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[osdn everything] March 17, 2003
Date: Mon Mar 17 2003 - 04:45:27 EST
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Slashdot
Wired's Wish List For 2013
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/17/0416251
[0]jpt.d writes "Wired has a nice [1]article on what they wish to be
for 2013. It is not too far fetched either! My personal favorite is the
roll up television screen made of light-emitting-polymer. How about
another Apple gadget? Their first item is an [2]iPhone bracelet,
including the functionality of a 'PDA, wireless Internet, a mini iPod,
and, of course, a phone.' Notice the Apple logo in the picture." I'd
settle for ubiquitous unmetered wireless network access.
Links
0. mailto:jeffreydrake @ m a c . c om
1.
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.04/fetishwish.html
2.
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.04/images/sp_futfetish_1_1.jpgLegal Issues Don't Bother American Downloaders http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/16/231248
An anonymous reader writes "Ipsos-Reid has [0]released its latest research on file trading. Bottom line, the great majority of users do not believe they are breaking the law. Only 9% feel there is anything wrong with their actions. With 40 million Americans identified as active file traders this is indeed stirring information, though not surprising. Another stat, 73% of US downloaders report that their motivation for trading was to sample music for later purchase. You can see the [1]charts and original press release here." Links
0. http://www.mp3newswire.net/stories/2003/notwrong.html
Alternate Reality Games Grab Mindshare
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/16/2253241
An nonymous reader points to articles [0]at the New York Times and
[1]on the BBC about online games that require a lot more audience
participation and curiosity than conventional games do. "Known as ARGs
or Alternate Reality Games, these immersive experiences mix real world
clues, phone calls, voicemail, email chatter-bots, real people playing
roles in real life and a bevy of bogus and legit websites, to create a
fully rounded gaming experience that bleeds over into everyday life.
With central sites like [2]ARGN, [3]Unfiction, and endless forums and
Yahoo groups, the BBC claims that this is not only a quickly emerging
gaming trend, but that it may also have real-world applications like
group dynamics and problem solving. [4]Chasing the Wish claims to
already have a few thousand people worldwide playing since it opened
for play on Feb. 28. One sure sign of having people's attention is the
fact that it's already spawned a parody site, [5]Chasing the Fish."
Links
0.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/06/technology/circuits/06game.html
1.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/sci_tech/2000/dot_life/2735905.stm
2.
http://www.argn.com/
3.
http://www.unfiction.com/
4.
http://www.chasingthewish.com/
5.
http://www.chasingthefish.com/
MySQL A Threat to Bigwigs?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/16/2233232
[0]Disoculated writes "[1]Is MySQL a threat to bigwigs? is the question
asked in CNN's technology section. The article notes that [2]MySQL is
running perhaps 20% of the web databases but its revenue is merely
0.02%... yet the company is still making money and putting out an
excellent product. Is this a sign that the database market is in for a
drastic change? Of course, there's no mention of [3]PostgreSQL or
[4]mSQL, but I guess that's typical."
Links
0. mailto:otter.ottrocities@com
1.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/ptech/03/12/fortune.ff.open.source/index.html
2.
http://www.mysql.com/
3.
http://www.postgresql.com/
4.
http://www.hughes.com.au/
RMS Turns 50
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/16/2222254
[0]gnuhead writes "[1]RMS is turning 50 on the 16th, according to [2]
this post in the [3]FSF India mailing list. Some of the members [4]have
decided to give a birthday gift to RMS by celebrating March 16th to
April 15th as 'GNU/Linux' month, and having a 'It's GNU/Linux dammit!'
email sig. for this month. Happy birthday RMS!!!"
