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[osdn developer] March 24, 2003
Date: Mon Mar 24 2003 - 04:15:50 EST
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Audacity sound editor 1.1.3 beta
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=261798
Audacity 1.1.3 is the latest development snapshot of Audacity, a multitrack sound editor for MacOS, Linux and Windows. Version 1.1.3 includes a mixer toolbar for directly controlling the hardware input and output levels and recording source, gain and pan controls in every track, improved audio I/O with lower latency, higher quality resampling, and more. Audacity's project files now use standard AU files, so they can be read by other programs, but unfortunately this version of Audacity cannot open project files written by previous versions of Audacity.
SOURCEFORGE.NET UPDATE - 2003-03-18 EDITION http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=262061
0. Intro 1. New RSS Feeds 2. New SF.NET Download mirrors. 3. Project of the month 4. Work for SourceForge.net 5. Stats and Top Projects SF.NET Sitewide Update sponsored by IBM:
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Dear SourceForge.net Developer, With this sitewide update, I'm pleased to announce two new enhancements to SourceForge.net. First, we've implemented new RSS feeds that are accessible to all projects and developers to aid in the publishing of information and project status to other sites. Second, SF.NET has added two new download servers, including our first mirror in Australia. Details below. Progress on IBM DB2's deployment on SF.NET continues. We are in the final phases of testing before we rollout it out to SouceForge.net itself. Currently, only mailing list archives are being powered by DB2. As you might have noticed in recent weeks, SF.net's project search database has been overwhelmed at times. As we roll out DB2 to the rest of the site in April, we expect this issue, and other issues like it to be resolved. Finally, in this time of global political uncertainty, it is good to be reminded that Open Source software has no boundaries. The work you do on your Open Source project benefits countless individuals and nations in every corner of the globe. Regardless of location, faith, or race, developers are collaborating together to create software that will not only benefit themselves, but all of humanity. At a time when it's hard to see something positive in the news, remember in our own way, the Open Source community is making a difference. Thank you for supporting SourceForge.net and the Open Source software movement. As always, if you have a question or want to share feedback regarding the site, please feel free to email me directly at pat@sf.net Pat- Patrick McGovern Director, SF.NET pat@sf.net New RSS Feeds.
- A convenient way to keep up-to-date with the SourceForge.net site, project news, activity information, and new projects is now available. SourceForge.net provides a number of RSS feeds that may be accessed using an RSS reader or aggregator (some content management systems also allow you include data from an RSS feed on your website, much as Slashdot and Freshmeat do in the right sidebar of their layout). Using these RSS feeds, you can keep up-to-date with the latest project news and file releases, Site Status updates and SourceForge.net statistics (such as top projects). Project-specific RSS feeds may now be accessed using the "View list of RSS feeds available for this project" link on the Summary page for each project. Information about the full set of the available SourceForge.net RSS feeds (14 feeds, in all), including information on the software needed to view RSS feed data and a complete list of the options available for each RSS feed, may be found at: https://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=15483&group_id=1 New SF.NET Download mirrors.
- SF.NET now has two additional download mirrors. The first, Flow Communications, is our first mirror in Australia. We know, from looking at statistics, that SF.NET has many enthusiastic developers 'down under'. We are very excited that SF.net now has a server in Australia to allow users in that part of the world acquire files faster. To learn more about Flow Communication, please visit their website at: http://www.flow.com.au/ Our second new mirror is Aleron, located in Virgina, USA. Aleron provides high-speed, high-performance Internet connectivity, data transmission and value-added network applications for it's customers. For more information, please visit their website at: http://www.aleron.com/ The SF.NET team would like to thank Flow Communications, Aleron, and our other download partners, in helping distribute Open Source code and Open Source binaries around the world. Currently SF.NET serves approximately 500,000 files daily and these mirrors help a great deal in providing global accessibility to all of the software generated by our 60,000 projects. SourceForge.net's March 2003 Project of the month.
- Keeping a team of people on task and well organized is a difficult chore. There are timelines to meet, information to organize, and the need to be more efficient. SourceForge.net's March 2003 Project of the Month helps with all of these difficult issues. TUTOS, 'The ultimate team organization Software', is a broad focused Open Source Application targeted at making groups of individuals more successful when collaborating. Tutos Project of the month page: http://sourceforge.net/pom_0303.php Tutos Home Page: http://www.tutos.org Tutos SF.NET Summary Page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/tutos Work for SourceForge.net
- We have a new position for a senior web developer available at SourceForge.net. We are looking for someone to help us maintain, upgrade, and add new features to SourceForge.net. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of development experience on high end, high volume websites (3+ million page views a day). He/she as a vast level of knowledge of Internet technologies: PHP, PostgreSQL, MYSQL, DB2, Linux, PERL, Apache, LDAP, Mailman. A flare for design / UI is a bonus. SourceForge is a unique site with unique challenges. We are looking for someone at the top of his/her game. Location of Job is in Fremont, California. Please send resume and URL's of sites you have worked on to jobs@sourceforge.net. Text resumes only. (No MSWORD files!) Stats and Top Projects.
