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gwc 0.18-0 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=238621

    This release contains no new bug fixes, but has a much faster click     detection algorithm, and up to 200 markers. Gnome Wave Cleaner is a     digital audio restoration tool for CD quality audio wavefiles. Dehiss,     declick and decrackle in a GUI environment. Have fun. Please let me     know of any problems. jw (aka weltyj at yahoo.com)

Furthur 1.7.1 Released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=238383

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    Furthur is a peer-to-peer cataloging and music sharing tool that     allows: fully enforcable legal sharing model, instant downloads with no     waiting lists, in-depth cataloging functionality, and detailed     attribute searches. Upgrade to this version is recommended for all     existing users. This release includes fixes for known memory leaks,     high CPU usage issues, and an improved search system. Hello again, The     Furthurnet team is proud to announce the release of: Furthurnet 1.7.1
(http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=39429&release_id
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sylpheed-0.8.8claws released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=238415

    Sylpheed-Claws is a GTK+ based, lightweight, and fast e-mail client and     newsreader. Supports POP3, APOP, IMAP, SMTP, SMTP AUTH, NNTP, LDAP.     Features multiple accounts, spell-checking, address book, SSL, GPG/PGP,     filtering, scoring, and i18n. This is a bugfix release.

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    December 2002 Version: 0.8.8claws SYLPHEED-CLAWS RELEASE NOTES     <http://claws.sylpheed.org> This release of sylpheed-claws is based on     version 0.8.8 of the main Sylpheed branch. Notes for this release:
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This release fixes a bug which would run into
    an infinite loop and eventual crash when invalid characters were     encountered in MIME header encoding. New features in this release:
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * add 'Locked' flag to possible filtering
    / matcher conditions * Bug fix: [bug #633443] 'Crash on deleting     messages' * updated translations Bulgarian and code reorganisation,
    cleanups, and more. CLAWS' EXTRA FEATURES ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * pop
    before smtp authentication * Automatic saving of message when composing
  • signature in the message view can be coloured * built-in gdb crash handler * Customisable toolbars * quick search function * Folder color setting * 'Dynamic' signatures * Font configuration * Icon theming * Spell checking (with aspell) * filtering/processing mechanism * automatic account selection * 'smart' wrapping * message scoring * hide read messages * mbox support * IMAP over SSH Tunnel * addressbook: import Mutt addressbook * addressbook: import Pine addressbook * addressbook copy and paste * harvest addresses for addressbook * Request Return-Receipt * extra Folder Properties: Return-Receipt, save messages, default To:, default address for replies, subject simplification, folder CHMOD, default account * revised compose window
  • manual selection of MIME type and encoding for attachments * 'ignore thread' * improved clickable URL support * new mail notification * selective download * 7bit and 8bit encoding of attachments * NNTP: auto-mark cross-posted messages * configurable (non-)display of images
  • online/offline modes * User-definable quotation characters * export addressbook to html file * display url in statusbar on single-click * message priority setting * new message cache system * new sort function
  • controllable size of log text in log window * ability to select part of a text mime-part to reply * reply flag gets set on sending of a reply * sylpheed man page * allow user to 'Save all' attachments in a mail with multi-attachments * GnuPG signatures can now be verified by double-clicking [application/pgp-signature] in the text view * GnuPG users are informed of expired signatures and keys. * save 2 or more selected files to a single file * MH folder drag 'n' drop support * Cc and Bcc Template definitions * --online and --offline command-line switches * Automatic message drafting and cache saving on kill * SSL certificate management * 'on-the-fly' changing of the type of GnuPG encryption and/or signing used (MIME/ascii) * Logging can be stopped * user-definable newsgroup names abbreviation length * Manual and FAQ remote and local links * Powerful Extended Search * Indication of unread answers to marked mails: '(!)' is appended to the folder name when a marked message has a response * Customisable message view toolbar * Actions: trailing ">" syntax to insert command's output without replacing old text (in contrast to trailing "|"). * Address book: 'Edit Group Details' dialog allows multiple selection in either pane * Warning dialog is displayed when the user attempts to save incomplete rules in scoring, filtering and processing. * .mh_sequences file is created in new MH folders * 'tools' directory that contains various scripts: calypso_convert.pl import mbox files exported by calypso eud2gc.py convert a Eudora (v.3?) addressbook to vCard
    (GnomeCard) format filter_conv.pl convert sylpheed main's filter rules
    into claws' filtering format gif2xface.pl convert a gif file to an xface google_msgid.pl Actions script to lookup selected message-id in google using mozilla. gpg-sign-syl GnuPG cleartext-signing script for use with Actions kmail2sylpheed.pl convert a Kmail addressbook to a Sylpheed addressbook kmail2sylpheed_v2.pl new version of the address book conversion script for newer versions of Kmail/Kaddressbook newscache_clean clean up old files and directories in the newscache directory OOo2sylpheed.pl enable OpenOffice to send documents through sylpheed outlook2sylpheed.pl convert an Outlook contacts list to a Sylpheed addressbook sylpheed-switcher enable quick-switching between claws and main in a non-destructive way sylprint.pl process a Sylpheed mail and print it using enscript if available or lpr if not tb2sylpheed convert an addressbook exported from The Bat! into a Sylpheed addressbook update-po translators' tool that eases the creation of *.po files uudec decode UUencoded mails, for use with Actions ...and more.
    • See ChangeLog.claws and README.claws for full information regarding changes in this release. Also see ChangeLog[.jp] for changes synchronised from sylpheed main. Sylpheed-Claws GnuPG key: Sylpheed-Claws <twb@users.sourceforge.net> KeyID:D04C2EEF Fingerprint: 830D 8455 329F DD31 7ADA 71D7 7D22 7E77 D04C 2EEF
libggi 2.0.2/libgii 0.8.2 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=238414

