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[osdn developer] June 27, 2003
Date: Fri Jun 27 2003 - 01:15:50 EDT
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Sourceforge
Gallery v1.3.4 and Gallery Remote v1.0.1 Released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=285885
Three years to the day since Gallery became a SourceForge project, we're pleased to announce the release of Gallery v1.3.4 as well as Gallery Remote v1.0.1. Gallery v1.3.4 is both a new feature and bugfix release, and is recommended for all Gallery users. New features for v1.3.4 include: the ability to download your gallery to burn to CD or browse offline, additional photo print services, auto-rotation of JPEGs when possible, and the ability to add new customized description fields to photos. In addition, v.1.3.4 fixes numerous minor bugs, and extends support for PHP-Nuke to versions 6.5 and newer, and improves the Windows XP Publishing Wizard interface. Alongside the new Gallery release comes the release of Gallery Remote v1.0.1, which fixes many bugs, implements HTTP basic authentication, and allows you to save and load Gallery Remote projects. Gallery v1.3.4 and Gallery Remote v1.0.1 are available from the Gallery Download Page: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=7130
Zsh 4.0.7 and 4.1.1 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=286040
Finally, a development version of zsh is available again. 4.1.1 introduces many new features both in the main shell and as library add-ons. It has been in development for some time and is believed to be fairly stable. 4.0.7 is a bug-fix release for the stable branch of zsh. zsh is a shell probably most similar to ksh, but with countless enhancements and differences.
BZFlag 1.7g2 "steely eyed banana" released http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=285923
Now with twice as mojo! New features include a nifty server administration system, autoconf, cheating protection, expanded platform support and much more. BZFlag is an OpenSource OpenGL Multiplayer Multiplatform battlezone capture the flag game. Get it today at http://bzflag.org/
FreeDOS kernel 2030 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=285969
FreeDOS kernel build 2030 is out with quite a few important bugs fixed. FreeDOS aims to be a complete, free, 100% MS-DOS compatible operating system. FreeDOS is free because it is released under the GNU General Public License.
Netatalk 1.6.3 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=285971
The Netatalk development team is proud to announce version 1.6.3 of the Netatalk File Sharing suite. Netatalk is a collection of server programs and utilities for handling various protocols employed by Apple Macintosh computers on Unix compatible systems. This allows Unix hosts to act as file, print, and time servers for Apple Macintosh (classic MacOS as well as MacOS X) computers. The suite contains: * afpd - a file server that implements the Apple Filing Protocol, allowing clients running MacOS to access Unix file servers * atalkd - an implementation of the AppleTalk protocol * papd - a print server that enables Macintosh computers to access printers connected to Unix servers * timelord - a time server for synchronizing time over the network * megatron - a tool to convert files in Macintosh specific formats like BinHex, AppleSingle, or MacBinary into files readable by Unix computers
- various other utilities Netatalk is a Free/Open Source Software project and is released under the GNU General Public License (GPL). Please see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html for the full license text. News in Netatalk 1.6.3 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Netatalk 1.6.3 is a maintenance release for the 1.6 series that fixes various small bugs and glitches in Netatalk. Please see the NEWS file contained in the distribution for more detailed information.
Slashdot
Ice Detected Underneath Mars' North Pole
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/27/009228
[0]TheSync writes "A Reuters/Yahoo story says University of Arizona and
Russian scientists have [1]detected water ice uniformly distributed in
the soil of Mars' north polar regions. The amount of hydrogen detected
indicates ice of 80% to 90% of soil volume. Data was used from the Mars
Global Surveyor and Mars Odyssey." It's worth noting that their study
only detected large amounts of hydrogen; so much hydrogen that ice is
figured to be the only form it could be in, although I kind of like the
idea of Mars' pole covering a huge pocket of hydrogen gas.
Links
0. http://www.thesync.com/tomzone
The Rise of Casual and Mobile Gaming
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/27/0056250
[0]HardcoreGamer writes "The [1]New York Times has a lengthy article
about the simple pleasures and [2]growth of casual mobile gaming.
Trends show that 'more and more people are playing simpler, quieter
types of electronic games on the Web, cellphones and hand-helds.' The
growth in lighter, less time- and resource-intensive games (like those
by [3]GameLoft, [4]Jamdat, and [5]WildTangent) is spurred by the
ability to play anytime, anywhere, as much as the rising development
costs and production times for a traditional game. A wireless game can
cost $40,000 and take a few months to develop, while full-fledged PC
and console games can cost $5 million to $10 million and take years to
deliver."
