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[osdn business] March 22, 2003
Date: Sat Mar 22 2003 - 04:30:28 EST
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March 22, 2003 BUSINESS SERIES
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Slashdot
New Animatrix Trailer Available
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/22/0016200
[0]hin writes "The new trailer of the Animatrix is available for
download from [1]www.whatisthematrix.com. Check out the [2]medium
resolution version." Use the broadband if you got it I guess ;)
Links
0.
http://www.hinjang.com/
1.
http://www.whatisthematrix.com/
2.
http://progressive1.stream.aol.com/wb/gl/wbonline/progressive/thematrix/us/med/ani_tr_4_480_dl.mov
Trigun Coming to Cartoon Network
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/21/2018240
[0]MoeMoe writes "Well I was just watching Cartoon Network and it looks
like Trigun will begin airing in just a couple of weeks. The CN website
gives a brief description [1]here" [2]Trigun is among my favorite anime
series. It gets a little crazy by the end, but for the most part it's
pretty lighthearted fun, with some great action. CN sure seems to love
the Anime Sci Fi Westerns. I wonder if they'll carry some of the
fluffier stuff besides Tenchi. Love Hina would be a fun choice. Or
Excel Saga.
Links
0. mailto:user_db@hotmail.com
1.
http://www.adultswim.com/gen/faq/index.html
2.
http://www.animefu.com/index.pl?lastnode_id=42&node_id=4828
Microsoft: We Make Hackers Obsolete
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/21/1524213
bahamat writes "[0]This article explains how Microsoft was forced to
yank a magazine ad by the Advertising Standards Authority. In the ad MS
claims that they'll make the [1]hacker extinct. The tagline reads
"Microsoft software is carefully designed to keep your company's
valuable information in, and unauthorised people and viruses out. Which
means that your data couldn't really be safer, even if you kept it in a
safe. Which is great news for the survival of your company. But tragic
news for hackers." Does MS really think that people are too stupid to
remember [2]what happened less than 2 months ago? My favorite quote
from the article is "Clarke described Microsoft's claim as "laughable".
"
Links
0.
http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/business/2003/0303201315.asp?A=SFT&S=Software&T=Section&O=FPSH
1.
http://info.astrian.net/jargon/terms/h/hacker.html
2.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/25/1245206&tid=109
The XFree86 Fork() Saga Continues
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/21/2225212
Mortimer.CA writes "[0]An article up on OSNews about the XFree story
[1]mentioned earlier. Included is: replacing fontconfig with Sun's
stsf; XFree86 co-founder David Wexelblat saying that XFree is today
obsolete and should be changed; Keith Packard replying, and more."
Links
0. http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3090
Farscape Finale Tonight
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/21/1529249
[0]Sim9 writes "Just a reminder that [1]Farscape, the critically
acclaimed sci-fi television show, is having its *series* finale Friday
night! Showing times are 8PM and 12AM ET/PT (7PM and 11PM Central) on
SciFi Channel. Catch this great show one last time before it's gone!"
Thanks to everyone involved in producing this show. One of my
favorites. All I have left on Sci Fi now is SG1.
Links
0. http://www.editingarchive.com
Library of Congress to Hold DMCA Hearings http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/21/2123252
petong writes "The Library of Congress's [0]Copyright Office will be holding hearings to find out if changes need to be made to the DMCA, according to [1]News.com. 'Anyone with strong feelings about the DMCA, one way or another, may submit a request by Apr. 1 to testify during the public forums, the Copyright Office said in its announcement. The hearing dates in the U.S. capital will be Apr. 11, Apr. 15 and May 2. The dates and locations in California have not been set yet.'" Links
0. http://www.copyright.gov/?tag=nl
A Positive Outlook on the Software Industry http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/21/2021244
joechang writes "According to this [0]article in [1]Business 2.0, our
IT sector jobs are not as glum as we make them out to be. Despite the
downturn in the economy, the article maintains that our jobs are as
stable as ever, and that pay increases are actually at reasonable
levels. In addition, software development is still one of the largest
growing industries, and that Billings, MT is a high growth area. Of
course, I haven't heard of any of my co-workers taking a job in
Billings..."
