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[osdn business] August 21, 2003
Date: Thu Aug 21 2003 - 01:30:28 EDT
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Slashdot
Our Solar System's Nomenclature Wars
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/20/2221243
RobotRunAmok writes "Plutinos, Centaurs, Cubewanos - the names Detroit
has given some of their next gen SUVs? Nope. They are among the many
colorful, and, some complain, confusing names which astronomers have
given to celestial objects in the last decade. Ever wonder about the
system of organization which astronomers use to name new space rocks?
Apparently, so have many astronomers, because, according a
Yahoo!/Space.com article, it's [0]neither very systematic nor
organized. Fear not: some clever star-minded chaps from Oxford and
Cambridge have a plan to wring some order from the damp dishrag of
astro-nomenclature chaos."
Links
Matrix Revolutions Trailer Released
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/21/016251
[0]aerojad writes "The new Matrix Revolutions trailer is now
[1]available for download [2](direct link) on the official site. If you
have plugin/bandwidth issues, there are also [3]BitTorrent links
available. For those wondering, there is more to it than you saw at the
end of Reloaded." In related news, an anonymous reader points to the
BBC News report that: "The makers of the Matrix films are
[4]considering only promoting the third film, Matrix Revolutions, for
next year's Oscars. Warners, which produced the films, had considered
pushing for both of them to be nominated as a single entry because they
were shot on the same 240-day shoot, but the academy refused."
Links
0.
http://www.theaerozone.com
1.
http://whatisthematrix.warnerbros.com/
2.
http://progressive.warnerbros.com/thematrix/us/med/revolutions_640_dl.mov
3.
http://www.gametab.com/files/torrents.php?fuse=62
4.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/3160777.stmSCO: Code Proof Analyzed, Linus Interviewed http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/20/2350225
Arker writes "Bruce Perens has now obtained a copy of the entire slide show from which the recently scrutinized [0]SCO-related Linux code excerpts came, and has [1]analyzed the remainder of the 'evidence' they presented there. Their other code exhibit turns out to have been the venerable Berkeley Packet Filter(!), and their revised line-counts are consistent with simply adding together all the lines of code that have been contributed by Unix licensees." Also, Iphtashu Fitz writes "A [2] new interview with Linus Torvalds has been posted on eWeek.com. In it he slams SCO over the recently leaked source code. Among other things, he points out in the interview that some of the code in question has been removed from the 2.6 kernel ['because developers complained about how "ugly" it was'] before SCO even started complaining." Links
0.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/19/1523236&tid=106
1.
http://www.perens.com/SCO/SCOSlideShow.html
2.
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1227128,00.asp
Ocean Sponge May Be Best for Fiber Optics http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/20/234249
TheViffer writes "ABC News is reporting that scientists say they've identified an ocean sponge, living in the darkness of the deep sea, that grows thin glass fibers capable of [0]transmitting light better than industrial fiber optic cables used for telecommunication. 'You can actually tie a knot in these natural biological fibers and they will not break - it's really quite amazing,' said Joanna Aizenberg, who led the research at Bell Laboratories." Links
0. http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/ap20030820_1203.html
MSN Messenger Access To Be Restricted
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/20/221226
linuxwrangler writes "According to Infoworld, Microsoft has announced that as of October 15 some third-party software and older versions of MSN Messenger [0]will no longer be able to log in to their Instant Messaging service. Microsoft cited 'security issues', but declined to offer specifics. The company sent an email alert to Messenger users, but users reported thinking the message was a hoax or virus after receiving over a dozen copies of the email." Links
0. http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/08/19/HNmsnlockdown_1.html
Japan's Proposed 30-Year Robot Program
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/20/2051215
[0]Gallamine writes "A group of Japanese [1]researchers have proposed a
Government plan to spend 50 billion yen per year (that's over 400
million $US) for 30 years on developing a robot with capabilities of a
5-year-old. Japan's current economy may prevent the plan from
happening, but the interesting point is the parallels to the U.S.
