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[osdn everything] April 24, 2003
Date: Thu Apr 24 2003 - 04:45:27 EDT
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Slashdot
Aussies Face Jail Over MP3s
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/24/0154235
An anonymous reader writes "Two Australian students have been
[0]charged over music piracy offences, according to this story on
[1]Australian IT. It's short on details, but presumably they weren't
running a P2P network. The maximum penalties for breaching copyright
under Australian law is 5 years jail."
Links
0. http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,6329862%5E15306%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html
The Two Towers DVD Release Dates
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/23/2336203
[0]FortKnox writes "Mark these dates on your Calendar: 6/28/03 &
11/18/03. These are the (US) [1]DVD release dates for The Two Towers.
Like Fellowship, the first date is the release of the DVD, and the
November date is the release of the special edition (with rumored extra
48 minutes of footage). Another [2]one ring.net page has more details
on the actual footage."
Links
0.
http://slashdot.org/~FortKnox/journal
1.
http://comingsoon.net/cgi-bin/archive/fullnews.cgi?newsid1050901402,18211,
2.
http://www.theonering.net/scrapbook/view/6377
More On Detecting NAT Gateways
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/24/0119209
[0]tcom91 writes "The Slashdot article [1]Remotely Counting Machines
Behind A NAT Box described a technique for counting NAT hosts. A
recently published paper [2]Detecting NAT Devices using sFlow describes
an efficient way of detecting NAT gateways using [3]sFlow, a traffic
monitoring technology built into many switches and routers. This
technology could be used to enforce single host access policies and
eliminate unauthorized wireless access points."
Links
0. mailto:tcom91@yahoo.com
1.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/05/2129218&tid=95
2.
http://www.sflow.org/detectNAT/
3.
http://www.sflow.org/
Starting a Home-Based Software Company?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/23/0841249
deanj asks: "I'd like to start a new software business, as I'm sure many Slashdot readers would. I'd like to be able to run the company out of my home, at least until I can afford to move into an office in commercial area. A major roadblock to starting a home business are zoning restrictions, set by both home-owners associations and by the town you live in. So, I'd like to Ask Slashdot: What were your experiences with getting your company zoned properly and started? What did you have to do? What other tips do you have for someone starting their own home-based software business?"
Anonymous Online Diaries With Invisiblog http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/23/2232219
An anonymous reader writes "The Cypherpunks have finally caught on to
the blog phenomenon: enter [0]Invisiblog. This blog system allows users
to register accounts and update their weblogs using Len Sassaman's
[1]Mixmaster anonymous remailer program. Now you can post all those
tales of late-night dumpster diving, without fear of being branded a
terrorist!"
Links
Matrix Sequels To Get the IMAX Treatment http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/23/1838255
hondo77 writes "As if the two sequels to "The Matrix" weren't a big
enough event already, it has [0]been announced that both films will
also be showing in IMAX theaters. "Although "The Matrix Reloaded" will
open in Imax theaters two or three weeks after its general release May
15, "The Matrix Revolutions" will open Nov. 5 in both conventional and
Imax cinemas..."."
Links
0. http://biz.yahoo.com/djus/030423/1108001165_1.html
SCO Threatens Red Hat and SuSE
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/23/1925259
[0]Guy Smith writes "[1]CRN reports that SCO will target SuSE and Red
Hat with lawsuits after they are finished with IBM (providing that IBM
allows them live). To quote Sco, "There will be a day of reckoning for
Red Hat and SuSE when this is done." They seem bent on destroying the
Open Source community and they deserve to [2] hear the community’s
opinion on the matter."
