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[osdn developer] July 10, 2003
Date: Thu Jul 10 2003 - 01:15:50 EDT
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July 10, 2003 DEVELOPER SERIES
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Sourceforge
EVMS 2.1.0 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=289226
The EVMS team is announcing the next major release of the Enterprise Volume Management System. Package 2.1.0 is now available for download. This release is for the new EVMS design, which is based on user-space volume discovery and communication with existing kernel drivers, such as MD/Software-RAID and Device-Mapper. Downloads at the project page: http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/evms/ Please see the INSTALL file in the 2.1.0 package for information about installing and getting started with the new EVMS. Since this new design is based on user-space discovery, there will no longer be boot-time volume activation. Please see the INSTALL file for information about how to activate your volumes using the EVMS user-interfaces and utilities. The INSTALL file also contains instructions for how users may easily "upgrade" an existing 2.4 kernel with Device-Mapper and EVMS 2.0.1 patches. Please see the README file in the 2.1.0 package for more detailed notes concerning this release and it's new features. EVMS 2.1.0 is supported on 2.4.21, 2.4.20, 2.4.19, and 2.5.73 kernels. If you have any questions, find any bugs, or simply want to report success stories, please send email to the EVMS mailing list (evms-devel@lists.sf.net) or visit the EVMS IRC channel (irc.freenode.net, #evms). Please see the notes and changelog at: http://www.sf.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=168707
NDoc version 1.2 beta released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=289572
A beta of the latest version of NDoc, the .NET Code Documentation Generator, has been released. The new features include: - new HTML Help 2 documenter (beta version), - new HTML Linear documenter (alpha version), - the MSDN documenter can now generate CHM or Online documentation, - option to link to the .NET Framework SDK v1.0, v1.1 or MSDN Online - support for Visual Studio 2003 and the .NET Framework 1.1, - plus many improvements and bug fixes... The NDoc v1.2 beta source code is available for download at: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=36057&release_id= 168934
Columba 0.11.0 (unstable) released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=289631
A new unstable version of Columba is now available. Columba is an email client written in Java, featuring a user-friendly graphical interface with wizards and internalionalization support. Its a powerful email management tool with features to enhance your productivity and communication. So, take control of your email before it takes control of you! This version contains numerous new features we want you to testdrive. http://columba.sourceforge.net/downloads_unstable.php For more information visit: http://columba.sourceforge.net/news.php
Python 2.3b2
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=288768
Python 2.3b2 has been released (29-Jun-2003). We encourage you to test your applications with this release, as we plan on a final Python 2.3 release by early August.
SOURCEFORGE.NET UPDATE - 2003-06-20 EDITION http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=289543
0. Intro. 1. Improved Search. 2. Project of the month: Megamek. 3. Updated Project Registration System. 4. New RSS Feeds. 5. Stats and Top Projects.
Dear SourceForge.net, One of our biggest challenges in managing SourceForge.net has been handling our growth. With approximately 70 new Open Source Projects and 700 new registered users being added to the site each day, it can be quite a trick trying to stay ahead of the curve. This month I want to mention two improvements that are noteworthy. The first is project search. You can read about it below, but essentially the average time for searching for projects (using the left navbar) been reduced from 30 seconds to 1 second. The second is the beginning of the process of weeding out "dead" projects. These are projects that haven't had any real activity in the past 6 months and have never released any files. This is a big change for us. When SourceForge.net was started over 3 1/2 years ago, the vision was that it would be the permanent record of Open Source Software - Nothing would be deleted. We held on to the mission so strongly that we never developed internal tools to delete projects. Now with over 63,000+ projects and 70 new ones being added daily, we do realize that not -every- project has taken root. The real crusty/vacant ones (haven't released files and have zero activity) will be put in a queue for removal. This process will be done very carefully; we will give the registered admins of the project ample warning and the ability to 'opt-out' of the removal. The upside for the SourceForge.net community is that soon things will be a bit cleaner around here. Search results will list less dead projects and the software map will be easier to traverse. We still have some growing pains, but I hope you enjoy these latest improvements. I want to thank you for supporting SourceForge.net and the Open Source community. As always if you have some feedback or issues related to the site, please feel free to email me directly at pat@sf.net. Patrick McGovern Director, SF.NET Pat@sf.net Improved
Project Search --------------------------------------------- As
SourceForge.net continues to have significant growth in the size of its
user base, count of hosted projects, and daily activity, a significant
amount of work is done by the SourceForge.net team to ensure suitable
site performance and to work to resolve existing performance problems.
The SourceForge.net team is happy to announce that the "Software/group
search" facility is now operating in a more proper and functional
manner. Searches are now performed in real time and last only seconds.
