[osdn everything] April 23, 2003

0. http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,1034116,00.asp

robyn217 writes "Over at ExtremeTech, I just reviewed [0]a few strange new keyboards--and they're pretty "out there". On Monday, we posted a review of a vertical keyboard (imagine a standard keyboard split in half, with both side vertical). Today we posted the review of something that doesn't even resemble a keyboard--it's a whole new system of input. Tomorrow and for the rest of the week, we'll be posting new reviews of strange, but interesting input devices." Links

Slashback: Hardware, Lexis, Free
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/21/2221210

Slashback tonight has followups and clarifications on glitch-delayed Pentium IV shipments, Free software for chainware operating systems, the real distinction between 3G and 2.5G phone systems and more -- read on below for the details.

Run Your Car on Grease
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/22/2031211

[0]i22y writes "With [1]Greasel instead of Diesel in your tank, you can pull up to Jack-In-The-Box and fill up both your stomach and your gas tank. Run your car on old fryer grease and vegetable oil! Obligatory [2]pictures and [3]FAQ."
Links

    0. mailto:misler@islerphoto.TWAINcom minus author
    1. 
http://www.greasel.com/
    2. 
http://www.greasel.com/html/body_photo_gallery.html
    3. 
http://www.greasel.com/html/body_faq_s.html

Record Labels Sue Napster's VC
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/22/2026227

zemkai writes "From the "wtf?!?" department... [0]Universal Music Group and EMI are suing Hummer Winblad Ventures for contributing to copyright infringement due to that firm's investment in Napster... I'd like to put something witty here, but I'm just speechless." Links

0. http://news.com.com/2100-1027-997860.html

The People Behind Quanta Plus
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/22/180224

anonymous writes "In this [0]fascinating interview, Eric Laffoon and Andras Mantia give us a glimpse into the world of the [1]Quanta Plus project. Read on for everything from tantalising references to [2]Kommander, billed by Eric to be part of the foundations for the next generation desktop and user experience, to details of future plans for Quanta VPL (Visual Page Layout)."
Links

    0. 
http://dot.kde.org/1050969840/
    1. 
http://quanta.sourceforge.net/
    2. 
http://quanta.sourceforge.net/main2.php?snapfile=snap02

Firebird Database Project Admin on Name Clash http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/22/153205

CapnKirk writes "Ann Harrison [0] weighs in on the "Firebird--database or browser?" name clash. Her take on things: our users feel threatened. We're responding to their concerns. AOL lawyers said it's ok, so the Mozilla team isn't interested in negotiating, but that's ok because we've gotten a lot of publicity and name recognition. And no, we don't plan on going to court." As always, a small group of users are being real asses about the whole thing. Yay. Links

0. http://www.mozillazine.org/articles/article3097.html

Linux Gaming after Loki
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/22/1659239

mahdi13 writes "[0]Linux Hardware has a great story about the past, present and future of [1]Linux Gaming in 2003. They briefly touch on the commercial games available and what will be available for Linux in the near future. It is a good read and contains excellent information to keep the Linux Gamers satisfied with what is commercially available."
Links

0. http://www.linuxhardware.org/

http://www.linuxhardware.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/18/169209&mode=thread

Freshmeat
2D CAD Parts Generator 1.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120031/

2D CAD Parts Generator generates macros for drawing 2D CAD parts according to Czech standards in various formats or in dxf format.

Alleyoop 0.7.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120385/

Alleyoop is a GNOME frontend to the Valgrind memory checker. Its features include a right-click context menu to intelligently suppress errors or launch an editor on the source file, jumping to the exact line of the error condition. A searchbar at the top of the viewer can be used to limit the viewable errors to those that match the regex criteria entered. A fully functional Suppressions editor is also included.

ALSA driver 0.9.2 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120392/

The Advanced Linux Sound Architecture is composed of several parts. The first is a fully modularized sound driver which supports module autoloading, devfs, isapnp autoconfiguration, and gives complete access to analog audio, digital audio, control, mixer, synthesizer, DSP, MIDI, and timer components of audio hardware. It also includes a fully-featured kernel-level sequencer, a full compatibility layer for OSS/Free applications, an object-oriented C library which covers and enhances the ALSA kernel driver functionality for applications
(client/server, plugins, PCM sharing/multiplexing, PCM metering, etc.),
an interactive configuration program for the driver, and some simple utilities for basic management.

