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[osdn developer] April 23, 2003
Date: Wed Apr 23 2003 - 04:15:50 EDT
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April 23, 2003 DEVELOPER SERIES
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Computing: Bay-Mounted 6-in-1 Card Reader
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/drives/5ee4/
Electronics: PRISMIQ MediaPlayer
http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/video/5e77/
Computing: USB 2.0 Kit
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/accessories/5eda/
Cube Goodies: Nerf Air Tech 2000
http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/toys/5e15/
Gadgets: Powerball Gyroscope
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/5ea1/
Gadgets: 3D Green Laser Show
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/lights/5e80/
Electronics: Casio Exilim EX-M2 Digital Camera http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/cameras/5e6f/
Electronics: Panasonic DVD Player - DVDS35 http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/video/5eaf/
Tshirts: Mostly IP Creeper & Toddler Tee http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/kids/5e09/
Interests: Megatokyo Endgames - Pirogoeth Poster http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/megatokyo/coolthings/5e98/
Books: The Matrix & Philosophy: Welcome To The Desert Of The Real http://www.thinkgeek.com/books/nonfiction/5d52/
Books: The Book Of Overclocking
http://www.thinkgeek.com/books/nonfiction/5d46/
Books: Pattern Recognition
http://www.thinkgeek.com/books/scifi/5d4a/
Computing: Multi-Fan Speed Controller
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/casemods/5e51/
Computing: Zalman Silent 400W Power Supply http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/casemods/5e4c/
Computing: Half Keyboard
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/keyboards/5e2b/
Computing: Zalman VGA Heatsink w/ HeatPipe http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/casemods/5e5e/
Computing: Zalman CNPS7000-Cu CPU Cooler http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/casemods/5e55/
Cube Goodies: Portable Mini Fridge
http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/toys/5d57/
Gadgets: LightWedge Reading Light
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/lights/5cf2/
Sourceforge
New KDE-cygwin 3.1.1 Beta 1 release
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=269806
We are proud to present the first KDE 3.1.1 release of the KDE desktop environment for cygwin/xfree. See project web site for further information. The KDE on Cygwin project is started to enable the kde desktop on Windows OS based on cygwin, the posix emulation layer for Windows, the xfree86 server and the qt library (qtlib).
Etherboot 5.0.10 (production) released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=270843
Etherboot is Open Source code for creating boot ROMs for network booting x86 platforms. It is also a coordination point for information about free software related to network booting. eepro100 users should give this release a try, hopefully it deals with the issues that caused the driver to be broken after 5.0.7.
OSCAR 2.2.1 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=270846
The OSCAR working group is pleased to announce the release of version
2.2.1 of the Open Source Cluster Application Resources (OSCAR) toolkit.
This release offers full IA-64 support with the inclusion of updated
SIS and Kernel_Picker packages. OSCAR (Open Source Cluster Application
Resource) is a snapshot of the best known methods for building,
programming, and using clusters. It consists of a fully integrated and
easy to install software bundle designed for high performance cluster
computing. The supported distributions include RedHat 7.2 & 7.3 as well
as Mandrake 8.2. There is experimental support for RedHat 7.1 and
Mandrake 9.0. Feature list of 2.2+ are: * RedHat 7.2, 7.3 and Mandrake
8.2 supported * RedHat 7.1 and Mandrake 9.0 experimentally supported *
IA-64 Support * SIS update, including SystemImager 3.0 * Kernel_Picker
updated (tool to assist with alt kernel usage) * Import/export MAC
addresses from/to a file * MAC address auto-assign and auto-dhcpd
restart * OSCAR Database (ODA) enhancements * OSCAR Package Downloader
(OPD) updated * C3 updated * LAM/MPI updated This release is available
for download at the OSCAR project page:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/oscar/ (note that SourceForge marks the
download file as "i386", but the file will work on ia64 platforms as
well) Please use the oscar-devel mailing list for help and discussions
and report any bugs in the bug tracker. Both of these are also
available at the OSCAR project page. ANNOUNCEMENT: The OSCAR group
would like to invite all interested users to attend the first annual
OSCAR Symposium this May 11-14, 2003 in Sherbrooke, Canada.
http://oscar2003.ccs.usherbrooke.ca/
NTFS 2.1.3a available for Linux kernel 2.4.20 http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=270897
This release fixes all known issues with the NTFS driver. If you still experience problems with this new release please let us know. The goals of this project are: create a new Linux kernel driver for the NTFS file system (v1.2 and later 3.0), user space utilities (e.g. format, ntfs check, etc.) and a library to avoid code duplication and provide access to NTFS to other GPLed programs.
