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[osdn business] July 18, 2003
Date: Fri Jul 18 2003 - 01:30:28 EDT
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Slashdot
Warp Pipe Project - GameCube Online
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/18/0431222
[0]chadlnx writes "[1]The Warp Pipe Project, an open source project to
bring LAN-based GameCube games online, recently [2]released a
specification detailing how GameCubes communicate over a network. The
Warp Pipe Project is aggressively seeking out developers who would be
interested in this project through its [3]SourceForge project page."
Links
0. mailto:chad@gamefarmer.com
1.
http://cubeonline.gamefarmer.com/
2.
http://cubeonline23.sourceforge.net/docs/lanspec.html
3.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/cubeonline23/Congress May Overturn FCC's Media Consolidation Plan http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/18/0237230
[0]Spril writes "A congressional committee [1]voted yesterday to
prevent the FCC from allowing even more consolidation of the media
industry. The original ruling was [2]covered on Slashdot. The committee
attached the pro-consumer proposal to a bill funding the Justice and
State departments for 2004. But the Bush administration has threatened
to veto the funding because they support ever-larger corporations
owning ever-bigger chunks of the spectrum that theoretically belongs to
the public. Clear Channel may need to cough up some more money for
their lobbyists."
Links
0.
http://www.spril.com/
1.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2569-2003Jul16.html
2.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/02/1638224&tid=149
BitTorrent Community Running For Cover?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/18/0122254
[0]govatos writes "[1]Bandwidth issues and DOS Attacks brought
[2]Bytemonsoon, a popular [3]BitTorrent page down, but now pages are
closing for scarier reasons. Torrentse.cx 'recieved a cease and desist
letter during the day of Wednesday, July 16, 2003 for copyright
infringement. The entire website has been removed and will not return.'
Will corporate pressure kill the BitTorrent movement, or will it keep
flying from site to site before it settles somewhere 'safe' like
Sealand's [4]HavenCo?"
Links
0. mailto:govatos@hotmail.com
1.
http://www.zeropaid.com/news/articles/auto/0715003b.php
2.
http://www.bytemonsoon.com/
3.
http://bitconjurer.org/BitTorrent/
4.
http://www.havenco.com/
Slashback: Benchmarks, Sobig, Blob
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/17/2216227
Slashback is back, with more this time around on NASA's G5 benchmarks, an in-depth look at the Sobig.E virus, an update on the Internet Book List (growing rapidly), the fate of both the Microsoft-purchased Virtual PC and one very unlucky sperm whale, and more. Read on for the details.
LGPL is Viral for Java
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/17/2257224
[0]carlfish writes "According to [1]this post to POI-dev, Dave Turner
(Mr License) of the FSF has decreed that the steps required to use an
LGPL'd Java library will actually infect client code with substantial
GNU-ness via Section 6 of the LGPL. (The "Lesser" GPL is supposed to
protect only the Library, without infecting code using the library)
This, as you might imagine, puts a few LGPL Java projects that
previously thought they were embeddable without being viral in a bit of
a bind. [2]Various [3]weblogs have [4]further [5]coverage." Update:
07/18 02:44 GMT by [6]CN: The FSF's Executive Director, Brad Kuhn adds
"LGPL's S. 6 allows you to make new works that link with the LGPL'ed
code, and license them any way you see fit. Only the LGPL'ed code
itself must remain Free. Such 'client code' can even be proprietary; it
need not be LGPL'ed."
Links
0.
http://fishbowl.pastiche.org/
1.