Apache::Gallery 0.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120398/

Can't find what you're looking for?

Apache::Gallery is a mod_perl handler that sits on top of your DocumentRoot and creates an image gallery of the files and directories there. It creates an thumbnail index of each directory and allows viewing of pictures in different resolutions. Pictures are resized on the fly and cached.

ARIA Business Management 0.97
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120318/

ARIA is business class management (ERP) software. It lets you manage inventory levels, maintain payroll, and process orders. It is written primarily in PHP and incorporates the ADODB database abstraction layer.

Arno's IPTABLES Firewall Script 1.8.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120437/

    Arno's IPTABLES firewall script was originally derived from Seven's
(single-homed) IPTABLES script. The biggest differences are that this
    script has support for dual-homed machines, support for masquerading
(NAT), support for ethernet ADSL/DSL modems (for both static and
    dynamically assigned IPs), support for all IP protocols, and support     for VPNs like IPSEC (Freeswan). It also features (stealth) portscan     detection, extensive user definable logging with rate limiting to     prevent log flooding, port forwarding, optimizing the throughput of     your internet connection, protection against SYN/ICMP flooding (DoS     attacks), support for UPnP, and much more. It's easy to configure and     highly customizable. It additionally includes a filter script
(fwfilter) to make your firewall log more readable.

Azure 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120376/

Azure is a Web log client that allows you to create and edit Web log posts on your phone, PDA, or personal computer. It uses J2ME CLDC/MIDP 1.0. It can be used with any system that supports Moveable Type's XMLRPC API. Barrage 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120443/

In Barrage, your goal is to kill and destroy as many targets as possible within 3 minutes. You control a gun which may fire either small or large grenades by ''point-and-click'' at soldiers, jeeps, and tanks, and which must be reloaded from time to time.

Don't know where to look next?

BBIagent Router 1.8.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120386/

BBIagent is a single floppy Linux-based router for sharing a broadband Internet connection. It also serves as a firewall to prohibit intruders from accessing your LAN. You can create your own BBIagent router software (a diskette file image) on our server based on your hardware configuration (NICs) and connection protocol (e.g. PPPoE, PPTP, or DHCP). It is very easy to install and use.

Boot Scriptor 2.0.5b (CD Shell)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120482/

Boot Scriptor is a program that allows a high degree of interactivity when booting from a CD or DVD drive. It provides a set of commands that enable users to boot a system in a number of ways, as well as provide interactive menus to choose boot options from. It provides similar functionality to Diskem1x, as well as new original features and interfaces to programs such as Isolinux/Memdisk and Ranish Partition Manager. All features can be commanded through a console interface or by constructing simple script files.

Botan 1.1.13 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120418/

Botan is a library of cryptographic algorithms written in C++. It includes a wide selection of block and stream ciphers, public key algorithms, hash functions, and message authentication codes. It has an easy-to-use filter interface and supports many common industry standards, including X.509v3.

BX for Java 1.0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120431/

BX for Java is a visual development tool for building and managing Java applications. Java Swing/AWT user interfaces are built by dragging objects off a palette and dropping them on the user interface. On-the-fly execution lets you test your GUI and your application at any time. It also provides code completion and method lookup as well as a substantial set of wizards to help developers generate up to 50,000 lines of code automatically.

Confused? Frustrated?

C2::Newsletter 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120448/

C2::Newsletter is a simple tool for sending newsletters to your visitors. It allows you to create multiple newsletters, so your visitors can select which topics they want to receive. There is an admin interface to add/edit newsletters and recipients, and send in plain text or MIME-encoded. It is easy to use, but currently only in German (English will be available soon).

CD Share 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120393/

CD Share is a CD-ROM share manager, designed to automatically share CDs via Samba once they have been identified.

cglib rc-1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120390/

cglib is a set of utility classes that can be used to generate and load Java classes at runtime.

Charlie Chaplin Theme 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120149/

Charlie Chaplin Theme features a background with Chaplin standing in a doorway.

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Chronicle Lite 1.2 Beta 1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120377/

Chronicle Lite provides a friendly client application for Blogger.com. It also aims to satisfy the needs of "power users" who want a local copy of their journal, as well as the copy that is published on an external Website.

