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[osdn developer] December 10, 2002
Date: Tue Dec 10 2002 - 03:15:49 EST
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December 10, 2002 DEVELOPER SERIES
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Sourceforge
Automated Security Tools
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=51027
Release Candidate 1
phpLotto
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=53340
phpLotto 1st Release
Legend of the Wonderer TCG
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=44698
battle system in the project Docs
Advanced Simlulation Toolkit
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=48818
Recruiting
PHPortal
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=28568
PHPortal version 0.1.9 released!
PCGen -- A d20 Character Generator
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=25576
PCGen 2.6.3 is available
MySQL Objective C API for Cocoa
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=42424
SMySQL version 0.7.0
i810 Framebuffer Device Driver
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=39579
Video Overlay Support for the Intel 810 and 815 Framebuffer
'Just For Fun' Network Management System http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=46041
JFF Network Management System 0.6.4
VietPad
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=46758
VietPad 1.0.2 Release
Slashdot
Psst! Eight Bits Gets You "The Two Towers" In China
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/10/0443249
rocodipoco writes "CNN reports on this [0] article about DVDs of "The
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" were available in Shanghai two weeks
ago for about $1 a pop, according to one Western film industry
executive who visited that city. The film opens in North America on
December 18. Interviewed at the CineAsia movie convention, the
executive said as many as 40 street vendors were openly offering DVDs
outside a Shanghai mall; he declined their offers, and thus can't
verify the quality of the counterfeit copies. I personally want to wait
for the movie to hit the big screen...it's all about the suspense. What
do others think?"
Links
0. http://www.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/Movies/12/09/sproject.ca02.film.rings.reut/index.html
Mono Ships ASP.NET server
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/10/0138245
[0]Miguel de Icaza writes "We have just released the new version of
[1]Mono the new version includes a working version of ASP.NET. The
release includes a sample web server that "hosts" the ASP.NET runtime
(it can be hosted anywhere, for instance in Apache, with mod_haydn).
The web features of ASP.NET would not be very useful without the
support of a backing database. The new version of Mono includes
database providers for Oracle, MS SQL, Sybase, ODBC, OleDB, Gnome Data
Access, SqLite, MySQL and of course, Postgres. The C# compiler is now
37% faster due to some nice optimizations on the JIT engine and in our
class libraries. You can use it to develop GUI applications using
[2]Gtk#. Screenshots for [3]mPhoto and the [4]GUI debugger (which can
debug both JITed apps and native applications). "
Links
0.
http://primates.ximian.com/~miguel
1.
http://www.go-mono.com/
2.
http://gtk-sharp.sf.net/
3.
http://primates.ximian.com/~miguel/shots/mphoto-2.jpg
4.
http://primates.ximian.com/~miguel/shots/debugger-4.png
Getting Started In Linux
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/10/0029253
In previous posts, I've asked for the Slashdot community to help me identify good [0]books and [1]websites for developers and I thought the response was really useful. This time, I'd like to ask you all for your recommendations for great Linux beginner books and also what you think is the best way of showing off Linux on TV. Read on for more info ... Links
0. http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/26/2238223&tid=156
RealNetworks Releases Helix DNA Producer Source http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/10/0152212
[0]Rob Lanphier writes "We just released the [1]Helix DNA Producer, a
multi-format media-encoding engine for creating streaming broadcasts,
on-demand streaming content, and downloadable audio video files. It
supports RealAudio, RealVideo and [2]Ogg Vorbis, and includes many
input and output filters, variable bitrate encoding support, option for
two-pass encoding, audio gain control, Firewire support. [3]Press
release is here and a couple of stories are [3]here(1) and [3]here(2)."
Here's a page that details [4]the licenses under which the code can be
obtained.
Links
0.
http://slashdot.org/~robla
1.
https://helix-producer.helixcommunity.org/
2.
http://www.xiph.org/
3.
http://www.realnetworks.com/company/press/releases/2002/helixprod_sourcecode.html
4.
https://www.helixcommunity.org/content/licenses
Gutnick Can Pursue Dow-Jones Libel Case
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/10/0019232
[0]Anonymous Coward writes "Libel cases based on Internet material
could be mounted anywhere in the world, after a landmark judgment
handed down by the Australian High Court today. International news
service [1]Dow Jones failed in its bid to have a defamation action
brought by mining magnate Joseph Gutnick heard in the United States."
