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June 25, 2003

Freshmeat Latest Updates

Azure 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127199/

Azure is a Web log client that allows you to create and edit Web log posts on your phone, PDA, or personal computer. It uses J2ME CLDC/MIDP 1.0. It can be used with any system that supports Moveable Type's XMLRPC API. BitlBee 0.80
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127201/

BitlBee emulates an IRC server. Everything that is said on this server is forwarded to users on the MSN/ICQ/Jabber/Yahoo! networks, and responses are also returned.

C++ Portable Types Library (PTypes) 1.8.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/127159/

The C++ Portable Types Library (PTypes) is a simple alternative to the STL that includes multithreading and networking. It defines dynamic strings, character sets, variants, lists and other basic data types along with threads, synchronization primitives, and IP sockets. It is portable across modern Unix and Windows systems and includes a sample HTTP daemon showing the full power of the library.

Do you need help?

CaLStats 0.0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127223/

CaLStats is a small set of scripts for monitoring computer availability. It creates images of the network structure and marks active or inactive computers.

Cantus 1.99.1-1 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127162/

Cantus is an easy to use tool for tagging and renaming MP3 and OGG/Vorbis files. It has many features including mass tagging and renaming of MP3s, the ability to generate a tag out of the filename, filter definitions for renaming, recursive actions, CDDB (Freedb) lookup (no CD needed), copy between ID3V1 and ID3V2 tags, and a lot more.

CFL 1.1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127140/

CFL (C Foundation Library) is a C library that simplifies systems software development on UNIX. The library includes functions for memory management, string parsing, sub-process execution, filesystem traversal, I/O, interfaces to IPC mechanisms including pseudo-terminals, shared memory, semaphores, and other facilities. It also has implementations of common dynamic data structures like linked lists, queues, stacks, and hash tables, a real-time scheduler similar in functionality to the cron daemon, and high-level APIs to Berkeley sockets and other networking functions. Full API documentation is included.

CodeWorker 2.16
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127136/

CodeWorker is a scripting language for producing reusable, tailor-made, evolveable, and reliable IT systems with a high level of automation. An extended BNF syntax allows defining new domain-specific languages or parsing existing formats (HTML pages for example). A template-based syntax like PHP and JSP allows writing the patterns for generating code. The code generation knows how to preserve protected areas with hand-typed code and offers code expansion, source-to-source translation, and program transformation. These tasks are executed in a straightforward process, with no binding to an external programming language and with no translation of requirements specification in a constraining format.

Do you need more help?

Confirm 0.53
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127216/

Confirm is an email challenge-response system which virtually eliminates all unsolicited email. It is written in C and procmail, and is easily customized. Unsolicited email is checked against valid sender/recipient headers; unauthorized email is held pending a one-time confirmation reply from the sender.

Coyote Linux 2.00-pre6 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127215/

Coyote Linux is a single floppy distribution for people who have an Internet connection that they wish to share with other computers on a LAN. In addition to connection sharing, it also provides firewall services to help protect the internal network. The goal of the Coyote project is to make it as quick and easy as possible to share an Internet connection.

daudio 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127203/

daudio is a set of programs for fully synchronized, distributed MP3 audio over a local Linux network.

DaveDAP 0.8.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127167/

DaveDAP is a PHP LDAP administration tool which allows you to browse your LDAP tree, create, delete, edit, and copy objects, and perform searches. You can even copy objects between two LDAP servers and recursively delete/copy entire containers.

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Desktop ROCK Linux 2.0.0-beta6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127230/

Desktop ROCK Linux is a source distribution based upon the distribution build kit ROCK Linux. It is released with an automatic build system as well as prebuilt ISO images. It inherits the state-of-the-art tool chain from ROCK Linux and also includes the latest KDE and GNOME releases and many other packages. The build system allows optimized rebuilds of single packages or the whole ISO.

Digital Room Correction 2.2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127182/

DRC generates digital room correction FIR filters to be used within HiFi systems in conjunction with real time convolution engines like BruteFIR.

Distributor load balancer 0.6.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127225/

Distributor is a software TCP load balancer. Like other load balancers, it accepts connections and distributes them to an array of back end servers. It is compatible with any standard TCP protocol (HTTP, LDAP, IMAP, etc.) and is also IPv6 compatible. It has many unique and advanced features and a high-performance architecture.