Links
0. http://www.business2.com/articles/mag/0,1640,47135,00.html?ref=newhp#
Web Site Hacks Rise as War Rages in Iraq http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/21/1922222
An anonymous reader noted a Reuters news story talking about [0]Website Defacement during the war. Apparently protesters and hackers are defacing hundreds of US and UK sites, both corporate and government. Links
0. http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=focusIraqNews&storyID=2425026
BBC on Website Slow Downs
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/21/1912209
[0]HiveMaster writes "The BBC is carrying a report about the [1]impact
on websites as people try to get news regarding the war in Iraq. It
talks of a report from Keynote Systems, which tests the reponsiveness
of websites, which shows that the BBC news site has shown a fourfold
increase in response times. However, Government sites in both the US
and the UK are being hit, with the US Army site taking over 80 seconds
to load at peak times." Also, here is [2]a press release this. You can
also read [3]My journal where I've talked quite a bit about what
Slashdot has done in preperation for traffic bursts.
Links
0. mailto:alanh@flashmail.com
1.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2867855.stm
2.
http://www.keynote.com/news_events/releases_2003/03march20.html
3. /~CmdrTaco/journal/27736
Brian Hook Interview
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/21/147235
A reader writes:"I just read this very in-depth [0]interview with Brian
Hook on a site called [1]Curmudgeon Gamer. Hook used to work for id
Software (Quake 2 and 3) and later for Verant (Everquest) and he
apparently worked on Glide for the old 3DFX cards. Now he runs his own
smaller game company called [2]Pyrogon. In the interview he talks about
development styles of Q2 and Q3, MMORPGs, the lessons of 3DFX, and
development of cross-platform games like his [3]Candy Cruncher (which
is available for MacOSX and Linux!). He even gets into some criticism
of modern games and the life of a smaller game developer. Lengthy read,
but lots of stuff to think about there since he tells it like he sees
it."
Links
0.
http://curmudgeongamer.com/article.php?story=20030317123706258
1.
http://curmudgeongamer.com/
2.
http://www.pyrogon.com/
3.
http://www.pyrogon.com/games/candycruncher/index.php
Newsforge Reports
'Lock in Software,' not 'Proprietary Software'
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/18/1230223
- By Brendan Scott - In July last year I wrote a paper which argued that the total cost of ownership of free software would, in the long run, always be lower than that of equivalent software created under different models. One of the problems I grappled with when writing that paper was how to name those different models. At the time I adopted a term which appeared to be used widely, that of “proprietary software”. I now ...
Linux Advisory Watch - March 21st, 2003
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/21/115209
- By Benjamin D. Thomas - This week, advisories were released for kde, openssl, tcpdump, samba, netpbm-free, lxr, kernel, libc, qpopper, man, mysql, rxvt, zlib, gnome-lokkit, and libc. The distributors include, Caldera, Debian, Guardian Digital's EnGarde Secure Linux, Gentoo, Mandrake, Red Hat, Slackware, SuSE, and Trustix.
What if Microsoft decides to go Open Source? http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/17/1233239
- By Donald K. Rosenberg - People often speculate about Microsoft's bringing out a Linux version of Office, but everyone assumes that they would never try to Open Source their products -- after all, Microsoft is the acme of proprietary software. But they have begun to twirl the seven veils lately. While Microsoft's critics denounce Shared Source as a sham, at least it's a move away from binary-only, and although its rule is "look, don't touch" ...
Newsforge Newsvac
MH Linux Site Update
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/21/2241200
Chris Drane writes ""MH Linux" has taken the steps to become more professional and offer better support to its users. We have changed out name from "CZ Linux" to "MH Linux" as many members thought we were a Czech Linux site. We have also moved our forums from phpBB2 to vBulletin as well as adding many new features to the site and changing the Domain Name to match the new Site name. MH Linux Homepage"
Red Hat Linux Advisory: evolution
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/21/2231202
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in the Ximian Evolution email client. These vulnerabilities make it possible for a carefully crafted email to crash the program, cause general system instability through resource starvation and get around security measures implemented within the program.
WinTel trips on Linux?
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/21/2122225
As a marriage of convenience the WinTel alliance used to work pretty well. Intel lived up to Moore's Law by building ever larger and more complex chips, while Microsoft executed Gate's Law by churning out ever more bloated and serially incompatible versions of its software.
McNealy: It's mankind vs. Microsoft
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/21/1910214
Sun Microsystems CEO Scott McNealy was in fine fighting form as he traveled through Asia this week, uttering scathing sound bites about rival Microsoft.
