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[osdn developer] August 13, 2003
Date: Wed Aug 13 2003 - 01:15:50 EDT
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August 13, 2003 DEVELOPER SERIES
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Sourceforge
CK-Ledger v.0.7.1 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=300240
A new release, v.0.7.1, of CK-Ledger, has been posted at SourceForge.Net, http://sf.net/projects/ck-ledger. New features include traditional Chinese translation, simplified Chinese translation, Postgresql 7.3.2 compatibility, enhanced payroll generation process and enhanced email advice when HR staff action on timesheet and leave application. Other enhancements and bug fixes are also included. CK-Ledger (with 15 modules, Ledger Admin, Ledger, Bank Reconciliation, Inventory, Service, AP, AR, PO, SO, Quotation, POS for Cashier, POS for Manager, HR, Staff Self Service, Payroll) runs on top of phpGroupWare. Operating platform can either be LAMP or LAPP. It provides accounting and back office functionalities to SMEs and utilizes phpgw to administer accounts/groups. Please report error and suggestion to the mailing list, ck-ledger-users@lists.sourceforge.net . General history and expected development is available at the mailing list's Archive. Demo is located at, http://ck-ledger.sourceforge.net http://ck-ledger.gro.clinux.org http://ck-ledger.cosoft.org.cn Download is available from, http://sourceforge.net/projects/ck-ledger
http://gro.clinux.org/projects/ck-ledger
http://cosoft.org.cn/projects/ck-ledger
http://sf.linuxforum.net/projects/ck-ledger
Gimp-Print 4.3.19 (development)
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=300227
Gimp-Print 4.3.19, released August 8, 2003, is a development release of this package. Like all development releases, this version is considered unstable and should only be used by those individuals tolerant of the likelihood of problems. Individuals desiring a stable release of Gimp-Print should use the latest 4.2 release. Gimp-Print is a suite of printer drivers that may be used with most common UNIX print spooling systems, including CUPS, lpr, LPRng, or others. These drivers provide high quality printing for UNIX (including Macintosh OS X 10.2 and newer) and Linux systems in many cases equal to or better than proprietary vendor-supplied drivers, and can be used for many of the most demanding printing tasks. This software includes the Print plug-in for the Gimp, and Ghostscript and CUPS drivers, including Foomatic data. The Print plugin for the Gimp requires the Gimp 1.2 (later versions of the Gimp are not supported). You may need to install a package named "gimp-devel" or the like on many distributions. The CUPS driver requires CUPS 1.1.15 or higher. You may need to install a package named "cups-devel" or the like on many distributions. The Foomatic data will work with either Foomatic 2.x or 3.x. Foomatic 3.x has additional capabilities that this package detects and takes advantage of. The IJS-based GhostScript plugin driver requires GNU Ghostscript 6.53 or later, ESP Ghostscript 7.05 or later, or APFL GhostScript 7.04 or later. Users of Macintosh OS X 10.2 and above can use this package, as the printing system is based on CUPS, which is supported by Gimp-print. Note that Macintosh OS X 10.0 and 10.1 (including 10.1.5) cannot use this package. Please read the README file for full instructions on installing this package. Gimp-Print 4.3.19 contains the following major changes over Gimp-Print 4.3.18: 1) An ImageType setting has been added, with several settings for common types of image (text, graphics, photograph, mixed). This setting controls a bundle of other options, considerably simplifying the available choices. The Manual Control setting enables setting the individual options. 2) The ImageOptimization setting has been renamed ColorCorrection. The main effect of this is that settings for the ImageOptimization control in the GIMP plugin will not be carried forward from 4.3.18; they will need to be changed back. 3) The Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black controls have been renamed CyanGamma, MagentaGamma, YellowGamma, and BlackGamma to avoid technically illegal constructs in the PPD files. 4) Preliminary support for the Epson Stylus Photo 935, C43SX, C43UX, C44SX, and C44UX. 5) The cups-genppdupdate script and PPD files are fixed such that cups-genppdupdate will work in future releases. The script relies upon new information in the PPD files, so the script will not correctly update PPD files from 4.3.18. However, going forward the script will operate correctly. In addition, the cups-genppdupdate script no longer requires the non-standard Compress:Zlib perl module. 6) Color quality has been improved substantially for Epson printers. 7) The CUPS driver (rastertoprinter) now prefixes all messages with "Gimp-Print: " to simplify recognition of messages in the CUPS error log. 8) The Quality setting now controls additional options in the core (dithering and color correction). 9) The escputil utility has been changed to use the core package for its printer information database, so all Epson printers recognized by the core package will now be recognized by escputil. In addition, the -d option now prints out only the printer model name rather than the entire status line, and adds an option to print out only the short name. Finally, certain cases where escputil did not wait correctly for output from the printer have been fixed. 10) The XML code has been updated to mxml 1.1.2. 11) A bug in the curve code whereby rescaling wraparound curves increases the number of points has been fixed. 12) Constraints have been added to the PPD files such that using grayscale or black and white mode, or using the Quality or Image Type settings, will disable certain options. 13) Support and tuning for Epson Watercolor - Radiant White paper has been added for printers using Ultrachrome ink (matte black). In addition, Premium Luster and Premium Semigloss papers have been tuned on most printers.
