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SCons 0.11 is now available
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=251609

SCons alpha release 0.11 is now available for download. SCons is a software construction tool (build tool, or substitute for Make) implemented in Python, based on the winning design in the Software Carpentry build tool competition (in turn based on the Cons build tool). IMPORTANT: Release 0.11 contains the following interface changes: - The default suffix for static object files when using gcc has been changed to ".os" to allow shared and static object files to exist side-by-side in the same directory. - When no command-line targets are specified, the default behavior is now to build all derived files in or below the current directory (like Make). This can be disabled by explicitly specifying "Default(None)" in an SConscript file. - Setting the BUILDERS construction variable now clears previous Builder attributes from the construction Environment. - An "env" argument has been added to the strfunction() method of Python function Actions. See the release notes for more information about these changes. This release adds the following features: - A new CacheDir() function and related command-line options --cache-disable, --cache-force and --cache-show support the ability to share derived files between builds. - Support for the IRIX platform and SGI MIPSPro tool chain. - Support for the PharLap ETS tool chain. - Support for compiling with Microsoft VC++ when running Cygwin Python. - New AddPreAction() and AddPostAction() functions. - Python function Actions can now include the contents of construction variables in their signatures. - A new strfunction() method has been added for external command Actions. - The SConscript() function now takes optional "build_dir" and "duplicate" keyword arguments that make it easier to set up a build directory. - The same Win32 object files can now be linked into either shared or static libraries. The following fixes have been added: - Fixed many (not all) situations when interrupts (CTRL-C) wouldn't actually stop a build. - Libraries in the LIBS construction variable can now explicitly include a library prefix and suffix. - The Win32 scons.bat script now has DOS-standard CR-LF line endings. - Fixed how the Environment.Append() method works BUILDERS (and other dictionaries). - Fixed how a file prefix is added when the target isn't specified. - Better error messages whene a BuildDir is read-only. - A platform or tool module can now be directly imported even after it's been included in a construction Environment. - The output of -c -n is now correct when a target is a directory. Performance has been improved as follows: - Added support for caching values when use --implicit-cache. The following changes have been made to the SCons packaging: - Added new --standard-lib, --standalone-lib and --version-lib options to the "setup.py install" command to make it easier to install the SCons build engine (library) into different locations. If no explicit library installation location is specified, the SCons "setup.py" script now looks for an existing SCons build engine in these three locations and prefers where the build engine was installed previously. The documentation has been improved: - Eliminated description of some deprecated keywords. - Updated description of BuildDir() to try to explain more clearly how to set up a build directory.

FinkCommander (GUI for Fink package mgr) v. 0.5.0 http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=251651

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Version 0.5.0 of FinkCommander has been released. It has a number of significant new features, including a package browser, which provides a Finder-like interface for viewing the files intalled on your system by a particular Fink package. FinkCommander is a graphical user interface for the Fink software packaging system for Mac OS X. It provides an intuitive front-end to the Fink command-line tools for downloading and installing Unix software. If you have version 0.4.3 installed, you will need to move it to the trash before installing this version.

Freevo version 1.3.1 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=251680

Freevo is a Linux application that turns a PC with a TV capture card and/or TV-out into a standalone multimedia jukebox/VCR/PVR/HTPC/DVR/set top box. It uses MPlayer to play and record audio+video. It is optimized for use with a TV+remote. There is a new stable binary release (1.3.1) available on SourceForge.net's download page. It includes a number of important changes from the last stable release (1.3.0). The binary release now includes all external libraries (e.g. SDL) and applications (e.g. MPlayer). The current version is useful for watching/recording TV, AVIs, DVDs, playing MP3/OGG, viewing images.

AOLserver 4.0 beta 2 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=250769

The second beta release of AOLserver 4.0 is available. In addition to bug fixes, this includes enhancements for international and Win32 support. AOLserver is a multithreaded, Tcl-enabled, massively-scalable and extensible web server tuned for large scale, dynamic web sites. AOLserver also includes complete database integration and a dynamic page scripting language.

Tiny COBOL Compiler release 0.60
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=250879

The Tiny COBOL compiler project is developing a COBOL compiler for use on Linux; it generates GNU x86 assembler code. With this release, improvements have been made in the following areas: locking for relative files, better support of print files (write after and before advancing) and better compatibility with 85 Standard for some indexed file I/O operations.

Mailman 2.1.1 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=250930

Can't find what you're looking for?

This is the the first patch release of GNU Mailman 2.1.1 Mailman is free software that enables users to manage email mailing lists and e-newsletters. Its integrated web interface provides easy-to-use access for list members and list administrators. Mailman supports built-in archiving, automatic bounce processing, content filtering, digest delivery, spam filters, and more. Mailman 2.1.1 is a bug fix release, including the patching of a cross-site scripting vulnerability.