Appro Linux Clusters Shatter Scalability, Supercomputing Performance http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/21/1755258
Appro announced that its new HyperBlade Server Cluster, 1U, 2U, dual, and quad servers will be available for purchase after the AMD Opteron launch on 4/22/03.
Key Linux group faces split
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/21/171244
The XFree86 project, key to developing graphics technology for Linux and other operating systems, has ejected a central member and is facing new criticism
Linux co-developer warns of serious flaw http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/21/1639231
A developer who helped write the original Linux kernel is warning of a flaw in some versions of the operating system that could allow a malicious local user to gain root control of a Linux computer.
Betting on Linux for Business
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/21/1554237
Linux is becoming popular in places where the prospect of greater interoperability and security can translate into tangible return on investment.
Time for Users to Start Testing 2.5
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/21/1454229
A lot of people ask me, "When do you think the 2.6 kernel will be released?" My response to that question usually is, "Well, how well is the 2.5 kernel working for you?"
Slackware lets Linux 9.0 loose
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/21/1446230
Built around version 2.4.20 of the Linux kernel, Slackware Linux 9.0 has been officially released.
Freshmeat
aBridge 0.4.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117127/
aBridge is a cross-platform game that allows you to play bridge online with other real people.
Air Force 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117083/
Air Force is a theme created out of the author's nostalgia for his time in the U.S. Air Force.
Alicq 0.8.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117042/
Alicq is pure Tcl/Tk implementation of the ICQ client with a flexible modularized architecture, support for ICQ2000/Oscar protocol, and ability to pick up Licq configuration files and user database.
Apache Axis 1.1 RC 2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117072/
Apache AXIS is an implementation of the "Simple Object Access Protocol" (SOAP) submission to the W3C. It is the descendant of the Apache SOAP project.
AudiStat 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117049/
AudiStat is a PHP application for generating and showing statistics for your Web site. It gives you statistics about hit counts, referring page, visitors country, visitors domain name, etc.
Big Faceless Graph Library 1.1.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117063/
The Big Faceless Graph Library is a Java class library for creating graphs and charts. It is backed by a full 3D engine, allowing you to create shaded 3D pie, bar, and line graphs as GIF, PDF, PNG, or other image formats. Its features include transparent backgrounds, extensible axes to graph dates, currencies, custom fonts, and spline curve fitting. It is small, fast, and easy to use.
Booby 0.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116996/
Booby is a multiuser, multilanguage, fully themeable Web-based desktop application which provides online management for bookmarks, contacts, todo's, and notes. It is written in PHP and is database independant (sort of) by using the database abstraction layer 'ADOdb'. Themes are provided by the Smarty template engine.
Bubble Shooter Arcade 3.13
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117075/
Bubble Shooter is an addictive arcade game for Linux combining simple rules with many combinations and various strategies. It takes some features from Tetris, Lines, and Pool, and adds things of its own. It is similar to Bust-a-Move, but with a very relaxed feel.
Celtic Pyre Vintage 1.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117105/
Celtic Pyre Vintage is an electric green theme.
Celtic Pyre Vintage 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116982/
Celtic Pyre Vintage is an electric green theme.
CIFS VFS 0.7.0 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117114/
The CIFS VFS is a virtual file system for Linux to allow access to servers and storage appliances compliant with the SNIA CIFS specification version 1.0 or later.
Colloquy 1.0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117095/
Colloquy is an intriguing, lightweight Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client rich in both features and ease of use.
Courier 0.42.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117041/
The Courier mail transfer agent (MTA) is an integrated mail/groupware server based on open commodity protocols such as ESMTP, IMAP, POP3, LDAP, SSL, and HTTP. Courier provides ESMTP, IMAP, POP3, Webmail, and mailing list services within a single consistent framework. Individual components can be enabled or disabled at will. Courier implements basic Web-based calendaring and scheduling services integrated in the Webmail module.
Courtney Theme 0.60.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116989/
This is a very simple Courtney Cox theme that is easy on the eyes.
crconack 1.0.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117069/
crconack provides two libraries, a "clean" one and one for obstinate programs intended to be used with LD_PRELOAD to override the behaviour of libc's connect() and accept() to transparently perform a challenge-response handshake where client and server have to authenticate each other before the connection is passed on to the application. (Two independent secrets are needed which are taken from a file specified in an ENV variable.) This does not help against TCP injection attacks, but is well suited to cover otherwise totally unprotected potentially exploitable servers.
