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[osdn developer] January 05, 2003
Date: Sun Jan 05 2003 - 03:15:50 EST
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Sourceforge
P.E.T. 1.3 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=240443
P.E.T. (PHP Processor Engine for Templates) class is released in version 1.3. P.E.T. cleans up your PHP scripts by using templates for output. It is quick to learn and easy to use but still powerful. With very few lines of code you display your output, use Server Side Includes, dump the result to disk and more. The new method "$pet->get_content" returns all content added by $pet->add_content until this moment for the reason of debugging.
Perl Shell 1.0 "Dithyramb" released http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=240459
The Perl Shell (psh) combines aspects of bash and other shells with the
power of Perl scripting. It aspires to be your primary login shell.
After a long period of time with no releases (and two or more promises
of "OK, I'll release it", I have bundled the latest code in CVS into
the newly released version 1.0. I believe that Markus Peter is
responsible for most of the code in this release ($Markus++), although
I think there were some patches or clues from other folks ($folks{$_}++
foreach @contributor). I have dubbed this the "Dithyramb" release
(http://www.focusresearch.com/gregor/wow/2001-09-29.html). Here are
some notes about what is new (you can find more in the CHANGES file on
the web page noted below): * New 'if' builtin * New 'forfile' builtin:
"forfile *.txt less $_" is equivalent to bash's "for i in #.txt; do
less $i; done" * New redirection and piping syntax (incompatible with
old sh- like syntax): "ls >[=FILEHANDLE]" * Backticks work * A strategy
for finding and running Darwin/Mac OS X Appbunlde programs. * Support
for && and || with simple commands * Themes * Major startup time
reduction NOTE: You may need to modify your startup scripts / rc files
with this version. Please see README.upgrade in the distribution for
more information. You can find out more at The Perl Shell (psh) at:
http://www.focusresearch.com/gregor/psh/ Please note that Windows
functionality in this release has not seen much testing, so it may not
work correctly in that environment. Please post experience reports to
the mailing list. We are looking for folks interested in helping keep
future releases working under Windows environments. If you are so
inclined, then please so indicate. The next wave of changes being
contemplated for psh will take things in a new direction. First, where
the desire for shellish and perlish behaviors get in each other's way,
we will be moving toward shellish behavior. This will very likely
entail some modifications to the syntax required to advise the shell
"here be perl". Second, we are considering some changes which will make
psh more generic. So, while it will remain The Perl Shell (from an
implemenatation perspective), it may become The Poly Shell (from a
user's perspective). There is room for discussion on the psh-dev list
for those with comments, concerns, ideas, queries, curses, etc. as we
flesh out the details. Enjoy, -- Gregor
SynCE 0.6 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=240593
The purpose of the SynCE project is to provide a means of communication with a Windows CE or Pocket PC device from a computer running Linux, *BSD or other unices. The greatest addition to this release is the GNOME-VFS module that allows you to browse your device in Nautilus! To get this and other small fixes, download here: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=30550&release_id= 131446
oo2c-2.0.3 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=240158
Release 2.0.3 introduces experimental support for exceptions. OOC is an Oberon-2 development platform. It consists of an optimizing compiler, a number of related tools, a set of standard library modules, and a reference manual.
jmove 0.3 available
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=240181
jmove eases the understanding and valuation of the design and architecture of complex software written in java. It provides dependency analysis, metrics, design rule checking and impact analysis. The release 0.3 is available now. It contains a complete redesign and vital functional extensions like source code analysis metrics etc..
WinTV PVR 250/350 Capture Only App 1.3 release http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=240184
This release is a stable release level that appears to work for people in numerous countries and TV standards(NTSC and PAL). As the reports seem positive from the 1.2.3 Release that corrected the Path issue in this release the trace log file can now be disabled via a ini setting. Command line capture only application for the Hauppauge WinTV PVR 250/350 Capture Cards. This application supports a subset of the Hauppauge WinTV2000 application's command line options for capturing directly to disk with minimal CPU utilization.