Marathon 0.12 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=251022

Marathon runs gui based acceptance tests against swing applications. It is composed of a runner, and recorder, and an editor, and its tests scripts will be stored using a simple python based language. This release includes bug fixes, feature enhancements and is more readily usable (a single .JAR contains everything you need). details at http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=46616&release_id= 139116

JFreeChart 0.9.5 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=250290

JFreeChart version 0.9.5 has been posted. This release contains the much-requested dual axis charts, plus a host of other changes. JFreeChart is a class library, written in Java, for generating charts. Utilising the Java2D APIs, it currently supports bar charts, pie charts, line charts, XY-plots and time series plots.

POPFile v0.18.0 Windows and Cross Platform Release http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=250488

    It has been close to 2 months since the last POPFile release and boy     have I and others been busy. POPFile v0.18.0 is a *major* change from     v0.17.9 and you'd do well to read the section entitled ESSENTIAL     READING before you install it. POPFile is an email classification tool     with a Naive Bayes classifier, a POP3 proxy and a web interface. It     runs on most platforms and with most email clients. This version is     backwards compatible with previous versions (even autofixing some     errors that the old versions created) but there are some differences.     This is also the first release in which two additional developers     (additional to me that is) really contributed a lot of code to POPFile.     They are Stanley Krute and Sam Schinke. Stan and Sam worked on many of     the changes to POPFile (which you can read all about in the CVS logs)     including massive changes to the mail parser, whole new skinning     system, HTML 4.01 compliance, tons of testing, lots of user interface     changes. Guys, *you* made a big difference to POPFile, and I want to     say a big "Thank you" in public. This version of POPFile supports     unlimited numbers of connections, multiple natural languages, has a     much improved UI, has many improvements to help catch spam, has a new     Quarantine feature that lets POPFile automatically hide all the mail in     a specific bucket (each mail is replaced with a new mail stating that     POPFile quarantined a message with an option to see the original), and     incorporates features and bug fixes submitted by users. ESSENTIAL     READING 1. BACK UP YOUR OLD INSTALLATION: POPFile makes this really     easy, just copy the entire POPFile directory somewhere. You can then     safely install POPFile v0.18.0 on top of your current installation; I     just think a back up is a sensible precaution. 2. YOUR HISTORY WILL     CLEAR: I have changed the format of the History files used in this     version which means that the old History files will not be read by     POPFile and will in fact be deleted to save disk space. If you need to     do any reclassifications prior to installing v0.18.0 do them! POPFile     does NOT clear buckets, statistics or anything else on install of this     version, just the History files. To refresh the History view click the     History tab at any time; POPFile will check disk for new messages. 3.     IF YOU HAD BROKEN MAGNETS: I have added automatic update of broken     magnets. If you had a magnet like [foo] which POPFile mistakenly     changed to \[foo\] it should get magically fixed and start working. 4.     ACCURACY MIGHT DROP FOR A SHORT WHILE: because of some changes made in     the mail parser it is possible that you might see accuracy drop     initially and you may find yourself reclassifying a few messages that     used to work. This is unfortunate but necessary to make POPFile even     more accurate than before and v0.18.0 incorporates changes that make     POPFile's classification accuracy better; however old corpuses might     need a little retraining. DOWNLOADING You can obtain the latest release     of POPFile by visiting
    http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=63137 UPGRADING     Just install POPFile on top of the currently installed version. But did     you read the ESSENTIAL READING above first? FAQ zonk3r has spent a     great deal of time on a POPFile FAQ. Please check it out as it covers     many questions that you might have:
    http://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=14421&group_id=6313     7 THE GORY DETAILS 1. Total rearchitecture of the POPFile code into a     collection of loadable modules to allow for future expansion of POPFile     with different proxy services and different UIs. The major modules are     now: - popfile.pl: controlling process that loads the modules that     implement POPFile's main functionality; - Proxy::POP3 the original POP3     proxying code from POPFile separated into its own module. In future we     should expect to be able to have other Proxy:: modules such as     Proxy::IMAP. - UI::HTML contains the current HTML user interface. I     hope that we'll add other UI modules such as UI::XMLRPC or UI::SOAP in     future. - Classifier::Bayes is the module that does the Naive Bayes     classification. (Note this module also includes a method called     classify_and_modify that performs the classification and modification     of email messages that may be of use to other module writers) POPFile     now supports two process types: the top level process round robins     between the main modules listed above providing concurrent access to     the UI and POP3 proxy. The POP3 proxy itself (see below) forks to     provide multiple simultaneous connections. (That last part was     originally requested by sschinke) 2. Introduction of a scheme for     localization of the user interface using message catalogs stored in the     languages/ subfolder. Currently shipping with languages: English,     French, German, Danish, Dutch, Brazilian, and (for fun and for testing)     H4X0R. Translators can take the English.msg file and translate the     strings within to create their own language for the user interface.     POPFile detects available languages on start up and they are available     from the Configuration page. (Originally requested by pfaelzerchen) 3.     Rework of much of the user interface to make pages shorter and clearer.     This is mostly limited to look and feel and no items have changed tab     in the UI. 4. Total rewrite of the history caching code for clarity     with a change from multiple arrays to a single hash containing all the     cached information. 5. Automatic update checking now defaults to off     and there's a large explanation of what it does in the user interface     to allay the fears of many people concerning the possibility that     programs like POPFile are spying on them. (Requested by quite a few     people) 6. When creating the user interface password the password is     now hidden when typing it. (Requested by kraelen, pfaelzerchen) 7. The     Proxy::POP3 now forks after a new connection is accepted from a valid     client and calls a special child() method that handles the connection     between a client and mail server via POPFile for the life of the client     connection. This is the beginning of a version of POPFile that supports     a very large number of clients. (Requested by many people) 8. A new     command line parameter -test_language can be set to 1 for UI     translators. The UI will show the language identifiers used for each     element rather than the strings associated with the identifier. 9.     Rework of the History page to take into account ideas and suggestions     from many people: Search now operates on From and Subject, From and     Subject have popup windows to show the full text of each, you can sort     by ID, From, Subject or Classification, you can filter by magnet     classified mail, navigation is at the top and the bottom, state is     remembered so that you can sort/filter and remove pages and reclassify     and stay in the same place, many small improvements. 10. Major work on     the MailParse.pm for dealing with improved mail parsing and the     handling of spammers tricks (like S P A C E D out words etc.). Switch     to using the Base64 and QuotedPrint modules from CPAN for improved mail     cracking. (Work done mainly by sschinke) 11. Automated test suite now     part of POPFile. (Suggested by aziegler) 12. Rework of all the HTML and     CSS so that everything can be skinned and so that the complete UI is     HTML 4.01 compliant. (Work done mainly by stanley_krute; there was a     request from nobody for this) 13. You can now filter the History page     by magnet filtered mails to look at them or delete them. (Requested by     jarmstro, tcdk, msc_buff, fitzsimons, dyoungmcwicom) 14. The UI     password no longer appears in URLs in plain text (requested by gribnif)

