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[osdn developer] February 21, 2003
Date: Fri Feb 21 2003 - 04:15:50 EST
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February 21, 2003 DEVELOPER SERIES
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Electronics: Mustek MDC-3500 Digital Camera
http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/cameras/5ca0/
Computing: iGesture Keyboard
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/keyboards/5ccd/
Computing: Roll-Up Keyboard
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/keyboards/5a7f/
Gadgets: InkLink Handwriting System
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/5d08/
Cube Goodies: Hubzilla - 4 Port Firewire Hub http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/toys/5b55/
Caffeine: Warp Mints - Green T - Lemon/Lime http://www.thinkgeek.com/caffeine/candy/5cd0/
Electronics: Gruvstick MP3 Player
http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/mp3/5cac/
Gadgets: Portable Lie Detector
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/5ce6/
Electronics: Mustek Gsm@rt Mini 3
http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/cameras/5c9e/
Tshirts: I Didn't Get the Memo
http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/frustrations/5cba/
Tshirts: Esc
http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/generic/5cc0/
Tshirts: Network Security Staff
http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/coder/5cb5/
Interests: O'Reilly Coaster Set
http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/oreilly/other/5c2c/
Cube Goodies: Meetings
http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/posters/despair/5cd9/
Gadgets: Radiation Detection Watch
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/watches/5cef/
Cube Goodies: Indifference
http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/posters/despair/5cdb/
Cube Goodies: Motivation
http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/posters/despair/5cd7/
Computing: iGesture Pad
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/keyboards/5cca/
Electronics: SOCOM Navy Seals for PS2
http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/ps2/ps2soft/5ceb/
Electronics: PowerPad Pro XBOX Controller http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/xbox/xboxhard/5bec/
Sourceforge
Streamsicle 2.0Beta released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=254092
Streamsicle is a streaming MP3 server that is controlled via web interface. The 1.x versions were enjoyed by tens of thousands. Ladies and gentlemen, brace yourselves because this version promises to delight hundreds of thousands with its sleek new interface, ability to minimize to the systray in Windows, new queue functions, enhanced stability for very large MP3 collections, and more. It is the dawn of a new era! Streamsicle 2.0! Streamsicle 2.0! Streamsicle 2.0! (beta)
mp3splt 1.3 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=254056
mp3splt is a command-line utility wich splits mp3 files (without decoding), selecting begin/end time; if file is an album, you can get splitpoints automatically from internet or a local cue/cddb file. It splits also Mp3Wrap and AlbumWrap archives. This release contains clean-ups and corrections. With this release, files larger than 2 GB in size are supported.
SableVM 1.0.6 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=254096
SableVM is a portable bytecode interpreter. Its goals are to be reasonably small, fast, and efficient, as well as providing a well-designed and robust platform for conducting research. This version adds support for PowerPC. You can download the sources from: https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=5523&release_id= 141425
wishweb Version 1.1.0 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=253931
WishWEB is a Java client to provide remote access to the X10 home control. The client can run as a standalone application or as a WEB client. The package includes a socket server for the X10 server, the Java source code, the precompiled Java archive, and the necessary .html pages to load the client. The wish project provides X10 device drivers for Linux, creating a /dev device for each X10 unit in the house. This allows command line, script, and program access to the X10 network.This driver currently supports the PowerLinc Serial, PowerLinc USB, CM11A, and Firecracker/CM17A.
Filesystem in Userspace (FUSE) 1.0 stable release http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=254100
FUSE lets you write your very own filesystem, as an ordinary program. It has a simple yet comprehensive interface, and provides an easy way to create a virtual filesystem for just about any application. Example applications include: automatic CD changer fs, remote filesystems for handhelds, filesystem view for databases, etc. FUSE currently works on all 2.4.x kernels (up to 2.4.20 and possibly later). Installation is simple, no kernel patching or recompilation is needed. Documentation for the interface and example programs are provided in the package. You can download the latest version from: http://sourceforge.net/projects/avf
ap-utils 1.3.1 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=253662
Access Point Utilites for Unix is a set of utilites to configure and monitor Wireless Access Points under Unix using SNMP protocol. Utilites knownly compiles and run under Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, MacOS-X, AIX, QNX. Changes in this release: The connect option for many APs can be stored in the options file. Fixes to build on OpenBSD were made, along with documentation updates, many small bugfixes, and code improvements.