- Number of Projects:
58,245 Number of Registered Users: 586,017 Daily Stats for March 12,
2003 SF.NET : 1,907,806 pages served SF.NET project web space :
3,211,337 pages served Total Pages: 5,119,143 CVS updates: 14,161 Open
Source Files downloaded in 24 period: 454,134 Outgoing Mailing list
emails: 1,362,151 Top 20 SourceForge.net Projects 1. Gaim
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gaim/ Gaim is an all-in-one IM client
that resembles AIM. Gaim lets you use AIM, ICQ, Yahoo, MSN, IRC,
Jabber, Napster, Zephyr, and Gadu-Gadu, all at once. Gaim is NOT
endorsed by or affiliated with AOL, Yahoo, MSN or Napster. 2.
phpMyAdmin http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpmyadmin/ phpMyAdmin is a
tool written in PHP intended to handle the administration of MySQL over
the WWW. Currently, it can create and drop databases, create/drop/alter
tables, delete/edit/add fields, execute any SQL statement, manage keys
on fields. 3. XboxMediaPlayer http://sourceforge.net/projects/xbplayer/
The XboxMediaPlayer for the Xbox allows you to use a modded Xbox to
play/view DivX, XVID, MPEG-1/2, MP3, JPG & other supported
video/audio/picture formats via your TV so it can used as a multimedia
jukebox. It also supports streaming media over a network. 4. DC++
http://sourceforge.net/projects/dcplusplus/ This project is aimed at
producing a C++ version of the popular DirectConnect client, enhancing
functionality and performance. A hub (server) is planned. 5. JBoss.org
http://sourceforge.net/projects/jboss/ The JBoss/Server is the leading
Open Source, standards-compliant, J2EE based application server
implemented in 100% Pure Java. 6. eMule for Linux
http://sourceforge.net/projects/lmule/ This is a Linux port of eMule
client (see http://www.emule-project.net) using wxWindows class
library. 7 Miranda IM Client
http://sourceforge.net/projects/miranda-icq/ A free Win32 instant
messaging client. Smaller, Faster, Easier. 8. zenTrack
http://sourceforge.net/projects/zentrack/ A complete project
management, bug tracking, ticket, and tech support/help desk/phone log
system. Tracker is configuable and adaptable; a simple design. Supports
most databases, including mySql, Oracle, postgres, others. Works on
Windows and Unix. 9. Compiere ERP + CRM Business Solution
http://sourceforge.net/projects/compiere/ Smart ERP+CRM solution for
Small-Medium Enterprises in the global marketplace covering all areas
from customer management, supply chain and accounting. For $2-200M
revenue companies looking for "brick and click" first tier
functionality. 10. POPFile - Automatic Email Classification
http://sourceforge.net/projects/popfile/ 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.
- PCGen -- A Character Generator http://sourceforge.net/projects/pcgen/ PCGen is a java character generator and maintenance program. All datafiles are ASCII so they can be modified by users, and are available through the pcgendm project. An XML conversion is underway. 12. Dev-C++ http://sourceforge.net/projects/dev-cpp/ Dev-C++ is an full-featured Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for Win32. It uses GCC, Mingw or Cygwin as compiler and libraries set. 13. ScummVM http://sourceforge.net/projects/scummvm/ ScummVM is a cross-platform interpreter for SCUMM-based games, used by LucasArts in games like Maniac Mansion, Monkey Island, Day Of The Tentacle, The Dig, etc. It also includes a non-SCUMM interpreter for Simon The Sorcerer 1/2. 14. Newsfighter http://sourceforge.net/projects/newsfighter/ Newsfighter is a J2EE web portal designed and geared for indy media. It combines a skinnable template engine with a host of web-based content management features. Cross-site data sharing and trust modelling features are in the queue. 1.5 FreeCraft real-time strategy game engine http://sourceforge.net/projects/freecraft/ This is a free cross-platform real-time strategy game engine. It is possible to play over LAN, internet or against the computer and to build C&C, W*rCr*ft, St*rCr*ft or AOE like RTS games with it. Currently, only a W*rCr*ft II compatible theme is available. 16. Hibernate http://sourceforge.net/projects/hibernate/ Hibernate - Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java. 17. TUTOS http://sourceforge.net/projects/tutos/ TUTOS is the ultimate team organization software; a webbased groupware or ERP/CRM system to manage events/calendars, addresses, teams, projects, tasks, bugs, mailboxes, documents, and your time spent with these things. 18. XMeeting http://sourceforge.net/projects/xmeeting/ The project goal is to produce a Mac OS X native application that does Internet VoIP and video conferencing. The application will base on protocol stack developed by openh323.org. 19. bitpim http://sourceforge.net/projects/bitpim/ BitPim allows synchronization of Phone Book, Calendar, WallPapers and RingTones with the LG VX4400 cell phone. 20. Fink http://sourceforge.net/projects/fink/ Fink is an attempt to bring the full world of Unix Open Source software to Darwin and Mac OS X. Packages are downloaded, built automatically and installed into a tree managed by dpkg.