Clutter 1.0d10
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120462/

Clutter is a small Mac OS X application that lets you put music CDs on your desktop. You can drag them anywhere (they're really windows). Line them up neatly or put them in piles, it's your choice. Each one looks like the real CD cover, and double-clicking it tells iTunes to play that CD. Think of Clutter as an alternate user interface to your music collection. When deciding what to play next, instead of searching through a huge alphabetical list, let your eye roam over the covers of your favorite CDs and those you've been listening to recently.

CrossOver Office 2.0.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120421/

CrossOver Office allows you to install your favorite Windows productivity applications in Linux, without needing a Microsoft Operating System license. It includes an easy-to-use, single-click interface, which makes installing a Windows application simple and fast. Once installed, your application will integrate directly with your GNOME or KDE environment.

cwISPy 1.2.17
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120435/

cwISPY is an ISP billing and management system. It features automatic generation and emailing of invoices and statements, a customer interface, a ticket system, DNS management, and much more.

db-backed 1.0c
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120430/

db-backed is a Ruby library providing a convenient mechanism for describing objects bound to a backing database. This relieves the programmer from much of the tedium associated with writing programs with DB access. Instead of spending a lot of time working on code that reads data from the database, code that stuffs it into useable objects, remembering whether a particular piece of data lives in the database or not, etc., db-backed allows the programmer to simply design their database schema (with a few constraints), and write a very simple class definition which describes the mapping between database fields, class methods, and foreign key mappings.

Dnsmasq 1.12
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120476/

Dnsmasq is lightweight, easy to configure DNS forwarder designed to provide DNS (domain name) services to a small network where using BIND would be overkill. It can have its upstream DNS servers automatically configured by PPP or DHCP, and it can serve the names of local machines which are not in the global DNS. It can integrate with the ISC DHCP daemon to serve the names of local machines which are configured using DHCP. Dnsmasq is ideal for networks behind NAT routers and connected via modem, ISDN, ADSL, or cable-modem connections.

Document Classifier 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120375/

Document Classifier is an application that performs statistical text classification using Naive Bayes and Space Vector representation. Typically, it successfully classifies over 75% of test cases depending on the type of test document used.

Duali 0.1b
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120475/

Duali is an Arabic spellchecker.

e3 2.43
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120459/

e3 is a full-screen, user-friendly text editor with an interface similar to that of either WordStar, Emacs, Pico, Nedit, or vi. It's heavily optimized for size and independent of libc or any other libraries, making it useful for mini-Linux distributions and rescue disks. The assembler version supports Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, Win9x, QNX, Atheos, BeOS, ELKS, and DOS. There is also a separately distributed version written in C which supports some other Unix versions and CygWin. It is also possible to use regular expressions by using child processes like sed. e3 has a built in arithmetic calculator.

eboxy 0.3.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120426/

eboxy is an application for building simple user interfaces for entertainment PCs, suitable for use with a remote on a TV screen. It uses SDL for graphics and XML-based interface description files, supports TrueType fonts and PNG alpha transparency, and has a plugin extension system.

FingerTips Technology 1.0b
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120334/

FingerTips Technology is a software concept that gives game players and game developers the ability to store configuration preferences for individual games or game genres in compact, quickly loadable profiles, which are platform independent, easy to edit, maintain, transport, and share across multiple users and sites. It uses XML to create a convenient standard, impose structure, and eliminate bothers traditionally associated with the configuration process.

framer 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120434/

framer is an X11 program which is capable of containing other X11 programs. The purpose is to make it easier to align the managed programs. Its main use is to manage terminals.

Can't find what you're looking for?

Freeside 1.4.1beta8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120389/

Freeside is an open-source billing package for ISPs.

GLAME 1.0.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120403/

GLAME (GNU/Linux Audio Mechanics) is meant to be the GIMP of audio processing. It is designed to be a powerful, fast, stable, and easily extensible sound editor for Linux and compatible systems. It has full support for non-destructive editing including undo/redo and applying LADSPA effects. Its supported platforms are Linux, BSD, and IRIX. You need to have guile and libxml installed to use GLAME; having the GNOME libs available is highly recommended.