Search users should no longer encounter the dreaded "search server is
overloaded" messages previously offered during peak traffic hours. The
SourceForge.net team expects to further expand the search facility in
the near future, and to increase the frequency of search updates
(currently twice-weekly) to better meet the needs of our hosted
projects. Your patience has been appreciated; we hope you enjoy your
search results... http://sourceforge.net/search/ Project of the Month:
MegaMek --------------------------------------------- The
SourceForge.net team loves games. Our favorites are online, net-based
games that offer the ability to battle friends and foes from all over
from world. SourceForge.net's June 2003 project of the month, MegaMek,
is a Java based networkable game for 2 or more players. It's a
strategic game that features brains over fast reflexes. The Software,
licensed under the GPL, has enjoyed a position in the top 25 SF.net
most active projects since it's founding in February 2002. With new
features being added daily, MegaMek is a project to keep an eye on.
http://sourceforge.net/potm/potm-2003-06.php Updated Project
Registration System ---------------------------------------------
SourceForge.net provides hosting for Open Source software development
projects. Each day, SourceForge.net evaluates more than 100 new
projects for hosting. Historically, there have been a number of
pitfalls in this process. In particular, ensuring that each new project
registration contains enough information to be properly considered by
the SourceForge.net team without the added delay of asking the
submitter for more information. Delays due to lack of information
previously impacted roughly 15% of our new project registrations,
causing these registrations to take more than our ideal two business
days to be processed fully. The project registration system on
SourceForge.net has recently been completely rewritten, integrating
fixes for all previously-reported issues (in the past couple of years)
and generally making the process more seamless for the submitter. Based
on information collected during the early stages of the project
registration process, the project registration system automatically
advises you as to what should be included in your project description,
and helps to bring potential pitfalls to your attention before the
registration request is submitted. Users of our past project
registration pages will note a larger amount of integrated
documentation, the ability to easily return to earlier stages in the
process without losing entered data, and the capability to review the
information you have provided (and make necessary changes) before
submitting it to the SourceForge.net team for consideration. We hope
these changes will help make the process of registering a project on
SourceForge.net easier to understand, and help us to further improve
the turnaround time on hosting requests. New RSS Feeds.
- This is information from
the last sitewide email, but we think it's worth repeating. A
convenient way to keep up-to-date with the SourceForge.net site,
project news, activity information, and new projects is now available.
SourceForge.net provides a number of RSS feeds that may be accessed
using an RSS reader or aggregator (some content management systems also
allow you include data from an RSS feed on your website, much as
Slashdot and Freshmeat do in the right sidebar of their layout). Using
these RSS feeds, you can keep up-to-date with the latest project news
and file releases, Site Status updates and SourceForge.net statistics
(such as top projects). Project-specific RSS feeds may now be accessed
using the "View list of RSS feeds available for this project" link on
the Summary page for each project. Information about the full set of
the available SourceForge.net RSS feeds (14 feeds, in all), including
information on the software needed to view RSS feed data and a complete
list of the options available for each RSS feed, may be found at:
https://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=15483&group_id=1
Stats and Top Projects. ---------------------------------------------
Number of Projects: 63,569 Number of Registered Users: 642,495 Daily
Stats for June 11th, 2003 SF.NET : 1,762,941 pages served SF.NET
project web space : 4,037,233 pages served Total Pages: 5,800,174 CVS
updates: 15,017 Open Source Files downloaded in 24 period: 310,666
Outgoing Mailing list emails: 124712 Top 25 Projects: 1. GAIM
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gaim/ Gaim is a GTK2-based instant
messenger application. It supports multiple protocols via modules,
including AIM, ICQ, Yahoo!, MSN, Jabber, IRC, Napster, Gadu-Gadu and
Zephyr. It has many common features found in other clients, as well as
many unique feature. 2. phpMyAdmin
http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpmyadmin/ phpMyAdmin is a tool
written in PHP intended to handle the administration of MySQL over the
WWW. Currently it can create and drop databases, create/drop/alter
tables, delete/edit/add fields, execute any SQL statement, manage keys
on fields. 3. JBoss.org http://sourceforge.net/projects/jboss/ The
JBoss/Server is the leading Open Source, standards-compliant, J2EE
based application server implemented in 100% Pure Java 4. AWStats
http://sourceforge.net/projects/awstats/ Advanced Web Statistics
(AWStats) is a free powerful and featureful web server logfile analyzer
that shows you all your Web (but also FTP or Mail) statistics including
visits, unique visitors, pages, hits, hours, search engines, keywords,
robots, etc. 5. Dev-C++ http://sourceforge.net/projects/dev-cpp/
Dev-C++ is an full-featured Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
for Win32. It uses GCC, Mingw or Cygwin as compiler and libraries set.
