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[osdn business] March 07, 2003
Date: Fri Mar 07 2003 - 04:30:28 EST
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Slashdot
Proposed Usenet Death Penalty for Australia's Largest ISP
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/07/0159207
supine writes "David Ritz has issued a [0]request for discussion on
applying a [1]Usenet Death Penalty to Australia's largest ISP,
[2]Bigpond (and it's parent company [3]Telstra)." This brought back to
memory the time when AOL was facing [4]similar charges.
Links
0.
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&safe=off&client=googlet&selm=nana1.dritz-990DE9.02081106032003%40news.supernews.com
1.
http://www.stopspam.org/usenet/faqs/udp.html
2.
http://www.bigpond.com/
3.
http://www.telstra.com/
4.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=99/05/28/132232&tid=120
Cowboy Bebop Movie comes to the States
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/07/0252232
[0]birdman666 writes "According to the [1]movie site the movie of the
popular anime Cowboy Bebop has finally been set to release in the
states in a handful of cities including LA, NY, SF, Seattle and others
on April 4. It features all the same voice actors as the Cartoon
Network series and is big news for all those Bebop fans out there. As a
note the Japanese title of the film was 'Cowboy Bebop: Knockin On
Heaven's Door', but has been changed simply to 'Cowboy Bebop: The
Movie' for the states." We had a note about the [2]American premiere
last summer, but now it's finally open for general admission.
Links
0. mailto:ericreid@mac.cMOSCOWom minus city
1.
http://www.sonypictures.com/cthe/cowboybebop/
2.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/22/1328205&tid=168SCO Sues IBM for Sharing Secrets with Unix and Linux http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/07/0234251
bstadil writes "The information is still sparse but the [0]expected
lawsuits from SCO over Unix/Linux patent infringements has been
[1]filed." SCO is asking for a billion dollars. [2]News.com and
[3]Forbes are also covering the story.
Links
0.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/22/188234&tid=155
1.
http://quote.bloomberg.com/fgcgi.cgi?ptitle=Technology%20News&T=markets_box.ht&middle=ad_frame2_all&s=APmfr7BXWQ2FsZGVy
2.
http://news.com.com/2100-1016-991464.html?tag=fd_top
3.
http://www.forbes.com/home/2003/03/06/cs_qh_0306unix.html
Review of First 10K IDE Drive
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/07/0138220
[0]Sivar writes "[1]StorageReview has a review of the [2]first 10,000
RPM IDE hard drive. Despite the speed that other technologies are
improving, this is the first rotational speed increase in almost six
years for standard IDE drives." The review is pretty thorough, but also
warns to keep in mind that the reviewed unit is only beta hardware.
Links
0. mailto:sivar@noSpaM.email.com
1.
http://www.storagereview.com/
2.
http://www.storagereview.com/articles/200303/20030305WD360GD_1.html3D Display a Little Bit Closer to Reality http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/07/011228
[0]arielsebbag writes "According to [1]CNET, Several high-tech
companies including [2]Sony and [3]Sanyo have officially unveiled a
consortium to create technical and safety standards for bringing
three-dimensional displays to desktops, laptops and cell phones. They
are probably focusing their efforts on the [4]technology developed by
Sharp. It looks like they are actually good to go and hopefully the 3D
display will hit the market by 2004."
Links
0. mailto:arielsebbag@uol.com.br
1.
http://news.com.com/2100-1041-990866.html?tag=cd_mh
2.
http://www.sony.com/
3.
http://www.sanyo.com/
4.
http://news.com.com/2100-1040-978499.html
Net Speed Record Smashed
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/06/2211227
[0]BrianWCarver writes "The BBC [1]is reporting that scientists have
set a new internet speed record by transferring 6.7 gigabytes of data
(the equivalent of 4 hours of DVD-quality movies) across 10,978
kilometres (6,800 miles), from Sunnyvale in the US to Amsterdam in
Holland, in less than one minute. Average speed: more than 923 megabits
per second, or more than 3,500 times faster than a typical home
broadband connection. The data was sent across the Internet2 network.
