
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/09/2023250
[0]segment writes "'We have [1]discovered the equivalent of a new
'Ohm's Law' for spintronics - the emerging science of manipulating the
spin of electrons for useful purposes,' says Shoucheng Zhang, a physics
professor at Stanford. 'Unlike the Ohm's Law for electronics, the new
'Ohm's Law' that we've discovered says that the spin of the electron
can be transported without any loss of energy, or dissipation.
Furthermore, this effect occurs at room temperature in materials
already widely used in the semiconductor industry, such as gallium
arsenide.'"
Links
0. http://www.politrix.org
1. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2003-08/su-ce080803.php
Zero Blaster Reviewed
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/09/200211
[0]Daniel Rutter writes "I've just [1]reviewed the Zero Blaster, the
smoke ring gun that ThinkGeek (among others) [2]sell. It works. It's
fun. It's a vortex ring physics demonstration with two triggers and a
see-through mechanism. What more could you want for $20?" Thinkgeek and
Slashdot are both owned by VA Software.
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.dansdata.com/zeroblaster.htm
2. http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/toys/5b4a/
Interview w/Edward Castronova
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/09/1753235
[0]scubacuda writes "/.ers interested in the [1]recent editorial on
real $ in MMORPGs might also be interested in a [2]GrepLaw interview I
just conducted with Edward Castranova ([3]expert witness in the recent
Black Hat Hacker Court) about how his work on synthetic economies
affects larger law and policy issues on the Internet. Ted has some
interesting thoughts, particularly how online game-based economics
([4]Star Wars Galaxies, [5]EverQuest, [6]Lineage, etc.) will eventually
serve as the bases for "real governments." Should mainstream economics
journals take his work on gender and virtual economies seriously, Ted
promises to eat his virtual hat."
Links
0. http://`moc.emani' `ta' `aducabucs'
1. http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/07/1938238&tid=209
2. http://grep.law.harvard.edu/article.pl?sid=03/08/08/206239&mode=nested
3. http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/01/0254249&tid=123
4. http://starwarsgalaxies.station.sony.com/
5. http://everquest.station.sony.com/
6. http://www.lineage-us.com/
Hardware Manufacturers Gouging Customers
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/09/1740219
rahlquist writes "An article over at infoworld discusses that [0]buying
that used router on ebay may not be a good deal if Cisco can find its
way to screwing you. What's next, buy a used Ford and pay Ford to
transfer the license for the onboard computer's OS or face piracy
charges if you continue to drive?"
Links
0. http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/08/08/31FEfair_1.html
SpaceShipOne Flight Test
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/09/176232
Soft writes "Scaled Composites' entry for the [0]X-Prize, the
[1]SpaceShipOne, has had a [2]successful first (unpowered) flight test.
The spacecraft was dropped from the White Knight carrier aircraft at
47,000 ft (14 km) and 105 kt (194 km/h, 120 mph) and touched down after
a 1.1-hour glide at Mojave airport. [3]Photos are available."
Links
0. http://www.xprize.org/
1. http://www.scaled.com/projects/tierone/
2. http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=9986
3. http://www.scaled.com/projects/tierone/New_Index/photos/photos_text.htm
When 54 Mbps isn't 54 Mbps: 802.11g's Real Speed
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/09/172214
[0]eggboard writes "Matthew Gast, author of 802.11 Wireless Networks,
filed [1]this article for O'Reilly Networks explaining exactly how fast
802.11g really is: that is, what's the actual data payload and real
throughput, not the rated maximum speed. His conclusion? In mixed
802.11b/g networks, which will be common for years to come, g is only
1.6 to 2.4 times faster than b, not 5 times faster as it is in its
g-only mode. This article has real math based on the specs, rather than
armchair speculation."
Links
0. http://wifinetnews.com
1. http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/wireless/2003/08/08/wireless_throughput.html
Is the SCO Lawsuit a Good Thing for Linux?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/09/1647205
[0]Jack William Bell writes "The National Post is running an essay by
Wynn Quon entitled [1]'Linux's lucky lawsuit'. In it Quon claims that
(A) SCO is going to lose (saying ". . . SCO is a toad about to face a
steamroller.") and (B) the Linux community needs exactly this kind of
'inoculation' as the OS moves from a hobbyist platform to a real
business tool. Good analysis or unwarranted optimism?"
Links
0. http://slashdot.org/~Jack%20William%20Bell/journal
1.
http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost/story.html?id=983BF037-2E43-4F68-9DAC-E5F1F8B766E4
Too Much Tech Diminishes Work Relationships?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/08/212250
Lansdowne writes "The [0]Seattle Times has an article today on Tim
Sanders, a Yahoo exec who claims [1]too much technology may be bad for
your health. According to Sanders, small groups of engineers who went
to completely electronic communication in their workgroups became 'very
lonely, depressed, negative, anti-social, brilliant people.'"
