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[osdn developer] January 11, 2003
Date: Sat Jan 11 2003 - 03:15:50 EST
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Sourceforge
Quartz 1.0.3 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=242796
Quartz is an enterprise-class Job Scheduler for use in stand-alone and full-blown J2EE Applications. Quartz is very light-weight, highy scalable, easy to use within your own applications, and full of features. Aside from being a maintenance release of Quartz, version 1.0.3 contains several new features, and a complete re-write of the JDBC-based job store. Version 1.0.3 went through several "beta" releases, so it should be very solid. Existing users: please be sure to read the release notes / change list, as there are a few small hurdles to get over to move to this release. The users who have contributed code, bug reports, fixes, and feature suggestions are greatly appreciated!
Linux Test project ltp-20030110 released http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=242667
The Linux Test Project is a group aimed at testing and improving Linux.
The goal of the LTP is to deliver a suite of automated testing tools
for Linux as well as publishing the results of tests we run. The
ltp-20030110 release includes bug fixes and new tests. The Linux Test
Project test suite LTP-20030110.tgz has been released. Visit our
website (http://ltp.sourceforge.net) to download the latest version of
the testsuite, and for information on test results on pre-releases,
release candidates & stable releases of the kernel. There is also a
list of test cases that are expected to fail, please find the list at
(http://ltp.sourceforge.net/expected-errors.php) The highlights of this
release are: - Many new tests from Wipro. - Many SPIE tests ported. -
More than 40 new tests. - LTP now has over 900 tests. - Many bug-fixes
We encourage the community to post results, patches, or new tests on
our mailing list, and to use the CVS bug tracking facility to report
problems that you might encounter. More details available at our
web-site.
Xplanner 0.3.4 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=242282
XPlanner is a Web-based project planning and tracking tool for eXtreme Programming (XP) teams. XPlanner is implemented using Java, JSP, and Struts. It supports MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle. Changes: This version of XPlanner adds an extensive SOAP interface for accessing data and functionality. SOAP usage examples in Perl and PHP are provided. This version also features additional languages and improved I18N support.
AntRunner 1.6 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=242483
AntRunner is an OpenTool for JBuilder 4 to 8 to use Ant within the IDE. The 1.6 release contains feature enhancements and bug fixes. This release was coming earlier as I thought. AntRunner 1.5 was not running on JBuilder 8. Thus I had to make some changes to support this release of JBuilder. I had not much time to test this release. Hope it works fine, nevertheless. Main changes are: - support of spaces in target names - own action group for antrunner - refactoring of communication with ANT using sockets - own loggers are now possible - corrected typo in resources that caused a MessageFormatException - removed a trailing file string in the filename in a message
SnipSnap release 0.3.2a
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=242504
Version 0.3.2a of SnipSnap has been released. SnipSnap is a Java-based personal content management system based on weblog and wiki technologies. It's intended for desktop use, but can be deployed on servers. SnipSnap differs from other weblog and wiki tools as it is focused on easy installation.
ircu2.10.11.04 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=242387
Undernet's IRC daemon, verision 2.10.11.04 has been released. This is a stable release and fixes some minor presentation bugs, as well as adding a couple of minor features.
System Configurator 2.0.4 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=242461
System Configurator 2.0.4 has been released. This is a minor feature
enhancement that also fixes time zone support. System Configurator is a
utility for automatically configuring networking and bootstrapping in a
Linux Distribution and Architecture agnostic way. For more info check
the release notes at
https://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=24006&release_id
=132630
MH-E 7.1 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=241722
MH-E is the GNU Emacs front end for MH. Version 7.1 includes the new
features of multiple identities and alias completion, and indexed
searching has been revamped. Various other features have been added and
a few bugs were fixed. Read on for more details. Project home page at:
http://mh-e.sourceforge.net/. * Changes in MH-E 7.1 This release
includes the new features of multiple identities and alias completion.