Links
0.
http://gnu.org.in
1.
http://stallman.org/
2.
http://mm.gnu.org.in/pipermail/fsf-friends/2003-March/000742.html
3.
http://fsf.org.in/
4.
http://mm.gnu.org.in/pipermail/fsf-friends/2003-March/000741.htmlTeach A Robot To Drive, Win A Million Bucks http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/16/218228
An [0]Anonymous Reader writes "[1]DARPA has released the details of a
'[2]Grand Challenge,' with a $1 million prize. The challenge is to
build an autonomous vehicle which can 'navigate on its own over a
250-mile desert course in less than 10 hours.' from L.A. to Vegas,
'without external communication or human control.' The contest is to be
conducted in March 2004, and is open to all comers. Can we get at least
one entry to represent slashdot?" We've mentioned [3]this contest [4]a
few times before: any intended entrants out there want to disclose your
secret plans?
Links
0. mailto:coward@example.com
1.
http://www.darpa.mil/
2.
http://www.darpa.mil/grandchallenge/
3.
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/06/0336205&tid=126
4.
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/27/1748210&tid=126
Oil-Cooling 802.11 Infrastructure
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/16/2023221
[0]gomoX writes "A [1]group of 802.11b fans in Tordera, Spain, are
running a [2]wireless node on the roof of a building, with the idea of
a free wireless network for everyone on the neighbourhood. It´s a
system running linux with a home made can antenna, mounted on a plastic
tool box in the roof. To keep it cool under the sun and protect it from
rain, wind, they have immersed it into vegetable oil (yes, the whole
thing). As oil is non-conductive, everything should run fine. The site
is in Spanish, here is the [3]google translation and the [4]google
cache."
Links
0.
http://gomo AT datafull DOT com
1.
http://www.sorgonet.com/torderawireless/
2.
http://www.sorgonet.com/torderawireless/nodo1mejorado.html
3.
http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sorgonet.com%2Ftorderawireless%2F&langpair=es%7Cen&hl=es&ie=ISO-8859-1&prev=%2Flanguage_tools
4.
http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:R-yM9N_JvFkC:www.sorgonet.com/torderawireless/+tordera+wireless&hl=es&ie=UTF-8
Fuel Cells Promised For Next Year
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/16/1835218
An anonymous reader writes "According to an [0]article in today's New York Times, fuel cells for portable consumer electronic devices will start appearing next year. First for laptops, and later for smaller devices like cellphones. Among the interesting benefits of fuel cells over batteries is the ability to swap cells without having to power down the device." The article mentions the [1]Toshiba cells demonstrated at CeBit, and -- no surprise -- Japan is likely to be the first market for these tiny fuel cells. Links
0. http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/16/business/yourmoney/16FUEL.html
Commander Keen: 13 Years Later
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/16/1718207
16977 writes "I just noticed that [0]Id Software is now selling
downloadable versions of its classic titles [1]Commander Keen: Invasion
of the Vorticons and [2]Goodbye Galaxy. Although the game is over 10
years old by now, there is still a [3]thriving community of Keen fans
out there whose interest has not waned. We now have [4]level editors
for both Keen Vorticons and Goodbye Galaxy, unofficial Keen [5]fan
software, and of course the infamous [6]Dopefish, which has by now made
cameo appearances in well over a dozen computer games. However, we have
yet to see [7]Commander Keen: The Universe is Toast, the sequel to the
previous Keen game that was planned but never made. With the original
developers pursuing their own independent projects, it doesn't look
like it will happen anytime soon. But in the meantime, die-hard Keen
fans have been getting by, not unlike Farscape fans after their show
was cancelled."
Links
0.
http://www.idsoftware.com/
1.
http://www.idsoftware.com/games/vintage/ck-vorticons
2.
http://www.idsoftware.com/games/vintage/ck-galaxy
3.
http://pub128.ezboard.com/bpubliccommanderkeenforum
4.
http://jump.to/keen
5.
http://pub128.ezboard.com/fpimentogamedevelopment
6.
http://www.dopefish.com/fishinfo.html
7.
http://www.3drealms.com/keenhistory/
Fooling NMAP for Whatever Reason
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/16/165214
[0]taviso writes "Are you bored with your OS fingerprint? Do you dream
of being able to impress your friends by convincing them your webserver
is running on a [1]sega dreamcast, or Apple LaserWriter? Well Dream no
more! David Berrueta has written a paper oulining the techniques and
tools available to defeat [2]nmap's [3] OS fingerprinting, available
[4]here [[5]pdf]. Besides the hours of entertainment this could
provide, he also lists some of the more [6]serious reasons why you
might want to consider this."