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.jakarta.poi.devel/5900
2.
http://linuxintegrators.com/hl30/blog/general/?permalink=LGPL+clarification.html
3.
http://www.rollerweblogger.org/page/roller/20030716#for_java_lgpl_is_viral
4.
http://www.intertwingly.net/blog/1519.html
5.
http://radio.weblogs.com/0122027/2003/07/16.html#a56
6.
http://cowboyneal.org/
Honeytokens: The Other Honeypot
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/17/2049234
martyros writes "I just read a fascinating article by Lance Spitzner securityfocus.com about a concept he calls [0] honeytokens. The idea is similar to that of a [1] honeypot, which he defines as "an information system resource whose value lies in unauthorized or illicit use of that resource". Rather than having a computer that's designed to be broken into, however, you have say, a record in a database or a file has no legitimate use; ergo, if anyone uses it, it must be illegitimate. An example he gives: adding a record to the hospital database for a guy named "John F. Kennedy". It doesn't correspond to a real person, so no one has any business looking at the file. If someone does access it, you know that they're abusing their privileges somehow. The article has several other clever examples, which I found very thought-provoking." Links
0. http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1713
Ogg Vorbis decoder chip a reality
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/17/2032226
[0]LinuxGeek writes "The design is finished and [1]announced for a low
power Ogg Vorbis decoder. Hopefully we will see portable players very
soon now."
Links
0. mailto:linuxgeek@nOSpAm.djand.com
On-line Documentary on Machinima
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/17/1656208
[0]Hugh "Nomad" Hancock writes "Over at [1]Machinima.com we've released
"[2]Artery: Machinima", a 22-minute broadcast TV program on the
Machinima movement- film-making in real-time 3D. Originally broadcast
on Scottish TV station STV, this documentary includes interviews with
[3]Uwe Girlich, the guy who got the whole thing started, sci-fi writer
[4]Charlie Stross, who is working with the Machinima group [5]Strange
Company, award-winning film director Peter Rasmussen, and Machinima
makers including the [6]Ill Clan (Hardly Workin'), Strange Company
(Eschaton) and [7]Nanoflix. Plus, lots of swords!" There's also a
[8]BitTorrent link to the documentary, courtesy GameTab.
Links
0.
http://www.strangecompany.org
1.
http://www.machinima.com/
2.
http://www.machinima.com/films.php?id=292
3.
http://www.planetquake.com/demospecs
4.
http://www.antipope.org/
5.
http://www.strangecompany.org/
6.
http://www.illclan.com/
7.
http://www.nanoflix.net/
8.
http://www.gametab.com/files/torrents.php?fuse=54DirecTV Sues Anyone Who Bought Smartcard Reader? http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/17/190232
MImeKillEr writes "The Register is [0]reporting that DirecTV is suing anyone known to have purchased a smartcard programmer, regardless of whether or not they're actually using the device to enable stealing their programming. They're sending out letters & when people call to clear up the confusion, DirecTV is demanding a $3500 settlement as well as the programming device. They've filed 9000 federal lawsuits against alleged pirates thus far. They're obtaining lists of who purchased the devices during raids against the sites that offer them for sale." Links
0. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/31793.html
New Sony Clie PEG-UX50
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/17/182209
[0]webguru4god writes "Sony Japan has just released a [1]killer new
Clie, complete with integrated Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and a camera, in a
small laptop-like enclosure. It runs Palm OS 5.2, has a 65,000 screen,
and a built in keyboard! " I've always been a bit skeptical of
handhelds that have flip out keyboards like this, but have repeatedly
been impressed with the quality of various models of Clie. This might
be worth a look.
Links
0. mailto:achurch@nmt.edu
Newsforge Reports
A centralized server architecture could be the killer Unix app
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/10/1828218
- by Paul Murphy - If you're like me, you probably use Linux or Unix at home and then go to work and wonder why all the people struggling with Microsoft products don't just upgrade to Linux. Despite all the cost and security issues, business's commitment to Microsoft's Windows desktop products shows few signs of waning. The key to turning this situation around may be to place the user's perspective above that of the systems staff.
How much more than Windows is Linux worth? http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/15/1920225
- By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - If you are the Munich City Council, Linux on 14,000 desktops is worth at least $3.8 million more than Windows, including critical applications, training, and support. And this decision wasn't made by a thin margin, but by a 50 - 30 Council vote. After this, can anyone still think the only reason some people prefer Linux over Windows is that Linux is free and Windows isn't?
Survey: What Linux needs now
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/14/181225
- by Joe Barr - This list of the "Top 10 things Linux needs now" is a summation of the results of a small, highly unscientific poll I recently conducted on various newsgroups and mailing lists.