Links
0.
http://www.SiliconStrat.com
1.
http://www.crn.com/sections/BreakingNews/dailyarchives.asp?ArticleID=41480
2.
http://www.sco.com/company/feedback/index.htmlAmazon Calls Children's Privacy Complaint Groundless http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/23/182212
[0]theodp writes "Eleven groups, including the Electronic Privacy
Information Center and Junkbusters, filed a complaint with the FTC,
asking that it [1]investigate Amazon for violations of the Children's
Online Privacy Protection Act. An Amazon spokesman called the complaint
groundless because "Amazon.com is not a site directed at children." So
what was the deal with those Amazon Press Releases for the [2]Harry
Potter Magical Candy Contest For Children Ages 6 to 13, [3]Toy Quest
Toy Design Contest For Kids 12 And Under, and the [4]Be a Poet Contest
For All Kids 12 and Under?" Update: 04/23 23:54 GMT by [5]T:[0]theodp
writes with an [6]update from Ad Age which says that Amazon has
"announced it has removed children's identifying information from its
Web sites."
Links
0. mailto:theodp@aol.com
1.
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-997893.html
2.
http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=97664&p=IROL-NewsText&t=Regular&id=231856&
3.
http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=97664&p=IROL-NewsText&t=Regular&id=231844&
4.
http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=97664&p=IROL-NewsText&t=Regular&id=233860&
5.
http://www.monkey.org/~timothy/
6.
http://www.adage.com/news.cms?newsId=37684
New Online Music Push by EMI
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/23/1731208
[0]akadruid writes "EMI has [1]signed deals with 20 top European
websites to sell its music online. According to [2]Reuters, 'Consumers
will be able to make permanent copies of songs and transfer them to
recordable CDs, portable music players and their computer hard drives'.
This represents a major shift in policy by EMI, who previously went to
great lengths to protect their music from copying. Does this mark the
beginning of a major change in the music industry?"
Links
0.
http://www.thedruid.co.uk
1.
http://asia.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=2610549
2.
http://www.reuters.com/
Spammers Sue Anti-Spam Groups
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/23/1717224
SuperBanana writes "The Register reports in a story today that
[0]spammers have banded together under the name
[1]EmarketersAmerica.org to sue various anti-spam groups- days before a
large conference on spam hosted by the FTC(which will be attended by
many spammers). Anti-spam groups think the timing is not by
coincidence, but believe the move may backfire because they will be
able to countersue and get access to spammer's internal documents. By
the way, if you're wondering who these guys are, check out Spamhaus's
[2]directory of top spammers."
Links
0.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/30368.html
1.
http://EmarketersAmerica.org
2.
http://www.spamhaus.org/rokso/index.lasso
Freshmeat
abcm2ps 3.5.2 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120532/
abcm2ps is a package that converts music tunes from ABC format to PostScript. Based on abc2ps version 1.2.5, it was developed mainly to print baroque organ scores that have independant voices played on one or more keyboards, and a pedal-board. It introduces many extensions to the ABC language that make it suitable for classical music.
Against TCPA 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120446/
Against TCPA is a theme designed in opposition to the Trusted Computing Platform Alliance.
Amaya 8.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120567/
Amaya is a complete web browsing and authoring environment and comes equipped with a WYSIWYG style of interface. It lets users both browse and author valid Web pages, with standards including (X)HTML, native MathML, and SVG documents. It also includes a collaborative annotation application (RDF).
Amrita VPN 0.91
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120579/
Amrita VPN is an easy-to-use open source VPN solution that runs on the GNU/Linux platform. The implementation is fully in userspace and requires no kernel patches or enhancements. It uses SSL for strong encryption and authentication.
ANTLR plugin for Eclipse 1.0.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120528/
This project adds plugins for the lexer/parser generator ANTLR to the Eclipse platform. The plugins provide a grammar file editor with syntax highlighting, outline view and a project nature with incremental builder.
Article Manager 1.28
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120586/
Article Manager is a fully featured Web content management system that makes it easy for non- technical users to easily update and manage articles, news stories, headlines, and editorials. It includes the following features: supports multiple users with different access levels (Administrators, Editors, Trusted Writers, and Writers), uploads up to 25 images per article, password protected login screen, advanced setup options to make it easy to customize the program, a powerful search engine, a customizable database, a WYSIWYG editor, the ability to customize the HTML templates, and much more.
