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[osdn business] April 09, 2003
Date: Wed Apr 09 2003 - 04:30:28 EDT
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Slashdot
Have You Really Read Your ISP's TOS?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/09/018236
NewtonsLaw writes "[0]XTRA, New Zealand's largest ISP is in the process
of losing customers in droves after it announced its new [1]Terms of
Service which seek to claim rights over customers intellectual property
(see the [2]Slashdot discussion). Now, if that wasn't enough,
[3]Aardvark Daily reports that the ISP is also banning its users from
saying bad things (anything 'detrimental to our reputation or to our
brand') about it. I wonder how many slashdotters have actually read
their own ISPs' terms of service in detail? Is this type of IP-grab and
clampdown on free speech is unique to Xtra or is it slowly pervading
the whole industry, right across the globe?" Read on for Xtra's
amendments to the original IP-grab terms, though.
Links
0.
http://www.xtra.co.nz/
1.
http://xtra.co.nz/help/0,,4932-580616,00.html
2.
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/07/0243239&tid=158
3.
http://aardvark.co.nz/daily/2003/0409.shtml
Are Printers What They Used To Be?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/09/0249245
[0]Fifster asks: "Has anyone noticed any trends in terms of printer
quality nowadays? Perhaps it's just me being nostalgic, but I used to
have an old HP Deskjet 500 maybe...ten years ago, and it worked for
years. Sure, it wasn't colour, and it was noisy and somewhat slow, but
it never died. After I decided to retire it and buy a fancy new colour
printer with features I don't really need, I've gone through about a
printer a year. I finally decided to get a [1] Brother HL-1440 laser
printer to avoid the cost of cartridges after my last HP died after I
replaced an expensive cartridge. Has anyone else noticed this trend of
poorer and poorer quality printers, at least in terms of life
expectancy?"
Links
0. mailto:kidfifi@earthlink.net
Sun May Use Opteron Chips
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/09/0156259
Runnin_Rob writes "[0]CNET Nets.com is [1]reporting that Sun is likely (not definite, but likely) to start using AMD’s Opteron in the near future. The article also discusses how Linux is pushing for greater acceptability of Solaris x86 because 'All of the sudden it is OK to (put) something other than Windows.'" Links
Gas Clouds As Giant Telescopes
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/09/0135211
[0]allrong writes "Astronomers have found a way to harness clouds of
gas in space to make a natural 'telescope' more powerful than any
manmade telescope currently in operation. Read the [1] press release or
take a look at the [2]images and description of the process."
Links
0.
http://www.allrite.net/
1.
http://www.atnf.csiro.au/news/press/gasclouds.html
2.
http://www.atnf.csiro.au/news/press/images/gascloud/
Slashback: Taplight, Handheld, Samba
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/08/2332216
Slashback is packed tonight with updates and clarifications on several fronts: read on below for, among other things, BitTorrent download stats after the recent Red Hat 9 release, the BSA's questionable statistical methods when it comes to calculating incentives and losses in the source-secret software world, and (can you believe?) yet another way to assemble an eerie pulsing light fixture.
A Title To Replace "Systems Administrator"? http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/08/2237213
sjanich writes "A discussion has begun at SAGE on an updated title to replace "Systems Administrator". I figure more sysadmins are reading Slashdot than are reading SAGEwire. Rob Kolstad of SAGE wrote: 'What in the world do we call the collective group of those people who make computers work properly? I'm not talking about users, and I'm not talking about software developers. I am thinking of: system administrators, LAN administrators, network administrators (both kinds!), security administrators, e-mail administrators, desktop support groups, database administrators, and all the other kinds of support that keep the IT function of an institution running -- what is this huge group called?' My favorite options are "Computer Infrastructure Practitioner" or "Computer Infrastructure Specialist". The original discussion can be found [0]here at SAGEwire." Links
0. http://sagewire.sage.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/02/2350226&mode=thread
Chinese Sites Band Together To Counter Google http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/08/217230
egoff writes "[0]The China Search Alliance is a coalition of over 200
Chinese internet portals that have joined together to try to capture
the Chinese search market before Google can [1]"invade." Started by
[2]China.com.cn, an official government portal, the CSA has now
expanded to include mainly commercial, non-governmental, Chinese sites.