PasswordSafe 1.9.2c released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=300400
Password Safe is a password database utility. Users can keep their
passwords securely encrypted on their computers. A single Safe
Combination unlocks them all. Release 1.92c is available for download.
This is a maintenance release, fixing a few minor annoyances: Bugfix
[783314] Clearing the clipboard now properly trashes the password in
process memory, as well as emptying the clipboard. Bugfix [760656]
Passing a filename that contains spaces via the command line now works
correctly. Previously, the quotation marks confused PasswordSafe.
Bugfix [777367] The Edit/View Item dialog box's Help button now works
correctly. RFE [772212] Pressing Cancel when prompted for the password
when unminimizing the application no longer exits the program. (Would
happen only if "Lock password database on minimize" is set) Bugfix
[769820] Pressing Cancel in the Clear Clipboard dialog box will now
prevent the passowrd from being copied to the clipboard. Previously, it
was equivalent to pressing OK. (Would happen only if "Confirm item copy
to clipboard" was selected) RFE [768870] Added a manifest file for
native Windows XP theme support. RFE [754790] The option "Clear the
clipboard when minimized" has been changed to "Clear clipboard upon
minimize or exit". Previously, the clipboard was unconditionally
cleared upon exit. This allows the user to change the behaviour. The
PocketPC release incorporates the fixes of the Windows release. In
addition, the endianness of devices built around the SH3 CPU is now
correct. Thanks to Gregg and Karlo for their work fixing the bugs, and
to Kevin for building the PocketPC versions. Link to files:
https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=41019&release_id
=177038 md5sums: 49b87547f2a09178d2b50bfd4bc72283 pwsafe-1.9.2c-bin.zip
7f00423b03db942422a933039d73fb21 pwsafe-1.9.2c-ppc-bin.zip
bb25d7ab1f0d9bcaf4133b7c311e24c8 pwsafe-1.9.2c-src.zip
Ruby-GNOME2-0.6.0
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=300272
This project is a set of Ruby language bindings for the various application development libraries included with the GNOME/GTK+ environment. This project is for GTK+2.0 or later. Ruby-GNOME2-0.6.0 is now available. Enjoy! Highlights ========== * Support ruby-1.8.0. * Added Ruby/GnomeVFS, Ruby/GtkHtml2 * Merged Ruby/GStreamer * Fixed some bugs, Improved. * Some classes/methods were added. Downloads ========= http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=53614 * ruby-gtk2 The minimum package which includes Ruby/GLib2, Ruby/GdkPixbuf, Ruby/Pango, Ruby/GTK2. * ruby-gstreamer The minimum package for Ruby/GStreamer. Ruby/GLib2, Ruby/GStreamer. * ruby-gnome2 All of Ruby-GNOME2 libraries. Changes since version 0.5.0
- * Ruby/GLib - mkmf-gnome2.rb,rbglib.h,
rbgobject.h, rbgutil.h are installed to site-ruby directories. The
other libraries which depends on Ruby/GLib can compile in any
directotires. [Masahiro Sakai, Masao Mutoh] - Support ruby-1.8.0 [Masao
Mutoh] - Added new macros: [Geoff Youngs, Masao Mutoh]
CBOOL2RVAL/RVAL2CBOOL, G_DEF_CONSTANTS, G_RENAME_CONSTANT - Improved
and Fixed some bugs. [Masahiro Sakai] GLib::Object, GLib::Type,
GLib::Closure, GLib::Signal, - Added some methods: [Masahiro Sakai]
GLib::Param, GLib::Param::*, GLib::Boxed, GLib::Signal, GLib::Pointer -
Removed some methods. [Masahiro Sakai] GLib::Param::*#default,
#default_value * Ruby/GTK - Follow Ruby/GLib changes. [Sakai, Masahiro,
Masao Mutoh] - rbgtk.h are installed to site-ruby directories. The
other libraries which depends on Ruby/GTK can compile in any
directotires. [Masao Mutoh] - Completed: [Geoff Youngs, Masao Mutoh]
Gtk::Clipboard, Gtk::Menu, Gtk::Notebook, Gtk::Socket, Gtk::Plug,
Gtk::FileSelection, Gtk::ListStore, Gtk::TreeStore, Gtk::TreeModel,
Gtk::TextView, Gtk::Notebook, Gtk::ColorSelection, Gtk::Style,
Gtk::ItemFactory, Gtk::Invisible, Gtk::TreeSortable, Gtk::TreeView,
Gtk::TreeSelection, Gtk::TreePath, Gtk::TreeViewColumn, Gtk::Drag,
Gtk::TextTag, Gtk module - Added and completed. Gtk::TreeDragSource,
Gtk::TreeDragDest, - Added some methods, improved, fixed bugs: [Geoff
Youngs, Masahiro Sakai, Masao Mutoh] Gdk::Window, Gdk::Drawable,
Gdk::EventProperty, Gdk module, Gtk::Object, Gtk::Editable,
Gtk::TreeModel, Gtk module, Gtk::TextBuffer, Gtk::IMContext, Gtk::Menu
- Added: [Geoff Youngs, Masao Mutoh] Gtk::BingindSet, Gdk::Display,
Gdk::Screen - Removed: [Masao Mutoh] Gtk::Socket#xwindow,