Links
0. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/
1. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2001436284_neds08.html
Freshmeat
Abstrasplash 1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132076/
Abstrasplash is a theme based on an abstract background with a red and
blue splash.
Archetypes 1.0 final
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132146/
Archetypes is a framework for developing new content types in Plone.
The power of Archetypes is first in automatically generating forms,
second in providing a library of stock field types, form widgets, and
field validators, third in easily integrating custom fields, widgets,
and validators, and fourth in automating transformations of rich
content.
Automated Password Generator 2.3.0b (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132094/
Automated Password Generator is a set of tools for random password
generation including a standalone password generator, an RFC972
password generation server, and a Perl client for the password
generation server. These feature a built-in X9.17 random number
generator, and 35 modes of password generation, including pronounceable
password generation.
AutoUpdate 5.2.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132116/
AutoUpdate is a Perl script which performs a task similar to Red Hat's
up2date or autorpm. It can be used to automatically download and
upgrade RPMs from different HTTP(S) or (S)FTP sites, while also
handling dependencies. Moreover, it can also be used to keep a server
with a customized (Red Hat) distribution plus all clients up to date.
bBlog 0.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132160/
bBlog is a weblogging application written in PHP. It has been
programmed to be fast, secure, object-oriented, well-commented,
Smarty-centric, and easily extendable.
Be4gle 0.9.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132091/
Be4gle is a Web services layer for relational databases. It allows
applications to access data via SOAP, without having to program a
single line of code. If the SOAP client is a Web browser, it also
serves HTML, generated from meta-data, in parallel with the XML so that
unfamiliar data can be browsed effortlesly. For updating data, XML
templates are parsed and served as Web forms.
bonnie 1.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132121/
bonnie is a classic file system and storage device benchmark. It tests
for linear character-based and block-based reads and writes, and the
rewrite pattern. It also does a seek test. While other benchmarks do
more sophisticated tests, bonnie is a very reliable and portable
program that is suitable for basic testing. Optionally, you can test
the operations with direct I/O (O_DIRECT on Linux).
cammgr 1.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132139/
Cammgr manages a collection of web cameras. It will bring cameras
online or offline, and initiate or suspend image capture operations.
Any camera can be controlled provided a driver is available. Cammgr
supports multiple images per camera, default images for inactive
cameras, per- user/host/camera notifications, and an easy-to- use
configuration file. It can scan Apache log files to auto-initiate image
capture, and tune capture frequency can to the minimum needed to ensure
that clients receive a new image on request.
Compact Disc Input and Control Library 0.62
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132103/
The Compact Disc Input and Control library encapsulates CD-ROM reading
and control. Applications wishing to be oblivious of the OS- and
device-dependent properties of a CD-ROM can use this library. Some
support for disk image types like BIN/CUE and NRG is available, so
applications that use this library also have the ability to read disc
images as though they were CDs. A sample utility for displaying CD info
is included.
Contentment Web Content Manager 0.5.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132127/
The Contentment Web Content Manager is a simple web content management
system. It is intended to be easy to use, and is for people who want to
quickly update pages. Once installed, a person can simply alter the
design and content of the site through HTML forms.
CVS Monitor 0.6.3 Beta 1 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132113/
CVS Monitor is a Perl CGI application for monitoring activity in a CVS
repository. It is somewhat similar in purpose to cvsweb, but far more
useful when you just want to keep an eye on development, allow
management/clients to see what is happening, or provide the public with
a view into the project.
CWirc 1.1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132128/
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.
Defend the Kingdom 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132126/
Defend The Kingdom, or Defender for short, is a real time strategy game
dedicated to the fantastic world of LARP. Its goals include the ability
to build and control a complete fantasy world (with towns, poeple,
etc.), control armies of knights and creatures to fight against your
strongest enemies, gain power and resources by trading with your
friends, and many more.
dialog-mp3-list 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132154/
dialog-mp3-list generates an organized list of your directory of MP3
CDs. It shows a numbered list of MP3s with information on their
encoding speed and track lengths. It uses Dialog/XDialog and Latex to
create lists in .tex, .ps, and .pdf formats, and uses Brazilian
Portuguese.
ECCS 0.0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132145/
ECCS (Encrypted Chat Client/Server) provides an easy-to-use, nearly
configuration-free peer-to-peer chat system. Two or more people can be
connected on a partyline, and encryption is used to protect transferred
data. Big networks can very easily be made by connecting ECCS.