Links
0.
http://127.0.0.1
1.
http://www.nytimes.com/
2.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/26/technology/circuits/26casu.html
3.
http://www.gameloft.com/
4.
http://www.jamdat.com/
5.
http://www.wildtangent.com/
First Review of the Treo 600 Smartphone
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/26/2346243
[0]jlouderb writes "[1]Handspring debuted the biggest product at last
week's l[2]CeBit show in New York. [3]Lots of news articles were
written about the [4]Treo 600, but I actually got to [3]borrow one of
the few prototypes for a day." Looks like the only real negatives are
that there's no protection for the screen, and no removable battery,
otherwise it's a tight little device. It'll be interesting to see the
release model in action.
Links
0.
http://www.extremetech.com
1.
http://www.handspring.com/
2.
http://www.cebit-america.com/
3.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1137788,00.asp
4.
http://www.handspring.com/treo600/index.jhtml;jsessionid=EMY1WOU5EUBEDQFIAFCCFFGAVAATMIV0Slashback: Transparency, USB, Europatents http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/24/2148248
Slashback with a followup on the perpetual motion DeLorean, a word on RIAA bank-account-jacking, a reminder about the fast-tracked vote on software patents in the EU, the real meaning of "high speed USB" and more. Read on below for the details.
Microsoft SPOT Watches
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/26/1541255
Octagon Most writes "PocketPCThoughts has [0]a report from a graphic
designer who worked on wristwatches using Microsoft's [1]SPOT. Tons of
[2]design images here and a soon-to-ship [3]model from Suunto here.
Data plans from [4]MSN Direct will be USD$9.95 per month. This is the
coolest vapor from Microsoft in a long time. It's geeky _and_ stylish!"
Our [5]older story about the watches also notes that since it's a
proprietary service, when the service provider decides to stop
providing it, the device becomes useless.
Links
0.
http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=127681
1.
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2003/Jun03/06-04SmartWirelessServicePR.asp
2.
http://old.timezone.com/~rkny/spot2.html
3.
http://suunto.nitrofx.com/n6
4.
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/spot/default1.mspx
5.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/09/1240223&tid=126
U.S. DoD Commits To IPv6
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/26/223241
babaloo writes "According to this article the [0]U.S. Defense Department wants to [1]move it's entire network to IPv6 by the year 2008. Will this be what pushes at least U.S. based companies and providers to actually convert over?" It's definitely a shot in the arm that IPv6 needs. This seemed to be more of a priority back when NAT was much less prevalent, but it seems we'll eventually find ourselves on IPv6, even if we drag our feet there. Links
Microsoft Releases SP4 for Windows 2000
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/26/1913242
Snake_Plisken writes "I checked Windows Update today on a lark and found that Windows 2000 [0]Service Pack 4 has been released." You can read a short CNet article discussing [1]the media player patches as well as one more about [2]the fixes in SP4. Links
0.
http://microsoft.com/windows2000/
1.
http://news.com.com/2100-1009_3-1021120.html
2.
http://news.com.com/2100-1002_3-1021295.htmlAppeals Court Sides With Microsoft On Java http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/26/1920240
[0]burgburgburg writes "Reuters [1]reports that the three-member
federal appeals court in Virginia ruled today the U.S. District Judge
J. Frederick Motz erred when he ordered Microsoft to include Java with
the Windows operating system. Fortunately, Dell and HP, the top 2 PC
makers, have already [2]decided to ship Java on the PCs that they sell.
Apple, Red Hat and Lindows have also agreed to include Sun's Java." The
[3]ruling is available.
Links
0. mailto:splisken06@@@email...com
1.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20030626/wr_nm/microsoft_appeal_dc_15
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World's Smallest Desktop Pentium4?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/26/1758230
[0]Valour writes "[1]The Jem Report has just published an in-depth
[2]review and [3]installation guide for the new [4]Iwill ZPC, a cool
little Pentium4 ultra small formfactor PC. There have been similar
designs in the past, but nothing with this kind of power."