BabelKit BabelKit-1.05
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120564/
BabelKit is an interface to a universal multilingual database code table. It takes all of the programming work out of maintaining multiple database code definition sets in multiple languages. The code administration and translation page lets developers define new virtual code tables, new languages, enter all codes and their descriptions, and then translate them into all languages of interest. Perl and PHP classes retrieve the code descriptions and automatically generate HTML code selection elements in the user's language. This makes internationalization and localization of Web sites and database interfaces much easier.
basit 1.1 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120585/
Basit is a Web site content management system developed using PHP and XML technologies. The package provides a Web-based user interface to configure all the attributes and contents of the Web site. Basit does not need any database support on the Web server.
Binc IMAP 1.1.5-1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120562/
Binc IMAP is a simple xinetd/tcpserver based IMAP server with support for Maildir. It is very easy to install and use.
Brainfucker 0.0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120571/
Brainfucker is a compiler for the brainfuck programming language. Given a brainfuck input file it will generates output as an executable, assembler source file, or C++ source file depending on what the user specifies.
Bugzero 2.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120520/
Bugzero is an easy-to-install Web-based bug, defect, issue, and incident tracking system. It can be customized to fit software, hardware, and help desk support situations. It is platform and database system independent (based on Java). It supports multiple projects, group-based access, automatic bug assignment, file attachment, email notification, metric reports, and workflow. It also features advanced search capability, a comprehensive bug audit trail, CVS version control integration, and an easy to use system administration tool for project configuration and user account management.
CCM Tools 0.2.1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120531/
The CCM Tools are CASE tools used for generating CORBA components, test components, and test programs based on source IDL files. Various target languages can be generated. Scripting language wrappers can also be generated to enable rapid prototyping.
cdrtools 2.01a11 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120524/
cdrtools (formerly cdrecord) creates home-burned CDs with a CDR/CDRW recorder. It works as a burn engine for several applications. It supports CD recorders from many different vendors; all SCSI-3/mmc- and ATAPI/mmc-compliant drives should also work. Supported features include IDE/ATAPI, parallel port, and SCSI drives, audio CDs, data CDs, and mixed CDs, full multi-session support, CDRWs (rewritable), TAO, DAO, RAW, and human-readable error messages. cdrtools includes remote SCSI support and can access local or remote CD writers.
Configuration File Library 0.7.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120574/
The Configuration File Library (CFL) is a collection of routines for manipulating configuration files. It is a portable library fully written from scratch in pure ANSI C. It is designed to offer C programmers common routines for manipulating configuration text files.
Darik's Boot and Nuke 2003042300 (Beta)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120523/
Darik's Boot and Nuke (DBAN) is a self-contained boot floppy that securely wipes the hard disks of most computers. DBAN will automatically and completely delete the contents of any hard disk that it can detect, which makes it an appropriate utility for bulk or emergency data destruction.
DBFree 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120583/
DBFree is a set of Java database visualization and manipulation tools. It is component-based and comes with a full API for creating new components. It also comes with two components for submitting SQL queries and viewing the results and a simple wizard to help users create and store database connections.
devlabel 0.36.06
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120587/
Devlabel is a program which dynamically creates symbolic links to disk/partition names. It uses the disk's and/or partition's unique identifiers to keep the symlink pointed to the correct location even if the underlying partition's name has changed. So, regardless of whether /dev/sdb6 becomes /dev/sdc6, devlabel figures this all out and points the symlink to the correct data.
Dialog CD 0.1.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120576/
DialogCD is a dialog based frontend to cdrtools. It offers a simple menu-driven interface, being known that cdrecord has even more options than ls.
E-GnomeICU 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120582/
E-GnomeICU is an enlightenment epplet for controlling gnomeicu.
Efes 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120552/
The Efes hardware recognition and certification system is a graphical user interface able to run under (almost) every Linux distribution, so that the system administrator is assured that the underlying hardware is compatible with Linux.
