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[osdn developer] December 14, 2002
Date: Sat Dec 14 2002 - 03:15:49 EST
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Sourceforge
Mailman 2.1 beta 6
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=234869
This is the sixth and last planned beta release for Mailman 2.1. This is primarily a bug fix release. This version is in production use at python.org. Mailman is the GNU mailing list manager. It provides standard list management features, integrated with a web interface.
Fire 0.32.a released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=234899
This is a huge release with improvements across the board. The highlights include Oscar support (AIM file send, .mac support, typing notifications, away message reading, direct IM receive), upgraded ICQ library, MSN file send and receive, upgraded Yahoo library, Jabber SSL support, updated Help files, and improved handling of server buddy lists in AIM Oscar, MSN, and Yahoo. Many thanks to Graham, Alan, Matt, Nick, Stephane, Heimir, Martin, and Alessandro for all their hard work in putting this together. Happy Holidays and enjoy! http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/fire/Fire.app0.32.a.dmg?download
Fink 0.5.0a released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=234951
Fink, the free open source UNIX porting project for Mac OS X, reached another milestone December 8th with the release of version 0.5.0a. This release brings full Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar) compatibility. Applications included in Fink range from well-known UNIX desktops such as KDE3 and GNOME, open-source alternatives for graphics editing such as the Gimp, and special-purpose applications for genetic and molecular modeling. In total, over 700 binary packages for Mac OS X as well as over 1800 source packages can be easily installed (and removed) with the aid of fink. Fink 0.5.0a is available at http://fink.sf.net/
BZFlag 1.7g0 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=233929
OpenSource OpenGL Multiplayer Multiplatform battlezone capture the flag. World file caching, team killers die, tank labels on roaming, new GUI options including a smaller display for slow systems (set opacity all the way up), and much more!
Sixth release of ReAIM
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=233848
ReAIM is an AOL Instant Messenger Proxy for iptables-based firewalls. It allows direct connections to be made to hosts behind an address-translating firewall. MSN and Windows Messenger are also supported. It has been quite a while, but with the fixes to Messenger transfers, and the new support for NetBSD, it seemed like time to cut the next release. IMPORTANT: Please be aware that you have to add a new range of ports to your firewall rules for direct connections to work with this release. Thank you to everyone for your emails with bug reports, thanks and for testing out changes for me.
NSIS 2 beta 0 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=233845
The first beta version of NSIS 2, the new version of the popular win32 installer/uninstaller system is ready. NSIS 2 supports highly customized user interfaces, multiple languages, easy usage of plugins and more. And it's even smaller than before, with an overhead of only 34KB. A lot of time has passed from the release of Alpha 7, but not even a second of it was for slacking around. New features were constantly added, tons of bugs fixed. All was done to make NSIS quicker, smaller, easier and more powerful. This release, unlike earlier alphas is no longer an unofficial modification. As of Beta 0 this is an official beta as we work correspondingly with Justin Frankel, the original author of NSIS. The main changes from Alpha 7 are: * Easier Modern User Interface with lots of new features * New paging system which makes is easier to add custom pages to your installer * New multilingual user strings * Lots of new and improved plug-ins which you can use to download files from the internet, display additional graphics, run console programs and more! * Over 15 new translations * New documentation format
seahorse2-0.4.0 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=233851
Seahorse is a Gnome front end for GnuPG. It is a tool for secure communications and data storage. Data encryption and digital signature creation can easily be performed through a GUI, and Key Management operations also can be performed. This release just contains minor updates to 0.3.7, but more importantly is the beginning of the move to seahorse-0.6.0. Please use and test and send us any bug reports. Planned features for seahorse-0.6.0 are a file manager, basic key editing, and support for key servers.
Major ScummVM update - 0.3.0 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=233861
ScummVM, the premier (eg, only) interpreter/emulator designed specifically for LucasArts (tm) and AdventureSoft (tm) games, has reached a new major version - 0.3.0. This release includes major bugfixes, and new support for several games. New game support includes: The Dig, Simon the Sorcerer 2, and Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade... Downloads, Release Notes and more info can be found on our homepage, at http://www.scummvm.org/
bogofilter-0.9.1.1
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=233454
This is a bug fix release with updated documentation and a minimum of code changes. The bogofilter package implements a fast Bayesian spam filter along the lines suggested by Paul Graham in his article "A Plan For Spam" . It is written in C. Supported platforms: Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris and OS X.
samba-vscan 0.3.1 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=233291
This new release provides some smaller bug fixes, a quarantine feature and virus notification via windows message service. samba-vscan is a proof-of-concept module for Samba, which uses the VFS (virtual file system) features of Samba 2.2.x/3.0 alphaX to provide on-access virus scanning. Samba is an Open Source/Free Software suite that provides seamless file and print services to SMB/CIFS clients.
