|
|
| Applications |
| Mailing Lists |
| Miscellaneous |
| Operating Systems |
| Programming |
[osdn business] July 07, 2003
Date: Mon Jul 07 2003 - 01:30:28 EDT
OSDN NEWSLETTER
July 07, 2003 BUSINESS SERIES
The 'Business Series' Newsletter is developed to bring Open Source
related content to a user with a focus for business and migration issues
in Open Source. If you'd like to receive more content relating to
Open Source subscribe at
http://www.osdn.com/newsletters/
==============================================================
Sponsored by Thinkgeek
http://www.ThinkGeek.com/
Slashdot
Space Blog
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/06/2214253
[0]LooseChanj writes "[1]Ed Lu, a member of the Expedition 7 crew of
the ISS has been sending back some extremely well written and
interesting [2]commentary about his mission, and some of the things one
has to deal with in space. This is exactly the kind of stuff we need to
see more of out of NASA!"
Links
0. mailto:LooseChanj@yahoo.com
1.
http://www.astronautix.com/astros/lu.htm
2.
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/crew/exp7/luletters/
SARS Contained
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/06/223212
The World Health Organization has declared that [0]SARS is contained,
for now. Toronto has engaged in extensive [1]analysis of the outbreak
there, leading to a number of interesting and in-depth stories about
the progression of the disease.
Links
0. http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2003/07/06/MN305304.DTL
Linksys Releases GPLed Code for WRT54G
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/06/2121234
[0]petree writes "I stumbled across this on the [1]Linksys website.
Linksys has apparently caved to [2]community pressure and released the
[3]GPLed source for linux running on their [4]WRT54G. Cool Beans!"
Links
0.
http://brainsoup.duckies.org
1.
http://www.linksys.com/
2.
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/08/1749217&tid=193
3.
http://www.linksys.com/support/gpl.asp
4.
http://www.linksys.com/products/product.asp?prid=508
Gator-style Overlay Ads Are Legal, Says Court http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/06/2119239
[0]donutz writes "[1]C|Net has the scoop: "A federal court has ruled
that pop-up ads for rivals of U-Haul International, placed atop the
moving company's own site by a third-party software application, are
legal." In this case, it was ad serving company [2]WhenU.com placing
the ads, but this decision could have a big impact on the court cases
that involve competitor [3]Gator."
Links
0.
http://byzantinecommunications.com/adamhoward/
1.
http://news.com.com/2100-1024-1022791.html?part=dtx&tag=ntop
2.
http://whenu.com/
3.
http://gator.com/
Learning Reverse Engineering
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/06/2014230
[0]TheBoostedBrain writes "[1]Mike Perry and [2]Nasko Oskov have
written a very complete [3]article about reverse engineering. It
provides an introduction to reverse engineering software under both
Linux and Windows."
Links
0.
http://dan-alonso.org
1. mailto:mikepery@fscked.org
2. mailto:nasko@netsekure.org
3.
http://www.acm.uiuc.edu/sigmil/RevEng/
Nobel Prize Winners on Sci-Fi Flicks
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/06/1825209
scientistguy writes "In case you missed it, Harold Varmus, [0]Nobel
prize winning retrovirologist and cancer biologist, former [1]NIH
director, and current [2]head of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center, has written a [3]review of [4]28 Days Later in this weekend's
[3]New York Times. One would think that his time is more valuably spent
running important medical institutions, searching for new cancer
insights/cures, etc, but the dude's also an English lit major and has a
penchant for sci-fi. [4]28 Days Later is the new flick from director
Danny Boyle (Shallow Grave, Trainspotting, etc.) about a virus termed
rage that is advertently released from a Cambridge primate research
facility and goes on to devastate much of merry old England more
rapidly than the dragons did in [5]Reign of Fire. Although Varmus
appears to go out of his way to be even handed, it's clear that he has
a problem suspending disbelief on a topic (virology) that is near and
dear to him. Reviews from professional movie critics on 28 Days Later
have been mixed, but [6]Ebert and another [7]NY Times reviewer were
into it. Good, clean summer fun - aside from 'the scenes of maiming,
dismemberment, clubbing, shooting, bayoneting and shoplifting'."