Visual Tcl 1.6.0b2 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=269800
Visual Tcl is a freely-available, high-quality application development environment for UNIX, Windows, Macintosh and AS400 platforms. Visual Tcl is written entirely in Tcl/Tk and generates pure Tcl/Tk code. This release fixes problems seen with the img package on tck/Tk 8.4.2, hanging vTcl on startup or with broken image links. More simple tutorials have been added, and support for creating and reusing megawidgets enhanced. Easy implementation of modal dialogs can be done with the toplevel alias command. Thanks to RJ Nelson for fixing bugs! While saving, a temporary project file is now created. This prevents corrupted project files when an unexpected error aborts saving. Auto indent has been fixed. The toolbar was redesigned because of problems caused by resizing itself.
Treebeard/Fangorn v0.8rc1 is released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=270146
Treebeard is an XSLT IDE written in Java; a text editor that allows the loading and editing of an XML document and an XSLT document at the same time. It also can apply the XSLT to the XML and display the output for further editing/saving. Plugable XML and XSLT parsers. The new 0.8rc1 version fixes several bugs from the 0.7 version, it also adds the ability to save your desktop, and has look and feel support. 0.8rc1 now come bundled with Saxon7.4 (some XSLT 2.0 support) and Xalan 2.5.0. but can use any compatable parser / transformer. The new 0.8rc1 also uses Ashpool for back end storage. You can check out Treebeard/Fangorn at http://treebeard.sourceforge.net
TA-LIB 0.0.8 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=270248
TA-LIB is a C/C++/Excel library for technical analysis (TA) of financial data, providing indicators like MACD, RSI, STOCH etc... plus some statistical and financial functions. Access stock market data from ASCII files or Yahoo! Does also performance measurements of tradings. A number of new TA functions are included in this release. V0.0.8 (April 2003) - New TA Functions: AROON Aroon AROONOSC Aroon Oscillator MAMA MESA Adaptive Moving Average KAMA Kaufman Adaptive Moving Average T3 Triple Exponential Moving Average HT_TRENDLINE Hilbert Transform - Instantaneous Trendline HT_DCPERIOD Hilbert Transform - Dominant Cycle Period HT_DCPHASE Hilbert Transform - Dominant Cycle Phase HT_PHASOR Hilbert Transform - Phasor Components HT_SINE Hilbert Transform - SineWave HT_TRENDMODE Hilbert Transform - Trend vs Cycle Mode AD Chaikin A/D Line ADOSC Chaikin A/D Oscillator The Hilbert Transform functions are the ones found in John F. Ehlers books "Rocket Science For Traders". - MA types parameters have been changed, hopefully for the last time. - Fix #701060: Fix TA_TRIMA function. Thanks to Chris. - Excel shutdown logic corrected. Sync with latest XLW 1.2.2 release See HISTORY.TXT for summary of previous version. Info: http://ta-lib.org
CUTE 0.1.5 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=270232
CUTE is a Qt and Scintilla based programmers text editor. It can be extended and customized using the python programming language and is available on linux/unix. The editor supports syntax highlighting for many languages. With this release, key mapping can now be done with map python function. There is also a dialog for shortcut manipulation. Began to implement ctags support.
Glame 1.0.0 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=270187
Glame 1.0.0 is the first release of the stable series 1.0 that will be the last Gnome 1.x based one. Compared to the 0.6 series improvements were made to multitrack recording and speed. GLAME is targeted to be the GIMP for audio processing. Currently we support non destructive multitrack editing and recording, undo, redo, cut&paste and even realtime effects with OSS/ALSA.