Apollo space program, America's attempt to put a man on the moon. While
expensive, the benefits to the American population from that program
are probably unmeasurable. Perhaps the U.S. Government should consider
funding such a program over here?"
Links
DARPA Looks Beyond Moore's Law
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/20/2137202
ddtstudio writes "DARPA (the folks who brought you the Internet) is, according to [0]eWeek, looking more than ten years down the road when, they say, chip makers are going to have to have [1]totally new chip fabrication technologies. Quantum gates? Indium Phosphide? Let's keep in mind that Moore's Law was more an observation than a predictive law of nature, despite how people treat it that way." Links
Divx Now Adware Supported Only
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/20/1940202
[0]bogomip_bandit writes "The divx codec is no longer free, no strings
attached. Until recently, when downloading the codec from divx.com, one
could select Dr Divx for a price, Divx Pro for a price, the divx codec
for free, or the divx codec with bundled adware to help support divx
development etc. Recently the site has changed. Now when one visits the
[1]download page, the only free codec you can download is adware
supported. This means even to just watch divx movies and not do any
actual enncoding, one has to install adware on their machine. I for one
will be finding a different video codec." Sounds like a good reason (if
you needed one) to look curiously at [2]Ogg Theora. Update: 08/20 20:04
GMT by [3]T: Correction: As several readers have pointed out, the bare
codec is still available, it's just listed below the payware / adware
versions.
Links
0.
http://bogomip_bandit(at)hotmail.com
1.
http://www.divx.com/divx/
2.
http://www.theora.org/
3.
http://www.monkey.org/~timothy/Microsoft Tracking Behavior of Newsgroup Posters http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/20/1254232
[0]theodp writes "Ever get the feeling your Usenet newsgroup list is
being watched? By Microsoft? If so, consider yourself right. An
[1]interesting but troubling CNET interview with Microsoft's in-house
sociologist goes into how the software giant is keeping a close eye on
newsgroups and other public e-mail lists, tracking and rating
contributors' social habits and determining "people who the system has
shown to have value." Those concerned that it's not a good idea for
computers to track their belongings and whereabouts are advised that
they may ultimately have to fragment their identities, keeping multiple
IDs and e-mail addresses."
Links
0. mailto:theodp@aol.com
Masters of Doom
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/20/1714258
[0]kevin42 writes "Everyone who was into computers 10 years ago knows
about Doom. Less people are familiar with Wolf3D, and even fewer people
ever played any of the Commander Keen games. But those of us who played
them when they were cutting edge games couldn't wait for what would
come next. To hard-core gamers, these games were amazing, and
important. The change came with DOOM; suddenly everyone was interested
in this groundbreaking game." Kevin reviews below David Kushner's
Masters of Doom.
Links
0. mailto:kevin@kevlar.net
Newsforge Reports
A new (egovernment) forge in town
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/20/1441247
- by Joe Barr - There's a new forge in town. Not SourceForge. Not NewsForge, either. I'm talking about Government Forge, which joins a small but growing community involved in spreading the word about open source solutions available for government entities.
Promising Rosegarden almost ready for its musical debut http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/14/1555203
- by Peter Fernando - Rosegarden is a free general-purpose music composition and editing application for Unix and Linux with a matrix editor and a fully-featured MIDI sequencer. Though it shows promise, bugs in this beta version make me recommend waiting for the 1.0 release.
Linus on McBride's latest claim
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/19/1633233
- by Joe Barr - Darl McBride is at it again. According to a VNUNet.com story this morning, McBride claimed yesterday at the SCOForum Conference in Las Vegas that there are over a million lines of copyrighted SCO code in Linux. He added that they can't be removed because only SCO knows which lines they are.
