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[osdn business] February 27, 2003
Date: Thu Feb 27 2003 - 04:30:28 EST
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Slashdot
New Computer Program Determines "Hitability"
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/26/2051221
[0]illuminatedwax writes "It looks like the process of homogenizing the
mediocrity of Top 40 radio is going to be aided by a computer,
according to an [1]article from the Music Industry News Network.
[2]Polyphonic HMI has developed a new program called Hit Song Science
(HSS) and compares "underlying mathematical patterns" in current hit
songs and compares them to a new song to determine if it will become a
hit or not. Looks like we can expect even more of the same old junk
being recycled for us on the radio, although the article claims that it
'will allow new sounds and styles to flourish.'"
Links
0.
http://www.dranger.com
1.
http://mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=48160
2.
http://www.polyphonichmi.com/
Why Does a Screen Re-Draw Make Noises?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/26/0541254
[0]grungy asks: "On several computers I have owned, I have noticed an audible noise related to large screen re-draws. A hardware guy once hypothesized that the large memory-move operation was creating electronic 'noise' which was then picked up and audibly amplified by my speaker. I unwired my speaker, removed it from the machine and put it in a different room, and the phenomenon still occurred. At this point I assumed it was something going on/emanating from the monitor itself. Now I have a TiBook laptop with an LCD panel. At quiet moments I can still hear it when I drag windows around. I have tried doing big memcpy's & the like, I don't get the same noise. I've been wondering about this for years. Anybody know what gives?" Links
0. mailto:duboisj@codeweavers.com
Buffy the Vampire Slayer is Officially Over http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/26/2220223
tstoneman writes "Say it ain't so! [0]Yahoo has an article says how SMG herself confirmed the rumors of the series demise. Even though it is clearly in its twilight, it's still one of the vest best shows on TV. It however points to the fact that a spin-off will emerge, hopefully one that is more successful than Angel." Links
Three Electrons Entangled
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/26/2345203
An anonymous reader writes "[0]Science Blog reports on Michigan researchers who have managed to entangle [1]three electrons at once. "The quantum entanglement of three electrons, using an ultrafast optical pulse and a quantum well of a magnetic semiconductor material, has been demonstrated in a laboratory at the University of Michigan, marking another step toward the realization of a practical quantum computer. While several experiments in recent years have succeeded in entangling pairs of particles, few researchers have managed to correlate three or more particles in a predictable fashion."" Links
0. http://www.scienceblog.com/
IsoNews Ostensibly Shut Down By The DOJ
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/27/0038244
According to [0]Yahoo News and also [1]Cyber Crime The longest running news site for Piracy has been turned over to the Department of Justice. Stating David Rocci AKA krazy8, has recently plead guilty to selling modchips via his website [2]http://www.isonews.com with profit of $48,000. Now the domain has been linked to the Cybercrime Site warning all pirates all there that modchipping is not a game. [chrisd] In case you needed a reminder...you don't own your hardware. [3]Eff? That said, this is not 100% positive, and there are rumors of the old site floating around on other ip addresses out there. Links
0.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20030226/wr_nm/crime_copyright_dc_1
1.
http://www.cybercrime.gov/rocciPlea.htm
2.
http://www.isonews.com/
3.
http://eff.org/join
California Looking For Spam Samples
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/26/1913238
[0]gessel writes "The California Attorney General's Office is [1]
looking for examples of spam e-mails being sent to consumers in
violation of [2]California anti-spam law, particularly from spammers
operating in California. Send 'em to [3]caspam@cadoj.samspade.org as
well as to [4]uce@ftc.org."
Links
0.
http://www.dis.org/
1.
http://caag.state.ca.us/spam/index.htm
2.
