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[osdn business] July 02, 2003
Date: Wed Jul 02 2003 - 01:30:28 EDT
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Slashdot
Corbis Sues Amazon for Copyright Infringement
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/02/0432224
[0]Gedvondur writes "The story ran in the WSJ today, that the
Gates-owned image company, Corbis, is [1]suing Amazon.com for copyright
violations (PDF link). Apparently the suit was without warning to
Amazon. Amazon will use the DMCA to defend itself. Link goes to copy of
the WSJ article on Corbis's site."
Links
0. mailto:gedvondur@new.rr.com
Speakeasy Introduces Broadband WiFi Sharing Plan http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/02/0122216
An anonymous reader writes "Today, speakeasy (the greatest ISP ever)
sent out a letter from the CEO introducing their [0]NetShare Wi-Fi
plan. It lets you share your broadband with your neighbors, with
Speakeasy handling the billing and splitting the fee 50/50. More ISPs
should be like this!"
Links
0. http://www.speakeasy.net/netshare/
Netscape Founder Says Web Browsing Innovation Dead http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/01/2354205
mattOzan writes "Marc Andreessen told Reuters today that [0]browser
innovation ended five years ago (which would put us at about
[1]Navigator 4.5 beta -- what was so innovative about that? The
[2]"What's Related" button? [3]Beatnik integration?) "Navigation is an
embarrassment. Using bookmarks and back and forth buttons -- we had
about eighteen different things we had in mind for the browser." Well,
pass me the NDA and tell me what they were!"
Links
0.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=582&ncid=582&e=1&u=/nm/20030701/wr_nm/tech_internet_andreessen_dc
1.
http://wp.netscape.com/netcenter/newsletter/july1998.html
2.
http://wp.netscape.com/communicator/navigator/v4.5/
3.
http://www.beatnik.com/developers/faqs.html
On The Trail Of Super-Zonda
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/01/230238
[0]Dynamoo writes "BBC Radio 4 has been on the trail of the notorious
[1]Super-Zonda spammers and crackers, according to [2]this article.
Super-Zonda's trick is to find insecure hosts and pressgang them into
webservers for mail order brides, viagra and other spam favorites. In
this case a server is traced back to a hacked machine at a major
international airline. The BBC investigate some of the people allegedly
behind the spam in an investigation starting on the Spamhaus houseboat
in London and ending in the Netherlands via Moscow. The BBC point the
finger at Martijn Bevelander of [3]MegaProvider as being not the
innocent party he seems. The BBC provide some evidence to back this up,
and are not known for rash accusations."
Links
0.
http://www.dynamoo.com/
1.
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&scoring=d&q=super-zonda&sa=N&tab=wg
2.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3036092.stm
3.
http://www.bevelander.nl/
MandrakeSoft's Status Update
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/01/225223
[0]joestar writes "[1]MandrakeSoft today posted an [2]update letter
from its CEO about the company's health. Among other things, it's
interesting to learn that the company seems to be on the good track to
go out of the "chapter-11 protection" before the end of the year, that
it's taking part to several publicly-funded research projects, and that
Mandrake 9.1 is having a good success. They also thank for the warm
support they received from the community. Worth a read for all Mandrake
fans, like myself. Viva la Mandrake!"
Links
0. mailto:remi.damaye@voila.fr
1.
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/
2.
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/company/press/briefs?n=/mandrakesoft/news/2425Regulatory Fees on the 802.11 Broadcast Spectrum? http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/01/1850225
[0]Demerara asks: "I live in the Caribbean where I am putting together
a business plan for a WISP on St. Lucia. Imagine my surprise when I
discovered that the St. Lucian National Telecomms Regulatory Commission
[1]here licenses and charges [2]fees for 2.4Ghz spread spectrum
applications. It's nearly US$400 to apply and, get this, nearly US$800
per link, per *year*. This blows the economics of a WISP out of the
water. I may be reading the laws and regulations wrong but I don't
think so. For example - they even charge an application fee and an
annual license for the 'Family Band' walkie-talkies - look in the fees
PDF. I am attempting to find out the following: what international
agreements govern spectrum management; what international agreements
govern licensing of WiFi or 802.11; and finally, are there any Slashdot
readers out there who live in countries where 802.11 technology is also
licensed or heavily regulated? The [3]ITU website doesn't seem to
answer these questions or, to be fair, I cannot come up with the
keywords to find the answers. I'd love to hear from others who use or
operate 802.11 under less than 'free' regulatory regimes."