[2]Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (Slac) Computer Services
participated in the record-breaking event. Slac has an interest in such
high-speed transfers as they have accumulated the largest known
database in the world, which grows at one terabyte per day."
Links
0.
http://home.earthlink.net/~bwcarver/home
1.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2822333.stm
2.
http://www.slac.stanford.edu/
Jupiter's "Mini-Me" Solar System Grows
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/06/2120235
An anonymous reader writes "University of Hawaii's robotic telescopes
have [0]discovered 8 new moons for Jupiter, thus bringing its mini
solar system to 48 total. No one knows how Jupiter dissipates the
energy of these likely asteroid captures, unless it once had a
massively larger atmosphere. Indeed, its [1]ion cloud today seems to
spell doom for what Sir Arthur C. Clarke indicated, is another reason
to avoid probing life on Europa. ('All these worlds are yours--except
Europa. Attempt no landings there.'-- 2010: Odyssey Two). As an aside,
one of those NASA sites seem [2]technically to be doing
[3]text-to-speech in a very familiar-sounding, Stephen Hawkings version
[MP3] of those articles."
Links
0.
http://www.astrobio.net/news/article392.html
1.
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/03/0431230&tid=160
2.
http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/21/098256&tid=185
3.
http://www.astrobio.net/audio/392.mp3Bad Behavior on the 'Net - Who Pays the Bandwidth Bill? http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/06/204235
rakolam asks: "I am involved with network management in the hosting department of a fairly large ISP. Constantly we have customers who dispute inbound bandwidth spikes and demand service credits on their burstable connections. Events such as the Slammer Virus literally have everyone knocking on their salesperson's door at the end of the billing cycle. My position is that the internet is a public space, and by placing themselves in that space, one has to realize the consequences (and the implications of burstable billing). I'd like Slashdot's perspective on this. Should ISP's ultimately eat the costs of malicious behavior? Is the customer ultimately responsible for the bandwidth they've generated, regardless if it's desired or not? Is this a new frontier for insurance companies?"
Cornell Implementing Bandwidth Charges
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/06/1610252
Sabalon writes "[0]Cornell University is planning on implementing a
plan where if faculty, staff or students use more than 2GB of bandwidth
a month, they will be [1]charged for the additional bandwidth usage.
The article mentions that last year over 100,000GB worth of files were
sent from Cornell's network. I'm sure this is not the only school doing
this or moving to this. I'm sure the conspiracy theory people will see
this as a suggestion by Microsoft to stop students from getting those
pesky Linux iso images. At least, according to the RIAA, CD sales
around Cornell should now skyrocket :)" It'll be interesting to see how
this plays out. Since students often have accounts on several different
university machines, I suspect the more rebellious ones will be running
an assortment of proxies and redirections to get around the
restrictions.
Links
CIPA Before The Supreme Court
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/06/2024218
Jim Tyre pointed out the excellent [0]collection of links on
censorware.net to coverage of yesterday's oral arguments before the
U.S. Supreme Court about the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA),
as [1]promised by this story last month. There's also a link to the
place where transcripts of the oral arguments will show up about three
weeks from now.
Links
0. http://censorware.net/article.pl?sid=03/03/06/0238210
Newsforge Reports
SCO sues IBM for billions
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/07/0450221
- By Eric S. Raymond - I have been given a copy of an article, supposedly to run in the Wall Street Journal tomorrow, which reports that Caldera Systems (which now does business as the SCO group) has filed suit agaist IBM for multibillion-dollar damages over supposed disclosure of SCO's intellectual property to what SCO calls the "free software community".
Oregon Considers Open Source Software Legislation http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/06/018222
- By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - A bill introduced in the Oregon State Legislature on March 5 by Rep. Phil Barnhart "requires state government to consider using open source software when acquiring new software." Sounds good -- if it passes.
Got checkmate? ChessBrain grid is now online http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/05/143217
- by Tina Gasperson - ChessBrain is a very powerful distributed computing network. It is similar to SETI@home in that volunteers sign up to donate spare computing power from their PCs. The difference is that all that power is used, not in the search for extra-terrestrial life or to fold proteins, but to play the ancient game of chess.