According to Guangzhou-based New Express News, Google has [3]already
approached several Chinese firms about forming a partnership. Being
that it started in the government, this looks like a tool for
[4]greater control while appearing to be in open competition with
Google."
Links
0.
http://www.chinasearch.com.cn/
1.
http://www.interfax.com/com?item=Chin&pg=0&id=5630317&req=
2.
http://www.china.com.cn/
3.
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/thestandard/news_detail_frame.cfm?articleid=38154&intcatid=2
4.
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/11/2021257&tid=153Intel Pushes 802.16a Wireless MAN Standard http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/08/1955248
An anonymous reader writes "The 802.16a standard, approved in January
of this year, is a [0]wireless metropolitan area network technology
that will connect 802.11 hot spots to the Internet and provide a
wireless extension to cable and DSL for last mile broadband access. It
provides up to 50-kilometers of range and allows users to get broadband
connectivity without needing a direct line of sight with the base
station. The wireless broadband technology also provides shared data
rates up to 70-Mbit/s."
Links
0. http://www.ebnonline.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=8600222
Networked Refrigerated Microwave
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/08/1942229
shades6666 writes "BBC news is reporting that [0]Tonight's Menu Intelligent Ovens has developed a [1] refrigerated microwave that can be controlled over the net or by mobile phone. The prototype uses a Peltier cooling device. It expects the appliances to be ready by the end of the year, costing around $2,000." Links
Deus Ex Writer Discusses 'Dangerous Technology' http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/08/1746213
[0]Dan Weaver writes "One of the writers for the exceptionally good
action RPG [1]Deus Ex has authored a [2]rather thought-provoking Salon
article on the Bill-Joy theme of dangers posed by emergent technologies
and the difficulties that police states (both pleasant and
not-so-pleasant) encounter in dealing with them. In the light of
revelations about China's tardiness and confusion in addressing the
SARS epidemic, this article is particularly timely."
Links
0.
http://www.rdwarf.com/kioh
1.
http://www.deusex.com/
2.
http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/03/31/knowledge/index.html
Newsforge Reports
Ellison an oracle for open source?
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/02/2129211
- Lee Schlesinger - Larry Ellison is putting his money on open source development. Over the last couple of weeks headlines quoting Oracle Corp.'s chief executive officer have included "Oracle ups Linux efforts with ISV program" and "Linux will wipe Microsoft out of data center." What's his rationale?
Report from the first Oregon open source hearing http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/08/1630253
- By Doug Dingus - 3 April 2003 - It was an early morning, uneventful drive to the State Capitol building in Salem, Oregon. Upon arrival, I found the staff pleasant and efficient. All I had to say to the woman at the information desk was "Open Source." Her reply was swift and on target: "Down the hall, turn right, continue past the green carpet. It's on the left."
There may never be another software billionaire http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/28/2125237
- By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - We often forget that that idea of software as a boxed, mass-market, proprietary product is only about 30 years old. During these three decades, the software industry has made a number of individuals wealthy. But this era may be over. The future of software may not have room for new billionaires, even though there is a growing demand for new software, and opportunities for people who write that software will continue ...
Newsforge Newsvac
Oracle executive: Linux is not a homemade television
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/09/0353254
Michael S. Mimoso writes "NEW YORK -- Oracle Linux executive Dave Dargo told attendees of the Linux on Wall Street Conference on Monday that IT needs to start treating Linux as an enterprise product. We need to stop looking at Linux as a starting point -- as a Heathkit, a box of bits," said Dargo, vice president of Oracle's Linux Program Office."
Perl Booth by Israel.pm at GO-Linux
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/09/0459203
On 10th of April 2003 there will be a commercial Linux conference in Tel Aviv, Israel called GO-Linux.
