[osdn everything] December 20, 2002

0. http://www.idefense.com/advisory/12.19.02.txt

[0]matt writes "[1]InfoWorld reports: Marriott aims to provide WLAN
(wireless LAN) access at 400 hotels in Germany, the U.K. and the U.S., the company said. It will collaborate with wireless service provider STSN to offer the service in hotel lobbies, meeting rooms, restaurants and other public spaces, complementing its current in-room high-speed access."
Links

0. mailto:matt@rgv.rr.com

http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/12/19/021219hnmarriott.xml?s=IDGNS

Doom Archive Reopened
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/19/176227

[0]Obiwan Kenobi writes "Computer game history buffs rejoice: Lee
Killough's Doom Archive [1]has been reopened at [2]John Romero's site. Its been offline since 1998, when it was handed to Romero to look after, and has finally resurfaced. The info inside is priceless, if a bit Romero-centric, but who can deny the nostalgia of [3]downloadable alpha versions, [4]beta screenshots (complete with wild health meters) and the [5]original Doom Press Release where the game tagline reads "Doom-the sanest place is behind a trigger."" Links

    0. 
http://www.misterorange.com
    1. 
http://www.rome.ro/lee_killough/index.shtml
    2. 
http://www.rome.ro/games_doom.htm
    3. 
http://www.rome.ro/lee_killough/versions/index.html
    4. 
http://www.rome.ro/lee_killough/versions/betashots/doom01/index.shtml
    5. 
http://www.rome.ro/lee_killough/history/doompr3.shtml

CUPS Security Vulnerabilities
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/20/0140249

Buck Naked writes "A slew of vulnerabilities was discovered in CUPS, from the advisory: 'Exploitation of multiple CUPS vulnerabilities allow local and remote attackers in the worst of the scenarios to gain root privileges...' The full advisory can be found at [0]iDEFENSE." Links

Understanding Pipelining and Superscalar Execution http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/19/1810214

[0]Zebulon Prime writes "Hannibal over at [1]Ars has just posted a
[2]new article on processor technology. The article uses loads of
analogies and diagrams to explain the basics behind pipelining and superscalar execution, and it's actually kind of funny (for a tech article). It's billed as a basic introduction to the concepts, but as a CS student and programmer I found it really helpful. I think this article is a sequel to a previous one that was [3]linked here a while ago."
Links

    0. 
http://zebulon.blogspot.com/
    1. 
http://arstechnica.com/
    2. 
http://arstechnica.com/paedia/c/cpu/part-2/cpu2-1.html
    3. 
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/04/1522218&tid=137

Slashback: Wireless, Radio, Ralsky
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/18/193246

Slashback with more on GNU Radio; BeUnited's ongoing bid for Gobe Productive's source code; AOL, IM and the USPTO; the consequences one observer faced for watching spammer Alan Ralsky and more. Read on for the details.

Cable, TV Makers Agree on Digital Standard http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/19/2222206

shylock0 writes "[0]Reuters has [1]this article about the digital cable standard agreed upon today. Amazingly enough, it places little or no copyright restrictions on content -- and it even includes specification for 1394/FireWire output to PVRs. I think this is a victory for fair use. Let's hope the FCC approves."
Links

0. http://www.reuters.com/

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=1937711

Build Your Own Mac
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/19/2034220

DaytonCIM writes "TechTV has a great article by Kevin Rose on [0]how to build your own Mac: 'When it comes to PCs, geeks usually make a decision between buying a prebuilt computer or building one, component by component. This isn't true when it comes to Macintoshes. You're stuck with whatever Apple has to offer, with only a few measly dollars differentiating the products from retailer to retailer.' It will be broadcast on [1]The Screen Savers today." Links

0. http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/macintosh/story/0,24330,3411914,00.html

http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/

Is the New Microsoft Office Really Open? http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/19/025239

joesklein asks: "From [0]CNET, there is an [1]article about the new
[2]Microsoft Office 11. In summary 'Microsoft says it's opening its
Office desktop software by adding support for XML--a move that should help companies free up access to shared information. But there's a catch: It has yet to disclose the underlying XML dialect.' Could this be grounds for another anti-trust suit against Microsoft?" Links

    0. 
http://www.news.com/
    1. 
http://news.com.com/2100-1001-977880.html?tag=lh
    2. 
http://news.com.com/2100-1001-962835.html

Freshmeat
AlberT-EasySite 1.0.0-a3 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107000/

AlberT-EasySite is a PHP-based site generation system that pays particular attention to graphics and to the complete separation of PHP and HTML code. It is a plugin based system. Template "objects" are handled by a plugin, making it very easy to add your own custom objects. Multiple themes and users support are included, as are the predefined HTML objects include, repeat, title, table, subDomain, counter, etc. It embeds AlberT-cache to speed up performance.