GOBLIN Graph Library 2.6 Build8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120410/

The GOBLIN project consists of a C++ class library for a large series of graph optimization problems, GOSH, an extension of the Tcl/Tk scripting language to graph objects, and GOBLET, a graphical user interface to the library functions. GOBLET includes a graph editor, but provides only basic graph layout methods.

Horde Application Framework 2.2.2 (Stable 2.x) http://freshmeat.net/releases/120473/

The Horde Application framework is a set of PHP classes providing common ways to handle preferences, browser detection, authentication, help systems, MIME, connection tracking, cross-application communication, and more.

imgv 2.8 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120381/

imgv is a Python image viewer that runs on Linux, FreeBSD, MS-Windows, Mac OS X, and more. It includes standard features such as a file/directory browser, slideshows, zooming in and out, flipping, and rotating. It also has special features such as the ability to view 4 images on the screen at once, adjustable thumbnail sizes, image playlists, remote image loading, MPEG movie support, a customizable interface, and much more.

ImpXoopsMail 0.1.0 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120420/

ImpXoopsMail is a "Xoops Modulizor". It transforms the Horde Imp Webmail program into a module for the Xoops CMS system, with access rights and sessions managed by Xoops and a harmonized interface.

IPCop Firewall 1.3.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120394/

IPCop Linux is a complete Linux distribution whose sole purpose is to protect the networks on which it is installed.

Jay's Iptables Firewall 0.9.96 (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/120391/

Jay's Iptables Firewall is a bash script that allows one to easily install and configure a firewall on a Linux system. It was initially written for use on a home LAN, but can be extend to any type of network. It features support for multiple (external/internal) interfaces, TCP/UDP/ICMP control, masquerading, synflood control, spoofing control, port forwarding from specific interfaces, VPNs (like vtun), ToS (bandwith managment), denying hosts (IP or MAC address), ZorbIPTraffic, Spyware list IP, Pre/Post scripts, log options, and more. The firewall is able to launch custom iptables rules, and the configuration of the firewall is assisted by an optional, interactive, curses-based Perl script.

Don't know where to look next?

JFreeChart 0.9.7 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120395/

JFreeChart is a chart library for Java that supports a wide range of charts including pie charts (2D and 3D), bar charts (horizontal and vertical, regular or stacked line charts with optional 3D-effects, XY plots, scatter plots, time series charts, high/low/open/close charts, candlestick plots, Gantt charts, Pareto charts, combination charts, and more. It is suitable for use in applications, applets, servlets, and JSP. jpegrdf 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120451/

Jpegrdf reads and manipulates RDF metadata stored in the comment section of JPEG images. It can extract, query, and augment the data. Manipulating JPEG images with jpegrdf does not modify the actual image data or any other sections of the file.

JPluck 0.9 RC2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120444/

JPluck lets you convert Web sites to Plucker documents for offline reading on your handheld computer.

Jrnull 1.02
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120464/

Jrnull tracks time and extracts it for reporting purposes. It's simple, flexible, and allows the user to go in and make entries after the fact. The intended audience is the solitary programmer who has a straightforward need to report on their time spent on various projects.

JSch 0.1.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120429/

Confused? Frustrated?

JSch is a pure Java implementation of SSH2. It allows you to connect to an sshd server and use port forwarding, X11 forwarding, file transfer, etc. You can integrate its functionality into your own Java programs.

KMyIRC 0.2.9 (Alpha)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120404/

KMyIRC is an attempt to provide an IRC client for KDE which is high-quality and easy to use, but not bloated. It was created because it was felt that the other KDE-based IRC clients were either not user-friendly or burdened with features that are not useful to the average IRC user.

libSigC++ Extras 0.6.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120466/

libSigC++ Extras is a library consisting of new features built on top of libSigC++ and features that formerly were in libSigC++ and were removed from it. The new features focus on thread support and provide type safe inter-thread communication.

libtrash 2.0 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120454/

libtrash is a shared library which implements a trash can on GNU/Linux. When preloaded, it intercepts calls to a series of GNU libc functions and, instead of permanently destroying files, moves them to a "trash can".