Links
0. mailto:velu.pillai@eudoramail.com
Slashback: Pliancy, Antennae, Gobe
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/09/2035207
Slashback tonight with more words on printable, organic transistors; the off-screen saving-Farscape saga, wireless schools, Gobe Productive, and 802.11 antennae to extend you connection. Read on for the details.
Life Confirmed At Extreme Depths
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/09/222206
[0]SEWilco writes "A few years ago the life forms around deep-ocean
thermal vents were a surprise. Now ancient bacteria [1]alive in rock 2
miles down have been found. The story is in the [2]San Francisco
Chronicle. It is also at [3]Nature.Com, but that server is already
rejecting connects. Other bacteria survived frozen in the pressures of
an ocean 100 miles deep. This increases the known limits of where life
can exist on any planet. [4]Thomas Gold undoubtedly is not surprised at
[5]hot, deep bacteria living on hydrogen."
Links
0.
http://www.wilcoxon.org/~sewilco/
1.
http://www.princeton.edu/pr/pwb/99/1213/microbe.shtml
2.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/12/09/MN154689.DTL&type=science
3.
http://www.nature.com/nsu/021209/021209-1.html
4.
http://people.cornell.edu/pages/tg21/Life.html
5.
http://people.cornell.edu/pages/tg21/DHB.html
OpenBSD SMP In The Works
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/09/2013217
Cajal writes "Four students at the [0]University of Waterloo are
working to add SMP support to [1]OpenBSD as part of the [2]Spinlocks
project. More information is available in a [3]story at the OpenBSD
Journal's site. They expect to have an initial working MP kernel in
January."
Links
0.
http://www.uwaterloo.ca/
1.
http://www.openbsd.org/
2.
http://www.spinlocks.org/
3.
http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20021208172006An Unbiased Analysis of Gun Crime vs. Gun Control? http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/08/2135229
lyapunov asks: "I have been trying to become more learned on the issues surrounding gun control and crime. I have had quite a time searching the internet for references about these issues. Practically everything that I have found has been written for, or is a study funded by, one of the groups that hold extreme viewpoints on the subject, e.g. the NRA or the Brady Foundation. The same holds true for references that I have found in our library. I was wondering if any of the members of the slashdot community have come across articles that are objective in dealing with these subjects, and I would also ask what ideas the members of this community have about this issue and what FACTS they can offer to support their ideas."
Johansen Trial Underway
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/09/201234
Info is trickling in about Jon Johansen's trial In Norway, where he is
[0]accused of violating Norwegian law. [1]Aftenposten and [2]VG Nett
have stories, and there's at least one [3]amateur account of the trial.
The trial is supposed to last a week, and I'm sure Slashdot will keep
up with it, so please submit only *new* stories about it, thanks.
Links
0.
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/01/10/1433237&tid=99
1.
http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article.jhtml?articleID=452976
2.
http://www.vg.no/pub/vgart.hbs?artid=1769346
3.
http://politechbot.com/p-04233.html
Freshmeat
AJ's Internet Cafe for LTSP 0.2-r1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105988/
AJ's Internet cafe is a full featured and complete open-source internet cafe system for use with the LTSP thin client solution.
ALE 0.1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105977/
ALE aligns and merges several similar images from a digitizing device (such as a digital camera or scanner) into a single image. This may have the effect of producing a relatively alias-free image (sometimes called "anti-aliasing").
Ampoliros 3.1.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105959/
Ampoliros is an advanced and easy to use distributed PHP Web applications platform, featuring a powerful XML-RPC and SOAP interface. It is suitable as an Internet/Intranet development and deployment system. It has a very strong modular architecture and allows very fast deployment of Web solutions.
BabyChess 13 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105993/
BabyChess is a chess application. It understands PGN (Portable Game Notation) and FEN (Forsyth-Edwards Notation). It also lets you play chess against other people through ICS (Internet Chess Server) or against its built-in chess engine.
