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[osdn business] April 04, 2003
Date: Fri Apr 04 2003 - 04:30:28 EST
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Slashdot
Do Privacy Fears Allow Terrorism?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/04/0526238
carbon3C writes "[0]Privacy advocates are luddites, says Heather MacDonald, a lawyer at the Manhattan Institute. She says we should shut up and let the government do what it wants. Our government only wants to protect us, and would never misuse technology. How do we send a clear message that non-luddites (conservative and liberal) are concerned about privacy precisely because we do know so much about technology?" Leaving your front door wide open is a great idea, until someone you don't know walks through it. Links
0. http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,58332,00.html
Interview with Jay Michaelson of Wasabi Systems http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/04/0425235
Gentu writes "The main commercial company behind NetBSD is [0]Wasabi
Systems. The company has contributed advances and big chunks of code to
the open source project, while they do offer a boxed release of NetBSD.
However, their main business for the company is the embedded market and
NetBSD is marketed as an embedded OS. [1]OSNews talked to the Vice
President of Wasabi Systems, Jay Michaelson. Linux in the embedded
market is also discussed."
Links
0. http://www.wasabisystems.com/
Complex Language Support for PDA's?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/04/0240213
Jasin Natael asks: "What PDA's/Smartphones, etc. support complex languages in addition to more 'standard' languages? I'm a student of Japanese and am looking for a new PDA or smartphone that operates in English, but supports complex character sets. Input is a plus, but it's really needed for Contacts, Notes, Websites, and incoming E-Mail at a minimum. Would it be easy to add support to a Linux PDA (Zaurus) or Pocket PC for this? What about right-to-left languages, like Hebrew and Arabic?"
Pendulum Clock with Atomic Precision
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/04/0137210
[0]u19925 writes "Now you can get [1]atomic clock precision out of your
grandma pendulum clocks. Here is how it works: There is a camcorder
fitted inside the clock which monitors the pendulum swing. It has an
atomic clock signal receiver. It compares the pendulum swings with the
atomic signal hearbeat. The camcorder also has an arm. If the pendulum
clock drifts, then it uses its arm to push or pull the pendulum to make
correction." It's not an April Fool's joke, but it is rather
impractical.
Links
0. mailto:u19925@netscape.net
Information Patents in the US and Europe http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/04/0112214
Over_and_Done writes "[0]First Monday has an article up discussing the
[1]differences in information process patents between the US and
Europe. The author mentions that the United States reform is too
focused on process reform, arguing that they should be instead focusing
on what is and is not patentable (i.e. Business Method patents). He
also states that Europe is choosing to instead follow a different
track, and make the process a little more restrictive, resulting in a
rift between the US and Europe. The article raises a lot of interesting
facts that I was not aware of, including the incident where the US
threatened to walk out of the [2]WIPO [3]meeting because the proposed
treaty did not 'mandate patents for all fields of activity.' The
author, although critical of the policies on both sides of the pond
states that the rift is in some ways healthy, as it encourages an open
debate and requires people to look at the patent issue from many
different angles."
Links
0.
http://www.firstmonday.dk/
1.
http://www.firstmonday.dk/issues/issue8_3/kahin/index.html
2.
http://www.wipo.org/
3.
http://www.wipo.org/scp/en/documents/session_7/index.htm
The Googlewashing Of Our Language
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/03/2327239
[0]KIondike writes "[1]The Register talks about how a term ("Second
Superpower") coined by the anti-war culture suddenly got radically
neutered and altered by [2]a weblog that a lot of people link to.
Searching for the term on Google now brings up his blog and other
people talking about his blog for the first several entries. Can
Google's power to give information to the people be misused and
perverted? This only took 42 days." First the widespread usage of
"googling" to mean web searching, and now this.
Links
0. mailto:klondike@wpi.edu
1.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/30087.html
2.
