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Sourceforge
OggCarton Home Jukebox goes beta
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=278737

OggCarton is a cross-platform CD ripper, database, and web server for Ogg and MP3 files. OggCarton needs no external database or web server. With this release, the OggCarton Home Jukebox software moves from the alpha to the beta stage. Accordingly, binaries and installers for Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows are now available for those who prefer to not roll their own. Full source is still available for those who do. Enjoy!

Tcl/Tk 8.4.3 release
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=278739

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Tool Command Language (Tcl) is an interpreted language and very portable interpreter for that language. Tcl is embeddable and extensible, and has been widely used since its creation in 1988 by John Ousterhout. The Tcl Core Team is pleased to announce the 8.4.3 releases of the Tcl scripting language and the Tk toolkit. This is the third patch release of Tcl/Tk 8.4. Tcl/Tk 8.4.3 Release Announcement May 20, 2003 The Tcl Core Team is pleased to announce the 8.4.3 releases of the Tcl scripting language and the Tk toolkit. This is the third patch release of Tcl/Tk 8.4. More details can be found below. We would like to express our gratitude to all those who submit bug reports and patches. This information is invaluable in enabling us to identify and eliminate problems in the core. Where to get the new releases:

Tcl/Tk 8.4.3 sources are freely available as open source from the Tcl Developer Xchange web site at: http://www.tcl.tk/software/tcltk/8.4.html This web page also contains additional information about the releases, including new features and notes about installing and compiling the releases. Sources are always available from the Tcl SourceForge project's file distribution area: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=10894 Windows, Linux, Solaris and HP-UX binaries are available from: http://www.activestate.com/Tcl For additional information:
- Please visit the Tcl Developer Xchange web site: http://www.tcl.tk/ This site contains a variety of information about Tcl/Tk in general, the core Tcl and Tk distributions, Tcl development tools, and much more. Thank you for your contributions:
  - As usual, this release includes contributions from the Tcl community. We have a page honoring these contributors at: http://www.tcl.tk/software/tcltk/contributors.html Summary of Changes since Tcl/Tk 8.4.2:
    - The following were the main changes in Tcl/Tk 8.4.3. A complete list can be found in the changes file at the root of the source tree. The more complete ChangeLog is also included with each source release. This is a patch release, so it primarily included bug fixes and corrections to erratic behavior. Below are only the most notable changes. * Correct case-insensitive unicode string comparison in Tcl_UniCharNcasecmp * Corrected loading of tclpip8x.dll on Win9x * Correct Tcl_SubstObj handling of \x00 bytes * Correct wide int issues in 'format' * Remove assumption that file times and longs are the same size * Allow Tcl to differentiate between reparse points which are symlinks and mounted drives on Windows * Bad command count on TCL_OUT_LINE_COMPILE * Store pointers to notifier funcs in a struct to work around some platform linker issues * Load correct (non-)debug dll for dde or registry * Fixing ObjMakeUpvar's lookup algorithm for the created local variable * Make sure that tclWideIntType is defined and somewhat sensible everywhere * Corrected inconsistent results of [string is integer] observed on systems where sizeof(long) != sizeof(int) * Substantial changes to the Windows clock synch phase-locked loop in a quest for improved loop stability * Made changes so that the "wideInt" Tcl_ObjType is defined on all platforms, even those where TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG is defined. Also made the Tcl_Value struct have a wideValue field on all platforms. Potential incompatibility for TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG platforms because that struct changes size *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY *** * Catch any errors returned by the Windows functions handling TLS ASAP instead of waiting to get some mysterious crash later on due to bogus pointers * Correct 'glob -path {[tcl]} *', where leading special character instead lists files in '/'. Bug only occurs on Windows where '\' is also a directory separator. * Fixed memory leak in threaded allocator on Windows caused by treating cachePtr as a TLS index * Ensure cd is thread-safe * Correct mem leak on closing a Windows serial port * Prevent string repeat crash when overflow sizes were given * Worked around the issue of realpath() not being thread-safe on Mac OS X by defining NO_REALPATH for threaded builds on Mac OS X * Correct handling of the gb2312 encoding by making it an alias of the euc-cn encoding and creating a gb2312-raw encoding for the original. Most uses of gb2312 really mean euc-cn. * Corrected another putenv() copy behavior problem when compiling on Windows and using Microsoft's runtime * Stop buttons from being very wide when a tk_messageBox has a lot of content on Unix * Fixed crash in [winfo server] on Mac OS X * Correct compound button display in the disabled state * Correct crash when generating postscript for a single-line polygon (point) with no color * Updated French message catalog * Use gb2312-raw as the alias for gb2312* charset fonts on unix -- Tcl Core Team and Maintainers Jeff Hobbs, Tcl Core Release Manager