You can do multiple classifications at a time by selecting multiple messages and changing the drop down and hitting any Reclassify button. (Requested by dave823; implemented by sschinke) 16. You can now sort the History page by message ID, From, Subject and Classification (bucket). (Requested by jerometremblay, tomvoss, biobear) 17. When you remove a page the History no longer goes back to the start but stays at the same place in the History if it can. (Requested by ajweiner) 18. After you reclassify a message the History page stays at the same position (at the reclassified message). (Requested by harleythebrave, transit) 19. The installer now picks up old settings from a current POPFile install to fill in the options on the final dialog. (Requested by harleythebrave) 20. Added two new options -logdir and -msgdir to specify the location of the log directory (default to ./) and the messages (where the history is stored; defaults to messages/). (Requested by nobody) 21. Search in History now works on From as well as Subject. (Requested by transit) 22. The navigation from page to page in the History is now at the top and at the bottom of the page. (Requested by transit, nobody, nobody, nobody) 23. There are new
[Remove] buttons on each message in the History to let you remove
messages one by one. (Requested by nobody) 24. The X-POPFile-Link: repositions the History page at the message selected when you click the link. (Requested by zonk3r) 25. There is a new filter for unclassified messages. (Requested by nobody) 26. New -toptoo command line option enables classification on the POP3 TOP command and is only recommended for people on fast connections. (Requested by jberkes) 27. When viewing a colorized message there is a blank line between the header and the body of the message. (Requested by whiteg) 28. Message IDs (and History filenames) are now globally unique per POPFile install. (Requested by helphand) 29. You can now control the inclusion of the X-Text-Classification and X- POPFile-Link headers. (Requested by nobody) 30. Refreshing a page does not repeat the action any more. (Reported by nobody) 31. Fixed a bug where magnets with certain characters in them (e.g. [ or <) did not work and could not be deleted. (Reported by nobody, nobody, nobody, alanmuk, boneill, bana-sea-) 32. Fixed a bug where you could make POPFile exit with a divide by zero error if you started it with no corpus and then tried to Lookup a word's probability. (Reported by sunshine, gribnif) 33. Fixed a bug where the Shutdown link on the POPFile Control Center did not work if the UI password had been set. (Reported by actoews, nobody) 34. Fixed an embarassing bug where any POP server that contained the word 'stat' would not work with POPFile. (Reported by nobody, markabcxyz) 35. Fixed a bug where To magnets did not work correctly in the presence of other To style email headers. (Reported by dyoungmcwicom) 36. Fixed a bug where a specific email was causing the History page to lock up when you tried to view the colorized version. (Reported by ajweiner) 37. Fixed a bug where having pages in POPFile automatically refresh every ten minutes could cause POPFile to repeat an action (such as Reclassification) every 10 minutes. (Reported by mayfoev) 38. Fixed a bug where parts of a > attribute could appear in the From or Subject lines on the History (Reported and fixed by sschinke) 39. Fixed a bug where some CLS and MSG files were not getting deleted from the History when they were no longer needed. (Reported by helphand) TRANSLATIONS Thanks to the following for helping to make POPFile a global piece of software: Brazilian Adriano RG Danish Nicki BrÃƒÂ¸chner Nielsen Dutch Jilles Oldenbeuving French Antony Boucher German Matthias Deege Norweigian Jo Inge Fjellstad Russian Alexander Saltanov Please translate the UI and the manual into your language. DONATIONS Thank you to everyone who as clicked the Feed Me! button and donated their hard earned cash to me in support of POPFile. Thank you also to the people who have contributed patches, feature requests and bug reports. Keep the ideas and bug reports coming. John.