6. guliverkli http://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli/ Home of
VobSub, Media Player Classic (MPC) and other misc utils. 7. BZFlag
http://sourceforge.net/projects/bzflag/ OpenSource OpenGL Multiplayer
Multiplatform battlezone capture the flag. 8. Tiki CMS/Groupware
http://sourceforge.net/projects/tikiwiki/ Tiki is a powerful
CMS/Groupware. Features: article, forum, newsletter, blog, file/image
gallery, wiki, drawing, tracker, directory, poll/survey & quiz, FAQ,
chat, banner, webmail, calendar, category, ACL, etc in Single Sign-on
or LDAP.(PHP/MySQL/Smarty) 9. ScummVM
http://sourceforge.net/projects/scummvm/ ScummVM is a cross-platform
interpreter for SCUMM-based games, used by LucasArts in games like:
Maniac Mansion, Monkey Island, Day Of The Tentacle, The Dig, etc. It
also includes a non-SCUMM interpreter for Simon The Sorcerer 1/2. 10.
Freecraft http://sourceforge.net/projects/freecraft/ This is a free
cross-platform real-time strategy game engine. It is possible to play
over LAN, internet or against the computer and to build C&C, W*rCr*ft,
St*rCr*ft or AOE like RTS games with it. Currently only a W*rCr*ft 2
compatible theme is available. 11. XboxMediaPlayer
http://sourceforge.net/projects/xbplayer/ The XboxMediaPlayer for the
Xbox allows you to use a modded Xbox to play/view DivX, XVID, MPEG-1/2,
MP3, JPG & other supported video/audio/picture formats via your TV so
it can used as a multimedia jukebox. It also supports streaming media
over a network. 12. wxWindows
http://sourceforge.net/projects/wxwindows/ wxWindows is a free C++
framework that facilitates cross platform software development,
including GUIs, threads, sockets, database, file system access, etc.
- POPFile http://sourceforge.net/projects/popfile/ POPFile is an email classification tool with a Naive Bayes classifier, a POP3 proxy and a web interface. It runs on most platforms and with most email clients. 14. moregroupware http://sourceforge.net/projects/moregroupware/ Web-based groupware written in PHP4. Including modules like webmail, notes, todo, contacts, project management, calendar and others. 15. Compiere ERP + CRM Business Solution http://sourceforge.net/projects/compiere/ Smart ERP+CRM solution for Small-Medium Enterprises in the global marketplace covering all areas from customer management, supply chain and accounting. For $2-200M revenue companies looking for "brick and click" first tier functionality. 16. TUTOS http://sourceforge.net/projects/tutos/ TUTOS is the ultimate team organization software, a webbased groupware or ERP/CRM system to manage events/ calendars, addresses, teams, projects, tasks, bugs, mailboxes, documents and your time spent with these things. 17. filezilla http://sourceforge.net/projects/filezilla/ FileZilla is a fast FTP client for Windows with a lot of features. FileZilla Server is a reliable FTP server. 18. Armagetron http://sourceforge.net/projects/armagetron/ Armagetron is a simple action game modeled after the lightcycle sequence of the movie Tron. The main focus lies on the multiplayer mode, which has already made Armagetron a popular warmup game on LAN parties. 19. ffdshow http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffdshow/ ffdshow is DirectShow decoding filter for decompressing DIVX and XVID movies using libavcodec or xvid with rich set of video postprocessing filters. ffdshow can also be used as a separate postprocessing filter for other decoders. 20. TV-Browser http://sourceforge.net/projects/tvbrowser/ TV-Browser is a java-based TV guide which is easily extensible using plugins. It is designed to look like a paper based tv guide. 21. Mobicq http://sourceforge.net/projects/mobicq/ Mobicq is a native ICQ client for mobile devices, such as celluar phones. It is written using Java 2 Micro Edition (MIDP 1.0) and uses ICQ protocol version 8. 22. Alvaro's Messenger http://sourceforge.net/projects/amsn/ Alvaro\'s Messenger is a MSN messenger clone for linux/unix/windows/mac. It features multilanguage support, file transfers, new graphical interface, emoticons, multiple profiles support, dock icon, sound events, email notification, url processing... 23. MAMEoX http://sourceforge.net/projects/mameox/ MAMEoX is a port of the popular MAME (Multi Arcade Machine Emulator) system to the XBOX. The main goals of the project are to provide a well documented port with a consistent coding style. 24. WebCalendar http://sourceforge.net/projects/webcalendar/ WebCalendar is a PHP application used to maintain a calendar for a single user or an intranet group of users. 25. TortoiseCVS http://sourceforge.net/projects/tortoisecvs/ TortoiseCVS is an extension for Microsoft Windows Explorer that makes using CVS fun and easy. Features include: colored icons, tight integration with SSH, and context-menu interactivity.