Links
0.
http://taviso.decsystem.org/
1.
http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/dreamcast/
2.
http://www.insecure.org/nmap
3.
http://www.insecure.org/nmap/nmap-fingerprinting-article.html
4.
http://voodoo.somoslopeor.com/papers/nmap.html
5.
http://voodoo.somoslopeor.com/papers/nmap.pdf
6.
http://voodoo.somoslopeor.com/papers/nmap.html#Reasons_to_hide_your_OS_to_the_entire
Freshmeat
3D Lissajous Figures 1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116459/
qliss3d renders 3D Lissajous figures (figures made of a different sine function for each dimension) with a Qt interface. Users can look at the figures from any viewing position they like and even "listen" to the sound of the figures.
Abe's Amazing Adventure!! 0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116520/
Abe's Amazing Adventure!! is a scrolling, platform-jumping, key-collecting, ancient pyramid exploring game, written vaguely in the style of similar games for the Commodore Plus/4.
alterMIME 0.2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116457/
alterMIME is a set of utilities designed to assist in the modification of MIME-encoded mailpacks often used by Inflex, XaMime, and other email-scanners. alterMIME can add disclaimers and nullify specified attachments. alterMIME is part of the commercial XaMime software suite, but is being offered back to the OpenSource community.
annie 0.51
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116494/
annie is a C++ API (library) for neural network training and execution. It can be linked to both Windows and Linux applications. Support for multi-layer perceptron networks, radial-basis networks, and Hopfield Networks is present. It can also be interfaced with Matlab's Neural Network toolbox.
apt4rpm 0.64.2 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116512/
The superb Debian package installer APT has since some time become available for RPM-based distributions. However, to install RPM packages with apt, an apt repository is needed. apt4rpm creates the apt repository from an RPM repository. The rpm repository can be located locally or remotely. Once the apt repository has been created with apt4rpm, the apt tools can be used to install RPMs.
Atlantik 0.5.2 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116487/
Atlantik is a KDE client for playing the Atlantic and Monopoly boardgames with a monopd/atlanticd server.
AutoDia 1.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116456/
AutoDia is a Perl application designed to allow the easy creation of XML diagrams from various data sources. The output is meant for use with Dia (or any XML parser). AutoDia supports any language through the use of handlers, and a good handler for Perl as well as a simple handler for C++ are included.
b2 Smarty mod 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116477/
b2 Smarty mod is a version of the b2 Weblog system that adds support for Smarty templates and caching. It also make it much easier to host multiple b2 blogs on one machine. By using Smarty templates, blog editors no longer need to know anything about PHP.
Catch the Furball 1.0.1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116448/
Catch the Furball is an icebreaker board game intended for friends to play around a computer. It features a freshly-generated board for each game, an eclectic collection of cards, and beautiful pictures of Cambridge University. The distribution is intended both to allow Web masters to quickly set up their own copy of the game, and to allow tinkerers to use the game engine to make their own games. It includes the editor used to create game data.
Comment 0.1.1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116443/
Comment is a command line directory context note taker. Notes are stored in both the local directory and each users home. It was developed as a low impact tool for retaining flyaway information that is often needed at a later date. The dual storage system provides convenient access to prior notes, and all notes are stored in plain-text format.
CSBuddy 1.2.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116514/
CSBuddy is a tool designed to help Counter-Strike server owners, particularly those running AdminMod. It maintains a queryable database of all players that have been seen on the server, and it filters the raw logs of a Counter-Strike server and distills them into a single CSBuddy log which shows only high-level activity such as excessive friendly fire incidents, admin activity, and players complaining about misbehavior or saying suspicious things. This tool is built upon an included Counter-Strike log file parser which is provided in a simple derivable class.
cwdaemon 0.2.3 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116452/
cwdaemon is a small daemon which uses the PC parallel port and a simple transistor switch to output Morse code to a transmitter from a text message sent to it via the UDP protocol.