Links
0.
http://www.mcdis.com
1.
http://www.ectel.info/lca
2.
http://www.ectel.int/lca/Laws%20and%20Regulations/S.I.%20No.%2096%20of%202002.pdf
3.
http://www.itu.int/
Leave Outer Space to the Millionaires
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/01/180254
[0]tcd004 writes "Martin Rees, Britain's Astronomer Royal has an
interesting article in [1]Foreign Policy arguing that the future of
manned space travel [2]should be left to wealthy adventurers. He points
to the fact that modern state-funded space disasters become national
traumas, and argues that that gung-ho millionaires are more free to
take risks because they 'don't represent a nation; [they] represent
humanity.'"
Links
0.
http://www.lostbrain.com
1.
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/
2.
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/story.php?storyID=13790
Web Firms Choose Profit Over Privacy
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/01/1755214
An anonymous reader writes "[0]Web Firms Choose Profit Over Privacy details the tactics of retailers and marketers to sell customer data. Examples include promising not to sell consumer data, but then 'renting' the data, and the use of shopping cart software with different privacy policies than the merchant." Links
0. http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A54888-2003Jun30?language=printer
DARPA Looking into Hypersonic Bombers
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/01/1751250
while(true) writes "As [0]reported previously here on Slashdot,
hypersonic jets from NASA has recently been in the news. Now [1]DARPA
is showing interest in the military applications and is to host a
conference on hypersonic unmanned bombers. These bombers could be based
in the US and yet strike from space at any place in the world within 2
hours. BBC has a [2]report about these air/spacecraft that could be
operational by 2025."
Links
0.
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/25/1150249&tid=126
1.
http://www.darpa.mil/baa/sn03-23.htm
2.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3035332.stm
Electronic Giants Form CE Linux Forum
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/01/1646220
[0]Adam Wern writes "Matsushita Electric Industrial, Sony Corporation,
Hitachi, NEC Corporation, Royal Philips Electronics, Samsung
Electronics, Sharp Corporation, and Toshiba Corporation, today
[1]announced the establishment of the [2]CE Linux Forum. CELF will
discuss and formalize requirements for extensions to Linux to meet the
needs of CE products such as audio/visual products and cellular phones,
etc. CELF will publish such requirements and will accept and evaluate
open source solutions that support to meet the published requirements.
CELF will also promote broad usage of Linux for CE products. IBM, an
industry leader in Linux solutions and supporter of open standards
ecosystems, is pursuing membership and plans to be an active
participant in the CELF."
Links
0. mailto:brain@adamwern.com
1.
http://www.celinuxforum.org/PressRelease/pr02.htm
2.
http://www.celinuxforum.org/
Newsforge Reports
Selling Linux keeps getting easier
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/23/212208
- By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - Teresa Spangler started marketing Linux-based products back in 1997 as co-founder of a small startup company in North Carolina. From there she went to Red Hat. Now she's the U.S. general manager for Trustix. Teresa says Linux is an easier corporate "sell" today than ever before, and is likely to be an even easier one in the future.
Review: Windows Services for Unix 3.0
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/20/2127259
- by Russell Pavlicek - Microsoft may not be ready to announce its own Linux distribution, but it does sell a product with appeal for POSIX fans: Windows Services for Unix 3.0. Designed as a migration tool to assist organizations moving from Unix to Windows, SFU is also useful for organizations that need to live with both Unix and Windows.
The Fud Thickens
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/20/214203
- By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - Along with the SCO nonsense, we're seeing an increase in anti-Linux FUD. Is this a campaign orchestrated by the producers of our favorite near-monopoly proprietary operating system? Or are the FUD-sters simply using the SCO situation as an excuse to spew their venom? Whatever answer you have to these questions, you had better be very polite if you post those answers in a public forum like NewsForge, because if you ...