    The GGI project is pleased to announce that new versions of LibGGI and     LibGII have been released. LibGGI is a graphics API which focuses on     portability between operating systems and graphics back-ends. LibGII is     a stand-alone system for handling input devices which follows the same     general design principles as LibGGI. Through a run-time modular system,     a single application binary can be run on many different display     systems. In addition, LibGGI and it's interchangeable run-time binary     "targets" can be compiled on many architectures (like ia-32, ppc32,     sparc, sparc64, arm, s390, etc.) and operating systems (like Linux,     *BSD, Darwin, Solaris, etc.) and environments (like X11, fbdev,     svgalib, aalib, etc.) The LibGGI core itself is a basic API meant for     low level programming abstracting the simplest of primitives common to     most display systems. When properly written, LibGGI applications can be     made to work well in various bit-depths and to function on display     systems that differ quite drastically in their implementations (e.g.     backbuffered client/server systems like X11 versus direct hardware     systems like linux framebuffer.) LibGGI includes an extension system     which allows API sets to be added to the core LibGGI API. For example,     two popular extensions are LibGGIWMH, allowing manipulation of parent     window properties when a LibGGI program is running under a window based     display system, and LibGGIMISC which supplements the LibGGI API with a     few features like raytrace syncronization and VGA-style splitline which     are familair to demo coders. Our team is working on future extensions     which aim to bring the GGI philosphy of generic abstraction to graphics     systems features such as Z/Alpha buffers, overlays, and ROP/BITBLT,     allowing such features to be used by application developers without     falling into the trap of writing code that is inextricably entangled to     the display system used for development and testing. Like every Open     Source project, we are always glad to receive help and new team     members. This release represents a step forward not only in that     several enhancements have been made but also in our release process. We     now have a stable and developemnt tree system such that experimental     features will no longer butt heads with bugfix releases. We expect this     to improve our release interval for both development and stable     projects. More detailed news, project contact information, online     documentation, and much more is available at     http://www.ggi-project.org/

SOURCEFORGE.NET UPDATE - 2002-12-18 EDITION http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=238394

    0. Intro 1. SF.NET Support Update 2. DevChannel Launch 3. NNTP Beta     Continues 4. WebSphere on Compile Farm 5. Site Statistics --- Sponsored     by: Buy Holiday Geek Toys Now! Thinkgeek is the holiday shopping mecca     for geeks, technophiles, and anybody who enjoys computers, gadgets, and     just plain old fun stuff. Whether you're looking to shop for the new     geek in your life, or if you're looking to finally get the gifts you     actually WANT this year, Thinkgeek is your one-stop-shop.     http://www.thinkgeek.com/sf/ ---- Hello SourceForge.net user, Happy     Holidays! It's been quite a year. We just had our 3rd year anniversary     of SF.NET's existence and in the past 12 months we've added 225,000     registered users and 22,000 new Open Source projects (525,000 Users and     52,000 projects total). It's great to see that the community continues     to grow. We've moved. You may or may not have noticed, but we     physically moved last month. SourceForge.net has migrated to a new     Cable & Wireless facility in Santa Clara, California (formally Exodus).     Besides the shinny new racks, power and bandwidth, we have consolidated     all our OSDN sister sites under one roof (Slashdot.org, Freshmeat.net,     Linux.com, OSDN.com, Thinkgeek.com, etc). This move makes it easier for     our Sys Admins to get their hands around all 250+ servers (all of OSDN)     which use to be spread out over two coasts in the United States.     December 2002's SF.NET project of the month is phpMyAdmin. Please check     out the interview we did with them. Good stuff.     http://sourceforge.net/pom_1202.php Our IBM DB2 transition continues to     move forward. We will have SF.NET fully converted to the database in     early 2003. On a related note, today we are announcing 3 new IBM     WebSphere application servers on the SF.NET compile farm. This will     allow you to test out any J2EE applications you might have.     Instructions to access the compile farm are below in this email. On     behalf of the SF.NET team, I want to wish you and your family very     Happy Holidays. We are looking forward to working with you to make     SourceForge.net and the Open Source Community even more successful in     2003. As always, if you have any questions or concerns, feel free to     email me directly at pat@sf.net. Thank you. Pat- Patrick McGovern     Director, SourceForge.net email: pat@sf.net 1. SF.NET Support Update