Gtk::Menu#set_path, Gtk::Notebook#popup_disable/enable,
Gtk::ItemFactory.add_foreign Gtk::TreeSortable#sort_func=,
Gtk::TreePath#to_s * Ruby/GNOME - Follow Ruby/GLib changes. [Masao
Mutoh] - Add Gnome::PixmapEntry#set_preview. [Masao Mutoh] *
Ruby/GnomeCanvas - Follow Ruby/GLib changes. [Masao Mutoh] *
Ruby/Libglade - Follow Ruby/GLib changes. [Masao Mutoh] * Ruby/Libart -
Follow Ruby/GLib changes. [Masao Mutoh] * Ruby/GConf - Fix a bug
[744158] [Masao Mutoh] * Ruby/GStreamer [NEW] - Merged with
Ruby-GStreamer project. [Laurent Sansonetti] - Version informations are also merged. - Completed: [Laurent Sansonetti] Gst, Gst::Autoplug, Gst::Cpu, Gst::Format, Gst::Object, Gst::PadTemplate, Gst::Pipeline, Gst::PluginFeature, Gst::QueryType, Gst::Type - Added and completed.
[Laurent Sansonetti] Gst::AutoplugFactory, Gst::EventMask,
Gsk::EventSeek, Gst::EventSegmentSeek, Gst::EventSize, Gst::Parse, Gst::SystemClock, Gst::Thread,Gst::MediaInfo, Gst::MediaInfoStream, Gst::MediaInfoTrack - Added some methods, improved, fixed bugs:
[Laurent Sansonetti] Gst::Caps, Gst::Clock, Gst::Plugin, Gst::Pad,
Gst::Element, - Added: [Nikolai :: lone-star :: Weibull, Laurent Sansonetti] sample/media-type.rb, gst-inspect.rb, mediap-type2.rb * Ruby/GnomeVFS [NEW] - Initial release. [Nikolai :: lone-star :: Weibull] - Completed: [Nikolai :: lone-star :: Weibull] GnomeVFS module, GnomeVFS::Directory, GnomeVFS::Monitor, GnomeVFS::FileInfo, GnomeVFS::Error - Added: [Nikolai :: lone-star :: Weibull] GnomeVFS::File, GnomeVFS::URI * Ruby/GtkHtml2 [NEW] - Initial release.
[Martin Povoln] - Added: [Martin Povoln] Gtk::HtmlDocument,
Gtk::HtmlView
- Added: [Geoff Youngs, Masao Mutoh] Gtk::BingindSet, Gdk::Display,
Gdk::Screen - Removed: [Masao Mutoh] Gtk::Socket#xwindow,
Gtk::Menu#set_path, Gtk::Notebook#popup_disable/enable,
Gtk::ItemFactory.add_foreign Gtk::TreeSortable#sort_func=,
Gtk::TreePath#to_s * Ruby/GNOME - Follow Ruby/GLib changes. [Masao
Mutoh] - Add Gnome::PixmapEntry#set_preview. [Masao Mutoh] *
Ruby/GnomeCanvas - Follow Ruby/GLib changes. [Masao Mutoh] *
Ruby/Libglade - Follow Ruby/GLib changes. [Masao Mutoh] * Ruby/Libart -
Follow Ruby/GLib changes. [Masao Mutoh] * Ruby/GConf - Fix a bug
Archetypes 1.0 Released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=300288
Archetypes is a framework for the development of new Content Types in
Zope/CMF/Plone. Schema driven automatic form generation, simple
integration with rich content types, and a lower entry bar to the
complex requirements Zope places on new content objects. New Archetypes
Release is out on the streets. Powered by Brazilian coffee :^) Just
made the final 1.0 release of
"Archetypes":http://sf.net/projects/archetypes This new release
includes a whole bunch of bugfixes, improved FTP support for
BaseContent-based objects with the new RFC822Marshaller (made default),
slight UI cleaning, fixed handling of error messages on form
validation. Also, on this release the *transform* package was
deprecated, and the *validation* and *transform* packages were turned
into standalone distutils-enabled packages. Get the files here: -
"Archetypes":http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/archetypes/archetypes-1
_0-final.tgz?download -
"generator":http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/archetypes/generator-1.0
.tar.gz?download (required) -
"validation":http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/archetypes/validation-1
.0.tar.gz?download (required) - "Portal
Transforms":http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/archetypes/PortalTransfo
rms-1.0a2.tar.bz2?download (optional) Many thanks go to Benjamin
Saller, Sylvain Thenault, Andy McKay, Alan Runyan, Philipp Auersperg,
Robert Boulanger, Fabiano Weimar dos Santos and all the folks that
submitted patches and bug reports. -- Sidnei da Silva dreamcatching ::
making your dreams come true
"http://dreamcatcher.homeunix.org":http://dreamcatcher.homeunix.org
Slashdot
EFF Coordinates Fight Against DirecTV
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/13/0351233
[0]wumarkus420 writes "In response to recent [1]lawsuits filed by
DirecTV against purchasers of smartcard equipment, the EFF and Stanford
Law School Center for Internet and Society have [2]announced a new site
devoted to the legal fight against DirecTV's aggressions. Hopefully,
this [3]new site will provide innocent consumers that have been
threatened under the veil of the DMCA with professional legal advice
and information."