TurboPower Visual PlanIt 1.03 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=253856
TurboPower Visual PlanIt 1.03 is now available for download. Visual PlanIt is a set of synchronized, data-aware components for adding time, task, & contact management capabilities to applications written in Borland Delphi & C++Builder. Get that Outlook look & feel without the hassle. This release includes source code, packages, the latest PDF manual, and help files. TurboPower Visual PlanIt project page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/tpvplanit
Axualize 1.0.13 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=253866
Axualize is a language for building application from objects using an XML dialect. Axualize is schema driven and infinitely extendable. Axualize is currently implemented in Java but the Axualize schema does not dictate a specific platform. The 1.0.13 release of Axualize includes minor changes. 1.0.13 Changes: - changed ArrayHandler to allow for primitive arrays. - changed "dynamic-thing" to include a console.
Omni-0.7.3 is released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=253881
Omni provides support for many printers with a pluggable framework (easy to add devices). Device data is defined with XML with many different hook points for code support. Omni also supports many new printing standards. This release includes better integration with CUPS, bugfixes, and support for additional printer models. - Provided better CUPS integration. - More XMLDevice fixes. - Unified jop properties specification on the command line. Now, all programs specify job properties as -sproperties="..." on the command line. - Moved foo2omni & foomaticDB in Foomatic/bin to Foomatic/share - Moved /opt/Omni/data to /opt/Omni/share - Initial debian package building support (thanks to rafael.espindola@ic.unicamp.br) - Added the following new devices: IBM 5577-H02 IBM 5584-G02 IBM 5584-H02 IBM 5584-K02 IBM 5584-K14 IBM 5585-H01 IBM 5586-H02 IBM 5587-H01_G01 Enh IBM 5587-K02 IBM 5587-L02 IBM 5588-H02 IBM 5589-H01 IBM 5589-K20 IBM 5589-L36 cygnome-libs upgraded (GNOME 1.4 for Cygwin) http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=253147
Cygnome-libs is a convenience package contains nearly all the core libraries of Cygwin GNOME 1.4, so that you can download all the Cygwin GNOME core libraries at a single click. Within this release: gnome-libs 1.4.2, oaf 0.6.10, ORBit 0.5.17 and gdk-pixbuf 0.22. This is release 5, including: audiofile-0.2.3 esound-0.2.24 GConf-1.0.9 gdk-pixbuf-0.22.0* glib-1.2.10 gnome-libs-1.4.2* gtk+-1.2.10 imlib-1.9.13 libglade-0.17 libxml-1.8.17 oaf-0.6.10* ORBit-0.5.17* gnome-print-0.35 gnome-vfs-1.0.5* libgtop-1.0.12 libghttp-1.0.9 gnome-mime-data-1.0.4 gtk-engine-0.11* Changes in this release: * Upgrade gnome-libs to 1.4.2
- Upgrade oaf to 0.6.10 * Upgrade ORBit to 0.5.17 * Upgrade gdk-pixbuf to 0.22. It is built with --disable-modules options. * gnome-vfs cygfile.dll updated, built with Steven O'Brian's new patch * _Xsetlocale version of libgtk, libgnomeui are removed. See README for detail info, installation and upgradeing instrutions
Slashdot
Giant Mecha News
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/21/0045222
[0]da3dAlus writes "Starting next week, Monday Feb 24th, from 4-5pm est
Cartoon Network's Toonami starts a [1]Giant Robot Week. The lineup
currently includes episodes of Nadesico, Dia-Guard, Robotech, and
Evangelion (yes, NGE is slated for the block, but only on Mon/Tues).
Also in Evangelion news, AnimeNewsNetwork reports Gainax is
[2]finalizing the re-release of the boxed set of NGE. This set includes
re-worked (audio/video enhanced) versions of the original 26 episodes,
the 4 'remake' eps from laser disc, and a bonus disc with creditless
opening/closing video, trailers, and live-action edition of the film.
The final cut of the Evangelion movie-- Death(True)2, Air, and Magokoro
wo Kimi ni--will also be included. The discs will be in a limited
edition art box, and will retail for ~$322 on or about June 25th, with
a reservation deadline of April 14th. After that, the new set will be
released separately without the box."