In addition, indexed searching has been revamped. Various other
features have been added and a few bugs were fixed. ** New Features in
MH-E 7.1 *** Multiple Identities MH-E now supports multiple identities
(closes SF #628782). That means that you can have different From and
Organization header fields (or any other header field of your choice)
as well as different signatures depending on your context. Usually, the
contexts are home and work. Add your identities to the variable
`mh-identity-list' and set the default identity with the variable
`mh-identity-default'. Your identity can be switched on the fly by
using the Identity menu or by calling "M-x mh-insert-identity RET".
This functionality can be customized within the mh-identity group. ***
Alias Completion and Harvesting The contributed file mh-alias.el has
been rewritten and incorporated into MH-E. By default, aliases are
culled from the system files "/etc/nmh/MailAliases,"
"/usr/lib/mh/MailAliases," and "/etc/passwd" (see
`mh-alias-system-aliases') and from your "AliasFile" MH profile
component. These aliases are then used for completion in the minibuffer
when entering addresses. Within the header of the message draft, "M-TAB
(mh-letter-complete)" is used to do alias completion. The package also
provides for alias creation based upon the From header field of the
current message. Use the lasso button (mh-alias-grab-from-field). This
functionality can be customized within the mh-alias group. *** Index
Folder Updates The results of an index search "F i (mh-index-search)"
are now stored in a bona fide folder so that you can refile messages
and reply to messages directly from the result folder. This folder is a
sub-folder of +mhe-index and the name is based upon the search string
(closes SF #623321). If a prefix argument is given then the search in
the current index buffer is redone. The index folder lists the names of
the source folders as before. However, instead of using RET on the name
of the folder to visit the folder, use "v (mh-show-index-visit-folder)"
anywhere within the results to visit that folder narrowed to the
results of the search. Additional functions have been added to navigate
including "TAB (mh-index-next-folder)", and "SHIFT-TAB
(mh-index-previous-folder)." *** mh-visit-folder Interface Updated A
change was made to the prompting of the message range. In general, you
can use the same format for messages and sequences as you can in MH
with a single exception: a single number means to scan that many
messages, rather than scan that message number. This turns out to be
much more useful than visiting a single message and is consistent with
Gnus and the MH-E speedbar (closes SF #655891). If mh-visit-folder is
called non-interactively and RANGE is nil then all messages are
displayed. This behavior is now documented and provides backwards
compatibility. *** Threading Improvements After incorporating new mail
into a threaded folder, unseen messages can be spread about. Two new
functions have been added to make it easier to find them: these are
"M-n (mh-next-unread-msg)" and "M-p (mh-previous-unread-msg)" (closes
SF #630328) Two new functions were added to delete and refile threads.
They are "T d (mh-thread-delete)" and "T o (mh-thread-refile)"
respectively (closes SF #630493). In addition, the key "k" used to be
bound to the function `mh-delete-subject': it is now bound to
`mh-show-delete-subject-or-thread'. New functions to navigate threads
include "T u (mh-thread-ancestor)", which can jump to the root message
of the current thread given an optional argument, "T n
(mh-thread-next-sibling)", and "T p (mh-thread-previous-sibling)" ***
Refiling of Messages in Region If mark is active and
`transient-mark-mode' is enabled then all the messages in the region
are refiled. *** vCard Handling If a signature cannot be identified,
but there is a vCard attachment, then that vCard will be presented as a
signature (closes SF #649216). *** New Info Added to mh-version
Information about Gnus versions available at both compile time and run
time has been added. ** New Variables in MH-E 7.1 The defcustom groups
were reorganized. Rather than iterate the specific changes here, you
are invited to browse the groups with "M-x mh-customize RET". ***
mh-alias-completion-ignore-case-flag Non-nil means don't consider case
significant in MH alias completion. This is the default in plain MH, so
it is the default here as well. It can be useful to set this to t if,
for example, you use lowercase aliases for people and uppercase for
mailing lists. *** mh-alias-expand-aliases-flag Non-nil means to expand
aliases entered in the minibuffer. In other words, aliases entered in
the minibuffer will be expanded to the full address in the message
draft. By default, this expansion is not performed. ***
mh-alias-flash-on-comma Specify whether to flash the translation of the
alias or warn if there isn't a translation of the alias. ***
mh-alias-insert-file Filename to use to store new MH-E aliases. This
variable can also be a list of filenames, in which case MH-E will
prompt for one of them. If nil, the default, then MH-E will use the
first file found in the "AliasFile" component of the MH profile. ***
mh-alias-insertion-location Specifies where new aliases are entered in
alias files. Options are sorted alphabetically (the default), at the
top of the file or at the bottom. *** mh-alias-local-users If t, local
users are completed in MH-E To: and Cc: prompts. If you set this
variable to a string, it will be executed to generate a password file.
