[osdn everything] December 18, 2002

immerrath writes "The New York Times has an [0]article [Sorry, tomorrow's article, no Google link yet] on a movement that is rapidly gaining support in the scientific community: the [1]Public Library of Science(PLoS). The founders, [2]Nobel Laureate [3]Harold Varmus, Stanford biologist [4]Pat Brown and Berkeley Lab scientist [5]Michael Eisen, argue that scientific literature cannot be privately controlled or owned by the publishers of scientific journals, and must instead be available in public archives freely accessible by anyone and everyone. This has very important implications for the fundamental principle that Science must transcend all economic, national and other barriers. For a while now, PLoS has been trying to get scientific journals to release the rights to scientific papers; many major [6]journals have not complied -- in response, PLoS is starting PLoS-standard-compliant
[7]journals (for which they received a $9 million grant from the
[8]Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation), to demonstrate the validity of
the idea and persuade academic publishers to adopt the free access model. They even have a GPL-like open access [9]Licence, and their journals have some very prominent scientists on the [10]editorial board. Here is the text of an earlier [11]Newsweek article about PLoS, and here is a Nature [12]Public Debate explaining the issues. Michael Eisen received the 2002 [13]Benjamin Franklin award for his work on PLoS. Don't forget to sign the [14]PLoS open letter!" Links

    0. 
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/17/science/17JOUR.html
    1. 
http://www.publiclibraryofscience.org/
    2. 
http://www.nobel.se/medicine/laureates/1989/
    3. 
http://www.accessexcellence.org/AB/BC/Harold_Elliot_Varmus.html
    4. 
http://cmgm.stanford.edu/biochem/brown.html
    5. 
http://mcb.berkeley.edu/faculty/GEN/eisenm.html
    6. 
http://www.sciencemag.org/
    7. 
http://www.publiclibraryofscience.org/journals.htm
    8. 
http://www.moore.org/
    9. 
http://www.publiclibraryofscience.org/licence.htm
   10. 
http://www.publiclibraryofscience.org/cgi-bin/plosEditors.pl
   11. 
http://psych.pomona.edu/scr/arch_July02.html#NerdNapster
   12. 
http://www.nature.com/nature/debates/e-access/Articles/Eisen.htm
   13. 
http://bioinformatics.org/franklin/2002/
   14. 
http://www.publiclibraryofscience.org/openletter.shtml

Airships Tested As Two-Way Telecom Beacons http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/17/001206

[0]sgups writes "[1]The Toronto Star (no registration required:)) is
[2]reporting about this firm which will supply spherical airships that
will be used as high-flying telecommunications platforms to supply two-way Internet access across the United States and into Mexico and Canada. The article explains little of the technology though." Links

    0. mailto:sgups@ho[ ]il.com ['tma' in gap]
    1. 
http://www.thestar.ca/
    2. 
http://www.thestar.ca/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1035775623359&call_pageid=968350072197&col=969048863851

AOL Wins Anti-Spam Case
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/16/2150255

[0]saikou writes "CNet [1]writes in this story: 'A Virginia federal
court awarded America Online nearly $7 million in damages as part of the Internet service providers' legal victory over a junk e-mail operation, AOL said Monday.' Now, given tough times we should see more and more ISPs sue (and, hopefully win) the evildoers if not for their users mailboxes sake, then for their own budget. How long until there will be a major ISP whose plans include discounts for spam-fighters? (Help us to sue every spammer than sent mail to you and get $9.95 disount on your next bill :) )"
Links

0. http://www.masmol.com/

http://news.com.com/2100-1023-978019.html?tag=fd_top

Acacia Steps Up Content-Transfer Patent Claims http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/16/1949240

[0]MarkRH writes "Over at [1]ExtremeTech we've got an [1]in-depth story
on the 20-odd suits being filed against the online porn industry by Acacia Research Corp., which has been [2]previously covered on Slashdot. Now, several online porn companies are forming an association called IMPA (the 'Internet Media Protective Association'). We sat in on conference calls held by the industry, and interviewed Acacia executives. Bottom line: the porn industry is just the beginning." Links