Links
0.
http://dgrau&spsu,edu
1.
http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/toonami/promos/giantrobot_022003/indexhtml
2.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/article.php?id=3212How Configurable Should a Desktop User Interface be? http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/21/003225
[0]The Original Yama writes "In the world of user interface design
there are two main schools of thought. The former maintains that the
environment must be flexible and configurable enough to adjust to a
user's needs. The latter takes the opposite perspective, arguing that
many of today's user interfaces have become bloated and overloaded with
features, and consequently have become difficult to maintain and use.
KDE developer [1]Mosfet shows how the KDE Project has managed to
[2]bridge the gap between the 'highly configurable' and 'less is more'
camps."
Links
0.
http://www.pclinuxonline.com/
1.
http://www.mosfet.org/
2.
http://www.pclinuxonline.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=4505Bookseller Purges Records to Avoid PATRIOT Act http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/20/2341219
Skyshadow writes "Vermont Bookseller [0]Bear Pond Books has announced that they will [1]purge their sales records at the request of customers . This would effectively sidestep typically insideous a provision of the [2]PATRIOT Act which allows government agencies to secretly seize sales records. The store's co-owner, Michael Katzenberg, put it this way: 'When the CIA comes and asks what you've read because they're suspicious of you, we can't tell them because we don't have it... That's just a basic right, to be able to read what you want without fear that somebody is looking over your shoulder to see what you're reading.' Now if only [3]certain [4]other booksellers would show that same conscience, we might have something here." Links
0.
http://www.bearpondbooks.com/NASApp/store/IndexJsp
1.
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2003/02/20/national1453EST0691.DTL
2.
http://www.eff.org/Privacy/Surveillance/Terrorism_militias/20011031_eff_usa_patriot_analysis.html
3.
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/
4.
http://www.amazon.com/
BIOS' Days Are Numbered
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/20/189208
[0]Ninja Master Gara writes "While [1]this article shows Phoenix
expanding the uses of the bios, [2]ZDNet UK reports [3]Intel is looking
to get rid of it altogether, to be replaced with the Extensible
Firmware Interface (EFI) as announced at the Intel Developer Forum. EFI
promises a considerable amount of flexibility to system control and
startup, legacy support, and programability. And it gets rid of text
mode only start up too."
Links
0.
http://anime.oddball.net
1.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/18/2228255&tid=185
2.
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/
3.
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2130826,00.html
Slashback: Compromise, Bugs, Slag
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/20/0944234
Slashback with more on Bill Gates' comments on bugs in Microsoft's code, the recent compromising of millions of credit card numbers, more .uk domain waffling, and more, including a foolproof way to stop anyone from reading data off of your discarded hard drive's platters.
U of Wyoming Fingerprinting All P2P Traffic http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/20/2257227
mk2mk2 writes "[0]News.com has an [1]article on how they're preparing to shut down P2P sharing of copyrighted content: 'For months, the digital equivalent of a postal censor has been sorting through virtually all file-swapping traffic on the University of Wyoming's network, quietly noting every trade of an Eminem song or "Friends" episode.'" It's scary until one realizes that most P2P traffic isn't encrypted, like back when everyone still used telnet. Links
Mixing the Unmixable
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/20/1411202
markthebrewer writes "From [0]an article in the [1]New Scientist:
Conventional wisdom every 15 year-old knows says that you can't mix oil
and water without some kind of [2]surfactant. However a team lead by
[3]Richard Pashley from the[4] Australian National University in
Canberra [0]have done it simply by first removing all dissolved gases
from the water. Apart from the obvious potential improvements in salad
dressings, it could have an impact on the manufacture of everything
from drugs to paint - anywhere an [5]emulsion is required. Apparently,
it will also give some insight into the mysterious 'long-range
hydrophobic effect' (or why oil droplets coalesce over surprisingly
long distances)." Keep in mind the usual scientific caveat: this
experiment doesn't seem to have been replicated by other experimenters
yet.
Links
0.
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993408
1.
http://www.newscientist.com/
2.
http://www.everything2.org/index.pl?node_id=1085340
3.
http://rsc.anu.edu.au/RSC/ChemResearch/Chemists/pashley.html
4.
http://www.anu.edu.au/
5.
http://www.everything2.org/index.pl?node_id=231151
Understanding Moore's Law
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/20/1744250
[0]S. Blocher writes "[1]Ars Technica has a great article up,
'[2]Understanding Moore’s Law', that I think most geeks should read.
