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Slashdot
WineX (And Warcraft3) On FreeBSD
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/29/063229

[0]Dan writes "[1]Kenneth Culver has implemented the Linux ftruncate64,
    truncate64, and mmap2 syscalls in the linuxulator on his computer,     (mostly cut 'n pasted the mmap2 from regular mmap with a couple of     changes) and with these changes it is possible to [2]run the Linux     version of WineX (the one you have to pay for) to run Warcraft 3 on     FreeBSD." If WineX is interesting to you, this earlier article on
[3]playing Windows games with WineX (under Linux) may be worth a read.
Links

    0. mailto:dan@bsdforums.org
    1. mailto:culverk@yumyumyum.org
    2. 
http://www.bsdforums.org/forums/showthread.php?threadid=4793
    3. 
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/30/1219208&tid=125

ZDNet Australia Interviews Richard Alston http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/28/2253215

[0]ynotds writes "ZDNet Australia has an [1]interview with notorious
    Australian IT Minister Senator Richard Alston which could even be read     as suggesting that he, like some others in the Australian government,     has learned a little about his portfolio during his 7 years at the     helm. He responds openly about his censorhip regime, lack of action     against spam and his antipathy towards [2]Electronic Frontiers     Australia but refuses to get into details on cyberterrorism response     and security expenditure."
Links

    0. mailto:ts@meme.com.au
    1. 
http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/communications/story/0,2000024993,20270255,00.htm
    2. 
http://www.efa.org.au/

Linux Kernel 2.4.20 Released
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/29/0343249

[0]punkmac writes "It's that time again to do the thing we all love to
    do, compile your shiny new kernel. This time its [1]2.4.20. The
[2]changelog can be found at the usual places, and please use a
[3]mirror for all your downloads"

Links

    0. 
http://www.punkmac.com/
    1. 
http://www.kernel.org/
    2. 
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.20
    3. 
http://www.kernel.org/mirrors/

Hark! I Hear a Dropped Packet!
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/29/0017255

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    aarondsouza writes "The [0]New Scientist has an article about [1]Chris     Chafe, a cellist and director of the [2]Center for Computer Research in     Music and Acoustics at Stanford University in California, who has the     idea that one can use sound as an audible measure of the health of an     internet connection. By sending a bunch of sound pulses across the line     and measuring echo time, an average ping time of 10ms would be heard as     a 100Hz tone. The idea is that the human ear is much more sensitive to     variations in pitch, and thus "listening" to the connection would be a     better indicator of its health. The article is short on technical specs     but the project page ([3]SoundWIRE) has more." Links

    0. 
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993112
    1. 
http://ccrma-www.stanford.edu/~cc/
    2. 
http://ccrma-www.stanford.edu/
    3. 
http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/groups/soundwire/

Problems With OEM ATI Cards And ATI's Linux Driver http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/28/2237218

[0]Doug Bostrom writes "Over at [1]FlightGear.org, Andy Ross
[2]describes how ATI's new Linux drivers only seem to work with
    "official" ATI cards (made by ATI), why that does not make sense, and a     possible [3]fix that unfortunately would mean booting Windows, if only     for a few minutes."
Links

    0. mailto:dbostrom@mindspring.com
    1. 
http://www.flightgear.org/
    2. 
http://seneca.me.umn.edu/pipermail/flightgear-devel/2002-November/013461.html
    3. 
http://www.xcl-clan.com/

24 Hours Of Beethoven's 9th Symphony
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/28/1249251

[0]Ermintrude the Flying Cow writes "Ever wonder what "Ode to Joy"
    would sound like if stretched to 24 hours? Now you can find out. [1]9     Beet Stretch is the result of running Beethoven's 9th Symphony in a     digital stretching program, turning the one hour piece into a 24 hour     attention span acid test. Thankfully, for those of us who know our     limits, it's been cut into 19 parts." Links

    0. mailto:virus687@netscape.net

  1. http://www.notam02.no/9/index.html

Interview With Martin Fowler
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/28/2044248

[0]Arjen writes "[1]Artima has had a conversation with [2]Martin
    Fowler, one of the gurus on software development today. It consists of     six parts. Parts [3]one, [4]two, [5]three, and [6]four are available     now; the rest will appear the next weeks." Links