    0. mailto:mark_hachman@ziffdavis.com
    1. 
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,767313,00.asp
    2. 
http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/27/106259&tid=155

0. http://www.eet.com/sys/news/OEG20021213S0034

Vanishing Features Of The 2.6 Kernel
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/16/1928258

[0]chromatic writes "[1]Jerry Cooperstein has written an excellent
article summarizing the [2]features removed from the upcoming 2.6 kernel. One controversial change may be tightening restrictions on binary-only modules." And [3]Lovechild writes with some more 2.6 news: "I recently did an inteview with famous kernel hacker extraordinare and all round nice guy Robert M. Love for [4]Tinyminds.org, about [5]kernel 2.6 and what can be expected for desktop Linux users, when the new kernel series is released.
Links

    0. 
http://wgz.org/chromatic/
    1. 
http://www.axian.com/
    2. 
http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2002/12/12/vanishing.html
    3. 
http://Lovechild at foolclan dot com
    4. 
http://www.tinyminds.org/
    5. 
http://www.tinyminds.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=845

Whither America's Technological Edge?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/16/1724232

[0]baldass_newbie asks: "Ben Stein wrote an editorial titled, '[1]How
to Ruin American Enterprise'. To me, technological innovation is a big outward sign of a successful economy. Sometimes it appears like the U.S. is losing its edge in technology. Well, I was wondering what the Slashdot community at large thinks is wrong (or right) with the U.S. and technological innovation?" The article deals less with technology and more with the society on which said innovation is based, and the problems that may bring it down around our collective ears. Give the article a read, and share your thoughts on whether or not you think it's an accurate assessment on the current and future situation of America's technological advantage.
Links

0. mailto:jay.brew-masters@com

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=64&e=3&u=/fo/20021213/bs_fo/2002_12_how_to_ruin_american_enterprise

Will We Need A SmartCard to Watch Digital TV? http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/16/1846202

An anonymous reader writes "This story on EE Times points out that
[0]Hollywood and major electronics manufacturers are in agreement on a
SmartCard requirement for digital video interconnectivity. Note that the article talks about them 'closing the analog hole.'" Links

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Freshmeat
abcm2ps 3.1.17 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106824/

abcm2ps is a package that converts music tunes from ABC format to PostScript. Based on abc2ps version 1.2.5, it was developed mainly to print baroque organ scores that have independant voices played on one or more keyboards, and a pedal-board. It introduces many extensions to the ABC language that make it suitable for classical music.

Anjuta IDE 1.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106839/

Anjuta is a versatile Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for C and C++ in GNU/Linux. It has been written for GTK/GNOME, and features a number of advanced programming facilities. These include project management, application wizards, an onboard interactive debugger, and a powerful source editor with source browsing and syntax highlighting.

bash programmable completion 20021217
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106825/

Since v2.04, bash has allowed you to intelligently program and extend its standard completion behavior to achieve complex command lines with just a few keystrokes. Imagine typing ssh [Tab] and being able to complete on hosts from your ~/.ssh/known_hosts files. Or typing man 3 str [Tab] and getting a list of all string handling functions in the UNIX manual. mount system: [Tab] would complete on all exported file-systems from the host called system, while make [Tab] would complete on all targets in Makefile. This project was conceived to produce programmable completion routines for the most common Linux/UNIX commands, reducing the amount of typing sysadmins and programmers need to do on a daily basis.

Beautylabs Panorama Viewer 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106768/

Beautylabs Panorama Viewer is a Java Swing applet for displaying scrolling images. It was initially developed for displaying room interiors, but can be used for any 360 degree panoramic image.

Cannon Smash 0.6.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106858/

Cannon Smash is a 3D table-tennis game. This game represents various strategies of tabletennis on the computer.

Caudium 1.2.22 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106846/

Caudium is a single process multi-threaded Web server. It has a built-in pre-processing language and an early stage of XSLT-support. The server also comes with a fast log parser. Configuration is easily done using a WWW-GUI.