  • The SourceForge.net team has recently completed a set of planning sessions for 2003 goals. We have incorporated much of the feedback received during the 2002 year in to these goals, and are quite excited about the upcoming enhancements to the SourceForge.net site and services. We welcome your continued feedback. The SourceForge.net team may be contacted by submitting a Support Request at: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=1&atid=200001 All SourceForge.net-hosted projects which make use of our VHOST services must update their DNS configuration to reflect our new IP address range. A mailing was sent to all project administrators on VHOST-using projects on 2002-12-05. Instructions for proper VHOST configuration may be seen at: https://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=777&group_id=1 A significant amount of effort has recently been directed to improvement of the SourceForge.net Site Documentation. Among the changes, we have completed a significant reorganization of the Site Docs (which are now separated by target audience and grouped by service). Second, significant formatting changes have been made to all existing document for cleaner appearance and more functional navigation (we have added a Table of Contents to most documents). Finally, plan has been established which will ensure documentation is written to cover all previously-identified gaps; in coming months, we will be working to complete the initial rewrite of older content and the generation of new documentation. The SourceForge.net Site Documentation collection may be seen at: https://sourceforge.net/docman/?group_id=1 In conjunction with our work to improve the Site Documentation of the SourceForge.net site, a command-line tool has been developed to automate DocManager (the documentation management feature of the SourceForge.net site) operations. This tool, adocman, is available from the 'sitedocs' project on SourceForge.net. At this time, a tool to automate retrieval of data via our XML data export facility (which requires authentication by a project administrator) is also included. These tools can be used by any project team to establish a comprehensive backup and recovery plan, as described at: https://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=6840&group_id=1 adocman (and the xml_export script included in the adocman release) may be found at: https://sourceforge.net/projects/sitedocs/ SourceForge.net now provides documentation regarding security and risk management as applied to the SourceForge.net site and services. We encourage all project administrators to review the documentation provided at: https://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=14267&group_id=1 Finally, as requested by many site users, the SourceForge.net team now provides a search facility for Site Documentation. Information about this search facility (and access to the Site Documentation search) is available at: https://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=14068&group_id=1 The SourceForge.net team is glad to respond to any issues you may encounter in using SourceForge.net, as a user, as a developer, or as a project administrator. To reach the SourceForge.net team, we ask that you submit a Support Request at: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=1&atid=200001 I welcome feedback regarding our support process and your experiences in using SourceForge.net. I may be reached via email at: moorman@sourceforge.net Jacob Moorman Quality of Service Manager, SourceForge.net 2. OSDN's Newsite DevChannel
  • OSDN is adding to its resources for developers with a new website, DevChannel
    (http://devchannel.org). DevChannel is the central news and reference
    resource for developers interested in core technology topics. With original feature articles and interviews, daily news updates, access to SourceForge projects, Freshmeat downloads, and Slashdot discussions, DevChannel opens a channel of communication to developers, organized by topics that matter. We've begun rolling out DevChannel gradually, with four channels featured at present: High Performance Computing
    (http://hpc.devchannel.org) Web Services
    (http://webservices.devchannel.org) Development Tools
    (http://tools.devchannel.org) Hardware (http://hardware.devchannel.org)
    While SourceForge.net remains the preeminent gathering place for developers on OSDN, you'll find some great content on DevChannel (like Steve DuChene's IPMI article), and some familiar faces (Brian Finley from the Clustering Foundry, and Eugene Kim from the Distributed Computing Foundry). So be sure to add DevChannel to your list of OSDN destinations; we look forward to seeing you there. If you have questions/comments please email Mark Stone at mstone@osdn.com 3. SF.NET NNTP Beta Test Continues ---------------------------------------- In October we launched an early beta release of a new feature on SourceForge.net. We are continuing this beta test, and here again are the details in case you missed it the first time: Our NNTP server makes it possible to view and post data to forums using a simple newsreader
    (exactly like using USENET newsgroups). Here's the information to login
    and try it out. The hostname of the NNTP server is 'nntp.sourceforge.net' and the port NNTP is listening on is 563.
    (nntps, SSL-protected NNTP) We allow only SSL connections. You need to
    use your SourceForge user name and password to login. The currently supported clients are Mozilla and Outlook, however we've followed the NNTP RFC; any client that does NNTP over SSL /should/ work. Please let us know if you have problems with a specific client. (Please see below) Posting works, with one caveat: to limit SPAM we limit the amount of posts to 10 in a 5 minute period, after which we deny posting for some time for that user account. NOTE: This is real data. Posts will show up in your forums! Please keep this in mind. Here is an example of the NNTP naming we've chosen, it is much like the project web tree. "sf.a.al.alexandria.open_discussion" will get you the "Open Discussion" forum for project "alexandria". Mailing lists are currently _not_ available but will be available in the near future. If you would like to report bugs, ideas, or anything else please subscribe to the beta mailing list at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mcgoo-nttpbeta Please keep in mind that the server is beta and will more than likely crash. Please don't send 1000 emails to list saying the server is offline; we'll fix it as soon as we get a chance. Please send any bug reports, odd behavior, or problems to this list. Thank you. Issue reports regarding this new beta feature should not be submitted as Support Requests; please direct all inquiries to the list. 4. IBM WebSphere on Compile Farm ---------------------------------------- The SourceForge.net Compile Farm now features four systems running IBM WebSphere Application Server Version 5. These systems let you freely deploy J2EE applications for testing and validation on the WebSphere platform. The SourceForge.net Compile Farm is available for use (on an opt-in basis) by developers on any active projects hosted on SourceForge.net. To access these systems, please see the Compile Farm Guide at: http://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=762&group_id=1 5. Statistics ---------------------------------------- Where do SF.NET users come from? The SF.NET team recently ran log files through an application that can translate countries by IP numbers, oppose to domain name extensions. IP numbers provide more accurate statistics. Below are the results. SourceForge.net truly is an International site. Percent / Country 34.0450% United States 09.2114% Germany 04.5754% Canada 04.1249% United Kingdom 04.0632% Sweden 04.0632% Poland 03.4010% France 03.1006% Japan 02.3787% Netherlands 02.2872% Italy 01.9262% Belgium 01.9262% Australia 01.6557% Brazil 01.6259% Spain 01.5951% Russian Federation 01.4449% Norway 01.3842% Switzerland 01.2341% Denmark 01.2341% Austria 01.2341% Argentina 01.0233% India 00.8428% Korea, Republic of 00.7529% Mexico 00.7225% Hong Kong 00.6922% New Zealand 00.6922% Finland 00.6629% Taiwan, Province of China 00.6023% Portugal 00.5718% Singapore 00.5113% Israel On Thursday December 12th, 2002, SourceForge.net served: 4,424,135 Million Page views [SF.NET and Sub-domains] 467,693 Open Source Applications [downloaded] 1,245,123 Emails [SF Mailing Lists] 10,234 CVS checkouts 7,753 CVS Checkins Top 20 projects: 1 POPFile - Automatic Email Classification http://sourceforge.net/projects/popfile/ POPFile is an email classification system that has a Naive Bayes text classifier and a POP3 proxy. It works with any mail client using POP3. 2 Gaim http://sourceforge.net/projects/gaim/ Gaim is an all-in-one IM client that resembles AIM. Gaim lets you use AIM, ICQ, Yahoo, MSN, IRC, Jabber, Napster, Zephyr, and Gadu-Gadu, all at once. Gaim is NOT endorsed by or affiliated with AOL, Yahoo, MSN or Napster. 3 PCGen -- A Character Generator http://sourceforge.net/projects/pcgen/ PCGen is a java character generator and maintenance program. All datafiles are ASCII so they can be modified by users, and are available through the pcgendm project. An XML conversion is underway. 4 BZFlag http://sourceforge.net/projects/bzflag/ OpenSource OpenGL Multiplayer Multiplatform battlezone capture the flag 5 phpMyAdmin http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpmyadmin/ phpMyAdmin is a tool written in PHP intended to handle the administration of MySQL over the WWW. Currently it can create and drop databases, create/drop/alter tables, delete/edit/add fields, execute any SQL statement, manage keys on fields. 6 Tiki http://sourceforge.net/projects/tikiwiki/ Tiki is a CMS system based on a Wiki, it has all the features a regular Wiki application has and a lot more. Tiki uses PHP and templates via Smarty. Many features added or planned 7 ScummVM http://sourceforge.net/projects/scummvm/ ScummVM is a cross-platform interpreter for SCUMM-based games, used by LucasArts in games like: Maniac Mansion, Monkey Island, Day Of The Tentacle, The Dig, etc. It also includes an non-SCUMM interpreter for Simon The Sorcerer 1/2. 8 Hibernate http://sourceforge.net/projects/hibernate/ Hibernate - Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java 9 SquirrelMail http://sourceforge.net/projects/squirrelmail/ SquirrelMail is a PHP4-based Web email client. It includes built-in pure PHP support for IMAP and SMTP, and renders all pages in pure HTML 4.0 for maximum compatibility across browsers. It also has MIME support, folder manipulation, etc. 10 eMule http://sourceforge.net/projects/emule/ eMule is a filesharing client which is based on the eDonkey2000 network but offers more features than the standard client 11 Fink http://sourceforge.net/projects/fink/ Fink is an attempt to bring the full world of Unix Open Source software to Darwin and Mac OS X. Packages are downloaded and built automatically and installed into a tree managed by dpkg. 12 Compiere ERP + CRM Business Solution http://sourceforge.net/projects/compiere/ Smart ERP+CRM solution for small-medium enterprises (SME) in the global marketplace covering all areas from customer management, supply chain and accounting. For $2-200M revenue companies looking for "brick and click" first tier functionality. 13 Gimp-Print - Top Quality Printer Drivers http://sourceforge.net/projects/gimp-print/ A very high quality package of printer drivers for Ghostscript and CUPS. This project also maintains the Print plug-in for the Gimp from the same code base. 14 XNap - java filesharing client http://sourceforge.net/projects/xnap/ XNap is a plugin-based filesharing client. Currently it includes an OpenNap plugin, with multiple server support, automatic downloading, resuming of incomplete files, chat, hotlist and an advanced media library. Features a Swing GUI and a terminal mode. 15 Bochs x86 PC emulator http://sourceforge.net/projects/bochs/ Bochs is a portable x86 PC emulation software package that emulates enough of the x86 CPU, related AT hardware, and BIOS to run Windows, Linux, *BSD, Minix, and other OS's, all on your workstation. 16 AWStats http://sourceforge.net/projects/awstats/ Advanced Web Statistics
    (AWStats) is a free powerfull web server logfile analyzer (Perl script)
    that shows you all your Web statistics including visits, unique visitors, pages, hits, hours, search engines, keywords used to find your site, robots, etc... 17 Fluxbox http://sourceforge.net/projects/fluxbox/ Fluxbox is a X11 windowmanager build for speed and flexibility. 18 Dev-C++ http://sourceforge.net/projects/dev-cpp/ Dev-C++ is an full-featured Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for Win32. It uses GCC, Mingw or Cygwin as compiler and libraries set. 19 MinGW - Minimalist GNU for Windows http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/ MinGW is a set of include files and import libraries that allow one to use GCC to build native Windows applications that use vendor-supplied runtime. 20 JBoss.org http://sourceforge.net/projects/jboss/ The JBoss/Server is the leading Open Source, standards-compliant, J2EE based application server implemented in 100% Pure Java.