samba-vscan 0.3.2 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=250483

Don't know where to look next?

The new release offers some performance improvements, a basic ICAP client to re-enable Symantec support, some fixes for F-Prot daemon and updates for mks. samba-vscan is a proof-of-concept module for Samba, which uses the VFS (virtual file system) features of Samba 2.2.x/3.0 alphaX to provide on-access virus scanning. Samba is an Open Source/Free Software suite that provides seamless file and print services to SMB/CIFS clients

Slashdot
Finally, A Working NES!
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/12/140233

[0]vandel405 writes "We've seen the [1]NES PC Conversion, and we've all
lusted over the [2]top-loading NES. But, top-loading NES's aren't something you're going to pick up at a garage sale. How can you resurrect your 8 bit console hero? Easy, with this news guide from
[3]ArsTechnica! Now you can make your 8Bit NES as reliable as your
linux kernel. No more Blow and Pray!" Links

    0. 
http://www.neo-modus.com
    1. 
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/11/1346203&tid=137
    2. 
http://www.vgmuseum.com/systems/topnes/
    3. 
http://arstechnica.com/reviews/003/gaming/nintendo/nintendo-1.html

Slashdot over IPv6
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/12/2036205

[0]fuzzel writes "Even though Slashdot has run a number of articles
    about IPv6 ([1]1|[2]2|[3]3) it apparently isn't reachable over IPv6     directly. But for the people that do already have IPv6 they can use
[4]http://slashdot.org.sixxs.org and they will be automaticaly
    gatewayed. This trick works for most sites by simply appending     .sixxs.org to the domain part of a url, eg
[5]http://www.google.com.sixxs.org, the gateway will the rewrite url's
    to have it appended automatically so that everything goes over IPv6.     Full information is available on [6]http://ipv6gate.sixxs.net. Oh and     yes if you don't have IPv6, those domains under sixxs.org won't work     :)"
Links

    0. 
http://unfix.org
    1. 
http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/09/2038223&tid=156
    2. 
http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/01/1747254&tid=99
    3. 
http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/05/14/176224&tid=99
    4. 
http://slashdot.org.sixxs.org/
    5. 
http://www.google.com.sixxs.org/
    6. 
http://ipv6gate.sixxs.net/

Sony's MMORPG "Sovereign" Dead
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/12/2344238

[0]Gudlyf writes "Although the [1]main site for this
massive-multiplayer game by [2]Sony (once known as Verant) was updated at some point late last year, it seems that [3]according to CNN Money, it's gone quietly dead after 4.5 years in development (reminds me of why I posted my vote in a [4]previous story on vaporware): "Work on 'Sovereign,' a massively multiplayer real time strategy game, has been terminated after more than four-and-a-half years of development. Ambitious in nature, the game had hoped to replicate a continuous global war that supported up to 500 players. Diplomacy would have played as significant a role as the player's tactical abilities. 'We came to a decision that it was not going to be what we wanted it to be,' said McDaniel. 'It never really had the magic.'"" Links

    0. mailto:gudlyf@NOSpAm.realistek.com
    1. 
http://sovereign.station.sony.com/
    2. 
http://www.sonyonline.com/
    3. 
http://money.cnn.com/2003/02/11/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/index.htm
    4. 
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/02/2211205&tid=133

Mozilla, Gecko, Netscape, And Their Future At AOL http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/12/2117202

Confused? Frustrated?