Links
0.
http://www.nobel.se/medicine/laureates/1989/index.html
1.
http://www.nih.gov/about/director/varmus.htm
2.
http://www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/515.cfm
3.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/06/movies/06VARM.html?ex=1058068800&en=ae591d3dd44dd76f&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE
4.
http://www2.foxsearchlight.com/28dayslater/
5.
http://video.go.com/reignoffire/flash.html
6.
http://www.suntimes.com/output/ebert1/wkp-news-later27f.html
7.
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE6D8113BF934A15755C0A9659C8B63
Addicted to Information?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/06/1757258
[0]SiMac writes "According to this New York Times article, two Harvard
faculty members say that information causes a "dopamine squirt" in
humans, a rush similar to that given by narcotics. Just as narcotics
are addictive, information is as well. They've given the [1]disorder of
information addiction the name 'pseudo-ADD' because it tends to cause
somewhat ADD-like symptoms."
Links
Estonia: Where the Internet is a Human Right http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/06/1748224
[0]securitas writes "The [1]Christian Science Monitor reports on
technological change in Estonia, where an enlightened post-Soviet era
government believes the Internet is essential for life in the 21st
century and backs that up with legislation declaring Internet access is
a human right. Estonia is a country where hot, running water was a
luxury a decade ago. It's now a place where farmers have broadband
Internet, 80% of the people use online banking, Internet usage and
broadband penetration rates are comparable to Western Europe, and the
government conducts most business (meetings, votes, document reviews,
etc.) virtually through a system of networked computers. Not bad for a
country that only 10 years ago was a crumbling, bankrupt mess with a
network infrastructure to match."
Links
CD Burners with Built in Compression
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/06/1624217
EconolineCrush writes "Bored of new CD-R/RW drives that only seem to
decrease burn times by a few seconds over their predecessors? Check out
[0]this review of Plextor's PlexWriter Premium over at [1]The Tech
Report. With an advertised CD-R burn speed of 52X, the PlexWriter is
certainly fast, but its ability to encrypt the contents of burned data
CDs and squeeze nearly a Gigabyte of data onto a 700MB disc is what
sets it apart from other high-speed burners."
Links
0. http://www.tech-report.com/reviews/2003q3/plextor-premium/index.x?pg=1
Filesharing Up 10% After RIAA Threatens Users http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/06/153229
[0]Moldy-Rutabaga writes "Technews says [1]filesharing has gone up 10%
on some sites such as Grokster since the Recording Industry Association
of America's announcement on June 25 that it will start tracking down
and suing users of file-sharing programs. Wayne Rosso, president of
Grokster, commented 'even genocidal litigation can't stop file
sharers'."
Links
Newsforge Reports
Happy 4th of July!
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/30/2328239
July 4th is Independence Day here in the United States of America, so NewsForge is taking a three-day weekend except for a few NewsVac items we'll post between now and Monday. See you then!
Dear Microsoft resellers: It's time to look at Linux http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/30/2322205
- By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - We've been seeing stories lately indicating that Microsoft is beefing up its direct sales staff and relying less on independent resellers. If you're one of those resellers, it looks like it's time for you to start offering Linux and Free/Open Source solutions in addition to the Windows-based ones on which you've based your business in the past, if only in self-defense. Chances are, you and your clients will like ...
Fight spam with the DNS, not the CIA
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/02/0347225
- by John Fitzgibbon - It seems like spam is in the news every day lately, and frankly, some of the proposed solutions seem either completely hare-brained or worse than the problem itself. I'd like to reiterate a relatively modest proposal I first made over a year ago: Require legitimate DNS MX records for all outbound email servers.