Newsforge Newsvac
ComputerTest project released to open source!
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/17/1521213
Sean writes "ComputerTest (a distributed .NET computerized testing application) has been released to open source at: http://sourceforge.net/projects/computertestWe need your help to make this program amazing. We really want to make this easy to use, reliable, and secure. The goal is to compete with other overly expensive products, so that schools everywhere will be able to harness the power of distributed computerized testing. Please help us by ...
Krysalis 2.4.1 Professional released
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/17/159222
InterAKT Online writes "Krysalis 2.4.1 Professional is finally released after a very long beta period. InterAKT has released the stable 2.4.1 version of the publishing platform, correcting all the known bugs and including a lot of optimizations to achieve enterprise-level speed. A new interactive documentation has been also released: http://www.interakt.ro/products/Krysalis/idocs/.
Small Businesses Like Linux Prices
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/17/2017201
Some price-sensitive small and midsize businesses are turning to Linux and other open-source products as a lower-cost alternative to Microsoft's ubiquitous business software, Jupiter Research finds in a recent study.
Review of SCRIBUS 1.0
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/17/1946237
Anonymous Reader writes "OSNews features an interesting review of the newly released Scribus 1.0, a free DTP alternative for Unices and Linux."
Dumping MS Office, choosing OpenOffice.org http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/17/1759215
Jan Stafford writes "Why do IT decision makers balk at dumping MS Office? Solveig Haugland, author and SearchEnterpriseLinux.com site expert, describes five common objections to replacing Microsoft Office with OpenOffice.org and explains why she sees those objections as bogus."
Sony Clie PEG-UX50 coming to US before market? http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/17/175255
Anonymous Reader writes "Portable Alternatives enters into negotiations on bringing the Sony Clie PEG-UX50 to the US market."
Linux creator opens up in interview
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/17/1526255
Linus Torvalds is the creator of the Linux operating system, the open source version of Unix that is sweeping through the software world in a direct challenge to Microsoft. He spoke candidly with San Jose Mercury News staff writer Dean Takahashi about the SCO Group vs. IBM lawsuit (where Big Blue is accused of illegally putting Unix code into Linux), about Microsoft and open source development.
Open source is the route to collaboration http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/17/1539224
Linux is increasingly hard to ignore, but it's only one part of the open source software (OSS) debate.
Open Source Software in the Geographic and Location Industries: A Case Study http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/17/1532248
Open source software promises an attractive range of benefits: it is free, vendor independent, and open to continual evolution and improvement by a global development community.
Linux Access in State and Local Government, Part V http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/17/1647255
Dallas Wayne Slade writes "The author has done an interview with Linux and OSS advocates at three local government units. This is a very personal article with people who are actually using and making Linux and OSS work in the real world. I found it fascinating and very authentic and I believe your readers will too. The interviewees are from Newport News VA, Houston, TX and Washington State. Best wishes, DW Slade"
Freshmeat
8RDA hardware watchdog timer 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/129667/
8rdawdt enables the hardware watchdog timer using the Attansic ATXP1 chip found on the Epox 8RDA(+) (and maybe others).
abcpp 1.3.0 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/129597/
abcpp is a simple yet powerful preprocessor designed for, but not limited to, ABC music files. It was written to overcome incompatibilities between ABC packages, and to allow one to write portable, and more readable ABC files.
ADIOS boot CD 1.30
http://freshmeat.net/releases/129607/
ADIOS boot CD is built using Red Hat 8.0 and Linux 2.4.19 with additional support for Cloop/squashfs, LIDS, and FreeSwan. The CD can run from RAM, or use FAT/EXT files for /var, or copy the CD to FAT/EXT files. The user can choose from KDE, GNOME, or IceWM. The user can start User Mode Linux (UML) virtual machines, each of which can start X. Each of the virtual machines can be networked via virtual ethernet switches and hubs. ADIOS requires at least 128MB RAM to run X11.
aNTG 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/129606/
aNTG (another Network Traffic Grapher) is a PHP program that collects and graphs network traffic statistics on a Linux machine.