Fire 0.32.d released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=268397
Fire 0.32.d is now available for download! Fire is a multi-protocol
instant messenger client for Mac OS X based on freely available
libraries for each service. Currently Fire handles AOL Instant
Messenger™, ICQ®, MSN® Messenger, Jabber, limited IRC, and Yahoo!®
Pager communications. Many thanks to Alan for helping out with this
release. Also thanks to Ken for two new localizations (Simplified and
Traditional Chinese). This brings our total to 11 languages. Fire
0.32.d is a bug fix release. All users of 0.32.c and earlier are
encouraged to update. With all 11 languages:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/fire/Fire.app0.32.d.dmg?download
English only:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/fire/Fire.app0.32.d.english.dmg?down
load 0.32.d ------ Application ----------- - Updated Spanish, French,
and German localizations - Added localizations for Traditional Chinese
and Simplified Chinese thanks to Ken Tsang for this - Fixed
inconsistency between the conversation browser and buddy list which
could occur in some cases (bug 683777) (jt) - Fixed the chat window
toolbar icon sizes for when the size is set to small (gb) - Fixed issue
with names of preference panes in German localiation (ah) Services
- MSN® - Fixed extra typing notifications that were sent when
using return or enter to send messages. This would result in the other
side thinking you were typing when you weren't. Thanks to Mark Rowe for
the pointer on what was going wrong (bug 688412) (mr/jt) - Properly
notices when you are disconnected (bug 682382) (jt) - When receiving
files, properly notifies the sender of success (bug 689088) (jt)
Yahoo!® - Fixed problem with crash when Yahoo was first connecting.
(ah) (bugs 709812, 710998, 705309, 700575, 699107, 683174, 657744)
Slashdot
Open Source Enables Terrorist States
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/23/0256240
chill writes "Where to begin? [0]OpenBSD Journal has a couple of update articles on the business of [1]DARPA cancelling POSSE and OpenBSD's grant. And [2]here is a message from Theo de Raadt, the OpenBSD big cheese, with a quote from a military spokesman. How does '...due to world events and the evolving threat posed by increasingly capable nation-states...' grab you? Does open source and freely available security support terrorism by its very nature?" Links
0.
http://www.deadly.org/
1.
http://64.90.164.50/article.php3?sid=20030422123107
2.
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/openbsd/2003-04/1862.html
Linuxfest Northwest
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/22/2058256
An Yong Zheng writes "[0]Linuxfest Northwest is being held on Saturday,
April 26 at Bellingham Technical College in Bellingham, Washington.
LFNW is a grassroots event put on by a coalition of Pacific Northwest
Linux user groups to showcase what Northwest Linux users are doing with
Linux and Open Source software. It features a keynote speech by [1]Jon
"maddog" Hall from [2]Linux International, lots of great presentations
and tutorials, displays of the various cool things that Linux can do,
Free Stuff, etc. Click here for [0]more information and here for the
[3]schedule of events!"
Links
0.
http://www.linuxnorthwest.com/
1.
http://www.li.org/who/bio.php?name=hall
2.
http://www.li.org/
3.
http://lfnw.blug.org/lfnw-schedule.htmlHyperion to Bring IncaGold Games to Linux http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/23/0018200
An Ominous Cow Erred writes "Just wanted to let everyone know that Hyperion Entertainment will be [0]bringing [1]IncaGold's game lineup to Linux (as well as AmigaOS and MacOS), starting with [2]Midnight Racing. On a personal note, I'm happy we're giving Linux another shot, being a devout Gentoo user myself! (I should also point out that while the Linux section of the [3]website is kind of old and crusty, there should be more info on the new titles soon!)" Links
0.
http://www.hyperion-entertainment.com/_amiga/news_030418.html
1.
http://www.incagold.com/
2.
http://www.incagold.com/products/midnight%20racing/midnight.php
3.
http://www.hyperion-entertainment.com/
Strange New Keyboards and Mice
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/22/2138210
robyn217 writes "Over at ExtremeTech, I just reviewed [0]a few strange new keyboards--and they're pretty "out there". On Monday, we posted a review of a vertical keyboard (imagine a standard keyboard split in half, with both side vertical). Today we posted the review of something that doesn't even resemble a keyboard--it's a whole new system of input. Tomorrow and for the rest of the week, we'll be posting new reviews of strange, but interesting input devices." Links
0. http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,1034116,00.asp
Slashback: Hardware, Lexis, Free
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/21/2221210
Slashback tonight has followups and clarifications on glitch-delayed Pentium IV shipments, Free software for chainware operating systems, the real distinction between 3G and 2.5G phone systems and more -- read on below for the details.