Newsforge Newsvac
16-port gigabit Ethernet switch features Linux support http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/20/2055200
ZNYX Networks, a provider of embedded high-availability Ethernet for Carrier Class systems, is shipping its Intel NetStructure ZT 8102 switch with 16 gigabit Ethernet ports in a CompactPCI 2.16 form factor. ZNYX also offers a customizable version of the ZT 8102 -- the ZX4800P
- to OEMs.
Walmart.com to sell more Linux software
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/20/1943203
NeTraverse said Wednesday that its Win4Lin 5.0 software, which lets users run Microsoft Windows applications on Linux-based PCs, is now available from Walmart.com, the Web site of the massive retail chain.
Review: Hiding in plain sight
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/20/1749225
Matthew Revell writes "ContentPeople has a review of Eric Coles' book on steganography, "Hiding in plain sight"."
Torvalds derides SCO's 'evidence'
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/20/1315211
The founder of Linux says if code that SCO showed off this week is their best example of copyright violations, 'they are bound to lose'
E-mail dos & don'ts: Implementing SMTP gateway http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/20/1743213
Michael S. Mimoso writes "Linux-based e-mail systems make for secure, reliable choices in a network infrastructure, according to expert and author Tony Mancill."
Oregon Open Source Bill Pushes Forward
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/20/1739226
Efforts to push through an open-source software bill in the Oregon legislature will make some significant progress this week in the Oregon state Senate.
Linux powers Siemens Business Services global payroll http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/20/1534216
Siemens Business Services, the IT service provider unit of Germany's Siemens, has completed the migration of its payroll system to a platform using the open-source Linux operating system.
GNU dodges bullet after security breach
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/20/1518212
Michael S. Mimoso writes "The executive director of the Free Software Foundation, principal sponsor of the GNU Project, said that no source code was compromised after an attacker gained root access to the project's FTP server. The cracker apparently had control of the server since March, but was using it to steal passwords and attack other machines."
Linux projects gaining momentum on java.net http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/20/1320235
Linux-based projects within the Java developer community are gaining momentum, reports Sun Microsystems SA. This is underscored by several new initiatives on java.net, a unique, online global community established to foster Java technology collaboration and innovation.Since its launch in June 2003, java.net has gained over 16 000 registered users and initiated over 460 projects.
IBM Delivers Free Speech Tools
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/20/1322214
In the shadow of The SCO Group's copyright infringement allegations, IBM Corp. continues to develop and market solutions for Linux-based systems. Late last month, the company released WebSphere Everyplace Multimodal Environment for Embedix, a version of its Eclipse-based IDE that developers can use to target Sharp's Linux-based Zaurus 5600 handheld computer with applications that can be driven visually, by voice or by a combination of the two.
Freshmeat
Anti-Spam SMTP Proxy 1.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133305/
The Anti-Spam SMTP Proxy (ASSP) Server project aims to create an open source platform independent SMTP Proxy server which implements whitelists and Bayesian filtering to help stop unsolicited commercial email (UCE). Anti-spam tools should be adaptive to new spam and customized for each site’s email patterns. This easy to use tool works with any mail transport and achieves these goals requiring no operator intervention after the initial setup phase.
Apollon 0.8.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133290/
Apollon is the filesharing client you were waiting for! It uses giFT/openFT as a filesharing protocol, and the GUI is very user-friendly and intuitive.
AppComposer 3 3.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133276/
AppComposer is an integrated assembly environment for building applications from reusable Java components. It allows you to visually wire JavaBeans and non-JavaBeans together to create programs like Web applications and others. AppComposer is written 100% in Java and runs on Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris, and even Windows.
Arachne 0.15a
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133318/
Arachne is a Perl-driven RPG gaming engine loosely based on Dungeons and Dragons and Nethack. It aims at making it possible for novice programmers to learn as they go, and more experienced programmers to contribute their experience to a versatile and interesting gaming concept.
Archive 1.9.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133264/
Archive is a fully drag-and-drop multi-format archiver. Drag a directory onto it to create an archive. Drag an archive onto it to extract to a directory. It can also compress and decompress streams (for example, you could drag a .gz file onto Archive and from Archive into your text editor).