ELOG Electronic Web Logbook 2.3.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120543/
ELOG Electronic Web Logbook is an electronic logbook with a Web interface. It can be used to maintain personal or shared logbooks, with the ability to add attachments to logbook pages. Logbook entries can be categorized with user-defined classes, and queried using filters on these classes. Automatic email notifications can be generated on new entries based on the classes. The ELOG server is a small stand-alone C program, which runs under Linux and Windows. The logbooks are saved in plain ASCII files for easy and fast access.
Forumtalk 1.0rc1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120551/
Forumtalk is the collective name for an Apache module and a server which, together, can be used to create high performance Web forums. The Apache module allows for special Forumtalk-tags to be placed within HTML templates which will be replaced by forum data. Currently, the server can store its data in a MySQL or a PostgreSQL database. Communication between the forum server and the Apache module is in XML, which makes it possible to easily extend Forumtalk with new clients.
FreeWRLduneInputDevice 1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120542/
FreeWRLduneInputDevice together with FreeWRL allows users to retrieve 3D VRML/X3D data with 6DoF input devices. It is based on FreeWRL's "/tmp/inpdev" extern sensor input interface and white_dune's input device mechanism.
Genuts Framework 0.7b (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120530/
The Genuts project provides a consistent Java framework for game development. It contains a library with classes primarily intended for sprite-based games, including functions for sprite manipulation and collision detection.
gmencoder 0.0.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120537/
Gmencoder is a GNOME 2 frontend to mencoder. It supports three output codecs for video (lavcodec, rawrgb, and copy) and three for audio (lame, PCM, and copy). It support postprocesing, cropping, scale, subtitles ripping, and multiple encoding passes.
gmodconfig 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120516/
gmodconfig provides a simple way for end- users to download, install, configure, and update Linux kernel modules through an easy- to-use graphic interface. The backend consists of XML files that contain module information and translations.
GNOME Cherokee 0.2.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120580/
GNOME Cherokee is a Web server applet for the GNOME 2 panel. It's configurable on-the-fly and very easy to use. It's also integrated with the rest of your GNOME desktop.
GNU TeXmacs 1.0.1.11
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120545/
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.
GraphicsMagick 1.0 Beta1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120591/
GraphicsMagick is a robust collection of tools and libraries which support reading, writing, and manipulating an image in over 88 major formats including popular formats like TIFF, JPEG, JPEG-2000,PNG, PDF, PhotoCD, SVG, and GIF. A high-quality 2D renderer is included, which provides a subset of SVG capabilities. C, C++, Perl, Java, PHP, Python, ColdFusion, and Ruby are supported. Originally based on ImageMagick, GraphicsMagick focuses on performance, minimizing bugs, and providing stable APIs and ABIs. It runs on all modern variants of Unix, Windows, VMS, and MacOS 9.
gtkMaggot 0.2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120566/
gtkMaggot is an improved Tron game, easy to play, with great sounds (esound needed), some fun options, and more.
hdup 1.6.11 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120536/
hdup is used to back up a filesystem. Features include encryption of the archive (with mcrypt), compression of the archive (bzip/gzip/none), the ability to transfer the archive to a remote host or restoring from a remote host (with ssh), and no obscure archive format (it is a normal compressed tar file).
IBAM 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120544/
IBAM (Intelligent BAttery Monitor) is an advanced battery monitor for laptops, which uses statistical and adaptive linear methods to provide accurate estimations of minutes of battery left or of the time needed until full recharge.
Inhunmi 20030422
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120558/
Inhunmi is POS, Delivery, Contact, and Stock Control software for small (or even medium) companies. It was initially developed for a restaurant, but should be adaptable to other business. It is currently in Portuguese only.
Interface WM 0.2.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120584/
The Interface Window Manager uses Objective C and the GNUstep libraries to provide strictly minimal functionality, with all additional features in bundles called IWMComponents. It uses the GNUstep defaults database for user settings such as mouse button configuration, key bindings, and initial color settings, and is optimized for use in a strictly GNUstep environment.