Newsforge Newsvac
Battle between Linux and Microsoft
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/2048233
US-based computer maker Sun Microsystems and business software giant Oracle Corp on Wednesday announced an alliance intended to break into Microsoft's dominance in India's server market.
Dell details new Linux-on-Itanium 2 server http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/1818228
Michael S. Mimoso writes "This week's release of the TOP500 supercomputing list illustrates the breadth to which Linux is present in compute-intensive environments. A Linux cluster built for the Lawrence Livermore Laboratories in the United States ranked No. 3 on the list, for example."
New VariCAD 9.0.1.0 Released
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/1819248
Marek Dedecius writes "VariCAD (www.varicad.com)is proud to announce the recent release of its mechanical CAD system - VariCAD 9.0.1.0. The compact CAD package includes many powerful tools for 3D modeling and 2D drafting, libraries of mechanical parts, surface development, calculations of standard mechanical components, tools for working with bills of materials (BOM) and title blocks. It is a compact system featuring all necessary tools that the ...
Mandrake Goes For High Performance Clustering http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/1754240
uninet writes "At the International Supercomputer Conference 2003 today, MandrakeSoft announced its latest entry to the company's growing portfolio of middle-to-high end server products. MandrakeClustering is a high performance clustering distribution for IA-32 and AMD64 (Opteron) architectures. IA-64 support should come in September, the company reported."
UnitedLinux Launches "UnitedLinux Ready" Partner Program for Independent http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/1659249
WAKEFIELD, Mass. -- June 25, 2003 - UnitedLinux, the industry consortium comprised of Conectiva, The SCO Group (NASDAQ:SCOX), SuSE Linux and Turbolinux, today introduced the UnitedLinux Ready Partner program for Independent Software Vendors (ISVs). This program allows ISVs to self-test and certify their products on UnitedLinux. Upon the completion of certification, ISVs will be designated "UnitedLinux Ready" partners, easily identified by end ...
SGI Linux Cluster Scores Well on Benchmarks http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/1648207
The SGI Altix 3000 server, running 64-bit Linux on Intel Itanium 2 processors, has scored very well on a number of industry standard performance benchmarks.
Sun signs up for Red Hat Enterprise Linux http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/1541215
Sun has entered into a global agreement with Red Hat to distribute the x86 versions Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
In Search of the Ultimate Linux-Server Programming Language http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/1536226
The safe bet in programming languages for Linux servers is, of course, Java. For those whose main concern is the secure transmission of code, it cannot be beat.
Oracle tool helps migration to Linux
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/1534221
In a move to throw further weight behind the company's Linux push, Oracle Wednesday introduced a new tool to help companies migrate from their existing E-Business Suite implementations to Linux.
LiFY - Linux customized for Education
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/159217
Linux for You writes "Linux for You magazine has just released LiFY - Linux customized for educational use.
Freshmeat
AdaOpenGL 0.10
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127903/
AdaOpenGL is an Ada-binding to OpenGL that aims at providing the latest OpenGL features in a collection of Ada packages.
ALE 0.4.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127933/
ALE aligns and merges several similar images from a digitizing device (such as a digital camera or scanner) into a single image. This may have the effect of producing a relatively alias-free image (sometimes called "anti-aliasing").
Allegro 4.1.11 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127874/
Allegro is a multi-platform game library for C/C++ developers that provides many functions for graphics, sounds, player input (keyboard, mouse, and joystick), and timers. It also provides fixed and floating point mathematical functions, 3D functions, file management functions, compressed datafile, and a GUI.
arch revision control system 1.1pre1 (tla Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/127875/
arch is a modern replacement for CVS, specifically designed for the distributed development needs of open source projects. It has uniquely good support for development on branches (especially good merging tools), distributed repositories (every developer can have branches in their own repository), changeset-oriented project management (arch commits changes to multiple files at once), and, of course, file and directory renaming.