    0. 
http://poutsma AT yahoo DOT com
    1. 
http://www.artima.com/
    2. 
http://www.martinfowler.com/
    3. 
http://www.artima.com/intv/refactor.html
    4. 
http://www.artima.com/intv/principles.html
    5. 
http://www.artima.com/intv/evolution.html
    6. 
http://www.artima.com/intv/flexplex.html
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British To Release UFO Files
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/28/2021250

[0]Sean Stidman writes "Looks like the Brits are [1]planning to release
    their secret files on many UFO sightings, including the famous
[2]Rendlesham Forest incident. These files should be ready for download
    by the end of this week, which I guess means by tomorrow. Are their     servers going to be able to handle the load?" Links

    0. mailto:sean@stidman.com
    1. 
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=570&ncid=753&e=1&u=/nm/20021128/sc_nm/space_ufos_dc
    2. 
http://www.unexplained.info/directory/aliens_and_ufos/rendlesham_forest/

When Personalization Runs Amuck
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/28/150213

    pamar writes "According to this [0]article from the Wall Street     Journal, your TiVo could definitely get the wrong impression about your     interests, or even your sexual preferences. And what you need to do to     get "a clean slate"? Most of the users who have been "targeted" by TiVo     usually try to "correct" the profiling by showing an abnormal interest     in something wildly different." Yep, it's a dupe. Links

    0. http://online.wsj.com/article_email/0,,SB1038261936872356908,00.html

Software Choice Group Tells DOD Not to Use Open Source http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/28/1358233

[0]ducomputergeek writes "A group calling themselves the Initiative for
    Software Choice, backed by Microsoft and others, is [1]recommending     that the DOD drop plans for further adoption of Open Source software.     This comes after MITRE, a defense contractor, published a report     stating that not only does the Department of Defense use opensource,     but is recommend on using it more. The article is at News.com and you     can read it here."
Links

    0. mailto:uni@openwars.org

  1. http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975578.html?tag=fd_top
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Freshmeat
Ampoliros 3.1.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/104924/

    Ampoliros is an advanced and easy to use distributed PHP Web     applications platform, featuring a powerful XML-RPC and SOAP interface.     It is suitable as an Internet/Intranet development and deployment     system. It has a very strong modular architecture and allows very fast     deployment of Web solutions.

Aphex-][ 2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/104913/

    Aphex-][ is a clean and elegant theme for Enlightenment DR16. It is an     update to the author's previous aphex theme, with new fonts and window     borders, and improved readability and usability.

Bubbling Load Monitor Applet 2.0.1 (Gnome 2) http://freshmeat.net/releases/104912/

    The Bubbling Load Monitor (or &quot;Bubblemon&quot; for short) is a     system load monitor for the GNOME panel. It looks like a vial     containing water. The water level indicates how much (electronic)     memory is in use. The color of the liquid indicates how much swap space     is used. The amount of bubbles reflects the system CPU load. A message     in a bottle indicates there is unread mail. A reed-like graph shows     network load.

BW-IPFM 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/104954/

    BW-IPFM uses ipfm log files to generate easy-to-read reports. It can     provide daily and monthly reports and reports for a specific period.

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Cerberus Helpdesk 1.3.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/104938/

    Cerberus Helpdesk is an email response system built to diminish the     need for redundant, time-consuming human interaction with your     customers. The system is built to allow your support/sales/billing/etc.     department to react quickly to inbound customer email inquiries. It was     written originally as a trouble ticket system.

DocTaur 0.86 (Beta)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/104940/

    DocTaur is a developer's directory useful for searching in and     classifying documentation, reference manuals, etc. It can search in one     or all directories. It is easy to add (remove) documentation to (from)     a directory. It is powered by ht://Dig.

EtherMux Server 0.9.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/104230/

    Ethermux is a DMX512 lighting remote control application which is based     on a client-server model. The client is run on a PocketPC based device     (such as an iPaq), while the server is run on a Linux based PC running     DMX4Linux and a DMX interface card.

FIAIF is an Intelligent Firewall 1.4.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/104937/

    FIAIF is an Intelligent Firewall. It provides a highly customizable     script for setting up an iptables-based firewall. Configuration is done     through one configuration file for each network to which the firewall     is connected. FIAIF supports masquerading, port forwarding, traffic     shaping, and more.