http://leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=bpc&group=17001-18000&file=17530-17539.6
3. mailto:caspam@cadoj.samspade.org
4. mailto:uce@ftc.org
Anticipatory Scheduler in Kernel 2.5+ Benchmarked http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/26/2213203
[0]gmuslera points to this [1]article at KernelTrap comparing available benchmarks for schedulers available for the 2.5 kernel, with the 2.4's scheduler as a reference poin. "In some cases, the new Anticipatory Scheduler performs several times better than the others, doing a task in a few seconds instead minutes like the others." Links
0. mailto:gmuslera@noSpAM.internet.com.uy
Trustworthy Computing At One Year
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/26/2152223
ackthpt writes "One year ago Bill Gates issued forth an email directing
the company to work toward Trustworthy Computing, making Microsoft
operating systems, applications and services secure and reliable. Where
is that effort at today? [0]vnunet has this [0]Q&A with Microsoft
security chief Stuart Okin. Slow, steady progress seems to be the
result. They've targeted Security, Privacy, Reliability and Business
Integrity, but so far have had a go at Privacy. Okin indicates the
strategy may take 5 to 15 years, but more immediate milestones are
targeted within the next two years and focusing on reducing
vulnerabilities in the next version of Windows, rather than attempting
to fix 2000 or XP. I'd chalk this up as a frank and honest interview,
rather than madly spun, and paints a picture of the massive cat herding
effort undertaken."
Links
0. http://www.vnunet.com/Analysis/1139084
RAMdisk RAID?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/26/0611258
drew_92123 asks: "I've got a friend who does a LOT of video editing but is on a limited budget. He is currently using a raid array and while quite large, it's not as fast as he had hoped. I had an idea and wanted to know if there is a way to make it a reality, so of course I though of all the brilliant minds here. I have about a dozen Pentium II computers with 1GB of RAM. I would like to upgrade them to 2GB and throw in some gigabit NICs and create a 1.9GB RAMdisk on each one. Then I want to use one of the computers to RAID the RAMdisks together to be shared via Samba most likely. They are all 1U systems, with no HDD's, just a 64MB IDE flash disk. Any ideas out there?" Has anyone successfully put together such a system? How well did it work for you and are there any caveats that you would like to share with others who would do the same?
Funding Approved For Pluto Probe (duplicate) http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/26/1947257
azpenguin writes "While we discuss the acheivements of the now-silent
Pioneer 10, Congress has apporved funding for the 'New Horizons'
mission to send a probe to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt. [0]Space.com has
the story here. NASA had actually fought the idea, but Congress
approved the money anyway. Wonder if in 12 years (when the probe is
supposed to reach Pluto) the public will be as fascinated with the
pictures coming back as much as with the Pioneer and Voyager
spacecraft."
Links
0. http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/pluto_horizons_030225.html
Newsforge Reports
Should Open Source developers help the U.S. prepare for war with Iraq?
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/25/195228
- By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - This article is based on an IRC interview with Anthony L. Awtrey, vice president of I.D.E.A.L. Technology, who has worked on some of the (Open Source-based) simulation software used to train Blackhawk helicopter pilots, along with other projects that help the U.S. military prepare for Iraq and future combat missions. Some Linux and Free/Open Source developers may not support current U.S. military goals in the Middle ...
SCO offers Linux and UNIX courseware for sale to all http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/25/143215
- by Tina Gasperson - SCO announced that anyone can now purchase the company's Linux and UNIX courseware for the purpose of conducting training and certification, but only "authorized partners" will get the best deals.
Operating systems will soon be obsolete
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/24/1717223
- By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - Linux, Windows, Mac. All have their place, and before long that place will be in history books. The seeds of a new style of computing device have been sown, and as they grow they will inevitably lead to a world where the computer operating system as we know it today is as dead as the planetary transmission that drove the Model T Ford.
Newsforge Newsvac
Installing Slash for a Private Project
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/27/018244
If you've thought about using Slash for a personal project, read this first, and learn from Paul's frustrations and do-overs.
JBoss founder: Time is now for open-source applicacations http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/27/015250
Michael S. Mimoso writes "By Jan Stafford, Site Editor The case for using an open-source application server has never been stronger, according to Marc Fleury, president of JBoss Group LLC, a privately held services company based in Atlanta. Fleury, the company's founder, was one of the developers of the open-source JBoss application server technology.
CollegeLinux: Learning the Linux Way
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/27/013243
Anonymous Reader writes "DesktopLinux.com editor Jill Ratkevic speaks with Professor David Costa, Dean of Robert Kennedy College (RKC) in Switzerland about his school's newly released Desktop Linux offering -- "CollegeLinux." Based on Slackware, the distribution offers key features which empower the average desktop user like single click installation and Samba configuration, Flash, embedded Java, hardware detection and more. Sharing his vision ...
IBM releases all Its Web Services development on 2 http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/27/012223
Anonymous Reader writes "You want to begin developing Web Services?... well here's and easy way to get started. Get the latest development tools from IBM Web Services development labs from arround the world, by ordering the free Web services Software Evaluation Kit. Get a fresh collection of Web services articles and tutorials on the SEK CDs, and learn about everything from the basics of SOAP, WSDL, and UDDI, to the latest techologies in the Web ...
