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Slashdot
Finally, A Working NES!
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/12/140233

[0]vandel405 writes "We've seen the [1]NES PC Conversion, and we've all
lusted over the [2]top-loading NES. But, top-loading NES's aren't something you're going to pick up at a garage sale. How can you resurrect your 8 bit console hero? Easy, with this news guide from
[3]ArsTechnica! Now you can make your 8Bit NES as reliable as your
linux kernel. No more Blow and Pray!" Links

    0. 
http://www.neo-modus.com
    1. 
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/11/1346203&tid=137
    2. 
http://www.vgmuseum.com/systems/topnes/
    3. 
http://arstechnica.com/reviews/003/gaming/nintendo/nintendo-1.html

Slashdot over IPv6
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/12/2036205

[0]fuzzel writes "Even though Slashdot has run a number of articles
    about IPv6 ([1]1|[2]2|[3]3) it apparently isn't reachable over IPv6     directly. But for the people that do already have IPv6 they can use
[4]http://slashdot.org.sixxs.org and they will be automaticaly
    gatewayed. This trick works for most sites by simply appending     .sixxs.org to the domain part of a url, eg
[5]http://www.google.com.sixxs.org, the gateway will the rewrite url's
    to have it appended automatically so that everything goes over IPv6.     Full information is available on [6]http://ipv6gate.sixxs.net. Oh and     yes if you don't have IPv6, those domains under sixxs.org won't work     :)"
Links

    0. 
http://unfix.org
    1. 
http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/09/2038223&tid=156
    2. 
http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/01/1747254&tid=99
    3. 
http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/05/14/176224&tid=99
    4. 
http://slashdot.org.sixxs.org/
    5. 
http://www.google.com.sixxs.org/
    6. 
http://ipv6gate.sixxs.net/

Sony's MMORPG "Sovereign" Dead
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/12/2344238

[0]Gudlyf writes "Although the [1]main site for this
massive-multiplayer game by [2]Sony (once known as Verant) was updated at some point late last year, it seems that [3]according to CNN Money, it's gone quietly dead after 4.5 years in development (reminds me of why I posted my vote in a [4]previous story on vaporware): "Work on 'Sovereign,' a massively multiplayer real time strategy game, has been terminated after more than four-and-a-half years of development. Ambitious in nature, the game had hoped to replicate a continuous global war that supported up to 500 players. Diplomacy would have played as significant a role as the player's tactical abilities. 'We came to a decision that it was not going to be what we wanted it to be,' said McDaniel. 'It never really had the magic.'"" Links

    0. mailto:gudlyf@NOSpAm.realistek.com
    1. 
http://sovereign.station.sony.com/
    2. 
http://www.sonyonline.com/
    3. 
http://money.cnn.com/2003/02/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/index.htm
    4. 
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/02/2211205&tid=133

Mozilla, Gecko, Netscape, And Their Future At AOL http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/12/2117202

Do you need help?

[0]bluephone writes "I've been lucky enough to receive some interesting
information from within the Netscape/AOLTW firewall, although in light of AOL's recent [1]massive losses, [1]poor outlook, and high profile execs [2]resigning their [3]positions, I'm not sure if these battle plans are still intact. As it stands, Netscape 7.x has one major release left for the forseeable future, but Gecko will soon overshadow everything, becoming the core platform for all of AOL's Internet content distribution. For all the details and much more, read it
[4]here."

Links

    0. 
http://{jesus_x} {at} {mozillanews.org}
    1. 
http://money.cnn.com/2003/01/29/technology/aol/index.htm
    2. 
http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/01/12/case.resignation/index.html
    3. 
http://money.cnn.com/2003/01/29/news/companies/turner/index.htm
    4. 
http://www.mozillanews.org/index.php3?article=ee36b2404cfa65b733ae1190a7f6405b

Intel Announces New, Slower, Chip
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/12/2048227

[0]kshkval writes "According to [1]Business Week, [2]Intel is marketing
the [3]Centrino, a 1.6 Ghz chip that is slower than previous laptop processors from Intel, but does more. Hey, isn't that what Apple and AMD have gotten so much guff about? The worm turns..." Links

    0. mailto:kshkval@mac.com
    1. 
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/feb2003/tc20030211_8644_tc119.htm
    2. 
http://intel.com
    3. 
http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/20030108corp.htm

Plex86 Lives, As Lightweight VM Technology http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/12/2059250