The misrepresentation of Moore’s Law in the media has always been a
real pet peeve of mine, and this article does a great job of looking at
the flipside of the 'bigger and faster' thesis to show how the Law
isn’t really just about doubling computer power."
Links
0.
http://www.dieterblocher.ch.vu/
1.
http://arstechnica.com/
2.
http://arstechnica.com/paedia/m/moore/moore-1.html
Swiss Researchers Find A Hole In SSL
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/20/1956229
in4mation writes "The folks at [0]LASEC have found a [1]flaw in the SSL protocol. Quoting Professor Serge Vaudenay from a [2]BBC article the security problem is in 'the SSL protocol itself and not in how we use it or how we implement it.' Apparently the flow only affects webmail and not banking or credit card payments and took less than an hour (160 attempts) to crack." Update: 02/20 20:52 GMT by [3]T: Kurt Seifried writes to say that this is almost exactly wrong: "The flaw is in IMPLEMENTATION, NOT THE PROTOCOL. Due to the way error checks are handled an attacker can find out which error condition occurred by measuring the response. The solution is trivial, a path that forces OpenSSL to do the second check even if the first one fails, thus denying the remote attacker any information as to which exact error condition occurred." He includes a link to the [4]security advisory at openssl.org. Update: 02/20 21:49 GMT by [3]T: Read on below for some more information from SSL 3.0 designer Paul Kocher. Links
0.
http://lasecwww.epfl.ch/
1.
http://lasecwww.epfl.ch/memo_ssl.shtml
2.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2785145.stm
3.
http://www.monkey.org/~timothy/
4.
http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20030219.txtFCC Abandons Linesharing, Kills DSL Competition http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/20/1848232
raygundan writes "According to Reuters, the [0]FCC today decided to
greatly curtail the laws that force incumbent phone companies to share
their lines with their competition at cost. This does not bode well for
companies like [1]Covad Communications who provide DSL using phone
lines to bridge their data networks over the "last mile" to customers.
The new rules do force line sharing as long as companies are willing to
offer voice service, but this essentially states that if you are not
already a phone company, you cannot offer DSL. The existing rules will
be phased out over three years. There is still some hope, however, that
a federal court might strike down the FCC ruling. Oddly, the news
agencies seem to be reporting this as a [2]minor change to the rules,
rather than an end to all non-ILEC competition in DSL." The [3]FCC's
front page has links (luckily PDFs as well as Microsoft Word files)
about the decision, including statements from each of the
commissioners.
Links
0.
http://biz.yahoo.com/rc/030220/telecoms_fcc_broadband_1.html
1.
http://www.covad.com/
2.
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/yhoo/story.asp?source=blq/yhoo&siteid=yhoo&dist=yhoo&guid=%7BEBBF1F73-DE42-46BA-ACA7-05ECF9AF87F6%7D
3.
http://www.fcc.gov
Freshmeat
AIM Sniff 0.8Beta (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113770/
AIM Sniff is a utility for monitoring and archiving AOL Instant Messenger messages across a network. It can be used to monitor for cases of harassment or warez trading. It has the ability to do a live dump (actively sniff the network) or read a PCAP file and parse the file for IM messages. You also have the option of dumping the information to a MySQL database or STDOUT. AIM Sniff will also monitor for an AIM login and then perform an SMB lookup on the originating computer in order to match NT Domain names with AIM login names (handles). A very basic Web frontend is included.
Alinghi 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113655/
Alinghi is a theme which is a tribute to the great performance of the Swiss sailing team Alinghi.
Ampoliros 3.3.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113717/
Ampoliros is an advanced and easy to use distributed PHP Web applications platform, featuring a powerful XML-RPC and SOAP interface. It is suitable as an Internet/Intranet development and deployment system. It has a very strong modular architecture and allows very fast deployment of Web solutions.
Aqua Data Studio 2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113718/
Aqua Data Studio is an SQL editor and developer tool that allows database structures to be browsed. and SQL scripts to be easily created, edited, and executed. It provides an integrated database environment with a single consistent interface to all major relational databases, allowing DBAs and developers to tackle multiple tasks simultaneously. The sophisticated Query Analyzer features RDBMSspecific syntax highlighting and auto- completion, detailed client statistical information, and multi-grid results. Table structure and dependencies in the database schema can be viewed, and queries can be saved in many formats, including HTML and XML.