[0]bluephone writes "I've been lucky enough to receive some interesting
information from within the Netscape/AOLTW firewall, although in light of AOL's recent [1]massive losses, [1]poor outlook, and high profile execs [2]resigning their [3]positions, I'm not sure if these battle plans are still intact. As it stands, Netscape 7.x has one major release left for the forseeable future, but Gecko will soon overshadow everything, becoming the core platform for all of AOL's Internet content distribution. For all the details and much more, read it
[4]here."

Links

    0. 
http://{jesus_x} {at} {mozillanews.org}
    1. 
http://money.cnn.com/2003/01/29/technology/aol/index.htm
    2. 
http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/01/12/case.resignation/index.html
    3. 
http://money.cnn.com/2003/01/29/news/companies/turner/index.htm
    4. 
http://www.mozillanews.org/index.php3?article=ee36b2404cfa65b733ae1190a7f6405b

Intel Announces New, Slower, Chip
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/12/2048227

[0]kshkval writes "According to [1]Business Week, [2]Intel is marketing
the [3]Centrino, a 1.6 Ghz chip that is slower than previous laptop processors from Intel, but does more. Hey, isn't that what Apple and AMD have gotten so much guff about? The worm turns..." Links

    0. mailto:kshkval@mac.com
    1. 
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/feb2003/tc20030211_8644_tc119.htm
    2. 
http://intel.com
    3. 
http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/20030108corp.htm

Plex86 Lives, As Lightweight VM Technology http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/12/2059250

[0]Kevin P. Lawton writes "[0]Plex86 has been completely overhauled,
and simplified to be a user (application) code only Virtual Machine technology. For running user code, many of the heavy weight x86-VM techniques are unnecessary. But the bonus is, Linux can easily be made to run inside the plex86 VM, so that the kernel is actually 'pushed down' to user privilege level. This has been demonstrated on both
[1]Linux 2.4 and [2]2.5 kernels. Thus, Linux can run in a plex86 VM
without the need for any heavy virtualization. My goal is to keep the code base trim, tight, auditable and get to usable releases quickly. And to favor those goals over adding unnecessary complexities. The first milestones have just been reached, so it's still early in development. There are email lists available on the main plex86 site." Links

    0. 
http://plex86.sourceforge.net/
    1. 
http://plex86.sourceforge.net/xclipboard.jpg
    2. 
http://plex86.sourceforge.net/linux2.5.59-vga.txt

House and Senate Reject E-mail Surveillance http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/12/223219

[0]vena writes "The Star Tribune reports the House and Senate today
[1]agreed not to allow email surveillance of American citizens proposed
by the Total Information Awareness program. Additionally, negotiators agreed to halt all future funding on the program without extensive consultation with Congress."
Links

0. http://www.vena.net

http://www.startribune.com/stories/587/3647992.html

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Optimizing Linux Advocacy Efforts
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/12/2045249

    An anonymous reader writes "Open source advocate Tony Stanco, of the     George Washington University [0]Cyberspace Policy Institute has been
[1]getting flamed for allowing Microsoft reps to speak at an [2]Open
    Source in government conference he's putting on next month. Today, in
[3]a commentary on NewsForge, Tony responds to the flamers. He says,
    "Leave it to the kooks in the community to make Microsoft look     sympathetic." Is he right? Should we be willing to listen to what     Microsoft has to say? Aren't open minds important to open source?"     Newsforge and Slashdot are both part of OSDN. Links

    0. 
http://www.cpi.seas.gwu.edu/home.php
    1. 
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/09/2138247
    2. 
http://egovos.org/march-2003/
    3. 
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/11/2118256&tid=19

NCR Patents the Internet
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/12/200209

An anonymous reader writes "We all know about NCR's lawsuit against Palm & Handspring, but I haven't seen much press about patent infringements they are claiming against some of the biggest sites on the planet. According to documentation that a friend's company has recently received, their patents protect everything from keyword searching to product categorization. Patents to look for (and filed in

include [0]6,253,203, [1]6,169,997, [2]6,151,601, [3]6,085,223 and [4]5,991,791 . IMHO, this is absolutely outrageous and is likely to cause billions in both legal fees and eventual licensing fees (eBay, Amazon and MSFT have already licensed from NCR). How is this not the lead story on every site? every day? Maybe because no one wants to get sued for having an online business." Links
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=6253203.WKU.&OS=PN/6253203&RS=PN/6253203