[0]Kevin P. Lawton writes "[0]Plex86 has been completely overhauled,
and simplified to be a user (application) code only Virtual Machine technology. For running user code, many of the heavy weight x86-VM techniques are unnecessary. But the bonus is, Linux can easily be made to run inside the plex86 VM, so that the kernel is actually 'pushed down' to user privilege level. This has been demonstrated on both
[1]Linux 2.4 and [2]2.5 kernels. Thus, Linux can run in a plex86 VM
without the need for any heavy virtualization. My goal is to keep the code base trim, tight, auditable and get to usable releases quickly. And to favor those goals over adding unnecessary complexities. The first milestones have just been reached, so it's still early in development. There are email lists available on the main plex86 site." Links

    0. 
http://plex86.sourceforge.net/
    1. 
http://plex86.sourceforge.net/xclipboard.jpg
    2. 
http://plex86.sourceforge.net/linux2.5.59-vga.txt

House and Senate Reject E-mail Surveillance http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/12/223219

[0]vena writes "The Star Tribune reports the House and Senate today
[1]agreed not to allow email surveillance of American citizens proposed
by the Total Information Awareness program. Additionally, negotiators agreed to halt all future funding on the program without extensive consultation with Congress."
Links

0. http://www.vena.net

http://www.startribune.com/stories/587/3647992.html

Do you need more help?

Optimizing Linux Advocacy Efforts
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/12/2045249

    An anonymous reader writes "Open source advocate Tony Stanco, of the     George Washington University [0]Cyberspace Policy Institute has been
[1]getting flamed for allowing Microsoft reps to speak at an [2]Open
    Source in government conference he's putting on next month. Today, in
[3]a commentary on NewsForge, Tony responds to the flamers. He says,
    "Leave it to the kooks in the community to make Microsoft look     sympathetic." Is he right? Should we be willing to listen to what     Microsoft has to say? Aren't open minds important to open source?"     Newsforge and Slashdot are both part of OSDN. Links

    0. 
http://www.cpi.seas.gwu.edu/home.php
    1. 
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/09/2138247
    2. 
http://egovos.org/march-2003/
    3. 
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/11/2118256&tid=19

NCR Patents the Internet
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/12/200209

An anonymous reader writes "We all know about NCR's lawsuit against Palm & Handspring, but I haven't seen much press about patent infringements they are claiming against some of the biggest sites on the planet. According to documentation that a friend's company has recently received, their patents protect everything from keyword searching to product categorization. Patents to look for (and filed in

include [0]6,253,203, [1]6,169,997, [2]6,151,601, [3]6,085,223 and [4]5,991,791 . IMHO, this is absolutely outrageous and is likely to cause billions in both legal fees and eventual licensing fees (eBay, Amazon and MSFT have already licensed from NCR). How is this not the lead story on every site? every day? Maybe because no one wants to get sued for having an online business." Links
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=6253203.WKU.&OS=PN/6253203&RS=PN/6253203

Snowboarding Soul Ride Engine Goes GPL
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/12/1735246

    TuringTest writes "LinuxGames reports this [0]news update at the
[1]Soul Ride game site. Soul Ride is a snowboarding game with real
    character physics, and its engine is now released under GPL and
[2]available for download. You may see its [3]beautiful screenshots
    until it gets /.ed. Note that only the engine is GPL'd, not the artwork     and data. Can you imagine a GPL game with the Fellowship of the Ring     crossing the Caradhras with [4]these graphics?" I hope this release     spawns a Linux-friendly snowboarding simulator -- Soul Ride is limited     to Windows (9X, NT, 2000) for now.
Links

    0. 
http://www.soulride.com/products/news.html
    1. 
http://www.soulride.com/products/sr_features.html
    2. 
http://sourceforge.net/projects/soulride
    3. 
http://www.soulride.com/products/screenshots/screen.pl?num=11
    4. 
http://www.soulride.com/products/screenshots/screen.pl?num=18

Newsforge Reports
Call for parallel and distributed processing conference papers: http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/12/141246

By Barbara French, Tekrati - With the 2003 International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications February 17 call-for-papers deadline approaching, Rajat P. Garg, Ph.D. with Sun Microsystems, encourages the open source community to file submissions and offers some suggested topics. You are invited to submit a draft paper of about 5 pages and/or a proposal to organize a technical session/workshop. All ...

Microsoft to Open Source: You guys are hypocrites! http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/11/2118256

by Tony Stanco -Leave it to the kooks in the community to make Microsoft look sympathetic. I heard from Microsoft yesterday on the chatter over their appearing at our Open Source in Government conference and they quickly proposed that they be uninvited. Not so fast.