AspectC++ 0.7.2 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133277/
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.
Atomic Tanks 0.9.9d
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133299/
Atanks is a multi-platform scorched earth clone similar to Worms. Annihilate the other tanks to earn money, then spend it on bigger and better shields and weapons to wipe out the opposition. It features a wide array of weapons, destructible landscape, weather, parachutes, teleports and a wide range of other features.
Binify 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133172/
Binify is a small utility which produces binary files from text descriptions. It lets you generate/modify binary files using standard text manipulation tools.
BIRD 1.0.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133254/
BIRD is a dynamic routing daemon for UNIX-like systems. It should support all routing protocols used in the contemporary Internet, such as BGP, OSPF, RIP, and their IPv6 variants (except for OSPFv3 which is still under development). It also features a very flexible configuration mechanism, and a route filtering language.
bogofilter 0.14.5.1 (Current)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133243/
Bogofilter is a Bayesian spam filter. In its normal mode of operation, it takes an email message or other text on standard input, does a statistical check against lists of "good" and "bad" words, and returns a status code indicating whether or not the message is spam. Bogofilter is designed with fast algorithms (including Berkeley DB system), coded directly in C, and tuned for speed, so it can be used for production by sites that process a lot of mail.
Burrito 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133328/
Burrito provides an API to the Edonkey 2000 protocol. It is written in C and its main scope is to endorse applications wanting to interact as Edonkey clients.
camorama 0.17
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133292/
camorama is a GNOME 2 Webcam application featuring various image filters.
Cherokee Cherokee 0.4.6 pre-030820
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133322/
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.
Class::Date 1.1.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133307/
Class::Date provides a date datatype for Perl. You can create new Class::Date objects with a constructor from different scalar formats, array refs, and hash refs, and then you can easily manipulate it by the builtin "+" and "-" operators (e.g., $date=date([2001,03,15])+'3Y 1s'). Relative date types also available
Class::XPath 1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133283/
Class::XPath is a Perl module which adds XPath-style matching to your object trees. This means that you can find nodes using an XPath-esque query with match() from anywhere in the tree. Also, the xpath() method returns a unique path to a given node which can be used as an identifier.
CoC Character Generator 2.0 Alpha 2 (Alpha) http://freshmeat.net/releases/133253/
CoC is a character generator for Call of Cthulhu. It currently uses the 5th Edition of the rules.
Code striker 1.7.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133323/
Codestriker is a Perl CGI script that is used for performing code reviews in a collaborative fashion, as opposed to using patches sent in unstructured emails. Authors create code review topics, and the nominated reviewers are automatically notified by email. Reviewers can view the proposed diff in colored-diff mode, and can also view the original and new files that comprise the review in their entirety when Codestriker is linked with CVS or Subversion. Comments are made on a per-line basis, and comments submitted by the other reviewers can be viewed as they are created. Emails are sent to the appropriate parties when comments are created. The author is free to submit comments against the review comments. The end result is a structured set of review comments instead of a pile of unstructured emails. Codestriker also features the ability to search over existing topics in a variety of ways.
Command Line Progress Bar 1.02
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133317/
Command Line Progress Bar is a simple command line tool to display information about a data transfer stream. It will display the number of bytes transfered, the speed of the transfer, and if the size of the data stream is known it will display the ETA, percent complete, and a progress bar.
Cycling 0.1.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133303/
Cycling helps you in managing your training. It can display a list of your training sessions, let you define a list of circuits, and manage cyclist information such as weight, height, heart rate, etc.
D 1.0.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133216/
D is an alternative to ls and its long format output. It optimizes the output to create more space for the filename and reduce the chance of wrap around. It also has a --dirs-first option to always print directories before regular files regardless of the current sort option. Those familiar with Midnight Commander will recognize this behavior. It allows for system and user configuration files, which can specify several options that are available on the command line, as well as the 'color' option which can be used to completely customize the colorization of output, like ls but in a more convenient configuration file.