Cu 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116987/
Cu (Copper) is a theme that has a retro-futuristic machinelike look.
Daemonic Power Background 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117057/
Daemonic Power Background is wallpaper with a "NetBSD Daemonic Power" slogan.
edictionary 1.0 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117104/
edictionary is a commandline interface to online dictionaries.
Fusion X Aqua 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117059/
Fusion X Aqua is inspired by Max Rudberg's BBX appearance theme designed for use with Apple's OS X operating system.
gAlan 0.2.14
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117112/
gAlan is an audio-processing tool for X Windows and Win32. It allows you to build synthesizers, effects chains, mixers, sequencers, drum machines, etc. in a modular fashion by linking together icons representing primitive audio processing components.
Genuts Framework 6.3b (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117055/
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.
GKrellM Mailwatch 2.3.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117048/
GKrellM Mailwatch is a GKrellM plugin which monitors mailboxes. It can monitor multiple mailboxes with extra counters and supports the mbox, maildir, and MH formats.
GkrellMMS 2.1.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117046/
GkrellMMS is a plugin for controlling XMMS from within GKrellM.
glrParser 1.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117056/
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.
Goben 0.0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117087/
Goben is a GTK+ 1.2 GUI for playing Go. It allows any combination of human vs computer, computer vs computer, or human vs human play, and supports any board size from 5x5 to the full 19x19. Computer players are controlled via GTP for compatibility with GNUGo and other GTP talking Go programs.
gqueue 0.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117067/
gQueue is a Gnome2 frontend for lpq and lprm working with CUPS. It has Gnome system tray support and can show all jobs in printing queues as well remove jobs.
Hail & Farewell Columbia 1.0.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117022/
Hail & Farewell Columbia is a GDM2 theme in tribute to the space shuttle Columbia and its crew. It utilizes images from NASA of the Columbia on the pad for STS-1, the first shuttle mission ever, and just clearing the pad during launch on STS-107, her last mission.
harvest 1.9.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117078/
Harvest is a system to collect information and make it searchable using a Web interface. It can collect information using HTTP, FTP, NNTP, and local files. Supported formats include HTML, DVI, PS, fulltext, mail, man pages, news, troff, WordPerfect, C sources, and many more. Adding support for new formats is easy due to Harvest's modular design.
Hell World 0.1.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117071/
Hell World is a thrilling FPS adventure game which features excellent graphics, a dark atmosphere and an excellent scenario. It is designed to be a port of the Windows-only version of Hell World.
Hierarchical Data Format 1.5.49 (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/117092/
HDF (Hierarchical Data Format) is a general purpose library and file format for storing scientific data. It arranges data into datasets (multidimensional arrays) and groups (a structure for organizing objects).
HTML::Tagreader 1.00
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117116/
HTML::TagReader is a Perl module which allows you to read HTML/XML files by tag. Its package contains some application programs which are very useful for Webmasters. They all start with the prefix "tr_" to make it easy to remember their names. tr_blck is a utility to check for broken links in Web pages. tr_llnk is a utility to build tar archives. tr_xlnk can process HTML files and expand links on directories. tr_mvlnk modifies links in HTML files with Perl commands.
tr_staticssi expands the SSI directives #include virtual and #exec cmd.
tr_tagcontentgrep greps for a tag (e.g., "img src").
tr_imgaddsize adds "width" and "height" to
"img src=...".
incident.pl 2.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117119/
incident.pl is a small script that, when given syslogs generated by snort or other tools, can generate an incident report for events that appear to be attempted security attacks, gather information on the remote host, and report the attack to the appropriate administrators.
InstallBase Multi-Platform Installer 1.0a5 http://freshmeat.net/releases/117110/
InstallBase MPI is a multi-platform GUI installer designed to work on Windows, Mac, and virtually any flavor of Unix/Linux. Using a full-featured, easy-to-use install builder, it builds a single binary executable for each platform that can be easily distributed without any other third-party libraries or applications. The install is entirely self-contained.