Can we help you?

Free Software Foundation Associate Members to meet with FSF Board http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/11/2038222

by Tina Gasperson - Around 700 people have already signed up to be associate members of the Free Software Foundation, and in March they're all invited to Boston to chat with Richard Stallman, Eben Moglen, and the gang.

Newsforge Newsvac
Xandros: Delivering the corporate desktop http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/12/2319228

DesktopLinux.com discovers what Hilton hotels recently learned -- Xandros delivers the corporate desktop. Emphasizing solutions that offer a smooth transition for companies migrating from Microsoft Windows and a significant cost savings (reportedly millions for Hilton alone), Xandros is paving the way for Desktop Linux. This in-depth interview with Xandros' Chairman Frank Berenstein and VP of software development, Ming Poon walks us through the ...

Latest View from Gates on Linux
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/12/2318237

miladus writes "According to Bill Gates, Linux is "unusual kind of competition because in a way it's out there and very pervasive. In a way, there's more incompatible versions of Linux than there are of all other operating systems put together. That is, as people do innovations on top of Linux, they don't all get tested together and they're not all consistent with each other. Full details about the latest Microsoft view of Linux on eWeek."

Being hacked is like being haunted?
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/12/2315254

Anonymous Reader writes "Jay Beale (from Bastille Linux) answers the questions "How can I determine if my Linux server has been hacked? How can I be sure that I haven't been hacked?" He starts out by saying Being hacked is a lot like being haunted--odd things are afoot that you may or may not notice. Of course he talks about Tripwire, but he also talks about how Tripwire gets defeated by kernel level rootkits and how you can detect or defeat ...

Secret Microsoft plot to promote open source exposed http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/12/2313252

Can't find what you're looking for?

Anonymous Reader writes "Consider for a moment what a well-orchestrated promotional stunt the Microsoft SQL Server Slammer worm proved to be. Does anyone honestly think it was a coincidence that Slammer brought the Internet to its knees before the echoes of Bill Gates' state of the union on trustworthy computing address could fade? The timing was as impeccable as food to a beakless chicken."

Monthly Monster Machines back in action
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/12/2310225

Anonymous Reader writes "Each month the Linuxlookup staff assembles a list of hardware components to aid our viewers in building their own Budget Box, Workstation / Server and Dream Machine. With each machine category comes a preset spending limit and suggestions are made based upon this dollar amount. We try our best to outfit these compilations with components currently on the market available to consumers and for the purpose of running the ...

Making movies with Linux
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/12/1652237

Just for fun, some pictures of Linux in action in feature film production...

Book Review - Counter Hack
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/12/142219

LogError writes "If you're in charge of the security of a network or just a security enthusiast, you'll find this book of great value. The specific tools and techniques described in this book are more valuable than just theory presented in other publications."

Open and closed security are roughly equivalent http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/12/141227

Don't know where to look next?

Open and closed approaches to security are basically equivalent, with opening a system up to inspection helping attackers and defenders alike. That's the surprising conclusion drawn by Cambridge don Ross Anderson during a well-received talk to a Linux User Group at London's City University last night.

Open Content Music Database Launched
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/12/140241

Slashdot: An anonymous reader writes "The open source music database MusicBrainz was launched officially today."

Linux' New Worst Enemy
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/12/104224

It's no secret that SCO, under any name, isn't making money. Well, it's

    making some money, but it's losing more. The company lost US$24.9
    million last year, according to SEC filings, and it is running out of
    capital. Moreover, the company admits that sales from its Unix business

are declining.

Freshmeat
ADODB 3.11
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112708/

ADODB is a set of advanced PHP database abtraction classes. It supports MySQL, PostgreSQL, Interbase/Firebird, Informix, Sybase SQL Anywhere, Oracle, MS SQL 7, Sybase, DB2, FrontBase, Foxpro, Access, ADO, and generic ODBC. A metatype system is built in, making it possible to figure out that types such as CHAR, TEXT, and STRING are equivalent in different databases. It also features an SQL to HTML popup menu and SQL to HTML table support. It has code to support record paging and blob/clob support.

Anthill Pro Build and Release Management Server 2.0.6 http://freshmeat.net/releases/112673/

Confused? Frustrated?