DrWright 0.17
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127144/

DrWright is a program that forces you to take regular breaks from your computer. If you like whistles, bells, and a thousand options, this is not for you. Feel free to check out xwrits instead. DrWright monitors keyboard and mouse activity and displays a small meter in the notification area on your panel. When it starts blinking, you know it's time to take a break. If you don't, it will lock your screen to force a break.

Can't find what you're looking for?

etrex-cache 0.0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127212/

Etrex-cache is a collection of scripts to enable simple manipulation of a Garmin Etrex in Linux with a view to interacting with geocaching.com. Essentially, it just ties together the excellent gpspoint (for actually talking to the device) and gpsbabel for converting file formats. The most useful feature is the Web browser helper script to enable downloading of waypoints directly from geocaching.com to an Etrex.

ficl 4.0.31
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127132/

Ficl (Forth inspired command language) is an ANS Forth interpreter written in C. Unlike traditional Forths, this interpreter is designed to be embedded into other systems as a command/macro/development prototype language. Ficl provides object extensions that can be used to wrap methods and structures of the host system without altering them.

Firebird .NET Data Provider 1.1 Alpha 2 http://freshmeat.net/releases/127086/

The Firebird .NET Data Provider is an ADO.NET data provider for Firebird. It is written in C# and provides a high-performance native implementation of the Firebird API. It also includes an implementation of the Firebird Services API and Firebird array datatype support.

Firepass 1.1.0a
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127158/

Firepass is a tunneling tool allowing users bypass firewall restrictions and encapsulate data flows inside legal ones that use HTTP POST requests. TCP or UDP based protocols may be tunneled with Firepass.

Don't know where to look next?

Frameworks 0.2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127129/

Frameworks is a Video4Linux Webcam controlling utility based on gqcam. It is designed for acquiring frames for stop-motion animation and claymation. Files are saved in a scheme suitable for editing with the GIMP Animation Plugin, and frame averaging is supported.

FreeMarker 2.3pre5 (Lazarus)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127186/

FreeMarker is a template engine that was originally designed so that servlet-based applications could keep graphical design separate from application logic. The templates provide an easy and highly flexible way to generate any kind of text output (HTML, RTF, PostScript, TeX, source code, etc.) from a variety of data sources such as Java objects, Jython objects, XML object models, and more.

galculator 1.1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127139/

galculator is a GTK 2 based scientific calculator supporting algebraic mode as well as RPN. Features include arithmetic operations plus precedence handling, full keypad support, trigonometric functions, power, square root, natural and common logarithm, constants (e, PI), and inverse and hyperbolic functions. It supports different number bases (decimal, hexadecimal, octal, and binary) and angle bases
(radiant, degree, and grad).

Geo::Weather 1.32
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127195/

Geo::Weather is a Perl module used to retrieve weather.com information based on city/state or US zip code.

Confused? Frustrated?

GKrellM 2.1.13 (GTK 2.0)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127226/

GKrellM is a GTK-based stacked monitor program that charts SMP CPUs, disks, load, active net interfaces, and internet connections. There are also builtin monitors for memory and swap, file systems with mount/umount feature, mailbox checking including POP3 and IMAP, clock/calendar, laptop battery, sensors (temperatures, voltages, and fans), and uptime. It has LEDs for the net monitors and an on/off button and online timer for PPP. There is a GUI popup for configuration, plugin extensions can be installed, and many themes are available. It also features a client/server monitoring capability.

GnomeMeeting 0.98
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127148/

GnomeMeeting is an H.323 compatible videoconferencing and VoIP/IP telephony application that allows you to make audio and video calls to remote users with H.323 hardware or software (such as Microsoft Netmeeting). It supports all modern videoconferencing features, such as registering to an ILS directory, gatekeeper support, making multi-user conference calls using an external MCU, using modern Quicknet telephony cards, and making PC-to-phone calls.

gPHPEdit 0.4.0 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127161/

gPHPEdit is a GNOME2 editor that is dedicated to editing PHP files and other supporting files, like HTML/CSS. It has support for drop-down function lists, hints showing parameters, and syntax highlighting.