SCons 0.14 adds Java support, Autoconf-like functionality http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=279029

SCons alpha release 0.14 is now available for download. SCons is a software construction tool (build tool, or substitute for Make) implemented in Python, based on the winning design in the Software Carpentry build tool competition (in turn based on the Cons build tool). This release most notably adds support for Java builds (javac, javah, rmic and jar), and adds integrated Autoconf-like functionality for finding #include files and libraries. This release also contains significant performance improvements from previous releases. IMPORTANT: Release 0.14 contains the following interface changes: - Tool specifications no longer take a "platform" argument. - Emitter functions in Builders are now passed Node objects, not strings, for all targets and sources. - New TargetSignatures() and SourceSignatures() functions have been added to replace SetBuildSignatureType() and SetContentSignatureType(). - The Export() function and the exported variables argument of SConscript() now search for variables using the same rules as Python: local first, then global. - The SetJobs() and GetJobs() functions have been deprecated in favor of using SetOption('num_jobs', num) and GetOption('num_jobs'). - Callable expansions of construction variables in a command line now take a fourth "for_signature" argument that is set when the expansion is being called to generate a build signature. - Construction variables for building a target are now frozen when the Builder is called; later changes to the Environment do not necessarily affect how the target is build. See the release notes for more information about these changes. This release adds the following features: - Support for the Java tools javac, javah, rmic and jar has been added. - A Configure() function has been added that supports a lot of functionality similar to Autoconf. - A new PLATFORM construction variable stores a string representing the platform on which SCons is being run. - Dependencies may now be specified on in-core Python values. - Help text can now be sorted arbitrarily. - New $TARGET and $SOURCE attributes: ".posix" expands to a path name with forward slashes as separators, even on Win32 systems;
".srcpath" expands to a path to the source of a file in a BuildDir;
".srcdir" expands to a path to the BuildDir itself. - A new clear()
method resets a Node's state for re-use by continuous integration build interfaces. - Support for using Ghostscript to convert Postscript to PDF files has been added. - A stand-alone "Alias" function has been added. - Import('*') will now import everything that's been Export()ed.

New SetOption() and GetOption() functions support setting and fetching various command-line options within an SConscript file. - The Tool() function now adds tool names to a $TOOLS variable, which may be used to examine what tools are available. - The C preprocessor "#import" statement is now supported. - Newly-built .dll files can now be registered with the Windows registry using regsvr32. - An IDL scanner has been added. - A builder for Windows type library (.tlb) files from IDL files. The following fixes have been added: - Cygwin fixes: Use the .dll extension for shared libraries; don't use -fPIC when compiling shared libraries; use 'rm' to remove files; use MSVC '@' syntax for linking long command-lines. - The SYSTEMROOT environment variable on Win32 systems is now automatically propagated to the execution ENV environment. - Remote CVS file names are now checked out using Posix-style path names. - Trying to expand an out-of-range subscript for a construction variable like $TARGETS or $SOURCES now interpolates the null string. - SCons now correctly links or duplicates files in subsidiary BuildDir() directories. - SCons now reports "Cleaning targets ..." when the -c option is used. - The "Entering directory" message now quotes the directory name exactly like Make does. - Export() now works correctly for local Python variables, and can accept a dictionary as an argument. - PDB files now get put in a BuildDir() correctly. Performance has been improved as follows: - Unnecessary redundant signature calculations for command lines and Nodes have been eliminated. Development tests suggest this may speed up builds up to 30% or more.

Python 2.2.3 rc 1
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=279300

The first and hopefully only release candidate for Python 2.2.3 is now out. See http://www.python.org/2.2.3 for details. We expect Python 2.2.3 final to be released within a week of this announcement.

DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.2 released http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=279457

Major bug fix for 1.61.1 and accumulated enhancements and fixes from previous releases.

