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[osdn developer] May 23, 2003
Date: Fri May 23 2003 - 04:15:50 EDT
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Sourceforge
TuxTyping 1.5.0 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=277737
After over a year of development with no releases, we are pleased to present Tux Typing 2 "Preview" release. Most of the internals have been rewritten with a focus on extensibility and internationalization. Creating a language pack is now as simple as creating a file for translations (lang.po file), maybe finding a font [1], setting up how the keyboard maps to the characters [2], and finally creating some word lists. TuxTyping is an educational typing tutorial game for children starring Tux, the Linux Penguin. It is graphical and requires SDL. It is free software copyrighted under the Gnu GPL. There is a new style of game "Comet Zap" and the start of tutor components with the new "Practice" mode. We really look forward to getting feedback about what parents/teachers/students/kids think about the new work. This release has a few rough edges, but we feel that it is time to let the world see what has been happening with Tux Typing. We have forums, mailing lists, and most importantly windows and linux builds are available at http://tuxtype.sf.net We are already hard at work at 1.5.1 and hope to have it released soon making it even easier for translators and users! Thanks, Jesse Andrews - jdandr2@uky.edu Calvin Arndt - calarndt@tux4kids.net Notes: [1] We are using a font that has support for many languages (Dansk, English, French, Spanish, ...) So if the included font works with your language, you don't need to find a new font. [2] for instance in the default (English) language pack, we set up the game so if the student presses 'A' or 'a' it both works for "A".
JGraph Geneva (v2.1.1) released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=275839
JGraph is the most powerful, lightweight, feature-rich, and thoroughly
documented open-source graph component available for Java. This release
(Geneva) includes minor changes: bean property methods and empty
constructor added to ConnectionSet for XMLEncoding, added Null-Check to
isCellEditable, fixed shared points bug in DefaultEdge, disable
autosize during in-place edit.
JGraphpad Salamance (v2.1.1 RC3) released http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=276899
JGraphpad is the first free diagram editor for Java that offers XML, Drag and Drop and much more. This release (Salamance) offers full TikiWiki integration, remote diagrams and libraries, custom cell properties, overview with panner, right-button panning, accepts files, urls, images and text via clipboard/drag and drop, exports GXL to clipboard, new graph explorer tool with automatic layout, enhanced GXL import, image export, and major and minor bug fixes, such as incorrect cell order after grouping, slow painting and Mac OS X, and status bar not working.
AOLserver 4.0 beta 6 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=276881
Sixth beta release for AOLserver 4.0. Detailed information about the bugs fixed in this release can be found in the release notes on the files download page. AOLserver is a multithreaded, Tcl-enabled, massively-scalable and extensible web server tuned for large scale, dynamic web sites. AOLserver also includes complete database integration and a dynamic page scripting language.
ScummVM 0.4.0 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=276225
Five months after our last release, 0.3.0b, and over 2500 CVS
commits/adds later, the ScummVM team proudly presents ScummVM 0.4.0.
The source code, as well as binaries for Linux, Windows, Mac OS X,
PocketPC, Solaris and PalmOS are already available at our download page
. Other binaries for MorphOS, Dreamcast and others, will follow
shortly. 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 an non-SCUMM interpreter
for Simon The Sorcerer 1/2. To get an overview of what is new in 0.4.0,
please consult our release notes:
https://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=158604 We hope
you will enjoy the best ScummVM ever! The ScummVM Team
Tiki 1.6 -Tau Ceti- released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=273930
Plenty of good news; install script added, notable performance improvement, less memory consumption, and alot of new features: user calendar, user tasks, user notepad, newsreader, ephemerides, link directory, wiki structures, new plugins and more! Tiki is full featured content management system suited to many types of online communities. Features include news, topics, wiki, polls, trackers, image galleries, froums, blogs, webmail, and much more. Using PHP, MySQL and Smarty.