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/jmoore/secondsuperpower.htmlRIAA Moves Against College-Network Fileswapping http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/03/2312220
[0]pazu13 writes "The [1]RIAA is [2]taking action against college
"Napster networks". It's suing four network operators, two at
[3]Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute, one at [4]Princeton University,
and one at [5]Michigan Technological University. Don't know where this
is going, but I'm afraid it might get significantly harder for humble
college students such as myself to sample an artist's music before
going out and buying a disc... my speed across the network is
ridiculously faster than when I try to access outside sources."
Links
0. mailto:pazu13@yahoo.com
1.
http://www.riaa.org/
2.
http://www.riaa.org/PR_story.cfm?id=629
3.
http://www.rpi.edu/
4.
http://www.princeton.edu/
5.
http://www.mtu.edu/
Quantum Computing Programming Language
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/03/221222
William Walker writes "The Economist has an article in its new issue
describing attempts to write [0]a programming language for quantum
computers, if and when they appear. It does a good job of putting the
challenges of qubits versus regular bits into layman's terms. ... The
[1]original paper is here."
Links
0. http://www.economist.com/printedition/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=1682086
Open Source DRM
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/03/2059223
Clyde writes "The different worlds of DRM and Open Source have come
together under [0]OGG-S, a project that just recently went to beta with
their Open Source DRM toolkit. The project license in GPL and uses
[1]OpenSSL for its encryption engine. It will be interesting to see if
this project helps to spread the acceptance of Ogg Vorbis."
Links
0. http://oggs.sourceforge.net/
Gameboy Advance Clone Superemulator
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/03/1530224
[0]Aluminum Tuesday writes "During a raging internal debate over
whether to fork out for the new [1]Gameboy Advance SP, I came across
the Korean [2]GP32, a handheld console that looks superior to the GBA
in every way. It's capable of [3]emulating the GBA, Super Nintendo,
Commodore 64, etc. plus there's a [4]SCUMMVM engine for [5]Monkey
[6]Island games and a [7]Java VM. Seems to have a [8]huge online
[9]following. It runs its own OS, and there are programs capable of
playing divx/mp3 files, though there's also a [10]Linux port on the
way. Not too [11]expensive either. (99UKP / 149USD) That's a UK
supplier; they ship worldwide, though I found this more expensive
[12]American supplier too. (179USD)" Gotta catch 'em all!
Links
0. mailto:platinum@softhome.net
1.
http://www.nintendo.com/systems/gba/system.jsp
2.
http://english.gamepark.com/
3.
http://www.gp32x.com/gp32download.php?do_what=selectcat&cat=2
4.
http://people.inf.elte.hu/ph0x/gpscumm/
5.
http://www.scummbar.com/
6.
http://www.milegend.com/
7.
http://people.inf.elte.hu/ph0x/projects/index.html
8.
http://www.gp32x.com/
9.
http://www.gp32news.com/
10. sourceforge.net/projects/gp32linux
11.
http://www.cdworld.co.uk/mmcd/gbcd/#gp32
12.
http://www.upstategames.com/ug_gp32.phtml
Newsforge Reports
Recent security flaws highlight need for vigilance
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/02/1655255
- Lee Schlesinger - Open source security is looking a lot like Microsoft lately. Last week we heard about a Linux kernel flaw that could allow non-privileged users to gain root privileges. This week the problem is in Sendmail. According to CERT, "An email message with a specially crafted address could trigger a stack overflow" that "could allow an attacker to gain control of a vulnerable sendmail server." Is it time to re-examine the notion that ...
Who's your favorite Linux hardware vendor? http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/28/1323227
- By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - The traditional answer to this question is, "I assemble my own workstations and servers," because early Linux adoptors tended to be tinkerers and do-it-yourselfers. But times are changing, and an increasing number of both large and small computer vendors have learned that Linux is no longer an "upstart" operating system, but a serious market force. Do you have a favorite Linux hardware vendor? If so, we'd like to ...
How open source developers can get more U.S. government contracts http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/25/1539222
- By Alexander Perry - Why is government procurement a challenge for Open Source? Ironically, it is because the US government's acquisition policy has been shaped over many decades to try to get the best value for money. For-profit corporations with proprietary solutions are expected to try to make as much money as they can from a limited amount of development. Thoughtful tinkering and optimization, over many decades, has built stacks of ...