CheckRDF 30.5000
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106834/

CheckRDF is a tool, consisting of a shell script and a Haskell program, for downloading RDF site summaries and showing news in a text file and in an HTML file. It is highly configurable.

ferriscreate 1.1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106851/

ferriscreate is a libferris client which can be used to create new objects in the filesystem.

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GneleMixer 3.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106841/

Gnelemixer is yet another OSS mixer. It has a good looking GUI, and supports loading/saving settings.

gnome-mlview 0.0.3rc2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106829/

MlView is a tree-oriented XML editor for GNOME. It is written in C and is heavily based on GTK, libgnomeui, and libxml2. Its aim is to ease XML editing, with or without validation.

grafist 1.3.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106843/

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 provides localization support for 15 languages.

Hydra 0.1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106849/

Hydra is a high performance multi-threaded HTTP server. Unlike traditional multi-threaded Web servers, it uses a constant, configurable pool of threads, and each thread can handle several connections by multiplexing the connections. This is even better than non-blocking servers, since Hydra will use every available CPU in a multi-CPU system. It also has features such as host-based virtual hosting, HTTP 1.1 features, CGI 1.1, SSL 3.0, TLS 1.0, and more.

Confused? Frustrated?

Jconsole 1.39
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106827/

Jconsole is a JMX console for JBoss that provides a pre-built Web client for the JBoss application server. It deploys the JMX features of JBoss.

Kewl Session Manager 1.1-1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106820/

The Kewl Session Manager provides a nice menu that allows you to choose which window manager, program, or script you wish to launch for the session after logging in. It uses Tcl/Tk and is designed for people that can not settle on one window manager or desktop environment.

Koynacity Blue 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106797/

Koynacity Blue is a clean, elegant theme. It supports all of the Metacity styles, including shade mode and border-only windows. It renders relatively quickly for themes in its class.

LBreakout 2.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106832/

LBreakout is a breakout game with nice effects, graphics, and sounds. It's got a menu to configure a lot of things and a high score chart. It can be played either by mouse or keyboard. New levels can also be created, and most other aspects of the game can be customized.

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

libferris 0.9.90
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106852/

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.

man-pages-ja 20021215
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106828/

man-pages-ja is a comprehensive collection of Japanese man pages for Linux. It contains Japanese version of LDP man-pages, man pages for GNU tools, and ones for various opensource applications.

Modified Platinum 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106816/

Modified Platinum is a theme which uses window decorations which emulate the Platinum appearance of the Mac OS 8.

Network-Accounting Daemon for Netfilter 0.3.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/106840/

ulog-acctd is a userspace network accounting daemon which generates log files of network traffic for accounting purposes. It collects headers of IP packets that travel through the Linux 2.4+ netfilter. It writes accounting information to a log which can include protocol type, source and destination address, port numbers, byte and packet count, and incoming and outgoing interfaces. It is easily possible to generate CISCO "IP accounting output-packets" style logs with this tool.

OSCAR Cluster 2.1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106853/

OSCAR (Open Source Cluster Application Resource) is a snapshot of the best known methods for building, programming, and using clusters. It consists of a fully integrated and easy- to-install software bundle designed for high performance cluster computing.

PHP Text Editor 0.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106780/

PHP Text Editor allows any file residing on a server to bed opened for editing. It includes a small task list at the bottom of the page and is handy for quick, clean, online editing.

PHPChart 0.0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106856/

PHPChart generates charts "on the fly". It is a collection of PHP3 scripts that create bar charts and line-point charts (and someday perhaps some other types). This project is under heavy development.

pork 0.1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106819/

pork is a UNIX console-based AIM client mostly fashioned after the look-and-feel of ircII.

PowerAdmin 1.1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106830/

PowerAdmin is a Web-based frontend for the PowerDNS DNS server. It interfaces with PowerDNS's generic database backends, such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle, to add/modify/delete both forward and reverse zones, with full IPv6 support.