Etherboot 5.2.0 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132100/
Etherboot is a free software package for making boot ROMS for booting
Linux and other operating systems on x86, Itanium, and Hammer machines
over a network using Internet Protocols, i.e. DHCP and tftp.
ffproxy 1.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132118/
ffproxy is a filtering HTTP proxy server. It is able to filter by host,
URL, and header. Custom header entries can be filtered and added. It
can even drop its privileges and optionally chroot() to some directory.
Logging to syslog() is supported, as is using another auxiliary proxy
server. Contacting IPv6 servers as well as binding to IPv6 is supported
and allows transparent IPv6 over IPv4 browsing (and vice versa).
freepia 0.3.7-pre2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132110/
Freepia is small GNU/Linux distribution designed to run on VIA EPIA-M
mainboards. It currently only runs on the M-9000 and M-10000 (ezra and
nehemia cpu) but with some modifications like kernel and X11 modules it
should run on others too. The main goal of this project is to build a
full-featured, low-noise media box to play movies, MP3s, images, etc.
It uses freevo as its media viewer, but in the future there may be
support for others, like mythtv or vdr.
GMime 2.1.0 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132156/
GMime is a set of utilities for parsing and creating messages using the
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension (MIME).
gpsdrive 2.02
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132153/
Gpsdrive is a map-based navigation system. It displays your position on
a zoomable map provided from a NMEA-capable GPS receiver. The maps are
autoselected for the best resolution, depending of your position, and
the displayed image can be zoomed. Maps can be downloaded from the
Internet with one mouse click. The program provides information about
speed, direction, bearing, arrival time, actual position, and target
position. Speech output is also available.
IceWM Control center 2.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132095/
The IceWM Control Center allows you to run various tools for
configuring IceWM's options.
Image Leech 0.2.03
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132152/
Image Leech is an automated image downloading program written in Perl.
It will take a given address and retrieve all links to images and
download. Each file downloaded can be renamed to prevent conflicts and
to create an easily viewable collection. Other features include the
ability to filter given Web pages, and traverse linked pages.
imgv 2.8.8 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132129/
IMGV is free Image Viewer written entirely in Python, and runs on
Linux, FreeBSD, MS-Windows, Mac OS X, and others. It includes many
standard and unique features such as a file/directory browser,
slideshows, zooming, rotating, wallpaper setting, the ability to view 4
images on the screen at once, adjustable thumbnail sizes, image
playlists, view/save images from websites, movie playing,
multiple-directory loading, a customizable interface, and much more.
Issue Dealer 0.9.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132134/
The Issue Dealer is a simple product for managing (structuring,
editing, prioritizing, categorizing) issues. It is primarily used to
manage information.
JunFa 0.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132142/
JunFa is a chinese chess engine compliant with the CXBoard v1
communication protocol. It is the first OSS bitboard-based Chinese
Chess engine released to the public. Its methods of move generation and
board representation make it fast and capable of evaluating multiple
board states very quickly.
JXP 1.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132136/
JXP is a fast Java XPath 1.0-compliant API. It features a SAX-like
event system, an inner expression tree for fast multiple document
evaluation, syntax error location and cause, DOM support, FastParser
lightweight node support, a customizable API with navigator, function
libraries, a plugin for each node type system, and full samples with
DOM.
Knoppix Auto-configuration for Installed Distribut 0.2.1 (Mandrake)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132115/
Knoppix Auto-configuration for Installed Distributions provides ports
of Knoppix's Live CD automatic hardware detection system to installed
systems.
Liferea 0.2.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132159/
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.
LimeWire 3.3.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131907/
LimeWire is a multi-platform Gnutella client with nice features like
auto-connect, groups, browse host, multiple search, upload throttling,
connection quality control, library management and sophisticated
filtering. It is built for the both the novice and power user.
Linux 2.6.0-test3 (2.5)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132097/
Linux is a clone of the Unix kernel, written from scratch by Linus
Torvalds with assistance from a loosely-knit team of hackers across the
Net. It aims towards POSIX and Single UNIX Specification compliance. It
has all the features you would expect in a modern fully-fledged Unix
kernel, including true multitasking, virtual memory, shared libraries,
demand loading, shared copy-on-write executables, proper memory
management, and TCP/IP networking.
Linux Bandwidth Arbitrator 5.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132147/
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.
linuXMPCR 1.0 RC2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132122/
linuXMPCR is a Perl interface for the XM Radio XMPCR computer receiver.
The program has two parts: one is the module that controls the radio,
and the other is the very basic interface that does everything it is
needed to do.
Log4Py 1.3 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132112/
Log4Py is a logging module for Python programmers that is similar to
log4j. It supports various debug levels, configurable output, and
debugging information such as line-numbers or tracebacks.