A value of "ypcat passwd" is helpful if NIS is in use. ***
mh-alias-system-aliases A list of system files from which to cull
aliases. If these files are modified, they are automatically reread.
This list need include only system aliases and the passwd file, since
personal alias files listed in your "AliasFile" MH profile component
are automatically included. *** mh-identity-default Default identity to
use when `mh-letter-mode' is called. *** mh-identity-list List holding
MH-E identity. *** mh-invisible-header-fields Simple user interface to
change `mh-invisible-headers'. *** mh-letter-complete-function Function
to call when completing outside of fields specific to aliases. By
default, it is bound to 'ispell-complete-word. *** mh-show-threads-flag
Non-nil means new folders start in threaded mode. Threading large
number of messages can be time consuming. So if the flag is non-nil
then threading will be done only if the number of messages being
threaded is less than `mh-large-folder' (closes SF #646794). ***
mh-tool-bar-folder-buttons Buttons to include in MH-E folder/show
toolbar. *** mh-tool-bar-letter-buttons Buttons to include in MH-E
letter toolbar. ** Bug Fixes in MH-E 7.1 *** mh-get-new-mail Call new
function `mh-add-cur-notation' to undo the work of
`mh-remove-cur-notation' if there was no new mail (closes SF #647681).
- mh-set-cmd-note No longer updates the default `mh-cmd-note' value. This resulted in the misplacement of the current mark when the message number width changed (closes SF #643701).
leafnode 1.9.32 (stable) released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=242154
Leafnode is a caching Usenet news proxy that enables online newsreaders to read news off-line. It is designed for zero (full-automatic) maintenance. 1.9.32 is another release in the leafnode-1.9 maintenance series. It fixes some long-standing bugs on Solaris and packaging errors, and copes with maxage that's set too large in the config file.
decopter-0.2.9 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=242188
decopter is an unrealistic SDL/OpenGL helicopter simulator. 0.2.9 is a bugfix release, including performance enhancements.
Slashdot
California Consumers Settle MS Antitrust Suit
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/11/0254200
[0]lseltzer writes "[1]According to AP, $1.1B in Microsoft products
will go to California consumers to settle antitrust claims against the
company. I bet the lawyers don't get paid in software." Actually, the
article says that those who apply for some of the settlement will
receive "vouchers redeemable for any manufacturer's computer-related
products and software."
Links
0. http://larry.at.larryseltzer.com
For Those Long Coding Sessions: The Food Patch http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/11/0234245
rtphokie writes "The U.S. Army has created a [0]Transdermal Nutrient Delivery System which works similarly to to nicotine or birth control patches but delivers vitamins and other micronutrients. It was developed to help "warfighters sustain their physical and mental performance" during high intensity conflict. Is this what ./'ers need during those long coding sessions." Links
0. http://www.sbccom.army.mil/products/food/TDNDS.htm
Nintendo To Sell Old Consoles To China?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/10/2230233
drfishy writes "An [0]interview with Nintendo president Satoru Iwata on
IGN hints at the possibility of Nintendo entering the Chinese market
with their products soon. The most curious part of the interview is
that Satoru Iwata says Nintendo is considering releasing older
generation hardware to combat piracy, could this mean the big N is
going to start making Super Nintendos again? Will there be new games?
How would this fight piracy?"