Linux Intrusion Detection System 1.1.2rc5 for kernel 2.4.20 (2.4.x) http://freshmeat.net/releases/120460/

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The Linux Intrusion Detection System (LIDS) is a patch which enhances the kernel's security by implementing a reference monitor and Mandatory Access Control (MAC). When it is in effect, chosen file access, all system/network administration operations, any capability use, raw device, memory, and I/O access can be made impossible even for root. You can define which programs can access specific files. It uses and extends the system capabilities bounding set to control the whole system and adds some network and filesystem security features to the kernel to enhance the security. You can finely tune the security protections online, hide sensitive processes, receive security alerts through the network, and more.

lookat 1.4.0pre2 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120409/

"lookat" (or "bekijk" in Dutch) is a program to view text files and manual pages. It is designed to be more user-friendly than more conventional text viewers such as less.

MegaPov 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120402/

MegaPOV is a version of POV-Ray that features various custom and unofficial patches.

Morphine 2.0.0-beta2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120367/

Morphine is a medical calculator for the Sharp Zaurus PDA. It implements medical algorithms described in the Medal Project such as BMI, etc. It features a plugin mechanism and an embedded Python interpreter for writing new algorithms.

MP3 STATION alpha3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120401/

MP3 STATION is a plain text Linux/Unix tool set for managing MP3 playback in a car with as little user interaction as possible. It can restart the last playlist at the last played track, transparently load directories, transparently recompile playlists, and keep a repository of all the playlists. It also has a simple ncurses client for comunicating with cm3s. All programs run under a non-privileged user account.

MURIX Linux 2003-04-22
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120387/

MURIX Linux is a distribution based on LFS for building bootable CDROMs.

NemeinAuthentication 1.5.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120415/

NemeinAuthentication is a PHP session-based authentication library for Midgard sites and applications. It can be used for adding easy and secure authentication for Midgard-based Web services, and also includes utilities for handling password complexity checking against imported libraries. The module ships with an imported English library.

netrik 1.8.0 (alpha)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120407/

Netrik is an advanced text mode WWW browser. Its purpose is to give access to as much of the Web as possible in text mode, without forsaking any comfort.

OBM 0.6.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120405/

OBM is an Intranet application written to help manage a company. It can also be used as a contact and customer database or as a shared calendar. It is written with PHP and requires MySQL to work (although support for other databases is possible). It supports internationalization and themes, and it includes: sales force, help desk, time tracking, user, and administration modules.

OggCarton 0.15alpha
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120450/

OggCarton is a free, open source home jukebox system that creates and indexes Ogg Vorbis and MP3 music files. It includes an integrated Web server.

OSS 3.9.7i
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120441/

OSS provides sound card drivers for most popular sound cards under Linux, *BSD, Solaris, UnixWare, OpenServer, AIX, HPUX, LynxOS, VxWorks, and Tru64. These drivers support digital audio, MIDI, synthesizers, and mixers found on sound cards. These sound drivers comply with the Open Sound System API specification. OSS provides a user-friendly GUI which makes the installation of sound drivers and configuration of sound cards very simple. It supports over 200 brand name sound cards, and provides automatic sound card detection, Plug-n-Play support, support for PCI audio soundcards, and support for full duplex audio.

Pan 0.13.95
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120442/

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.

Percival Network Monitoring System 1.1.3 http://freshmeat.net/releases/120449/

Can't find what you're looking for?

Percival is a network monitoring and capacity planning frontend to RRDtool. It features a themeable Web interface, and support for MIB2, Cisco, Linux, and Windows. Configuration is stored in a hierarchical database, which supports on-the-fly editing, links, and multiple users.

phpBandwidth Monitor 1.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120424/

phpBandwidth monitors a particular network interface (eth0, eth1, ppp0, etc.) and provides a realtime graph showing bandwidth consumption on a server.

phpExifRW 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120382/

phpExifRW is a pure PHP class to read, write, and transfer EXIF information that most digital cameras produce. This class overcomes the problem of most distributions that do not add Exif extensions in their default installation of PHP.

plan 1.8.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120419/

plan is a desktop calendar and day planner. Appointments, notes, todo items, vacations, etc. are displayed in monthly, weekly, daily, or yearly graphical views. Databases can be stored in files or on a network server that coordinates concurrent editing and makes sure everyone is up to date. No root privileges are required for installation.