Links
0. mailto:wumarkusNO@SPAMhotmail.com
1.
http://www.hackhu.com/
2.
http://www.eff.org/directvdefense/20030812_eff_pr.php
3.
http://www.directvdefense.org/Translated KDE/Linux Usability Report Available http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/12/2224218
[0]WHudson writes "Relevantive AG, a German consulting firm who
[1]recently completed a study on Linux usability, posted their results
in [2]English translation today. Bottom line: Linux nearly as easy to
use as Windows XP, but the wording of system and program messages could
use some more clarity."
Links
0. mailto:whudson@no-spam.stanford.edu
1.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/04/2319204&tid=121
2.
http://www.relevantive.de/Linux_e.htmlWindows Virus Takes Out Gov't Agencies in MD, PA http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/12/2220246
Zolzar writes "Looks like the Md. State Motor Vehicles Administration is the first government agency reporting a [0]failure of their systems due to the recent virus." This is a [1]more specific story about the outage. And the city of [2]Philadelphia has suffered as well. Links
0.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A49575-2003Aug12?language=printer
1.
http://www.sunspot.net/technology/bal-mva-virus0812,0,856507.story?coll=bal-local-headlines
2.
http://www.nbc10.com/technology/2400607/detail.html
The Diamond Age
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/12/2112237
bigner writes "The [0]new diamond age is here and will revolutionize
the computer industry. Diamonds show amazing potential as a superior
semiconductor."
Links
0. http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.09/diamond.html
Identity Theft Countermeasures?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/12/2113218
[0]gbell asks: "Stories about reconstructing [1]shredded documents and
horrific tales of rampant [2]identity theft (at least 750K
victims/year) have me scared and wondering if I'm being careful enough.
What are savvy Slashdot readers doing to protect their financial
identity? I already have fraud alerts on my credit reports, which make
sure I'm contacted if any requests for additional credit happen. I've
called 800-5-OPT-OUT and stopped all the credit card offers. I use
unique passwords on all of my online financial accounts. I shred and
pulp-ify all documents. I order periodic copies of my credit reports
(although I'm irked that I have to pay for them - they're only free if
you've been recently denied credit). Is there anything else I should be
doing? People spend years sorting out ID theft, and I'm wondering when
credit-abusers will start crying 'fraud' just to get out of debt...
making things even harder for the true victims. Cops don't have time to
do anything, even if you find the perp yourself. The situation looks
like it's going to get much worse, and I'm willing to take steps now to
increase my security at the cost of convenience. Suggestions?"
Links
0. mailto:gbell@yahoo.com
1.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/18/1433235&tid=126
2.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A25358-2003Aug6?language=printerHigher Education Committee Releases Report on P2P http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/12/2042239
djeaux writes "The Joint Committee of the Higher Education and
Entertainment Communities has released a "[0]Background Discussion of
Copyright Law and Potential Liability for Students Engaged in P2P File
Sharing on University Networks." The Joint Committee includes
representatives from a number of universities, education groups,
entertainment industry representatives, and the presidents of RIAA &
MPAA. The paper provides an overview of copyright law relating to
on-campus P2P file sharing and concludes that "(c)olleges and
universities generally do not have a legal duty to control students'
private conduct. Students therefore should not assume that their
college or university will accept liability for them or provide them
with legal representation." The report was distributed to presidents of
all institutions that are members of the American Council on Education
on Friday, August 8."