Slashdot
NWN Linux Client Delayed
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/14/0113249
An anonymous reader writes "Posted tonight on the [0]Neverwinter Nights
Linux client page: '[Dec 13 2002] There have been many questions as to
why the Linux client is taking so long. The two big issues are sound
and movies due to the fact that BINK and Miles are only available for
Windows and Mac. BINK is the in-game movie player and Miles is the
sound engine for Neverwinter Nights. We are having to find our own
solution for Linux sound in Neverwinter Nights, and we are exploring
possible movie options. Due to these factors, we are revising the
estimated release date from Fall 2002 to Winter 2002 (Dec 22 2002 to
March 21 2003), with January 2003 being the earliest date it could be
out. Progress has been made on sound this week, and to re-iterate, the
graphical side of the Linux client is looking excellent and is almost
complete.'"
Links
0. http://nwn.bioware.com/downloads/linuxclient.html
Star Wars Galaxies Only to Allow One Character Per Account http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/14/007205
frotty writes "The developers of [0]Star Wars Galaxies recently announced that the game would only allow a single character per purchased account on any server. This has outraged some, and relieved others." Click on the link to see the reasoning behind this move. Links
0. http://boards.station.sony.com/ubb/starwars/Forum3/HTML/088000.html
Mandrake News
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/13/2038221
DCowern writes "Mandrake yesterday released their FY2001-2002 earnings
and I'm glad to say it's looking real good for them. They've cut
operating costs by 42% and increased revenues by 31%. They're still not
quite in the black yet but they're expecting to break even
month-to-month beginning in February. The full report is [0]here. In
other news, Mandrake announced two new programs yesterday. The first is
[1]Multi Network Firewall, which looks like an extremely nice package
for running small to medium-sized networks. The second program, and my
favorite, is their "[2]OS refugee" offer."
Links
0.
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/company/investors/newsletter/sn021206
1.
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/products/mnf
2.
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/refugee/
30 Years Since Last Man on the Moon
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/05/0323225
[0]Honeydipper Dan writes "December 14 marks the 30th anniversary of
the [1]last man on the Moon . I haven't noticed any hoopla about this.
Perhaps this event raises the subtext of why we haven't been back a
little more than the first Moon landing's 30th anniversary did over 3
years ago. The Apollo 17 mission was a great success, however, and
deserves to be remembered. It marked the first (and last) time a
geologist was on the surface of the Moon. Meanwhile, [2]NASA is
commemorating the Wright brothers' flight of December 17, 1903, getting
ready for next year's [3]Centennial of Flight."
Links
0. mailto:challengeofspace@attbi.com
1.
http://www.challengeofspace.com/apollo17.htm
2.
http://www.nasa.gov/
3.
http://www.centennialofflight.gov/
Hardware Bits
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/13/2030259
[0]Zygo writes "Again a little bit of hardware news for today: At
[1]MonkeyReview a very cool case... At [2]DV Hardware a little article
about an aluminium mousepad, called the Steelpad... [3]OCCanada takes a
look at the Gigabyte GA8PE667-Pro... [4]ExtremeMHz brings you a guide
to power... Some [5]Christmas stuff... And [6]Modthebox checks out a
cool tachometer for PC's!" [7]richie2000 submits a holiday-themed case
mod: "A [8]gingerbread [9]case mod. Don't tell me you didn't see this
one coming. And [10]here's a mirror of one of the images."
Links
0. mailto:zygo@pandora.be
1.
http://www.monkeyreview.com/reviews/review.php?num=214
2.
http://www.dvhardware.net/modules.php?name=Reviews&rop=showcontent&id=10
3.
http://www.overclockersclubcanada.com/reviews/ga8pe667pro/
4.
http://www.extrememhz.com/ssense-p1.shtml
5.
http://www.phoca.com/xl/
6.
http://www.modthebox.com/review129_1.html
7. mailto:slashdot2@webhack a n de.se
8.