C++ Portable Types Library (PTypes) 1.7.4 http://freshmeat.net/releases/105968/
The C++ Portable Types Library (PTypes) is a simple alternative to the STL that includes multithreading and networking. It defines dynamic strings, character sets, variants, lists and other basic data types along with threads, synchronization and IP sockets. It is portable across modern Unix and Windows systems and includes a sample HTTP daemon showing the full power of the library.
CDPlayer.app 0.2.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105969/
CDPlayer.app is a small CD Audio Player for GNUstep.
cdrecord 2.0pre2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105994/
Cdrecord creates home-burned CDs with a CD-R/CD-RW recorder. It works as a burn engine for several applications. Cdrecord supports CD recorders from many different vendors; all SCSI-3/mmc and ATAPI/mmc compliant drives should also work. Supported features include IDE/ATAPI, parallel-port, and SCSI drives, audio CDs, data CDs, and mixed CDs, full multi-session support, CD-RWs (rewritable), TAO, DAO and human-readable error messages. Cdrecord includes remote SCSI support and can access local or remote CD-writers.
cfgd snapshot 20021208 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105989/
cfgd is a daemon to maintain configuration files. It is designed to provide a single interface to configurations to all sides which are involved. It provides an API for application developers for different languages and a program for administrators and users to alter all configurations.
crampass 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105972/
crampass is a CRAM MD5 password file update tool which is useful with the WU IMAP and POP3 daemons. It allows users to update the stored password without root intervention.
Database Schema Designer 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105998/
Database Schema Designer creates/maintains schemas for databases stored in SQL servers. The schemas are stored in XML format. It supports the following database objects: tables, domains, views, triggers, procedures, and relations (links).
Dnsmasq 1.10
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106013/
Dnsmasq is lightweight, easy to configure DNS forwarder designed to provide DNS (domain name) services to a small network where using BIND would be overkill. It can be have its upstream DNS servers automatically configured by PPP or DHCP and it can serve the names of local machines which are not in the global DNS. It can integrate with the ISC DHCP daemon to serve the names of local machines which are configured using DHCP. Dnsmasq is ideal for networks behind NAT routers and connected via modem, ISDN, ADSL, or cable-modem connections.
E.A.R. 1.1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106006/
EAR (Email Auto Responder) is a Perl script that auto-responds to email when a user is on vacation or away. Unlike other auto-responders, it only needs to be installed once on a system and will work for any number of virtually-hosted email accounts and domains. It also supports custom away messages, and doesn't need root privileges.
eMATgine server 1.1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105970/
The eMATgine server is a multi-protocol server, in which users can request/receive results with http, ftp, wap, pop3, or smtp connection. It is a multi-terminal server, so users can use IE, or a wap phone. This server is a full multi-threaded Java server, using an HSQLDB database to provide user management.
eMATgine service: S1000_download_slave 1.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/105971/
eMATgine service: S1000_download_slave is a download service provided to eMATgine server users. eMATgine users can send download requests by mail, or define their request by HTTP.
Fast Light WRITER 0.0.13
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106011/
Flwriter is a small WYSIWYG multi-lingual word processor based on the FLTK library. UTF-8 Xhtml is used as the native file format. It can export documents to Unicode Rich Text Format. Both right-to-left and left-to-right words can be entered on the same line.
floppyfw 1.0.15 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105984/
floppyfw is a router and simple firewall on one single floppy. It uses Linux basic firewall capabilities, and has a very simple packaging system. It is perfect for masquerading and securing networks on ADSL and cable lines, using both static IP, DHCP, and PPPoE, and provides a simple installation, which usually involves editing of only one file on the floppy.
Fluxbox 0.1.14
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105981/
Fluxbox is a lightweight and highly configurable window manager with pwm-like tabs.
FreeMarker 2.1.3 (Lazarus)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106009/
FreeMarker allows Java servlets to keep graphic design separate from application logic, by encapsulating HTML in templates. Templates generate HTML dynamically, using data provided by the servlet. The template language is powerful and intuitive, the compiler is fast, and the output approaches the speed of static HTML pages.
googleware 1.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105962/
Googleware is a little Web application that let you request for several queries to be regulary asked to Google. You will be notified by mail each time a new entry is found, and you may browse query results with any regular Web browser.
