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[osdn business] August 23, 2003
Date: Sat Aug 23 2003 - 01:30:28 EDT
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Slashdot
Brazilian Rocket Explodes on Launch Pad
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/22/2142211
[0]steman writes "BBC News Online says that [1]16 people have been
killed and a Brazillian space rocket was destroyed in an explosion in
Brazil. It seems that the space race is heating up again, with many
countries getting involved such as [2]China, [3]Europe and [4]Japan to
name just three. Will the future of space exploration be dominated by
names other than Russia and the USA?"
Links
0. mailto:net-ste@widearea.org
1.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3175131.stm
2.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3090875.stm
3.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3159797.stm
4.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3003584.stm
Perl Modules as RPM Packages
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/22/218255
[0]libertynews writes "[1]KPLUG President Kevin Pedigo has just
announced his latest project -- [2]RPMPAN, an archive of CPAN Perl
modules in RPM format, generated nightly."
Links
0.
http://www.brianlane.com
1.
http://www.kplug.org/
2.
http://rpmpan.sourceforge.net/
Carmack on New id Game, Game Theory
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/22/217218
An anonymous reader writes "CNN/Money interviewed [0]id Software wizard
John Carmack at the recently completed QuakeCon. Among the [1]topics
discussed is Nintendo's recent announcement that today's games are too
complicated and hard for players. Carmack, surprisingly, agrees, saying
'I agree strongly with that point of view, but I'm in the minority in
the PC space. I want a game you can sit down with, pick up and play.
[Role playing games], for example, got to where they had to have a book
ship with the game.'"
Links
Flaming Cellphones
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/22/2053258
[0]phorm writes "Many of us have heard the urban legend of cellphones
[1]causing fires at the gas pump, but how about the hazards of
replacement batteries? Reuters is carrying a story about a woman whose
cellphone [2]burst into flame, causing her superficial burn injuries.
According to Nokia, the problem has occured before, and is related to
non-brand replacement batteries. For various reasons, these batteries
may overheat and catch fire, or even explode! So far I haven't found
much info on whether this has happened with other brands of phone,
though I do know that my little flip-phone gets very hot when running
in analog mode. Perhaps some slashdot readers have had a similar
experience?"
Links
0. mailto:slashdot@phormix.com
1.
http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/wirelessandmobiletips/story/0,24330,3399097,00.html
2.
http://news.excite.com/odd/article/id/349004%7Coddlyenough%7C08-21-2003::08:46%7Creuters.htmlWIPO Pressured to Kill Meeting on Open Source http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/22/2014231
panthan writes "The Washington Post has has an article about a proposed meeting of the WIPO concerning open source having been [0]removed from consideration, apparently due to pressure from the US State Department and the USPTO. 'In short order, lobbyists from Microsoft-funded trade groups were pushing officials at the State Department and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to squelch the meeting. One lobbyist, Emery Simon with the Business Software Alliance, said his group objected to the suggestion in the proposal that overly broad or restrictive intellectual-property rights might in some cases stunt technological innovation and economic growth.'" Lawrence Lessig has [1]some comments. Links
0. http://www.detnews.com/2003/technology/0308/22/technology-250851.htm
Red Hat Enterprise 3 Beta Reviewed
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/22/1921259
viewstyle writes "eWEEK has got a [0]review of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 Beta, code named Taroon. It now has the new Red Hat Bluecurve interface. New important stuff includes: logical volume management and access control lists in the file system. The access control list feature is something that has been in Windows and Solaris for some time. If you're interested, you can [1]download it here." Links
0. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1228480,00.asp
Open Source at TiVo
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/22/1848248
[0]CowboyRobot writes "[1]ACM Queue has an [2]article by TiVo
co-founder Jim Barton, in which he explains how the company relies on
open source technologies to create a closed-source product. A good
lesson in how other companies can do the same. From the article:
Careful management of our sources to abide by the terms of the GNU
General Public License while protecting our proprietary developments is
a small price to pay for this benefit."
Links
0.
http://www.matchstick.com
1.
http://www.acmqueue.org/
2.
http://acmqueue.org/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=53Top University Rankings for 2004 Released http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/22/1755259
jemecki writes "[0]US News and World Report has posted their annual
[1]rankings for the [2]top colleges and universities in America. Of
particular interest to Slashdotters are the top [3]Computer Engineering
and [4]Electrical Engineering universities and the top [5]overall
engineering schools. For those that don't want to RTFA, Harvard and
Princeton are the best in the country, and MIT, Stanford and Berkeley
are the best in Engineering."