GTick 0.2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127172/

GTick is a metronome application. It features a scale from 30 beats per minute to 250 BPM and arbitrary beat modes (meters). It uses GTK+ and OSS. gURLChecker 0.5.3 (Unstable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127188/

Call Pantek today for Open Source Technical Support at 1-877-546-8934 - 24/7/365

gURLChecker is a C/GNOME 2 tool that can check links on a single Web page or on a whole Web site in order to determine the validity of each page.

Happy Drop-down menus 1.11
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127149/

Happy Drop-down menus are drop-down Java menu applets available in numerous themes and suitable for a top bar navigation layout. It includes a configuration tool and features support for true-type fonts, multiple event triggers, and more. Buttons and menu items are non-sticky, which means they release immediately unless a submenu launches.

IceUtils 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127166/

IceUtils is a suite of command line tools designed to make creating a game world and playing through that world an easier task. Although some of the tools are specific to Iron Crown's Rolemaster role playing system, other tools can be used for just about any game environment.

isdngw 0.3.2 (Seven Levels)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127174/

isdngw is an H.323 to ISDN gateway using the OpenH323 and PWlib libraries, and the ISDN4Linux subsystem. It is based on isdn2h323.

Java Desktop Rolemaster Character Generator .9t http://freshmeat.net/releases/127204/

Do you need help?

Java Desktop Rolemaster Character Generator is a gradually-developing cross-platform character generator for the Rolemaster FRP roleplaying game from Iron Crown Enterprises. It can create and develop Rolemaster characters quickly. It contains information from the Rolemaster FRP book and the current Character Law.

JavaWizardComponent 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127084/

The Java Wizard Component is a Swing component that helps a user-interface programmer present information to the user in a step-by-step manner in which the next step is determined by the choices made in the current step. This is useful for programming many kinds of wizards, such as those used in installation programs and IDEs. This library attempts to make it easy for developers to define their own steps and to combine these steps in the desired order.

JDiff 1.0.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127200/

JDiff is a JavaDoc doclet that produces an HTML report of all the packages, classes, methods, and so on that are different (the "diff" part) between two Java APIs. It is great for reporting what has changed between two releases of your product.

Katoob 0.3.4.91 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127228/

Katoob is a light-weight, multi lingual, BIDI-aware text editor. It supports opening and saving files in multiple encodings. The main support was for the Arabic language but other languages are also supported.

libchipcard 0.9.1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127153/

Do you need more help?

Libchipcard is a C/C++ framework for easy access to chipcards/smartcards via chip card terminals/readers. It uses the CTAPI library provided by the manufacturer of the reader and provides a filesystem on memory chip cards. It works under Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and Windows, and has been tested with Towitoko and Kobil readers even in parallel.

MHonArc 2.6.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127189/

MHonArc is a Perl program for converting mail or news messages into HTML archives. It can also be used to convert individual messages into HTML documents. Other capabilities include robust MIME support and powerful user customization features.

MiddleMan 1.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127175/

Middleman is a robust proxy server with many features designed to remove unwanted content, increase privacy, and to simply make surfing the Web a more pleasant experience. Some of the highlights include banner and popup blocking, HTTP and FTP content caching, NTLM and Basic authentication when forwarding through another proxy server, regular expression substitution in downloaded files and HTTP headers, regular expression substitution on requested URLs, many URL commands to temporarily change the proxy settings or to view information about a requested file, complete support for HTTP/1.1 including persistent connections and gzip encoding, and an intutive Web interface for configuring the proxy.

MidHosting FTPd 1.0.1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127164/

mhftpd was created in order to provide FTP access to a hosting server. It is based on vftpd, which is itself an extension of the Linux port of the OpenBSD ftpd. mhftpd is a fast, secure, and reliable FTP server. It supports virtual users, quotas, and other standard FTP features. mhftpd may work as a stand-alone daemon, as well as inetd-wrapped service.

N-View 2.8 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127187/

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N-View is a network monitor for small and medium-sized networks. It features automatic scanning of subnets for host addresses, monitoring of ICMP responses from all hosts, signalling of timeouts and delays in the GUI and by mail, a portscanner, an SNMP client (MIB browser and trap receiver), a graphical display of network traffic for network interfaces, connectivity to hosts by telnet, HTTP browser, or an arbitrary external program (such as ssh), printing of network diagrams, automatic generation of HTML pages, and more.