LTP release announcement 2003.05.08
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=275627
The Linux Test Project test suite ltp-full-20030508.tgz has been released. The latest version of the testsuite contains 1800+ tests for the Linux OS. Our web site also contains other information such as: test results, a Linux test tools matrix, an area for keeping up with fixes for known blocking problems in the 2.5 kernel releases, technical papers and HowTos on Linux testing, and a code coverage analysis tool. Lists of test cases that are expected to fail for specific architectures and kernels are located at: http://ltp.sourceforge.net/expected-errors.php These lists also contain expected LTP compiler warnings for each architecture and kernel. Highlights: * An updated and revised HowTo is now posted on the website. * Updates to allow build and execution in NPTL environments. * Open POSIX Test Suite 0.9.0 merged into test suite. * New 'ltpmenu' ncurses-type GUI available. * New tests added for device mapper, sockets, and 2.5 timers. We encourage the community to post results, patches, or new tests on our mailing list, and to use the CVS bug tracking facility to report problems that you might encounter. More details available at our web-site.
Tcllib 1.4.0 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=275116
tcllib is a Tcl-only library of standard routines for Tcl (no compiling required). This release is a minor version change which fixes numerous bugs and provides a lot of enhancements as well. Tcllib 1.4 release
notes ======================== Hello World, welcome to Tcllib 1.4. This
release is a minor version change which fixes numerous bugs and
provides a lot of enhancements as well. Availability ------------ The
released distributions can be downloaded from
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=12883&release_id=
157517 Available are gzipped, zipped, and bzipped tarballs, a starkit,
and a starpack for windows. Installation ------------ * For the starkit
and starpack just execute the file and a GUI based installer will pop
up. Fill out the paths, then run the installation. * For the tarballs
unpack them in some directory /foo, then run the file
"/foo/installer.tcl". This will invoke the same installer used in the
starkit and starpack. Note: While the installer will open up a GUI by
default (and if possible), a command line based installation is
provided too. Run the installer with the option "-help" to see what is
available. Known problems -------------- * When using Tcllib 1.4 on a
true 64bit platform, like Linux/Alpha, or Linux/IA-64 the usage of Tcl
8.4.x is strongly recommended. * Package mime, SourceForge Tcllib Bug
#447037 A special case of the above. This problem affects only people
which are using Tcl and Mime on a true 64-bit system. The currently
recommended fix for this problem is to upgrade to Tcl version 8.4. This
version has extended 64 bit support and the bug does not appear
anymore. The problem could have been generally solved by requiring the
use of Tcl 8.4 for this package. We decided against this solution as it
would force a large number of unaffected users to upgrade their Tcl
interpreter for no reason. See
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=447037&group_id=12883&a tid=112883 for additional information. Acknowledgments --------------- Many thanks to Arjen Markus Brent Welch Brett Schwarz Dan Kuchler David N. Welton Don Porter Donal K. Fellows Eric Melski Gerald Lester Johannes-Heinrich Vogeler Jeff Hobbs Joe English Kevin Kenny Melissa Chawla Miguel Sofer Pat Thoyts Peter MacDonald Reinhard Max Ross Mohn Sandeep Tamhankar Scott Redman Scott Stanton Steffen Traeger Steve Ball and all the people who submitted bug reports and patches. Bug reports, patches, requests for enhancements (RFEs)
- Please submit bug
reports, patches and RFEs at [Bugs]
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=12883&atid=112883 [Patches]
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=12883&atid=312883 [RFEs]
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=12883&atid=362883 New modules
- Module Package Version Comments ------ ------- -----------
- des 0.8 Data Encryption Standard ------
- ----------- ------------------------------- doctools doctools 1.0 Documentation tools, first time [1] doctools::toc 0.1 as packages. Regular documentation, doctools::idx 0.1 table of contents, keyword indices, doctools::cvs 0.1 parsing of ChangeLogs and cvs logs. doctools::changelog 0.1 ------ ------- -----------
- md4 1.0 Another hash algorithm ntp time
1.0.1 TIME protocol soundex 1.0 Phonetic string comparison ------
- ----------- ------------------------------- [1] While the
doctools were present in Tcllib 1.3 already, their usability was not
very great as only a simple application, "mpexpand", was made
available, and no packages loadable in other application. For 1.4 This
has been changed completely. Beyond the placement of all doctools
functionality into packages it was also greatly expanded. A new
application based on this expanded functionality, the doctools
processor, "dtp" is also available, as part of the 'tclapps' module in
the 'tcllib' project at SourceForge. A starkit of 'dtp' can be found at