Grady Booch looks at software development's past, present, and future http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/09/0416230
Anonymous Reader writes "The new The Rational Developer Powerpack has been released, it includes XDE - Java Platform, XDE - .NET Platform, Rational Rose Enterprise Edition, Rational Rose RealTime, PurifyPlus, software evaluation guide, technical articles and whitepapers, valuable code snippets and reference applications, a handy quick-reference posters and much more. Also take a look at this interview with Rational Chief Scientist Grady Booch, ...
Updated Mandrake boot disks
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/09/0457218
PC owners with more than 1GB of memory or with Promise IDE controllers might be interested to know that there are some updated boot disks for Mandrake 9.1 available which fix a couple of problems with those configurations.
icepack-linux infos about the next releas (i3) http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/09/0413243
Ralf Schülke writes "2003-04-04: icepack login manager 2.9.1 released, next: icepack linux 2.91 release.
Open source versus open standards
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/09/0455226
The term "open" has been used and abused by the purveyors of technology for a couple of decades now, so it should come as no surprise that technology users are taking their turn. Today, the term has become associated with software source code, industry standards, developer communities and a variety of licensing models--four distinct phenomena that are often intermingled in indistinct ways.
Redback Networks Selects DinoStor TapeServer and Reliaty Backup to Optimize Availability of Critical http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/09/0410246
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. and AMHERST, NH April 7, 2003 DinoStor, a pioneer in network enabled backup solutions, and Reliaty, a prominent developer of advanced data protection solutions, announced today that Redback Networks Inc. (NASDAQ: RBAK), a leading provider of next-generation networking equipment optimized for IP service delivery, has selected DinoStor TapeServer and Reliaty Backup to protect Redbacks business critical data, improving the ...
Sometimes, More Is More
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/09/0452231
I've written in the past that I prefer KDE to GNOME as a desktop environment, and after reviewing the latest versions of these two environments, both in their vanilla and Red Hat-tweaked forms, my preference for KDE has held fast.
Interview with Jeff Nguyen of ASL
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/09/0329201
jeremy writes "In an interview with Jeff Nguyen, the CEO of ASL, LinuxQuestions.org asks where Linux is going, what Linux is missing, and what ASL has done to be able to survive and flourish while so many other Linux hardware vendors have gone under."
One-on-one with Richard Stallman, part 1 http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/09/0326233
Michael S. Mimoso writes "The SCO-IBM dispute raises many questions. If SCO Group prevails in court, could the GNU/Linux operating system be stripped of important code? Should users worry about future challenges from other groups? And will the flap slow enterprise adoption of free software? Richard Stallman's answers: No, no, and who cares?
Freshmeat
2-Disk X window embedded Linux 1.0.6 (Source code)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118961/
2-Disk X window embedded Linux is a tiny net-centric Linux that aims at portable secure remote system usage. It contains many utilities including: X Windows, vncviewer, rdesktop, a Web browser, a file manager, a text editor, a terminal, a window manager, a menu system, a dialog system, X scripting facilities, and many others. It aims to work from 1 or 2 floppy disks in any remote location.
Astaro Security Linux 3.217 (Stable 3.x) http://freshmeat.net/releases/118985/
Astaro Security Linux is a firewall solution. It does stateful packet inspection filtering, content filtering, user authentication, virus scanning, spam protection, VPN with IPSec (PKI for X.509 certificates) and PPTP, Wireless LAN, VLAN, PPPoE, PPPoA, and much more. With its Web-based management tool, WebAdmin, and the ability to pull updates via the Internet, it is pretty easy to manage. It is based on a special hardened Linux 2.4 distribution where most daemons are running in change-roots and are protected by kernel capabilities.
b-frame 0.1.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118943/
b-frame is a framework for rapid J2EE development. It is based on the assumption that it is possible to create business (i.e. transactional client server) applications just from knowing their structure. It defines sets of XML tags for describing databases and applications operating on these databases (application layer) and template implementations (implementation layer), respectively. It provides XSLT-stylesheets (core layer) for merging the user provided application layer and the template layer into real applications. By default, it comes with a J2EE implementation layer.