Links
0. mailto:valour@herotale.com
1.
http://www.thejemreport.com/
2.
http://www.thejemreport.com/reviews/zpc.htm
3.
http://www.thejemreport.com/walkthroughs/zpc.htm
4.
http://www.iwillusa.com/products/ProductDetail.asp?vID=179
Sorting the Spam from the Ham
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/26/1637217
MrClever writes "The Sydney Morning Herald (Aust) is running [0]an article about the merits of Bayesian filtering and a good plain-english description of how it works. Might be handy if you need to explain it to non-technophiles. The main thing that may be useful is a Bayesian spam filter written to drop straight into Outlook 2k/XP [1]available here and written in Python by Mark Hammond." Math buffs might enjoy reading [2]these pages or browsing [3]this writeup and its many links. Links
0.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/06/23/1056220528960.html
1.
http://starship.python.net/crew/mhammond/spambayes/
2.
http://www.paulgraham.com/antispam.html
3.
http://radio.weblogs.com/0101454/stories/2002/09/16/spamDetection.html
Freshmeat
Anjuta IDE 1.1.97
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127399/
Anjuta is a versatile Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for C and C++ in GNU/Linux. It has been written for GTK/GNOME, and features a number of advanced programming facilities. These include project management, application wizards, an onboard interactive debugger, and a powerful source editor with source browsing and syntax highlighting.
Arbitrary Command Output Colourer 0.2.6 http://freshmeat.net/releases/127371/
acoc is a regular-expression based colour formatter for programs that display output on the command-line. It works as a wrapper around the target program, executing it and capturing the stdout stream. Optionally, stderr can be redirected to stdout, so that it, too, can be manipulated. acoc then applies matching rules to patterns in the output and applies colours to those matches.
arch revision control system 1.1pre0 (tla Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/127374/
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.
arch revision control system 1.0.4 (tla Stable) http://freshmeat.net/releases/127372/
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.
Baroque 0.4.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127422/
Baroque is an applet for the ROX Desktop. It shows the battery state of APM and ACPI systems.
bib2html 0.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127406/
bib2html is a converter from a BibTeX database to HTML files.
Biblos 0.40 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127427/
Biblos is a powerful indexing tool that can manage your CD/MP3 collection as well as local directories. It records full information about each file on the specified media, and has a powerful searching tool that can help you find specific files. You can select from the database a list of files/directories, and it will help you copy them from the source media to the chosen directory.
Big Faceless PDF Library 1.2.11
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127378/
The Big Faceless PDF Library is a Java class library for creating PDF documents. The Extended Edition offers the ability to create and edit AcroForms, PDF's answer to the HTML form. Like HTML forms, PDF forms can contain text boxes, radio buttons, and can call JavaScript functions. The Extended Edition also includes a PDF reader for importing and editing, along with FDF support and verification for Digital Signatures. Both variations offer full Unicode support, encryption, embedded TrueType and Type1 fonts, barcodes, hyperlinks, spot and calibrated color. Advanced text layout engine enables complex HTML styles. It is small, fast, easy to use, and 100% pure Java.
Boehm-Demers-Weiser Conservative Garbage Collector 6.2 (Stable) http://freshmeat.net/releases/127375/
The Boehm-Demers-Weiser conservative garbage collector can be used as a garbage collecting replacement for C malloc or C++ new. It is also used by a number of programming language implementations that use C as intermediate code. Alternatively, it may be used as a leak detector for C or C++ programs. A slightly older version of the garbage collector is also included as part of the GNU compiler (gcc) distribution.
Browseable Online Backup System 0.6.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127413/
Browseable Online Backup System (BOBS) is a complete online backup system. It uses large disks for storing backups and lets users browse the files using a Web browser. It handles some special files like AppleDouble and icon files.
cmix 1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127379/
cmix is a computer music "language" designed to create and manipulate soundfiles, or files containing raw binary data which can be converted into sound on a computer equipped with an appropriate digital-to- analog convertor.
Coccinella 0.94.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127364/
Coccinella is a Jabber client with a whiteboard. The whiteboard is a shared desktop which supports text, drawings, images, and multimedia in a number of formats, such as MP3 and video. It runs in two main modes, a peer-to-peer configuration and a mode compatible with the Jabber Instant Messaging system. A flexible plugin architecture may be used to support additional formats. It should run on any machine that runs Tcl/Tk.
Contenido 4.3.1b (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127402/
Contenido is a Content Management Systems. It features advanced workflow and user management, insite-editing, WYSIWYG-editor, and more.