Alvaro's Messenger 20021219 (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/107067/

Alvaro's Messenger is a Tcl client for MSN Messenger. It has many features, including multi-language support, smileys, email notification, an alarm, sound, support for 'ñ', tildes, accents, dieresis, and other special characters, address book, group managing, and file transfers.

BitlBee 0.72
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107057/

Can't find what you're looking for?

BitlBee emulates an IRC server. Everything that is said on this server is forwarded to users on the MSN/ICQ/Jabber networks, and responses are returned as well.

BKchem 0.4.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107092/

BKchem is a chemical drawing program written in Python.

Broken Miho 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107023/

This theme centers around "Broken Miho", a moving drawing by Fred Gallagher of Megatokyo.com fame. The setting is simple and classic to accentuate the feeling of the work.

CAMAS 1.0.34 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107077/

CAMAS (CAudium Mail Access System) is a Webmail designed for the Caudium Webserver. It features IMAP support, MTA and MUA DSN, multiple mailboxes, secure connections using Caudium SSL3, delete, moving mail, filter, autofilter, drafts, etc.

Common UNIX Printing System 1.1.18
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107076/

Don't know where to look next?

CUPS provides a portable printing layer for Unix(r)-based operating systems. It has been developed to promote a standard printing solution for all Unix vendors and users. CUPS provides the System V and Berkeley command line interfaces, and uses the Internet Printing Protocol ("IPP") as the basis for managing print jobs and queues. The Line Printer Daemon (LPD) Server Message Block (SMB), and AppSocket (a.k.a. JetDirect) protocols are also supported with reduced functionality. CUPS adds network printer browsing and PostScript Printer Description ("PPD") based printing options to support real world printing under UNIX. It includes an image file RIP that supports printing of image files to non-PostScript printers. A customized version of GNU Ghostscript 7.05 for CUPS called ESP Ghostscript is available separately to support printing of PostScript files within the CUPS driver framework. Sample drivers for Dymo, EPSON, HP, and OKIDATA printers are included that use these filters.

dark fagga 1.1 (LICQ)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107064/

dark fagga is a theme which tries to be not too dark but also not too bright.

DBG 2.11.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107058/

DBG is full-featured native PHP debugger. DBG makes it easy to discover problems and bugs in a PHP script. It has the ability to back-track errors, and it shows local variables and parameters which have been passed to all nested function calls at any point of execution. Among other things, DBG allows you to execute script in a step-by-step manner, set breakpoints, evaluate expressions, and watch variables.

DbtuTools 0.99.011
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107060/

The DbtuTools project is a framework for working with the Unix/Wintel versions of IBM's DB2 UDB database family.

eBay Agent 0.9.6.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107085/

Confused? Frustrated?

eBay Agent aims to help users who are bidding in an eBay auction by giving them an automated way of bidding in the dying moments of an auction.

flowprobe 0.91
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107073/

flowprobe is a libpcap-based tool that collect network traffic data and emit it as NetFlow flows towards the specified collector.

GNU TeXmacs 1.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107093/

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 "wysiwyg" 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.

Hunt for Gold 0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107086/

Hunt for Gold is a real-time strategy game implemented in Java 1.4. The game takes place the in the 16th century Caribbean, where pirates controlled the sea.

jCIFS 0.6.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107056/

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

jCIFS is an SMB client library written entirely in Java. It closely follows the CIFS specification supporting Unicode, named pipes, batching, multiplexing IO of threaded callers, encrypted authentication, full transactions, domain/workgroup/host/share/file enumeration, NetBIOS sockets and name services, the smb:// URL protocol handler, a java.io.File like API, RAP calls, NTLM HTTP Authentication, and more.

jRevProxy 0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107065/

jRevProxy is a lightweight reverse proxy server fully written in Java. It accepts HTTP and HTTPS external requests and translates these into new internal requests based on a set of rules. HTTPS with client side authentication (X509 certificates) is supported.

JSX2 0.1.3 (Object Export)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107091/

In one line, JSX2 exports data out of objects and into the world, processes it independently of the objects themselves, and can import it back again in another call. Because it is object-based and fully customizable, you work in Java with your existing objects. No "glue" is needed, nor conceptual shifts to XML or relational tables.

KAlarm 0.9.0b1 (KDE 3)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107062/

KAlarm lets you configure personal messages to be displayed, commands to be executed, or emails to be sent, at scheduled times. It allows you to choose the message font and color, how often to repeat, whether to play a sound when the message is displayed, and whether to cancel the alarm if it can't be triggered on time (e.g. if you are logged out at the time). As well as using the graphical interface to configure alarms, you can use the command line, and there is a DCOP interface for other applications.