Debt Minder 1.5.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116519/
Debt Minder is a specialized tool for debt management. It is user friendly, complete, functional, and economical, and considers account subtleties such as introductory APRs, varying interest rates, split interest rates, external payments, and more. Its visualization capabilities include pie charts, line graphs, bar charts, area graphs, debt to income ratios, and colored payoff tables. An integrated amortization calculator for American and Canadian methods is included, and payoff schedules can be exported to XML, CSV, and tab delimited files
Disk Based HashTables 1.0-13
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116484/
Disk based hashes is a method to create multidimensional binary trees on disk. This library permits the extension of the database concept to a plethora of electronic data, such as graphical information.
Dragon Character Training 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116478/
Dragon Character Training is a PalmOS program using stroke recognition to help you learn to read and write Chinese characters. It is good for learning Mandarin vocabulary and characters.
E-Cell System 3.1.92 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116451/
E-Cell System is an object-oriented software suite for modelling, simulation, and analysis of large scale complex systems such as biological cells. It allows many components, driven by multiple algorithms with different timescales, to coexist.
elmo 0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116491/
elmo is an efficient console mail user agent. It supports POP3 and SMTP, uses the Maildir storage format, and sends 8-bit MIME messages regardless of the server's ehlo response (although it is able to decode qp and base64 encodings). Additionally, when replying to email, elmo makes an attempt to determine the sex of the person being quoted so that it can choose the appropriate words to use in the quote's attribution.
Enemies of Carlotta 0.21 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116460/
Enemies of Carlotta is a simple mailing list manager. It tries to mimic the ezmlm software somewhat, but is written completely from scratch in Python. It has a less restrictive license than ezmlm and qmail, and is smaller and simpler than GNU Mailman.
Fan Control for Dell Laptops 0.3b
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116445/
Fan Control for Dell Laptops is a little tool for full automatic fan control and temperature monitoring on Dell Laptops under FreeBSD.
Fingerprint Verification System 0.0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116492/
Fingerprint Verification System is an easy-to-use library that allows programmers to integrate fingerprint technology into their software without specific know-how. It is fast and small, and is great for embedded systems.
Gambas 0.50 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116513/
Gambas is a graphical development environment based on a Basic interpreter, like Visual Basic. It uses the Qt toolkit, but is able to use any other toolkit that a module is written for.
GNOME Installation Guide 16/03/2003
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116462/
The GNOME Installation Guide was written to help unfamiliar users install a stable GNOME system that includes more than the default applications. It teaches readers how to compile GNOME on their own instead of installing precompiled packages. It also covers installation of extra GNOME programs, both those hosted by the GNOME project and those which are not.
GNU MP3 Daemon 2.3 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116525/
GNUMP3d is a small, portable, and robust server for streaming MP3s, OGGs, and other audio files. It presents a simple and attractive interface to Web browsers, which allows you to navigate through your music collection. Individual files may be streamed, as can whole directory trees. Other features include the ability to see your most popular tracks, and to search your collection for songs.
GNU VCDImager/VCDRip 0.7.14 (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/116474/
GNU VCDImager is a program for making Video CD (and Super Video CD, a.k.a. SVCD) images out of MPEG movie files. The images it creates are ready to use with programs which understand BIN/CUE images, such as cdrdao. GNU VCDRip allows for reversing the process, ripping mpeg tracks from (Super) Video CDs.
gnuPod 0.28
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116444/
gnuPod is a collection of tools which allow you to use your iPod under Linux and other UNIX- like operating systems. HFS+ and FAT32 formatted iPods are supported.
gURLChecker 0.3-2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116502/
gURLChecker is a C/GNOME 2 tool that can check links on a single Web page or on a whole Web site in order to determine the validity of each page.
Highlight 2.0b-3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116447/
Highlight is a universal source code to HTML, XHTML, RTF, TeX, or LaTeX converter. (X)HTML output is formatted by Cascading Style Sheets. It supports Bash, C, C++, C#, COBOL, Java, Perl, PHP, and 40 more programming languages. It's possible to easily enhance the parsing database.