CoverViewer 0.1.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127418/
CoverViewer is an XMMS plugin that displays images related to the files being played. The displayed image can be a copy of the cover of the album you are playing or anything else you want. It creates a personalised skin for itself using the current XMMS skin, and you can control song playing from its interface. It includes a function that can automatically retrieve covers you don't have from the Internet, using file tag information to get the artist and album name.
DataWorkshop 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127401/
DataWorkshop is an XML-based IDE to analyze and modify binary data. Flat binary data can be mapped into a tree view consisting of frames and fields. This view is then used by the editor to select and modify the data. The editor has standard hexeditor functionality and can be used to apply transformations to the data. There are some transformations provided by default, but the user can define his own. The view can be queried using XPath to construct a new view, and it can be exported in XML. The XML can be transformed into different formats by using XSLT. Some XSLT transformations are included as examples.
Dovecot 0.99.10
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127408/
Dovecot is an IMAP server whose major goals are security and extreme reliability. It uses index files to optimally store the mailbox state, which makes it very fast even with huge mailboxes. Indexes won't prevent external mailbox updates, so Dovecot is still fully compatible with standard Maildir and mbox formats. There's also a fully featured POP3 server included.
eboxy 0.3.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127377/
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.
fastutil 3.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127394/
fastutil provides type-specific maps, sets, and lists for Java with a small memory footprint and much faster access and insertion. The classes implement their standard counterpart interfaces (e.g., Map for maps) and can be plugged into existing code. Besides the usual features, fastutil provides reference-based containers (which do not use equals() to compare objects) and linked structures. Most iterators provided by fastutil classes are bidirectional, or even implement the standard list iterator interface.
Fisterra 1.4.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127425/
Fisterra is a project that aims to provide a generic open-source ERP. It supports invoicing, stock, and payment management, POS (Point-Of-Sale), distributed work, and offline replication.
FUDforum 2.5.0 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127392/
FUDforum is templatable forum with i18n support based on PHP and either MySQL or PostgreSQL. It features a user/group management system, a multi-lingual spell checker, both flat and thread message views, a private messaging system with mult-iuser forwarding capabilities, poll file attachments, and much more. It is an extremely fast and scalable forum that can fulfill the needs of both small and large forum operators.
IntyOS 0.2 Alpha
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127368/
IntyOS is a multitasking operating system for the Intellivision console. It includes a powerful GUI which handles a mouse pointer, windows, menus, icons, etc.
j 0.20.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127419/
J is a multifile, multiwindow programmer's editor written entirely in Java. It features syntax highlighting for Java, C, C++, XML, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Lisp, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, Scheme, Tcl/Tk, Verilog, and VHDL, automatic indentation, directory buffers, regular expressions, multifile find and replace, autosave and crash recovery, undo/redo, and FTP/HTTP support. All keyboard mappings can be customized. Themes may be used to customize the editor's appearance.
jaxml 3.01
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127365/
jaxml is a Python module designed to ease the creation of human readable XML documents. It is designed to be small, easy-to-use, and powerful.
Jess 6.1p3 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127405/
Jess is a fast, light rule engine and scripting environment written entirely in Java. You can build Java software that has the capacity to "reason" using knowledge you supply in the form of declarative rules. It is supplied as a programmer's library, making it ideal for embedding in larger applications. It is free for academic use and can be licensed for commercial use.
Landscapes by B. Kaemper 3.1a
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127385/
Landscapes by B. Kaemper is a theme created with artworks of the painter B. Kaemper. It contains a KDE theme, an IceWM decoration, an icon set, images for the slide show screensaver, a console schema, a splash screen, and a KFM background image.
libDelcom 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127370/
LibDelcom is an unofficial userspace driver for the Delcom Engineering USB I/O chips. It uses libusb for all communication to the underlying hardware.
LibTomMath 0.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127367/
LibTomMath provides highly optimized and portable routines for a vast majority of integer-based number theoretic applications (including public key cryptography).
LiVES 0.6.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127414/
LiVES (the Linux Video Editing System) is intended to be a simple yet powerful video effects and editing system. It will use commonly available tools (mplayer, ImageMagick, and GTK+, and in the future possibly gstreamer or xine), so it should work on most Linux systems.
Logtalk 2.15.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127444/
Logtalk is an open source object-oriented extension to the Prolog programming language. Integrating logic programming with object-oriented and event-driven programming, it is compatible with most Prolog compilers. It supports both prototypes and classes. In addition, it supports component-based programming through category-based composition.