DataVision 0.6.0 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=240161
DataVision is an Open Source reporting tool similar to Crystal Reports. Reports can be designed using a drag-and-drop GUI. They may be run, viewed, and printed from the application or exported as HTML, XML, PDF, LaTeX2e, DocBook, or tab- or comma-delimited text files. The output files produced by LaTeX2e and DocBook can in turn be used to produce PDF, text, HTML, PostScript, and more. Changes: * All table and column names are now case-sensitive. When necessary, database table and column names are quoted in SQL queries which allows for use of mixed-case names. Warning: this new behavior may break some existing reports, especially if you generated your report XML files manually and used all upper-case for your table and column names. Use the new -q command line flag to disable the quoting behavior and case sensitivity. See the discussion in "Database Name Case Sensitivity" in the User's Manual. * A new designer GUI infrastructure. It's an application! It's an applet! It's two GUIs in one! * Image fields' values are now URL strings instead of file path strings. For the next few releases, image fields will also accept absolute file paths and convert them to ``file:'' URLs. * The PDF layout engine now outputs the basic 14 PDF type 1 fonts. * The code editor pane in various windows (selection criteria, formulas, etc.) now have a scroll bar and improved layout. Bug fixes: * Under Windows, the field popup menus wouldn't. They do, now. * Under certain conditions, the FieldPicker window would not open. * The PDF layout engine now places text correctly on the page. * When creating a new image field, if there is an error the error messages will be displayed correctly. * The LaTeX layout engine now sets the page width and height properly, instead of always using 8.5 x 11 inches (USA Letter). It also sets the paper size when using A4, A5, B5, US letter, US legal, or executive. * The report description text edit box now has scroll bars when necessary, and won't go bonkers with long description text. * Escape many XML attributes values so that ampersands and other characters are output correctly.
Sync4j version 0.1 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=239822
The Sync4j team is proud to announce the availability of the first release of Sync4j. Sync4j is an Open Source SyncML server implementation, written in Java. Relase notes: Sync4j 0.1 - Culhwch
- Welcome to the first release of Sync4j! Main
features: * SyncML 1.1 * Slow synchronization * Two-way synchronization
- One-way synchronization client to server and server to client * Sync with and without separate initialization * Synchronization engine * Implemented as a statefull session EJB * Open and extensible architecture: o Pluggable synchronization engine o Pluggable protocol support o Pluggable synchronization data sources * HTTP binding * JAAS compliant security architecture The CVS tag for source code of this release is culhwch_20021231
decopter-0.2.8 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=239800
A new release of decopter, an unrealistic helicopter simulator, has been made available. Please enjoy the new look of the landscape, helicopter model and not-so-realistic physics. Written in C++ with SDL.
PCGen 4.2.5 is available
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=239808
PCGen is a Java-based RPG 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. !!!We're proud to announce the addition of three Creative Mountain Games supplements!!! Lexus Group Combat, Trundlefolk Culture Class and County Clergy all make their debut this week in PCGen! On the outputsheets you'll notice a new block for melee and ranged weapons. We think you'll like it! For those of you who have created your own outputsheets, the old tokens should all still work, we've simply added new functionality and made use of that in the outputsheets included in the official releases. We always recommend that users install new versions of PCGen in a 'new' directory. Below is a list of everything that has been addressed in this release. If you reported one of these, please verify that it is was addressed properly. PCGen is available at http://pcgen.sourceforge.net , and the main discussion group is at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pcgen . All three zips are required to run PCGen: pcgen425_part1of3.zip, pcgen425_part2of3.zip and pcgen425_part3of3.zip. We've got some OS-specific installs of PCGen to help those who have trouble installing the generic version available in our yahoo group files page. Bugs 575438 unarmed proficiency/focus problem +fix 659292 SA:<text>|<variable> zero value 656981 Error loading pcg "Invalid PCGen Ver" Features 660927 add DESCISPI: tag globally 556803 make ADD: tag global 659568 Remove the (#) for repeated SA tags 657335 SHORTRANGE:x in GameMode 542495 New way to IGNORE 651725 Add COUNT[FEATNAME=something%] 612244 Allow for sub-game modes 524166 Favored Enemy / Special Abilities 635341 New House Rule: no max HD 572405 Vfeat in item customization PCGen:DM Bugs 657947 psionicshandbook pwr lvl wrong: sudden m PCGen:DM New Source Materials 660941 Creative Mountain G - Group Combat 660942 Creative Mountain G - Trundlefolk Culture Class 660943 Creative Mountain G - County Clergy PCGen:DM Tag Modification Requests 660922 PHB spells TARGETAREA to new standard 659282 Evasion and Improved Evasion are now FEATs 660041 Standard abbreviations for DMG Classes PCGenDocs: Output Sheet Bugs 660913 Four attacks don't fit in weapon block 660912 Attack totals incorrect on new weapon blocks 658271 If CON score ="*" formatting is off 659924 OpenRPG sheet fails for clerics PCGenDocs: Output Sheet Feature Requests 660915 Exotic weapons do not fit well in new block 647131 Ranged to hit at < 30 ft 657342 Ranged Weapon Tokens 656350 Prepared spell lists with names on HTML 656348 Turning table on HTML sheets 645469 All notes exported 634147 Output Familiars To Masters Char Sheet 657885 Filtering for Rage & Turning 653470 Tokens for Melee Weapon Block 655962 SPYCRAFT Character Sheet (HTML) 656856 COUNT tokens The PCGen Development Team
Slashdot
Lindows CEO Funds XBox Hacking Contest
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/04/1522202
[0]Kai writes "PCWorld.com recently posted an [1]article on how Lindows
CEO Michael Robertson is funding the 'Linux on XBox Hacking Challenge'.