http://mini.net/sdarchive New packages in existing modules
- Module Package Version Comments ------
- ----------- ------------------------------- crc crc16 1.0.1 More crc's dns resolv 1.0 Resolver on top of dns, mini-cache log logger 0.1 Alternate logging. math statistics 0.1 Statistics. optimization 0.1 Optimization. ------ ------- -----------
- ----------- ------------------------------- [1] While the
doctools were present in Tcllib 1.3 already, their usability was not
very great as only a simple application, "mpexpand", was made
available, and no packages loadable in other application. For 1.4 This
has been changed completely. Beyond the placement of all doctools
functionality into packages it was also greatly expanded. A new
application based on this expanded functionality, the doctools
processor, "dtp" is also available, as part of the 'tclapps' module in
the 'tcllib' project at SourceForge. A starkit of 'dtp' can be found at
http://mini.net/sdarchive New packages in existing modules
- Extended packages in existing modules
- Module Package Version Comments
- ------- ----------- ------------------------------- struct 1.2.1 => 1.3 More structures: record - Variable record's list - Extended list manipulation skiplist - Skiplists prioqueue - Priority sorted queues graph Can use 'cgraph' if present. ------ ------- -----------
- Module Package Version Comments
- dns dns 1.0.1 => 1.0.3 Can now use TclUDP if present. textutil textutil 0.5 => 0.6 [2] ------ -------
- des 0.8 Data Encryption Standard ------
- ------------------------------- [2] Beyond some simple additional commands the main change is the extension of the [adjust] command to be able to understand, i.e. load, and use TeX hyphenation patterns. The new hyphenation algorithm is also a Tcl implementation of the TeX algorithm. Thanks to Johannes-Heinrich Vogeler for this. Other changes ------------- base64, uuencode, yencode Bug fixes, documentation fixes, cmdline, comm, control, performance enhancements, new examples, counter, cksum, crc32, sum, slightly extended functionality. csv, exif, fileutil, ftp, ftp::geturl, ftpd, html, htmlparse, irc, javascript, log, math, md5, mime, smtp, ncgi, nntp, pop3, pop3, pop3d::dbox, pop3d::udb, profiler, report, sha1, smtpd, stooop, expander, uri, uri::urn --------- Have fun, Andreas Kupries (on behalf of all the tcllib developers)
- Module Package Version Comments ------ ------- -----------
Proxool 0.7.2
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=272818
Proxool is a Java SQL Driver that provides a connection pool wrapper around another Driver of your choice. Very simple to migrate existing code. Fully configurable. Fast, mature and robust. Transparently adds connection pooling to your existing JDBC driver. Proxool 0.7.2 and 0.7.1 bring you lots of changes to do with concurrency and a few bug fixes.
Freevo version 1.3.2-pre4 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=272035
This development release includes GUI improvements, the ability to play music in the background, CD playing (with CDDB support), a new plugin interface, a Web recording interface, and many bugfixes. The binary runtime was updated, and MPlayer 0.90 is now used. Freevo is a Linux application that turns a PC with a TV capture card and/or TV-out into a standalone multimedia jukebox/VCR/PVR/HTPC. It uses MPlayer (included) to play and record audio+video. It is optimized for use with a TV+remote.
Slashdot
Semiconductor Technologies Guide
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/23/049214
An anonymous reader writes "[0]X-bit labs have posted an interesting
article on [1]manufacturing technologies used in the semiconductor
industry. Good reading if you want to get a really indepth idea of
technologies used for semiconductor manufacturing by IBM, Intel, AMD,
and others."
Links
Ant Farm PC
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/22/1236213
secolactico writes "This has got to be the coolest case mod I've come
across. An [0]ant farm in your PC case. Too bad there are no pics of
the case actually on a working PC. It'd be interesting to observe the
effect that the temperature and vibration of an operating PC would have
on the ants."
Links
0. http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/howto/story/0,24330,3433785,00.html
SGI Announces Restructuring, Cuts 400 Jobs http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/23/0133202
kerneljacabo writes "Yikes! [0]SGI seems to be the lastest victim of the economic downturn. Today they [1]announced an extensive 'restructuring,' which includes releasing about 10% (400) of their employess. Seems like no one is immune." SGI claims this'll save them $40M, as well as improve their performance next fiscal year. Links
Canadian University to Begin Training Hackers http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/22/234212
torok writes "According to an article at [0]The Edmonton Journal, The [1]University of Calgary is going to start [2]teaching select computer science students to write software viruses in a special new disconnected lab. Will Canada be accused of training the world's next generation of cyber-terrorists... or peacekeepers?" Links
0.