MacXM 1.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132124/
MacXM is a control program for the XM PCR satellite receiver, an XM
radio powered and controlled by a USB connection.
mharc 0.7.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132138/
mharc is a collection of scripts for generating and managing Web-based
searchable mail archives. MHonArc, Namazu, and Procmail are required.
mozplayerxp 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132132/
mozplayerxp is a scriptable Mozilla mplayer plugin. It supports stop,
play, pause, fullscreen, and JavaScript calls.
MyOrgBook 2.5.1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132093/
MyOrgBook is an Open Source online organizer programmed with PHP and
MySQL. Its features include multi-user login, a lost password emailer,
contacts, a to- do/scheduler, a calendar, and a profile changer. It
allows you to edit, delete, and update contacts, and much more.
Pascal To Doxygen Convertor 0.40
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132108/
Pas2Dox (Pascal To Doxygen) is a pre-processing filter for Doxygen. It
allows Kylix/Delphi programmers to comment their code using JavaDoc
style tags and then have Doxygen build the application documentation.
PHP Web Application Framework 0.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131792/
phpWebApp is an application framework which makes it easy and simple to
build PHP Web applications based on relational databases. It separates
the task of designing and changing the layout of the application from
the task of implementing the logic of the application, by using XML
templates that are an extension of XHTML. It also simplifies the task
of implementing the logic of the application by offering an event based
programming model. In addition, phpWebApp tries to offer modularity and
code reusability to the community of Webapp developers.
PMK 0.5.4 (Snapshot)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132148/
PMK aims to be an alternative to GNU autoconf configure scripts. It
attempts to avoid the use of scripts in packages that can hide trojans,
to minimize the number of dependencies, and to be easy to use for users
and developers.
PyGnome Tools 2.0.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132105/
PyGnome Tools contain a set of extended widgets for gnome-python
developers. The main widgets are a fileselectiondialog, a progressbar,
and a widget to create GtkOptionMenus more easily.
PyPE 1.4.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132130/
PyPE (Python Programmers Editor) was written in order to offer a
lightweight but powerful editor for those of you who think emacs is too
much and idle is too little. Syntax highlighting is included out of the
box, as is multiple open documents via tabs. Being written in Python
and wxPython allows PyPE to be used on basically every platform
available.
python-crack 0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132120/
python-crack is a module that provides to Python programs the ability
to evaluate password strength. It uses the well known cracklib toolkit,
hence the name.
QiPan 0.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132141/
QiPan is the reference implementation of a cxboard compliant interface
program. CXBoard is a communication protocol, modeled after XBoard and
UCI, used for communication between Chinese Chess engines and
interfaces.
rdiald 0.71 (Client)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132098/
rdiald allows users in your home network to initiate a dialup
connection to one of a freely configurable set of internet service
providers on the server rdiald is running on. Multiple users can be
online at the same time, and the connection is only terminated once the
last user goes offline. The users are allowed to execute any commands
that have been defined previously on the server and to hang up as soon
as these commands have finished.
remark 1.1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132114/
Remark turns a file of plain text, with some very simple conventions,
into DocBook XML, and thence into whatever format you can manage using
DocBook as a starting point (e.g. PDF, PostScript, RTF, etc.). The
"markup" that remark accepts is natural and intuitive to
write (especially if you use Emacs), and can be easily consumed as-is.
Remark's capabilites for producing DocBook XML are rather limited right
now, but good enough for daily use, and can easily be extended.
Report Manager 1.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132065/
Report Manager is both a print scheme designer (report) and a
high-level printing (reporting) engine. The functionality is similar to
some other comercial tools like Crystal Reports.
RSSOwl 0.51b
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132144/
RSSOwl is a GUI desktop client (using SWT as fast graphic libary) that
reads the RSS format from a URL or a local file. It is divided into 4
areas: RSS Management includes quickview of an RSS feed, adding new RSS
favorites to a category, adding new categories, deleting an RSS feed or
a category, and fulltext searching with result highlights. RSS
Favorites shows all the saved favorites in the different categories in
a tree. RSS TabFolder displays the title and description of the RSS
feed plus a list of the newsheaders from the feed; it opens a new tab
whenever a new RSS feed is opened. RSS NewsItem displays the selected
news from the list of newsheaders from the TabFolder; the link to the
news can be clicked to open it in the browser. The supported languages
are German and English.