Links
0. http://cube.ign.com/articles/382/382075p1.html
RCA PVR Will Use Free Guide+ Program Guide http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/10/237219
[0]Mark Leighton Fisher writes "RCA has announced [1](among other CES goodies) a PVR/DVD player for this year that uses the free GUIDE Plus+ program guide rather than requiring an oncoming program guide contract. Once we bring the price down (yes, I work there) I may break down and get one, as I don't like the program guide fee required on current PVRs. (This may be the first no-program guide-fee commercial PVR.)" Links
0. mailto:mark.fisher@thomson.net
What Lawyers Can Learn From Manga
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/10/2256238
[0]jedigeek links to this article from Lawrence Lessig, writing "[1]This article explains the interesting phenomenon of dojinshi, and why dojinshi helps fuel the production of original manga. From a western-perspective, dojinshi breaks copyright laws, but, according to the article's author: 'The law is a rough-edged tool. It was not crafted by geniuses of economics.' In a time when laws like the DMCA exist and are being exploited, this is certainly food for thought." Links
The Cathedral In The Bazaar?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/10/213217
[0]replicant_deckard writes "This [1]opinion piece I wrote to [2]Open explains how dual licensing (simultaneous use of both GPL and proprietary license) works. Dual licensing gives you basically both the support of the community and a profitable Microsoft-like business model. Seems that this model used by [3]MySQL and [4]TrollTech is getting [5]more popular. Now my question is where are the limits?" Links
0.
http://www.valimaki.org/
1.
http://www.open-mag.com/1043683279.htm
2.
http://www.open-mag.com/
3.
http://www.mysql.com/
4.
http://www.trolltech.com/
5.
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-978040.htmlMicrosoft Drops .NET Name For Next Windows Server http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/10/2059244
[0]metamatic writes "[1]C|net is reporting that Microsoft is dropping
the name "Windows .NET Server" and going back to "Windows Server 200x"
(where x is currently expected to be 3). Other products with .NET in
the name are also being evaluated for renaming. [2]Analysts are being
quoted as saying that slapping .NET on so many Microsoft products has
confused people as to what .NET actually means. Or could it be that
customers know what it means, but nobody wants to buy it?" [3]Obiwan
Kenobi points out a [4]similar article at ENT News
Links
0.
http://www.pobox.com/~meta/
1.
http://news.com.com/2100-1001-979878.html
2.
http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030109_2069.html
3. mailto:evan.misterorange@com
4.
http://entmag.com/news/article.asp?EditorialsID=5650RIAA Settlement: Possible Consumer Payback http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/10/1936203
KoopaTroopa writes "Over on [0]Ars Technica they are running a story about the RIAA handing out consumer payments as a settlement to a price-fixing class action. If you bought a recording at retail between Jan. 1, 1995, and Dec. 22, 2000, [1] claim your money." As usual, the lawyers win a lot more than you will, but the process is pretty painless if you'd like to collect part of the settlement money; you may recall this [2]earlier story about the settlement. Links
0.
http://www.arstechnica.com/
1.
http://www.musiccdsettlement.com/english/default.htm
2.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/10/01/0158203&tid=98Mandrake Releases 9.1b1, New Packaging Model http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/10/189220
DCowern writes "Mandrake today [0]announced version 9.1 of their
distribution. While there are some interesting choices for new packages
(like kernel 2.4.21pre2 and XFree86 4.3 beta) the most groundbreaking
thing about this release is the way in which they decide which packages
are "high priority" for development and inclusion in the standard
install. Any registered user at [1]MandrakeClub can vote. Their opinion
is that no one knows where development effort needs to be spent better
than the end-user." Update: 01/10 19:38 GMT by [2]T: That's
"distribution."
Links
0.
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/
1.
http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/club/
2.
http://www.monkey.org/~timothy/
Hard Drives Down To A Dollar A Gigabyte
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/10/1529235
[0]Junky191 writes "I doubt anyone else noticed this- but today is the
first day where mass storage is available for $1 per gigabyte
(according to [1]pricewatch,). There are several stores now selling
120GB models for $120 shipped. This is truly an amazing milestone for
those of us who once spent $500 for the fantastically large 10MB
models. I just can't wait for the days when things are $1/TB." With
discounts, the price has been that low for a little while.
