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May 18, 2003

Freshmeat Latest Updates

Generating PHP Database Access Layers
http://freshmeat.net/articles/view/843

The productivity benefits of the PHP platform are well known. Its easy syntax, latent typing, high level of abstraction, and support for objects simplify and accelerate the production of large applications. In this article, I propose using code generation tools to build even higher-quality and more easily maintained PHP code.

23 Ounces Of Glass GTK 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123079/

23 Ounces Of Glass GTK is a GTK theme for the Enlightenment theme of the same name.

Adit 0.89
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123114/

Do you need help?

Adit is another database interface tool built with Java. It is a lightweight tool for querying any database with a JDBC driver. Features include saved connections, saved queries, export to delimited text, and database metadata.

btlc 0.04
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123133/

btlc (Boot Time Laptop Configurator) is a script that will automagically configure your laptop for the docked and undocked states. It currently works with Red Hat Linux 9 on Dell Inspiron laptops.

Chat Everywhere 0.0.16a (Client-swing)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123098/

Chat Everywhere is a simple and powerful chat client/server system for Web pages. It supports channel administration, IRC-like commands, connection filtering, extensive logging, and much more. The client works in any Web browser that can run Java applets. The server is written in POSIX-compliant C and runs on any kind of Unix.

Chat Everywhere 0.0.16a (Server)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123095/

CoverViewer 0.1.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123093/

Do you need more help?

CoverViewer is an XMMS plugin that displays images related to the files being played. The displayed image can be a copy of the cover of the album you are playing or anything else you want. It creates a personalised skin for itself using the current XMMS skin, and you can control song playing from its interface. It includes a function that can automatically retrieve covers you don't have from the Internet, using file tag information to get the artist and album name.

cpCommerce 0.05
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123121/

cpCommerce is an e-commerce script with a layout that can be completely customized by editing 5 files. It is designed in a modular fashion with templates, and requires PHP and MySQL.

Darik's Boot and Nuke 2003051600 (Beta)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123088/

Darik's Boot and Nuke (DBAN) is a self-contained boot floppy that securely wipes the hard disks of most computers. DBAN will automatically and completely delete the contents of any hard disk that it can detect, which makes it an appropriate utility for bulk or emergency data destruction.

dchub 0.4.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123108/

dchub is a Direct Connect hub clone. It resembles an IRC server with some extra features dedicated to file sharing.

Directory administrator 1.4 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123124/

Can we help you?

Directory administrator is a smart LDAP directory management tool. It can be used to manage UNIX and Samba user accounts and groups in a single sign-on setup, corporate address book information, host-based access control and advanced email routing. It's extremely easy to install and use, yet powerful at the same time.

Download.php 0.1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123127/

Download.php can count the download of files and block downloads from another Web site. It's a good download manager.

Elm ME+ PL101c (25) (Patch)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123094/

Elm 2.4ME+ is based on Elm 2.4. It contains enhanced MIME and character set support. It can read mail from POP or IMAP folders and can pass mail to the PGP or GPG programs. It also includes modules for TLS/SSL, iconv, and SMTP.

Framework for Object Oriented Web Development 0.8.2 http://freshmeat.net/releases/123117/

Framework for Object Oriented Web Development is a collection of base classes (ripe for extending) which handle object persistence, user authorization, security, data administration, input handling, and all the things required to build OO Web applications.

freepia 0.3.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123128/

Can't find what you're looking for?

Freepia is small GNU/Linux distribution designed to run on VIA EPIA-M mainboards. It currently only runs on the M-9000. The main goal of this project is to build a full-featured, low-noise media box to play movies, MP3s, images, etc. It currently uses freevo as its media viewer, but in the future there may be support for others, like mythtv or vdr.

Gammu 0.75 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123132/

Gammu (formerly known as MyGnokii2) is cellular manager for various

    mobile phones and modems. It currently supports Nokia 3210, 33xx, 3410,
    35xx, 51xx, 5210, 5510, 61xx, 62xx, 63xx, 6510, 6610, 71xx, 7210, 82xx,
    83xx, 9110, and 9210, and AT devices (such as Siemens, Alcatel, Falcom,

WaveCom, IPAQ, and other). It has a command line version with many functions for ringtones, phonebook, SMS, logos, WAP, date/time, alarm, calls, etc. It can also make full backups and restore them. It works on various Unix systems (like Linux) and Win32.