Jabberwocky 1.0.02 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120597/
Jabberwocky is a Lisp IDE containing a Lisp-aware editor with syntax highlighting, parentheses matching, a source analyzer, indentation, a source level debugger, a project explorer, and an interaction buffer. It is the replacement for the Lisp Debug project.
jnettop 0.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120521/
Jnettop allows administrators of routers to watch online traffic coming across the network in a fashion similar to the way top displays statistics about processes. It is useful for quickly evaluating the state of the network.
JOELib 2003-04-23
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120577/
JOELib is a computational chemistry library which supports SMARTS substructure search, descriptor calculation, processing/filtering pipes, and conversion of different chemical file formats. It is written in 100% pure Java, and interfaces to external programs are available.
jpegrdf 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120561/
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.
jvider 1.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120556/
With jvider (Java Visual Interface Designer) you can easily design graphical user interfaces for your Java applets and applications. It features use of GridBagLayout for layout (no absolute positioning), interactive UI design with drag & resize features, the ability to test the UI on the fly without compiling, and the ability to save/load your designs. You can also view and export produced Java source code as Frame or Applet. It's easy to get started with the tutorial and samples provided.
kbirthday 0.6.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120540/
kbirthday is a Panel applet which reminds you of birthdays and anniversaries listed in your KDE addressbook.
Kurd 0.1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120560/
KDE Universal Remote Desktop (Kurd) has the goal of becoming an extendable remote desktop control client frontend. For now it supports rdesktop and tightvnc.
Leafnode 1.9.38.rel
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120578/
Leafnode is a news server, suitable for small, limited-bandwidth sites with only a few users (and useful for offline news reading). Leafnode keeps track of which groups are being read and downloads only articles in those groups. Leafnode has been designed to require no maintenance and to be easy to set up.
libQGLViewer 1.3.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120534/
libQGLViewer is an open source C++ library which enables you to quickly start the development of a new 3D application. It is designed for 3D developers, who can very easily display and move around a 3D scene by simply providing the openGL orders that define their 3D geometry. The viewer is designed to be as general as possible and is not designed for a specific 3D application. It provides some useful classical functionalities such as a camera trackball, screenshot saving, mouse manipulated frames, stereo display, keyFrames and more.
magicSquare 1.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120525/
magicSquare is inspired by a game played on a HP48 / 49G.
Matchbox Window Manager 0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120573/
Matchbox is a unique X11 window manager designed for computers with little screen real estate, limited input devices and low CPU/storage resources. Touchscreen PDAs fit well into this category.
Mindi Linux 0.84
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120601/
Mindi-Linux uses a skeleton ramdisk and your kernel, modules, and tools to build a boot/root disk set. The first floppy boots your kernel, then loads your modules and installs your tools from additional floppies. Mindi works for almost any Linux kernel or distribution.
MLdonkey 2.4-rc5 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120514/
MLDonkey is a multi-network file-sharing client. It was the first open-source client to access eDonkey. It runs as a daemon, that can be controlled through telnet (command-line), HTTP (Web pages), and many different GUIs. It is written in Objective-Caml. It can currently access eDonkey, Overnet, Gnutella, BitTorrent, and Soulseek. Support for other networks (Direct Connect, Open Napster) is only partial.
Mondo Rescue 1.64 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120602/
Mondo Rescue archives Linux and Lin/Win sytems to tapes or CDs, which may be used to restore some or all of your OS and data in the event of catastrophic data loss. The emphasis is on stability and ease of use. Currently, ext2, ext3, (v)fat, minix, ReiserFS, XFS, and JFS filesystems are supported, as are RAID and LVM.