Links
0. http://www.acenet.edu/washington/legalupdate/2003/P2P.pdf
Iceman Otzi was a Fighter
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/12/1817222
Theatetus writes "Yahoo! News is running a story from USA Today that
[0]Otzi the iceman's murder is more complicated than we thought. It
seems Otzi had blood on his clothes and knife from four different
people in patterns that suggested he took out two with his bow and
carried a wounded or dead person over his shoulder. I sense an action
movie in the making..." If you don't remember Otzi, read the
[1]original story.
Links
0. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=676&e=14&u=/usatoday/11570742
SCO Execs Dumping Stock
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/12/1757237
luigi6699 writes "According to the Salt Lake Tribune, 'SCO Group executives have [0]sold about 119,000 shares of their company since it filed a lawsuit against IBM in March...' Their CFO started the $1.2 million sell-off just after the lawsuit." Links
0. http://www.sltrib.com/2003/Aug/08122003/business/83193.asp
Local Area Security Linux 0.4a
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/12/1747200
[0]Anonymous Coward writes "[1]Local Area Security Linux is a small
'live CD' distribution based on [2]Knoppix that aims at being less than
185MB so it will fit on a MiniCD. It is now 107MB with [3]FluxBox as
the window manager. It contains about 100 security (forensics,
penetration testing, firewall, intrusion detection, etc.) tools
including [4]Ethereal and [5]Nessus. See a [6]screenshot here."
Links
0.
http://localareasecurity.com
1.
http://localareasecurity.com/
2.
http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html
3.
http://www.fluxbox.org/
4.
http://www.ethereal.com/
5.
http://www.nessus.org/
6.
http://www.localareasecurity.com/sshots/0.4a_1.jpg
OpEd Piece on Extended Life Expectancy
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/12/1734227
[0]daksis writes "CNN has posted [1]an OpEd piece from the New York
Times that raises some interesting issues. With the current advances in
biology, we as a society are facing the real possibility that
"immortality" could some day be the norm. What sort of social impact
can we expect when/if life expectancies are measured in centuries?"
Links
0. mailto:daksis@hotmail.com
Freshmeat
A rainy day 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132397/
A rainy day is a theme with grey tones and a black and white background featuring the view behind the author's bedroom window.
Aardvark Topsites PHP 4.1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132464/
Aardvark Topsites PHP is the premier PHP/SQL topsites script. Members' ranks can be shown on their button, and there are 6 different ranking methods, including pageviews. Powerful anticheating protection is included. It supports categories. You can use up/down/neutral arrows. The admin allows you to approve new members, edit existing members, delete bad members, and much more.
Ace Operator 1.2.0b
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132430/
Ace Operator enables live interactions between company representatives and customers from the company Web site. It allows customers to contact live agents at the click of a button, engage in interactive conversation, and exchange information using multi-media content. It also allows companies to monitor visitors to their Web site and initiate a conversation. It is an excellent tool for low-cost pre-sales support and any kind of customer services over the Web.
AfterStep 2.00.beta1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132448/
AfterStep is a Window Manager for X which started by emulating the NeXTSTEP look and feel, but which has been significantly altered according to the requests of various users. Many adepts will tell you that NeXTSTEP is not only the most visually pleasant interface, but also one of the most functional and intuitive out there. AfterStep aims to incorporate the advantages of the NeXTSTEP interface, and add additional useful features.
amavisd-new 20030616-p4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132481/
amavisd-new is a high-performance and reliable interface between MTAs and one or more content checkers, including virus scanners, and/or the Mail::SpamAssasin Perl module. It talks to the MTA via (E)SMTP or LMTP, or by using helper programs. No timing gaps exist in the design, which could cause a mail loss. It is normally positioned at or near a central mailer, not necessarily where the user's mailboxes and final delivery takes place.
Apache::ASP 2.55
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132487/
Apache::ASP provides an Active Server Pages port to the Apache Web Server with Perl as the host scripting language. Apache::ASP allows a developer to create dynamic Web applications with session management and embedded Perl code. There are also many powerful extensions, including XML taglibs, XSLT rendering, and new events not originally part of the ASP API.
apt4rpm 0.65 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132453/
The superb Debian package installer APT has since some time become available for RPM-based distributions. However, to install RPM packages with apt, an apt repository is needed. apt4rpm creates the apt repository from an RPM repository. The rpm repository can be located locally or remotely. Once the apt repository has been created with apt4rpm, the apt tools can be used to install RPMs.
ARIA Business Management 0.99-3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132446/
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. There are currently translations for Chinese, Spanish, Italian, and French.
ArX 1.0pre11
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132381/
ArX is a distributed revision control system that features distributed repositories, fancy merging, support for renaming, unobtrusive operation, a Web interface, and revision libraries. It consists of a collection of shell scripts and C code, and brings together many shell utilities, SSH, HTTP, diff, and patch.
AweMUD 0.18b
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132459/
AweMUD is a MUD server for use with fantasy-settings. Features include skill-based character development, fully dynamic objects and characters, and custom worlds. The engine will eventually have completely interactive rooms (items can be placed under benches, doors can be destroyed), complex magick, and interactive NPCs.