He was previously annonymous donor who donated $200,000 to the project.
His donation will be split in to two prizes, one to who completes part
A of the challenge, and the other to the who completes part B. Part A,
running Linux on the XBox, has already been completed, but Part B,
running Linux on XBox with no hardware modifications has yet to be
completed. Part A of the challenge can be downloaded from
[2]Sourceforge." Without a bios change, it seems like part B might be a
bit tricky. T. adds: Tricky, but not hopeless. Eric C. writes "The
[3]Neo Project recently updated its client so users can use free
processor cycles to try and crack the private key that Microsoft uses
to sign Xbox software."
Links
0. mailto:mhgenx@yahoo.com
1.
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,108391,00.asp
2.
http://sourceforget.net/
3.
http://www.theneoproject.com/
The Growth of Picture Phones
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/05/0252240
[0]Da1ek writes "Bill Thompson has a article on BBCi, commenting on the
flurry of picture messaging phones. 'With cameras everywhere,
technology consultant Bill Thompson wonders if we should be worried
about where the images of ourselves are ending up', check out the full
article [1]here."
Links
0. mailto:da1ek@hotmail.com
How Will Animals Look 250 Million Years From Now? http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/05/0619245
[0]angkor writes "'How will Earth look 5 million, 100 million, even 200 million years from now?' [1] Fantasic and fun speculation from Animal Planet. It's the work of Dougal Adams, who started this idea years ago in the out-of-print After Man: A Zoology of the Future." Links
BBC To Ditch "Tomorrow's World"
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/04/1415207
Pipsicola writes "The [0]BBC news site reports their decision to ditch
the Popular science show, Tomorrows World , after 30 years. It may not
have had the most bleeding edge content (we often dubbed it 'Yesterdays
World' ...), but it was one of the few programmes which fired the
imagination of young British nerds. Several generations of Britain's
scientists and technologists grew up watching TM. Lets hope the BBC
fulfills its promise to replace it with more science-based shows using
a different format. Which formats have worked in other countries I
wonder?"
Links
0. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/2625699.stm
My Segway HT "Month-iversary"
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/04/2335219
[0]Phillip M. Torrone writes "I didn't realize it, but I've been using
a Segway HT for one month as of 01/04/03. To put it simply--it's been
great and the HT has exceeded all expectations, I'm cautiously
optimistic that this was a great purchase and look forward to the next
30 days. You can read, see and hear about my experiences here:
[1]http://www.bookofseg.com." I have yet to see one of these in real
life, but they do look fun.
Links
Number of Jobs by Programming Language
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/04/2311217
[0]The Viking writes "I was curious about which programming languages
are hot with employers, so I did an informal search of several job
search engines. The [1]results are interesting (to me, at least). Are
these numbers relevant? We can certainly debate whether or not the
online job search engines are representative of the actual employment
landscape."