New release lksctp-2_5_65-0_6_8 available http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=262312
A new release of lksctp based on linux kernel 2.5.65 is available for download. This includes a kernel patch against 2.5.65 that includes sctp specific changes that didn't go into 2.5.65; and a lksctp tools tar ball that includes the user level library and test programs for sctp users and developers. Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) is a reliable, message-oriented, multihomed transport protocol. Developed by the IETF SIGTRAN working group to transport SS7 over IP, it is now the third general-purpose transport developed by the IETF. NOTE: Several users reported build/configure issues for the previous release of lksctp-tools. We are still investigating this issue, but have been unable to reproduce this issue locally. If you see the following error: ... checking for BSD-compatible nm... /usr/bin/nm -B ltconfig: you must specify a host type if you use `--no-verify' Try `ltconfig --help' for more information. configure: error: libtool configure failed make: *** [config.status] Error 1 we'd greatly appreciate any debugging/fix for the issue. Best Regards, Jon Grimm
SpamAssassin 2.51 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=262344
SpamAssassin is a mail filter to identify spam using text analysis. Using its rule base, it uses a wide range of heuristic tests on mail headers and body text, to identify "spam", or unsolicited commercial email. Download at: http://spamassassin.org/downloads.html If you're running 2.50, this release is strongly recommended, since 2.50 cannot expire Bayes tokens from its databases. It's also no longer a beta release. Changes: - Bayes locking and concurrency issues fixed - Bayes expiration was not working; fixed - spamd was not enabling Bayes after auto-learning without restart; fixed - safer way to attach spams, for broken mail clients, using 'report_safe 2' - a few doco cleanups
EJBCA 2.0 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=261721
EJBCA 2.0 is finally released after extensive development and testing. This is an important milestone for EJBCA and with all the new features it is ready for the enterprise. EJBCA is a fully functional certificate authority with a very flexible and powerful administration interface. Changes ------------- Added Hard Token funtionallity, EJBCA can now store store pin/puk data in database. Added email notification to added end entities. Added Key Recover funtionallity. Changed initial temporary super administrator from "CN=Walter" to "CN= SuperAdmin". Removed CA and ROOTCA types in "ra adduser" cmd, from now on use certificate profiles. Added allowOverrideKeyUsage in certificate profiles. New fields in DN, givenname, surname, initials. ExtendedKeyUsage extension (for use in OutLook). New servlet in adminweb, AdminCertReqServlet that creates users out of PKCS10- requests. Moved batch and deploy scripts into build.xml. Moved external jars into ear-file. Tested on Weblogic 7.1. Lots of bugfixes and cleanups. A copy of our latest release can be found here: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=39716&release_id= 147439
XOOPS 1.3.9 released!
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=261713
The XOOPS team is pleased to announce the release of XOOPS 1.3.9 If you
are already running XOOPS2 RC2 or a first time user, please read
http://www.xoops.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=700 This release
includes a number of security based enhancements which fix possible
cross site script and SQL injection vulnerabilities. Therefore all
1.3.8 users are STRONGLY ADVISED to upgrade as soon as possible. It
also includes an upgrade script that will modify one of the database
tables to enhance performance of database access. - Full Package
http://www.xoops.org/modules/mydownloads/viewcat.php?cid=16 For new
users that would like to use XOOPS 1.3.x for some reason instead of
XOOPS2 ;-). This package contains entire XOOPS 1.3.9 source and a
several number of language packages. - Patch Files
http://www.xoops.org/modules/mydownloads/singlefile.php?lid=341 ->
[tar.gz]
http://www.xoops.org/modules/mydownloads/singlefile.php?lid=342 ->
[zip] For those who already have XOOPS 1.3.8 running. This package
contains only the files that have been modified from XOOPS 1.3.8. To
upgrade from 1.3.8, overwrite the old files with the new ones, then
point your browser to 138_to_139.php and follow the instruction
displayed. Don't forget to remove this file from the server after the
upgrade is complete.