Levy 1.22 (Main)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107082/

Levy is a Perl script which generates a basic iptables ruleset based on a given external interface and a set of ports to open. It is designed to save time in creating a skeleton ruleset to work from, though it can construct a fully functional firewall with NAT support.

libreplay 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107070/

libreplay allows you to save a realplay audio stream into a file to be able to listen to it later offline.

Localis 0.4.1 (Main)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107072/

Localis is a phpmapscript implementation (using Mapserver) intended to provide an easy end user workspace and frontend. PHP scripts links a MySQL database and classic arcview-type files (.dbf, .shp, and geotiff or any format support by MapServer). MapFR is a set of maps of france with all cities for test use with Localis. EasyMapServer is a simple shell script that downloads and compile gdal, php and mapserver for use with Localis.

Midgard 1.4.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107053/

Midgard is a freely-available solution for managing content on Web, Extranet, and Intranet services. It is also a toolkit for building dynamic applications to power eBusiness and Information Management processes. Writing applications and functionalities for the platform is done using the easy-to-learn PHP scripting language. All interfacing with the system is done via a regular Web browser, and no special tools are needed for developers or content authors.

MVideo 0.1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107048/

MVideo manages a collection of movies in DVD, DivX, VCD, or other format. It uses a MySQL database to store all the information needed to manage all genres of film archives.

Open DC Hub 0.7.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107084/

Open DC Hub is a version of the hub software for the Direct Connect network that should run on all POSIX-compliant operating systems.

Pan 0.13.2.93
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107088/

Pan is a newsreader which attempts to be pleasing to both new and experienced users. In addition to the standard newsreader features, Pan also supports yEnc, offline newsreading, article filtering, multiple connections, and more features for power users and alt.binaries fans.

php-templates 1.5 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107096/

php-templates is a compiled PHP module to process template files. It is extremely fast. Among others, it supports the Macromedia Dreamweaver template syntax.

PhpCommander 2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107071/

Can't find what you're looking for?

PhpCommander is a Web-based file manager that manages Web accounts without FTP access. It can create directories, create files, copy, move, delete, and rename files and folders, upload files, download files, view and edit the contents of the files, and communicate in English and other languages.

phpIP Management 2.2b
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107066/

phpIP Management is a tool to manage IP addresses. It features authentication for accessing the IP database, form validity checks, customizable searches, and historical logging.

PHPLog 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107097/

PHPLog is a log monitoring package, conceptually similar to swatch, wots, etc. but with added flexibility.

Ring Dependencies Tool 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107074/

Ring Dependencies Tool provides an interface for finding and analyzing circular dependencies within Unix libraries. The tool finds rings and generates a dependency table overview, within which you can find each symbol table ordered according to "supplies", "needs", and "needs from".

Samsung Contact 8.0 (MAPI)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107054/

Samsung Contact is Samsung SDS's Linux/Unix unified communication, business messaging, and collaboration system. It supports desktops running Microsoft Outlook, including support for calendaring, wide-area scheduling, public folders, and delegation.

Space Hulk 1.1.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107055/

Space Hulk is a great board game which takes place in the world of Warhammer 40000. It is a two player turn-based game where one player plays the 'Marine', the other player plays the alien called 'Genestealer'. This video game is a complete conversion of the board game with the 2nd edition rules. It features playing over the network, either in real time or asynchronously via email.

Symbio 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107069/

Symbio is a commenting system for Web sites and blogs. Its features include theme and multi-language support, smileys, text styling, and statistics.

T-X 0.10 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107050/

T-X features a background image with the character T-X from Terminator 3.

tk92 0.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107063/

Don't know where to look next?

tk92 is multi-platform software for configuring Radio Shack PRO-92 and PRO-2067 scanner radios. It lets you read a memory image from the receiver or an SPG file, view and change settings using a graphical interface, and sort memory channels by frequency or by label. Users can import and export memory channel and talk group data from CSV files. tk92 can then write the image from the computer back to the radio.

Twist Operating Environment 0.00.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107061/

Twist Operating Environment is an attempt at creating a fully functional system, including low level functionality (memory management and task management) and high level functionality (in an object oriented programming language).

VIPS 7.8.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107068/

VIPS is a free image processing system. It's very bad at photo retouching, but it's great (much better than programs like Photoshop) at all the other things you use Photoshop for. It's particularly good with large images (i.e., images larger than the amount of RAM in your machine), and for working with colour.

X File Explorer 0.35 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107080/

X File Explorer (Xfe) is a filemanager for X. It is based on the popular, but discontinued, X Win Commander. Xfe is desktop independent and is written with the C++ Fox Toolkit. It looks similar to Windows Commander or MS-Explorer, and is very fast and simple. It features file associations, the ability to mount/umount devices, a directory tree for quickly changing directories, the ability to change file attributes, automatic registry saving, the ability to view/create/extract compressed archives, and much more.