Newsforge Newsvac
Book Review: Essential Apache for Web Professional
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/03/2312248
LogError writes "If you ever worked with Apache, you probably know that this little package offers great functions and features. This book provides an insight on the Apache stages, from installation to advanced usage. Read more at Help Net Security."
SideSpace Solutions, Inc. announces the release of OGG-S http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/03/2310216
SideSpace Solutions writes "OGG-S Brings Digital Rights Management to the Open Source World. SAN DIEGO - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - SideSpace Solutions, Inc. announces the release of OGG-S, the first open-source Digital Rights Management toolkit. Licensed under the General Public License (GPL), OGG-S is poised to become the leading cross-platform digital asset management solution.
Major New Mozilla Roadmap
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/03/2258217
Anonymous Reader writes "The Mozilla Development Roadmap has undergone some radical changes. Most notably, they're going to refocus around Phoenix and Thunderbird (Minotaur)."
My Desktop Odyssey Update
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/03/2252246
Anonymous Reader writes "Michael C. Barnes updates his in-depth look at leading desktop operating system options on the market. In this exclusive article at DesktopLinux.com, Barnes addresses reader feedback to his popular first article and evaluates current versions of leading Desktop Linux desktop options including Red Hat, ELX, Debian, LindowsOS, and Xandros and more. Barnes offers practical considerations and discusses what software can best ...
LinuxCertified announces its "Linux Network Services Bootcamp" http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/03/2249211
Rajesh Goyal writes "LinuxCertified, Inc. a leading provider of Linux training, will offer its next Network Services Bootcamp, on April 12 - 13, 2003 in San Francisco bay area (south bay). This workshop has been designed for network administrators in charge of providing key network services on Linux servers.
Open source Ohioedge CRM Gains Momentum! http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/03/224259
Anonymous Reader writes "With over 10,000 downloads within the first three months of its release, Ohioedge CRM is on its way to becoming a dominant force in the Web-enabled, J2EE-based open source Enterprise CRM space for the SMB market.
The Wrong Choice: Firms balk, considering Linux too 'bleeding edge' http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/03/1848232
Michael S. Mimoso writes "Some companies don't want to walk on the bleeding edge of a technology. In these true tales from the Linux trenches, two large companies didn't even want to test the edge to see if it was still sharp."
Komplete Lite released
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/03/1628239
InterAKT Online writes "Komplete Lite is a powerful open source Content Management System, best suited for individuals and small companies wishing to enrich their presence on the Web.
Free Linux software will help detect cyber attacks http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/03/1611201
Reactive Network Solutions announced that it will offer the first free software for detecting cyber attacks caused by terrorists and malicious hackers. According to the company, its FloodGuard Alert software can detect a variety of attacks, including distributed denial of service (DDoS), distributed reflective denial of service (DRDoS), Worm propagation, and other flooding attacks that can overwhelm networks and shut down websites. The software ...
Linux-based software packages for communications processors http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/03/1526210
IDT announced it will provide royalty-free Linux-based software packages optimized for all members of its Interprise family of integrated communications processors.
Freshmeat
Amiga Research Operating System 20030403
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118485/
The Amiga Research OS (AROS) is an effort to implement an Open Source and portable operating system that is compatible with AmigaOS 3.1. It was originally meant to be a direct reimplementation, but AROS currently has features which do not exist in AmigaOS.
Avifile 0.7.34-20030319
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118509/
Avifile is a library that allows you to read and write compressed AVI files in most common video & audio formats (Indeo® Video, DivX, etc.) under x86 Linux. Compression and decompression are performed with Win32 DLLs. It includes a simple AVI player and a Video4Linux capture program. Currently it is under heavy development, and while some features (such as AVI playback) already work, some (audio compression) are not yet successfully implemented.
ayttm 0.2.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118433/
Ayttm is an instant messenger program, supporting various protocols such as MSN, Yahoo, AIM, Jabber, and more. It 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.