Newsforge Newsvac
Xtops.DE: Promotion of FSC Linux Laptops for Stude
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/04/1353251
Werner Heuser writes "Fujitsu-Siemens (Germany) prolong their promotion of Linux laptops for pupils and students until the 31st of July. The laptops are bundled with a SuSE 8.1 Evaluation CD. Debian GNU/Linux can be installed on request. The machines are available from Xtops.DE (Berlin, Germany)."
An interview with lunar-linux developer Auke Kok http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/04/1346216
Q. Please tell us why Lunar Linux became your distribution of choice?
- About a year and a half ago I had gone through several distributions because none of them was meeting up to my personal demands of a good linux distro. I had already used SUSE on a couple of production servers but I ran into trouble when I tried to compile my own applications.
SCO's chief taking Linux beef to Japan
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/04/1335222
A decision by eight consumer giants, most of them Japanese, to throw their support behind Linux has the chief executive officer of SCO Group on the move. Darl McBride, whose company recently launched a legal attack on Linux for alleged patent infringements, will go to Japan this week in an attempt to prove his point with some of the manufacturers that came together last week as the CE Linux Forum (CELF).
Would Microsoft Open Sourcing NT be Linux's Nemesis? http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/03/2113210
Anonymous Reader writes "Microsoft has killed off Windows NT, but it should now release its source code to the open-source community in order to fight off the challenge from Linux, Munir Kotadia claims. OSNews debunks the suggestion and explains that it wouldn't make business sense for Microsoft."
Back to BASIC
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/03/2021257
Few languages have been as popular over the years as BASIC. Until about a decade ago, almost every programmer cut his teeth learning BASIC. Indeed, the name itself came from Beginner's All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code. If you've had BASIC training, can you find a familiar flavor that runs under Linux? Because it is not enough to find a good BASIC language implementation for Linux; one must find a BASIC language variant that approximates ...
Linux v Microsoft: the battle for hearts and servers http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/03/2019255
Storage on demand is a new concept that will help organisations maximise the value of their information assets. Find out how IBM on demand technologies like storage virtualisation and autonomic computing could help your company reduce costs and exploit enterprise data to the full.
Athene 3.1 Puts a New Face on Desktop Computing http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/03/1959240
Rocklyte Systems writes "Rocklyte Systems is pleased to announce the latest version of its free multi-platform operating system environment, Athene 3.1. Available for Linux and Windows, Athene supports the rare ability of being able to function on competing operating systems, while also maintaining its own independent OS infrastructure (the Athenyx 2003 CDROM series). The 3.1 release of Athene continues to make significant gains in the ...
ING Canada to Embrace Linux in Network Upgrade http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/03/1918204
Financial services firm ING Canada is now among the latest enterprise networks to embrace open-source operating system Linux as part of a wide-ranging plan to upgrade its Internet-based operations.
Playing with disaster could save lives for real http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/03/1833230
In a major disaster, it's one thing being able to put out fires efficiently and deal with medical emergencies on the spot, but you have to get your emergency vehicles there first.
EC funds project to promote Open Source in embedded systems http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/03/1728236
The European Commission (EC) has funded a project to promote the adoption of Open Source software, including Linux, in embedded systems. The project, known as Industrial Embedded Systems (INES), was funded by the European Community's Fifth Framework Programme for research, technological development, and demonstration activities. The initiative is investing in twenty-three "key actions," and the INES project is part of key action 4.2.4, ...
Freshmeat
3Flowers 0.11
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128402/
3Flowers is a mix of different fractals of a lotus flower, created with The Gimp.
Advanced Strategic Command 1.13.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128429/
ASC is a turn-based strategy game in the tradition of Battle Isle 2/3. It can be played against the computer or against other human players (either hotseat or by mail).
Advanced TFTP 0.6.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128430/
atftp is a client/server implementation of the TFTP protocol that implements RFCs 1350, 2090, 2347, 2348, and 2349. The server is multi-threaded and the client presents a friendly interface using libreadline. The current server implementation lacks IPv6 support.
Amaranth Icons .6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128462/
Amaranth Icons is a smooth icon theme which was made with Adobe Illustrator 10. It will soon be released as SVG icons.