Baltra 1.6.2+Baltra-beta
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118918/
Baltra is an AFP file sharing service for Apple Macintosh computers. The service runs on Unix computers, including Linux and Mac OS X. The service is designed to store files in a way compatible with Mac OS X, and to be run in parallel with other file sharing services such as Samba and NFS.
baudline 0.95
http://freshmeat.net/releases/119024/
Baudline is a real-time signal analysis tool and an offline time-frequency browser. It has a built-in tone generation capability and it can play back audio files with a multitude of effects and filters. Designed for environmental analysis missions that range from modulation parameter measurements to searching for transient signals that go bump in the night, baudline combines fast digital signal processing, versatile high-speed displays, and continuous capture tools for hunting down and studying elusive signal characteristics.
BenMP3 1.0.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/119009/
BenMP3 is a small and powerful sound player for the Linux console (with or without ncurses). It can play MP2, MP3, MPEG, OGG, wav, aiff, xm, it, mod, and CD formats. It has French and English interfaces.
Binc IMAP 1.1.4-1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118954/
Binc IMAP is a simple xinetd/tcpserver based IMAP server with support for Maildir. It is very easy to install and use.
bk_edit 0.6.13
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118987/
bk_edit is an easy to use bookmark manager and editor. The program can read, write, edit, create, manage, and convert the bookmarks of the most popular browsers. There is also a simple drag and drop interface for adding new bookmarks from a running browser in a very comfortable way. There are plugins for Mozilla, Opera, Galeon/XBEL, and Netscape.
Cheetah Server 1.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118979/
Cheetah is a very minimal Web server for testing small local sites, or to continue to serve some content while configuring your primary Web server. It has very few features (and is single-threaded, non-forking for now), except that it will serve files in a directory under a user-specified port, does not require root access, and can serve Last Modified information to aid caching.
CleanIce 1.2.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118936/
CleanIce is a simplistic, semi-flat theme engine for GTK+ 2.x, based on the ThinIce and Clean engines of old. The GTK+ 2.x engine has many benefits over the original theme. The arrows are more consistent, the colors are slightly revised to be more usable, etc.
Contact_Vcard_Build 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118981/
Contact_Vcard_Build is a PHP class to build and fetch vCards (versions 2.1 and 3.0).
Contact_Vcard_Parse 1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118989/
Contact_Vcard_Parse is a PHP class that allows you to parse vCard files and text blocks, and get back an array of the elements of each vCard in the file or text.
Dasher 3.0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/119003/
Dasher is an information-efficient text-entry interface, driven by natural continuous pointing gestures. It is a competitive text-entry system wherever a full-size keyboard cannot be used--on a palmtop or wearable computer, when operating a computer one-handed, by joystick, touchscreen, trackball, or mouse, or when operating a computer with zero hands (i.e., by head-mouse or by eyetracker).
DazLi's Gnometris Themes 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118935/
DazLi's Gnometris Themes is a collection of backgrounds and blocks for Gnometris.
dnotify 0.13.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118995/
dnotify is a simple program that makes it possible to execute a command every time the contents of a specific directory change in Linux. It is run from the command line and takes two arguments: one or more directories to monitor and a command to execute whenever a directory has changed. Options control what events to trigger on: when a file was read in the directory, when one was created/deleted, etc.
Duali 0.1a
http://freshmeat.net/releases/119012/
Duali is an Arabic spellchecker.
fwlogwatch 0.9.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118948/
fwlogwatch is a packet filter and firewall log analyzer with support for Linux ipchains, Linux netfilter/iptables, Solaris/BSD/HP-UX/IRIX ipfilter, Cisco IOS, Cisco PIX, Netscreen, Windows XP firewall, Elsa Lancom router, and Snort IDS log files. It can output its summaries in text and HTML, and it has a lot of options. fwlogwatch also features an interactive incident report generator and realtime anomaly response capability with a Web interface and internationalization.