Mailman 2.1 rc 1
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=238352

    This is the release candidate for Mailman 2.1 final. 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. Barring unforseen problems, this is a snapshot of what will     be released before the end of 2002.

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Cayenne &quot;Holiday Release&quot;: 1.0a5 http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=238027

    A new release of Cayenne is out. It plugs a few gaps in the core     functionality, fixes tons of bugs and provides a much improved     documentation. Cayenne is an object-relational persistence framework     written in Java. It provides tools and libraries to work with     relational databases in an object-oriented way. Cayenne consists of     class libraries and a GUI tool for O/R mapping and deployment. Release     highlights are: * Added flattened relationships (direct many-to-many     relationships). * Introduced type-safe queries using Java Class as a     root * Project structure update. Project map and node files now have     predefined extensions. An upgrade from the old format can be done via     CayenneModeler. Old format is compatible with Cayenne runtime. *     Significantly improved and updated "User Guide". Created "Developer     Guide" for contributors. * Usual Bug fixes, code cleanup and     refactoring. Downloads available at http://objectstyle.org/cayenne/

Chordcast 0.9.9b
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=238235

    Chordcast 0.9.9b has been released. This is probably going to be the     last version before 1.0. This release contains mostly bug fixes and     enhancements. ChordCast is a JAVA (swing) program for creating guitar     chords in files called chord sheets. The software uses XML files to     save the chord sheets. It also allows to export to HTML files using PNG     images for chords. It requires J2RE 1.4 to run. See the changelog for     more information. The roadmap was also updated.

e1000-4.4.19 stable release
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=238168

    Linux kernel driver for the Intel(R) PRO/100 ethernet devices and     Intel(R) PRO/1000 gigabit ethernet devices. This project serves as a     focal point for further driver development and discussion. e1000-4.4.19     stable release is available in .tar.gz format to compile against any     2.4 kernel.