http://www.canada.com/edmonton/edmontonjournal/
1.
http://www.ucalgary.ca/
2.
http://www.canada.com/edmonton/edmontonjournal/story.asp?id=943501D5-61D4-4AAE-830F-2166BBC6D181Is the Seeking of Lost Skills/Arts a Hacking Analog? http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/22/2247200
[0]bigattichouse asks: "Having just finished my first batch of
home-brew beer, I've been thinking about my attraction to 'lost arts',
and collecting books on 'how to do stuff'. Some I try, some I just
read: metalsmithing, sewing, baking bread, making soap, knot tying,
brewing beer, woodcarving, yogurt and cheese.. there are so many skills
'lost' in the modern 'american' lifestyle... but I find my fellows tend
to have books on these subjects lying around, too. Is this common in
geekdom? Is this an expression of 'hacking' outside of
machinery/engineering?"
Links
0. http://www.bigattichouse.com/
802.11g Slows Down
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/22/2216247
[0]Moosifer writes "[1]Computerworld reports that in order to step on fewer 802.11b toes, the IEEE has [2]reduced the actual throughput of 802.11g in its latest (and allegedly final) draft. I think I might keep old firmware on my linksys AP and card so that I can at least pretend I have faster gear." It's been moved from 54Mbps all the way down to 10-20Mbps, more than just a slight change. Links
0. mailto:moosifer@megamoose.com
1.
http://www.computerworld.com/
2.
http://www.computerworld.com/mobiletopics/mobile/story/0,10801,81450,00.html?nas=PM-81450
Transparent Screens on the Horizon?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/22/2017244
[0]mhesseltine writes "According to [1]United Press, researchers in
Japan are developing transparent transistors. This could bring about
see-through screens like those in [2]Minority Report. Also, I imagine
would be better heads-up displays (HUDs) for vehicles, layered flat
panel displays, and new methods of interfacing with information
screens."
Links
0.
http://slashdot.org/~mhesseltine/
1.
http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20030522-015240-6785r
2.
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0181689
Pictures of Earth From Mars
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/22/202222
11223 writes "Mars Global Surveyor has snapped a [0]picture of Earth
from its Mars orbit. This picture, the first of its kind, shows Earth,
the Moon, and Jupiter. Earth is visible as a half disc exposing North
and South America; apparently the Moon had to be "processed" into the
picture."
Links
0. http://www.msss.com/mars_images/moc/2003/05/22/
Use a Honeypot, Go to Prison?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/22/198235
[0]scubacuda writes "Using a [1]honeypot to detect and surveil computer intruders might put you on the working end of federal wiretapping beef, or even get you sued by the next hacker that sticks his nose in the trap, [2]according this (old) Security Focus article. Honeypots could be federal criminal law calls "[3]interception of communications", a felony that carries up to five years in prison. Because the Federal Wiretap Act has civil provisions, as well as criminal, there's even a chance that a hacker could file a lawsuit against a honeypot operator that doesn't have their legal ducks in a row. "It would take chutzpah," said [4]Richard Salgado, senior counsel for the [5]Department of Justice's computer crime unit, "But there's a case where an accused kidnapper who was using a cloned cell phone sued for the interception of the cell phone conversations... And he won."" Links
0.
http://scubacuda&iname,com
1.
http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid14_gci551721,00.html
2.
http://www.securityfocus.com/news/4004
3.
http://www.cyber-rights.org/interception/
4.
http://data.law.georgetown.edu/curriculum/tab_faculty.cfm?Status=Faculty&Detail=1667
5.
http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/cybercrime/SCO Claims Linux Sales After Suit Irrelevant http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/22/1723229
molarmass192 writes "Here's the first reaction I've seen from SCO
regarding the public's stance that the code they distributed under the
GPL negates their claims on code in the Linux kernel. They [0]claim
that the lack of copyright notices "placed by the copyright holder"
means that the [1]GPL does not protect the unmentioned code in
question. "
Links
0. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/05/22/1053196680078.html
Freshmeat
6nome 1.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123669/
6nome is a theme loosely based on the background of the GNOME logo. The Metacity theme has embossed title text, and features the GNOME footprint as the menu button. The GTK theme has light and few colors, and its widgets have rounded corners.