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9.
http://www.envador.com/
10.
http://www.harved.com/ginger.jpg
Geminid Meteor Shower
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/13/2235237
[0]Target Practice writes "Is it an asteroid? Is it a comet? Who cares?
According to [1]Sky and Telescope's website, 3200 Phaethon has been
[2]spewing chunks into our atmosphere for the past 150 years, and
tonight, after the lan party, you can step outside at two or three A.M.
and see the best light show yet - topping off at 75 meteors per hour!
Be there..." [3]Space.com has another story.
Links
0. mailto:brokenl5@hotmail.com
1.
http://skyandtelescope.com/
2.
http://skyandtelescope.com/observing/objects/meteors/article_802_1.asp
3.
http://www.space.com/spacewatch/geminid_meteors_021206.html
DIRECTV Broadband Shuts Down
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/13/2050257
[0]Phroggy writes "Effective today (Friday the 13th), [1]DIRECTV
Broadband is officially out of business. The company will remain
partially operational for the next 60 to 90 days, and we will work to
transition our roughly 160,000 customers to another provider. Details
are still sketchy. So, anybody gonna be hiring in the Portland area in
a couple months?" There's a [2]press release about the shutdown.
Links
0.
http://phroggy.com
1.
http://www.directvdsl.com/
2.
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/12-13-2002/0001857439&EDATE=
SBC-Yahoo Partnership Cuts User Privacy
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/13/2021211
simeonbeta2 writes "The San Francisco Chronicle is running a [0]story about Pac Bell's dsl partnership with Yahoo. Initially touted as a new service, Pac Bell is apparently now mailing existing dsl customers to urge them to install additional client software that will enable 'incredible new features and services'. While SBC's [1]privacy policy is not excessively intrusive, use of the new software is covered by Yahoo's [2]privacy policy, which is just a bit more Orwellian." The story's a little overblown - Yahoo's privacy policy reads that way because they offer financial services and the like, where they may well need financial information from you to provide the service. The reporter needed to investigate this new software DSL users are being asked to install, and find out what sort of user tracking it enables. Links
0.
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/12/13/BU191399.DTL
1.
http://support.sbcglobal.net/legal/privacy.shtml
2.
http://privacy.yahoo.com/privacy/us/sbc/details.html
Linux Port of Disciples 2 Announced
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/13/1916224
bobz writes "[0]Happypenguin is [1]reporting that [2]Linux Game
Publishing has announced the next game they'll port to Linux will be
[3]Disciples 2: Dark Prophecy a turn-based strategy game that was
well-reviewed but not terribly successful commercially. /me breathes a
sigh of relief that it's not another first-person shooter."
Links
0.
http://happypenguin.org/
1.
http://happypenguin.org/newsitem?id=3203
2.
http://linuxgamepublishing.com/
3.
http://www.disciples2.com/Human-Computer Interfaces From 2003 to 2012 http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/13/1827200
[0]Roland Piquepaille writes "My favorite forecaster, Gartner, is back
with a new [1]series of predictions about the way we'll interact with
our computing devices. Here is the introduction. 'Human-computer
interfaces will rapidly improve during the next decade. The wide
availability of cheaper display technologies will be one of the most
transformational events in the IT industry.' Not exactly a scoop,
isn't? But wait, here is a real prediction. 'Computer screens will
become ubiquitous in the everyday environment.' Ready for another
prediction? 'Through 2012, more than 95 percent (by volume in
gigabytes) of human-to-computer information input will remain keyboardand
mouse-based.' Check [2]this column for a summary."
Links
0.
http://radio.weblogs.com/0105910/
1.
http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2901050,00.html
2.
http://radio.weblogs.com/0105910/2002/12/13.html
Freshmeat
adcfw-log 0.7.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106448/
adcfw-log is a tool for analyzing firewall logs in order to extract meaningful information. It is designed to be a standalone script with very few requirements that can generate different kinds of reports, such as fully formatted reports of what had been logged, with summaries by source or destination host, the type of service, or protocol. There are also options to filter the input data by date, host, protocol, service, and so on.