Snowboarding Soul Ride Engine Goes GPL
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/12/1735246

    TuringTest writes "LinuxGames reports this [0]news update at the
[1]Soul Ride game site. Soul Ride is a snowboarding game with real
    character physics, and its engine is now released under GPL and
[2]available for download. You may see its [3]beautiful screenshots
    until it gets /.ed. Note that only the engine is GPL'd, not the artwork     and data. Can you imagine a GPL game with the Fellowship of the Ring     crossing the Caradhras with [4]these graphics?" I hope this release     spawns a Linux-friendly snowboarding simulator -- Soul Ride is limited     to Windows (9X, NT, 2000) for now.
Links

    0. 
http://www.soulride.com/products/news.html
    1. 
http://www.soulride.com/products/sr_features.html
    2. 
http://sourceforge.net/projects/soulride
    3. 
http://www.soulride.com/products/screenshots/screen.pl?num=11
    4. 
http://www.soulride.com/products/screenshots/screen.pl?num=18

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ADODB 3.11
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112708/

ADODB is a set of advanced PHP database abtraction classes. It supports MySQL, PostgreSQL, Interbase/Firebird, Informix, Sybase SQL Anywhere, Oracle, MS SQL 7, Sybase, DB2, FrontBase, Foxpro, Access, ADO, and generic ODBC. A metatype system is built in, making it possible to figure out that types such as CHAR, TEXT, and STRING are equivalent in different databases. It also features an SQL to HTML popup menu and SQL to HTML table support. It has code to support record paging and blob/clob support.

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Anthill Pro Build and Release Management Server 2.0.6 http://freshmeat.net/releases/112673/

Anthill Pro is an automated manager for the build and release process of software development. It can provide daily reports of an overnight build, with automated test runs, a revision log which lists newly implemented features. Anthill Pro adds to the already robust feature set of the open source version of Anthill. Anthill Pro is easy to use in heterogeneous environments since it allows you to use different JDKs and different classpaths to build different projects. It also provides robust support for project dependencies, allowing you to rebuild all dependent projects with the latest version of a dependency. Every project can store its latest artifacts in Anthill's built-in repository, and Anthill gives you the ability to rebuild any previously built version.

apachelogrotate.pl 0.1.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112736/

apachelogrotate.pl rotates and packs the logfiles of the Apache Web server on a Linux system without interrupting its service and without the need for a permanent change in the Web server configuration. Assuming that Apache is running, it will identify the log files which have to be rotated without any configuration, making it easy to install. By default, logfiles with more than 10 MB are rotated, but this parameter may be changed and/or a daily, monthly, or yearly rotation period can be configured. Documentation is included in the script itself.

appendX 0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112813/

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Apple Safari 1.0 Beta (v60)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112801/

Safari is Apple's Web browser based on the Konqueror rendering engine. It offers outstanding performance, rendering even the most complex of pages at high speed. It uses advanced Mac OS X interface technologies to offer an all-new, much easier view of the Web, and features an advanced bookmark manager, built-in Google search, seamless downloads, and a pop-up blocking mechanism.

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Axualize 1.0.10
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112768/

Axualize is a tool for creating applications by actualizing Java objects using XML. Axualize is based on JSR-57, and is intended to allow developers to create Java applications dynamically using XML. To understand how this could be useful, imagine a J2EE application with multiple client UIs being generated from Web applications. Using Axualize, you can present multiple form-based GUI front ends to your application by dropping in a Web application which builds your GUI applications using Axualize XML generated with JSP and whatever application framework you please.

beltane 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112749/

Beltane is a Web-based central management console for the samhain file integrity system. If samhain is used in a client/server setup, beltane enables the administrator to browse client reports, acknowledge them, and update file signature databases stored centrally on the log server.

BitLife 0.92
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112759/

BitLife is an implementation of life using boolean operations (AND, OR, XOR), computing each new cell from 9 bits (itself & neighbours). It's performed in parallel on the whole image by bitblit operations (with hardware accelearation where possible). This also allows many parallel life games to run in each bitplane of the screen, giving a translucent blending effect. A proof-of-concept Python (pygame/Numeric) implementation and an xscreensaver hack are included.

Blender 2.26
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112782/

Blender is the in-house software of a high quality animation studio. It has proven to be an extremely fast and versatile design instrument. The software has a personal touch, offering a unique approach to the world of three dimensions. Blender can be used to create TV commercials, to make technical visualizations or business graphics, to do some morphing, or to design user interfaces. Developers can easily build and manage complex environments. The renderer is versatile and extremely fast. All basic animation principles (curves and keys) are implemented.