Slashdot
Machinima Invade Hollywood's Turf?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/10/0450236
Thanks to Wired News for posting an article [0]discussing the rise of machinima, which are "animated movies.. utilizing the [real-time] 3-D graphics engines of games like Quake or Unreal." The article cites prominent machinima such as Jake Hughes' [1]Anachronox: The Movie and the [2]machinima-created music video for Zero 7's 'In The Waiting Line', and according to Bill Rehbock of Nvidia, "..machinima methods, in addition to providing a hobby for aspiring filmmakers, are starting to be used in the creative industries far more than is apparent. For example, George Lucas' Industrial Light and Magic is using the Unreal engine to storyboard Star Wars movies." There's also a significant cash prize for machinima makers as part of Epic's [3]Make Something Unreal competition we [4]mentioned a few weeks back. Links
0.
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,59566,00.html
1.
http://www.machinima.com/displayarticle2.php?article=322
2.
http://atomfilms.shockwave.com/af/content/zero_7
3.
http://www.makesomethingunreal.com
4.
http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/06/164210&tid=204
Restrictive Sales Practices on the Web?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/10/0215211
[0]Ed Almos asks: "I don't know about other Slashdot readers, who
happen to live outside the US, but I'm in Hungary, and am finding it
more and more difficult to purchase goods and services over the web.
The sites are there, the money is in my account, but the sites won't
sell me anything! Can someone come up with a logical reason for these
policies? Last time I checked I was using the WORLD Wide Web, and there
seems little point wasting bandwidth to post your website to the world
when only those living in the USA can buy and/or use the product. Then
again, is this yet another example of the Internet and the rest of the
world becoming more and more centered on the continental USA? The final
irony? I'm originally from Maine. These folk won't even sell to one of
their own!"
Links
0. mailto:edal@freestart.hu
Russians Order Mobile Phone Encryption Removed http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/10/0036232
[0]PenguinRadio writes "The Moscow Times is reporting that Russian
security officers (The FSB, formerly the KGB) [1]ordered all mobile
phone providers to switch off their encryption systems for 24 hours, so
the police could eavesdrop on all calls. An alert, either an
exclamation point or an unlocked padlock, was sent to the phones in
question. This is the second time such an order was given - the last
time was after the hostage crisis involving Chechnya fighters in a
Moscow theater. At least the Russian has the courtesy to warn all their
phone users that this was going on. Not sure what the standard FBI
procedure is on something like this..."
Links
0. http://www.penguinradio.com
Those Amazing Antigravity Machines?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/09/2256210
[0]surfimp writes "Wired is running an [1]interesting article about
'lifters', hovering UFO-looking vehicles that have no moving parts, no
onboard power supply, and are capable of levitating simply through the
application of high amounts of electrical current. Enthusiasts claim
their vehicles are examples of a nascent antigravity technology, while
more traditional scientists - including some funded by NASA - view them
as nothing more than contraptions harnessing ionic winds."
Links
Switch On For Powered Data Networks
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/09/2220256
ReLik writes "The BBC has an article regarding [0]power supply via networks. 'Instead of needing adapters, computer networks could soon be supplying the devices they interconnect with both data and power. Some makers of network equipment are already putting the power via data cable system into their products. The basic plugs for computer networks are the same all over the world, raising the possibility that powered data cables could become a universal back-up power supply.'" We've talked a little about [1]specific 802.3 spec advances previously. Links
0. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3054894.stm
VIA Introduces A New Laptop Motherboard
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/09/1955239
arrasmith writes "It looks like there is going to be an upgrade to that
non-expensive [0]$800 Linux laptop. VIA just came out with a [1]new
laptop motherboard based on the faster Nehemiah core for the C3. You
can get all the specs at the [2]Antaur homepage. If they stay near the
$800 cost I can see this one selling pretty well. And they would have a
great mobile media system if they added a hardware DivX decoder on top
of the hardware DVD decoder. :) And now that the Linux [3]drivers are
starting to mature and the [4]sources are finally starting to come out,
by the time this is released to the U.S. market it should be a great
little Linux laptop."