Managing Gigabytes for Java 0.8.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127395/
MG4J (Managing Gigabytes for Java) is a collaborative effort aimed at providing a free Java implementation of inverted-index compression techniques; as a by-product, it offers several general-purpose optimised classes, including fast and compact mutable strings, bit-level I/O, fast unsychronised buffered streams, (possibly signed) minimal perfect hashing, etc.
MIMEDefang 2.34
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127407/
MIMEDefang is a flexible MIME email scanner designed to protect Windows clients from viruses. However, it can do many other kinds of mail processing, such as replacing parts of messages with URLs, adding boilerplate disclaimers, and so on. It can alter or delete various parts of a MIME message according to a very flexible configuration file. It can also bounce messages with unacceptable attachments. MIMEDefang works with Sendmail 8.11/8.12's new "Milter" API, which makes it more flexible and efficient than procmail-based approaches.
mod_auth_aix 1.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127384/
mod_auth_aix is an Apache module which allows the Apache Web server to use AIX Loadable Authentication Modules as its source of basic authentication. Due to its generic approach, mod_auth_aix should work with any AIX Loadable Authentication Module, including DCE. "Loadable Authentication Modules" are AIX's way to extend the identification and authentication functions of the operating system. They are, to a certain degree, the AIX equivalent of the PAM and NSS mechanisms known to many other systems.
MTX 1.3.5 (Unstable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127410/
MTX is a set of programs for controlling tape drives and the robotic mechanism of autoloaders and tape libraries.
Perl BookShelf 0.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127386/
Bookshelf is an HTML page generator that helps users build "What I'm Reading" pages. Its features include support for Amazon Web pages, the ability to add a book by merely entering its ISBN number. It generates static pages, so it does not require CGI or a database.
PHP Live! Support 2.1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127383/
PHP Live! Support is an alternative to the popular Human Click (Live Person) Live Customer Support Chat system. It uses simple MySQL database tables, PHP, and Javascript. It also features multiple departments, load balancing, new request sound alarm, and much more.
PMK 0.4.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127397/
PMK aims to be an alternative to GNU autoconf configure scripts. It attempts to avoid the use of scripts in packages that can hide trojans, to minimize the number of dependencies, and to be easy to use for users and developers.
Python SAP RFC module 0.2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127380/
The Python SAP RFC module enables programming remote function calls from SAP ERP systems. It enables SAP-compatible data definitions in Python (both simple and complex datatypes like structures and internal tables can be defined from within Python and manipulated like normal Python datatypes) and features transparent value conversion from SAP to Python and vice versa. It needs the SAP librfc shared library.
rdiff-backup 0.12.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127369/
rdiff-backup backs up one directory to another. The target directory ends up a copy of the source directory, but extra reverse diffs are stored in a special directory so you can still recover files lost some time ago. The idea is to combine the best features of a mirror and an incremental backup. rdiff-backup can also operate in a bandwidthefficient manner over a pipe, like rsync. Thus you can use rdiff-backup and ssh to securely back up to a remote location, and only the differences will be transmitted. It can also handle symlinks, device files, permissions, ownership, etc., so it can be used on the entire file system.
Retro Native Forth Release 6 (Build 10) (RETRO6) http://freshmeat.net/releases/127387/
Retro is a clean, usable Forth-based operating system. It attempts to be a simpler and easier-to-use alternative to more complex operating systems.
SAP DB 7.4.03.25 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127388/
SAP DB is an open, SQL-based, relational database management system that provides high availability and performance scaling from small to very large implementations. It supports open standards including SQL, JDBC and ODBC, as well as access from Perl, Python, and PHP. SAP DB is platform independent, so users can deploy it for a wide array of projects.
SCons 0.90
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127389/
SCons is a software construction tool (build tool substitute for Make) implemented in Python. It features a modular build engine that can be embedded in other software. SCons configuration files are Python scripts that call the build engine API. It can scan files to detect dependencies automatically and maintain a global view of all dependencies in a build tree, and uses MD5 signatures to detect changed file contents reliably. Timestamps can be used if you prefer. SCons also supports parallel builds and is easily extensible through user-defined builder and scanner objects.