Links
0.
http://www.usnews.com/
1.
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/rankindex_brief.php
2.
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/ranknatudoc_brief.php
3.
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/engineering/phd/enps05_brief.php
4.
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/engineering/phd/enps06_brief.php
5.
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/engineering/phd/topprogs_withphd_brief.php
The Trilogy as One
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/22/1723222
[0]jmays writes "New Line is re-releasing 'The Fellowship of the Ring'
and 'The Two Towers' except this time, [1]in their respective extended
versions. When? Once each week for the two weeks prior to the opening
of 'The Return of the King.'"
Links
0. mailto:jmays@voyager.net
On Videogame Journalism
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/22/1657245
[0]Michael_Blessed writes "The most [1]incisive critique of games
journalism currently out there. I would say that as I participated, but
there's some real illuminating stuff in there. And it's all true - I
should know, being a games 'journalist' myself." It's a whole long
series - read all 11 parts.
Links
0. http://www.blessedmagazine.com
Newsforge Reports
Taking steps toward open idea development
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/20/140213
- by Henrik Nilsen Omma - In an article here on NewsForge, Jordi Carrasco-Munoz presented a scheme for pooling ideas. Following an open development model, several of us have now started adding to and improving it. I really like the idea of an information bank, and plan to support it. I have a few concrete suggestions, and I've registered a domain name to get us started.
An Open Letter to Darl McBride
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/22/1746248
- by Eric S. Raymond - Mr. McBride: Late yesterday I learned that you have charged that your company is the victim of an insidious conspiracy masterminded by IBM. You have urged the press and public to believe that the Open Source Initiative and the Free Software Foundation and Red Hat and Novell and various Linux enthusiasts are up in arms not because of beliefs or interests of their own, but because little gray men from Armonk have put them up ...
Second Oregon Open Source bill: a report http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/22/052224
- by Ken Barber - Salem, Oregon, August 21 - Today was a big day in Oregon. President Bush flew in to promote his Healthy Forests Initiative, and had to make a detour because of a forest fire. And the state Senate Rules Committee held a hearing for the second Oregon Open Source bill, SB 941.
Newsforge Newsvac
Editor's Note: What Is SuSE Waiting For?
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/23/0426232
Since everyone has a theory on why SCO is doing what they are doing, I will instead talk about something else that has been weighing on my mind for the past few weeks. - SuSE.
IBM dismisses OpenOffice as child's play http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/22/2231259
IBM claims to have put more than $1 billion behind open source software, but the company is failing to pay even a modest amount of lip service to one of free software's most needed products.
Brussels to promote open source
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/22/193209
Europe's public sector is to get a new official information service encouraging the use of open source technology.
The Internet is scheduled to end... right now! http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/22/1859219
This is being posted at 2:59 US EDT, one minute before the annoying sobig.f virus is supposed to start filling infected Windows users' machines with massive quantities of (gasp) Unknown Software. If you are reading this, obviously the Internet didn't end, but some mainstream media and antivirus companies sure have pushed the alarm(ist) button on this one, haven't they?
A visual tour of OGSA : Grid Computing
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/22/1828204
Anonymous Reader writes "The goal: diverse resources that interoperate. To get there, grids must be built on standard interfaces and protocols, and the Open Grid Services Architecture maps the path. In this article, we lay out the components of OGSA and explain their significance. The Globus Toolkit 3 is the first major implementation of the standard; others are under development."
IBM lays off 15,000, HP 1300
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/22/1719245
Veteran IBM-watchers know how testing it is to read one of the company's financial statements. In the early days of the cold war, Churchill described the Soviet Union as "a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma". But compared to earnings releases from companies such as Apple and Sun - who provide terse and lucid declarations - you can be forgiven for thinking of IBM's announcements as a cloud wrapped in a fog containing a temporary ...
MontaVista Says SCO Not A Threat to Embedded Linux http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/22/1639207
Embedded Linux specialist MontaVista Software Thursday, looking to assure embedded Linux customers that they have little to worry about from questions about Linux's legal status, joined the growing list of Linux distribution firms rebutting the claims of SCO Group that Linux is an unauthorized derivation of its Unix intellectual property.