RSSOwl 0.5b
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132096/
RSSOwl is a GUI desktop client (using SWT as fast graphic libary) that
reads the RSS format from a URL or a local file. It is divided into 4
areas: RSS Management includes quickview of an RSS feed, adding new RSS
favorites to a category, adding new categories, deleting an RSS feed or
a category, and fulltext searching with result highlights. RSS
Favorites shows all the saved favorites in the different categories in
a tree. RSS TabFolder displays the title and description of the RSS
feed plus a list of the newsheaders from the feed; it opens a new tab
whenever a new RSS feed is opened. RSS NewsItem displays the selected
news from the list of newsheaders from the TabFolder; the link to the
news can be clicked to open it in the browser. The supported languages
are German and English.
Ruby-GStreamer 0.6.0 (unstable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132140/
Ruby-GStreamer is a set of Ruby bindings for the GStreamer multimedia
framework.
Samwise 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132123/
Samwise is a keyword-based link keeper that allows you to tag a given
link with multiple keywords and generate listings on the intersection
of sets of keywords. It supports multiple users, each with their own
distinct set of keywords and bookmarks, and allows each user to have a
set of private bookmarks visible only when they are fully logged in.
scsidev 2.30
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132119/
scsidev builds a list of devices on your SCSI busses and creates device
nodes to access them. The names are built based on their path, which is
a 4-tuple consisting of the host adapter number, the channel number,
the SCSI target ID, and the Logical Unit Number. Names build this way
are much more persistent than the enumeration scheme used by the kernel
(1st disk = sda, etc.). scsidev remembers the permissions of
disappeared devices and restores the permissions properly when devices
reappear. Optionally, it can create the devices as symbolic links to
the main device nodes in /dev/, create missing device nodes, and handle
missing permissions on the /dev/ nodes. You can assign alias names
based on various pieces of information, such as vendor and model name.
It also supports retrieving the serial number, the WWID, and the HSV OS
ID and allows assigning names based on this information, thus providing
a unique identification.
SGE 030809
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132101/
SGE is a graphics library for the Simple Direct Media Layer. SGE
provides pixel operations, graphics primitives, TrueType rendering,
rotation&scaling, and much more.
socklog 1.2.0 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132137/
socklog cooperates with the runit package to create a small and secure
replacement for syslogd. socklog supports system logging through Unix
domain sockets (/dev/log) and UDP sockets (0.0.0.0:514) with the help
of runit's runsvdir, runsv, and svlogd. socklog provides a different
network logging concept, and also does log event notification. svlogd
has built in log file rotation based on file size, so there is no need
for any cron jobs to rotate the logs. socklog is small, secure, and
reliable.
SourceForge Utilities 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132149/
The SourceForge Utilities project provides programmatic interfaces to
certain administrative applications on the SourceForge Web site. It
offers a Java interface to the File Release System, allowing file
releases to be incorporated into Ant and Maven builds.
Space Colors 1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132077/
Space Colors is a theme based on an abstract background.
TCL File Server 4.3.2b
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132109/
TCL File Server is an IRC File Server made in TCL, that supports common
features and some others.
tkblog 2.40
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132125/
tkblog is a cross-platform standalone blogging application written in
Tcl/Tk.
TreoHandsFree 0.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132133/
TreoHandsFree (TreoHF) lets you dial preset numbers using the headset
button. You configure up to 4 numbers and then press the headset button
the corresponding number of times.
Tundra IRC 0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132111/
Tundra IRC is an IRC client written entirely in Java, to ensure
compatibility with any platform. It features a clean, tabbed interface,
and supports multiple servers and channels. The primary reason it was
written was to provide a suitable IRC client for Mac OS X.
WindowLab 1.13
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132106/
WindowLab is a small and simple window manager of novel design. It is
click-to-focus, shares its window depth policy with the Amiga, and has
a window resizing/reshaping method similar to that of 8-1/2 from Plan
9. It maintains the illusion of direct manipulation by constraining the
mouse pointer when appropriate (i.e., when a window cannot be dragged
any further in one direction). The pointer is also constrained
vertically (effectively making the target menu items infinitely tall
according to Fitts's law) when it is in the menubar to reduce pointing
time.
xCHM 0.6.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132150/
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.
ziproxy 1.2b
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132135/
ziproxy is a forwarding (non-caching) proxy that gzips text and HTML
files, and reduces the size of images by converting them to low quality
JPEGs. It is intended to increase the speed for dial-up Internet
connections. Most browsers support gzipped content, so Web pages appear
as normal, but as they are only a fraction of their original page size,
pages are much quicker to load. Even for browsers that don't support
it, hints how to overcome it using SSH port forwarding are included.
Images are reduced in size by an average of one third, with only
marginal visible image quality loss. It should be used with
inetd/xinetd, but if you can't use them, a simple replacement
"netd" is provided.