ANT is Not a Telephone 0.1.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128409/
ANT is a telephone application for GNU/Linux, ISDN4Linux, and OSS.
Armagetron 0.2.3 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128420/
In Armagetron, you ride a lightcycle around the game grid. You can only make sharp turns of 90 degrees and a wall constantly builds up after you. Make your enemies crash into your wall, but be aware that they are trying to do the same to you. If you are fast enough, you may be able to trap them, but the only way to speed up your lightcycle is to drive close to the dangerous walls. Prepare for exciting strategic preparations followed by action-packed close combat!
Coyote Linux 2.00-rc1 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128449/
Coyote Linux is a single floppy distribution for people who have an Internet connection that they wish to share with other computers on a LAN. In addition to connection sharing, it also provides firewall services to help protect the internal network. The goal of the Coyote project is to make it as quick and easy as possible to share an Internet connection.
CPSSkins 0.9pre8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128452/
CPSSkings is an intuitive skin management system for the Nuxeo Collaborative Portal Server. It can be configured through the Web, and every element can be selected among a list of visual previews. Over 250 stylesheet parameters are addressed individually, and all modifications are instantaneous. CSS level 2 is used extensively on browsers that support it, but older and text-based browsers are also supported through a simplified stylesheet generated on the fly.
CWirc 0.4.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128464/
CWirc is a plugin for the X-Chat IRC client to transmit raw Morse code over the internet using IRC servers as reflectors. The transmitted Morse code can be received in near real-time by other X-Chat clients with the CWirc plugin. CWirc tries to emulate a standard amateur radio rig: it sends and receives Morse over virtual channels, and it can listen to multiple senders transmitting on the same channel. Morse code is keyed locally using a straight or iambic key connected to a serial port, or using the mouse buttons, and the sound is played through the soundcard.
DBConnect API 0.3.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128411/
DBConnect API is an easy to use C++ object API to allow applications to connect to DBMSs. The API currently implements msql, MySQL, Oracle8, ODBC, and PostgreSQL drivers in the Unix environments and MySQL, Oracle8, and ODBC in the Windows environment.
Debmod 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128444/
Debmod is a series of Debian artwork that can be used for any Debian-related project. The graphics are made using The Gimp.
dhcp-agent 0.40 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128428/
dhcp-agent is a UNIX Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) suite that includes a set of troubleshooting and diagnostic tools. It is currently in its early pre-release stages, with a complete DHCP sniffer and a beta quality client.
Dropline GNOME 2.2.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128424/
Dropline GNOME is a version of the GNOME Desktop that has been tweaked for Slackware Linux systems. It is available in Slackware's standard .tgz package format, in addition to the usual source code. The current release is based on the latest GNOME 2 distribution from the GNOME Project. It is also compatible with distributions derived from Slackware 9.0.
Duali 0.1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128415/
Duali is an Arabic spellchecker.
Ebotula 0.1.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128432/
Ebotula is an IRC bot for administration tasks in one or more channels. It has four access levels. The top level is the bot master, where a user has complete access to all functions. The channel owner is the administrator in one channel. The other levels are friends and other users. The bot is a multithread application and can execute more commands simultaneously. The data are contained in gdbm hash files.
eMoviX 0.8.0rc2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128399/
eMoviX is a micro (7MB) Linux distro meant to be embedded in a CD together with all video/audio files you want. A CD burned with eMoviX will be able to boot and play automagically all of its files with MPlayer. Supported formats are AVI (in particular DivX & XviD formats), MPEG, QuickTime, WMV, ASF, MP3, Ogg, and in general everything supported by MPlayer.
FFTW 3.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128433/
FFTW is a fast C FFT library. It includes complex, real, symmetric, multidimensional, and parallel transforms, and can handle arbitrary array sizes efficiently.It is typically faster than other freely available FFT implementations, and is even competitive with vendor-tuned libraries (benchmarks are available at the homepage). To achieve this performance, it uses novel code generation and runtime self optimization techniques (along with many other tricks).