Links
0. mailto:junky191@yahoo.com
Freshmeat
ACME 2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/109050/
ACME is a small GNOME tool to make use of the multimedia buttons present on most laptops and Internet keyboards: Volume, Brightness, Power, Eject, My Home, Search, E-Mail, Sleep, Screensaver, Finance, WWW, Calculator, Record, Close Window, Shade Window, Play, Stop, Pause, Previous, Next, Groups, Media, Refresh, and Help buttons. It works on all the platforms GNOME supports (laptops and PCs). It uses either OSS or ALSA for Volume control.
AJ's Internet Cafe for LTSP 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/109080/
AJ's Internet cafe is a full featured and complete open-source internet cafe system for use with the LTSP thin client solution.
Apple Quicktime 6.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/109021/
Apple QuickTime allows users to create, play, and stream audio and video content over the Internet. Features include playback of MPEG-4 video, ACC audio and Instant-On media, easy-to-use controls, bass and treble controls, balance control, streaming media support, the ability to save movie favorites as well as the ability to view VR and interactive content.
Autocheck 0.2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/109051/
Autocheck is a distributed, extensively configurable systems monitoring tool for Unix written in Perl (and some C). It includes SMS and email notification and a lot of checks. It can take action on alarms by scripts that restart the dead process, etc.
BackerUpper 0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/109044/
BackerUpper is a simple, easy to configure backup utility that will perform monthly full backups and daily incremental backups. Backups are created in the zip or bzip2 file format.
bonnie++ 1.03a (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/109058/
Bonnie++ is based on the Bonnie hard drive benchmark by Tim Bray. The most notable features that have been added are support for >2G of storage and testing operations involving thousands of files in a directory. This program is used by ReiserFS developers, but can be useful for anyone who wants to know how fast their hard drive or file system is. It now includes ZCAV in the package. This program tests the performance of different zones on the hard drive. ZCAV has been released separately before but will now only be released as part of the Bonnie++ suite.
Bugzero 2.2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/109017/
Bugzero is an easy-to-install Web-based bug, defect, issue, and incident tracking system. It can be customized to fit software, hardware, and help desk support situations. It is platform and database system independent (based on Java). It supports multiple projects, group-based access, automatic bug assignment, file attachment, email notification, metric reports, and workflow. It also features advanced search capability, a comprehensive bug audit trail, CVS version control integration, and an easy to use system administration tool for project configuration and user account management.
CrisoftRicette 1.0pre11 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/109028/
CrisoftRicette is a simple PHP application to build your personal archive of cooking recipes in a MySQL database. The interface has international support.
CyberNeko HTML Parser 0.7.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/109023/
NekoHTML is a simple HTML scanner and tag balancer that enables Java application programmers to parse HTML documents and access the information using standard XML interfaces. The parser can scan HTML files and "fix up" many common mistakes that human (and computer) authors make in writing HTML documents. NekoHTML is written using the Xerces Native Interface (XNI) that is the foundation of the Xerces2 implementation. This enables application programmers to use the NekoHTML parser with existing XNI tools without modification or rewriting code.
digicamerge 1.50
http://freshmeat.net/releases/109038/
DigicaMerge is a commandline tool to merge directories of pictures taken with digital cameras. If you've got a digital camera, your hard disk probably contains many directories full of pictures all named with the same names. This utility allows you to merge such directories' contents into a new directory, and renames all the pictures on the fly, ensuring no filename clash will occur. You can define your own naming scheme, using either a set of predefined variables or any recognized Exif tag which may be present in your pictures, and also specify a pattern to select only certain files.
DocBook Doclet 0.33
http://freshmeat.net/releases/109056/
The DocBook Doclet creates DocBook SGML or XML from Java source documentation or HTML files. It is helpful if you want to print reference handbooks of your API. Normally it is used with the Javadoc tool but it can also be used as a standalone application to convert HTML to DocBook. Additionally it comes with a Swing application to manage documentation projects and to transform the resulting DocBook files to PDF.