ALE 0.1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106438/
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").
bash programmable completion 20021213
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106397/
Since v2.04, bash has allowed you to intelligently program and extend its standard completion behavior to achieve complex command lines with just a few keystrokes. Imagine typing ssh [Tab] and being able to complete on hosts from your ~/.ssh/known_hosts files. Or typing man 3 str [Tab] and getting a list of all string handling functions in the UNIX manual. mount system: [Tab] would complete on all exported file-systems from the host called system, while make [Tab] would complete on all targets in Makefile. This project was conceived to produce programmable completion routines for the most common Linux/UNIX commands, reducing the amount of typing sysadmins and programmers need to do on a daily basis.
beltane 0.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106421/
Beltane is a Web-based central management console for the samhain file integrity system. If samhain is used in a client/server setup, beltane enables the administrator to browse client reports, acknowledge them, and update file signature databases stored centrally on the log server.
Connect Daily Web Calendar 2.1.10
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106425/
Connect Daily, a Web-based calendaring system, allows multiple users to add and edit calendar events using a Web browser. The calendar display can be directly integrated into your Web site. It provides advanced capabilities for managing resources and facilities. The approval processes allow many users to edit calendars, with the assurance that all items added are approved. It supports event download to MS Outlook and Palm OS PDAs. Authentication to LDAP directories is also supported.
ConPresso 3.3.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106329/
ConPresso is a PHP/MySQL Content Management System which features easy installation and integration into existing Web sites, an integrated WYSIWYG editor with cut-and-paste support, article previewing before online publishing, automatic publication, deletion, and archiving of articles, a release function, template and snippet editors, optimized category and user administration, no restrictions on used objects or elements in an article (texts, graphics, files, and links), display of ConPresso contents in external Web sites through Javascript/Content sharing, and multilanguage (German/English/Portuguese) support.
CrisoftRicette 1.0pre10 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106406/
CrisoftRicette is a simple PHP application to build your personal archive of cooking recipes in a MySQL database. The interface has international support.
Eric3 3.0.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106400/
Eric3 is a Python IDE written using PyQt and QScintilla. It has integrated project management capabilities with class browsing functions, gives developers an unlimited number of editors with syntax highlighting and code folding, an integrated Python shell, an integrated Python debugger, a file system browser with class browsing capabilities for Python files, and more.
eZ publish 3.0 release candidate (Unstable) http://freshmeat.net/releases/106440/
eZ publish is a professional open source content management system (CMS). It lets you update and maintain the content of your site through a user friendly Web interface, eliminating the need for HTML code. It is dual licenced under the GPL and the eZ publish Professional licence, where you can get the right to use the source code for making your own commercial software. It is useful for building Web sites, Web shops, intranets/extranets, news sites, portals, and more.
Fandango 0.1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106423/
Fandango is a GL-rendered, Python-scripted CAD program. The low-level functionality is programmed in C++, and then the relevant functions are exposed to Python and used as building blocks for more functions. Currently the memory core allows lines, triangles, line strips, and triangle strips. Texture, blending, and lighting can be switched on and off from a command line.
FIAIF is an Intelligent Firewall 1.4.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106443/
FIAIF is an Intelligent Firewall. It provides a highly customizable script for setting up an iptables-based firewall. Configuration is done through one configuration file for each network to which the firewall is connected. FIAIF supports masquerading, port forwarding, traffic shaping, and more.
Gnarwl 3.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106450/
Gnarwl is an email autoreply tool like vacation(1). However, instead of requiring system accounts for every email address, it looks up its user information in an LDAP database. With gnarwl, users are no longer required to mess around with .forward files in order to use an email autoresponder.
Gnumeric 1.0.11 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106395/
Gnumeric is a powerful and easy to use spreadsheet using GNOME. Its goal is to provide a full featured spreadsheet and a smooth migration path for people and organizations currently using proprietary applications. It provides more sheet functions and greatly improved accuracy when compared to Microsoft's Excel. A plugin system lets you extend Gnumeric, adding functions, I/O formats, and real time data capabilities. The existing Python, Guile, and Perl plugins let you define complex functions. Gnumeric is capable of reading and writing MS Excel, and reading Lotus, Applix, Quattro Pro, OpenCalc, XBase, DIF, SYLK, HTML, Psion, MPS, oleo, sc, misc. text formats, and its native XML. It can also generate Latex, HTML, and others.