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Bugzero 2.2.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112731/

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.

Castor 0.9.4.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112733/

Castor is the shortest path between Java[tm] objects, XML documents, SQL tables and LDAP directories. It provides Java to XML binding, Java to SQL/LDAP persistence, and then some more. Features include Castor XML: Java object to XML document, Castor JDO: Java object persistence to RDBMS, Castor DAX: Java object persistence to LDAP, Castor DSML: LDAP directory exchange through XML, XML-based mapping file specify the mapping between one model and another, in memory caching and write-at-commit which reduce JDBC operations, OQL query mapping to SQL queries, and EJB container managed persistence provider for OpenEJB

CDLoop 3.0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112777/

CDloop is an audio CD player with special looping capabilities, intended for musicians who want to analyze or play along to parts of a CD. The boundaries of the looped area on the CD can be adjusted in small steps, and cdloop can pause before repeating the loop again so you 'stay in the groove'. You can save your loop boundaries as bookmarks. It runs under Linux/X11 with guile-gtk.

CGIForum 1.09
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112798/

CGIForum is a highly configurable template-based discussion board. It supports expandable/collapsible threads of unlimited depth, name registration with password encryption, multiple sections from within a single script, previewing, searching, and marking of new entries. It also lets you specify date-ranges to limit the number of displayed entries. The included administration script lets you change, delete, and restore entries at any time.

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CryptoHeaven 2.2.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112728/

CryptoHeaven offers secure email and online file sharing/storage. Its main features are secure and highly encrypted services such as group collaboration, file sharing, email, online storage, and instant messaging. It integrates multi-user based security into email, instant messaging, and file storage and sharing in one unique package. It provides real time communication for text and data transfers in a multi-user secure environment. The security and usability of CryptoHeaven is well-balanced; even the no-so-technically oriented computer users can enjoy this crypto product with very high level of encryption.

DarkIce 0.13.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112765/

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DTDDoc 0.0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112797/

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EPD Core 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112763/

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Expresso Framework 5.03
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112753/

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eXtended Account Managing Software 0.0.11 http://freshmeat.net/releases/112784/

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Fractal View 1.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112713/

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FUDforum 2.3.8RC2 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112754/

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GKrellMBUPS 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112771/

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GNUitar 0.2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112735/

GNUitar is guitar effects software that allows you to use your PC as guitar processor. It includes the following effects: wah-wah, sustain, distortion, reverberator, echo, delay, tremolo, vibrato, and chorus/flanger.

GPL Arcade Volleyball 0.7.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112742/

GAV (GPL Arcade Volleyball) is an object-oriented multi-platform Arcade Volleyball clone. It supports multiplayer and theme customization.

Grip 3.0.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112767/

Grip is a CD player and CD ripper/MP3-encoder for the GNOME desktop. It has the ripping capabilities of cdparanoia built in, but can also use external rippers (such as cdda2wav). It also provides an automated frontend for MP3 encoders (presets for lame, bladeenc, l3enc, xingmp3enc, mp3encode, and gogo), letting you take a disc and transform it easily straight into MP3s. The Ogg Vorbis format is also supported. Internet disc lookups are supported for retrieving track information from disc database servers. Grip works with DigitalDJ to provide a unified, "computerized" version of your music collection.

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gwavmerger 2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112722/

gwavmerger is an interactive memory training tool that is designed to assist with learning foreign languages. It helps you to memorize long passages of text.

IceWM Icons 0.9.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112695/

IceWM Icons is a set of XPM 16x16 and 32x32 icons for IceWM. It also includes an improved winoptions file to add icons of some applications to frames and the taskbar.

iptacct 0.06
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112727/

iptacct is an iptables/netfilter accounting tool written in perl. It uses an XML configuration file and stores the data in a completely user-configurable, modular way. You can use any backend you want to use in order to store the data, instead of being forced by the software to save the accounting data in a SQL database, a text file, or an RRD database.

Jamon 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112718/

Jamon is a text template engine for Java that is useful for generating dynamic HTML, XML, or any text-based content. It has a rich feature set that supports encapsulation, parameterization, functional decomposition, and reuse of presentation logic. Templates declare the arguments they require for rendering, including dynamic template content ("fragments"), and are translated into Java classes with public methods whose signatures reflect the arguments declared in the templates. This provides compile-time type- checking as well as excellent performance.

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jCIFS 0.7.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112786/

jCIFS is an SMB client library written entirely in Java. It closely follows the CIFS specification supporting Unicode, named pipes, batching, multiplexing IO of threaded callers, encrypted authentication, full transactions, domain/workgroup/host/share/file enumeration, NetBIOS sockets and name services, the smb:// URL protocol handler, a java.io.File like API, RAP calls, NTLM HTTP Authentication, and more.