Gemz 0.96
http://freshmeat.net/releases/119006/
Gemz is a clone of the popular game Bejeweled. It is written in C using SDL. Other than the standard gameplay, it also supports saving/loading of games and the ability to change graphical tileselts.
Gnumeric 1.0.13 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118993/
Gnumeric is a powerful and easy to use spreadsheet using GNOME. Its goal is to provide a full featured spreadsheet and a smooth migration path for people and organizations currently using proprietary applications. It provides more sheet functions and greatly improved accuracy when compared to Microsoft's Excel. A plugin system lets you extend Gnumeric, adding functions, I/O formats, and real time data capabilities. The existing Python, Guile, and Perl plugins let you define complex functions. Gnumeric is capable of reading and writing MS Excel, and reading Lotus, Applix, Quattro Pro, OpenCalc, XBase, DIF, SYLK, HTML, Psion, MPS, oleo, sc, misc. text formats, and its native XML. It can also generate Latex, HTML, and others.
Grany-3 2.0.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/119023/
Grany-3 is a full-featured cellular automaton simulator, made in C++ with Gtk--, flex++/bison++, doxygen and gettext, useful to granular media physicists.
Group-Office 1.01
http://freshmeat.net/releases/119015/
Group-office is Web-based office suite written in PHP that is extensible with modules. It features user management (optionally synchronized with system and Samba), module management, an e-mail client, a file manager, a scheduler, and project management.
GUJ Chat 0.9.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118973/
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.
Gullydeckel Chess Program 2.15pl6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118971/
The Gullydeckel chess playing program allows you to play a game of chess against a not-too-strong opponent. Most people use Gullydeckel as backend for a Chess GUI such as xboard. The source works for Linux and other systems.
GWhere 0.1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118945/
GWhere allows you to manage a database of your CDs and other removable media. GWhere makes it easy to browse your CDs or to quickly search without having to insert each of your CDs into the drive.
ICMP-Chat 0.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118972/
ICMP-Chat is an encrypted console-based chat program that uses ICMP packets to communicate. ICMP-Chat uses Blowfish for encryption. It is a peer-to-peer chat program that enables you to hide your chat and chat through certain firewalls which allow ICMP traffic.
J/CarnacGIS 2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118982/
J/CarnacGIS allows software developers to integrate interactive map views into their own applications. Written entirely in Java, it offers a rich graphics environment for building stand-alone or Web-enabled clients for spatial data analyses. J/CarnacGIS components interface easily with existing systems to provide enhanced services while preserving investments in data and infrastructure.
jGal D2 [2003-04-08]
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118977/
jGal is a Perl script that generates static XHTML image galleries, along with thumbnails and slides, from image files. It's derived from iGal.
JWall 0.65 (alpha)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118997/
JWall is a Java-based application for graphically building and installing rules for one or more firewalls, local or remote.
KdeGiFT 0.6.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118966/
KdeGiFT is a KDE client for the giFT file sharing network.
Kernel Mode Linux 2.5.67_001 (For Linux 2.5) http://freshmeat.net/releases/118990/
Kernel Mode Linux is a technology which enables the execution of user programs in a kernel mode. In Kernel Mode Linux, user programs can access kernel address space directly. Unlike kernel modules, user programs are executed as ordinary processes (except for their privilege level), so scheduling and paging are performed as usual. Although it seems dangerous, the safety of the kernel can be ensured through such methods as static type checking, software fault isolation, and so forth.
KNetworkConf 0.4.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118913/
KNetworkConf is a KDE application to configure TCP/IP settings on a Linux machine.
KStars 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/119018/
KStars is a graphical desktop planetarium for KDE. It provides an accurate simulation of the night sky, as seen from any location on Earth, on any date. The display includes 40,000 stars, 13,000 deep-sky objects, 2500 comets and asteroids, all 8 planets, and the Sun and Moon.