AsyncResolv 0.0.2a
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123640/
AsyncResolv is an asynchronous DNS query library written in C++. It is easy to use and is quite fast. It is designed for incorporating in high-concurrency network servers.
AtariSIO 0.20
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123702/
AtariSIO is a Linux kernel driver module plus a small set of tools that implement the Atari 8-bit (400/600/800/XL/XE) computer series SIO protocol. The kernel driver handles the low-level parts and provides a simple interface for user space applications. This package contains two tools: atariserver, an Atari disk drive emulator (similar to SIO2PC or APE for MSDOS), and atarixfer, a tool to transfer disk images to/from a connected Atari disk drive.
BBForums 1.1 (development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123637/
BB-FORUMS is a Web forum server that creates a system permitting several forums administrated by different users. A forum can be public or moderated, and subscription-moderated. Moderated subscriptions or messages are easily accepted or rejected by the administrators of the forums into the web interface. It's written in PHP and MySQL, and can run with PHP safe mode. It is not powerful, but very simple to install and use.
Bugzero 2.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123635/
Bugzero is an easy-to-install Web-based bug, defect, issue, and incident tracking system. It can be customized to fit software, hardware, and help desk support situations. It is platform and database system independent (based on Java). It supports multiple projects, group-based access, automatic bug assignment, file attachment, email notification, metric reports, and workflow. It also features advanced search capability, a comprehensive bug audit trail, CVS version control integration, and an easy to use system administration tool for project configuration and user account management.
CjOverkill 1.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123591/
CjOverkill is a traffic trading script developed to track traffic trades between sites. These kind of scripts are mainly used for adult sites like TGPs, links lists, toplists or similar. It includes productivity, raw and unique hits traffic tracking also as several cheat protections like extreme low or extreme high productivity, minimum hits per day and maximum proxy percent per day. It also includes several integrity and security tests and a traffic filter in order to minimize hacking attempts.
Clustered JDBC 1.0alpha2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123710/
Clustered JDBC is to databases what RAID is for disks. C-JDBC provides transparent database clustering (partitioning, replication, etc.) to any Java application through JDBC. It works with any Java application without code modification and with any datase engine. C-JDBC has been successfully tested with Tomcat, JBoss, JOnAS, MySQL, PostgreSQL, HSQL, SAP DB, Oracle, and more.
Compledge Sentinel RC2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123657/
Compledge Sentinel is a Linux distribution designed for monitoring, auditing, and intrusion detection. It is a complete monitoring system solution designed to solve as many monitoring needs as possible. Its core components are Nagios, Nagat, Nessus, Snort, ACID, openMosix, Apache Web Server with OpenSSL, PHP, and MySQL.
CVSGnome 0.4.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123707/
CVSGnome is a build environment for the GNOME project which allows a systems administrator to install GNOME from either released source Tarballs or from bleeding edge CVS depending on what is wanted. This script also works as a general building wrapper around other sources. When started, it shows an interactive self-explanatory menu.
dietlinux 0.1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123634/
Dietlinux is a dietlibc-based Linux distribution. Glibc is fully avoided. Some of the most important server daemons (DHCP, DNS, etc.) are working.
DocBase 1.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123680/
DocBase is an easy and fast documentation system. It includes an internal Web rich text editor. All documents and attachments are stored in a MySQL database. It includes versioning, locking, and a classification system.
Drall 1.12.0.0 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123649/
Drall is a script which allows users to access their directories and files remotely without the need of using insecure FTP and telnet. It enables the user to treat the remote file system as if it was on their local hard disk through a normal Web browser. The interface resembles the well known Norton Commander and Midnight Commander. Single or dual-panel views makes it easy to see an overview of the file system and the modular design means you only use the features you need. Drall is written in Perl for easy customization and expansion.
Eiffel Wrapper Generator 0.5.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123693/
EWG (Eiffel Wrapper Generator) is a tool that generates Eiffel wrapper classes for C libraries. It can be used to create libraries that bridge the gap between Eiffel and C. It aims to work for arbitrary ANSI C and with all common Eiffel compilers. It is ideal for creating cross-platform, cross-Eiffel-compiler, and cross-C-compiler C library wrappers. It can handle pretty much all ANSI C, but understands Visual C and GCC extensions as well.