Links
0.
http://www.idot.com/TheStore/Desktop/787Spec.asp?Product.id=787&Cate.id=2
1.
http://www.via.com.tw/en/Digital%20Library/PR030708Antaur.jsp
2.
http://www.via.com.tw/en/antaur/antaur.jsp
3.
http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=2
4.
http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=186Webcaster Alliance Threatens To Sue RIAA http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/09/2037258
[0]detroitindustrial writes "The Washington Post reports that the
[1]Webcaster Alliance is [2]threatening to sue the RIAA under the
Sherman Antitrust Act. In their [3]letter to the RIAA, the Webcaster
Alliance alleges that the RIAA and the [4]Voice of Webcasters
negotiated in collusion and, 'were apparently intent on either
eliminating their competitors and/or raising barriers to entry in the
market for small commercial webcasting.' It goes on to say that the
RIAA also wanted to eliminate smaller webcasters, who tend to play more
independent material, in order to maintain their monopoly on music
distribution."
Links
0.
http://www.detroitindustrial.org/
1.
http://www.webcasteralliance.com/
2.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31245-2003Jul9.html
3.
http://www.webcasteralliance.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=93
4.
http://www.voiceofwebcasters.org/Few Companies Change Linux Plans Despite SCO Suit http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/09/1910205
[0]gaurab writes "A [1] survey on Internetweek says 'SCO's Linux
lawsuit and threats seem to be having little affect on IT managers
except to make them angry. Fully 91 percent of people responding to an
InternetWeek Reader Question said they will not change their Linux
deployment plans as a result of SCO's actions.' The article is [2] also
available at Yahoo!"
Links
0.
http://gaurab at lahai,com
1.
http://www.internetweek.com/webDev/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=12800009
2.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=74&ncid=74&e=2&u=/cmp/20030709/tc_cmp/12800009
Wal-Mart Cancels RFID Trial
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/09/1834210
EABird writes "CNet is reporting that Wal-mart has announced that they
have [0]canceled the RFID trial they were planning. Unfortunately, it
looks like they are canceling it to focus on the use of the same
technology in the warehouses and distribution centers instead, and
waiting for the cost to come down before using the RFIDs in the
stores."
Links
0. http://news.com.com/2100-1019_3-1023934.html?tag=fd_lede1_hed
FreeBSD 5.1 Review and BSD Roundup
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/09/1822237
[0]securitas writes "Both [1]eWEEK's review of FreeBSD 5.1 and
[2]ExtremeTech's BSD overview and roundup ([3]single page) will be of
interest to BSDers and anyone else who wants to explore their open
source OS options. The review of [4]FreeBSD 5.1 says it lacks the
stability of v4.8 but adds features that some may find useful (for
example, more processor architectures are supported) so it shouldn't be
considered for critical deployments yet. And the BSD round-up speaks
for itself."
Links
0.
http://geartest.com
1.
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1185897,00.asp
2.
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,555398,00.asp
3.
http://www.extremetech.com/print_article/0,3998,a=31573,00.asp
4.
http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/09/1657219&tid=122
Freshmeat
Agata Report 5 beta 002 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128764/
Agata Report is a database reporting tool and EIS tool (graph generation), like Crystal Reports. It is written in PHP-GTK, and allows you to edit and get SQL results from several databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, DB2, MsSql, Informix, InterBase, Sybase, and Frontbase). It connects to a database, lists its tables and fields, and allows you to link among tables, make constraints and orders, apply functions, and make queries. The result is exported to PostScript, plain text, HTML, or spreadsheet (CSV) format. Its interface has English, Portuguese, Italian, French, German, and Swedish support. There is a Merge tool that allows you to write any document and insert variables from the database, a Dia tool that allows you to generate ER diagrams, and a label tool that allows you to generate address labels. You can also create multi-level reports, with subtotals by group, and a grand total, besides run-time parameters.
AIOCP 1.0.016a
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128759/
AIOCP (All In One Control Panel) is a professional platform-independent all-in-one solution to completely manage a Website through a user-friendly Web interface. It includes by default all needed modules for Website management and a long list of extra modules, including a CMS, WYSIWYG editor, languages, users, menus, languages, forums, news, newsletter, links, downloads, reviews, awards, chat, polls, calendar, banners, search engine, e-commerce, e-business, statistics, online help, system tools, shell, backup, MIME, whois, ping, traceroute, MySQL database management, transcoding, custom modules, code libraries, images, and sounds. Each module is perfectly integrated into the system and has adequate management and control tools.
Ajaqs 0.9.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128797/
Ajaqs is a Web app that organizes FAQs on a per-project basis. It is designed to be deployed under popular Web and application servers. It aims to serve two purposes: to provide engineering groups a mechanism for consolidating and preserving in-house knowledge in connection to product development and usage, and to provide small companies with a Web interface for exposing searchable, internationalizable information related to products and services.