The Problem with Linux; Laptop of the Month http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/26/2255218
Have you ever heard the term "disruptive technology"? Author Clayton M. Christensen coined the term in his book "The Innovator's Dilemma." Basically, disruptive technology is technology that's inferior to the status quo but good enough to win market share over time. Put simply, disruptive technology is "good enough." Recently, an open-source advocate referred to Linux as a disruptive technology, obviously believing that the OS is destined to ...
Technology trends that will affect your business and how you do business. http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/26/229242
Big corporate executives expect to be off pillaging some other company in just months, but you, the small business manager, need to plan 5, even 10 years out - because you'll likely still be stuck in the same business.
Socket Helps Connect Linux-based PDA
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/26/220214
Looking to expand the functions of its Zaurus product line, Sharp Electronics Wednesday said it has hooked up with Socket Communications.
An Open-Source Opening for Apple
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/26/219248
The deal came like a thunderbolt out of the blue. On Feb. 19, Microsoft announced that it had purchased Virtual PC, the nifty program from San Mateo (Calif.) software producer Connectix that allows us Mac zealots to run PC programs. For Mac users living in an info-tech universe where Windows dominates, Virtual PC has been a crucial survival tool.
How Linux Could Trump Unix
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/26/1612252
"Our CEO has said that the path to Redmond is through Mountain View," Red Hat's Mark de Visser said. "We focus on Unix now, and once we gain the upper hand ... we believe we can ultimately displace Microsoft, even on the desktop."
Linux Networx Asia and DigiGenomics Penetrate Biotech Market http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/26/1556219
Linux Networx Asia, K.K. announced today an international distribution agreement has been signed with Taiwan- based DigiGenomics Co., Ltd. DigiGenomics, a leading supplier to the bioinformatics industry in Taiwan, is the first new distributor to be announced in Asia since the formation of Linux Networx Asia in December 2002.
Freshmeat
AdaSockets 1.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/114467/
AdaSockets is a library that lets you use sockets in Ada 95. It supports unicast and multicast sockets, and uses object oriented structures to ease sockets manipulation.
Arrow -- No More Concepts 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/114432/
Arrow -- No More Concepts is a theme based on an abstract background by Eero Pailinna found on deviantART.
At a Glance 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/114446/
At a Glance is a theme featuring a winged insect on a metal background. The background is by Ron Coger.
Axualize 1.1.beta1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/114481/
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.
ayttm 0.2.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/114469/
Ayttm is a fork of Everybuddy, and initially aims to address its problems. It should not segfault when you use it, and should be almost instantly usable by your mother. Almost useless prefs should be hidden, reserved for "advanced" users, and things have to work without wondering what this or that will produce.
BFilter 0.8.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/114435/
BFilter is a smart filtering HTTP proxy. It removes ads, webbugs, and popups. Unlike the majority of similar tools, it doesn't rely on a list of blocked URLs, but instead parses HTML on the fly, and detects ads using a set of heuristic rules. BFilter has a built-in JavaScript engine which detects popups and js-generated ads.
Blue Flower Dark 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/114433/
Blue Flower Dark is a theme based on the background Blue Flower4u by michiel of deviantART.
buildpkg 0.0.2r28-rc4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/114427/
Buildpkg is a package build system. It gives you the opportunity to create package system (rpm, dpkg, etc.) independent descriptions (.def) which can be used to create binary packages on every system. It can be also used to track installations and create packages of the installed files. If you want more safety, you can use the 'jail' feature. In this mode a chroot-ed environment will be created from the (configurable) list of programs and the installation will be done here. Besides Linux, Solaris/SunOS, and FreeBSD packages are also supported.
Cantus 1.05 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/114510/
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.
cdargs 1.26
http://freshmeat.net/releases/114420/
cdargs adds a bookmark feature and a simple filebrowser to the builtin shell command `cd'. This lets you jump to various places throughout the filesystem with just a few keystrokes. It is intended for heavy shell users.
Comment 0.1-dev
http://freshmeat.net/releases/114396/
Comment is a command line directory context note taker. Notes are stored in both the local directory and each users home. It was developed as a low impact tool for retaining flyaway information that is often needed at a later date. The dual storage system provides convenient access to prior notes, and all notes are stored in plain-text format.
