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[osdn business] November 30, 2002
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Slashdot
[0]joyoflinux writes "The people at [1]Mozilla have announced that
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http://thejoyoflinux AT yahoo DOT com
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http://mozilla.org/
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http://mozilla.org/releases/
Building the Enterprise D Out of LEGOs.
[0]CleverNickName writes "A self-proclaimed "dork" has [1]built one of
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http://wil AT wilwheaton DOT net
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http://homepage.mac.com/happywaffle/enterprise.html
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http://homepage.mac.com/happywaffle/misc/PhotoAlbum27.html
Unfinished Adventures
[0]Obiwan Kenobi writes "[1]Just Adventure has an [2]interesting
0. mailto:evan@dont-spam-me-bitches.misterorange.com
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http://www.justadventure.com/
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http://www.justadventure.com/articles/UnfinishedGames/UnfinishedGames.shtm
Cringely on P2P
[0]rrwood writes "The latest [1]Cringely is out. In it, Bob give his
0. mailto:roy@centricsystems.ca Massachusetts Appealing Microsoft Ruling http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/29/2120249
linuxwrangler writes "Criticizing the "loophole-filled deal" and saying
"We are prepared to go it alone," Massachusetts Attorney General Tom
Reilly has [0]announced that Massachusetts is appealing the Microsoft
ruling. Seven other states have dropped out and are negotiating
enforcement and attorney fees. West Virginia is still undecided on an
appeal."
0. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2002/11/29/financial1439EST0213.DTL
News from ApacheCon US 2002
[0]pdw writes "[1]Apache Week [2]this week has a [3]feature detailing
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http://www.weinstein.org
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http://www.apacheweek.com/
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http://www.apacheweek.com/issues/02-11-29
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http://www.apacheweek.com/features/apachecon2002
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http://apachecon.com/2002/US/index.html
Hello Kitty May Be Key to 3G Survival
[0]wa4osh writes "It's scary to think that sophisticated 3G mobile
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http://wa4osh
Bricklin on Tablet PCs
[0]t482 writes "Dan Bricklin [1]gives his first impressions of the
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http://xminc.com/linux
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http://danbricklin.com/log/tabletpc.htm
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http://www.bricklin.com/tabletcomputing.htmMovielink.com: Nice But Not Ready For Prime Time http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/26/2125212
[0]Ismenio writes with the following review of the online film
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ER1 Personal Robot Reviewed
[0]Makarand writes "The Mercury News is carrying a [1]review of the
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Newsforge Reports
By Benjamin D. Thomas Linux Advisory Watch is a comprehensive newsletter that outlines the security vulnerabilities that have been announced throughout the week. It includes pointers to updated packages and descriptions of each vulnerability. This week, advisories were released for pine, samba, python, sendmail, kernel, and mod_php. The distributors include Conectiva, Debian, Guardian Digital's EnGarde Secure Linux, Mandrake, Red Hat, ... How low-cost 802.11b and Linux have improved my life http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/20/1413252
MandrakeSoft CEO is glad to learn about Open Source http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/26/2324228
Newsforge Newsvac
When theKompany.com was founded, the idea was to produce a selection of productivity applications for KDE. Since that time, the California-based software house has moved much of its development to Qt, which means applications that merge nicely with the KDE desktop but that run on platforms that don't have KDE installed, and, more and more, has concentrated on embedded Qt, particularly for the Linuxbased Sharp Zaurus PDA....
Mozilla 1.2 lives
Although we have experienced no problems with this Mozilla release, discussions on Mozilla's bugtracking site, Bugzilla here, suggest some code may not have made it into the final version. A version 1.2.1 could be imminent. Keep an eye on mozilla.com, we suggest.
A copyright known as Copyleft
A developing world up against the copyright protected software of Bill Gates can turn to Copyleft, delegates said at a recent seminar in Helsinki, Finland. Copyleft, or general public licensing, is the licensing system developed by a free software movement to protect the rights of software users, as copyright laws protect the software owners.
Banco do Brasil banks on Linux
The European arm of Banco do Brasil, the largest bank in South America, is switching from Windows to Linux to cut costs and centralise support. Sklyarov gets US visa -DMCA trial to kick off http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/29/1321203 The first criminal prosecution under the controversial Digital Millennium Copyright Act is to begin in San Jose next week after a visa was finally granted to Russian programmer Dmitry Sklyarov and Alex Katalov, the chief executive of his former employers ElcomSoft.