Motorola unveils first Linux smartphone
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/22/1618223
The mobile-phone maker has put its first Linux-powered handset on the market, launching an ambitious strategy of competition with Symbian and Microsoft.
Thailand's cheap PCs 'force Microsoft's hand' http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/22/1542238
A Gartner analyst is predicting Microsoft's prices in developing countries will be cut in half within a year
SCO CEO says IBM behind open source attacks http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/22/159223
IBM has been quietly stage-managing the open source community's response to The SCO Group's $3 billion lawsuit over Big Blue's contributions to the Linux source code, SCO's CEO Darl McBride said in an interview at his company's SCO Forum user conference in Las Vegas this week.
Freshmeat
2-Disk X window embedded Linux 1.2.0 (Source code)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133436/
2-Disk X window embedded Linux is a tiny net-centric Linux that aims at portable secure remote system usage. It contains many utilities including: X Windows, vncviewer, rdesktop, a Web browser, a file manager, a text editor, a terminal, a window manager, a menu system, a dialog system, X scripting facilities, and many others. It aims to work from 1 or 2 floppy disks in any remote location.
Alpaca 0.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133512/
Alpaca is a multitasking operating system for Z-80 based arcade hardware. It has been designed to run on both Pac-Man and Pengo based arcade machines, but can easily be ported to other machines with similar architectures. It supports four concurrently running processes, task switching, simple inter-process messaging, semaphores, and a basic window-based graphical interface.
Apache DoS Evasive Maneuvers Module 1.7 http://freshmeat.net/releases/133516/
The Apache DoS Evasive Maneuvers Module is a module for Apache 1.3 that provides functionality for detecting and fighting off DoS attacks and brute force attacks. It does this by adding addresses to a 10-second '403 List' and rejecting rapidly repeated requests for the same URL from the same addresses, using an internal hash table, on a per-child basis. This module can be configured to talk to ipchains, ipfilter, or any other tool designed to push the attack out to the network layer, and provides email notification in the event of an attack.
Atom'o'run 1.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133510/
In Atom'o'run, the character "Atomio" has to escape from an exploding nuclear bomb. It uses 3D OpenGL for the graphics, while the gameplay is 2D (just jump and run as fast as you can, left to right).
BFilter 0.8.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133493/
BFilter is a smart filtering HTTP proxy. It removes ads, webbugs, and popups. Unlike the majority of similar tools, it doesn't rely on a list of blocked URLs, but instead parses HTML on the fly, and detects ads using a set of heuristic rules. BFilter has a built-in JavaScript engine which detects popups and js-generated ads.
Blassic 0.6.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133507/
Blassic is a classic Basic interpreter. The line numbers are mandatory, and it has PEEK & POKE. The main goal is to execute programs written in old interpreters, but it can be used as a scripting language.
CheckRDF 38.7143
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133459/
CheckRDF is a tool, consisting of a shell script and a Haskell program, for downloading RDF site summaries and showing news in a text file and in an HTML file. It is highly configurable.
CILib 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133461/
CILib is a framework for developing Computational Intelligence algorithms such as particle swarms, evolutionary algorithms, neural networks, etc.
ColorDesigner 1.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133456/
ColorDesigner is a small app which lets the user design a color set.
CSVC4XML 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133472/
CSVC4XML (CSV Compaction for XML) leaves intact only the elements required for processing and compacts the other elements to reduce the CPU load and the amount of memory used for XML documents of record forms, such as a checklist and a list of names.
cuckooo 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133469/
cuckooo is a KDE KPart which allows OpenOffice.org to be run inside a Konqueror window or as a standalone application with the KDE look and feel.
cx_Oracle 3.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133500/
cx_Oracle is a Python extension module that allows access to Oracle, and conforms to the Python database API specifications. This module is currently built against Oracle 8.1.7 and Oracle 9.2.
dc_qt 0.0.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133499/
dc_qt is a Qt GUI for the dctc Direct Connect client. Direct Connect is a peer-to-peer file sharing program similar to IRC.
DHCP-locator 0.02
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133460/
DHCP-Locator is a pair of programs/scripts that log the switch IP address, port in switch, MAC address, and IP address when a host is getting an IP address from a DHCP server. It uses ISC DHCP server logs as input. It's excellent for abuse issues in large networks.