FAQbot 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/109043/
FAQbot works with a MySQL database to maintain and organize connected articles (generally help pages or FAQs) as well as provide a uniform format and display. It includes a simple ranking system. It is intended for Web masters with article-based Web sites, but it is flexible enough to provide multiple site layouts to fit different site designs. It uses MySQL, PHP4, and some Javascript.
Fopps 0.18a
http://freshmeat.net/releases/109078/
FOPPS (Feature Oriented Product Planning System) is a tool that helps you to design your software product line. It provides feature-based configuration to maintain your core assets and applications.
geskoctrl 0.2.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/109055/
geskoctrl is an application to download/upload firmware for GESKO PBXes. geskoctrl is also useful for controlling these PBXes.
glHack 1.1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/109036/
glHack is a full-screen SDL port of NetHack 3.4.0 (a role-playing dungeon game), with support for both OpenGL and software rendering. Currently it runs under Linux.
GNU Scientific Library 1.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/109034/
The GNU Scientific Library (GSL) is a collection of routines for numerical computing. The routines are written from scratch by the GSL team in ANSI C, and present a modern API for C programmers, while allowing wrappers to be written for very high-level languages.
gqueue 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/109061/
gQueue is a Gnome2 frontend for lpq and lprm working with CUPS. It shows all jobs in printing queues and can remove jobs.
GStreamer 0.5.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/109057/
GStreamer is a streaming media library and set of tools that enable applications to share a common set of plugins for things like MP3 decoding, audio I/O, and anything else that streams in real-time or otherwise. It is modelled after research software worked on at the Oregon Graduate Institute.
GTK-Lsof 0.9.13
http://freshmeat.net/releases/109030/
GTK-Lsof is a simple GTK 2 GUI for lsof.
IPA 1.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/109037/
IPA allows one to perform IP accounting based on FreeBSD IPv4/v6 Firewall (including IPFW2), OpenBSD Packet Filter, and IP Filter accounting rules on Free/Net/OpenBSD. It supports limits for accounting rules, and limits events such as "limit is reached" and "reached limit is expired." It also has a flexible configuration file with many sections and options.
JavaDICT 1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/109047/
JavaDICT is a server for the DICT protocol (RFC 2229), a TCP transaction-based query/response protocol that allows a client to access dictionary definitions from a set of natural language dictionary databases.
Javassist 2.3p
http://freshmeat.net/releases/109049/
Javassist (Java programming assistant) is a load-time reflective system for Java. It is a class library for editing bytecodes in Java; it enables Java programs to define a new class at runtime and to modify a class file when the JVM loads it. Unlike other similar systems, Javassist provides source-level abstraction; programmers can use Javassist without detailed knowledge of the Java bytecode. This ease of use is a unique feature of Javassit against other tools.
JGAP 0.31
http://freshmeat.net/releases/109067/
JGAP is a genetic algorithms package written in Java. It is designed to require minimum effort to use "out of the box", but is highly modular and allows custom components to be easily plugged in by the more adventurous.
Jikes RVM 2.2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/109048/
The Jikes RVM includes state-of-the-art virtual machine technologies for dynamic compilation, adaptive optimization, garbage collection, and thread scheduling and synchronization. A distinguishing characteristic of the Jikes RVM is that it is implemented in the Java™ programming language, and is self-hosted, i.e. its Java code runs on itself without requiring a second virtual machine.
Kernel Mode Linux 2.5.55_001 (For Linux 2.5) http://freshmeat.net/releases/109068/
Kernel Mode Linux is a technology which enables the execution of user programs in a kernel mode. In Kernel Mode Linux, user programs can access kernel address space directly. Unlike kernel modules, user programs are executed as ordinary processes (except for their privilege level), so scheduling and paging are performed as usual. Although it seems dangerous, the safety of the kernel can be ensured through such methods as static type checking, software fault isolation, and so forth.
