[freshmeat update] June 15, 2003

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June 15, 2003    

   Freshmeat Latest Updates

absence 1.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126082/

    absence is a calendar tool for keeping track of people (but could be     adapted for any other object) on a daily basis. It is meant to replace     that ubiquitous whiteboard in the office of the boss. You know the one,     where someone has used a permanent magic marker to mark a matrix, and     vacations/training/etc. are marked with non-permanent markers as     blocks. absence is a CGI system, and has a resolution of one day. It is     not intended to be used for keeping appointments or any other activity     that requires a finer resolution. It generates an image for each month     to be displayed using the GD library, and it can be configured to     produce PNG or GIF (or even JPEG).

Ajaqs 0.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126071/

    Ajaqs is a Web app that organizes FAQs on a per-project basis. It is     designed to be deployed under popular Web and application servers. It     aims to serve two purposes: to provide engineering groups a mechanism     for consolidating and preserving in-house knowledge in connection to     product development and usage, and to provide small companies with a     Web interface for exposing searchable, internationalizable information     related to products and services.

Amrita VPN 0.97
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126063/

    Amrita VPN is an easy-to-use open source VPN solution that runs on the     GNU/Linux platform. The implementation is fully in userspace and     requires no kernel patches or enhancements. It uses SSL for strong     encryption and authentication.

Artima SuiteRunner 1.0 Beta 6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126042/

    Artima SuiteRunner is a testing toolkit for Java that can be used with     JUnit to run existing JUnit test suites, or standalone to create unit     and conformance tests for Java APIs. The advantages it offers to JUnit     users include reporters, run paths, and recipe files.

Bauk 1.77 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126092/

    Bauk is a high-performance HTTP server for Unix-like operating systems.     It brings together a rich set of features with real configurability and     ease of administration. Some of Bauk's features include virtual hosts,     URL aliases, execution of CGI programs, HTTP authentication: Basic     method, directory browsing, server hostname aliases, network traffic     per virtual host quotas, connections per client IP number quotas,     access restriction by IP address, configurable HTTP log format and     location, a multiprocess architecture, flexibility, and much more.

bes-cms 0.3-cvs
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125725/

    bes-cms is a multiuser Content Management System. It is also an     application server; you can embed bes-cms in bes-cms just by creating a     user. It comes with four default themes.

Bontmia 0.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125995/

    Bontmia is a network-based backup tool that saves configurable numbers     of last month, week, day, hour, and minute backups. Each backup is a     complete snapshot of the original directories, and only new and changed     files take up space when generating snapshots because of the use of     hard links. Remote access is secure by using SSH. Only changes are     transferred, which makes for a fast backup.

buildpkg 0.0.2r28d
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126090/

    Buildpkg is a package build system. It gives you the opportunity to     create package system (rpm, dpkg, etc.) independent descriptions (.def)     which can be used to create binary packages on every system. It can be     also used to track installations and create packages of the installed     files. If you want more safety, you can use the 'jail' feature. In this     mode a chroot-ed environment will be created from the (configurable)     list of programs and the installation will be done here. Besides Linux,     Solaris/SunOS, and FreeBSD packages are also supported.

Date::Manip 5.40.epa1 (Unofficial)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126080/

    Date::Manip is a Perl module for handling Gregorian dates. Operations     such as comparing two times, calculating a time a given amount of time     from another, or parsing international times are all easily done. The     library is oriented towards the type of operations people tend to think     of rather than those operations used routinely by computers.

deadline A
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126060/

    deadline shows you the time remaining until the deadline of your most     important project.

Enca 0.99.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126069/

    Enca detects the encoding of text files, on the basis of knowledge of     their language. It can also convert them to other encodings, allowing     you to recode files without knowing their current encoding. It supports     most of Central and East European languages, and a few Unicode     variants, independently on language.

Gambas 0.58 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126089/

    Gambas is a graphical development environment based on a Basic     interpreter, like Visual Basic. It uses the Qt toolkit, but is able to     use any other toolkit that a module is written for.

GBuffy 0.2.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126053/

    GBuffy will poll multiple mailboxes for new mail. It will list the     number of new messages in each mailbox you configure. It will also     highlight the mailboxes that have new mail, and you can display the     message headers by pressing mouse button one on a mailbox. GBuffy is     currently capable of watching MBOX, MMDF, Maildir and MH Folders. This     version also supports IMAP4rev1 and NNTP with XOVER mailboxes, as well     as displaying X-Face headers.