Planets 0.1.10
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120413/

Planets is a fun, interactive program for many-body gravity simulations. The emphasis is on play: it's easy to add in planets, zoom in and out, change the physical constants, save and load configurations, etc. It's designed to be easy enough for a kid to enjoy, but that hardly precludes adults.

PLplot 5.2.1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120481/

PLplot is a library of C functions that are useful for making scientific plots from programs written in C, C++, Fortran, Octave, Python, and Tcl/Tk. It can be used to create standard x-y plots, semi-log plots, log-log plots, contour plots, 3D plots, shade
(gray-scale and color) plots, mesh plots, bar charts, and pie charts.
Multiple graphs (of the same or different sizes) may be placed on a single page with multiple lines in each graph. Different line styles, widths, and colors are supported. A virtually infinite number of distinct area fill patterns may be used. There are almost 1,000 characters in the extended character set, including four different fonts, the Greek alphabet, and a host of mathematical, musical, and other symbols. The fonts can be scaled to any desired size. A variety of output devices and file formats are supported, including a metafile format which can be subsequently rendered to any device/file. New devices and file formats can be easily added by writing a driver routine.

popauthd.sh 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120452/

popauthd.sh is a bash script that checks your maillog file for succesful POP3 logins and adds authenticated hosts to your sendmail access.db. Entries expire after a configurable period of time. It supports ipop3d and sendmail, but would be very easy to adapt to other tools.

popsneaker 0.6.2 (Patches)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/119942/

Popsneaker is a mailfilter for remote filtering of POP3 email accounts. It is mostly useful for computers which have a dial-in connection to the internet. You can define rules to select emails, which you don't want to download to your local box. This is a simple and effective way to get rid of spam, advertisings and other kinds of unwanted mail. The filter rules are very flexible and powerful, but still easy to handle. The main ruletypes are using regular expressions to deny, to accept or to make an assumption on the mail.

PyTraffic 1.1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120480/

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PyTraffic is a Python version of the board game Rush Hour created by Binary Arts Coporation. The goal is to remove the red car out of the grid through the slot on the right. To do this you have to slide the other cars out of the way. PyTraffic comes with about 15,000 puzzles ranging from intermediate to expert, and has an extremely smart hint facility which is able to find the best move in every position.

rpm-livelinuxcd 0.9-98
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120414/

rpm-livelinuxcd is a 120MB RedHat-based distribution that runs completely from CD, fits into around 80MB of RAM and is nearly indistinguishable from a system installed on a hard disk. Features include hardware recognition at boot, samba, dhcpd, name, xinetd, and SSH servers, virtual terminals, PAM, etc. Useful for dedicated servers, routers, emergency systems, cluster nodes and such, it does not contain an X11 Server.

Runabout 1.3.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120379/

The Runabout is an extension of the Java libraries that adds two-argument multi-dispatch to Java without changing the language or the VM. It uses reflection to find visit methods, which are invoked using dynamically generated and loaded code. The Runabout does not need a special compiler or changes to Java's syntax. Dispatch with the Runabout is fairly fast, typcially a factor of two to ten slower than double dispatch. It can be use to make the code faster and more readable, for example in instances where a sequence of instanceOf tests can not be refactored using visitors.

Scapy 0.9.11
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120433/

Scapy is a powerful interactive packet manipulation tool, packet generator, network scanner, network discovery tool, and packet sniffer. It provides classes to interactively create packets or sets of packets, manipulate them, send them over the wire, sniff other packets from the wire, match answers and replies, and more. Interaction is provided by the Python interpreter, so Python programming structures can be used
(such as variables, loops, and functions). Report modules are possible
and easy to make. It is intended to do about the same things as ttlscan, nmap, hping, queso, p0f, xprobe, arping, arp-sk, arpspoof, firewalk, irpas, tethereal, tcpdump, etc.

ServletTesting 0.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120397/

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The ServletTesting project provides a unit testing framework for servlets that supports XP development. It uses dummy implementations of the javax.servlet classes, making it easy to create a stand-alone unit test for a servlet. No HTTP request/response is used.

SingIt Lyric Displayer 0.1.27 (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/120457/

The SingIt Lyric Displayer is an XMMS plugin which displays formatted lyrics, including id3v2xx lyrics. It consists of the displayer and an integrated editor which allows one to easily insert time stamps, edit the text, and export & strip HTML.