TuxTyping 1.5.0 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=277737

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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

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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

Slashdot
Mars Rover: Tumbleweed Models
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/23/2012235

An anonymous reader writes "A North Carolina State [0]project has prototyped a wind-blown Mars exploration rover. It draws its inspiration from the lowly tumbleweed, to cover large distances with low-power requirements. For collecting atmospheric, thermal or geological samples across great distances, the 'single-wheel' tumbleweed has some advantages over the usual four-wheeling approach to tough terrain."
Links

0. http://www.nasa.gov/vision/extend/mars_tumbleweed.html

Low Cost Cinema Through Dynamic Pricing
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/23/208226

cinesprocket writes "[0]EasyJet, the European pioneer of [1]LowCost airline travel has broadened its horizon into the entertainment field. [2]easyCinema is to open tomorrow in Milton Keynes, England, offering cinema-goers cheap rate tickets as low as 20 pence (33 cents) using the same formula that made their airline company revolutionise the industry in Europe. However, according to the [3]the BBC, easyCinema is being given the bird by Hollywood who will not allow it to show it's high cost movies for a low price for fear that it will create a domino effect in the future, like the airline industry has felt (in Europe). Given that easyCinema is willing to pay the movie producers the same price as the other multiplexes, it shouldn't matter what price they sell on the tickets at for we poor folk? Their success depends upon showing the big films and their lawyers are reported to be already mounting a case. Given that the case will be heard in England, where the MPAA have less of a hold on the government, it will be interesting whether they can bring the behemoth to its knees." Links

    0. 
http://easyjet.co.uk/
    1. 
http://www.cfoeurope.com/displaystory.cfm/1738886
    2. 
http://www.easycinema.com/Enquiry/Enquiry.aspx
    3. 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3051075.stm

Build Your Own ECG
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/23/124227

[0]Jason writes "I finally finished documenting my $4 home made electrocardiograph (heart monitor). If anyone is interested or wants to build one for themselves, please [1]come by and take a look. Makes me wonder why [2]medical care costs so much. :)" Links

    0. mailto:Jason.Nguyen@nospam.ieee.org
    1. 
http://www.eng.utah.edu/~jnguyen/ecg/ecg_index.html
    2. 
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20030508/hl_nm/healthcare_spending_dc_1

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Playstation 2 Linux Cluster at NCSA
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/23/2250224

[0]Mr. Spock writes "The National Center for Supercomputing Applications is looking at [1]scientific computing on the Sony Playstation 2. They've set up a [2]cluster with 65 compute nodes. They're running [3]Linux for Playstation 2. What will they think of next?"
Links

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http://playstation2-linux.com
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Office-Hour Habits of the North American Professor http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/23/1956248

An anonymous reader writes "For those of you who wonder just exactly what it is that your advisor is up to when you try to find him and meet with him, [0]The Chronicle of Higher Education has a study on the [1] Office-Hour Habits of the North American Professor." Links

0. http://chronicle.com/

http://chronicle.com/jobs/2003/05/2003051301c.htm

Keep Your Eye on the Electric Sparrow
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/23/198259

WC as Kato writes "Corbin Motors, the company that made the cute electric Sparrow car driven by Austin Powers in Goldmember, has gone into bankruptcy. [0]SJ Mercury News has details of the [1]dead bird..er Sparrow. Another electric car bites the dust!" Links

0. http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/

http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5927758.htm

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HP Thailand Sells $450 Linux Laptop
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/23/1857246

greyrax writes "The revolution has begun! Seems that the Thailand branch of HP is [0]selling Linux-based laptops for $450. The government of Thailand is now talking to Dell Thailand about a similar arrangement."
Links

0. http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/HNthailinux_1.html

SAP and MySQL Join Forces
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/23/1826202

An anonymous reader writes "Heise Online is reporting that [0]SAP and MySQL are going to cooperate (German article, you may want to use [1]Google's translation). Short summary: MySQL and SAP are going to develop a new database server. 'The primary responsibility for the development and product management is with MySQL' says SAP spokesperson Karl-Heinz Hess. Until the new database is released, SAP will continue to develop its own free database system [2]SAP DB, however it will now use the MySQL brand name." On a related note, IBM is introducing a [3]low-end version of DB2.
Links

    0. 
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.05.03-000/
    1. 
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://wwwheise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.05.03-000/
    2. 
http://www.sapdb.org/
    3. 
http://www.atnewyork.com/news/article.php/2211551

Update on State "Communications Services" Laws http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/23/1718212