BookmarkBridge 0.65
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132486/
BookmarkBridge is a small, easy to use, multi-platform, GUI-based utility that allows the user to share bookmarks between all their browsers. The user runs it periodically to synchronize between the browsers.
Borges Documents Management System 0.9.2 http://freshmeat.net/releases/132425/
Borges is an open-source project aimed at XML-aware documentation projects which care about internationalisation, reusable contents, teamwork, etc. The system currently support the DocBook DTD.
borZoi/jBorZoi 0.90 (Java)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132431/
borZoi/jBorZoi are C++ and Java elliptic curve cryptography libraries for developers who want a simple means of adding privacy protection to their applications. Ease of use and a minimum risk of security problems due to incorrect use are their strong points.
Caravel .99
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132437/
Caravel is a robust LDAP-based content management system programmed in PHP. It has many different plugins and is designed to allow for the easy creation of plugins and applications. It is designed for very large organizations with several thousand branches, and uses OpenLDAP to organize its data. It is very user-friendly and allows you to not only upload and manage content, but also adjust various aesthetic features of your layout. One of its key novelties is its ability to divide a page into several columns containing multiple blocks, each block containing an application or some content.
Cone 0.53
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132465/
Cone (COnsole Newsreader And Emailer) is a text-based email client. It seamlessly handles multiple POP3 and IMAP accounts and local mail folders. It is also a simple newsreader. It is designed to be foolproof enough to be used by inexperienced users, but also offers advanced features for power users.
crackalaka 1.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132470/
Crackalaka is a small, standalone IRC server. It does not implement the inter-server portions of the IRC protocol, and is meant for use by a small workgroup, preferably behind a firewall.
CRUX 1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132444/
CRUX is a lightweight, i686-optimized Linux distribution targeted at experienced Linux users. The primary focus of this distribution is "keep it simple", which is reflected in a simple tar.gz-based package system, BSD-style initscripts, and a relatively small collection of trimmed packages. The secondary focus is utilization of new Linux features and recent tools and libraries.
cx_OracleDBATools 1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/131794/
cx_OracleDBATools contains a number of Python scripts that handle Oracle DBA tasks in a cross-platform manner. These scripts are intended to work the same way on all platforms and hide the complexities involved in managing Oracle databases on Windows.
CyTV 0.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132439/
CyTV is a streaming solution for the elgato EyeTV USB tuner. It allows you to watch a video stream of the currently active channel over a wired or wireless network. You can also change the channel from the remote computer (although this is a bit cumbersome).
DCGUI-QT 0.2.17
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132449/
DCGUI-QT a QT GUI Direct Connect filesharing client.
Digital Tester 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132403/
Digital Tester is a test planning and execution tool. It aims to be an alternative to Test Director or QA Director. Its features include requirement definition and tracking, test case design and planning, test case execution and result tracking, and simple effective reporting of planning, execution, and result data.
Dive tools for Linux 0.1.8 (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/132463/
Divetools is a set of tools to read out a dive computer. In addition it includes a conversion program that makes UDCF files out of thet dump and a Plotting tool that produces nice PostScript pages for your loogbook. It supports the Suunto EON and Uwatec Aladin Series dive computers.
Divine Intervention 2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132420/
Divine Intervention consists of two programs. The first is a very accurate BPM measurement tool. The second is a player which can change the tempo of music. The player allows nudging, forward and backward movement by measures, and other nice things.
DKMS 0.33.02
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132443/
DKMS (Dynamic Kernel Module Support) is a framework where device driver source can reside outside the kernel source tree so that it is very easy to rebuild modules as you upgrade kernels. This allows Linux vendors to provide driver drops without having to wait for new kernel releases (as a stopgap before the code can make it back into the kernel), while also taking out the guesswork for customers attempting to recompile modules for new kernels. For veteran Linux users it also provides some advantages since a separate framework for driver drops will remove kernel releases as a blocking mechanism for distributing code.
DNS Flood Detector 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132455/
DNS Flood Detector was developed to detect abusive usage levels on high traffic nameservers and to enable quick response in halting (among other things) the use of one's nameserver to facilitate spam. DNS Flood Detector uses libpcap (in non-promiscuous mode) to monitor incoming dns queries to a nameserver. The tool may be run in one of two modes, either daemon mode or "bindsnap" mode. In daemon mode, the tool will alarm via syslog. In bindsnap mode, the user is able to get near-real-time stats on usage to aid in more detailed troubleshooting.
Dolibarr 0.5.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132436/
Dolibarr is a small and simple Web interface with ERP and CRM capabilities. It is designed for small companies and freelancers, and can be used to deal with the bills and documentation required for company management.