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GNU TeXmacs 1.0.0.23
http://freshmeat.net/releases/104925/

    GNU TeXmacs is a free scientific text editor, which was inspired by     both TeX and GNU Emacs. The editor allows you to write structured     documents via a &quot;wysiwyg&quot; and user friendly interface. The     program implements high quality typesetting algorithms and TeX fonts.     It is also possible to use TeXmacs as an interface to computer algebra     systems. Finally, TeXmacs supports the Guile/Scheme extension language,     which makes it possible to adapt the user interface to specific needs,     and even to extend the editor.

GPG-Ezmlm encrypted mailing list 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/104895/

    GPG-Ezmlm contains a set of scripts which adds the ability to handle     OpenPGP-encrypted email to Ezmlm. Email encrypted to the list key is     re-encrypted to the keys of the subscribers. Key exchange during list     subscription is supported.

grafist 1.2.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/104936/

    Grafist is a bandwidth utilization viewer. It gets the bandwidth     utilization information for network interfaces from the /proc/net/dev     file in 15-second periods, and stores it in four data files (daily,     weekly, monthly, and yearly). When a request is sent to index.php, it     executes four programs to create graphics (using the GD library) and a     summary for each file. Grafist currently supports the English, Turkish,     Russian, German, Azeri, French, Italian, Portugese, Spanish, Arabic,     and Greek languages.

Gringotts 1.3.0pre2 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/104933/

    Gringotts is a small utility that allows you to jot down sensitive data     (passwords, PINs, small files, etc.) in an easy-to-read,     easy-to-access, and most of all very secure form. Gringotts makes use     of GTK+ 2 for the user interface, and lets the user choose from among     eight strong encryption algorithms (RIJNDAEL-128, RIJNDAEL-256,     SERPENT, TWOFISH, CAST-256, SAFER+, LOKI97, 3DES), two hashing     algorithms (SHA1, RIPEMD 160) and two compression techniques (ZLib and     BZip2) with four compression ratios. Moreover, it allows the user to     use any file or an entire floppy disk as a password, as an alternative     to the usual text string, giving additional choices.

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gsieve 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/104944/

    gsieve is a Sieve script editor with a GNOME/GTK frontend. It is     written in Python and has multi-language support.

JRoar 0.0.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/104945/

    JRoar is a streaming sever for Ogg in pure Java. It casts live Ogg     streams to Ogg Vorbis players as IceCast2 does and shouts live Ogg     streams to IceCast2 and JRoar. JRoar also accepts live Ogg streams from     Ices. The uniqueness of JRoar is that JRoar works as a proxy for live     Ogg streams and enables you to share single stream with others.

KEGS 0.63 (KEGS-SDL)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/104917/

    KEGS is an actively-developed Apple II emulator, originally written for     HP workstations, improved and customized for Linux. It runs under X at     any display depth, and supports changable memory sizes, joysticks, and     sound. KEGS boots all Apple II OS variants, and supports all of the     Apple II's graphics modes. It requires a copy of the Apple II system     ROMs.

KEGS 0.71
http://freshmeat.net/releases/104916/

    KEGS is an actively-developed Apple II emulator, originally written for     HP workstations, improved and customized for Linux. It runs under X at     any display depth, and supports changable memory sizes, joysticks, and     sound. KEGS boots all Apple II OS variants, and supports all of the     Apple II's graphics modes. It requires a copy of the Apple II system     ROMs.

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KnowIt 0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/104952/

    KnowIt is a simple KDE tool for managing notes in a manner similar to     TuxCards. Notes are organized in tree-like hierarchy and can store data     in a rich text format, so that bold, italics, and lists are supported,     as well as any character set.

libwebserver 0.3.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/104951/

    libwebserver is a library for adding Web-based remote interfaces to     your programs. It is independent of other Web servers, easy to use, and     supports HTTPS with OpenSSL.

LightGrey 0.1 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/104896/

    LightGrey is a very clean theme that's easy on the eyes.

MacOS9 for Metacity 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/104901/

    MacOS9 for Metacity is a set of MacOS 9 themes, icons, and backgrounds.

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MasarLabs NoArp 1.0.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/104950/

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

MasqMail 0.2.17 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/104948/

    MasqMail is a Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) designed for hosts that are not     permanently connected to the Internet. It handles outgoing messages     specially and delivers them only when explicitely told to do so in the     ip-up script. It can also retrieve mail via pop3. It has support for     multiple providers. When offline, it behaves like any MTA (like, for     example, sendmail, though it's not as powerful as sendmail).