DSpace 1.0.1 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=238042

    DSpace, currently in use at MIT Libraries, is a Java-based Open Source     digital library system designed for scalability, and the long-term     preservation of data (such as books, documents, and multimedia     publications). DSpace 1.0.1 is mostly a bug fix release. New     documentation should be available in a couple of weeks.

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Slashdot
Melting Away Ice Hazards
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/27/226221

    RadioheadKid writes "Dartmouth College Professor [0]Victor F. Petrenko     is getting a grip on ice. He and his colleagues have found ways to take     advantage of the "protonic" semiconductor properties of frozen water.     They see many applications of this discovery from [1]melting ice on     power lines to [2]electronic speed control for skis and snowboards. I     guess those [3]Petrenkos just love the ice." Links

    0. 
http://engineering.dartmouth.edu/thayer/faculty/victorpetrenko.html
    1. 
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993209
    2. 
http://engineering.dartmouth.edu/thayer/research/ice-engg.html
    3. 
http://www.championsonice.com/skaters.php?Skater=9&Tour=0

How To Stop Piracy: Raid CD-R Moguls
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/28/0255216

    An anonymous reader writes "In what appears to be a not-so-legal move,     Mexico's equivalent of the RIAA used federal police to raid the     installations of Grupo Mekong, responsible for 200 of the 400 million     virgin CDs imported each year, accusing them to be "capos" of the     Piracy bussiness in Mexico. What is the rationale? Record companies buy     only 20% of Mekong merchandise, so the other 80% must be going to     pirates! Yeah, Never mind computer users ,independent labels or other     legal uses. You can see the article [0]here but what amazes me is the     behaviour! What will the next step be? Raid the truck companies who     deliver the CDs? "
Links

    0. http://www.reforma.com/nacional/articulo/256682/

Virtual Volunteering
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/27/2159229

    An anonymous reader writes "Virtual Volunteering is new to me, so I     thought that I would pass the info. along. Given the downturn in     employment and the need to keep an active resume or CV, becoming a     'Virtual Volunteer', may be just the way to refresh your outlook and     your resume. A [0] PC World article talks about two sites which list     numerous opportunities; [1]Volunteer Match lists 41,538 opportunities     associated with 23,359 organizations, and [2]World Computer Exchange     which 'is a global nonprofit organization committed to helping the     world's poorest youth bridge the disturbing global divides in     information, technology and understanding. WCE does this by keeping     donated PCs, Macs, and Laptops out of landfills and giving them new     life connecting youth to the Internet in Africa, Asia, and Latin     America.' There are most likely more organizations like this out there,     anybody have a special one that they are associated with?" Links

    0. 
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,108190,00.asp
    1. 
http://www.volunteermatch.org/
    2. 
http://www.worldcomputerexchange.org/

Military Healthcare Data Stolen
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/27/2148237

Confused? Frustrated?X

    An anonymous reader writes "TriWest, a federal contractor providing     healthcare to the military, had computer hardware stolen from one of     their offices. Social security numbers, credit card numbers, and     healthcare information about 500,000 US military personnel and their     families is contained on the stolen hardware. The [0]AP picked up the     story. The theft is also being covered by the [1]Salt Lake Tribune and     the [2]Arizona Republic. This opens the door to speculation about who     would be interested in the data held by a military contractor and what     they will do with the information." Links

    0. 
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Records-Stolen.html?ex=1041995809&ei=1&en=9f4bf2a3b812c451
    1. 
http://www.sltrib.com/2002/dec/12272002/utah/14893.asp
    2. 
http://www.arizonarepublic.com/arizona/articles/1227recordtheft.html

2003: Year of Linux in Asia?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/27/2024234

    [0]Anonymous Coward writes "The Register has a [1]story about traveling     to a magical country where seeing Linux laptops displayed in stores is     perfectly normal. The author then goes on to predict that this year     will see much more desktop action coming not from Red Hat or     Euro-Distros, but from China and India. Makes sense to me." Links

    0. mailto:zhunt@zee4.com

  1. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/28689.html

Spam Conference in Boston
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/27/1847254

    bpfinn writes "Are you working on your own anti-spam solution? Would     you like to compare notes with other coders? You'll get your chance at     the [0]Spam Conference in Cambridge on January 17, 2003. Among the     speakers are: Paul Graham (of [1]"a plan for spam" fame), [2]ESR, John     Graham-Cumming (of [3]"POPFile" fame), and Matt Sergeant from     [4]MessageLabs. According to the homepage, this conference will be very     informal: "no fees, sponsorships, proceedings, luncheons, contests,     etc. Just a series of quick, concentrated talks, and then we all go off     and get Chinese food." Slashdotters who are peeved about spam can     [5]register here."
Links

    0. 
http://www.spamconference.org/
    1. 
http://www.paulgraham.com/spam.html
    2. 
http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/
    3. 
http://www.usethesource.com/Software/02/08/30/1734204.shtml
    4. 
http://www.messagelabs.com/
    5. 
http://spamconference.org:4000/servlets/spamreg?r

The Humane Environment
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/27/1835214

    [0]rael9real writes "Jeff Raskin, developer of the MacOS and author of     The Humane Interface [ed.: which was [1]reviewed last year], has been     hard at work with several others coding [2]The Humane Environment. They     have a developers edition out for Christmas. It runs on Mac OS 9/X.     Reading the manual, it is basically a text editor/Python IDE, but it     does seem to incorporate some neat ideas in the field. I can't wait to     get home and try it out!"
Links