Nast 0.1.7d
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120549/
Nast is a packet sniffer and a LAN analyzer based on Libnet and Libpcap. It can sniff the packets on a network interface in normal mode or in promiscuous mode. It dumps the headers of packets and the payload in ASCII or ASCII-hex format. Various packet filters can be applied. The data sniffed can be saved in a separate file. As an analysis tool, it can check for other NICs on the network which are set in promiscuous mode, build a list of all hosts on a LAN, find a gate­way, perform port scanning on a multiple hosts, catch daemon banners, follow the TCP data stream, reset a connection, and determine whether a link type is a hub or switch.
Nietzsche 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120519/
An interpreter for a programming language.
Poseidon for UML 1.6.1 (Community Edition) http://freshmeat.net/releases/120526/
Poseidon for UML is a fully featured UML CASE Tool which directly extends the open source project ArgoUML, and lifts it to a professionally usable level. It is fully implemented in Java, and it features platform independence, support for all 9 diagrams of the UML, compliance to the UML 1.3 standard, support for XMI as the standard file format, the ability to export diagrams as GIF, PS, EPS, and SVG, undo/redo, copy/cut/paste, drag and drop, internationalization and localization for English, German, French, and Spanish, code generation for Java, reverse engineering from Java sources, auto-layout of reverse engineered diagrams, cognitive support, and a discrete critique mechanism. Poseidon for UML seamlessly integrates into Netbeans (3.3 and 3.4), Forte for Java (4.0), and SunOne Studio, and it is easy to install and update with InstallAnywhere or JavaWebStart.
ProjectForum 2.1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120351/
Easier to use and more interactive than conventional forum, collaboration, or intranet software, ProjectForum lets you build an intranet or project site where everyone can actively and directly contribute, without complex software or a full-time administrator getting in the way. It can be used for project planning, task assignments, meeting notes, team discussions, research, brainstorming, and more.
Python Desktop Server 0.4.22
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120565/
The Python Desktop Server is a combined Weblog authoring tool, XMLRPC/SOAP server, and news aggregator. It allows one to read RSS news feeds, post to a community server (such as Radio Userland or any Python Community Server installation), and includes tools for Weblog and homepage management. It features a Web interface, a built-in Web server, extensibility through scripts that connect via XMLRPC or macros, and a plugin architecture.
rb.log 1.1.1 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120505/
rb.log is a full-featured weblogger written in Ruby. It features file uploads, comments, blog- rolling, side-bar editing, bookmarklets, the Blogger API, searching, RSS syndication, and archives. It also performs well on slower machines by regenerating static pages after posts are made.
sendEmail 1.41
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120572/
SendEmail is a lightweight tool written in Perl for sending SMTP email from the console. It was designed to be used in bash scripts, Perl programs, and Web pages. It requires no special modules, and has a simple interface, making it very easy to install and use. It should work on any platform that has Perl and supports Unix sockets, but was designed for Linux.
Server Status 1.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120604/
Server Status is a server monitor that simply displays a list of servers to monitor and displays whether they are alive on the network or not.
sgml2x converter 0.99.10 (sgml2x-1.0)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120541/
sgml2x is a script designed to help applying a DSSSL stylesheet to an SGML or XML document. It has a couple of interesting features, such as multiple possible stylesheets per document class, easy integration of new stylesheets by adding a simple new definition file in a configuration directory (system-wide, per-user, or per-project), and automatic selection of a default stylesheet to be used. It is already set up for DocBook SGML/XML.
SMS Server Tools 1.10.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120592/
The SMS Server Tools were made to send and receive SMS from one or many GSM modems. They include a send/receive daemon and some sample scripts to build an SMS email gateway and for logging into an SQL database. The daemon waits for files in an outgoing spool directory and sends them. It puts all received SMS in an incoming spool directory, and can call any external program for incoming or outgoing notification.
SoundForge FQ 0.95
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120489/
SoundForge FQ is a semi-modern orchestral sound theme for use in window managers such as KDE and GNOME, instant messaging, and elsewhere, such as in loops.
swsusp 2.4 Beta19-24 (2.4 Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120535/
swsusp enables you to suspend your machine without having to use APM or BIOS support. It creates an image which is saved in your active swaps. At the next system bootup, the kernel detects the saved image, restores the memory from it and then it continues to run as before you've suspended.