[0]stwrtpj writes "The [1]Electronic Frontier Foundation is reporting a breaking news item: [2]Colorado Governor Owens has vetoed a super-DMCA-like bill similar to the one passed in Michigan." Felten has a comment on the [3]Colorado bill. Tennessee is [4]delaying their consideration of the bill. And Oregon's bill has died for now; see below for more.
Links

    0. mailto:p...stewart@@@attbi...com
    1. 
http://www.eff.org/
    2. 
http://www.eff.org/news/breaking/archives/2003_05.php#000283
    3.   
http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/archives/000392.html
    4. 
http://tennessean.com/business/archives/03/05/33062618.shtml?Element_ID=33062618

Shocking Clothing
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/23/167253

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harmonics writes "This is absolutely hysterical, it seems a "No-Contact Jacket" has been developed for women by MIT. This thing [0]carries enough voltage to knock you on your duff (80,000 volts), and is decently stylish too. Now to find out how I can get my wife one. Just don't wear it in the rain!" The real question is whether the submitter knew the origin and full meaning of the word "hysterical". Links

0. http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58914,00.html

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ADODB 3.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123717/

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

arch revision control system 1.0pre23
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123744/

arch is a modern replacement for CVS, specifically designed for the distributed development needs of open source projects. It has uniquely good support for development on branches (especially good merging tools), distributed repositories (every developer can have branches in their own repository), changeset-oriented project management (arch commits changes to multiple files at once), and, of course, file and directory renaming.

Ariadne 2.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123785/

Ariadne is a multi-language Web Application Server and Content Management System built with PHP. It has a rich user interface which includes wizards, pulldown menus, and a WYSIWYG HTML editor. Data is stored in a structured object store and can be accessed via filesystem-like calls (ls, find, get). It supports MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MSSQL.

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atool 0.26.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123766/

atool is a script for managing file archives of various types (tar, tar+gzip, zip, etc). The main command is probably 'aunpack' which extracts files from an archive. It overcomes the dreaded "multiple files in archive root" problem by first extracting to a unique subdirectory, and then moving back the files if possible. aunpack also prevents local files from being overwritten by mistake. Other commands provided are apack (for creating archives), als (for listing files in archives), and acat (for extracting files to stdout).

audio_burn 0.0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123723/

audio_burn is a commandline audio cd burning application written in C. It uses libaudioburn (also written in C) for all of the real work, which in turn uses several other Free Software packages. It accepts WAV, Ogg, and MP3 input files, decodes them, and (optionally) normalizes them before writing them to CD.

BASHISH 1.1.0 (Themes)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123761/

Bashish is a theme-engine using bash and other POSIX shells to customize nearly all aspects of the terminal: title, colors, prompt, font, background, etc. It has a modular design which makes it easy to add features (and it does have a lot) while keeping good performance.

BASHISH 1.9.21
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123759/

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bk_edit 0.6.18
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123782/

bk_edit is an easy to use bookmark manager and editor. The program can read, write, edit, create, manage, and convert the bookmarks of the most popular browsers. There is also a simple drag and drop interface for adding new bookmarks from a running browser in a very comfortable way. There are plugins for Mozilla, Opera, Galeon/XBEL, Netscape, and Links 2.

Blassic 0.5.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123804/

Blassic is a classic Basic interpreter. The line numbers are mandatory, and it has PEEK & POKE. The main goal is to execute programs written in old interpreters, but it can be used as a scripting language.

ccgo 0.3.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123767/

ccgo is a client program for the IGS Go server, an SGF viewer, and a front end to gnugo written in C++ using gtkmm. It has simple interfaces aimed to be fast and reliable for people who just want to play or observe games of Go.

cfv 1.14
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123805/

cfv is a utility to both test and create .sfv (Simple File Verify), .csv, .crc, .md5(sfv style), md5sum, and BSD md5 checksum verification files. It also includes test-only support for .par and .par2 files. These files are commonly used to ensure the correct retrieval or storage of data.

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cheops-ng 0.1.11
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123720/

Cheops-ng is a network management tool for mapping and monitoring your network. It has host/network discovery functionality and OS detection, and does a port scan of each computer to tell what services are running. It can probe FTP, HTTP, ssh, email (port 25), news, IMAP, and VNC to see what version and type of server is running on those ports.