FileRepair 1.3.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128445/
FileRepair is an application to compare files across a network and, if necessary, modify one so that it is identical with the other. It's based on the wxWindows toolkit and currently runs on both Linux (GTK GUI and CLI versions) and Windows, though any platforms supported by the toolkit should be possible.
FLP-i18n 2.000 (PHP 5)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128458/
FLP-i18n (Flaimo's Little Package) is a collection of PHP classes for internationalization. It formats date and time strings, replaces keywords, converts measurement units between SI and the US Customary System, and more.
flux9-r 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128451/
flux9-r is a theme that was designed to look well with the R-9X GTK theme.
Funky Lotus 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128369/
Funky Lotus is a theme with a background featuring fractals of lotus flowers.
FW1-Loggrabber 1.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128448/
FW1-Loggrabber is a simple LEA (Log Export API) client for Checkpoint Firewall-1. It was developed to access Firewall-1 Logfiles from commandline from any host in the network. Without an LEA client you can only access logs with graphical Checkpoint Tools or via commandline directly on the Firewall-1 machine. The primary goal was to automate reports of FW-1 logs with LIRE.
g3data 1.3.0 (GTK-2.0)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128408/
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.
GCViewer 1.14
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128434/
GCViewer is a Swing-based application that visualizes the verbose garbage collection output generated by the IBM and Sun Java VMs. The data can also be exported as CSV for forther processing with a spreadsheet application. Visualizing the data can help when one is tuning the garbage collector, especially the generation sizes and initial heap size.
Gentoo Administration and Update Script 0.1.6 http://freshmeat.net/releases/128442/
Gentoo Administration and Update Script (GAUS) is a collection of scripts that simplify the process of updating your Gentoo system.
gimp-print 4.3.18 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128466/
Gimp-Print is a collection of very high quality printer drivers for UNIX/Linux. The goal of this project is uncompromising print quality and robustness. Included with this package is the Print plugin for the GIMP (hence the name), a CUPS driver, and two drivers (traditional and IJS-based) for Ghostscript that may be compiled into that package. This driver package is Foomatic-compatible and provides Foomatic data to enable plug and play with many print spoolers. In addition, various printer maintenance utilities are included. Many users report that the quality of Gimp-Print on high end Epson Stylus printers matches or exceeds the quality of the drivers supplied for Windows and Macintosh.
Goanseech 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128450/
Goanseech is a spinoff of the leverlada IRC leech script. One of its core parts was extracted and refunded into a standalone server. This server holds information about the basic pattern specifying the base name of a TV series, which epsiodes were already fetched, and what is the maximum number of episodes. Connecting through SSL to this server, there is a curses client and a GTK shell, a script that parses Web pages for Bittorrent links, matches them against the information on the series server, and issues a batch file with ready Bittorrent retrieval command lines to retrieve files that are wanted by the user, and a directory watcher which scans a given set of directories and updates the series server with newly found files.
gspi 0.0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128427/
gspi is a Guile-based interface to the GNOME AT-SPI. It allows querying of the GNOME desktop via a Scheme evaluator.
Gtk2-Perl 0.26
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128463/
Gtk2-Perl allows Perl developers to write GTK+ 2.x applications. The bindings use an object oriented syntax that attempts to remain close to the C API, but take a Perlish approach where appropriate.
iCalendar 2.000 (PHP 5)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128461/
iCalendar generates ICS files for importing events into iCalender compatible programs.
ifplugd 0.14
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128454/
ifplugd is a lightweight Linux daemon which configures the network automatically when a cable is plugged in and deconfigures it when the cable is pulled. It is primarily intended for usage with laptops. It relies on the distribution's native network configuration subsystem, and is thus not very intrusive.