Digital Tester 0.3 ALPHA
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133480/
Digital Tester can be used by testers as a cost-effective test management solution. By using the built-in reports and third-party tools like Crystal Reports, it will help you analyze your test results, allowing you to quickly identify areas of your application that have bugs.
Divx-like Skin 2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133378/
Divx-like Skin is based on a Windows Divx player.
Ecdysis 2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133467/
Ecdysis is a clean, techy LCD theme.
FurthurNET 1.7.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133481/
Furthur is a peer-to-peer cataloging and music sharing tool that allows a fully enforceable legal sharing model, instant downloads with no waiting lists, in-depth cataloging functionality, and detailed attribute searches.
GiNaC 1.1.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133485/
GiNaC (GiNaC is Not a CAS (Computer Algebra System)) is a C++ library for symbolic calculations. It is designed to allow the creation of integrated systems that embed symbolic manipulations together with more established areas of computer science (like computation-intense numeric applications, graphical interfaces, etc.). Contrary to other CASes it does not try to provide extensive algebraic capabilities and a simple programming language but instead accepts a given language (C++) and extends it by a set of algebraic capabilities.
GL-117 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133483/
GL-117 is an OpenGL- and SDL-based action flight simulator written in C++. It provides a random terrain generator, lighting effects, sounds, and joystick support.
GPLIGC 1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133482/
GPLIGC is a program to analyze IGC flight data from GNSS flight data recorders used by glider pilots. It can be used to optimize flights for the online contest (2003 rules). It uses Perl/Tk and gnuplot. The openGLIGCexplorer (written in C++) allows one to view the data in 3D with OpenGL, and can also be used as a digital elevation model terrain viewer.
Gtk2-Perl 0.95
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133455/
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.
IBGS 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133489/
IBGS is a game server for board games such as chess, go, checkers, and nine nens morris. Data about players and games are stored in an SQL database. The FICS protocol is supported. The IBGS Client is part of this project.
ImageSpace 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133486/
ImageSpace creates 2D images by mutating syntax trees according to user input. The user acts as the fitness function and selects images by aesthetic criteria. Selected images can be rendered and saved in resolutions up to 2048x2048.
Issue Dealer 0.9.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133503/
The Issue Dealer is a simple product for managing (structuring, editing, prioritizing, categorizing) issues. It is primarily used to manage information.
IzPack 3.1.0b (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133515/
IzPack is a powerful Java installer builder. It is able to create lightweight and modular installers. You have the choice of the installer panels you want to use (some can do the same job, so that you can select the one you prefer), and you even have the choice of the kind of installer that you want to use. IzPack doesn't use any portion of native code, it is designed to be fully independent from the operating system that runs it. It is very easy for the end user with a properly installed JVM to use an installer made with IzPack, since a single "java -jar installer.jar" will launch it.
kavi2svcd 0.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133454/
kavi2svcd is a GUI for generating MPEG files from an AVI file using transcode and mplex. It then generates a Video CD image using vcdimager and burns to CD with cdrdao. It can generate m1v, m2v, and mpa files, multiplex the MPEG file, generate cue and bin files, and allows the generated command lines to be edited before executing them.
KisMAC 0.05d4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133497/
KisMAC is a stumbler application for Mac OS X that puts your card into monitor mode. Unlike most other applications for OS X, it is completely invisible and sends no probe requests.
Layer-7 Packet Classifier for Linux 2003-08-22 (Pattern Definitions) http://freshmeat.net/releases/133505/
This project is a filter that classifies packets based on application (or layer 7) data. This means that it is able to classify packets as HTTP, FTP, Gnucleus, etc, regardless of what port the services are run on. It complements existing filters that classify based on route, port numbers, and so on in the existing Linux QoS infrastructure.
libmelf 0.2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133508/
libmelf is a library interface for manipulating ELF object files. It is designed to be simplistic, powerful, portable, and require very few dependencies.
Liferea 0.3.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133519/
Liferea (Linux Feed Reader) is an RSS/RDF feed reader. It's intended to be a clone of the Windows-only FeedReader. It can be used to maintain a list of subscribed feeds, browse through their items, and show their contents using GtkHTML.