JBidwatcher 0.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116469/
JBidwatcher is a powerful eBay-user tool implemented in Java. Its features include tracking of auctions, bidding, sniping (automated bidding in the last moments of an auction), and a unique multisniping feature that allows you to snipe on a group of auctions, but stop the sniping as soon as you win one. It also includes remote Web-based management, XML-formatted save files, drag and drop support, some support for auction sellers, and dozens of other useful auction features.
JFtp 1.14
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116450/
JFtp is a graphical FTP client written in Java. It supports all the basic FTP operations, and has some improved features such as recursive directory up/download, a nice swing UI, the ability to automatically resume downloads, and the ability to recognize broken directory names. The API is separated from the GUI and can also be used in third-party applications or in a command-line mode. The clients lets you browse the server while transferring files in both directions. JFtp can also be started in a Web browser via Java Web Start.
JSVN 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116510/
JSVN is a Java graphical front-end to the Subversion revision control system.
kbirthday 0.6.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116483/
kbirthday is a Panel applet which reminds you of birthdays and anniversaries listed in your KDE addressbook.
linuxsms 0.61
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116475/
Linuxsms is a Perl script to send SMS to GSM phones. There is support for multiple servers/gateways (some servers require registration). The script has an adressbook, the ability to compress SMS, and the ability to check for new versions.
Lorentz 0.1a
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116466/
Lorentz is a curve fitting program aimed for the fitting of spectroscopic data. The fitting function is specified as a user-extendable list of symbols representing various peak shapes, backgrounds, etc.
Mah-Jong 1.5.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116518/
Mah-Jong is a set of three programs comprising a networked Mah-Jong game, a graphical client for humans, and a basic computer player. The game can be played by four humans, by a human and three computer players, or any other combination. The version of Mah-Jong is that generally called Chinese Classical. It should not be confused with the solitaire games such as xmahjongg.
Mamory 0.2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116523/
Mamory is a library for ROM management in emulator-related projects. It also has a CLI client.
mboxstats 0.95
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116470/
mboxstats creates top-10 lists of the messages in a mailbox (top writers/subjects/messages per day, etc.).
Megamek.NET 0.305
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116476/
Megamek.NET allows you to enter the World of Battletech and become commander of a subsection of the forces of one of the 5 big houses or a minor faction. You then use your lances (groups of Meks) to fight against other players online. The game's community is already quite large, and there are 2 major servers set up. One is using the 3025 timeline and the other one is set in the year 3060.
mICQ 0.4.10.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116495/
mICQ (Matt's ICQ Clone) is a portable, small, yet powerful console-based ICQ client. It supports password changing, auto-away, creation of new accounts, and other features that makes it a very complete yet simple client. It is able to send and receive messages from the ICQ network, list users that are offline and online (including their online status), search for users by email address, and look up basic (name, UIN, email) information.
MoviX 0.8.0pre3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116497/
MoviX is a small Linux distro that transforms your PC in a powerful multimedia box. After booting your PC with MoviX, a user-friendly console menu will allow you to use MPlayer (www.mplayerhq.hu) to play any DVD/VCD, video/audio files (most noticeably DivX, AVI, MPEG, QuickTime, WMV, ASF, MP3, and OGG/VORBIS), TV (provided you have a TV card), and radio stations on the Internet (if you are connected to a LAN). Since the entire operating system is loaded into RAM, you do not even need a hard disk to use MoviX.
MrProjext 1.3.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116461/
MrProjext is a MrProject database extractor and converter. It can search (extract) the tasks belonging to a specific time slot or recource. As a converter, it can rewrite the extracted result as a MrProject, Evolution, Yank, or Pilot file. It's a tool for doing those jobs which are a little bit out of the scope of the MrProject developer.
Mysql Data Manager 1.53
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116522/
Mysql Data Manager is a Web-based MySQL client that provides local or remote database access. It allows direct data access and database management via an easy and intuitive interface.