    0. mailto:rael9 at (nospam) earthlink.net
    1. 
http://books.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/12/2259254&tid=156
    2. 
http://humane.sourceforge.net/the/
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Open Source, Closed Documentation?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/26/1931250

    [0]sunset asks: "Recently I was motivated to look at [1]WebGUI which     looks like a pretty cool open source project. However I was having     trouble making it work with Red Hat 8.0 which includes Apache 2.0. This     seems like a reasonable thing to want, as Red Hat 8 has been out since     September and Apache 2 has been publicly released for close to a year.     Checking the WebGUI community discussion forum, I found that [2]     someone else had already inquired about this. Following the rest of the     thread, you learn that the product's vendor considers this information     to be proprietary, and that you must pay $50 to join their Support     Forum to get the information. It gets better. The associated     [3]Membership Agreement for the Support Forum includes the clause 'You     shall not to share [sic] the information contained herein with any     other party.' So if I join up, I am locked out of sharing valuable     information with the open source community about how to install this     open source product. In the end I found out what I needed to know     without giving up my rights or my hard-earned bucks, but frankly this     attitude from the vendor pisses me off. Am I alone in this? What do you     think?"
Links

    0. 
http://www.sunsetsystems.com/
    1. 
http://www.plainblack.com/
    2. 
http://www.plainblack.com/discuss?func=showMessage&mid=100318&wid=4
    3. 
http://www.plainblack.com/support_programs

PHP 4.3.0 Released
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/27/1729248

    [0]aftk2 writes "[1]PHP.Net has just reported the release of PHP 4.3.0.     The update sports a unified method of handling files and sockets, a     bundled GD library (for working with images), and finalizes PHP's     command line interface. For other information, check out the     [2]ChangeLog."
Links

    0. 
http://www.electricstate.com
    1. 
http://www.php.net/
    2. 
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-4.php

EverQuest: What You Really Get From an Online Game http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/27/1748252

    [0]dsanfte writes "If youÃ&#x201a;Â&#x2019;re reading this, you may be considering     picking up EverQuest. Most likely youÃ&#x201a;Â&#x2019;ve heard from friends how great     this Ã&#x201a;Â&#x201c;addictiveÃ&#x201a;Â&#x201d; game is, how in-depth it can become, and how much     fun youÃ&#x201a;Â&#x2019;ll have playing it. As usual, however, you arenÃ&#x201a;Â&#x2019;t getting the     straight deal. So before you pick up that EverQuest box, let me tell     you the other side of that euphoric story." The rest of Sanftenberg's     excellent article is below.
Links

    0. mailto:palad@sympatico.ca

Freshmeat
centericq 4.9.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107707/

Do you need help?X

    centericq is a text mode menu- and window-driven IM interface that     supports the ICQ2000, Yahoo!, AIM, MSN, IRC, and Jabber protocols. It     allows you to send, receive, and forward messages, URLs, SMSes (both     through the ICQ server and email gateways supported by Mirabilis),     contacts, and email express messages, and it has many other useful     features.

Custom 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107698/

    Custom is an E-Commerce system providing Ordering and Invoicing, Stock,     Supplier, and Catalogue Management. Easily customisable, it is written     in Python for use as CGI scripts (under Apache or any other Web server)     with a simple example site and example database. Custom is intended as     a modern replacement for Sage.

Deadman's Redirect 7.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107708/

    Deadman's Redirect is designed to replace whatever is loaded when you     click on the Home button in your browser. It is a web-surfer's power     tool that can be completely customized, using HTML, to fit the needs of     the user. It allows for URL redirection as well as an interface to     various search engines through its aliasing system. It also supports     user-set aliases with functional arguments, RSS headlines, and a     history of all the URLs that pass through it.

Elaya 0.5.4.d1 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107693/

    Elaya is a compiler for the Elaya language.

empget 0.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107682/

Do you need more help?X

    empget is a simple parser and downloader of the EMusic Package files
(EMP) used by EMusic.com. It helps you easily download entire albums in
    one keystroke, instead of doing it file by file.

GNOME Crontab Editor 0.0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107699/

    The GNOME Crontab Editor is a graphical interface to the crontab     program. You can use it to create, delete, and edit scheduled tasks     using a simple point-and-click interface.

GnoTime 2.1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107684/

    GnoTime is a to-do list tracker and project timer with a built-in     invoice generator. It allows users to keep track of how much time they     have spent working on particular tasks, maintain a diary of that work,     and create invoices with task-specific billing fees and rates.

GNU Smalltalk 2.0g (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107714/

    GNU Smalltalk is a free implementation of the Smalltalk-80 language.

HotSaNIC 0.5.0-pre3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107700/

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    HotSaNIC is a Web-based information center for Unix-based systems. It     gives you a graphical overview about certain network- and system     statistics. HotSaNIC is programmed (mainly in Perl 5) in a modular way     to give you a great flexibility of which items you like to use, and it     can be extended with further modules written by yourself or others.

IPCop Firewall 1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107695/

    IPCop Linux is a complete Linux distribution whose sole purpose is to     protect the networks on which it is installed.

JPhotoBrush 2.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107676/

    JPhotoBrush is an image editing and enhancement application, making     extensive use of Swing and Java's 2D capabilities. It includes a     facility to open multiple images, the ability to load and save 24-bit     GIF, JPG, and BMP. There are brightness/contrast controls, grayscaling,     and color invert, etc. Filters include blur/smooth, sharpen, edge     detect, emboss, noise reduction and generation, diffuse, mosaic,     venetian blinds, buttonize, solarize, scramble, wave, camera effects,     and plaster effects, etc. There is histogram and histogram     equalization, blending, overlaying, arithmetic/logical operations of     multiple images, image resizing, rotation, shear, flipping, and     rendering effects. There is free-hand and line drawing with customized     width, color, line style, and cap style and zoom in/zoom out options,     amongst many other features.