Gnu Aqua Special Edition 0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126048/

    Gnu Aqua Special Edition is a theme based on gnububble and bluebubble,     with ideas from AquaGraphite and AquaLightBlue. It is meant to replace     all of them by concentrating on the strength of some and eliminating     the weakness of others.

IceWM 1.2.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126084/

    IceWM is a window manager designed for speed, usability, and     consistency. It is able to emulate the looks of Motif, OS/2, and     Windows, and allows you to have a customizable look using pixmaps.

JXPath 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126077/

    JXPath 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. Kanatest 0.3.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126093/

    Kanatest is a simple, GTK 2-based kana drill tool. It offers three     drill modes: hiragana, katakana, and mixed mode. The tester shows     random kana characters and waits until you enter the romaji equivalent     in an entry field. At the end, statistics are provided.

Libvc 003
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126044/

    Libvc is a vCard library which was written using 'flex' and 'bison'. It     handles scanning a vCard file, parsing the vCard file into a data     storage structure, manipulating the data storage structure, and writing     the structure back to a file. It was originally written for 'rolo', but     has been split off for general use.

mailgraph 1.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126068/

    Mailgraph is a very simple mail statistics RRDtool frontend for Postfix     that produces daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly graphs of     received/sent and bounced/rejected mail.

MOSIX Kernel Patch 1.10.0 for Linux 2.4.21 (Linux 2.4) http://freshmeat.net/releases/126087/

    MOSIX is a unique clustering package that can make any size Linux     cluster of x86 nodes (workstations and servers) run almost like a     single system with multiple processors. The core of MOSIX contains     adaptive management algorithms that monitor and respond to uneven     resource distribution among the nodes by preemptive process migration.     In addition to automatic load-balancing, MOSIX supports massive     parallel I/O by partitioning the data of a file to several nodes so     that parallel processes will migrate to the node which has their     portion of the data. The algorithms of MOSIX are geared toward maximal     performance, overhead-free scalability, and ease-of-use.

NetBeans IDE 3.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126046/

    NetBeans is a cross-platform IDE written in Java. It supports     development in Java, and support for other languages can be added. The     whole IDE is built around a core framework with APIs, and features are     implemented in the form of plugin modules. This clean, modular     architecture makes NetBeans a good platform for building development     tools and custom IDEs.

OBit 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126062/

    OBit is an orbit-like theme.

Partition Image 0.6.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126043/

    Partition Image is a Linux/UNIX utility similar to Symantec's Ghost.     This uility saves partitions in the EXT2, Reiserfs, NTFS, HPFS, FAT16,     and FAT32 file system formats to an image file. The image file can be     compressed with gzip or bzip2 in order to save disk space, and it can     be split in order to fit onto a series of floppy disks. This program     can be useful for backup purposes. A boot/root disk is also provided,     allowing you to run Partition Image without Linux installed on the hard     disk.

peksystray 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126029/

    peksystray is a notification area (system tray) dockapp. It uses the     freedesktop.org protocol, is similar to GNOME's Notification Area     applet, and works with the pekwm harbour, the Window Maker dock, and     the AfterStep wharf.

PhonoRipper 0.2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126061/

    PhonoRipper aims to be an easy-to-handle all-in-one GUI tool for     creating audio CDs from analog sources like vinyl records. The main     parts are just graphical frontends to well-known commandline programs,     so some dependencies must be fulfilled to run PhonoRipper. English and     German versions are available.

Projet free-EOS 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125812/

    free-EOS (Espace Ouvert de Services) is a project which aims to     distribute and document a free and open technical solution for     Multi-media Space. It is implemented with a Linux-based server and     workstations that run either Windows, Linux, or MacOS. It is meant to     be like the French software, Espaces Publics Num&eacute;riques. It     targets environments that are managed by organizers that do not have     significant technical competency. It acts like an adaptation of the SME     Server solution that is specifically dedicated to French-speaking     environments.

Proxy-applet 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126040/

    Proxy-applet is a GNOME tray applet for changing your network proxy     configuration with a single click, in a manner similar to Galeon 1.x.

pygame 1.5.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126081/

    Pygame is a set of Python extension modules designed for writing games.     The core of pygame is wrapped on top of the SDL library.