GPL Arcade Volleyball 0.6.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105979/
GAV (GPL Arcade Volleyball) is an object-oriented multi-platform Arcade Volleyball clone. It supports multiplayer and theme customization.
Hibernate 1.2 final
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105992/
Hibernate is a powerful, high performance object/relational persistence and query service for Java. It lets you develop persistent objects following common Java idiom, including composition, association, inheritance, polymorphism, and the Java collections framework. To allow a rapid build procedure, Hibernate rejects the use of code generation or bytecode processing. Instead, runtime reflection is used and SQL generation occurs at system startup time. It supports Oracle, DB2, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Sybase, Interbase, Microsoft SQL Server, Mckoi SQL, Progress, SAP DB, and HypersonicSQL.
HTML::GenToc 2.01
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105980/
HTML::GenToc allows you to specify significant elements that will be hyperlinked to in a Table of Contents (ToC) for a given set of HTML documents. Also, it does not require said documents to be strict HTML; this makes it suitable for using with templates, included files, and meta-languages such as WML or PHP.
Jabber Gadu-Gadu Transport 1.2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105976/
The Jabber Gadu-Gadu transport provides Gadu-Gadu protocol support (which is a very popular proprietary instant messaging protocol in Poland).
Java iCal Group Scheduler 1.1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105965/
Java iCal Group Scheduler enables several users to get together for a meeting, by using JICAL to translate their iCalendar files into their available free/busy time and post it automatically to your Web server. This project enables Ximian Evolution desktop users to book meetings with each other (and Outlook users) via a Web server storing their 'Free/Busy' information as specified in RFC2445.
Java Serialization to XML 1.0.7.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105986/
Java Serialization to XML allows data to be exported out of Java and into another module, language, or place using XML and one line of code. It can be used to glue together disparate components, integrate legacy systems, and overcome impedence mismatches, and has been deployed in many commercial applications.
libsgml 1.1.2 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105955/
libsgml is a fast, lightweight state machine SGML parser capable of parsing HTML, XML, and most other markup languages in their most elementary forms. It natively supports parsing HTML and XML documents into a tree format (DOM). All other markup languages may be parsed via a system of callbacks.
libsndfile 1.0.3 (1.x)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105954/
libsndfile is a C library for reading and writing sound files such as AIFF, AU, WAV, and others through one standard interface. It can currently read/write 8, 16, 24 and 32-bit PCM files as well as 32 and 64-bit floating point WAV files and a number of compressed formats. It compiles and runs on *nix, MacOS, and Win32.
Linux Napster Client 1.5.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105963/
Linux Napster Client is one of the oldest Napster clients available. It is a fully-featured Napster client with a text-based interface. Linux Napster Client runs under Linux, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, and Cygwin32.
Magick IRC Services 2.0rc1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105975/
Magick IRC Services is a set of programs made for the IRC protocol (RFC 1459). They are designed to allow users to register and keep their nicknames and channels, send messages to other users, and allow IRC Operators and Admins more control and flexability over the entire network.
Mail Master 1.10
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106001/
Mail Master is a full distributed management interface integrating sendmail, SpamAssassin, horde, and Open Anti-virus. It includes unlimited users, integrated anti-virus, user configurable spam-filter, a Web mail interface, disk quotas, custom sendmail setup, POP3, IMAP, and multi-level management (lets domain administrators and users manage their mail settings).
Menstruation calendar 2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105973/
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.
Metastorage 2002.12.09
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105997/
Metastorage is a persistence layer generator application based on the persistence module of the MetaL compiler engine. It is capable of generating the necessary software components to implement a persistence layer API from a description in a format based on XML named Component Persistence Markup Language (CPML). A CPML definition describes classes of objects with the functions that will make the API to store and retrieve their objects from persistence storage containers like relational databases without requiring the developer to write SQL manually. The generated API may also contain a class to install the database schema. All code is generated without the need for the developer to write SQL code manually. Metastorage also generates UML Entity-Relationship graphs of the component class diagram. Currently, Metastorage can only generate PHP code, but future versions should allow for other languages.