ArX 1.0pre9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127990/
ArX is a distributed revision control system that features distributed repositories, fancy merging, support for renaming, unobtrusive operation, a Web interface, and revision libraries. It consists of a collection of shell scripts and C code, and brings together many shell utilities, SSH, HTTP, diff, and patch.
AspectC++ 0.7 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127960/
The AspectC++ project realizes an AspectJ-like approach for aspect oriented programming with C/C++. It provides an AspectC++ translator to weave AspectC++ code with C/C++ code.
Astaro Security Linux 3.219 (Stable 3.x) http://freshmeat.net/releases/127915/
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.
Author.CMS 3.3.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127881/
Author CMS is a flexible and scalable content management system. It has a usability-tested administration interface, a special installer that easily installs the system on your server, high-level functions that save considerable templates coding time, and a WYSIWYG editor.
BEJY 1.2.1.43
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127919/
BEJY is a modular server application. It has functionality similar to inetd and some helper classes/functions to ease the implementation of new protocols. It provides a generic multithreaded TPC/IP server implementation with optional SSL support, covering the complete connection and thread management. Each supported service provides its protocol implementation(s), where the protocol dependend handling is done. The current version comes with HTTP, SMTP, POP3, and IMAP protocol implementations. The HTTP protocol implementation also contains a servlet engine, a JSP engine, a handler to invoke CGI, and other useful things.
Brainfucker 0.0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127963/
Brainfucker is a compiler for the brainfuck programming language. Given a brainfuck input file it will generate output as an executable, assembler source file, or C++ source file depending on what the user specifies.
CCT Chinese TeX system 1.2 (CCT Chinese Fonts) http://freshmeat.net/releases/127886/
CCT is a Chinese Language Extention to TeX that was developed by the Academy of Sciences in Beijing.
Cherokee 0.4.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127873/
Cherokee is a tiny, ultrafast, lightweight Web server. It is implemented entirely in C, and has no dependencies beyond a standard C library. It is embeddable, extensible with plug-ins, and supports on-the-fly configuration by reading files or strings.
citecast Web Content Management 3.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127892/
citecast is a content management system written in PHP. Its features include fully dynamic page generation, storage of articles and images in a database, easy administration with a Web interface, a WYSIWYG editor for Mozilla >= 1.4 and MS IE >= 5.5 or above, realtime fulltext search, a flexible template system, realtime server-side image scaling, an extensible macro language, and language, workflow, and LDAP authentication modules. Note that it is currently only available in German.
CMS loa2003 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127787/
CMS loa2003 is an attempt to produce a cross-platform CMS using C# and SSCLI on Windows .NET and Mono. It provides an object database, security features, and much more.
Coriander 0.99.1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127928/
Coriander is a GUI that let you control your 1394 digital video camera interactively. It features SDL display, FTP image posting, file saving, and Real streaming. It is for IIDC cameras, not for consumer grade DV cameras.
cyrus2courier 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127948/
cyrus2courier is a little hack to convert a single mailbox from the format used by Cyrus-Imap into the Maildir++ format used by the Courier-Imap IMAP server.
DRT 0.3.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127901/
DRT is a design recovery tool for interactive graphical applications running under the X Window System. The tool automatically captures actions performed while using such an application. Functions particularly relevant to each action are highlighted. Moreover, the action itself is described visually from fragments of the application display. One can search and browse these actions to learn about the design of an application.
DTDDoc 0.0.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127945/
DTDDoc is designed to help document your DTDs efficiently. It is a straightforward extension of the Javadoc concept, and a not so straightforward implementation of some of the concepts solidified by Donald E. Knuth.
eChat 0.02
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127871/
eChat is a serverless messaging system dedicated to chat and messages exchange over TCP/IP. It is compatible with Vypress Chat and quickChat.
Effort: Zero Franchise Manager 0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127937/
The Effort: Zero Franchise Manager (EZFM) is a set of PHP files designed to minimize the effort needed to create a website for a Madden 2003 PC Franchise. One of the modes offered by Madden 2003 PC is the "Franchise" mode which allows you to play and manage a team over multiple seasons. This program aim to reduce some of the busywork by automatically generating Web pages to display the information contained in the Stat Files, and in a consistent and appealing manner.