MiddleMan 1.2.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/104949/

    Middleman is a fast HTTP/HTTPS proxy server with features designed to     remove unwanted content and increase privacy. It features an XML-like     configuration file and an intuitive Web interface. It can be used to     filter HTTP headers, block certain files or mime types, block cookies     to and from certain sites, redirect requests, and even manipulate the     contents of a Web page or file using the built-in rewrite feature or an     external program. It fully implements the HTTP 1.1 protocol, including     persistent connections, and can forward requests through another proxy     or SOCKS4 firewall.

N-View 2.3a (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/104928/

    N-View is a network monitor for small and medium-sized networks. It     features automatic scanning of subnets for host addresses, monitoring     of ICMP responses from all hosts, signalling of timeouts and delays in     the GUI and by mail, a portscanner, an SNMP client (MIB browser and     trap receiver), a graphical display of network traffic for network     interfaces, connectivity to hosts by telnet, HTTP browser, or an     arbitrary external program (such as ssh), printing of network diagrams,     automatic generation of HTML pages, and more.

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NAI VirusScan DAT/Engine file updater 0.3 http://freshmeat.net/releases/104934/

    This script will check the local and remote VirusScan DAT/Engine file     versions. If there is a newer version available from NAI, it will     retrieve it and install it. A lot of checks are done to make very sure     you will always have a working DAT/Engine file.

neo-Portal 2 fx a
http://freshmeat.net/releases/104943/

    neo-Portal is a data presentation and delivery system. When data is     output in DHTML, it behaves like a portal. It features full i18n     localization support, OS, Web server, and database independence,     support for WSDL Web services, and output in XHTML, PDF, RSS, TXT, RTF,     WML, and more.

NGSecureWeb 2.10 (NGSNES)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/104914/

    NGSecureWeb is a security module for Web Servers. It acts as an HTTP     IDS/firewall, preventing security bugs from being exploited. It has the     ability to check for shellcodes (even polymorphic ones), buffer     overflows, forbidden words, long URLs, long GET arguments, long POST     arguments, long HEADERS, etc., in the HTTP request. If the IDS engine     detects a possible attack, the firewall engine stops the request. The     Apache, Netscape Enterprise/IPlanet, and IIS Web servers are supported.

Note Editor 2.0.17
http://freshmeat.net/releases/104946/

    Note Editor is an editor for music notation that supports an unlimited     number of staffs and up to 9 voices per staff. The import formats are     MIDI files, recorded from MIDI keyboards and TSE3. The export formats     are MIDI, MusiXTeX, LilyPond, PMX, MUP, and TSE3.

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Pipe Viewer 0.4.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/104930/

    pv (Pipe Viewer) is a terminal-based tool for monitoring the progress     of data through a pipeline. It can be inserted into any normal pipeline     between two processes to give a visual indication of how quickly data     is passing through, how long it has taken, how near to completion it     is, and an estimate of how long it will be until completion.

PowerDNS daemon 2.9 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/104942/

    PDNS is an advanced high performance authoritative nameserver with a     host of backends. Besides plain BIND configuration files, PDNS reads     information from MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL and many other databases.     Backends can easily be written in any language, and a sample Perl     backend is provided. PDNS powers http://express.powerdns.com, a     Web-based DNS maintenance site, and the top level domain .TK.

SMaNT 0.1 (Libraries)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/104922/

    SMaNT is a Systems Management and Network Toolkit. It makes it easy to     develop dynamic plugins to allow for interactive or scripted remote     access and configuration of a server or groups of servers via almost     any GUI, or from the command-line, in real time.

SMaNT 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/104921/

    SMaNT is a Systems Management and Network Toolkit. It makes it easy to     develop dynamic plugins to allow for interactive or scripted remote     access and configuration of a server or groups of servers via almost     any GUI, or from the command-line, in real time.

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Steel Bank Common Lisp 0.7.10
http://freshmeat.net/releases/104941/

    Steel Bank Common Lisp is a development environment for Common Lisp,     with support for almost all of the ANSI standard: garbage collection,     lexical closures, powerful macros, strong dynamic typing, incremental     compilation, and the Common Lisp object system (multimethods and all).     It also includes some extensions, such as an interface to call out to     C. These are all available through an integrated native compiler, plus     the usual Lispy integrated interpreter and high level debugging     support.