BASH Debugger 0.36
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113764/
BASH Debugger provides a patched BASH that enables better debugging support as well as improved error reporting. It also contains the most comprehensive source code debugger for BASH that has been written. It can be used as a springboard for other experimental features (such as adding hashtables), since development is maintained openly and developers are encouraged to participate.
Bloof 0.1 beta 2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113738/
Bloof calculates software evolution metrics against a version control like CVS in order to retrieve information about the evolution of the source code and the development process. Bloof is implemented in Java and comes with integrated database and Swing GUI.
Bosco 1.0rc2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113762/
Bosco is a rewrite of the popular Bugzilla defect tracking software in PHP. It is database-independent, and aims to be easy to maintain and modify. It also has an API to allow external applications to work with its data.
btn4ws.pl 0.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113730/
btn4ws.pl (Buttons for Website) is a Gimp-perl plugin that creates a set of buttons for a Web site. It takes the button labels from a text file, and can easily generate buttons for JavaScript rollover effects. You can add bevel and lighting to the buttons and also keep the .xcf files to work with them after creation. It can also generate example HTML, CSS, and JavaScript code.
buildpkg 0.0.2r28-rc3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113722/
Buildpkg is a package build system. It gives you the opportunity to create package system (rpm, dpkg, etc.) independent descriptions (.def) which can be used to create binary packages on every system. It can be also used to track installations and create packages of the installed files. If you want more safety, you can use the 'jail' feature. In this mode a chroot-ed environment will be created from the (configurable) list of programs and the installation will be done here. Besides Linux, Solaris/SunOS, and FreeBSD packages are also supported.
CGI::Application::Generator 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113734/
CGI::Application::Generator provides a means by which a CGI::Application-based module can be created from code, as opposed to being written by hand. This module is intended to create the shell of an application module, based on the specification you provide. It will not output a completely functional application without additional coding. It will, however, create the structural parts of your application common to all CGI::Application-based modules. This module is intended to ease the creation of new CGI::Application modules and to encourage standardization of CGI::Application coding styles.
Chiq_Chaq 1.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113744/
Chiq_Chaq is a friendly wiki clone for non-technical users and easy localization. It uses configurable locale and page templates ("skins") that you can edit to localize (even Hebrew). It works out-of-the-box, including default content (help, etc.).
CubicSpace 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113639/
CubicSpace features the black cube (the BlackBox logo) in the background, along with an intricate pattern and a light beige refreshing color palette.
Current 1.4.3 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113783/
Current is a server implementation for Red Hat's up2date tools. It's designed for small to medium departments to be able to set up and run their own up2date server, feeding new applications and security patches to workstations/servers.
Darius Tools 1.1 (Text)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113776/
Darius Tools is a collection of miscellaneous scripts which are useful for a variety of purposes. They are all designed to be faster and easier to use than the command line that would normally be required to accomplish the same task. For example, there are scripts for mass conversion of WAV files to Ogg files and Ogg files to WAV files, for converting LaTeX to PostScript and viewing the output in ggv, for creating image thumbnails, for converting from the Euro to another currency, for automated updating via FTP and for removing backups recursively. The Darius Tools are split among several packages according to different categories.
Easysoft ODBC-Oracle Driver 1.1.0.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113720/
The Easysoft ODBC-Oracle Driver provides ODBC 3.5 access to Oracle databases for ODBC compatible applications running on Windows, Linux, and major Unix platforms. It supports Oracle 8.1.6 or higher and Oracle 9. Data can be hosted locally or on any remote server accessible with the Oracle Net8 protocol.
Echo Web Application Framework 1.0 Beta4 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113732/
Echo is a framework for developing object-oriented, event-driven Web applications in Java. Echo removes the developer from having to think in terms of "page-based" applications and enables him/her to develop applications using the conventional object-oriented and event-driven paradigm for user interface development. Knowledge of HTML, HTTP, and JavaScript is not required. Tutorials, white papers, and full API documentation are available.
EmPy 2.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113729/
EmPy is a system for embedding Python expressions and statements in template text. It processes source files using expansions, which are special signals that are set off by a special prefix (by default the @ sign). It can expand arbitrary Python expressions and statements, as well as a variety of special forms. The remaining data is sent unaffected to the output, allowing Python to be used as a markup language. It also supports "hook" callbacks, recording and playback via diversions, and dynamic, chainable filters. The system is highly configurable via command line options and embedded commands.