IOG 1.01
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117077/
IOG is a network I/O byte grapher made to graph cumulative KB/MB/GB totals for hours/days and months. It is intended to be simple, fast (support thousands of interfaces) and integrate well with MRTG (not required). Data for each host is updated hourly and HTML graphs are created. It uses a data consolidation algorithm which allows for a small, non-growing database file for each host. Perl is required, but no external graphing libraries or binaries are needed.
IRC Stats 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117084/
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.
Issue Manager 0.8.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117090/
The Issue Manager is a simple product for managing (structuring, editing, prioritizing, categorizing) issues. It is primarily used to manage information.
J2ME VNC Alpha 0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117106/
J2ME VNC is a VNC client for J2ME devices, such as new mobile phones and the PalmOS (with J2ME runtime).
jlGuiApplet 2.1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117117/
jlGuiApplet plays any MP3 or M3U loaded from your Web server. It supports playlist, pause, resume, volume, and balance features, and can use WinAmp skins.
KmusicdB 0.10.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117102/
KmusicdB is a music information manager for KDE, using PostgreSQL as a backend. You can add your music collection to the database, and view it in a convenient browser. It currently supports the ability to add and edit artists, add and edit titles (with album pictures), and a track editor. The ability to generate reports and statistics, and also to search the database is implemented, as well as creating and opening, backing up and restoring databases. It is highly customizable, and fast. CDDB functionality has also been implemented.
Kooka 0.40
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117085/
Kooka, part of the kdegraphics package, is a raster image scan program which supports OCR. It is based on the scanner access library SANE. It supports scanning in different modes and resolutions, preview, scan area selection, and an image save assistant which features a gallery organised in a treeview with a comfortable image viewer and thumbnail support. OCR is supported through GOCR, an open source project. Kooka uses the libkscan, which offers scanner support to all KDE applications.
Lazarus Newsreel 1.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117082/
Lazarus Newsreel is a CGI application for maintaining news articles on your Web site. It supports multiple authors (with attribution) and keeps everything in convenient, easy to back up Berkeley database files.
lfwmail 0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117120/
lfwmail is a lightweight webmail program. It will run with acceptable speed even on a Pentium 100Mhz Linux mailserver. It has just basic features and no calendar or folders, but it is fully MIME capable and can handle attachments. It is also very secure when you use https encryption. It converts HTML messages to ASCII for security reasons, but you can still see the HTML versions if you want. The code is clean and structured. The installation is straightforward and doesn't require a lot of non-standard modules.
libike 0.9.3.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117123/
libike is a cross-platform C library for managing IKE negotiations. The library implements RFC-standard ISAKMP/IKE exchanges and utilizes a callback mechanism to delegate tasks of the actual packet transmission and security policies management to the external code.
libQGLViewer 1.3.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117065/
libQGLViewer is an open source C++ library which enables you to quickly start the development of a new 3D application. It is designed for 3D developers, who can very easily display and move around a 3D scene by simply providing the openGL orders that define their 3D geometry. The viewer is designed to be as general as possible and is not designed for a specific 3D application. It provides some useful classical functionalities such as a camera trackball, screenshot saving, mouse manipulated frames, stereo display, keyFrames and more.
libwebserver 0.4.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117099/
libwebserver is a library for adding Web-based remote interfaces to your programs. It is independent of other Web servers, easy to use, and supports HTTPS with OpenSSL.
LJKit 0.9.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117124/
LJKit is a framework of Objective-C classes that provide a wrapper to the LiveJournal client protocol. It is based on Apple's Cocoa framework (and could possibly be ported to GNUstep).
mod_ssl 2.8.14-1.3.27
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117074/
mod_ssl provides provides strong cryptography for the Apache 1.3 webserver via the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL v2/v3) and Transport Layer Security (TLS v1). It is based on the SSL/TLS toolkit OpenSSL and supports all SSL/TLS related functionality, including RSA and DSA/DH cipher support, X.509 CRL checking, etc. Additionally it provides special Apache related facilities like DBM and shared memory based inter-process SSL session caching. per-URL SSL session renegotiations, DSO support, etc.