Synergy for Mac OS X 0.9.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120559/
Synergy is a tiny Cocoa application for Mac OS X 10.2 (and later) that puts three buttons to control iTunes in your menubar: previous track, next track, and play/pause. It also provides you with visual feedback about the currently playing tune and allows you to control iTunes via system-wide hot key combinations. These features provide a very fast way of skipping between songs when using the keyboard or the mouse, without having to switch to iTunes or access its Dock menu.
The Tamber Project 1.2.6 (Pogo)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120547/
The Tamber project is a free, componentised n-tier website engine that uses open languages such as XML and JavaScript. In a nutshell, content is stored in separate XML files, in databases, or other data objects; business functions are carried out by JavaScript and ASP; and presentation is controlled by an XSL transformation, which allows for delivery over multiple channels such as HTML, WAP and email. Currently Tamber contains modules that support; automatic locale detection, search engine tracking and optimisation, e-commerce catalogues; shopping carts and order management, secure sign in, data access and conversion services, advanced session management, content managemt tools and forums.
The Vendetta™ Test 3.2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120496/
The Vendetta™ Test is an online-game testbed project by Guild Software, Inc. Eventually, it will evolve into the Vendetta MMORPG, for which its engine has been created. At present, the Test is a freely available, multiplayer space combat game with elements of team Capture the Flag and trading. Supporting Win32, Linux/x86 and MacOS X, it sports an active community and frequent development updates.
Tulip 1.2.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120550/
Tulip is a software system dedicated to the visualization of huge graphs. It manages graphs with up to 500,000 elements (node and edges) on a personal computer (PIII 600, 256MB RAM). Its SuperGraph technology architecture provides the following features: 3D visualizations, 3D modifications, plugin support, support for clusters and navigation, automatic graph drawing, automatic clustering of graphs, automatic selection of elements, and automatic coloring of elements according to a metric.
tvmet 1.0.1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120518/
This Tiny Vector and Matrix template library uses Meta Templates and Expression Templates (ET) to evaluate results at compile time, thus making it fast for low-end systems. Temporaries are avoided because of this. The produced code is similar to hand-coded code, but the quality of the code still depends on the compiler and its version. The dimensions for vectors and matrices are static and bounded at compile time using template arguments.
UKWatch 1.0a
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120557/
UKWatch is an .uk domain name tool that allows you to keep track of your domains and their status. This tool allows you to track domains that are registered or to keep an eye on domains for which you are awaiting registration. Simply add the domain you wish to monitor, and UKWatch will do the rest. UKWatch will also email reports for the domains that you are currently watching. This ensures that you are always kept up-to-date, no matter where you are.
Vcd PyCoder 0.1.1 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120588/
Vcd Pycoder is a graphical front-end to transcode, mplayer, vcdimager, and other video conversion tools. It is programmed in wxpython. This front-end allows the user to easily create VCD videos using transcode and burn them to CD with vcdimager and cdrdao. VcdPycoder can calculate video borders, video duration, and more. Supported languages include English and Spanish.
VetTux 2.0-4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120598/
VetTux is a modern animal clinic management and POS system. It aims to provide the veterinarian with a complete solution for running a clinic.
Waves 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120511/
Waves is a red fractal theme. The background is by Janetino Plum.
Web Secretary 1.4.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120569/
Web Secretary is a web page monitoring software. However, it goes beyond the normal functionalities offered by such software. Not only does it detect changes based on content analysis (instead of date/time stamp or simple textual comparison), it will email the changed page to you with the new contents highlighted.
WebCollab 1.31
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120522/
WebCollab is a collaborative Web site for project workgroups. It aims to be easy and intuitive to use without being complicated or graphically intensive.
weDBmail 20030418
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120593/
weDBmail is a Web-based frontend to the dbmail project. It is designed to directly interface with the backend and implement a full-featured mail client.