Run Your Car on Grease
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/22/2031211
[0]i22y writes "With [1]Greasel instead of Diesel in your tank, you can
pull up to Jack-In-The-Box and fill up both your stomach and your gas
tank. Run your car on old fryer grease and vegetable oil! Obligatory
[2]pictures and [3]FAQ."
Links
0. mailto:misler@islerphoto.TWAINcom minus author
1.
http://www.greasel.com/
2.
http://www.greasel.com/html/body_photo_gallery.html
3.
http://www.greasel.com/html/body_faq_s.html
Record Labels Sue Napster's VC
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/22/2026227
zemkai writes "From the "wtf?!?" department... [0]Universal Music Group and EMI are suing Hummer Winblad Ventures for contributing to copyright infringement due to that firm's investment in Napster... I'd like to put something witty here, but I'm just speechless." Links
0. http://news.com.com/2100-1027-997860.html
The People Behind Quanta Plus
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/22/180224
anonymous writes "In this [0]fascinating interview, Eric Laffoon and
Andras Mantia give us a glimpse into the world of the [1]Quanta Plus
project. Read on for everything from tantalising references to
[2]Kommander, billed by Eric to be part of the foundations for the next
generation desktop and user experience, to details of future plans for
Quanta VPL (Visual Page Layout)."
Links
0.
http://dot.kde.org/1050969840/
1.
http://quanta.sourceforge.net/
2.
http://quanta.sourceforge.net/main2.php?snapfile=snap02Firebird Database Project Admin on Name Clash http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/22/153205
CapnKirk writes "Ann Harrison [0] weighs in on the "Firebird--database or browser?" name clash. Her take on things: our users feel threatened. We're responding to their concerns. AOL lawyers said it's ok, so the Mozilla team isn't interested in negotiating, but that's ok because we've gotten a lot of publicity and name recognition. And no, we don't plan on going to court." As always, a small group of users are being real asses about the whole thing. Yay. Links
0. http://www.mozillazine.org/articles/article3097.html
Linux Gaming after Loki
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/22/1659239
mahdi13 writes "[0]Linux Hardware has a great story about the past,
present and future of [1]Linux Gaming in 2003. They briefly touch on
the commercial games available and what will be available for Linux in
the near future. It is a good read and contains excellent information
to keep the Linux Gamers satisfied with what is commercially
available."
Links
0. http://www.linuxhardware.org/
Freshmeat
2D CAD Parts Generator 1.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120031/
2D CAD Parts Generator generates macros for drawing 2D CAD parts according to Czech standards in various formats or in dxf format.
Alleyoop 0.7.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120385/
Alleyoop is a GNOME frontend to the Valgrind memory checker. Its features include a right-click context menu to intelligently suppress errors or launch an editor on the source file, jumping to the exact line of the error condition. A searchbar at the top of the viewer can be used to limit the viewable errors to those that match the regex criteria entered. A fully functional Suppressions editor is also included.
ALSA driver 0.9.2 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120392/
The Advanced Linux Sound Architecture is composed of several parts. The
first is a fully modularized sound driver which supports module
autoloading, devfs, isapnp autoconfiguration, and gives complete access
to analog audio, digital audio, control, mixer, synthesizer, DSP, MIDI,
and timer components of audio hardware. It also includes a
fully-featured kernel-level sequencer, a full compatibility layer for
OSS/Free applications, an object-oriented C library which covers and
enhances the ALSA kernel driver functionality for applications
(client/server, plugins, PCM sharing/multiplexing, PCM metering, etc.),
an interactive configuration program for the driver, and some simple
utilities for basic management.
Apache::Gallery 0.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120398/
Apache::Gallery is a mod_perl handler that sits on top of your DocumentRoot and creates an image gallery of the files and directories there. It creates an thumbnail index of each directory and allows viewing of pictures in different resolutions. Pictures are resized on the fly and cached.
ARIA Business Management 0.97
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120318/
ARIA is business class management (ERP) software. It lets you manage inventory levels, maintain payroll, and process orders. It is written primarily in PHP and incorporates the ADODB database abstraction layer.