Image Display System 0.82b2 (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/128418/
IDS is a CGI written in Perl that generates a multi-gallery photo album Web site on the fly. All you need to provide are the images and (optionally) descriptions. Features include support for internationalization, user interface themes, thumbnail generation for JPEG, PNG, TIFF, and GIF images, and the display of whatever other file types you choose. If you allow them to do so, guests can leave comments and order prints. Your files are searchable by name and description, and can be managed via a Web-based administrative interface.
ipfreeze 0.4.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128440/
Ipfreeze is a program that listens to the netlink device. It takes the source address from every incoming packet and adds it to a Netfilter "blacklist" chain. The address is removed from this chain after a user-definable period of time. This allows you to create rules that detect and halt certain odd behaviors, such as ports scans, syn floods, or connection attempts on forbidden ports. The attacker's IP address is blacklisted using the QUEUE target. There is also a whitelist where you can declare hosts that you never want to be blacklisted.
Jabberwocky 2.0.06 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128426/
Jabberwocky is a Lisp IDE containing a Lisp-aware editor with syntax highlighting, parentheses matching, a source analyzer, indentation, a source level debugger, a project explorer, and an interaction buffer. It is the replacement for the Lisp Debug project.
JasperReports 0.5.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128414/
JasperReports is a report-generating Java library. XML report templates are used to generate ready to print documents using data from customizable data sources, including JDBC. The output can be delivered to the screen, printer, or stored in PDF, HTML, or XML format.
Java-GNOME 0.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128431/
Java-GNOME is a Java binding for the GTK and GNOME libraries. It is implemented as a JNI layer that delegates the Java calls to the underlying native libraries.
JavaGroups 2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128453/
JavaGroups is a Java package for reliable group communication. It consists of 3 parts: The first part is a socket-like API for application development, providing methods for joining and leaving a group, sending multicast messages to members, and receiving notifications when members join/leave/crash. The second part is a protocol stack which implements reliable communication, and can be configured according to the QoS desired. New protocols can easily be added, and existing ones removed/replaced/modified. The third part is a set of building blocks which give the application/protocol programmer high-level abstractions (e.g. DistributedHashtable, derived from java.util.Hashtable, which is similar to Linda/JavaSpaces).
Jin client for chess servers 2.07rc3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128421/
Jin is a Java client for various chess servers. While it currently only supports the Internet Chess Club (chessclub.com) and the Free Internet Chess Server (freechess.org), it is written to be flexible enough to support any chess server. It is based on the Swing UI toolkit and runs on any Java 1.1 compatible JVM.
Lavengro 0.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128435/
Lavengro is a vocabulary test engine that uses text files as its tests. It reads up these text files and then tests you by using one field of each line of the file for the question, another for the answer. The tests themselves are created by you.
LDAP Account Manager 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128407/
With LDAP Account Manager you can manage Unix and Samba user and group accounts in a openLDAP server. There is also an external script to manage quotas and home directories. The application is written in PHP4.
LinkChecker 1.8.19 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128404/
With LinkChecker, you can check HTML documents for broken links. It features recursion, robots.txt exclusion protocol support, HTTP proxy support, i18n support, multithreading, regular expression filtering rules for links, and user/password checking for authorized pages. Output can be colored or normal text, HTML, SQL, CSV, or a sitemap graph in GML or XML format. Supported link types are HTTP/1.1 and 1.0, HTTPS, FTP, mailto:, news:, nntp:, Gopher, Telnet, and local files.
Linux 2.4.22-pre3 (2.4-testing)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128396/
Linux is a clone of the Unix kernel, written from scratch by Linus Torvalds with assistance from a loosely-knit team of hackers across the Net. It aims towards POSIX and Single UNIX Specification compliance. It has all the features you would expect in a modern fully-fledged Unix kernel, including true multitasking, virtual memory, shared libraries, demand loading, shared copy-on-write executables, proper memory management, and TCP/IP networking.
LiquidIRCd 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128410/
LiquidIRCd is the irc daemon used on LiquidIRC. It is based on Bahamut with many powerful features including CRC or MD5 hostmasking, SSL, channel owners, protect, halfop, etc.