Ensemblist 20030701
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127946/
Ensemblist is a 3D puzzle game in which you have to model a given shape with geometric primitives that you must assemble with boolean operations (using constructive solid geometry).
Enterprise Volume Management System 2.1.0 (Stable) http://freshmeat.net/releases/127925/
The Enterprise Volume Management System (EVMS) Project has the goal of providing unparalleled flexibility and extensibility in managing storage. It represents a new approach to logical volume management, as the architecture introduces a plug-in model that allows for easy expansion or customization of various levels of volume management.
eSKUeL 1.0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127898/
eSKUeL is MySQL database managment tool written in PHP. It can completly handle databases operations, including create, drop, rename, move, and insert into. It can also be completely skinned and adapted.
FSMGenerator 1.0b2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127902/
FSM Generator allows one to generate FSM implementation source code, in one of the available programming languages, from configuration files. The generated FSM can then be compiled together, executed, and interfaced by the user's software.
g3data 1.3.0rc3 (GTK-2.0)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127905/
g3data is a program for extracting data from graphs (i.e., scanned graphs from scientific publications). It can read many different image formats and outputs the extracted data through stdout or to a file.
genlop 0.16.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127965/
genlop is a small Perl script which shows you, in a nice colored output, useful information about your previously-emerged packages by looking into /var/log/emerge.log. genlop is for Gentoo/portage users only.
GraphTool 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127891/
GraphTool is a graph editor.
GTK-Lsof 0.9.14
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127877/
GTK-Lsof is a simple GTK 2 GUI for lsof.
Guikachu 1.3.5 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127934/
Guikachu is a GNOME application for graphical editing of resource files for PalmOS-based pocket computers.
Hotlist 0.2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127904/
Hotlist is a simple URL manager that handles bookmarks in an HTML file. At the moment all it does is add and delete URLs from a file. The idea is that if you are always finding URLs that you want to view but forget them when you get the chance to go online, then you should put them in this file and set it as your homepage.
Interactive Bandwidth Monitor 1.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127923/
ibmonitor is an interactive Linux console application which shows bandwidth consumed and total data transferred on all interfaces. It shows received, transmitted, and total bandwidth, calculates and displays the combined value of all interfaces; can display values in Kbits/sec(Kbps) and/or KBytes/sec(KBps), can show the maximum bandwidth consumed, can show average bandwidth consumption, and can interactively change its output display format.
Java Music Player 2.2 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127954/
jlGui is a Java music player. It is WinAmp skins 2.0 compliant. It supports MP3, Ogg Vorbis, AU, WAV, and AIFF audio formats. MP3 and Ogg streaming support is also available.
JavaDBF 0.3.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127882/
JavaDBF is a Java library for reading and writing Xbase files. It does not implement JDBC interfaces, but has a simple API of its own. It is useful if you need to communicate with a legacy application which can read and write only Xbase files.
JFaceDbc 1.2.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127918/
JFaceDbc is a JDBC client application written in Java. It can run as a stand-alone application or as an Eclipse Plugin, and features a GUI based on JFace and the SWT libraries from the Eclipse Project.
Karrigell 1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127878/
Karrigell is a simple Web programming solution, including a Web server and an SQL database (gadfly). It allows execution of Python scripts and of pages mixing Python and HTML, easy handling of authentication and sessions, building pages from components, and internationalization features. It comes with a complete documentation and several demos, including a wiki server, a forum, and a portal with personalization and news editing
LAM/MPI 7.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127974/
LAM/MPI is an implementation of the Message Passing Interface (MPI) parallel standard that is especially friendly to clusters. It includes a persistent runtime environment for parallel programs, support for all of MPI-1 (except MPI_Canceling sent messages), and a good chunk of MPI-2, such as spawn, one-way communication, C++ bindings, and MPI-IO.
libextractor 0.2.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127865/
libextractor is a library used to extract meta-data from files of arbitrary type. It is designed to use helper-libraries to perform the actual extraction, and to be trivially extendable by linking against external extractors for additional file types. The goal is to provide developers of file-sharing networks or WWW-indexing bots with a universal library to obtain simple keywords to match against queries. libextractor contains a shell-command "extract" that, similar to the well-known "file" command, can extract meta-data from a file and print the results to stdout. Currently, it supports the formats HTML, PDF, PS, MP3, OGG, JPEG, GIF, PNG, RPM, ZIP, Real, QT and ASF. Also, various additional MIME types are detected.