Botan 1.1.10 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118482/
Botan is a library of cryptographic algorithms written in C++. It includes a wide selection of block and stream ciphers, public key algorithms, hash functions, and message authentication codes. It has an easy-to-use filter interface and supports many common industry standards, including X.509v3.
BugHotel Reservation System 1.5.2 (Stable) http://freshmeat.net/releases/118434/
BugHotel Reservation System is a hotel booking and accounting software package which uses the Internet to "network" your corporate office to each of your hotels. All data processing occurs at the Application Service Provider (ASP) data center. Income statements, reports, etc. may be customized.
Cervisia 2.0 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118457/
Cervisia is a KDE graphical frontend for the CVS client. It features checking out a module from a repository, updating or retrieving the status of a working directory or single files, common operations like add, remove and commit, diff against the repository and between different revisions, annotated view of a file, view of the log messages in tree and list form as well as resolving of conflicts in a file.
Cloxten 0.1.6-2 Pre-Alpha (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118418/
Cloxten is a digital alarm clock and counter. It is able to execute a variety of events and actions at set times, such as send messages, play sounds or music, show a reminder window, open a file, or execute a program.
Coin 2.0.2 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118458/
Coin is an implementation of Open Inventor. Open Inventor is the de facto standard API for retained-mode 3D graphics programming. Open Inventor has a highly extensible design, and has been designed to allow for rapid development of highly interactive 3D graphics applications in the fields of CAD, engineering, scientific computing, simulation, VRML, and visualization.
Coldtags suite 1.30
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118423/
The Coldtags suite is a collection of custom JSP tags that provides 90+ custom JSP tags for common programming tasks faced by JSP developers. It also includes custom tags similar to the Web controls in the .NET framework.
CSBuddy 1.2.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118435/
CSBuddy is a tool designed to help Counter-Strike server owners, particularly those running AdminMod. It maintains a queryable database of all players that have been seen on the server, and it filters the raw logs of a Counter-Strike server and distills them into a single CSBuddy log which shows only high-level activity such as excessive friendly fire incidents, admin activity, and players complaining about misbehavior or saying suspicious things. This tool is built upon an included Counter-Strike log file parser which is provided in a simple derivable class.
cvsdelta 1.6.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118473/
cvsdelta helps manage a CVS project, identifying the local files that have been added, changed, or deleted. The relevant files can be automatically added to and removed from CVS. A list of files is produced, with a summary of content differences, i.e. the number of lines of code that have been added, changed, and deleted.
CVSps 2.0b10 (Beta)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118501/
CVSps is a program for generating 'patchset' information from a CVS repository. A patchset in this case is defined as a set of changes made to a collection of files, and all committed at the same time (using a single 'cvs commit' command). This information is valuable to seeing the big picture of the evolution of a cvs project. CVSps allows you to see history of committed patchsets, restrict by author, date range, files affected, branches affected. CVSps can generate a diff of a given patchset.
DataVision 0.7.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118481/
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.
DB_DataContainer 0.9.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118419/
DB_DataContainer is a PEAR-compliant database persistence layer and data encapsulation class. It encapsulates the behavior required to make objects persistent, including loading, saving, and deleting objects in a persistent store. It currently supports relational databases and uses PEAR DB for database abstraction.
eimSMS 0.6.0 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118514/
eimSMS is a Perl hack for sending SMS messages via the Internet. It uses an external gateway library called WWW-SMS to relay SMS messages. The core part of eimSMS is written in Perl, so it is platform-independent and runs on all environments which are supported by perl and libwww-perl. eimSMS comes with a built in update function which allows you to checkout the latest WWW-SMS gateway library via CVS. Furthermore additional modules, written in different programming languages, can be used to extend the capabilities of the eimSMS core. This allows you to use eimSMS as a mail to SMS forwarder, a remote security warning tool, a SMS Web gateway, or anything else you want.
Emilia Pinball Project 0.2.0 (Alpha)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118487/
The Emilia Pinball Project is a pinball simulator for Linux and other Unix systems. There is only one level to play with, but it is very addictive.