Newsforge Newsvac
Embedded software market growing despite gloomy economy
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/06/2210202
Anonymous Reader writes "Despite the current gloomy economy, market analyst firm VDC projects that the embedded software OS and tools market will grow steadily over the next five years, with segment growth rates ranging from 9.5 to 24% CAGR. This news item and white paper at LinuxDevices.com present VDC's estimates of 2007 revenue and growth rates for the specific embedded software market segments tracked by VDC, along with a number of other ...
New 'net transfers speed record
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/06/2024254
Does 923 megabits per second sound tasty? That's the average rate of a data transfer that was achieved between Sunnyvale, CA and Amsterdam, NL.
RHN Support: A worthy service
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/06/1715225
Voodoo Press writes "I have read Jon Lettice's article detailing how getting Red Hat network support for free has become "harder". John has some points to make, but I do think there is a valid reason for what Red Hat is doing. It has nothing to do with "squeezing" the little guy as far as I can see."
ScratchAmp Drive Source Code Released
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/06/1712242
Rick van Lieshout writes "The people at N2IT and Stanton Magnetics decided to release the source code of the Linux ScratchAmp driver being used in their product called 'FinalScratch'."
AMD: Too Smart for Its Own Good?
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/06/1655233
It's banking on Clawhammer, the first 64-bit chip for desktops, but analysts fear the revolutionary processor may be ahead of its time.
Is ANY Certification Worth Pursuing?
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/06/1651214
In the midst of a series of articles on Sun certification, it has become imperative to take a short break and address the question I am most commonly asked -- Is it worth getting certified?
Linux options still boxed in
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/06/1645232
For some, there is a driving urge to live without Windows, a digital-age-old quest to shed the Microsoft coil worn by most who have ever used a computer.
Alternative Licensing for Music
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/06/1627205
The recording industry has always tried to control innovation of technology to meet their interests, and make maximum profits. This has worked in the past, with traditional distribution, such as radio, record stores, and the like. The industry has always wanted you to buy what they are promoting. They have done this by limiting the selection in stores, and using payola to indie promoters to get the radio to include their promotions in your ...
School Laboratory Management Blues
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/06/1621220
One of the main challenges in running a school computer laboratory is managing the software running on the different PCs allocated for use by students. System administrators face various scenarios, all stemming from the nature of a learning environment in which users all have superuser access to their machines.
IBM's Linux-Only Mainframe Selected by University of Florida http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/06/1619249
IBM announced today that the University of Florida has selected the Linux-only IBM eServer zSeries 800 as the heart of the university's Advanced Computing and Information Systems (ACIS) laboratory at the school's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in Gainesville, Florida.
Freshmeat
abcde 2.1.0-1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/115375/
abcde is a frontend to cdparanoia, wget, cd-discid, id3, and your favorite Ogg/MP3/Flac encoder (Oggenc is the default). It grabs an entire CD and converts each track to Ogg/MP3/Flac, then comments or ID3-tags each file, all with one command. It supports multiple output in a single CD read, volume normalization, gapless encoding (with Lame), parallelization, SMP, HTTP proxies, customizable filename organization and munging, playlist generation, and remote distributed encoding via distmp3.
ActiveTcl 8.4.2.0 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/115324/
ActiveTcl is a free binary distribution of Tcl and several popular extensions available for Linux, Solaris, HP-UX, and Windows.
AFD 1.2.17
http://freshmeat.net/releases/115309/
AFD is a program to automatically distribute files either locally or to remote hosts. The files are distributed by using FTP or SMTP, and can be sent in parallel and with priority. It provides a GUI to monitor and control the distribution and extensive logging of all activities.
ArX 1.0pre5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/115367/
ArX is a distributed revision control system that features distributed repositories, fancy merging, support for renaming, unobtrusive operation, a Web interface, and revision libraries. It consists of a collection of shell scripts and C code, and brings together many shell utilities, SSH, HTTP, diff, and patch.
asp2php 0.76.16
http://freshmeat.net/releases/115388/
asp2php converts WWW Active Server Pages (ASP) files that run on the Microsoft IIS Web Server into PHP pages to run on Apache.
bogofilter 0.11.1.1 (Current)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/115325/
Bogofilter is a Bayesian spam filter. In its normal mode of operation, it takes an email message or other text on standard input, does a statistical check against lists of "good" and "bad" words, and returns a status code indicating whether or not the message is spam. Bogofilter is designed with fast algorithms (including Berkeley DB system), coded directly in C, and tuned for speed, so it can be used for production by sites that process a lot of mail.