GeeXboX 0.90-1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123102/

GeeXboX is a standalone media player Linux distribution. It's a small bootable CD which allows you to play your favorites video (DivX, XviD, FFMpeg, MPEG 1/2, VCD, DVD, OggMedia, etc.) and audio (MP3, Audio CD, Ogg/Vorbis, etc.) files. It is based on MPlayer, and can be used on every x86 computer. It supports TV-out for various cards such as nVidia and ATI. A bootable ISO is available, but it's easy to modify the sources to build your own GeeXboX.

hk_classes 0.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123106/

hk_classes is a set of C++ libraries for rapid development of database applications with all features a modern database application should have, like forms and reports. hk_classes is database and GUI independent. It also includes command line tools to use hk_classes in scripts.

htsneak 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123130/

Don't know where to look next?

htsneak is a general-purpose HTTP tunnelling utility written in Python. It can be used for accessing external Internet resources from behind a firewall, through an HTTP proxy. It comes with a built-in proxy server that tunnels data through an HTTP proxy to external servers for POP3, IMAP, SMTP, YMSG, etc.

Ian 0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123120/

Ian (I am normal) is a shell script designed to make a honeypot look more like a production system. This is accomplished by creating bogus data and history files, altering modification times of these files, adding users, patching x number of programs, and allowing the user to include their own created files.

Intel Iometer 2003.05.10
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123103/

Iometer is an I/O subsystem measurement and characterization tool for single and clustered systems.

JFtp 1.29
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123100/

JFtp is a Swing Java network and file transfer client. It supports FTP with its own FTP API, SMB using jcfis, SFTP using j2ssh, and local file IO using the j2se library. It includes many advanced features such as recursive directory up/download, browsing FTP servers while transferring files, FTP resuming, browsing the LAN for Windows shares, and more. The FTP API is separated from the GUI and can also be used in third-party applications or in a commandline mode. It should ideally be launched in a Web browser via Java Web Start (contained by the Java 1.4 plugin) but can also be started locally.

JSGraphics 0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123116/

Confused? Frustrated?

JSGraphics is a library for producing 2D graphics using JavaScript by manipulating HTML tables. It uses 'run length encoding' by taking advantage of colspan attributes in order to reduce the complexity of the output. Images created in this manner can be posted on the pages such as forums or LiveJournal where images are not allowed, and can be animated using JavaScript. Simple 2D graphics functions for drawing lines, points, and circles are included.

KlipReader 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122931/

KlipReader is a script which parses KlipFolio resources. Given a URL, it parses it, keeps a cache for frequent use, and outputs HTML links.

Knoppix 3.2-2003-05-16
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123091/

KNOPPIX is a bootable CD with a collection of GNU/Linux software, automatic hardware detection, and support for many graphics cards, sound cards, SCSI devices, and other peripherals. It can be used as a Linux demo, educational CD, rescue system, etc. It is not necessary to install anything on a hard disk due to on-the-fly decompression.

libquantum 0.2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123111/

libquantum is a C library for the simulation of a quantum computer. It provides an interface for a quantum register and for all important quantum operations. An efficient model for decoherence allows an analysis of quantum computation under a realistic environment.

LinuXchangE 0.8.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123092/

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LinuXchangE is a powerful integration system that offers corporate network services like email, DNS, WINS, PDC, and mass storage. It pretends to be a complete replacement for Windows servers by storing all its information using LDAP (like Active Directory does).

linuxsms 0.63
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123112/

Linuxsms is a Perl script to send SMS to GSM phones. There is support for multiple servers/gateways (some servers require registration). The script has an adressbook, the ability to compress SMS, and the ability to check for new versions.

Luola 1.1.2 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123110/

Luola is a cavern-flying game for 1-4 players. Each player flies a small V-shaped ship and has one special weapon. The object of the game is simply to destroy all other players.

Morphix 0.3-6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123107/

Morphix is a modular LiveCD distribution. It is partly derived from KNOPPIX, and the rest comes directly from Debian.

Mulimidix 0.1.9pre
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123097/

Do you need help?