CLIP 1.0.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123794/

CLIP is a Clipper/XBase compatible compiler with initial support for FoxPro, Flagship, and CAVO syntax. It supports Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and Win32 (via Cygwin). It features support for international languages and character sets, including two-bytes character sets like Chinese and Japanese. It also features OOP, a multiplatform GUI based on GTK/GTKextra, all SIX/Comix features (including hypertext indexing), SQL and ODBC drivers, a C-API for third-party developers, a few wrappers for popular libraries (such as BZIP, GZIP, GD, Crypto, and Fcgi), a multitasking client and server based on TCP/IP sockets, and more.

ConsultComm Project Timekeeper 3rc4 (Testing) http://freshmeat.net/releases/123731/

Consultant Communicator (ConsultComm) is a lightweight, cross-platform program that allows anyone managing multiple projects, clients, or tasks to effectively keep track of exactly how much time has been spent on each project.

Covert Channel Tunneling Tool 0.1.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123752/

Covert Channel Tunneling Tool (CCTT) is a tool presenting several exploitation techniques allowing the creation of arbitrary data transfer channels in the data streams authorized by a network access control system.

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CrossOver Office 2.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123797/

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.

DocBook XSL Stylesheets 1.61.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123765/

DocBook is an XML and SGML dialect that enables you to author and store document content in a presentation-neutral form that captures the logical structure of the content. Using the modular DocBook stylesheets and related resources, you can transform, format, and publish your DocBook content as HTML pages and PDF files, and in many other formats, including TeX, RTF, FrameMaker MIF, JavaHelp, Microsoft HTML Help, UNIX man pages, and TeXinfo.

dvd::rip 0.50.13 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123811/

dvd::rip is a full featured DVD copy program written in Perl. It provides an easy-to-use but feature-rich GTK+ GUI to control almost all aspects of the ripping and transcoding process. It uses the widely known video processing swissknife, transcode, and many other Open Source tools.

Easy Integrity Check System 2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123718/

Easy integrity check system is an easy-to-install and use file integrity system. It is intended to be used by system administrators to aid with intrusion detection.

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Electric 6.08
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123793/

Electric is a complete EDA system that can handle many forms of circuit design, including Schematic Capture (digital and analog), Custom IC layout, Logic Simulation, Electro-mechanical hybrid layout, Programmable logic (FPGAs) and much more.

Eternal Lands 0.7.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123724/

Eternal Lands is a multiplatform (Windows/Linux) 3D graphical online world that will evolve into a fully-featured MMORPG. It requires a hardware-accelerated video card that supports at least OpenGL 1.2.

GNU gengetopt 2.10
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123713/

GNU gengetopt takes a simple description of arguments and generates a C function that uses the GNU getopt_long(3) function to parse and validate the options. It is perfect if you are too lazy to write all that is required to call getopt_long(3), or need to use many options. The generated code also works with autoconf or automake.

GPS Manager 0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123725/

GPS Manager is a GUI for organizing GPS data such as waypoints, tracks, and routes. It is able to download data from many different GPS units, providing off-unit storage for as much data as your computer can hold and higher level organization and analysis tools than most GPS units provide.

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grubconfig 1.17 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123751/

grubconfig is a script that helps you install the GRUB bootloader on your system. It requires bash and dialog.

GTKsubtitler 0.2.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123758/

GTKsubtitler is a tool for editing and converting subtitles for DivX films. It allows you to move subtitles, change their format, convert them to ISO-8859-1/2, and merge two sets of subtitles.

Handy 0.1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123788/

Handy is a small commandline tool to synchronize a Lotus Notes appointment scheduler with KDE Organizer and a SIEMENS S35/S45 cellphone. It is able to read the result of the export function of a Lotus Notes client version 5.x. It converts such a file into a vCal 2.0 file for the Organizer and can send the appointments to a cellphone over the IR Port or the serial device.

HBCI4Java 0.1 (Passport Editor)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123749/

HBCI4Java is a Java library for the HBCI home banking interface. It supports almost all aspect of the HBCI versions 2.01, 2.1, 2.2, and HBCIplus (with PIN/TAN support). Its API is very application-oriented, so no knowledge about HBCI is required.

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HBCI4Java 2.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123735/

iBackup 2.26
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123714/

ibackup lets you automate (with cron) the backup of system configurations. It is easy to extend it for your systems and adapt to your needs. It supports exclude lists, upload, and encryption of your backups. It also comes with a sysconf script to make a report about a system.