Millstone 3.0.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105966/
Millstone is a user interface library for development of Internet applications with Java. It provides a terminal independent component model that can be adapted to different terminal types and user interface themes. The development model of Millstone is closely related to traditional client side UI development: it has a continuous application lifecycle and an extensive event model. The Millstone library also provides an interface for directly connecting UI components to business logic and data storage.
MP3do 4.0-rc10
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105957/
MP3do is an "all in one" bash script. It is useful for decoding and mastering audio files. It can decode a list of MP3 or Ogg Vorbis files to WAV or CD-R, auto-convert poor quality MP3s to 44100Hz stereo, check whether all files fit on a CD, normalize all WAV files (adjust the volume to a standard volume level), and burn a CD.
MPlayer 0.90-rc1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106007/
MPlayer is a movie and animation player that supports a wide range of codecs and file formats, including MPEG 1/2/4, DivX 3/4/5, Windows Media 7/8/9, RealAudio/Video up to 9, Quicktime 5/6, and Vivo 1/2. It has many MMX/SSE(2)/3Dnow(Ex) optimized native audio and video codecs, but allows using XAnim's and RealPlayer's binary codec plugins, and Win32 codec DLLs. It has basic VCD/DVD playback functionality, including DVD subtitles, but supports many text-based subtitle formats too. For video output, nearly every existing interface is supported. It's also able to convert any supported files to raw/divx/mpeg4 AVI (pcm/mp3 audio), and even video grabbing from V4L devices.
pushmail 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105967/
pushmail aims to be the opposite of fetchmail. It can be used to push email messages to an SMTP server without the need of configuring the local MTA.
pyPgSQL 2.3 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105958/
pyPgSQL is a package of two modules that provide a Python DB-API 2.0 compliant interface to PostgreSQL databases. The first module, libpq, exports the PostgreSQL C API to Python. This module is written in C, and can be compiled into Python, or can be dynamically loaded on demand. The second module, PgSQL, provides the DB-API 2.0 compliant interface, and support for various PostgreSQL data types, such as INT8, NUMERIC, MONEY, BOOL, ARRAYS, BYTEA, etc. This module is written in Python, and works with PostgreSQL 7.0 or later, and Python 2.0 or later. Use of Python 2.1 or later, and PostgreSQL 7.1 or later is highly recommended. NB: pyPgSQL was previously released under the name 'PgSQL'.
qpsmtpd 0.20
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105987/
qpsmtpd is a plugin driven, object-oriented qmail-smtpd written in Perl. Its features include tools to avoid accepting mails that have to bounce anyway, and a fancy object oriented system for extension plugins. Most functionality is implemented in simple plugins.
Siege 2.56b6 (Beta)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106012/
Siege is a regression test and benchmark utility. It can stress test a single URL with a user defined number of simulated users, or it can read many URLs into memory and stress them simultaneously. The program reports the total number of hits recorded, bytes transferred, response time, concurrency, and return status. Siege supports HTTP/1.0 and 1.1 protocols, GET and POST directives, cookies, transaction logging, and basic authentication. Its features are configurable on a per user basis.
SouRCe PacKaGer 0.0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105999/
SouRCe PacKaGer (srcpkg) is a program for managing the (de)installation of software packages distributed as source code. It could also be useful for managing any type of software package. It is similar to GNU Stow, Depot, etc., but the design goal is different. It works by creating packages from newly-installed files, allowing it to manage large, complex, interdependent packages such as KDE and GNOME.
T/bone SecureMail Gateway 1.1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105983/
T/bone SecureMail Gateway is a central, server based software solution which provides encryption and digital signatures for the entire email traffic of an organization. It works with a single organizational certificate and transparently provides its services to end users. T/bone automatically finds the certificates of external users or companies via the Internet. Secure email traffic to customers, suppliers, and partners is easily established, no matter whether or not they also deploy T/bone. Packages for Red Hat, SuSE, and Debian GNU/Linux are available for download.