Mutt 1.4.1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117050/
Mutt is a small but very powerful text-based MIME mail client. It is highly configurable, and is well-suited to the mail power user with advanced features like key bindings, keyboard macros, mail threading, regular expression searches, and a powerful pattern matching language for selecting groups of messages.
netmap 1.2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117062/
Netmap is a network weather map creator. It collects data from network devices using SNMP and 'prints' them on existing images creating traffic maps. It provides a Web-based interface and does not require any command-line interaction or text file editing to design the maps.
noppp 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117107/
noppp is Linux/x86 software to drive the rather misleadingly-named No-Parts PIC Programmer, the cheapest and simplest programmer for Microchip's 18-pin microcontrollers. This is an update of the most recent Linux version converting it to commandline options and incorporating support for more recent microcontroller models.
ObjectBox o:XML Compiler 0.9.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117086/
ObjectBox is an o:XML compiler and interpretor written in Java. o:XML is a complete object oriented programming language, with features such as multiple inheritance, function overloading, recursive procedures, and much more. The syntax is straight-forward, intuitive XML. It also features an extensible expression language modelled on XPath. The ObjectBox is a complete implementation of the language and adds comprehensive Java Language Extensions and Servlets support.
of_calendar 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117054/
of_calendar is an add-on to the OOHForms family of elements. This could have been achieved by adding three elements separatly, but the validation would have been difficult, confusing, and lengthy. The aim is to make life easier by making a single element which can automatically generate a drop-down and handle all of the possible validation. PHPlib's OOHForms is need in order to use this class.
Onyx 4.4.1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117096/
Onyx is a powerful stack-based, multi-threaded, interpreted, general purpose programming language similar to PostScript and Forth. It can be embedded as an extension language into other applications, and was designed to have a small memory footprint. It is among the smallest embeddable interpreters available.
PHAkt 2.4.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117068/
PHAkt is an open-source PHP extension for Macromedia Dreamweaver MX, allowing PHP generation using the same techniques as when developing ASP/JSP/CF. PHAkt has a lot of improvements over the original PHP_MySQL server model of Macromedia Dreamweaver MX, including support for multiple databases in a transparent way, support for MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MsSQL date locales, user authentication server behaviors, master/detail server behaviors, go to detail page server behaviors, improved code generation, and multiple and extensible recordset support. IIS and Apache 2 are supported by using absolute redirects.
PHP Text File Database 0.1.4-beta-01
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117109/
With the PHP Text File Interface (Txt-Db-API) you can access normal text files like an SQL Database. You don't need any special database software on the Web server, yet you can still use SQL calls. You can use the API to create, query, change, or delete SQL tables, and you don't have to bother with the text files themselves; almost everthing can be done with the supported API calls. The Txt-Db-API is object-oriented and very simple to use.
Php-ZeroNet 1.2.1 Beta
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117061/
Php-ZeroNet is a content management system which features addons which can be disabled and enabled at the administrator's discretion. They include Clubs, User Registration, Online Statistics, Polls, News, an Administrative Tracker, etc. Php-ZeroNet uses multiple database classes to interface with many databases, including MySQL, mSQL, msSQL, Interbase, FrontBase, Sybase, PostgreSQL, and Oracle.
phplib2Smarty 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117052/
phplib2Smarty is a drop-in replacement extension of Smarty class for PHPLib template class. Even though the syntax is like that of PHPLib template but the compiling technique of Smarty has been used. Several advantages of Smarty that PHPLib lacked can now be used more conveniently.
Platform Independent Petri Net Editor Alpha 1.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/117060/
Platform Independent Petri Net Editor (PIPE) creates and analyses Petri Nets quickly, efficiently, and effectively. A key design feature is the modular approach adopted for analysis, enabling new modules to be written easily and powerfully, using built-in data layer methods for standard calculations. Six analysis modules are provided, including Invariant Analysis, State-Space Analysis (deadlock, etc.), and Simulation Analysis and Classification. PIPE adheres to the XML Petri net standard (PNML). The file format for saving and loading Petri Nets is extensible through the use of XSLT, the default being PNML.
PlayList Generator FX 2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117070/
PlayList Generator FX is perl-CGI script that generates a jukebox type HTML playlist from media files, for listening them over the Internet. You don't need to worry about updating links in a Web page, if you add, delete, or rename some files. Users get always an up-to-date list of available files. Supported players and formats are: Windows Media Player (wma, asf), WinAmp (mp3), and RealPlayer (ra, rm).