Anthill Pro is an automated manager for the build and release process of software development. It can provide daily reports of an overnight build, with automated test runs, a revision log which lists newly implemented features. Anthill Pro adds to the already robust feature set of the open source version of Anthill. Anthill Pro is easy to use in heterogeneous environments since it allows you to use different JDKs and different classpaths to build different projects. It also provides robust support for project dependencies, allowing you to rebuild all dependent projects with the latest version of a dependency. Every project can store its latest artifacts in Anthill's built-in repository, and Anthill gives you the ability to rebuild any previously built version.

apachelogrotate.pl 0.1.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112736/

apachelogrotate.pl rotates and packs the logfiles of the Apache Web server on a Linux system without interrupting its service and without the need for a permanent change in the Web server configuration. Assuming that Apache is running, it will identify the log files which have to be rotated without any configuration, making it easy to install. By default, logfiles with more than 10 MB are rotated, but this parameter may be changed and/or a daily, monthly, or yearly rotation period can be configured. Documentation is included in the script itself.

appendX 0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112813/

appendX is a steganography tool which simply appends data to other files (like JPEGs or PNGs) to hide it. It supports PGP header stripping.

Apple Safari 1.0 Beta (v60)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112801/

Safari is Apple's Web browser based on the Konqueror rendering engine. It offers outstanding performance, rendering even the most complex of pages at high speed. It uses advanced Mac OS X interface technologies to offer an all-new, much easier view of the Web, and features an advanced bookmark manager, built-in Google search, seamless downloads, and a pop-up blocking mechanism.

Axualize 1.0.10
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112768/

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Axualize is a tool for creating applications by actualizing Java objects using XML. Axualize is based on JSR-57, and is intended to allow developers to create Java applications dynamically using XML. To understand how this could be useful, imagine a J2EE application with multiple client UIs being generated from Web applications. Using Axualize, you can present multiple form-based GUI front ends to your application by dropping in a Web application which builds your GUI applications using Axualize XML generated with JSP and whatever application framework you please.

beltane 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112749/

Beltane is a Web-based central management console for the samhain file integrity system. If samhain is used in a client/server setup, beltane enables the administrator to browse client reports, acknowledge them, and update file signature databases stored centrally on the log server.

BitLife 0.92
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112759/

BitLife is an implementation of life using boolean operations (AND, OR, XOR), computing each new cell from 9 bits (itself & neighbours). It's performed in parallel on the whole image by bitblit operations (with hardware accelearation where possible). This also allows many parallel life games to run in each bitplane of the screen, giving a translucent blending effect. A proof-of-concept Python (pygame/Numeric) implementation and an xscreensaver hack are included.

Blender 2.26
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112782/

Blender is the in-house software of a high quality animation studio. It has proven to be an extremely fast and versatile design instrument. The software has a personal touch, offering a unique approach to the world of three dimensions. Blender can be used to create TV commercials, to make technical visualizations or business graphics, to do some morphing, or to design user interfaces. Developers can easily build and manage complex environments. The renderer is versatile and extremely fast. All basic animation principles (curves and keys) are implemented.

Bugzero 2.2.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112731/

Do you need help?

Bugzero is an easy-to-install Web-based bug, defect, issue, and incident tracking system. It can be customized to fit software, hardware, and help desk support situations. It is platform and database system independent (based on Java). It supports multiple projects, group-based access, automatic bug assignment, file attachment, email notification, metric reports, and workflow. It also features advanced search capability, a comprehensive bug audit trail, CVS version control integration, and an easy to use system administration tool for project configuration and user account management.

Castor 0.9.4.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112733/

Castor is the shortest path between Java[tm] objects, XML documents, SQL tables and LDAP directories. It provides Java to XML binding, Java to SQL/LDAP persistence, and then some more. Features include Castor XML: Java object to XML document, Castor JDO: Java object persistence to RDBMS, Castor DAX: Java object persistence to LDAP, Castor DSML: LDAP directory exchange through XML, XML-based mapping file specify the mapping between one model and another, in memory caching and write-at-commit which reduce JDBC operations, OQL query mapping to SQL queries, and EJB container managed persistence provider for OpenEJB

CDLoop 3.0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112777/

CDloop is an audio CD player with special looping capabilities, intended for musicians who want to analyze or play along to parts of a CD. The boundaries of the looped area on the CD can be adjusted in small steps, and cdloop can pause before repeating the loop again so you 'stay in the groove'. You can save your loop boundaries as bookmarks. It runs under Linux/X11 with guile-gtk.