LibTomCrypt 0.79
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127883/
LibTomCrypt is a comprehensive, modular, and portable cryptographic toolkit that provides developers with a vast array of well known published block ciphers, one-way hash functions, chaining modes, pseudo- random number generators, public key cryptography, and a plethora of other routines. It has been designed from the ground up to be very simple to use. It has a modular and standard API that allows new ciphers, hashes, and PRNGs to be added or removed without change to the overall end application. It features easy to use functions and a complete user manual which has many source snippet examples.
Licq 1.2.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127899/
Licq includes all the basic features of ICQ, like sending/receiving messages, chat, file transfer, contact list with pixmaps and user status, basic/extended user info, adding/editing users from within the GUI, user history, user groups, and new user registration. All commands and information are available through a simple and convenient tab dialog. Licq also has a completely configurable user interface with Skin and Icon pack support. It is written in C++ and comes with a GUI plugin using the Qt widget set. Other plugins are also available.
LinPacker 0.4.8 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127976/
Linpacker is a tool to optimize the placement of rectangles in a band of semi-infinite size (2D bin packing problem). It can be useful for cutting stocks in trucks and factories.
Linux Bandwidth Arbitrator 5.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127913/
Linux Bandwidth Arbitrator allows beginning-to-advanced network administrators to control bandwidth. It is designed to be completely turn-key in its default configuration. You just plug it into your network trunk, and it self configures and immediately starts slowing "bandwidth hogs". It also comes with finer controls that are easy to use, and can be configured to target specific applications such as Kazaa, IMAP, and POP. Traffic can be limited by host IP, subnet, and content blocking.
lwm 1.1.2 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127943/
lwm (Lightweight Window Manager) is a window manager for X that tries to keep out of your face. There are no icons, no button bars, no icon docks, no root menus, no nothing. If you want all that, other programs can provide it.
Morphon XML-Editor 3.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127911/
The Morphon XML-Editor is a validating WSYSIWYG XML editor that lets you create and modify XML documents in an intuitive manner. Using DTDs (Document Type Definitions) and CSS (Cascading StyleSheets), the editor guarantees the integrity of your XML documents and presents them in a consistent and user-friendly way. The XML editor is bundled with the Morphon CSS Editor that can be used to customize your CSS, allowing you to change every aspect of the way the XML editor presents your document while editing. The CSS editor can also be used stand-alone to directly create CSS for the Web.
MoviX2 0.3.0rc2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127931/
MoviX2 is a small Linux distro that transforms your PC in a powerful multimedia box. Using the GUI version of mplayer to play audio/video files, after booting your PC with MoviX2 you will be able to play any DVD/VCD, most video/audio files (most noticeably DivX but generically any AVI, MPEG, QuickTime, WMV, ASF, MP3, and OGG), and also radio stations on the Internet if you are connected to a LAN. And since all systems will be completely loaded in RAM, you do not even need a HD to use MoviX2.
Mozilla 1.4final (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127872/
Mozilla is a Web browser that is being developed by the Free Software Community with the cooperation and support of Netscape. The current Mozilla is a completely new software based on the "NGLayout" layout engine and runs on almost all current operating systems. Mozilla's user interface is written on top of NGLayout using XUL and JavaScript. The Mozilla project only develops and tests the source code for other projects / companies to use. Netscape 6 (the Web browser from Netscape) and Beonex Communicator (an open-source project to make a Mozilla for end-users) are directly based on Mozilla. Many other projects use/embed Mozilla's rendering engine (e.g., Galeon).