Arno's IPTABLES Firewall Script 1.8.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120437/
Arno's IPTABLES firewall script was originally derived from Seven's
(single-homed) IPTABLES script. The biggest differences are that this
script has support for dual-homed machines, support for masquerading
(NAT), support for ethernet ADSL/DSL modems (for both static and
dynamically assigned IPs), support for all IP protocols, and support
for VPNs like IPSEC (Freeswan). It also features (stealth) portscan
detection, extensive user definable logging with rate limiting to
prevent log flooding, port forwarding, optimizing the throughput of
your internet connection, protection against SYN/ICMP flooding (DoS
attacks), support for UPnP, and much more. It's easy to configure and
highly customizable. It additionally includes a filter script
(fwfilter) to make your firewall log more readable.
Azure 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120376/
Azure is a Web log client that allows you to create and edit Web log
posts on your phone, PDA, or personal computer. It uses J2ME CLDC/MIDP
1.0. It can be used with any system that supports Moveable Type's XMLRPC
API.
Barrage 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120443/
In Barrage, your goal is to kill and destroy as many targets as possible within 3 minutes. You control a gun which may fire either small or large grenades by ''point-and-click'' at soldiers, jeeps, and tanks, and which must be reloaded from time to time.
BBIagent Router 1.8.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120386/
BBIagent is a single floppy Linux-based router for sharing a broadband Internet connection. It also serves as a firewall to prohibit intruders from accessing your LAN. You can create your own BBIagent router software (a diskette file image) on our server based on your hardware configuration (NICs) and connection protocol (e.g. PPPoE, PPTP, or DHCP). It is very easy to install and use.
Boot Scriptor 2.0.5b (CD Shell)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120482/
Boot Scriptor is a program that allows a high degree of interactivity when booting from a CD or DVD drive. It provides a set of commands that enable users to boot a system in a number of ways, as well as provide interactive menus to choose boot options from. It provides similar functionality to Diskem1x, as well as new original features and interfaces to programs such as Isolinux/Memdisk and Ranish Partition Manager. All features can be commanded through a console interface or by constructing simple script files.
Botan 1.1.13 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120418/
Botan is a library of cryptographic algorithms written in C++. It includes a wide selection of block and stream ciphers, public key algorithms, hash functions, and message authentication codes. It has an easy-to-use filter interface and supports many common industry standards, including X.509v3.
BX for Java 1.0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120431/
BX for Java is a visual development tool for building and managing Java applications. Java Swing/AWT user interfaces are built by dragging objects off a palette and dropping them on the user interface. On-the-fly execution lets you test your GUI and your application at any time. It also provides code completion and method lookup as well as a substantial set of wizards to help developers generate up to 50,000 lines of code automatically.
C2::Newsletter 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120448/
C2::Newsletter is a simple tool for sending newsletters to your visitors. It allows you to create multiple newsletters, so your visitors can select which topics they want to receive. There is an admin interface to add/edit newsletters and recipients, and send in plain text or MIME-encoded. It is easy to use, but currently only in German (English will be available soon).
CD Share 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120393/
CD Share is a CD-ROM share manager, designed to automatically share CDs via Samba once they have been identified.
cglib rc-1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120390/
cglib is a set of utility classes that can be used to generate and load Java classes at runtime.
Charlie Chaplin Theme 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120149/
Charlie Chaplin Theme features a background with Chaplin standing in a doorway.
Chronicle Lite 1.2 Beta 1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120377/
Chronicle Lite provides a friendly client application for Blogger.com. It also aims to satisfy the needs of "power users" who want a local copy of their journal, as well as the copy that is published on an external Website.
Clutter 1.0d10
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120462/
Clutter is a small Mac OS X application that lets you put music CDs on your desktop. You can drag them anywhere (they're really windows). Line them up neatly or put them in piles, it's your choice. Each one looks like the real CD cover, and double-clicking it tells iTunes to play that CD. Think of Clutter as an alternate user interface to your music collection. When deciding what to play next, instead of searching through a huge alphabetical list, let your eye roam over the covers of your favorite CDs and those you've been listening to recently.