CrisoftRicette 1.0pre14 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/114447/
CrisoftRicette is a simple PHP application to build your personal archive of cooking recipes in a MySQL database. The interface has international support.
DataVision 0.7.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/114455/
DataVision is a reporting tool similar to Crystal Reports, written in Java. It supports multiple data sources (JDBC, text files) and output formats (HTML, XML, PDF, LaTeX, comma- and tab-separated data files, and DocBook). It lets you design reports with a drag-and-drop GUI. Report descriptions are stored as XML.
Debt Minder 1.5.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/114521/
Debt Minder is a specialized tool for debt management. It is user friendly, complete, functional, and economical, and considers account subtleties such as introductory APRs, varying interest rates, split interest rates, external payments, and more. Its visualization capabilities include pie charts, line graphs, bar charts, area graphs, debt to income ratios, and colored payoff tables. An integrated amortization calculator for American and Canadian methods is included, and payoff schedules can be exported to XML, CSV, and tab delimited files
Easysoft JDBC-ODBC Bridge 1.1.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/114468/
Easysoft JDBC-ODBC Bridge enables Java applications and applets on any JVM to access any remote ODBC data source, such as MS Access or SQL Server. It is a Type 3 driver certified by Sun Microsystems for use with J2EE™ branded products. The client driver is 100% Java, eliminating the hassle of client side ODBC drivers. It is compatible with any third party ODBC driver and gives multiple concurrent access to multiple data sources from multiple client devices. It is built for commercial use with high transaction rates and dependable performance. It is compatible with all leading Web application servers and Java™ IDEs.
El roach-o 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/114434/
El roach-o is a theme based on a background by Frank Corral found at deviantART.
EmacsWiki 2.39-rc1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/114454/
EmacsWiki gives you quick access to a hypertext "wiki" system for storing and navigating information from within Emacs. The wiki pages are normal files, and can contain wiki markup which can be published to HTML and TeX or used entirely within Emacs.
Epeios 2003-01-04
http://freshmeat.net/releases/114414/
The Epeios project consists of libraries and software, essentially coded in C++, which work under UNIX and Windows. The libraries include a new concept of memory management, error handling and frontend/broker interaction. You can also handle sockets, multitasking, semaphores, pipes, shared memory, etc., and various data structures like lists, stacks, queues, indexes, etc.
Epeios backend manager 2003-02-19
http://freshmeat.net/releases/114415/
Epeios backend manager (ebkd) is a set of libraries and programs which handle the backend part of the frontend/backend system from the Epeios project. The frontend API of a backend using these libraries can be automatically generated in several languages.
Epeios CGI 2003-02-19
http://freshmeat.net/releases/114416/
Epeios CGI is a set of libraries for CGI programs. It uses a backend written with the dedicated Epeios libraries.
Faq Administrator 2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/114487/
The Faq Administrator is a PHP/MySQL message board.
fastUtil 2.51
http://freshmeat.net/releases/114520/
fastUtil provides type-specific Java maps and sets with a small memory
footprint, which feature much faster (2 to 10 times) access and
insertion. The classes implement their standard counterpart interfaces
(e.g., Map for maps) and can be plugged into existing code. Besides the
usual features, fastUtil provides reference-based containers (which do
not use equals() to compare objects) and linked structures. Most
iterators provided by fastUtil classes are bidirectional, or even
implement the standard list iterator interface.
findmac 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/114413/
findmac is a utility written in Perl that helps administrators find out exactly which switch and which port a host is patched into. Only CISCO equipment with CDP enabled is currently supported. It is a very useful tool for administrators of large scale CISCO networks.
FreeJ 0.4.1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/114482/
FreeJ is a digital instrument for video livesets, featuring realtime rendering of multilayered video and chained effect filtering directly on the screen. It plays with video4linux devices, DIVX/AVI files, and PNG images, letting you dynamically apply on each layer a chain of effect plugins.
ftpcluster 1.0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/114507/
ftpcluster integrates a number of individual FTP servers into a single large server. You can think of it as a network disk array with FTP as the access protocol.
FUDforum 2.3.8RC3 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/114464/
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.
Giraffe 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/114436/
Giraffe is a theme with a giraffe and a palm tree. The background is by Vlad Gerasimov.
Glass Cat 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/114438/
Glass Cat is a cat's eye theme based on a background by Ron Coger.