AnnotateIt! 0.4.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128720/
AnnotateIt! is an open source electronic response system targeted at composition instructors and students. It allows a user to annotate HTML and provides facilities for group interaction. Annotations may be either hyperlinked or inline, depending on the user's preference. It also features reporting of meta information (annotation types and counts), predefined annotations, community annotations, conversion of documents to HTML for annotation, easy document management, and an assignments calendar.
AntiChess 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128777/
AntiChess is an anti-chess game written in Java. The goal is to get checkmated or lose all your pieces except your king to your opponent. You have to take your opponents pieces if you can. It supports 2 player and 4 player games on the same board.
Apache 2.0.47 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128760/
Apache is the world's most popular HTTP server, being quite possibly the best around in terms of functionality, efficiency, security and speed.
arch revision control system 1.0.6 (tla Stable) http://freshmeat.net/releases/128716/
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.
atop 1.10
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128742/
Atop is an ASCII full-screen performance monitor, similar to the top command. At regular intervals, it shows system-level activity related to the CPU, memory, swap, disks and network layers, and it shows for every active process the CPU utilization in system and user mode, the virtual and resident memory growth, priority, username, state, and exit code. The process level activity is also shown for processes which finished during the last interval, to get a complete overview about the consumers of things such as CPU time. Atop only shows the active system-resources and processes, and only shows the deviations since the previous interval.
autovaca 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128756/
autovaca is a probabilities simulator for contract bridge with a Web interface. It helps the user explore the probabilities of the presence of cards in each hand, color, and point lengths, as new information is learned during bidding and playing.
Balsa 2.0.12 (GNOME 2 Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128713/
Balsa is a Gnome e-mail client supporting POP3, IMAP, and local mail delivery. It can be compiled with multi-threading support for faster response, and can do nifty things like read your GnomeCard address book, use LDAP, and render HTML mail.
bib2html 0.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128772/
bib2html is a converter from a BibTeX database to HTML files.
BrowserCRM 1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128730/
BrowserCRM is a complete business solution designed for the small-to-medium business that features CRM, email, multi-person calendar, intranet, tasks, memos, mail-merge, conference chat, and admin. It is customisable and the source code can be purchased and modified. It also additionally provides an interface to the open source accounting program SQL-Ledger.
cacti 0.8.2 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128820/
Cacti is a complete frontend to RRDTool. It stores all of the necessary information to create graphs and populate them with data in a MySQL database. The frontend is completely PHP driven. Along with being able to maintain graphs, data sources, and round robin archives in a database, Cacti also handles the data gathering. There is SNMP support for those used to creating traffic graphs with MRTG.
CgiBlast 0.99d
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128723/
CgiBlast is a CGI interface to NCBI's Basic Local Alignment Search Tool, giving widespread access to the genetics search tool. It uses the CFour CgiParser library.
ciclogin 0.4.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128781/
ciclogin logs into and keeps the connection to the Telia Comhem Internet Cable service alive.
CityBuilder 2003-07-09
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128809/
CityBuilder is an attempt to automate much of the work involved in creating large virtual urban landscapes. The system takes a street map as input and produces street geometry and a scene graph as output. Applications include games (think GTA*), etc.
ColorDesigner 1.0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128776/
ColorDesigner is a small app which lets the user design a color set.
Compiere 2.5.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128722/
Compiere is the Open Source ERP & CRM solution with first tier functionality for the small-medium enterprise. Designed for the global marketplace, Compiere is easy to install and implement. In contrast to other solutions, you will be able to enter invoices after about 4 hours, without functionality compromises or irreversible implementation time decisions.
Coyote Linux 1.00-pre1 (Floppy WAP - Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/128751/
Coyote Linux is a single floppy distribution for setting up network utility services such as Internet connection sharing, firewalling, or wireless access points. The goal of the Coyote project is to make it as quick and easy as possible to set up a Linux floppy, and to require a minimal amount of Linux knowledge to do so.
CUBISM! 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128670/
The CUBISM! Graphics Editor utilizes the Allegro Graphics Programming Library. DJGPP was used on Windows while GNU GCC was used on Linux. Its main features are that it works on both the Linux and Windows platforms without any requirement for modification of source code; the BMP bitmap format is the default format; and it currently allows a maximum bitmap size of 640x480 pixels. The operations that it can perform are Freehand Curves, Lines, Bezier Curves, Rectangles, Circles, Ellipses and Polygons; Scale, Clip, Erase, Undo and Fill; Cut, Copy and Paste; New, Open, Save, Save As, Close, and Quit.