Eternal Lands 0.6.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118502/
Eternal Lands is a multiplatform (Windows/Linux) 3D graphical online world that will evolve into a fully-featured MMORPG. It requires a hardware-accelerated video card that supports at least OpenGL 1.2.
Fan Control for Dell Laptops 0.4b
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118446/
Fan Control for Dell Laptops is a little tool for full automatic fan control and temperature monitoring on Dell Laptops under FreeBSD.
Fast Lexical Analyzer Generator 2.5.31 (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/118241/
Flex is a tool for generating programs that recognize lexical patterns in text. There are many applications for Flex, including writing compilers in conjunction with GNU Bison. Flex is a free implementation of the well known Lex program. It features a Lex compatibility mode, and also provides several new features such as exclusive start conditions.
flow-tools 0.65
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118494/
flow-tools is a set of programs for processing and managing NetFlow exports from Cisco and Juniper routers. The tools included are:
flow-capture, flow-cat, flow-dscan, flow-expire, flow-export,
flow-fanout, flow-filter, flow-gen, flow-header, flow-import,
flow-mask, flow-merge, flow-nfilter, flow-print, flow-receive,
flow-report, flow-send, flow-split, flow-stat, flow-tag, and
flow-xlate.
foocache 2003-04-03
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118449/
foocache is a simple caching system for PHP4 which optionally uses HTML-tidy to clean up the generated HTML Code. Instead of processing the whole page, a cachefile is loaded, assuming that it exists and is younger than a defined age. The name of the cache file is generated with the MD5 sum of the Request URI and the HTML post variables.
Fugu SSH 0.9.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118491/
Fugu SSH is a Mac OS X graphical frontend to OpenSSH's Secure File Transfer application (SFTP). SFTP is similar to FTP, but, unlike FTP, the entire session is encrypted, meaning no passwords are sent in cleartext form, and it is thus much less vulnerable to third-party interception. Fugu allows you to take advantage of SFTP's security without having to sacrifice the ease of use found in a GUI. Fugu also includes support for SCP files transfers, and the ability to create secure tunnels through SSH.
getmail 3.1.2 (Current)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118468/
getmail is intended as a simple replacement for fetchmail. It retrieves email (either all messages, or only unread messages) from one or more POP3 servers for one or more email accounts, and reliably delivers into qmail-style Maildirs or through external MDAs (command deliveries) specified on a per-account basis. getmail also has excellent support for domain (multidrop) mailboxes, including support for Demon's SPDS (*ENV) extension to the POP3 protocol for retrieving message envelopes.
GNOME Debian Package Manager 0.0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118508/
GDPM is GNOME-based graphical manager for Debian packages. It aims to fully replace the command-line tools apt-get, apt-cache, and dpkg by offering an easy way to install, remove, upgrade, and browse Debian packages.
GNU Image-Finding Tool 0.1.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118518/
GNU Image-Finding Tool (GIFT) is a Content-Based Image Retrieval System (CBIRS). It enables Query By Example, giving you the opportunity to recieve relevant feedback, thereby improving your query results. The program relies entirely on the content of the images to process queries, so there is no need to annotate all the images before querying the collection.
GNUitar 0.3.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118424/
GNUitar is guitar effects software that allows you to use your PC as guitar processor. It includes the following effects: wah-wah, sustain, distortion, reverberator, echo, delay, tremolo, vibrato, and chorus/flanger.
GPLIGC 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118426/
GPLIGC is a program to analyze IGC flight data from GNSS flight data recorders used by glider pilots. It can be used to optimize flights for the online contest (2003 rules). It uses Perl/Tk and gnuplot. The openGLIGCexplorer (written in C++) allows one to view the data in 3D with OpenGL, and can also be used as a digital elevation model terrain viewer.
GRender 0.1.0-beta
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118451/
GRender is a GTK+ frontend for the A|W Maya and MentalRay for Maya render. It handles render job queues without starting the Maya's interface, using all the power of the workstation.
