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[osdn developer] August 07, 2003
Date: Thu Aug 07 2003 - 01:15:50 EDT
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Sourceforge
ScummVM 0.5.0 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=298448
ScummVM is a cross-platform adventure game interpreter, supporting
Simon the Sorcerer 1/2, Beneath a Steel Sky, and many LucasArts
adventures. A new stable release of ScummVM, version 0.5.0, is
available. Along with the usual bugfixes, this version supports several
new games (Enhanced Maniac Mansion/Zak McKracken, Beneath a Steel Sky).
This version has undergone extensive testing, and we are confident it
is our best yet. As a special bonus, Revolution Software Ltd. has
released Beneath a Steel Sky as freeware to coincide with this release.
BASS can be downloaded, along with ScummVM 0.5.0s source and binaries
for many platforms (Windows, Linux, PalmOS, WinCE, Dreamcast, etc),
from our download page (http://www.scummvm.org/downloads.php) For a
more detailed overview of what is new in 0.5.0, please consult our
release notes:
https://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=175327
Freevo version 1.3.3 is out
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=298486
This release includes many new features, one important feature is Xine support to have DVD navigation (optional). Freevo is a Linux application that turns a PC with a TV capture card and/or TV-out into a standalone multimedia jukebox/VCR/PVR/HTPC. It uses MPlayer (included) to play and record audio+video. It is optimized for use with a TV+remote. Because of legal issues, the binary release doesn't contain Mplayer anymore (and not Xine). Please download Mplayer from http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/design6/dload.html and Xine from http://xinehq.de/index.php/releases. To have full Xine support in Freevo, you need xine-ui > 0.9.21. Until Xine releases a new version, you need a daily snapshot.
Audacity sound editor 1.2.0-pre1
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=298547
Audacity 1.2.0-pre1 is a public test release of the free Audacity sound editor. This release has improved professional-quality audio processing; major new features such as the ability to speed up, slow down, and alter the pitch of a track; and many bug fixes since the last beta version 1.1.3. Audacity is a fast multitrack audio editor and recorder for Linux, MacOS, and Windows. Supports WAV, AIFF, Ogg, and MP3 formats. Features include envelope editing, mixing, built-in effects and plug-ins, all with unlimited undo. The Audacity web site has complete release notes and download links: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
zinf-2.2.4
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=298570
A new relese of zinf with bug fixes, enhancements, and a new build system! Zinf is the continuation of FreeA*p and has all the same features as FreeA*mp: MP3, Vorbis, WAV and audio CD playback, streaming (SHOUTcast, Icecast, RTP) support, a powerful musicbrowser/playlist editor, a themed interface and a RMP download manager.
phpBB 2.0.6 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=298626
phpBB Group are pleased to announce the release of phpBB 2.0.6 the "phew, it's way to hot to be furry" Edition. This release had been made to fix a number of potential security related issues and more annoying bugs. Work continues on 2.2.0 and again we do not plan on further releases of 2.0.x except where critical issues arise. phpBB is the worlds leading Open Source flat style discussion forum software. It includes all the features you expect to find in todays top of the line software. For further details please see the Announcement on this release at: http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=124245
Slashdot
Sinclair's Answer To The Segway
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/06/234234
slumos writes "BBC News Online is reporting on [0]Sir Clive Sinclair's
reaction to the Segway. The [1]British inventor thinks it's fine for
factories, but not for crowded streets, and he's even planning some
competition in the form of a top-secret follow-up to the [2]Sinclair
C5."
Links
0.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3125341.stm
1.
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive_Sinclair
2.
http://www.sinclairc5.com/
Novell To Cease NetWare Development?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/06/2241249
[0]Karl Cocknozzle writes "CNET News is reporting that [1]Novell may
discontinue NetWare following the purchase of Linux software company
[2]Ximian - for details on the purchase, see the [3]recent Slashdot
article. Novell plans to run its NetWare services - such as eDirectory
and Secure Identity Management - on the Red Hat and SuSE Linux
distributions."