Code striker 1.6.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/115393/
Codestriker is a Perl CGI script that is used for performing code reviews in a collaborative fashion, as opposed to using patches sent in unstructured emails. Authors create code review topics, and the nominated reviewers are automatically notified by email. Reviewers can view the proposed diff in plain text mode, coloured-diff mode, and can also view the original and new files that comprise the review in their entirety when Codestriker is linked with CVS. Comments are made on a per-line basis, and comments submitted by the other reviewers can be viewed as they are created. Emails are sent to the appropriate parties when comments are created. The author is free to submit comments against the review comments. The end result is a structured set of review comments instead of a pile of unstructured emails. Codestriker also features the ability to search over existing topics in a variety of ways.
ColorDiff 1.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/115401/
ColorDiff is a wrapper for diff. It produces the same output as diff, but with colored syntax highlighting at the commandline to improve readability. The output is similar to how a diff-generated patch might appear in Vim or Emacs with the appropriate syntax highlighting options enabled. The colors schemes can be read from a central configuration file or from a local user ~/.colordiffrc file.
Coriander 0.28 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/115339/
Coriander is a GUI that let you control your 1394 digital video camera interactively. It features SDL display, FTP image posting, file saving, and Real streaming. It is for IIDC cameras, not for consumer grade DV cameras.
CvsKnit 0.9.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/115371/
CvsKnit is a CVS automation suite to knit up various CVS repositories from existing source packages.
DCP-Portal 5.3.1 (Final)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/115353/
DCP-Portal is a content management system with advanced features like Web-based update, link, file, member management, poll, calendar, etc. Its main features include an admin panel to manage the entire site, a smart HTML editor to add news, content, and annoucements, the ability for members to submit news/content and write reviews, and much more.
DiskZapper 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/115391/
DiskZapper is a Linux-based bootable (floppy or CD-ROM) tool intended to wipe all hard drives on the machine it runs on to binary zero. This is intended for uses such as making sure old computers or hard drives being sold or trashed are clear of any confidential data, and to be sure certain computers are clear of any unlicensed software in the event the software piracy police visit. It comes in the form of a floppy image (ready to dd or rawrite) or a CD ISO image (ready to burn to CDR). No other software or OS required. This is a dangerous tool. Please store out of reach of children.
Dolphin SCI drivers 1.31
http://freshmeat.net/releases/115361/
SCI is a high-speed point-to-point networking technology, using SCI adaptors. The Dolphin SCI drivers in this package will work under Linux, VxWorks, Solaris, Lynx, and Windows NT/2000. They are aimed at Dolphin's SCI adaptor cards. The latency of the driver itself is around 1.4us. It's intended for use in clusters that need the extra performance. Note that the drivers are GPL, and the bundled libraries are LGPL.
dvorak7min 1.6.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/115322/
dvorak7min is a simple ncurses-based typing tutor for those trying to become fluent with the Dvorak keyboard layout.
Easy Integrity Check System 2.0b
http://freshmeat.net/releases/115307/
Easy Integrity Check System is a tool for system administrators that performs filesystem integrity checks. It is easy to set up and use, and makes use of the mcrypt and mhash libraries for encrypting its database.
Easysoft JDBC-ODBC Bridge 1.1.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/115335/
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.
Echelog 0.6.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/115383/
Echelog is a modular monitoring system. Agents, distributed on computers over network, monitor the state of hosts and the network, and collected data are securely transferred (using SSL protocol) to special servers where they are processed and stored.
EMS MySQL Utils 1.3.0.1 (Import)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/115327/
EMS MySQL Utils are powerful data management utilities for MySQL server which make your work with the server much easier and faster. Currently, MySQL Utils includes MySQL Export, a powerful tool for MySQL data export, and MySQL Import, a utility for quickly importing data to MySQL tables.