Wanted: ISPs to flog StarOffice
Sun Microsystems Inc is in talks with some of the major internet service providers regarding possible tie-up agreements through which the ISPs will distribute and offer services around Sun's StarOffice productivity office software suite.
Linux Kernel 2.4.20 Released
punkmac writes "It's that time again to do the thing we all love to do, compile your shiny new kernel. This time its 2.4.20." Group raises concerns over use of open source http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/29/1316259 A U.S. trade association, the Initiative for Software Choice, has urged the U.S. Defense Department (DoD) to rethink its use and promotion of free and open-source software. Identity Theft Highlights Serious Security Flaws http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/29/1316226 Much attention has been focused on high-tech solutions, but this week's bust points out the simple problems with passwords. A Losing Bet: the Last Days of Comdex, Part 2 http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/29/1315226 In his second report on Comdex Fall 2002, Doc reports on his role in one of its Great Debates.
Freshmeat
AlberT-EasySite is a PHP-based site generation system that pays particular attention to graphics and to the complete separation of PHP and HTML code. It is a plugin based system. Template "objects" are handled by a plugin, making it very easy to add your own custom objects. Multiple themes and users support are included, as are the predefined HTML objects include, repeat, title, table, subDomain, counter, etc. It embeds AlberT-cache to speed up performance. Anti-censorship Tools (proxyTools) 2002.11.29 http://freshmeat.net/releases/105025/ Anti-censorship tools (proxyTools) consists of a huge Perl application (localProxy) and a set of tools to analyze the user's network (proxies, firewall rules, name servers, etc.). LocalProxy abstracts external services in an uncensored, reliable, fast manner to the localhost, where they may be used by standard clients (Web browsers, Usenet news clients, SOCKS-capable clients, etc.). Various combinations of strategies are tried to ensure the non-censored nature of the information, and multiple, parallel services (e.g. HTTP proxies) are used to ensure reliability and speed. The tools are capable of automating collection of the data required for localProxy. LocalProxy builds a configuration for the user and dynamically adjusts to using the fastest strategies and proxies available to it. The tools are useful for network analysis (firewall rules, proxy capabilities, etc.) independently of localProxy. Astro::FITS::Header Module 2.4 (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/105042/ The Astro::FITS::Header Perl module and its associated sub-classes are object-orientated classes for reading, modifying, and writing out FITS standard header blocks to FITS and NDF files.
bMotion 0.0.2
bMotion is an AI script for eggdrop bots that gives them a bit of life and makes them better channel members on IRC. It exposes a plugin interface, allowing its functionality and behavior to be easily adjusted and extended with simple (yet powerful) TCL scripts.
CVS Monitor 0.6 Stable (Stable)
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.
FUDforum 2.3.6RC2 (Development)
FUDforum is templatable forum with i18n support based on PHP and either MySQL or PostgreSQL. It features a user/group management system, a multi-lingual spell checker, both flat and thread message views, a private messaging system with mult-iuser forwarding capabilities, poll file attachments, and much more. It is an extremely fast and scalable forum that can fulfill the needs of both small and large forum operators.
Genmenu 1.0 (Stable)
Genmenu can generate menus for Blackbox, Fluxbox, Openbox, Window Maker, and Enlightenment based on the program binaries found installed on a system. The list of programs to search for are contained within the script. Users can, to a limited degree, customize their menus via a set of interactive questions.
GNUstep 0.8.3
GNUstep is a set of general-purpose Objective-C libraries based on the OpenStep standard developed by NeXT (now Apple) Inc. The libraries consist of everything from foundation classes, such as dictionaries and arrays, to GUI interface classes such as windows, sliders, buttons, etc.
GNUstep 1.5.1 (LaunchPad)
GNUstep is a set of general-purpose Objective-C libraries based on the OpenStep standard developed by NeXT (now Apple) Inc. The libraries consist of everything from foundation classes, such as dictionaries and arrays, to GUI interface classes such as windows, sliders, buttons, etc.
Hibernate 1.2 rc2
Hibernate is a powerful, high performance object/relational persistence and query service for Java. It lets you develop persistent objects following common Java idiom, including composition, association, inheritance, polymorphism, and the Java collections framework. To allow a rapid build procedure, Hibernate rejects the use of code generation or bytecode processing. Instead, runtime reflection is used and SQL generation occurs at system startup time. It supports Oracle, DB2, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Sybase, Interbase, Microsoft SQL Server, Mckoi SQL, Progress, SAP DB, and HypersonicSQL.
ipkungfu 0.2.1
IPKungFu is an iptables-based Linux firewall. The primary design goals are security, ease of use, and performance, in that order. It takes advantage of advanced features of iptables, tcpwrappers, and the Linux kernel.