The Tamber Project 1.1.29 (Pogo)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105991/
The Tamber project is a componentized n-tier Web site engine that uses open languages such as XML and JavaScript. Content is stored in separate XML files, in databases, or other data objects. Business functions are carried out by JavaScript and ASP. Presentation is controlled by an XSL transformation, which allows for delivery over multiple channels such as HTML, WAP, and MHEG. Currently, Tamber can deliver to HTML and WAP, and contains modules that support e-commerce shopping carts, secure sign in, data access and conversion services, and advanced session management.
TINTFU 0.0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105961/
TINTFU is an editor for the .DOT files of the "GraphViz" program. Written in Java, it allows you to edit any attribute of a .DOT file's elements while at the same time displaying an immediate preview of the changes made.
Virus Update Server 1.3 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105974/
The Virus Update Server (vsupds) helps you maintain an updated mirror of the antivirus updates from the McAfee/Network Associates servers without having to download the entire list of updates every time a new antivirus update is available. It mirrors all the files needed for serveral OSes, and it also includes a FAQ on how to configure clients.
Web components 2.06
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105956/
Web components is a collection of visual programming elements that can
be used when creating a PHP-based Web site. It is similar in spirit to
ASP.NET.
white_dune 0.20beta128 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105982/
VRML97 (Virtual Reality Modelling Language) is the ISO standard for displaying 3D data over the web via browserplugins. It has support for animation, realtime interaction and multimedia (image, movie, sound). Dune can read VRML97 files, display and let the user change the scenegraph/fields, and load and store x3d (next generation VRML xml format) files if configured to work with the nist.gov x3d translators. It also has support for stereoscopic view via "quadbuffer"-capable stereo visuals.
XWine 0.2.4 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105964/
XWine is a graphical user interface for the WINE emulator. It provides an interface for configuring and running MS-Windows applications (MS-DOS, Windows 3.x, or Win32).
Yarrow RGTP Web client 1.2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105960/
Yarrow is a Web front-end for the message board transfer protocol RGTP, used on the Cambridge GROGGS system. RGTP is notable for cryptographic authentication of posters, and item-based rather than thread-based discussion.
Slashcode
Geekgirl's Chronicle
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/10/0752207
The Geekgirl's Chronicle - with current events, science, technology, media, celebrity info, music & commentary! Participate in the growing trend of geekgrrls exploring the realms of information technologies. --LazyGirl
Cyberlodge.org
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/09/0244205
We just launched Cyberlodge.org - it's a new site exploring the possibility of a 19th century-style trade guild for tech workers. As the person entrusted with making this all work, I'm anxious for feedback on the site, the concept, and what you think might make this concept fly. Thanks! --Ian
Problem with slashd repeatly crashing: Solved. http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/08/0915230
Here at LRSE we had a problem with slashd crashing. I've seen others mention this, with no real definitive answer as to the cause or the solution. Here's what we know: Using: Slash 2.2.6 Perl 5.6.1 MySQL 3.23 FreeBSD 4.5 we were seeing the following in slashd.log: Thu Nov 28 06:55:23 2002 freshenup.pl updated articles:00/01/25/1236215 (Now What?) perl in malloc(): warning: recursive call Out of memory! perl in free(): warning: recursive call perl in free(): warning: recursive call perl in free(): warning: recursive call perl in free(): warning: recursive call perl in malloc(): warning: recursive call Out of memory! It does this for quite some time, and dies. We discussed this with the slash team, however given that this is not happening with CVS code, and only with the current release, there wasn't much interest there in finding and fixing the problem.It wouldn't have helped in anycase we suspect. Not everyone has this problem, and the slash code itself doesn't seem to really be at fault - rather, this seems to be a problem with perl itself. Upgrading perl to 5.8.0 on our production server seems to have made the problem go away. We haven't had to restart slashd for nearly 24 hours since we rebuilt with 5.8.0, and we were doing it sometimes as quickly as every few minutes before with 5.6.1. As such, I wanted to get this information out there for anyone having the same problem. --Scott Lockwood
Problems After Upgrading to CVS release (dec 2002) http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/07/2135235