GQview 1.2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106388/
GQview is an image viewer for X windows. Features include single click file viewing, external editor support, thumbnail previews, thumbnail caching, and adjustable zoom. GQView has the ability to compare files and list similar or duplicate images based on content. Full screen view and slideshows allow for basic presentation of images. The program offers simple image file management with the ability to copy, move, rename, and delete files. Image collections, similar to a song playlist, are also supported.
Impact 0.2.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106444/
Impact is a finite element program based on an explicit time stepping algorithm. It can be used to simulate dynamic events such as car crashes or other large deformation events. It is written in Java and is kept very simple, to make it intuitive to use and easy to change and extend. It is very flexible and can handle several different input and output formats.
Java Serialization to XML 1.0.7.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106398/
Java Serialization to XML (JSX) allows you to write and read any Java object graph as XML data with one line of code. You can verify your data and manipulate it with standard XML tools like DOM, JDOM, and XSLT. JSX automatically creates a file format/wire protocol for all Java objects, so that it is always up to date as the code evolves. When you need backward compatibility, JSX provides the evolution techniques of Java Object Serialization, and you can also modify the XML directly. Unlike databinders, such as JAXB and Castor, no explicit mapping is required, and JSX works for all objects.
jCIFS 0.7.0b10
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106410/
jCIFS is an SMB client library written entirely in Java. It closely follows the CIFS specification supporting Unicode, named pipes, batching, multiplexing IO of threaded callers, encrypted authentication, full transactions, domain/workgroup/host/share/file enumeration, NetBIOS sockets and name services, the smb:// URL protocol handler, a java.io.File like API, RAP calls, NTLM HTTP Authentication, and more.
Jconsole 1.38
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106401/
Jconsole is a JMX console for JBoss that provides a pre-built Web client for the JBoss application server. It deploys the JMX features of JBoss.
JFCUnit 1.03
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106389/
JFCUnit enables you to write test cases for Java Swing-based applications. It provides support for obtaining handles on windows opened by your code, locating components within a component hierarchy, raising events on components (e.g., clicking a button), and handling testing of components in a thread-safe manner.
JPluck 0.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106433/
JPluck is a Java-based toolkit for creating Plucker documents. It includes the JPluck X GUI for managing and downloading sites.
KickPIM 0.4.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106404/
KickPIM is an applet for KDE's Kicker panel which displays your KAddressbook entries in a popup menu. You can view and edit address data and send email messages very easily. It will also remind you about birthdays.
KOffice 1.2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106393/
KOffice is an integrated office suite based on the KDE libraries. KOffice currently includes KWord, KSpread, KPresenter, KChart, Kontour, Karbon14, KFormula, Kugar, and Kivio. There are no special mail and news clients included in KOffice, because there are KMail and KNode available for KDE anyway. All KOffice components work together, and you can embed every KOffice component into any other KOffice component. This is realized using the KParts object model.
Lib2 PHP Library 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106407/
The Lib2 PHP Library provides user authentication via sessions, statistics collection, forms management, an interface to SQL engines, formatting tools, and common administrative pages written in PHP. It's integrated with MySQL and Postgres.
Luminance Panel 0.0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106431/
Luminance Panel is a panel application written in GTK 2.0 for the Luminance Desktop project. The intent of the project is to produce a lightweight, visually appealing panel application. This project does not intend to rival other applications in number of features.
MOD 2.2.12 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106424/
MOD is an online web based journal, news system, or diary written in PHP without any database requirements. It supports multiple users and multiple sections, which can be individualy protected against reading/writing from unwanted users. Each post also includes a message board. The whole system is flexible and customizable; you can change the design, style of viewing, etc. The posts include HTML support, so you can directly parse images or any other HTML tags. The aim of this project is to build a complex but easy to use and simple Web diary or journaling system for a small group of users to share their notes, ideas, comments, etc.
NSA Security-enhanced Linux 2002121210
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106437/
NSA Security-enhanced Linux is a set of patches to the Linux kernel and some utilities to incorporate a strong, flexible mandatory access control architecture into the major subsystems of the kernel. It provides a mechanism to enforce the separation of information based on confidentiality and integrity requirements, which allows threats of tampering and bypassing of application security mechanisms to be addressed and enables the confinement of damage that can be caused by malicious or flawed applications. It includes a set of sample security policy configuration files designed to meet common, general-purpose security goals.
ogmtools 0.970
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106436/
The ogmtools allow users to display information about (ogminfo), extract streams from (ogmdemux), merge several streams into (ogmmerge), and split (ogmsplit) Ogg files. Supported stream types include video streams from AVIs or Ogg files and Vorbis audio from Ogg files. The resulting files can be played back with mplayer or with the OggDS Direct Show filters under Windows.