Libsigc++ 1.2.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/109062/
libsigc++ implements a full callback system for use in abstract interfaces and general programming. It is the most complete library of its kind with the ability to connect an abstract callback to a class method, function, or function object. It contains adaptor classes for connecting dissimilar callbacks and has an ease of use unmatched by other C++ callback libraries.
LibTPT 1.10.4 (Release)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/109019/
TPT is a template scripting language implemented in C++. The LibTPT parser transforms TPT templates into text. The parser, which integrates with your C++ code through a simple class API, is small and fast, focusing on functionality instead of rich feature sets. Uses include on-the-fly HTML and source code generation.
Linux Test Project 20030110
http://freshmeat.net/releases/109074/
The Linux Test Project is an Open Source project to provide a collection of tools for testing Linux. It was created by SGI, and was recently joined by IBM and OSDL. The project consists of well over 500 individual testcases and a test driver to automate execution of the tests.
Meeting Room Booking System 1.1-pre2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/109041/
The Meeting Room Booking System (MRBS) is a PHP/MySQL-based Web application for booking meeting rooms. It uses 'areas' to group rooms, and rooms within each area are shown side-by-side.
mmftpd 0.0.15
http://freshmeat.net/releases/109022/
mmftpd is a secure FTP server that runs as a normal user, and supports virtual users only. Each user may have specific permissions, including the maximum home directory size limit and download/upload speeds. The daemon uses libpth for portable threads instead of fork(). It runs on both BSD and Linux systems, and is ideal for a setup with many Web virtual host customers. It was written from scratch, with no borrowed code.
mmmail suite 0.0.21
http://freshmeat.net/releases/109024/
mmmail provides SMTP and POP3 daemons using MySQL, running as a non-root user. It also supports bandwidth shaping. Relaying is not supported, although it has been designed to handle many users on many virtual hosts. It is fast and secure, uses threads, and has been written entirely from scratch and does not rely on mbox or Maildir formats.
mmstatd 0.0.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/109033/
mmstatd consists of a C library and server for applications to easily update counters and administrators to maintain them. It supports a crash recovery system using internal logs.
MRTNK 0.9.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/109020/
MRTNK is a set of scripts that generate RRD databases, update these databases with SNMP data or external scripts, create graphics with rrdtool (a set of pre-designed graphics is available), and create HTML pages with the graphics. All of this is done through an easy-to-setup config file. As the graphics contain all the relevant information, HTML pages need to be created only once.
ncc 1.1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/109029/
ncc is a C source code analyzer which generates program flow and variable usage information. Using it should be as easy as changing CC=gcc to CC=ncc in makefiles, and effort has been made to support most common gcc extensions. ncc has been tested with the sources of the Linux kernel, gtk, gcc, gdb, bind, mpg123, ncftp, and many other famous projects.
Netacct-NetStat 3.04
http://freshmeat.net/releases/109031/
Netacct-NetStat is a PHP Web interface for Netacct-MySQL, the popular traffic statistics daemon for Linux and BSD.
ObexFTP 0.10.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/109060/
ObexFTP enables you to access the memory of your mobile device. It is confirmed to work well with Siemens S45/ME45 and similar mobile phones. You may access the Flex Memory on Siemens mobile equipment via IrDA or serial connection.
OpenCM 0.1.2alpha4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/109083/
OpenCM is designed as a secure, high-integrity replacement for CVS. It includes features such as file renaming, branch and file level access control, cryptographic authentication, and end-to-end integrity controls.
Palantir 2.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/109045/
Palantir is a client-server streaming system designed to transmit live video, audio, and data over a TCP/IP network. The server runs on a Linux box. The supplied Java client can display the live video stream as well as interact with hardware devices connected to the server. A native Windows client also allows full-duplex audio communications with the server.
Perdition Mail Retrieval Proxy 1.11beta3 http://freshmeat.net/releases/109026/
Perdition is a fully featured 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. The distribution ships with modules for ODBC, MySQL, PostgreSQL, GDBM, POSIX Regular Expression, and NIS. The API for modules is open, allowing abitary modules to be written to allow access to any data store. Perdition can be used to create large mail systems where an end-user's mailbox may be stored on one of several hosts, to integrate different mail systems together, to migrate between different email infrastructures, and to bridge plain-text, SSL, and TLS services. It can also be used as part of a firewall.