CGIForum 1.09
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112798/

CGIForum is a highly configurable template-based discussion board. It supports expandable/collapsible threads of unlimited depth, name registration with password encryption, multiple sections from within a single script, previewing, searching, and marking of new entries. It also lets you specify date-ranges to limit the number of displayed entries. The included administration script lets you change, delete, and restore entries at any time.

CryptoHeaven 2.2.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112728/

Do you need more help?

CryptoHeaven offers secure email and online file sharing/storage. Its main features are secure and highly encrypted services such as group collaboration, file sharing, email, online storage, and instant messaging. It integrates multi-user based security into email, instant messaging, and file storage and sharing in one unique package. It provides real time communication for text and data transfers in a multi-user secure environment. The security and usability of CryptoHeaven is well-balanced; even the no-so-technically oriented computer users can enjoy this crypto product with very high level of encryption.

DarkIce 0.13.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112765/

DarkIce is an Icecast, Icecast2, and Shoutcast live audio streamer. It takes audio input from a sound card, encodes it into MP3/Ogg Vorbis, and sends the stream to one or more servers (Icecast/Shoutcast if it's MP3, and Icecast2 if it's Ogg Vorbis).

DTDDoc 0.0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112797/

DTDDoc is designed to help document your DTDs efficiently. It is a straightforward extension of the Javadoc concept, and a not so straightforward implementation of some of the concepts solidified by Donald E. Knuth.

EPD Core 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112763/

EPD Core is a business software framework written in PHP. It is designed to be modular so functionality can easily be added to it by other developers. The goal of EPD Core is to produce a plug-in framework for business applications that joins them together seamlessly and reduces redundancy.

Expresso Framework 5.03
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112753/

Can we help you?

Expresso Framework is an open standards-based J2EE architectural framework that allows the developer to concentrate on application logic. It is a library of extensible Java Server application framework components for creating database-driven Web applications based on open standards. Expresso integrates with Apache Jakarta Struts, which emphasizes presentation and application configuration, and bringing a powerful tag library to Expresso. Expresso adds capabilities for security, robust object-relational mapping, background job handling and scheduling, self-tests, logging integration, automated table manipulation, database connection pooling, email connectivity, event notification, error handling, caching, internationalization, XML automation, testing, registration objects, configuration management, workflow, automatic database maintenance, and a JSP tag library.

eXtended Account Managing Software 0.0.11 http://freshmeat.net/releases/112784/

eXtended Account Managing Software (XAMS) allows Administration of Unix, Web, FTP, DNS, and email accounts to manage a provider's typical userbase. Especially focusing on email account management, it enables you to easily create accounts, set aliases, and delegate domain administration to 2nd party resellers or customers. It uses PHP with MySQL or PostgreSQL as a backend, and is therefore able to manage tons of email accounts independently from your Unix/Linux accounts. Exim for SMTP and Courier for POP/IMAP are fully supported, but postfix, Cyrus, and qmail can be used too.

Fractal View 1.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112713/

Fractal View is a fractal viewing application that can be used to explore common fractal sets. It runs full-screen, supports four different fractal sets, has 22 different color palletes, support for PNG files, and performs anti-aliasing and zooming in all sets.

FUDforum 2.3.8RC2 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112754/

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.

GKrellMBUPS 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112771/

Can't find what you're looking for?

GKrellMBUPS is a plugin for GKrellM which allows the status of a Belkin UPS to be displayed in a number of charts. Belkin's Sentry Bulldog software must be installed and the upsd service running for this plugin to operate.

GNUitar 0.2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112735/

GNUitar is guitar effects software that allows you to use your PC as guitar processor. It includes the following effects: wah-wah, sustain, distortion, reverberator, echo, delay, tremolo, vibrato, and chorus/flanger.

GPL Arcade Volleyball 0.7.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112742/

GAV (GPL Arcade Volleyball) is an object-oriented multi-platform Arcade Volleyball clone. It supports multiplayer and theme customization.

Grip 3.0.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112767/

Grip is a CD player and CD ripper/MP3-encoder for the GNOME desktop. It has the ripping capabilities of cdparanoia built in, but can also use external rippers (such as cdda2wav). It also provides an automated frontend for MP3 encoders (presets for lame, bladeenc, l3enc, xingmp3enc, mp3encode, and gogo), letting you take a disc and transform it easily straight into MP3s. The Ogg Vorbis format is also supported. Internet disc lookups are supported for retrieving track information from disc database servers. Grip works with DigitalDJ to provide a unified, "computerized" version of your music collection.

gwavmerger 2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112722/

Don't know where to look next?

gwavmerger is an interactive memory training tool that is designed to assist with learning foreign languages. It helps you to memorize long passages of text.