EMS MySQL Utils 1.3.0.1 (Export)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/115323/
EMS MySQL Utils are powerful data management utilities for MySQL server which make your work with the server much easier and faster. Currently, MySQL Utils includes MySQL Export, a powerful tool for MySQL data export, and MySQL Import, a utility for quickly importing data to MySQL tables.
EMS PostgreSQL Utils 1.3.0.1 (Export)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/115328/
EMS PostgreSQL Utils are powerful data management utilities for PostgreSQL server which make your work with the server much easier and faster. Currently, PostgreSQL Utils includes PostgreSQL Export, a powerful tool for PostgreSQL data export, and PostgreSQL Import, a utility for quickly importing data to PostgreSQL tables.
Enterprise Volume Management System 1.9.1 (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/115243/
The Enterprise Volume Management System (EVMS) Project has the goal of providing unparalleled flexibility and extensibility in managing storage. It represents a new approach to logical volume management, as the architecture introduces a plug-in model that allows for easy expansion or customization of various levels of volume management.
FauBackup 0.5.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/115308/
FauBackup uses a filesystem on a hard drive for incremental and full backups. All backups can easily be accessed by standard filesystem tools. Later backups to the same filesystem will automatically be incremental, as unchanged files are only hard-linked with the existing version of the file.
Flash Plugin for Browsers 6.0.79 (Flash 6) http://freshmeat.net/releases/115318/
The Flash Player plugin for x86 Linux lets users experience Web animation and entertainment in their Netscape, Mozilla, Opera, or Konqueror Web browser.
Flate library 1.4.2 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/115363/
Flate is a template library used to deal with HTML code in CGI applications. The library includes C and Perl support. All HTML code is put in an external file (the template) and printed using the library functions: variables, zones (parts to be displayed or not), and tables (parts to be displayed 0 to n times). Using this method, you don't need to modify/recompile your application when modifying HTML code, printing order doesn't matter in your CGI code, and your CGI code is much cleaner.
FreeLords CVS-SDL-20030306 (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/115326/
FreeLords is a turn-based strategy game similiar to W*rl*rds. It can be played with friends on one computer or via a network.
ftpsync 1.61
http://freshmeat.net/releases/115394/
ftpsync is a tool that allows updates to be incrementally and recursively made to remote FTP servers. It examines time stamps and sizes, and is designed to operate in a manner similar to rsync. ftpsync implements the missing recursive PUT FTP command.
FUDforum 2.3.8 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/115340/
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.
Genuts Framework 6.2b (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/115310/
The Genuts project provides a consistent Java framework for game development. It contains a library with classes primarily intended for sprite-based games, including functions for sprite manipulation and collision detection.
glrParser 1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/115379/
The glrParser template library is a programmer's tool for creation of syntactical analysers which works with the GLR(0) algorithm. The library can handle wide ambiguous grammars containing the epsilon-rules. GLR is generalization of the LR algorithm (published by Marasu Tomita) which can handle ambiguous grammars. The library implements the GLR(0) algorithm but defines neither the method of reading input nor the actions to make when making reductions. The format of the grammar files is defined but it is easy to make the parser to handle different ones without modifiyng the library itself.
GluCat 0.1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/115358/
GluCat is a library of template classes which model the universal Clifford algebras over the real or complex fields, with arbitrary dimension and arbitrary signature. Technically, what GluCat implements is a model of each Clifford algebra corresponding to each non-degenerate quadratic form up to a maximum set by the user. GluCat classes are designed to be used as template parameters for other template libraries, such as Blitz++, deal.II, Matrix Template Library, and POOMA.
GnomeMeeting 0.96.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/115337/
GnomeMeeting is an H.323 compatible videoconferencing and VoIP/IP telephony application that allows you to make audio and video calls to remote users with H.323 hardware or software (such as Microsoft Netmeeting). It supports all modern videoconferencing features, such as registering to an ILS directory, gatekeeper support, making multi-user conference calls using an external MCU, using modern Quicknet telephony cards, and making PC-to-phone calls.