LilyPond 1.8.1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133463/
LilyPond is a music typesetter. It produces beautiful sheet music using a file as input. LilyPond is part of the GNU Project.
linphone 0.12.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133462/
Linphone is a Web phone with a GNOME interface. It let you make two-party calls over IP networks such as the Internet. It uses the IETF protocols SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) and RTP (Realtime Transport Protocol) to make calls, so it should be able to communicate with other SIP-based Web phones. With several codecs available, it can be used with high speed connections as well as 28k modems.
Loggerithim 6.4.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133509/
Loggerithim is an extensible monitoring and remote management package. It allows you to monitor your systems, proactively spot problems, remotely manage, perform post-mortems, throw alerts when bad things happen, predict future needs, and automate adminstration tasks.
mboxstats 1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133470/
mboxstats creates top-10 lists of the messages in a mailbox (top writers/subjects/messages per day, etc.).
Mixmos 0.1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133484/
Mixmos is yet another GTK-based OSS mixer program. It's attempt to create a nice and useful soundcard volume control program for Linux.
mudsbuilder 0.5.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133504/
Mudsbuilder is a set of tools for the creation of dungeon maps in MUDs. Once a map is created, the user has the ability to generate LPC code from that map for virtually any mudlib. It supports standard (south, north, east, etc.) exits, ups and downs, and miscellaneous exits, such as one-way exits.
noattach 1.1p1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133468/
noattach is a milter that parses the body of email messages from sendmail, checks if the filename of attachments matches one of the regular expressions in a given pattern file, and rejects those emails that match. Filenames are RFC 2047- or RFC 2231-decoded if needed.
photos 4.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133458/
photos is a Web-based photo database for storing metadata about digital photos so you can find them again later. It supports adding photos one at a time, or as a group by directory. It is intended to be run locally but can be run on a remote Web server if you've got the space and the bandwidth.
PHP 2 Do 0.1.0 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133488/
PHP 2 Do is a simple todo list with categories, date entered, and date due.
PHPlist 2.5.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133517/
PHPlist is a mailing list system that allows posting via a Web page. It works well when used for announcements, and can handle very large email address lists. Users can sign up to multiple lists, but will only receive a single copy of cross-posted messages. When signing up, users can identify their geographical location, and messages can be targetted to these. You can add place holders in your email that will be replaced with personal details (such as the person's name). Users can update their own information, and unlike many other mailing list systems, they can change their email address. HTML emails are supported.
phpMyFAQ 1.3.5-beta2 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133476/
phpMyFAQ is a multilingual, completely database-driven FAQ system. It also offers a content management system, flexible multi-user support, a news system, user tracking, language modules, templates, extensive XML support, PDF support, a backup system, and an easy to use installation script.
pipemeter-shd 0.03
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133479/
pipemeter-shd is a commandline filter that displays the data bandwidth passing through a process.
PlanMyDay 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133471/
PlanMyDay helps you plan all the activities that have to be done today. It imports the following entries from your built-in or extra applications: todos, floating events (timed and untimed), and user-defined events. You can assign the duration each of them takes and reorder them as you wish. PlanMyDay calculates (from a given start time) when every item should be finished. After you mark what percent of each entry is finished, the complete timetable is recalculated.
PowerDNS daemon 2.9.11 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133491/
PDNS is an advanced high performance authoritative nameserver with a host of backends. Besides plain BIND configuration files, PDNS reads information from MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL and many other databases. Backends can easily be written in any language, and a sample Perl backend is provided. PDNS powers http://express.powerdns.com, a Web-based DNS maintenance site, and the top level domain .TK.
PyX 0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133495/
PyX is a Python package for the creation of encapsulated PostScript figures. It provides both an abstraction of PostScript and a TeX/LaTeX interface. Complex tasks like 2D and 3D plots in publication-ready quality are built out of these primitives.
RetroForth 6.14
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133474/
Retro is a clean, usable Forth-based development system. It currently runs under Linux and DOS, or as an operating system.
rubyzip 0.5.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133478/
rubyzip is a Ruby module for reading and writing zip files.
Slackware Live CD 2.9.0.21
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133457/
Slackware Live CD is a 200MB live Linux distribution on CD that is based on Slackware. It features many add-ons, including the scripts required to create your own live CD.