DrScheme 205
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132392/
DrScheme is a graphical environment for developing programs using the Scheme, MzScheme, and MrEd programming languages. DrScheme runs under Windows 95/98/NT, MacOS, and Unix/X. DrScheme's features include source text highlighting of syntax and run-time errors, support for multiple levels of Scheme from beginner to advanced, an algebraic stepper for the beginner language, interactive and graphical static analysis, a graphical user interface (GUI) library, objects, threads, modules, exceptions, TCP/IP, regular expressions, and filesystem support.
DRT 0.3.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132409/
DRT is a design recovery tool for interactive graphical applications running under the X Window System. The tool automatically captures actions performed while using such an application. Functions particularly relevant to each action are highlighted. Moreover, the action itself is described visually from fragments of the application display. One can search and browse these actions to learn about the design of an application.
eSKUeL 1.0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132462/
eSKUeL is MySQL database managment tool written in PHP. It can completly handle databases operations, including create, drop, rename, move, and insert into. It can also be completely skinned and adapted.
eXist 0.9.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132400/
eXist is a native XML database featuring efficient, index-based XPath query processing, extensions for keyword search, XUpdate support, and tight integration with existing XML development tools. The database is lightweight and may be easily deployed in a number of ways, running either as a stand-alone server process, inside a servlet engine, or directly embedded into an application.
fbdump 0.4.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132405/
fbdump is a simple tool to capture snapshots from the Linux kernel framebuffer device and write them out as a PPM file. Currently, most packed-pixel framebuffer formats and the vga16 framebuffer are supported.
Fedora Digital Object Repository 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132414/
The Fedora software is based on an architecture known as FEDORA (Flexible Extensible Digital Object and Repository Architecture). The software takes advantage of distributed (or local) Web services, and makes representations of objects (called disseminations) available via HTTP. It is particularly good at handling complex digital objects where source datastreams and behaviors are distributed. There are two binary distributions (server and client), and a source distribution (including all libraries and source code needed to build any distribution).
Formsess 2.0.0 RC2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132423/
Formsess is a Smarty-powered forms toolkit. It adds support for an XHTML-compliant set of tags, directly inspired from standard form tags, and allows you to skip most common steps implied in forms manipulation, validation (Javascript and server side) and data persistence (any validated field is automatically kept).
Foundation Class Library 1.0.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132429/
The Foundation Class Library (FCL) was written over the course of two years to meet the needs of 24x7 commercial server applications. It includes low-level communictions classes for sockets and also include protocol-level classes for DNS and SMTP.
Freemed-YiRC Beta0.22
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132421/
Freemed-YiRC is a PHP package based on Freemed for use with Youth in Residential Care (YiRC) agencies. Its aim is to be a complete package to replace legacy non-free apps which aren't customizable. Since it's PHP-based, all that is needed for the client is a good Web browser with extensive table support. Some of the objectives for Freemed-YiRC are: User Management, a Contact Database, Clinical CaseNotes, an Incident Report System, an email client, a Service Plan System, a Timecard System, and Medical Billing (Medicaid/Insurance/Private).
ftplibpp 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132378/
ftplibpp contains a C++ class providing easy FTP client functionality. It features resuming of up- and downloads, FXP support, SSL/TLS encryption, and logging functionality. Every FTP session is represented by an ftplib object, whose methods are called to communicate with the FTP server.
galadin 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132460/
galadin is an application which reads, displays, and prints profiles from Uwatec Aladin dive computers.
GNU nano 1.2.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132379/
GNU nano (Nano's ANOther editor, or Not ANOther editor) is an enhanced clone of the Pico text editor.
gpsdrive 2.03
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132451/
Gpsdrive is a map-based navigation system. It displays your position on a zoomable map provided from a NMEA-capable GPS receiver. The maps are autoselected for the best resolution, depending of your position, and the displayed image can be zoomed. Maps can be downloaded from the Internet with one mouse click. The program provides information about speed, direction, bearing, arrival time, actual position, and target position. Speech output is also available.
gURLChecker 0.6.0-pre5 (Unstable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132361/
gURLChecker is a C/GNOME 2 tool that can check links on a single Web page or on a whole Web site in order to determine the validity of each page.
H2O Rotisserie 1.1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132471/
H2O is a system that supports gathering people around ideas. In addition to the traditional features of learning management systems, H2O includes support for collaboration between projects through the sharing of syllabus elements and through joint discussions between projects. It also supports Rotisserie-structured discussions, which provide an alternative to traditional online discussion boards by structuring the timing and flow of discussions. It can be used as a traditional course management platform, but it can also be used for more informal projects centered around the exploration of a set of ideas, whether the project be a conference, an ongoing public discussion, or a traditional academic course.
Hardware lister A.01.03
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132393/
lshw (Hardware Lister) is a small tool to provide detailed informaton on the hardware configuration of the machine. It can report exact memory configuration, firmware version, mainboard configuration, CPU version and speed, cache configuration, bus speed, etc.
hhmalloc 1.0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132442/
Hierarchical heap is an extension of the standard C malloc/free interface, which allows organizing memory blocks into naturally occurring hierarchies. HH can be used for a number of tasks including memory pooling, limited garbage collection, and simplified dynamic structure management.