LabPlot 1.0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118976/
LabPlot is a KDE application for data plotting and function analysis. It support both 2D and 3D plots and tries to emulate most of the functions supported by Microcal Origin.
libspopc 0.5.2 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118965/
libspopc is a simple-to-use POP3 client library. It's primary goal is to provide an easy and quick way to host a POP3 client within a program to C developers without exposing them to socket programming. However, the socket layer is also accessible. libspopc allows mail programs to connect to many POP accounts and manage email. It implements the client side of RFC 1939. The email client can download email headers before downloading the entire message.
linuxsms 0.62
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118991/
Linuxsms is a Perl script to send SMS to GSM phones. There is support for multiple servers/gateways (some servers require registration). The script has an adressbook, the ability to compress SMS, and the ability to check for new versions.
Mailgust 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118963/
Mailgust is a mailing list manager, newsletter distribution tool, and message board system. All sent mail is stored on a Web message board for visitors to read. It features unlimited lists, many different read and write permission settings, HTML newsletters, post approval, no timeouts, a Web archive, list importing, notification management, and much more.
man2web 0.80
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118931/
man2web converts man (manual) pages to HTML via CGI or on the command line. man2web also allows for keyword (apropos) searching and generation of section indexes.
mharc 0.7.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118938/
mharc is a collection of scripts for generating and managing Web-based searchable mail archives. MHonArc, Namazu, and Procmail are required.
mod_auth_aix 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/119010/
mod_auth_aix is an Apache module which allows the Apache Web server to use AIX Loadable Authentication Modules as its source of basic authentication. Due to its generic approach, mod_auth_aix should work with any AIX Loadable Authentication Module, including DCE. "Loadable Authentication Modules" are AIX's way to extend the identification and authentication functions of the operating system. They are, to a certain degree, the AIX equivalent of the PAM and NSS mechanisms known to many other systems.
My Movies Database 2003-04-08
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118962/
My Movies Database is a movie DB management tool that allows the management of movies, actors, directors, friends and loans, physical supports, and languages. It also connects to the IMDB to retrieve movies data and avoid typing. Finally, it supports sending email messages to friends that do not return items.
NAT Monitor 0.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118969/
NAT Monitor is a graphical monitor to keep tracks of hosts' bandwidth usage in a Linux-NAT local network. NAT Monitor draws a stacked graph with a different color for every LAN host. It autodetects hosts and has a nice summary statistic.
NewsMonster Beta2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118944/
NewsMonster is an advanced Weblog manager, reputation system, micropayment economy, and semantic Web application. It allows the user to keep track of news and use reputation within the blogging community to help discover new Weblogs, important articles, and other compelling relationships.
nfstimesync 1.2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118959/
nfstimesync is a tool for synchronizing the time of an NFS server and client without root rights. It was developed to allow the "make" program work correctly with NFS. It was tested on Linux (i386, alpha, sparc), Solaris (sparc), and FreeBSD. It should be easily portable to any Unix with LD_PRELOAD enabled.
Open DP-500 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118970/
Open DP-500 is a replacement for the PC-Link software that comes bundled with the KiSS Technology DP-500 DiVX/DVD player, which streams movies, music, and pictures from an ethernet-connected computer. It is written in Java.
OpenGUI 4.0.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118951/
OpenGUI (formerly FastGL) is a high-level C/C++ graphics & windowing library built upon a fast, low-level x86 ASM graphics kernel. It provides 2D drawing primitives and an event- driven windowing API for easy application development, and it supports the BMP image file format. You can write apps in the old Borland BGI style or in a windowed style like QT. OpenGUI supports the keyboard and mouse as event sources, the Linux framebuffer, SVGAlib, and XFree86-DGA2 (HW accelerated) as drawing backends, Mesa3D under Linux, and 8, 15, 16, and 32- bpp color modes.
PHP Open Monitor 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118923/
PHP Open Monitor is a Web-based network monitor written with PHP. It lets you specify the hosts and ports that you wish to monitor. It can notify you via email/ICQ each time some host/port goes.
phpMyEdit 5.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118998/
phpMyEdit generates PHP code for displaying/editing MySQL tables in HTML. All you need to do is to write a simple calling program (a utility to do this is included). It includes a huge set of table manipulation functions (record adition, change, view, copy, and remove), table sorting, filtering, table lookups, and more..