GUJ Chat 0.9.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/115320/
GujChat is a chat server management system which can manage different chat servers, each one serving different rooms. A single GujChat installation is capable of serving diverse Webmasters with different templates, rooms and configurations. GujChat is completely multi-lingual and can be installed under any Servlet API 2.2 (or newer) compliant servlet container.
H2O Rotisserie 1.0.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/115378/
The Rotisserie is a structured online discussion system that provides an alternative to the traditional threaded-messaging model of most online discussions. It breaks discussions into synchronous rounds, slowing down the pace of the discussions, and controls who responds to whom, democratizing the discussions and making it very likely that someone will respond to every participant.
Inti 1.0 Beta6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/115316/
Inti is a set of integrated C++ foundation classes for developing GTK+ applications on Linux. It comes with more than 330 classes that wrap most of the objects found in the GTK+ libraries. It has its own system of signals and slots, and has a standard string compatible UTF-8 string class, a full set of example programs, a C++ version of the GTK+ demonstration program, and an extensive tutorial. It unleashes the power of GTK+ with a state-of-the-art C++ GUI toolkit. It makes developing applications easy, intuitive, and efficient, and is designed to work nicely with the GNU toolchain, and take advantage of the standard C++ features provided by the GNU compiler.
Inti-GConf 1.0 Beta4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/115315/
Inti-GConf is the second module in the Integrated Foundation Classes library, an Inti binding for GConf (the GNOME Configuration System). It makes accessing the GConf database from your Inti applications easy and intuitive. Its API and documentation are complete and it comes with several examples.
Jack Audio Connection Kit 0.61.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/115347/
JACK is a low-latency audio server. It can connect a number of different applications to an audio device, as well as allowing them to share audio between themselves. Its clients can run in their own processes (i.e., as normal applications), or can they can run within the JACK server (as a "plugin"). JACK is different from other audio server efforts in that it has been designed from the ground up to be suitable for professional audio work. This means that it focuses on two key areas: synchronous execution of all clients, and low latency operation.
Java Serialization to XML 2 0.4.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/115351/
Java Serialization to XML 2 allows you to convert Java objects into streams of XML and back again. Using it is as easy as replacing "ObjectOutputStream" with "JSX.ObjectWriter" to convert objects to XML, and replacing "ObjectInputStream" with "JSX.ObjectReader" to convert XML into objects. JSX subclasses Java's serialization classes, so it can be used in their place with the same simple power. This allows you to check and correct your distributed, persisted, and logged object data, and process it with XSLT, SAX, and DOM. JSX handles all objects, complex object graphs, new classes, old classes, and evolving classes. JSX even handles classes that do not implement the "Serializable" interface.
Jay's Iptables Firewall 0.9.9 (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/115366/
Jay's Iptables Firewall is a bash script that allows one to easily install and configure a firewall on a Linux system. It was initially written for use on a home LAN, but can be extend to any type of network. It features support for multiple (external/internal) interfaces, TCP/UDP/ICMP header control, masquerading, synflood control, spoofing control, port forwarding, (experimental) upload limits, VPNs (like vtun), ToS (bandwith managment), denying hosts, ZorbIPTraffic, Spyware list IP, log options, and more. The firewall is able to launch custom iptables rules, and the configuration of the firewall is assisted by an optional, interactive, curses-based Perl script.
JSch 0.1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/115349/
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.
JSP Documentation Generator 1.0.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/115384/
The JSP Documentation Generator generates JavaDoc-style documentation from a directory containing .jsp (Java Server Page) files. It will extract the following information: imports, page-level documentation, parameters used by the page, HTML links to/from other pages, and static/dynamic includes to/from other pages. It also supports integration with JavaDoc documenation generated from .java files.
KdeCommander 0.1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/115399/
KDECommander is a file browser that allows browsing, copying, and deleting files.
KServiceMenu 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/115386/
KServiceMenu is a tool to create, edit, and manage Konqueror's servicemenus appearing when using the right mouse button on a directory, file, device, etc.
lcab 1.0b6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/115364/
lcab (formerly known as Cablinux) makes a Microsoft cabinet file from a set of input files.