Radiator Radius Server 3.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106818/

Radiator is flexible, extensible, and authenticates from a huge range of auth methods, including SQL, proxy, DBM, files, LDAP, NIS+, password, NT SAM, Emerald, Platypus, Freeside, TACACS+, PAM, external, OPIE, POP3, EAP, and Active Directory. It runs on Unix, Win95/98/NT/2000, MacOS 9, MacOS X, VMS, etc.

Ruby Dataquery Shell 0.4.0a (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/106826/

RDQS (Ruby Data Query Shell) is a text-based shell for querying SQL databases. It features connection bookmarks, shortcuts, history, completion, paging, shell interaction (via backtick operator), CSV/INI/XML/Table output, output redirection, numerous configuration options, multiconnect with fast switching, and a watch command (execute given query/shortcut in a fixed interval).

Securepoint Firewall and VPN Server 3.051p1 (Securepoint3) http://freshmeat.net/releases/106836/

Securepoint Firewall and VPN Server is a high-performance application designed to offer full protection for network assets. The Security Manager offers a graphical user interface with many features, different configurations, and advanced reporting functions. The Securepoint server is a complete firewall and VPN software system with an operating system based on a secure Linux. VPN operation supports PPTP and IPSec (X.509 certificates, preshared, RSA signature). You can use the firewall on a standard PC with 2 to 16 network cards (including Ethernet, ADSL, ISDN). It is very easy to install and administer. The Securepoint Security Manager is available in English, German, and Spanish, and works in online and offline mode.

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Sherlock Holmes 2.3.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106847/

Sherlock Holmes is a modular system for gathering and indexing textual data and searching in it. The most popular application is, of course, indexing of Web pages ranging from small Web sites to whole top-level domains, but other data sources, parsers, and user interfaces can be added easily.

Simple Instant Messenger 0.8.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106814/

Simple Instant Messenger is a simple ICQ client with v8 protocol support (2001) for X.

SmartEiffel 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106842/

SmartEiffel (formerly named SmallEiffel,) is The GNU Eiffel Compiler. This is a free Eiffel compiler distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License. It is intended to be a complete, though small and very fast, free Eiffel compiler. The current distribution includes an Eiffel to C compiler, an Eiffel to Java bytecode compiler, a documentation tool, a pretty printer and various other tools. Eiffel is an advanced object-oriented programming language that emphasizes the design and construction of high-quality and reusable software.

Spamcup 0.3 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106850/

Spamcup is a tool for automatic Spamcop reporting. It performs the same actions as if you were to report spam to spamcop.net with a Web browser, but from the commandline.

symposium 1.9 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106831/

symposium is a simple talker written in Perl. Suitable for use in an office setting, it is configurable, well-written, and extensible. Commands can be easily added to provide local flavour.

TTY-Grin 0.5.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106822/

TTY-Grin is a screen-oriented interactive news and email client with MIME support, the ability to browse multiple news servers, and LISP scripting capabilities.

Turbo Vision 2.0.1 RC1 (Beta)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106837/

Turbo Vision is a C++ library that provides a very nice user interface for console applications. This UNIX port is based on Borland's version 2.0 with fixes. It was made to create RHIDE, a nice IDE for gcc and other GNU compilers. The library supports /dev/vcsa devices for fast access to local consoles, and it uses ncurses to run from telnet and xterm. This port, in contrast to the Sigala's port, doesn't have "100% compatibility with the original library" as goal. Instead, many modifications were made for the sake of security (especially buffer overflows). This port is also available for the original platform (DOS).

VGATron 0.3.1 Beta
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106854/

VGATron is yet another clone of the well-known game called "Tron". It uses svgalib and is a two-player game.

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xcave 1.0.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106844/

xcave is a wine cellar manager which allows you to browse wine stock, grouping bottles by country zones, add, modify, or suppress wine from a cellar, and print all stock. It is available in French, English, Dutch, and German.