LoadBar 1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128400/
LoadBar is a simple CPU load graph, shown as a thin line on the left side of the desktop.
MFITSIO 1.2.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128456/
MFITSIO is a MATLAB interface to CFITSIO-- a library used to manipulate images and headers stored in the Flexible Image Transport System (FITS) file format. It currently supports reading and writing FITS images, headers, and array subsets.
Perlguardian 2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128173/
Perlguardian is source code obfuscation software for Perl. You can encode a single file, or a directory of files. You can set an expiration date, and have users forwarded to a Web site once the date has passed. Scripts can be restricted to only run on the domain name you provide.
PHPDNSAdmin pre1.5 (Unstable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128413/
DNSAdmin is PHP frontend for creating and editing DNS zone files. It can also handle multiple domains. All data is stored within a MySQL database, and zonefiles and reversefiles are created automatically. It also has a little feature to inventory your system by capturing username, MAC address, and the location. This frontend supports A, TXT, HINFO, MX records, and CNAMES
phpGroupWare 0.9.14.005
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128457/
phpGroupWare (formerly known as webdistro) is a multi-user groupware suite written in PHP. Its provides a Web-based calendar, todo-list, addressbook, email, news headlines, and a file manager. The calendar supports repeating events. The email system supports inline graphics and file attachments. The system as a whole supports user preferences, themes, user permissions, multi-language support, an advanced API, and user groups.
Principia Mathematica II 0.00.52
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128441/
The goal of Principia Mathematica II is the creation of a system that enables a working mathematician to put theorems and proofs (in a formal language) into it. These proofs are automatically verified by a proof checker. Because this system is not centrally administered and enables references to any location on the Internet, a world wide mathematical knowledge base could be built. Any proof of a theorem in this "mathematical web" could be drilled down to the very elementary rules and axioms. To make it more than a huge number of correct formulas, it should also contain information in "common mathematical language". Think of an incredible number of mathematical textbooks with hyperlinks, and each of its proofs could be verified by *pmii*. For each theorem, the dependency of other theorems, definitions, and axioms could be easily derived.
QDBM: Quick DataBase Manager 1.6.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128397/
QDBM is an embeded database library compatible with GDBM and NDBM. It features hash database and B+ tree database and 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.
Qinx 0.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128380/
Qinx is a theme for KDE inspired by the QNX Photon desktop. It includes a widget style, KWin decoration, and a couple of color schemes.
QtRadio 0.7.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128447/
QtRadio (formerly KDERadio) lets you listen to the radio, add stations, etc.
QuikKopy 0.12
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128469/
QuikKopy is a command-line utility which copies images from a source directory to a destination directory, creating a structured library of digital images. It can also perform batch resizing and manipulation of images using ImageMagick. It is designed for use with large collections of raw images, such as those downloaded from a digital camera.
RSS Builder 2.000 (PHP 5)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128460/
RSS Builder is a set of PHP classes for generating a 0.91, 1.0, or 2.0 (draft) RSS feed, including Dublin Core and Syndication Modules.
SaveMyModem 1.0pre6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128406/
SaveMyModem is an anti-spam, email-shaping, and delete-on-server email tool. It is designed for users with slow dialup connections who are tired of downloading large amounts of spam and worm and virus attachments.
Search And Rescue 0.8.1 (Beta)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128398/
Search And Rescue is a game in which the player pilots rescue helicopters to rescue victims in various situations of distress.
ShoutCastProxy 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128405/
ShoutCastProxy is a system for saving bandwidth when multiple users in different rooms are listening to the same ShoutCast audio stream. ShoutCastProxy runs on a central server, and connects to whatever ShoutCast server that a client requests. If multiple clients request the same stream, the stream will be downloaded from the original source only once, but will still be sent to all the clients. Multiple proxies can be chained together.
TAMS 2.16a4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128419/
TAMS (Text Analysis Markup System) is a qualitative or ethnographic coding and data extraction-analysis system.