Mutella 0.4.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127880/
Mutella supports all the functionality required to participate as a full-featured node in the Gnutella network (which implies support for file search, download, and sharing). It is optimized for a high-bandwidth connection where it sets standards for the server performance and stability, but it can also run on a modest-speed line. It features real multiple search support, passive search (all query-reply packets are checked against local search list), automatic re-submission of the queries, unlimited download retry, automatic search for alternative locations when download fails to start immediately, auto-get function for broken downloads, and much more.
noeGNUd 0.7.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127791/
noeGNUd is an alternate ASCII, 2D, and 3D user interface for nethack & slashem that uses SDL and OpenGL.
O-Zone's EDITor 0.1.0pre1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127900/
O-Zone's EDITor is a simple GTK+ 2 editor that is designed to be used for coding. Its design is based on SSEX, and it aims to be an integrated IDE.
OperaHotlist2HTML 2.10
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127927/
OperaHotlist2HTML is a script that converts Opera Hotlist files into HTML 4.01-compliant Web pages.
OSS 3.9.7k
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127866/
OSS provides sound card drivers for most popular sound cards under Linux, *BSD, Solaris, UnixWare, OpenServer, AIX, HPUX, LynxOS, VxWorks, and Tru64. These drivers support digital audio, MIDI, synthesizers, and mixers found on sound cards. These sound drivers comply with the Open Sound System API specification. OSS provides a user-friendly GUI which makes the installation of sound drivers and configuration of sound cards very simple. It supports over 200 brand name sound cards, and provides automatic sound card detection, Plug-n-Play support, support for PCI audio soundcards, and support for full duplex audio.
peksystray 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127951/
peksystray is a notification area (system tray) dockapp. It uses the freedesktop.org protocol, is similar to GNOME's Notification Area applet, and works with the pekwm harbour, the Window Maker dock, and the AfterStep wharf.
Pingwinek GNU/Linux 0.24
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127870/
Pingwinek is a Linux distribution made in Poland. The main desktop is GNOME 2.2. It supports only Polish and English languages.
PMK 0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127884/
PMK aims to be an alternative to GNU autoconf configure scripts. It attempts to avoid the use of scripts in packages that can hide trojans, to minimize the number of dependencies, and to be easy to use for users and developers.
pyDDR 0.7.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127973/
PyDDR is a clone of DDR ("Dance Dance Revolution") written in Python. The idea of DDR is simple. There's a mat with four directional arrows, and the game scrolls arrows up the screen to the beat while playing a song. When the arrows reach the top of the screen (not sooner and not later), the player hits the corresponding arrow on the pad, and given that it's hit on time with the beat, points are scored. Based on how well the dance is put together, s/he is graded at the end of the song. Both keyboard and mat play are supported.
QtRadio 0.6.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127907/
QtRadio (formerly KDERadio) lets you listen to the radio, add stations, etc.
ReadySET 0.8.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127939/
ReadySET is a project to produce and maintain a library of reusable software engineering document templates. These templates provide a ready starting point for the documents used in software development projects. Using good templates can help developers work more quickly, and they help prompt discussion and avoid oversights. Key features include: High-quality outlines, sample text, and checklists, use of simple Web technologies (pure XHTML and CSS), and templates for many common software engineering documents.
Report Writer 0.01
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127817/
Report Writer produces nice-looking PostScript reports that are defined in an XML file and based on data that are extracted from a database. The extraction is performed with DBIx::Recordset, so the syntax is the same as the syntax used by that package. A sample XML file is included. This file (trialbal.xml) is a report for Trial Balance from the FreeMoney project. The XML file contains sections for database, extraction criteria (the "search" section), page header, breaks (which is where Report Writer will make a nice total for you), and fields.
rss2html 0.1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127894/
rss2html will take RSS RDF files that any number of weblogs and other dynamic pages output and will turn them into HTML files. It is best suited for RSS versions pre-1.0.
safecat 1.11
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127926/
Safecat copies standard input to a qmail-style maildir as reliably and quickly as qmail itself. It can be used to deliver mail messages to qmail folders, or to spool data securely for later use by non-email-related applications. Safecat was originally written as a spooling utility for a CGI-based data collection application; it was inspired by the super-reliability of Dan Bernstein's maildir algorithm.
samhain 1.7.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127912/
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.