H-Sphere 2.3 Patch 1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118456/
H-Sphere is a multiserver control panel for automating web hosting tasks. It has many advanced features, a sophisticated billing system, private label/resellers support, and an integrated trouble ticket system to automate and improve your web hosting service. It is designed to work on many servers and can be scaled by adding more web servers, mail servers, database servers, and DNS servers without any downtime. It provides a simple, easy to use web interface that can be maintained from any computer with an internet connection. H-Sphere is written in Java and works with any SQL-compliant database.
hnupdater 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118369/
hnupdater is a tool for updating your IP address on the hn.org dynamic DNS Web site. It can be used on computers connected directly to the Internet, or on machines behind some sort of router.
HTML Sucks Completely 0.929
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118511/
HSC (HTML Sucks Completely) is a developer tool for HTML projects. It can be used on any HTML file and creates a new HTML file as output. In the input file, you may use an extended syntax based on HTML, which allows for things like macros, conditionals variables, expressions, etc. It is mainly intended for creating and maintaining larger HTML projects. As a commandline tool, it can be used together with make, and a dependency generator is included.
IsForth 1.12b
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118483/
IsForth is a direct threaded Linux-only x86 Forth implementation coded in pure assembly using NASM macros to create forth high-level definitions. All I/O is done with syscalls. It is almost a complete replacement for both libc and libncurses.
JaxMeJS 1.05
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118498/
The JaxMe JavaSource generation framework (a spinoff of the JaxMe Java/XML binding tool) is an object-oriented view to a set of Java classes created by you. For example, there are objects JavaSource, JavaMethod, and so on. Features include automatic generation of import lists, semiautomatic indentation, and the ability to postprocess generated sources. This allows source code generation to be a pipelining process.
JCards 3.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118454/
JCards is a free Java application designed to store and manage data in any format that the user defines. Instead of having multiple applications/spreadsheets to manage passwords, tasks, shopping lists, etc., JCards allows the user to define a database that contains the fields they want. This is accomplished via an easy to use interface that requires no understanding of SQL or any other database jargon. JCards was initially developed for the Sharp Zaurus SL-5x00 PDA, but will run on any desktop or PDA that has a 1.1 or above version of the Java Virtual Machine on it. The advantage of this is that the user can use the same application on the PDA and desktop to manage their data.
jCIFS 0.7.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118422/
jCIFS is an SMB client library written entirely in Java. It closely follows the CIFS specification supporting Unicode, named pipes, batching, multiplexing IO of threaded callers, encrypted authentication, full transactions, domain/workgroup/host/share/file enumeration, NetBIOS sockets and name services, the smb:// URL protocol handler, a java.io.File like API, RAP calls, NTLM HTTP Authentication, and more.
JMyra 2.0 beta 3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118421/
JMyra is a Java logging and monitoring platform. Using its own lightweight Web server you can view threads, properties, log messages, runtime statistics, MBeans, and more. log4j API and java.util.logging API are supported, in addition to the JMyra logging API. JMyra uses an easy Web interface for nearly all) configuration tasks. An integrated user management with fine-grained access rights protects you if you are using JMyra to monitor your server application.
JVerify 1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118444/
JVerify is a Java application that enables you to monitor for changes in any file on your Unix system, but most notably executable binaries, thus alerting you to a possibly backdoored binary. It runs on any platform that supports JSDK 1.4.x and has a MySQL database (will expand to other DBs in the future).
kdraxx .2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118404/
kdraxx is another dark blue theme with some flames for flavor.
Kpcomp 0.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118417/
Kpcomp is a tool for scanning directories recursively and finding similar pictures. Matches are displayed, and some settings can be changed to improve or loosen matching.
KTamaga 0.7.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118432/
KTamaga is a KDE-based emulator for a tamagotchi. It tries to emulate all the functions of the original tamagotchi.
lightweight ident daemon 0.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118459/
lidentd is a small ident daemon for paranoid people. It can be chrooted, and does absolutely nothing other than fake identd. It doesn't use any config file, but everything is compiled in. All the security/debug/tuning options can be turned off statically.