Newsforge Reports
FLOSS's proposed new Monikers
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/08/0350253
- by Ronald Trip - Instead of using the terms "Free Software" or "Open
Source" in relation to "Free/Libre Open Source Software," maybe we
should use the expresions "Permissive License" and "Permissive Licensed
Software" to denominate FLOSS.
Litigation for FUD and Profit
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/08/1246245
- by Joe Barr - The SCO Group picked a bad week to try to give up their
addiction to news conferences, especially those regarding their lawsuit
against IBM. Red Hat filed a lawsuit against The SCO Group on Monday
and IBM did the same on Wednesday. Both filings appeared to catch SCO
by surprise.
Open Source by Osmosis
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/07/2259214
- by Matt Asay - Much has been said and written about open source
software in the past few years. So much, indeed, that one would think
we would be super-saturated with it, and ready to move on to the 'next
big thing.' But we have not, and do not appear to be even remotely
close to the limit of open source's potential. It apparently cannot be
over-hyped.
Newsforge Newsvac
RubyForge open for business
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/10/0116204
Tom Copeland writes "RubyForge is open for business! RubyForge's
purpose is to host open source applications written in the Ruby
programming language. Ruby is a scripting language which is rapidly
growing in popularity around the world and already has a very strong
userbase in Japan. It's a bit like Python, but nicer. :-) At any rate,
RubyForge has already proved to be a hit with open source developers,
with 35 projects and over 100 developers ...
HKLC moves Aegir CMS to GPL licensing
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/09/140207
HONG KONG, HELSINKI, Aug 9th 2003 -- Linux Center (HK) Ltd. has moved
the popular Nadmin Studio content management product and its successor,
Aegir CMS under the GNU General Public License (GPL).
Linux's lucky lawsuit
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/09/1419204
SCO's challenge of IBM's use of its software is not a threat to the
open-source Linux operating system. If fact, SCO is a toad about to
face a steamroller
SCO claims could scuttle Linux progress
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/09/1416248
SAN JOSE, Calif.--It's touted as the high-tech world's best hope
against Microsoft domination. Built largely by thousands of volunteer
programmers worldwide, the Linux operating system is cheap, reliable
and doesn't pad Bill Gates' wallet...
Congress key factor for Linux
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/09/148215
One way or another, rights to the core coding behind the Linux
operating system (OS) ultimately will be decided by several federal
court lawsuits stemming from SCO Group's claims on the popular "open
source," or freely distributed software. But the longer term battle for
Linux, an offshoot of the Unix OS that Lindon-based SCO claims to own
outright, could be decided by Congress, if authors of the fledgling
Open Source and Industry Alliance have ...
WNCC now has access to Linux
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/09/146202
Engineering and computer science students at Western Nevada Community
College in Carson City now have access to the Linux operating system in
their computer lab.
Can SCO Withstand the IBM, Red Hat Counter-Attack?
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/09/143207
The latest chapters developing this week do not appear to have SCO
shaking in its boots. But analysts agree the events that transpired do
seem to have improved the confidence of Linux users, who now realize
the big distributors may go to bat for their clients.
Exhibitor Headlines from LinuxWorld San Francisco 2003
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/09/1219249
We are pleased to announce that exhibitor headlines from LinuxWorld San
Francisco 2003 are conveniently centralized into a web site under
'Exhibitor News'. Current headlines can be seen below and these
headlines as well as complete press kits are available from the
official Exhibitor News Center.
Week In Security: Linux Security Certification, eSoft Rebate Offer
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/08/2041204
Here's a rundown of events, announcements and other happenings in
information security this week.
SCO wants $32 for each embedded Linux device
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/08/207208
SAN JOSE, Calif. The SCO Group said Tuesday (August 5) it wants $32
for each embedded system using Linux. That request stems from the
Lindon, Utah company's claim that Linux versions 2.4 and above contains
code that infringes on its Unix software.
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FreeFrame 1.0 Release
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=299439
Well after a lot of work, we're there - public release of FreeFrame 1.0
- the new realtime video effects plugin format for VJ software.
FreeFrame allows plugin developers to develop one plugin that will work
in a variety of video programs. Today's FreeFrame release coincides
with the release of versions of VJamm and Resolume featuring native
support for the standard. We are also releasing today plugin developer
kits for C++ and Pascal developers, in addition to sample host code for
application developers wishing to support the standard. For more
general info on FreeFrame please visit the FreeFrame website:
http://www.freeframe.org ... and for technical info / downloads the
SourceForge FreeFrame site: http://sourceforge.net/projects/freeframe/
The FreeFrame file release package at this address is the general
windows download for FreeFrame 1.0 - this contains the latest versions
of Petes Plugins - a fully featured FreeFrame plugin set from Pete
Warden and the Resolume plugin pack. Watch out for further FreeFrame
1.0 releases over the coming months. http://www.vjammpro.com
http://www.resolume.com http://www.petewarden.com Russell VJamm
Release 0.3.5 now available.