DataVision 0.7.4 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=261734
DataVision 0.7.4 is now available from SourceForge at http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=33343 DataVision is an Open Source reporting tool similar to Crystal Reports. Reports can be designed using a drag-and-drop GUI. They may be run, viewed, and printed from the application or exported as HTML, XML, PDF, LaTeX2e, DocBook, or tab- or comma-delimited text files. The output files produced by LaTeX2e and DocBook can in turn be used to produce PDF, text, HTML, PostScript, and more. Changes: * Moved from MinML to MinML2 XML parser. * Output app version number when printing stack traces. * If a SQL table or column name can't be found, look for it again while ignoring schema names. * Stop running a report after the first Ruby script error. This way, you won't see the same error message over and over. Bug fixes: * Parameters, formulas, and user columns can now appear in suppression procs. * Fields, parameters, formulas, and user columns are now found within suppression procs or the report's startup script when a report is looking for them. This fixes a few related problems. * The suppression proc edit command now appears properly in the Undo and Redo Edit menu items.
GLE -- alpha blending in version 3.1.0
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=261419
GLE is a library of C functions that draw extruded surfaces, including
surfaces of revolution, sweeps, tubes, polycones, polycylinders and
helicoids. GLE uses the OpenGL(R) API to perform the actual rendering.
The new version 3.1.0 includes new varients of existing functions that
allow alpha-blending (transparency) to be used. Any subroutines that
used to take RGB arguments now have analogous *_c4f() versions that
take RGBA (alpha) colors. A simple demo showing alpha transparency can
be found in the examples/alpha.c file. Also in the 3.1.0 release: -- a
minor memory leak fix -- other minor, forgetable fixes You can get our
latest release here:
https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=5539&release_id=
147184
Razor! Gaming Engine for Palm devices 0.91 released http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=261369
Razor! allows you to develop all kinds of fun games for your Palm device :-) Enjoy color, sprites, perfect timing and sound. Can be used with the popular PRC-Tools and CodeWarrior development environments. This release focuses on full compatibility with the CW9 development tool. A copy of our latest release may be found here: https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=54402&release_id =147113 Enjoy!
ToscanaJ 1.0 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=261403
After having tested the last release for a while on a workshop, we now consider the current version of ToscanaJ stable enough to be called a 1.0 release. Development will of course go on, but this version gives you a rather complete feature set for creating and deploying conceptual systems based on simple relational databases. The feature list esp. of ToscanaJ as the main viewer component exceeds what has been there before, hopefully opening new applications for Formal Concept Analysis. As usual you will find more information in the change log and release notes. A copy of our latest release can be found here: https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=37081&release_id =143007
Slashdot
GDDR2 Emerging As A Real Standard
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/24/0154205
An anonymous reader writes "I [0]noticed here that EE Times is reporting that the [1]GDDR2 standard is finally becoming a reality. Both NVIDIA and ATI's latest chips offer support. ATI helped spearhead the initiative to develop the standard. The significance of this is great, since it may very well mean that every 18 months or so a new graphics memory standard will be released." Links
0. http://www.hardwareaccelerated.com/
Top Ten Dying Game Genres
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/23/2242235
[0]Ant sent us a fun link to an article running over at GameSpy
discussing the [1]Top 10 Dying Game Genres. Although I don't think
Puzzle games have died - I think they've transformed: Pikmin is just a
fancy puzzle game, after all ;) But I still want Dr Mario for my GBA.
Links
Apple to Announce new MacOS X version in June http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/23/2212244
swiert writes "Apple has announced that the WWDC conference has been rescheduled in order to present the new version of OS X, codenamed "Panther". Unfortunately, [0] Apple haven't given any details about what to expect from Panther, but after Jaguar this looks promising." Links
0. http://developer.apple.com/wwdc/index.html
Miyazaki's 'Spirited Away' Wins Best Animated Picture http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/24/021242
[0]DavidBrown writes "Moments ago, Hayao Miyazaki won the [1]Best
Animated Picture award for '[2]Spirited Away.' It's about time."
Links
0. mailto:davidiusbrown@cs.com
1.
http://www.oscar.com/oscarnight/winners.html
2.