CrossOver Office 2.0.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120421/
CrossOver Office allows you to install your favorite Windows productivity applications in Linux, without needing a Microsoft Operating System license. It includes an easy-to-use, single-click interface, which makes installing a Windows application simple and fast. Once installed, your application will integrate directly with your GNOME or KDE environment.
cwISPy 1.2.17
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120435/
cwISPY is an ISP billing and management system. It features automatic generation and emailing of invoices and statements, a customer interface, a ticket system, DNS management, and much more.
db-backed 1.0c
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120430/
db-backed is a Ruby library providing a convenient mechanism for describing objects bound to a backing database. This relieves the programmer from much of the tedium associated with writing programs with DB access. Instead of spending a lot of time working on code that reads data from the database, code that stuffs it into useable objects, remembering whether a particular piece of data lives in the database or not, etc., db-backed allows the programmer to simply design their database schema (with a few constraints), and write a very simple class definition which describes the mapping between database fields, class methods, and foreign key mappings.
Dnsmasq 1.12
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120476/
Dnsmasq is lightweight, easy to configure DNS forwarder designed to provide DNS (domain name) services to a small network where using BIND would be overkill. It can have its upstream DNS servers automatically configured by PPP or DHCP, and it can serve the names of local machines which are not in the global DNS. It can integrate with the ISC DHCP daemon to serve the names of local machines which are configured using DHCP. Dnsmasq is ideal for networks behind NAT routers and connected via modem, ISDN, ADSL, or cable-modem connections.
Document Classifier 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120375/
Document Classifier is an application that performs statistical text classification using Naive Bayes and Space Vector representation. Typically, it successfully classifies over 75% of test cases depending on the type of test document used.
Duali 0.1b
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120475/
Duali is an Arabic spellchecker.
e3 2.43
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120459/
e3 is a full-screen, user-friendly text editor with an interface similar to that of either WordStar, Emacs, Pico, Nedit, or vi. It's heavily optimized for size and independent of libc or any other libraries, making it useful for mini-Linux distributions and rescue disks. The assembler version supports Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, Win9x, QNX, Atheos, BeOS, ELKS, and DOS. There is also a separately distributed version written in C which supports some other Unix versions and CygWin. It is also possible to use regular expressions by using child processes like sed. e3 has a built in arithmetic calculator.
eboxy 0.3.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120426/
eboxy is an application for building simple user interfaces for entertainment PCs, suitable for use with a remote on a TV screen. It uses SDL for graphics and XML-based interface description files, supports TrueType fonts and PNG alpha transparency, and has a plugin extension system.
FingerTips Technology 1.0b
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120334/
FingerTips Technology is a software concept that gives game players and game developers the ability to store configuration preferences for individual games or game genres in compact, quickly loadable profiles, which are platform independent, easy to edit, maintain, transport, and share across multiple users and sites. It uses XML to create a convenient standard, impose structure, and eliminate bothers traditionally associated with the configuration process.
framer 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120434/
framer is an X11 program which is capable of containing other X11 programs. The purpose is to make it easier to align the managed programs. Its main use is to manage terminals.
Freeside 1.4.1beta8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120389/
Freeside is an open-source billing package for ISPs.
GLAME 1.0.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120403/
GLAME (GNU/Linux Audio Mechanics) is meant to be the GIMP of audio processing. It is designed to be a powerful, fast, stable, and easily extensible sound editor for Linux and compatible systems. It has full support for non-destructive editing including undo/redo and applying LADSPA effects. Its supported platforms are Linux, BSD, and IRIX. You need to have guile and libxml installed to use GLAME; having the GNOME libs available is highly recommended.
GOBLIN Graph Library 2.6 Build8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120410/
The GOBLIN project consists of a C++ class library for a large series of graph optimization problems, GOSH, an extension of the Tcl/Tk scripting language to graph objects, and GOBLET, a graphical user interface to the library functions. GOBLET includes a graph editor, but provides only basic graph layout methods.
Horde Application Framework 2.2.2 (Stable 2.x) http://freshmeat.net/releases/120473/
The Horde Application framework is a set of PHP classes providing common ways to handle preferences, browser detection, authentication, help systems, MIME, connection tracking, cross-application communication, and more.
imgv 2.8 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120381/
imgv is a Python image viewer that runs on Linux, FreeBSD, MS-Windows, Mac OS X, and more. It includes standard features such as a file/directory browser, slideshows, zooming in and out, flipping, and rotating. It also has special features such as the ability to view 4 images on the screen at once, adjustable thumbnail sizes, image playlists, remote image loading, MPEG movie support, a customizable interface, and much more.