DataVision 0.7.11
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133293/
DataVision is a reporting tool similar to Crystal Reports, written in Java. It supports multiple data sources (JDBC, text files) and output formats (HTML, XML, PDF, LaTeX, comma- and tab-separated data files, and DocBook). It lets you design reports with a drag-and-drop GUI. Report descriptions are stored as XML.
DCGUI-QT 0.2.18
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133296/
DCGUI-QT a QT GUI Direct Connect filesharing client.
Desktop ROCK Linux 2.0.0-camp
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133294/
Desktop ROCK Linux is a source distribution based upon the distribution build kit ROCK Linux. It is released with an automatic build system as well as prebuilt ISO images. It inherits the state-of-the-art tool chain from ROCK Linux and also includes the latest KDE and GNOME releases and many other packages. The build system allows optimized rebuilds of single packages or the whole ISO.
DGNLib 1.8 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133287/
DGNLib is a small C/C++ library for reading and writing Microstation DGN files (also known as ISFF format). Microstation DGN files are CAD files similar to AutoCAD's DWG.
Diqt 1.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133250/
Diqt is a Web-based multilingual dictionary reference tool. That is, dictionaries of many languages can be searched using a Web browser. Any language is available if you have its dictionary data. For example, you can search English-Japanese, English-German, English-French, and Japanese-English dictionaries at the same time.
Distributed Hardware Evolution 1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133259/
This project allows the distribution of a genetic algorithm evolving hardware designs across the Internet by setting up an island on each clients' PC which will evolve during idle time. Individuals from these islands will migrate between each other as they compete for survival. All source code is available and is generalizable to any GA or distributed processing task.
DOCSIS Server 1.1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133321/
DOCSIS Server is a DHCP/TFTP/TOD/syslog server that uses MySQL as a backend. If you have a DOCSIS Cable Modem headend, you can use this server to boot up cable modems and assign IP addresses to customer premise equipment. With a little bit of tweaking you could also use it as just a DHCP server attached to a MySQL database. It was designed to boot up more than 150 modems per second.
ecamegapedal 0.4.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133301/
Ecamegapedal is a real-time effect processor tool that includes a graphical user interface for controlling effect parameters. It is meant to be used as a virtual guitar or studio effect box. In addition to real-time operation, it supports reading from and writing to audio files. All audio objects and effect plugin types provided by the ecasound libraries are supported, including ALSA, JACK, OSS, aRts, over 20 file formats, over 30 effect types, LADSPA plugins, and multi-operator effect presets. It uses the ecasound and Qt libraries.
eChat 0.04beta1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133238/
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 2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133271/
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 2004 PC Franchise. One of the modes offered by Madden 2004 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.
Enterprise Groupware System 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133256/
Enterprise Groupware System (EGS) is a comprehensive online CRM system offering advanced functionality and multi-layer logins. As a Web-based system, it allows employees to log in to the system even when away from the office. It includes contacts, project management, email ticketing, file sharing, and HR management.
Exim 4.22 (exim4)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133258/
Exim is a message transfer agent (MTA) developed at the University of Cambridge for use on Unix systems connected to the Internet. In style it is similar to Smail 3, but its facilities are much more extensive. Exim is in use at many sites around the world.
File::Scan 0.63 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133239/
File::Scan allows users to make multiplataform virus scanners which can detect Windows/DOS/Mac viruses. It include a virus scanner and signatures database.
Flyspray 0.9.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133224/
Originally developed for the Psi project, Flyspray is an easy to use bug tracking system for those who don't require all the complexities of something like Bugzilla. It supports multiple users, file attachments, and Jabber notifications.