I'm having problems with an upgrade of an exisiting 2.2.6 slash site up to the current CVS tree. It appears index.shtml is not being generated correctly after the upgrade, and this effectively breaks the site. If I start up apache after the upgrade, and go to the front page of the site, I get an error 404 page, (a slash generated error 404 page). If I go to /index.pl, the site displays fine (my templates are a little messed up with the new code base, but I think I can work all that out myself, if it is unrelated to this problem, like I think it is). If I then start "slashd", it will eventually generate an index.shtml file, but the file only contains stories and slashboxes. The "header(122)" template is not used in the creation of the index.shtml file. This makes the site look horrible, and pretty much unusuable. My work around has been to edit the apache configuration file for my site so that it does not look for the index.shtml when doing directory indexing, and only loads the index.pl script. This works for now, but it is completely sub-optimal, and I want to change it back ASAP. I also don't want to move the information from the header template into the templates that slashd is using to generate the index.shtml. That is a sloppy fix, and would most likely cause more problems in the future. This problem appears with the CVS code regardless of if I start with a fresh "install-slashsite" database, or if I upgrade using my current running database. Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong, or have suggestions on what to try? Your help is greatly appriciated. Side Note: There are some SQL and filesystem errors during the "install-slashsite". The SQL stuff I'm not so sure about (I'm still learning, but catching on really quickly). The filesystem stuff appears to be mis-named or or mis-filed plugin support files. (I think a template in the Repository plug-in is misnamed, and during the Stocks plugin install, it's not looking in the template directory for the HTML templates, but in the plugin template's parent directory.) I don't think these are related to my problem above, but I thought I would include the information in case it helps. (and in case I did something wrong during the initial install to get those errors.) --Robert
Getting Slash to email properly
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/06/1813256
I managed to get a slash site up and running, but cannot get it to send mail (passwords, etc) to remote email addresses. Everything (slash, mysql, sendmail wrapper for qmail, apache) is on one box. Is there a way to get Slash to support SMTP-AUTH? Or is there a way to get Slash to directly reference the sendmail command on the local box? Or is there another preferred solution? Please spell it out for me--I'm a newbie:-) Thanks in advance --Stefan Geens
Mail bombing by our slash site
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/05/207255
We have a problem with our slash site. For the seond time now the site has mail bombed us. I have set it up to send me stories and headlines and I and all others that have signed up get over 3000 of them. The strange thing is that this does not happen every day. Anyone got a clue to how we can resolve this problem? We are using slash-2-2-4 ,Debian Linux version 2.4.17 and exim veriosn 3.35. Gunnar --Gunnar Lunde
Collaborative News Networks
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/05/1720236
Anita J. Chan's thesis for MIT's Comparative Media Studies MA on: Distributed Editing, Collective Action, and the Construction of Online News on Slashdot.org Slashdot as a Collaborative News Network, Social Constructivism, Segregating Audiences and News Sourcing, Integrating Audiences and News Analysis, Distributed Editing and the Decentralization of Editorial Control, Community, Contest and Collective Action on the Network. gO | Open Source Intelligence
Scylla
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/04/1927219
Scylla is an English language slashsite dedicated to everything that's wrong in the world. What anyone might think is wrong is of course open to debate, be it political, cultural, or just unhappy circumstance. Visitors, comments, and input are welcome.
What does srandblock do?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/04/065239
I've been trying to figure out how to get a random sections block like Slashdot has. As far as I've figured out so far the srandblock (semi-random block) seems like a good start. When I look in the portald daemon there is a function newSemiRandomBlock called, but I can't find the function. Does anyone know how to make the random section block work? I believe this was discussed before but I didn't see any answers. Also, is there an easy way to have the section list that tells if there are recent articles, like the one Slashdot has on the left? --mwmurphy
Submission Approval / Comments not working http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/03/0628241
I've been running slashcode now for about 2 years or so. Since around version 2.2.5, I've had this problem on my site where neither the comments or approving submitted articles will work. I believe the problem is also aggrivated by the fact that I am using URL forwarding. The URL of my site points to a java-script that opens my page on a specific port within a frame. If a user tries to post a comment, the submission page comes up fine, but when they click preview or submit, it just brings them to the discussions list (comments.pl) instead of posting the comment.. Any help would be appreciated, is this a bug? - Delrin
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