Iguana 0.1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123750/

Iguana is an interpreted, interactive, high-level language, primarily intended for numerical computations. It can be extended with your own modules written in C or C++, and is adaptable as an extension language for existing applications.

JChassis 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123746/

JChassis is a lightweight component framework for writing Java applications. It extends the basic JavaBean component concept to provide dependency handling, a simpler bean context model, and an application model to aid the development of a project.

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joap-perl 0.01
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123716/

The Jabber Object Access Protocol (JOAP) allows object attributes and methods to be accessed over the Jabber network. joap-perl implements JOAP in Perl. It lets developers define their own JOAP servers and classes in Perl, and it also lets them use remote servers and classes in a transparent and Perlish way.

Jumpi 1.0.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123711/

Jumpi is a simple, protocol agnostic, and extensible message passing communications API written in Java. The fully documented plug-in based reference implementation provides protocol adapters for MPI, TCP, UDP, and JMS. The connectionless messaging paradigm can dramatically simplify client application code and is a complementary technology to JMS and RMI. Jumpi is Midp1.0, PersonalJava1.0, and J2SE compatible.

Koha 1.9.3 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123777/

Koha is a library and collection management system. It is designed to manage physical collections of items (books, CDs, videos, reference, etc.). It provides cataloguing, searching, member/patron management, an acqusitions system, and circulation (issues, returns, and reserves). Circulation is handled with a full screen curses interface or a Web-based interface, and the rest of the system is Web-based.

Layer-7 Packet Classifier for Linux 0.1.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/123808/

This project is a filter that classifies packets based on application (or layer 7) data. This means that it is able to classify packets as HTTP, FTP, Gnucleus, etc, regardless of what port the services are run on. It complements existing filters that classify based on route, port numbers, and so on in the existing Linux QoS infrastructure.

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LILO 22.5.4-beta2 (Beta)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123715/

LILO is a Boot loader for Linux/x86 and other PC operating systems. It is responsible for loading your Linux kernel from either a floppy or a hard drive and passing control to it. It is capable of booting beyond cylinder 1024 of a hard disk if the BIOS supports EDD packet call extensions to the int 0x13 interface. LILO can also be used to boot many other operating systems, including DOS, Windows (all versions), OS/2, and the BSD variants. The LILO distribution includes full source, documentation and support files.

Linux 2.4.21-rc3 (2.4-testing)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123730/

Linux is a clone of the Unix kernel, written from scratch by Linus Torvalds with assistance from a loosely-knit team of hackers across the Net. It aims towards POSIX and Single UNIX Specification compliance. It has all the features you would expect in a modern fully-fledged Unix kernel, including true multitasking, virtual memory, shared libraries, demand loading, shared copy-on-write executables, proper memory management, and TCP/IP networking.

Linux Bandwidth Arbitrator 4.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123719/

Linux Bandwidth Arbitrator allows beginning-to-advanced network administrators to control bandwidth. It is designed to be completely turn-key in its default configuration. You just plug it into your network trunk, and it self configures and immediately starts slowing "bandwidth hogs". It also comes with finer controls that are easy to use, and can be configured to target specific applications such as Kazaa, IMAP, and POP. Traffic can be limited by host IP, subnet, and time of day controls can be set.

MasarLabs NoArp 1.1.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123736/

MasarLabs NoArp is a Linux kernel module that filters and drops unwanted ARP requests. It is useful when you need to add an alias to the loopback interface to use a load balancer.

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Megamek.NET 0.314
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123770/

Megamek.NET allows you to enter the World of Battletech and become commander of a subsection of the forces of one of the 5 big houses or a minor faction. You then use your lances (groups of Meks) to fight against other players online. The game's community is already quite large, and there are 2 major servers set up. One is using the 3025 timeline and the other one is set in the year 3060.

mGSTEP 0.528
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123748/

mGSTEP is a set of libraries which provide a cross-platform clone of NeXT's (now Apple's) highly acclaimed NeXTSTEP graphical user interface and OPENSTEP/Cocoa Objective-C class libraries. The principal design goal is the development of a small, fast, and stable runtime suitable for use in embedded devices and server appliances.

my Wine Database 2003-05-22 (PHPNuke)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123738/

my Wine Database allows the management of data about wine bottles, wine types, and wine producers. It caters for of multiple locations, such as more than one house, basement, kitchen, or anything else, and is written with PHP and mySQL. The database generation script is included, as well as support for multiple languages.