SFT 0.4.8 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127415/
SFT (Simple File Transfer) is a file transfer program, a bit like rcp. It is designed to simplify file transfers from one computer to an another when they are connected to the Internet. The person receiving the file has to run the program in server mode (-s), while the sender of the file has to run the program in client mode (-c), specifying the destination host IP and the file names. File integrity is checked by using checksums.
SMS Server Tools 1.12
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127426/
The SMS Server Tools were made to send and receive SMS from one or many GSM modems. They include a send/receive daemon and some sample scripts to build an SMS email gateway and for logging into an SQL database. The daemon waits for files in an outgoing spool directory and sends them. It puts all received SMS in an incoming spool directory, and can call any external program for incoming or outgoing notification.
Songwrite 0.11
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127381/
Songwrite is a tablature editor that uses Timidity for playing MIDI and Lilypond for printing. It is written in Python.
SURVIVOR 0.9.2b
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127404/
SURVIVOR is yet another systems monitor. It consists of a POSIX-thread based scheduler written in C++ running arbitrary checks in a flexible, heterogeneous, bureaucratic, and convoluted environment. It maintains proper state, history, sanity, and attitude, and allows interaction via Web, command, and two-way messaging interfaces.
Synergy for Mac OS X 0.9.9i2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127382/
Synergy is a tiny Cocoa application for Mac OS X 10.2 (and later) that puts three buttons to control iTunes in your menubar: previous track, next track, and play/pause. It also provides you with visual feedback about the currently playing tune and allows you to control iTunes via system-wide hot key combinations. These features provide a very fast way of skipping between songs when using the keyboard or the mouse, without having to switch to iTunes or access its Dock menu.
The Parma University's Recurrence Relation Solver 0.0.4 (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/127398/
PURRS (the Parma University's Recurrence Relation Solver) is a C++ library for the (possibly approximate) solution of recurrence relations. To be more precise, the PURRS will solve: (a) linear constant coefficient recurrence relations of finite order (when the order is 1, parametric coefficients will be allowed); (b) linear recurrence relations of the first order with variable coefficients; (c) systems of linear recurrence relations with constant coefficients; (d) some non-linear recurrence relations of finite order; (e) some linear recurrence relations of infinite order and other generalized recurrences, like those arising from the complexity analysis of algorithms.
TOEJAM 3.0.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127391/
TOEJAM is a telephone answering machine. It uses a voice modem as the base of an IVR system, and sends its results via email. Only the US Robotics 56K Pro Msg is currently supported, though the USR Sportster may work.
U-stream 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127400/
U-Stream allows you to listen to your MP3 and OGG files from anywhere on the Internet. It is easy to install, and includes a setup wizard. It allows you to create and save playlists that are accessable from any Internet location. The playlists can be exported to any music player that supports HTTP streaming, such as Winamp. The music can be re-encoded on the fly to any bitrate. The system is secure, so that only you have access to your music.
Vertoo 0.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127393/
Vertoo is a tool that lightens a developer's burden to maintain up-to-date versioning information across project's files. Vertoo provides a simple interface to change the version of a project and distribute these changes through the project's files. A configuration file describes the versions used in a project (each in arbitrary, user-specified scheme) and the formats for each of the occurrences of the version's data in the project files.
WebGraph 1.0-2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127396/
WebGraph is a framework for studying Web graphs. It provides simple methods for managing very large graphs by exploiting modern compression techniques.
WebWindow 2.1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127320/
WebWindow is a Web browsing Java component and application. It allows a developer to directly display HTML in a Java application without the need to use a native Web browser.
Xrefactory 1.6.1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127423/
Xrefactory is a refactoring browser for Emacs, XEmacs, and jEdit which provides multiple project support, a source browser, intellisense code completion, refactorings for safe symbol renaming, parameter manipulations, function/method extraction, field encapsulation, and the ability to move fields, methods, classes, etc. It is based on full pre-processing, parsing, and static analysis of sources. It works for the C and Java languages, and contains a stand-alone cross referencer, and a generator for HTML documentation.
ZShellScripts 0.41
http://freshmeat.net/releases/127409/
ZShellScripts extends Zope scripting by allowing developers to interface with other language interpreters. It currently supports Python, Unix, which allows Unix shell scripts to be stored in the ZODB and executed from Zope, and Zope, for scripts written in the Zope ZShell language, similar to the standalone ZShell Zope product. It is designed to encourage people to invent new ways to deal with Zope and its object database by providing a common base infrastructure.