Links
0. mailto:(kcocknozzle) (at) (hotmail.com)
1.
http://news.com.com/2100-7252_3-5060413.html?tag=fd_top
2.
http://www.ximian.com/
3.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/04/1329218&tid=170Former Intel Engineer Pleads Guilty To Taliban Aid http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/06/2252246
[0]theodp writes "Following up on an [1]earlier Slashdot story,
software engineer Maher "Mike" Hawash [2]pleaded guilty Wednesday to
conspiring to provide services to the Taliban, agreeing to testify
against other suspects in exchange for the dropping of other terrorism
charges. He will serve at least seven years in federal prison under the
deal. In March, federal agents seized Hawash from a parking lot outside
Intel Corp., where he worked, and held him as a material witness until
charges were filed five weeks later."
Links
0. mailto:theodp@aol.com
1.
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/04/190223&tid=103
2.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,93944,00.htmlReal Announce Helix Grant Program, Player http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/06/2136202
[0]Rob Lanphier writes "RealNetworks made two announcements at
LinuxWorld this week: we will be [1]giving out up to $75,000 by the end
of the year for development of open source projects based on the
[2]Helix multimedia platform. Also, we just formally launched the
[3]Helix Player project, which is a project to build a GTK+ based user
interface for Linux, Solaris, and other UNIXy operating systems. Press
releases for the [4]grant program here and [5]player project here"
Links
0.
http://slashdot.org/~robla
1.
https://www.helixcommunity.org/2003/grants/
2.
https://www.helixcommunity.org/
3.
https://player.helixcommunity.org/
4.
http://www.realnetworks.com/company/press/releases/2003/hcgp.html
5.
http://www.realnetworks.com/company/press/releases/2003/helixplayer.html
SCO Targets US Government, TiVo
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/06/2232223
An anonymous reader writes "According to SCO, if you have a TiVo set-top box, or those models of Sharp Zaurus which use Linux, someone now [0]owes them $32, since the company wants money 'for each embedded system using Linux.' SCO also says government agencies [1]must pay up to $699 for each copy of Linux that they use." Links
0. http://www.eetimes.com/story/OEG20030806S0025
Community Involvement for an Open Source Project? http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/06/2043214
pfleming asks: "Several months ago I began a maintenance fork of some
niche software. Essentially, these are PHP/MySQL scripts for real
estate offices. The original developer moved on to an incompatible
version to what I was using. Upgrading for me and many other users was
not the easiest option. Luckily the software is GPL'd and so continued
work on the fork is not a big deal. I have set up a site, made it
available for download, announced the availability of the fork on
[0]Freshmeat and the forums for the original software. Now I have a few
people subscribed to the project on Freshmeat, and a few on a mailman
list set up for the project. This project has been listed on the [1]GNU
Website and other mirror sites but doesn't get much discussion on the
mailman list and nothing from the Freshmeat subscribers. There is
usually an increase in interest (indicated by a short term increase in
site hits) when new releases are announced but this fades back to
regular traffic of ~40 visits per day as measured by webalizer after a
short period of time. Is this an anomaly? Should I be thankful that
there aren't tons of bug reports and feature requests?"
Links
11-Pound Model Plane Vs. The Atlantic, Again http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/06/1913242
Luap Nanreffeh writes "Last year, ([0]/. Story 1, [1]/. story 2)
Maynard Hill and some retired NASA buddies tried to set a record for
[2]flying a model aeroplane across the atlantic ocean (from
[3]Newfoundland to Ireland). Their plan, using GPS, onboard
controllers, and a gallon of gas, would have been the first to cross
the Atlantic under FAI rules. They didn't have much luck last year, but
now they're at it again. The first launch should be tonight."
Links
0.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/04/29/166206&tid=159
1.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/08/1329211&tid=99
2.
http://tam.plannet21.com/
3.
http://www.gov.nf.ca/tourism/
The Economics Of Spamming
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/06/1831256
Shardleton writes "What kind of an idiot would buy penis-enlargement
pills? Even more idiotic, who would buy them from a spammer? Apparently
LOTS of people, according to [0]this article at Wired. The operators of
a spamvertised order site left their customer logs exposed. There were
6,000 orders for the pills since July 4. Sayeth Wired: "Do the math and
you begin to understand why spammers are willing to put up with the
wrath of spam recipients, Internet service providers and federal
regulators.""