Zoe Intertwingle 0.3.1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/106855/

Zoe is a Web based email client with a built in SMTP and POP3 server and Google-like search functionality that lives on your desktop. It is written in Java and uses Lucene technology to provided instant searching and threading of your email messages.

Newsforge Reports
New MandrakeSoft licensing scheme similar to Trolltech's, says v.p. http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/18/010214

by Tina Gasperson - Rumors of MandrakeSoft "stepping back" from Free Software are not true, says Gael Duval, v.p. of the Paris, France Linux distribution company.

My Network Administrator's Toolbox
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/12/0232235

By Rich Corbridge - Recently I built some storage shelves in my basement. One step of the process required a chisel. My accomplice suggested that I just use a screw driver since it was more handy at the time. I responded that I wanted to use a chisel since we had one and because I believe in using the right tool for the job if it is available. I have the same philosophy at work. I like to use the right tool for the job if it is available. In ...

Grid computing from Sun - Open Source and proud of it http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/09/1630252

By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - Sun's open source Grid Engine software currently runs over 7000 grids with an average of 47 CPUs per grid, and a steadily increasing percentage of the grids it powers run Linux, according to John Tollefsrud, Sun's Grid marketing manager.

Newsforge Newsvac
LinuxCertified Announces "Linux Fundamentals" http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/18/0016243

Confused? Frustrated?

Rajesh writes "Linux Fundamentals" bootcamp is designed for busy professionals with no prior experience with Linux or any other flavor of UNIX. This two-day introduction to Linux broadens their horizons with a detailed overview of the operating system."

Free documentation database
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/18/0015252

Gaetano Paolone writes "Dear friends, I am pleased to inform you that GFDD (GNUtemberg! Free Documentation Database) has reached a rather stable version."

The Microsoft/Linux Connection, Explained http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/17/153247

Last week, when research firm Meta Group of Stamford, Conn., predicted that Microsoft (MSFT) would begin to support Linux by late 2004 with some of its key server products -- Exchange, IIS, SQL server, and the like -- reactions ranged from outrage to befuddlement.

Aussie Uni Dumps Dual-Boot In Favor of Linux http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/17/1456256

kNIGits writes "News.com.au is reporting that the University of Wollongong have dumped their previously dual-boot installations in favour of booting Linux ."

Vanishing Features Of The 2.6 Kernel
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/17/1447202

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chromatic writes "Jerry Cooperstein has written an excellent article summarizing the features removed from the upcoming 2.6 kernel."

LindowsOS due to hit retail shelves
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/17/1446231

Software buyers may be doing a double take in retail stores over the coming months as they see Microsoft's familiar Windows operating system (OS) sitting next to the new OS from Lindows.com Inc.

Norway Prosecutors Seek Teen's Computers http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/17/1446210

A Norwegian teenager who wrote software for breaking the copy protection on DVDs harmed movie studios by circulating it over the Internet and should have his computers taken away, prosecutors said Monday.

Santa Tux's Corner: The Gift of Linux, Part 2 http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/17/1445229

Linux: the gift that keeps on giving!

Spaces still available for iCanProgram course http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/17/1445213

Bob Findlay writes "It's been quite a year at iCanProgram. (http://www.icanprogram.com) Almost exactly a year ago we opened our online programmer training courses with a "no fee in return for a Cancer Research donation" format. Over the course of 2002 more than 1500 students have participated."

Jon Johansen - v - Hollywood
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/17/1444225

Anonymous Reader writes "Many (most?) prosecutions started by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) and MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) on behalf of what's euphemistically called 'Hollywood' are farces, murky and badly scripted. And none is more so than the trial featuring Jon Johansen, the 19-year-old programmer from Norway who came up with DeCSS, an app Hollywood contends lets people pirate DVD content."

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Sourceforge
TixApps 1.8
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=235913

Announcing the release of TixApps 1.8 - the Tix Application Framework for Tcl and Python. Tixapps provides a set of widgets utilities and applications that make use of Tix's object-oriented intrinsics. Applications included are: Tixinspect - a dynamic inspector for Tcl/Tk and Python/Tkinter Tixdebug - a dynamic debugger for Tcl/Tk Tixinfo - a GNU info browser

JFoxMX Release 1.0
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=235906

This version fully implements JMX specification 1.1. JFoxMX brings 15% performance increment than JMX RI.