Slibo 0.4.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133513/
Slibo aims to be a comfortable replacement for the xboard chess interface, written for OpenGL and KDE. It uses the xboard protocol and can be used with common chess engines like crafty or gnuchess, but it provides its own chess engine too. Though its designed to be easy to use for the new chess player, it supports playing multiple games the same time, or anaylzing PGN files with multiple engines.
Smilehouse Workspace 1.0.1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133464/
Smilehouse Workspace is a Java based e-commerce application for product, order, and customer information management. It can be used for building and managing product catalogs, online stores, Webshops, and b-to-b extranets. It currently runs on Tomcat and has two Web-based interfaces. The first is a themed interface visible to the public, and the second is a separate administration interface for managing both the appearance and content of the published service (users and customers, product information and related files, order information).
songanizer 0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133501/
songanizer is a script to organize a directory containing Ogg and MP3 files. The script accepts a list of directories in which the real Ogg and MP3 files reside. It then reads information like author, album, and genre from the files' ID3 tags and creates parallel directory structures which just contain symbolic links to the directories in which the real files live. The goal is to create virtual directory structures which give different views of the data without having redundant copies of the files themselves.
Support Information Tracker 2.0.1 (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/133498/
Support Information Tracker is a knowledge base for organizations. Features include multiple document versions, group permissions, document submission reviews, and many more.
System Rescue CD 0.2.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133496/
SystemRescueCd is a Linux system available from a bootable CDROM that provides an easy way to perform administrative tasks on your computer, such as creating and editing the partitions of the hard disk or backing up data. It contains a lot of system utilities (such as parted, partimage, and fstools), and basic programs (such as editors, midnight commander, and network tools). It also includes QtParted, a Partition Magic clone that makes editing partitons easy with its Qt graphical user interface. This CDROM aims to be very easy to use and accessible to everybody.
terminatorX 3.81
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133494/
TerminatorX is a realtime audio synthesizer that allows you to "scratch" on digitally sampled audio data (*.wav, *.au, *.mp3, etc.) the way hiphop-DJs scratch on vinyl records. It features multiple turntables, realtime effects (built-in as well as LADSPA plugin effects), a sequencer, and an easy-to-use GTK+ GUI.
WebForum 0.35.016
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133415/
Webforum is Java Web posting boards for forums. It makes a fast bulletin board with support for i18n, administration, and moderation. No relational database (JDBC) is needed.
Working Overloaded Linux Kernel 4.7s-Final (Stable) http://freshmeat.net/releases/133475/
The Working Overloaded Linux Kernel (WOLK) project provides stable and development kernels for either server or testing purposes. These kernels provide a server kernel and also a service for developers and end users who can't be up-to-date with the latest kernels/patches but want to test new kernel features. Patches may be added upon request.
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Interests: Megatokyo Lanyard
http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/megatokyo/coolthings/60e9/
Caffeine: Penguin Energy Gum
http://www.thinkgeek.com/caffeine/candy/61f2/
Computing: SnapStream Personal Video Station 3 http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/avcards/619c/
Gadgets: Laser Widow
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/lights/604c/
Gadgets: Arc LED Flashlight
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/lights/6270/
Computing: 17" Samsung 170N LCD Display http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/display/lcd/624e/
PC Mods: Startech Cool Aluminator PC Case http://www.thinkgeek.com/pcmods/cases/6297/
Computing: Multimedia Access Panels
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/accessories/628f/
Computing: Kensington WiFi Finder
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/accessories/6247/
Computing: Zip-Linq Retractable Network/Modem Cables http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/accessories/62a1/
Computing: Zip-Linq Zip-Mouse
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/keyboards/629b/
Computing: Zip-Linq Cell Phone Charger Kits http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/accessories/62aa/
Cube Goodies: Smart Mug
http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/mugs/6235/
Cube Goodies: Moving Gear Clock
http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/lights/601e/
Computing: BenQ FP2081 20" LCD Display
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/display/lcd/6259/
Gadgets: Microscope Pen
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/tools/6222/
Gadgets: Candeloo Rechargeable Lamps
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/lights/5efd/
Computing: ATi Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/avcards/623c/
PC Mods: Cigarette Lighter Mod
http://www.thinkgeek.com/pcmods/cables/61fd/
PC Mods: Bubble Lights
http://www.thinkgeek.com/pcmods/lighting/620c/
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