CWirc 0.5.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128803/
CWirc is a plugin for the X-Chat IRC client to transmit raw Morse code over the internet using IRC servers as reflectors. The transmitted Morse code can be received in near real-time by other X-Chat clients with the CWirc plugin. CWirc tries to emulate a standard amateur radio rig: it sends and receives Morse over virtual channels, and it can listen to multiple senders transmitting on the same channel. Morse code is keyed locally using a straight or iambic key connected to a serial port, or using the mouse buttons, and the sound is played through the soundcard.
Database Independent Abstraction Layer for C 0.7.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/128740/
libdbi implements a database-independent abstraction layer in C, similar to the DBI/DBD layer in Perl. Writing one generic set of code, programmers can leverage the power of multiple databases and multiple simultaneous database connections by using this framework. The plugin architecture allows for new database drivers to be easily added by a third party with flexible licensing.
DeLi Linux 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128789/
DeLi Linux is a Linux distribution for old computers, from 486 to Pentium MMX 166 or so. It's focused on desktop usage. It includes email clients, a graphical Web browser, an office package with word processor and spreadsheet, etc. A full install, including XFree86 and development tools, needs no more than 300 MB of harddisk space.
distcc 2.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128726/
distcc is a parallel build system that distributes compilation of C/C++/ObjC code across machines on a network. It can be set up in just a few minutes and makes builds up to ten times faster. It does not require machines to share a filesystem or have the same libraries or header files, and installation does not need superuser privileges.
distccKNOPPIX 0.0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128710/
distccKNOPPIX is a directly bootable and self- configuring Linux system on a small ISO running a distccd daemon. It is a simple remastering of Damn Small Linux running a distccd daemon and some general cleaning up/removal of unneeded packages/ apps.
EmPy 3.0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128812/
EmPy is a system for embedding Python expressions and statements in template text. It takes an EmPy source file, processes it, and produces output. This is accomplished via expansions, which are special signals to the EmPy system and are set off by a special prefix (by default the at sign, '@'). It can expand arbitrary Python expressions and statements in this way, as well as a variety of special forms. Textual data not explicitly delimited in this way is sent unaffected to the output, allowing Python to be used in effect as a markup language. Also supported are callbacks via hooks, recording and playback via diversions, and dynamic, chainable filters. The system is highly configurable via command line options and embedded commands.
Evolvica 0.4.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128765/
Evolvica is an evolutionary computation framework written in Java. The aim of the project is to provide a toolkit that enables developers to create genetic/evolutionary algorithms with minimal programming effort. The toolkit has a modular architecture and is highly extensible. It includes a visual algorithm editor, a source code editor, and a debugger.
FOX 1.1.31 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128732/
FOX is a C++-based toolkit for GUI development. It includes a rich set of widgets and has powerful yet simple layout managers, MDI widgets, and mega-widgets. FOX incorporates support for XDND for drag and drop, X clipboard and X Selection, watching other I/O channels and sockets, timers and idle processing, object serialization and deserialization, a registry to save persistent settings, and 3D widgets using Mesa or OpenGL. FOX works on Linux, IRIX, Solaris, HP/UX, AIX, Tru64 Unix, Windows 9x,NT,2K (VC++, GNUWIN32, Borland, VisualAge C++), FreeBSD, and Sequent.
FreeGuide TV Guide 0.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128757/
FreeGuide TV Guide is a TV guide program which grabs listings for many countries from the Internet and allows you to view them and construct a personalised guide to print out. It uses the XMLTV tools to grab listings, and requires Java 1.4 or above.
Genmake 2003_07_09
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128737/
Genmake creates Makefiles for C/C++ projects from a simple project description. The project description file can contain any number of projects and dependencies between them. The description is organized into workspace, projectspace and filespace and supports any number of build modes (debug, release, etc.).
Ginanh 0.1.2 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128753/
Ginanh (Ginanh Is Neither Adom Nor Hunt) is intended to be an RPG game with a graphical (text mode) user interface and multiplayer support.
GNOME-Mud 0.10.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128784/
GNOME-Mud (formerly AMCL) is a Multi-User Dungeon (MUD) client that aims to make mudding a bit easier. It can define aliases, triggers, variables, keyboard shortcuts, and has a connection wizard for easy management of different player characters and MUDs.
Icewm-Glacier 1.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128718/
Glacier is a pixmap-based theme based on a picture of a frozen spring.
iCOM 0.1 (alpha)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128800/
iCOM is a component architecture based on the idea of blending COM with the advanced features of CORBA. It has modern standards-based language mappings, and runs on multiple platforms.
IVS Milter cvs-200307081458
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128771/
IVS Milter is a virus and spam scanning milter. It makes use of the antivirus package ClamAV and can also read the headers generated by SpamAssassin.