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0245429
Why Port To PC? Shareware Still alive!
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/23/236226
An anonymous reader writes "Here is an interesting [0]interview with
Tom Anthony, describing why Ambrosia Software are porting their Mac
games to the PC market. Do you think their games can really sell after
being ported? I thought shareware was dead, but all their games are
still using shareware as well."
Links
0. http://www.hardwareaccelerated.com/content/interviews/ambrosia/indexphp
Anything Box Releases An Album To Share
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/23/228210
cats writes "[0]Anything Box, the synthpop band from the 80's who had a hit with 'Living in Oblivion' have released an introspective albumn in mp3 format under a 'freeware' style license. Anyone who has ever seen these guys perform know they are just a bunch of nice people trying to make ends meet as musicians. I had the opportunity to hang with Claude before his show in NJ at The Pipe back in 1998. He had some interesting asides about how the music business in general operates. They manipulate the artists' work as well as take huge cuts of musicians' profits. The album is available via [1]download as one big zip file including artwork and is in mp3 format. Very cool." Links
0. http://www.anythingbox.com/
The Thin Line Between Reality and Video Games http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/23/2144215
[0]Boomzilla writes "San Jose Mercury news is carrying [1]an article
about a 2-year-old Silicon Valley start-up called [2]Keyhole and their
product Earthviewer. The Mountain View company makes interactive 3-D
maps that fuse high-resolution satellite and aerial imagery, elevation
data, GPS coordinates, and overlay information about cities and
businesses to deliver a streaming, 3D map of the entire globe. Since
the start of the war, many news networks have been using the maps to
zoom in on, over and around the Iraqi landscape to help viewers see
where the war is being fought. Keyhole is financed by Sony Broadband
Entertainment, graphics-chip maker [3]Nvidia and others. Keyhole uses
satellite images, aerial photos and other data to create 3-D maps that
perform much like high-quality video games. Way cool!"
Links
0.
http://www.boomzilla.com
1.
http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/business/5455940.htm
2.
http://www.earthviewer.com/
3.
http://www.nvidia.com/
The Status Quo Of Computer Vision
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/23/1939241
[0]prostoalex writes "The Industrial Physicist sums up [1]the recent
advances and developments in the world of computer vision. They mention
[2]an application for human-computer interfacing using a Webcam,
Philips Research Lab [3]Seeing with Sound product, which augments
vision for visually impaired, as well as [4]various frontal face
detection applications."
Links
0.
http://www.moskalyuk.com/jobs/
1.
http://www.aip.org/tip/INPHFA/vol-9/iss-1/p18.html
2.
http://www.cv.iit.nrc.ca/research/Nouse/
3.
http://www.seeingwithsound.com/
4.
http://vasc.ri.cmu.edu/demos/faceindexA Hotter Sun May Be Contributing To Global Warming http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/23/2038250
[0]no reason to be here writes "The sun seems to be getting hotter.
Total radiation output has increased .05% per decade since the 1970s.
[1] This article over at Yahoo! News has the scoop. Though .05% may not
seem like much, if it has been going on for the last century or more
(and circumstantial evidence suggest that it has), it could be a
significant factor in the increase in global average temperature
noticed during the 20th century."
Links
0. http://<ten.epacsten> <ta> <ddotolif>
Andy "Gollum" Serkis Speaks
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/23/1624258
[0]Jondor writes "The BBC has an article in which Andy Serkis
[1]answers questions about his roll as Gollum. Can't wait so spend a
whole 9 hours watching for the full DVD release of LOTR!"
Links
0. mailto:gerhard@frappe.BOHRxs4all.nl minus physicist
Freshmeat
alived 0.2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117271/
alived is a simple daemon and client for sending keepalive messages. The server keeps a list of hostname to IP address, useful for when a remote DHCP client changes IP addresses.
BPhpWebmail Frontend 1.4.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117265/
BPhpWebmail Frontend is an easy-to-use and easy-to-install Web mail frontend. It features support for multiple POP and IMAP servers, Inbox, Outbox, Sent, and Saved folders, and an address book.
BPhpWebmail Frontend 1.4.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117258/
BPhpWebmail Frontend is an easy-to-use and easy-to-install Web mail frontend. It features support for multiple POP and IMAP servers, Inbox, Outbox, Sent, and Saved folders, and an address book.
C&amp;T 65548 fbdev driver 0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117247/
This is a framebuffer driver for the Linux 2.4.x kernel that supports the Chips&Technologies 65548 video chip found in older Toshiba Satellite notebooks and Fujitsu Point 510. There is also experimental support for 65545 and 65540 chipsets.