Arbitrary Command Output Colourer 0.4.2 http://freshmeat.net/releases/129569/
acoc is a regular-expression based colour formatter for programs that display output on the command-line. It works as a wrapper around the target program, executing it and capturing the stdout stream. Optionally, stderr can be redirected to stdout, so that it, too, can be manipulated. acoc then applies matching rules to patterns in the output and applies colours to those matches.
asterisk-oh323 0.5.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/129628/
asterisk-oh323 adds H.323 support to the ASTERISK soft PBX. It does this by interfacing the OpenH323 library to ASTERISK through a loadable module. The package provides the channel driver as well as a wrapper in a shared library form. It is able to initiate and receive calls to and from H.323 endpoints, and has been successfully tested with the H.323 terminals on the OpenH323 site (ohphone, openphone) and Microsoft NetMeeting.
Benson Distributed Monitoring System 3.1alpha4 (Alpha-devel) http://freshmeat.net/releases/129620/
The goal of the Benson Distributed Monitoring System project is to make a distributed monitoring system with the extensibility and flexibility of mod_perl. The end goal is for system administrators to be able to script up their own alerts and monitors into an extensible framework which hopefully lets them get sleep at night. The communication layer uses standard sockets, and the scripting language for the handlers is Perl. It includes command line utilities for sending, listing, and acknowledging traps, and starting up the benson system. There is also a Perl module interface to the benson network requests.
bidwatcher 1.3.10
http://freshmeat.net/releases/129618/
Bidwatcher is for eBay users. It tracks your current bids and listings, and has an integrated snipe tool. You can run bidwatcher in the background and it periodically checks your auctions status, and executes any bids that are scheduled.
Bluefish 0.10
http://freshmeat.net/releases/129582/
Bluefish is a programmer's Web development editor written using GTK, designed to save the experienced webmaster some keystrokes. It features a multiple file editor, multiple toolbars, custom menus, image and thumbnail dialogs, open from the Web, CSS dialogs, PHP, HTML, Java, C, and XML support, external program integration (tidy, weblint, make, javac), and lots of wizards.
Boot Scriptor 2.0.8b (CD Shell)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/129578/
Boot Scriptor is a program that allows a high degree of interactivity when booting from a CD or DVD drive. It provides a set of commands that enable users to boot a system in a number of ways, as well as provide interactive menus to choose boot options from. It provides similar functionality to Diskem1x, as well as new original features and interfaces to programs such as Isolinux/Memdisk and Ranish Partition Manager. All features can be commanded through a console interface or by constructing simple script files.
Builder Xcessory PRO for Linux 6.1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/129641/
Builder Xcessory PRO for Linux is the industry's most advanced graphical user interface builder for Motif. BX PRO provides a comprehensive visual reuse environment that speeds development of mission-critical applications. BX PRO integrates three best-of-breed tools to create an unparalleled application development suite.
CMSimple 2 beta 1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/129580/
CMSimple is a simple content management system for simple maintainance of small commercial or private sites. It has a simple installation, is easy to modify, and offers an unique combination of features. It uses an HTML-file for storing the entire site, which can be edited in your favorite editor. It has a dynamic TOC and document locator, a WYSIWYG editor (no plugin--functions in IE and Mozilla), a search function, link validation, image handling, and automatic backup. It is easy to set up your own layout; just edit the template and stylesheet.
CMYK Plugin for The GIMP 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/129636/
Th CMYK GIMP plugin allows RGB -> CMYK separation within the GIMP, using littlecms for colour-management, and allows the result to be saved as a CMYK TIFF.
comic-icons 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/129540/
comic-icons are a set of icons in PNG format with a size of 64x64 pixels.
CPSSkins 0.9pre13
http://freshmeat.net/releases/129614/
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.
Cyrus IMAP Server 2.2.1-BETA (2.2)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/129621/
The Cyrus IMAP server is generally intended to be run on sealed systems, where normal users are not permitted to log in. The mailbox database is stored in parts of the filesystem that are private to Cyrus. All user access to mail is through the IMAP, POP3, or KPOP protocols. The private mailbox database design gives the server large advantages in efficiency, scalability, and administratability. Multiple concurrent read/write connections to the same mailbox are permitted. The server supports access control lists on mailboxes and storage quotas on mailbox hierarchies, multiple SASL mechanisms, and the Sieve mail filtering language.