MythTV 0.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116515/
MythTV is a project aiming to create a homebrew set-top box. The end goal is to have a nice interface for watching TV, recording shows, listening to music, etc., all displayed on a TV and controlled by a remote.
netcount 0.6a
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116501/
netcount is a command line PPP traffic logging and statistics display tool for Linux. Logging is done via a small shell script which is called during the ip-up, ip-down, and system startup processes and from cron, while analysis and printing is done by a program written in Python. Statistics can be made on a per-call, daily, and/or monthly basis. Also part of the package is nstat, an X utility to display connection status, to hang up, and to start and terminate pppd.
nut 7.19
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116490/
nut is nutrition software to record what you eat and analyze your meals for nutrient composition. The database included is the USDA Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 15, which contains 6,220 foods. This database contains values for vitamins, minerals, fats, calories, protein, carbohydrates, fiber, etc., and includes the essential polyunsaturated fats, Omega-3 and Omega-6. Nutrient levels are expressed as a percentage of the Daily Value, the familiar standard of food labeling in the United States, but also can be fully customized. Recipes can be added. The program is completely menu-driven and there are no commands to learn.
phpOpenTracker 1.1.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116507/
phpOpenTracker is a framework solution for the analysis of Web site traffic and visitor behaviour. It features a logging engine that, either invoked as a Web bug by an HTML image tag or embedded with two lines of code into your PHP application, logs each request to a Web site into a database. One installation can track an arbitrary number of Web sites. Through its API, you can easily access the gathered data and perform complex operations on it (for instance, the analysis of your visitors' click paths).
phpShadow 0.62.00
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116485/
phpShadow is a complete but lightweight content management / portal system (framework ) with a modular design.
Pixory Beta 2.8 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116467/
Pixory is a "personal image server". It allows you to store your photos on your own PC and access them, compose them into albums, and share them anywhere on the Internet. It presents a standard Web interface through which you can browse and organize your photos. All user-entered album data is stored in XML. Pixory displays image metadata such as the EXIF information embedded in image files by most digital cameras and scanners.
PyKota Print Quota System 1.01
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116455/
PyKota is a centralized and extensible print quota system for the Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS). It features per-printer user and group quotas, automated email warning to users and quota administrator, commandline tools which mimic the disk quota utilities, and much more.
QTParted 0.1.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116464/
QTParted is a Partition Magic clone. It uses libparted for raw disk access, so you need parted installed to use it. The goal of QTParted is to fully wrap all function of parted and create a user friendly PM clone for Linux.
ripMIME 1.3.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116453/
ripMIME extracts attachment files out of a MIME-encoded email pack.
SlackCheck 2.30
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116471/
SlackCheck allows users to keep many Slackware machines up to date with the latest packages. All upgrades are performed from single machine though SSH (or RSH). It generates an upgrade script and list of non-standard packages for every machine.
snmptherm 20030316
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116504/
snmptherm is SNMP agent (uses Net-SNMP AgentX) for the DS1621 digital thermomether-based PC thermometer/WebTherm. It uses libtherm, and it is possible to monitor up to 8 sensors.
Spamcup 1.03 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116479/
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.
Take a Joint 20030316
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116480/
Take a Joint has the goal to simplify the integration of Linux clients into Windows networks. Sharing a directory should be as easy as under Windows. Users should be able to share their directories even without being root or knowing the Samba configuration file smb.conf. To fulfill the high security demands, users who would like to share their directories have to be activated by root first. The same applies to directories or devices the user isn't allowed to access with his regular rights. Currently both console programs taja (admin program) and taju (user program) are usable.
TomPong 0.5.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116454/
TomPong is a very simple implementation of the classic Pong game, using Python and Pygame. It features realistic physics for motion using vectors, not-so-realistic but very fun spin dynamics, scoring, and a well-implemented simple AI.
Vcard_Parse 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116481/
Vcard_Parse is a PHP class that allows you to parse vCard files and text blocks, and get back an array of the elements of each vCard in the file or text.
wapding 0.91
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116468/
wapding is a simple and fast WAP interface to the DING dictionaries of Frank Richter.