NeXTensio 2.0.0 final (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127145/

NeXTensio is a collection of server behaviors and commands designed to boost programmer productivity for task automation and form generation. It based on UniFORM, the Unified FORM Architecture, and UniVAL, the automated validation algorithm. NeXTensio allows developers to concentrate the application logic in one location, while allowing Insert/Edit/Delete operations. This provides great flexibility and a centralized way of dealing with form logic. It includes KTML, the online WYWIWYG HTML editor, and the Improved Repeat Region, which features list filtering and sorting.

openMosix Cluster for Linux 2.4.21-1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127134/

openMosix is a a set of extensions to the standard Linux kernel allowing you to build a cluster of out of off-the-shelf PC hardware. openMosix scales perfectly up to thousands of nodes. You do not need to modify your applications to benefit from your cluster (unlike PVM, MPI, Linda, etc.). Processes in openMosix migrate transparently between nodes and the cluster will always auto-balance.

OZradio 0.9.6.5 beta
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127155/

OZradio is a Linux FM radio player and CD Player for KDE and GNOME. It supports BTTV-compatible FM and TV cards. It features the ability to save up to 10 preset stations, a sound mixer, volume control, a mute button, automatic frequency scanning, on-demand recording and replay of radio, and programmable recording.

PennMUSH 1.7.7p16 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127214/

Can't find what you're looking for?

PennMUSH is a MUD server that is often used for running social or role-playing games, with an extensive internal programming language. It runs on Unix systems, Windows, and MacOS.

PennMUSH 1.7.6p12 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127213/

PennMUSH is a MUD server that is often used for running social or role-playing games, with an extensive internal programming language. It runs on Unix systems, Windows, and MacOS.

PHPMailer 1.70 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127160/

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.

PHPTestManager 0.1.4beta
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127163/

PHPTestManager allows you to create and maintain school tests through a Web interface.

PluckyBot 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127181/

Don't know where to look next?

PluckyBot is an extremely flexible IRC bot. It works on a system of prioritized modules, making it easy to extend. The core IRC communication is handled using POE::Component::IRC.

portmon 1.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127142/

Portmon is a daemon that is able to monitor network services and send notification in the event that a server goes down. Portmon was designed to be able to monitor a large number of servers/workstations and give very configurable notification in the event of a network failure.

Project LRNJ: Slime Forest Adventure (Cromulent) http://freshmeat.net/releases/127227/

The goal of Project LRNJ is to create an entertaining console-style RPG that teaches Japanese. Slime Forest is the prototype line: a simple NES-like CRPG using graphics from the upcoming katakana adventure and a training set of 1000 kanji. Its purposes are to attract interest and funding, and to gather data and feedback on compatibility and effectiveness.

Py Connect Four 1.7b 0.0.9b (Beta)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127209/

Py Connect Four is an implementation of the classic, two-player, Connect Four game. Each player has a color, either black or red, and they take turns putting their pieces in. The first player with four pieces in a row at any angle wins the round. It is completely written in Python, and uses the PyGame library with the SDL library.

Request Tracker 3.0.3 (Release)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127138/

Confused? Frustrated?

RT is an industrial-grade trouble ticketing system. It lets a group of people intelligently and efficiently manage requests submitted by a community of users. RT is used by systems administrators, customer support staffs, NOCs, developers, and even marketing departments to track issues, outages, bugs, requests, and all kinds of other things at thousands of sites around the world.

Rick's Rolemaster Character Generator 1.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/127210/

Rick's Rolemaster Character Generator is a text-based generator for old
(pre-RMSS/FRP) Rolemaster games. It writes character sheets as text
files.

Roadsend PHP SiteManager 2.4.1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127170/

SiteManager is an Open Source Web Application Toolkit for PHP Developers that includes a framework for code modules and layout templates, database connectivity, SmartForms, sessions, and some other tools. All parts of the system are integrated through object-oriented libraries which allow for easy expandability and maintenance.

SDLJoytest 06-22-2003
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127130/

SDLJoytest is a program that allows users to select from all joysticks found on the system (with SDL), and then test that selected joystick or other game controller.