GLiv 1.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/114480/
GLiv is an OpenGL image viewer. It performs image loading via Gdk-pixbuf (which is bundled with GTK+-2.2) and rendering with OpenGL. The graphical user interface uses GTK+ with GtkGLExt. If Gdk-pixbuf cannot load your image, it uses ImageMagick to convert it to PNG. GLiv is very fast and smooth at rotating, panning, and zooming if you have an OpenGL accelerated graphics board.
gnububble 0.1 (NT)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/114382/
gnububble is a theme based on bluebubble, but with an Aqua look.
Grass After the Rain 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/114440/
Grass After the Rain is a theme showing raindrops on blades of grass. The background is by Vlad Gerasimov.
Hany's Char Convertor 0.5.4 (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/114458/
HCC is character filter which replaces certain characters by other
characters one by one, according to a translation table. It is useful
for converting plain texts from one character set to another. Currently
available filters include win1250 to ISO-8859-2, win1250 to ASCII
(ISO-8859-1), ISO-8859-2 to win1250, and ISO-8859-2 to ASCII
(ISO-8859-1).
hd2u 0.8.1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/114470/
hd2u is Hany's Dos2Unix convertor, a filter used to convert DOS-style EOLs to UNIX-style EOLs and vice versa.
Helis 1.00-doc020326
http://freshmeat.net/releases/114513/
Helis includes the main features of most bug tracking systems. It is
helpful for managing required evolutions, lacks, proposals, and bugs.
Authenticated users can reach the database through a Web browser
(Mozilla, Netscape, or IE). Distinct features include the ability to
manage releases (e.g. return resolved bugs between release 1.04 and
1.00), precise access rights, and importing validation/QA bug reports.
htmlArea 3.0a
http://freshmeat.net/releases/114479/
htmlArea is a free WYSIWYG editor replacement for common textarea fields in HTML forms. Users can change the font size/color, make it bold/italicized/underlined, add bullets and numbering, insert images and links, and more. It works with any server-side software that accepts forms, including PHP, ASP, Perl, etc., and enables users to format their content as easily as if they were using a word processor. No HTML knowledge is required. Once the form is submitted, the raw HTML is passed along through your CGI script for use in your program.
IcePref2 2.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/114429/
IcePref2 is an updated, overhauled, improved, and perfected version of the original IcePref (which was abandoned by the original author). This new version includes many new features and bugfixes, and is a sub-project of the IceWM Control Panel project. It is optimized for IceWM 1.2.2 and better.
IceWM Control Panel 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/114428/
IceWM Control Panel is the first full-featured, GTK-based control panel for IceWM. It features such tools as Ice Sound Manager (for managing IceWM sound events), IcePref2, a wallpaper manager, and many other tools bundled into a familiar Windows-like Control Panel interface.
IRC Stats 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/114456/
IRC Stats provides statistical services for EFnet, IRCnet, and Dalnet IRC daemons. It supports Hybrid/Comstud (5, 6, 7, comstud 1.x, CSr, csircd, ircd-ratbox), IRCnet 2.10.x, and Bahamut. It features a full fledged StatServ, a SplitServ, flood protection, customized HTML output, and optional JUPE. It fully supports many Hybrid 6 and 7 extensions.
Iris 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/114474/
Iris is a CGI script, config samples, and instructions to build an email server with virtual domains support and web based account and domain administration. It is based on Exim, Cyrus IMAP, MySQL, and Perl.
Java Code Generator 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/114407/
Java Code Generator is an Eclipse plugin that automatically creates JavaBean source code according to MVC patterns, JSP, and templates. It supports EJB code and is optimized for 2 to 3 database tables.
Java Email Server 1.2.2 (1.x)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/114514/
Java Email Server is a SMTP and POP3 email server written in Java.
JFtp 1.04
http://freshmeat.net/releases/114419/
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.
JSch 0.1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/114461/
JSch is a pure Java implementation of SSH2. It allows you to connect to an sshd server and use port forwarding, X11 forwarding, file transfer, etc. You can integrate its functionality into your own Java programs.