PennMUSH 1.7.7p0 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106384/
PennMUSH is a MUD server that is often used for running social or role-playing games, with an extensive internal programming language. It runs on Unix systems, Windows, and MacOS.
PimpBNC Beta 11 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106416/
PimpBNC is a module/hook-based IRC bouncer written in Perl. It has native IRC NAT, which enables you to run a BitchX client loaded with scripts 24/7 and connect with your mIRC when dialing up, all under the same nick. It uses only one process regardless of the number of clients connected. It has an auto-update announcer built in.
ploticus 2.10
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106429/
PLOTICUS is a popular command line utility for creating graphs and plots that may be presented in Web pages, printed reports, slides, posters, or interactively. It can produce pie, bar, line, boxplot, scatterplot, sweep, and other types of plots. Colors and appearance details are very configurable. PLOTICUS can handle date and time data in a variety of formats in addition to numeric and alphanumeric data. It is suitable for on-demand plotting, CGI, etc. It accepts ASCII or comma-spearated (.csv) files and can output to GIF, PNG, SVG, JPEG, WBMP, PostScript, EPS, or interactively via X11. Some statistical capabilities such as linear regression and curve fitting are included.
PowerDNS daemon 2.9.2 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106435/
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.
ProjectButler 0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106417/
ProjectButler is a distributed multi-user project management software, especially designed for project-oriented companies. Users can log on from everywhere over the Web or an intranet, manage projects, appointments, tasks, effort lists, customers, customer contacts, project advances, and more.
PureAgent 3.0 (Response time monitoring agent) http://freshmeat.net/releases/106418/
PureAgent monitors response times from an agent to a server by replaying transactions at specified intervals. This includes static and dynamic Web applications as well as other server applications. Response times are collected and alarms can be sent if performance and availability goals are not fulfilled. The agent is managed using a standard Web browser. Using the browser, an administrator specifies transactions to run, intervals, alarm settings, etc.
PureTest 3.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106419/
PureTest is primarily targeted for function testing in the earlier phases of a development project. Even though it supports testing a variety of applications it is especially useful for debugging and snooping of Web applications. It includes a HTTP Recorder and Web Crawler which makes it useful for generic verification of HTTP requests and Web content checking.
QNX IceWM 0.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106394/
QNX IceWM is a theme which comes close to the original QNX look.
Remote Tea 1.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106409/
Remote Tea is a pure Java implementation of Sun's ONC/RPC protocol. Complete client and server functionality is available, as is client access to the portmapper. The package contains an rpcgen-like precompiler for converting .x files into Java classes. Also included is a Java-based portmapper.
Reqwireless WebViewer 1.8.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106396/
Reqwireless WebViewer is a Web browser for J2ME MIDP devices. With support for HTML along with GIF and JPEG images, WebViewer gives access to the real Web instead of WAP or Compact HTML.
Ringtone Tools 2.06
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106390/
Ringtone Tools is a set of tools for creating ringtones and logos on mobile phones.
RubyInline 2.0.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106387/
Ruby Inline is an analog to Perl's Inline::C. It allows you to imbed C external module code in your Ruby script directly. The code is compiled and run on the fly when needed.
samhain 1.6.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106422/
samhain is a daemon that can check file integrity, search the file tree for SUID files, and detect kernel module rootkits (Linux only). It can be used either standalone or as a client/server system for centralized monitoring, with strong (192-bit AES) encryption for client/server connections and the option to store databases and configuration files on the server. For tamper resistance, it supports signed database/configuration files and signed reports/audit logs. It has been tested on Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, and Unixware.
SouRCe PacKaGer 0.1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106427/
SouRCe PacKaGer (srcpkg) is a program for managing separate software packages under the same directory hierarchy. It is especially useful for packages distributed as source. It is similar to GNU Stow, Depot, etc., but works by creating packages from new files found in the directory tree, allowing it to manage large, complex, interdependent packages such as those of KDE and GNOME.