Links
0. mailto:eric.r.turner@bitbreather.com
Linux Is Cheaper
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/04/2214229
An anonymous reader writes "ZDNet is running a story on what a lot of
us already know: [0]Linux IS cheaper than Windows. This not because it
is free. It is because Linux admins, although slightly more expensive,
can handle a significantly larger number of systems than their Windows
counterparts."
Links
0. http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2907876,00.html
NSF Works Toward A Digital Science Library http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/04/211247
An anonymous reader writes "USA Today has an article on the [0]effort
of 'More than 100 teams of educators nationwide are working with the
National Science Foundation to develop what they hope will be the
nation's most comprehensive [1]digital library for the sciences.'" The
article describes this library as intended to "support science
education at all levels, from pre-kindergarten through postdoctoral
research."
Links
0. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/webguide/2003-01-03-digital-library_x.htm
Data Mining Briefly Explained
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/04/1937217
[0]handy_vandal writes "Time.com has published an interesting [1]article on data mining." Note the prominent sticker ;) Links
0. mailto:karl@karljones.com
Slides Of Microsoft Anti-GPL Advocacy
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/04/1835222
An anonymous reader links to these [0]slides outlining Microsoft's position on Free software licenses, in particular the GPL, writing "Regarding the latest memo from MSFT, the current politics is to be against 'copyleft' type licensing... Protecting freedom is fundamental for Free Software and MSFT knows that. They don't want licenses that protect our freedom." Makes an interesting companion piece to the [1]anti-OSS memo mentioned the other day. Links
0. http://www.foo.be/photo/ms-pres-lux/
Freshmeat
Afternoon Stalker 1.0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108354/
Afternoon Stalker is a clone of the 1981 Intellivision game Night Stalker. The player is in a two-dimensional maze. The player is attacked by robots that shoot at it and that it must shoot down.
ALSA Patch Bay 0.4.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108349/
ALSA Patch Bay is a small GUI version of ALSA's aconnect, a utility to connect and disconnect two existing ports on an ALSA sequencer system.
Apache Tooling Scripts 0.1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108310/
Apache Tooling Scripts is a set of scripts for creating and removing Apache virtual Web sites. It creates entries in httpd.conf and a new Web directory with an index.htm file.
ARSIG 1.0_pre01 (PHDS)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108401/
ARSIG is a GNU Linux distribution designed especially for diskless routers, where the main (primary) boot-up device is compact-flash card. The goal is to make the "static" part of the operating system lay on the CF card, mounted as readonly. All other parts of the OS that need read-write access are mounted in RAM.
avidemux 0.9pre28
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108370/
Avidemux is a graphical tool to edit AVI. It allows you to multiplex and demultiplex audio to/from video. It is able to cut video, import BMP, MJPEG, and MPEG video, and encode them. You can also process video with included filters. It requires divx4linux and GTK/GDK.
burnmp3 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108348/
burnmp3 is a Tcl/Tk GUI for burning audio CDs from MP3 files. It also lets you import .m3u playlists, and rip CDs to MP3.
Checky 0.5.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108362/
The Checky plugin is a simple interface for Web content and resource developers to free and commercial online Validator and Checker services. With Checky, you can easily setup, combine, and use 18 online Validator and Checker services. Simply choose your services with Checky-Agent, then browse to a Web resource and press F10 to display the results of the selected services in a new browser tab or window. Service interfaces are available for HTML, XHTML, CSS, RDF, RSS, XML, SGML, WAI, 508, and various viewers, valets, and purifiers.
Cherokee 0.4.0 beta4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108395/
Cherokee is a tiny, ultrafast, lightweight Web server. It is implemented entirely in C, and has no dependencies beyond a standard C library. It provides only the most basic HTTP functionality, but is extremely fast and small.
Chora CVS Viewer 1.2 (Stable 1.x)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108399/
Chora is the module in the Horde application framework that provides a read-only WWW interface to any number of CVS repositories. Advanced features include a visual branch view of the repository history, pretty-printing output via the Horde framework, annotation, and output compression.
Custom 0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108383/
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.