D Parser 1.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/129676/
The D Parser is a scannerless GLR parser generator based on the Tomita algorithm. It is self-hosted and very easy to use. Grammars are written in a natural style of EBNF and regular expressions and support both speculative and final actions.
Davenport 0.9.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/129550/
Davenport is a Java Servlet-based application providing WebDAV access to an entire SMB network. This enables users to connect to Windows and Samba shares via WebDAV clients such as Mac OS X, Windows Web Folders, etc. or any Web browser. Workgroups are browseable, and users are authenticated against a domain. WebDAV clients can upload, download, create directories, etc. Non-WebDAV clients (i.e., "normal" Web browsers) can also access the network of shares and download files. When run over HTTPS, this application provides a reasonably secure means of accessing an internal Windows/Samba network over the Internet without requiring a VPN.
digiquest 0.2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/129587/
digiquest is a system for creating and distributing electronic questionnaires, surveys, and forms to collect data from people who fill them out by answering the given questions. Beside different types of questions, there is a flexible and extendable condition-based system to check answers and control the flow of displayed questions. Questionnaires and answers can be stored in different formats (XML, database), and different platforms (desktop, Web servers, PDAs) are supported.
DRT 0.3.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/129543/
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 0.0.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/129588/
DTDDoc (DTD Documentation) 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.
E-Cell System 3.1.96 (ecell3)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/129564/
E-Cell System is an object-oriented software suite for modelling, simulation, and analysis of large scale complex systems such as biological cells. It allows many components, driven by multiple algorithms with different timescales, to coexist.
Elvin 4 C library 4.1.2 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/129677/
Elvin is a publish-subscribe notification/messaging service. The C client allows C and C++ programs to send and receive Elvin messages. This library is required to build the Elvin 4 server daemon.
elvind 4.1.2 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/129679/
Elvin is a publish-subscribe notification and messaging service. Message consumers use content-based subscriptions to request delivery of structured messages. The Elvin 4 server daemon has a modular architecture with support for TCP, UDP and HTTP transports, SSL security and XDR or XML message marshalling. It has been used for such tasks as instant messaging, workflow, distributed gaming, network management, application integration and as an infrastructure for computer supported cooperative work.
ENodes 1.0.5 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/129610/
ENodes is a reliable Web development and publishing framework written in Perl and geared on mod_perl. Working as a full layer on Apache, it allows you to manage multiple domains dispatched between multiple Web masters. It includes versioning, access locking, parallel version testing, fine granularity of permissions and version management, user workflow, import/export mechanisms, and a fully-integrated plugin interface.
Eros BBS Engine 20030717-1638-jam (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/129682/
Eros is a modular, object-oriented BBS engine intended to be used as a library that builds upon proven open source software technology and W3 standards to implement and manage templates, permissions, membership, database access, etc. It is currently in heavy development, and new snapshots are released often.
Familiar Linux Distribution 0.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/129619/
The Familiar Project is composed of a group of loosely knit developers all contributing to creating the next generation of PDA OS. Currently, most of our development time is being put towards producing a stable, and full featured Linux distribution for the Compaq/HP iPAQ series of handheld computers, as well as apps to run on top of the distribution.
FastReport CLX b4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/129579/
A cross-platform report generator that includes a visual report designer, avisual dialog designer, an object inspector, and a component palette.
fBuilder Plus 2.4.13
http://freshmeat.net/releases/129611/
fBuilder Plus is a Web-based utility for building and configuring your ipchains/iptables-based Linux firewall. It performs all actions in real-time and includes a Firewall Creation Wizard, edit, insert, and delete capabilities for firewall rules, rule shifting, support for DHCP clients, DMZ creation through firewall wizard, NAT capabilities, support for IP aliases, custom protocols, user defined chains, limit matches, automatic log rule creation, state checking, log reporting, email alerts, export capabilities, and an enhanced firewall log parsing utility.