FOX 1.1.34 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133226/
FOX is a C++-based toolkit for GUI development. It includes a rich set of widgets and has powerful yet simple layout managers, MDI widgets, and mega-widgets. FOX incorporates support for XDND for drag and drop, X clipboard and X Selection, watching other I/O channels and sockets, timers and idle processing, object serialization and deserialization, a registry to save persistent settings, and 3D widgets using Mesa or OpenGL. FOX works on Linux, IRIX, Solaris, HP/UX, AIX, Tru64 Unix, Windows 9x,NT,2K (VC++, GNUWIN32, Borland, VisualAge C++), FreeBSD, and Sequent.
Framework for User-Space Devices 1.10
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133320/
Framework for User-Space Devices (FUSD) is a Linux framework for proxying device file callbacks into user-space, allowing device files to be implemented by daemons instead of kernel code. Despite being implemented in user-space, FUSD devices can look and act just like any other file under /dev that is implemented by kernel callbacks. A user-space device driver can do many of the things that kernel drivers cannot, such as perform a long running computation, block while waiting for an event, read files from the file system, access the network, talk to a serial port, and more.
GAG 4.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133295/
GAG is a Graphical Boot Manager with a lot of features. It doesn't need a partition, it works with primary and extended partitions in every hard disk, it has a lot of icons, it allows you to put passwords for each operating system, it can swap hard disks and it can be tested from diskette. The SafeBoot feature allows you to boot your hard disk even if GAG is overwritten. It includes extensive support for many languages and keyboard types.
Gnome Display Manager 2.4.1.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133327/
The Gnome Display Manager is a reimplementation of the well known xdm program. GDM consists of a daemon and a graphical login application which runs as an unpriviledged user. The login GUI features a face browser, an optional logo, and language/session type selection support. The daemon includes an XDMCP implementation for managing remote displays. Access control relies on TCPWrappers and PAM.
GNU Transport Layer Security Library 0.8.10 http://freshmeat.net/releases/133314/
GNU Transport Layer Security Library is a library which implements a secure layer over a reliable transport layer such as TCP/IP. It implements the TLS 1.0 and SSL 3.0 protocols. GnuTLS is available for beta testing.
GnuCash 1.8.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133225/
GnuCash allows you to track bank accounts, stocks, income, and expenses. As quick and intuitive to use as a checkbook register, it is based on professional accounting principles to ensure balanced books and accurate reports. It is backed by an active development community and is blossoming into a full-fledged accounting system.
gtk-acl 0.1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133272/
gtk-acl is a GTK frontend that allow users to manage ACL permissions. ACL is a new kind of access that overrides Unix permissions to support more fine-grained permissions. You can add more users or groups to file or directory permissions.
Homestar Runner Icons 0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133310/
Based on the Homestar Runner flash cartoons, this is an icon set currently consisting of 72 icons at 64x64 in the PNG format. As the set grows, the size or format may change or expand based on requests.
ibo 3.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133257/
ibo is a tool for developing Web-based interfaces to relational databases. ibo1 is a translator from an ad hoc language to C, ibo2 is an application server for projects written in the same language as ibo1, and ibo3 is a small set of Python modules.
JamochaMUD beta11-03-08-20
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133340/
JamochaMUD offers Unicode, plug-in, and multi-language support (8 different languages) to allow a more enjoyable MUCKing/MUDding experience. It features command history, synchronized window controls, experimental SOCKS 5 support, and greatly improved ANSI colour support. It plays nice on Unix systems, supports a wide range of MU*s, and also includes emulation of some TinyFugue editor controls. It uses Java 1.1, and includes classes to be easily reused in other Java applications.
Java Serialization to XML 2 2.0.9.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133220/
Java Serialization to XML 2 allows you to convert Java objects into streams of XML and back again. Using it is as easy as replacing "ObjectOutputStream" with "JSX.ObjectWriter" to convert objects to XML, and replacing "ObjectInputStream" with "JSX.ObjectReader" to convert XML into objects. JSX subclasses Java's serialization classes, so it can be used in their place with the same simple power. This allows you to check and correct your distributed, persisted, and logged object data, and process it with XSLT, SAX, and DOM. JSX handles all objects, complex object graphs, new classes, old classes, and evolving classes. JSX even handles classes that do not implement the "Serializable" interface.