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=299671
The Anti-Spam SMTP Proxy (ASSP) Server project aims to create an open
source platform-independent SMTP Proxy server which implements
whitelists and Bayesian filtering to rid the planet of the blight of
unsolicited email (UCE). This release fixes two bugs. One affects all
servers that support the CHUNKING directive (specifically MS Exchange)
and causes the truncation of the last 100 bytes of each message sent by
another CHUNKING server. The second is a very minor bug that could
reduce spam detection in some circumstances. All Exchange (or other
CHUNKING server) users are recommended to upgrade immediately. To
upgrade, simply replace assp.pl and rebuildspamdb.pl. (The docs are
updated too.) Hopefully, this will be the last release before 1.0.0.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/assp/ John
PCGen 5.3.3 is available
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=299732
PCGen is a Java-based RPG character generator and maintenance program
that works on all platforms (Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, etc). All
datafiles are ASCII so they can be modified by users, and are available
through the pcgendm project. An XML conversion is underway. We're very
pleased to announce that with this release we now include Sword and
Sorcery's Relics and Rituals! Thanks to all the volunteers who put the
data together and to Tir Gwaith who saw it through to completion and
got the publisher's approval on it! Mac OS X users - if you quit PCGen
using close or quit, your preferences will not be saved. The preference
files are only saved if you use the File->Exit menu item to exit PCGen.
This is a java issue (our thanks to Conor for finding the reason for
this long-standing issue!) This is a rather significant release - the
monkeys have been busy since the last release! Read over the lists of
changes to see what all has changed, but I'd like to highlight a few of
them. A *drastic* improvement in speed has been effected by Jayme Cox,
with some assists from Frugal and Scott Ettelsworth. Jayme made use of
code Greg Binglemen put in there quite some time ago - and the results
are wonderful! Felipe and Frugal maintain the Output Sheets excellence
by squashing every single bug that has been reported and continuing to
give the output sheet monkeys new toys to play with! Jonas has moved us
to using the latest pdf generation libraries, which has made the output
sheet monkeys even happier! If you use the pdf character sheets (which
are way cool!) you will need to download an updated pdf library:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/pcgen/pdf_new.zip?download unzip the
above library into your pcgen's lib folder. We hope to have the 3.5 SRD
(System Resource Document) ready for PCGen in 3-4 weeks. After that
time we will move PCGen to be based upon java 1.4, which means that
releases after that will require users to download java 1.4. We've been
encouraging users to install java 1.4 since it runs faster than java
1.3. Those on Mac OS 9, Mac OS X (10 - 10.1) will need to upgrade to
Mac OS X (10.2 or higher) in order for their machine to handle java
1.4. For users who have trouble getting the 3 zip files to unzip
properly, we have some OS-specific installs that should help minimize
the chance of install related errors. Links to these installs can be
found at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pcgen/files/Alternate%20PCGen%20Releases/
These are the same PCGen everyone else uses, just packaged with
installers which target Windows and Mac OS X users specifically.
Typically there is a lag between when the official release is done and
when these special installers are ready. We always recommend that users
install new versions of PCGen in a 'new' directory. Below is a list of
everything that has been addressed in this release. If you reported one
of these, please verify that it is was addressed properly. PCGen is
available at http://pcgen.sourceforge.net , and the main discussion
group is at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pcgen . If you wish to
discuss making your own custom lst files for use with PCGen, the data
monkeys have made their home at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pcgenlistfilehelp and they pride
themselves in being able to field all questions about the data - from
very basic to very advanced. All three zips are required to run PCGen:
pcgen533_part1of3.zip, pcgen533_part2of3.zip and pcgen533_part3of3.zip.