File Service Protocol 2.8.1b8 (Beta)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/129646/
FSP is a UDP-based protocol for transferring files. It has many benefits over FTP, mainly for running anonymous archives. It is usable on lines with high packet loss ratio (70% WiFi), can go behind firewalls and unoticed by port scans (because of UDP), does not overload networks when hosting ISOs or movies, share files on modem lines without eating all of the bandwidth, and keeps lamers away from your site (they don't know how to get to it). This project is active continuation of the FSP code base (abandoned for the last 5 years).
flP5 1.0.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/129626/
flP5 is easy to use, easy to configure, and easy to extend full-featured PIC (and most of the serially programmed device) programming software.
Freenet 0.5.2 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/129604/
Freenet is a peer-to-peer network designed to allow the distribution of information over the Internet in an efficient manner, without fear of censorship. It is completely decentralized (there is no person or computer essential to its operation), meaning that Freenet cannot be attacked like centralized peer-to-peer systems such as Napster. Freenet also employs intelligent routing and caching to learn to route requests more efficiently, automatically mirror popular data, make network flooding almost impossible, and move data to where it is in greatest demand.
Freeside 1.4.1rc5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/129617/
Freeside is an open-source billing package for ISPs.
Gaim 0.65 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/129568/
Gaim is a GTK2-based instant messenger application. It supports multiple protocols via modules, including AIM, ICQ, Yahoo!, MSN, Jabber, IRC, Napster, Gadu-Gadu and Zephyr. It has many common features found in other clients, as well as many unique features. Gaim is not endorsed by or affiliated with AOL TimeWarner, Microsoft, or Yahoo.
Gander 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/129664/
Gander serves Python applications over HTTP by doing as little as possible: a request for a root URL returns an index page, a request for non-valid application returns "404: Resource NotFound", a request for uninstantiated object returns "412: Object Not Instantiated", and all other responses come from the Gander-served application for which Gander translates URL-style requests into object method-calls.
Genoa Active Message MAchine 03-06-13
http://freshmeat.net/releases/129521/
The Genoa Active Message MAchine is a low-latency, high-throughput driver wrapper for the Linux kernel, using Active Ports (a version of Active Messages). It runs parallel to the IP stack and is designed for LANs only.
Gnosis Utils (Python) 1.1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/129595/
Gnosis Utils contains several Python modules for XML processing, plus other generally useful tools: xml.pickle (serializes objects to/from XML, API compatible with the standard pickle module), xml.objectify
(turns arbitrary XML documents into Python objects), xml.validity
(enforces XML validity constraints via DTD or Schema), xml.indexer
(full text indexing/searching), and many more.
Gossip 0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/129675/
Gossip aims at making Instant Messaging with Jabber as easy as possible, while giving users of the GNOME desktop a user-friendly way of keeping in touch with their friends.
Gtkboard 0.10.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/129634/
Gtkboard is a board game architecture and implementation. It implements all the common aspects of board games, such as the user interface, move parsing code, AI (i.e., game tree search) and file format. It has a simple API which makes it very easy to write a new game. Games are fitted in as plugins.
HTML_ToPDF 3.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/129663/
HTML_ToPDF takes the hassle out of generating a PDF file from a Web page. It will convert any HTML document into a format that will look the same on any platform and printer. It includes support for converting images, using the stylesheets to customize the look of the PDF file, and error handling.
iCalendar 1.032
http://freshmeat.net/releases/129573/
iCalendar generates ICS files for importing events into iCalender compatible programs.
ifinfo 0.75
http://freshmeat.net/releases/129557/
ifinfo is a simple commandline network inquiry/formatting tool specifically designed to output some useful information about your network connection. It works by querying the relevant tables in /proc as well as the output of various Unix commands. Its entire purpose in life is to tell you what you want to know, hopefully in the format you wish to see it.
J-Pilot 0.99.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/129639/
J-Pilot is a full-featured desktop organizer application for the Palm Pilot that runs under Linux and UNIX. It includes support for datebooks, addresses, memos, todos, expenses, and has plugin support. It uses the GTK+ libraries.