Links
0. http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,59907,00.html
AMD Buys Pre-VIA Cyrix Media-GX Division http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/06/1543209
An anonymous reader writes "A long time ago, in what feels like a
different universe, Cyrix created the first sub-$1000 PC based on a 2
chip solution called the Media-GX. Soon after National Semiconductor
bought Cyrix, keeping the Media-GX team and selling the 686MX team to
VIA. In the meantime, the Media-GX team have created the a [0]series of
single chip PCs, and a totally new CPU, the GX2. Now National
Semiconductor is [1] selling the division to AMD, which should give it
a higher profile and better fab technology again." Reader [2]jlouderb
reminds us of National Semiconductor's [3]Device Girls promotion, "a
lame take-off on the Spice Girls," and points to [4]coverage at eWeek
of the purchase.
Links
0.
http://www.national.com/appinfo/solutions/0,2062,396,00.html
1.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030806/sfw028_1.html
2.
http://www.extremetech.com
3.
http://www.reviewsonline.com/images/cdx99/cdx99388a.jpg
4.
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1211183,00.asp
Apple Public Source License Now FSF Approved http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/06/1729213
[0]BWJones writes "[1]Apple has now made their [2]public source license
2.0 free. From the release "The Darwin team at Apple is pleased to
announce that version 2.0 of the Apple Public Source License has been
[3]certified as a 'Free Software License.' APSL 2.0 includes numerous
changes and simplifications to make it even easier to use Apple Open
Source software as part of your programs. To indicate acceptance of
APSL 2.0, you can now use your new or existing "Apple ID", rather than
having a separate Darwin account."" [4]proclus adds "This is great news
for Darwin-based free software projects like [4]The GNU-Darwin
Distribution and [5]Fink. GNU-Darwin has had an [6]ongoing discussion
about this development, and annouced and end to our '[7]Free Darwin
Campaign,' so long as Apple avoids DMCA-based legal action."
Links
0.
http://prometheus.med.utah.edu/~marclab/
1.
http://www.apple.com/
2.
http://www.opensource.apple.com/news/2.0-announce.html
3.
http://www.opensource.apple.com/news/2.0-announce.html#APSL
4.
http://www.gnu-darwin.org/
5.
http://fink.sourceforge.net/
6.
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=6042
7.
http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/19/1310232&tid=122
Freshmeat
ADODB 3.70
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131781/
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.
ARIA Business Management 0.99-2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131803/
ARIA is business class management (ERP) software. It lets you manage inventory levels, maintain payroll, and process orders. It is written primarily in PHP and incorporates the ADODB database abstraction layer.
Bandwidth Management Tools 0.0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131802/
Bandwidth Management Tools is a total bandwidth management solution for Linux and can be used for firewalling, traffic graphing, and shaping. It is not based on any currently-available bandwidth management software.
Bibkeeper 0.22
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131839/
Bibkeeper is a Java graphical interface for working with BibTeX (.bib) databases. The intention is to provide a user-friendly tool for accessing and editing your bibliographical databases.
BitAnarch 1.0.5-beta2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131775/
BitAnarch is a compact BitTorrent client. It is available in three languages, with multiple downloads support, automatic bandwidth distribution, full Unicode filename support, newsgroup scanning, automation, drag-and-drop support, etc.
BusyB 1.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131790/
BusyB is a simple system for automatically executing builds. If you have software that you want to build at certain times or when certain things happen, BusyB is the utility for you.
COWeb 0.4.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131766/
COWeb (Common Objects for Web) is a set of PHP libraries to manage databases, links, images, articles, cache, and more.
CVSGnome 0.4.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131805/
CVSGnome is a build environment for the GNOME project which allows a systems administrator to install GNOME from either released source Tarballs or from bleeding edge CVS depending on what is wanted. This script also works as a general building wrapper around other sources. When started, it shows an interactive self-explanatory menu.
CWirc 1.0.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131837/
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 sound card, or through an external sounder.
CxxTest 3.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131769/
CxxTest is a JUnit/CppUnit/xUnit-like framework for C++ that doesn't require RTTI, member template functions, exception handling, or any external libraries (including memory management, file/console I/O, or graphics libraries). It is distributed entirely as a set of header files which makes it extremely portable and usable.
Goggles 0.5.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131821/
Goggles is a frontend for the Ogle DVD player. It supports all the features that Ogle provides, including bookmarks, and adds automatic starting, automatic bookmarks, a convenient preferences panel for setting keyboard shortcuts, DXR3 settings, and language and country preferences. It is written in C++ using the FOX Toolkit.
grepmail 5.10
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131830/
grepmail searches a normal or compressed mailbox (gzip, bzip2, or tzip) for a given regular expression and returns those emails that match the query. It also supports searches constrained by date and size.