Spyce 1.3.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106386/
SPYCE is a Web server plugin that supports simple and efficient Python-based dynamic HTML scripting. Those who like Python and are familiar with JSP, PHP, or ASP, should have a look at this engine. It allows one to generate dynamic HTML content just as easily, using Python for the dynamic parts. Its modular design makes it very flexible and extensible. It supports FastCGI, CGI, mod_python, and proxying to work with Apache and most other Web servers. It can also be used as a command-line utility for HTML pre-processing.
Uncle Unc 0.24.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106403/
Uncle Unc allows network admins and developers to keep track of many services on a network in a flexible extendable fashion from a single client program. The underlying protocol aims to be as generic as possible, and offers a clean usable model for interacting with many services. In Uncle Unc, client implementation is carefully separated from the core protocol, allowing clients to be implemented as GUI apps, Web front-ends, or console programs. Once adapted to Uncle Unc, a service becomes instantly accessible from any Unc-aware client. As new service implementations are developed, every client implementation is able to use them. The ever-expanding list of adapters currently covers filesystems, Java class libraries, relational databases, log-files and jini networks, and a feature-rich, fast desktop GUI client.
vhost 3.00r6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106392/
vHost is a one-step solution for all virtual hosting needs. It enables a Linux/BSD server with single or multiple IP addresses to handle unlimited Web/FTP/email domains. It comes with both command-line and Web-based graphical user interface, which gives maximum control to a domain's owner, while relieving the system administrator of most routine administration tasks. The latest version also offers a "clustering" capability.
Webminstats 0.9.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106411/
Sysstats module for Webmin adds a graphical log of historic information. It's modular in design, as to be able to log everything from CPU usage to email box size.
WMBiff 0.4.10
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106391/
WMBiff is a dockapp which can display the status of up to 5 mailboxes. It supports mbox, maildir, POP3, APOP, IMAP and IMAPS mailboxes, as well as Licq history files.
Zoe Intertwingle 0.3 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106415/
Zoe is a Web based email client with a built in SMTP and POP3 server and Google-like search functionality that lives on your desktop. It is written in Java and uses Lucene technology to provided instant searching and threading of your email messages.
ZynAddSubFX 1.0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106405/
ZynAddSubFX is a powerful real-time, multi- timbral software synthesizer for Linux. It has microtonal capabilities, and the instruments it creates sound like those from professional keyboards. It includes effects like reverb, echo, chorus, and phaser.
Slashcode
Undocumented Things You Should Set In Apache?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/13/234233
I've recently discovered a problem with blocks being updated but not appearing to be updated when the main page loads. I believe this has been discussed here. I'm wondering if anyone has written anything about configuration directives for Apache that are going to make your Slashcode site work correctly. Things like limiting the Max requests per child and stuff like that. I'd be happy to collect everyone's replies and make a guide to be posted here or somewhere. The documentation from Mister Orange has been a lifesaver for many I'm sure.
Kinosis.com - Health, Fitness, and Weight Loss News http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/10/1758242
Two formerly fat engineers have created a website to help people learn the correct methods and principles of permanent weight loss. We are serious about answering your questions and seeing that you get results, having been there before and knowing how much it sucked. Yes, we know there are a lot of Twinkie-lovin', Coke swilling UNIX gurus reading this right now who need to get buff for the dates they don't have (yet) so head on over and check it out! ;) We chose LRSE Hosting and they've been very responsive and know how to get things done. Three thumbs up! (yes, I'm a mutant)
Proven developer & Slashbox needed
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/10/1756244
We are looking to implement a Slashbox to drive several medically related slash sites. We are searching for developers (preferably in the NY/NJ area) with a proven ability to implement, deploy and manage the collection of sites. The ability to manage all aspects of implementation including but not limited to networking, firewalling & security , databasing & querying, archiving, GUI modifications, hosting and general maintenance. We have not evaluated third party hosting due to the sensitivity of our data. Obviously, expertise in Perl, Apache, Linux, and MySQL are prerequisites. We have a creative services team that will design any artwork, banners/headers, buttons, and other artistic aspects of the interface one given requirements from the program lead. We are open to contracters or potential employment on a contract to permanent basis. We are only looking for people with past Slash deployment experience as we will need to deploy in mid Q103. Please contact (send resume and cover letter with links to deployed slash site(s)) to Michael Vinegra.
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