Scout Tracker 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127972/
Scout Tracker allows Scout leaders and Scouts to track their troop's progress online.
Seminole Webserver 2.32 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127917/
Seminole Webserver is a portable Web server designed to be used in embedded systems, where memory space is at a premium. It is written in C++, and has a mechanism to direct requests to application-specific code, complete with the decoding of "CGI" parameters. It also includes a "filesystem" that can package up Web content (and optionally compress it) and store it in a ROM or other "flat" device. It comes with a simple example to make it a standalone Webserver under POSIX platforms for evaluation and testing.
Sendmail 8.12.10.Beta2 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127957/
Sendmail is a Mail Transfer Agent, which is the program that moves mail from one machine to another. Sendmail implements a general internetwork mail routing facility, featuring aliasing and forwarding, automatic routing to network gateways, and flexible configuration.
SoC GDS 5.2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127955/
SoC GDS is a platform for enabling hierarchical SoC integration and verification across traditional EDA frameworks based on Virtual Components per the VSIA guidelines. It is also a fast viewer and processor for native GDSII files. It encompasses a set of powerful functions allowing automatic cell renaming, grid verifications, GDS II files merging (AND), physical comparison (XOR), hierarchy modifications, and conversion to text format.
SOT OFFICE 2003
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127910/
SOT Office is an office suite, partly based on OpenOffice. It is fully compatible with other major office applications and can open and save .doc, .xls, and other common file formats. SOT Office is simple to use, and includes a printable user guide to help get you started.
Squirrel Jukebox 0.4.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127968/
Squirrel Jukebox plays all your local MP3 files via its own libmad-based decoder. It allows the tracks to be ranked and grouped in the user-preferred way. It also supports text searches by any ID3 tags or filenames. It is a commandline application. Currently only Linux is supported (OSS).
StarDict 2.2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127863/
StarDict is an international dictionary written for the GNOME environment. It has powerful features such as glob-style pattern matching, scan selection word, and fuzzy query, etc.
TaskJuggler 1.9.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127935/
TaskJuggler is a project management tool for Linux and UNIX system-based operating systems. Projects can be defined in a simple text format, listing tasks and their dependencies. Reports are returned in HTML or XML format. TaskJuggler does not only honor the task interdependencies but also takes resource constrains into account. Using its powerful filtering and reporting algorithms, the user can create task lists, resource usage tables, status reports, project calendars, and project accounting statements.
TinyMARE 1.0.9616
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127869/
TinyMARE (Multi-user Adventure Roleplaying Epic) is a text-based MUD server completely rewritten for efficiency using TinyMUSH and TinyMUSE as a basis for its game engine. The server is designed for creating an extensive, novelistic role-playing atmosphere supporting real-time combat, day & night, seasons, and global weather. Using a telnet client, players can log on to explore a virtual world, find magical items, learn skills and techniques, and group together to surpass obstacles you create in your own epic adventure.
tki2xml 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127893/
tki2xml generates XML code from tkined (scotty) files. XML is a good base for further processing, like generating online reports with PHP, etc.
TOAD C++ GUI Library 2003-07-01 (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/127868/
The TOAD C++ GUI Library is a set of classes to create graphical user interfaces with the X Window System. While still under development, it aims to be an alternative to other popular GUI libraries in the future by providing innovative features that ease the development process.
TrackStudio Enterprise 2.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127906/
TrackStudio Enterprise is a powerful and scalable multi-platform defect tracking system based on Java. It includes a Web-based workflow manager and bug filter (AND, OR, and NOT). It supports custom fields, multi-level security, rule-based email notification, PDF reports with charts, locales, and timezones. It allows you to organize your database into projects and subprojects, and works with any database.
TuxCall 0.5 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127924/