XDM-Choose 1.2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120539/
XDM-Choose is a replacement chooser for XDM, which presents a slightly more user-friendly interface than the default chooser. It allows the user to type in a host name, then either query the host (to see if it is up and accepting), or connect to the host. The majority of options are configurable via the conf file (xdmchoose.conf). A small utility "xdmping" comes with it, which allows a command-line probe of an XDM host's willingness to manage a session.
XML for SCRIPT 2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120513/
XML for SCRIPT is a simple, non-validating XML DOM and SAX parser written in JavaScript. It was designed to help Web application designers implement cross-platform, client-side manipulation of XML data without having to resort to proprietary platform-limiting solutions. It includes extensive documentation on both its DOM and SAX parsers as well as a host of tools, sample applications, and test suites to aid in developing applications based on its technology.
Xrefactory 1.6.0pre1 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120538/
Xrefactory is a refactoring browser for Emacs, XEmacs, and jEdit which provides multiple project support, a source browser, intellisense code completion, refactorings for safe symbol renaming, parameter manipulations, function/method extraction, field encapsulation, and the ability to move fields, methods, classes, etc. It is based on full pre-processing, parsing, and static analysis of sources. It works for the C and Java languages, and contains a stand-alone cross referencer, and a generator for HTML documentation.
Yet Another Rio Receiver Server 1.0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/120590/
YARRS is (yet another) Unix-based server for the SONIC|blue Rio Receiver. It uses dhcpd, nfsd, ssdp, and HTTP servers to provide MP3 content. Written in Perl, it should work on any Unix platform, and is fully documented.
Newsforge Reports
Linux Is Ready For Some Desktops, Not Others
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/17/159208
- Jesse Smith - A recent post on Linux.com and NewsForge.com, stating that Linux is, in fact, ready for the desktop has resulted in quite a stir. At the moment, nearly 300 comments (and counter-comments) have been made. Many of these make good points, but most are plagued with a narrow view. I think the question is not so much if Linux is ready for the desktop, rather we should think about what you want your desktop computer to do.
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.
Newsforge Newsvac
CRN Interview: SCO CEO Defends $1 Billion Lawsuit Against IBM
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/24/0058201
Darl McBride, president and CEO of The SCO Group, recently met with CRN Senior Writer Paula Rooney to discuss his company's $1 billion lawsuit against IBM over IP violations. IBM will respond to those allegations in its court filing by the end of this month.
MontaVista Software Delivers Java for MontaVista Linux http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/23/1548229
Patricia Colby writes "New Development Platform Based on IBMs WebSphere Internet Infrastructure Software.
Open Source Case Studies
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/23/2240233
Barbara French, Tekrati writes: Dravis Group just released a free, no-registration-required report highlighting Linux and open source implementations by nine organizations. While many individual success stories are documented in many places, this report pulls together several in one easily shared and understood document. It's a quick read offering a high level look at diverse deployments, from datacenters to embedded applications, and at diverse ...
Lindows.com lowers cost of "builders program" http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/23/1944207
Anonymous Reader writes "Lindows has introduced LindowsLite for to their OEM program. This scaled down version of LindowsOS includes Internet browsing, email, IM, "easy networking," and 6 games. By scaling back the OS and reducing the cost of entry into their "builders program," Lindows hopes to entice smaller computer vendors to install LindowsOS on their systems. The new program will cost just $100 a year, according to the report."
BP buys 259 Itanium Linux machines from HP http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/23/1939207
Dropping the whole lot would certainly cause a measurement on the Richter Scale and seismic processing is what it's all about. BP has just bought itself a little cluster from HP. Well, not really little. More like huge.
Open-source security shines in Samba case http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/23/1910244
Michael S. Mimoso writes "Recently discovered security holes in Samba were serious threats to companies using the popular freeware, which enables end users to access and use files, printers and other commonly shared resources on a company's network or via the Internet."
Aspen Systems now provides a complete turnkey Beowulf cluster package http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/23/1546211