Card Munger 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117240/
Card Munger is a set of tools (including card2latex) that are used to typeset little 'cards' (which look like business cards) from plain-text emailable originals. These cards are used to implement an economic system that functions without currency. Each card tells other people about the holders needs and abilities. The system's community members do things freely for one another, without asking for payment, and without bartering. No one keeps score. Each person simply takes care that her or his own life is balanced and unexploited. This system encourages cooperation and sharing. People who participate are under no obligation to provide any service, or to continue playing, and there is no possibility of debt or obligation.
Cherokee 0.4.2 beta5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117281/
Cherokee is a tiny, ultrafast, lightweight Web server. It is implemented entirely in C, and has no dependencies beyond a standard C library. It is embeddable, extensible with plug-ins, and supports on-the-fly configuration by reading files or strings.
CStyleX 0.1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117235/
CStyleX provides ref.xsl, man.xsl, and proj.xsl XSLT transforms that will convert an XML input file describing a library of C routines into an HTML references, man pages, and a project Web page.
Debian Desktop User's Guide 0.01
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117264/
The Debian Desktop User's Guide is a project to bring up-to-date and effective documentation to new Debian users. This document is based on the Progeny user's guide. This guide is planned to be released in conjunction with Sarge.
DOMC 0.7.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117230/
DOMC is a lightweight implementation of the Document Object Model (DOM) in ANSI C as specified in the W3C DOM Core Level 1 recommendation. When coupled with the Expat XML Parser Toolkit, DOMC can load, store, build, and directly manipulate XML documents represented as a tree in memory.
Fingerprint Verification System 0.0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117273/
Fingerprint Verification System is an easy-to-use library that allows programmers to integrate fingerprint technology into their software without specific know-how. It is fast and small, and is great for embedded systems.
Foomatic 3.0.0beta2 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117263/
Foomatic is the printer/driver database of Linuxprinting.org. The XML-based system integrates free software printer drivers with all common spoolers (CUPS, LPRng, LPD, GNUlpr, PPR, PDQ, CPS, etc.) in UNIX. It generates printer/driver description files which, together with spooler-specific filter scripts, allow easy setup of print queues with access to all driver options. Foomatic ships with every major Linux distro and its Web site is used as a reference by vendors. It is an up-to-date and distribution-independent repository of printer and driver data, scripts, and utilities, accompanied by the wealth of knowledge, tips and tricks, solutions, and enlightenment provided by its newsgroups.
gnetmd 0.6.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117228/
gnetmd is a suite of NetMD-related programs and plugins. It includes the libgnetmd library, a standalone GNOME2.0 frontend, an XMMS plugin, and a Nautilus view.
GNOME Cherokee 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117259/
GNOME Cherokee is a Web server applet for the GNOME 2 panel. It's configurable on-the-fly and very easy to use. It's also integrated with the rest of your GNOME desktop.
gnome-python 1.99.16 (GTK 2.0)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117245/
gnome-python is a set of interfaces to gnome-libs. It also contains a copy of PyGTK, so you don't have to worry about gnome-python getting out of sync with your copy of PyGTK. The bindings cover almost all of the APIs in gnome-libs.
gtkpod 0.50
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117256/
gtkpod is a platform-independent GUI for Apple's iPod using GTK 2. It allows you to import your existing iTunes database, add/delete songs/playlists, edit ID3 tags, modify the iTunes database without having the iPod connected, and synchronize at a later time. It also features international charset support for ID3 tags, detects when adding already existing songs, and more.
Hrk's LAN Connection daemon &amp; client 1.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/117238/
hLan (Hrk's LAN Connection daemon and client) provides a way to minimize an ISP's charge sum while avoiding concurrency problems between the users of a LAN who share a pay-per-minute Internet connection.
Intel Iometer 2002.02.15
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117253/
Iometer is an I/O subsystem measurement and characterization tool for single and clustered systems.
Jabberwocky 1.0.RC3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117268/
Jabberwocky is a Lisp IDE containing a Lisp-aware editor with syntax highlighting, parentheses matching, a source analyzer, indentation, a source level debugger, a project explorer, and an interaction buffer. It is the replacement for the Lisp Debug project.
jGnash 1.3.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117242/
jGnash is a personal finance application written in Java. A JVM of 1.4 or greater is required. jGnash supports basic account types and simple investment accounts at this time. jGnash has support for split transactions, nested accounts, and currencies. jGnash can import QIF files excluding investment accounts and transactions. Data is stored in an XML format so it is easy to manipulate and read the data external to the program.