Java FileMover 0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128755/
The FileMover is a tool which allows you to mass rename and move files in your preferred operating system using regular expressions. Ths program has been inspired by mmv, a famous Unix tool.
Java FTP Proxy Server 1.3.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128810/
Java FTP Proxy Server acts as an application-level FTP proxy server. It allows computers inside a firewall to connect to computers outside a firewall, and vice versa. It is also capable of acting as a transparent proxy for a chosen host.
JD4X 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128715/
JD4X (Java Desktop for X Window) is a completely Java-based desktop for X Window users running Linux. It is aimed at Java users and developers who desire a truly Java friendly desktop.
JLine 0.6.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128738/
JLine is a command-line editing library that is similar to BSD editline or GNU readline. It is written in pure Java and supports command line editing, command history, and customizable tab completion.
jSyncManager 3.0 alpha 02 (Core Application Set) http://freshmeat.net/releases/128794/
jSyncManager is a Java-based data synchronization toolkit for PalmOS handhelds. It consists of a developers API, including a fully Palm-compatible synchronization protocol stack, and a set of end-user applications. It is ideal for use by any individual or organization that needs fast, stable, and easily extendable PalmOS handheld data synchronization that can run on a variety of platforms. It also supports plug-ins, which can be used to add synchronization support to applications, and includes a variety of import and export modes, including XML and CSV.
jSyncManager 3.0 beta 03 (API)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128795/
jSyncManager is a Java-based data synchronization toolkit for PalmOS handhelds. It consists of a developers API, including a fully Palm-compatible synchronization protocol stack, and a set of end-user applications. It is ideal for use by any individual or organization that needs fast, stable, and easily extendable PalmOS handheld data synchronization that can run on a variety of platforms. It also supports plug-ins, which can be used to add synchronization support to applications, and includes a variety of import and export modes, including XML and CSV.
kludge3d 2003-07-09
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128807/
Kludge3d is a simple 3D model editor in the spirit of Worldcraft or Milkshape. It is the offspring of several other GTK-based editors, with the best features taken from each. As the name implies, kludge3d is a kludge.
LIBH 0.6.29 (Alpha)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128823/
LIBH is a general purpose C library consisting of a collection of several different sections of handy and helpful functions and macros for a variety of purposes. Sections include bit manipulation, string manipulation, I/O enhancement, date/time tools, list handling, tree handling, debug tools, a daemon tool, and CGI/HTML code.
Linstall Wizard 1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128806/
Linstall is a full featured Linux installation wizard for X11. It allows Linux developers to distribute their programs in a easy to install and use interface.
Logtalk 2.15.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128711/
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.
MAT 0.31
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128719/
MAT is an easy-to-use network-enabled UNIX configuration and monitoring tool. It provides an integrated tool for many common system administration tasks, including backups, replication, and running commands on hundreds of machines at once. It includes a warning system for potential system problems, and graphing of many common system parameters. MAT provides many of the tools a system administrator needs during the day, including DNS, NIS, Backups, and Replication. One can run a MAT command on many hosts at once. A simple editor window is provided which can modify a set of machine's configurations in one session.
MNC 1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128329/
MNC is a software package of error-correction algorithms. It includes powerful functions for modular encoding, transmission, and sum-product decoding.
Monetra 3.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128763/
Monetra (formerly known as MCVE) is a scalable credit card processing engine for Linux and UNIX. It 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.
MSBang! 0.1 (IDEseq)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128729/
MSBang! is a Linux-based text editor. The name is a twist of the creators' names. Some of the main features it has are: macro operations that start recording, stop recording, and save and load oft-repeated editing patterns, multi-threaded search capabilities with a choice of thread scheduling priorities, syntax highlighting systems with an easy facility for the creation of user-defined highlighting rules, extensive documentation, and autosave and complete recovery of files in case it crashes due to unforseen circumstances.
Music daemon 0.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128705/
Music daemon is a music playing server that supports multiple formats through plugins and multiple playlists. It has a simple protocol for control and communication for frontends.
NetHogs 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128712/
NetHogs is a small 'net top' tool. Instead of breaking the traffic down per packet type or per subnet, like most similar tools do, this groups bandwidth by process, and does not rely on a special kernel module to be loaded. So if there's suddenly a lot of network traffic, you can immediately see which PID is causing this, and, if it's some kind of spinning process, kill it.
NewsMonster 1.0 final
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128747/
NewsMonster is a news, Web log, and RSS aggregator that runs in directly in your Web browser. It offers outstanding integration with existing Web sites and Web logs that support RSS, but also works with sites that don't support RSS. It also incorporates an advanced reputation system that prevents spam and discovers and informs you of important news.