FireRPC 0.9.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123687/
FireRPC is a library that provides an easy interface for C programs to make remote function queries via the XML RPC protocol. It supports SSL/TLS, HTTP authentication, HTTP 1.1 persistent connections, and pipelining. It also supports POST data compression via bzip2 and response compression via bzip2, gzip, deflate, and compress.
GNOME War Pad 0.2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123623/
GNOME War Pad is 'VGA Planets' client for GNOME 2 desktop platform. It aims to develop a full featured client, including scripting Python support.
HP Web JetAdmin 7.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123665/
HP Web JetAdmin is designed for network managers who want to install, monitor, and troubleshoot a wide range of network-connected devices remotely from an intuitive browser interface.
Ice Sound Manager 2.3 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123652/
Ice Sound Manager was designed to ease the management of sound events, sound themes, and the IceSound server in the IceWM window manager. It is also intended to be an improvement upon the noble but primitive icesndcfg. The main improvements over icesndcfg include a support for sound event "themes", more comprehensive help, easy management and configuration of the IceSound server, a cleaner GUI interface, automatic starting of the IceSound server, and a more conservative approach to disk space usage.
IcePref2 2.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123650/
IcePref2 is an updated, overhauled, improved, and perfected version of the original IcePref (which was abandoned by the original author). This new version includes many new features and bugfixes, and is a sub-project of the IceWM Control Panel project. It is optimized for IceWM 1.2.2 and better.
IceWM Control Panel 2.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123646/
IceWM Control Panel is a full-featured, GTK-based control panel for IceWM. It features an IceWM theme designer, Ice Sound Manager (for sound events), IcePref2, and tools to manage desktop wallpaper, cursors, keys, window options, and more. IceWM Control Panel has a familiar, Windows-like Control Panel user interface.
IceWM Theme Designer 2.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123653/
IceWM Theme Designer is an intuitive program for designing and editing IceWM themes. It features a comfortable user interface and full drag-and-drop support. It includes English and Spanish translations.
iDecide 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123705/
iDecide will ask you to estimate how likely you are to succeed with an option, how much it's worth for you and how much it hurts if you fail. It will then compute which option is expected to give the most happiness. The program uses the expected-utility theory to make predictions of which option you should choose. You might think that you don't need a program to make your choices, but research has shown that humans are surprisingly bad at picking the most logical choices.
IMAP Proxy 1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123694/
The IMAP Proxy server is a caching IMAP proxy server. It was written to reduce the load that Webmail clients put on an IMAP server by keeping server connections alive for reuse, thus avoiding a new server connection for each Webmail transaction.
IntraSmart 3.0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123701/
IntraSmart allows organizations to set up an Intranet in a short period of time. It is easy to use and administer, totally customizable, runs on Windows NT/2000, Linux, and Sun Solaris, is highly scalable, and is database driven (Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, and MySQL LDAP compliant). Applications include a document sharing and management, group scheduler and calendar, private bulletin boards, company/departmental announcements, a group address book, an employee directory, a form generator, and more.
isdngw 0.3.1 (Seven Levels)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123661/
isdngw is an H.323 to ISDN gateway using the OpenH323 and PWlib libraries, and the ISDN4Linux subsystem. It is based on isdn2h323.
JSGraphics 0.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123663/
JSGraphics is a library for producing 2D graphics using JavaScript by manipulating HTML tables. It uses 'run length encoding' by taking advantage of colspan attributes in order to reduce the complexity of the output. Images created in this manner can be posted on the pages such as forums or LiveJournal where images are not allowed, and can be animated using JavaScript. Simple 2D graphics functions for drawing lines, points, and circles are included.
JSwat Java Debugger 2.17
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123629/
JSwat is a graphical, stand-alone Java debugger, using the JPDA library. It offers breakpoints with monitors and conditions, colorized source code display, single-stepping, displaying variables, viewing stack frames, and expression evaluation.
K-Track 0.3.0-alpha1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123633/
KTrack is an Linux satellite program that runs under KDE 3. It is especially well-suited for ham radio operators who are working through linear transponders. It provides automatic doppler compensation, a nice map display, a satellite transponder database, and more.
KDE Interactive Geometry 0.5.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123690/
KDE Interactive Geometry (KIG) is a program for use in math classes in high school, much like KGeo, KSeg, Dr. Geo, and Cabri. It allows students to interactively explore geometric concepts.