Tk Ecasound 2.0.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128422/
Tk Ecasound is a frontend for Ecasound. It has the look of a multitrack recorder. It supports Ladspa plugins, multiple devices inputs/outputs, and multiple effects.
TR-IRCD 5.1.7-r
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128403/
TR-IRCD is an ircd and a collection of services programs for IRC networks. The ircd is heavily influenced by ircd-hybrid and Bahamut. It includes support for IRC extensions such as md5-encrypted hostnames, modules, threads, different protocols, channel modes, and languages. It supports IPv6 and Web-based configuration, and includes a proxy scanner.
vCard 2.000 (PHP 5)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128459/
vCard generates VCF files for importing personal data into vCard-compatible programs.
x-Desktop 1.2.0 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128292/
The x-Desktop is designed to unify different operating system desktop interfaces into a browser-only application interface. It helps users to feel comfortable with any application using the interface they are used to. It helps companies to unify their intranet applications into one desktop interface--built on existing interfaces or one which incorporates their own CI. It helps you design the same interface for all types of devices using browsers like PDA and other mobile devices, Notebooks, Desktops, Tablett Computers and any other future devices which may come up.
XMLTV 0.5.15
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128437/
XMLTV is a set of programs to process TV (tvguide) listings and manage your TV viewing. It stores the listings in an XML-based format and most of the programs are filters which read and/or write XML. There are backends to download TV listings for several countries. It also includes some filter tools to sort, grep, print, and munge listings, and two end-user programs to plan a week's TV viewing.
Zero Install 0.1.11
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128425/
The Zero Install system removes the need to install software or libraries by running all programs from a network filesystem. The filesystem in question is the Internet as a whole, with an aggressive caching system to make it as fast as (or faster than) traditional systems such as Debian's APT repository, and to allow for offline use. It doesn't require any central authority to maintain it, and allows users to run software without needing a root password.
Zoidberg 0.3b
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128465/
Zoidberg provides a modular Perl shell written, configured, and operated entirely in Perl. It aspires to be a fully operational login shell with all the features one normally expects. But it also gives direct access to Perl objects and data structures from the command line, and allows you to run Perl code within the scope of your commandline.
Thinkgeek
Interests: Broken Miho Poster
http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/megatokyo/coolthings/6188/
Interests: Ph34r t3h Cute Ones Poster
http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/megatokyo/coolthings/6193/
Caffeine: Chargers Caffeinated Espresso Beans http://www.thinkgeek.com/caffeine/candy/5f75/
Caffeine: Shock Triple Mocha
http://www.thinkgeek.com/caffeine/drinks/6122/
Caffeine: Brute Force Energy Drink
http://www.thinkgeek.com/caffeine/drinks/6184/
Computing: ICE-Cube Barebones Mini-PC
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/handhelds/5fd7/
PC Mods: ThermalTake SubZero CPU Coolers http://www.thinkgeek.com/pcmods/cooling/603e/
Computing: Archos AV120 w/ DVR Attachment http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/handhelds/5fe2/
Cube Goodies: I Brake For LAN Parties Bumper Sticker http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/stickers/5fbe/
Cube Goodies: geek. bumper sticker
http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/stickers/5f96/
Interests: Megatokyo Bumper Sticker 3-pack http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/megatokyo/coolthings/5fc2/
Cube Goodies: There's no place like 127.0.0.1 bumper sticker http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/stickers/5fa6/
Cube Goodies: hacker. bumper sticker
http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/stickers/5f9e/
Cube Goodies: Killer coding ninja monkeys Bumper Sticker http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/stickers/5faa/
Gadgets: USB Memory Watch
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/watches/5eec/
Caffeine: Jolt Gum - Spearmint Office Fishbowl http://www.thinkgeek.com/caffeine/candy/612a/
Gadgets: Biometric Mouse
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/security/5f11/
Gadgets: Boostaroo Portable Amplifier
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/3399/
Gadgets: Mathmos Space Projector
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/lights/600c/
Tshirts: geek.
http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/generic/6111/