SLAshdotReader 1.04
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120372/

SLAshdotReader (SLAR) is a midlet that reads slashdot headlines and comments posted at +5 karma. It also displays security headlines from cert.org and can do queries on wikipedia.org. It is designed to be an all- round tool for keeping up-to-date on geek issues while on the road.

SMTP Relay Checker 0.9.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120388/

SmtpRC is a fully configurable, multithreaded open mail relay scanner. It supports scanning of IP blocks, and can print the results to a Web page. It is intended for Systems Administrators to check IP blocks under their control.

StrutsDoc 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120374/

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StrutsDoc is an Ant task that generates JavaDoc-like documentation from a Struts configuration file.

tasks 1.5rc2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120399/

tasks is built on PHP and MySQL. It features a dynamic hierarchical view of your tasks, scheduling due dates and associating URLs with tasks, an iCalendar of your tasks (scheduled tasks can go into the calendar as events or task list). and a mobile version for easy access with a PDA.

The Grapevine Project 1.0.3 (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/120423/

The Grapevine Project is an anonymizing peer-to-peer storage network. It resembles the World Wide Web, but is capable of allowing people to publish and retrieve information without fear of censorship or surveillance. It is designed to be efficient, reliable, and globally scalable.

Tiger security tool 3.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120422/

TIGER is a set of Bourne shell scripts, C programs, and data files which are used to perform a security audit of Unix systems. The security audit results are useful both for system analysis (security auditing) and for real-time, host-based intrusion detection.

TOAD C++ GUI Library 2003-04-22 (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/120412/

The TOAD C++ GUI Library is a set of classes to create graphical user interfaces with the X Window System. While still under development, it aims to be an alternative to other popular GUI libraries in the future by providing innovative features that ease the development process.

Trusted Debian 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120400/

The Trusted Debian project aims to create a highly secure but usable Linux platform. It brings together security solutions including kernel patches, compiler patches, security related programs, and techniques.

UnRTF 0.20.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120396/

UnRTF is a tool that converts RTF to HTML, text, and PostScript.

VGATron 0.5 beta
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120440/

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

xchg2mail 0.0.9alpha1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120383/

xchg2mail is a Perl script that scrapes Web mail off a Microsoft Exchange server for delivery via a local MDA. It can retrieve plain text and HTML mails along with any attachments. It also has support for PGP signed/encrypted mails.

xmms-crossfade 0.3.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120384/

xmms-crossfade is an output plugin for XMMS. Its main feature is automatic crossfading. It also removes the gaps between tracks, to play whole MP3 albums without any audible interruption. xmms-crossfade supports OSS via a builtin driver, and any other platform by using existing output plugins.

Ziling 2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120417/

Ziling is a universal PHP Chinese encoding conversion tool with smart browser detection and very easy installation. Ziling does a transparent conversion between GB-BIG5 and BIG5-GB on the fly, and makes your site readable for both encoding systems.

Newsforge Reports
Oregon Open Source bill not dead yet
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/22/215203

Doug Dingus - Portland Oregon - Despite reports to the contrary, the Oregon Legislature is continuing to debate the issue of Open Source software use in State government. HB 2892 has already been though a General Government Committee hearing despite strong lobbying efforts from the Business Software Alliance (BSA), Computing Technology Industry Association, and the American Electronics Association (AeA). This is a big win with more to come if ...

Review: SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8.0 on AMD Opteron hardware http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/21/1914216

Russell Pavlicek - New versions of Linux normally make the technical community curious about what additional features and improved capabilities are included. However, the latest release from SuSE focuses not on adding new software features but on making Linux available on a brand new hardware platform: the AMD Opteron. After taking the new system for a spin, I'm pretty impressed.

Tracking Tux: Research Round-up
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/21/206211

By Barbara French, Tekrati - Red Hat garners favored status from Gartner and Illuminata, while Sun just gets scorched. Amid the Sun beating, an Aberdeen benchmark offered small respite, finding that Sun can at least beat Dell in scalability and cost of ownership. Meanwhile, Yankee Group cranks out practical advice to those focused on NT 4.0 replacement and Gartner helps ease open source into enterprise best practices.