Prince 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118967/
Prince is a batch formatter for converting XML to printable PDF and PostScript by applying cascading style sheets. It prints any XML document with special support for XHTML and SVG, which can both be used in combination with other XML languages.
Prometheus 1.2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118946/
Prometheus is a strategical game for 10 to 20 players which is played by email. This package contains a C++ program which is needed for hosting the game, a player's manual, and a set of images you need in the HTML-game printouts.
QDBM: Quick DataBase Manager 1.4.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118988/
QDBM is a library of routines for managing a database. It is developed referring to GDBM for the purpose of the following three points: higher processing speed, smaller size of a database file, and simpler API.
Rel 1.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/119004/
Rel is a program that determines the relevance of text documents to a set of keywords expressed in boolean infix notation. The list of file names that are relevant are printed to the standard output, in order of relevance. The boolean logical operators supported are, "&" for logical "and," "|" for logical "or," and "!" for logical "not." Parenthesis are used as grouping operators. Both phonetic and partial key searches are fully supported.
Simple C Expat Wrapper 0.2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118917/
The aim of SCEW is to provide an easy interface to the XML Expat library. Expat gives an API based on event handling mechanisms to load the XML tree structure. SCEW provides functions to load and access XML elements without the need to create the event handling routines and without the need to rewrite these functions each time a different XML tree needs to be loaded. It also lets developers access the internal Expat parser, which means they can still have all the functionality that Expat library provides. It has functions to create XML trees from scratch and save them to files.
Sirobot 1.0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/119025/
Sirobot is a Perl script that downloads Web pages recursively. The main advantage over wget is its ability to get them concurrently, and is able to continue aborted downloads and convert absolute links to relative ones. It uses curses, can do HTTPS, and has a pattern-matching filter to prevent you from downloading the whole Internet.
Slackware Live CD 2.9.0.12
http://freshmeat.net/releases/119016/
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.
SMATCH 0.47
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118950/
SMATCH is an experiment in finding Linux kernel errors. There are two main parts to Smatch. The first is a patch to the gcc sources to print out a lot of information. The second part is a collection of Perl scripts and libraries to analyze the information.
sord 0.4.0 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/119000/
sord is a C++ library that wraps around the operating system API for reading directories. It is cross-platform and thread-safe.
SPIN Distributed Software Verification Tool 4.03 http://freshmeat.net/releases/118949/
Spin is a popular software tool that can be used for the formal verification of distributed software systems. The tool was developed at Bell Labs in the original Unix group of the Computing Sciences Research Center.
The Card Community Project Software Tools 1.2 http://freshmeat.net/releases/119021/
The Cards Community Project is an economic system that does not use currency. Its software tools are used to typeset little 'cards' (which look like business cards) from plain-text emailable originals. A person's card tells others about her or his needs and abilities. Community members do things freely for one another, without asking for payment, and without bartering. No one keeps score; each person simply takes care that her or his own life is balanced and unexploited. This system encourages cooperation and sharing. People who participate are under no obligation to provide any service, or to continue playing, and there is no possibility of debt or obligation.
TicaTK 2.1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/119008/
TicaTK is a GUI toolkit for Web applications based on Javascript (on the client side) and PHP (on the server side). It provides an OO PHP API which allows complex Web interface creation and management (multiwindowing, drag-and-drop, contextual menus, etc.).
ttylinux 3.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118992/
ttylinux is a minimalistic Linux distribution that can fit in 4 MB of disk space. It contains software needed to log into an ISP by modem or ISDN, surf the Web, and provide Web content to the world. The minimum hardware requirement is a 386SX with 10 MB of RAM for a ramdisk setup or 5 MB of RAM for a hard disk setup.
tvmet 1.0.0 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118956/
This Tiny Vector and Matrix template library uses Meta Templates and Expression Templates (ET) to evaluate results at compile time, thus making it fast for low-end systems. Temporaries are avoided because of this. The produced code is similar to hand-coded code, but the quality of the code still depends on the compiler and its version. The dimensions for vectors and matrices are static and bounded at compile time using template arguments.
tXtFL 0.5.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/119001/
tXtFL is a text-based football simulator. Teams can be coached from the command-line, built through unique plays, and then tested on the field. It does not require 3D or even 2D accelerated graphics.