HN updater 0.05
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131807/
HN updater is a small utility that update your computer's IP address on the Hammer Node DNS server. It is possible to supply an alternate IP address to use.
HTML_ToPDF 3.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131833/
HTML_ToPDF takes the hassle out of generating a PDF file from a Web page. It will convert any HTML document into a format that will look the same on any platform and printer. It includes support for converting images, using the stylesheets to customize the look of the PDF file, and error handling.
IMAPFilter 0.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131804/
IMAPFilter connects to remote IMAP mail servers and processes messages according to defined filters (rules). It is intended to be executed before a user accesses his/her mailboxes.
IMLogger 0.60
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131801/
IMLogger provides a usable program to enable network administrators to log certain instant messaging activities (namely, login and logout). AIM, Yahoo, MSN, and Jabber will eventually be supported. This is very useful in Universities where campus police want to trace a SN back to a port/dorm room.
INSERT 1.01
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131787/
INSERT (the Inside Security Rescue Toolkit) aims to be a multi-functional, multi-purpose disaster recovery and network analysis system. It boots from a credit card-sized CD-ROM and is basically a stripped-down version of Knoppix. It features good hardware detection, fluxbox, emelfm, links-hacked, clamav, airsnort, ssh, tcpdump, lcrzoex, chntpwd, and much more.
IP Sentinel 0.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131836/
IP Sentinel is a tool that tries to prevent unauthorized usage of IP addresses within an ethernet broadcast domain by answering ARP requests. After receiving faked replies, requesting parties store the MAC in their ARP tables and will send future packets to this invalid MAC, rendering the IP unreachable.
IVS Milter 0-1-1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131795/
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.
JedABC 1.13.0 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131774/
JedABC is an extension to the JED editor that turns it into a powerful and easy to use IDE (Integrated Development Environment) for ABC files, with full integration with players, and previewers. It is similar in concept to BarFly or runabc, with several advantages. It works on Windows and Linux, and possibly other Unix variants.
JGraph 2.2.2 (For Java 1.3)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131765/
JGraph is a robust and complete graph component that is better than many of its commercial competitors. With the JGraph zoomable component, you can display objects and relations (networks) in any Swing UI. It can also be used on the server-side to read an GXL graph, apply a custom layout algorithm, and return the result as an SVG image.
JSch 0.1.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131796/
JSch is a pure Java implementation of SSH2. It allows you to connect to an sshd server and use port forwarding, X11 forwarding, file transfer, etc. You can integrate its functionality into your own Java programs.
KBVT 0.5.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131771/
KBVT is a tool for small libraries. It consists of a couple of Java programs and uses a MySQL database. It allows you to manage books, users, events, etc. The GUI and documentation are written in German.
LargoRecipes 0.9.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131825/
LargoRecipes is an application for managing recipes. It does sophisticated ingredient parsing, handles RecipeML and MealMaster file formats, and generates recipe Web pages. Future plans include integration with an XML database.
libferris 1.1.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131799/
libferris is a virtual filesystem that exposes hierarchical data of all kinds through a common C++ interface. Access to data is performed using C++ IOStreams and Extended Attributes (EA) can be attached to each datum to present metadata. Ferris uses a plugin API to read various data sources and expose them as contexts and to generate interesting EA. Current implementations include Native (kernel disk IO with event updates using fam), xml (mount an xml file as a filesystem), edb (mount a berkeley database), ffilter (mount an LDAP filter string) and mbox (mount your mailbox). EA generators include image, audio, and animation decoders.
libmng 1.0.6alpha1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131813/
libmng is the reference library for MNG, the animation extension to the popular PNG format. It provides powerful animation features combined with PNG's robustness and patent freedom.
libstldb4 0.3.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131798/
libstldb4 is a C++ wrapper for the sleepycat db4 database. It uses the STL in the API where sensible, allows standard IOStreams for data access where sensible, e.g. getting the value of a key should be able to use an istream interface to allow simple partial value retreival, and moves the transaction parameter to be the last optional parameter or provides two versions of the same method for trans/nontrans. The API has been modified to use more standard types. Operator overloading is used to allow quick and dirty coding (mydb[ "key" ] = "value";) to set and cerr.