Linux Test Project 20030306
http://freshmeat.net/releases/115374/
The Linux Test Project is a joint project with SGI, IBM, OSDL, Bull, and Wipro Technologies with a goal to deliver test suites to the open source community that validate the reliability, robustness, and stability of Linux. The project consists of well over 950 individual testcases and a test driver to automate execution of the tests.
Liquid War 5.5.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/115350/
Liquid War is a truly original multiplayer wargame. You control an army formed with thousands of pixels (fighters) which look like liquid and try to eat your opponent. You can play against a primitive NPC/AI or up to 5 other human players. Network play is available.
lyntin 3.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/115345/
Lyntin is an extensible Mud client and framework for the creation of autonomous agents, or bots. Lyntin is centered around Python, a dynamic, object-oriented, and fun programming language.
ModLogAn 0.8.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/115368/
ModLogAn is a modular logfile analyzer that combines speed with flexibility. It parses the logfiles generated by several server-types (HTTP, FTP, mail, streaming, etc.) and other logfile sources (flow-tools, ipchains, PABXs): currently 24 parsers. It features incremental logfile processing and internal resolving, and is able the split (mass-hosting) and combine logfiles (clusters) internally. The output can be based on the internal template engine to generate your own look & feel.
My Photo Gallery 3.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/115397/
My Photo Gallery is a Web-based photo gallery that also supports non-image filetypes. It is easy to setup and even easier to maintain. Slick-looking image galleries and thumbnails are generated on the fly from any root directory that you specify. Creating an album can be done by using the included Web-based adiminstration tool or by creating a directory and copying your pictures and files to that directory. A Web administration interface is available to help add descriptions, rotate images, and more. It includes advanced features such as image logging, resizing, image rotation, and visitor comments. Unlimited filetypes may be recognized, and custom images for them can be displayed in your galleries, allowing you to archive MP3s, MPEGs, AVIs, etc.
netrik 1.5.0 (alpha)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/115359/
Netrik is an advanced text mode WWW browser. Its purpose is to give access to as much of the Web as possible in text mode, without forsaking any comfort.
OSD Mail 0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/115313/
osd_mail watches a defined set of mail boxes for new email messages. The names of any mail boxes with new messages are overlayed on screen using xosd.
Perlmines 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/115372/
Perlmines is a graphical Minesweeper clone written in Perl.
phpESP 1.6 RC3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/115377/
phpESP is a set of PHP scripts to let non-technical users create surveys, administer surveys, gather results, and view statistics, all managed online after database initialization with a MySQL database backend.
php_template 2.9 (PHP Module)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/115306/
php_template is a very fast and easy to use PHP template rendering system. It can create large amounts of data quickly, given a simple template. It supports dynamic data tags for things like table data and lists, optional tags for conditional data presentation, and simple variable tags.
pkeytool 1.0.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/115312/
pkeytool takes over where the JDK's keytool leaves off by allowing users to work with private keys.
playlist 2.6.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/115338/
Playlist is a Perl script which creates XMMS-compatible lists and HTML index files for any file format (Ogg, MP3, MPG, etc.). It can also fix ID3 tags on MP3 files, and for complete albums it will use the CDDB to recover the track numbers. It is useful for large MP3 collections, music video lists, and apps which do not provide their own playlist support.
psycopg 1.1.2 (StablePlus)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/115319/
psycopg is a PostgreSQL database adapter for the Python programming language. Its main advantages are that it supports the full Python DBAPI 2.0 and it is thread safe at level 2. It was designed for heavily multi-threaded applications that create and destroy lots of cursors and make a conspicuous number of concurrent INSERTs or UPDATEs. The psycopg distribution includes ZPsycopgDA, a Zope Database Adapter.
PTOMMI 0.5.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/115311/
PTOMMI is a package of Python scripts and modules for constructing Web-based client applications that interact with server-based MP3 collections. PTOMMI CGI applications implement flexible methods for users to browse music files, create and modify playlists of selected songs, search for songs based on song meta-data (including ID3v1 and ID3v2 tag contents), generate customized reports with user-defined report formats, and modify the contents of ID3 tag fields.
QBrew 0.3.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/115385/
QBrew is a homebrewer's recipe calculator. You can create and modify ale and lager recipes as well as calculate gravity, color, and bitterness. QBrew includes a database of styles, grains, hops, and miscellaneous ingredients, plus a brewing tutorial.