Bugs 765749 Custom Class source field overwriting copied classes source
765591 cannot open LST editor with a PC open 780673 PRETYPE in eqmod is
only registering the primary type 781583 sorting of 's' and 'S' is
different 770608 dex doubling to PCs with a dex bonus 774986 Elf stat
bug 776391 BONUS:STAT|name|formula bug. was: Power Attack feat error
770574 What kind of class is this!? 733595 Warning: Could not find
class: Magical Beast 772036 [Bug] cML:Class not found: Blackguard
744497 PREAPPLY Calculation bug after restart 769304 [BUG] Still really
SLLLLOOOWWWW! (But better) 745491 PREAPPLY doubles AC for armor 766059
Custom Race - Natural Weapon Broken 751346 Class Lst Editor - Bonus
tags 709033 SPELL TAG - Need warning if spellbook = class name 775241
Tooltip setting not saved 767755 Bug with BONUS:DC|ALL|1 in 5.2 769823
PREREQs always true on Equip Customizer Features 784465 Update
permission.htm to d20stl v 4.0. 775048 Update to fop 0.20.5 744499
Temp. bonuses - Autoselect 744500 Temp. bonuses - Removing a bonus
744552 PREAPPLY adds to total value carried 741882 Choice of HTML
output sheets 744835 Temp. bonuses - Show calculated bonus 780582 point
buy methods unsorted 775390 ALTCRITMULT for Double Weapons 772964
PREFEAT: |CHECKMULT > ,CHECKMULT, at beginning 764727 Allow
PREFEAT:#,Feat name (TYPE=subtype) 764741 Allow TYPE= in PREWEAPONPROF
771274 PREAPPLY:ANYPC - allow spell Temp bonuses to non-casters 722050
Abilities as a window should have a "Close" button PCGenDM:Bugs 715159
Pouch (Belt) weight incorrect - should be 1/2 lb. 782790 rod and staff
missing as base types 755984 Psionic spell Compat Prescience has wrong
level 756762 srdclassescreaturespecific.lst references nonexistant file
760855 SRD spell error for Spellstaff 772016 Mythic Races - Siarran
Bladedancer needs to stack with Bard PCGenDM:New Source Material 780670
SSS, Relics and Rituals PCGenDM:List File Fixes 737669 seasofblood
PCGenDM:Tag Modification Requests 707325 PCC: GAME is now GAMEMODE
750217 Inner Strength feat consolidation 763868 Allow template tags to
overwrite tags from other files 626352 Uncanny Dodge to hidden feat.
PCGenDocs:Bugs 784313 SPELLLIST format is wrong in datafilesclasses.htm
784280 SAVEINFO in datafilesspells.htm misspelled 721103 Spells.lst
TYPE tag example wrong 742115 HASSUBCLASS and COST 774175 Enhancements
to ADD:SPELLCASTER PCGenDocs:Features 756295 SPELLLEVEL:CLASS &
SPELLLEVEL:DOMAIN 772683 [DOC] Allow PREFEAT:#,Feat name (TYPE=subtype)
755524 PREFEAT with ability to exclude type of feat 771932
PREAPPLY:ANYPC for BONUS statements 750224 Docment CLASSES tag in
skills.lst 754549 New tag: PREDR 752255 PREVISION 774083 ISLICENSED and
LICENCE: tags need to be documented 741306 LICENSED: tag changed to
ISLICENSED: 746450 BONUS:DC|ALL now DC|ALLSPELLS 752956 PREMULT -
Multiple PREREQ PCGenDocs:Output Sheet Features 634040 SKILLSx.TOTAL
(where x=level) 770382 [FREQ] Would like output token for base Grapple
attack 769963 Expansion of |EQ....~..~..| token The PCGen Development
Team
NUNit 2.1 Beta 2 Released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=299686
NUNit is a Unit-testing framework for all .Net languages. This release
includes separate configuration files for use with .NET versions 1.0
and 1.1. Both versions are copied and the correct config for the
current system is installed ready for use. A sample config file for use
with tests built against NUnit 2.0 is included. Substantial changes
have been made to error and exception reporting. The exception type is
listed along with all inner exceptions. In the console runner, this
includes a full stacktrace. The full trace for exceptions that are
caught by the GUI runner is now available under the Tools | Exception
Details... menu item. This release has been verified to install and run
under Windows 98. The feature of watching for changes in the assemblies
and reloading them automatically is disabled in this environment. We
haven't tested under Windows ME, but believe it will work in that
environment as well. https://www.sourceforge.net/projects/nunit
ai.planet v0.9.4 released!
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=299198
ai.planet is a virtual world for artificial intelligence. Developers
can study and visualize algorithms in a versatile 3D environment.
Version 0.9.4 Released August 5th 2003 http://aiplanet.sourceforge.net
This new version of ai.planet includes multicolored trees, that evolve
over time by producing varied fruits, which are randomly mutated by
small degrees. Improved creature AI gives new predator/prey
relationships. Interface improvements include a tool repeat button,
jump button, new features on the populations form. There is a new Move
tool to pick up objects with the mouse, reposition them, and throw
them. Although the Ladybugs aren't always successful, if they are given
a good environment they can last indefinitely, as this population
survived well over 2.5 million ticks. Birds are now better at mating,
and Hawks are better at catching the birds. Note: There is no selection
pressure on the tree color, so they can and will change into any color.
Also be aware of the known bugs, if you find a new one please report
it. http://aiplanet.sourceforge.net
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