Liferea 0.2.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131838/
Liferea (Linux Feed Reader) is an RSS/RDF feed reader. It's intended to be a clone of the Windows-only FeedReader. It can be used to maintain a list of subscribed feeds, browse through their items, and show their contents using GtkHTML.
Linstall Wizard 1.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131841/
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.
Linux Bandwidth Arbitrator 2.4 (CD distribution) http://freshmeat.net/releases/131817/
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 content blocking.
Linux monitor 2.0RC1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131814/
Linux Monitor is system monitoring software for linux. It has server and client programs to monitor processes, disk space, load avarage, and remote services (HTTP, SMTP, and NNTP). If no interval is given, the default (15 minutes) is used. Errors from the database are viewed via a Web browser with a PHP script. The Linux monitor server reports errors to syslog or into a PostgreSQL or MySQL database.
Lucane 0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131828/
Lucane is an extensible groupware platform written in Java. Some sample applications are bundled with the platform, like a peer to peer quick message service, client/server and peer to peer file sharing, multi-user chat, and forums. The platform as a whole provides easy development for your networked applications with an object based network protocol, client/server and peer to peer integration, user and groups management, internationalization, and more.
Mimir 2.0-alpha-8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131780/
Mimir is an overkill, threaded, antiflood plugin for X-Chat 2.0.x.
Movie Mapper 0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131709/
Movie Mapper is a small program for indexing movie collections. It browses given directory trees, searching for text files that contain IMDB URLs. These URLs are used to generate database entries for movies. Movie Mapper can also be used for offline indexing by creating text files that contain offline movie titles. It tries to find matches from IMDB for those titles listed in the text files.
MyThreads-Links 0.9.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131786/
MyThreads-Links is a Web-based links manager that looks similar to Yahoo but was written in PHP and uses MySQL. It uses PHPLib templates so that its very simple for anyone to change the look and feel of the program without having to edit the code. Custom database fields can be easily added and managed.
Nuxeo Collaborative Portal Server 2.2rc2 http://freshmeat.net/releases/131809/
Nuxeo CPS is the collaborative web content management solution for Zope. Users create and manage content in Workgroups and publish them in Publications spaces (Hierarchies) through a dedicated workflow. Managers can easily set global and local roles for users (Workgroup Managers, Members, Visitors, Reviewers, and Readers). All actions are available through simple Web interfaces. Nuxeo CPS also features office document integration, indexing, and conversion to HTML format; versioning; attached comments; interactive services (e.g. mailing-lists); and skinning of hierarchies.
Open Palmtop Integrated Environment 1.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/131767/
The Open Palmtop Integrated Environment aims at making a universal graphical framework for most (embedded) distributions available and providing a basic platform even for professional applications. As reference platforms, HP's iPAQ and Sharp's Zaurus PDAs are directly supported.
OpenVPN 1.5-beta4 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131783/
OpenVPN is a robust and highly configurable VPN (Virtual Private Network) daemon which can be used to securely link two or more private networks using an encrypted tunnel over the Internet. OpenVPN's principal strengths include wide cross-platform portability, excellent stability, support for dynamic IP addresses and NAT, adaptive link compression, single TCP/UDP port usage, a modular design that offloads most crypto tasks to the OpenSSL library, and relatively easy installation that in most cases doesn't require a special kernel module.
Pancho 9.2.1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131789/
Pancho is a utility that allows network administrators to make changes to the configuration for a single node or group of nodes through SNMP and TFTP. It also provides archiving functionality by allowing you to copy the device configurations to a remote server through a scheduled cron or at job.
pdfTeX 1.11a
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131777/
pdfTeX is an extended version of TeX that can create PDF directly from TeX source files and enhance the result of TeX typesetting with the help of PDF. When PDF output is not selected, pdfTeX produces normal DVI output, otherwise it produces PDF output that looks identical to the DVI output. An important aspect of this project is to investigate alternative justification algorithms, optionally making use of multiple master fonts.
php-syslog-ng 1.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131823/
php-syslog-ng is a frontend for viewing syslog-ng messages logged to MySQL in realtime. It features customized searches based on device, priority, and date.
PHPMailer 1.71 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131788/
PHPMailer is an email transport class which features multiple file attachments, CCs, BCCs, REPLY-TOs, HTML messages, redundant SMTP servers, and word wrap, among others. It can send email via sendmail, PHP mail(), or with SMTP. Methods are based on the popular AspEmail active server component.