WeeWM 0.01-alpha
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116488/
WeeWM (Wee Enhanced Environment) is a fast and light window manager for. Everything can be done with a keyboard. It is customizable, and has dock management, smart window placement, virtual desktops, and more.
XPLC 0.3.0 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116498/
XPLC is a component system that tries to enable the use of components in a pervasive way. It aims to be easy to use, have low speed and size overhead, and be language and platform neutral. Basically, the idea is to leave no excuse for an application not to be component-enabled (being a component and/or using components).
Yet Another Advanced Log Analyzer 0.6.3 (Usable) http://freshmeat.net/releases/116508/
"yaala" parses logfiles and generates very detailed statistics in HTML format. The information one will get can be selected by using SQL-like expressions, which provide filtering with relational operators (like equal, greater than, less than) as well as regular expressions. It includes input parsers for the Common Log Format (e.g. Apache's access logs), NCSA logs (e.g. Apache's combined logs), Squid access logs, the xferlog format (used by FTP daemons), bind9's query logs, and postfix entries in the maillog.
Yet Another Mail Manager 0.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116458/
Yet Another Mail Manager (YAMM) is a Java email client with support for MIME, POP3, SMTP, HTML, filters, multiple mail accounts on different servers, and file attachments.
Newsforge Reports
The state of SuSE
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/14/1421252
- By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - I spent a little time on AIM with SuSE U.S. rep (and all-around nice guy) Holger Dyroff, discussing SuSE's new products, trends in Linux desktop/consumer use, and the state of Linux market penetration in general. This transcript has been edited (very lightly) only for grammar and spelling, not content. Make sure you read all the way to the end, where Holger mentions SuSE's take on SCO's decision to commit corporate ...
PCQLinux 8.0 (Aquamarine): A "super" distribution http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/11/1252203
- By Clinton Goveas - A respected Indian monthly magazine, PCQuest, has come out with its own Linux distribution based on Red Hat Linux 8.0, which it claims addresses everything from a home desktop to a supercomputer.
Linux Advisory Watch - March 14th, 2003
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/14/1025253
by Benjamin D. Thomas - This week advisories were released for zlib, sendmail, qpopper, file, snort, mysqlcc, netscape-flash, ethereal, usermode, tcpdump, and lprold. The distributors include Caldera, Debian, Guardian Digital's EnGarde Secure Linux, Gentoo, Mandrake, NetBSD, Red Hat, and SuSE.
Newsforge Newsvac
Linux System Security: The Administrator's Guide to Open Source Security Tools, 2/e
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/16/2355211
LogError writes "Choosing "Linux System Security" for a title of your book is surely a pretentious step. But usually, when someone picks this kind of name for a planned publication, he or she is sure to deliver the quality readers expect. I'm satisfied to say that, in this case, the authors do provide the level of information suitable for the book's title."
SCO-Caldera v IBM: Conectiva Rejects SCO-Caldera's Linux-Related Allegations http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/16/0533228
An Anonymous Reader writes "SCO-Caldera's Complaint belittles and insults Linux developers, the Linux kernel, GNU/Linux, Linux distribution providers -- in essence the entire GNU/Linux and free software community."
Techniques emerge for speeding simulation with Linux http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/16/0529216
Linux-based workstations can provide a significant Verilog simulation speedup over more expensive Sun Solaris workstations, but only if the Linux workstations are carefully chosen and properly used, according to engineers who shared their experiences in the latest (March 14) E-Mail Synopsys Users Group mailing.
Q&A: Sun's Neil Knox weighs in on blades, Linux and strategy http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/16/0526253
Although it's among the market leaders in the low-end server business, Sun Microsystems Inc. has in recent years been known much more for its success at the high end. In this interview with Computerworld, Neil Knox, executive vice president of Sun's volume systems product group, talked about his company's recent blade-server product launch, its emerging throughput computing strategy and Linux.