Radiance 3.5 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117118/
Radiance is a set of tools which provide an advanced lighting simulation software package. It allows very detailed definition of materials' and light sources' properties through the use of advanced techniques like brdf and ies files, as well as a powerful mathematical scripting language, resulting in accurate renderings of scenes which are usually imported from CAD and 3D modelers. It uses the hybrid approach of Monte Carlo and deterministic ray tracing to achieve a reasonably accurate result in a reasonable time.
rcalc 0.3.99
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117043/
rcalc is a fast and light symbolic calculator for the GNOME desktop environment which aims to occupy the middle ground between simple point-and-click calculators and full featured mathematical packages. The emphasis is on useability; adding up should be as simple as on a handheld calculator, yet the more complex features should be there as required.
Ringtone Tools 2.11
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117053/
Ringtone Tools is a set of tools for creating ringtones and logos on mobile phones.
RPL/2 4.00pre6d (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117047/
RPL/2 (Reverse Polish Lisp/2) is a langage derived from the RPL made by Hewlett-Packard for its HP-28S. It has some extensions (preprocessor, compilated libraries, new functions), a TeX output, and can draw graphics.
samhain 1.7.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117097/
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.
SFT 0.4.7 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117108/
SFT (Simple File Transfer) is a file transfer program, a bit like rcp. It is designed to simplify file transfers from one computer to an another when they are connected to the Internet. The person receiving the file has to run the program in server mode (-s), while the sender of the file has to run the program in client mode (-c), specifying the destination host IP and the file names. File integrity is checked by using checksums.
SimpleData 3.0.12
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117126/
SimpleData is a Web application for managing your sales, inventory, invoices, quotes, purchases, and requests for quotes. It offers the ability to track all payments and balances on purchases and orders, and allows reports and forms to be printed or emailed. The printed forms are intended to fit in a standard 2-pane envelope for easy mailing. It features four sales and purchase reports, and can be easily extended.
Slackware 9.0 (Current)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117040/
Slackware is the longest-running distribution of the Linux operating system. Slackware offers a stable and secure version of Linux that is perfect for home, office, or educational use. Slackware is easy for beginners to install, but contains all the advanced features required by the experienced UNIX power-user.
Soya 3D 0.3.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117113/
Soya 3D is a high-level 3D engine for Python, designed with games in mind. The engine is fully object oriented, high level (even more than traditional "scene graphs"), and practical.
Space Hulk 1.3.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117039/
Space Hulk is a great board game which takes place in the world of Warhammer 40000. It is a two player turn-based game where one player plays the 'Marine', the other player plays the alien called 'Genestealer'. This video game is a complete conversion of the board game with the 2nd edition rules. It features playing over the network, either in real time or asynchronously via email.
The Minstrel's Song 1.2 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117088/
The Minstrel's Song is a roguelike game which seeks to let the user interact with a rich and extensive world. Among roguelikes, emphasis is on providing nonlinear play in a detailed environment. Effort has been made to provide races that have not only stats but cultures.
Unreal Tournament 2003 Gentoo LiveCD 20030310 (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/117051/
Epic Games' much-anticipated Unreal Tournament 2003 Demo is now available on a self-booting Gentoo Linux-based LiveCD, allowing you to play the Unreal Tournament 2003 Demo using any modern PC with an NVIDIA GeForce 2 or greater graphics card and a CD-ROM drive. It has full networking, complete OSS sound support, and additional Creative Soundblaster Live! and Audigy support included, allowing for the full gaming experience including LAN/Internet play, EAX environmental audio, and 3D accelerated OpenGL graphics. The CD also serves as a fully-functional Gentoo Linux installation CD.
uSTL 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117080/
uSTL is a partial implementation of the Standard Template Library which reduces code size by factoring memory management code into a non-template base class and deriving containers from it.
vendue::auctions online 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117081/
vendue is a highly extensible online auction platform, implemented in o:XML (object-oriented XML programming language).
Video CD plugin for xine 1-beta4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117024/
Video CD plugin for xine adds the full compliment of advanced Video CD features, including playback control (PBC), display of hi-res still frames, and menu selections. The plugin displays a good deal about the internals of the Video CD and allows a bit of customization of display, and where to start playing.
Video Disk Recorder 1.1.26 (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/117089/
Video Disk Recorder (VDR) is a digital sat-reciever program using Linux and DVB technologies. It can record MPEG2 streams, as well as output the stream to TV. It also supports plugins for DVD, DivX, or MP3 playback and more.
winbackup.pl 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117121/