QtTV 0.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131772/
QtTV is a TV guide that uses XMLTV as a backend to display TV listings on any QT enabled platform, although it has been primarily designed for the Sharp Zaurus.
schedutils 1.3.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131835/
The Linux scheduler utilities take advantage of the scheduler family of syscalls that Linux implements across various kernels. These system calls implement interfaces for scheduler-related parameters such as CPU affinity and real-time attributes. The standard UNIX utilities do not provide support for these interfaces, thus this package. The programs that are included in this package are chrt and taskset. Together with nice and renice (not included), they allow full control of process scheduling parameters. The taskset program allows manipulation of task CPU affinity and the chrt program allows manipulation of scheduling priority and policy.
skalibs 0.30
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131808/
skalibs is a set of general-purpose, low-level C libraries, all in the public domain. It can replace or hide the standard C library to some extent. It is designed to allow building of small static binaries. It is used in building all skarnet.org software, including execline and skadns.
smartmontools 5.1-16
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131810/
smartmontools contains utilities that control and monitor storage devices using the Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology (S.M.A.R.T.) system built into ATA and SCSI hard drives. This is used to check the reliability of the hard drive and to predict drive failures. Version 5.x is designed to comply with the ATA/ATAPI-5 specification. Future releases will comply with the ATA/ATAPI-6 and ATA/ATAPI-7 specifications. It is meant to be an up-to-date replacement for the ucsc-smartsuite and smartsuite packages, and is derived from that code.
Space Hulk 1.4.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131770/
Space Hulk is a board game which takes place in the world of Warhammer 40000. It is a two player turn-based game where one player plays the 'Marine', and the other player plays the alien called 'Genestealer'. This video game is a complete conversion of the board game with the 2nd edition rules. It features playing over the network, either in real time or asynchronously via email.
stresslinux 0.2.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131764/
stresslinux is a minimal Linux distribution that runs from a bootable CDROM or via PXE. It makes use of some utitlities such as stress, cpuburn, hddtemp, lm_sensors, etc. It is dedicated to users who want to test their system(s) entirely on high load and monitor the health of these systems.
Strike HA 0.1a
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131779/
Strike HA is a high availability system inspired by the Linux HA Heartbeat project and Freeha. It is designed to be easy but highly configurable. It features auto fail-back, packet signing, integrated IP and MAC take-over ability, and monitoring tools.
SuperVESA FrameBuffer Driver 0.9 beta5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131824/
SuperVESAfb is a framebuffer driver for VESA 2.0-compliant graphic cards. It allows you to change the resolution and color depth on-the-fly.
tk_Brief 5.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131763/
tk_Brief is a GUI for easily writing single or multiple letters using LaTeX. You do not need any knowledge of the LaTeX system. dinbrief, letter, KOMA, and brief styles are all supported and translations are available in German, English, and Dutch.
Video Disk Recorder 1.2.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131818/
Video Disk Recorder (VDR) is a digital sat-reciever program using Linux and DVB technologies. It can record MPEG2 streams, as well as output the stream to TV. It also supports plugins for DVD, DivX, or MP3 playback and more.
xCHM 0.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131773/
xCHM is a graphical CHM viewer for UNIX. It's based on CHMLIB and written using the wxWindows framework. It is not an extractor, but a standalone viewer, able to generate and show the topics tree, figure out the homepage for the document, print the current page, and go forward and backward in its history.
xinetd 2.3.12
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131782/
xinetd is a replacement for inetd, the internet services daemon. Anybody can use it to start servers that don't require privileged ports because xinetd does not require that the services in its configuration file be listed in /etc/services. It can do access control on all services based on the address of the remote host, time of access, connection attempts, or process limits. Access control works on all services, whether multi-threaded or single-threaded and for both the TCP and UDP protocols. xinetd supports both internal access control, and the use of the libwrap library. IPv6 with access control is also supported. It can redirect service requests to other machines, and has the standard built in services, including tcpmux.
Yerase TNEF Stream Reader 1.16
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131834/
ytnef is a program to decode TNEF streams (winmail.dat). Unlike other similar programs, it can also decode meeting requests and create VCal entries for easy import. It can also create vCard entries from contact cards and vTodo entries from task entries. It also has a Perl script that can be used in procmail recipes to automatically reformat incoming mail appropriately.