FXRuby 1.0.20
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113758/
FXRuby is a Ruby extension module that provides an interface to the FOX GUI toolkit.
generic Whois 20020320
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113740/
gwhois is a generic whois client (and server) which strives to know the right server to query for each and every top level domain and IP address. You can ask gwhois about a domainor IP address, and it will automatically forward your query to the appropriate server. gwhois even queries whois servers which can only be reached by a Web form, and outputs the results as text. gwhois can be used as a client or can be installed as a relaying server, so you can use your normal whois client to ask gwhois.
getmail 3.0.4 (Current)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113747/
getmail is intended as a simple replacement for fetchmail. It retrieves email (either all messages, or only unread messages) from one or more POP3 servers for one or more email accounts, and reliably delivers into qmail-style Maildirs or through external MDAs (command deliveries) specified on a per-account basis. getmail also has excellent support for domain (multidrop) mailboxes, including support for Demon's SPDS (*ENV) extension to the POP3 protocol for retrieving message envelopes.
gnomeBoyAdvance 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113765/
gnomeBoyAdvance is a GNOME 2 frontend for the Visual Boy Advance emulator.
GNU TeXmacs 1.0.1.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113719/
GNU TeXmacs is a free scientific text editor, which was inspired by both TeX and GNU Emacs. The editor allows you to write structured documents via a "wysiwyg" and user friendly interface. The program implements high quality typesetting algorithms and TeX fonts. It is also possible to use TeXmacs as an interface to computer algebra systems. Finally, TeXmacs supports the Guile/Scheme extension language, which makes it possible to adapt the user interface to specific needs, and even to extend the editor.
Gphoto2html 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113736/
Gphoto2html is a simple GTK-based application which generates a set of Web pages, complete with thumbnails, from a set of digital or scanned photos.
GQL 0.5.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113737/
GQL is a C++ library for generic SQL database access, modeled after JDBC (Java Database Connectivity).
gtkpod 0.42
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113742/
gtkpod is a platform-independent GUI for Apple's iPod, using GTK2. It supports playlists (simply drag your songs), ID3 tag editing, multiple character sets for ID3 tags, duplicate song detection, offline modification of the database with later synchronization, comfortable sorting options for easier browsing of your songs, and more.
html2hdml 1.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113741/
html2hdml is a HTML to HDML converter written in C.
KickPIM 0.4.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113782/
KickPIM is an applet for KDE's Kicker panel which displays your KAddressbook entries in a popup menu. You can view and edit address data and send email messages very easily. It will also remind you about birthdays.
LANforge FIRE & ICE 3.6.1-beta2 (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/113714/
The LANforge is a unified multi-protocol network traffic generation and WAN simulation application. It allows testing and verification labs to simulate real world customer traffic. The WAN simulator allows the injection of latency and other network oddities like dropped, duplicated, and re-ordered packets. The LANforge provides a scriptable command line interface with Perl libraries as well as a graphical user interface.
libwebserver 0.4.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113749/
libwebserver is a library for adding Web-based remote interfaces to your programs. It is independent of other Web servers, easy to use, and supports HTTPS with OpenSSL.
Magma 1.2.4 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113763/
Magma is a bash script designed to make CD burning at the console easier. It supports burning normal data CDs, audio CDs, blanking CD-RWs, multisession, and more.
MAILMILL 20030220.1219
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113724/
MAILMILL is a lightweight mail-receiving component built in Java. It listens on the SMTP port for incoming messages, and once they arrive it looks in its XML-based ruleset for corresponding filters to apply. It is intended for Java developers who need mailserver functionality and want to build their own Java classes for processing incoming mail. Standard filters include forwarding, SMS, SMTP/HTTP conversion (e.g., send a google request by mail) and more.
MailStripper Pro 0.94
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113789/
MailStripper Pro is a mail scanner that aims to remove spam and viruses from incoming mail using the F-Prot anti-virus. It is written in Tcl and was designed to be MTA-independent.
MaybeUpload 1.1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113728/
MaybeUpload is a Java language package intended to make it much easier to write Servlets which handle RFC1867 file upload.