Kartouche 0.0.1c
http://freshmeat.net/releases/114501/
To localise the KDE desktop, some 590 files containing around 68,000 strings need to be translated. This can be done with a simple text-editor, or using the dedicated application KBabel. A text editor can be confusing to people who are used to word processors, and KBabel runs only on Linux. Using Kartouche, however, people can help the translation effort by entering suggested translations over the Web (or LAN) with just a browser. Kartouche uses PHP to load the pot files into a MySQL database (one file to a table), and then provides a front-end for people to add suggested translations, and a back-end for the translation co-ordinator to accept or reject those suggestions. Kartouche could also be used for GNOME files and for other apps if input/output filters were developed.
KBudget 0.5-rc1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/114471/
KBudget is a budgeting and money management program for KDE. It allows you to manage accounts and transactions.
Kino 0.6.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/114425/
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.
kmc 0.8.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/114478/
Kmc aims to be a MUD client that is easy to use but powerful. The two top priorities are power through scripting and configurability, and user comfort. It features ANSI, MUD profiles, logging, command history, split/full screen mode, and scripting via Perl.
Kopete 0.6.1a
http://freshmeat.net/releases/114484/
Kopete is a flexible and extendable multiple protocol instant messaging system designed as a plugin-based system. All protocols are plugins and allow modular installation, configuration, and usage without the main application knowing anything about the plugin being loaded. The goal of Kopete is to provide users with a standard and easy to use interface between all of their instant messaging systems, but at the same time also providing developers with the ease of writing plugins to support a new protocol. The core Kopete development team provides a handful of plugins that most users can use, in addition to templates for new developers to base a plugin on.
Ladybird 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/114442/
Ladybird is a theme with a ladybird (or ladybug). Background by Per Sommer.
LameBrain 0.5.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/114477/
LameBrain is a LAME-based MP3 encoder with the following features: drag-and-drop batch file processing, CD ripping with FreeDB support, and saving of encoding settings in "profiles," which can be loaded for later use.
libextractor 0.2.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/114421/
libextractor is a library used to extract meta-data from files of arbitrary type. It is designed to use helper-libraries to perform the actual extraction, and to be trivially extendable by linking against external extractors for additional file types. The goal is to provide developers of file-sharing networks or WWW-indexing bots with a universal library to obtain simple keywords to match against queries. libextractor contains a shell-command "extract" that, similar to the well-known "file" command, can extract meta-data from a file an print the results to stdout. Currently, it supports the formats HTML, PDF, PS, MP3, OGG, JPEG, GIF, PNG, RPM, ZIP, and REAL video and audio streams. Also, various additional MIME types are detected.
libreplay 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/114466/
libreplay allows you to save a realplay audio stream into a file to be able to listen to it later offline.
libtrash 1.9 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/114494/
libtrash is a shared library which implements a trash can on GNU/Linux. When preloaded, it intercepts calls to a series of GNU libc functions and, instead of permanently destroying files, moves them to a "trash can".
LILO 22.5-beta3 (Beta)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/114491/
LILO is a Boot loader for Linux/x86 and other PC operating systems. It is responsible for loading your Linux kernel from either a floppy or a hard drive and passing control to it. It is capable of booting beyond cylinder 1024 of a hard disk if the BIOS supports EDD packet call extensions to the int 0x13 interface. LILO can also be used to boot many other operating systems, including DOS, Windows (all versions), OS/2, and the BSD variants. The LILO distribution includes full source, documentation and support files.
Mars 2.2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/114475/
Mars is a simple, extensible, services-oriented network status monitor written in Java. It monitors a network by simulating client connections to Internet services and reporting when those services are not responding as expected. It is quick and easy to install and configure, which distinguishes it from more complex network monitoring tools. Support for new protocols, notifications, and reporting mechanisms is easy to add via Java or XML.
Matchball 0.32
http://freshmeat.net/releases/114492/
Matchball is a little puzzle game written in C++, using the Simple DirectMedia Layer. You have to click to remove all adjacent balls with the same color and reach as many points as possible.
Meta-CVS 1.0.5 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/114485/
Meta-CVS is version control system created around CVS. It retains most of the features of CVS while adding support for first class directory structure versioning, storage of symbolic links, and versioning of execute permissions and user-defined properties. Meta-CVS greatly simplifies branching and merging by keeping track of what is merged where. It records file types and automatically assigns a CVS keyword expansion mode to newly added files whose suffixes match previously recorded types. Meta-CVS also has an importing feature that automatically figures out renames and moves, making it possible to easily keep up with patches from multiple sources in spite of directory structure changes.