Slashcode
YogaCircle.net (New Yoga Slash Site)
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/28/0339211
Well this should be a first. A Yoga base Slash site. Check it out, if you have any questions or comments let me know. Thanks for the code.
csdaily.com
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/28/0337226
Yet another Slash site, Computer Science Daily News. Aims to be a resource for Computer Science professionals, researchers, students and instructors. Hopefully this fills a niche, computer science developments seem to be very decentralized, and hard to find. Slash seems to be working out nicely, though I'm still learning the ropes... --csdaily
Slash on server running Livejournal?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/24/0035257
Maybe this is the wrong venue to ask in, and I'm sorry if it is, but this question has been nagging me for about the past week or so. I have a personal server running Slackware 8 with a custom-compiled Apache 1.3.27 (with the appropriate mod_perl) and MySQL 4.0.13. This server is currently running the LiveJournal server code and works quite well at this. I'm interested in attempting to set up slash for personal use (the Livejournal code is running for personal use as well), and herein lies the question. Can slash be run on the same server in another VirtualHost without having a separate apache installation/process and doing some fancy trick with mod_rewrite? Or am I asking too much? I will be happy to provide any further info anyone needs through e-mail (the e-mail link above is NOT spam-armored at all).
QubitNews is finally launched!
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/24/0030227
QubitNews: News and Inforation from the Quantum Community. This is conceived as a meeting-point for the community working in the fast developing field of Quantum Information and Computation. This is an open and free project devoted to the exchange of information in this field.: news, stories, announcements, comments of scientific work, debates, polls, forums, etc... Many aspects of your work that cannot appear in scientific journals may find a place here. The main feature of QubitNews is that it is dynamical: you are wellcome to participate and modify the look and feel of this site. You may become an anonymous user, site user or an Author. Visit the homepage and consult the documents About, FAQ, How-To and GettingStarted. It may be useful, helpful and a lot of fun.
Tuxedo.org Now running Slashcode
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/23/2014232
Tuxedo.org is now running Slashcode. I should have done this a couple of years ago... Most recent story is Linus Torvalds Comments on SCO Lawsuit and Linux. Hope you all enjoy the new site! --Chuck Peters
Best hosting service for Slash?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/23/1449209
I'm going to be doing some "big things" with Slashcode but am interested in going through someone to set up Slashcode and the server, so that I can just right in and start building the site. What are the best hosting services out there? Will they set up Slash for me? What kinds of experiences have people had?
Dissociated Press goes Slash
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/23/1442252
After a bit of poking and prodding, I've converted Dissociated Press to Slashcode (2.2.6). Works great!
So Long, and Thanks for all the Fish!
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/13/1816237
All things come to an end and its been a wonderful ride. Today is my last day at OSDN and this will be the last thing I will be posting on Slashcode. It has been fun working on Slash for the last few years and I have enjoyed working with the Slash community (tf32, ACS, vladinator, ericdano, and many more that I am forgetting). On Monday I start work for MySQL so I will be a bit busy for a while but I expect you will still see Slash stuff coming from me in the future. I will continue to be in #slash for a while, and you can still always reach me via email. The best of luck with you and your sites, it has been great!
Spottedrabbit.com
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/13/1756251
After much kicking and screaming, yet another Slash Site! The Spotted Rabbit with news and events for Sussex County NJ, and Orange County, NY. It still looks a lot like basic slash, but I'm new to this, and we're working on it! --Ken Hall
Multiple Instances
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/10/1543202
Please indulge a beginner. I currently have slashcode setup on a single domain with its own IP address (wwwntm.biz) for testing purposes. Here is my dilemma. I am setting up a community similar to yahoo/geocities. It will be www.newthoughtcommunity.net and the individual communities will be sub-domains of this domain ex; community1.newthoughtcommunity.net, community2.newthoughtcommunity.net etc Residents of the communities will be set up as users ex;
http://community1.newthoughtcommunity.net/user1,
http://community1.newthoughtcommunity.net/user2 etc. Directory is:
/home /newthoughtcommunity /community1 /community2 I know that slash
can be setup with virtual domains, but can sub domains have there own
instance. I need each community to have their own slash. Also. When I
set up a new instance of slash for a virtual domain, do I use the same
database and administrator with a new virtual user when I run
DBI::Password? Thank you for any help you can offer John --John Macuga
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