Domino on Acid 1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108351/
Superficially, Dominoes on Acid is a solitaire variant of Dominoes with weird colorful tiles (and this view is enough to play the game). But on a deeper level it is a GUI for natural deduction. Every completed domino is equivalent to a proof of a tautology in classical propositional logic. The game can be played online as an applet or offline as an application. It is built on a simple isometric engine that can be used independent of the game.
e2undel 0.81
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108379/
e2undel is an interactive console tool that recovers the data of deleted files on an ext2 file system under Linux. A library that allows you to recover deleted files by name is included. e2undel does not manipulate any internal ext2 structures, and it does not require any additional tools. It should be useable without knowledge of the ext2 interna.
Extcalendar 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108367/
Extcalendar is a large Web-based calendar application. It allows you to browse the calendar by day, week, month, and category. It also includes a very extended administration area where you can add your events and categories and approve events submitted by others. The language of the calendar can be set to Dutch, English, French, German, Arabic, or Korean. The colors of the 'public' calendar can be configured. Several search options can be set, as well as one of several default views. Extcalendar is written in PHP, and it uses MySQL as a data storage backend.
FIAIF is an Intelligent Firewall 1.5.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108402/
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.
gjiten 2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108346/
Gjiten is a Japanese dictionary program for GNOME which uses edict format dicfiles. Besides being a word dictionary it also has a kanji dictionary; any combination of stroke number, radicals, and search key can be used for kanji lookups.
gnuPod 0.26
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108365/
gnuPod is a collection of tools which allow you to use your iPod under Linux and other UNIX- like operating systems. HFS+ and FAT32 formatted iPods are supported.
herbix 1.0-67
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108353/
Herbix is a Linux server that fits on a floppy. It supports ipchains and can serve FTP, HTTP, IRC, DHCP, SMTP, and IDENT.
IceWM 1.2.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108384/
IceWM is a window manager designed for speed, usability, and consistency. It is able to emulate the looks of Motif, OS/2, and Windows, and allows you to have a customizable look using pixmaps.
IDMS Database Mail Agent 0.0.1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108381/
IDMS Database Mail Agent is an effort to develop a highly-scalable, plugin-based, database-driven mail agent, hopefully replacing the commercial ones used by large ISPs today. It is cluster-friendly and easily configurable. Web-based frontend support is available.
ipkungfu 0.3.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108397/
IPKungFu is an iptables-based Linux firewall. The primary design goals are security, ease of use, and performance, in that order. It takes advantage of advanced features of iptables, tcpwrappers, and the Linux kernel.
Java Development Environment for Emacs 2.3.2 http://freshmeat.net/releases/108372/
Java Development Environment for Emacs (JDEE) is an Emacs-based integrated development environment (IDE) for developing Java applications and applets. Features include multiple code browsers, a JPDA-based debugger, method and field completion, template-based and procedure-based code generation, Java source code interpreter, context-sensitive help, and more.
Java+ Preprocessor 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108375/
Java+ is a Java preprocessor that adds its features to any Java compiler. It has long, multi-line strings with executable inclusions like Perl or Ruby, optionally segregates Java+ strings into ResourceBundle files, eliminates the need for JSP or ASP and their implied need for Java compilers on deployment servers (a security concern), and adds absolutely no overhead in either space or time. There are graphical and command line interfaces, and a simple, general, and recursive string syntax.
jBNC 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108403/
jBNC is a Java toolkit for training, testing, and applying Bayesian Network Classifiers. Implemented classifiers have been shown to perform well in a variety of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data mining applications.
Jhead 1.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108355/
Jhead is a command line driven utility for extracting digital camera settings from the Exif format files used by many digital cameras. It handles the various confusing ways these can be expressed, and displays them as F-stop, shutter speed, etc. It is also able to reduce the size of digital camera JPEGs without loss of information, by deleting integral thumbnails that digital cameras put into the Exif header. If you need to add Exif support to a program, this is a simple program to cut and paste from. Many projects, including PHP, have reused code from this utility.
JPicTools 1.1alpha
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108373/
JPicTools is a set of development tools for the Microchip PIC microcontroller.
JTMOS Operating System Build 4846
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108398/
The JTMOS Operating System project aims to create a fully functional multitasking x86 operating system. It primarily targets low-end systems with small hard disks, preferably i586 family or newer.
KBudget 0.4.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108345/
KBudget is a budgeting and money management program for KDE. It allows you to manage accounts and transactions.