ImpXoopsMail 0.1.0 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120420/
ImpXoopsMail is a "Xoops Modulizor". It transforms the Horde Imp Webmail program into a module for the Xoops CMS system, with access rights and sessions managed by Xoops and a harmonized interface.
IPCop Firewall 1.3.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120394/
IPCop Linux is a complete Linux distribution whose sole purpose is to protect the networks on which it is installed.
Jay's Iptables Firewall 0.9.96 (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/120391/
Jay's Iptables Firewall is a bash script that allows one to easily install and configure a firewall on a Linux system. It was initially written for use on a home LAN, but can be extend to any type of network. It features support for multiple (external/internal) interfaces, TCP/UDP/ICMP control, masquerading, synflood control, spoofing control, port forwarding from specific interfaces, VPNs (like vtun), ToS (bandwith managment), denying hosts (IP or MAC address), ZorbIPTraffic, Spyware list IP, Pre/Post scripts, log options, and more. The firewall is able to launch custom iptables rules, and the configuration of the firewall is assisted by an optional, interactive, curses-based Perl script.
JFreeChart 0.9.7 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120395/
JFreeChart is a chart library for Java that supports a wide range of
charts including pie charts (2D and 3D), bar charts (horizontal and
vertical, regular or stacked line charts with optional 3D-effects, XY
plots, scatter plots, time series charts, high/low/open/close charts,
candlestick plots, Gantt charts, Pareto charts, combination charts, and
more. It is suitable for use in applications, applets, servlets, and
JSP.
jpegrdf 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120451/
Jpegrdf reads and manipulates RDF metadata stored in the comment section of JPEG images. It can extract, query, and augment the data. Manipulating JPEG images with jpegrdf does not modify the actual image data or any other sections of the file.
JPluck 0.9 RC2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120444/
JPluck lets you convert Web sites to Plucker documents for offline reading on your handheld computer.
Jrnull 1.02
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120464/
Jrnull tracks time and extracts it for reporting purposes. It's simple, flexible, and allows the user to go in and make entries after the fact. The intended audience is the solitary programmer who has a straightforward need to report on their time spent on various projects.
JSch 0.1.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120429/
JSch is a pure Java implementation of SSH2. It allows you to connect to an sshd server and use port forwarding, X11 forwarding, file transfer, etc. You can integrate its functionality into your own Java programs.
KMyIRC 0.2.9 (Alpha)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120404/
KMyIRC is an attempt to provide an IRC client for KDE which is high-quality and easy to use, but not bloated. It was created because it was felt that the other KDE-based IRC clients were either not user-friendly or burdened with features that are not useful to the average IRC user.
libSigC++ Extras 0.6.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120466/
libSigC++ Extras is a library consisting of new features built on top of libSigC++ and features that formerly were in libSigC++ and were removed from it. The new features focus on thread support and provide type safe inter-thread communication.
libtrash 2.0 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120454/
libtrash is a shared library which implements a trash can on GNU/Linux. When preloaded, it intercepts calls to a series of GNU libc functions and, instead of permanently destroying files, moves them to a "trash can".
Linux Intrusion Detection System 1.1.2rc5 for kernel 2.4.20 (2.4.x) http://freshmeat.net/releases/120460/
The Linux Intrusion Detection System (LIDS) is a patch which enhances the kernel's security by implementing a reference monitor and Mandatory Access Control (MAC). When it is in effect, chosen file access, all system/network administration operations, any capability use, raw device, memory, and I/O access can be made impossible even for root. You can define which programs can access specific files. It uses and extends the system capabilities bounding set to control the whole system and adds some network and filesystem security features to the kernel to enhance the security. You can finely tune the security protections online, hide sensitive processes, receive security alerts through the network, and more.
lookat 1.4.0pre2 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120409/
"lookat" (or "bekijk" in Dutch) is a program to view text files and manual pages. It is designed to be more user-friendly than more conventional text viewers such as less.
MegaPov 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120402/
MegaPOV is a version of POV-Ray that features various custom and unofficial patches.
Morphine 2.0.0-beta2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120367/
Morphine is a medical calculator for the Sharp Zaurus PDA. It implements medical algorithms described in the Medal Project such as BMI, etc. It features a plugin mechanism and an embedded Python interpreter for writing new algorithms.
MP3 STATION alpha3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120401/
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 also has a simple ncurses client for comunicating with cm3s. All programs run under a non-privileged user account.