Mioga 1.2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113750/
Mioga is a groupware application suitable for intranet use. All the functionality of Mioga can be reached through any HTML browser. The interface is designed with HTML templates which allow the look and feel and the ergonomics of Mioga to be fully and easily customizable. It is written in Perl and uses a PostgreSQL database. It uses DAV for file management, providing you with a complete DAV workspace with Mioga user access controls (ACLs). Mioga includes the followig applications: file manager, organizer, todo tasks, shared folders (with version control), forms, intranet search, and administration tool.
mlmmj 0.3.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113757/
mlmmj (Mailing Listmanager MMJ) is a mail- server independent reimplementation of the ezmlm mailing list manager.
Moosic 1.3.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113784/
Moosic is a music player that focuses on easy playlist management. It consists of a server process that maintains a queue of music files to play and a client program which sends commands to the server. The server continually runs through its playlist, popping items off the top of the list and playing each with an external program. The client is a simple command-line utility which allows you to perform powerful operations upon the server's queue, including the addition of whole directory trees, automatic shuffling, and item removal according to regular expressions. The server comes configured to play MP3, Ogg, MIDI, MOD, and WAV files.
Movie Mate 0.9.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113745/
Movie Mate is a personal movie database for the Web. It allows you to store information on the movies that you own, as well as tracking who's borrowed them. It has support for different user permissions, borrowing/returning movies, and reservations. It also has automatic entry using the International Movie DataBase, overdue notifications, and CSS themes.
ms2my 0.1-alpha
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113743/
ms2my is helps with MSSQL to MySQL converting/replicating (both csv & dump) under Unix. It is possible to use it with crontab for regular data fetching. Keeping a MySQL-based data warehouse refreshed could also be one of the possibilities of using this script.
NotFTP 1.3.1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113781/
NotFTP is a fully-featured and easy-to-use Web-based HTTP-FTP gateway written in PHP. It supports all common FTP functions and allows the administrator to set a maximum transfer size and a daily transfer quota for users. It is particularly well-suited for making FTP accessible to users behind an HTTP-only proxy.
NSCL Data Acquisition System 7.1 (Stable) http://freshmeat.net/releases/113733/
The NSCL Data Acquisition system is a general purpose nuclear physics data acquisition system for small to medium scale nuclear physics experiments. It can be combined with NSCL SpecTcl to form a powerful online/offline data handling system. It is in use at several university labs and, of course, the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory at Michigan State University.
O-Kiraku Nikki 1.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113767/
'O-Kiraku Nikki' is Japanese for 'A Nice Calendar'. It is a simple PHP program that displays a calendar on a Web site, with the ability to add as many annotations as desired to any day, and have these annotations displayed on a Web page. It can be used as a diary, a Weblog, or a scheduler, etc. It comes with full multilanguage (Unicode) support, and includes by default English, Japanese, Spanish, German, Italian, Dutch, and Swedish translations. It has been designed with both security and simplicity in mind.
OperaHotlist2HTML 2.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113785/
OperaHotlist2HTML is a script that converts Opera Hotlist files into HTML 4.01-compliant Web pages.
PHP Ticket 0.71
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113727/
PHP Ticket is a ticketing system for keeping an advanced "todo" list of tasks. It features user authentication, MySQL database support, a search function, and easy installation/configuration.
PlexCrypt 3.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113768/
PlexCrypt is a GUI that allows a set of files or folders to compress using the Zip format. In addition, it encrypts and decrypts a set of files or a set of folders using AES, Blowfish, CAST, DES, ElGamal, IDEA, IES, RC4, RC6, RSA, Rijndael, Serpent Skipjack, Twofish, etc. It allows users to create digital signatures and digest and verify them. It also allows users to create and manage digital certificates for encryption and signatures.
Postfix 2.0.4 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113780/
Postfix is an attempt to provide an alternative to the widely-used Sendmail program. Postfix attempts to be fast, easy to administer, and hopefully secure, while at the same time being sendmail compatible enough to not upset your users.
PP3 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113726/
PP3 creates celestial charts. It generates resolution-independent maps of very high graphical quality. They can be used, for example, as illustrations in books or on Web pages. It is possible to change many parameters, and arbitrary text can be placed on the maps. The output formats are EPS or PDF.
Presenting XML 0.8.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113735/
Presenting XML is an extendible component-based framework for XML/XSLT applications that aims to achieve a complete separation of content and presentation. It supports various kinds of content including XML files, dynamic content, and flat files, and can perform XSLT transformations in a SAX pipeline. It also supports filtering a stream of XML content in a pipeline without requiring the construction of a tree representation of the document, serialization to PDF using the Apache fop processor, user defined serializers and instructions, and different kinds of media with different flavors of markup (such as HTML and WML).