Newsforge Reports
A low-cost, Linux-based conference registration system http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/12/1456233

By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - Massachusetts resident Dave Belfer-Shevett likes to attend both technical and science fiction conferences, and for years he has been appalled by the poor systems they used for registration and badge printing. "I could do better than this," he said. And so he did -- using Linux, MySQL, and surplus hardware he picked up on eBay and elsewhere.

Confused? Frustrated?

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 ...

Newsforge Newsvac
The consequences of Open Source Arrogance http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/20/1147254

Ten years ago, in the age of Windows 3.0 and MSDOS 5, if a business user was presented with what Open Source has to offer today, then apart from it running like a dog due to not enough memory or disk space, they would be overjoyed and would abandon Microsoft products like they never existed.

Seeing through the Linux-Windows TCO comparisons http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/20/1143227

Anonymous Reader writes "As happy as I am to see something finally displace the disgrace that TPC-C "benchmarks" have become over the years, the new favorite faux-analytical geegaw that Microsoft's marketing droids are giggling over isn't any better. I think you know what I'm talking about: it starts with a T, ends with an "Oh!" and spells trouble right here in River City. That's Austin, dude. Texas."

Showdown: The Penguins Prepare for a Shootout http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/20/1142258

Timothy R. Butler writes "The goal is tough, the reviewers tougher, and while the lineup of contenders are all worthy the award, only one will receive it. In this report, Open for Business' Timothy R. Butler grills Xandros in the first of a multi-part series to find out which vendor has created the best GNU/Linux distribution in town."

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

SimPy simplifies complex models
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/20/1142239

An anonymous coward writes "This article takes a look at SimPy, a Python package that allows you to easily create models of discrete event systems."

Slackware 8.1 Review
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/20/1142214

CRM writes "A SLackware review has appeared at Distrowatch."

Linuxlookup.com Distribution A Day Giveaway http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/20/1141229

Anonymous Reader writes "Distribution a day giveaway - Linuxlookup will be giving away one (1) full retail boxed set of SuSE Linux 8.1 professional every day till December 25."

Philippine Star: Opening doors for open source http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/20/1141201

Anonymous Reader writes "What fate awaits open source applications in 2003? The answer depends on whom you ask, but if new customer references are any indication, the open source movement scored several big wins this year in both the public and private sectors."

IBM and Linux: A Murky Future Ahead?
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/19/2016231

Analysts question whether Big Blue will be able to sustain its Linux strategy over the long term.

Interview with the Developer of VectorLinux http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/19/200240

mangeli writes "We recently got the chance to give you yet another interview with one of the players in the linux world! This time, its Robert S. Lange, Developer of VectorLinux."

Malicious MP3s? MS and WinAmp Flaws Found. http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/19/200206

Anonymous Reader writes "Yesterday Foundstone CEO George Kurtz announced that flaws in two popular music players could allow a MP3 or WMA file that has been modified to take possession of an individual's PC through a buffer overflow attack."

Thinkgeek
Gadgets: Forever Flashlight
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/lights/5a9f/

Tshirts: Geek Invaders
http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/gaming/5c34/

Interests: Linux French
http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/oreilly/tshirts/5bc4/

Interests: O'Reilly 2003 Calendar
http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/oreilly/other/5c55/

Interests: Perl Gerl
http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/oreilly/tshirts/5bcb/

Interests: I dig Mac OS X
http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/oreilly/tshirts/5bcf/

Interests: Ninj4 Hooded Sweatshirt
http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/megatokyo/altware/5c4e/

Interests: Megatokyo Blanket
http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/megatokyo/coolthings/5b59/

Cube Goodies: Smart Mass Thinking Putty
http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/toys/5ac8/

Electronics: Archos Jukebox Studio 20/ Radio FM 20 MP3 Players http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/mp3/5784/

Can't find what you're looking for?

Computing: Auravision EluminX Illuminated Keyboard http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/keyboards/5c3f/

Electronics: Universal System Selector
http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/video/5c1b/

Other Apparel: Power Golf Shirt
http://www.thinkgeek.com/apparel/golfshirts/5b8f/

Computing: Auravision EluminX Illuminated Keyboard http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/keyboards/5c3f/

Other Apparel: The ThinkGeek Monkey Hoodie http://www.thinkgeek.com/apparel/hoodies/5b88/

Gadgets: Forever Flashlight
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/lights/5a9f/

Electronics: Hitman 2 for PS2
http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/ps2/ps2soft/5c6e/

Computing: Sylvania SF170 17" LCD
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/display/lcd/5c73/

Electronics: Splinter Cell for Xbox
http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/xbox/xboxsoft/5c69/

Cube Goodies: Tiny R/C Digi Q Cars
http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/toys/5ad6/

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.

Don't know where to look next?

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

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/

Confused? Frustrated?

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

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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