MURIX Linux 2003-04-22
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120387/
MURIX Linux is a distribution based on LFS for building bootable CDROMs.
NemeinAuthentication 1.5.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120415/
NemeinAuthentication is a PHP session-based authentication library for Midgard sites and applications. It can be used for adding easy and secure authentication for Midgard-based Web services, and also includes utilities for handling password complexity checking against imported libraries. The module ships with an imported English library.
netrik 1.8.0 (alpha)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120407/
Netrik is an advanced text mode WWW browser. Its purpose is to give access to as much of the Web as possible in text mode, without forsaking any comfort.
OBM 0.6.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120405/
OBM is an Intranet application written to help manage a company. It can also be used as a contact and customer database or as a shared calendar. It is written with PHP and requires MySQL to work (although support for other databases is possible). It supports internationalization and themes, and it includes: sales force, help desk, time tracking, user, and administration modules.
OggCarton 0.15alpha
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120450/
OggCarton is a free, open source home jukebox system that creates and indexes Ogg Vorbis and MP3 music files. It includes an integrated Web server.
OSS 3.9.7i
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120441/
OSS provides sound card drivers for most popular sound cards under Linux, *BSD, Solaris, UnixWare, OpenServer, AIX, HPUX, LynxOS, VxWorks, and Tru64. These drivers support digital audio, MIDI, synthesizers, and mixers found on sound cards. These sound drivers comply with the Open Sound System API specification. OSS provides a user-friendly GUI which makes the installation of sound drivers and configuration of sound cards very simple. It supports over 200 brand name sound cards, and provides automatic sound card detection, Plug-n-Play support, support for PCI audio soundcards, and support for full duplex audio.
Pan 0.13.95
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120442/
Pan is a newsreader which attempts to be pleasing to both new and experienced users. In addition to the standard newsreader features, Pan also supports yEnc, offline newsreading, article filtering, multiple connections, and more features for power users and alt.binaries fans.
Percival Network Monitoring System 1.1.3 http://freshmeat.net/releases/120449/
Percival is a network monitoring and capacity planning frontend to RRDtool. It features a themeable Web interface, and support for MIB2, Cisco, Linux, and Windows. Configuration is stored in a hierarchical database, which supports on-the-fly editing, links, and multiple users.
phpBandwidth Monitor 1.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120424/
phpBandwidth monitors a particular network interface (eth0, eth1, ppp0, etc.) and provides a realtime graph showing bandwidth consumption on a server.
phpExifRW 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120382/
phpExifRW is a pure PHP class to read, write, and transfer EXIF information that most digital cameras produce. This class overcomes the problem of most distributions that do not add Exif extensions in their default installation of PHP.
plan 1.8.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120419/
plan is a desktop calendar and day planner. Appointments, notes, todo items, vacations, etc. are displayed in monthly, weekly, daily, or yearly graphical views. Databases can be stored in files or on a network server that coordinates concurrent editing and makes sure everyone is up to date. No root privileges are required for installation.
Planets 0.1.10
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120413/
Planets is a fun, interactive program for many-body gravity simulations. The emphasis is on play: it's easy to add in planets, zoom in and out, change the physical constants, save and load configurations, etc. It's designed to be easy enough for a kid to enjoy, but that hardly precludes adults.
PLplot 5.2.1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120481/
PLplot is a library of C functions that are useful for making
scientific plots from programs written in C, C++, Fortran, Octave,
Python, and Tcl/Tk. It can be used to create standard x-y plots,
semi-log plots, log-log plots, contour plots, 3D plots, shade
(gray-scale and color) plots, mesh plots, bar charts, and pie charts.
Multiple graphs (of the same or different sizes) may be placed on a
single page with multiple lines in each graph. Different line styles,
widths, and colors are supported. A virtually infinite number of
distinct area fill patterns may be used. There are almost 1,000
characters in the extended character set, including four different
fonts, the Greek alphabet, and a host of mathematical, musical, and
other symbols. The fonts can be scaled to any desired size. A variety
of output devices and file formats are supported, including a metafile
format which can be subsequently rendered to any device/file. New
devices and file formats can be easily added by writing a driver
routine.
popauthd.sh 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120452/
popauthd.sh is a bash script that checks your maillog file for succesful POP3 logins and adds authenticated hosts to your sendmail