Securepoint Firewall and VPN Server 3.13 (Securepoint3) http://freshmeat.net/releases/127152/

Call Pantek today for Open Source Technical Support at 1-877-546-8934 - 24/7/365

Securepoint Firewall and VPN Server is a high-performance application designed to offer full protection for network assets. The Security Manager offers a graphical user interface with many features, different configurations, and advanced reporting functions. The Securepoint server is a complete firewall and VPN software system with an operating system based on a secure Linux. VPN operation supports PPTP and IPSec
(X.509 certificates, preshared, RSA signature). You can use the
firewall on a standard PC with 2 to 16 network cards (including Ethernet, ADSL, ISDN). It is very easy to install and administer. The Securepoint Security Manager is available in English, German, and Spanish, and works in online and offline mode.

SetDesigner 2.0 (SetObjectSubclass PB Template) http://freshmeat.net/releases/127193/

SetDesigner is a tool specifically designed for aiding in the design and visualization of theatrical sets. It is not a CAD program. The laws of physics are not enforced by the program itself. Sets can be designed in SetDesigner by sizing and arranging predefined common elements of sets (for example: platforms, and flats), and defining paint schemes for these objects.

SetDesigner 2.0.1 (SetObject Framework)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127192/

SimPy 1.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127141/

SimPy is a discrete event, object-oriented, simulation package for Python 2.2 and later. It uses generators which support efficient implementation of coroutines. It allows easy interfacing to GUIs and graphing packages for analysis. Tutorial and examples are included.

SuperKaramba 0.28
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127197/

Do you need help?

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.

Support Information Tracker 1.0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127184/

Support Information Tracker is a knowledge base for organizations. Features include multiple document versions, group permissions, document submission reviews, and many more.

Tanne 0.7.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127180/

tanne is a small, secure session-management solution for HTTP. It replaces common sessions with a system consisting of PIN and TANs, well known from online banking. It's main purpose is to enable programmers of Web applications to have real secure sessions without cookies or session-ids.

Thy 0.6.242 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127157/

Thy is a lightweight HTTP daemon that is designed to be clean and fast, yet powerful enough to serve many hits a day. Despite its small size, it supports CGI, IPv6, SSL/TLS, and on-the-fly compression.

Traffic tool Troll 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127206/

Do you need more help?

The Traffic Tool Troll is a traffic monitoring and managing skript. Traffic statistics are generated by port, hour, day, month, and year. You can define a special period for your needs. The script is written in Perl and uses iptables and MySQL to get and store the traffic.

VariCAD 9.0-1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127147/

VariCAD is a compact, fast, and easy to use 3D/2D CAD solution for mechanical engineering. It contains everything you need for mechanical engineering design.

vSACS 1.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127173/

vSACS is a simple, full-featured web hosting automation system that provides its clients with sophisticated yet easy-to-use server management tools. Emphasis is put on security and reliability, without sacrificing flexible configurations for the advanced user. With advanced recovery tools, sophisticated language management, long term stability, and real time task execution, vSACS is a smart choice for your Web-hosting business.

white_dune 0.25beta21 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127154/

VRML97 (Virtual Reality Modeling Language) is the ISO standard for displaying 3D data over the web via browser plugins. It has support for animation, realtime interaction and multimedia (image, movie, sound). Dune can read VRML97 files, display and let the user change the scenegraph/fields, and load and store x3d (next generation VRML xml format) files if configured to work with the nist.gov x3d translators. It also has support for stereoscopic view via "quadbuffer"-capable stereo visuals.

xMule 1.4.1a
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127211/

Can we help you?

xMule is an easy-to-use multi-platform synchronizing fork of the popular eMule P2P file sharing client built upon the wxWindows library. It incorporates the best features of eMule along with optimizations, fixes, and support for multiple operating systems.

yawl 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127198/

This is a comprehensive "word game" word list for UNIX/Linux. It is a superset of the author's ENABLE list, the "OSW", and various lists researched by the author's colleague, Alan Beale. At 264,057 words, it is the largest list of its kind, suitable for use in all manners of crossword-type board games and word construction games, as well as for a spell checker dictionary. The YAWL package now includes two anagramming utilities (supplied as source code, handled by the included Makefile). There is also a shell script that extends the UNIX "strings" system command.

ZapEdit 1.03
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127165/

ZapEdit is a site management tool that can be used to update Website content through a browser. It features a WYSIWYG HTML editor that provides an intuitive business user authoring environment, and works with any existing HTML Website and on shared hosting accounts. ASP and PHP versions are available, and both Apache and Microsoft IIS Web servers are supported.

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