PXES Linux Thin Client 0.5.1-30
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113786/
PXES is a micro Linux distribution for thin clients that converts any suitable machine into a versatile thin client within minutes. It can access XDM servers presenting a graphical login screen, Microsoft Terminal Servers, Citrix ICA, and VNC servers. A graphical configuration tool allows parameters such as the server to be set. Local devices can be accessed, including sound, printers, and disks. It boots on a variety of hardware, and does not require NFS. It can be used over low bandwidth WAN and VPN connections.
SableVM 1.0.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113715/
The goal of SableVM is to build a portable, yet efficient Java virtual machine in C.
Sacred 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113748/
SACRED is an enhanced version of the ROM 2.4b6 codebase. The enhancements include new player skills, spells, classes, and races. Also included are arenas, OLC, Mud Compression Protocol, a Clan system, new flags, questing, color, automatic auctions, enhanced immortal utilities, spellchecking, hints, and many more features.
SawTeeth cvs20030220
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113751/
SawTeeth provides an alternative to the GNOME panel for use with window managers supporting extended window manager hints (a.k.a. GNOME hints). It allows you to create application icons for both launching and switching applications and swallowing applications, including Window Maker applets.
Space Hulk 1.2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113721/
Space Hulk is a great board game which takes place in the world of Warhammer 40000. It is a two player turn-based game where one player plays the 'Marine', the other player plays the alien called 'Genestealer'. This video game is a complete conversion of the board game with the 2nd edition rules. It features playing over the network, either in real time or asynchronously via email.
SpamAssassin 2.50
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113772/
SpamAssassin is a mail filter that uses a wide range of heuristic tests on mail headers and body text to identify spam. Once identified, the mail can then be optionally tagged as spam for later filtering. It provides a command line tool to perform filtering, a client-server system to filter large volumes of mail, and Mail::SpamAssassin, a set of Perl modules that implement a Mail::Audit plugin -- allowing SpamAssassin to be used in a Mail::Audit filter, a spam-protection proxy POP/IMAP server, or almost anywhere.
TCP Re-engineering Tool 1.2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113739/
TCP Re-engineering Tool monitors and analyzes data transmitted between a client and a server via a TCP connection. It focuses on the data stream (software layer), not on the lower level transmission protocol (as packet sniffers do).
Terrain 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113676/
Terrain is a client/server system to visualize terrain from a first person view. The whole project is written using J2EE and Java 3D. The system is designed to visualize different first person graphics, altough so far only a server that could visualize terrains is implemented. The terrain model is stored in multiple resolutions depending on the distance of the viewer. This produces fast, high-quality images from all distances. Very large terrain models are also supported that could even exceed main memory.
Traffik tool Troll 0.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113774/
The Traffik Tool Troll is a traffic monitoring and managing skript. Traffic statistics are generated by port, hour, day, month, and year. You can define a special period for your needs. The script is written in Perl and uses iptables and MySQL to get and store the traffic.
Tutka 0.10.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113771/
Tutka is a tracker style MIDI sequencer for Linux (and other systems; only Linux is supported at this time though). It is similar to programs like SoundTracker, ProTracker and FastTracker except that it does not support samples and is meant for MIDI use only.
TuxCall 0.5-pre (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113761/
TuxCall is a call waiting detector that hangs up the modem connection when a voice call arrives. It reads sound from modem's speaker (must be connected to audio line input) and kills pppd, allowing you to answer the phone.
TuxPal USB Drivers 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113788/
TuxPal provides drivers and utilities to run the Playmates Toys DotPal(TM) devices under Linux 2.4.X.
Wakkabox 1.0.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113753/
Wakkabox is an amusing block shuffling puzzle game written in C using
SDL.
WAPbuddy 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113756/
WAPbuddy is a very simple PHP script which helps people build extremely simple WAP sites to upload ringtones and whatnot to their cellphones. It includes an Apache .htaccess file to handle MIME type definitions for cellphones.
wdm 1.22.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113778/
Wdm is a modification of the X11 xdm package for graphically handling authentication and system login. Most of xdm has been preserved with the login interface based on a WINGs implementation using Tom Rothamel's "external greet" interface.