SuccubAmp 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/104806/

    SuccubAmp is a &quot;nothing special&quot; skin that works for both     XMMS and WinAmp.

SuperWaba 3.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/104956/

    SuperWaba is a JavaVM for handhelds. It can run in PalmOS and Windows     CE devices, and is fully emulated under JDK and browser. It has support     for exceptions, threads, lots of user interface controls, and double     and long 64-bit types. It has grayscale and color support, a beautiful     set of 3D controls in PalmOS, and support for JNI and Java libraries.     It is also is fast and small, lets you use all device's memory if     needed, and supports Symbol scanners, sockets, and serial/IR.

Sweep 0.5.11
http://freshmeat.net/releases/104911/

    Sweep is an audio editor and live playback tool. It supports many music     and voice formats including WAV, AIFF, Ogg Vorbis, Speex, and MP3, with     multichannel editing and LADSPA effects plugins. Inside lives a pesky     little virtual stylus called Scrubby who enjoys mixing around in your     files.

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The Tamber Project 1.1.27 (Pogo)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/104953/

    The Tamber project is a componentized n-tier Web site engine that uses     open languages such as XML and JavaScript. Content is stored in     separate XML files, in databases, or other data objects. Business     functions are carried out by JavaScript and ASP. Presentation is     controlled by an XSL transformation, which allows for delivery over     multiple channels such as HTML, WAP, and MHEG. Currently, Tamber can     deliver to HTML and WAP, and contains modules that support e-commerce     shopping carts, secure sign in, data access and conversion services,     and advanced session management.

Trackballs 0.2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/104920/

    Trackballs is a simple game similar to the classic game Marble Madness.     By steering a marble through a track filled with vicious hammers, pools     of acid, and other obstacles the player collects points. When the ball     reaches the destination, the player continue to the next, more     difficult track - unless, of course, time runs out first.

translucency loadable kernel module 0.5.8 http://freshmeat.net/releases/104932/

    translucency is a loadable kernel module for Linux that virtually     merges two directories, making it possible to overwrite files on     read-only media and compile projects (such as the Linux kernel) with     different options without copying sources each time. No user-space     tools have to be changed. The process is also known as inheriting     (ifs), stacking, translucency (tfs), loopback (lofs), and overlay     (ovlfs).

Twisted 1.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/104955/

    Twisted is an event-based framework for Internet applications. It     includes a Web server, an SMTP/POP3 server, a telnet server, an SSH     server, an IRC server, a DNS server, a multiplayer RPG engine, a     generic client/server pair for remote object access, and APIs for     creating new protocols. It supports integration with GTK+, Qt, Tkinter,     wxPython, and Win32 event loops.

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webFonts4Linux 1.04
http://freshmeat.net/releases/104926/

    webFonts4Linux is a shell scripts that automates the process of     downloading and installing Microsoft's Web Core Fonts, a collection of     high-quality True Type fonts designed for use with low resolutions.     webFonts2Linux exists because although these Microsoft distributes     these fonts for free, strong redistribution restrictions makes it     impossible to distribute a tarball or package containing them.

Webminstats 0.9.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/104929/

    Sysstats module for Webmin adds a graphical log of historic     information. It's modular in design, as to be able to log everything     from CPU usage to email box size.

xmlenc 0.18
http://freshmeat.net/releases/104919/

    xmlenc is a light-weight XML encoding library for Java. It fills the     gap between a light-weight parser like SAX, and a heavy-weight XML     output library, like JDOM.

Zaval File Search 1.3.0 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/104935/

    The Zaval File Search solution is a local area network tool designed     for fast file search on SMB shares and FTP servers. It supports lots of     features like regular expression usage and search based on     custom/predefinded extensions.

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Newsforge Reports
How low-cost 802.11b and Linux have improved my life http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/20/1413252

  • By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - I was in the computer section of Circuit City, a major consumer electronics retailer, when I saw an 802.11b wireless router on sale for $89 (after $30 mail-in rebate). A salesman walked up and asked if he could help me. I asked, "Can you tell me if this works with Linux?" He said, "It sure does." This short conversation tells you just how far Linux has come in the last few years, and the router itself shows how far ...

MandrakeSoft CEO is glad to learn about Open Source http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/26/2324228

  • by Tina Gasperson - At 54, new CEO FranÃ&#x192;§ois Bancilhon is, ah, more mature than the rest of the crew at MandrakeSoft. Just take a look at the boyish mugs of the top executives here, extrapolate some age data,and you'll find that Bancilhon could be someone's daddy. Figuratively speaking, of course.