HTTrack/WebHTTrack 3.30-RC13 (Unstable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132276/
HTTrack is an easy-to-use offline browser utility. It allows you to download a Web site from the Internet to a local directory, building recursively all directories, getting HTML, images, and other files from the server to your computer. HTTrack arranges the original site's relative link-structure. Simply open a page of the mirrored Web site in your browser, and you can browse the site from link to link, as if you were viewing it online. HTTrack can also update an existing mirrored site, and resume interrupted downloads. WebHTTrack is a Web-based GUI for HTTrack.
HyperSpell 1.0 Beta 5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132476/
HyperSpell is a convenient menu item that gives you instant access to Mac OS X's built-in spellchecker. All you do is click on HyperSpell's icon in the menu bar and enter the word, or words, that you want spellchecked. Words that are misspelled appear with a red underline. You can then control-click (or right-click) on the misspelled words to reveal a list of possible spellings.
IceWM 1.2.10
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132394/
IceWM is a window manager designed for speed, usability, and consistency. It is able to emulate the looks of Motif, OS/2, and Windows, and allows you to have a customizable look using pixmaps.
Jaxup 1.01
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132402/
Jaxup is a Java library that defines an interface to update XML documents, through which clients can work without knowledge of the exact object model that the document uses. The interface is called Updater, and the idea behind it is the same as with Jaxen's Navigator interface. In addition, an implementation of xmldb.org's proposed XUpdate specification is provided. Jaxup supports DOM, JDom, and DOM4J.
JBother .01
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132472/
JBother is a Jabber client specifically written for inter-office communications. It uses the Smack Jabber libraries and the Kunststoff look-and-feel.
JEditorCombo b1-r1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132407/
JEditorCombo is a Java application with a tabbed interface. One tab offers RTF document editing. The other tab offers plain text editing. The plain text editor also offers the ability to send the current document as the body of an email. No additional APIs are required to send the email, since it is handled internally. Both editors have undo and redo capability.
JPluck 2.0 pre14 (2.x)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132447/
JPluck converts Web sites to Plucker documents for offline reading on your handheld.
JSP TestRunner 0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132422/
JSP TestRunner is a tag library for performing JUnit test cases/suites from a JSP page. This can be used for testing the deployment staus, or for testing test cases in the same environment as the deployment environment.
kbarcode 1.4.0 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132396/
KBarcode is a barcode and label printing application for KDE 3. It can be used to print everything from simple business cards up to complex labels with several barcodes, such as article descriptions. KBarcode comes with an easy-to-use WYSIWYG label designer, a setup wizard, batch import of labels (directly from the delivery note), thousands of predefined labels, database managment tools, and translations in many languages. Even printing more than 10,000 labels in one go is no problem for KBarcode. Additionally, it is a simple xbarcode replacement for the creation of barcodes. All major types of barcodes like EAN, UPC, CODE39, and ISBN are supported.
Kopete 0.7.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132411/
Kopete is a flexible and extendable multiple protocol instant messaging system designed as a plugin-based system. All protocols are plugins and allow modular installation, configuration, and usage without the main application knowing anything about the plugin being loaded. The goal of Kopete is to provide users with a standard and easy to use interface between all of their instant messaging systems, but at the same time also providing developers with the ease of writing plugins to support a new protocol. The core Kopete development team provides a handful of plugins that most users can use, in addition to templates for new developers to base a plugin on.
Libbt 0.02
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132454/
Libbt is a C-language implementation of the BitTorrent protocol suite for Unix that was designed to be linked into a variety of languages. It is implemented as a memory-efficient single threaded library, and has fdset maintenance that can be used to either add in to your select loop or its own main loop.
libspopc 0.5.8 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132434/
libspopc is a simple-to-use POP3 client library. It's primary goal is to provide an easy and quick way to host a POP3 client within a program to C developers without exposing them to socket programming. However, the socket layer is also accessible. libspopc allows mail programs to connect to many POP accounts and manage email. It implements the client side of RFC 1939. The email client can download email headers before downloading the entire message.
Lifebook B-Series Touchscreen Driver for XFree 4.x 0.7.4 (Stable) http://freshmeat.net/releases/132412/
This is a touchscreen driver for XFree86 4.x for the Fujitsu-Siemens Lifebook B-Series.
Local Area Security Knoppix 0.4a
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132386/
Local Area Security Knoppix is a 'Live CD' distribution based on Knoppix but with a strong emphasis on security tools and small footprint. There are four different versions of L.A.S. Knoppix to fit three specific needs. These are a Firewall/IDS-centric version, a penetration testing/forensics version, a MiniCD-size version covering a full spectru