Slashcode
Handling logging issues
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/22/0533218
I'm using cronolog for my apache logs, and I really, really like it. I'd like to be able to use it on the slash logs as well, which become large and cumbersome over time with many sites running on a server. How do you all handle your logs? What do you use for log rotation? How long do you keep logs? Is anyone using cronolog, or something like it with slash?
RSS to Story?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/21/1727241
Hi, I'm looking for a way to grab remote RDF and post them as stories. portald seems only to handle blocks. I'm aware of the elixus.org, and the RSS2Story plugin in their patch of slashcode, but I can't get the plugin installed, and it seems to be left unfinished. So is there any other way to do this?
launch of slash site "stupidsecurity.com" http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/18/2133212
Announcing the opening of StupidSecurity.com. The site is meant to be a chronicle of idiotic and deceptive "security" measures. From the "three questions" that the airlines finally stopped asking to the closing of Meigs Airport in Chicago supposedly for security reasons, we want YOUR gripes about security measures that are just plain dumb! I'd welcome submissions (the stupider the better!), comments, complaints, and praise!
MySQL 4.1+
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/16/1639224
I want to start using MySQL 4.1 to take advantage of the new Spatial extensions in MySQL to further enhance my plugin. I saw the recent story referring to using MySQL 4, but no direct mention of experience with versions 4+. Any tips or recommendations? Should I make the upgrade only on my development box, or is using 4+ okay. Any experience with 4.1, which is alpha?
Section-specific Quick Links
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/16/1540217
I'm in the process of setting up a intranet Slash 2 site for a company. With the aid of the Crow Book I've got everything installed and with the L'n'F that they want, and we are in the process of adding some initial content and getting the blocks running the way they want. However, we're having problems getting section-specific quick links blocks to work. Example: I have a section called legal, and a block called legal_qlinks which has different links to index_qlinks. index_qlinks shows up on the homepage as I expect, but nothing is displayed in the right "frame" if I click no the section title under an article. What am I doing wrong? The Crow Book (page 127) suggests that this should work.
Need help building Slash templates
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/13/1634251
I have comps for a site I want built in Slash. While I have worked with Movable Type, building Slash templates is a whole different beast. I need someone to help me convert my comps into a functioning Slash site. If you have these skills, please drop me a line with your rates and scheduling availability. You can see what the site will look like here. --Markos
Preventing duplicates from being posted
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/10/2021250
I'm getting sick of seeing duplicate posts all the time on Slashdot. I have a feature-request/enhancement that I would like to request for slashcode. It would be nice if before a moderator submits a story to check all of the URLS in that post and match it with the previous weeks/months stories for the same URL. If there is a match, throw up a warning saying that this story is a possible duplicate. This will help the moderator out too, since they wouldn't have to read every story on slashdot in the past two weeks. What do you think? Is this doable? --Min Idzelis
Vorlonspace Is Back
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/08/0415234
Announced back in October last year, Vorlonspace was launched as a Babylon 5 discussions site. In late January, the site went down and was taken off the YASS list. It is now back up and the premise has changed from Babylon 5 to a general sci-fi discussion site which has generated more interest.
Adding ispell after slash is installed
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/08/0414234
Hi, I read the (archived) thread at: http://ask.slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/03/22/1 724238&mode=thread and I have "Running Weblogs with Slash", so I know that "... Slash 2.2 has added an ispell compatibility mode. If the ispell program exists and points to an ispell binary, the Edit Story page will include a list of potentially misspelled words.)" (thanks blagger), but I don't know how exactly what to add, and into what directory,. I installed freebsd 5.0, then built and installed the slashcode port, and now I've installed ispell. I then tried adding symlinks to ispell into various directories, including /usr/local/slash/bin, and restarting my browser and the freebsd box. Nothing obvious changes. Can someone tell me exactly which file to put where to enable spell-checking? I'm running slash-2.2.6 on Freebsd 5.0. Thanks... P.S. Sorry if I misspelled anything, but...
Shouldn't Slash Be Represented at OSCOM 3? http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/02/171253
I found out that OSCOM 3, The Open Source Content Management Conference, is taking place in Cambridge, MA, from May 28-30. I was surprised to see that Slash does not appear to be represented in any way. I posted a story to CTDATA suggesting that our community try to represent itself in some fashion. If anyone wants to discuss how we can influence the organizers of this conference to include a Slash presentation, please email me at dave_aiello at ctdata.com.
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