KDE 3.1-rc6 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108344/
KDE is a powerful graphical desktop environment for Unix workstations. It combines ease of use, contemporary functionality and outstanding graphical design with the technological superiority of the Unix operating system. KDE is a completely new desktop, incorporating a large suite of applications for Unix workstations. While KDE includes a window manager, file manager, panel, control center and many other components that one would expect to be part of a contemporary desktop environment, the true strength of this exceptional environment lies in the interoperability of its components.
Konstruct 20030104
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108357/
Konstruct is a build system which helps you install KDE releases and applications on your system. It downloads defined source tarballs, checks their integrity, decompresses, patches, configures, builds, and installs them. A complete KDE installation should be as easy as "cd meta/kde;make install". Optionally, you can install additional applications like KOffice, KDevelop, or Quanta (for example, "cd apps/koffice;make install").
Last One 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108393/
Last One is a multi-player version of the Crazy Eights card game
(similar to Uno) for Palm OS. Dozens of game variations (including the
one that this game is named after) are possible through a unique game
options system.
libmcrypt 2.5.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108356/
Libmcrypt is a library which provides a uniform interface to several symmetric encryption algorithms. It is intended to have a simple interface to access encryption algorithms in ofb, cbc, cfb, and ecb modes. The algorithms it supports are DES, 3DES, RIJNDAEL, Twofish, IDEA, GOST, CAST-256, ARCFOUR, SERPENT, SAFER+, and more. The algorithms and modes are also modular so you can add and remove them on the fly without recompiling the library.
linuxsms 0.59
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108385/
Linuxsms is a Perl script to send SMS to GSM phones. There is support for multiple servers/gateways (some servers require registration). The script has an adressbook, the ability to compress SMS, and the ability to check for new versions.
Lopica Winter 2002
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108389/
Lopica is collection of scripts, code snippets, extension installers, FAQs, how-tos, and other goodies for Java Web Start and the Java Network Launching Protocol (JNLP).
Lumiere 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108400/
Lumiere is a GNOME 2 frontend to mplayer. mplayer is embedded into a bonobo control that acts as a CORBA server for handling video files. Nautilus View integrates mplayer inside Nautilus.
Media Librarian 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108392/
Media Librarian is a catalog database for movies and music, covering a variety of formats (DVD, CD, VHS, etc.). What sets it apart is the ability to create cross-reference links between items, based on whatever relationship you want to assign.
ModLogAn 0.8.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108388/
ModLogAn is a modular logfile analyzer that combines speed with
flexibility. It parses the logfiles generated by several server-types
(HTTP, FTP, mail, streaming, etc.) and other logfile sources
(flow-tools, ipchains, PABXs): currently 24 parsers. It features
incremental logfile processing and internal resolving, and is able the
split (mass-hosting) and combine logfiles (clusters) internally. The
output can be based on the internal template engine to generate your
own look & feel.
monopd 0.7.0 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108382/
monopd is a dedicated game server daemon for Monopoly-like board games. Clients such as Atlantik can connect and allow users to play various games with other users of the network.
motion 3.1.5 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108358/
motion uses a video4linux device for detecting movement. It makes snapshots of the movement which can be converted to MPEG movies in realtime (or later for low CPU usage), making it usable as an observation or security system. It can take actions like sending out email and SMS messages when detecting motion.
MyCCompiler 2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108404/
MyCcmpiler is a yacc/lex (flex/bison) C language preprocessor and language parser. It includes a functional K&R compatible C language preprocessor library, and is an ideal starting point for those who are developing program generators, N generation languages, and others who are interesting in understanding the mechanics of compiler construction and usage.
OpenComal 0.2.7-pre1 (Pre-releases)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108352/
OpenComal is a free implementation of the Comal programming language. Currently supported platforms are Linux, MS-DOS, and Win32.
OpenLDAP 2.1.11 (LDAPv3)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108386/
The OpenLDAP Project is a collaborative effort to provide a robust, commercial-grade, fully featured, open source LDAP software suite. The project is managed by a worldwide community of volunteers that use the Internet to communicate, plan, and develop OpenLDAP Software and its related documentation. OpenLDAP Software provides a complete LDAP implementation including server, clients, C SDK, and associated tools.