Jaffm 0.6
Jaffm is a lightweight wxWindows (GTK+ interface) file manager for Unix, written in C++. It is aimed at nonsense-free file management. It is mostly inspired by the List View in Mac OS Finder, but does and will have Unix-handy features such as instant command execution, an interactive location bar, and a simple but elegant user interface.
JaxMe 1.51
JaxMe is a Java/XML binding framework based on SAX2. It consists of a set of code generators that read an XML schema and generate code for parsing conformant XML documents into corresponding Java objects, saving those objects into a database or, vice versa, reading such Java objects from a database and converting them into XML. JaxMe supports namespaces, relational databases, and Tamino. JaxMe comes with an integrated application framework and a generator for EJB entity beans with BMP (bean managed persistence).
JPluck 1.0 b3-2
JPluck is a Java-based toolkit for creating Plucker documents. It includes the JPluck X GUI for managing and downloading sites.
LighthouseBlue 0.6.1
LighthouseBlue is a theme engine based on Red Hat's Bluecurve theme. It features a non-distracting clean look with neutral yet warmish colours taking into account UI usability issues.
msnlib D3
msnlib is an MSN Messenger protocol library and text-mode client written in Python.
nail 10.3
Nail is a mail user agent derived from Berkeley Mail 8.1. It is intended to provide the functionality of the POSIX.2 mailx command with built-in support for MIME messages, POP3, and SMTP. It also contains some minor enhancements like the ability to set a From: Address. Nail offers its full command set both for interactive and batch use, and is especially useful for sending attachments from scripts or for reading mail via slow connections and on bad terminals. In recent system environments, nail is Unicode/UTF-8 capable.
Net::Dict 1.0.3
Net::Dict provides a simple API to the DICT protocol. It handles all network-related issues and provides DICT responses in PHP datatypes to make it easy for a developer to use DICT servers in programs.
netspeed_applet for gnome 0.7
netspeed_applet is a little GNOME applet that shows the traffic on a specified network device (for example eth0) in kbytes/s.
ng-utils 0.2
ng-utils is a collection of small tools to access netgroup contents. NMO-SDK 0.1
The NMO SDK is a portable, object oriented software development kit written with and for the C++ language.
OpenComal 0.2.6-pre1 (Pre-releases)
OpenComal is a free implementation of the Comal programming language. Currently supported platforms are Linux, MS-DOS, and Win32.
OpenH323 Gatekeeper 2.0.2
The OpenH323 gatekeeper is a free H.323 gatekeeper based on the OpenH323 project. You can use it to manage a Voice-over-IP network and let endpoints (eg. ohphone or Netmeeting) communicate through symbolic names. It also has an external interface for other applications. It runs on Linux and a number of other *IX platforms and MS-Windows.
Phoenix Browser 0.4 (Development)
Phoenix is a redesign of the Mozilla browser component. It is similar to Galeon, K-Meleon, and Chimera, but it is written using the XUL user interface language, and is designed to be cross-platform.
PHP TroubleTicket 0.1.4 (Development)
PHP Trouble Ticket attempts to adress the need for a centralized means of problem reporting and tracking in multi-user environments (medium to large companies, development groups, etc.). It helps to direct problem reports to the responsible administrator(s), keep track of the status of a problem being worked on, and offers an up-to-date list of recent changes applied. PHP Trouble Ticket aims to be widely configurable, easy to use even for the not technically inclined and multi-language capable.
Plume 0.7.0
Plume is a complete set of packages to create and administer a network of diskless computers used as X terminals. The station root file system is extensively based on Debian, with as few new packages as possible. It is clean and lean, as well as easy to understand.
PornView 0.1.3
PornView is a GTK+-based image viewer/manager. Features include thumbnail previews, thumbnail caching, directory tree views, and and adjustable zoom. Fullscreen view and slideshows allow for basic presentation of images.
PSetMixer 0.2
PSetMixer is a small commandline OSS-compliant sound mixer designed to be usable from shell scripts, Tcl/Tk, etc.
Q's Nicolatter for X 1.7.5
Q's Nicolatter is a Kana-Kanji keyboard input method server. It provides a common operation method over X applications which process Japanese text. It can be used with Gtk+, Qt, etc. applications. It supports the Romaji-Kana, JIS Kana, and NICOLA keyboard arrangements.