IceWM Icons 0.9.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112695/

IceWM Icons is a set of XPM 16x16 and 32x32 icons for IceWM. It also includes an improved winoptions file to add icons of some applications to frames and the taskbar.

iptacct 0.06
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112727/

iptacct is an iptables/netfilter accounting tool written in perl. It uses an XML configuration file and stores the data in a completely user-configurable, modular way. You can use any backend you want to use in order to store the data, instead of being forced by the software to save the accounting data in a SQL database, a text file, or an RRD database.

Jamon 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112718/

Jamon is a text template engine for Java that is useful for generating dynamic HTML, XML, or any text-based content. It has a rich feature set that supports encapsulation, parameterization, functional decomposition, and reuse of presentation logic. Templates declare the arguments they require for rendering, including dynamic template content ("fragments"), and are translated into Java classes with public methods whose signatures reflect the arguments declared in the templates. This provides compile-time type- checking as well as excellent performance.

jCIFS 0.7.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112786/

Confused? Frustrated?

jCIFS is an SMB client library written entirely in Java. It closely follows the CIFS specification supporting Unicode, named pipes, batching, multiplexing IO of threaded callers, encrypted authentication, full transactions, domain/workgroup/host/share/file enumeration, NetBIOS sockets and name services, the smb:// URL protocol handler, a java.io.File like API, RAP calls, NTLM HTTP Authentication, and more.

JFtp 1.00pre1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112752/

JFtp is a graphical FTP client written in Java. It supports all the basic FTP operations, and has some improved features such as recursive directory upload, a nice swing UI, the ability to automatically resume downloads, and the ability to recognize broken directory names. The API is separated from the GUI and can also be used in third-party applications or in a command-line mode.

Kino 0.6.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112741/

Kino is a non-linear DV (digital video) editor for GNU/Linux. It features integration with IEEE-1394 for capture, VTR control, and recording back to the camera. It captures video to disk in RawDV and AVI format, in both type-1 DV and type-2 DV (separate audio stream) encodings. You can load multiple video clips, cut and paste portions of video/audio, and save to an edit decision list (SMIL XML format). Most edit and navigation commands are mapped to equivalent vi key commands. Also, Kino can load movies and export the composite movie in a number of formats: DV over IEEE 1394, Raw DV, DV AVI, still frames, WAV, MP3, Ogg Vorbis, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, and DivX. Still frame export uses Imlib1, which has built-in support for PPM, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, GIF, and whatever your ImageMagick installation supports.

kkeyled 0.8.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112703/

KKeyled is a KDE panel tray widget which displays the LED states of the keyboard (ie. Caps Lock, Num Lock, and Scroll Lock). It is particularly useful for wireless keyboards without LEDs, and can be used to set the LED states of the keyboard aswell.

LAoE 0.6.01
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112796/

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LAoE is a graphical audiosample-editor, based on multi-layers, floating-point samples, volume-masks, variable selection-intensity, and many plugins suitable to manipulate sound, such as filtering, retouching, resampling, graphical spectrogram editing by brushes and rectangles, sample-curve editing by freehand-pen and spline and other interpolation curves, effects like reverb, echo, compress, expand, pitch-shift, time-stretch, and much more.

The Login Anomaly Detection System (LADS) detects anomalies in logins and logouts and is able to perform various actions in response.

LRs-Linux 0.3.1-rc2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112800/

LRs-Linux is based upon Linux From Scratch (LFS). In contrast to LFS and most common distros, LRs Linux has the ability to compile directly from the CD. This means that binaries can be natively compiled for the target host during the install, enhancing the performance of the resultant system. The install process is largely automated.

lx_lib structural memory library 20030130-1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/112758/

lx_lib is a structural C data library designed for security, functionality, speed, and convenience (in that order). Memory allocation is handled using structures and may be performed automatically. This promotes (among other things) more secure programming practices, obviates the need to traverse a data buffer to find its length, supersedes the practice of keeping the current allocated amount in a separate variable or overallocating, and enables strings to contain binary zeroes. Generic descriptors allow for better buffering practices, hence potentially faster reading and writing operations. They also allow for trivial (and fast) delimiter separation during reads.

metalib 0.01
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112788/

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metalib is a Python library which reads meta information from files without using native code. Its interface can be simple or advanced, depending on your needs. It can be used as a standalone program.