PCI Utilities 2.1.11
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108364/
The PCI Utilities package contains various utilities dealing with the PCI bus, and also a library for portable access to PCI configuration registers. It includes `lspci' for listing all PCI devices (very useful for debugging of both kernel and device drivers) and `setpci' for manual configuration of PCI devices.
phpBugTracker 0.9.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108396/
phpBugTracker is an attempt to copy the functionality of Bugzilla while providing a codebase that is independent of the database and presentation layers.
PHPEclipse 1.0.4preAlpha
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108405/
PHP Eclipse adds PHP support to the Eclipse IDE Framework.
Pixory Beta 2.2 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108387/
Pixory is a "personal image server". It allows you to store your photos on your own PC and access them, compose them into albums, and share them anywhere on the Internet. It presents a standard Web interface through which you can browse and organize your photos. All user-entered album data is stored in XML. Pixory displays image metadata such as the EXIF information embedded in image files by most digital cameras and scanners.
Poooks.py 0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108391/
Poooks.py is Python/GTK program for reading books in plain text. It lets you use any font to read text, and it supports named bookmarks for files.
PostgreSQL IPv6 Patch 20021230
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108380/
The PostgreSQL IPv6 Patch is an effort to create a fully IPv6-compatible PostgreSQL server, including porting all IPv4 types to IPv6.
Project Manager X 0.75
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108347/
PMX is a simple project management tool for OS X. It allows you to track, group, and manage project items and resource allocation. It displays the project in a nice Gantt Chart that can be printed.
qGo 0.0.14
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108394/
qGo is a Go board, SGF editor, and client for the Internet Go Server. You can review and edit games, connect to IGS, and play against a computer program supporting GTP (like GnuGo). Go is an ancient board game which is very common in Japan, China, and Korea.
SISC 1.7.1-beta
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108376/
SISC is an extensible Java-based interpreter of the algorithmic language Scheme. It uses modern interpretation techniques and handily outperforms all existing Java interpreters (often by more than an order of magnitude). In addition, SISC is a complete implementation of the language. The entire R5RS Scheme standard is supported. This includes a full number tower including complex number support and arbitrary precision integers and floating point numbers, proper tail recursion, hygienic macros, and full support for first-class continuations (not just the escaping continuations found in many other systems).
SmtpLib 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108390/
Smtplib is a lightweight library for sending messages over SMTP. Smtplib provides an input/output stream interface to an SMTP server, as opposed to proving a complete MIME infrastructure. Smtplib is written in Java and requires a JVM version 1.1 or Greater.
vhost 3.03r1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108350/
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.
X11 Disk Activity Feedback A.01.11.01
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108371/
xdaf (X11 Disk Activity Feedback) is a small tool to provide a visual feedback of local disk activity by changing the default X11 mouse pointer to an animated wheel.
XMMS Album List 0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108361/
XMMS Album List is a small program written with GtkPerl and XMMS::Perl, which allows directories to be loaded into XMMS by double clicking them.
Slashcode
Environment.pm does not report "database not c
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/03/1832222
I had my slash site working a while back and now it is not. I am running Suse 7.3 with a 2.4.10 kernel. Apache and mod perl seem to be installed: [Thu Jan 2 15:39:33 2003] [notice] Apache/1.3.27 (Unix) mod_perl/1.27 configured -- resuming normal operations [Thu Jan 2 15:39:33 2003] [notice] Accept mutex: sysvsem (Default: sysvsem) Some odd things:
Odd tag behavour
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/01/2020255
I've added the IMG and SRC to the list of allowed tags in the var for that at geekizoid - problem is, it still doesn't allow those in comments - did I miss something? Slashd and apache have been restarted. --Pinkerton Floyd
Best Practices for Secure Remote Admin?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/31/1821256
What are best practices for securely administering a Slash site over the Web? I'm trying to use SSL for the purpose, which would be ideal, but I'm meeting with only limited success. There appears to be a bug in the user login code that keeps flipping the browser back to the non-SSL index. Is it just me, or am I barking up the wrong administrative tree?
What happened to the headlines e-mails?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/28/2239207
I've subscribed to the headlines e-mails from several slash sites, but most particularly to me, slashcode and use.perl. For some reason, despite my settings still seeming to be correct, slashcode has stopped sending them. I still get use.perl's headlines though. Any idea why?
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
- 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