LimeWire 2.9.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118503/
LimeWire is a multi-platform Gnutella client with nice features like auto-connect, groups, browse host, multiple search, upload throttling, connection quality control, library management and sophisticated filtering. It is built for the both the novice and power user.
linphone 0.10.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118452/
Linphone is a Web phone with a GNOME interface. It let you make two-party calls over IP networks such as the Internet. It uses the IETF protocols SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) and RTP (Realtime Transport Protocol) to make calls, so it should be able to communicate with other SIP-based Web phones. With several codecs available, it can be used with high speed connections as well as 28k modems.
logintop10 1.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118484/
LoginTop10 creates several "Top 10" lists from wtmp (usally in /var/log/) statistics. Lists include login frequency, login duration, busiest day of the week, busiest day of the month, and busiest month. It outputs a formatted HTML file.
Luola 1.1.0 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118476/
Luola is a cavern-flying game for 1-4 players. Each player flies a small V-shaped ship and has one special weapon. The object of the game is simply to destroy all other players.
mirmon 1.25
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118469/
Many project are mirrored worldwide. Mirmon helps in monitoring these mirrors. In a concise graphic format, mirmon shows each site's history of the last two weeks, making it easy to spot stale or dead mirrors. Mirmon quietly probes a subset of the sites in a given list, writes the results in the 'state' file, and generates a Web page with the results.
Morphix 0.3-4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118447/
Morphix is a modular LiveCD distribution. It is partly derived from KNOPPIX, and the rest comes directly from Debian.
mvnForum 1.0.0 beta3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118439/
mvnForum is a powerful, easy to use bulletin board.
MyPhpMoney 1.3RC3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118495/
MyPhpMoney is a tool written in PHP to manage bank accounts through a Web interface. It uses MySQL to store data and relies on the PHPLIB (template, session, and database abstraction).
ndustrix 1.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118500/
ndustrix is the C and LaTeX sources to "Notes on the Fractal Analysis of Various Market Segments in the North American Electronics Industry," an application suite for those in strategic marketing and optimization of business operations.
Nebulus 0.5.0 (For XMMS)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118516/
Nebulus is an OpenGL/SDL visual plugin for XMMS or AlsaPlayer. It features a lot of options, including fullscreen mode, effects priorities, and more.
Nessus 2.0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118420/
Nessus is a remote security scanner for Linux, BSD, Solaris, and other Unices. It is plug-in-based, has a GTK interface, and performs over 1200 remote security checks. It allows for reports to be generated in HTML, XML, LaTeX, and ASCII text, and suggests solutions for security problems.
netcount 0.7c
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118490/
netcount is a command line PPP traffic logging and statistics display tool for Linux. Logging is done via a small shell script which is called during the ip-up, ip-down, and system startup processes and from cron, while analysis and printing is done by a program written in Python. Statistics can be made on a per-call, daily, and/or monthly basis. Also part of the package is nstat, an X utility to display connection status, to hang up, and to start and terminate pppd.
neutralmixer 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118489/
neutralmixer is a simple, light Linux mixer usable in the X environment, working as an OSD. Running in the background, it becomes visible through [Ctrl]+[Shift]+[anArrow].
Open Source Traffic Exchange 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118403/
OSTE (Open Source Traffic Exchange) is a traffic/autosurf exchange. Its features include unlimited sites, the ability to view sites with popups, and much more.
OpenRADIUS 0.9.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118475/
OpenRADIUS is a RADIUS server that allows you to use external data sources for anything - shared secrets, accounts and passwords, profiles, session database, NAS lists, called/calling nr. ACLs, accounting storage, and much more. It has a powerful external module interface that uses pre-spawned subprocesses and pipes for communication, allowing you to implement modules in any language that supports Unix pipe I/O. Its behaviour is fully configurable, using a built-in business rule language, which gives you full control over the request and reply list. It includes a versatile LDAP gateway module and a full featured RADIUS client.
OZradio 0.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118411/
OZradio is a Linux FM radio player for KDE and GNOME. It supports BTTV-compatible FM and TV cards. It features the ability to save up to 10 preset stations, a volume control, a mute button, automatic frequency scanning, on-demand recording and replay of radio, and programable recording.