MobileRPC 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112732/

MobileRPC is a tool that generates all of the files required to enable remote procedure calls (RPC) between J2ME client applications and Java servlet servers.

mpiBLAST 1.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112719/

mpiBLAST is an MPI based parallel implementation of NCBI BLAST. It consists of a pair of programs that replace formatdb and blastall with versions that execute BLAST jobs in parallel on a cluster of computers with MPI installed. There are two primary advantages to using mpiBLAST versus traditional BLAST. First, mpiBLAST splits the database across each node in the cluster. Because each node's segment of the database is smaller it can usually reside in the buffer-cache, yielding a significant speedup due to the elimination of disk I/O. Second, it allows BLAST users to take advantage of efficient, low-cost Beowulf clusters because interprocessor communication demands are low. mpiBLAST achieves super-linear speedup in situations where the database is too large to fit into RAM, and near linear speedup in other situations. It does not require a dedicated cluster.

myDVDs 1.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112778/

myDVDs is a complete personal Web-based graphical DVD inventory database based fully upon PHP with a MySQL backend and the master Region1 DVD database. Additionally, it makes use of the :CueCat: barcode reader for database Adds and Searches. It represents an easy and efficient way of managing that ever-growing collection of DVDs.

netcount 0.3a
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112783/

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netcount is a command line PPP traffic logging and statistics display tool for Linux. Logging is done via a small shell script which is called during the ip-up, ip-down, and system startup processes and from cron, while analysis and printing is done by a program written in Python. Statistics can be made on a per-call, daily, and/or monthly basis.

oidentd 2.0.5 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112729/

oidentd is an RFC 1413 compliant ident daemon which runs on Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, Darwin, OpenBSD, and Solaris. It can handle IP masqueraded/NAT connections on Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD, and it has a flexible mechanism for specifying ident responses. Users can be granted permission to specify their own ident responses. Responses can be specified according to host and port pairs.

One-Wire Weather 0.68.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112734/

Oww (One-Wire Weather) is a client program for Dallas Semiconductor / AAG 1-wire weather station kits, providing a graphical (animated) display to monitor outside temperature, wind speed and direction, rainfall, and humidity. Extra temperature sensors may be added. A 1-wire "hub" may be used for improved reliability and range. Weather data may be logged to CSV files, parsed to command line programs, sent to the Henriksen Windows client, or uploaded to Web servers at Dallas, The Weather Underground, and HAMweather.

Perl Database Admin 1.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112815/

pDBAdmin is a Web-based administration tool for MySQL databases. It is particularly suitable for fast and uncomplicated changes to table contents.

perlbot 1.9.6 (Devel)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112791/

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Perlbot is an IRC bot written in Perl. It depends on Net::IRC and its goals are simplicity and modularity. The base bot allows auto-opping, notes, multiple channels, etc., but much much more is possible through the use of plugins. Many plugins are included, and it should be easy for anyone with some knowledge of Perl to write her own.

PHP Generic Access Control List 3.1.0b2 http://freshmeat.net/releases/112774/

PHP Generic Access Control List provides a set of PHP functions giving Web developers a simple, yet immensely powerful "drop in" permission system for their current Web-based applications.

pkgconfig 0.15
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112787/

pkg-config is a system for managing library compile/link flags that works with automake and autoconf. It replaces the ubiquitous *-config scripts you may have seen with a single tool.

pycress 0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112761/

pycress is a tiny tool to analyse the logfile access.log of squid.

rb.log 0.75
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112599/

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rb.log is a full-featured weblogger written in Ruby. It features file uploads, comments, blog- rolling, side-bar editing, bookmarklets, the Blogger API, searching, RSS syndication, and archives. It also performs well on slower machines by regenerating static pages after posts are made.

rep-gtk 0.17
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112792/

rep-gtk is a binding of the GTK+ and GDK libraries for the librep Lisp environment. It's currently targeted at GTK+ 1.2 and is based on the Guile-gtk binding.

ReViewer 1.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112745/

ReViewer is an image viewer in Rebol that lets you view and sort images, drag and drop thumbnails, and build a Web site with your images.

samhain 1.7.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112750/

samhain is a daemon that can check file integrity, search the file tree for SUID files, and detect kernel module rootkits (Linux only). It can be used either standalone or as a client/server system for centralized monitoring, with strong (192-bit AES) encryption for client/server connections and the option to store databases and configuration files on the server. For tamper resistance, it supports signed database/configuration files and signed reports/audit logs. It has been tested on Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, and Unixware.