Naamah 1.05
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107703/

    Naamah is a Web application that stores the ID3 tags from your MP3s and     details of your audio CDs in a MySQL database. It scans drives for MP3     files and can generate LaTeX listings.

NemeinAuthentication 1.5.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107706/

Can't find what you're looking for?X

    NemeinAuthentication is a PHP session-based authentication library for     Midgard sites and applications. It can be used for adding easy and     secure authentication for Midgard-based Web services, and also includes     utilities for handling password complexity checking against imported     libraries. The module ships with an imported English library.

newfile 0.9.0.b.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107701/

    newfile generates &quot;starting-out&quot; files using a full featured     template preprocessor. It can also generate trees of files, for     example, a FreeBSD port or a project using automake and autoconf. A     user can add their own template files and directories to those supplied     with the package. It includes templates for making &quot;empty&quot;     files for Ruby, make, shell, C, C++, C &amp; C++ headers, and more.

Nightfall 1.32
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107713/

    Astronomy for fun (education, science, whatever). Nightfall is an     interactive application to simulate eclipsing binary stars, and to     produce animated views, synthetic lightcurves and more. Takes into     account the non-spherical shape of close binary stars, mutual     reflection, and some other effects. Comes with documentation, on-line     help, and lots of observational data of real binary stars. Supports the     Gnome desktop, but doesn't require it.

Nokryptia 1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107697/

    Nokryptia is a program to convert music files like MP3 to work on a     Nokia 5510 (and maybe also for the Nokia HDR-1). The program uses a     workaround for the encryption so that it is extremely fast compared to     the official Nokia software.

Perdition Mail Retrieval Proxy 1.11beta1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/107690/

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    Perdition is a POP3 and IMAP4 proxy server. It is able to handle both     SSL and non-SSL connections and redirect users to a real-server based     on a database lookup. Perdition supports modular based database access.     ODBC, MySQL, PostgreSQL, GDBM, POSIX Regular Expression, and NIS     modules ship with the distribution. The API for modules is open,     allowing abitary modules to be written to allow access to any data     store.

PHP 4.3.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107712/

    PHP is a widely-used Open Source general-purpose scripting language     that is especially suited for Web development and can be embedded into     HTML. Its syntax draws upon C, Java, and Perl, and is easy to learn.     PHP runs on many different platforms and can be used as a standalone     executable or as a module under a variety of Web servers. It has     excellent support for databases, XML, LDAP, IMAP, Java, various     Internet protocols, and general data manipulation, and is extensible     via its powerful API. It is actively developed and supported by a     talented and energetic international team. Numerous Open Source and     commercial PHP-based application packages are available.

pork 0.2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107686/

    pork is a UNIX console-based AIM client mostly fashioned after the     look-and-feel of ircII.

RubyInline 2.1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107689/

    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.

SPASTIC 2.4 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107685/

Confused? Frustrated?X

    SPASTIC is an easy-to-use, powerful set of email filters to deal with     Unsolicited Commercial E-mail (UCE), a.k.a. spam, using procmail. Some     of its features are filtering based on header and/or body contents,     predefined sets of filters to get started quickly, a whitelist to     bypass filters, options on where to send spam, and an optional script     to rotate the spam file periodically.

The Puto Amo Window Manager 1.8.3 (Stable) http://freshmeat.net/releases/107709/

    The Puto Amo Window Manager is a full featured window manager, but     without useless bells and whistles. It is small, fast, etc.

VED 1.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107696/

    Ved (visual editor) is a small and very fast screen-oriented text     editor that implements a user interface somewhere between vi and Emacs.     It is powerful and easy to learn, and has no limitations on line     length, file size, or the types of characters that may appear in a     file. It is a highly portable editor for UNIX and most other OSes.

WifiScanner 0.8.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107691/

    WifiScanner is an analyzer and detector of 802.11b stations and access     points. It can listen alternatively on all the 14 channels, write     packet information in real time, can search access points and     associated client stations, and can generate a graphic of the     architecture using GraphViz. All network traffic can be saved in the     libpcap format for post analysis. It works under Linux with a PrismII     card and with the linux-wlan driver.

Yattm 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107710/

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    Yattm is a fork of Everybuddy, and initially aims to address its     problems. It should not segfault when you use it, and should be almost     instantly usable by your mother. Almost useless prefs should be hidden,     reserved for &quot;advanced&quot; users, and things have to work     without wondering what this or that will produce.

Slashcode
Problems with runtask
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/24/1754206

    I just recently installed slash 2.2.6 on a server in my company     intranet. We're going to make use of it as a technical forum for the     developers to collaborate. For the most part, everything has gone     smoothly and I've had little trouble getting slash configured the way I     want. The one problem I have come across is that I can't run runtask     with any of the tasks in my slash-site. Every time I try to do it, I     check my slashd.log and find a similar error: Tue Dec 24 15:01:50 2002     Starting runtask with pid 10011 glob failed (child exited with status

  1. at /home/usr1/app/slash/bin/runtask line 118. No task 'refresh_authors_cache.pl' found in /home/usr1/app/slash/site/emmaus.saic.com/tasks I've tried looking overthe code for runtask, but I'm a pretty novice perl programmer and have had little luck tracking the problem down. If anyone has ideas what might be causing this, please share. I don't want to have to wait a day for new users to have changes made to their accounts, since we're immediately going to make everyone authors (w/ seclev 100) because of the environment we're in.