JDebugTool 3.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133260/
JDebugTool is a standalone Java debugger built on top of the standard JPDA (Java Platform Debugger Architecture). It features a graphical and intuitive Java Swing GUI, and integrated Java Help.
JSON for Objective Caml 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133247/
JSON for Objective Caml is an implementation of the JavaScript Object Notation for the Objective Caml programming language. JSON is a lightweight data interchange format presented as a simpler and thinner alternative to XML. For more information on JSON, visit http://www.crockford.com/JSON/index.html.
JSON for Ruby 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133245/
JSON for Ruby is an implementation of the JavaScript Object Notation for the Ruby programming language. JSON is a lightweight data interchange format proposed as a thinner alternative for XML. For more information on JSON, see http://www.crockford.com/JSON/index.html.
Ked Password Manager 0.1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133300/
Ked Password Manager helps to manage large amounts of passwords and related information, and simplifies the tasks of searching and entering password data. It is written as an extensible framework, which allows you to plug in custom password database backends and custom user interface frontends.
libpubsub 0.4.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133266/
libpubsub provides everything needed to set up a simple publish/subscribe environment. It allows a programmer to let several processes (not necessarily on the same host) exchange information with each other in a very easy way. It is mainly intended for use in C++ applications, but the package also includes a tool to let shell scripts use pubsub.
LILO 22.5.7.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133297/
LILO is a Boot loader for Linux/x86 and other PC operating systems. It is responsible for loading your Linux kernel from either a floppy or a hard drive and passing control to it. It is capable of booting beyond cylinder 1024 of a hard disk if the BIOS supports EDD packet call extensions to the int 0x13 interface. LILO can also be used to boot many other operating systems, including DOS, Windows (all versions), OS/2, and the BSD variants. The LILO distribution includes full source, documentation and support files.
LiteSpeed Web Server 1.0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133221/
LiteSpeed Web Server is a full-featured, high-performance, secure, and easy-to-use Web server that runs on Unix and Linux. It supports HTTP/1.1, SSL, CGI, FastCGI, PHP, JSP, Servlets, GZIP compression, IP level throttling, connection accounting, DoS attack prevention, and instant recovery mechanisms. Installation is very easy with pre-built binary. Administration and configuration is very easy through a Web interface.
Magma 1.4r2 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133298/
Magma is a bash script designed to make CD burning at the console easier. It supports burning normal data CDs, audio CDs, blanking CD-RWs, multisession, and more.
Makepasswd 0.4.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133324/
Makepasswd generates pseudo-random passwords of a desired length. It is able to generate its crypted equivalent.
Medoosa 1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133282/
Medoosa is a documentation tool for C++ that can produce UML class diagrams, including generalizations and associations. Corrections can be made interactively in a diagram editor (Dia) and are fed back into the source as Javadoc-style comments. The layout must still be done by hand.
MIB Smithy 2.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133316/
MIB Smithy is an application for SNMP developers, MIB designers, and Internet-draft authors. It provides a GUI-based environment for designing, editing, and compiling MIB modules according to the SMIv1 and SMIv2 standards. It accelerates the development process by providing an easy-to-use GUI environment for designing, editing, and compiling SNMP MIB specifications without the syntax and formatting concerns of designing MIBs by hand. It includes a number of built-in basic SNMP management tools, XML support, and (with MIB Smithy Professional) support for custom compiler output formats.
MiddleMan 1.8.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133265/
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.
mkvtoolnix 0.6.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133308/
mkvtoolnix is a set of tools that allow users to display information about, extract streams from, merge several streams into, and split Matroska media files. Supported stream types include video streams from AVIs or Ogg files and Vorbis audio from Ogg files among many others. The resulting files can be played back with mplayer or the Matroska Direct Show filter under Windows.