Pattern-lab 0.0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118486/
Pattern-lab is a pattern recognition program. It is optimized for OCR, but not constrained to it. The method used is mainly 'pattern matching'. Separation of merged patterns is one of the main goals. It is currently under development.
PCS Vision Uploader 0.9.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118461/
PCS Vision Uploader is a program written in PHP that allows you to send files to your Sprint PCS Vision Phone. Filetypes include jpg, png, mid, qcp, and wbmp.
Phorum 3.4.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118462/
Phorum is a threaded message board written in PHP whose goal is to be database and platform independent. It is used on many high-traffic/high-profile sites such as slackware.com, zend.com, and talk.thewb.com. Phorum is designed with high-availability and visitor ease of use in mind. Features such as mailing list integration, easy customization, and simple installation make Phorum a powerful add-in to any Web site.
phpAdsNew 2 RC 3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118453/
phpAdsNew is an advertisement server with an integrated banner management interface and a tracking system for gathering statistics. It allows paid banners to be easily rotated along with your own in-house advertisements, and can even integrate banners from third party advertising companies.
phpLG 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118410/
phpLG is a PHP looking glass utility, which is used to query Internet information from the machine on which it is running. It supports ping/ping6, traceroute/traceroute6, and host lookups (A, A6, AAAA, SOA, MX, NS, and PTR).
phpVideoPro 0.4.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118512/
phpVideoPro is a program to manage your collection of DVDs, Video CDs, and video tapes. It stores all data in a database, and provides you with features for adding/changing entries, displaying lists, printing labels and lists, and more. An online help system is built-in to guide you when necessary. Support for multiple languages is provided (English, German, French, Polish, Bulgarian, Swedish, etc.), and supported databases include MySQL and PostgreSQL.
Platform Independent Petri Net Editor Alpha 1.5 http://freshmeat.net/releases/118427/
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.
Rolo 006
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118477/
Rolo keeps track of contacts and displays with a text-based menu. It strives to be a well-constructed tool for complementing text-based email programs. It utilizes the vCard version 3.0 format for storing its contacts and interfaces with the end-user through an NCurses front-end.
Slackware Live CD 2.9.0.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118340/
Slackware Live CD is a 200MB live Linux distribution on CD that is based on Slackware. It features many add-ons, including the scripts required to create your own live CD.
Socket++ 1.12.9 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118510/
Socket++ library defines a family of C++ classes that can be used more effectively for using sockets than directly calling the underlying low-level system functions. One distinct advantage of Socket++ is that it has the same interface as that of the iostream so that the users can perform type-safe input/output.
SquirrelMail 1.4.0 RC2a (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118504/
SquirrelMail is a standards-based Webmail package written in PHP4. It includes built-in pure PHP support for the IMAP and SMTP protocols, and all pages are rendered in pure HTML 4.0 for maximum compatibility across browsers. It has very few requirements, and is very easy to configure and install. It has all the functionality you would want from an email client, including strong MIME support, address books, and folder manipulation.
SRG 1.0b1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118443/
SRG (Squid Report Generator) is a log file analyzer and report generator for the Squid Web proxy. It was created to allow easy integration with authentication systems such as those that are used for squid itself. It is fast and flexible, and can report details down to the individual files fetched.
strace 4.4.94
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118497/
strace is a useful diagnositic, instructional, and debugging tool. System adminstrators, diagnosticians and troubleshooters will find it invaluable for solving problems with programs for which the source is not readily.
sugarplum 0.9.10
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118445/
Sugarplum is an automated spam-poisoner. Its purpose is to feed large quantities of realistic and enticing but otherwise utterly useless data to wandering spam-bots such as EmailSiphon, Cherry Picker, etc. The intention is to so contaminate spammers' databases as to require culling out large portions, including any real data, and/or to require that spambots be instructed to avoid your site. It includes Apache mod_rewrite rules for known spambots.
Thy 0.4.258 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118478/