Debunking the Linux-Windows market-share myth http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/16/0524246
There are dozens of reasons why people have underestimated how quickly Linux has been grabbing Windows' market share. Windows starts out with a false boost and maintains its illusory market share even as it gets replaced by Linux. In 2004, don't be surprised when Linux overtakes Windows to become the main focus for developers.
LindowsOS 3.0 Review
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/14/2129214
Anonymous Reader writes "A review of LindowsOS 3.0 that doesn't take on the hype surrounding this distribution. Read it at OSNews.com."
GNOME 2.2 Gains Muscle and Polish
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/14/1915254
One of the cardinal virtues of open-source software is its penchant for preserving choice. It's no surprise, then, that there's more than one good option available when it comes to the desktop environments through which users interact with Linux and similar operating systems.
The Wrong Choice: Company rejects Linux, learns a lesson http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/14/191230
Michael S. Mimoso writes "Charged with implementing an application server that ran on both Linux and Windows 2000, webmaster Joe Sechman immediately chose Linux. Unfortunately, Sechman, who works for a large organization he preferred not to name, couldn't persuade his company's executives to back his choice."
Sistina execs: Linux-based SANs spell success http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/14/173259
Michael S. Mimoso writes "Scalability used to be the straw that broke Linux's back. That's not the case anymore, according to Matt O'Keefe, CTO of Sistina Software Inc., in Minneapolis, Minn. "With a Linux cluster, an IT shop can design the system from the get-go so that it can handle very large amounts of data," he said."
CA releases more Linux products
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/14/171204
Computer Associates (M) Sdn Bhd has released more solutions for integrating Linux-based resources into a cross-platform environment.
Thinkgeek
Gadgets: Ambient Orb Device
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/5da2/
Gadgets: Laser-Sighted MiniTemp
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/5d95/
Computing: Labtec Axis 712 Digital USB Headset http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/speakers/headsets/5de1/
Computing: Fly Fan USB Fan
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/accessories/5dee/
Computing: Antec LanBoy Aluminum PC case http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/casemods/5de9/
Computing: UV-Treated 80mm Cooling Fans
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/casemods/5e01/
Computing: Viewsonic Airpanel Wireless 15" LCD http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/display/lcd/5df4/
Computing: Antec PlusView PC Case
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/casemods/5dfc/
Computing: Klipsch GMX-D5.1
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/speakers/speakers/5d7b/
Computing: iMic USB Audio Interface
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/accessories/5d9c/
Tshirts: There's no place like 127.0.0.1 http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/generic/5d6a/
Tshirts: fsck it!
http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/sysadmin/5d71/
Cube Goodies: Circuitboard Glo Cube Lamp http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/lights/5d22/
Cube Goodies: Circuitboard Business Card Case http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/toys/5d15/
Cube Goodies: Set Of Circuitboard Coasters http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/mugs/5d28/
Cube Goodies: circuit board clipboard
http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/toys/3226/
Books: Art Of Deception: Controlling the Human Element Of Security http://www.thinkgeek.com/books/nonfiction/5ba0/
Books: BOFH Series - 3 Pack/Bundle!
http://www.thinkgeek.com/books/humor/5daf/
Cube Goodies: GeoMAG from Italy
http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/toys/5c82/
Electronics: i2eye Broadband Videophone
http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/phones/5d7f/
Sourceforge
FreeCraft stable 1.18 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=259595
The FreeCraft team is proud to announce the release of FreeCraft 1.18.
Thanks to everyone who contributed code, reported bugs, and suggested
ideas. FreeCraft is a free cross-platform real-time strategy game
engine. Here are the main new features: o Save and Load (Single Player)
o Shared Vision and Diplomacy o Replays o Auto Spell Cast o Much
Improved Multiplayer Support o FcMP and WC2 can be played against each
other o Many bug fixes For a complete list of changes, please see the
ChangeLog:
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/*checkout*/freecraft/fre
ecraft/doc/ChangeLog.html?rev=1.449 You can find a game on
irc.freenode.net, channel #freecraft. Enjoy!
phpESP 1.6 Final
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=259801
phpESP provides scripts to let non-technical users create surveys, administer surveys, gather results, vi