Kobaz Eggdrop Scripts 2.2.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117279/
KobazScripts is a collection of Eggdrop TCL scripts including the following features: Quotebot, Infobot, TriviaBot, Botnet Control, Password Checking, Dynamic Configuration File Management, Database, Math, no manual Ops, and a Help system. Certain scripts require others to run.
libinterbase++ 0.0.196
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117136/
libinterbase++ is just a thin C++ encapsulation layer on top of the original Interbase/Firebird C API. It provides support for databases (attach, detach, and get information about them), transactions (start, end, and control a transaction context), and tatements and queries (run SQL statements against a database). The library itself does not add any extra features not found in the original APIs; it should be quite fast, efficient and flexible. It has a very limited footprint in terms of binary size, so it's also suitable for CGI programming or little applications.
libnova 0.7.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117261/
libnova is a general purpose, double precision, celestial mechanics and astronomical calculation library. It can calculate aberration, nutation, apparent position, dynamical time, Julian day, precession, proper motion, sidereal time, solar coordinates (using VSOP87), coordinate transformations, planetary positions (Mercury - Neptune using VSOP87), planetary magnitude, illuminated disk and phase angle, lunar position (using ELP82), phase angle, elliptic motion of bodies (Asteroid + Comet positional and orbit data), asteroid + comet magnitudes, parabolic motion of bodies (comet positional data), orbit velocities and lengths, atmospheric refraction, rise/set/transit times, and semidiameters of the Sun, Moon, planets, and asteroids.
LinTalk 0.1-1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117283/
LinTalk is a simple serverless instant messaging tool for GTK. The contact lists synchronize automatically between all known hosts. It also features a message history.
mailsync 5.0.0-beta (*)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117274/
Mailsync is a way of synchronizing a collection of mailboxes. The algorithm is a 3-way diff. Two mailboxes are simultaneously compared to a record of the state of both mailboxes at last sync. New messages and message deletions are propagated between the two mailboxes. Mailsync can synchronize local mailbox files in many formats and remote mailboxes over IMAP, POP, and IMAPS.
Mod_Survey 3.0.15-pre6 (3.0.x-testing)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117287/
Mod_survey is an Apache mod_perl module which allows users to create their own Web questionnaires using an XML-based tag notation. It supports exporting of data into several file formats, including SPSS syntax, semi-colon delimited fields, and SQL script. It also provides limited support for descriptive statistics of the submitted data, and stylesheet customizations of layout.
Mod_Survey 3.0.14e (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117285/
Mod_survey is an Apache mod_perl module which allows users to create their own Web questionnaires using an XML-based tag notation. It supports exporting of data into several file formats, including SPSS syntax, semi-colon delimited fields, and SQL script. It also provides limited support for descriptive statistics of the submitted data, and stylesheet customizations of layout.
MP3 STATION alpha-pre5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117251/
MP3 STATION is a plain text Linux/Unix tool set for managing MP3 playback in a car with as little user interaction as possible. It can restart the last playlist at the last played track, transparently load directories, transparently recompile playlists, and keep a repository of all the playlists. It is a simple ncurses client for comunicating with cm3s. All programs run under a non-privileged user account.
OSTAY 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117237/
OSTAY is an architecture to easily create Web aplications like portals, CMSes, database aplications, and different backend applications. It's written in PHP and based on MVC, so it's easy to create huge applications.
oxine 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117297/
oxine is a lightweight, purely OSD-based xine frontend for set-top boxes and home entertainment systems. It uses the on screen display functionality of xine to display its user interface elements like buttons, lists, sliders, and so on. Due to this, oxine can easily use any video output device the xine library provides.
phpdbgrid 20030321b
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117098/
phpdbgrid uses Adodb to view data in a database. It has many options to customize the layout.
PHPki 0.02
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117296/
PHPki is an Open Source Web application for managing a Public Key Infrastructure within a small organization. It provides a mechanism for the centralized creation and management of digital certificates for use with S/MIME-enabled email cilents. It will not create server, browser, or code signing certificates.
phpMySQLDiff 1.2.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117249/
phpMySQLDiff is a PHP script which generates an SQL-ALTER-Script for the differences between two databases.
PJIRC 1.81
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117300/
PJIRC is a very complete IRC applet which handles multichannel, privates, text coloration, graphical smileys, etc. In addition, it's still quite light.