Nast 0.1.7.e
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123792/

Nast is a packet sniffer and a LAN analyzer based on Libnet and Libpcap. It can sniff the packets on a network interface in normal mode or in promiscuous mode. It dumps the headers of packets and the payload in ASCII or ASCII-hex format. Various packet filters can be applied. The data sniffed can be saved in a separate file. As an analysis tool, it can check for other NICs on the network which are set in promiscuous mode, build a list of all hosts on a LAN, find a gateway, perform port scanning on a multiple hosts, catch daemon banners, follow the TCP data stream, reset a connection, and determine whether a link type is a hub or switch.

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newsx 1.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123742/

NewsX is an NNTP client for Unix. It will connect to a remote NNTP server and post outgoing articles batched by the news system, as well as fetch incoming articles. It provides the NNTP capabilities required for small local news spools on installations with NNTP access only through limited ISP accounts. It works well via a dialup SLIP/PPP connection.

NeXTensio 2.0.0 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123755/

NeXTensio is a collection of server behaviors and commands designed to boost programmer productivity for task automation and form generation. It based on UniFORM, the Unified FORM Architecture, and UniVAL, the automated validation algorithm. NeXTensio allows developers to concentrate the application logic in one location, while allowing Insert/Edit/Delete operations. This provides great flexibility and a centralized way of dealing with form logic. It includes KTML, the online WYWIWYG HTML editor, and the Improved Repeat Region, which features list filtering and sorting.

Not A Commander 1.0-SNAP-030522
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123812/

Not A Commander is yet another file manager modeled after the Norton Commander. Good integration with the command line is the primary goal.

OpenOffice.org 1.1 beta2 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123776/

OpenOffice.org is the Open Source project through which Sun Microsystems is releasing the technology for the popular StarOffice productivity suite.

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openWEBchat 1.2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123803/

openWEBchat is a communication tool that allows you to chat with people on IRC. It is easy to use and understand, and is useful for providing people with the abilty to chat on project or home pages.

Oracle Perl Procedure Library 1.0 (Stable) http://freshmeat.net/releases/123786/

extproc_perl is an Oracle external procedure library that allows Oracle functions and procedures to be written in Perl. A Perl interpreter is embedded in the external procedure, and remains persistent for the life of a client session.

OS X mod MPlayer Skin 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123771/

OS X mod MPlayer Skin is a modification of phantomas's OS X Brushed MPlayer skin. It includes the play and pause buttons as one in the same, uses window manager window decorations, includes a playbar for fullscreen mode (go to preferences/misc and select enable playbar), and includes load, playlist, and fullscreen buttons from Everaldo's Crystal icon theme. It also includes an about button based on an adaptation of the MPlayer logo.

php3guest 1.6.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123784/

php3guest is a Web guestbook written in PHP using a MySQL backend. Entries can easily be edited or removed by the owner via a Web interface. Installation and configuration is easy and well documented. php3guest features modular language support with multiple sample modules (e.g. German, English, Chinese, Spanish, Hungarian, Italian, and Danish) provided. The code is fully documented and is a fine starting point to learn PHP.

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Phylographer April-03-2003
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123721/

PhyloGrapher is a program designed to visualize and study evolutionary relationships within families of homologous genes or proteins (elements). It is a drawing tool that generates custom graphs for the given set of elements. In general, it is possible to use PhyloGrapher to visualize any type of interactions between elements you want.

PROPS 0.6pr2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123772/

PROPS is an open, extensible Internet publishing system designed specifically for periodicals such as newspapers and magazines who want to publish online, either exclusively or as an extension of their print publication. It supports user registration, access control, staging, templates for display and paid access to archives. It is written entirely in PHP4, and uses XML with advanced syndication capabilities in mind.

QScintilla 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123745/

QScintilla is a port of the Scintilla C++ editor class to the Qt GUI toolkit.

ROCK Linux 2.0.0-beta2 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123743/

ROCK Linux is a distribution build kit for creating Linux distributions. You can easily design and build your own distribution by choosing packages, compilers, and optimization options, and optionally enable the GCC Stack-Smashing Protector for enhanced security. It is also possible to choose custom configure options, cross-compile, and much more. Many specialized targets (customized distributions) have already been created, such as a Desktop, Router, or Minimal distribution. A variety of architectures are supported.

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