Samsung Contact 8.0.0 (Clients)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112757/

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Samsung Contact is Samsung SDS's Linux/Unix unified communication, business messaging, and collaboration system. It supports desktops running Microsoft Outlook, including support for calendaring, wide-area scheduling, public folders, and delegation.

SDBA Revolution 1.41
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112744/

SDBA Revolution is an open-source server written in Perl which provides an architecture to simplify and streamline the process of writing applications that run on an instant messaging network. It features easy scripting of IM responses, session variables which are consistent across messages, session time limits, support for multiple "apps" from one bot, basic security, and the ability to use multiple access lists of password files. It makes writing IM apps very much like writing mod_perl or PHP pages. The homepage has full tutorials and documentation.

SGI XFS / Red Hat Linux system installer 1.2 http://freshmeat.net/releases/112794/

The SGI XFS installer for Red Hat Linux is a modified version of Red Hat's anaconda system installer. It is available as a bootable ISO which works with current Red Hat Linux installation media to allow you to set up a new system running Red Hat Linux on SGI's XFS filesystem.

shorten 3.5.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112795/

shorten is a lossy/lossless audio compressor.

SimpleCDR-X 1.3-pre1 (Unstable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112812/

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SimpleCDR-X is a GTK+ based frontend for CD writing, mastering, and audio manipulation. Its design goals include ease of use and a clean interface without compromising functionality. SimpleCDR-X utilizes many common utilities such as cdrecord, cdrdao, mkisofs, cdparanoia, cdda2wav, mpg123, ogg tools, and lame. SimpleCDR-X supports on-the-fly CD track ripping to MP3 or OGG and importing of MP3 or OGG files to CD in Audio CD Mastering. SimpleCDR-X also features CD Copying, burning from a saved ISO, and Data CD Mastering.

SkunkWeb 3.4b2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112720/

SkunkWeb is a scalable, extensible, and easy-to-use Web application server written in Python. It is designed for handling both high-traffic sites and smaller sites. Its features include a powerful component model and an elegant templating language that encourages component-based design, highly configurable caching (on disk and/or in memory) of compiled templates and component output, message catalog support for i18n, and remote component calls. It can be used with Apache via an Apache module, or it can serve HTTP requests directly.

Smarty PHP template engine 2.4.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112781/

Smarty is a template engine for PHP. Many other template engines for PHP provide basic variable substitution and dynamic block functionality. Smarty takes a step further to be a "smart" template engine, adding features such as configuration files, template functions, and variable modifiers, and making all of this functionality as easy as possible to use for both programmers and template designers. Smarty also converts the templates into PHP scripts, eliminating the need to parse the templates on every invocation. This makes Smarty extremely scalable and managable for large application needs.

SmsSend 3.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112789/

SmsSend allows you to send free SMS to any GSM, connecting to Internet sites using scripts. It is available both for Windows and Unix.

StatFreak 0.5.3 beta
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112769/

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StatFreak is a generator of skinnable, customizable IRC statistics. It is a Perl script which reads eggdrop and mIRC logs and outputs an XHTML file containing statistical information.

SuckBot 0.007
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112799/

SuckBot is an IRC bot written entirely from scratch, and entirely in C. Its focus is to be lightweight and extremely modular. It supports dynamic plugins that can be loaded/unloaded during runtime without interruption. It is still in the early development stages. Some programming experience is necessary to use it. It has been tested on Linux, FreeBSD, and Solaris.

Sylpheed 0.8.10claws (Claws)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112738/

Sylpheed is a GTK+ based, lightweight, and fast email client. Almost all commands are accessible with the keyboard. It also has many features such as multiple accounts, POP3/APOP support, thread display, and multipart MIME. One of Sylpheed's future goals is to be fully internationalized. The messages are managed in the MH format, so you'll be able to use it together with another mailer that uses the MH format.

The Tamber Project 1.2pre5 (Pogo)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112756/

The Tamber project is a componentized n-tier Web site engine that uses open languages such as XML and JavaScript. Content is stored in separate XML files, in databases, or other data objects. Business functions are carried out by JavaScript and ASP. Presentation is controlled by an XSL transformation, which allows for delivery over multiple channels such as HTML, WAP, and MHEG. Currently, Tamber can deliver to HTML and WAP, and contains modules that support e-commerce shopping carts, secure sign in, data access and conversion services, and advanced session management.

Tiger Envelopes 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112751/

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