Platform Independent Petri Net Editor Alpha 1.2 http://freshmeat.net/releases/117233/
Platform Independent Petri Net Editor (PIPE) creates and analyses Petri Nets quickly, efficiently, and effectively. A key design feature is the modular approach adopted for analysis, enabling new modules to be written easily and powerfully, using built-in data layer methods for standard calculations. Six analysis modules are provided, including Invariant Analysis, State-Space Analysis (deadlock, etc.), and Simulation Analysis and Classification. PIPE adheres to the XML Petri net standard (PNML). The file format for saving and loading Petri Nets is extensible through the use of XSLT, the default being PNML.
PocketKanji 0.4.11 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117280/
PocketKanji is a kanji dictionary for the PalmOS. It will run on PalmOS version 2.0 or above.
PostgreSQL Table Log 0.0.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117255/
PostgreSQL Table Log contains functions that allow you to log PostgreSQL table inserts, updates, and deletes into another table. This can be used to recover the state of the logged table or to recover specific rows from a given time period.
PyGTK 1.99.16 (GTK 2.0)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117243/
PyGTK is a set of bindings for the GTK widget set. It provides an object oriented interface that is slightly higher level than the C one. It automatically does all the type casting and reference counting that you would have to do normally with the C API.
PyORBit 1.99.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117244/
PyORBit is a project to create Python bindings for ORBit, a fast, lightweight CORBA ORB used by the GNOME Desktop for application and component interaction (similar to Microsoft's COM). These bindings will be distributed under the GNU LGPL license. PyORBit will follow the proposed OMG Python bindings to insure compliance and compatibility, but we will also consider non-standard, optional extensions to improve performance and add features, if necessary.
QDBM: Quick DataBase Manager 1.4.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117231/
QDBM is a library of routines for managing a database. It is developed referring to GDBM for the purpose of the following three points: higher processing speed, smaller size of a database file, and simpler API.
SaveMyModem 0.19 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117260/
SaveMyModem is an anti-spam, mail-shaping, and delete-on-server mail tool. It is designed for users with slow dialup connections, who are tired of downloading large amounts of spam and worm and virus attachments.
SCPA 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117156/
SCPA (Squirrelmail Courier PHP Administrator) is a collection of PHP scripts which provide improved functionality for Squirrelmail, a popular WebMail interface. Using SCPA, you can change your password, add new users to a domain, and remove users from a domain, features which weren't present in SquirrelMail running with Courier-IMAP.
SCREEM 0.6.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117250/
SCREEM is a tag-based Web page editor which aims not only to aid in creating Web pages, but also to provide useful site maintainance facilities, including automatic link updating and site upload facilities. SCREEM has more than just the usual HTML tags, with features for including Javascript, PHP, cascading style sheets, etc within your site.
Senken 0.2.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117276/
Senken is a city simulation game. Players buy the land, build the infrastructure, balance the books, and convince people to move in. The game has both goal-oriented and just play modes. There is multiplayer support but it is not well tested.
Shell Intrusion Detection 0.1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117272/
SID is a Shell Intrusion Detection system. The kernel part plugs into a terminal-processing subsystem and logs hashed terminal lines. The user part reads log entries (hashes), consults a list of allowed entries, and takes appropriate action upon unexpected log entries.
shmux 0.6a
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117284/
shmux is a program for executing the same command on many hosts in parallel. For each target, a child process is spawned by shmux, and a shell on the target obtained one of the supported methods: rsh, ssh, or sh. The output produced by the children is received by shmux and either output in turn to the user in an easy to read format, or written to files for later processing, making it well suited for use in scripts.
Siproxd 0.2.8 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117282/
Siproxd is a SIP proxy for SIP based softphones hidden behind an IP masquerading firewall. It includes an RTP data stream proxy for incoming audio data (outgoing RTP data should be handled by IP masquerading by the firewall). Multiple local users/hosts can be simultaneously masqueraded. All configuration is done via one simple ASCII text file.
Spot Cleaner 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117288/
Spot Cleaner can automatically remove commercials/advertisements from video files of type DivX ;-) AVI, recorded from TV.
SQL ToolBox 0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117257/
SQL ToolBox is a database administration and code generation tool that features a graphical user interface, compatibility with JDBC databases, a code generator for EJBs, and CSV and XML data support. Its JBuilder and NetBeans integration supports a database browser and a SQL editor with syntax highlighting and syntax checking.
swaret 1.1.3 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117246/
swaret lets you keep your Slackware system up to date. It functions similarly to apt-get, the Debian package manager.
The Gimp 1.3.13 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117270/
The GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed piece of software suitable for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It can be used as a simple paint program, an expert quality photo retouching program, an online batch processing system, a mass production image renderer, a image format converter, etc.
Thorn 0.3.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117232/
Thorn is a UML modeling tool written in Java.