Gentoo 1.4 Vs Mandrake 9.0
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/25/2210258

  • by Chris Bruner -I've recently installed both Gentoo 1.4 and Mandrake 9.0 (both bleeding edge distros). I'm not going to talk about the installation so much as the niceness factor. The niceness factor in my opinion is after doing a default install, how nice is it to use. Gentoo 1.4 hasn't been released yet, so things may change.

Newsforge Newsvac
Will Open Source Ever Become Mainstream? http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/28/1530257

    Slashdot discussion - Prabhu Ramachandran asks: "I am a graduate     student at the University of California at Berkeley and as part of a     course project I am trying to gather comments...

Case study: Guitar maker plays a Linux tune http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/28/1529239

    Ernie Ball, the global manufacturer of guitar strings, electric guitars     and basses, is now making a name for itself as a software industry     pioneer.

Book Review - Enterprise Security: The Manager's Defense Guide http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/28/1523226

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    LogError writes "The book is rather brief, written in plain English. It     deals with too many general issues but still provides good guidelines     for those managers who are not too familiar with IT area, or     e-security. It can serve as a good reminder but it needs to be expanded     with a lot more information.

mozilla.org's Phoenix Project To Be Renamed http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/28/127203

    Anonymous Reader writes "MozillaZine is reporting that the lightweight     Phoenix browser will be renamed. The new name is in response to a     request from BIOS manufacturer Phoenix Technologies who make a Web     browser. Version 0.5 of the renamed browser is due next week."

Group urges limits on open source
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/27/2356205

     The U.S. Defense Department should think twice before embracing     open-source software, a trade association is advising.

Survey: IT Job Market May Perk Up
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/27/2034244

     The bleak IT job market may finally be showing signs of improving,     according to a survey of human resources executives at     technology-oriented businesses recently conducted by TMP Worldwide     Executive Search, a unit of TMP Worldwide, Inc., in N.Y.

Are we making it too easy?
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/27/2031236

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    Anonymous Reader writes "As we advance technologically, are we robbing     ourselves and future generations of something fundamentally human? In     his The view from the desktop, Dennis E. Powell wonders: if a man's     reach should exceed his grasp, then what's a remote control for?"

AOL 'Communicator' Threatens Netscape
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/27/2029211

     AOL this month debuted in beta form a stand-alone e-mail client     bundled with a new version of AOL Instant Messenger and an address     book, a package collectively dubbed AOL Communicator.

IBM Overtakes Hewlett-Packard in Server Market Sha http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/27/2021222

    International Business Machines Corp. overtook Hewlett-Packard Co. as     the top seller of server computers in the third quarter and Sun     Microsystems Inc. lost its lead in Unix-based servers, a researcher     said.

Andreessen on what's next
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/27/2018255

    (FORTUNE.COM) -- The other day Marc Andreessen gave me an impressively     cogent analysis of what's happening in business IT. True, his ideas     added up to an argument why his company, Opsware (formerly known as     Loudcloud), would thrive over time. Call me gullible--after last week's     column on Microsoft, plenty of you already have--but I think     Andreessen's probably right on both counts.

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Gadgets: SoundBug - Turns Glossy Surfaces Into Speakers! http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/computing/5a15.shtml

Tshirts: It Must Be User Error
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Gadgets: Key Katcher Privacy Device
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Gadgets: Mini Wireless Color Video Cam (for RC rovers) http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/fun-stuff/59eb.shtml

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Sourceforge
Automated Security Tools
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    Release Candidate 1

phpLotto
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Legend of the Wonderer TCG
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=44698

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Advanced Simlulation Toolkit
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PHPortal
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    PHPortal version 0.1.9 released!

PCGen -- A d20 Character Generator
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    PCGen 2.6.3 is available

MySQL Objective C API for Cocoa
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=42424

Call Pantek today for Open Source Technical Support at 1-877-546-8934 - 24/7/365X

    SMySQL version 0.7.0

i810 Framebuffer Device Driver
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=39579

    Video Overlay Support for the Intel 810 and 815 Framebuffer

'Just For Fun' Network Management System http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=46041

    JFF Network Management System 0.6.4

VietPad
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    VietPad 1.0.2 Release

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