Jakarta Velocity Tools 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/129565/
Jakarta Velocity Tools provides servlets and tools for rapid, clean, MVC Web development with Velocity, tools for using Velocity with the Jakarta Struts framework, and a set of generic tools to help with any Velocity project.
JedABC 1.12.2 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/129583/
JedABC is an extension to the JED editor that turns it into a powerful and easy to use IDE (Integrated Development Environment) for ABC files, with full integration with players, and previewers. It is similar in concept to BarFly or runabc, with several advantages. It works on Windows and Linux, and possibly other Unix variants.
JGraphpad 2.2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/129575/
JGraphpad is a powerful diagram editor for Swing that offers XML, drag and drop, zoom, automatic layout, print support, and much more. With JGraphpad, you can create flow charts, maps, UML diagrams, and networks with thousands of nodes. JGraphpad is available with sourcecode, which may be used to develop new (commercial) applications.
Jin client for chess servers 2.07rc4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/129608/
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.
K3b 0.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/129592/
K3b is a CD-burning program designed for people who are used to using Windows to burn CDs. It has a user interface similar to Ahead's Nero. It currently allows you to create filesystem trees via drag'n'drop, and to burn audio CDs from WAV and MP3 files.
Kile 1.5.2 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/129522/
Kile is a LaTeX source editor, TeX shell, and gnuplot frontend for KDE 3.
LinPacker 0.4.9 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/129635/
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.
Loudmouth 0.12
http://freshmeat.net/releases/129656/
Loudmouth is a lightweight Jabber client library written in C/Glib.
Lucane 0.5 beta
http://freshmeat.net/releases/129632/
Lucane is an extensible groupware platform written in Java. Some sample applications are bundled with the platform, like a peer to peer quick message service, client/server and peer to peer file sharing, multi-user chat, and forums. The platform as a whole provides easy development for your networked applications with an object based network protocol, client/server and peer to peer integration, user and groups management, internationalization, and more.
Maillog View 1.03.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/129391/
Maillog View is a Webmin module that allows you to easily view all your /var/log/maillog.* files. It features autorefresh, message size indication, ascending/descending view order, compressed file support, and a full statistics page. Sendmail, Postfix, Exim, and Qmail (partially) are supported. Courier MTA support is experimental.
Menstruation calendar 2.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/129572/
Mencal is a simple variation of the well-known Unix command cal. The main difference is that you can have some periodically repeating days highlighted in color. This can be used to track menstruation (or other) cycles conveniently.
MiddleMan 1.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/129647/
Middleman is a robust proxy server with many features designed to remove unwanted content, increase privacy, and to simply make surfing the Web a more pleasant experience. Some of the highlights include banner and popup blocking, HTTP and FTP content caching, NTLM and Basic authentication when forwarding through another proxy server, regular expression substitution in downloaded files and HTTP headers, regular expression substitution on requested URLs, many URL commands to temporarily change the proxy settings or to view information about a requested file, complete support for HTTP/1.1 including persistent connections and gzip encoding, and an intutive Web interface for configuring the proxy.
minido 0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/129658/
minido is a simple, generic, multi-user, database-free todo list manager and tracking system written in GTK2. Its interface is generated from a simple data description file in XML.
moodss 17.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/129577/
Moodss (the Modular Object Oriented Dynamic SpreadSheet) displays data described and updated in one or more modules loaded at startup time or dynamically. Data is originally displayed in tables. Graphical viewers, summary tables, free text viewers, and threshold entries can be created from any number of table cells. Moodss has full drag'n'drop support in the UI, and comes with numerous modules for system, database, network, and other types of monitoring. New modules can be developed in Tcl, Perl, Python, or C. A monitoring daemon (moomps) for UNIX is included. It can react to thresholds and record data history in any database for later analysis or for presentation using common software.