Mod10 and Type Validator 1.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/114483/
This Javascript 1.2-based program allows you to validate 15 different credit card types including logos, prefixes, and a description of the card type. The program will do a mod10 check on the credit card number entered and determine the credit card type of that number based upon the number prefix.
MyFTPAdmin 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/114502/
MyFTP Admin is a Web-based GUI to easily view and administer users and groups for the ProFTPD server. It allows you to manage users and groups, view transfer logs (both uploads and downloads) and error logs, and view disk capacity.
Nate Kohari's regular expression pipe 3.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/114500/
RE is a very flexible utility created to aid in the management of files. It will match filenames in a directory against a regular expression and execute a given shell command once for each file. The command which it executes can also contain Perl language expressions and can reference variables, both pre-defined by RE and declared by the user. Also, the regular expression can contain pattern captures, which can then be referenced in the commands, allowing manipulation of the files based on segments of their original filenames. Originally, RE was designed to mass-rename MP3 files based on part of the original filenames, but has evolved greatly and can be used for a multitude of different applications.
Nmap 3.15BETA2 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/114516/
Nmap is a utility for network exploration or security auditing. It supports ping scanning (determine which hosts are up), many port scanning techniques (determine what services the hosts are offering), and TCP/IP fingerprinting (remote host OS or device identification). Nmap also offers flexible target and port specification, decoy/stealth scanning, sunRPC scanning, and more. Most Unix and Windows platforms are supported in both GUI and commandline modes. Several popular handheld devices are also supported, including the Sharp Zaurus and the iPAQ.
noeGNUd 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/114417/
noeGNUd is an alternate ASCII, 2D, and 3D user interface for nethack that uses SDL and OpenGL.
NRH-up2date 1.2.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/114490/
NRH-up2date provides a generic, easy-to-use server for the Red Hat up2date utility. It can be used to distribute updates to client systems without being dependent on the Red Hat network servers.
Percival Network Monitoring System 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/114503/
Percival is a network monitoring and capacity planning frontend to RRDtool. It features a themeable Web interface, and support for MIB2, Cisco, Linux, and Windows. Configuration is stored in a hierarchical database, which supports on-the-fly editing, links, and multiple users.
Perl IRC Statistics Generator 0.47
http://freshmeat.net/releases/114508/
pisg is a smart Perl script which generates statistics from IRC logfiles.
phpSecurityAdmin 3.0b
http://freshmeat.net/releases/114486/
phpSecurityAdmin is a PHP application that was designed to be implemented in custom Content Management Systems (CMS). It is designed to be easy to use, so that CMS programmers do not have to spend a lot of time managing user access. It can be used for controlling access to Web pages based on user names and passwords. The system allows the client to manage user accounts and access rights, and to add, edit, or delete users. It also features "user profiles" which provide an efficient method for creating multiple users with similar access rights. It includes localization support and a few language translations.
PhrozenClock 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/114430/
PhrozenClock is a Gtk-based clock application, similar to the clocks available in KDE and Windows. It has many advanced features, including foreign language support. Spanish language support is implemented.
PlistEditor 0.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/114449/
PlistEditor is an editor for GNUstep property list files. Property list file are widely use in the GUstep and Mac OS X (Cocoa) environments.
pork 0.6.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/114496/
pork is an ncurses-based AOL instant messenger client. It uses the OSCAR protocol (the one the Windows client uses) to access AIM. Pork features Perl scripting, an online help system, the ability to configure nearly all aspects of the program's look and feel, an alias system, and a powerful, fully configurable key binding system. It supports being logged in with more than one screen name at the same time. The default look and feel of the client is modeled after the ircII IRC client. Anyone comfortable using ircII (or any clients derived from it, e.g. epic, BitchX, etc.) will feel comfortable using pork.
portfwd 0.26rc6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/114410/
portfwd is a small user-level daemon which forwards incoming TCP connections and/or UDP packets to remote hosts. Multiple forwarders can be specified in a flexible configuration file. There is support for FTP forwarding and transparent proxy.
Pure Load Balancer 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/114472/
Pure Load Balancer is a high-performance software load balancer for the HTTP and SMTP protocols. It uses an asynchronous non-forking/non-blocking model, and provides fail-over abilities. When a backend server goes down, it automatically removes it from the server pool, and tries to bring it back to life later. Pure Load Balancer has full IPv6 support and works on OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD and Linux.
Pynfo 0.6.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/114411/