Mod ZipRead 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133248/
Mod ZipRead is an Apache 2 module to browse Zip archives. It permits Apache 2 to read Zip files and to show their contents via a standard Web browser. It uses zziplib.
MyClassifieds 2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133334/
MyClassifieds is a Perl CGI implementation of online classifieds, similar to other classifieds or auction sites. It displays all aspects of the classifieds and creates all of the files for you. Only one file needs to be edited to specify the categories, colors, template, and a few other site-specific variables and preferences. The script supports email and deletion/modification of ads by users, as well as searching ads, and auto-delete after an admin-specified number of days.
MyClassifiedsSQL 2.1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133335/
MyClassifiedsSQL is a Perl/CGI/MySQL implementation of online classifieds, similar to other classifieds or auction sites. It displays all aspects of the classifieds and creates all of the files for you. Only one file needs to be edited to specify the categories, colors, template, and a few other site-specific variables and preferences. The script supports email and deletion/modification of ads by users, as well as searching ads, and auto-delete after an admin-specified number of days.
MySQL Cocoa project 2.2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133319/
The MySQL Cocoa project provides a standard MySQL client API for using the database with Cocoa (the MacOS X Objective-C/OpenStep environment).
Netjuke 1.0-rc2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133336/
Artekopia Netjuke is a cross-platform Web-based audio streaming jukebox powered by PHP 4 and an increasing choice of databases. MP3, Ogg Vorbis, ASF/WMA, and other music file formats are supported. Artekopia Netjuke aims to enable small organizations or communities run a private "mp3.com-like" Web site to access the music they legitimately own, distribute, or are granted access to. It supports most audio players, language packs, optional file downloads, media protection schemes, multi-level security, shared and private playlists, random playlists, images, etc. It also features an unusual, easy-to-use installer module to get you started in minutes.
Oracletool 2.1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133275/
Oracletool is a free, interactive, Web-based tool for Oracle DBAs. It can extract a wealth of information from the Oracle data dictionary and present it in an easy-to-read graphical format, as well as ease day-to-day repetitive tasks. Oracletool is written entirely in Perl, is easy to install, and runs on UNIX and Win32.
OSCAR Cluster 2.3 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133262/
OSCAR (Open Source Cluster Application Resource) is a snapshot of the best known methods for building, programming, and using clusters. It consists of a fully integrated and easy- to-install software bundle designed for high performance cluster computing.
Picfolio 0.2.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133274/
Picfolio is a static photo gallery generator that uses XML and XSLT. It has built-in support for thumbnail and midnail generation and optional support for EXIF data in images.
pkdump 0.97.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133278/
pkdump detects TCP and UDP port scans and connection attempt from foreign hosts over the Internet.
PortableCBL 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133189/
PortableCBL is an open C implementation of the proprietary Cray Bioinformatics Library. High Performance is achieved by low level bit operations on compressed data whenever possible. It is designed to run on a wide variety of platforms in either 32- or 64-bit mode, on either big or little endian architectures.
PXES Universal Linux Thin Client 0.6-4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133213/
PXES is a micro Linux distribution for thin clients that converts any suitable machine into a versatile thin client within minutes. It can access XDM servers presenting a graphical login screen, Microsoft Terminal Servers, Citrix ICA, and VNC servers, LTSP, or a local X session with simple desktop and window manager. A graphical configuration tool allows parameters such as the server to be set. Local devices can be accessed, including sound, printers, and disks. It boots on a variety of hardware, and does not require NFS. It can be used over low bandwidth WAN and VPN connections, and can also be booted from local media like hard disk and CD-ROMs where network boot cannot be used.
PyPE 1.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133325/
PyPE (Python Programmers Editor) was written in order to offer a lightweight but powerful editor for those of you who think emacs is too much and idle is too little. Syntax highlighting is included out of the box, as is multiple open documents via tabs. Being written in Python and wxPython allows PyPE to be used on basically every platform available.