PVote 2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/109032/
PVote is a PHP voting system. It uses MySQL to hold all information about the system.
ROX-Filer 1.3.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/109063/
ROX-Filer is a fast and powerful graphical file manager. It has full drag-and-drop support and background file operations, and is highly configurable. It can also act as a pinboard, allowing you to pin frequently used files to the desktop background.
SILC 0.9.11 (Server)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/109040/
SILC (Secure Internet Live Conferencing) is a protocol which provides secure conferencing services in the Internet. It can be used to send any kind of messages, in addition to normal text messages. This includes multimedia messages like images, video, and audio stream. All messages in the SILC network are encrypted and authenticated, and messages can also be digitally signed. SILC protocol supports AES, SHA-1, PKCS#1, PKCS#3, X.509, OpenPGP, and is being developed in the IETF. The software is delivered as SILC Client for end users, SILC Server for system administrators, and SILC Toolkit for application developers.
SnipSnap 0.3.2a
http://freshmeat.net/releases/109039/
SnipSnap is an easy to install and use Web log and Wiki engine written in Java. It has no external dependency on Web servers or databases, as both are built-in.
Vega Strike 0.3.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/109027/
Vega Strike is a Linux action space simulator designed to bring 3d space combat to a whole new level of graphics, gameplay, and customizability.
w3m 0.3.2.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/109075/
w3m is a pager/text-based WWW browser. It is similar to Lynx, but has several features Lynx doesn't have. It can render tables, frames (by converting frames into tables), display a document given from standard input, be navigated by mouse in an xterm or in a gpm driven console, and it is small.
Webtop web-based email system 1.31
http://freshmeat.net/releases/109064/
Webtop is a Web-based POP3 email client that includes many filter options, spam fighting features, custom folders, email import/export, and email-to-PDF generation. The Webtop also includes a calendar, notepad, Webdrive, automated email reminders, contacts, mailing lists, and Web-based administration. One installation can support multiple users and each user can set up as many POP3 accounts as they need.
white_dune 0.20beta163 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/109052/
VRML97 (Virtual Reality Modeling Language) is the ISO standard for displaying 3D data over the web via browser plugins. It has support for animation, realtime interaction and multimedia (image, movie, sound). Dune can read VRML97 files, display and let the user change the scenegraph/fields, and load and store x3d (next generation VRML xml format) files if configured to work with the nist.gov x3d translators. It also has support for stereoscopic view via "quadbuffer"-capable stereo visuals.
WormScan 1.5.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/109071/
WormScan is a utility written in Java for the purpose of reporting attempted attacks on your Apache Web server. It was written to be able to support an unlimited number of worms. It is, however, very extendable, and can easily be configured to search and report on just about anything that can be found in your Web server's log files. The reports themselves are customizable, and can easily be modified to suit your needs. Numerous configuration options let you tweak the performance and the output.
Slashcode
Problems installing slash / DBIx::Password
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/09/1949227
I'm trying to get Slash working on a Redhat 8.0 box. My problem seems
to be centered around getting DBIx::Password to work. Running: perl
-MCPAN -e "install 'DBIx::Password'" Eventually results in: Bundle
summary: The following items in bundle Bundle::Slash had installation
problems: Digest::MD5 MIME::Base64 Bundle::LWP DBIx::Password Template
and the following items had problems during recursive bundle calls: LWP
Running: perl -MCPAN -e "install 'DBIx::Password'" I get something
like: install_driver(mysql) failed: Can't locate DBD/mysql.pm in @INC
(@INC contains: blib/lib blib/arch
/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-m ulti
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl
/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread -multi
/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl .) at (eval
- line 3. I've tried this on two Redhat 8.0 boxes. I haven't seen a lot of stuff like this on google. Any suggestions on what I'm doing wrong? I have all the gory details at http://www.simpson.edu/~craven/error.html
DevChannel
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/07/2022224
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.
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, ev