Mulimidix is a mini Linux distribution for building a PC-based set-top box and multimedia player system with digital TV, MP3, DivX, etc. support, using VDR, Freevo and other tools. It is currently optimized for i686.

ncc 1.6 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123109/

ncc is a C source code analyzer which generates program flow and variable usage information. Using it should be as easy as changing CC=gcc to CC=ncc in makefiles, and effort has been made to support most common gcc extensions. ncc has been tested with the sources of the Linux kernel, gtk, gcc, gdb, bind, mpg123, ncftp, and many other famous projects.

PHP 4.3.2RC3 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123101/

PHP is a widely-used Open Source general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for Web development and can be embedded into HTML. Its syntax draws upon C, Java, and Perl, and is easy to learn. PHP runs on many different platforms and can be used as a standalone executable or as a module under a variety of Web servers. It has excellent support for databases, XML, LDAP, IMAP, Java, various Internet protocols, and general data manipulation, and is extensible via its powerful API. It is actively developed and supported by a talented and energetic international team. Numerous Open Source and commercial PHP-based application packages are available.

ProFTPD 1.2.9 RC1 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123090/

ProFTPD is a proven, high-performance, scalable FTP server written from scratch, with a focus toward simplicity, security, and ease of configuration. Naturally, ProFTPD powers some of the largest sites on the Internet. It features a very Apache-like configuration syntax, modules, and a highly customizable server infrastructure, including support for multiple 'virtual' FTP servers, anonymous FTP, and permission-based directory visibility.

QT AGI Studio 1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123104/

Do you need more help?

QT AGI Studio, formerly known as Linux AGI Studio, is a program that allows you to view, create, and edit AGI games. AGI (Adventure Game Interpreter) is the adventure game engine used by Sierra On-Line(tm) to create some of their early games.

RawFrames 0.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123134/

RawFrames is a program that allows you to send various types of Ethernet frames from the command line. At the data link layer, it supports Ethernet II, 802.3, LLC (802.2), and LLC/SNAP. At the network layer, it can send IP packets. The encapsulation code is included as interfacable C++ class modules.

RoboRally Board Editor 0.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123099/

RoboRally Board editor is a Java utility for creating boards for the board game, RoboRally. It has a simple graphical interface where you choose an element of a game and place it on the board where you like it, much like an ordinary drawing program. When elements are in place you can remove, rotate, and edit them as you see fit. When you feel done you can export your board as a JPEG and print it with your favorite printing tool. The current version supports all the features of the standard RoboRally game.

ROX-Filer 1.3.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123115/

ROX-Filer is a fast and powerful graphical file manager. It has full drag-and-drop support and background file operations, and is highly configurable. It can also act as a pinboard, allowing you to pin frequently used files to the desktop background.

Scribus 0.9.10 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123089/

Can we help you?

Scribus is a DTP program for Linux. Its goal is to provide an easy-to-use tool for simple Desktop Publishing. It tries be as professional as possible.

SDL_tk 0.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123129/

SDL_tk is a small, C++ library that extends SDL and provides things like sprites, animated sprites, simple widgets (buttons, checkboxes, and radio buttons), and support for using sprites as mouse cursors (even animated sprites). It is a C++ wrapper for SDL, but doesn't aim to be a 1:1 wrapper. Instead, it aims to be a small 2D gaming library. SDL_tk makes use of SDL_gfx, which provides support for rotating and anti-aliasing sprites and simple geometric objects.

SuperKaramba 0.25
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123087/

SuperKaramba is a tool that allows anyone to easily create and run little interactive widgets on a KDE desktop. Widgets are defined in a simple text file and can be augmented with Python code to make them interactive. Current widgets include everything from simple news headline displays to complete custom replacements for kicker, the KDE toolbar.

uEdit 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122894/

uEdit is a simple plain text editor with useful custom features. It can include existing text files and the output of AppleScripts that generate text parts. Text file can be created from templates, and debugging features are included for Perl, Python, and HTML. Actions are also provided for HTML, AppleScript, JavaScript, CSS, and text manipulation scripts.

xine xine-ui 0.9.21
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123126/

Can't find what you're looking for?

xine is a free multimedia player. It plays back CDs, DVDs, and VCDs. It also decodes multimedia files like AVI, MOV, WMV, and MP3 from local disk drives, and displays multimedia streamed over the Internet. It interprets many of the most common multimedia formats available--and some of the most uncommon formats, too. All those features come in a reusable library (xine-lib) which can easily be embedded in your applications.

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