Verifica S.L.U. 0.9a
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118871/
Verifica S.L.U. is a tool for verifying reinforced-concrete sections of columns and beams (rectangular and T types) following the directives of EC2 (EuroCode 2) as implemented in the Italian normative (D.M. 9/01/1996). The solving routines are completely based on the “ultimate strength” model, which checks that the analyzed section is not overstressed. It uses a precise calculation of forces and their application points, interacts with the user through a simple and intuitive GUI, and presents results in graphical form using an integrated “interaction diagram”, often used in civil structure design. It was written using Kylix 2 OE.
vlorb 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118968/
vlorb is a high quality Audio CD-to-Ogg Vorbis audio file ripper and encoder. It features CDDB support, VorbisGain support, easy configuration, and flexibility.
Webmin 1.080
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118929/
Webmin is a web-based interface for system administration for Unix. Using any browser that supports tables and forms, you can setup user accounts, internet services, DNS, file sharing and so on.
wmDrawer 0.10.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118974/
wmDrawer is a dockapp which provides a drawer (button bar) from which applications can be launched.
wmstradio 0.2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118937/
wmstradio is a dock app that acts as a radio for streamed media. It reads a list of "channels" and allows them to be selected in a radio-like interface. wmstradio launches RealPlayer to connect to the site selected.
wping 0.1a
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118880/
wping is a Web-based graphical ping log. It logs ping response times to a user-defined list of hosts and produces a Web page that contains a current ping graph and a historic ping graph over a specified time period. Ping response times are averaged in order to give a smooth reading.
wv2 0.0.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118978/
wv2 is a portable MS Word .doc import filter. Currently, it supports Word 97, Word 2000, and Word 2002 (aka XP) documents; support for Word 95 and Word 6 is planned. Older versions like Word 2, 3, 4, and 5 aren't supported for now, but it's quite likely that they will be supported at some point.
Xeasyconfig 0.1.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118957/
Xeasyconfig is a PPC-only tool designed to help get a working XF86Config file. It uses X -configure and then adjusts to more appropriate options for PPC users after a few prompts.
xine xine-lib 1-beta10
http://freshmeat.net/releases/119007/
xine is a free multimedia player. It plays back CDs, DVDs, and VCDs. It also decodes multimedia files like AVI, MOV, WMV, and MP3 from local disk drives, and displays multimedia streamed over the Internet. It interprets many of the most common multimedia formats available--and some of the most uncommon formats, too. All those features come in a reusable library (xine-lib) which can easily be embedded in your applications.
XmlRpcCS 1.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118975/
XmlRpcCS is a simple XML-RPC client and server for C# and other .NET applications. It is similar to XML-RPC.Net, but is much lower tech, works with Mono, and does not require attributes, proxies, or IIS.
xmlwrapp 0.4.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118983/
xmlwrapp is a modern C++ library for working with XML data. It provides a simple and easy to use interface for the very powerful libxml2 XML parser.
xmms-cueinfo 0.2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/118996/
xmms-cueinfo is a plugin for XMMS that adds support for reading cue files. Cue files describe what tracks a single audio file contains, including performer and title information. xmms-cueinfo also makes it easy to seek to each track mentioned in the cue file.
xps 4.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/119022/
xps dynamically displays in an X Window the Unix processes as a tree or forest, the roots on the left and the leaf processes on the right. The status of each process (running, sleeping, stopped, etc.) can be indicated by a color. Different users appear as different colors. Process selection can be made per user, all users or through a regular expression pattern. A process can be selected to show ps information or to send the process a signal.
XT-Mail 2.5.1