Moto 0.20.0 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/129673/
Moto is a server-side scripting language much like PHP or ColdFusion. The difference between Moto and other server-side scripting languages is that Moto pages can run interpreted (like PHP) or be natively compiled into dynamically loadable Apache modules (an entire Web site could be compiled into one .so file). It comes with a full suite of objects and functions for state and session management, MySQL and PostgreSQL database connectivity, and a slew of utility classes like stacks, hashtables, string buffers, etc. There is also an included interface definition language for exposing C functions to Moto. All object allocation occurs in a shared memory segment, so maintaining state in objects between page views is a snap.
MoviX2 0.3.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/129644/
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.
MSNre 0.91
http://freshmeat.net/releases/129581/
MSNre is a lightweight but powerful console-based MSN Instant Messenger clone. It has a easy-to-use curses BitchX-like user interface. It has many features, including instant messaging, sending messages to cell phones, file transfer, complete contacts/groups management, email notifications, auto-away messages, netmeeting support, aliases, messages logging, event scripts, local contact list, multi-user chat support, ability to encode characters in the system locale, and much more.
MySource 2.8.1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/129671/
MySource is a powerful, open source Web site and intranet content management system. It is designed to enable technically unskilled users to build and maintain their own online solutions securely, professionally, and inexpensively. It is written in PHP, and requires both MySQL and Apache. Once installed no programming skills are required to operate the system.
Myth2 2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/129654/
Myth2 is an implementation of a binary tree and used to run an 'interactive story'. The user traverses down the tree and at each node is given a bit of story and two options to choose which path to follow. If there is no story after the option, the user is given the chance to add to the story. It is written in PHP 4 and uses MySQL for the backend. Output is fully XHTML 1.0 Transitional compatible and fairly flexible.
NSD 1.2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/129594/
NSD is a complete implementation of an authoritative DNS nameserver.
ObjectBox o:XML Compiler 0.9.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/129653/
ObjectBox is an o:XML compiler and interpretor written in Java. o:XML is a complete object oriented programming language, with features such as multiple inheritance, function overloading, recursive procedures, and much more. The syntax is straight-forward, intuitive XML. It also features an extensible expression language modelled on XPath. The ObjectBox is a complete implementation of the language and adds comprehensive Java Language Extensions and Servlets support.
ObjectScript 1.4 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/129638/
ObjectScript is a general purpose object-oriented programming language. It is designed to be simple to learn, easy to use, and powerful, combining the convenience of an interactive interpreter with many of the features of Java: a simple Java-like syntax, javadoc support, a class system (single inheritance), private vs. public fields and methods, exceptions, synchronization and threading, etc. Since it can be interactively interpreted, ObjectScript can be used to debug or learn Java systems. And since it supports extending Java classes and interfaces, it can add sophisticated scripting to an existing Java application.
Pan 0.14.0.91
http://freshmeat.net/releases/129660/
Pan is a newsreader which attempts to be pleasing to both new and experienced users. In addition to the standard newsreader features, Pan also supports yEnc, offline newsreading, article filtering, multiple connections, and more features for power users and alt.binaries fans.
pf2x 1.0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/129571/
pf2x is a PHP script that will take the output of your pflog and convert it into various different output formats. These output formats include plain text, XML, HTML, PDF, and MySQL INSERT statements for import into a MySQL database. This was developed and tested on OpenBSD 3.3 but should work for any system that uses PF.
phpMyNewsLetter 0.6.12
http://freshmeat.net/releases/129631/
phpMyNewsLetter is a mailing list management script written in PHP. The subscrition info is stored in a MySQL database. Its features include subscription checking to determine whether the subscriber is not already registered, welcome and farewell messages, and user-friendly administration allowing you to send messages, list the subscribers, and delete the subscribers. You can also send HTML email and view newsletter logs.
phpWebSite 0.9.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/129616/
phpWebSite provides a complete Web site content management solution. All client output is valid XHTML 1.0 and meets the W3C's Web Accessibility Initiative requirements. Features include articles, page creation, menu management, an event scheduler, a form generator, and much more.
POPFile 0.19.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/129685/
POPFile is an automatic email classification tool using a Naive Bayes classifier, a POP3 proxy, and a Web interface. It runs on most