JFtp 1.00pre1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112752/

JFtp is a graphical FTP client written in Java. It supports all the basic FTP operations, and has some improved features such as recursive directory upload, a nice swing UI, the ability to automatically resume downloads, and the ability to recognize broken directory names. The API is separated from the GUI and can also be used in third-party applications or in a command-line mode.

Kino 0.6.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112741/

Kino is a non-linear DV (digital video) editor for GNU/Linux. It features integration with IEEE-1394 for capture, VTR control, and recording back to the camera. It captures video to disk in RawDV and AVI format, in both type-1 DV and type-2 DV (separate audio stream) encodings. You can load multiple video clips, cut and paste portions of video/audio, and save to an edit decision list (SMIL XML format). Most edit and navigation commands are mapped to equivalent vi key commands. Also, Kino can load movies and export the composite movie in a number of formats: DV over IEEE 1394, Raw DV, DV AVI, still frames, WAV, MP3, Ogg Vorbis, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, and DivX. Still frame export uses Imlib1, which has built-in support for PPM, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, GIF, and whatever your ImageMagick installation supports.

kkeyled 0.8.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112703/

KKeyled is a KDE panel tray widget which displays the LED states of the keyboard (ie. Caps Lock, Num Lock, and Scroll Lock). It is particularly useful for wireless keyboards without LEDs, and can be used to set the LED states of the keyboard aswell.

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LAoE 0.6.01
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112796/

LAoE is a graphical audiosample-editor, based on multi-layers, floating-point samples, volume-masks, variable selection-intensity, and many plugins suitable to manipulate sound, such as filtering, retouching, resampling, graphical spectrogram editing by brushes and rectangles, sample-curve editing by freehand-pen and spline and other interpolation curves, effects like reverb, echo, compress, expand, pitch-shift, time-stretch, and much more.

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LRs-Linux 0.3.1-rc2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112800/

LRs-Linux is based upon Linux From Scratch (LFS). In contrast to LFS and most common distros, LRs Linux has the ability to compile directly from the CD. This means that binaries can be natively compiled for the target host during the install, enhancing the performance of the resultant system. The install process is largely automated.

lx_lib structural memory library 20030130-1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/112758/

lx_lib is a structural C data library designed for security, functionality, speed, and convenience (in that order). Memory allocation is handled using structures and may be performed automatically. This promotes (among other things) more secure programming practices, obviates the need to traverse a data buffer to find its length, supersedes the practice of keeping the current allocated amount in a separate variable or overallocating, and enables strings to contain binary zeroes. Generic descriptors allow for better buffering practices, hence potentially faster reading and writing operations. They also allow for trivial (and fast) delimiter separation during reads.

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metalib 0.01
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112788/

metalib is a Python library which reads meta information from files without using native code. Its interface can be simple or advanced, depending on your needs. It can be used as a standalone program.

MobileRPC 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112732/

MobileRPC is a tool that generates all of the files required to enable remote procedure calls (RPC) between J2ME client applications and Java servlet servers.

mpiBLAST 1.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112719/

mpiBLAST is an MPI based parallel implementation of NCBI BLAST. It consists of a pair of programs that replace formatdb and blastall with versions that execute BLAST jobs in parallel on a cluster of computers with MPI installed. There are two primary advantages to using mpiBLAST versus traditional BLAST. First, mpiBLAST splits the database across each node in the cluster. Because each node's segment of the database is smaller it can usually reside in the buffer-cache, yielding a significant speedup due to the elimination of disk I/O. Second, it allows BLAST users to take advantage of efficient, low-cost Beowulf clusters because interprocessor communication demands are low. mpiBLAST achieves super-linear speedup in situations where the database is too large to fit into RAM, and near linear speedup in other situations. It does not require a dedicated cluster.

myDVDs 1.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112778/

myDVDs is a complete personal Web-based graphical DVD inventory database based fully upon PHP with a MySQL backend and the master Region1 DVD database. Additionally, it makes use of the :CueCat: barcode reader for database Adds and Searches. It represents an easy and efficient way of managing that ever-growing collection of DVDs.

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netcount 0.3a
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112783/

netcount is a command line PPP traffic logging and statistics display tool for Linux. Logging is done via a small shell script which is called during the ip-up, ip-down, and system startup processes and from cron, while analysis and printing is done by a program written in Python. Statistics can be made on a per-call, daily, and/or monthly basis.

oidentd 2.0.5 (Stable)
http://