XPS 0.1.5 Released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=236149

The first release of the eXtensible Programming System is now available. This version provides an initial version of the XPL Compiler that performs schema validation on XPL programs. The main focus of this release is to provide a sane build environment, various utilities, and a skeletal framework for the various XPS programs (xplc, xvm, xvmsh). The next release 0.2.0 will provide a working version of xplc and better documentation.

GT.M V4.3-001D now available
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=235708

GT.M V4.3-001D is now available (binary, source, and release notes). This includes a couple of fixes relevant to VistA, including in the areas of error trapping, and pattern matching (see the Change History section of the release notes). GT.M[tm] is a vetted, industrial strength, transaction processing application platform consisting of a database engine optimized for high TP throughput and a compiler for the M (aka MUMPS) programming language. -- Bhaskar

Aqsis 0.7.2 available for download
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=235777

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There is a new version of both the Win32 installer and the source archive available for download, see the change notes for details. Aqsis is a Renderman(tm) compliant photorealistic 3D rendering toolkit. It is based on the Reyes rendering approach. Features include - programmable shading, true displacements, NURBS, CSG.

ircu2.10.11.03 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=235828

Undernet's IRC daemon, version 2.10.11.03 has been released. This is a stable release and fixes several nasty desync bugs as well as fixing several minor bugs and adding a few minor features.

KBear 2.1 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=235869

We are very glad to announce the release of KBear 2.1 KBear is a graphical FTP client for KDE/Linux with ability to concurrent connections to multiple hosts. This release contains several bug fixes, as well as new features including SOCKS support, firewall support, and new translations of the GUI and documentation. This release contains several bugfixes as well as new features: ->SOCKS support ->Directory synchronizations localremote (experimental) ->Firewall support. ->Ability to use a single connection for all operations. ->Ability to set character encoding for remote site so for example chinese file names are displayed correctly. -->Ability to automatically shut down application, internet connection and even system after finished downloads. ->Updated documentation translated into following languages: -->English -->Swedish -->French -->Czech ->New GUI translations. Full translations available in following languages: -->English -->Swedish

    -->German -->Italian -->French -->Traditional Chinese -->Dutch -->Czech
    -->European Portuguese Partly translated languages: -->Russian
    -->Romanian -->Hebrew -->Indonesian For a complete feature list and

downloads see: http://kbear.sourceforge.net/

Mailman 2.1 beta 6
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=234869

This is the sixth and last planned beta release for Mailman 2.1. This is primarily a bug fix release. This version is in production use at python.org. Mailman is the GNU mailing list manager. It provides standard list management features, integrated with a web interface.

Fire 0.32.a released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=234899

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This is a huge release with improvements across the board. The highlights include Oscar support (AIM file send, .mac support, typing notifications, away message reading, direct IM receive), upgraded ICQ library, MSN file send and receive, upgraded Yahoo library, Jabber SSL support, updated Help files, and improved handling of server buddy lists in AIM Oscar, MSN, and Yahoo. Many thanks to Graham, Alan, Matt, Nick, Stephane, Heimir, Martin, and Alessandro for all their hard work in putting this together. Happy Holidays and enjoy! http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/fire/Fire.app0.32.a.dmg?download

Fink 0.5.0a released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=234951

Fink, the free open source UNIX porting project for Mac OS X, reached another milestone December 8th with the release of version 0.5.0a. This release brings full Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar) compatibility. Applications included in Fink range from well-known UNIX desktops such as KDE3 and GNOME, open-source alternatives for graphics editing such as the Gimp, and special-purpose applications for genetic and molecular modeling. In total, over 700 binary packages for Mac OS X as well as over 1800 source packages can be easily installed (and removed) with the aid of fink. Fink 0.5.0a is available at http://fink.sf.net/

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