QuickRip DVD 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/115341/
QuickRip is a basic DVD ripper for GNU/Linux written in Python and PyQt. It lacks options to fine-tune how you want to rip your DVD, but it makes ripping quick and easy, and so is ideal for those who aren't bothered about framerates, clipping, and other unecessary options. It uses mplayer and transcode to retrieve DVD info and rip the tracks.
Ringtone Tools 1.10
http://freshmeat.net/releases/115389/
Ringtone Tools is a set of tools for creating ringtones and logos on mobile phones.
RottenFlesh 0.00.000 (Parody)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/115342/
RottenFlesh effortlessly generates parodies of stupid software submitted to freshmeat.net. With RottenFlesh, you can effortlessly mock the open-source establishment. RottenFlesh stays crunchy in milk.
sadlittlewebjournal 2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/115336/
sadlittlewebjournal is a Weblog written in Perl that utilizes PostgreSQL or MySQL and a straightforward ASCII interface. Site maintenance is done via an intuitive backend that allows one to add, delete, and modify previous entries. Other features include an integrated guestbook, a Web stat chart complete with ASCII bar graphs, and various other modularized features.
SAP DB 7.4.03.14 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/115331/
SAP DB is an open, SQL-based, relational database management system that provides high availability and performance scaling from small to very large implementations. It supports open standards including SQL, JDBC and ODBC, as well as access from Perl, Python, and PHP. SAP DB is platform independent, so users can deploy it for a wide array of projects.
Siege 2.57b8 (Beta)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/115354/
Siege is a regression test and benchmark utility. It can stress test a single URL with a user defined number of simulated users, or it can read many URLs into memory and stress them simultaneously. The program reports the total number of hits recorded, bytes transferred, response time, concurrency, and return status. Siege supports HTTP/1.0 and 1.1 protocols, GET and POST directives, cookies, transaction logging, and basic authentication. Its features are configurable on a per user basis.
Squeak 3.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/115314/
Squeak is an OpenSource and super-portable implementation of a multi-media capable Smalltalk-80 based object-oriented programming environment. It is written entirely in Smalltalk and has a high-performance VM, created by compiling the Smalltalk VM code into efficient and portable C code. It now uses the Self language's Morphic User Interface but still provides the original MVC GUI as well.
StudioMonkey 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/115402/
StudioMonkey is a Cocoa MIDI/Audio calculator utility to convert between beats-per-minute and milliseconds as well as MIDI note values and MIDI note numbers.
SURVIVOR 0.9.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/115365/
SURVIVOR is yet another systems monitor. It consists of a POSIX-thread based scheduler written in C++ running arbitrary checks in a flexible, heterogeneous, bureaucratic, and convoluted environment. It maintains proper state, history, sanity, and attitude, and allows interaction via Web, command, and two-way messaging interfaces.
Tapestry 2.4-alpha-4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/115408/
Tapestry is a rich, component-based object model for developing dynamic, robust, highly interactive Web applications. Applications are constructed in terms of Java objects, methods and properties, instead of URLs and query parameters. It builds and interprets all URLs, dispatching directly to application-specific "listener" methods. It includes complete source code, documentation, tutorials and a complete example J2EE application.
To-Do 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/115395/
To-Do is a simple Web-based application for keeping track of things to be done. It is written to be slim and quick in what it does, with a minimum of dependencies and having painless setup and operation. It has configurable themes and a clean, professional-looking interface. Extra themes (CSS styles) can be added easily.
Trackballs 0.8.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/115370/
Trackballs is a simple game similar to the classic game Marble Madness. By steering a marble through a track filled with vicious hammers, pools of acid, and other obstacles the player collects points. When the ball reaches the destination, the player continue to the next, more difficult track - unless, of course, time runs out first.
trickle 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/115305/
trickle is a lightweight, portable, per-application bandwidth shaper. It works in collaboration, has peak detection, and does smoothing.
TriviaShock 1.3.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/115382/
TriviaShock is a Web-based trivia game and quiz system which uses PHP, &nb