Geekizoid.Com
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/24/0239255

    Well, we were going to wait until 31 Dec 2002, but since the cat is out     of the bag already, Geekizoid.Com is back. Hosted by LRSE.

The Last Straw
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/23/1915205

    I just put up my first site using slashcode. It took about a week to     get from downloading the Mandrake ISO's to having the site pretty     complete. I have never used Linux before and I took this on as a     learning experience. I am quite happy with the way it all turned out!     Anyway, about the site - I found that people seem to complain about     celebrities a lot, so I figured that a slash site related to the stupid     things celebrities say and do might be a good idea. Check it out and     let me know what you think!

WML functionality?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/23/1742230

Do you need help?X

    I have been wondering if there is anyone out there using the WML/WAP     functionality of Slash? There were some past articles on this subject,     but seemingly with no clear answers. I was hoping to be able to     generate .wml pages somehow like slashdot.org currently does. Any tips     appreciated.

Graphics not appearing in Topic setup
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/21/0045251

    My newly installed topics were given graphics, in the format of     ./images/topics/graphicname.ext and the pictures don't show. I've gone     back in and tried changing them to absolute URLs, but when I click     "save topic" it reverts back to the old entry. I can click and change     sections and those update fine, but the graphic entry doesn't.

Adding a rand photo block
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/20/1825223

    Hello, i have written something for my slash site deporteyciencia.com     for having a nice random photo block, i try to describe the process     first, and later put all the code. (locally) you need a lot of free     photos (locally) you need imagemagick (locally) run the script     create_minis.pl for creating the thumbs. Take a look to the destination     directories. You can create a captions.txt with the syntaxis:     filename::caption(newline)... The captions will be drawn on the image!!     put the original images and the thumbs in your site (remote) put the     task rand.pl in your site (and change the directories as needed)
(remote)configure crontab for running your task daily or hourly.
(remote) write a block who shows rand_mini_foto.jpg and links to
    rand_foto.jpg do nothing and enjoy, or try to write a way for users     uploading photos "one day they will appear" The code:

  • CREATE_MINIS.PL (remember to change directories and have imagemagick installed)
  • #!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; #-------- config my $use_captions=1; my $background="#006699"; my $fore="#ffffff"; my $width="190x190"; #-------- config end my @files=`ls *.jpg`; my %captions=(); if ($use_captions) { open F_captions,"captions.txt" or die "ERROR, lack of \"captions.txt\"\n This file has the following sintaxis:\nfilename1::caption1\nfilename2::caption 2\n..."; while () { chomp; my ($filename,$text)=split (/::/,$_); $captions{$filename}=$text; } close F_captions; } foreach (@files) { print $_; chomp; if ($use_captions) { system("convert -resize $width_height $_ minis_with_captions/$_"); if($captions{$_}) { system("convert -box \"$background\" -font helvetica -fill \"$fore\" -draw \"text 0,10 \\\" $captions{$_}\\\"\" $_ images_with_captions/$_"); system("convert -box \"$background\" -font helvetica -fill \"$fore\" -draw \"text 0,10 \\\" $captions{$_}\\\"\" minis_with_captions/$_ minis_with_captions/$_"); } else { print "Error: lack of captions for file $_\n"; } } else { system("convert -resize $width_height $_ minis/$_"); } } -------------------------------- rand.pl (remember to change directory names)
  • #!/usr/bin/perl -w #coge una imagen aleatoriamente y la copia en rand_foto.jpg #lo mismo para una foto de las pequeÃ&#x192;±as, que estÃ&#x192;¡n en /minis #llamado cada dia por una tarea use strict; #--- config my $path_in="/home/xavi/slash_2.2.5/fotos_deportivas" ; my $path_out="/home/xavi/slash_2.2.5/images"; #--- config end my $num_files=`ls $path_in/*.jpg|wc -l`; my $file=int rand $num_files; my $count=0; my @files=`cd $path_in;ls *.jpg`; foreach (@files) { $count ++; if ($count == $file) { chomp; system("cp $path_in/$_ $path_out/rand_foto.jpg"); system("cp $path_in/minis/$_ $path_out/rand_mini_foto.jpg"); } } -------------------------- write the block and config crontab for yourself. It's more easy than i can explain with my english level :) Thanks Krow: Yes this is a format nightmare but I thought I would share the submission with people anyways.

Topics not appearing after time
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/20/1654254

    Installed slashcode and have been modifying it. I added a topic under     the admin section. The topic now appears when I go to "new" to create a     new story. I removed the build-in topics and added about 7 new topics.     The new topics are not listed in the pull-down when I try and create a     new story. I've waited more than 24 hours and tried restarting apache,     restarting slashd, and rebooting the web server. The topics are listed     everywhere on the site that I can look for them *BUT* they're not     options when creating a new story. Anyone know why?

Users can't post comments
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/19/1754214

Do you need more help?X

    This is weird...I just put up a new slashsite for our dept. intranet,     and the form to comment on a story doesn't appear when a user clicks     "Read More" I'm guessing this is a simple matter of setting a variable,     but I can't figure out which one. I've set the following vars:     commentstatus = 1 defaultcommentstatus = 0 defaultdisplaystatus = 1 Any     suggestions? Thanks.

Integrating Slash with e-commerce?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/16/2223251

    Does anyone know of sites that have integrated Slashcode with some sort     of e-commerce / shopping-cart system? Or, how that might best be done?     I'm looking at open-source e-commerce packages such as, for instance,     phpShop (http://www.phpshop.org) and osCommerce
(http://www.oscommerce.com/) and wondering if and how they could be
    melded with Slashcode. thanks, Tim.

Spacesci
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/16/0843216

    G'DayWe have launched our new slashcode site. spacesci.org is "News and     Information for Australian Space Researchers".Our next project will be     a peer reviewed online journal.

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