Radiator Radius Server 3.4
Radiator is flexible, extensible, and authenticates from a huge range of auth methods, including SQL, proxy, DBM, files, LDAP, NIS+, password, NT SAM, Emerald, Platypus, Freeside, TACACS+, PAM, external, OPIE, POP3, EAP, and Active Directory. It runs on Unix, Win95/98/NT/2000, MacOS 9, MacOS X, VMS, etc.
rawrec 0.9.98
rawrec and rawplay are utilities designed to provide the user with a simple way of recording and playing raw audio data. Options exist to control the timing and padding of the run as well as the dsp parameters. The main ring buffer size and buffer fragment size can be set if desired. These programs are particularly useful in conjunction with the sox utility.
Sandwish for Metacity 2.0
Sandwish for Metacity is a port of the Sawfish theme.
searchtool 0.4.0 (Development)
searchtool is a server browser for Internet games. It features the ability to ping servers, download a new serverlist, search for player(s), manage your favourite servers, connect to server of choice, and more. Half-Life and Unreal-Tournament are supported.
SILC 0.9.6 (Toolkit)
SILC (Secure Internet Live Conferencing) is a protocol which provides secure conferencing services in the Internet over insecure channels. SILC superficially resembles IRC, although they are very different internally. The purpose of SILC is to provide secure conferencing services. Strong cryptographic methods are used to secure all traffic, and all messages are encrypted and authenticated. The SILC also supports secure file transferring. The SILC is delivered as SILC Client for end users, SILC Server for system administrators, and SILC Toolkit for application developers.
Silva Web Authoring System 0.8.6.1
Silva is a Zope-based Web application designed for the creation and management of structured, textual content. It allows users to enter new documents as well as edit existing documents using a Web interface. It stores the content in a structured format (XML) and keeps a strict separation between the way the content is used and the way it is presented.
TcheReport 0.0.1
TcheReport is a set of PHP classes which generate reports in diverse formats from information obtained from external sources (such as a database). It allows personalized formatting and linking with other classes.
Tessellation 1.0.0
Tessellation lets you create nice colorful tilings like Escher with 8 basic figures.
tk92 0.1
tk92 is multi-platform software for configuring Radio Shack PRO-92 and PRO-2067 scanner radios. It lets you read a memory image from the receiver or an SPG file, view and change settings using a graphical interface, and sort memory channels by frequency or by label. Users can import and export memory channel and talk group data from CSV files. tk92 can then write the image from the computer back to the radio.
TrueBlue 1.0
TrueBlue attempts to emulate the look and feel of the Luna interface of Windows XP. It is not a perfect replica. It abandons some of the bells and whistles of the original in favor of a more unified and sober result, and it makes up by adding its share of eye candy. It uses 6 different engine themes: xeno, pixmap, flat, thinice, raleigh, and redmond95.
Wavelet Signal Analyser 2002-11-26
This (educational) tool visualises the stages (or 'octaves') of a wavelet transformation (daub4). Besides some built in test signals, it also does a real time transformation of the microphone audio channel. It can also be used to examine the smoothness (and noise) of a signal. Working Overloaded Linux Kernel 3.8 (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/105027/ The Working Overloaded Linux Kernel (WOLK) project provides development kernels for testing purposes only. These kernels provide a service for developers and end users who can't be up-to-date with the latest kernels/patches but want to test new kernel features. Patches may be added upon request.
Thinkgeek
Gadgets: Sharp Zaurus Linux PDA
Gadgets: Key Katcher
Tshirts: Kids: newbie
Caffeine: Energy Gum
Gadgets: Super Bright GREEN Laser Pointer! http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/gadgets/5a1d.shtml Gadgets: SoundBug - Turns Glossy Surfaces Into Speakers! http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/computing/5a15.shtml
Tshirts: It Must Be User Error
Gadgets: Key Katcher Privacy Device
Gadgets: Mini Wireless Color Video Cam (for RC rovers) http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/fun-stuff/59eb.shtml Cube Goodies: Levitron Desktop Levitation Toy http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/fun-stuff/59a9.shtml
Tshirts: Bug Off, I'm On My Break
Watches: onHand PC Watch
Caffeine: Hyperglow Caffeinated Beer
Gadgets: Desktop Zero Point Infinite Power Generator http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/looflirpa/zero.shtml Cube Fodder: New Desktop Mini Fridge/Warmer http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/fun-stuff/5991.shtml
Mods: New Lian-LIi Cases
Cube Fodder: LED Binary Clock
Cube Fodder: Rogers Connection Magnetic Set http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/fun-stuff/59b4.shtml
Caffeine: Warp Mints In Cinnamon Flavor
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