Knights 0.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123625/
Knights aims to be the ultimate chess resource on your computer. Written for the K Desktop Environment, it's designed to be both friendly to new chess players and functional for Grand Masters. Knights supports play against yourself, against computer opponents, or against others over the Internet. It also supports custom, themable graphics and audio.
Kodos 1.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123699/
Kodos is a regular expression designer, tester, debugger, and validator that allows a developer to create and modify regular expressions against a test string. The intuitive interface allows the developer the ability to modify the regular expression (regex) and to see the effects against their test string in real-time.
Least 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123664/
Least is a tool for fitting generic data to a user-specified function using the least squares method. It supports multidimensional and multiparametric fitting, linear or non-linear functions in the parameters, and error in the independent variable(s).
LFT 2.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123677/
LFT (formerly FFT) is an alternative traceroute program for displaying the route packets take to an IP network host/socket. Unlike Van Jacobson's traceroute, which is available on almost every platform today, LFT uses TCP in order to elicit ICMP TIME_EXCEEDEDs or other IP route data. As a result, LFT often executes much faster and sees behind some configurations of firewalls. Its stateful engine lets the user know when it encounters a stateful firewall or other interesting conditions. It also does AS number and netblock name lookups en route. Most importantly, LFT can trace specific TCP-based protocol routes (not just IP) to assist network engineers with manual fault isolation of network application problems.
Linux Virtual Server 1.0.9 (IPVS for kernel 2.4) http://freshmeat.net/releases/123662/
The Linux Virtual Server Project is an Open Source project to cluster many real servers together into a highly available, high-performance virtual server. The LVS handles connections from clients and passes them on the the real servers (so-called Layer 4 switching) and can virtualize almost any TCP or UDP service, like HTTP, HTTPS, NNTP, FTP, DNS, ssh, POP3, IMAP4, SMTP, etc. It is fully transparent to the client accessing the virtual service.
Linux X10 Universal Device Driver 1.6.3 (Linux-2.4.x) http://freshmeat.net/releases/123667/
This project provides a /dev interface to an X10 network through Linux kernel modules. It is intended to provide a standard interface and syntax to shell script utilities (such as cat and echo), Perl scripts, C programs, or Java programs so that everything from a quick hack to a more advanced program can manipulate the X10 devices in an automated home regardless of the transceiver used. Its simplest use is with shell scripts (examples of which are provided in the package). Currently the project supports the 4 main X10 transceivers (PowerLinc Serial, PowerLinc USB, CM11A, and Firecracker/CM17A).
ll-debug.el 1.3.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123636/
ll-debug is an emacs module that provides commands to support a low level debug style. It features quick insertion of various debug output statements and improved functions for (un)commenting chunks of code. Languages like Lisp, C, C++, Perl, Ruby, Java, and shell scripting are supported to various degrees.
Mainstreet Credit Verification Engine 3.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/123656/
Mainstreet Credit Verification Engine (MCVE) is a scalable Credit Card Processing Engine for Linux and UNIX. MCVE is designed to handle credit card authorizations and is certified to support major clearing house protocols. Features include support for multiple modems, multiple merchant accounts, and multiple processors, all simultaneously -- as well as IP and SSL connectivity along side SQL database support. Designed in C, conforming to POSIX standards, and utilizing light weight processes (threads), this product is able to handle a large number of transactions with high speed and minimal CPU usage.
Mamory 0.2.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123708/
Mamory is a library for ROM management in emulator-related projects. It also has a CLI client.
Market Analysis System 1.6.6g
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123712/
The Market Analysis System (MAS) provides tools for technical analysis of financial markets, including stock and futures charting and automated generation of buy and sell signals.
materm 0.0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123632/
materm is a multi-terminal for the X Windows system based on aterm that provides tabbed functionality without requiring KDE or GNOME.
McStas 1.7 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123643/
McStas is a computer program (written in C) that enables you to model
very precisely a neutron instrument described as a series of various
components. A source component shoots each neutron randomly
(Monte-Carlo), and the particle is then propagated through the
different instrument components. These later act on the neutron
characteristics (position, speed, direction, spin, etc.). Usually, one
installs some detectors along the neutron path to monitor its
characteristics and flux.
mooix 1.0rc1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123689/
Mooix is a multiuser object-oriented dimension (a MOO) layered over top of your favorite Unix system. To the user, mooix looks much like any other MOO. To the programmer, mooix objects look like directories full of files: executable methods, properties, and links to other objects. MOOs have historically had poor support for such things as real programming languages, encrypted logins, multitasking, and editors. Mooix inherits all of these things from the Unix system it is based on. At the same time, it's not wedded too tightly to Unix (e.g., it implements its own permissions system that is much more suited to a MOO environment than the historical Unix system).