Python SAP RFC module 0.2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126054/

    The Python SAP RFC module enables programming remote function calls     from SAP ERP systems. It enables SAP-compatible data definitions in     Python (both simple and complex datatypes like structures and internal     tables can be defined from within Python and manipulated like normal     Python datatypes) and features transparent value conversion from SAP to     Python and vice versa. It needs the SAP librfc shared library.

Quark 2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126056/

    Quark is a daemon-like player that uses Gstreamer to play music. It     features a front-end that sits in your system tray.

sa-exim-stats 0.80
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126073/

    sa-exim-stats generates spam/mail statistics from an sa-exim logfile.     sa-exim is a patch for Exim which integrates SpamAssassin into Exim.     The script's output includes: total spam messages, total clean     messages, spam percentage, top n spam/clean/overal recipients. The     script is designed so that it doesn't have to scan the entire logfile     everytime it is run (status can be saved to a file or in a MySQL     database). It can create and update a RRD database, and some basic PHP     pages to display the graphs are included.

SiEd 0.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126078/

    SiEd is a simple text editor for Palm OS 3.5+. It is designed to allow     editing of large documents on any Palm. It is targeted more at users     with add-on keyboards for their Palm, as what existing editors there     are do not take full advantage of the keyboard.

Skaringa r2p1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126058/

    Skaringa is a framework for Java and XML language binding. It transform     Java objects into XML documents and back, and can generate XML schema     definitions for a Java class. It is designed for simplicity, supporting     a wide range of types, and speed.

The Gimp 1.2.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126091/

    The GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely     distributed piece of software suitable for such tasks as photo     retouching, image composition and image authoring. It can be used as a     simple paint program, an expert quality photo retouching program, an     online batch processing system, a mass production image renderer, a     image format converter, etc.

The HTML Inclusion Tool 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125984/

    The HTML Inclusion Tool is a simple but powerful preprocessor for HTML     pages that can run as a CGI application or a standalone tool. It is     intended to be used with HTML, but can be used to process any kind of     textual data. It features access to environment variables, file     inclusion, string mainpulation functions, and a Berkley DB interface.

TopLight 0.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126051/

    TopLight is designed to aid lighting designers and electricians in the     theatre. It facilitates the quick setup of pipes and whole theatres,     auto-numbering of circuits, auto-patching, and other things you don't     want do but have to.

Tutorial Environment for Cryptographic Protocols 1.0.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/126057/

    Tutorial Environment for Cryptographic Protocols (TECP) is a tutorial     and visualization environment for public key cryptography. It is     intended for students of cryptography courses and can be used to     improve understanding of modular arithmetic-based public key     algorithms, and for lecturers who want to add some life to boring     blackboard-and-chalk presentations about the topic.

viPlugin 0.1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126076/

    viPlugin is an Eclipse plugin that adds vi functionality to the editors     that are provided with Eclipse (JDT, CDT, etc.).

Walker 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126075/

    Walker is a Python script that updates entire Web sites. It matches the     remote site to your local copy using FTP. Once you set it up, it will     upload any files that have changed in size, delete any remote files you     have deleted locally, and create any remote dirs you have added     locally. It will never delete a remote directory. Walker allows you to     update your entire site by going online and then running one command in     a terminal. It can be run silently, or with minimal messages to     indicate progress, or in a verbose mode that reports all actions taken.

WebUserPrefs 0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126065/

    WebUserPrefs is a Web-based editor for SpamAssassin user preferences.     It is written in PHP and supports whitelist and blacklist directives,     as well as others through a simple plugin architecture.

WordNet-Similarity 0.04
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126047/

    WordNet-Similarity is a collection of Perl modules for the WordNet     system. They are designed as object classes with methods that take two     word senses as input and return the semantic relatedness of these word     senses.

wxBase 2.4.1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126096/

    wxBase contains most of the non-GUI classes from the wxWindows     cross-platform C++ framework. There are 2 categories: generally useful     portable code (date/time handling, command line parsing, regular     expression support) and wrappers for the OS objects (files,     directories, sockets, threads, etc.) allowing you to write portable     programs easily.

YASP 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126095/

    YASP is a simple and open protocol for building networks with small     microcontrollers. It is designed to have a small footprint for easy     implementation with minimal hardware resources, but without sacrifice     advanced features and future growth. The protocol scalability is     implemented using variable length fields. The physical layer use the     NRZ encoding as in RS-232, but using dominant and recessive bus states     to provide a reliable way to detect collisions.        

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