MP3 STATION beta 4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123666/
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.
MumabAs 0.1.5c (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123709/
MumabAs is a GUI for configuring which mailboxes mutt should watch for new mail.
NeoStats 2.5.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123672/
NeoStats provides unique services to IRC via loadable modules. It does not provide the traditional NickServ/ChanServ services, but instead provides services like "HostServ", which can automatically set a user's virtual host upon logging onto a IRC network, or "StatServ", which can provide detailed statistics about the network, individual servers, or channels, and produce an HTML page. It also includes a number of "Fun" services, like "LoveServ" and "MoraleServ". Additional modules are available via the NeoStats Web site or through third party developers. Currently, NeoStats supports UnrealIRCd, UltimateIRCD, Hybrid7, and NeoIRCd, with more IRCD support being developed.
Network Query Tool 1.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123686/
Network Query Tool (NQT) is a one-stop solution for getting information about a domain or IP address. Instead of manually using different Unix commands or visiting numerous Web sites to investigate a host, just load Network Query Tool and enter the hostname or IP. NQT does the rest. As well as the .com, .net, and .org TLDs, it supports .name, .cc, .us, .ws, .info, and .biz TLDs.
NIOS Cross Development Kit 3.01-20030517 http://freshmeat.net/releases/123611/
NIOS Cross Development Kit is a CDK for Altera's NIOS soft-core processor series. It provides a comprehensive GNU assembler and C/C++ development environment on Linux or similar host systems. It includes the GNU Debugger with the NIOS simulator.
ObjectScript 1.2 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123685/
ObjectScript is a general purpose object-oriented programming language. It is designed to be simple to learn, easy to use, and powerful, combining the convenience of an interactive interpreter with many of the features of Java: a simple Java-like syntax, javadoc support, a class system (single inheritance), private vs. public fields and methods, exceptions, synchronization and threading, etc. Since it can be interactively interpreted, ObjectScript can be used to debug or learn Java systems. And since it supports extending Java classes and interfaces, it can add sophisticated scripting to an existing Java application.
OSE 7.0pl7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123638/
OSE provides a framework for building event driven systems, Web-based services, and distributed applications using C++ and Python. A HTTP servlet framework is included, and separate gateways for XML-RPC and SOAP protocols are also available.
OSSP fsl 1.1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123674/
OSSP fsl offers the syslog API otherwise provided by libc. Instead of writing to the syslogd process, it uses the powerful OSSP l2 logging capabilities. It is a drop-in link-time replacement which enables any syslog consumer to take advantage of OSSP l2 by just linking this library in before libc. The program is intended to apply OSSP l2 functionality to existing syslog-based third-party programs without the requirement to change the source code of the program.
Pancho 9.1.2 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123673/
Pancho is a utility that allows network administrators to make changes to the configuration for a single node or group of nodes through SNMP and TFTP. It also provides archiving functionality by allowing you to copy the device configurations to a remote server through a scheduled cron or at job.
Parasite 1.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123681/
Parasite is a PHP PEAR::DB-based blogger with support for spell checking, pingback, highlighted searching, Weblogs.com ping, RSS headlines, and more.
PCX statistics 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123547/
PCX statistics derives the average brightness from each picture line, selects the line with the lowest and highest brightness, and uses these values to calculate the gamma correction for a scanner control program.
PennMUSH 1.7.6p10 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123696/
PennMUSH is a MUD server that is often used for running social or role-playing games, with an extensive internal programming language. It runs on Unix systems, Windows, and MacOS.
Percival Network Monitoring System 1.1.4 http://freshmeat.net/releases/123641/
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.
PHP 4.3.2-RC4 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123630/
PHP is a widely-used Open Source general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for Web development and can be embedded into HTML. Its syntax draws upon C, Java, and Perl, and is easy to learn. PHP runs on many different platforms and can be used as a standalone executable or as a module under a variety of Web servers. It has excellent support for databases, XML, LDAP, IMAP, Java, various Internet protocols, and general data manipulation, and is extensible via its powerful API. It i